Does anyone have or know where to obtain lists of men serving in the various detachments of free-state militia who served during the border troubles between Missouri and Kansas? I am particularly interested in companies from Douglas County and very interested in Captain S.T. Shore's "Prairie City Company" around 1855 to 1861. My great-grandfather, James Elizar Carpenter, was one of the earliest pioneers in Douglas County, Kansas arriving in the summer of 1854. His homestead was 1 mile south of Baldwin.
The following is part of a paragraph from the book "The Prelude to the War for the Union":
Their military companies, snuffing mischief in the air, concentrated near Palmyra - detachments of Captain Samuel Walker's "Bloomington Rifles," of Captain Joseph Cracklin's "Lawrence Stubby," of Captain J.B. Abbott's "Blue Bound Infantry," of Captain McWhinney's "Wakarusa Boys," and of Captain S.T. Shore's "Prairie City Company" amounting altogether to about one hundred and fifteen men.

The previous account was about the gathering of free-state men around Palmyra shortly after the "Battle of Black Jack" in June of 1856.
If anyone has information regarding these militia or about my great grandfather I would appeciate a reply to this forum or directly to my email at: truck50jc@aol.com
Thanks, John C.