List of the Accused

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Name & Rank of Militiamen
Sources Claiming They Were at the Massacre
Additional Comments

Adair, George Washington, Pvt.

3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Self-confessed

Adair, Samuel, Pvt. ??

3

Or Samuel Newton Adair?

Allen, Ira, 2nd Lt.

3, 4, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Allen, Andrew Augustus, Sgt. ??

3, 4

Listed as Ira Allen and "son"

Arthur, Benjamin Able, Sgt.

7, 8


Bateman, William, Sgt.

2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Cartwright, Thomas Henry, Pvt.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Clark, John Wesley, Pvt.

6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Clews/Clewes, Joseph Thomas, Pvt.

7, 8

Self-confessed.

Curtis, Ezra Houghton, 2nd Lt.

2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Davies, William Rees, Adj.

1

Only appears on Forney list.

Durfee/Durfey, Jabez, Pvt.

7, 8


Edwards, Eleazer, Cpt.

7, 8


Edwards, William, Pvt.


Self-confessed.

Freeman, Columbus Reed, Pvt.

3, 4, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Hamblin, Oscar, 2nd Lt.

6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Harrison, Richard, 2nd Lt.

3, 4, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Hatch, Ira, Pvt.

1, 4


Hawley, William Schroeder, Sgt.

3, 4, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Higbee, John Mount, Major

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Hopkins, Charles, Pvt.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Humphries, John S., Fifer

8


Hunter, George, Sgt.

6, 8


Ingram, Alexander G., Cpt.

3, 4


Jacobs, John, Pvt.

7, 8


Jacobs, Swen, 2nd Lt.

7, 8


Jewkes/Jukes, Samuel, Pvt.

5, 7, 8


Johnson, Nephi, 2nd Lt.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Klingensmith, Philip, Pvt.

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Self-confessed; not listed in 1859 arrest warrant.

Knight, Samuel, Pvt.

6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Leavitt, Dudley, Pvt.

7, 8


Lee, John D., Major,

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Loveridge, Alexander H., Sgt.

2, 3, 4, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Macfarlane, Daniel Sinclair, Adj.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Macfarlane, John Menzies, Adj.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

McMurdie, Samuel, Sgt.

6, 7, 8

Self-confessed; not listed in 1859 arrest warrant.

Mangum, James M., Pvt.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Mangum, John, Pvt.

3, 4, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Matheny, Sims Lafayette, Sgt.

3, 4


Mathews, James Nicolas, 2nd Lt.

7, 8


Nowlin/Nomlen, Jebez, Pvt.

3, 4


Pearce, Harrison, Cpt.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Pearce, James, Pvt.

6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Pollock, Samuel, Sgt.

2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Price, John, Pvt.

3, 4


Riggs, William, Pvt.

3, 4


Shirts, Don Carlos, 2nd Lt.

7, 8


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.

Slade, William, Sgt.

3?, 4?, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Smith, Joseph, Pvt.

3, 4, 8


Stewart, William Cameron, 2nd Lt.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Stratton, Anthony Johnson, 2nd Lt.

7, 8


Tait, William, Cpt.

7, 8


Thornton, Amos G., Sgt.

3, 4


Tullis, David Wilson, Pvt.

1


Tyler, Oscar, Pvt.

3, 4


Urie, John Main, Adj.

6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Weston, John, Sgt.

6, 8


White, Joel White, Cpt.

3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Wiley, Robert, Sgt.

6, 7, 8

Confirmed by multiple sources.

Wilden/Willden, Elliot, Pvt.

3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Self-confessed.

Wilden/Willden, John, Pvt.

7, 8


Williamson, James, Pvt.

6


Young, William Alma, Pvt.

6, 7, 8

Self-confessed.


Accused but Unidentifiable Individuals



Elang, Joseph

3

Unknown individual. Not included in Stenhouse which generally follows arrest warrant.

McDulange, F. C.

3

Unknown individual. Not included in Stenhouse which generally follows arrest warrant.


Accused but Doubtful Involvement



Hawley, John

7, 8


White, Samuel Dennis

8

Listed by Bishop but not any other source.


Accused but not Involved



Samuel Lewis

3

Multiple sources confirm he was on scouting party along Sevier River during massacre.

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.