Pilots Of Ships.

When you say the word ( Pilot ) today one would think of a airplane, but if you were from the 1700 and 1800 hundreds you would more then likely be thinking of ships. The following men were all pilot of some kind of ship.

Note. Some of these names may have additional information. If you see a name and you would like to see if there is any more information, you can write to me,my address can be found in my profile.
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Note. The dates are the year these petitions and memorials were taken before Congress and not the year of the event.
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Michael Lewis, was the pilot of the schooner Vixen, in 1813 .

ON CLAIM OF A PILOT TO COMPENSATION ON ACCOUNT OF BEING TAKEN PRISONER WHILE IN A PUBLIC VESSEL AND DETAINED BY THE ENEMY.
Note. This report is about one page.
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Benjamin B. Naylor, was a pilot, in the navy for the Patapsco.
Note. There was a Bill in Congress.
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1813, Asel Wilkinson, was pilot for the schooner and Ariel.

ON CLAIM OF A PILOT FOR THE EXTRA PAY ALLOWED FOR SERVICES ON BOARD OF THE SQUADRON OF COMMODORE PERRY IN THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE, IN 1813.
Note. This report is about one page.
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Abraham Whiltbank, was a pilot in about 1778.
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1777, John Brown, alias John Lee.

General Schuyler laid before Congress the proceedings of a court martial, held at Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday of May the 19 and 20, on the trial of John Brown, alias John Lee, signed by Stephen Moylan, president, wherein the court determined "That the prisoner is guilty of conducting five men to Brunswick; of holding a traiterous correspondence with the enemy, in offering himself as a pilot to General Howe, to conduct the British army from Brunswick to Philadelphia; and also in promising to discover to the enemy to what place the continental stores, from Philadelphia, were removed; and the court found the prisoner guilty of a breach of the nineteenth article of the thirteenth section, and were of opinion that he should suffer death; but, from some circumstances which appeared on his trial, the court think proper to recommend him to the General as an object of mercy."
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Benjamin Hill, former pilot of the sloop Providence, served as a volunteer midshipman on the Ranger in 1778.
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1792. A petition of Thomas M'Ham and Ester his wife, representatives of Philip Treglohan, deceased, praying compensation for the services of the said Philip, as a pilot in the Navy of the United States, during the late war.
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1860, The petition of Thomas B. King, praying payment for services as a pilot at the harbor of Brazos Santiago.
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1779, the proceedings of a court martial on the trial of John Emmes, late a pilot of the ship Champion, for desertion.
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1777, The proceedings of a general court martial, held at Philadelphia, the 29th of this instant, March, 1777, on James Molesworth, accused of being a spy from the enemy, for endeavouring to inveigle three pilots into their service, to pilot the ships of war to the attack of this city, were laid before Congress, and read; and, it appearing thereby, that the said James Molesworth is found guilty of the crimes laid to his charge, and sentenced to suffer death.
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1850, That the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate on what day, since the last session of Congress, John Webster was removed from the post of pilot on board a revenue cutter on the lakes; the date of the order for his removal, and the day on which his pay as such pilot ceased; also, that he cause to be transmitted to the Senate, copies of all charges, complaints, or papers (if any) exhibited against the said John Webster.
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1805, A petition of Silvado Catalona was presented to the House and read, praying to be remunerated for extraordinary services rendered the United States by the petitioner, as pilot on board the ketch Intrepid, at the burning of the frigate Philadelphia, in the harbor of Tripoli.
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1854, The petition of Alexander F. Barnard, pilot of the United States steamer Michigan, praying to be allowed pay for the entire period during which he was employed.
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1816, A petition of William Thorn, stating that at the commencement of the late war with Great Britain he owned a large tract of land in the province of Canada, which, upon his entering into the service of the United States, as a pilot for the American squadron on Lake Erie, was confiscated by the British government, and praying that he may receive a grant for an equal quantity of land from the United States.
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1866, The petition of William Jones, praying compensation for the destruction of his vessel and cargo at Mobile, Alabama, in March, 1861, while in the service of the United States, and for extra services as pilot at Southwest Pass of the Mississippi river, from 1862 to 1865.
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1822, A memorial of John White, pilot of the city of New York, containing a number of charges of malversation in office, against Henry Cahoone, commander of the revenue cutter of the United States, attached to the port of New York, and praying that the said charges may be inquired into, and that the delinquent may be punished according to law.
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1864, George A. Schreiner, praying a pension for loss of an arm at the battle of Lexington, Missouri, while acting as pilot of the steamer Sunshine.
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1851, The petition of William B. Thomas, praying compensation on account of the services of his father, James Thomas, a pilot, in Saving from capture the frigate Constellation, during the war of 1812.
