Friday, March 05, 2010

Clues Of Your Family.

One of the hardest things in researching ones family is finding clues, which will lead to new discoveries about one ancestors life. One little clue is all it takes to lead one into a new direction of research, one may not have thought of before. How many times have we read a short paragraph and found the clue we were looking for. This page is all about clues and nothing but clues. I can tell you these clues well be of the men of the army and navy and of some of their family members, these clues will also cover the civilians as well. I hope some of these clues will give some of the answers you were looking for.
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Note. There may be some additional information on some of this names. If you see a name of interest and would like to know if there is any add information, drop me a line and I will be glad to take a look. My address can be found in my profile, Plese give the title of this page or I may not be able to help you.
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1. Peter Sky, an Indian chief of the Onondaga tribe, was in the service of the United States.

2. Dirk Van Ingen, was a senior surgeon in the general hospital of the continental line in the revolutionary war.

3. Mary Noble and Philemon Noble, of Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts, are the children of Philemon Noble, who died on board the United States frigate Congress, in the year 1800.

4. Mary Elliot, of Beverly, in the State of Massachusetts, was the wife of Luke Elliot, who was killed while engaged as a quartergunner on board the private armed vessel Growler, of Salem, during the late war with Great Britain.

5. William Austin, was in the command of the private armed vessel, of war Brutus, of Boston.

6. Benjamin J. Totten, was a Lieutenant of the United States navy. Midshipman, 2 March, 1823. Passed Midshipman, 20 February, 1830. Lieutenant, 29 March, 1834. Commander, 14 September, 1855. Retired List, 1 October, 1864. Commodore on Retired List, 4 April, 1867. Died 9 May, 1877.

7. Solomon Russell, of Somerset county, in the State of Maine, was a private in the revolutionary war, was on the Massachusetts Line.

8. Abraham Morrill, of New Hampshire, furnished supplies to the Government during the war of 1812.

9. Isaiah Rogers and Richard Bond, had their architectural drawings destroyed by the burning of the Treasury building, in the war of 1812.

10. Betsey Connor, of New Hampshire, was hospital nurse at Fort Constitution.

11. Abraham Lyon, of Springfield, of the State of Ohio, was enlisted in the service of the United States in the year 1793, and Was wounded in the late war with Great Britain.

12. In 1842, Mr. Robert Tyler, was the private secretary, of the President.

13. Maria H. Dangerfield, was the wife of Dr. William A. Danger field.

14. Anthony Gale, was a quartermaster in 1806.

15. John B. Braun, was a partner of H. Wilkins & Co, Baltimore, Maryland.

16. Abraham Van Horn, of New York, was a deputy commissary and forage-master during the revolutionary war.

17. John Clarke, of Virginia, delivered sixteen cannon to the Government.

18. Jane Belt, of the State of Pennsylvania, was the wife of J. R. Bell, who was a soldier of the Revolution.

19. William Russell, of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, owner of the schooner Perch, which was wrecked in the bay of Fundy on the night of the 13th of May 1841?

20. Anna Maria Behney, of Lebanon county, in the State of Pennsylvania, was the wife of Peter Behney, a soldier of the Revolution.

21. Richard Shubrick, was a Captain of the South Carolina line, of the revolutionary army.

22. James Jackson, of England, was a heir of John Johnson, pilot of Commodore John Paul Jones, at the time of the battle between the Ben Homme Richard and the British frigate Serapis.

23. John Webber, of the State of Maine, took the fifth census in a certain district in Maine.

24. Andrew Nelson, was a seaman and was killed on board the ship Saratoga, on lake Champlain, on the 11th September, 1814.

25. Joel Charles, in the State of Indiana, had his property destroyed by militia in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain.

26. George H. Jennings, of the city of Boston, master mariner, had pecuniary losses and injuries, sustained in taking and bringing to justice two of the crew of the brig Orbit, of New York.

27. William Gray, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, is an alien, and has not resided two years within the United States, and that he is the inventor of a new and useful machine; and is hoping the Secretary of State will issue him letters of patent for his invention.

28. John H. Wendall, was a captain in the army of the revolution.

29. Joshua Hillyard, of the State of New York, furnished forage to the troops at Plattsburgh during the war of 1812.

30. Benjamin Reynolds, of the State of New York, furnished wood and timber, for the use of the United States troops during the war of 1812.

