Jacob Sherman was born in 1781. He was a farmer living in District 21 of Pulaski County, Virginia.

Lynch Alexander Currin [1812-1871] was born near Newbern which was then a part of Montgomery County. He was the son of Captain William Currin and Rhoda Charlton, and married Elizabeth Nye Haller in August 1839. He served as Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County from 1839-1846 and as Clerk from 1846-64.

Andrew Steele Fulton [1800-1884] was a congressman, lawyer and judge from from Waynesboro, Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1825, became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840 and 1845, became prosecuting attorney of Wythe County Virginia in 1846 and was elected a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives that same year, serving from 1847-1849. He continued practicing law when the term ran out and later was appointed Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit and served from 1852-1869.

Edward Hower Kinzer [1831-1866] was the son of George Kinzer [1801-1877], fellow defendant. At the time of his death Edward was living in Nebraska.