Approximately 1800 men
served in the 1831
campaign and 9000 in the 1832 campaign. The Illinois State Historical
Library possesses in either original or on microfilm the records from
which this information was extracted.
The listing of veterans in Whitney's publication is far
more complete and accurate than the listing found in the ninth volume
of the 1902 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois.
The Archives possesses the 1881 transcriptions, produced from official
rolls in Washington, DC, from which the information was taken to
produce the 1902 report. The transcriptions comprise the Archives'
record series, Black Hawk War Records (RS 301.007).
The database was created and donated to the Illinois
State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois. Delap, a volunteer
with the Edgar County Genealogical Library, has also indexed the names
of Illinois veterans of the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War and
Spanish-American War.
This list contains only those persons who were buried in
Clark County. Not all veterans may be included in this list and some
information may be in error.
