Capt. John Harpole's Company
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Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen, War of 1812
Muster Roll of Capt. John Harpole's Company, 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen, War of 1812; Reuben Jackson, saddler.
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War of 1812 (Creek War)

Reuben Jackson's Muster Roll entry for Capt. John Harpole's Mounted Riflemen:

Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen, War of 1812 (Creek War)

Source: Tennessee State Library and Archives online regimental histories, by Tom Kanon. This site has a map of the campaign at the bottom of the page.

Served: 24 September 1814 - 24 December 1815.

Men mostly from: Bedford, Rutherford, Smith, Dickson, Franklin, Lincoln, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties.

Captains: Robert Allen, George Brandon, Ota Cantrell, John B. Demsey, William Edwards, John Hanby, John Harpole, David Hogan, Francis Jones, William Martin, Andrew Patterson, James Walton, Isaac Williams, Thomas Yardley.

Brief History: Along with Colonel John Alcorn's regiment, this unit was part of General John Coffee's brigade that conducted the first campaign into the Creek Nation. Marching from Fayetteville, they went through Huntsville; crossed the Tennessee River at Ditto's Landing (mid-October 1813); stopped at Fort Strother; and fought in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813). Muster rolls show that just about every company in this regiment suffered casualties in these battles.
Note: Capt. John Harpole was Reuben Jackson's nephew, being the son of Christiana Dice Harpole, the sister of Reuben's wife Barbara Dice Jackson. -tkp

Muster Roll for Capt. John Harpole's Company of Mounted Riflemen, Col. Newton Cannon's 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen.

These Muster Rolls are very murky. The names are one of the few things that are legible in the copies that I have, which were generously sent to me by Dave Parman, who is not related to my line of Jacksons. The right hand column of the first page is completely dark. It is in this section that notations were made about injuries, transfers and deaths. [Brackets] indicate my best guess, but frequently I'm extrapolating from the context. I've corelated the roll with the 1820 Wilson County, TN census.

List of images: Size of image: Link to image:
Muster Roll, pg. 1, part 1 (533k) image
Muster Roll, pg. 1, part 2 (576k) image
Muster Roll, pg. 2, part 1 (726k) image
Muster Roll, pg. 2, part 2 (838k) image
Payroll, part 1 (643k) image
Payroll, part 2 (576k) image

MUSTER ROLL of a company of Mounted Gunmen under the command of Capt. John Harpole [illegible] United States, commanded by Colonel Newton Cannon [illegible] September 18[13]

