Muster Day
   

Mormons Receiving Commissions or Elected as Officers in the Caldwell/Daviess County Militias

    Philo Allen Corporal—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.)

    William Allred Captain—commission or election not known. (Daniel Tyler, "Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith," Juvenile Instructor, 7 (1 February 1892), 33; Dean C. Jessee, ed., The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 2: Journal, 1832-1842. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992, 2:286; History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols., 2d. ed. rev., edited by B. H. Roberts. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932-51, 3:74.)

    Milo Anders Ensign—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1)

    Jerome Bennett Lieutenant—commission or election not known. {Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1; Seymour Brunson, "Caldwell County Militia List," n.d., manuscript, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake Citv, Utah, 1.) Note: In the second document, Bennett is given as Jerome Brunson.

    Seymour Brunson Captain—commissioned. (History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled From the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships and Villages, Together With a Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties—Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and Reminiscences. St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 139; Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.) Another source has him as a major. (Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibbles Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88.) Later he was made captain (probably elected) of the calvary at Adam-ondi-Ahman. (Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &C, in Relation to the Disturbances With the Mormons; and the Evidence Given Before the Hon. Austin A. King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, at the Court-House in Richmond, in a Criminal Court of Inquiry, Begun November 12, 1838, on the Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Others, for High Treason and Other Crimes Against the State. Fayette, Missouri: Boon's Lick Democrat, 1841, 100.)

    Eli Chase Sergeant—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    Stephen Chase Ensign—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "Caldwell County Militia List," n.d., manuscript, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    William R. Cole Sergeant—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    James Daily Sergeant—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    Philo Dibble Lieutenant Colonel—elected. (Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibbles Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88.)

    Chapman Duncan Adjutant—elected. (Chapman Duncan, “Autobiography of Chapman Duncan," typescript, L Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Brigham Young University Library, Provo, Utah., 8.) Another source has him listed as a sergeant. (Seymour Brunson, "Caldwell County Militia List," n.d., manuscript, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake Citv, Utah, 1.)

    George P. Dykes Lieutenant—commissioned. (History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled From the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships and Villages, Together With a Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties—Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and Reminiscences. St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 139.)

    Asa C. Earl Sergeant—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    David Evans Captain—elected. (Clark V. Johnson, ed. Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict. Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992, 267.)

    Jacob Gates Ensign—commissioned. (History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled From the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships and Villages, Together With a Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties—Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and Reminiscences. St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 139.)

    George M. Hinkle Colonel in the state militia—commissioned. (Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &C, in Relation to the Disturbances With the Mormons; and the Evidence Given Before the Hon. Austin A. King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, at the Court-House in Richmond, in a Criminal Court of Inquiry, Begun November 12, 1838, on the Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Others, for High Treason and Other Crimes Against the State. Fayette, Missouri: Boon's Lick Democrat, 1841, 127; Elder's Journal, November 1837, 30; Edward Stevenson, "The Life and History of Elder Edward Stevenson," manuscript (copy). Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 106; Donald Q. Cannon and Lyndon W. Cook, eds., The Far West Record: Minutes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1844. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1983, 123; History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled From the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships and Villages, Together With a Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties—Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and Reminiscences. St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 139; Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibbles Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88; Edward Stevenson, Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Published by the author, 1893, 34.)

    Joseph Holbrook First Lieutenant—elected and commissioned. (Joseph Holbrook, "The Life of Joseph Holbrook," typescript. L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 39.)

    Jefferson Hunt Major—commissioned. (History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri..., St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 139.)

Call to Arms

    John Killian Captain—commission or election not known. (Daniel Tyler, "Incidents of Experience," in Scraps of Biography: Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883. Reprinted in Classic Experiences and Adventures. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969, Part 3, 95; Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution Inflicted by the State of Missouri Upon the Mormons, in Which Ten Thousand American Citizens Were Robbed, Plundered, and Driven From the State, and Many Others Imprisoned, Martyered [sic], &c. for Their Religion, and All This by Military Force, by Order of the Executive, Detroit: Dawson and Bares, 1839, 33; Clark V. Johnson, ed. Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict, Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992, 78, 672-73.)

    Amasa Lyman Captain—elected and commissioned. (History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri..., St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 139; Joseph Holbrook, "The Life of Joseph Holbrook," typescript. L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 39.)

    William E. McLellin Captain—in the 1st Company, 59th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd division of the Missouri state militia—commissioned. ("Certificate of Militia Commission of the Scare of Missouri," photocopy, original in the possession of Franklin Miller, Jr., Gambler, Ohio, copy in the possession of Alexander Baugh., Jan Shipps and John W. Welch, eds., The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831— 1836. Provo: BYU Studies; and Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994, 322; and endnote #172.)

    Nelson Mainard Corporal—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    Arthur Morrison Captain in the Caldwell County militia—commissioned. (John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (Commonly Called Mormons. Including an Account of their Doctrine and Discipline, with the Reasons of the Author for Leaving the Church). St. Louis, n.p., 1839, 41; Clark V. Johnson, ed., Mormon Redress Petitions: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict, Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992, 293.)

    Ephraim Owen Captain—commission or election not known. (George A. Smith, "My Journal," The Instructor, 82 (January 1947), 15.)

    David W. Patten Captain—probably elected. (ER, 189.) Later he commanded the cavalry at Far West. (Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &C, in Relation to the Disturbances With the Mormons; and the Evidence Given Before the Hon. Austin A. King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, at the Court-House in Richmond, in a Criminal Court of Inquiry, Begun November 12, 1838, on the Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Others, for High Treason and Other Crimes Against the State, Fayette, Missouri: Boon's Lick Democrat, 1841, 100.)

    Reed Peck Adjutant in the 59th Regiment of the Missouri Militia—commissioned. (Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibble's Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88; Reed Peck, "The Reed Peck Manuscript," typescript. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, n.d., 10.)

    William W. Phelps Commissioned, no rank specified. (Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibbles Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88.)

    Uriah B. Powell Corporal—commission or election not known. (Seymour Brunson, "List of Names in Capt[.] Brunson's Co[.]," 3 October 1838, manuscript #2, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1.)

    Parley P. Pratt First Lieutenant—probably elected. Ebenezer Robinson, "Items of Personal History," The Return, (December 1889), 189.)

    Ebenezer Robinson Second Lieutenant—probably elected. Ebenezer Robinson, "Items of Personal History," The Return, (December 1889), 189.)

    George W. Robinson Colonel—elected. (Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibbles Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88.)

    Lyman Wight Colonel—commissioned. (History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols., 2d. ed. rev., edited by B.H. Roberts. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932-51, 4:440; History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri, Written and Compiled From the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Their Townships and Villages, Together With a Condensed History of Missouri; a Reliable and Detailed History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties—Their Pioneer Record, Resources, Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens; General and Local Statistics of Great Value; Incidents and Reminiscences, St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1886, 117, 139; Lyman Wight, "History of Lyman Wight, Millennial Star, 27 (22 July 1865), 457; Lyman Wight, "Journal," cited in Joseph Smith III, and Heman C. Smith, History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Vol. 2, 1836- 1844. Independence: Herald House, 1967, 114; Orange L. Wight, "Recollections of Orange L. Wight, Son of Lyman Wight," to Joseph I. Earl, 4 May 1903, typescript, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 13; Philo Dibble, "Philo Dibble's Narrative," in Early Scenes in Church History: Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882. Reprinted in Four Faith Promoting Classics, Part 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968, 88.)