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William S. Lindsey, Philip C. Scott, George H. Brown,
Christopher G. Perry, Robert J. Stevens.
Willard Sayles,
Providence :
Ira Marvel, Sylvester Hartshorn,
Charles Holden, Jr.,
'Bailey E. Borden,
Gamaliel L. Dwight,
Emor Smith,
Edward D. Pearce,
Rufus Arnold,
Nathaniel Searle,
Enoch Dexter,
Walter W. Updike,
Richard Howard,
Albert B. Phillips,
Samuel Greene,
James C. Hidden,
David Wilkinson,
Amos Cooke, Jr.,
Elisha S. Winsor,
George Mumford,
Barzillai Cranston,
Daniel Wilkinson,
Alvyn V. Dike,
Simon A. Sayles,
Pardon Sheldon,
Henry S. Mansfield, Jr.,
Moses Richardson,
James Aldrich, Elisha S. Balcom.
Samuel Brown,
Washington :
Esek Aldrich,
Nathan F. Dixon,
William H. Potter,
Sylvester G. Shearman,
Bradford F. Knapp,
Asa Potter,
Dean Kimball,
Thomas Phillips,
William Ham,
Horatio N. Campbell,
James Bushee,
Powell Helme,
George Aldrich,
John J. Reynolds,
Levi Packard,
Horatio N. Reynolds,
John P. Jones,
Timothy R. Peckham,
Fenner Smith,
Francis Chappell,
Edwin C. Larned,
George Larned,
Christopher Robinson,
Simeon F. Perry,
Nicholas Peckham,
Thomas P. Wells,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Hiram Arnold,
Albert G. Greene,
Elisha R. Potter,
David Daniels,
Joseph C. Gardner,
George L. Hazard.
William N. Rhodes, Edwin Metcalf, William Knowles,
Bristol :
Alfred Bosworth,
Henry Martin,
Benjamin N. Lapham,
Wingate Hayes,
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1847. May.
Bristol :
Kent :
Samuel Randall,
Robert H. Niles. Providence :
Nathaniel P. Smith,
Charles Randall, June.
Thomas K. King, David Millard,
George T. Gardner,
William C. Vandoorn,
Arnold Wakefield, Moses K. Holbrook,
William Throop,
Massadore T. Bennett,
Tra B. Peck, Charles Hart.
Jonathan R. Bullock,
William H. S. Bayley,
Amasa S. Westcott, Peter Gladding.
Kent:
William G. Bowen,
Herman C. Fisher,
John C. Sweet,
Oct.
Zuriel Potter.
Joseph Winsor, William B. Spencer,
May. Justices of the Peace : Providence :
Providence :
Robert Knight,
Wingate Hayes,
Henry L. Bowen, Benjamin N. Lapham,
Stephen Martin,
James M. Clarke,
William F. Greene,
. Edwin C. Larned,
Gamaliel F. Dwight,
Charles Holden, Jr.,
Edward H. Hazard, Sylvester Hartshorn, Willard Sayles,
Walter W. Updike,
William R. Watson,
Samuel Currey,
Thomas A. Jenckes,
Jabez J. Potter,
Charles Hart,
Walter Paine, Jr.,
George Rivers.
Samuel W. Peckham,
Smithfield :
Israel G. Manchester,
George Aldrich,
Simon A. Sayles,
Spencer Mowry,
Barzillai Cranston,
Ethan Harris,
Francis E. Hoppin,
Joseph Almy,
Abraham Payne, Benjamin T. Eames,
George F. Jenekes,
Holder Chace Weeden.
Philip C. Scott, Edwin Metcalf, Alvyn V. Dike,
Glocester :
Pardon Hunt, Abraham Baker,
William Knowles,
William J. Pabodie,
Leonard R. Williams,
Rollin Mathewson,
Charles A. Slocum,
Washington : John P. Campbell, Lyman Upham.
Providence :
Russell Briggs,
Washington : John G. Perry.
Franklin Greene,
James C. Hidden,
Samuel Brown,
David Daniels,
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Newport : Jolin R. Randolph.
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1847. May.
