Friday, September 10, 2010

Men Of The Mexican & New Mexico Wars.

Here is a group men who fought in the war with Mexico and New Mexico. This information was taken from the Acts, Bills, petitions and Memorials from the library of congress. This page is to help you find something out about your family member who was in one of these war, then you may be surprise to find a ancestor here.
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Augustus Buchel.

A BILL
February 18, 1851.

To pay to Captain Augustus Buchel the balance due him for his services as interpreter in the Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Captain Augustus Buchel, the sum of six hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, being the balance due him for his services as interpreter in the corps of topographical engineers commanded by Captains Williams and Linnard respectively, from the twenty-fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six,
to the twenty-seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, being after the rate of seventy-five dollars per month, instead of forty-five and fifty dollars, which has been heretofore paid him for different periods of the same employment.
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James L. Williams.

A BILL
MAY 18, 1860.

Granting an increase of pension to James L. Williams, an invalid soldier of the Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place the name of James L. Wil5 hams on the invalid pension rolls, at the rate of sixteen dollars per month, instead of eight dollars per month, which he is now receiving, said increase to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty, and said pension thus increased to continue during his natural life.
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Richard B. Alexander.

A BILL
JANUARY 10, 1857.

For the relief of Richard B. Alexander, late a major in the first
Tennessee regiment, Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury pay, out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Richard B. Alexander, late a major in the first Tennessee regiment, Mexican war, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, in full of the value of one horse and one mule, lost by him during the said war.
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George W. Brown, John H. Gronewell, Washington Hopper, James O’Brien.

A BILL
JANUARY 21, 1861.

For the relief of James O’Brien, late lieutenant of company E of the District of Columbia and Maryland regiment of volunteers, in the Mexican war, and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to ay to the widow of George W. Brown, deceased, late captain of company E of the District of Columbia and Maryland regiment of volunteers, under the command of Colonel George W. Hughes, in the Mexican war, the sum of two hundred and eighteen dollars and sixty-five cents; to the widow of John H. Gronewell, deceased, late a lieutenant in said company, the sum of one hundred and seventy-one dollars and sixty cents; to the mother of Washington Hopper, deceased, late a lieutenant in said company, the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; and to James
O’Brien, late a lieutenant in said company, the sum of one hundred and eighty-two dollars, being the amounts expended by said officers, respectively, in raising and organizing said company before it was mustered into the service of the United States.
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A. R. Hetzell.

AN ACT
June 21, 1870.

For the relief of the sureties of the late Captain A. R. Hetzell.

Whereas it appears that the accounts of the late Captain A. R. Hetzell, assistant quartermaster of the United States Army, who died during the Mexican war, were settled at the Treasury on the fifteenth of February, eighteen hundred and fifty, and a balance found due was paid to his representatives, but that by a subsequent settlement, made on the fourteenth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, a balance was ascertained against the officer, to recover which suit has been brought and is now pending against his surviving sureties:

Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representa2 hues of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said claim, only as against the said sureties and their heirs and personal representatives, is remitted and forever discharged; and the suit pending against them, whether before or after judgment, shall be no further prosecuted but shall be dismissed, and full satisfaction, as against the said sureties, entered of record.
Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 1870.
Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk.
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William. Weatherford, Nancy Weatherford.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 9, 1855.

For the relief of Mrs. Nancy Weatherford, widow of Colonel Wm. Weatherford, of the first regiment Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to
place the name of Nancy Weatherford, widow of William Weatherford, colonel of the first regiment Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war, upon the roll of pensioners of the United States, and pay to her the sum of thirty dollars per month, to commence on the day of the death of the said Colonel William Weatherford, [on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,] and continue [so long as she shall remain a widow,] for five years: Provided, That she shall be entitled to the benefit of any general act of Congress which may hereafter be passed, extending or continuing the half pay of widows, as f she had been placed on the pension roll under the provisions of’ the act entitled “.An act amending the act entitled ‘.An act granting half pay to widows or orphans, where
their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States,’ in case of deceased officers and soldiers of the militia and volunteers, passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six,” approved July twenty one, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
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Edmund W. Wandell.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 12, 1869.

