Show iEa Ea I Early ny History Of Manti Continued from last week In the spring of f 1850 tho the following following following follow follow- ing had joined joined- the colony George Peacock Elisha Edwards Eligiah Averett John JIhn Buchanan Phineas Cook widow Marie and children Archibald W. W Buchanan Titus Billings and eon son William V. V Black George William WilHam Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll roll William WilIiam Mills Artemas Millet and others whose wh names are not found Thero There followed later inthe In Inthe the tho season J. J W. W Patrick R. R W. W Glenn and J. J M. M Vaughn TheM Their were two men by bi the name of oC William William William Will Will- iam Black first settlers settler of Manti ManU One had hid red hair and the other black hair So they were called respectively Red Bill and Black Bill The latter is still alive all and was doing w work ork in the Manti ManU Temple Temple Tem Tern pie in tho the winter of 1927 Rod Bill died in the tho spring of or 1926 G. G The Tho act cf congress organizing Utah Territory was approved September September September Sep Sep- 9 1850 and Brigham Young was appointed Governor A A. A form of government was instituted and Is Isaac ac Morley lorley and Charles Shumway represented S Sanpete San n- n p pete te County in the first legislative Continued on Page S 5 8 Early History I ry Of Manti Continued from page one i iI I assembly That legislature met in Salt Lake City and passed an act incorporating Manti City was approved February 6 5 1851 1861 atthe at atthe the tho same time as Ogden and Provo these three t being the only cities in Utah besides Salt Lake Lalo City February 24 1851 1551 Isaac Morley with his council and a number lumber of men surveyed the ground for the time court house in block near the time stone quarry On February 27 the t-he sound of the horn called the men together to I organize a party for the tho purpose of recovering horses from the Indians who had stolen them from front G G. G G. G Potter M M. D. D Hambleton and aud others oth oth- ers The following posse started in pursuit Nelson Higgins Geo P. P Billings Allen Huntington T T. T J. J Patton J. J D. D D chase Wm Win Thorpe George Potter Newman man Brown M.D. M.D. M. M D D. D Hambleton Jerome Bradley D. D B B. B Funk Philip Geo f Pett Petty Abner Aimer Lo LorY w- w wy y W. W V V. Black John John wry La-wry Jr W. W W. W Potter Joan Lewis Amassa Amasa Merriam and Edward Everett The party re returned returned returned re- re turned home March 1st Whether they were successful or not is not recorded Most of these men with many manyo o ors later formed a militia with f I D. D B. B Funk as drum major Geo Snow Sno afterward held that duty Every man was required t to t-o. be on oni i hand band at bugle call to answer to his name Higgins was captain and trusted men had charge of different j I divisions Daniel B. B Funk made madea a drum from the tho hoop of quaking- quaking jasp and the heads of ot dressed calf calfskin I skin skin skin-a a aery very ery note worthy drum of those times j n The militia enrollment of Df 1850 53 j 3 follows 1 f Nelson Higgins major Command Command- er John D D. D Chase Adjutant J I George Snow drum major 1 Geo Billings Samuel K Giffords Alfred N N. Billings Welcome Chapman Chapman Chapman Chap Chap- man Cyrenus H. H Taylor Gifford GIfford Gifford Gif- Gif ford Albert Smith John Beal Wm Sw Swett ett Abraham Washburn John Lawson James Jamea P P. P Brown William P p. p B. B Cook Jezreel Sho- Sho maker James C. C C Sly John Lowry Jr Allen Wilkinson Elijah EUjah Averet Abner Lowry Charles Shumway Titus Billings Isaac Morley John Lowry LO Sr ST S. S II I. Marble Thomas I Lewis Oliver DeMill John Lewis Daniel Washburn William m Black I Elias Ellas DeMill William V llIam V. V Black h u James Nielson K R. W. W Glenn Albert Albert Al AI bert Petty George eorge Petty Pet A. A E. E I Dodge Daniel B. B Funk Fun James Richey J J. J H. H Willcox Sylvester Sylester Hulet J. J B. B Kempton J J. J A. A Chestney Chest Chest- I ney ney Gad Yale Robert Brown Blown BrownEs 1 Nev Es man Brown Isaac Garb Gari- Gariner ner nor Snow Sno A A. A. A P. P Shumway A. A L L. Silver George Lorenzo Mar lIar Marble I I ble Daniel Henrie J J. J Hart J. J SAllen S. S 51 i J r Allen George Peacock W W. T T. T Carroll Carroll Car Car- I roll W. W V W. Potter Edwin Ed Whiting I Freeborn DeMill Del Thomas Thorpe j I William Holden James Case Sol C. C I Case Artemas Millet William Mills Mills Don Jones Orville OryIlle S S. S C Ci s x William VIlliam 1 Luke Joseph Black Steph Stephen n Taylor Tay I Ilor lor tor Levi Lev W. W Hancock Azariah Smith John E. E Warner Varn r Fiddler Hansen 1851 On March 6 1851 1351 Isaac Morley I and his council with Bishop Lowry and council met at the home of 1 Ii Titus Billings to to- adopt the best j I plan to lay up the walls of a 3 I Council House This house V r was i J I built near the stone quarry a little north of there the James Tattoo Tatton 1 I homo home now stands It was struck I by lightning before it was finished 1 l i and in favor of a sentiment toward moving the settlement up near the 1 Temple Block now tabernacle r block it was wms never finished At Atthe Atthe t the afore mentioned mentioned- meeting it 1 voted to allow nine hundred dollars for tho the building of the i J Council r House walls walls Other features i of the work were discussed J To bo be continued t i |