Harris notes "for some reason this company was not completed and was abandoned. Robert Christian requested that the Governor allow the company to reorganize."
On February 1, 1861, a muster roll of the Independent Troop, a cavalry unit formed in Uniontown appeared in the "Canebrake Herald". A.H. Otey, Captain John M. Adams, 1st Lieutenant Joseph Selden, 2nd Lieutenant David Walker, 3rd Lieutenant John L. Murphy, 1st Sergeant Carter Adams, 2nd Sergeant Thomas Christian, 3rd Sergeant James Shearen, 4th Sergeant Parham N. Booker, Jr., 1st Corporal John M. Jeffries, 2nd Corporal Barney P Hill, 3rd Corporal A.K. Shepard, Quarter Master Z.B. John, Treasurer Robert Christian, Clerk G.W Browder, Surgeon Privates: Blake G.H. Booker G.W Booker WM. Clarke R.G. Coleman A.G. Drake G.B. Ellerbe G.A. England E.C. Fitts WF Gouldman, Henry Graves G.W Harmond John Harrington, J.W Harrison, L.A. Hudson PP Kitchell, FN. Marable G.F Muse J.M. Patton J.L. Paulding, Robert Pegues S.W Pope Charles Pope FA Ralls L.S. Rosser H.B. Ruffin J.E. Shepard Seth Showalter, J.C.M. Simmons Z.A. Talbert John Terry WW Thomas A. Tripp WF Underwood, A.H. Walke A.P Weaver William Winn H.J. Woodfin David