Note: Residency for a veteran is defined as fulfilling any of the following conditions–listed in the U.S. Census, registered to vote, married, divorced, buried, had children, owned land or other property, conducted a business, claimed a mine, member of a fraternal organization, paid a bounty by the county or named in a newspaper or family record as having lived in Calaveras County before, during or after the Mexican War, and including conflicts of the Republic of Texas. For those veterans residing in the county only before 1850, the borders of Calaveras County are defined by the original 1850 borders.

Sources: Record of Burials of Ex-Union Soldiers, Sailors and Marines; Calaveras Prospect; History of Napa and Lake Counties (1881); Mexican War Veterans, A Complete Roster (1887); The Argonauts of California by a Pioneer (1890); Roll of the Survivors of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers (1874); Joseph Sims Elementary School Website; Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff Website; Gold and Sunshine (James J. Ayers, 1922); History of Sacramento County (1923); MojaveHistory.com; Handbook of Texas Online; An Illustrated History of Sacramento County; Sharlot Hall (Arizona) Museum Website; A Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California (1893); Vigilante Days and Ways (1890); Las Calaveras; Great Register of Voters (Calaveras County); California Death Index, 1905-1929; U.S. Census, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900; California State Census 1852; Ira Hill Reed Collection, Calaveras County Archives; Calaveras County Archives Death Index; List of Pensioners on the Roll (January 1, 1883); Stockton Daily Independent; San Andreas Independent; The Tools Are On The Bar; Ancestry.com; A History of Tuolumne Co. (1882); Bancroft’s History of California; Oaklandgenealogy.com; Vern Dander Research; Mormon Battalion Association; Survivors of Col. Stevenson’s Regiment of New York Volunteers (1882/Appendix 1883); An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County (1890); Pre-1905 CADI Phoenix Project; Findagrave.com; Pioneer Register of California; Chronicling America Newspaper Project; Journal of Leonard Noyes (Calaveras Co. Archives); Calaveras County Gold Rush Stories; Sharon Whitney Research; History of Santa Clara County (1922); Mexican War Veterans: A Complete Roster (1887); John Doble’s Journal (1962); Roster of Fremont’s California Battalion; Around Murphys; Barbara Filbin Research; Aztec Club of 1847; Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives; History of the State of California and Biographical Records of The Sierra (1906); History of Sacramento Valley California (1931); Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions; Texas Adjutant General Service Records (Texas State Library); California Pioneers Register and Index, 1542-1848

Ames, Josiah P.: Pvt., Co. B, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. England, circa 1829; d. Martinez, August 14, 1903; buried (cremated) Oakland (Crematory) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect August 22, 1903)

Angel, Henry Pinkney: NA, California Battalion (not on muster roll), NA; b. Rhode Island, May 20, 1826; d. March 17, 1897, San Andreas (County Hospital); buried San Andreas (Peoples) [Unmarked] (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect March 20, 1897) [Photo – Portrait]

Ballou, James: NA, NA; b. Rhode Island, circa 1822; d. November 11, 1885, Bear Mountain; buried Calaveras Co. [Unmarked] (Obituary/Calaveras Citizen November 21, 1885)

Barnes, Lorenzo A. (“Old Bach”) (aka Artemus L. Benjamin, given name): Pvt., Co. I, 2nd Illinois Volunteers, NA; b. Alleghany Co., New York, February 1824; d. San Francisco, September 18, 1904; buried San Francisco (National Cemetery) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect October 1, 1904) [Photo – Portrait]

Barnes, William Henry: NA, 1st Massachusetts Volunteers, NA; b. Maine, 1821; d. November 15, 1882, Calaveras Co.; buried Murphys (Protestant) [Photo – Gravesite]

Bennett, Mathias H.: Pvt., NA, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”) (not on muster roll), NA; b. New York, circa 1826; d. July 7, 1860, Old Gulch; buried San Andreas (Peoples) [Unmarked] (Obituary/San Andreas Independent July 14, 1860)

Benson, Robert M. (Bob): NA, 1st Massachusetts Volunteers, 1847-1848; b. Rhode Island, circa 1810; d. 1880-1910, NA (probably California); buried NA (probably California)

Boege, Henry: Pvt., Co. A, Santa Fe Battalion, Missouri Mounted Volunteers, NA; b. NA, NA (possibly 1830); d. December 28, 1899, Glencoe; buried Mokelumne Hill (Protestant) [Unmarked] (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect December 30, 1899) [Also Civil War (Union)]

Boucher, James: Landsman, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Warren, NA; b. Ireland, July 27, 1816; d. September 16, 1905, San Andreas; buried San Andreas (Peoples) (Obituary/Calaveras Citizen September 23, 1905/Mariposa Gazette September 30, 1905) [Photo – Gravesite]

