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Adams County Draft, 1862

Transcribed by Shirley Pierce

The following is a corrected list of the men drafted in this county week before last.

Berwick Township: Samuel Jacobs, Emanuel Lauchman, Wm. S. Lauchman, Jacob Kenamund, William Elder, Samuel Fleming, Frederick Shanebrough, John Richter, Peter Sterner, Israel Danner, Nicholas Henry, David Null, Jacob Markle, John Lauchman, John Seabright, George Emlet, Ananias Wolford. 17. Berwick Borough: Benj. F. Kepner, Rudolph Brown, David S. Peffer, William C. Beck, Jesse Asper, William Hair, Emanuel R. Wills, Michael Heltzel, Charles Dosh, John M. Wolf, Jer. Collins. 11.

Butler: John Lower, Amos Myers, William Steinour, Michael Miller, David Bricker, Henry Stahl, Henry Roth, Charles A. Hartzel, Zachariah Cullison, Miller Linn, Joseph Weible, Henry Bitner, Nash G. Camp, Jesse F. Slaybaugh, Franklin Rice, Martin Boyer, Daniel March, Daniel Starry, Thomas Taylor, Jameson Myers, Gabriel Myers, Jacob Mowrey, Israel Bricker, Daniel McCans, Moses Crum, John Schlosser, William Crum, John M. Peters, David McDannel, Isaac Trostle, Jeremiah Orner, Isaac Boyer, Joseph Lerew, Joseph Fleck, Henry Crum, Daniel Walter, George Shakely, John Lawyer, John Orner, James Heller, Ephraim Shank, John Casey, Christian Keckler, Isaac Roth, Samuel Crum. 45.

Conowago: William H. Brogunier, William Overbaugh, William Menges, Manassa Bollinger, Peter Krichten, Patrick Draver, Michael Sander, John Busbey Jr., Edgar L. Jenkins, John Keagy, Henry Little, Jeremiah A. Anlabaugh, William Batterman, John Waltman, Frederick Bryer, Jacob Niederer, Lewis Brady, Lewis McMaster, Vincent Croninger, Vincent Obold, John Britcher, John Kline, Samuel Trone, Adam McKinny, Joseph Heagy, Daniel W. Fink, Elias Adams, Jackson Cromer, David Lawrence, David Eline, Adam Roth, Charles Draher, Peter Oaster, James Stonesifer, Rufus Krug. 35.

Cumberland: Wm. G. Black, John Currens, Samuel R. McAllister, Henry Jacobs, John W. Hoofnagle, Daniel Forney, Wm. McGrew, Charles M. Gallagher, William Spangler, John Munshower, Amos Leister, David H. Beams, Augustus Craver, Joseph Redding, John Stahl, James A. Weigert, William Currens, John S. Forney, Abraham Keckler, John N. Setlzer, Peter Glosser, John Staub, Emanuel Weigert, Albert Wisler, David P. Weigert, Isaac T. Schriver, Wm. H. Sentz, John Gilliland, John Socks, Frederick Hankey, David Heagy, George Hurting. 32.

Franklin: James Stockslager, Samuel Carbaugh, Alfred Grace, William H. Adams, Jeremiah Bart, Amos Deihl, Peter Adams, Jacob Oyler, James Orr, Henry Shultz, John Butt, Joseph Baker Jr, William Hahn, Jonas Orner, John Hossler, John Ball, George Hartman, Abraham Stockslager, John Baker, John Raffensperger, William Lady, Lewis Miller, Vincent Wilders, Peter Schlosser, William McClure, Lewis Brady, Samuel Fried, John J. Brady, Ephraim Lady, George Goy, Andrew Heintzelman, John Yohe, Israel Myers, Jacob Plank, Abraham Hart Jr, Augustus Mickley, Adam Bucher, Lewis Carbaugh, Levi Heiges, William Russel, Jacob Shellaman, Samuel McKenrick, George Kreiner, Michael Henry, William F. Stover, Jacob H. Plank, Victor K. McIlhenny, Caleb Myers, John Epley, Samuel Lawyer, Samuel Stockslager, Levi Pitzer, Elias Stover, Adam Minter, Eli Geyer, John Wilson, Adam Deardorff, Andrew Fritz, Levi Hummer, Charles Hensel, Benjamin Blubaugh, William Slonaker, William K. Shoemaker, Jacob Mickly of D, John E. Hartman, Jeremiah Reary, Levi Minter, Alexander Snyder, Isaac Bucher, John Plantz, Jacob Eicholtz, O. T. Hartzel, Alexander Oyler, Joseph Leives. 74.

