Thursday, December 16, 2010

Interesting Surnames From The Old Days.

Here is a interesting page it’s information on lesser known people, with interesting information. Although there is not a lot of information on them, it will make for a interesting side note for your ancestors history. This information may give you a new lead for more research. I have given notes on each surname, telling if there is or is not more information on them. Although I have stated that there is no more information, dose not mean there is none, it only means I couldn’t find any.
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1778, Lieutenant Richard Brown, of the troops of the convention of Saratoga was shot by a centinel for not stopping when repeatedly challenged, as he was riding out of the lines with two women.
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1867, Caroline A. Bachelder, late widow of David W. Edwards, who was shot while in the service of the United States as an employee of a provost marshal.
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In May of 1861, B.C. Bailey, of Main , who was the owner of the ship Argo, his ship was stopped by the commanding naval officer of the United States at Hampton Roads.
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Albert Q. Ross, had a invention for extinguishing fires and is asking Congress for compensation for the use of an improved mode of using hot water and steam as a weapon in naval engagements, for extinguishing fires, and for other purposes.
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John Milhollend, served as a sergeant in a company of mounted volunteers, and in the fall of 1813, he was on a expedition commanded by Governor Shelby. While on this expedition he had his horse lost, and private John Golliher, also had his horse lost.
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Thomas Alsbury, captain of a company in the mounted expedition under General Samuel Hopkins, in the year 1812, had a mare lost on this expedition, because of a wound accidentally received, William Grace, also had a horse lost from being shot.
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August Wegner, had ancestors at Spirit Lake, Iowa, and were massacred by a hand of Sioux Indians, at their settlement.
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In 1779, Benjamin Andrews, a Boston merchant, was shot accidentally by Benjamin Hichborn, who was a post rider for John Adams. He had been capture by the British, but later made his escaped.
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Thomas Sparks, was grape shot manufacturers in the city of Philadelphia.
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Rebecca Hodgson, and Joseph Hodgson, house burnt in the year 1800, while occupied by the government as the war office.
Note. There is more info and will be given up on request.
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In 1775, John Davies had provided provisions and carriage to three riffle companies, amounting to 1,320 9/10 Dollars, In 1801, John Davies, of the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, had established a shot manufactory upon an extensive scale.
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In 1801, Francis G. Deliesseline, of Georgetown, in the State of South Carolina, shipped a quantity of goods, wares, and merchandise, into the port of Charleston, in the said State, which were lost in the transportation from Charleston to Georgetown.
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Ellen Willard, late husband Julius Willard, had a patent for an invention of a machine for making shot by compression.
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John Taylor, of the city of New York, was a mariner on board the revenue cutter, and was active, in the service of the United States; and, while in the discharge of such service, received a gun-shot wound, which disabled him.
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Mary Bruff, husband Thomas Bruff, had invented and set at work, within the navy yard in the city of Washington, a machine for manufacturing leaden bullets, buck shot, &c. which was destroyed at the burning of that yard, in August, 1814.
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Margaret Johnstone, widow of a soldier of the army who was accidentally shot by another soldier.
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William Kendall, had losses sustained by him as sutler in the army of the United States during the war with Mexico.
Note. A sutler, is a merchant, somebody who follows an army and sells merchandise to the soldiers
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Mary Good, only child was accidentally shot and killed at Camp Barry, in the suburbs of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 16th of August, 1865, by a United States soldier, who, in obedience to orders, was firing upon a prisoner who was attempting to escape.
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Richard Chenery, furnished beef cattle for the use of destitute and suffering Indians in California, in the years 1851 and 1852, he was under contract with the then Indian commissioner for the northern district of that State.
Note. There is more info up on request.
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Silas Simpson, property was damaged or destroyed by troops in the service of the United States in Fairfax county, Virginia.
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Frederick Miller, had damage sustain in being ejected from his residence and place of business by a surgeon in the United States service
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William M. Riggs, was a scout and guide for the Union in the years of 1864 and 1865.
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James Chapman, of Starks, in the county of Somerset, and State of Maine, was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain.
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Mary Corwin, husband, Jedediah Corwin, was in the revolutionary war.
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William Paddy, of Easthampton, in the State of New York give long services, and had some disabilities that was incurred, in the army of the United States.
Note. There is more info up on request.
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Eady Tuck, husband John Tuck, of Halifax county, Virginia, private, in the revolutionary war.
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William P. Yonge, had damage on his cotton, taken by Thomas Hoxey and used as a breastwork, on board of a steamboat, during the Creek war.
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Samuel Pool, of Shelby county, in the State of Indiana, was a soldier in the United States army, on the frontier, for three years, from August, 1791.
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Jeremiah Gray, loss of one of his arms, by a gun-shot, while in the service of the United States, as a soldier in Mexico.
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William M. F. Magraw, was a contractor for carrying the mail from Independence, Missouri, to Salt Lake city, in the Territory of Utah.
Note. There is more info up on request.
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Hepzibah Warner, of Norfolk, in the State of Connecticut, husband John Warner, was in the revolutionary service.
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Lucretia Foot, of Harrison county, State of Indiana, her husband George Foot, was a soldier in the revolutionary service.
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Henry Durkee, of Plattsburg, State of New York, had great losses sustained in the execution of a contract with the Government for furnishing beef for the troops of the United States stationed at Plattsburg, in the year 1839.
Note. His petition was put before Congress in 1842, and was still before Congress in 1861.
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Robert McIntosh, of Strafford county, State of New Hampshire, contracted a disease while a soldier in the late war with Great Britain.
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Celestino De Oteyza, master of the Spanish brig Patriota, had his ship seized on behalf of the United States, for a violation of one of the revenue laws passed on the 6th of July, 1812.
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Jane Dauphin, of the State of Delaware, her husband John Dauphin was the owner of the schooner Mary, who’s ship was condemned on the 12th of August, 1809, for a violation of the act laying an embargo.
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John Sees, rendered transportation of prisoners during the Revolutionary war.
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Robert Neil, received a wound while a soldier in the detachment of militia acting against the Seminole Indians in the year 1812.
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John Huston, received a wound while a soldier in the Revolutionary army.
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George Brown, late of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, was in a volunteer Company of Militia, on an expedition against the Indians, under the command of colonel William Crawford, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and in which he received a wound, which rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Robert Lyon, was in the Militia, as a volunteer in Colonel Hartley's regiment, on several expeditions against the Indians, and was dangerously wounded and taken prisoner, in the neighborhood of Fort Jenkins, on the Northeast branch of the Susquehannah, the last day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
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Abner Gage, of the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Stark, received a wound at the battle of Bunker's Hill, in the war of 1812.
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William Burrit, of the town of Salem, in the county of Washington, and State of New York, received a wound and other injuries while a soldier in the Connecticut line of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Alexander M'Nish, of the town of Salem, was a Ensign in Colonel John William's regiment of militia, in the actual service of the United States, during the said Revolutionary war.
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Albin Gordon, of the State of Virginia, was entirely deprived of sight in consequence of a wound which he received while a soldier in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain. He was placed on the pension list of the United States, at the rate of sixty dollars per annum, and that he has a large family to support.
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John Burroughs Hopkins, of the Town of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, received a wound while an officer in the Navy of the United States, during the late war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining his livelihood by labor. He was Captain, 22 December 1775.
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William Dolby, lost an eye, by a wound received at the battle of Germantown, whilst in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.
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William Shepherd, received a wound in an engagement with the Indians, at Point Pleasant, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.
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William M'Hatton, late a Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania line, on continental establishment, received a wound received while in the Army of the United States, during the revolutionary war.
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Andrew Greswold, received a wound while a lieutenant in the Army of the United States during the revolutionary war, which rendered him unable to obtain a livelihood by labor.
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Polly Lee wife of John Harris and the children of Josiah Harris, Stephen Lee. John Harris was a , Lieutenant and was killed in the revolutionary war.
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Susannah Sellers, son, Hamilton Sellers, received a wound on board the frigate Philadelphia, and of which wound he died.
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Lemuel Miller, of the State of Massachusetts; was in the service five years and five months, as lieutenant in the Army during the revolutionary war.
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David Sturges, received a wound in his left hand, during the revolutionary war.
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William Jackson, was a Captain in the South Carolina line, and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Lincoln.
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Walter Finney, late a Captain in the Pennsylvania line, received a wound will serving in the revolutionary war.
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Robert Jones, was a soldier in the Pennsylvania line, and of Nathan Wood, was a Sergeant in Colonel Symond's regiment of Militia, and received wounds while in the service of the United States.
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George Vaughan, of Baltimore, received a wound while a soldier in the Revolutionary army.
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Thomas Hinde, of Kentucky, praying give medical services to a detachment of the Virginia line of the Revolutionary army.
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Josiah Witter, received a wound in the service of the United States, during Revolutionary war.
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Peter Covenhoven, received a wound while in the service of the Revolutionary war.
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John Little, of the county of Montgomery, in the State of New York, received a wound in an engagement with the Indians, while Captain of a company of militia in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

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John Lowry, of the county of Harford, in the State of Maryland, received a wound at the battle on Long Island, in the State of New York, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Robert McKnight, received a wound at the battle of Princeton, in New Jersey, while a captain in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain; the effect of the wound has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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William Seymour, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, received a wound, in the attack made by the enemy, at Fort Griswold, during the Revolutionary war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Albert Roux, late a Captain in the second Continental Regiment of South Carolina, received a wound while in the service of the United States, during Revolutionary war.
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Henry M'Farlan received a wound while a soldier in the first regiment of the United States levies, under the command of Major General St. Clair, in an action with the Indians, on the fourth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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John Pantry, of Calvert county, in the State of Maryland, furnished sundry supplies by to a detachment of recruits under the command of Lieutenant William Elliot, in the service of the United States, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.
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Lawrence Kipple received a wound in the service of the United States, during the revolutionary war.
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Jean Baptist Dumon, is the son and heir of Jean Baptist Dumon, who was a Canada, merchant, who supported the American Army, and had losses and had injuries sustained, both in his person and property, by adhering to the American cause, during the late war.
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Joseph Bishop, of the State of New Jersey, received a wound while in the service of the public, during the Revolutionary war.
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Thomas Ayres, Benjamin Reynolds, William Fulton, and Robert Sharp, were refugees from the British province of Nova Scotia, and all had losses sustained by giving service by them during the Revolutionary war.
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Josiah H. Webb received a wound from an unknown hand, while employed as a post rider in conveying the United States mail between Athens and New Orleans.
Note. There is more info up on request.
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John Steele and Roger Dixon, of the Mississippi Territory, are executors of the last will and testament of Polser Shilling were given a certain tract of land which was the property of the said Shilling at his death, lying on Fair Childs Creek in said Territory.
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Michael Jackson, late colonel in the eighth Massachusetts regiment, received a wound in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war.
Note. There is more info up on request.
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Deborah Gannett, of the town of Sharon, in the State of Massachusetts, was a female, and enlisted as a continental soldier, for the term of three years, in the Massachusetts line, of the late American army, by the name of Robert Shurtlieff; that she faithfully performed the duties of a soldier during the time above specified, and received a wound while in the actual service of the United States, and she is subjected to pain and infirmities because of this wound.
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Shurtlieff, Robert. Receipt dated Worcester, May 23,1782, for bounty paid said Shurtlieff by Noah Taft, Chairman of Class No. 2 of tiro town of Uxbridge, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
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Edward Thompson, of the City of Philadelphia, received a wound and other injuries while a soldier in Captain James G. Herons company, in the American Army, during the Revolutionary war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining his livelihood by labor.

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