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(The FIRST Civil War Draft in Lawrence Co., Ohio)
THE IRONTON REGISTER
THURSDAY, MAY 12 (19th?), 1864
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Proceedings of Draft
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Owing to the short notice given before
proceeding to enforce the draft, and hitherto
false reports of its certainty to be executed
on a fixed day, and its repeated postpone-
ment, the opening of the exerciseselicited
but little interest. The time fixed was 9 A.
M., Friday 13th inst., and, as the time drew
near, the crowd began to assembel in the
Vicinity of the Provost Marshall's office.
Dr. Cory had selected Mr. G. Smith, of
Scioto county, a blind man, to draw the
tickets from the box; not arriving at the
specified time, a young lady was conducted
to the temporary platform, immediately
blindfolded, when the exercises commenced
with the simple announcement of the order
in which each township would be drawn --
Maj. Roberts Member of the Board of En-
rollment, exhibited to the crowd a bundle of
tickets which contained all the names of
Persons subject to the draft in Hamilton
Township. Dr. Cory turned the wheel and
as the tickets were drawn, the names were
announced. As soon as the requisite num-
ber, including fifty per cent. more than the
quota was drawn, the balance were taken
from the wheel and counted, thus justifying
the number both before and after the turn-
ing the of wheel. A few moments delay and
Elizabeth Township was placed in the wheel
of fate; six townships were drawn the first
day, and on the following day the remaining
six. Dr. Cory turned the wheel, Mr. Smith
drew the tickets, (except Hamilton Town-
ship). Major Roberts announced the
name, and passed it on to Dr. Coleman, who
immediately entered it on the list. Every
thing passed on without delay or inter-
ruption, the crowd occasionally exhibiting
great glee on recognizing the names of par-
ties drawn; remarking "good for $300,"
"good for three years in the war," "already
in the service," "dead" "a[censored],""a good
democrat," "moved out west," etc. occasion-
ally cheering with a hearty good will at some
prominent name. From an examination of
the following list drawn it will be observed
that fate is "no respecter of persons,"neith-
er is the dead excepted.
It is in view of these facts that the fifty
per centum is added. The draft will pro-
ceed from day to day in the order as hither-
to announced until the six counties are com-
pleted. As there is a great amount of labor
connected therewith, it may be several
weeks before it is completed.
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NAMES OF PERSONS DRAFTED
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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP,
Rufus Davison, --------------- Pulasky Gowdy
Jackson Young, --------------- John Malcar,
James Barrett, --------------- Preston Frazier,
John H. Johnson,--------------- Joseph Barrett,
Vaughn Stevens, --------------- Wesley A. Johnson,
Alexander Shephard, --------------- George Able,
William Jones, --------------- John McGowan,
Menter J. Hoskinson,--------------- James Gaffey,
James Donaldson,--------------- Robert L. Trumbo,
Joseph Linnel, --------------- John Harrington,
John Berry, --------------- Daniel Denny,
David Jones, jr.--------------- Reuben Davidson,
Jerome McMullen, --------------- Winton Buckley.
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP,
Henry Buckhoover, --------------- Jacob Daniels,
William Henley, --------------- Richard Whit,
Henry Mowry, --------------- Henry Stunderback
James Hood, --------------- Thomas J. Crance,
Lewis T. Murphin,--------------- Lawrence Cross,
Reuben York, --------------- Alvey Ramey,
Adam Mowery, --------------- William Whit,
Charles Duffy, --------------- Abner Clarkson,
Benton Richard, --------------- Harvey Fitzer,
David S. Thompson,--------------- John Christian,
William Reamy, --------------- Henry Deller,
John Ca(o?)le, --------------- Thomas J. Davis,
John Miller, --------------- Simon Christian,
Gottleib Gerrhart, --------------- William Rust,
Alonzo White, --------------- Thomas White,
Joseph Grayman, --------------- Edward Edwards,
Henry Kuhn, --------------- William Hassey,
Lewis Smith, --------------- Daniel Lewis,
Lewis Puckett, --------------- David Griffith,
Hart Hildebrand,--------------- Henry Basford,
David Perry, --------------- Hiram Turk,
Barney Currens, --------------- William McGown,
Benjamin Gillillan, --------------- John W. Gray,
Edward O'Brien, --------------- Barney Myers,
Frederick Gener,--------------- Lindsey Kelley,
William J. Crawford, --------------- Frederick Locey,
Frederick Cline,--------------- J. V. Purcell.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP,
Augustus Seller, --------------- Frederick Dickmire,
Mathew Scott, --------------- William Patton,
James Landrun, --------------- Evan Jones,
Michael Holland,--------------- John Betts,
Charles Cratchaw,--------------- Michael Hall,
Elias Arnold, --------------- Jamison Weaver,
Henry Newman, --------------- James Black,
Hugh Maddy, --------------- William Brooks,
Samuel R. Reed, --------------- Earnest Bookhover,
Andrew Newberry,--------------- Michael Gleason,
David Myers, --------------- Samuel Brafford,
Jacob Young, --------------- Daniel Lumberg,
Thomas McGoveney,--------------- Henry Rollman,
William Wray, --------------- Burdine Eastep,
James Black,--------------- William McCarty,
William Lambert,--------------- Henry Raymond,
James R. Colley,--------------- John Rogers,
William Roe, --------------- Aaron Hargo,
Joseph Vickers, --------------- John Gard.
