Election returns for an election held in Claiborne, Alabama, for officers in an unidentified militia unit.
Item
Identifier
RSG00248_f09_Q0000134755_Q0000134758
Title
Election returns for an election held in Claiborne, Alabama, for officers in an unidentified militia unit.
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Type
Text
Creator
Unknown
Date
1860 December 8
Description
Certification letter from the managers and clerks of an election held in Claiborne for company officers in the Alabama Militia. The document records the vote totals for Captain, 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant, and 3rd Lieutenant. It also lists the names of voters who participated in the election.
Format
letter
Place
Claiborne (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Addie Brown
transcription
We the undersined Mangers and Clerks of an Election Held at Claiborne Dec 8 for Captain, first, second, and third Leiutenants Certify that S S Gailliard Recivd 44 Votes for Captain, " G W Foster Recivd 44 Votes for 1st Lieutenant " W J Robinson Received 47 Votes for 2nd Lieutenant and J S Jennings received 46 Votes for 3d Lieutenant for Captain scatlering 3 Votes for 1st Lietenant scattering 3 Votes for 3d Lieutnant scattering 1 Vote
Managers Clerks
J. M. Beam T R Hall
D H Morgan D H Morgan
Comms. Issued December 22, 1860
At an election held in the Town of Clai borne (Beat 2) Monroe County held to elect a Captain 1st 2nd 3d Lieutenant the following votes were polled
1 T S Sowell 2 C H Moore 3 Jno A Moore 4 Abraham Kline 5 A R Canterbury 6 J S Jenning 7 C Y Fonda 8 C W Lambert 9 Charles Busey 10 Thos R Hall 11 C Thompson 12 Isaac Thompson 13 R D Thompson 14 D H Morgan 15 F A Seymour 16 D A Cummings 17 W R Hall 18 C G Clark 19 J M Beam 20 Jno N Daniel 21 Young Lee 22 Simeon Frye 23 W L Normon 24 Evant Andrews 25 H H Watkins 26 Charles Myres 27 D W Owen 28 Jos Daniel 29 James McKinza 30 John Norris 31 F P Clingman 32 M Metziger 33 W B Crossland 34 W T Thompson 35 Max Wolff 36 Othneal Parker 37 Jno Miller 38 E Evans. 39 Wm Pettibone 40 M L Rodgers 41 Duncan Rankin
Hall
42 Rayford Agu Jr 43 James L Robertson 44 W P Leslie 45 Benjn Crook 46 J M Merry
For Captain S S Gailliard For Lieutenant first Leut G W Foster Second " W J Robeson Third " J S Jenning
[Slashes counting up the vote totals given on page 1]
Managers Clerks
J. M. Beam T R Hall
D H Morgan D H Morgan
Comms. Issued December 22, 1860
At an election held in the Town of Clai borne (Beat 2) Monroe County held to elect a Captain 1st 2nd 3d Lieutenant the following votes were polled
1 T S Sowell 2 C H Moore 3 Jno A Moore 4 Abraham Kline 5 A R Canterbury 6 J S Jenning 7 C Y Fonda 8 C W Lambert 9 Charles Busey 10 Thos R Hall 11 C Thompson 12 Isaac Thompson 13 R D Thompson 14 D H Morgan 15 F A Seymour 16 D A Cummings 17 W R Hall 18 C G Clark 19 J M Beam 20 Jno N Daniel 21 Young Lee 22 Simeon Frye 23 W L Normon 24 Evant Andrews 25 H H Watkins 26 Charles Myres 27 D W Owen 28 Jos Daniel 29 James McKinza 30 John Norris 31 F P Clingman 32 M Metziger 33 W B Crossland 34 W T Thompson 35 Max Wolff 36 Othneal Parker 37 Jno Miller 38 E Evans. 39 Wm Pettibone 40 M L Rodgers 41 Duncan Rankin
Hall
42 Rayford Agu Jr 43 James L Robertson 44 W P Leslie 45 Benjn Crook 46 J M Merry
For Captain S S Gailliard For Lieutenant first Leut G W Foster Second " W J Robeson Third " J S Jenning
[Slashes counting up the vote totals given on page 1]
Subject
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Militia;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Militia;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel