Henry D. Barrows, August 12, 1861

The undersigned, citizens of Los Angeles County, do hereby form and constitute ourselves into a defensive organization or home guard, and we pledge ourselves to support the Constitution and authorities of the United States, and to act in concert with the U.S. troops stationed in our vicinity, in the preservation of order and of the supremacy of the laws of the land. T. G. Barker, James Edwards, Abel Stearns, F. Baker, David Lewis, Alexander Bell, K. H. Dimmick, John Trafforer, J. H. Jones, F. P. F. Temple, J. M. Wallace, W. W. Stetson, Wm. Moore, Dr. A. B. Hayward, John O. Wheeler, M. W. Childs, V. A. Hoover, Chas. R. Conway, Alonzo Waite, W. H. Perterson, J. J. Warner, Chas. W. Moeller, Thomas Cox, E. Drown, W. H. Perry, H. D. Barrows, J. G. Scott, H. M. Forbes, E. Stone, F. W. Koll, R. A. Snow, John A. Smith, J. S. Rhoads, S. B. Cox, B. McLaughlin, J. S. Mallard, Gardner Green, J. E. Pleasants, W. O. Warren, Henry Burgess, Ed. G. Blodgett, Robt. S. Baker, R. Z. Hester, A. Dickenson, Thomas Trafford, J. W. Jenkins, George B. Richart, Ygnacio Garcia, Peter Banta, Reuben Cross, David Schramling, Louis Frohling, Oliver Stearns, Manuel Requerra, M. McKenna, Wm. Pickett, A. F. Hinchman, John Wilson, Wm. G. Still, Charles Chapman, Geo. Thatcher, Charles P. Chapman, Geo. F. Lamson, Samuel Arbuckle, J. Jones, Isaac Mayberry, A. W. Baker, A. Holmes, Chas. A. Beebe, Ralph Emerson, James Mahan, Robert W. Smith, W. H. Leighton, O. B. Fisher, John G. Nichols, H. Van Valkingburg, O. P. Britton, A. Ulynan, Robert Owens, A. B. Brady, ©. P. McNulty, J. F. Meekham, Wm. Abbott, David Anderson, L. Joszynsky, J. Newell, Patrick Larkins, D. M. Laren, H. B. Stafford, Lamb Robinson, J. H. Karr, John Sheffield, J. W. Metzker, M. Luce, Black, J. O. Baldwin R. Mack, G. F. Leonard, N. A. Potter, O. M. Potter. — ” [Indorsement,] Los ANGELES, August 13, 1861. I hereby certify that the foregoing names are copies of bona fide signatures of citizens and residents of Los Angeles County.

HENRY D. BARROWS,