SYMMES TOWNSHIP,
John W. Handley,--------------- Christopher Handley,
Thomas Douglas, --------------- Nathaniel Addis,
William H. H. Irwin,--------------- Prov. M. Robinson,
E. McK. Handley,--------------- William Hutchison,
James M. Armstrong, --------------- Thomas Griffith,
William Brown, --------------- George W. Payne,
John Lee, --------------- Jesse Vermillion,
William Halterman,--------------- Jacob Yates, No. 2,
John Carpenter, --------------- William A. Hutchison,
Calvin M. Stewart,--------------- Elza McCartney,
Richard Newburn,--------------- Jonathan Miller,
Amaziah Bruce, --------------- Maddison Black,
Henderson Griffith, --------------- John Marshall.
Logan W. Handley,
UNION TOWNSHIP,
Solomon Day, --------------- James C. Bias,
Michael Keeney, --------------- Isaac F. Suiter,
Robert F. McKorkle,--------------- William Brammer,
William Henderson,--------------- David Spears,
John O. Hamlin, --------------- Harvey Porter,
Dudley J. Smith,--------------- William Johnson,
Richard Milstead,--------------- Frank Wilkens,
James S. Bias, --------------- Robert Rose,
George Ramsbottom,--------------- p Mathew Gilmore,
Robert Wyatt, --------------- John Parker,
Whitcomb Keeney,--------------- William Thacker,
Elijah G. Langdon,--------------- Samuel C. Johnson, jr.
John D. Noble, --------------- Thomas Brooks,
William H. Keeney,--------------- Calvin Roberts,
Mitchell Harthorn,--------------- Selden Peters,
James W. Farris, --------------- Henry Goodall,
Jeremiah Earles,--------------- Calvin Smith,
Isaac H. Kouns, --------------- William Reckard.
WINDSOR TOWNSHIP,
Alma King, --------------- Brazil D. James,
Lemley Slater,--------------- John W. Dillon,
Silas E. Howard,--------------- James W. Null,
Robert Thomas, --------------- Henry J. Lafon,
Jesse Davis, --------------- Samuel Earles,
Michael Simmons,--------------- Albert J. Wakefield,
James D. Martin,--------------- Thomas Wright,
James R. Ross, --------------- Jacob Smith,
John C. Manning,
ROME TOWNSHIP,
J. T. McKnight, --------------- William G. Robinson,
J. S. Feeney, --------------- George S. Lewis,
Charles H. Hall,--------------- William Carpenter,
James Thompson, --------------- Jeremiah Greer,
Monroe McC(G?)own,--------------- Allen Briggs,
Thomas A. Walton,--------------- Albert Knuckles,
Campbell Kirkpman,--------------- Abram Waddle,
Benjamin F. McCune, --------------- Asher Pettinger,
Napolean Darling,--------------- Josiah Peters,
Peter Turley, --------------- Patrick Terry,
William Eckheart,--------------- James McDaniel,
Archibald Thompson, --------------- Edmond Anderson,
Elijah Rolf, --------------- Isaiah Turley,
Thomas Farley, --------------- John Baldwin,
William Reynolds, --------------- George I Walton,
William Aljo, --------------- Andrew Bird,
DECATUR TOWNSHIP,
John Livingston,--------------- Boyd Thompson,
Harnian Sanders,--------------- George Ashford,
Nathan Zimmerman,--------------- John Branagan,
William Rankin, --------------- George Pancake,
John Ward, --------------- Hugh Gallaher,
Nathaniel Ames, --------------- Benjamin Justice,
Andrew Jones, --------------- Harvey Sickels,
John M. Walker, No.2,--------------- Michael Ready,
John Shurman, --------------- James Nulin,
William Shane, --------------- Edward Lewis,
James Ashmore, --------------- Andrew Baind,
William Colter, --------------- George Spencer,
Duncan Kennedy, --------------- Henry A. Wossel
Washington Walker, --------------- James McNurlin,
John Sinnett, --------------- John Armstrong,
Samuel Mountain,--------------- Augustus Saur,
Frank Rodman, --------------- Joseph Long,
James Bordon, --------------- Thomas Dalton,
Newton Hanley, --------------- John Oakes,
Joel Woods, --------------- William Mountain.