31. Allen Smith, and Elias Woodruff, of the State of New York, furnished supplies and labor to the troops in the United States during the war of 1812.

32. Ebenezer Wilcox, of the State of New York, lost his horse, while in the service of the United States, during the war of 1812.

33. Charles Goodspead, of the State of New York, furnished stabling and hay, to the troops of the United States, during the war of 1812.

34. Jerome Barhyett, of the State of New York, lost his horses and other property, while engaged in the service of the United States, during the war of 1812.

35. James J. Pattison, of the State of Maryland, had his dwelling house brunt , by the enemy during the war. of 1812.

36. Carlton Belt, of the State of Kentucky, furnished a gun, to the soldiers during the war of 1812, who went on the campaign conducted by General Hopkins up the Wabash.

37. Thomas F. McCanlass, of the State of Tennessee, lost his horse while in the service of the United States, during the war of 1812.

38. David McCanlass, of the State of Tennessee, lost his gun, in the service of the United States, during the war of 1812.

39. James Collier, of Ohio, was a spy to thearmy in 1794.

40. Charles C. Haddock, of Ohio, was the son of John Haddock, of New York, and who had his dwelling house, with all its contents, burnt by the enemy, during the war of 1812.

41. James Baker, of Illinois, furnished a horse, wagon, and harness, for the use of the Illinois militia, in the service of the United States in 1832.

42. Thomas W. Taylor, of the State of Illinois, had a horse taken into the service of the United States, while engaged against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832.

43. Isaac B. Essex, of the State of Illinois, had a horse, lost while in the service of the United States in 1832.

44. Albion T. Crow, of the State of Illinois, had a stable, destroyed by fire while in the possession of the United States troops in 1832.

45. Robert Morrison, of Kaskaskia, had a horses stolen by the Indians.

46. William Monroe and Joseph Wolfskill, of the State of Missouri, had their property destroyed at the Boonslick settlement during the last war, by the Sac and Fox Indians.

47. David H. Maxwell, of the State of Indiana, gave medical service to a company of United States rangers, during the years 1813 and 1814.

48. Sabra Backus, wife of the Colonel Electus Backus, who was killed at the battle of Sacketts Harbor during the war of 1812.

49. Francis Bashford, of Ohio, was disabled while in the service of the United States.

50. Philip Coleman, of Ohio, was wounded while in the service of his country, at the battle of Fort Meigs.

51. Philip Rupel, made experiments for the purpose of proving his recently rediscovered submarine or Greek fire.

52. William Judson, of the town of New London, in the State of Connecticut, built the custom-house at the Fort of New London.

53. Doctor Augustine Slaughter, was a surgeon in the Virginia continental line in the revolutionary war.

54. Thomas Cole, was a captain in the Rhode Island continental line in the revolutionary war, one of his heirs was George W. Cole.

55. Samuel Augustus Barker, was a captain in the Connecticut line in the Army of the revolution, his son was Samuel A. Barker.

56. Elizabeth Reynolds, is the daughter of Major William Bailey, who was a Major in the revolution.

57. Joseph Scott was a captain of the Virginia continental line in the war of the revolution.

59. Francis Eppes, was a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia continental line, during the revolutionary war, one heir was Robert Lanier.

60. James Barron, was a son to Samuel Barron, who was a commodore in the Virginia State Navy, during the revolutionary war.

61. James White, was a captain during the revolutionary war, and he advanced money to the United States. He had a heir a son Joseph White.

62. Pleasant Thatcher, was in the revolutionary war, one of his heirs was Robert Webb.

63. John Champe, was in the revolutionary war, one of his heirs was William Champe.

64. William Scott, was a Lieutenant Colonel, in the revolutionary war, two of his heirs were; Lawrence Ryan and Thomas Lekie.

65. Sarah Drown, of Massachusetts, was the wife of Jonathan Drown, who was a captain the revolutionary war.

66. Elizabeth Steel, of the State of Maryland, is the wife of James Steel, who was a soldier of the revolution.

67. William J. Flagg, was in the naval service of the United States, from 1799 to 1801, Lieutenant, 7 March, 1799. Discharged 15 April, 1801, under Peace Establishment Act.