Granting hack pension to Edmund W. Wandell, of Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania.

Whereas the said Edmund W. Wandell entered as a Private in company I, first regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and served to the close of that war in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, when he received an honorable discharge; that owing to disease contracted in said service his name in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four was placed upon the pension rolls at the rate of eight dollars per month; that in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, he raised a company and was commissioned as captain of company G, of the one hundred forty—third regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one; that on the seventh day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, he was honorably discharged for disability contracted in the Mexican war, and on application his pension was restored, but only from February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight instead of from date of his discharge. Therefore; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the sixth section of the act of Congress entitled “An act relating to pensions,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, made applicable to the case of said Edmund W. Wandell.
Passed the House of Representatives February 11, 1869.
Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk.
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Major John L. Gar?ner, 4th Artillery, has been promoted to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the battle of Cerro Gordo, in which he commanded his regiment, to date from the 18th of April, 1847, and that he be nominated to be colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras, Mexico, to date from the 20th August, 1847.

First Lieutenant John F. Reynolds, 3d Artillery, has been promoted to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the battles of Monterey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 23d of September, 1846, and that he be nominated to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Buena Vista, Mexico, to date from the 23d of February, 1847.

First Lieutenant Earl Van Dorn, 7th Infantry, has been promoted to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco. He served with distinction in the battle of Cerro Gordo, and I recommend that his brevet of captain be made to apply to that battle, to date from the 18th of April, 1847. I also recommend that he be nominated to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to date from the 20th August, 1847.

First Lieutenant Roswell S. Ripley, 2d Artillery, has been promoted to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, to date from the 18th of April, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Lorimer Graham, 10th Infantry, has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Churubusco. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the affair with the enemy at Mil Flores, Mexico, to date from the 13th of August, 1847, and theft he be nominated to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Churubusco, Mexico, to date from the 20th August, 1847.

Captain Lewis S Craig, 3d Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Monterey, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct, in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, in the last of which he was severely wounded, to date from the 20th of August, 1847.

Captain Martin Burke, 3d Artillery, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he is reported as eminently distinguished at the head of his regiment, to date from the 8th of September, 1847.

Captain James V. Bomford, 8th Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Captain William Hoffman, 6th Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th of September, 1847.

Captain Isaac V. D. Reeve, 8th Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Roy, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

First Lieutenant James Longstreet, 8th Infantry, who has been promoted to be captain by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he was particularly distinguished, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

First Lieutenant John J. Peck, 2d Artillery, who has been promoted to be captain by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Moline del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

First Lieutenant Lewis A. Armistead, 6th Infantry, who has been promoted to be captain by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Edmund K. Smith, 7th Infantry, who has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for the battle of Cerro Gordo, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras, Mexico, where he won distinction at the head of his company, to date from the 20th of August, 1847.

Second Lieutenant George B. McClellan, Engineers, who has been promoted to be first lieutenant by brevet for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Second Lieutenant John G. Foster, Engineers, who has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 8th of September, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Edmund L. F. Hardcastle, Topographical Engineers, who has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Moline del Rey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Captain James G. Martin, assistant quarter master, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, in the last of which actions he was severely wounded, to date from the 20th of August, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Potter, 7th Infantry, to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Monterey, Mexico, in which he was severely wounded, to take effect from the 23d September, 1846.

Captain George W. Hughes, Topographical Engineers, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico to date from the 18th April, 1847.

1847, John Whitmore, of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities incurred, as a teamster in the service of the United States, in the war with Mexico.

1852, The petition of the widow of Orlando Pierce, a private soldier, who was killed in the war with Mexico.

1852, The petition of F. MacManus, praying the enactment of a law to authorize debenture on goods transported through Port La Baca, San Antonio, and the Rio Grande, to Mexico.

