A Roster of the Lewis & Clark Expedition http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/lewiclar.htm Date of Expedition: 21 May 1804 1965 DAR Magazine and "The Roots Tracer", Winter Vol. 7, # 2 Edited for BBS use by THE LEARNING PLACE BBS ---------- The Captains of the expedition, and particularly Clark, were unconcerned about spelling the names of their men correctly, and, others tried to join in the notoriety, thus a true roster can never be learned. * LEWIS, Capt. Meriwether: B 18 Aug 1774 near Charlottsville, VA; parents Wm & Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis. D 11 oct 1809; Welsh ancestry. * CLARK, 2nd Lt. William: B 1 aug 1770 near Charlottsville, VA; m 1st Julia HANDCOCK, 4 sons, 1 dau. M 2nd Harriet KENNERLY, 2 sons. D 1 Sep 1838. Scottish Ancestry. * BRATTEN See BRATTON * BRATTON, Pvt. William: B 1778 Augusta Co, VA of Irish parents; a blacksmith & gunsmith; m in 1819; 8 sons & 2 daus. D 1841 in Waynestown, IN. * CANE See CARSON * CANN See CARSON * CARR See CARSON * CARRN See CARSON * CARSON, Pvt. Alexander: B ca 1775 poss. MS; son of Alexander & bro. of Linsey, father of "Kit" CARSON: Grandparents were Wm & Eleanor (MCDUFF, MCDORF) Carson - in PA 1725 & NC 1760; d 1836. * CAUGEE, Pvt. Charles: Listed by Clark as one of the engagees. * COALTER See COLTER * COLLINS, Pvt. John: From Frederick Co, MD; served as cook. D by 1825-28. * COLTER, Pvt. John: B ca 1775 VA; farmed with Indian wife "Sallie" 1811 to 1813. * CROUZATT See CRUZATTE * CRUSAT See CRUZATTE * CRUSATTEE See CRUZATTE * CRUZATTE, Pvt. Pierre: 1/2 French 1/2 Omaha Indian; good boatman, waterman & violinist; interpreter for Clark. Killed 1825-28. * DAME, Pvt. John: B 1784 Pallingham, NH; mentioned in journals, he killed a pelican enroute to Mandans. * DECHAMPS, Pvt. Baptiste: Was a "patron" or head-waterman. * DESCHAMPS See DECHAMPS * DROUILLARD, Pvt. George: B Canada, 1/2 French & 1/2 Shawnee. Son of Pierre Drouillard of Detroit. Interpreter for the expedition. Killed in 1810 by the Blackfeet. * FIELDS, Pvt. Joseph: Poss. b KY; woodsman; received military land grant, Franklin, MO. * FIELDS, Pvt. Ruben: Bro. to Joseph; excellent runner & woodsman. D in KY. * FLOYD, Sgt. Charles: B 1772 KY, son of Chas. Floyd, Sr. D 20 Aug 1804 near Omaha, NB (Only death to occur on the expedition.) * FRASURE See FRAZIER * FRAZIER, Pvt. Robert: Former fencing master; in Battleborough, VT in 1834. * FRAZURE See FRAZIER * GASS, Sgt. Patrick: B 12 Jun 1771, Falling Springs, PA m (age 60) to "dau of a judge; had 7 children. D 1 Apr 1870--99 years of age. Last survivor of the expedition. * GOODRICH, Pvt. Silas B in MA; fisherman for the expedition. D by 1825. * GURRIDGE See GOODRICH * GUTTERAGE See GOODRICH * HALL, Pvt. Hugh B ca 1772 Carlisle, PA. * HEBERT, Pvt. Charles: Poss. son of Joseph HEBERT, a trader on the Missouri River. * HOWARD, Pvt. Thomas Proctor: B 1779 Brimfield, MA; m Genevive ROY, had son in