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1862 Census of males in Bernadotte Twp, Fulton County, Illinois

During 1862, the War Dept. and the Adjutant General of Illinois ordered a census of men to be taken. The following is a transcription of this census for Bernadotte Township, Fulton County, Illinois, as read from a microfilm copy of the original.

Similar records exist for many locales in Illinois. Records are available on microfilm through interlibrary loan and through Mormon Family History Centers

Many of the names were difficult to read. Researchers are encouraged to consult the original records to make their own interpretation.

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A List of able-bodied male citizens of the town of Bernadotte and County of Fulton between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years taken by Andrew Wills(?) for Lyman Moon. In pursuance of General Orders No. 99 of the War Department and instructions of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois.


Last name First name Age Nativity Occupation Remarks
1 SHERMAN James 25 Ohio Miller
2 JOHNSON W.? A. 41 N.Y. Hotel keeper
3 FRITTLE? Earl 25 ditto Merchant
4 FINLEY James 40 Ohio Miller
5 WHEELING Wm. 34 ditto Merchant
6 VLIET Wm. 34 N.Y. Farmer
7 VLIET Eleazer 24 Illinois ditto
8 WOOD? John 18 Illinois School Teacher
9 CARTER Samuel 28 Ohio Blacksmith
10 NANAMAKER L. H. 39 Ind. Shoemaker
11 SPRING L. A. 42 Ohio Merchant
12 JOY Stephen 32 Maine Farmer
13 JOY Jenkin? 32 Maine ditto
14 BICKFORD H. P. 27 Vermont School Teacher
15 MORRISON Samuel 35 Penn Farmer
16 MARTIN Thos. 26 Ohio ditto
17 MARTIN Herman 23/25 ditto ditto
18 MILLER Wm. 24 Penn ditto
19 MILLER David 22 Penn ditto
20 FANCHER? Samuel 25/23 Ills. ditto
21 CANNON? John 38 ditto Cooper
22 LOWELL? Robert 21 O. Farmer
23 NUNAMAKER Saml. 28/38 Ills.Ind. ditto
24 NUNAMAKER M. J. 26 Ills. ditto
25 DORSEY Nicholas 19 Va. ditto
26 MINER James 28 Ills. ditto
27 EASELEY Oliver 22 Ills. ditto
28 ROBERTS James 23 O. ditto
29 ROBERTS Wm 27 ditto ditto
30 GARWOOD Obed 29 Penn mason
31 BROWN Levi 38 N.Y. farmer
32 COZAD Benj. 28 Ills. ditto
33 BARNES Gater S./L. 26 ditto ditto
34 WALTERS Thos. 33 Ala. ditto
35 McMULLIN Jos. 30? O. ditto
36 PAYNE John 23? Mo. ditto
37 McMULLIN Wm 18 Ills. ditto
38 McMULLIN John 25 O. ditto
39 BARNS John 31 ditto ditto
40 ELROD Ira F. 41 Ky ditto