1852, The memorial of Benjamin S. Roberts, an officer in the army, praying indemnity for losses sustained during the war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of E. M. Daggett, of the State of Texas, praying for compensation for two horses lost in the military service of the United States during the late war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of Mrs. Augusta Boyd, widow of Captain James Boyd, praying for compensation for a horse killed by the enemy during the late war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of John Gallagher, of the city of Baltimore, praying for a pension on account of inability incurred in the military service of the United States during the war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of John Russell, of the city of Baltimore, praying for a pension on account of inability incurred in the military service of the United States during the war with Mexico.

1851, Military Affairs to report a bill conferring the rank of lieutenant general upon Major General Winfield Scott, for his gallant services in the late war with Mexico.

1855, The petition of Martha Phillips, mother and heir of William A. Phillips, who was killed while in the military service of the United States during the war with Mexico, at Puebla, for pension or bounty land

1847, The petition of Louis F. Beeler and others, of the Baltimore battalion, praying to be allowed certain mileage as volunteers in the war with Mexico

1847, The petition of James E. Stewart, praying to be allowed colonel's pay whilst serving as colonel in the Baltimore battalion, in the war with Mexico.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James L. Donaldson, quartermaster, United States Army, to be colonel by brevet February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin S. Roberts, of the Third Cavalry, to be colonel by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Andrew W. Evans, of the Sixth Cavalry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Robert M. Morris, of the Third Cavalry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Andrew W. Evans, of the Sixth Cavalry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

First Lieutenant Ira W. Claflin, of the Sixth Cavalry, to be captain by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Valverde, Apache Cañon, and Peralta, New Mexico.

Captain Henry R. Selden, of the Fifth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain William H. Lewis, of the Fifth Infantry, to be major by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Apache Cañon and Peralta, New Mexico.

Captain David H. Brotherton, of the Fifth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Peter W. L. Plympton, of the Seventh Infantry, to be major by brevet February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Gurden Chapin, of the Seventh Infantry, to be major by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Apache Cañon and Peralta, New Mexico.

Major Gabriel R. Paul, of the Eighth Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, April 15, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Peralta, New Mexico.

Captain William H. Rossell, of the Tenth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

First Lieutenant Robert, H. Hall, of the Tenth Infantry, to be captain by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain William J. L. Nicodemus, of the Twelfth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain John F. Ritter, of the Fifteenth Infantry, to be major by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Apache Cation and Peralta, New Mexico.
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They lost their horse, 1847.

William Fitzpatrick, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

James T. Megowan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

B. A. Chapman, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Alfred Argabright, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

A. C. Bryan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Lawrence Daly, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Thomas Bryan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

David Shepherd, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Richard M. Adams, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

R. P. Whitney, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

William D. Ratcliffe, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

James Mahoney, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

John Morgan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

James Jones, praying compensation for the loss of a horse by his son Clement Jones, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.

John W. Bell, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

George W. Runyon, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Isaac Shephard, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Samuel Pigg, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

David C. Jones, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

John J. Finch, praying compensation for the loss of a horse while a prisoner in Mexico.

Sylvester Conover, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Charles E. Mooney, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Catharine Ramey, praying compensation for the loss of a horse by her son Nat. Ramey, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.

Mary Carty, praying compensation for the loss of a horse by her son Henry Carty, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.
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1847, The petition of Samuel E. Roberts, praying for a grant of bounty land, due for his services as a volunteer in the Mexican war;

1847, The petition of John Whitmore, of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities incurred, as a teamster in the service of the United States, in the war with Mexico.

1847, The petition of N. A. White, praying for bounty land for his services as a volunteer in the war with Mexico.

1847, The petition of John Watkins, of Jessamine county, in the State of Kentucky, praying relief for his services as a volunteer soldier in the war against Mexico, by a grant of bounty land

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

LOST AT SEA.

Here is a list of men and ships that were lost at sea. This page is to help those looking for a ship name or a owner of a ship. This information comes from the library of congress, some of the information will be in what I call one liners, these just means that the info will only be a line or two. Even so this info can give you a lead were to look next. All this information is to give you leads on were to start your next search.

