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Named gaps, each with its settling source
The rolls: (1) A Lincoln Township roll of the Civil War dead and served, at the double-record standard — settlers, in the order they should be read: Chapman's Lincoln Township chapter and biographies (1880), cross-read against Howard's company rosters; Howard's Roll of Honor, the Lincoln Township cemeteries section (vol. 1, Ch. XIV §2), drawn from Coppock Post's records; the 1894 list of veterans, widows and orphans for Lincoln Township, Saint Joseph County Civil War Records, Notre Dame Archives; the Adjutant General's rosters (Terrell), residences filtered man by name; and the South Bend Area Genealogical Society's graves registration for the township's cemeteries. (2) The ground's quota, credits and bounty votes, 1861–65 — settler: the county commissioners' record and the Notre Dame Archives draft lists, read under Liberty Township. (3) Page-image verification of every roll name and date quoted from transcription — settler: the archive.org page images, Chapman pp. 444–448 and Howard pp. 731–745.
The men: (4) Jesse Coppock — who he was, his unit, his death — settlers: Coppock Post No. 378's descriptive book and charter papers (Indiana Archives, Grand Army of the Republic collection); the Indiana Digital Archives' Civil War volunteers card file under his name; the 1886, 1890 and 1894 soldiers' enrollments for Lincoln Township. (5) John Schwartz (1838–1922) and Joseph Stevenson (1836–1908) of Woodlawn — whether either is a Civil War soldier — settler: their compiled service records (NARA) and the SBAGS graves registration. (6) Whether any of Howard's seventeen 1812 men, or any Lincoln settler of 1835, was a soldier of 1812 — settler: the 1812 pension and bounty-land files under the settler roll's names. (7) Any man of this ground in the Mexican War — settlers: Indiana in the Mexican War (1908) and the 1887 veterans' roster. (8) Any Walkerton-residence man in Gore's 157th rosters — settler: the roster volume's full text searched for the residence string "Walkerton," and the company descriptive books (Indiana State Archives).
The modern wars:(10) The town's Second World War death roll — settlers: the Saint Joseph County Public Library's Military Service Notes Column Index (1941–1979), joined with the Walkerton Independent's and the Tribune's obituary files, 1941–46. (11) The Korea Army share — settler: the same Military Service Notes index joined with the county obituary record. (12) Leonhard's unit and casualty category — settlers: his American Battle Monuments Commission Korean War honors entry and the Marine Corps muster rolls. (13) The four Vietnam units (Coldeberg, Harley, Maher) and Skinner's unit and casualty category — settlers: each man's full Virtual Wall profile and Coffelt Database record, both of which carry the unit; the federal file's complete Indiana rendering for Skinner's row. (14) First World War service cards by residence, and any town service flag or honor roll — settlers: the service-card index searched by residence = Walkerton; the Independent's 1917–19 files. (15) The Honor the Fallen hometown search for the later wars — settler: that database queried directly by hometown = Walkerton, Indiana. (16) The Medal of Honor negative at registry grade — settler: the Congressional Medal of Honor Society roster searched by city of entry and of birth. (17) Any documented valor decoration for a Walkerton man — settlers: the Wall of Faces profiles of the six; the service records; the Independent's award columns.
The institutions: (18) Post 189's charter date and Post 378's charter and dissolution dates — settlers: the Indiana Legion's post history; the Department of Indiana GAR rosters and journals. (19) Whether a VFW post was ever chartered in Walkerton — settler: the VFW's national charter records. (20) The Veterans Park monument's inscription and names, and any names lettered on the 1947 stone's setting — settler: an in-person reading of the park monument and the Woodlawn memorial plot. (21) The town's servicewomen, named — settlers: the veterans index read whole (item 9) and the newspapers' service columns. (22) Roderick's grave, and the burial places of Coldeberg, Harley, Maher, Skinner and Smith — settlers: the VA gravesite locator and the Tribune's and Independent's obituary files for their death months.
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