Freedom: Lewis Rhode, Alexander Hoffman, Thaddeus S. T. Stultz, James Reily, John Duns, Calvin P. Krise, Francis Cunningham, Noah Koontz, John A. Bomgardner, Andrew Creaton, Abraham Rhoades, Thomas A. Furgeson, Isaiah Orr, Simon Halderman, James Flenner, William H. H. Hummer, James Boyd, Frederick Peffer, John Patterson, David Byers, Benjamin F. Fleagle, William C. Scott, William Lynn, Abraham Fleagle, Arbuna Appler, George Boyd, Granville Stultz, Jacob E. Everhart, John Bigham, Joseph Hershey, Calvin Heagy, John E. White, Daniel Beard, Augustus Hartzel, David Topper, Peter Cool, Thomas Stoops, David Stewart, John Shank, Jacob Waybright. 40.

Germany: David Newman, Jacob C. Simpson, Alfred H. Staley, Thaddeus Blocher, Levi Fisher, David H. Wintrode, Edward Shorb, William McSherry, George Smith, Simon Bittinger, Augustus Crouse, Jacob Freet, James H. Colehouse, Christopher Wilson, Levi King, William Keefer, Elijah Hesson, James Adlesperger, John Davis, Jeremiah Eltz, Joseph Sponsler, John Buddy, David W. Sell, Sylvester Harner, Isaiah Maring, James King, William Morgan, Ephraim Wintrode, William H. Keefer, Amos Carbaugh, James J. Staley, Peter Morgan, Henry Sellers, Alonzo SandersAbraham Feeser, James McSherry, John Coshun, George Sheely, Isaac Stonesifer, George W. Shull, George Stonesifer, Raymond S. Seis, Emanuel Fink, Frederick Backover, Amos KumpEphraim Harner, Jacob Harner, Amos Bittle, Oliver Staley, George P. Duttera, Jerome Lawrence, Henry Ernst, James H. Keefer, Andrew Kuhn, William Hull, Amos Stonesifer, John Crouse, Henry Willet, Joseph A. Crabbs, Edward F. Kootz, Joseph Fissel, Solomon Sell, Francis Eline, Alexander Little, Levi Harner, Henry Bang, Andrew Long. 67.

Hamilton: Henry Klunk, Franklin Wollet, Michael McSherry, William Raffensperger, Isaac Peter, Lewis Stornbaugh, Johnson Shue, Peter Hoover, Henry Lawrence, David H. Baker, Elijah Spangler, Abner S. Hildebrand, William Miller, Cornelius Shue, John Q. Schwartz, James Staub, John Riegle, Henry Yohe jr, Jesse Bupp, Henry Klinepeter, Jacob Getz, Charles Klunk, Nicholas Bupp, N. Staub, A. W. Storm, Levi Wehler, John Hartley, Samuel Hildebrand, Albert SingletonDaniel Sowers, John Dubbs, Emanuel Rinehart, Cornelius Brown, Andrew Dellone, Daniel H. Klingle, Daniel Baublitz, Daniel Trimmer, Josephus Riegle, Israel Stambaugh, George D. BinderNathan Stambaugh, Henry Bender, John Getz, Abraham Sowers, George Nickey, Henry HooverHenry Laughman. 47.

