Military: Report on Colfax Riot. 1875, Grant Parish, Louisiana Submitted By: Greggory E. Davies 120 Ted Price Lane Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. From the Congressional Record, House of Representatives, 44th Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 30, "The Use of the Army in Certain of the Southern States" (pg. 436) Headquarters Post of Colfax, LA. May 29, 1875 Second Lieutenant Geo. D. Wallace, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Upper Red River, Shreveport, La: Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the list of persons killed and wounded in the parish of Grant, Louisiana, and comprising a few names of those killed in this vicinity, in the tontiguous parish of Rapides. These names comprise those furnished in my report in February lats; the same were also furnished to Major G. A. Forsyth, A. D. C. to the Lieutenant-General, commanding Division of the Missouri. It was impossible to procure the names at an earlier date, as I was compelled to rely on persons over whom I had not control, and was obliged to wait their pleasure and convenience. I am unable to procure data from the upper portion of the parish, as those persons on whom I could rely for such information are afraid to trust to the perils of travel in the "piny woods." No./Name/Date/Place/Remarks/ 1/Jessie McKenzie, colored/April, 1873/2 ® miles from/Just before//Colfax, La./riot. 2/More Reed, colored/April 12, 1873/"/"/Colfax riot. 3/William Williams/"/"/"/"/" 4/H. M. Elzy/"/"/"/"/" 5/Meredity Elsy/"/"/"/"/" 6/Frank Jones/"/"/"/"/" 7/Jack Nely/"/"/"/"/" 8/John Carter/"/"/"/"/" 9/Mack Brown/"/"/"/"/" 10/Shuck White/"/"/"/"/" 11/Burney Brandon/"/"/"/"/" 12/Kit Smith/"/"/"/"/" 13/Alex. Tilman/"/"/"/"/" 14/Lank Pitman/"/"/"/"/" 15/Kendray Nelson/"/"/"/"/" 16/Guymo Nelson/"/"/"/"/" 17/Sam Samuel/"/"/"/"/" 18/Bully Ellis/"/"/"/"/"/ 19/Clay Murphy/"/"/"/"/" 20/Tody Hunter/"/"/"/"/" 21/Adam Kimball/"/"/"/"/" 22/Philip Harrison/"/"/"/"/" 23/Alex. Randolph/"/"/"/"/" 24/Warren Bullit/"/"/"/"/" 25/October White/"/"/"/"/" 26/Dun Wilkins/"/"/"/"/" 27/Jim Bazzo/"/"/"/"/" 28 /Elias Johnson/"/"/"/"/" 29/Ashel White/"/"/"/"/" 30/Eli Jones/"/"/"/"/" 31/Tom Forster/"/"/"/"/" 32/Murphy Forster/"/"/"/"/" 33/Isaac McCullough/"/"/"/"/" 34/Eli McCullough/"/"/"/"/" 35/Spencer McCullough/"/"/"/"/" 36/Washington Madison/"/"/"/"/" 37/John Hall/"/"/"/"/" 38/Charles Embry/"/"/"/"/" 39/Lewis Palmer/"/"/"/"/" 40/Toby Shelden/"/"/"/"/" 41/John Randolph/"/"/"/"/" 42/Ocu Ruben/"/"/"/"/" 43/Henry Mathews/"/"/"/"/"/ 44/Mathew Irwin/"/"/"/"/" 45/John Simmons/"/"/"/"/" 46/George Clay/"/"/"/"/" 47/Clinton Real/"/"/"/"/" 48/Jesse Brown/"/"/"/"/" 49/Sam Kane/"/"/"/"/" 50/Sam Howard/"/"/"/"/" 51/Charles Simpson/"/"/"/"/" 52/Philip Feals/"/"/"/"/" 53/Nick Cotton/"/"/"/"/" 54/Peter Jackson/"/"/"/"/" 55/Dick Doe/"/"/"/"/" 56/Jerry Grow/"/"/"/"/" 57/William Sacks/"/"/"/"/" 58/Henry Swan/"/"/"/"/" 59/Henry Clap/"/"/"/"/" 60/William McClawn/"/"/"/"/" 61/Henry McClawn/"/"/"/"/" 62/Wall. Maxton/"/"/"/"/" 63/Jerry Clark/"/"/"/"/" 64/Matt. Parker/"/ "/"/"/" 65/Joy Hemp/"/"/"/"/" 66/Jerry Washington/"/"/"/"/" 67/Shadwick Johnson/"/"/"/"/" 68/Isaac White/"/"/"/"/" 69/Robert Dudley/"/"/"/"/" 70/Harry Williams/"/"/"/"/" 71/Jerry Taylor/"/"/"/"/" 72/Cuffe Laines/"/"/"/"/" 73/Carry Johnson/"/April 8, 1873/"/Hadnot Settlement/Incident to/Colfax riot. 74/Charles Sumpter/April 13, 1873/Colfax, La./Colfax riot. 75/Henry Blaine/"/"/"/"/" 76/Andrew James/"/"/"/"/" 77/Robert Love/"/"/"/"/" 78/William Brown/"/"/"/"/" 79/Adam White/"/"/"/"/" 80/Dick Peterson/"/"/"/"/" 81/Warren Williams/April_, 1873/Rapides Parish, La./Incident to riot 82/Charles Russell/April 13, 1873/Colfax, La./Colfax riot. 83/Peter Palmer/April, 1873/Grant Parish in/John Luer's/Ringwood/plantation. 84/Joe White/1872/Grant Parish/Three miles/from Colfax. 85/Jeff. Roper/April, 1873/Rapides Parish/Opposite /Colfax 86/George Barnes/1872/"/"/Near Cotilo. 87/George Shorter/1873/"/"/"/" 88/Hamp. Bullitt/October 1873/Near Colfax, La./On Bayou/Dara. 89/Fountain Shaw/April, 1873/Grant Parish Piny Woods 90/John Bonner/April 13, 1873/Colfax, La./Riot; mortally/wounded. 