Glocester :
Anson Smith,
Benjamin White, Samuel W. Hunt,
Moses Potter,
Emor Smith,
Owen Battey,
Thomas O. Evans,
Horace Martin,
Daniel Owen,
Benedict Lapham,
ba P. Evans,
Nehemiah K. Hopkins,
Daniel Gould,
William B. Kimball,
Charlestown :
Joseph H. Griffin,
Joshua Clarke,
Cumberland :
John Stanton,
Christopher Robinson,
Ariel Cook,
Charles Anthony, Caleb Kenyon.
Alfred Arnold,
Bailey E. Borden,
Ira B. Peck.
Fener Angell,
Cranston :
James M. Cunbiff,
Joseph S. Budlong,
Thomas K. King,
Ambrose B. Bailey,
William H. A. Aldrich,
William Earle, James F. Rhodes.
Richard Knight, Jr., Samuel A. Bowler, Pardon Sheldon,
June.
Newport :
Peleg Aborn,
Benjamin B. Howland,
Sheldon Knight,
William Gilpin,
Elisha A. Lawton,
Daniel C. Denham,
John Burton,
Christopher E. Robbins,
William M. Cooke.
James Horsewell,
Johnston: Peleg G. Thurston.
Westerly :
Barrington :
Nathan F. Dixon,
Henry Smith,
John H. Cross,
Charles Barton.
Jedediah W. Knight, Oct. Newport :
Paul Babcock,
Augustus Bush.
Oliver Babcock.
Portsmouth :
North Kingstown :
Borden Chace.
Francis Chappell,
Burrillville :
Sylvester G. Shearman, Duty Smith,
Isaac C. Champlin,
Dewitt C. Remington,
Benjamin Lawton,
Daniel S. Mowry.
George Larued, Harris Smith,
North Kingstown : Lyman Upham. Scituate :
Jesse Armstrong, Cyrus Cooke.
Aldis Barden, William Tourtellot.
North Providence : Samuel Greene,
Bristol :
Peter Gladding.
George W. Taylor.
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1847. June.
(Appointed by Towns and Commissioned) : Bristol :
Billings Waldron,
William C. Vandoorn, Bennett J. Munro, William Throop,
William G. Stone,
Eddy Walker,
Richard Howard,
William H. S. Bayley,
Esek Seamans,
Joseph C. Pearce,
Welcome Arnold,
David Cole,
Samuel Bradford,
George B. Monro.
Warren :
William Harrison,
Samuel Randall,
Cyrus Holden,
Alfred Bosworth,
John J. Wood,
Seth Peck,
Sterry B. Fenner, Henry Hamilton,
Amasa S. Westcott.
Sonth Kingstown : Benjamin Hull,
Joseph H. Arnold, Ray G. Andrews, John H. Kenyon,
Joseph P. Babcock,
Wilkins Updike,
Richard W. Rhodes,
Elisha R. Potter,
Benjamin B. Potter,
Matthew Waite,
Raymond Stone,
Powell Helme,
John Holden,
Thomas P. Wells,
Joseph C. Gardner,
John P. Whitford, William Nichols.
Exeter :
James Sheldon,
Simon Lillibridge,
Ambrose Brown,
Gershom P. Sherman,
Cumberland :
Lewis B. Arnold,
Abner Jillson,
Leonard Wakefield,
George L. Dana,
Mowry Taft,
Job Angell,
Willard H. Whiting,
George Sarle, John Blanchard,
Cephas Holbrook, William Whipple.
East Greenwich :
Jeremiah S. Slocum, William Bailey,
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Samuel L. Tillinghast, Hervey Arnold.
North Providence :
John H. Weeden,
Lemuel Angell,
Levi C. Eaton,
Frederick A. Sumner,
Edwin Harris.
Benjamin L. Arnold,
Henry Reynolds, Ray G. Gardner.
Scituate :
Jonah Titus,
James Yeaw,
Jolın H. Barden,
Nehemiah S. Fenner,
Scituate : Arnold Knight, Charles A. Harris, Arthur F. Aldrich. Foster :
Jonathan R. Bullock,
Wanton Jolinson, Samuel Hopkins. Warwick :
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1847. June. East Greenwhich : William W. Shippee, Christopher Johnson, Caleb R. Hill, Thomas R. Dawley. Johnston :
Coventry : Benjamin H. Horton, Jeffry S. Lewis, Jason J. Potter, James Warner, Jr., Leonard Day. Smithfield :
Robert Wilson,
Abel (. Tripp,
William W. Steere,
Daniel Pearce,
Theophilus Crowell,
Sabin Allen,
Horace Trowbridge,
Stafford Mann,
Thomas Clark,
Job Taylor,
Emor Coe,
George Browning,
Alfred Allen,
Joseph H. Griffin.
