List of the Accused
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Adair, George Washington, Pvt. |
3, 4, 5, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed |
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Adair, Samuel, Pvt. ?? |
3 |
Or Samuel Newton Adair? |
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Allen, Ira, 2nd Lt. |
3, 4, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Allen, Andrew Augustus, Sgt. ?? |
3, 4 |
Listed as Ira Allen and "son" |
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Arthur, Benjamin Able, Sgt. |
7, 8 |
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Bateman, William, Sgt. |
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Cartwright, Thomas Henry, Pvt. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Clark, John Wesley, Pvt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Clews/Clewes, Joseph Thomas, Pvt. |
7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Curtis, Ezra Houghton, 2nd Lt. |
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Davies, William Rees, Adj. |
1 |
Only appears on Forney list. |
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Durfee/Durfey, Jabez, Pvt. |
7, 8 |
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Edwards, Eleazer, Cpt. |
7, 8 |
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Edwards, William, Pvt. |
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Self-confessed. |
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Freeman, Columbus Reed, Pvt. |
3, 4, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Hamblin, Oscar, 2nd Lt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Harrison, Richard, 2nd Lt. |
3, 4, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Hatch, Ira, Pvt. |
1, 4 |
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Hawley, William Schroeder, Sgt. |
3, 4, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Higbee, John Mount, Major |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Hopkins, Charles, Pvt. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Humphries, John S., Fifer |
8 |
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Hunter, George, Sgt. |
6, 8 |
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Ingram, Alexander G., Cpt. |
3, 4 |
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Jacobs, John, Pvt. |
7, 8 |
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Jacobs, Swen, 2nd Lt. |
7, 8 |
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Jewkes/Jukes, Samuel, Pvt. |
5, 7, 8 |
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Johnson, Nephi, 2nd Lt. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Klingensmith, Philip, Pvt. |
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed; not listed in 1859 arrest warrant. |
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Knight, Samuel, Pvt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Leavitt, Dudley, Pvt. |
7, 8 |
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Lee, John D., Major, |
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Loveridge, Alexander H., Sgt. |
2, 3, 4, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Macfarlane, Daniel Sinclair, Adj. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Macfarlane, John Menzies, Adj. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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McMurdie, Samuel, Sgt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed; not listed in 1859 arrest warrant. |
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Mangum, James M., Pvt. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Mangum, John, Pvt. |
3, 4, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Matheny, Sims Lafayette, Sgt. |
3, 4 |
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Mathews, James Nicolas, 2nd Lt. |
7, 8 |
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Nowlin/Nomlen, Jebez, Pvt. |
3, 4 |
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Pearce, Harrison, Cpt. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Pearce, James, Pvt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Pollock, Samuel, Sgt. |
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Price, John, Pvt. |
3, 4 |
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Riggs, William, Pvt. |
3, 4 |
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Shirts, Don Carlos, 2nd Lt. |
7, 8 |
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Slade, William R., Pvt. |
3?, 4?, 7, 8 |
The 1859 arrest warrant names William Slade. Is that the father or the son? Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Slade, William, Sgt. |
3?, 4?, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Smith, Joseph, Pvt. |
3, 4, 8 |
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Stewart, William Cameron, 2nd Lt. |
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Stratton, Anthony Johnson, 2nd Lt. |
7, 8 |
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Tait, William, Cpt. |
7, 8 |
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Thornton, Amos G., Sgt. |
3, 4 |
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Tullis, David Wilson, Pvt. |
1 |
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Tyler, Oscar, Pvt. |
3, 4 |
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Urie, John Main, Adj. |
6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Weston, John, Sgt. |
6, 8 |
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White, Joel White, Cpt. |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Wiley, Robert, Sgt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Confirmed by multiple sources. |
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Wilden/Willden, Elliot, Pvt. |
3, 4, 5, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Wilden/Willden, John, Pvt. |
7, 8 |
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Williamson, James, Pvt. |
6 |
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Young, William Alma, Pvt. |
6, 7, 8 |
Self-confessed. |
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Elang, Joseph |
3 |
Unknown individual. Not included in Stenhouse which generally follows arrest warrant. |
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McDulange, F. C. |
3 |
Unknown individual. Not included in Stenhouse which generally follows arrest warrant. |
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Hawley, John |
7, 8 |
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White, Samuel Dennis |
8 |
Listed by Bishop but not any other source. |
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Samuel Lewis |
3 |
Multiple sources confirm he was on scouting party along Sevier River during massacre. |
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Legend
1 – Militiamen listed by Indian Superintendent Jacob Forney in 1859. 2 – Those identified by Cedar City militiaman Henry Higgins in affidavit provided to Judge John Cradlebaugh in 1859. 3 – Those listed in the 1859 arrest warrant issued by Judge John Cradlebaugh after consultation with anonymous militia sources. 4 – Those listed in Rocky Mountain Saints by T. B. H. Stenhouse; with few exceptions it recapitulates the 1859 arrest warrant. 5 – Those named in the federal indictment issued in 1874 naming nine militiamen. 6 – Those identified by witnesses testifying during the 1875 and 1876 Lee trials. 7 – Those identified by John D. Lee in the text of Mormonism Unveiled or the Confessions of John D. Lee. 8 – Those listed in "Names of Assassins" appended to Mormonism Unveiled by Lee’s attorney William W. Bishop. |
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