68. Jeremiah Clay and Nancy his wife, of Missouri, Nancy had been a settler in the province of Louisiana, in the year 1800.

69. Laura Wadsworth, of Vermont, widow of George Wadsworth, had land at the foot of the rapids of the Miami river, in 1831.

70. Lewis B. Willis, of the State of Louisiana, was a paymaster in the service of the United States in the war with Great Britain, war of 1912.

71. A. M. Kitzmiller, was clerk to the commanding officer of the national armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

72. Cornelius A. Reeves, of the county of Cumberland, in the State of New Jersey, was a soldier in the war of 1812.
73. David H. Burr, he give money for the publication of maps of the post offices and post roads.

74. Ann Maria Dornback, of Columbia, in the State of Pennsylvania, was the wife of John Dornback, who was a soldier of the revolutionary war.

75. Susannah Carpenter, widow of James Carpenter, deceased was of the State of Kentucky, who was the son of Isabel French, widow of James French, a deceased soldier of the Revolution.

76. Josephine Nourse, wife of Benjamin F. Nourse, who was an assistant surgeon in the army of the United States.

77. John P. Converse, a citizen of the county of Geauga, in the State of Ohio, worked for the Post Office Department.

78. Gilbert Stalker, a mariner, lost a steamboat at Cedar Keys, Florida, while in the service of the United States.

79. George Deming, of the State of Vermont, had a boat sunk in Cumberland bay, by order of General Mooers, in the late war with Great Britain, and which was afterwards captured by the enemy.

80. Clark Alien, of the State of New York, was a major of militia in the service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain, and had military equipage captured by the enemy.

81. Asel Wilkinson, of the State of New York, was a pilot on board Commodore Perry's fleet on Lake Erie, in the late war of 1812.

82. William Eaton, of the city of Washington, had losses sustained by him under an engagement with the Engineer Department, made in 1818, to provide workmen and subsistence for the fortifications then about to be constructed on Dauphin island, near the port of Mobile. Mr. William Eaton, also had property destroyed on the Niagara and Northern frontiers, by the British forces during the late war.


83. Joseph S. Thomas, of Plattsburg, in the State of New York, had three buildings burned by order of General Macomb, in the late war with Great Britain; and had his wood cut, for military barracks.

84. Benjamin Mooers, of the State of New York, had damages done to his farm by troops of the United States in 1813.

85. Sylvester Phelps, is a surviving partner of the firm of Sylvester Phelps and Charles Landon, who had a house and other property destroyed by the British forces at South Hero, in Vermont, in 1815, while the same was occupied by troops of the United States.

86. Jacob Townsend, of the State of New York, had damages sustained by him from the erection of military works on his lands near Lewistown.

87. Alexander Watson, had buildings destroyed by the British forces at the invasion of Lewiston, in December, 1813.

88. Nicholas Sewall, of the State of Maryland, had houses and other property destroyed by the British forces in the late war, and while occupied by troops of the United States.

89. Laurentius M. Eiler, of the State of Missouri, was a deputy surveyor of public lands in Missouri.

90. Joseph Grant, of the State of Rhode Island, made improvement in the art of manufacturing hat bodies.

91. John James Giraud, medical doctor, of the city of Baltimore, had a patent for a "machine for propelling vessels,"

92. William Rogers, was a captain in the revolutionary army, he had two heirs Sarah B. Potts and Priscilla B. Harman.

93. Margaret and William Core, were heirs of William B. Bunting, who was an ensign in the revolutionary army.

94. Margaret Reynolds, was the wife of Samuel Norcross, who was killed while in the service of the United States, in the year 1814.

95. John Owens, was of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, he had two slaves killed by accident, while engaged as laborers in the construction of the dry dock at Norfolk. After his death his children Jeannet and Mary Owens, were giving guardian by Stephen Carney and Joseph Moore.

96. William Trigg, a major in the army of the United States in the late war with Great Britain, had a horse and other property lost in service.

97. George Spalding and John T. Collins, both of Middletown, in Connecticut, traded under the firm Of Spalding and Collins.

98. Jonathan Johnson, of Georgia, had his corn cut down and destroyed by the agent of the United States in the Cherokee nation of Indians.

99. Jonas Fauche, of the State of Georgia, had property captured and stolen from him by Indians previous to the year 1802.