41 VAIL Randall C. 28 O. ditto
42 SNYDER Geo. W.? 29 ditto ditto
43 BEADLES W. L. 38 Ky ditto
44 HALE Elam 21 Ills. ditto
45 MARKEE Wm. L. 22 O. ditto
46 KIMBALL Rufus O. 23? Vt? (Va?) ditto
47 STEVENS Gilbert 25 Ind ditto
48 PARKINSON Wm 35 England ditto says he is not a citizen
49 DANCEY Wm 28 N. Carolina Farmer
50 LITTLE John 24 O. ditto
51 KIMBALL Mason (Myron?) 34 Vt? farmer
52 TRIBBETT Edar? 33 O. ditto
53 COLEMAN Isaac 43 N.Y. miller
54 MARKEE Dan'l 32 O? farmer
55 COOK Patrick 34 Ireland ditto
56 ETNIRE Lewis 44 Penn ditto
57 HULVEY? John 33? Va ditto
58 MARTINDALE Elijah 35 Ind. ditto
59 WARFIELD James 35 O. ditto
60 SANDERS? Wm 35 O. ditto
61 COONS Samuel 21 Iowa ditto
62 PERKEL Franklin 20 Ills. ditto
63 HECKARD Jacob N. 38 O. ditto
64 SMITH Jacob 36 O. mechanic
65 COONS Alfred 20 Iowa farmer
66 DOUGLASS Wm. 37? Md. ditto
67 OVERLIN? Luther 18 Ills. ditto
68 McBRIDE John 35 O. ditto
69 DAVID Cephas 30
ditto
70 STEELE Syvus? 23 O. ditto
71 STEELE Elias 21 ditto ditto
72 SHIPTIN? Jesse R. 33 Penn. ditto
73 HUMWELL Andrew J. 33 ditto ditto
74 HUMWELL Chapman? 28 ditto ditto
75 TUTTLE Jerome C. 37 N.Y. ditto
76 DORBLER? David 34 Penn ditto
77 MULLEN Wm 36 ditto ditto
78 MATHENY? Isaiah 35 ditto ditto
79 WARFIELD Zachariah 28 O. ditto
80 CULLEN Jeremiah W. 34 ditto ditto
81 WILSON Benj. 34 ditto ditto
82 CROOK? Samson 18 ditto ditto
83 GROWT? Lucins 38 ditto ditto
84 WHITE Samuel J. 21 Ark. ditto
85 RANSON James A. 30 O. ditto
86 HARKINSON John 25 ditto ditto
87 MUNROE Wm. J. 28? ditto ditto
88 MUNROE Thos. J. 20 ditto ditto
89 MUNROE Wm 21 ditto ditto
90 SANDERS? Jesse 36 Penn ditto
91 DEMOSS? John 36 Ind ditto
92 HECKARD Abram B. 36 O. ditto
93 SWICE? Criss? 34/36 Germany ditto
94 BLAZAIR Lemuel 42 ditto ditto
95 WARFIELD Elias 26 O. ditto
96 CRAMBLET Greenbury(g) 32 ditto ditto
97 FORD John 25 Ind. farmer
98 THRASHER John 25 VA ditto
99 CRANDALL Chas 37 N.Y. ditto
100 CRANDALL Frank 28 N.Y. ditto
101 HAVEN Wm 38 O. ditto
102 CRUISER Francis 40 ditto ditto
103 LITTLEJOHN Abram 25 ditto ditto
104 LIVINGSTON Thos 30 ditto ditto
105 LITTLEJOHN John 40 Va ditto
106 LITTLEJOHN David F. 23 O. ditto
107 JORDAN Eugene 24 ditto ditto
108 STEWART Guetine? P. 37 ditto ditto
109 OVERALL? James 32 England ditto
110 WHITE Jacob 24 Va ditto
111 DEFORD Wm 27 O ditto
112 DEFORD Joseph 35 ditto
113 CALL Stephen 28
ditto
114