Hamiltonban: John Fry, Wesley Caufman, Edward Reese, Joseph Kint, John Bigham, George Andrew, James McIlhenny, William Hoke, John Wagaman, Benjamin J. Reed, James Sanders of A, Ebenezer McGinley, Wesley C. King, William Sprenkle jr., Peter Stoner, Charles Reed, Nicholas Fleagle, Wm. H. Dickson, Henry Kaufman, Peter Overdeer, George Kaufman, of L., Henry Overdeer, Andrew Sanders, Solomon Smith, Jauhue Hartman, John E. Pitzer, Elias Green, John W. Kepperly, William Lowe, John Cochran, Hiram Eshelman, Edward Singley, Peter Baker, John Miller, Ezra McLaughlin, John Smith, William Rentzel, Daniel Benchoof, Washington Pryor, James R. Newman, Maddison Shingledecker, Wm. Reed, Joseph Saylor, James Watson, William Smith, James Bigham, William Shingledecker, Manoah Carbaugh, Frederick Peters, Abraham Staley, of L., Jacob Houdeshell, Charles J. Sifton, Isaac Haefleigh, Isaiah Kaufman. 54.

Huntington: William Shuff, James Riggle, George W. Wierman, James Reary, Speakman Freazer, Elden Spangler, George A. Group, John J. Albert, Jacob Fickes, James Grebble, Amos Bowers, Joseph Yohe, Nathan V. Bertman, James Davis of E., Wesley C. Beitman, William H. Trimmer, Henry J. Trostle, James Gardner, Stewart Miller, John P. Bream, Peter Haverstick, Henry H. Wierman, Isaac W. Pearson, Jacob F. Gardner, George W. Day, Jacob Bream of J., David Day, Nicholas Leander Wierman, William H. Wolf, Hezekiah Golden, James Nickle, Isaac B. Houser, Alfred Livingston, Andrew J. Bittinger, Samuel Plank, Isaac Thomas, Sebastian Fickes, James Thomas, Arthur Yingst, Alfred Crook, John Peiffer, Isaac Kennedy, George Winand, Charles A. Peacock, Washington S. Myers, John Snyder, George S. Yohe, Jacob A. Gardner, Joseph Fitzgerald, Howard W. Group, Peter F. Dolheimer, Charles Sheaffer, John D. Day, Jeremiah Sheely, Cornelius Bream, Abraham Meals, Sam Snyder, Jesse Smyers. 58.

Latimore: Cornelius Hartman, Orvin Grist, Daniel Arnold, Michael Hollinger, Howard Myers, David F. Stitzel, John Lethery, Christopher Wiley, Christian Caufman, David Lenhart, George Myers, Jacob Shultz, Samuel Huppert, John Nichol, Samuel Albert, George F. Levastone, Addison W. Myers, Edward Criswell, John S. Cronister, John Albert, Franklin Albert, Joseph H. Fickle, David Hoffman, George Yeagy, Daniel Smith, John Hoechst, Cornelius Becker, Hiram Maneer, Jonathan Brenaman, John Hamilton, George Smith, Amos Peters, George Hollinger, Isaac Hess, Franklin Miller, Nicholas N. Bushey, Jacob Hoechst, Michael Jacobs, Philip Andrew Myers, Edward C-onister, Emanuel Gulden, Andrew B. Lefew, Michael Ebersole, William Beck, Daniel Hoopert, Alfred J. Gardner, William Hoopert. 17.

Liberty: Lewis Beachoof, Augustus Little, Edwin McIntire, George Sell, Trimper Reiley, Benjamin Shriner, Joseph Bollinger, Jacob Sheyler, James Adams, James H. Taylor, Adam Bloom, Ross A. -innter, Edward McIntire, George Beard, Lewis Butt, John Musselman of C, Lenius H. Witmor, John Hunter, John Slagle, Jesse Beard, Jesse Bollinger, Paxton Reiley, Washington Shover, Daniel C. Little, Robert M. Hill, Smith D. Flohr, William Baker, John B. Musselman, John A. Pettacord, Johnston Stem, William Shingledecker, Finley Butt, John Berbig. 33.

