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1840 .- Charles Rider, Timothy Cohb, Henry Sherman. 1841 .- Charles Rider, Timothy Cohh, David Pratt. 1842 .- Charles Rider, Timothy Cohh, Charles Barrows. 1843 .- William S. Savory, John Savory, Charles Barrows. 1844 .- William S. Savory, Eliah Ward, Charles Barrows. 1845 .- Joseph Barrows, Henry Sherman, Daniel Shaw. 1846 .- Joseph Barrows, William Barrows, Daniel Shaw. 1847 .- Samuel A. Shurtleff, Timothy Cohh, Daniel Shaw. 1848 .- Samuel A. Shurtleff, Timothy Cohb, Daniel Shaw. 1849 .- Thomas Southworth, Timothy Cobh, Daniel Shaw. 1850 .- Thomas Southworth, Timothy Cohh, Daniel Shaw. 1851 .- Thomas Southworth, Daniel Shaw, Thomas Cohh. 1852 .- Joseph Barrows, Thomas Vaughn, Frederick Cohb. 1853 .- Joseph Barrows, Thomas Vaughn, Frederick Cohb. 1854 .- Joseph Barrows, Thomas Vaughn, Frederick Cobb. 1855 .- Thomas Southworth, Thomas Vaughn, Horatio A. Lueas.
1856 .- Thomas Southworth, Thomas Vaughn, Stillman Ward. 1857 .- Thomas Southworth, Thomas Vaughn, Stillman Ward. 1858 .- Thomas Southworth, Thomas Vaughn, Benj. Ransom. 1859 .- Freeman G. Tillson, Alvin Perkins, Benjamin Ransom. 1860 .- Thomas B. Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Benjamin Ransom. 1861 .- Thomas B. Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Horatio A. Lucas. 1862 .- Thomas B. Griffeth, Thomas Vaughn, Alvin Perkins. 1863 .- Joseph Barrows, Thomas Vaughn, Alvin Perkins. 1864 .- Andrew Griffeth, Thomas Vaughn, Alvin Perkins. 1865 .- Andrew Griffeth, Thomas Vaughn, Frederick Cohh. 1966 .- Andrew Griffeth, Thomas Vaughn, Frederick Cobb. 1867 .- Andrew Griffeth, Thomas Vaughn, Frederick Cobb. 1868 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Frederick Cobh. 1869 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Frederick Cobb. 1870 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, E. S. Lucas. 1871 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, E. S. Luoas. 1872 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Horatio A. Lucas. 1873 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Horatio A. Lucas. 1874 .- Andrew Griffeth, Alvin Perkins, Horatio A. Lucas. 1875 .- Andrew Griffoth, Horatio A. Lucas, Ebenezer D. Shaw. 1876 .- Androw Griffeth, Horatio A. Luoas, Ebenezer D. Shaw. 1877 .- Andrew Griffeth, Horatio A. Lucas, Ebenezor D. Shaw. 1878 .- Andrew Griffeth, Horatio A. Lucas, Ebenozer D. Shaw. 1879 .- Gustavus Atwood, Horatio A. Lucas, Fredorick Cohb. 1880 .- Gustavus Atwood, Horatio A. Lucas, Frederick Cobb. 1881 .- Gustavus Atwood, Horatio A. Lnoas, Frederick Cobb. 1882 .- Androw Griffoth, Nolson Sherman, Albert T. Shurtleff. 1883 .- Andrew Griffeth, Nolson Sherman, Albert T. Shurtleff.
1814-30. Samuel Shaw.
1830-42. Isaae Vaughn.
1846-59. Thomas Vaughn.
1859-65. Ansel B. Maxim.
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HISTORY OF CARVER.
The following is a list of the names of those gentle- men who from time to time have represented the town of Carver in the House of Representatives of the Massachusetts State Legislature. together with the dates at which those sessions of the Legislature com- menced. It will be observed that for quite a long term of time after Carver was incorporated as a town it was not usual to send a representative every year, and hence the numerous omissions in enumerating dates that herein appear :
REPRESENTATIVES.
1800. Capt. Nathaniel Sher- 1839. Joseph Barrows. man.
1$10. Capt. Benjamin Ellis.
1841. Timothy Cobb, Esq.
1$11. Capt. Benjamin Ellis.
1842. Henry Sherman, Esq.
1$16. Maj. Benjamin Ellis.