100. William B. Nash, was a convict in the penitentiary of the District of Columbia.

101. Sarah M. Gates, was the wife of Captain Lemuel Gates, who died in the Florida campaign.

102. Ann Ross, was the wife of Lieutenant A. Ross, now deceased, of the marine corps, who died in service in Florida.

103. James Case and John Richard, of the city of New York, had certain property destroyed by an officer in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain.

104. Alexander Humphrey, of the county of Schoharie, in the State of New York, had damages sustained under a contract for repairing certain wharves at Staten Island.

105. Jesse Wheeler, of the State of New York, had a son, a private in Captain Farrinton's company, in the army of the revolution, who lost his life in the service of his country.

106. Joseph Gresham, of the State of Virginia, made a contract with the Government for the delivery of one thousand cords of wood.

107. Robert Brooke and Caroline his wife, of the District of Columbia, had their houses burnt by the enemy during the late war.

108. Presley N. O'Bannon, of the State of Kentucky, furnished a horse to the mounted troops from Kentucky, in the year 1813.

109. Presley Kemper, of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, was a wagon-master in the northwestern army under Governor Meigs, in 1812.

110. William J. Posey, of the State of Indiana, lost a horse in the service of the United States during the war of 1812.

Wounded in the war of 1812.

Barnard Pompilly.
Stephen Morrill, of the State of Maine.
Samuel T. Winslow, of the State of Maine.
Aaron D. Foster, of the State of Indiana.
George Elliott, of the State of Missouri.



111. Michael Quin, of the State of Rhode Island, was injury wihile blasting rocks for the erection of fortifications in the harbor of Newport.

112. James B. Folsom, a seaman on board the United States revenue cutter, was wounded by the bursting of a cannon at the time of the President's visit to the city of New York, in June, 1833.

113. George White, of the State of Pennsylvania, lost his eyesight by the discharge of a cannon during the last war.

114. Eliza Causin and Ann Turner, were the daughters of John H. Stone.

115. C. A. Collier, of the State of Kentucky, was injured while in the service of the United States during the late war.

116. John H. Newland, of the State of Indiana, was wounded at the battle of Tippecanoe, in the year 1811.

117. Henry Gibson, was a clerk for the court of the United States, for the fifth circuit and eastern district of Virginia.

118. Nathaniel Gunniston, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was owner and master of the schooner Fanny, in the year 1803.

Soldiers of the revolutionary war.

Avery Downer, of the State of Connecticut.
Thaddeus Tuttle, of the State of Vermont.
Simeon Meacham, of the State of New York.
Samuel Hubbard, of the State of New York.
Josiah Strong, of Montgomery, New York.
Elias Snyder, of the county of Cayuga, New York.
John Crofts, of the State of New York.
Benedict Alford, of New York.
Leonard Smith, of the State of New York.
Moses Dusenbury, of the State of New York.
John Packard, of the State of New York
Peter Dimick, of the State of New York.
Matthias Traverse, of the State of Maryland.
Joseph Chambers, of the State of Ohio.
James Cuddy, of Virginia.

119. Margaret Lawrence, of Pennsylvania, was the wife of Daniel Lawrence who was a soldier in the revolutionary war.

120. Henry M. Shreve, was the inventor of the steam snag-boat.

121. James Black, of Arkansas, was injured while building a certain grist-mill on lands ceded to the Choctaw Indians.

122. John Gregg, of Ohio, was the only heir of John Gregg, an officer of the revolution.

123. Thomas Park, of the State of Indiana, had private property taken for the use of Government during the revolutionary war.

124. Mary A. Patrick, was the wife of Capt. Alexander Patrick, of the United States Army.

125. Richard B. Brumfield, father, was a soldier in a company of rangers, in the Territory of Missouri.

126. Mary Black, of Arkansas, had her land injured by the encampments of the emigrating Choctaw Indians.

127. Edward Graham, now of the city of Philadelphia, was an unsuccessful candidate for a teacher for the district primary schools of Indian children.

128. Jacob Townsend, of the State of New York, had damage done to his property by militia in service of the United States in the year 1812.

129. Kinner Newcomb, of the State of New York, furnished provender to the troops of the United States in the year 1813.

130. Philip Hickey, of the State of Louisiana, had a quantity of timber cut and carried from his land near Baton Rouge, by troops of the United States, between the years 1812 and 1824.

131. Jacob Townsend, of the State of New York, praying to be paid for damage done to his property by militia in service of the United States in the year 1812.

132. Kinner Newcomb, of the State of New York, furnished provender for the troops of the United States in the year 1813.

133. Josiah H. Webb, received a wound while he was carrying the mail of the United States.

134. Julia Ann Birchmore, is the wife of William Birchmore, who was a surgeon in the navy, Surgeon's Mate, 10 January, 1815. Surgeon, 10 July, 1824. Lost in the Hornet, 10 September, 1829.

135. Peter Anderson, of the State of Virginia was in the military against the British and Indians, between the years 1775 and 1794.

136. William Bussard, of the District of Columbia, changed his name to William Franklin.

137. Andrew Walthour, of the State of Georgia, had negro slaves taken from him by Creek Indians.

138. Bartley Cox, of the State of Alabama, lost a horse while on service in the Seminole war in the year 1818.

139. Benjamin Moore, of Harper's Ferry, in the State of Virginia, had a improved method of percussioning flint lock arms.

140. Silas Hopkins, of the State of New York, had property destroyed by the British forces in the late war, the said property being in the possession and use of the United States.

141. Rebecca McCann, of the District of Columbia, her husband, Arthur McCann, lost a horse while in the service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain.

142. Elias Johns, of the State of Tennessee, had a horse lost while in the service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain.

143. Henry Banks, furnished supplies to the southern army in the revolutionary war.

144. John Robinson, of the State of New York, had property destroyed by the British forces on the 19th December, 1813.

145. Robert Kaine, of Buffalo, in the State of New York, give his services as an officer of militia in the service of the United States in the late war, and that his horse and some equipments was lost in service; also, some of his property was taken for public use, in said war.

146. Samuel Grice, of the State of Pennsylvania, delivered a quantity of ship timber, to the Navy Department of the United States.

147. William Smith, of Virginia, lost a horse while in the military service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain.

148. William Anderson, of Kentucky, lost a horse while in the military service of the United States in the late war with Great Britain.

149. William Matthews, of Fayette county, Illinois, give his services to the army of the United States, under the command of General Anthony Wayne.

150. William Hays, of Champaign county, Illinois, was in the service of the armies of the United States in the years 1782, 1791, and 1792.

151. John Nappertandy, of Circleville, Ohio, was in the service of the army of the United States in the war of 1812 with Great Britain.

152. Daniel Turnipseed, of Pickens county, Alabama, had losses sustained by him at the hands of hostile Indians in 1836.

153. Susan Rogers, of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, was the wife of William Rogers, a chaplain in the army of the Revolution.

154. George Easter, of Westmoreland county, in the State of Pennsylvania, was wounded in the service of the United States.

155. Martha Twist, of the State of Massachusetts, is the wife of Stephen Twist, late a sergeant in the army of the United States, and she was a nurse in the United States service.

156. John G. Munn, was the keeper of the light-house at New London, and Daniel Whittlesey, was the keeper of the light-house at Saybrook.

157. Nathan Williams, of Brooklyn, in the State of Connecticut, was a orphan son of Captain Nathan Williams, who was an officer of the Revolution, and his father also lost a horse and other property while in the service.

158. Humphrey Richardson, of Dorset, in the county of Bennington and State of Vermont, lost property while a soldier in the army of the United States during the revolutionary war.

159. Elias Hall and Alpheus Hall, of the State of Vermont, are the heirs of Captain John Hall, was killed while in the service of his country during the revolutionary war.

160. David Brooks and Maria M. Brooks, were heirs of Captain Daniel Neil, who was in the revolutionary war.

161. Thomas H. Baird, of the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, was one heir to Doctor Absalom Baird.

162. William H. Gregory, was the only child of William Gregory, a captain in the Virginia continental line during the war of the Revolution.

163. Nathaniel Gunnison, of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, is heir to John Gunnison, his father was a carpenter on board of the continental ship of war Bonhomme Richard, in 1779, under the command of John Paul Jones.

164. Jonathan Walker, of the State of Massachusetts, says he sailed as master and owner of the sloop Supply, of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In May, 1836, he sailed from New Orleans, for Tampico in Mexico, and was blown on shore upon the eastern coast of Mexico, in the State of Tamaulipas, where he was robbed and severely wounded by a band of Mexican robbers.

