Châteauguay County

Thanks to Gina Smith, we have a list of the militia volunteers for the Chateauguay (Basin) Company in the Militia during the Rebellion of 1838. These have been extracted from the paylists in the National Archives in Ottawa (NAC film # B-2977). The Chateauguay Basin and Village and the rural area surrounding it in 1838 was part of the County of Laprairie. It is not known if this company was part of a Laprairie Battalion or the nearby Beauharnois Battalion. Historical accounts indicate that this company was in the thick of the actions during that ill-fated rebellion.

As is usual with transcriptions from old handwriting, there are most likely some mis-interpretations of the spelling. Names followed by an (X) are shown as signing for their pay with an X. I have not provided a search tool for this page since the various name spellings would make such a tool ineffective in my view. If you wish to use a search tool, try the "FIND" or "FIND IN PAGE" command on your browser.

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Chateauguay Local Militia Paylists for November 1838

Officers

John McDonald, captain
Alexander Esdon, lieutenant
John Cousins, sergeant
William Hamilton, sergeant
Alexander Ross, corporal
Joshua Walton, corporal

Privates

John Aitken James Anderson John Barr William Barrington John Bean(X) Robert Bean, Sr(X) Robert Bean(X) Thomas Bean(X) George Burrell Thomas Cousins Daniel Craig Peter Devine(X) Francis Dickson Robert Dickson, Sr Robert Dickson Thomas Duncan Alexander Duncan

Robert Eastan John Elliot James Esdon James Ferns(X) John Ferns John Findlay Robert Findlay Walter Findlay John Holmes Robert Holmes John Jack Robert Jack Andrew Lang James Lang John McConnochie James Mcgaan

Mathew McLean Coll McRae Bernard Mean George Peterkin(X) Walter Peterkin James Quig William Robson James Sawyer(X) John Sawyer, Sr John Sawyer(X) Thomas Sawyer John Sevells Thomas Sevells James Swails Thomas Taylor Alexander Watt John Young