Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The Creek War.

The Creek War is something I know little about so we all my learn something new together. I was asked the other day if I had a list of Federal Government men that fright in the war. Will I took it that they were talking about the United States Government which wasn’t around till the end of the Revolutionary War. That would mean the next Creek war between the United states would have been around 1814, but as I wasn’t given a time line it could have been even later? Like I said I know little about this war So I will put all I have here in the hope it well help some one, as I know there are family’s looking for a ancestor that was in that war in some way. There may be more information on a name placed here so if you see a name and would like to know if there is more, you can find my address in my profile, I will be glad to hear from you.

Note. This information will come from the Library of Congress.

A BILL.
MARCH 2, 1883.

For further relief to such of the friendly Creek Indians, whose property was destroyed during the Creek war by the hostile Indians, in consequence of their attachment to the United States.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States shall appoint a commissioner, whose duty it shall be to examine the claims of the friendly Creek Indians for losses sustained by injuries and depredations committed by the hostile Creek Indians during the Creek war, and to pay such claims as shall be considered established by competent proof: Provided, The same shall not exceed forty thousand dollars: Provided, also, Said claims shall not have been satisfied under “An act for the relief of certain Creek Indians,” passed March third, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. SEC. 2. •.And be it further enacted, That if such unsatis2 fled claims shall be found to exceed the sum of forty thousand dollars, it shall be the duty of said commissioner to pay the claimants in fair and just proportions to the losses they have severally sustained; and to carry into effect the above pur6 poses, that the sum of forty thousand dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
THURSDAY, January 31, 1828.

That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of allowing Neil Smith, the value of the hire of a wagon and team, employed by General Gaines, for the transportation of baggage during the Creek War.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
TUESDAY, December 28, 1830.

The memorial of Joshua Kennedy, praying Congress to indemnify him for losses sustained during the Creek war.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 1854.

A petition of citizens of Knox county, Tennessee, praying that the soldiers in the Creek war of 1814 may be placed on the same footing, as to pensions and bounty land, with the soldiers of other wars of the United States.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1823-1824
MONDAY, April 26, 1824.


A petition of sundry citizens of Dickson county, in the state of Tennessee, representing that James M'Cauley, of said county, performed a tour of duty of six months, during the Creek war, that his personal suffering during said period, has rendered him unable to labor.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
WEDNESDAY, June 11, 1856.


The petition of Joseph Clarke, a free man of color, who acted as waiter to a company of volunteers in the Creek war of 1836, praying a pension on account of a wound received in the service.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, February 14, 1848.

the memorial of Peter Raudon, legal representative of John Raudon, deceased, praying indemnity for losses by Indian depredations during the Creek war.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
THURSDAY, April 8, 1852.

the memorial of John D. Stell, in behalf of the widow and children of his brother Thomas J. Stell, praying remuneration for losses during the Creek war in 1836.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, March 15, 1830.

The petition of Joshua Kennedy, of the city of Mobile, praying Congress to indemnify him for losses sustained during the Creek war.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 1850.

The Secretary of the Interior furnish, or cause to be furnished, for the use of the Senate, copies of the papers of the late Alexander Sanders, a Cherokee Indian, who was wounded in the Creek war, and in consequence thereof claimed to be entitled to a pension under the Cherokee treaty of 1835; also, a copy of the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions, disallowing the pension.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
TUESDAY, January 8, 1839.

The memorial of Joshua Kennedy, praying remuneration for losses sustained during the Creek war.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
THURSDAY, January 3, 1850.


The petition of J. Downs, praying compensation for forage supplied by him to a company of mounted riflemen in the Creek war.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
WEDNESDAY, January 19, 1859.

The memorial of Frances Steeley, formerly the widow of David Delk, a soldier in the Creek war, who was killed in battle, praying to be allowed a pension.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
THURSDAY, January 26, 1837.


The petition of Thomas Mullens, praying compensation for certain horses lost while in the service of the United States during the late Creek war.
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Note. As you may have noticed there is not a lot of information here, however you are given a time line or maybe a name that may lead you in a new direction in you hunt for that ancestor.

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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1851-1852
FRIDAY, July 16, 1852.


The petition of Stephen C. Kelly, praying for compensation for services and losses sustained by him during the Creek war of 1836.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1857-1858
TUESDAY, January 5, 1858.


The petition of Teal Smith, administrator of Richard Parvin, for compensation for losses sustained in the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1857-1858
TUESDAY, May 18, 1858.


The petition of Stephen O. Kelly, praying remuneration for a horse lost in actual service in the Creek war, in the year 1836.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, December 31, 1849.

The petition of Thomas and Elizabeth Armstrong, heirs of Josiah Fletcher, deceased, praying compensation losses by depredations committed on his property by hostile Indians in the Creek war
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1857-1858
MONDAY, May 3, 1858.

The petition of Stephen O. Kelly, praying compensation for losses sustained in the Creek war of 1836.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, May 16, 1870.