Menallen: Henry M Thomas, Samuel Crist, S. A. Weaver, Edward Warren, Amos Fohl, Hiram Myers, Amos Slusser, Benjamin Hardy, Aaron Paxton, Henry Eppleman, Henry G. Cashman, Michael P. Rice, Isaac Miller, John Thomas, Felix Orner, Cornelius Rice, Lewis Dull, David Noel, Eli Miller, Washington Morrison, Franklin Weiner, Abraham Warren, Jacob C. Smith, William H. Heller, Charles D. E. Cook, Josiah Wickersham, Daniel Peters, William Hippensteel, Henry K Rex, Noah Snyder, George W. Eldon, Elisha W. Hutton, E. R. Eldon, Henry Brimler, Henry Sillix, Augustus Carbaugh, John Hoffman, Enoch Rontzaun, Jonathan Cline, Luther H. Cashman, Henry Carbaugh, Jacob Crum. 45.

Mount Joy: Samuel D. Reck, Henry M. Bishop, Wesley Lynn, Edmond Arntz, Peter Lawrence, Washington Keefer, Joseph Orndorff, Bernhard Brown, David Kyholtz, Henry Schwartz, James Wintrode, Jacob W. Rider, Harrison Wilson, Alfred Harner, Isaac W. Hankey, James Spaulding, Abraham Harner, Jacob Forney, Emanuel Feaser, Smith Barr, Cornelius Trostle, John A. Kuntz, James Topper, James Noel, McAllen S. Horner, Jacob Bowers, Jacob E. King, Peter Bushey, Hugh G. Scott, Henry Bucher, Edward Spangler, Wesley Wintrode, John Rodkey, Howard Wirt, John A. Orndortf, John L. Allison, Robert Newman, Levi Swartz, Christian Harman, David P. Beitler, John a. Hankey. 41.

B>Mount Pleasant: John May, Agidious Noel, Samuel Little, John F. Kuhn, Ephraim Welsh, William Sheely, Levi Stock, James C. Duttera, William Young, George Ginter, John Staub, Jesse W. Nary, Peter G. Smith, Samuel Menges, Jacob Lott, Edward McSherry, Lewis McMaster, Jacob Gosman, Henry Byers, James Shilt, Mathias Noel, Richard Wolf, Jacob Creager, John Rebert, Emanuel Ginter, Peter Miller, John Carbaugh, Joseph Shultz, John S. Eckenrode, Henry Olinger, Peter Rimbaugh, John Yohn, George A. Weigert, George Myers, Upton F. Forrest, Anthony Smith, Francis A. Noel, Joseph J. Hemler, Samuel -hidt, Charles Orndorff, Jeremiah Oaster, Emanuel Rudisill, David Link, Ephraim Wildt, Joseph Sheely, Samuel Lilly, Jacob Parr, Jeremiah Weaver, John A. Arutz, Daniel Sheely, James Smail, John Haines, David B. Smith, John Kerrigan, George Keitel, Jacob Lawrence, John Wolford, Alfred Peters, Sebastian Weaver, William F. Kuhn, John J. Clapsadle, George Gulden, Robert S. Lott, Jesse Diehl, William Parr, Peter K. Smith, Franklin B. Hagerman, George Y. Hoffman, Joseph Bederman, Anthony Little, Emanuel Golden, John L. Jenkins, Ephraim Miller, Samuel A. Smith, John E. Taney. 78.

Oxford: Andrew Keffer, Samuel Strasbaugh, Franklin Martin, Franklin Gross, Henry J. Lawrence, John Beckman, Charles Shillin, Charles Burns, Abraham Senft, Jacob Beck, Elias Lingg, Pius Smail, Jacob Hamm, John Blair, John Stonesifer, George Smith, Eli Kellenberger, Joseph W. Hendrix, Edmund C. Gitt, John Conner, James Robinson, James Hare, Jonas Wolf, Josiah Wolford, Adam Wolf, Francis Klunk, Henry Snyder, James Brown, Solomon Brown, Henry Lingg, Jeremiah Small, Richard Mummert, Henry Wiest, Josephus Roland, Pius Sneeringer, Samuel McTaggart, Pius Little, Christian Wolf, James A. Lawrence, Joseph Miller, Alfred Heisel, Alexander Schroeder, Alexander S. Himes, Philip Hemler, Jerome Sneeringer, Amos Meckley. 46.