Now I’m not going to say that there is any more information on these names, but I’m not saying there’s not. If you see a name of a person or ship you may request a look up. My address can be found in my profile.
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Joshua Hatch.

A BILL
FEBRUARY 26, 1836.

For the relief of Joshua Hatch and others, interested in a fishing vessel which was lost at sea.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the collector of the port of Boston and Charlestown be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Joshua Hatch and to the heirs at law or legal representatives of the officers and crew of the schooner Joseph, late of Boston, lost on a fishing voy7 age, such a sum as said vessel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty, if she had regularly completed her fishing season; she being of the burden of fifty-nine tons twenty-seven one-hundredths of a toll; which sum shall be distributed in the same manner and proportions as the law would have distributed the bounty if said vessel had completed her fishing season.
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William Humphreys, jr.

A BILL
MARCH 31, 1S56.

For the relief of William Humphreys, jr., owner of fishing schooner “Good Exchange,” lost at sea.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector of customs for the district of Marblehead, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William Humphreys, jr., the owner of the schooner “Good Exchange,” of ninety-four tons and thir7 ty-nine ninety-fifths of a ton burden, upon his showing sufficient authority from the heirs, or the legal representatives of each person interested, such a sum of money as said vessel would have been entitled to if she had been engaged in the cod flsheries for the “fishing term” of four months or more, to be distributed as the law provides; such vessel having been lost while engaged in that business during the fishing season of eighteen hundred and forth-five: provided, it shall be shown by sufficient proof that the master and three-fourths of the crew of the said “Good Exchange,” were citizens of the United States.
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Samuel Bragdon, David Chase.

CHAP. XIV.—An Act for the relief of Samuel Bragdon, David Chase, and the crew of the schooner Halcyon.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Collector of the Customs in Newbury port, state of Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to Samuel Bragdon David Chase, and the officers and crew of the schooner Halcyon, which was lost at sea, to be distributed according to law, the same sum said vessel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty or drawback if she had safely arrived in port; having complied with all the requirements of law necessary to receive such bounty or drawback for having been engaged four months or more in the cod-fishery.
APPROVED, January 27, 1835.
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Charles Gordon .

CHAP. XV. — An Act for the relief of Charles Gordon and the crew of the schooner Two Sons.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Collector of the Customs for the district of Belfast, in the state of Maine, is hereby authorized to pay to Charles Gordon, owner of the fishing schooner Two Sons, of seventy-five tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive had she completed her fishing term; the said schooner having been driven on shore in a gale, by which she was prevented from accomplishing the full term required by law to entitle her to the bounty.
APPROVED, January 27, 1835.
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Samuel S. Lord .

CHAP. XVI.—An Act for the relief of Samuel S. Lord and the owners and crew of the fishing schooner Mary and Sally of York, in the state of Maine.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Collector of the Customs for the port of York, in the state of Maine, is hereby authorized to pay to Samuel S. Lord, master, and the owners and crew of the fishing schooner Mary and Sally, to be distributed according to law, the same said vessel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty or drawback, if she had been actually at sea during the whole time required by law to be entitled to said bounty, she having been lost before she had accomplished her full term required by law.
APPROVED, January 27, 1835.
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1852, The petition of Allen Lewis, owner of the fishing schooner Forrester, which was lost at sea, praying to be allowed fishing bounty.

1852, The petition of Ezekiel Holbrook and others, owners of the fishing schooner Grampus, which was lost at sea, praying to be allowed fishing bounty.

1852, The petition of John Cameron and others, owners of the fishing schooner Stephen C. Philips, which was lost at sea, praying to be allowed fishing bounty.

1792, A petition of Elizabeth Nelmes, widow of Jeremiah Nelmes, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of three final settlement certificates, the property of the deceased, which were lost at sea.

1780, William Livingston, in 1780 he was appointed a midshipman in the Continental Navy, and while serving on the Saratoga was lost at sea on March 18, 1781.
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Joshua T. Chase.

CHAP. XI.—.An .Act for lice relief of Joshua T. Chase and others.