No. Names Rank Date of or [illegible] 1820 Wilson Co., TN Census
1 John Harpole Captain 24th Sept. 18[13] HARPOLE, John, pg. 399
1 Samuel Barton 1st Lieut        "        " [other Bartons, but no Samuel]
1 Beverly Williams 2nd Lieut        "        " WILLIAMS, Beverly, Pg. 381
1 Robert Braden Ensign        "        " [other Bradens]
1 James McKee Sergeant        "        " MAKIE, James, pg. 413
2 James S. Mansfield        "        "        " [other Mansfield]
3 William B. Kennedy        "        "        " KENNEDAY, William, pg. 414
4 Henry Moser        "        "        " MOSURE, Henry, pg. 407
5 William Bloodsworth        "        "        " BLOODSWORTH, William, pg. 391
1 Adam Harpole Corporal        "        " HARPOOL, Adam, pg. 401 (2)
2 Henry P. Bone        "        "        " BONE, Henry, pg. 407
3 William Hartsfield        "        "        " HEARTSFIELD, William, pg. 391
4 William Doak        "        " [other Doaks]
1 Walter Carr Trumpetr        "        "
1 Reuben Jackson Saddler        "        " JACKSON, Reuben, pg. 401
1 Samuel R. Anderson Private        "        " [other Andersons]
2 William K. Bennett Private        "        " BENNETT, William K., pg. 395
3 James Bell        "        "        " BELL, James, pgs. 376, 394, 409
4 William F. Bennett        "        "        " [other Bennetts]
5 Jeremiah Brown        "        "        " [other Browns]
6 James Browning        "        "        " [other Browning 403]
7 David W. Breedlove        "        "        " [other Breedlow 401]
8 James Bone        "        "        " BONE, James, pg. 399, 407, 417
9 [Daniel Brown]        "        "        " [other Browns]
10 [John Bettis]        "        "        " [other Bettis 389]
11 John Cooper        "        "        " COOPER, John, pg. 414
12 William Cyprett        "        "        " SYPERT, William, pg. 398
13 Stephen Cyprett        "        "        " SYPERT, Stephen, pg. 391
14 Jonathan Doake        "        "        " DOAK, Jonathan, pg. 407
15 Edward Douglass        "        "        " [other Douglass 385, 391, 402]
16 Eli Donnald        "        "        " DONNELL, Eli, pg. 376
17 Jefse Donnald        "        "        " DONNELL, Jesse, pg. 409
18 John Edding        "        "        " EDDINGS, John, pg. 393
19 Joseph Edding        "        "        " EDDINGS, Joseph, pg. 390
20 Alexr Foster        "        "        " FOSTER, Alexander, pg. 407
21 William Foster        "        "        " [other Fosters]
22 Joseph Hobson        "        "        " [other Hopson 400]
23 Malachi Howell        "        "        " [other Howells]
24 Levi Howell        "        "        " [other Howells]
25 William Hall        "        "        " [other Halls]
26 Tobias Henderson        "        "        " [other Hendersons]
27 Nicholas Hunter        "        "        " [other Hunters]
28 Preston Henderson        "        "        " [other Hendersons]
29 Dawson Hancock        "        "        " HANDCOCK, Dawson, pg. 396
30 Nathan Harris        "        "        " [other Harris families]
31 Benjamin Harris        "        "        " HARRIS, Benjamin, pg. 383
32 Robert Jackson        "        "        " [other Jacksons]
33 Nicholas Jasper        "        "        " JASPER, Nicholas, pg. 400
[next page]
No. Names Rank Date of or [illegible] 1820 Wilson Co., TN Census
34 James Luck [Private] 24th Sept. 1813 [other Lock families]
35 Richard Marlow        "        "        " MARLOW, Richard, pg. 381
36 Robert Neal        "        "        " [other Neals]
37 Jacob Neal        "        "        " [other Neals]
38 Hennen Pace        "        "        " PACE, Hennon, pg. 409
39 Peter Rodgers        "        "        " ROGERS, Peter, pg. 389
40 Allen Rofs        "        "        " ROSS, Allen, pg. 378
41 Orange Riddle        "        "        " RIDLEY, x, pg. 406
42 Lewis Ray        "        "        " [other Ray families]
43 Aaron Rouche? Rounche?        "        "        " [Roach and Roch families]
44 Frances Scott        "        "        " [other Scotts]
45 William Standsfield        "        "        " Capt. Gordon's Spies 26th Oct
46 Benjamin C. Sewell        "        "        " [other Seawell families]
47 Wilie Scott        "        "        " [other Scotts]
48 James B. Sewell        "        "        " [other Seawell families]
49 James Scott        "        "        " SCOTT, James, pgs. 376, 399
50 Aaron Stuart        "        "        " [other Stewart and Stuart families]
51 Timothy Tracy        "        "        " [other Tracy family]
52 [Britton Taylor]        "        "        " [other Taylors]
53 [Joseph Wood]        "        "        " [other Woods]
54 [John Williams]        "        "        " WILLIAMS, John, pg. 403
55 [Edward B. Wheeler]        "        "        " WHEELER, Edward, pg. 403
56 [John Wheeler]        "        "        " [other Wheelers]
57 Thomas Williams        "        "        " WILLIAMS, Thomas, Jr. & Sr., pg. 397
58 Benjamin Winford        "        "        "
59 Ross Webb        "        "        " [other Webbs]
60 [John Barksdale]        "        "        " transferred [from?] Col. Wynn's regt 4 Oct 1813


[printed]
[illegible]that this Muster Roll and annexed, recap[illegible] a true statement of the
[illegible] for this period therein mentioned and that [illegible] opposite the names men [illegible]

[signed] John Harpole , Captain


[handwritten]
[illegible] that this muster roll [illegible] true statement of
Capt John Harpole's Company of Mounted Riflemen in Col. Newton Can
[non's Regiment] mustered ??? on the 24th Sept and Discharged 24th Dec
[1813 by order] of the Secretary at [War]

[signed] Robert Mays Adjt inspector genl


[handwritten]
[illegible] that each noncom[missioned] Officer, Musician and priv
[illegible] Company under my command [travel]led two hundred and -
tw[illegible] (agreeable to the best [illegible]) in marching to Huntsville
[where they were] mustered into service [and continu]ing from Dittos Landing
[illegible] they were dismisft [illegible] in Wilson County the -
[illegible]
Jan 30th 1814 [signed] John Harpole Capt.

note: [names in brackets extrapolated from Payroll Records]

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