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Show Pg. 108 eagles on, in his hat and shoulders, like those worn in the time of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Davis sold his firm in Morgan to Samuel Francis, and moved to Vernal, Utah, where he became a prominent citizen, both in church and civic affairs. Mrs. Thomas Adams says she came to Utah in 1866, and her husband came in 1861. She remembers him drilling with the militia on the city flat, and tells how badly they felt when Mr. Adams lost the heel of the only pair of shoes he owned while drilling. Many of the women would go and watch the soldiers drill. Mr. David Coolbear says it was a Territorial law that all men of a certain age were required to drill. Morgan County was a branch of the Utah Militia, subject to call if needed, and the men were stationed everywhere. He remembers of himself and Thomas Murphy at one time being sent from Round Valley to Henefer, and back through Porterville, a distance of twenty miles. The Davis County Militia was called “The Davis County Guys.” Pg. 109 Mr. Thomas Rich, of Porterville, tells of his father being a captain in Davis County. He had two brothers-in-law, John Flint and Christopher Crawford, who were ordered south, in the Indian troubles, with Davis County Militia, and both got pensions. But Morgan County Militia was ordered to stay at home and got no pension. David Clawson and John Green, who later settled in Morgan County, were with the Davis County Militia, and got their pensions. Mrs. B. F. Smith also tells of the militia drilling in the early days. She, with other women, had been to the Flat to see the men drill. She says the men had tents and were required to stay there. Much of the county then was Indian land, and the Indians thought the white people were trying to drive them away and take their lands. They were restless as they saw the approach of the whites, and particularly so when they saw the building of the railroad, which they knew meant the taking of their lands. There was trouble with the Indians worth of them and south of them. She says her husband, with others, was called out to guard in the mountains. And that when Davis County Militia was ordered south Morgan county |