1943. John Savary, Esq.
1920. Maj. Benjamin Ellis.
1844. John Savary, Esq.
1822. Maj. Benjamin Ellis.
1827. John Savary, Esq.
1945. William S. Savary, Esq. 1847. Hon. Jesse Murdock.
1526. John Savary, Esq.
1848. Timothy Cobb, Esq.
1529. Hon. Benjamin Ellis.
1851. Matthias Ellis.
1530. Hon. Benjamin Ellis.
1852. Capt. Matthias Ellis.
1531. Lewis Pratt.
1853. Capt. Matthias Ellis.
1532. Thomas Cobb, Esq.
1854. George P. Bowers.
1933. Benjamin Ransom. 1855. James B. Tillson, Esq.
1934. Jesse Murdock, Jr.
1858. Rufus C. Freeman.
1535. Jesse Murdock, Jr.
1867. Elisha M. Dunham.,
1538. Jesse Murdock.
1881. Peleg McFarlin.
The town of Carver has several times had the honor to furnish one of the members of the State Senate. The names of Carver gentlemen who served in the State Senate, together with the dates at which the sessions commenced, were as follows :
SENATE.
Maj. Benjamin Ellis, May, 1825, and January, 1832. Jesse Murdock, January, 1844, and January, 1845.
Lieut .- Col. Matthias Ellis, January, 1854.
Peleg MeFarlin, January, 1882 and 1883.
MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL.
Jesse Murdock, from January, 1847, to January, 1849.
The members of Constitutional Conventions, with the dates at which each convention commenced its session, have been as follows :
Maj. Benjamin Ellis, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1820. Joseph Barrows, Esq., Wednesday, May 4, 1853.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Thomas Southworth, Jr.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.I
Dates of First Appointment.
Francia Shurtleff.
April 16, 1790.
Nehemiah Cobb.
Feb. 5, 1795.
Benjamin Ellis
1808.
John Savary.
Feb. 17, 1824.
Samuel Shaw Feb.
7, 1837.
I The commission of a justice of the peace continued in force for the term of seven years from the date of appointment; doubtless several of these commissions were renewed to the holdere.
Dates of First Appointment.
Thomas Cobb
.Feb. 7, 1837.
Lewis Pratt
. Feb.
18, 1838.
Timothy Cobb. May
22, 1841.
Henry Sherman Jan.
4, 1842 ..
William S. Savary Jan.
4, 1842.
William Barrows.
March 14, 1843.
Jesse Murdock.
Feb.
1, 1847.
James Cole ..
.Dec.
2,1851.
Joseph Barrows.
May
3, 1853.
Thomas Southworth April 20, 1855.
James B. Tillson. April 26, 1855.
Thomas Vaughan April
7, 1868.
Benjamin Ransom Nov.
15, 1873.
John Bent.
.Oct.
10, 1875.
George P. Bowers
Jan.
24, 1879.
Albert T. Savary.
April 11, 1879.
Post-Offices and Postmasters in Carver .- The first or earliest post-office in the town of Carver was established in or about the year 1811, with John Shaw as postmaster, who was succeeded in that posi- tion in or about 1813 by James Ellis, and an appa- rently well-authenticated tradition says that for a time Mr. William Ainsworth Coombs, late of Lake- ville deceased, but then, as he used to relate, "a barefooted boy on horseback," supplied the Carver post-office both from toward Middleboro' and to- ward Plymouth by a "pony post" with its mails. The several successive persons who have since held the position of postmaster at this office have been and are as follows : Eliab Ward, from 1839; Daniel Shaw, from 1854; Edward W. Shaw.
Besides this, two other post-offices have been kept in the town of Carver, and officially designated and known as " North Carver" and "South Carver" post- offices. Of the post-office at North Carver the suc- cessive postmasters have been as follows : Rev. Plum- mer Chase, William Barrows, Alvan C. Harlow, Ben- jamin Ransom, Jr. The postmasters of the South Carver office have been Hon. Jesse Murdock, Jr. ; Maj. Thomas B. Griffith, from 1849; Hon. Peleg McFarlin.
CHAPTER II.
MILITARY HISTORY.
THE names of the Minute-men of Plympton, or those who responded to their country's " first call" in the war of the American Revolution, April 19, 1775. As Carver, at the date of the "Lexington Alarm," so called, was a part of the town of Plympton, the list of those brave men is given entire lest in the effort to divide those who then resided within the geographical limits of Carver some might be omitted :
Commissioned Officers.
