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THE SEAT OF JUSTICE .- By act of the legislature of Missouri, January 26th, 1833, Pettis county was organized, comprising all the territory within the present eastern, northern and western boundaries, and extend- ing south to the middle of the Osage river. The house of James Ramey at St. Helena, now known as Pin Hook Mills, situated eight miles north and one mile east of Sedalia, was designated as the place where the courts should be held, until the tribunal transacting business for the county should establish a temporary seat of justice.
The act also created a county court, designated the times of its meeting, and empowered the governor to appoint temporary judges.
By act of the legislature, December 3d, 1834, the temporary seat of justice for Pettis county was continued at St. Helena, until the permanent seat of justice should be selected and established, and Joseph S. Anderson of Cooper county, John Stapp of Lafayette county and John Rucker of Howard county, appointed commissioners to select a site for permanent seat of justice.
By authority of the act above mentioned, the business of the county was transacted at St. Helena, until 1837, when by act of the legislature George- town, three miles north of Sedalia, was selected as the permanent seat of justice for Pettis county, and a large substantial brick building was erected for the accommodation of the courts and county officials. The frame work of the building consisted of massive beams of hewn timber framed together with great care and skill and firmly anchored in the walls.
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Forty-three years that grand old building stood there,-breasting the storms-unshaken; and the children, who played within the shadow of its walls had become mothers and fathers, with gray hair and time-furrowed faces. Forty-three years-nearly half a century-and the men who had laid its foundation and reared its walls, who had framed its massive timbers and fashioned such parts into a symmetrical whole, were bowed with age, or had passed into another life. A generation had been born and had passed away, and a wilderness had been transformed into a country teem- ing with human life and energy, and then the walls of that historic temple of justice, that through all these years had looked down upon scenes of festivity and gloom, of joy and woe, of peace and war; that had echoed to the tread of armed men and the eloquence of orators pleading for justice were dismantled and leveled by ruthless hands, and carried away to Sedalia, to be used in the construction of a stable.
"To what base uses must we all return * * *
Imperial Czar dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away; O, that the earth which held the world in awe Should patch a wall to expell the winter flaw."
Georgetown remained the permanent seat of justice for Pettis county from 1837 to 1865, when by act of the state legislature it was removed to Sedalia, its present location.
THE COUNTY COURT .- The act of the legislature of Missouri, January 26, 1833, which provided for the organization of Pettis county, and the. establishment of a temporary seat of justice, also created the county court, and empowered the governor to appoint judges therefor, to serve until the general election in the county, which was ordered to be held in 1834. As before mentioned, the place selected temporarily for the transaction of the business of the county, was St. Helena, and times for holding the county courts, the third Mondays in February, May, August and Novem- ber.
In compliance with the above act, the governor appointed James Ramey, Elijah Taylor, and Wm. A. Miller judges of the county court, and the first session was held on the third Monday in February following.
ROSTER OF THE COUNTY COURT .- From its organization to the pres- ent time (1882), including the above named, and the years of service, the following changes have occurred in the personnel of the court:
In 1833 three judges were appointed, viz:
James Ramey, appointed 1833, served until 1838.
Elijah Taylor, appointed 1833, served until 1838.
Wm. A. Miller, appointed 1833, served until 1838. Wm. A. Miller, elected 1838, served until 1842.