Reading: Solomon Miller, Levi Moul, Solomon Border, Samuel March, Franklin Stoke, Robert M, Dix, Henry B. Wagner, Singleton Eicholtz, John H. Criswell, George Phillips, Peter Hartman, Solomon Mummert, Joseph Cronister, Daniel Marks, John A. Rummell, Zachariah Stough, Cyrus Myers, Levi Laydom, Alfred Myers, Oliver Roland, Solomon Spangler, George H. Dutterer, John Sowers, John Kopp, Harrison A. Hollinger, Channing Picking, Cornelius Smith, Elias Wolf, Israel Stonesifer, Samuel H. Taughinbaugh, David Philips, Samuel Malaun, Josiah Bushey, Henry A. Spangler, Thomas Stevens, John Wolf, Washington M. Brenizer, Henry A. Buckmaster, Jacob A. Cronister, William A. Tudor, George Heikes, George Albert, Michael Philips, George Ho---, Daniel Bushey, Israel Trostle, William Myers, Albert Myers, David M. C. White, Adam Wolf, George Kaufman, Adam Miller, Peter Yohe, Lewis Cronister, Adam Myers, Michael Nell, William H. Dix. 57.

Straban: James Wade, Andrew H. Howard, William H. Hoffman, David Lockhart, John C. Creager, Lewis Clever, Samuel Bucher, John Bender, Samuel Freeman, Henry Little, Edward Wagner, Martin Sheeler, David Heltz, Jacob Galloway, Henry Mummert, Jacob Miller, Edward Morits, George Englebert, John F. Felty, George Hemler, Henry Albert, Jacob Bucher, Henry H-nter, Wesley Reary, Peter Decker, John E. Little, Jacob W. Fiddler, David Quiggle, Henry Osborn, John W. Steely, John A. Yeagy, William Toot, William Thomas, John E. Galloway, George King, Henry Wert, Jacob Sowers, William Cashman, Isaac Pottorff, Jacob Stickel, Andrew Pottorff, William L. Thomas, William M. Sanders, Adam Carl, John H. Eckert, Daniel Stallsmith, William Harman, Jesse Bucher, William Gallagher, Henry B. Weaver, Frederick Moritz, John H. Majors, Enos Brown, Lewis Crichton, Jacob F. Thomas, Jeremiah Shriver, Stephen Noel. 57.

Tyrone: Andrew Bream, John Delap, William Studebacker, William Bream, Solomon Starner, Marks Bream, John Wolf, Samuel Hondeshell, John Eicholtz, Jacob B. Spangler, Henry Spangler, William Meckley, Allen M. Cook, John M. Pittenturff, William Hewitt, Edward Gochenour, William Spangler, Henry J. Myers, Leander J. Bowers, Thomas Earhart, Jacob C. Pittenturff, Philip Cooly, Joseph Hess, Levi Guise, Peter Fiddler, John Camper, George W. Cline, Jacob Sartman, Isaac Bowers, Daniel Bricker. 30.

Union: Christian Welsh, Jacob Kale, William Benisell, Valentine Shippert, Isaac M. Bartley, John Eltz, Andrew Sell, George Kale, Peter Stonesifer, Daniel Palmer, Martin Messinger, Jonas Drepler, Daniel M. Gobrecht, Anthony W. Klunk, Abraham Rile, Jacob Fox, John Rile, George W. Shue, William Unger jr., William J. Hart, Henry Bollinger, Amos Sheely, Jesse Hilbert, Urias Yingling, John Gephart, Philip Sterner, Jacob Kump, George D. Basehur, William Unger, Samuel Irvin, Augustus Maring, Rudolph Clauser, Edward Robert, Peter Rusher, John Unger, Henry Hoff, Samuel Basehor, Levi Spangler, Adam Harket, Henry Weaver, Andrew Gerich, Frank Steiner, Adam Leas, Anthony Kale, John Spangler, John M. Zion, Solomon Shippert, Jacob Miller. 48.