Petition to Form the "Pollard Light Guards" - Pollard, Escambia County, AL ******************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. File Manager - Lygia D. Cutts AUG 1999 Pollard, Ala. July 3rd/88 Col. A.B. Garland Adju. Genl., Ala. State Troops Montgomery Dear Sir: In compliance with Section 162 of the Code of 1886, we undersigned petitioners of the Town of Pollard, County of Escambia and State of Alabama and mmembers of "The Pollard Light Gurads," hereby present our petition for permission to organize and form a Military Company, subject and in obeyance, to laws of the State of Alabama. By order of the Company. Jno. J. Kelly Sect. List of Members of the "Pollard Light Guard" Joh Giest, Captain, Pollard, Alabama George Eggs, 1st Lieut., Pollard, Alabama C.L. Wiggins, 2nd Lieut., Pollard, Alabama F.O. McCarty, 1st Sergt., Pollard, Alabama M.F. Lindsey, 2nd Sergt., Pollard, Alabama M.E. McCall, 3rd Sergt., Pollard, Alabama M.A. Stuidervant, 4th Sergt., " George F. Berner, 1st Corp., " John E. Finlay, 2nd Corp., " W.H. Kennedy, 3rd Corp., " M. Franklin, 4th Corp., " W.R. McAdory, Pollard, Alabama E.S. McMillan, " T.Weis, " W.A. Finlay, " M.J. Sturdevant, " A.B. Sturdevant, " E.V. Milstead, " George B. McCall, " Joseph McCarter, ' W.H. Harper, " W.S. Helterbrand, " John N. Kelly, " I.F. Goodson, " Peter, Waldo, " John A. Helton, " John R. Helton, " E. Jones, " Willis Jones, " Charles Moore, " J.L. Jernigan, " Eddie Stanton, " John Thompson, " Jack Henderson, " Ruben Henderson, " L.R. Henderson, " A. McLellan, " W.J. McLellan, " C.A. Witt, " George Sturdevant, " David Steele, " Hugh Blount, " Witter, Blount, " Joseph Jernigan, " J.W. Kelly, " John Bray, " Joseph Bray, " Robert Dennick, " (48 in all) _____________________ Application of Citizens of Pollard, Ala., County of Escambia for authority to organize an Infantry Company to be known as the Pollard Light Guards, 1888. Note. - No person under eighteen years can be admitted. Pollard, Ala. Escambia County. August 14, 1888 Col. A.B. Garland, Jr. Adjutant General State of Alabama We, the undersigned petitioners, desire to form an Infantry Company, in the town of Pollard County of escambia, State of Alabama, to be known as the Pollard Light guards and recommend Mr. John A. Geist as a suitable person to organize the same, and we further agree to uniform ourselves in (90) days after date of organization, and oby all laws of the State governing the Militia or State Troops. No. Signatures Age 1 John A. Geist 36 2 George F. Berner 33 3 C.L. Wiggins 41 4 H.B. Sturdevant 22 5 E.V. Milstead 30 6 J. Martin Franklin 18 7 J.E. Lord 26 8 John E. Finlay 18 9 J.L. Jernigan 33 10 Hurmus(?) J. Godwin 23 11 W.A. Finlay 37 12 John J. Kelly 34 13 Hugh L. Blount 23 14 M.J. Sturdevant 26 15 G.L. Sturdevant 19 16 Peter Waldo 44 17 C.Z. Hammac 36 18 J.W. Kelly 42 19 T. Weis 41 20 T.F. Owens 34 21 M.A. Sturdevant 26 22 W.H. Kennedy 37 23 M.E. Fourtnerer 22 24 Joseph Bray 22 25 S. Evans 28 26 M.J. Henderson 22 27 P.E. Stanton 20 28 M.R. B_________ 40 29 M.H. Sturdevant 26 30 L.W. Blount 22 31 J.E. Cobb 22 32 W.R. McArdory 38 33 E.P. Jackson 44 34 I.F. Goodson 30 35 E.S. McMillan 34 36 M.E. McCall 28 37 T.J. Howard 34 38 C.E. Surcey 26 39 John R. Helton 21 40 W.J. McLellan 21 41 G.B. McCall 33 42 A.K. McLellan 18 43 E.A. Godwin 27 44 Charles H. Witt 18 45 C.J. Jackson 24 46 J.A. Jackson 18