Nathaniel Shaw, captain; Jonathan Tillson, first lieutenant; Francis Shurtleff, second lieutenant.
1840. Joseph Barrows.
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Non-commissioned Officers.
Joshua Perkins, Joseph Cole, Ebenezer Crocker, and Elisha Lucas, sergoants ; Consider Chaso, Samuel Cobb, Ebenezer Record, Jr., and Joseph Crocker, corporals.
Musicians.
Ebenezer Ransom and Isaiah Tillson, drummers.
Privates.
Samuel Lucas.
John Sherman.
Lemuel Crocker.
John Atwood.
John Lueas.
Benjamin Shurtleff, Jr.
David Wood.
Edward Stephens.
James Doten. Edward Stephens, Jr.
John Dunham.
William Stephens.
Ebenezer Robbins.
Lomuel Stepliens.
Noah Pratt.
John Stephens.
Silvanus Dunham.
Amaziah Doten.
Simeon Dunham.
Joseph Ransom.
Silas Dunham.
Joshua Totman.
Elijah Dunham.
Stoddard Totman.
Daniel Vaughan.
John Shurtleff.
Daniel Vaughan, Jr.
George Hammond.
William Cobb.
Ambrose Shaw.
Joseph Vaughan.
Benjamin Shaw.
Abiel Shurtleff.
Benjamin Shaw, Jr.
Thomas Savary.
Caleb Atwood.
Andrew Barrows.
Jonathan Shaw.
Hezekiah Cole.
Nehemiah Lucas.
Nathan Cobb.
Elijah Lucas.
Daniel Faunee.
Isaae S. Lucas.
John Riekard.
Ebenezer Record.
William Stertevant.
Abner Record.
Issaehar Fuller.
Elijah Record.
Barnabas Lucas.
Joseph Bordman.
The services of the people residing in what is now Carver, performed in the war of the American Revolu- tion, may be properly and justly elaimed as making a part of the history of Plympton, as that war was begun and ended before Carver was detached and set off from Plympton, and yet its details properly be- long to the history of the locality then part of Plympton, now the township of Carver ; and to those who objeet to this as a part of the history of Carver, we will present the same as the history of that loeality now Carver.
Rhode Island Expedition, December, 1776 .- The following-named officers and soldiers performed each fourteen days' service at Rhode Island in De- eember, 1776 :
Commissioned Officers. Francis Shurtleff, lieutonant ; Joseph Cole, ensign.
Non-commissioned Officers.
Timothy Cobb, Samuel Lucas, Consider Chase, and Samuel Vaughn, sergeants ; John Lucas, corporal.
Musicians.
Ebenezer Ransom, drummor; Silvanus Stevons, fifer.
Privates.
Hezekiah Cole. Nehemiah Cobb.
Samuel Cobb. Asa Dunham.
Noah Fuller.
Isaac Shaw Lucas.
Abijah Lucas.
Ebenezer Robbins.
Joseph Ransom.
David Ransom, Jr. Benjamin Shurtleff, Jr. Thomas Savary. Isaac Lucas.
War of the Rebellion .- The Minute-men of 1861, who promptly responded at the first eall of the country in the late war of the great Rebellion, and performed a tour of three montlis' service at and near Fortress Monroe, in Virginia, in Company K, of the Third Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry, under Col. David W. Wardrop, of New Bedford, in the brigade commanded by Brig .- Gen. Ebenezer W. Peiree, of Freetown :
Commissioned Officers.
William S. McFarlin, eaptain ; John Dunham, lieutenant.
Non-commissioned Officers. Hiram O. Tillson, Robert P. Morse, Linas A. Shaw, sergeants.
Privates.
George E. Bates.
Jonathan W. Shaw.
Joseph Bent. James H. Stringer.
John M. Cobb. Joseph Stringer.
Josiah W. Coggshall.
Hiram B. Tillson.
John D. Sanborn. Isaac B. Vales.
George H. Shaw.
Henry White.
COMPANY B, 3D REGT. INFANTRY (NINE MONTHS' SERVICE).
Commissioned Officers. Thomas B. Griffith, captain.
Non-commissioned Officers. Charles W. Griffith, sergeant ; George H. Shaw, John M. Cobb, and Andrew De Merit, corporals.
Musicians. John Murdoek and James B. Bates.
