The McCarty Post No. 251 GAR - Alfordsville, IN
The McCarty Post No. 251
Grand Army of the Republic, Alfordsville, IN
1883-1914
The History of
GAR Post # 251
According to L. Rex Myers' Daviess
County Indiana History, the McCarty Post No. 251 was named for Capt. Eli
McCarty of the 42nd Indiana, Co. G. Capt. McCarty was murdered in 1864
while serving draft papers. Click
here to see Capt. McCarty's Biography Page
McCarty Post No. 251, at
Alfordsville was organized in 1886(1883). This post has a good membership
and was in flourishing conditions for several years. The name does not
appear in the Grand Army roster for 1914, and it is presumed that the charter
has been surrendered and the post disbanded prior to that time. Among
those who have served as commanders of McCarty post are the following:
Alfred Webber, Joseph Arvin, G. W. Cochran, William Patrick, John G. Leming,
Philip Scales, and James W. Gilley
Source: History
of Daviess County, Its People, Industries and Institutions, by A. O.
Fulkerson.
B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc., 1915. p
268.
According to the Indiana State Archives,
Commission on Public Records, the charter for the McCarty post, No.
251 was surrendered on January 3, 1914