From Jeanne Hargrave blog at Word Press.
Back on August 16, I wrote about the first four companies of Illinois Territory Rangers. One of them was commanded by William McHenry, whose name is now on McHenry County, Illinois, as well as the City of McHenry in that county. Before I started this blog, I believed my county's name came from the famous fort in Baltimore. You learn something new all the time.
Another company was commanded by Willis Hargrave, one of Jeanne's ancestors.
On July 20, 1810, 40-year-old Willis Hargrave (son of William and Elizabeth Miles Hargrave) was appointed Captain of the 3rd Regiment of Illinois Militia. The unit became known as Captain Hargrave's Company of Mounted Volunteers.
In mid-1810, the census found his wife, Jane Brown Hargrave, and their younger children alone in Randolph County, Illinois Territory. With Willis in the field were sons Seth (age 16) and Samuel (age 20).
In 1811, Willis Hargrave, age 41 by then, enlisted with a new military group and was appointed Major of the 4th Regiment of Illinois Militia on November 29, 1811.
--Brock-Perry
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