Wagoner. Lorenzo N. Shaw.
Privates.
Elbridge E. Atwood. Henry A. Dunham.
Stephen T. Atwood.
William Irwin.
Josiah W. Atwood. Alonzo D. Shaw.
Nathaniel B. Batos. Edward W. Shaw.
Charles H. Chase. Nathaniel Shaw, Jr.
Jolın B. Chandler.
Jesse M. Shaw.
William B. Chandler. Andrew Stringer.
Joseph F. Cobb. George W. Tillson.
Sidney 0. Cobb. Ansol B. Ward.
William H. Connell. Joseph G. Washburn.
Ellis D. Dunham.
Robort M. Dempsey.
COMPANY H, 11TH REGT. INFANTRY. Private.
James A. Stowart.
COMPANY F, 11THI REGT. (THREE YEARS' SERVICE).
Private.
Goorge Clark.
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HISTORY OF CARVER.
COMPANY C, ISTH REGT. INFANTRY (THREE YEARS' SERVICE). Commissioned Officer. William S. MeFarlin, captain. Non-commissioned Officers.
Bartlett Shaw, Micah G. Shurtleff, Pelham W. Barrows, Albert W. Perkins, Linus A. Shaw. Henry White, sergeants; Samuel B. Barrows. Wilson McFarlin, Levi Shurtleff, James H. Stringer, Joseph Stringer, corporals.
Prirates.
Allen S. Atwood. John B. McFarlin.
Isaiah F. Atwood.
Charles F. Pratt.
Thomas Atwood.
Elbridge A. Shaw.
Josiah W. Coggshall.
Isaac Shaw.
Benjamin W. Dunham.
Henry S. Shurtleff.
Daniel Dunham.
James F. Shurtleff.
Thomas S. Dunham.
Isaac B. Vail.
Harvey H. Finney. Marshall A. Washburn.
John M. Maxim. Peleg B. Washburn.
COMPANY E, 23D REGT. INFANTRY.
Corp. Edward L. Carnes. Wag. Benjamin F. Fuller.
COMPANY E, 29TH REGT. INFANTRY.
Columbus Adams. Charles F. Adams. William R. Middleton.
2D REGT. INFANTRY.
Lieut. William H. Barrows. Sergt. Luman T. Hammond.
COMPANY E, 38TH REGT. THREE YEARS' SERVICE). Sergt. Josiah E. Atwood.
Privates.
George E. Bates. James McSherey. John Breanch. William W. Piersons.
George H. Pratt.
Jesse F. Lucas.
COMPANY C, 58TH REGT. (THREE YEARS' SERVICE). Austin Ward.
COMPANY F. Wagoner Henry T. Ward.
COMPANY G, IST REGT. CAVALRY (THREE YEARS' SERVICE). Nathan B. Maxim.
COMPANY G. 2D REGT. CAVALRY (THREE YEARS' SERVICE). John Ray.
IST REGT. HEAVY ARTILLERY (THREE YEARS' SERVICE).
Samuel Langley.
John Reardon.
SERVED IN THE NAVY.
Ensign Everett T. Manter. Ensign Stillman Ward, Jr. ROLL OF HONOR,
or names of Carrer people who laid dinon their lives to sustain the liberties and laws of their country in the late war of the " Great Rebellion."
" Long after-years the tale shall tell, In words of light revealed, Who bravely fought, who nobly fell."
James H. Stringer, died at Yorktown, Va., April 29, 1862. Elbridge A. Shaw, died at Gaines' Mills, Va., June 14, 1862. 29
Joseph F. Stringer, killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. Sergt. Bartlett Shaw, killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862. Corp. Wilson MeFarlin, killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862.
Lucian T. Hammond, died at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 30, 1862.
Harry Finney, mortally wounded at Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862. John S. Robbins, mortally wounded at Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862.
Corp. Levi Shurtleff, Jr., died at New York Oct. 7, 1862. Benjamin W. Dunham, died at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 26, 1862. Corp. Eli Atwood, Jr., killed at Fredericksburg December, 1862.
Archibald Stringer, died at Fortress Monroe, Va., Jan. 13, 1863.
James MeSherey, died at Fortress Monroe, Va., Jan. 13, 1863. Alonzo D. Shaw, died at Newberne, N. C., April 18, 1863. John Branch, died at New Orleans, La., May 11, 1863. George E. Bates, died at Baton Rouge, La., May 21, 1863. William H. Barrows, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. Josiah E. Atwood, died at Brashear City, La., July 11, 1863. William H. O. Connell, died Sept. 30, 1863.
