Can anyone on this list tell me the reason for the riots in Philadelphia in 1844? Or direct me to the proper web site to obtain this info. Many troops from Montgomery County responded to the call of the governor of Pa., when the strong arm of the commonwealth was needed to quell the riots. Among the Montgomery troops to respond to the call was the "Lafayette Blues", George I. Williams - captain, Charles Gerhart - Lietenant, Daniel McClelland - lst sar., George Nuss - 2nd sar., Lewis Hollman - 3rd sar., Joseph Stackhouse - 4th sar., Francis Kehr and Jesse B. Fisher - musicians, Joseph Booze, Gideon Beck, George Bowers, Thomas Betting, Nathan Barnes, George Brownholtz, Isaac Brant, Charles Brittain, George Cramer, Isaac Daves (Deaves) William Frantz, John Foster, Joseph Hannabury, Daniel Heller, Richard Jackson, Wm Kessell, Azor Kerlaugh, John Matthias, Peter Miller, John Nuss, Frederick Nash, Geo W. Nanneth, Francis Ott, Lewis Ott, Patrick Snyder, Charles Smith, Wm Trexler, Jeremiah Trexler, Joseph Widener, &Wm Winkles - privates. Thanks, Mary Heller Deaves