Black Hawk War Veterans
Jefferson County IL
Enrollment
The Black Hawk War (1832) put down the last armed Indian resistance in the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. Early in the nineteenth century, whites started moving into what is now the state of Illinois. This movement precipitated numerous clashes with the Indians, and U.S. government officials sought to move the Indians out of the path of settlement.

In 1804, a treaty of questionable validity decreed that the Sac and Fox Indians move west of the Mississippi. Some refused, however, and soon after the War of 1812 one leader, Black Hawk, denounced the treaty and proclaimed the Indians' determination to retain their land. After years of skirmishes, the whites forced a new treaty on Black Hawk in 1831, which compelled the Indians to leave.

The next spring, however, Black Hawk returned with four hundred braves and their families, hoping to gain additional support from other tribes. When little help materialized, he prepared to sue for peace, but when the whites murdered one of his emissaries, he attacked again, defeating a much larger force. Fleeing into what is now Wisconsin, he was pursued by a newly formed army of volunteers assisted by the Sioux. A final battle took place at the Bad Axe River. Although Black Hawk raised a white flag, the attackers shot most of his band—men, women, and children. Black Hawk escaped to the Winnebagos, but they surrendered him to the whites. After a year of imprisonment, he returned to the remnants of his people in Iowa. The defeat of Black Hawk removed the last obstacle to white settlement in the Old Northwest.


  BURIALS: 

Name
 
Dates from Stone
 
Military Co. 
or Unit
 
Cemetery
 
Carpenter, Samuel
 
b.1-3-1812 
d. 5-1-1892        
 
Jordan Chapel
 
Lane, Gilbert
 
d. 5-5-1872 
67y        
 
H 2 IL INF
 
Pleasant Grove
 
Owens, Peter
 
No stone
 
CPT BOWMAN CO
 
Pleasant Grove

  ENLISTMENTS:



NAME                             RANK  COMPANY          PLACE OF ENROLLMENT     REGIMENT BRIGADE

ALLEN, WILLIAM                   PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ANDERSON, ELI D                  SGT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ANDERSON, STINSON H              SGM                    JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ATCHISON, GEORGE W               PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ATCHISON, IGNATIUS               PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ATCHISON, IGNATIUS               PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ATCHISON, WASHINGTON             PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BAUGH, JOHN                      PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BAUGH, JOHN                      PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BINGAMAN, WILLIAM                PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BINGEMAN, WILLIAM                PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BLACK, JAMES                     PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BOND, JAMES B                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BOWMAN, JAMES                    CPT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BRADFORD, ABNER                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BRADFORD, JOSEPH                 PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BRADFORD, JOSEPH                 PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BRUCE, MARCUS D                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BRUCE, MARCUS D                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BUFFINGTON, P C                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BUFFINGTON, PHILLIP C            PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BULLOCK, GEORGE                  CPL   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
BULLOCK, JAMES                   CPL   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
CARPENTER, SAMUEL W              PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
CASEY, F S                       1LT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
CASEY, ISAAC S                   CPL   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
CASEY, ZADOC                     PAY                    JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DARNALL, JOHN                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DARNALL, JOHN                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DEPRIEST, GREEN                  2LT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DEPRIEST, GREEN                  2LT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DEPRIEST, ISAAC C                CPL   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DEPRIEST, ISAAC C                CPL   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DEWEZE, WILLIAM                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
DEWEZE, WILLIAM                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ELKIN, GAZAY                     PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ELKIN, ROBERT                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
FAULKENBRY, ISAAC                PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
GASTIN, WILLIAM D                PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
HAM, JAMES                       PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
HARLOW, JOEL                     PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
HAYS, WILLIAM B                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
HICKS, STEPHEN G                 SGT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
HOLDER, WILLIS B                 PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
ISAM, JOHN                       PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
KITREL, DAVID                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
KITRELE, DAVID                   PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
LITTLETON, DANIEL                SGT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
LITTLETON, DANIEL                SGT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
MARTIN, JAMES C                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
MARTIN, JAMES C                  PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
MC BRIEN, JOHN E                 PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
MEEK, ROBERT                     PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
MINER, JAMES F                   PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
MINER, JAMES F                   PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
NEWBY, HEZEKAH B                 PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
NEWBY, HEZIKIAH B                PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
OWENS, JOSHAU                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
OWENS, PETER                     PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
OWINS, JOSHUA                    PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
OWINS, PETER                     PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
PACE, GEORGE W                   PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
PARISH, WIATT                    PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
PARISH, WIOTT                    PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
REYNALDS, JACOB                  PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
REYNOLDS, JACOB                  PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
RHEA, JAMES                      PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
SATERFIELD, JOHN R               SGT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1            
SATTERFIELD, JOHN R              SGT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
THOMINSON, WILLIAM               PVT   J WATKINS        JEFFERSON CO                 1    1            
TOMISON, WILLIAM                 PVT   J BOWMAN         JEFFERSON CO                 SP   1






 






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