Letter dated at Napoleon, Arkansas, September 5, 1844, from Col. Cheatham, "Comdt. Desha County Regiment Arks Militia," to Hon. Samuel Adams, Governor of Arkansas, Little Rock, certifying the election, August 31, in Bayou, Bartholomew Township, of Elihu K. James, Charles Beeks, and Israel I. Montgomery as, respectively, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant of the Bartholomew Township company .