Lucius E. Griffith, died at Washington, D. C., Nov. 6, 1863. George H. Pratt, mortally wounded Oct. 23, 1864.
Local Militia .- From the date of the incorpora- tion of Carver as a town, June 9, 1790, until 1812, the local militia that had been during all that period organized as two companies, constituted a part of the First Regiment in the Plymouth County Brigade.
Beside the train-bands at Carver that First Regi- ment also embraced the local militia of the towns of Duxbury, Kingston, Halifax, and Plympton, and all the companies of the town of Plymouth, save the Artillery Company that in 1794 was with the Abing- ton Artillery, made a battalion of artillery.
The field-officers of a regiment at the period of time now under consideration consisted of a lieuten- ant-colonel, commandant, a senior major and a junior major, who were elected by the votes of the commis- sioned officers of the several companies composing the regiment, and commissioned by the Governor.
Of that First Regiment, Nehemiah Cobb, Esq., of Carver, was commissioned junior major, to take rank from Sept. 23, 1790, promoted to senior major Sept. 3, 1793, and honorably discharged in 1796. John Sampson, of Kingston, and John Torrey, of Plym- outh, successively commanded the regiment, while Maj. Cobb was in commission as a field-officer.
Nov. 30, 1796, John Shaw, of Carver, was pro- moted to junior major, and held that position until 1803; John Thomas, of Kingston, then being the lieutenant-colonel commandant.
In 1812 the four militia companies in Rochester, two companies in Wareham, the company at South Carver, and that at South Middleboro' were formed into a regiment, to be known as the Third Regiment in Second Brigade, of Sixteenth Division,
Job C. Chandler, Jr. John B. Hatch. Benjamin H. Savary. Perez T. Shurtleff.
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of which Third Regiment on the 20th day of April, 1812, Benjamin Ellis, of Carver, was commissioned major; Noah Dexter, of Rochester, being lieutenant- colonel commandant. This order of things was of brief duration, when the Third Regiment being dis- banded, those companies of which it was composed were returned to those regiments from whence taken.
Soon after this the rank of the field-officers of a regiment in the militia of Massachusetts was changed from that of a lieutenant-colonel commandant, a senior and a junior major to colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and major.
March 16, 1818, Capt. Bartlett Murdock was pro- moted to major of the First Regiment, raised to lieu- tenant-colonel Aug. 23, 1819, and colonel Jan. 22, 1823, and honorably discharged in 1826.
Capt. Benjamin Ward, of Carver, was promoted to major of First Regiment Sept. 23, 1821, lieutenant- colonel Jan. 22, 1823, colonel Sept. 18, 1826, and honorably discharged in 1830.
In 1826 a new regiment was formed, known as the Fifth Regiment, and made up of companies detached from the First and Fourth Regiments of Plymouth County Brigade.
Of that Fifth Regiment Capt. Stillman Shaw, of Carver, was commissioned major, to rank from Aug. 27, 1829, honorably discharged 1830. The Fifth Regiment was disbanded by general orders of May 13, 1831, and from that time until the final abolition of the old system, April 24, 1840, the militia of Carver constituted a part of the First Regiment in Plymouth County Brigade, which was known as the First Brig- ade of the Fifth Division.
The following are the names of the commissioned officers of the local militia in Carver, with dates when commissioned and discharged :
NORTH COMPANY.
Captains.
Nathaniel Shaw, com. 1762. Francis Shurtleff, com. July 1, 1781. Nehemiah Cobb, com. 178 -; disch. Sept. 23, 1790. John Sherman, com. Oct. 4, 1790. Barnabas Cobb, com. April 4, 1796. Abijah Lucas, com. July 19, 1802. Joshua Cole, com. Sept. 1, 1806. Thomas Cobb, com. May 31, 1815. Levi Vaughn, com. May 4, 1818. Israel Dunham, com. Sept. 24, 1822. Charles Cobb, com. May 26, 1827. Benjamin Ransom, com. Aug. 31, 1829. Anthony Sherman, com. April 23, 1833.
Lieutenants.
Nehemiah Cobb, com. July 1, 1781.
Isaac S. Lucas, com. Oct. 4, 1790. Lemuel Cole, com. April 4, 1796.