Ira Marvel,
Glocester :
Gridley Burnham,
George Olney,
William R. Sprague,
Amasa Ballou,
Martin S. Salisbury,
Thomas Irons,
Charles H. Steere,
Ransom Paine,
Allen Hawkins,
Ephraim W. Brownell,
Darling E. Sweet,
Clark Steere,
John M. Eddy,
Middletown :
George C. Coggeshall,
Samuel Gould,
John C. Barker,
George H. Peckham.
Nathan Moore,
Portsmouth :
Hazard Wilcox,
Thomas M. Lewis,
Seth R. Anthony,
Reynolds James,
John Rogers.
Ezekiel B. Phillips.
Tiverton :
Hopkinton :
Charles Durfee,
Joseph T. Barber,
Asa Gray,
John C. Perry,
William P. Sheffield,-
Job Estes,
Asahel W. Coggeshall,
Coventry :
William G. Bordeu,
Asa Stone,
William P. Bateman,
Luther E. Borden.
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Charlestown :
Samuel Stanton,
James M. Arnold,
Alanson Vose,
Pardon Angell.
Burrillville :
Sammel Steere,
Ara Paine.
Little Compton : Otis Wilbor,
Oliver C. Brownell, Alexander R. Brownell.
Ezra Hawkins,
Robert Steere,
George Smith.
Richmond :
John Cory,
Jesse Brown, Nathan K. Lewis.
Jonathan Whaley,
Asa Winsor,
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1847. May. Inspector-General of Beef and Pork : Rufus W. Kimball. Inspector-General of Lime: Jesse Huchinson, Jr. Inspector of Scythe Stones: Hanson Arnold. Inspectors of Ferries : - William French, William H. S. Bayley, Joseph T. Barber.
Agent Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike: Edward S. Wilkinson.
Commissioners of Providence Washington Bridge: Edward S. Wilkinson, Stephen Randall, Isaac Thurber.
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries : Thomas J. Branch, John W. Vose, Remington Arnold.
Rail Road Commissioners : Gideon L. Spencer, Gamaliel L. Dwight, Rufus W. Kimball.
Commissioner of Public Schools: Henry Barnard. Physician of the State Prison : Richmond Brownell.
Militia of the State :
2nd Brigade-Providence County :
Brigade Major Henry Earle, in place of William H. Potter, resigned. June. 5th Brigade-Bristol County :
Brigade Inspector William H. Driscoll, vice Samuel Pearce, resigned. May. Independent Companies : The Artillery Company of the Town of Newport : Capt. Christopher G. Perry, 1st Lieut. Charles D. Weeden, 2nd Lieut. George Burroughs, Ens. Benjamin A. Mason, Quarter-Master John H. Demarest.
The Train of Artillery Company in the Town and County of Bristol : Capt. William R. Taylor, 1st Lieut. Crawford Easterbrooks, 2nd Lieut. Martin D. Bonney, Ens. Massadore T. Bennett,
Quarter-Master A. Sidney D'Wolf.
Regimental Companies : The Kentish Guards:
Capt. Benjamin L. Spencer, Lieut .- Col. Samuel R. Tillinghast, Maj. William Bodfislı.
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The Pawtuxet Artillery Company :
Capt. George L. Tucker, Lieut .- Col. David G. Wilbur, Maj. Christopher Thornton, Capt. Hiram Hart, Lieut. Thomas W. Hart.
The National Cadets :
Col. William N. Hale, Lieut .- Col. William H. Sweet, Maj. Joshua Bicknell, Capt. Robert B. Woodward, Lieut. George Whitford.
The Providence Marine Corps of Artillery : Col. Walter C. Simmons, Lieut .- Col. Robert Manton, Maj. Joseph P. Balch, Capt. Henry H. Burrington, Lieut. Charles T. Robbins.
The First Light Infantry Company in the 2nd Regiment of Militia : Col. William W. Brown, Lieut .- Col. Ferdinand Barber, Maj. Jolın T. Pitman, Capt. Nathaniel W. Brown, Lieut. Joseph Martin.
