The Rock River Rangers

At the suggestion of General Gaines the men and larger boys of the settlement formed themselves into a company, elected officers, and named themselves "Rock River Rangers," and tendered their services to General Gaines, who accepted the company of fifty-eight men, and mustered them into the service. No record of this company's enrollment has been found, it probably never having been forwarded to Washington. Judge Spencer in his "Reminiscences," gives June 5th as the date. The following is a roster of the company:

Captain: Benjamin F. Pike.
First Lieutenant: John W. Spencer.
Second Lieutenant: Griffith Aubury.
Sergeants: James Haskill, Leonard Bryant, Edward Corbin.
Corporals: Charles French, Benjamin Goble, Charles Case, Henry Benson.
 

Privates
Allen, Archibald
Bane, John
Bartlett, Michael
Been, Joseph
Brashar, William T.
Case, Jonah H.
Dance, Russell
Danforth, Joseph
Davis, Thomas
Frith, Isaiah
Gardner, Thomas
Harlan, George W.
Henderson, Cyrus
Hubbard, Goodridge
Hubbard, Thomas
Hultz, Uriah S.
Johnson, Moses
Kinney, John W.
Kinney, Samuel
Leek, Conrad
Levitt, Thomas
McGee, Gentry
McNeil, Henry
Miller, George
Noble, Amos C.
Sams, William F.
Smith, Martin W.
Stringfield, Sevier
Syms, Robert
Syms, Thomas
Thompson, Joel
Vandruff, Henry
Vandruff, Joshua
Vandruff, Samuel
Vannetta, Benjamin
Vannetta, Gorham
Varner, Edward
Wells, Asaph
Wells, Eri
Wells, George
Wells, Huntington
Wells, Ira
Wells, Joel Sr.
Wells, Joel, Jr.
Wells, John
Wells, Levi
Wells, Rinnah
Wells, Samuel

 

Early Settlements of Rock County 

 

Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908

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