Joshua Cole, com. July 19, 1802. Isaiah Tillson, com. Sept. 1, 1806. Levi Vaughn, com. May 31, 1815, to May 4, 1818. Benjamin Lucas, com. May 4, 1818. Israel Dunham, com. July 10, 1821; disch. Sept. 24, 1822. John Lucas, com. Sept. 24, 1822.
Benjamin Ransom, com. May 26, 1827 ; disch. Aug. 31, 1829. Asa Barrows, com. Aug. 31, 1829; disch. Feb. 27, 1833. Lewis Holmes, com. April 23, 1833.
Eusigns.
Francis Shurtleff, com. 1762. Joseph Shaw, com. July 1, 1781. Barnabas Cobb, com. Oct. 4, 1790. Abijah Lucas, com. April 4, 1796. Nathaniel Vaughan, com. July 19, 1802.
Thomas Cobb, com. Sept. 1, 1806 ; disch. May 31, 1815. Benjamin Lucas, com. May 31, 1815 ; disch. May 4, 1818. Israel Dunham, com. May 4, 1818; disch. July 10, 1821. John Lucas, com. July 10, 1821 ; disch. Sept. 24, 1822. Asa Burrows, com. July 26, 1827; disch. Aug. 31, 1829. Anthony Sherman, com. Aug. 31, 1829; disch. April 23, 1833. Thomas Vaughan, com. April 23, 1833.
SOUTH COMPANY.
Captains.
Benjamin Ward, com. May 30, 1787. John Shaw, com. July 15, 1793; disch. Nov. 30, 1796. Ichabod Leonard, com. Jan. 16, 1797. Gideon Shurtleff, com. June 9, 1800. Elisha Murdock, com. Oct. 4, 1804. Benjamin Ellis, com. May 16, 1808 ; disch. April 20, 1812. Samuel Shaw, com. June 24, 1812 ; disch. April 20, 1815. Bartlett Murdock, com. May 30, 1815 : disch. March 16, 1818. Joseph Shaw, com. May 18, 1818; disch. March 16, 1819. Benjamin Ward, com. Sept. 13, 1819; disch. Sept. 23, 1821. Lothrop Barrows, com. Aug. 17, 1822. Stillman Shaw, com. July 21, 1827; disch. August, 1829. Stephen Griffeth, com. Oct. 2, 1829.
Lieutenants.
Samuel Shaw, com. Oct. 4, 1809; disch. June 24, 1812. Luke Perkins, com. June 24, 1812 ; disch. April 20, 1815. Joseph Shaw, com. May 30, 1815 ; disch. May 18, 1818. Benjamin Ward, com. May 18, 1818; disch. Sept. 13, 1819. Ira Murdock, com. Sept. 13, 1819.
Stillman Shaw, com. Sept. 18, 1824; disch. July 21, 1827. Stephen Griffeth, com. July 21, 1827; disch. Oct. 2, 1829. Daniel Shaw, com. Oct. 2, 1829.
Ensigns.
Benjamis Ellis, com. Oct. 4, 1804; disch. May 16, 1808. Samuel Shaw, com. May 16, 1808; disch. Oct. 4, 1809. Luke Perkins, com. Oct. 4, 1809 ; disch. June 24, 1812. Bartlett Murdock, com. June 24, 1812; disch. May 30, 1815. Benjamin Ward, com. May 30, 1815 ; disch. May 18, 1818. Ira Murdock, com. May 18, 1818; disch. Sept. 13, 1819. William Murdock, com. Sept. 13, 1819.
Daniel Shaw, com. Oct. 13, 1828; disch. Oct. 2, 1829. Orrin Atwood, com. Oct. 2, 1829 ; disch. 1832. Silas Bumpus, com. July 24, 1832.
The Bay State Light Infantry Company .-.- This company was raised pursuant to the following order from the Governor of Massachusetts, issued under date of June 22, 1852 :
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" WHEREAS, Thomas B. Griffith and forty-seven others have petitioned His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, for leave to organize a Company of Light Infantry in the town of Carver and vicinity,
"His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, grants the prayers thereof, and directs that orders he issued immediately for an election of officers, the notification thereof heing ad- dressed to Mr. Thomas B. Griffeth, of Carver; aud the Com- mander-in-Chief further orders that, when said Company is dnly organized, it he known by the letter K, and incorporated into the 3rd Regt. of Light Infantry. 2d Brigade, Ist Division."
