Indian Wars
File contributed by John E. Davis
"Macon Volunteers"
Captain ~ Edward W. Wright
At the Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia, there is a file on the “Macon Volunteers” which gives a handwritten list of the original members as follows:
“Macon Volunteers” as organized April 23, 1825
| Captain ~ Edward W. Wright | ||
| 1st Lieut.~ Wm. J. Dannielly | 2nd Lieut.~ Robert Birdsong | 3rd Lieut.~ John Chain |
| 1st Sgt. ~ S.J. Cosledge | 2nd Sgt. ~ Alexander McGregor | 3rd Sgt. ~ John S. Childers |
| 4th Sgt. ~ John T. Lamar | 3rd Corp. ~ B.C. Franklin | 4th Corp. ~ Hugh McKiel |
| Privates | ||
| Beverly Rea | John B. Wick | William Cumming |
| Wm. Ward | William Scott | Jno. M. Shellman |
| John Murphy | Keeland Tyner | Charles G. Lewis |
| Louis Fitch | C. Townsend | Mardock Chisholm |
| James W. Terry | Jno. Q. Jones | Jeremiah Smith |
| A. E. Patton | Geo. W. Ellis | A. D. Brown |
| Albert Tucker | John Andulf | Henry Williams |
| Washington Poe | T. M. Cleverly | Charles Bullock |
| T. P. Bond | John Nindrell | Elijah Freney |
| Randolph L. Matt | Edward C. Beard | Nicholas W. ?? |
| Jonah P. Smith | Alexander Bassett | Nath’l. Barker |
| Wm. C. Crawford | M. J. Bullock | John T. Blake |
| Nathan C. Monroe | David Bonds | Simri Rose |
| James Thomas | John Colbert | Rufus K. Evan |
| Spencer Riley | Angus Gillis | Chas. P. Clemence |
| Matthew Hoffer | Joel Ruskin | Josiah Hatcher |
| Wm. Hatcher | Henry G. Ross | John P. Booth |
| Solomon Chapman | J. E. Thompson | John A. Hudson |
| John B. Guien | Robt. S. Patton | Joseph Shaw |
| Charles L. Holmes | Roger McCall | Elijah Garrett |
| Henry Millborn | John Murphy | Charles Ingram |
| Alexander Patton | Wm. B. Cone | Eason Smith |
| Benjamin Russell | Ambrose Baker | Gabriel Higgason |
| Wm. C. Huson | Wm. Moore | David F. Wilson |
| Geo B. Wardlaw | Martin L. Haden | John W. Roberts |
| Samuel Gillespie | Joseph Bennett | Arch Darragh |
| Wm. Bivins | Henry D. Hicks | Joshua Shropshire |
| Geo. A. Rogers | Elezar McCall | |