165. John Howe, of Jefferson county, in the State of New York, give transportation, team-work, and rented of quarters to the United States soldiers, during the last war with Great Britain.

166. Catharine M. Smith, wife of Thomas Denyse Smith, who had a horse killed by the United States troops on Long Island in 1814.

167. Jonathan Davis, of Mercer county, in the State of Pennsylvania, had property taken by the enemy during the late war with Great Britain.

168. William Davenport, heir of Hezekiah Davenport, a soldier of the Revolution, who was killed at the battle of Ridgefield, in the revolutionary war.

169. John W. W. Godbold, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, was called into the service of the United States in the year 1782.

170. Elizabeth Williams, of Amherst, in the State of Massachusetts, was the wife of Daniel Kidder, who died of wounds received at the battle of Bunker's hill.

171. Charles Rockwell, of Andover, in the State of Massachusetts, was a chaplain in the navy of the United States.

172. Pamela Brown, widow of General Jacob Brown, late commander-in-chief of the army of the United States, who died in the year 1828, at the city of Washington, of wounds received while in the service of the United States.

173. Ruth B. Gardner, wife of Edwin Gardner, of Massachusetts, who was wounded while a prisoner in Dartmoor prison, during the war with Great Britain in 1813, at the time the prisoners were fired upon by the guard.

174. Dr. James H. Bradford, was a assistant surgeon in the United States army,

175. Phebe Rogers, wife of William Rogers, who had been head rigger at the navy yard in Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts.

176. Jacob H. Holt, had been a clerk in the Quartermaster's department of the United States army.

177. Mary A. Patrick, was the wife of the late Captain Matthew Alexander Patrick, of the 1st regiment of artillery of the United States.

178. John Howard Kyan, of Gillingham street, in the county of Middlesex, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, called England, had a invention for preserving vegetable substances from decay.

179. Persis Lovely, wife of Major L. S. Lovely, who was a officer of the Army of the Revolution, and also was a Agent for the Emigrating Cherokee Indians.

180. Moody Mann, of Brown county, in the Territory of Wiskonsan, had property destroyed by Menomonie Indians.

181. Jerusha Smith, of the town of Jackson, Charlotte Reynolds, of the town of White Creek, in the county of Washington, and Jesse Lucas, of the town of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga, and State of New York, are the only surviving children and heirs-at-law of Abigail Lucas, deceased, widow of Samuel Lucas, a deceased soldier of the Revolution, praying for a pension.

182. Robert Butler, was appointed surveyor general of the Territory of Florida in the year 1824, and was ordered to establish his office in a wilderness, where the seat of Government was to be located.

183. John Skirving, of the city of Philadelphia, examining public buildings in the city of Washington, and preparing plans and estimates for warming the same.

184. Alice Downing, of Rockingham, in the State of New Hampshire, was the wife of Jonathan Downing, who was a sergeant major in the war of the Revolution.

185. Sarah Eveleth, widow, had a son, William S. Eveleth, now deceased, was a lieutenant in the United States corps of engineers.

186. John Otis, of Massachusetts, made a improved method, invented by him, of loading and firing gunpowder.

187. Esther Carter, is the daughter of John Beacham.

188. Captain George W. Taylor, was hoping to sell to the government a invention of his for giving direction to the flight of rockets.

189. James R. Howison, was the disbursing officer at the naval school at Annapolis, in the State of Maryland.

190. Cyrus Benedict, was the son-in-law to John Robinson, who was in the revolutionary war.

191. Margaret White, of the State of New Jersey, was the wife of Colonel Anthony Walton White, who was in the revolutionary army.

192. Elizabeth Montgomery, of the State of Delaware, was the daughter of Captain Hugh Montgomery, who was in the naval service in the revolutionary war.

193. Nancy Haggard, of the State of Kentucky, is theonly heir of William Grymes, who died while a major of the revolutionary army.

194. CroweIl Hatch, had property captured by the French cruisers on the high seas, previous to the year 1800.

195. Robert C. Jennings, was a surviving partner of Jennings and Roddy.

196. J. Walton and John J. De Graff, who are the firm of J. Walton and Company, of Schenectady, in the State of New York, who borrowed money for the use of the Government during the late war with Great Britain.