91/Sam Love/1874/Grant Parish,/Between Piny woods./Montgomery/and Colfax. 92/Edware Ware/1873/Grant Parish/No reason /known. 93/Mil. Robinson/April 1, 1873/"/"/Oh his way to Colfax. 94/Tony Williams/Nov., 1873/"/"/}For 95/Charles Vincent/Nov., 1873/"/"/}alleged rape 96/Tom Milton/Nov., 1873/"/"/}of 97/Hamp Harrison/Nov., 1873/"/"/}Miss LaCour 98/Van Moses/Nov., 1873/"/"/}while in 99/Alex. Randolph/Nov., 1873/"/"/}custody of/ / the sheriff./ 100/Alfred Frazier/Dec., 1868/"/"/ 101/_____ Jack/"/"/"/" 102/D. W. White**/Oct., 1871/Colfax, La./ 103/Volsam Cox/1871/Grant Parish 104/Andy Johnson/1871/"/" 105/Jeff Yawn**/Nov., 1873/Colfax, La./Killed by colored militia 106/Frank Forster/Aug., 1874/Grant Parish Piny /woods/ 107/Jim Cox/"/"/"/"/" 108/Needham Waters**/Oct., 1874/Grant Parish /18 Unknown colored/April 13, 1873/Colfax, La. riot/Bodies buried //not identified /15-20 Unidentified/"/"/"/Colfax, La. riot/Between 15- //20 were shot /on the banks /of the river /and their //bodies thrown //in the river; //not included /in the names. /______ Harris**/"/"/"/Colfax, La. riot /______ Hadnot**/"/"/"/"/"/" /Salis Parris**/"/"/"/"/"/" List of Wounded 1/Flam Williams/April 13, 1873/Colfax, La./Colfax riot. 2/William Brown/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 3/Joe McFeel/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 4/Curry Webb/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 5/Jesse Curry/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 6/Sam M/cKinkley/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 7/Jules Clark/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 8/Fred Clark/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 9/Sam Smorthy/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 10/Kay Irends/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 11/Charles Williams/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 12/Dan Gordon/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 13/Frank Forster/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 14/Ben Brimmer/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 15/Levi Nelson/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 16/Abe Mitchell/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 17/Buttice Elsey/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 18/Henderson Draw/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 19/Makin White/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 20/Richard Reed/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 21/Wood. Gubeville/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 22/Martin Jones/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 23/Cuffe White/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 24/Charles Field/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 25/Gilbert Noble/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 26/Henry Spotville/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 27/Buttice Mills/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 28/Oshum Buttice/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 29/Henry Taylor/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 30/Mole Suter/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 31/Dan McCullum/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 32/John Adams/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 33/Henry Williams/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 34/Flem Peters/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 35/_____ Moses**/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 36/About 10-12 whites/"/"/"/"/"/"/" 46/William Ward/Nov. 7, 1873/"/"/"/" 47/Charles Morse/**/"/"/"/"/"/"/" **= white It will be seen that at least one hundred and five (105) colored and three (3) whites were killed in the Colfax riot, or in connection therewith, in April, 1873, and about forty-five (45) wounded. This does not include those said to have been thrown into the river. Respectfully submitted. Ed. L. Godfrey First Lieutenant Seventh Cavlary, Commanding Post. (The above copied and submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA)