Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Roster
of Bean’s Rangers
Ft.
Gibson, Oklahoma
August
25 – October 31, 1832
From Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Quarterly Vol. 24, No. 1 1979
Transcribed to Electronic form by Jo White
From Appendix II – of Western Journals of
Washington Irving; Edited and Annotated by John Francis McDermott;
Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1944. Reprinted here by permission.
Submitted by Mrs. Joyce A. Rex.
“Act of Congress approved June 15, 1832,
authorized the President to raise a battalion of 600 mounted rangers to serve
on the frontiers.” Rangers were to be
“Active men, under 40 years of age, capable of enduring all the fatigues of
arduous service.” The following list
from the National Archives was made from the first muster rolls at Fort Gibson,
Oklahoma. Most of the men were enlisted
by Jesse Bean from his own Batesville, Independence Co., Arkansas area. Possibly many were future Oklahomans.
Jesse Bean, Capt.
Joseph Pentecost, 1st Lt.
Robert King, 2nd Lt.
George Caldwell, 3rd Lt.
John W. Patrick, 1st Corp.
Annanias Erwin, 2nd Corp.
James Elms, 3rd Corps.
Jarrett Wayland, 4th Corp.
John England, 5th Corp.
Edward W. Scruggs, 1st Sgt.
Robert A. Gibson, 2nd Sgt.
Morfet E. Trimble, 3rd Sgt.
Isaac Bean, 4th Sgt.
Furgus S. Morrison, 5th Sgt.
Aikin, Eli V.
Allen, Washington
Archer, Andrew B.
Alston, James
Allen, Westly
Bennett, James H.
Barr, James
Baird, Benjamin
Brounts, Joshua
Bayles, Caleb
Compton, John B.
Clements, Jeremiah C.
Caldwell, James
Caldwell, Abiram
Dupuy, David
Davis, Abner
Dudley, William
Darter, Hezekiah
Davis, Johnson
Dennis, John
Dillard, John
Elms, Garrett
Elms, David M.
Fulbright, William
Gill, Addison
Guist, Isaac
Griggs, Samuel
Garner, John C.
Hammon, John
Hammon, James M.
Hulsey, William B.
Hogan, John W.
Hyles, David
Hyde, Ezekial
Howell, Harvey B.
Ivy, Thomas G.
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Marbree
King, Drury
Kister, John (Also spelled Kester. Died 30 Oct 1832)
Kellet, William
Kavanaugh, John
Litchfield, Samuel
Labass, John
Logan, Massa
Logan, Bennett T.
Lee, John
McClenden, Willis
McKinney, Clark S.
McCloud, Neil
Meacham, James A.
Meacham, Christopher
Murphy, Mark
Markham, Thomas Sr.
Markham, Thomas Jr.
Manson, William
Martin, James
Nipper, Solomon
Newcomb, Thomas
Newman, John
Nelson, Charles
Osburn, James
Oneal, John
Powers, Simmeon
Palmer, David M.
Palmer, King L.
Penter, Martin
Peel, Richard
Peel, John
Peel, William
Pool, Washington
Palmer, John J. (Died 27 Sept 1832)
Price, Jacob
Peryhouse (?), Nelson
Ryan, John
Russell, Samuel
Raney, David J.
Ryan, William
Stokes, James
Shaddon, Lewis
Sawyers, William
Turley, Thomas S.
Tate, William C.
Turney, Isham
Taylor,
Wiley
Vickers, William
Wilson, John S.
Wilson, Absolom
Wilson, Edward
Wilson, Daniel
Wilson, Joseph
Wyatt, Joseph S.
Wilson,
William
Wayland, James
Welborne, Melton
Young, Harvey K.
Zeachsa, Burr H.
Replacements for the two deaths were Dolson
Howell and Phillip Howell. Their origin
is not noted.
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