ROLL OF CARTHAGE GREYS AND OFFICERS JUNE 27th, A. D, 1844 Robert F. Smith, Captain. F. A. Worrell, S. O. Williams, Lieutenants. M. Barnes, Jun., Guard at the Jail, June 27, 1844. F. A. Worrell, officer of the guard. Joseph Hawley, lives in Carthage, Illinois. Franklin Rhodes. Anthony Barkman, lives in Carthage, Illinois. William Baldwin. Levi Street, lives near Mendon, Adams county, Illinois. Clabourn Wilson, lives in Carthage, Illinois. Balance of [Company of] Greys. Edwin Baldwin, lives near Carthage, Ill. James D. Barnes, " " Frederick Loring, in " Leyrand Doolittle, " " Marvin Hamilton, lives in Carthage, Ill. Ebenezer Rand, " " John W. Maith, " " Thomas Griffith, " " Lewis C. Stevenson, " " Noah M. Reckard, " " Eli H. Williams, " " H. T. Wilson, " " Albert Thompson, " " Walter Bagby, left the country, gone to Louisiana, and died. George C. Waggoner, lives 2 1/2 miles north of Carthage. Crocket Wilson, lives 8 miles east of Carthage. Thomas J. Dale, 5 " " Richard Dale, 5 " " The Carthage Greys never numbered more than about thirty, rank and file; during the June mob war, several joined for the time only, who reside at other places, and whose names are unknown to me, The Carthage Greys were nearly to a man parties in the June massacre. Green Plains. Captain Weir's company of about sixty men. Warsaw. Captain J. C. Davis' company of about sixty men. Captain Wm. N. Grover's company of about sixty men. Captain Mark Aldrich's company of about sixty men, comprising the entire settlement in and about Warsaw and Green Plains, with the exception of the Walkers, Gillhams, Paytons, Bledsors, Gallahers, Byrrs, Kimballs, Worthens, Summervilles, and Bedells, and the Mormon families who resided in that part of the county at that time. Those active in the massacre of Carthage---supplied by Sheriff J. B. Backenstos The leaders of the Hancock mob, and those who took an active part in the massacre of Joseph and Hyrum Smith are--- Thomas C. Sharp, Warsaw Signal, Illinois, editor. Colonel Levi Williams, Green Plains, Illinois, farmer. William N. Grover, Warsaw, Illinois, lawyer. Jacob C, Davis, Warsaw, Illinois, lawyer. Mark Aldrich, Warsaw, Illinois, no business. Henry Stephens, Warsaw, Illinois, lawyer. George Rockwell. Warsaw, Illinois, druggist. James H. Wood, Warsaw, Illinois, blacksmith. Calvin Cole, Warsaw, Illinois, tavernkeeper. William B. Chipley, Warsaw, Illinois, doctor. ------------- Hays, Warsaw, Illinois, doctor. J. D, Mellen, Warsaw, Illinois, merchant. E. W. Gould, Warsaw, Illinois, merchant. Samuel Fleming, Warsaw, Illinois, constable. John Montague, Warsaw, Illinois, no business. Jas. Gregg, Warsaw, Illinois, no business. J. C. Elliot, Warsaw, Illinois, no business. Lyman Prentiss, Warsaw, Illinois, no business. D. W. Matthews, now St. Louis, Missouri, merchant. J. B. Matthews, now St. Louis, Missouri, merchant. Trueman Hosford, Warsaw, Illinois, farmer. Four of the Chittendens, Warsaw, Illinois, different occupations. J. W. Athey, Warsaw, Illinois, no business. Onias C, Skinner, now of Quincy, Illinois, lawyer. Calvin A. Warren, Quincy, Illinois, lawyer. George W. Thatcher, Carthage, Illinois, county clerk. James W. Brattle, Carthage, Illinois, land shark. Alexander Sympson, Carthage, Illinois, land shark. Jason H. Sherman, Carthage, Illinois, lawyer. Michael Reckard, one-half mile west of Carthage, Illinois, farmer. Thomas Morrison, Carthage, Illinois, lawyer. E. S. Freeman, Carthage, Illinois, blacksmith. Thomas L. Barnes, Carthage, Illinois, quack doctor. John Wilson, Carthage, Illinois, tavernkeeper. Edward Jones, 5 miles north of Carthage, farmer. Captain James E. Dunn, Augusta, Illinois, tavernkeeper. Joel Catlin, Augusta, Illinois, farmer, etc. William D. Abernethy, Augusta, Illinois, farmer, etc. Erastus Austin, constable, etc. --------------- Austin, loafer. Reuben Graves, St. Mary's, Illinois, farmer. Henry Garnett, St. Mary's, Illinois, farmer. F. J. Bartlett, St. Mary's, Illinois, miller. Valentine Wilson, St. Mary's, Illinois, farmer. Sylvester M. Bartlett, editor of the Quincy Whig. Major W. B. Warren, a damned villain. Colonel ----------- Gettis, Fountain Green, Illinois, farmer. Matthews McClaughny, Fountain Green, Illinois, farmer. Nickerson Wright, Fountain Green, Illinois, farmer. John McAuley, Camp Creek Precinct, Illinois, one of the worst merchants in Hancock. William H. Rollason, Pontusuc, Illinois. John M. Finch, Pontusuc, Illinois. Francis M. Higbee, Pontusuc, Illinois. ------------- Douglass, Pontusuc, Illinois, schoolmaster. George Backman, one of the Durfee murderers. ----------- Moss or Morse, one of the Durfee murderers. Jacob Beck, one of the Durfee murderers.