Men And Women And Their Horses.

The horse was a very important part of the soldiers life it carried him into battle and pulled his wagons too get his family from place to place. These men and women either lost their horses in battle or were taken away from them by soldiers or other reasons. The names here are to help you find a family members there may not be a lot of information on this name but they will give you little leads as to where to look for that family member. This information will be dates, States, county’s and military service if any, these leads may give you a new place to look for that lost family member and may help you tear down some of those brick walls we all find ourselves at from time to time.

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Moses Ally came from upper Canada he came to the United States in 1812, where he reported to Gen. Dearborn, but the General found him a suspicious character and he was arrested and sent to Greenbush New York, at the time of his arrest, his sorrel-horse was placed in the possession of Mr. Benjamin Van Vleek.

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Henry Hollingworth of Maryland, States that on September 3, 1814, at Baltimore he lost one hundred and twenty dollars by the lose of his horse in the failure of the United States to furnish proper forage, at the time he was the Veterinary surgeon of the seventh cavalry regiment.

Frederick Coates lost his horse, he was employed as a vidette between Baltimore and Annapolis. He says that the horse died of excessive fatigue and the horse was worth ninety dollars.

1. William Fitzpatrick, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
2. James T. Megowan, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
3. B. A. Chapman, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
4. Alfred Argabright, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
5. A. C. Bryan, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
6. Lawrence Daly, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
7. Thomas Bryan, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
8. David Shepherd, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
9. Richard M. Adams, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
10. R. P. Whitney, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
11. William D. Ratcliffe, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
12. James Mahoney, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
13. John Morgan, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
14. James Jones, loss of a horse by his son Clement Jones, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.
15. John W. Bell, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
16. George W. Runyon, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
17. Shephard, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
18. Samuel Pigg, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
19. David C. Jones, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
21. John J. Finch, lost a horse while a prisoner in Mexico.
22. Sylvester Conover, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
23. Charles E. Mooney, lost a horse in the war with Mexico.
24. Catharine Ramey, lost a horse by her son Nat. Ramey, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.
25. Mary Carty, praying lost a horse by her son Henry Carty, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.

Daniel Bradly in 1798 was with the 4th. United States regiment and was to remove intruders from the lands claimed by the Cherokee Indians, The intruders became so obnoxious they took his horse from him and took it to the Cumberland mountain and shot it.

Joseph Wilson had his horse shot by a sentinel while on duty in the night of October 1813, thinking some one was passing his post.

Amey Dardin widow of David Dardin had a stud-horse by the name of Romulus, taken by the United States Army.

John A Webster was a sailing master and had his horse killed at the battle of Bladensburg.

John L. Miles was a second Lieutenant of the second Indiana battery and had his horse lost in May of 1864, at Fort Smith Arkansas for inadequate supply of forage the horse was worth one hundred and fifty dollars.

Jacob Watson was confined in jail in Philadelphia for debts contracted on public account and that part of his misfortunes came from buying a horse from captain Charles Proctor Turnbull of the Artillery which belong to the United States Army.

Richard Gidley states, that in the month of May, 1775, being then acting under a Commission of the State of Massachusets, as Colonel of a Regiment of Artillery, he was furnished with a Horse and Sulky, for the purpose of conveying himself and his Surveying Instruments, to such Places as the Public Service should require, by Major Brown who was employed to provide the Army with such Articles as they might want. That the Horse so furnished was Killed at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, and the Sulky (being kept in the Public Service 'till the Year 1780) rendered altogether useless.

Theophilus Cooksey lost a horse in 1813, from lack of forage while in the military service he was paid sixty dollars.

Orson Sparks lost a horse while in the service was paid forty-five dollars.

John Watson lost a horse while in the service was paid forty-five dollars.

John Long of Kentucky lost a horse was paid ten dollars.

Joel Abbott Jr. lost a horse was paid eighty dollars.

Peter Yandez lost a horse while towing a boat to Ogdensburg while in the military service value of one hundred and twenty dollars.

John McCarty lost a horse in the Seminole campaign in 1818, for want of forage.

Joel F. Royston of Missouri lost a horse in the service value eighty dollars.

James Plunkett wife now (Jane Taylor) paid one hundred and fifty dollars for the impressed of a horse and accoutrement to aid in transporting ordnance of the day at the engagement with the enemy at Bladensburg.

Henry Knowles Sr. had his horse impressed into service in 1814, by captain Humphreys of Virginia to transport the baggage of his company to Baltimore.

Joel Sartain lost a horse in the military service value of fifty-five dollars.

Fielding Jone had a horse impressed into service.

George Skinner had a horse impressed into service value at seventy-five dollars.

Joseph Bruce lost a horse in the military service value at sixty-five dollars.

Daniel Converse had two horses taken from him by the military value at one hundred and forty dollars.

George Miller had a horse taken into service value at thirty-five dollars.

Thomas C. Withers had four horses a wagon and gear impressed into military service value at three hundred and seventy dollars.

John Holmes of Alabama lost a horse.

Cornelius Huson had two horses impressed into service then drowned at Lake Ontario in 1813, value at two hundred and fifty dollars.

William Dooly had six horses, bridles and halters impressed into military service.

William Gwynn of Alabama had a horse killed in the battle of Oak Fusky on January 22, 1814, value of forty-seven dollars.

James Pierrce of Ohio had a horse and wagon taken into service value thirty dollars.

John Holmes had a horse killed in a action with the creek Indians at Emuckfaw January 22, 1814, value of sixty dollars.

Frederick D. Mills had a horse captured by the enemy in the war with Mexico.

Baker T. Anderson of Kentucky lost a horse and equipage and rifle in an expedition to Canada.

Simon Creel of Kentucky lost a horse in the war of 1812.

William M. Greenwood of Kentucky lost a horse in the war of 1812.

John L. Chisholm lost a horse in the service.

Robert Shaw lost a horse in the service.

Samuel B. Spencer of Georgia lost a horse in the service.

Jose Baya lost a horse in the service.

Morgan Brown had a horse killed in the war with the Creek Indians.

Christian Wilman lost a horse in the service.

Leroy P. Evans of Arkansas lost a horse in the service.

Phineas Taylor of Danbury, Connecticut lost a horse in the service.

James Roby had a horse impressed into service.

Chauncey A. Horr had a horse and other property stolen by the Omaha Indians in the Territory of Nebraska.

J. F Stone of Co. C. had his horse killed July 5, 1861, near Dry Fork, 12 miles north of Carthage, the county seat of Jasper county Missouri.

Orderly Lewis B. Paul of the 126th., Ohio was wounded and had his horse killed under him while carrying the brigade flag in the battle of Opequon.

Orderly Lewis H. Shreeve 6th., Maryland had his horse shot out from under him at the battle of Opequon.

Colonel J. B. Howell commanding the first brigade had his horse short out from under him and was wounded in two places near Ware Bottom church.

Captain Cristoval Benavides had his horse killed from under him.