Bradshaw, William David: 1st Lt., Co. D, California Battalion, October 1846-April 1847; b. Tennessee, circa 1826; d. December 2, 1864, La Paz, Arizona Territory or May 1865, Bradshaw Ferry, Arizona Territory; buried Arizona Territory

Brown, John (“Juan Flaco”): NA, California Battalion (not on muster roll), NA; b. Sweden, NA; d. 1859, Stockton; buried Stockton (Citizens)

Bryan, Joseph Turner (Joe): NA, NA; b. Bryan Station, Kentucky, 1826; d. February 2, 1901, Stockton; buried San Andreas (Peoples) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect February 9, 1901) [Photo – Gravesite]

Bund, Simon Thaddeus (“John”): Pvt., Co. I, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. Baden, Germany, circa 1818; d. 1874-1910, NA (probably Calaveras Co.); buried NA (probably Calaveras Co.)

Campbell, James T.: Pvt., Co. E, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. NA, NA; d. 1848-1873, NA; buried NA

Carson, James H.: Pvt., Sgt., Co. C, 3rd U.S. Artillery, November 1839-November 1844/Quartermaster Sgt., Co. F, November 1844-November 1849; b. Frederick Co., Virginia, circa 1817; d. 1853, Stockton; buried San Joaquin Co.

Catts, Samuel A.: Pvt., Co. A, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1823; d. 1895, Stockton; buried San Joaquin Co.

Clark, Charles A.: Lt., Texas Volunteers, 1842-1844 (Mier Expedition, captured December 26, 1842, escaped March 16, 1843); b. Maine or New York, 1812; d. February 3, 1863, Mokelumne Hill; buried Mokelumne Hill (Protestant) (Obituary/Stockton Daily Independent February 9, 1863) [Photo – Gravesite]

Clark, Daniel P.: Pvt., Co. B, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, New York, circa 1818; d. September 24, 1879, San Diego; buried California (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect October 11, 1879 and San Diego Union September 25, 1879) [Also Civil War (Union)]

Clark, Francis D.: Pvt., Co. D, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, 1829; d. 1899, NA (possibly New York); buried Newark, New Jersey (Mount Pleasant) [Also Civil War (Union)] [Photos – Gravesite and Illustration]

Clark, John N.: Pvt., Co. I, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, circa 1827; d. May 12, 1879, Burrell Spring; buried Sebastopol (Bloomfield)

Corcoran, Thomas: NA (probably Missouri Volunteers), NA; b. Co. Carlow, Ireland, December 11, 1826; d. 1904, Santa Cruz; buried Stockton (San Joaquin Catholic)

Curran, Edward: Pvt., Co. A, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, New York, circa 1824; d. August 1860, Six Mile Creek; buried Calaveras Co. [Unmarked] (Obituary/San Andreas Independent August 25, 1860)

Davis, Charles Dickson: Pvt., Co. K, 15th U.S. Infantry (Iowa Volunteers), April 1847-August 1848; b. Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1825; d. March 8, 1875, Baker City, Oregon; buried Vale, Oregon (Pioneer) [Also Civil War (Union)]

Davis, James Sydenham C. (“Pumpkin”): NA; b. Illinois, February 22, 1822; d. November 11, 1910, Esmeralda; buried Esmeralda (Davis Ranch) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect November 12, 1910)

Doble, John: Pvt., 3rd Indiana Volunteers, 1846-1847; b. Sugar Creek, Indiana, February 7, 1828; d. October 8 or 9, 1866, San Francisco; buried San Francisco (Laurel Hill)/reinterred Colma (Cypress Lawn) (Obituary/San Francisco Morning Call October 10, 1866) [Photo – Portrait]

Donnollan, John: NA, NA; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1829; d. June 30, 1902, San Andreas; buried San Andreas (Catholic) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect July 5, 1902) [Photo – Gravesite]

Douglass, David Fulton: NA, Texas Volunteers, NA; b. Gallatin, Tennessee, January 8, 1821; d. June 16, 1872, Stockton; buried Stockton (Rural) (Obituary/Stockton Daily Independent June 19, 1872) [Photos – Portrait and Gravesite]

Ehlers, August Charles: Pvt., Co. A, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. NA, NA; d. 1882-1920, NA (probably California); buried NA

Ellis, Charles (“Captain”): NA, NA; b. NA, NA; d. 1856-1910 (possibly 1861-1910), NA; buried NA [possibly also Civil War (Confederate)]