Be it enacted, &.c., That the Collector of the Customs for the district of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, is hereby authorized to pay to Joshua T. Chase John Dennett Joseph Todd, and Joseph Litchfield,jun., late owners of a fishing schooner, lost at sea, called the Betsey, of forty tons and seventy-six ninety-fifths of a ton burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive, had the said schooner completed her fishing term, and returned into port.
APPROVED, March 10, 1828.
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Philip Coombs.

CHAP. CXLII.—.An .Act for the relief of Philip Coombs, and others.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Newburyport, in Massachusetts is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Philip Coombs, late owner of a fishing schooner, lost at sea, called the John, of eighty-six tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive had the schooner completed her fishing term and returned into port: Provided, The collector shall besatisfied that every other provision of the laws regulating fishing vessels has been complied with by the master and owner of the said schooner.
APPROVED, May 24, 1828.
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Washington Seawell.

CHAP. XX. — An ct for tile relief of Lieutenant Washington Seawell.

Be it enacted, &.c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to credit Lieutenant Washington Seawell, any sum of money he may prove to the satisfaction of said Secretary, he had in his possession that belonged to the United States, and which he lost, without his fault, by the explosion of the steamboat Lioness, on Red river, on the nineteenth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; not to exceed, in all, the sum of seven hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy_ eight cents.
APPROVED, February 17, 1836.
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Knott Martin, 3d, and Arnold Martin.

CHAP. CXIV. — An Act for the relief of Knott Martin, 3d, and Arnold Martin, owners of the fishing schooner Only Son, and others.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Marblehead, in the state of Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to Knott Martin 3d and Arnold Martin, late owners of a fishing schooner lost at sea, called the Only Son, burden sixty-eight tons and fifty-seven ninety-fifths, and to the legal representatives of the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive had the said schooner completed her fishing term, and returned into port.
APPROVED, March 3, 1843.
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Charles Gordon.

CHAP. CXXXIII.—An Act for the relief of Charles Gordon, owner of the schooner Two Sons, and the legal representatives of the crew of said vessel.

Be it enacted, &.c., That the collector of the port of Belfast, in the state of Maine, be authorized and directed to pay to Charles Gordon, owner of the schooner Two Sons, of Belfast, burden seventy-five andfifty-four ninety-fifths tons, such sum as he would have been entitled to as bounty had she completed her voyage, said vessel having been lost after having been employed in the fishing season upwards of three months; which sum shall be distributed according to law, among the heirs and legal representatives of the persons composing the crew of said vessel, in such proportions as said crew would have been entitled to if they had survived.
APPROVED, March 3, 1843.
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George Frazas.

CHAP. LXXI.—.An .Act for the relief of George Frazas, and others.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Plymouth, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to George Frazar and others, late owners, and to the surviving heirs of the late crew, of the schooner Quero, of Duxbury, of sixty-one and thirty-six ninety-fifths tons burthen, which was lost on a fishing voyage in eighteen hundred and thirty-three, together with her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive, had the said schooner completed her fishing term and returned into port.
APPROVED, March 3, 1837.
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1852, The petition of Joseph L. McDonald, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for an allowance of fishing bounty on the schooner Bloomfield
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Winthrop Sears.

CHAP’. LXXV.—.An .Act for the relief of Winthrop Sears and others.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector at the port of Barnstable, in the state of Massachusetts, be authorized and directed to pay to Winthrop Sears, and the late owners, officers, and crew of the fishing schooner “Laban,” of eighty-seven and fourteen ninety-fifth tons burden, which sailed from Yarmouth, in said state, on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, on a fishing voyage to the Grand Banks, and which was stranded on Sable Island about the sixth day of June of the same year, by which said schooner and all the salt on board were lost, the same she would be entitled to receive by law, as a bounty or drawback, for having been employed five months in the cod fisheries, and using foreign salt on which the duties had been paid; which said sum shall be distributed as the law respecting bounties provides.
APPROVED, April 20, 1838.
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Moses Merrill.

CHAP. CIX. — An Act for the relief of Moses Merrill and the fishermen of the schooner Fortune.

Be it enacted, 4c., That the collector of customs for the district of Newburyport in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Moses Merrill, the agent of the schooner Fortune, of ninety-one tons and thirty-two ninety-fifths of a ton burden, upon his showing sufficient authority from each person interested, such a sum of money as said vessel would have been entitled to if she had been engaged in the cod-fisheries for the term of four months or more; to be distributed, five-eighths to the fishermen, and three eighths to the owners, as the law provides; said schooner having been accidentally lost while engaged in that business during the fishing season of eighteen hundred and thirty-five.
APPROVED, June 12, 1838.
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1856, The petition of Ferdinand N. Clark, praying for the refunding of duties paid upon a cargo shipped at the port of Charleston, South Carolina, on the Spanish brig Conde-de-Villanneva, which was lost at sea.
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1892, Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to Mrs. Sophia Robinson, of St. Louis, the mother of the late Lieutenant Robinson of the United States' navy, believed to have been lost at sea in the United States' schooner "Sylph," months' pay; and, also, the same amount of pay to the surviving relations of the other officers and the crew lost in said vessel.
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Aaron Bellamy.

CHAP. LXIV.—An ,Act for the relief of , Aaron Bellamy.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Aaron Bellamy, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine hundred dollars, the value of a vessel taken into the service of the United States during the late war, to transport a quantity of flour on Lake Champlain, without the knowledge or consent of the owner, and against the will and remonstrance of the master; but which will, if given at all, was by the threats and coercion of an officer in the service of the United States; the said vessel having been captured by the enemy while in said service.
APPROVED, June 19, 1834.
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William B. Doliber, Thomas R. Woodfin, Samuel Davis and Joseph Davis.


CHAP. CLXXXIV.—.An Act for the relief of William B. Doliber and others, Owners, and heirs of the crew of the schooner Mary and Hannah.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the port of Marblehead, in the state of Massachusetts, be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the widows of William B. Doliber, Thomas R. Woodfin, and Samuel Davis, and tile mother and heir at law of Joseph Davis, all late of Marblehead, and owners of the schooner Mary and Hannah, and the heirs of others of the crew of said schooner, which was lost at sea, to be distributed according to law, the same sum or bounty the owners and crew of said vessel would have been entitled to receive if the said schooner had arrived safely in port, after completing her fishing term, and complied with the laws necessary to secure such bounty.
APPROVED, June 30, 1834.
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Remington Arnold Jr., Arnold Smith.

CHAP. CCLXVUL—An .Act for the relief of the owners of the schooner Admiral.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the district of Providence be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to Remington Arnold, junior, and Arnold Smith, owners of the schooner Admiral, of Pawtuxet, of the burden of fifty-six tons, and to the persons composing the crew of the same, during the fishing season of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive if the fishing agreement had been made in the terms required by law: Provided, That the other requirements of the acts granting allowances to vessels concerned in the fisheries shall have been complied with.
APPROVED, June 30, 1834.
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John L. Bowman, and Enoch J. Noyes.

CHAP. LXXXII.—.An Act for the relief of John L. Bowman, and Enoch J. Noyes.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Passamaquoddy, in Maine, is hereby authorized to pay to John L. Bowman, and Enoch J. Noyes, owners of the fishing schooner called the George, of Eastport, in said district, of sixty-eight and thirty-eight ninety-fifths tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, or their legal representatives, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive if she had completed her fishing term; the said schooner having been totally lost in a gale, after having been employed more than two and a half months of the term required by law.
APPROVED, July 20, 1840.
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1852, The petition of John Starling and others, of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for allowance of bounty to the owners of schooner Elizabeth, lost at sea
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Crosby Arey.