Jonathan Field,
MASON TOWNSHIP,
John Embers, --------------- James Higgins,
Jesse Corn, --------------- William A. Powell,
Henry Corn, --------------- William S. Massie,
Reuben P. Berry,--------------- William Sampson,
Warren McCormick,--------------- Walter Rose,
Wakeman Brumfield,--------------- Felix Van Fleet,
Zalmon Wilson, --------------- Pleasant Corn,
Lanty Rucker, --------------- Jesse Massie,
Joseph Sanders, --------------- William H. Corn,
John Corn, --------------- James H. Mart,
Harvy Corn, --------------- Max Rapp,
Samuel Wilson,--------------- Solomon Phillips,
George Harmon, --------------- Jackson Franklin,
Pattan Massie, --------------- Francis M. Karnes,
George Brumfield,--------------- Sam'l Roach,
Daniel Vermillion,--------------- Martin Brown,
William Sanders, --------------- Zachariah P. Sanders,
William Kingery,--------------- Avory P. Davidson,
Eli Massie, --------------- Greenville Harrison,
George Clarke, --------------- Cornelius Bryan,
John H. Watson, --------------- John Young.
PERRY TOWNSHIP,
John Riley, --------------- John Ballard,
Willam Gannon, --------------- William Elkin,
William Neal, --------------- Joseph Gess,
Isaac Dillon, --------------- Daniel Mulherson,
Fred. Dingas, --------------- Thomson Webb,
Geo. Stallard, --------------- William G. Hunt,
William Murphy, --------------- John Perry,
Samuel Lambert, --------------- Charles Winegar,
Andrew Dink, --------------- Charles W. McCoy,
John K. Johnson,--------------- William R. Powers,
Samberry Justice,--------------- Henry W. Dingas,
Jesse Ganiren(?),--------------- Milton Webb,
James Jakon(sic),--------------- John Allen,
William Going, --------------- William Bleen,
Isaac Bass, --------------- Solomon Wright,
Cable J. Justice,--------------- George O'Bryan.
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP,
John Pemberton, --------------- James Mays,
Charles Trail, --------------- Robert Witcher,
Lemuel Moore, --------------- George W. Corns,
George Reynolds,--------------- George Mays.
FAYETTE TOWNSHIP,
Armstrong McKee,--------------- John Simpkins,
Isaac Hussey, --------------- James C. Campbell,
Greenberry Willis, --------------- Edward Shelton,
Anderson Bailey,--------------- William C. Huff,
James R. Crawford,--------------- William McKee,
John M. Curtis, --------------- Joshua Keeney,
Andrew Snell, --------------- Edward Andre,
Johnathan Cradick,--------------- James Ankrim,
W. J. Silverthorn,--------------- George Winn,
Hames Right, --------------- Bellfield Johnson,
C. H. Bryson, --------------- George C. W. Meizer,
James Morrison, --------------- John Birch,
Americus Paine, --------------- Abedngo Baize,
Isaac Lynd, --------------- John A. Erick,
Elliott Neal, --------------- Samuel C. Gallaher.
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