WILLIAM SCHROEDER HAWLEY, a MORMON SHOOTER AND CLUBBER, was
sergeant under 2 nd Lt. James Mathews' platoon, in Harrison Pearce's
Company I in John D. Lee's 4 th Battalion; Born: 20 December 1829 Place:
Peoria, Peoria, IL
In September 1857, Hawley was sergeant under 2 nd Lt. James Mathews'
platoon, in Harrison Pearce's Company I in John D. Lee's 4 th Battalion. He
was among the party from Washington who moved up to Mountain
Meadows on Tuesday the 8 th . Hawley's exact role in the main massacre
on Friday the 11 th is uncertain.
Hawley was listed as "William Halley" in 1859 arrest warrant. According to John D. Lee , Hawley moved to Fillmore in central Utah and in fact Hawley and his family left southern Utah in 1858, settling in Fillmore, Millard County.
It is rumored that Hawley opposed attacking the emigrants and was chained to a wagon wheel.