SWEENEY RIFLEMEN
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
WARREN, ARKANSAS
1861
This is to certify that we, W. L. Jewell, S. W. Givens and Ike Wilson,
having been appointed and duly qualified as Judges to preside at the election of
officers for the "Sweeney Riflemen" a volunteer Company in Bradley County,
that we proceed to hold said Election on the 26th of January, 1861. When upon
the counting of ballots, it was ascertained that for the office of:
CAPTAIN: B. F. Swinney received 16 votes
S. W. Givens received 10 votes
1st LIEUTENANT Ike L. Dunlop received 24 votes
W. L. Neely received 2 votes
2nd LIEUTENANT H. C. Fisher received 19 votes
T. A. Smith received 2 votes
Robt. Neely received 6 votes
3rd LIEUTENANT J. B. Thompson received 14 votes
C. Moseley received 1 votes
A. J. Ballard received 2 votes
Ike Willson received 4 votes
Wm. Sheilds received 5 votes
In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands as such Judges this 28th
January 1861.
Signed by: W. L. Jewell, S. W. Givens and Ike Wilson.
(Kie Oldham Papers, Arkansas History Commission.)