Military Election Notice
Whereas, the Colonel Commandment of each county of the Territory of Arkansas
is
required, by law, to divide his Regiment into Battalions and Companies, and
to
order an Election to be held, in the respective townships of said county, for
the purpose of electing the Field and Company Officers of said Regiments:
Therefore, I, Christian Brumback, Colonel Commandant of the Pulaski County,
Regiment, attached to the First Brigade of the Militia of the Territory of
Arkansas,
do hereby make known to the said Regiment, that the said Regiment has
been divided
into Battalions and Companies as follows, to wit:
FIRST BATTALION
ALL that portion of the county of Pulaski, situate west or south of a line
beginning
at a point where the southern boundary line of Little Red River
Township strikes
Conway county, thence west with said township line to its
intersection with Bogan’s old road, thence with said road to the Arkansas River,
thence down the south margin of said river to the mouth of Fourche Creek, thence
with said creek to its intersection with the Quapaw line, thence south with said
line to the southern
boundary of Pulaski County, shall belong to, constitute,
and compose the First Battalion.
SECOND BATTALION
And all that portion of the county of Pulaski, situate and lying north and east
of
the foregoing line, shall belong to, constitute, and compose the Second
Battalion.
The First Battalion shall be divided into Companies as follows, to wit:
All that portion of Pyeatt township situate north of the Arkansas River, and
west
of Hogan’s old road, leading from the Cross-Roads to Crystal Hill, and
south of
the Arkansas River, and west of Pyeatt’s old trace, leading from
Pyeatt’s, on the
Arkansas River, south to the county line in the direction of
the Warm Springs, and
of one mile east of said line, shall belong to,
constitute, and compose, the First
Company of the First Battalion.
Saline township in said county, except such part thereof as shall, by the bounds
aforesaid, be included in the foregoing Company, shall belong to, constitute,
and
compose the Second Company of the First Battalion.
All that portion of Big Rock township situate south of the Arkansas River,
bounded on the west by the 1st Company of 1st Battalion, on the north by the
Arkansas River, on the east by Fourche Creek, from the month thereof to its
intersection with the Quapaw line, and thence south with said line to its
intersection
with the boundary line of 2d Company of 1st Battalion, or the
county lien, shall
belong to, constitute, and compose, the Third Company of the
First Battalion.
The Second Battalion shall be divided into Companies as follows, to wit:
Little Red River township shall belong to, constitute, and compose, the First
Company of the Second Battalion.
At that portion of Big Rock and Pyeatt townships, situate north of the Arkansas
River, east of Hogan’s old road, and west or north of a line commencing at the
Arkansas River, where the western boundary line of range ten west strikes said
river, and thence north with said range line until it intersects the Military
Road
leading from Little Rock to Memphis, and thence parallel with, and in the
direction
of, said road, and one mile south and east of the same, until said
line strikes the
county line, shall belong to, constitute, and compose, the
Second Company of the
Second Battalion
And all that portion of Big Rock township, or Pulaski County, situate north of
the
Arkansas River and cast of the western boundary line of range ten west, and
south, or east of said line, running parallel with the Military Road leading
from
Little Rock to Memphis, and all that part lying south of the Arkansas River
and
east of the Fourche Creek and Quapaw line, as designated as the eastern
boundary
line of the 2d Company of the 1st Battalion, shall belong to,
constitute, and compose,
the Third Company of the Second Battalion.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Notice is hereby given, that for the purpose of choosing the Field and Company
Officers for said Regiment, an Election will be held, at the usual places of
holding
Elections for Civil Officers in the county of Pulaski, on Saturday, the
20th day of
February next, for the election of the following Field and Company
Officers, to wit:
For the 1st Battalion, one Lieutenant Colonel’
For the 2d Battalion, one Major, and
For each Company, one Captain, one First Lieutenant, and one Second Lieutenant.
The First Company of the First Battalion will hold their Election at the house
of
Thomas Massengill, in Pyeatt Township - James Pyeatt, Samuel Taylor, and
William P. Thompson, Judges thereof.
The Second Company of the First Battalion will hold their Election at the house
of Valentine Brazell, in Saline Township - Benjamin Williams, Almer Harrell,
and
Allen Martin, Judges thereof.
The Third Company of the First Battalion and the Second and Third Companies
of
the Second Battalion, will hold their respective Elections at the Court-house
in
the Town of Little Rock - Bernard Smith, Nicholas Peay, and David Rorer, Judges
thereof.
The First Company of the Second Battalion will hold their Election at the house
of John Magness, in Little Red River township - John Cook, John Magness,
and
James Walker, Judges thereof.
The polls of said Elections will open at 9 o’clock in the fore-noon, and
close
at 6 o’clock in the after-noon, of said day; and it is requested that
the
returns thereof be made to the Colonel Commandant without delay.
Christian Brumback
Colonel Commandant Militia
of Pulaski County, A.T.
Little Rock, January 25, 1830
Regimental Order
Head Quarters
Little Rock, January 25, 1830
Pursuant to a General Order, issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Militia
of
the Territory of Arkansas, on the 21st inst., I do hereby order that all persons
attached to the Regiment of Militia composed of the county of Pulaski meet at
the house of Nicholas Peay, in the Town of Little Rock, on Saturday the 27th day
of February next, at 10 o’clock in the fore-noon, of said day, completely armed
and equipped according to law, for the purpose of farther organizing said
Regiment.
All persons residing within the limits of said Regiment, having in their
possession
any of the Public Arms belonging to the Territory of Arkansas, are
hereby required
to deliver the same to the Colonel Commandant, on or before the
27th day of
February next. Those who fail to comply with this order, will be
subjected to the penalties prescribed by law.
Christian Brumback
Colonel Commandant Militia of Pulaski Co. A.T.