CHAP, XXXVI. — .An .Act for the relief of Crosby Arey.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Collector of the Customs for the district of Penobscot, in Maine, is hereby authorized to pay to Crosby Arey, owner of a fishing schooner, called the Burr, of twenty-one tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive had she completed her fishing term; the said schooner having been cast away, after having been employed more than two months of the term required by law.
APPROVED, February 19, 1833.
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1835, the petition of Joshua Hatch, owner of the fishing schooner Joseph, of Boston, which was lost at sea while pursuing a fishing voyage in 1825, praying to be allowed the same bounty to which he would have been entitled if his vessel had returned to the United States.
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1816, Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the settlement of the accounts of the officers and crew of the United States' brig Epervier, supposed to have been lost at sea.
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1856, The petition of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, praying compensation for a vessel which was lost at sea in consequence of injuries received while engaged in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the steamship Southerner, wrecked on the northwest coast of Washington Territory in the winter of 1854--5.
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1852, The petition of Charles Uhde and Company, praying the return or duties paid on certain cotton goods, shipped by them at New Orleans for Point Isabel, in Texas, and lost at sea
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1845, A petition of Glover Broughton, of Essex county, State of Massachusetts, praying to be allowed the bounty which would have been due the fishing schooner Tancred, had she completed her voyage, but which was lost at sea;
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1852, The petition of Benjamin F. Rollins and others, owners of schooner Medium, lost at sea, praying for an allowance of fishing bounty.
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1856, The petition of the owners of the schooner Uncle Amasa, lost at sea, praying for an allowance of bounty.
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1838, A petition of Joseph Holmes, praying the payment of the fishing bounty on the tonnage of a schooner supposed to be lost at sea.
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1856, the memorial of Atkins Eldridge, owner of the fishing schooner Brilliant, lost at sea, praying to be allowed fishing bounty.
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1851, the memorial of Eliza C. Bache, widow of George M. Bache, a lieutenant in the navy, praying that she may receive the same amount that was paid to the widows of those officers who were lost in the brig Somers
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1838, Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making provision for payment of the value of horses lost at sea by the Missouri volunteers, on their passage from New Orleans to Tampa Bay, in the month of November last.
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1834, A petition of Winslow L. Thacher, of Yarmouth, in the State of Massachusetts, owner of a fishing vessel which was lost at sea while engaged on a fishing voyage, praying to be allowed the bounty to which he would have been entitled if said vessel had completed her voyage and returned to port.
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1830, A petition of Josiah P. Creesy, of the State of Massachusetts, praying to be paid the bounty allowed on a vessel engaged in the cod fishery, his vessel having been lost at sea before completing the term required by law.
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Andrew Wilson.

CHAP. LXVII. —An Act for the relief of Andrew Wilson.

Be it enacted, 4’e., That the Collector of the Customs for the District of Newburyport, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to Andrew Wilson, late owner of a fishing schooner, lost at sea, called the Betsey, of sixty-five tons and sixteen ninety_fifths of a ton biirthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would have been entitled to receive, had the said schooner completed her fishing term and returned into port.
APPROVED, April 7, 1830.
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1852, The petition of Allison B. Huff, of the State of Maine, praying for bounty on schooner Store, which was lost at sea.
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1819, A petition of Martha Davis, widow of Benjamin Davis, and a petition of Sarah Adams, widow of Benj. Adams, who were lost at sea in the private armed ship Portsmouth, in the late war with Great Britain, respectively praying to be allowed the pension granted to the widows and orphans of seamen killed or lost in the private armed service of the United States.
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1856, The petition of G. W. Bluford, praying to be relieved from a judgment obtained against him for the value of certain pork belonging to the government, which he engaged to transport from Gosport, Virginia, to the Brooklyn navy yard, and which was lost at sea.
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Joseph B. Folsom.

CHAP. CLXX V. —.An .Act for the relief of Joseph B. Folsom and the owners and crew of the schooner Galaxy, of Bucksport, in the state of Maine.

Be it enacted, &.c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Penobscot, in the state of Maine, is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Joseph R. Folsom, the owners, master, and crew of the fishing schooner Galaxy, of Bucksport, to be distributed according to law, the same said vessel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty, or drawback, if she had been actually at sea during the whole time required by law to be entitled to said bounty, she having been lost before she had accomplished her full term required by law.
APPROVED, March 3, 1839.
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Joshua Atwood, junior.