The election above ordered came off upon the 10th day of July, 1852, when Matthias Ellis was chosen captain, Seneca R. Thomas first lieutenant, William S. McFarlin second lieutenant, Benjamin Ward third lieutenant, and Joseph W. Sherman fourth lieuten- ant, all being residents of Carver save the first lieu- tenant, whose home was in Middleboro'. The com- pany at the same time voted to take the name of " Bay State Light Infantry."
The ladies of Carver, headed by Miss Waitstill Murdock, being one hundred and thirty-three in number. contributed the sum of one hundred and thirty dollars, with which was purchased an elegant banner. and also two small flags for markers, which banner and flags on the occasion of the first annual May inspection were presented to the company by a committee of ladies in behalf of the donors, and which committee consisted of Miss Waitstill Mur- dock and Mrs. Thomas B. Griffith, of Carver, and Mrs. Nathaniel S. Cushing, of Middleboro'.
The first time that this company was called into service was upon the occasion of a brigade muster in the town of East Bridgewater, 1852, when the roll exhibited the following names of active members :
Commissioned Officers.
Matthias Ellis, captain ; Seneca R. Thomas, William S. McFar- lin, Benjamin Ward, and Joseph W. Sherman, lieutenants.
Non-commissioned Officers.
Solomon F. McFarlin, John F. Shaw, Thomas B. Griffith, Austin Ward, and Philip W. Bump, sergeants; Alvin C. Harlow, Ira B. Shaw, Augustus F. Tillson, and Thomas W. Wright- ington, corporals.
Privates.
Robert W. Andrew. Charles H. Cole.
Samuel S. Atwood.
Thomas C. Cole.
Joseph Atwood.
Charles H. Chase.
Simeon H. Barrows.
Joseph S. Chandler.
Pelham W. Barrows.
Ebenezer Dunham.
Charles Bennett.
Elisha M. Dunham.
David MI. Batez.
Henry A. Dunham.
J. Henry Bump. George Cobb. Marcus E. Cobb. Rufus Hathaway.
Martin F. Cobb.
Ephraim T. Harlow.
Erastus W. Cobb. John B. Hatch.
John S. Cartee.
Wilson McFarlin.
Elisha Murdock.
John Murdock.
William F. Shurtleff.
Abisha S. Perry.
Andrew G. Shurtleff. Levi Shurtleff, Jr.
Enoch Pratt.
John M. Maxim.
Marcus M. Tillson.
Josiah Robbins.
Hiram Tillson.
John Shaw (3d).
IIiram Otis Tillson. Alvin S. Perkins.
Bartlett Shaw.
Gilbert Shaw.
Thompson P. Thomas.
Cephas Shaw, Jr. Andrew S. Tibbets.
Oliver Shaw (2d). Adoniram W. Vails.
Abiel Shurtleff. James Waterman.
Joseph F. Shurtleff.
Isaac C. Vaughan.
Perez F. Shurtleff.
John Witlizin.
Capt. Matthias Ellis was, in January, 1854, pro- moted to the office of an aide-de-camp to his Excel- lency Emory Washburn, then Governor, captain- general, and commander-in-chief of the State of Massachusetts, which office of aide-de-camp conferred the rank of a lieutenant-colonel.
The position of captain of the Bay State Light Infantry Company, thus made vacant by the promo- tion of Matthias Ellis, was filled, April 17, 1854, by the promotion of Lieut. Seneca R. Thomas, of Mid- dleboro', to captain, the other lieutenants being at the same time promoted in their regular order, and Sergt. Solomon F. McFarlin raised to fourth lieuten- ant.
Capt. Thomas resigned, and on the 30th day of October, 1858, received an honorable discharge, and on the 17th of December, 1858, First Lieut. Wil- liam S. McFarlin, of Carver, was promoted to captain. His subaltern officers were Charles W. Griffith, of Middleboro', first lieutenant, and Solomon F. Mc- Farlin, of Carver, second lieutenant. These subal- terns resigned, and on the 11th of August, 1860, George F. Cobb was elected first lieutenant, Thomas B. Griffith second lieutenant, and John Dunham third lieutenant. Bartlett Shaw was at the same time chosen fourth lieutenant, but refused to accept. For further particulars concerning the history of this com- pany, see " Minute-Men of 1861," in that part de- voted to the story of what Carver has done for the country in the several wars in which the nation has been engaged.
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