115 LEASE? James 18 Ills.
116 BIDWELL Malan L. 40 O. miller
117 MARSHALL Jos. A. 44 ditto laborer
118 KEMPH? Thos 26? Ireland shoemaker
119 MOON Marcus W. 28 N. Y. merchant
120 MEDLEY Philip 39 Ind. ditto 1 Capt of Volunteers
121 SOLMON Lewis 24 O. clerk 2 Lieut. of Vol. Reg.
122 GUSTINE Wm 26 ditto laborer 3 discharged Vol.
123 BERRY Johnathan 19 Canada ditto 4 ditto
124 NOLAN John 22 O. ditto 5 ditto
125 NANAMAKER James C. 22 Ills. farmer 6 rejected Vol.
126 ALLISON J. C. 42 Va. mechanic 7 ditto
127 SIMPKINS Franklin 28 O. ditto 8 enlisted
128 JOHNSON Gerry? C. 26 N.Y. shoemaker 9 ditto
129 NOLAN Henry 25 O. farmer 10 ditto
130 NOLAN Augustus 20 ditto ditto 11 ditto
131 NOLAN Thos. 19 ditto ditto 12 ditto
132 JOHNSON Henry A. 33 Mo blacksmith 13 ditto
133 LITCHFIELD Dilworth 27 Ills. pilot 14 ditto
134 ADAMS John 25 O. farmer 15 ditto
135 MOON Denning R. 18 Ills. ditto 16 ditto
136 LESLIE? Thos 23/25 ditto clerk 17 ditto
137 FRIDLEY Andrew 20 Penn farmer 18 ditto
138 FRANKLIN Benj. 24 Scotland laborer 19 ditto
139 FRENCHER? Marsona? 27 N. Y. farmer 20 ditto
140 FRANCHER? Levi 25 N. Y. ditto 21 ditto
141 PIERCE Wm 20 O. ditto 22 ditto
142 PARKINSON Thos 20 O. ditto 23 ditto
143 PARKINSON Joseph 25 ditto ditto 24 ditto
144 MOORE John 29 Ind ditto 25 ditto
145 SHERWOOD Geo. 32 Ills. cooper 26 enlisted
146 LONG Wm 26 Va. farmer 27 ditto
147 BURFETT? Wm 19 Vt. ditto 28 ditto
148 HOLT Ira 26 N. Y. ditto 29 ditto
149 HOLT Wm 21 Ills. miller 30 ditto
150 GUSTINE James 25 O. ditto 31 ditto
151 GUSTINE Walter 22 Ills. farmer 32 ditto
152 NUNAMAKER John W. 28 Ind. ditto 33 ditto
153 HUNT Hiram 43 N. Y. ditto 34 ditto
154 BURT? A. F. 30 S. C. ditto 35 ditto
155 STEVENS Shephard 48 Penn ditto 36 ditto
156 DIVINNIE? James 23 O. ditto 37 ditto
157 OVERTON Charles 21 Ills. Schl tcher 38 ditto
158 PARKE Joseph 23 O. farmer 39 ditto
159 GREWELL John 19 O. farmer 40 ditto
160 LEAS Daniel 45 ditto ditto 41 ditto
161 BERG Henry 28 Md. ditto 42 ditto
162 HUMMELL Geo 31 Penn ditto 43 ditto
163 FRIZELL? Joshua 18 Va. ditto 44 ditto
164 McMULLIN Andrew 21 O. ditto 45 ditto
165 COONS Wm 19 Ills. ditto 46 ditto
166 LINK John 28 Va.
47 ditto
167 SHEPARD Geo. 25 N. Y. ditto 48 ditto
168 MYERS Noah 30 O. ditto 49 discharged Vol.
169 QUIGLEY Warren 23 Mich. ditto 50 ditto ditto
170 CRATER Francis M. 23 Penn ditto 51 enlisted
171 QUIGLY Edwin 17 Ills. ditto 52 ditto
172 SNYDER Orville 18 Ills. ditto 53 ditto
173 SNYDER Wm. 20 ditto ditto 54 ditto
174 PARKS Resin 51 Penn ditto 55 ditto
175 COLEMAN William 20 N. Y. ditto 56 ditto
176 COONS Henry 26 Ind. ditto 57 ditto
177 KIMBALL William L. 30 Vt. miller 58 ditto
178 KIMBALL Ebenezer L. 28 ditto farmer 59 ditto
179 COOPER Geo 23 ditto ditto 60 ditto
180 COOPER John V. 21
ditto 61 ditto
181 CROOK Josiah 20 O. ditto 62 ditto
182 WHITE Joseph H. 28 ditto ditto 63 ditto
183 WHITE James H. 26 ditto ditto 64 ditto
184 MUNROE Enoch 24 ditto ditto 65 ditto
185 MUNROE Allen 38 ditto ditto 66 ditto
186 WARFIELD Andrew 32 ditto ditto 67 ditto
187 SLACK? Geo. 19 Penn. ditto 68 ditto
188 NEFF Joseph 20 O. ditto 69 ditto
189 NEFF Christian 17 Penn. ditto 70 ditto
190 HARRIS Wm. 23? Ills ditto 71 ditto
191 HARRIS Perry 18 ditto ditto 72 ditto
192 JORDAN Chas 21 O. ditto 73 ditto
193 DEFORD Marion? 20 Ills. farmer 74 ditto
194 DEFORD Milton 26 O. ditto 75 ditto
195 COX Thos. 22 ditto ditto 76 ditto
196 SMITH David 45 N. Y. ditto 77 ditto
197 MYERS? Jacob 27 O. ditto 78 ditto
198 PARKINSON Wm. 23 ditto ditto 79 ditto *
199 DANCEY John C. 25 Va. ditto 80 ditto *
200 VLIET John 41 N. Y. ditto 81 ditto *
* These appear to be crossed out.