Utah, Territorial Militia Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Index to selected militia records including muster and payrolls, rosters and rank rolls from Series 2210 Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1869 from the Utah State Archives.The militia was also known as the Nauvoo Legion. The collection consists of correspondence,orders,court-marital records,muster rolls,pay rolls,rank rolls, reports and returns, from local military districts and administrative matters of the legions officers. The records may reference local Indian wars including Walker and Black Hawk Wars, the Utah War, the Civil War service of the Lot Smith Company during the Civil War protecting the mail and telegraph stations along the Overland Trail. See the "Related Websites" below for links to the Utah Archives and FamilySearch Catalog descriptions of the collection.

The collection is arranged by document number. A name and subject card index to document no. 1592 is available online at the Utah State Archives. Territorial Militia Records Indexes

Military Districts: 1852 • 2  Military Districts 1857 • 2

 Related Collection National Archives 
 * Records Concerning Claims of the Utah Militia for Expenses Incurred in Suppressing Indian Hostilities, February 4, 1850–February 14, 1855 NAID 12061544

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The following information may be found in these records: • 4

Coverage Table
To see the records indexed and militia districts see the coverage table Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877, Coverage Table

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Utah, Territorial militia records, 1849-1877
 * Utah territorial militia muster rolls, 1849 to 1870
 * Applications for Indian war medals, 1905-1912
 * Correspondence records concerning Indian War pensions, 1914-1928
 * Service records of Indian Wars in Utah, 1853-1868
 * Utah, Indian War service affidavits : concerning service in Indian Wars within the state of Utah and of service relating thereto, 1909-1917
 * Roger B. Nielson. Utah's Black Hawk War veterans. R.B. Nielson, 2009 FS Library 979.2 M2nr
 * Indian Depredations in Utah. Payrolls
 * Card index to military records of the Indian Wars, 1866-1867
 * John Peterson. History of the Black Hawk War. Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, c1998FS Library 979.2 H2pe
 * Richard C. Roberts. Legacy, the history of the Utah National Guard : from the Nauvoo Legion era to Enduring Freedom. S.l. : Richard C. Roberts, c2003. FS Library 979.2 M2r

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 * Orson F. Whitney. History of Utah : comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the state of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory 4 volumes Salt Lake City, Utah : G.Q. Cannon, 1892-1904

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