The Narragansett Guards :
. Col. Isaac P. Rodman, Lieut .- Col. Edwin A. Peckham, Maj. John G. Clarke, Jr., Capt. Jolin C. Peckham, Lieut. James P. Peckham.
The Providence Horse Guards : Col, William H. Potter, Lieut .- Col. Thomas L. Dunnell, Maj. Philip Case, Capt. John Gorham, 2nd, Lieut. Nathaniel Fairbrother.
The Wickford Pioneers : Col. John J. Reynolds, Lieut .- Col. George C. Sanford,
Maj. Allen M. Bates.
The Rhode Island Guards : Col. Lewis C. Merrill, Lieut .- Col. George G. Wilbur, Maj. William Chace, Capt. Robert A. Knox, Lieut. Edmund D. Randolph.
The Warren Artillery : Col. Samuel Pearce, Lieut .- Col. Joseph Burt, Jr., Maj. William H. Turner, Capt. William Carr, Lieut. Allen Cole.
The Woonsocket Guards in the 6th Regiment of Militia : Col. Lebbeus C. Tourtellot, Lieut .- Col. William O. Bisbee, Maj. Oren A. Ballou, Capt. Olney Arnold, Lieut. Moses K. Holbrook.
June. The Providence Artillery Company : Col. Christopher Blanding, Lieut .- Col. Charles H. Waterhouse, Maj. Charles H. Dexter, Capt. John H. Godfrey, Lieut. Thomas Greene.
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1847. May.
The Rhode Island Horse Guards :
Col. Gideon Palmer, Jr., Lieut .- Col. Benjamin A. Sayer, Maj. Arnold L. Burdick.
The Warren Artillery :
Lieut. Jolm Frieze, vice Allen Cole, Deceased.
Rhode Island Officers in Active Service During the Mexican War:
U. S. Engineers :
April 24. Capt. James Lewis Mason.
Aug. 20. Brevet Maj. James Lewis Mason for gallant and meritorious conduct at Contreras and Churubusco.
Sept. 8. Brevet Lt .- Col. James Lewis Mason for gallant and merito- rious conduct at Molino del Roy.
Aug. 20. Brevet Capt. Isaac Ingalls Stevens for gallant and merito- rious conduct at Contreras and Churubusco.
Sept. 13. Maj. Isaac Ingalls Stevens for gallant and meritorious conduct at Chepultepec.
1st U. S. Artillery :
Aug. 19. 1st Lt. Asher Robbins Eddy.
2nd U. S. Artillery :
March 8. 2nd Lt. Joseph Swift Totten.
July 1. Brevet 2nd Lt. Ambrose Everett Burnside.
3d U. S. Artillery :
Feb. 23. Brevet Maj. Thomas West Sherman for gallant and merito- rious conduct at Buena Vista.
March 3. Maj. Quarter-Master David Hammond Vinton.
March 22. Maj. John Rogers Vinton, killed at Vera Cruz by the wind of a shell.
Sept. 8. 2nd Lt. Ambrose Everett Burnside.
1st U. S. Dragoons :
Capt. William Eustis.
Feb. 16. 2nd Lieut. Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor.
Feb. 4. Brevet 1st Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor for gallant and meritorious conduct at Embudo and Taos.
2nd U. S. Dragoons :
Maj. Lloyd James Beall, Paymaster.
1st U. S. Infantry :
May 22. 2nd Lt. George Douglass Brewerton.
2nd U. S. Infantry :
April 18. Brevet-Maj. George Waynefleet Patten for gallant and meritorious conduct at Cerro Gordo.
April 20. Brevet-Maj. Silas Casey for gallant and meritorious conduct at Contreras and Churubusco.
Sept. 13. Lt .- Col. Silas Casey for gallant and meritorious conduct at Chepultepec.
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1847. Sept. 13. 4th U. S. Infantry :
.Brevet-Maj. Charles H. Larnard. Feb. 16. 1st Lt. Christopher Raymond Perry. U. S. Subsistence Department : Capt. Francis M. Dimond Asst. Commissary.
Medical Department :
Maj. Robert C. Wood Surgeon.
U. S. Infantry :
Feb. 16. Capt. Joseph Story Pitman.
Feb. 18. 1st Lt. John S. Slocum.
March 11. 1st Lt. Christopher Mason Haile.
Feb. 23. 2nd Lt John Glackin.
March 8. 2nd Lt. Henry De Wolfe.
March 3. Asst. Surgeon Francis L. Wheaton.
9th U. S. Infantry :
April 9. Capt. Joseph Story Pitman. 1st Lt. John S. Slocum. 2nd Lt. John Glackin. 2nd Lt. Henry De Wolfe.
Aug. 20. Brevet-Capt. John S. Slocum for gallant and meritorious conduct at Churubusco.
Sept. 25. Capt. John S. Slocum.
Sept. 13. Brevet 1st Lt. John Glackin for gallant and meritorious eonduet at Chapultepec.
Dec. 4. 1st Lt. John Glackin.
Dec. 30. 2nd Lt. Gustavus F. Gardiner.
April 9. Asst. Surgeon Francis L. Wheaton.
14th U. S. Infantry :
Sept. 8. Maj. Joseph Story Pitman. April 9. 1st Lt. Christopher Mason Haile. May 22. Capt. Christopher Mason Haile.
1st New York Volunteers. Capt. Francis J. Lippitt.
1848. May. Speaker: Sylvester G. Shearman of North Kingstown. Clerk of the Senate: Christopher G. Perry. Clerks of the House: Benj. T. Eames, Wingate Hayes. Oct. Clerks of the House : Benj. T. Eames, Amasa S. Westcott. Jan. Clerks of the House : Benj. T. Eames, Wingate Hayes.
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1848. May. Supreme Court : Richard Ward Greene, Chief Justice.
Clerk Newport County, William Gilpin.
Providence Walter Paine, Jr.
Washington " Powell Helme.
June.
Bristol William Throop.
Kent Joseph J. Tillinghast.
May. Court of Common Pleas : Newport County : Daniel C. Denham, Clerk. William H. Douglas, Sheriff.
Washington County : Jolm G. Clarke, Jr., Clerk. Thomas Wilcox, Sheriff.
Bristol County : Massadore T. Bennett, Clerk. Stephen Johnson, Sheriff.
June.
Providence County : John W. Smith, Clerk.
May. Roger Williams Potter, Sheriff.
Junc.
Kent County : Jeremiah S. Slocum, Clerk.
May. Thomas Bateman, Sheriff.
Public Notaries for the Several Counties : Newport : Providence :
Eleazer Trevett, Walter W. Updike,
Daniel C. Denham,
Albert B. Phillips,
William Gilpin, Amos Cooke, Jr.,
William P. Sheffield,
George Mumford,
George W. Ellery,
Daniel Wilkinson,
John E. Sands,
Simon A. Sayles,
John R. Randolphı,
Lindsey S. Cook,
Samuel Clarke,
Moses Richardson,
Christopher E. Robbins,
Samuel Brown, Esek Aldrich,
Williams A. Burt,
Josiah S. Peckham,
William H. Potter,
Augustus Buslı,
Charles Holden, Jr.,
Bradford F. Knapp,
Christopher G. Perry, Robert J. Stevens.
Dean Kimball, James Aldrich,
Providence :
Henry Martin, Gamaliel L. Dwight, Edward D. Pearce, Nathaniel Searle,
Pardon Sheldon (S. R.),
Henry Howard,
William Ham,
James Bushee,
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Providence : George Aldrich,
. Levi Packard, John P. Jones, Fenner Smith,
Christopher Robinson,
Nicholas Peckham,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Albert G. Greene,
Stephen G. Benedict, Thomas Steere.
William N. Rhodes,
Edwin Metcalf,
William Knowles,
Sylvester G. Shearman,
Rollin Mathewson,
Asa Potter,
William M. Cooke,
Thomas Phillips,
James M. Clarke,
Horatio N. Campbell,
William S. Lindsey,
Jolm G. Reynolds,
Philip C. Scott,
Horatio N. Reynolds,
George H. Brown,
Timothy R. Peckham,
Benjamin N. Lapham,
Francis Chappell,
Wingate Hayes,
George Larned,
Simeon F. Perry,
Ira Marble,
Thomas P. Wells,
Sylvester Hartshorn,
Bailey E. Borden,
Emor Smith,
Joseph C. Gardner,
George L. Hazard,
John P. Campbell,
Samuel Young,
Gideon L. Spencer,
John Walling, Jr.,
Bristol :
Samnel Greene,
Alfred Bosworth,
David Wilkinson,
Nathaniel P. Smith,
Elisha S. Winsor,
George T. Gardiner,
Barzillai Cranston,
William Throop,
Alvyn V. Dike,
Jonathan R. Bullock,
Elisha S. Balcom,
Samuel Randall,
George Rivers,
Charles Randall,
Thomas A. Jenckes,
William C. Vandoorn,
Thomas K. King,
Massadore T. Bennett,
David Millard,
Peter Gladding.
Arnold Wakefield,
Kent:
William G. Bowen,
Ira B. Peck,
Charles Hart,
Providence : Simeon Newton, George F. Jenckes, Daniel S. Mowry, Edward S. Wilkinson,
Olney Whipple, Samuel Sperry,
Washington : Nathan F. Dixon,
Willard Sayles,
Hiram Arnold,
Elisha R. Potter,
Rufus Arnold,
Richard Howard,
Isaac T. Jenckes,
William B. Robinson,
William Sanford,
Elisha L. Baggs.
Moses K. Holbrook,
Herman C. Fisher, John C. Sweet,
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1848. May. Kent:
Russell Briggs, Joseph Winsor, William B. Spencer, Henry J. Holden. Providence : John R. Randolph,
Providence : Lemnel Angell, Emor Coe. Washington : John J. Reynolds, Robert C. Armstrong, John S. Tillinghast.
North Kingstown : Sylvester G. Shearman,
Robert Knight,
Henry L. Bowen,
Stephen Martin,
William F. Greene,
Gamaliel L. Dwight,
Charles Holden, Jr., Franklin Greene,
Smithfield : George Aldrich,
Walter W. Updike,
Simon A. Sayles,
Samuel Currey,
Spencer Mowry,
Jabez J. Potter,
Joseph Almy,
Walter Paine, Jr.,
John J. Carpenter,
Samuel W. Peckham,
George F. Jenckes,
Israel G. Manchester,
Howard W. King,
James C. Hidden,
Williard Sayles,
Samuel Brown,
Thomas Steere.
Barzillai Cranston,
Scituate:
Francis E. Hoppin,
Moses Potter,
Horace Martin,
Benjamin T. Eames,
Benedict Lapham,
Philip C. Scott,
Daniel Gould,
Edwin Metcalf,
William B. Kimball, Samuel S. Ross.
William Knowles,
William J. Pabodie,
East Greenwich : Thomas R. Dawley.
Rollin Mathewson,
Amasa S. Westcott,
Johnston :
William A. Pearce.
Benjamin N. Lapham, James M. Clarke,
Cranston : Ambrose B. Bailey,
Sylvester Hartshorn,
Daniel Perrin,
Willard Sayles.
Thomas A. Jenekes,
Charles Hart,
George Rivers.
Joseph S. Budlong, Henry Howard.
North Providence :
Samuel Greene, Fenner Angell,
June.
May. Justices of the Peace : Newport : Benjamin Mumford. Providence :
Francis Chappell,
Isaac C. Champlin,
George Larned,
Harris Smith,
William Sanford,
Jonathan Slocum.
Abraham Payne,
Wingate Hayes,
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1848. May. North Providence : John C. Tower, Thomas K. King. Burrillville : Daniel S. Mowry. June. Newport : Benjamin B. Howland, William Gilpin, Daniel C. Denham, Christopher E. Robbins. Westerly :
Nathan F. Dixon,
John Hancock Cross,
Jedediah W. Knight,
Paul Babcock,
Oliver Babcock,
George D. Cross. Glocester :
Elisha S. Winsor,
Asaph Wilder,
Anson Smith,
Leonard R. Williams,
Emor Smith,
George C. Smith,
Samuel Steere, 2nd,
Job Armstrong, Jr., Rufus Eastman.
Exeter :
Christ'r P. Lillibridge,
James Sheldon,
Ray G. Gardner, Simon Lillibridge.
Cumberland : Alfred Arnold, Bailey E. Borden.
East Greenwich : Jeremiah S. Slocum.