George Fisher in the matter of an award made by the Secretary of War for indemnity for property destroyed by United States troops during the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1849-1850
MONDAY, March 11, 1850.

1. The petition of William Simmons, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities received and incurred in the Creek Indian war.

2. The memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, in behalf of John Scott, of Pike county, in said State, praying for relief on account of disabilities contracted from exposure during the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1843-1844
FRIDAY, January 12, 1844.

A petition of O. W. Bailey, of the State of Alabama, praying for compensation for horses lost in the service of the United States during the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1857-1858
TUESDAY, May 18, 1858.

The petition of Stephen O. Kelly, praying remuneration for a horse lost in actual service in the Creek war, in the year 1836.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, December 31, 1849.


The petition of Thomas and Elizabeth Armstrong, heirs of Josiah Fletcher, deceased, praying compensation losses by depredations committed on his property by hostile Indians in the Creek war
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1857-1858
MONDAY, May 3, 1858.

The petition of Stephen O. Kelly, praying compensation for losses sustained in the Creek war of 1836.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, May 16, 1870.


George Fisher in the matter of an award made by the Secretary of War for indemnity for property destroyed by United States troops during the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1849-1850
MONDAY, March 11, 1850.


1. The petition of William Simmons, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities received and incurred in the Creek Indian war.

2. The memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, in behalf of John Scott, of Pike county, in said State, praying for relief on account of disabilities contracted from exposure during the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1843-1844
FRIDAY, January 12, 1844.

1. A petition of O. W. Bailey, of the State of Alabama, praying for compensation for horses lost in the service of the United States during the Creek war.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1847-1848
TUESDAY, December 21, 1847.

2. The petition of William P. Yonge, praying remuneration for damage on cotton, taken by Thomas Hoxey and used as a breastwork, on board of a steamboat, during the Creek war
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1855-1856
MONDAY, February 18, 1856.

The petition of Robert S. Wimberly, of the county of Twiggs and State of Georgia, praying for a pension for services in the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1831-1832
WEDNESDAY, January 4, 1832.


Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of paying John M. Harris and John A. Chapman for horses lost by them in the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1836-1837
TUESDAY, December 20, 1836.


A petition of John Reilly, of Augusta, in the State of Georgia, praying compensation for property lost during the Creek war.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1857-1858
TUESDAY, February 2, 1858.

The petition of Dennis Hills, praying for pay as issuing commissary of subsistence to Major Charles H. Nelson in the Creek war of 1836.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1836-1837
MONDAY, December 12, 1836.

1. The claim of George M. Mason, a volunteer in the late Creek campaign, for compensation for a horse killed while carrying an express.

2. A petition of John Brown & Co., contractors for carrying the mail from the city of Washington to Wheeling, praying for an increase of compensation, in consequence of the increase of the mail, occasioned by the war with the Creek Indians.

3. The Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of remunerating the troops who were called into the service of the United States, under the proclamation of the President of the United States, of the 6th June, 1836, and who have been engaged since that time in the service of the United States, in the Creek war, or in the expedition to Florida against the Seminole Indians, for the loss of such horse or horses as shall have been killed in battle, or by casualty; or as shall have died or been abandoned in said service for want of forage; or such as shall have been abandoned on account of inability to perform further service, from fatigue in said service, or from other unavoidable causes.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1839-1840
MONDAY, May 25, 1840.

A claim of Adam Hall, of the State of Alabama, for compensation for two horses lost in the service of the United States, in the Creek war, in the year 1814.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1837-1838
MONDAY, May 21, 1838.


1. The application of Jamison and Wilkinson for remuneration for losses sustained as mail contractors in the State of Alabama during the late Creek war.

2. A memorial of Andrew Rembert, of the State of Alabama, praying compensation for a horse lost in the military service of the United States during the Creek Indian hostilities of 1836.

3. A memorial of Thomas W. Coker, of the State of Alabama, praying compensation for a horse lost in the military service of the United States during the Creek Indian hostilities of 1836.

4. A memorial of William J. Marston, of the State of Alabama, praying compensation for a horse lost in the military service of the United States during the Creek Indian hostilities of 1836.

5. A memorial of Alford Gaudy, of the State of Alabama, praying compensation for a horse lost in the military service of the United States during the Creek Indian hostilities of 1836.

6. A memorial of Andrew Rembert, of the State of Alabama, praying compensation for services as quartermaster, by special appointment, to a company of Alabama volunteers, while operating against the insurgent Creek Indian in the spring of 1837.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1837-1838
MONDAY, March 5, 1838.

1 A petition of Guilford P. Gilden, of the State of Alabama, praying indemnity for property destroyed by the United States troops during the Creek war.

2. A petition of inhabitants of the county of Russell, in the State of Alabama, who were sufferers by the depredations of Creek Indians in 1836.

3. Documents in support of the claim of Captain Park's company of cavalry, for payment for services against the Creek Indians.

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