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Thomas Wasson, elected 1838, served until 1842. James Brown, elected 1838, served until 1842. Thomas Wasson, elected 1842, served until 1847. Wm. Scott, elected 1842, served until 1847. Henry M. Ruby, elected 1842, served until 1847. Wm. Scott, elected 1847, served until 1850. Thomas Wasson, elected 1847, served until 1850. John S. Brown, elected 1847, served until 1850. Henry Rains, appointed 1850, served until 1851. James Walker, elected 1850, served until 1851. A. M. Forbes, elected 1850, served until 1853. John S. Brown, elected 1851, served until 1853. Samuel Dudley, appointed 1851, served until 1854. Mentor Thomson, appointed 1851, served until 1854. Hampton P. Gray, elected 1853, served uutil 1854. Wm. Scott, elected 1853, served until 1854. A. M. Forbes, elected 1854, served until 1856. A. M. Coffey, elected 1854, served until 1856. Wm. Gentry, appointed 1855, served until 1856. H. C. Gray, elected 1856, served until 1858. Wm. Gentry, elected 1856, served until 1865. Thomas Ferguson, elected 1856, served until 1864. Jacob Yankee, elected 1860, served until 1866. W. D. Erwin, appointed 1864, served until 1866. J. W. Beeman, appointed 1864, served until 1866. A. M. Wright, appointed 1866, served until 1870. J. W. Beeman, appointed 1866, served until 1870. E. W. Washburn, appointed 1866, served until 1870. Allen O. Bannon, appointed 1868, served until 1870. Thomas W. Phillips, elected 1868, served until 1872. A. M. Wright, elected 1870, served until 1872. Charles Richardson, appointed 1872, served until 1873. * John M. Sneed, appointed 1873, served until 1875. + A. H. Codding, appointed 1873, served until 1875. * O. M. Harris, appointed 1873, served until 1875. D. H. O'Rear, appointed 1873, served until 1875. William Bæker, appointed 1873, served until 1875. V. T. Chilton, appointed 1873, served until 1875 John G. Sloan, appointed 1873, served until 1875. E. Canady, appointed 1873, served until 1875. J. Tannahill, elected 1873, served until 1875.
*Resigned.
+Deceased.
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+W. C. Gibson, elected 1873, served until 1880.
John Baker, elected 1878, served until 1880.
J. Q. Tannahill, elected 1873, served until 1875.
· J. Q. Tannahill, elected 1878, served until 1880.
John Baker, elected 1878, served until 1880.
The present judges are: Wm. Gentry president, J. W. Purdue, and John Baker; H. Y. Field, clerk. Times of meeting, first Monday in each month,
The present county officers are: B. H. Ingram, clerk of circuit and criminal courts; H. Y. Field, county clerk; M. S. Conner, sheriff; R. H. Moses, collector; J. W. Conner, recorder; G. C. Heard, prosecuting attor- ney; R. T. Gentry, treasurer; J. W. Walker, assessor; Dr. W. P. King, coroner; John A. Lacey, judge of probate.
CIRCUIT COURT .- By act of the legislature of Missouri, February 9th, 1833, Pettis county was placed in the Fifth judicial circuit, consisting of the counties of Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Ray, Jackson, Layfette and Saline, but by act of March, 17th, 1835, the legislature created the Sixth judicial circuit, consisting of the counties of Benton, Barry, Green, Polk, Rives and Morgan, to which Pettis was also assigned.
The several terms of the circuit court held in Pettis county from its organization to the present time (1882) were as follows:
First term: St. Helena, July 8th, 1838. John F. Ryland, judge; Aaron Jenkins, sheriff; Amos Fristoe, clerk.
List of grand jurors: Henry Anderson, foreman; Anthony Fisher, John O'Banon, Middleton Anderson, Athel Woolf, O. L. Q. Brown, Marion Duran, Levi Odneals, Hugh M. Donehe, Daniel Lynn, George Kelly, John Brown, Corvin Carpenter, Clinton Young, Alfred Brock, Henry Small, James Scott, Peter Fisher, Henry Rains, Hiram Scott and Thomas Martin.
The record state that no bills were found by the grand jury, and the only business transacted by the court was the case of Wm. Heald vs. James Williams, appealed from justice's court. Entry: "Dismissed at the request of the parties." The remainder of the business transacted by the court, consisted merely of the enrollment of James H. Birch and Hon. Henderson Young (afterwards judge of that court), as members of the Pettis county bar. Length of term, one day.
The second term, November 11th, 1833, and third term, March 10th, 1834, were held at St. Helena. Ryland, judge; Jenkins, sheriff, and Fris- toe, clerk. Lasting one day each, and no important business transacted.