Erni, Jacob (“Uncle Erni”): NA, NA (possibly Missouri Volunteers), NA; b. Switzerland, circa 1813; d. May 17, 1899, Mokelumne Hill; buried NA (probably Mokelumne Hill) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect May 27, 1899)

Evans, George Spafford: 2nd Lt., 1st Lt., 1st U.S. Dragoons, NA/Asst. Quartermaster, Co. A, 1st Texas Mounted Volunteers, NA; b. Tecumseh, Michigan, August 8, 1826; d. September 17, 1883, San Francisco; buried Stockton (Rural) (Obituary/Sacramento Daily Record-Union September 18 and 19, 1883) [Photos – Portrait and Gravesite] [Also Civil War (Union)]

Ferguson, Amsa Parker (“Cap”): NA, NA; b. Lynchburg, Virginia, 1816; d. December 10, 1878, Stockton; buried NA (probably California) (Obituary/Calaveras Chronicle December 14, 1878)

Fischer, Martin Daniel, Sr.: Pvt., 3rd Missouri Volunteers, 1846-1848; b. Hesse-Cassell, Germany, September 7, 1820; d. July 9, 1909, Jesus Maria; buried Mokelumne Hill (Protestant) [Unmarked] (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect July 24, 1909)

Fort, James L. (Dr.): NA, NA; b. North Carolina, circa 1819; d. May 25, 1866, El Dorado; buried Calaveras Co. [Unmarked]

Freeman, Richard F.: Cpl., Co. H, 6th Louisiana Volunteers, NA; b. Bath Co., Kentucky, April 16, 1815; d. March 30, 1905, Calaveritas; buried San Andreas (Peoples) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect April 1, 1905) [Photo – Gravesite]

Gatewood, William Jefferson (Jeff/“Colonel”): Bugler, Lawler’s Co., Independent Mounted Volunteers (Illinois), August 1847-October 1848; b. Egypt, Illinois, May 10, 1830; d. March 26, 1889, on schooner Rosita off San Diego; buried California [Photo – Portrait]

Gebhardt, August: NA, NA; b. Schopfheim, Germany, July 30, 1818; d. December 20, 1867, Murphys; buried NA (probably California)

Gilman, Samuel Ferdinand: Pvt., Co. F, U.S. Mounted Riflemen, July 1846-December 1847 (disability, wounded in action by gunshot to right breast at Cerro Gordo, Mexico, April 17, 1847); b. Henrico Co., Virginia, circa 1825; d. February 8, 1907, Altaville; buried Altaville (Obituary Calaveras Prospect February 16, 1907) [Photo – Gravesite]

Glass, John W. (“Professor”): NA, NA; b. New York, circa 1825; d. February 16, 1899, Nassau; buried Altaville (Catholic) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect February 25, 1899) [Also Civil War (Union)]

Gordon, Joseph (“Uncle Joe”): NA, NA; b. Scotland, circa 1815; d. February 11, 1897, San Rafael; buried San Francisco (Laurel Hill) (Obituary/Marin Journal February 18, 1897)

Green, William Alfred: NA, NA; b. Cumberland, Kentucky, February 16, 1820; d. 1888, Plumas Co.; buried NA (probably Modoc Co.) [Photo – Portrait]

Harmon, Dewitt J.: Pvt., Co. I, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, circa 1825; d. 1888, Kernville; buried California

Haupt, Gustavus (“Governor”): Pvt., Co. C, 1st Missouri Volunteers, June 1846-June 1847; b. Westphalia, Germany, 1823; d. 1879, Paloma; buried Mokelumne Hill (Protestant) [Photo – Gravesite]

Havey, Jonathan (John/Jack): Pvt., Co. D, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, circa 1824; d. September 13, 1884, Mokelumne Hill; buried San Andreas (Peoples) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect September 26, 1884) [Photo – Gravesite]

Hays, Alexander (“Fighting Elleck”): [Post-1854 Amador Co.]: 2nd Lt., 1st Lt., Acting Asst. Adj. General, 4th U.S. Infantry, 1844-April 1848 (resigned); b. Franklin, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1819; d. May 5, 1864, Wilderness, Virginia (killed in action by shot to head); buried Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania (Allegheny) [Also Civil War (Union)] [Photos – Portrait and Gravesite]

Hays, John Coffee (Jack/“Devil Jack”): NA, Texas Rangers, NA/Col., 1st Texas Mounted Rifle Volunteers, June 1846-October 1846/Texas Mounted Volunteers (Hays’ Regiment), April 1847-May 1848; b. Little Cedar Lick, Tennessee, January 28, 1817; d. April 21, 1883, near Piedmont; buried Oakland (Mountain View) [Photos – Portrait and Gravesite]