South Kingstown : Matthew Chappell. Richmond : Maxon T. Kenyon, Lewis C. Kenyon. North Kingstown : Daniel G. Allen.
Foster : William G. Stone, Eddy Walker, Richard Howard, Esek Simmons, Welcome Arnold, Wanton Johnson, Samuel Hopkins, Oliver C. Potter, Elijah B. Sweet,
Joseph B. Hopkins,
George Bennett, George Walker.
Burrillville : Eddy Keech. North Providence : William Earle.
Providence : Weston A. Fisher, James Sheldon.
Scituate : Samuel A. Bowler, Luther C. Warner.
(Elected by Towns and Com- missioned):
Bristol : William C. Vandoorn,
Bennett J. Munro,
William Throop,
Jonathan R. Bullock,
William H. S. Bayley,
Joseph C. Pearse,
David Cole,
Massadore T. Bennett,
Peter Gladding, John Peckham.
Middletown : George Coggeshall, Samuel Gould,
George H. Peckham, Richard K. Randolph.
Warren : Miller Barney, Samuel Randall, Seth Peck,
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Warren : Alfred Bosworth. Barrington : Henry Smith. Benjamin Martin, James Bishop. East Greenwich :
William Bailey, William W. Shippee, Caleb R. Hill, Isaac S. Whitford.
Tiverton :
Charles Durfee,
Asa Gray,
William H. Hunt,
William P. Sheffield,
Dutee Colvin,
William G. Borden,
James A. Hills,
Charles Peck,
David Sprague,
Warwick :
Laton Knight.
William Harrison,
Cumberland :
John J. Wood,
Leonard Wakefield,
Joseph H. Arnold,
Mason Snow,
John H. Kenyon,
George L. Dana,
Jolın Holden,
Ellis S. Blake,
Alfred Read,
Gustavus A. Alexander,
Samuel L. Tillinghast,
Cephas Holbrook,
Jolın D. Jenckes,
Abner Jillson,
Whipple A. Arnold,
James R. Case,
William Spencer,
Willard R. Whiting,
Christopher Holden,
Jolin E. Brown,
Cyrus Holden,
Lewis B. Arnold.
William B. Merrill. Burrillville :
Johnston :
Robert Wilson,
Martin S. Salisbury,
Paris Mathewson,
William Richardson,
Alplieus F. Angell.
Smithfield :
Daniel Pearce,
Joseph P. Babcock,
Asa Winsor,
Wilkins Updike,
Alfred Allen,
Richard Mowry,
Horace Trowbridge,
Thomas P. Wells,
James M. Arnold,
Stafford Mann,
Jolın G. Clarke, Jr., Thomas A. Haszard,
South Kingstown : George L. Haszard. North Providence : John H. Weeden, Lemuel Angell, Levi C. Eaton,
Frederick A. Sumner,
Edwin Harris,
Jesse S. Tourtellot.
Cranston :
George Cady,
Caleb Williams,
William Fairbanks,
Thomas H. Borden, William Boomer.
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Burrill Logee, Amasa Ballon.
South Kingstown : Benjamin Hull,
Elisha R. Potter, Powell Helme,
Sabin Allen,
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1848. June. Smithfield : Theophilus Crowell, John Knight, Ira Marvell, Ulysses Mowry.
Exeter : Isaac Greene, Timothy R. Peckham, Thomas Lewis.
Coventry : Ambrose S. Hopkins. Hopkinton :
Joseph T. Barber,
Jesse Brown,
Nathan K. Lewis,
Christopher C. Lewis, Jr., John M. Barber.
Scituate:
Aldis Barden,
Haszard Willcox,
Hardin Fiske,
Nathan K. Stone,
West Greenwich : James M. Hazard,
Jolın Wilder,
Jesse Cotrell,
Horace Relph,
Varnum Weaver,
Charles Wilbur,
Thurston Hall,
David Field,
Benjamin R. Hoxie,
Luther Waldron,
Gideon B. Whitford.
Portsmouth :
Little Compton : Alexander R. Brownell,
Seth R. Anthony,
Ephraim W. Brownell,
Richard Sherman.
Glocester :
Charlestown :
Gridley Burnham,
Samuel Stanton,
George Olney,
Thomas Clark,
William R. Sprague,
Job Taylor,
Samuel Steere,
George Browning,
Thomas Irons,
Joseph H. Griffin,
George Smith,
Joshua Clark,
Charles A. Slocum,
William H. Perry.