The fourth term, July, 1834, and fifth term, November 10th, 1834, were held at the same place as above mentioned, lasting two days each. Ryland judge; Wm. R. Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Sixth term, held at St. Helena. Ryland, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk. Term, one day, March, 1835.
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Seventh term, held at St. Helena, September 17th, 1835. Hon. Charles H. Allen, judge; Wm. R. Kemp, sheriff; Amos Fristoe, clerk. Tern, two days.
Eighth term, held at St. Helena. Allen, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk. Term, six days.
Ninth term, held at St. Helena, September 15th, 1836. Allen, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk. Term, one day.
Tenth term, held at St. Helena, March, 1837. Hon. John F. Ryland presented his commission as judge of the Sixth judicial circuit, and Henry Childs presented his commission as circuit attorney for same. Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk. Term, one day.
Eleventh term, held at St. Helena, July, 1837. Ryland, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk. Term, two days.
Twelfth term, held at St. Helena, November 20th, 1837. Ryland, judge ; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Thirteenth term, held at Georgetown, March 19th, 1838. Ryland, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Fourteenth term: July 16th, 1838. Ryland, judge; Willis P. Ellis, sheriff; Amos Fristoe, clerk. Wm. B. Almond presented his commission as prosecuting attorney of the Sixth circuit, signed by Lillburn W. Boggs, governor.
Fifteenth term: November 19th, 1838. Ryland, judge; Mason G. Pemberton, sheriff; Amos Fristoe, clerk.
Sixteenth term: March 16th, 1839. Ryland, judge; Pemberton, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Seventeenth term: July 19th, 1839. Ryland, judge; Pemberton, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Eighteenth term: November 28th, 1839. Officers, same as preceding term.
Nineteenth term: March 26th, 1840. Officers, same as! preceding term.
Twentieth term: July 30th, 1840. Officers, same as preceding court.
Twenty-first term: November 26th, 1840. Officers, same as preced- ing court.
Twenty-second term: March 25th, 1841. Ryland, judge; Pemberton, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk; H. Young, prosecuting attorney.
Twenty-third term: November 25th, 1841. Officers, same as preced- ing term.
Twenty-fourth term: March 31st, 1842. Officers, same as preceding term.
Twenty-fifth term : July 25th, 1842. Ryland, judge; W. P. Ellis, sheriff; · Fristoe, clerk.
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Twenth-sixth term: December 1st, 1842. Ryland, judge; Wm. R. Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk
Twenty-seventh term: July 10th, 1843. Foster P. Wright, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Twenty-eighth term: December 11th, 1843. Wright, judge; Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Twenty-ninth term: April 8th, 1844. Officers, same as preceding term.
Thirtieth term: October 7th, 1844. Wright, judge; Wm. H. Kille- brew, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Thirty-first term: April 7th, 1845. Wright, judge; Killebrew, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Thirty-second term: April 26th, 1846. John F. Ryland, judge; Kille- brew, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Thirty-third term: December 7th, 1847. Officers, same as preceding term.
Thirty-fourth term: April 24th, 1848. Ryland, judge; James Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Thirty-fifth term: October 23d, 1848. Officers, same as preceding term.
Thirty-sixth term: April 28th, 1849. Hon. Henderson Young, judge; James Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Thirty-seventh term: July 23d, 1849. Officers, same as preceding
term.
Thirty-eighth term: October 22d, 1849. Officers, same as preceding term.
Thirty-ninth term: October 21st, 1850. Young, judge; James Kemp, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Fortieth term: April 21st, 1851. Officers, same as preceding term.
Forty-first term: October 27th, 1851. Officers same as preceding term.
Forty-second term: April 27th, 1852. Young, judge; Wm. H. Kille- brew, sheriff; Fristoe, clerk.
Forty-third term: November 1st, 1852. Officers same as preceding term.
Forty-fourth term: May 2d, 1853. Young, judge; Killebrew, sheriff; Robert R. Stedden, clerk.
Forty-fifth term; October 31st, 1833. Officers same as preceding term.
Forty-sixth term: May 1st, 1854. Officers same as preceding term.
