Talbot Hussars Roster
The Talbot Hussars were a militia company that existed to drive the Indians
out of Georgia during what was called the Creek Indian War of 1836. On January 13,1836 the Governor Schley's military aide sent a letter to the
Talbot Hussars requesting its captain furnish him with the number of effective
men under his command and the nature and condition of his men. The letter was addressed to Capt. C.E. Biddle but since he had resigned his command it was
turned over to 1st Lt. Tarpley T.P. Holt for reply. On January 20,1836 Lt. Holt reported the following:
C.E. Biddle, Capt, resigned
Tarpley T.P. Holt, 1st Lieut
Z.D. Trice-2nd Lieut
J J Irby, Cornet
A Lawrence
John W Veasey
James Reed
H L Reed
Jas N Wright
N H Bullock
Whitfield Langley
Robert Holmes
Robert A Patrick
Mack McFarlin
Dudley L Simmons
Lewis Wimberly
J B Lumley
Wm Long
Henry Riley
Henry McKinney
William Stubbs
M Edward
Henry Reed
Franklin Adams
Wm J Holmes
Joel Meazel
Henry Cogburn
F W Laney
F M Lawrence
Chelsey P Trice
Willia, Willis
Samuel Hart
Joseph Hall
Henry Darden
J B McCrary
John H Harrison
Miles Tobertson
Joel Haugh
Joseph Haugh
William Parker
Tomlin King
Lt. Holt added by way of postscript that this was the list as "far as I can recollect", adding that there were more effective men who belong to the
company but Capt. Biddle had not turned the list over to him. Upon receipt of this information in Milledgeville, the military department entered the
following endorsements "Report from Talbot Hussars, 40 officers and men, no captain-destitute of arms- Recd 22nd Jan 1836"
vote for the officers of the company and a tabulation showed that David B Bush was elected captain by a vote of 15 to 12 over T M Lawrence. This note was
certified by C R Wynn, justice of the peace, and Tarpley Holt, 1st Lieutenant.
Additional Comments:
This information was obtained from There was a Land, A History of Talbot County, by Judge Robert Jordan and from Local Courthouse records
A big thanks goes out to Angela Covington ← for submitting this information!