Henry, William P.: NA, Co. G, 3rd Missouri Mounted Volunteers, 1847-1848; b. Ohio, circa 1824; d. May 28, 1898, San Andreas (Hospital); buried San Andreas (Hospital) [Unmarked] (Photo – Monument for Unmarked Graves]

Hill, Thomas J.: Pvt., Drummer, Co. A, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. New York, 1823 or 1824; d. June 21, 1885, San Francisco; buried California

Hooper, John M.: Pvt., Co. D, 1st Illinois Volunteers, NA; b. Tennessee, April 1824; d. August 6, 1906, Murphys; buried Murphys (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect August 11, 1906) [Photo – Gravesite]

Huse, Samuel E.: [Post-1854 Amador Co.]: NA, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Congress, 1846-1847; b. Vermont, circa 1821; d. 1879, Yountville; buried California

Irving, Edwin: Pvt., Co. A, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. NA, NA; d. 1852-1873, NA; buried NA

Jackson, Alden Appola Moore (A.M.): [Post-1854 Amador Co.]: Col., NA (probably Texas Rangers), NA; b. New York, circa 1808; d. October 30, 1876, NA (probably Utah Territory); buried St. George, Utah Territory (City Cemetery) [Photo – Portrait]

Jackson, Andrew: NA, NA; b. South Carolina, circa 1827; d. October 29, 1887, Murphys; buried Murphys [Unmarked] (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect November 4, 1887)

James, NA (“Colonel”): NA, NA; b. NA, NA; d. 1849-1920, NA; buried NA

Judson, Henry: Pvt., Co. D, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. NA, NA; d. 1849, Mokelumne Hill; buried California (probably Mokelumne Hill)

Kelly, John: Pvt., Co. K, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. NA, NA; d. November 1862, French Gulch; buried Calaveras Co. [Unmarked] (Obituary/Stockton Daily Independent November 25, 1862)

Kelly, Philip: Pvt., Co. E, 1st New York Volunteers (“Stevenson’s Regiment”), August 1846-1848; b. Ireland, circa 1825; d. 1860, Calaveras Co.; buried NA (probably Calaveras Co.)

Kesey, William: NA, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1846-1847; b. Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, February 22, 1819; d. 1881-1900, Lower Lake; buried Lower Lake

Kirk, Thomas Downard: NA (probably Missouri Volunteers), NA; b. Giles Co., Virginia, February 27, 1823; d. January 25, 1906, Sutter; buried Sutter

Kleiber, Frederick: NA, Louisiana Volunteers, NA; b. Switzerland, circa 1826; d. March 12, 1898, San Andreas; buried San Andreas (Peoples) (Obituary/Calaveras Prospect March 19, 1898) [Also Civil War (Union)] [Photo – Gravesite]

Kooser, Benjamin Parke: Pvt., Co. F, 3rd U.S. Artillery, May 1846-May 1851; b. Jefferson, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1822; d. January 2, 1878, Santa Cruz; buried Santa Cruz

Laforge, Alfred B.: Pvt., Co. A, Texas Volunteers, 1842-1844 (Mier Expedition, captured December 26, 1842, drew a white bean, escaped March 25, 1844 from Perote); b. New York, NA; d. 1883-1920, NA (possibly California); buried NA (possibly California)

Lane, Aaron Gove (“Captain”): [Post-1854 Amador Co.]: Pvt., Co. H, 9th U.S. Infantry, March 1847/Co. K, April 1848-August 1848; b. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, December 18, 1818; d. September 14, 1883, Oro Grande; buried NA (probably San Bernardino Co.) [Photo – Portrait]

Latz, Benjamin J.: NA, NA-June 1847; b. NA, NA; d. 1861-1920, NA (possibly New Mexico Territory); buried NA (possibly New Mexico Territory)

Lewis, Arnold Colt: 2nd Lt., Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers (“Wyoming Artillery”), December 1846-July 1848 (wounded at Puebla); b. Pennsylvania, August 12, 1827; d. September 22, 1861, Darnestown, Maryland, murdered by soldier of his regiment; buried Allentown, Pennsylvania (Union & West End Cemetery) [Photo – Gravesite] [Also Civil War (Union)]

Lippincott, Benjamin S.: 2nd Lt., Asst. Quartermaster, Co. H, California Battalion, July 1846-April 1847; b. New York, October 6, 1815; d. November 22, 1870, New Jersey; buried Shrewsbury, New Jersey (Christ Episcopal Churchyard) [Photo – Gravesite]

Luffton, A. (“Squawman”): Lt., NA; b. NA, NA; d. 1849-1920, NA; buried NA