Forty-seventh term: October 30th, 1854. W. F. Wood, judge; Kille- brew, sheriff; Stedden, clerk.
Forty-eighth term: May 1st, 1855, Wood, judge; Finis E. Cravens, sheriff; Robert R. Stedden, clerk.
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Forty-ninth term, October 29th, 1855. Officers same as preceding term.
Special term : July 22d, 1856: Officers same as preceding term.
The record states that Sheriff Cravens, having reported to Judge Wood that the county jail was inadequate for the safe keeping of the large number of criminals confined there, the special term of court was called in order to bring them to trial.
Fiftieth term: October 27th, 1856.
Russell Hicks presented his commission, by appointment, as judge of the Sixth judicial circuit, signed by Gov. Sterling Price, vice-Wood, re- signed. The other officers of the court the same as the preceding term.
Fifty-first term: April 27th, 1857. Hicks, judge; Cravens, sheriff; Stedden, clerk.
Special term: July 20th, 1857. Officers same as preceding term.
Fifty-second term: November 2d, 1857. Hon. Russell Hicks pres- ents his commission from Gov. H. Jackson, as judge of the Sixth judicial circuit, by virtue of election. Officers same as preceding court.
November term, 1859. R. G. Smart presents his commission as judge of the Sixth judicial circuit, signed by Caleb Jackson, governor, and dated October 30th, 1859.
November term, 1860. Court adjourned to court, in course. After- wards the following entries appear:
"Pettis circuit court, Monday, April 9th, 1861. His honor, Judge Robt. T. Smart, not appearing, court stands adjourned until to-morrow morning."
"Tuesday, April 30th, 1861. His honor, Robt. G. Smart, not appear- ing, court stands adjourned until to-morrow morning."
"Wednesday, May 1st, 1861. His honor, Robt. G. Smart, not appear- ing, the court, by law, stands adjourned until court in course."
Cases filed in vacation: February 9th, 1861; October 26th, 1861; Jan- uary 2d, 1862; January 30th, 1862.
April term, 1862: Hon. John S. Tutt, presiding.
Ordered by the court that all members of the bar, jurors and officers of the court be required to take the oath as prescribed by the state convention.
Court adjourned to court in course.
November term, 1863: Hon. John S. Tutt, presiding. Court adjourned November 7th, to court in course. Term, 7 days.
May term, 1864: Hon. John S. Tutt, judge. Adjourned, May 7th, to court in course. Term, 7 days.
May term, 1865: Judge, Jno. S. Tutt. Term, one day. Court ad- journed to June 12, 1865.
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June 12, 1865: Judge, Jno. S. Tutt. Court adjourned, June 15th, to court in course.
October 30, 1865: Judge, Jno. S. Tutt, presiding. Court adjourned to court in course.
January 25, 1869: Hon. Chas. P. Townsley, presiding; Maj. Wm. Warner, circuit attorney; Bacon Montgomery, clerk; Wm. P. Paff, sheriff. Adjourned to court in course.
May term, 1874: Hon. Wm. T. Wood, presents his commission as judge of the Sixth judicial circuit.
January term, 1881: J. P. Strother presents his commission as judge of the 6th judicial circuit. Elected to serve from January 1, 1881, to Janu- ary 1, 1887.
