The following is a transcription of a handwritten record from the records of the Indiana State Archives: (editor's note: spelling errors are not corrected unless in parentheses)

We whoes names are hereto subscribed being citizens and residents of the State of Indiana agree to form ourselves into a volunteer malitia Company in the indiana Legion under the provision of an act for the organization and regulation of the indiana malitia & c. approve may th 11 1861 we severally undertake that we will each uniform ourselves in accordance with the requirements of said Law the Comapany will be organized without delay at Sellersburg in Clark County in said state and be called Silvercreek gards Witness our names this 31st day of July 1863

A. L. Sellers Wm. Cune Geor. W. Bottorff Beason Moore Johnathin Turpen P.J. Ash James Smith Jacob Creamer John Jackson Geo. McCurdy John Snider E.W. Moore Richard Johnson Wm. F. Little (Littell?) Charles Popp Samuel Kelly John A. Gray Lewis Utricht (Utrecht?) Charles Schwengel C.M. Deaton L.J.D. Holland Albert Bieker Richard Slider Wm. Tyler Henry Grosback (Grosbach?) Edward Gimber R.C. Hart Levi Hill J.S. Bottorff James Mitchel Geo. Wever (Weber?) Wm. Leech E.T. Leech Wm. Johnson Wm. Snider Leander Ferris John McCurdy John Bluer (Bloor?) James A. Tompson John S. Crim Sylus Bluer (Bloor?) Peter Thieneman John Smith Edward Haas Thomas Halpern John W. Young John Fitzjarold (Fitzgerald?) Samuel Y. Fowler Thompson Fowler Thomas Smith Geo. Shotlyrs (?)

Officers are listed in the Report of the Indiana Adjutant General, Vol. 3, pgs 570-573 as follows: Capt. E.W. Moore-Comm. 8/12/1863-Resigned 8/12/1864 1st Lt. George Bottorff-Comm. 8/12/1863 2nd Lt. John F. Downes-Comm. 8/12/1863-Declined 2nd Lt. P.J. Ash-Comm. 12/12/1863

All listed as from Sellersburg.

Tom Lowe, third_indiana_cavalry@yahoo.com