The Muster Rolls of Fort Mackinac
This list was compiled by Patrick R. Riley and was completed on August 3, 1997. It is copied from Appendix B, Fort
Mackinac Muster Rolls, 1796-1802.
Source: The Eagle at Mackinac, The Establishment of United States Military and Civil Authority on Mackinac Island,
1796-1802, by Phil Porter and Eric Manders, Mackinac State Historic Parks, Mackinac, Michigan, 1991.
Captain Abner Prior’s Company of Infantry, 1 September, 1798- 1 October, 1798.
Michael, John (Lieutenant)
Prior, Abner (Captain)
Sergeants
Davenport, Ambrose
Payton, James
Pratt, Christopher
Rogers, Bernard
Corporals
Horan, Patrick
Hoyett, Azariah
Meares, William
Shell, Edward
Privates
Beatty, Arthur
Boyce, Charles
Burns, James
Coff, Peter
Davis, John
Dougherty, John
Douglass, James
Findley, John
Fitzgerald, Edward
Fleming, John
Fletcher, John
Griger, Henry
Hamilton, Alexander
Hannon, James
Hurley, James
Kennedy, James
McGill, Michall
McMerriman, Dennis
Monahan, Patrick
Nixon, William
Pittner, John
Scott, Noah
Sheldon, John
Smith, John
Stokes, Anthony
Toman, John
Viness, Jacob
Walker, James
Waters, John
White, John
Willson, Joseph
Windnall, Simeon
Additional Names from Muster Rolls of Captain Prior’s Company, 1796-1798.
Burns, Jacob
Conway, Hugh
Dinine, William
Green, Peter
Johnson, William
Martell, John
Shaw, Archibald
Smith, Osborn
Speares, David
Tice, Alijiah
Welch, Thomas
Williams, Thomas
Williott, John
Captain Moses Porter’s Company of Artillerists and Engineers, 1 September, 1798- 1 October, 1798.
Porter, Ebenezer (Captain)
Massey, Ebenezer (Lieutenant)
Whiley, Richard (Lieutenant)
Sergeants
Britton, Benjamin
Colbath, Dependence
Hustler, Thomas
Loomis, Joel
Corporals
Arnold, Samuel
Bush, Abraham
Guild, Richard
Reed, George
Tomms, Henry
Musicians
Carroll, John (Fifer)
Hustler, John (Drummer)
Artificers
De La Crown, John
Donohoo, Thomas
Hogan, Stephen G
Maxwell, William
Rupee, John
Watts, James
Wittim, William
Matrosses
Ashton, Benjamin
Baker, Jacob
Conway, Hugh
Curtis, David
Diermott, John
Erwin, James
Heaton, Samuel
Howard, James
Johnston, William
Kennedy, Thomas
Lashley, Samuel
Luke, Benjamin
Moss, John
Mullen, Thomas
Murphey, Thomas
O’Brien, Cornelius
Redman, William
Shaw, Archibald
Smith, Abner
Smith, Osborn
Tolbert, Charles
Whelpley, John
Williams, Thomas
Wilson, Asa
Wright, Coleman
Additional Names from Muster Rolls of Captain Porters Company, 1796-1798.
Ambrose, Patrick
Bantham, Peregrine
Boyle, William
Buguirrie, Joseph
Byram, James
Campbell, Alexander
Dalgoda, Gilbert
Davis, Nathaniel
Davis, William
Derick, John
Derick, Joseph
Ewing, Samuel
Haley, John
Harvey, Joab
Kenney, William
Kiffin, Cyrus
Loomis, Joel
McCloskey, Charles
McNiel, John
Newbury, Isreal
Orders, Jonas
Patterson, Tilman
Roberts, John
Romine, David
Scott, Alexander
Smith, John Nea
Whitehead, Daniel
Lieutenant Richard Whiley’s Detachment of Artillery and Infantry, 1 January, 1802-1 February, 1802.
Whiley, Richard (Lieutenant)
Sargeants
Davenport, Ambrose
Hogan, Stephen G
Corporals
Lashley, Samuel
Shell, Edward
Artificer
Maxwell, William
Matrosses
Davis, John
Davis, William
Erwin, James
Findley, John
Fitzgerald, Edward
Hamilton, Alexander
Johnston, William
Luke, Benjamin
Mullen, Thomas
Murphey, Thomas
Redman, William
Scott, Noah
Smith, Osborn
Whelpley, John
White, John
Windall, Simeon
Privates
Burns, James
Dougherty, John
Douglas, James
Findley, John
Griger, Henry
Hannon, James
Hurley, James
McGill, Michael
McMerriman, Dennis
Nixon, William
Pittner, John
Smith, John
Toman, John
Walker, James