EXPLANATORY .-- From the 52d term, November 2, 1857, Hon. Russell Hicks, presiding. We have not given in detail the various sittings of court; the proceedings being uninteresting and of no practical value. We have furnished only an outline of the judicial terms, passing over the or- dinary court proceedings and mentioning merely the most important events.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE BAR ON THE DEATH OF JUDGE R. HICKS .- Now at this day comes the committee appointed by the meeting of the bar in regard to the death of the late Honorable Judge Russell Hicks, and pre- sent the following resolutions adopted by said meeting; and it is ordered by the court to be spread upon the records of this court, which is as fol- lows:
WHEREAS, Judge Russell Hicks has, since the last adjournment of this court, been called from his earthly labors, and whereas the deceased had for a great number of years prior and up to the time of his death occupied an honorable and exalted position, both at the bar and on the bench of this judicial circuit; and recognizing in his life, his practice of law, his wise and impartial administration of justice, while on the bench, an example worthy of emulation in the younger members of the profession, and willing as we are to pay that tribute of respect, which is due to his great ability and long and honorable career, therefore, be it
Resolved, by the members of the bar of Pettis county, that in the death of Judge Hicks the bar of the sixth judicial circuit and of the whole state of Missouri, have been deprived of a wise counselor, an able and success- ful practitioner and a man of great genius, and extraordinary mental en- dowments, and that we owe and all join in heartily acknowledging that whatever eccentricitics of character he may have possessed, he was in the practice of his profession a man of pre-eminent ability, and of untiring ener- gy-a lawyer, who, in all the branches of his profession, studied and prac- ticed the law as the most perfect science; was indefatigable in his labors, zealous in the cause of his clients, and successful in the highest degree in his practice.
Resolved, that a copy of these resolutious be presented to the Circuit
With Great Respect Ine In Philips
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Court of Pettis county, and the court requested to spread the same upon the records of the court.
JNO. MONTGOMERY, JR., Committee, O. A. CRANDALL, ( L. L. BRIDGES.
RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH OF R. P. GARRETT .- Now, on this day, comes N. F. Short, appointed at the meeting of the bar, to present the resolutions of condolence to the widow and relatives of R. P. Garrett, deceased, and presents the same to the court.
Thereupon it is ordered by this court that the same be spread upon the records, which is done as follows:
WHEREAS, Providence, whose ways are past finding out, has removed from our number and association our esteemed friend and professional brother, Richard P. Garrett, in the springtime of a young life and pro- fessional career, therefore
Resolved, That we deplore his death as the loss of a rising member of the profession, as a kind and generous friend; a christian gentleman in all the walks of life, and as a husband and father, whose loss to his inconso- late wife and child, that cannot be estimated.
Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased our sincere sympathy and condolence, and commend them to the keeping of Him who doeth all things well, and who tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb.
Resolved, That the judges of the several courts of record in this county, be requested to order a copy of these resolutions spread upon the records of their respective courts.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the bereaved widow and parents of the deceased.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be published in the several city and St. Louis papers.
W. H. H. HILL, B. G. WILKERSON, W. Y. PEMBERTON.
CIRCUIT JUDGES .- The following is a complete roster of judges who have presided over Pettis Circuit Court, since the organization in 1833:
Ryland, Jno. F .; July 8th, 1833, to Sept. 17th, 1835.
Allen, Chas. H .; Sept. 17th, 1835, to March, 1837.
Ryland, Jon. F .; March 1837, to July 10th, 1843.
Wright, Foster P .; July 10, 1843, to April 20th, 1845.
Ryland, Jno. F .; April 20th, 1846, to April 23rd, 1849.
Young, Henderson; April 23rd, 1849, to Oct. 30th, 1854.
Wood, Jno. F .; Oct. 30th, 1854, to Oct. 27th, 1856.
Hicks, Russell; Oct. 27th, 1856, to Nov., 1859.
Smart, Robert G .; Nov. 1859.
Tutt, Jno. S .; April 28th, 1862,to Jan. 25th, 1869.
Townsley, Chas. P .; Jan. 25th, 1869, to May 4th, 1874.
Wood, Wm. F .; May 4th, 1874, to Jan. 1st, 1881.
Strother, J. P .; Jan. 1st, 1881, to Jan. 1st, 1887. 6
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COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS AND PROBATE .- By act of the legislature of Missouri, March 13th, 1867, the court of common pleas for Pettis county was established, and R. G. Durham appointed judge of that court by Gov. Thomas C. Fletcher in April following. Judge Durham was an active, intelligent official, and served very creditably to January 2d, 1869, and was succeeded by John S. Cochran, who was elected for four years.
By an act of the legislature, March 12th, 1870, the court of common pleas was invested with original jurisdiction as court of probate, and the county clerk was made ex-officio clerk of probate.