Charles H. Steere,
Coventry :
Ransom Paine,
Asa Stone,
Allen Hawkins,
Benjamin H. Horton,
Darling E. Sweet,
James Warner, Jr.,
Clark Steere,
Jeffrey S. Lewis,
Ezra Hawkins,
Leonard Day,
Robert Steere,
Daniel R. Weaver,
Abram Baker.
May. Agent Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike : Edward S. Wilkinson.
Commissioners of Providence Washington Bridge : Edward S. Wilkinson, Isaac Thurber, Stephen Randall.
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Borden Chace,
Otis Wilbor.
Emery Potter.
Richmond :
Nathan Moore,
Horace Battey,
Silas R. Kenyon.
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1848. May. Rail Road Commissioners : Allen O. Peck, Gamaliel L. Dwight, William J. Harris.
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries : Thomas J. Branch, Gamaliel L. Dwight, Allen Baker.
Inspectors of Ferries : William French, Joseph T. Barber, William H. S. Bayley.
Commissioner of Public Schools: Henry Barnard.
June. Inspector-General of Beef and Pork: Stephen Crary.
Inspector-General of Lime : Orrin Wright.
Inspector of Scythe Stones: Thomas A. Paine. May. Militia of the State :
Maj .- Gen. Thomas J. Stead, vice John B. Stedman, resigned.
4th Brigade-Kent County :
Brig .- Gen. Lewis C. Merrill, vice Joseph H. Arnold, resigned. June.
Brigade Inspector Benjamin L. Spencer.
May.
Independent Companies :
The Artillery Company of the Town of Newport :
Capt. Christopher G. Perry, 1st Lieut. Charles D. Weeden, 2nd Lieut. George Burroughs, Ens. Thomas B. Carr.
The Providence Artillery Company : Col. Christopher Blanding, Lieut .- Col. James M. Hopkins, Maj. Thomas Greene, Capt. Oliver T. Adams, Lieut. Leonard G. Manchester.
The Train of Artillery in the Town and County of Bristol : Capt. William R. Taylor, 1st. Licut. Martin D. Bonney, 2nd Lieut. Massadore T. Bennett, Ens. Francis West, Quarter-Master Joseph C. Pearce.
Regimental Companies : The Kentish Guards : Col. William Bodfish, Lieut .- Col. Samuel E. May, Maj. Jos. Winsor. The Providence Marine Corps of Artillery :
Col. Walter C. Simmons, Lieut .- Col. Robert Manton, Maj. Joseph P. Balch, Capt. Henry H. Burrington, Lieut. Charles T. Robbins.
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1848. May.
The First Light Infantry Company in the 2nd Regiment of Militia : Col. William W. Brown, Lieut .- Col. Ferdinand Barber, Maj. John T. Pitman, Capt. Nathaniel W. Brown, Lieut. Joseph Martin.
The Narragansett Guards : Col. Edwin A. Peckham, Lieut .- Col. John G. Clarke, Jr., Maj. Jolm C. Prekham.
The Providence Horse Guards :
Col. William H. Potter, Lt .- Col. Thomas L. Dunnell. Maj. Philip Case, Capt. John Gorham, Lieut. Nathaniel Fairbrother.
The Wickford Pioneers : Col. John J. Reynolds, Lieut .- Col. George C. Sanford, Maj. Allen M. Bates.
The Rhode Island Guards:
Col. George G. Wilbur, Lt .- Col. William Chase,
Maj. Robert A. Knox, Capt. Edgar Culver, Lieut. Benj. C. Allen. The Warren Artillery :
Col. Samuel Pearce, Lieut .- Col. Joseph Burt, Jr., Maj. Win. Carr, Capt. John Frieze, Lieut. Wm. P. Freeborn. June.
The Woonsocket Guards in the 6th Regiment of Militia :
Col. Lebbeus C. Tourtellot, Lieut .- Col. William O. Bisbee,
Maj. Olney Arnold, Capt. Moses K. Holbrook, Lieut. John Lynch. The Artillery Company of the Town of Newport :
1st Lieut. George Burroughs, 2nd Lieut. Thomas B. Carr, Ens. James Barton.
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