Illinois Marriages MCCLURE, RICHARD CAMPBELL, SARAH 10/17/1861 / 00001396 SANGAMON MCCLURE, RICHARD ROUSH, JULIA ANN (MRS) 06/04/1878 002/ 00000093 RICHLAND ============ Name Rank Company Unit Residence MCCLURE, RICHARD M CPT A 63 IL US INF OLNEY --------------- Illinois Military Burials, 1929 Name War Company Unit Volume Page County Cemetery MCCLURE, RICHARD CIVIL A 63 IL INF 2 59 LAWRENCE SUMNER CITY ---------------------- Illinois Deaths Name Death Date City County Date Filed Cert # Age Sex Race MC CLURE, RICHARD 1923-11-09 EAST ST LOUIS ST CLAIR 1923-11-10 3820805 UNK M W MC CLURE, RICHARD E 1941-12-17 YORK TWP CLARK - - 0000186 Y-20 M W ------------------------------ 1862 ILLINOIS MILITARY CENSUS -- this has been copied by the SCHS into book form it's located at the LIncoln LIbrary in Springfield IL Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 3:58 PM Subject: [ILSANGAM-L] Illinois 1862 Military Census Look-Up Needed for Sangamon Co. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McClure Boon Vaughn Anderson Davisson Neighbours > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xg.2ADI/2528 > > Message Board Post: > > I realize the chance is slim that someone has access to this census but here goes. > > I am looking for Richard William McClure. He could be listed under Richard or "Mac" McClure. He was born in 1831, so age 24 or so, from PA (but it might also say OH), and was a teacher. > > In case anyone wonders what this census was: > > > Illinois State legislation passed in 1861 required township assessors to compile lists of able-bodied male residents from the ages of 18 through 45.Within townships were two categories of eligible young men. The voluntary militia consisted of those individuals who had organized themselves into companies and elected officers for the purpose of military enlistment. Voluntary militia lists give the township of residence, soldier’s name, age, birthplace, occupation, if they had already entered the service and appropriate remarks. The reserve militia, on the other hand, was composed of those eligible men who chose not to volunteer but who were liable to being drafted. Reserve militia lists generally provide township and men’s names only. These lists were composed over 1861-1863. > > The President called for 300,000 men to be inducted into military service with an order issued August 4, 1862 and the War Department established regulations for the enrollment and drafting of these men. The resulting record was an 1862 federal census conducted by enrolling officers of the men eligible for drafting. > > The description of this census is from the book "Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois", paragraph 301.029. The actual military census starts on microfilm Roll #1-12422, and continues on #1012423, Military Census and Military Rolls. Both rolls are available through any local lending library from the Illinois State Library and at Family History Centers throughout the world. > > Although this mentions it as a federal census when I did a GOOGLE search on "1862 military census" only references to Illinois came up. > > Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it. > > Jeanne > > > > > > ==== ILSANGAM Mailing List ==== > Check out some of the Calvary Cemetery readings in Springfield. Send us your ancestors burial place. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/cem-calvary.htm > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.726 / Virus Database: 481 - Release Date: 07/22/2004