197. John S. Devlin, was a quartermaster sergeant in the United States marine corps.

198. Jonathan Bulkley, of the State of Pennsylvania, was a midshipman in the navy.

199. William Trigg is a heir of Colonel Stephen Trigg, who was killed in service.

200. Mary Elliot, Susan Neal, and Hannah Patch, of the State of Massachusetts, who’s husbands were killed on board private armed vessels in the late war with Great Britain.

201. Richard Frisby, of the city of Baltimore, had his property destroyed by the British forces in the late war.

202. Frederick Gebhard, merchant, of the city of New York, had a vessel, called the Martha, arrived on the South side of Long Island, within the collection district of New York, on the 27th June, 1828, but was unable to enter the port until the first of July following, when the duties prescribed by the tariff of May, 1828, which commenced on the first July, were charged upon her cargo.

203. Amos Wade, of the State of North Carolina, was the owner of the brig Remittance.

204. Joseph Krittman, of the City of New York, representing that, in 1811, he was shamefully abused in his person, and robbed and plundered of a large amount of property, by the authorities of the City of Hamburgh, in Europe, where he was at that time pursuing his lawful commerce, as a citizen of the United States.

205. David M. Lewis, of the State of New York, had property destroyed by British forces, in the late war, because the house in which it was deposited, was afterwards taken possession of, and occupied by troops of the United States.

206. Lewis Anderson, of the State of Georgia, had a horse, captured by the Seminole Indians, in the Campaign of 1818.

207. Robert Smart, of the Territory of Michigan, had lumber and other property taken from him, for the use of troops of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain.

208. Susan Johnstone, of the Territory of Michigan, had goods and merchandise seized, and carried away, and sold, by Major Holmes, an officer of the Army of the United States, in the year 1814, on the ground that it was enemy's property.

209. George Taylor, junior, of the State of New York, rendered service in various capacities in the Civil Department of the Army of the United States, during the War of the Revolution.

210. Manuel Del Barco, of St. Augustine, in Florida, was trying to bring a Negro slave into the United States, from Havana; at which place he recovered him, having been forcibly carried from Florida, by British forces, in the late war with Great Britain.

211. Henry R. Teller, of the state of New York, had injuries done to, his house and premises in the city of New York, by the British army, in the Revolutionary war.

212. Heman B. Potter, Sylvia Chapin, Sylvia Holmes; Joseph Sill, Joshua Lovejoy; Samuel De Veaux, Gilman Folsom, Ira Dickerson, Elisha Ensign, and Gad Pierce, all of the county of Niagara, in the state of New York, had losses sustained by the destruction of their houses and other property by the British forces during the invasion of the Niagara frontier in the months of December, 1813, and January, 1814, who’s houses were destroyed in consequence of having been occupied by the United States as barracks and store houses for the army.

213. Charles Douglass, a merchant, of the city of New York, did, at the commencement of the war with Great Britain, in order to save his goods and merchandise, which were in the province, of Canada, he was transporting them into the United States, and that on the route they were fallen in with and seized, by Col. Isaac Clarke, and a detachment of the rifle corps under his command, and that the said Col. Clarke, without the formality of a judicial investigation, divided the said goods and merchandise between himself, his officers, and men.

214. William Henderson, of the state of Virginia, had a house destroyed by the British forces in the late war, in consequence of its being occupied by a detachment of troops of the United States.

215. Robert Blean, had a house belonging to him, contiguous to the military academy at West Point, which was taken down and converted to public purposes at said academy.

216. John Reilly, of Augusta, in the State had property lost during the Creek war.

217. Henry Grim, of the county of Coshocton, in the State of Ohio, had a horse lost in the United States service, during the late war with Great Britain.

218. William G. Sanders, a suttler in the army of the United States, stationed at Fort Brooke, in Florida, had his property burnt by order of the commanding officer at the post, on 21st January 1835.

219. Captain Robert Chinoworth, alias Richard Chinoweth, helped in the erection of a garrison at the falls of the Ohio river, during the revolution.

220. Lucy Williamson, of the State of Tennessee, wife of John Williamson, and only surviving heir of the late Captain Raines Cook, of the army of the revolution.

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