St. Louis. * JO BARTER See LA BARTEE * LA BARTEE, Pvt. Joseph: Deserted the expedition. Poss. lived at Fort Gage, Canada among the Otoes. * LA BIRCHE, Pvt. Francois (or William): 1/2 French 1/2 Omaha; interpreter & boatman; lvd St. Louis area in 1825-28. * LA LIEBERTE See LA BARTEE * LABIECHE See LA BIRCHE * LABUCHE See LA BIRCHE * LAGUNESS See LAJUNESSE * LAJUNESSE, Pvt. Jean Baptist: Of St. Rose, Quebec; m in St. Louis 1797; only man in party to be married. Son Basil, accompanied Fremont on 1st/2nd expeditions in 1842-43. * MABBAUF See MALBOEUF * MALBOEUF, Pvt. Etianna: Enlisted from Kaskasia. * MCNEAL, Pvt. Hugh B in PA; in infantry 1811. * NEEL See MCNEAL * NEIL See MCNEAL * NEWMAN, Pvt. John B PA son of Walter N. & Catherine (ZIMMERMAN); m Jul 1832 Olympia DUBREUIL dau. of Antoine & Eliz. (PARAN). Killed by Sioux in 1838. * O'NALL See MCNEAL * ORDWAY, Sgt. John: B ca 1775, Dunbarton, NH. D childless in MO ca 1817. \ * POTTS, Pvt. John B ca 1776 Dillenburg, Germany. Killed by Blackfeet in 1810. * PRIMAUT See PRIMEAU * PRIMEAU, Pvt. Paul: M Pelagie BISSONET, sons Joseph, Emilien & Charles; Joseph killed by Indians 1 Feb 1863; Charles had trading post at Ft. Clark 1845-46. * PRYOR, Sgt. Nathaniel: B Amhurst Co, VA; lvd. in OK, m an Osage girl. D 10 June 1831. * READ See REED * REED, Pvt. Moses B. Poss. alias for John BOLEYE who deserted but was returned in 1805. * REEVEY See RIVET * REVEY See RIVET * RIVEE See RIVET * RIVES See RIVET * RIVET, Pvt. Francois: B near Montreal in 1757; interpreter; later was with Hudson's Bay Company. D in OR 15 Sep 1852, age 96. * ROBERTSON, Pvt. John: B ca 1780; a shoemaker; dismissed 1 month after party began. * ROBINSON See ROBERTSON * ROI, Pvt. Peter: French-Canadian; was on Platt River by 1814. * ROY See ROI * SHANNON, Pvt. George: B 1785 PA; Protestant-Irish. Often got lost but found way back to the expedition. * SHIELDS, Pvt. John: B in KY; gunsmith, blacksmith & boat builder for party. Poss. m Rhoda BOWMAN in 1808. * THOMPSON, John B.: Once surveyor of Vincennes, IN; cooked for the expedition. * TUTTLE, Pvt. Ebenezer: B 1774 New Haven, CT. * WARBINGTON See WARFINGTON * WARFINGTON, Corp. Richard: B 1777 Louisberg, NC; in charge of return detachment in 1805. * WARVINGTON See WARFINGTON * WEISER See WISER * WERNER, Pvt. William: Poss. b KY; Indian Agent for Clark; in VA 1828. * WHITE, Pvt. Isaac: B 1777 Holliston, MA * WHITEHOUSE, Pvt. Joseph: B in Fairfax Co, VA; a good tailor. * WILLARD, Pvt. Alexander: B 1777 Charlestown, NH; gunsmith & blacksmith; m Eleanor MACDONALD, 7 sons & 5 daus. Emigrated to CA by covered wagon. D 6 Mar 1865 near Sacramento, CA. * WINDSOR, Pvt. Richard: B & enlisted from KY; lvd. on Sagamon River, IL in 1829. * WINSER See WINDSOR * WINSOR See WINDSOR * WISER, Pvt. Peter: Poss. desc. of Conrad WISER; killed before 1829. * WORTHINGTON See WARFINGTON * YORK: Willed to Clark by his father, 24 Jul 1799; son of "Old York" & "Rosa", slaves.