The Selma Rangers

From "Selma; Her Institutions, and Her Men" by John Hardy, pub. 1879:

Scarcely had the “Seminole War” got in full blast, before the Creek Indians commenced their depredations in East Alabama. Outrages of the most heinous character had been perpetrated upon the helpless whites in the Creek Nation, Gov. Clay at once called for volunteers to report to Gen. Jessup, at Tuskegee, Not withstanding the flower of the young men of Selma and vicinity had just returned from the swamps of Florida, where they were appealed to protect the helpless women and children from savage outrages, they quickly responded. A volunteer company was at once organized, called the Selma Rangers, the following being the company as organized:

John F. Conoley, Captain; Asa M. Lewis, lieutenant; Clement C. Bassett, Ensign; David Douglas, Orderly Sergeant. Privates--Benj. A. Glass, Robert Elison, C. H. Gingles, Alfred McNair, Wm. K. Morrison, James G. Gilmer, James H. Smith, Moses C. Wiley, John A. Stone, Samuel B. Biggers, Jas. D. Bradshaw, James G. Fuller, W. J. Kirkpatrick, John Sturdivant, James A. Lewis, Alex A. King, S. W. Cook, Fleming S. Hale, Wilson F. Russum, James W. Craig, J. A. Morrison, Leroy Thompson, A. H. Wiley, Henry C. Ivey, J. L. Claughton, Wm. K. Grimes, Albert G. Jordan, Wm. H. Boyd, James E. Lee, John J. Craig, James M. Dunaway, George Brewer, James Logan, William Kay, Hamblin Kirkland, Alfred Nance, William Caldwell, N. D. Downs, Joseph Benning, Elijah E. Sellers, Isaac Taylor, Elisha W. Sims, George W. Taylor William Hibbert, John C. Rogers, George C. Yost, John Logan, Michael Hill, Wm. P. Benning, James Campbell, P. S. Kennedy, John M. Bozeman, Thomas H. Lee, John W. Ethridge, Samuel F. Jones, Jackson M. Clay, Ashley W. Spaight, W. C. Donald, Wm. E. Hall, V. R. Shackleford, Geo. I. Goodwin, David Douglas, Thomas L. Reynolds, Joseph Erwin, John C. Paschall, Ira P. Taylor, Thomas J. Barton, M. J. A. Keith, William A. Hall, Wiley P. Swift, Richard J. McQuin, Alex H. Conoly, Wm. Rodgers.

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