In 1873, Judge Cochran was succeeded by W. H. H. Hill, but by act of the legislature, March Sth, 1873, the common plea jurisdiction of the court was abolished, leaving only probate jurisdiction, and the judge was made clerk of his own court; all other business was transferred to the circuit court.
As judge of probate, Judge Hill was succeeded by H. P. Townsley, who was succeeded, January 1st, 1877, by John A. Lacy, for the term of four years, under the following circumstances:
In 1876, by authority of a special act of the legislature, certain counties (including Pettis) elected judges of probate for four instead of two years, resulting in a change of the time of election of probate judges in those counties to the middle of the term in all other counties. In order, there- fore, to establish uniformity in length of term and time of holding elections for probate judges in all the counties of the state, the legislature, in con- formity with the new constitution of the state, passed an act making the tenure of probate judges in Pettis and the other counties in which elections were held in 1876, as aforesaid, two years for one term, beginning January . 1st, 1881, and four years thereafter.
Under the provisions of this act therefore, the election of probate judge in Pettis county took place, and Judge John A. Lacy was re-elected to serve from January 1st, 1881, to January 1st, 1883.
THE CRIMINAL COURT .- The territory within the jurisdiction of the criminal court comprises Pettis and the other counties composing the Sixth judicial circuit, and also Johnson county. It was established by act of the legislature, March 18th, 1875, and in January, 1875, W. H. H. Hill, of Sedalia, was appointed judge thereof, and under that appointment served until January, 1877. By election in 1876, Judge Hill was made his own successor for a term of four years, but died in September, 1880.
Judge Hill was a very competent official and a useful and valued citizen. He was young, talented and cultured, a faitful student of science, learned in the law, an indefatigable worker in his profession, of excellent moral character, and charitable and generous to a fault. His disease was soften- ing of the brain, occasioned by excessive mental labor, and during the last months of his illness he was almost entirely helpless. His misfortune was
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deeply regretted by all who knew him, and his sad and untimely death was mourned by the entire community.
Judge Hill was succeeded as judge of the criminal court, by John E. Ryland, of Lexington, who was appointed by Gov. Phelps for the unex- pired term. During his incumbency by appointment, Judge Ryland be- came very popular with both bar and people, by reason of his pre-eminent executive ability, his uniform kindness, courtesy, dignified bearing and just rulings, and by election in 1880 was made his own successor for the term, beginning January 1, 1881, and ending January 1, 1885.
ATTORNEYS-ENROLLMENT SINCE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
Andrews, E. A., enrolled May, 1877.
Almon, W. B., enrolled March, 1838.
Barrett, A. M., enrolled May, 1853.
Bassett, T. E., enrolled November, 1865. Bassett, W. F., enrolled July, 1869. Beatty, J. H., enrolled October, 1870. Bell, C. H., enrolled January, 1876.
Birch, Jas. H., enrolled July, 1833.
Birch, Thos. C., enrolled March, 1834. Boyd, Saml., enrolled May, 1860. Bottsford, Jas. A., enrolled August, 1866. Bothwell, J. H., enrolled July, 1871.
Bowen, J. T., enrolled January, 1881. Burk, Edmund, enrolled November, 1858. Burdett, S. S., enrolled January, 1874. Bradford, Lee, enrolled January, 1878. Bridges, L. L., enrolled January, 1870. Brown, Jas. H., December, 1872. Bryant, John, enrolled April, 1844. Bryant, J. M., enrolled April, 1844. Blackford, Jason, enrolled October, 1870. Carter, Jas. E., enrolled August, 1866. Condu, L. D., enrolled February, 1866. Cochran, Jno. S., enrolled May, 1865. Cochran, S. H., enrolled May, 1874. Current, W. H., enrolled September, 1873. Crandall, O. A., enrolled May, 1865. Crews, T. W., enrolled April, 1855. Chilton, Chas., enrolled December, 1842. Clutter, J. J. W., enrolled April, 1862. Davis, Tilton, enrolled January, 1861. Davis, Wm., enrolled April, 1845.
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