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1845, A petition of Mary E. Hatch, of the State of South Carolina, widow of Captain Robert Hatch, praying to be allowed a pension in consideration of the services and death of her husband as a pilot on board the schooner Alligator during the late war with Great Britain.
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1866, The petition of Darius Ferris, of Westport, Essex county, New York, who served as pilot on board the United States sloop "General Montgomery," on Lake Champlain in the year 1813, praying to be allowed a pension.
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1868, The petition of John W. Harris, praying for pay as a government pilot from November 1, 1862, to April 20, 1863.
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1851, the memorial of Richard M. Johnson, praying remuneration for losses sustained by him in consequence of his impressment into the service of the United States, as a pilot, in the late war with Mexico.
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1856, The petition of Alexander S. Barnard, of St. Clair, State of Michigan, a pilot in the employ of the United States, praying for an increase of compensation and back pay
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1852, The petition of Robert T. Norris, a pilot, praying to be allowed a pension in consideration of injuries received while mooring the light-ship off Sandy Hook, in 1839
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1874, G. W. Daniels, of Middlesex County, Virginia, late a pilot in the service of the United States, for compensation for sloop Faithful, burned by the United States flotilla in the Rappahannock River in April, 1862
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1854, John Makin, a pilot, to salvage, for relieving the United States frigate Saranac, when in distress off the harbor of Savannah, Georgia
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1864, Anthony Sweeting, late pilot of the United States steamer Juniata.
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1872, Daniel Duffy, a pilot of the Mississippi fleet during the late war, praying additional compensation for his services.
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1828, A petition of Reuben G. York, of Portland, in the State of Maine, ship captain, and Fortunatus Pease, of Bristol, in the State of Massachusetts, United States' coast pilot, praying for the erection of a light-house on Mount Rock, in the State of Maine.
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1826, That the Committee on Military Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing Samuel Drinkwater, late a pilot of the United States brig Enterprize, on the Navy Pension List.
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1788,
On the letter of 2 May from the Secy at war enclosing a letter from Mr Jefferson and sundry papers touching the claim of John Jackson a British pilot, who in the year 1779 went on board Capt J P. Jones then hovering on the coast of England and was detained and, in the Action with the Serapis which ensued, lost his Arm.
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1874, The petition of William Henton, a pilot in the Navy, for the passage of a law authorizing him to be put on the retired list as master
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1874, The petition of James Curtis, praying compensation for services rendered as master and pilot of the schooner James Buchanan
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1788, The claims of John Jackson, an English pilot, for pay, while detained by John Paul Jones.
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1829, The petition of Benjamin Pendleton, of the town of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, stating that his vessel, called the "Seraph," was engaged by the Agents of Government of the United States, to go the exploring expedition in the South Seas, contemplated to be undertaken in the year 1828, and himself engaged as pilot to said expedition: that the said expedition was subsequently abandoned, and that, by reason of these engagements, he has sustained damage to the amount of $4,834 12, which sum he prays may be paid to him.
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1830, A petition of John Cunningham, of the State of Virginia, praying to be paid the amount due for the services of his father, now dead, as pilot to the fleet of the Compte De Grasse, in the waters of the United States, in the revolutionary war.
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1856, The memorial of James H. Dozier, praying that a license may issue to him as a pilot under act of 30th August, 1852.
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1833, A petition of Catharine Rasmussen, of the county of Cayuga, in the State of New York, widow of Andrew Rasmussen, a pilot of the fleet of the United States on Lake Ontario, in the late war, praying to be allowed a pension from the navy pension fund.
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1840, A petition of Robert T. Norris, of the city of New York, praying for a remuneration for injuries received while in the employment of the Government as a pilot for the port of New York.
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1843, A petition of Mary E. Hatch, widow of Robert Hatch, deceased, a pilot in the United States navy, praying to be restored to the navy pension list:
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1872, The petition of Prince Colt, of South Carolina, praying compensation for his services as pilot during the rebellion
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1836, A petition of Abraham H. Kinsley, of East Florida, and sundry citizens in his behalf, praying for a pension for services rendered as pilot, on board of gun-boat No. 162, in the year 1812.
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1875, Asking for a pension to Robert S. Goodall, late first-class pilot, United States Navy.
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1837, A petition of Persis Slater, widow of Samuel Graves, who enlisted as a pilot on board the United States sloop of war Eagle, in Lake Champlain, during the last war with Great Britain, praying for the compensation to which her husband was entitled for his services during said war