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1812 Captain Samuel Bigham's Company of S.C. Militia

Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Bigham's Company. 
Commanded by Major John Keith
from 29 June 1812 to 1 September 1812.

OFFICERS

Captain    Samuel Bigham
Lieut      John Shackleford
Ensign	   James Ford
Sergeant   James Harrell
Sergeant   Joshua Bigham "James Bigham, substitute" 
  [James Bigham served as substitute for Joshua Bigham]
Sergeant   Henry Stone
Sergeant   Stephen Shackleford
Piper      Hector McNeill
Drummer    John Williams "Discharged 13 July 1812, George Cuttino hired same day." 


PRIVATES

James Altman				
Thomas Altman "in confinement for desertion"			
William Askins "John Askins, substitute" 
  [John Askins served as substitute for William Askins]
				
Matthew Bailey			 
Thomas Barnes				
Peter Bartell	
William Bartell			
Dempsey Blount			
Stephen Brown "Wm. Booth, substitute"				
Thomas Brown  "Absent at expiration of furlough"
John H. Bruce "Joel Bryan, substitute"			
Tobias Byrd
				
Thomas Caps			
John Carter			
William Case
William Curry			
Ezekiel Coburn			  
John Collins			
Ira Conner			
John Criel			
William Crosby "Not yet arrived" 
			
James Deer
Joshua Dennis			
Blake Drew			
Lewis Drew				
Keighton Dukes			

Henry Eagerton "Wm Townsend, substitute"
Charles Edwards

James Finklea "Thomas Finklea, substitute"
Henry Fledger
John Fore
Stephen Foxworth

Thomas Gainey "David Herring, substitute"
Robert Gregg "Joseph Gregg, substitute"
John Gunter

David Hamilton
Richard Hannah
John Hardwick
James Harrell "Benjamin Coleman, substitute" 
Levi Harrell
Aaron Herring
Richard Hudson

Willey Jones "Robert Henderson, substitute"
     Robert HENDERSON was born 1793 in South Carolina, possibly Marion County. 
     He served in the War of 1812 in the 27th Regiment of the SC Volunteers 
     under Major John Keith and Captain Samuel Bigham. He was honorably 
     discharged Dec. 22, 1812. The documents state that he lived "61 miles 
     from Georgetown" where he was discharged and that he enlisted in 
     Marion District.
     (Info in italics furnished by Charles Henderson, Memphis, TN) 


     
Willis Jackson
John Jones
Joseph Jolly "Appointed Segt. 6 August 1812"

William Keefe
Stephen Lucas
John Legget

Thomas Martin
Thomas Munnerlyn
John Middleton "Deserted 6 July 1812"
Moses Miller
George Miller

Robert Nettles
Solomon Owens  "John Altman, substitute"

Archibald Pace
Simon Parker
David Phillips
John Phillips
Hugh Poston
Henry Powers
John Powers
Joseph Presser
Isham Price

Shadrack Rice
Stephen Rickets
Benjamin Sport
Joseph Snipes
Samuel Stone
Hugh Thompson
John Turbeville
John Townsend

Josiah M. White
William Woodward



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