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Those Accused of Complicity in the Mountain Meadows Massacre
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A list of those accused of complicity in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It provides the witnesses or sources identifying their involvement in the massacre.


Name & Rank of Militiamen	Sources Claiming They Were at the Massacre	Additional Comments
Adair, George Washington, Pvt.	3, 4, 5, 7, 8	Self-confessed
Adair, Samuel, Pvt. ??	3	Or Samuel Newton Adair?
Allen, Ira, 2nd Lt.	3, 4, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Allen, Andrew Augustus, Sgt. ??	3, 4	Listed as Ira Allen and "son"
Arthur, Benjamin Able, Sgt.	7, 8
Bateman, William, Sgt.	2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Cartwright, Thomas Henry, Pvt.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Clark, John Wesley, Pvt.	6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Clews/Clewes, Joseph Thomas, Pvt.	7, 8	Self-confessed.
Curtis, Ezra Houghton, 2nd Lt.	2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Davies, William Rees, Adj.	1	Only appears on Forney list.
Durfee/Durfey, Jabez, Pvt.	7, 8
Edwards, Eleazer, Cpt.	7, 8
Edwards, William, Pvt.		Self-confessed.
Freeman, Columbus Reed, Pvt.	3, 4, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Hamblin, Oscar, 2nd Lt.	6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Harrison, Richard, 2nd Lt.	3, 4, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Hatch, Ira, Pvt.	1, 4
Hawley, William Schroeder, Sgt.	3, 4, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Higbee, John Mount, Major	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Hopkins, Charles, Pvt.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Humphries, John S., Fifer	8
Hunter, George, Sgt.	6, 8
Ingram, Alexander G., Cpt.	3, 4
Jacobs, John, Pvt.	7, 8
Jacobs, Swen, 2nd Lt.	7, 8
Jewkes/Jukes, Samuel, Pvt.	5, 7, 8
Johnson, Nephi, 2nd Lt.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Klingensmith, Philip, Pvt.	1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	Self-confessed; not listed in 1859 arrest warrant.
Knight, Samuel, Pvt.	6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Leavitt, Dudley, Pvt.	7, 8
Lee, John D., Major,	1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Loveridge, Alexander H., Sgt.	2, 3, 4, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Macfarlane, Daniel Sinclair, Adj.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Macfarlane, John Menzies, Adj.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
McMurdie, Samuel, Sgt.	6, 7, 8	Self-confessed; not listed in 1859 arrest warrant.
Mangum, James M., Pvt.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Mangum, John, Pvt.	3, 4, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Matheny, Sims Lafayette, Sgt.	3, 4
Mathews, James Nicolas, 2nd Lt.	7, 8
Nowlin/Nomlen, Jebez, Pvt.	3, 4
Pearce, Harrison, Cpt.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Pearce, James, Pvt.	6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Pollock, Samuel, Sgt.	2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Price, John, Pvt.	3, 4
Riggs, William, Pvt.	3, 4
Shirts, Don Carlos, 2nd Lt.	7, 8
Slade, William R., Pvt.	3?, 4?, 7, 8	The 1859 arrest warrant names William Slade. Is that the father or the son? Confirmed by multiple sources.
Slade, William, Sgt.	3?, 4?, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Smith, Joseph, Pvt.	3, 4, 8
Stewart, William Cameron, 2nd Lt.	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Stratton, Anthony Johnson, 2nd Lt.	7, 8
Tait, William, Cpt.	7, 8
Thornton, Amos G., Sgt.	3, 4
Tullis, David Wilson, Pvt.	1
Tyler, Oscar, Pvt.	3, 4
Urie, John Main, Adj.	6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Weston, John, Sgt.	6, 8
White, Joel White, Cpt.	3, 4, 6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Wiley, Robert, Sgt.	6, 7, 8	Confirmed by multiple sources.
Wilden/Willden, Elliot, Pvt.	3, 4, 5, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Wilden/Willden, John, Pvt.	7, 8
Williamson, James, Pvt.	6
Young, William Alma, Pvt.	6, 7, 8	Self-confessed.
Accused but Unidentifiable Individuals
Elang, Joseph	3	Unknown individual. Not included in Stenhouse which generally follows arrest warrant.
McDulange, F. C.	3	Unknown individual. Not included in Stenhouse which generally follows arrest warrant.
Accused but Doubtful Involvement
Hawley, John	7, 8
White, Samuel Dennis	8	Listed by Bishop but not any other source.
Accused but not Involved
Samuel Lewis	3	Multiple sources confirm he was on scouting party along Sevier River during massacre.
Legend 1 – Militiamen listed by Indian Superintendent Jacob Forney in 1859. 2 – Those identified by Cedar City militiaman Henry Higgins in affidavit provided to Judge John Cradlebaugh in 1859. 3 – Those listed in the 1859 arrest warrant issued by Judge John Cradlebaugh after consultation with anonymous militia sources. 4 – Those listed in Rocky Mountain Saints by T. B. H. Stenhouse; with few exceptions it recapitulates the 1859 arrest warrant. 5 – Those named in the federal indictment issued in 1874 naming nine militiamen. 6 – Those identified by witnesses testifying during the 1875 and 1876 Lee trials. 7 – Those identified by John D. Lee in the text of Mormonism Unveiled or the Confessions of John D. Lee. 8 – Those listed in "Names of Assassins" appended to Mormonism Unveiled by Lee’s attorney William W. Bishop.

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