CHAP. LX XII. — .An Act for the relief of Joshua .Atwood, junior.

Be it enacted, &’c., That the collector of the port of Barnstable, in Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to Joshua Atwood, jr., and the other owners, officers, and crew of the schooner Abelino, of seventy-one rind twenty ninety-fifths tons burden, which was lost at sea, to be distributed according to law, the same sum they would have been entitled to receive, as bounty or drawback, if the said schooner had completed her fishing term, arid returned to port.
APPROVED, July 27, 1842.
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1868, The memorial and proofs of claim of the town of Queensburg, State of New York, praying for reimbursement for United States treasury notes lost at sea, by the sinking of the steamer Melville
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1852, The petition of Thomas E. Oliver, praying that the bounty on drawback from salt exported in the schooner Harvest Home, which was lost at sea, be refunded to him.
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1852, The petition of Ebon F. Haskell and Amos Howard, owners of schooner Reward, of Deer island, praying an allowance of fishing bounty on said schooner, she having been lost at sea after completing her time of fishing.
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1840, A petition of Elizabeth Sweatt, of Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for arrears of pension, as the only surviving child of Benjamin Richards, deceased, who was lost at sea in the United States brig Pickering.
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1824, A petition of Otis Pendleton and Harris Pendleton, of that state, praying to be allowed the bounty granted by law on a fishing voyage, which was commenced in their vessel called the Elizabeth, which was lost at sea.
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1856, William McKenney, praying that the act of July 27, 1854, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers and seamen of the United States schooner Grampus, lost at sea, may be so construed as to extend relief to him.
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1856, The petition of Catharine Rodgers, of Reading, State of Pennsylvania, praying for the payment of moneys that may be due to her son, Michael Rodgers, one of the crew of the United States, ship Albany, which was lost at sea

Monday, September 06, 2010

The Shelton Laurel Massacre.

There has been so much written about the Shelton Laurel Massacre, that I don’t thank I could add any thing new, but I still wanted to do this page. I wanted to make a page that was interesting and enjoyable to read I hope I have accomplish it?
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The Shelton Laurel Massacre refers to the execution of 13 accused Union sympathizers on or about January 18, 1863 by a Confederate regiment in the Shelton Laurel Valley of Madison County, North Carolina at the height of the American Civil War. The event sparked outrage among North Carolina Governor Zebulon B. Vance and Solicitor Augustus Merrimon (the latter of whom investigated the event), and was published in numerous newspapers in northern states and as far away as Europe. While the massacre destroyed the military career and reputation of Lieutenant-colonel James A. Keith, the adjunct commander who ordered the executions, he was never brought to justice for the incident.

The events leading up to the massacre began in January 1863 when an armed band of Madison County Unionists ransacked salt stores in Marshall and looted the home of Confederate Colonel Lawrence Allen, commander of the 64th North Carolina Regiment. In response, General William Davis, stationed at nearby Warm Springs (now Hot Springs), dispatched the 64th under Lieutenant-colonel Keith (Allen was ill at the time) to the Shelton Laurel Valley to pursue the looters (Keith, like much of the 64th, was a native Madison Countian). In the skirmish that followed, 12 of the looters were killed and several were captured. Upon hearing of the events, Governor Vance (who grew up in nearby Weaverville) sent orders not to harm the captured Unionists and dispatched Solicitor Merrimon to monitor the situation.

In spite of the governor's orders, Keith, believing a rumor that the Unionist force was much larger than in reality, began frantically combing the valley for Union supporters. Realizing that the locals were unlikely to volunteer information, Keith rounded up several Shelton Laurel women and began torturing them in hopes of forcing them to give up their sons' and husbands' whereabouts. After several days of rounding up alleged supporters, Keith began marching the captives toward East Tennessee, which at the time was occupied by a substantial Confederate army. However, after two of the captives escaped, Keith ordered the remaining 13 captives into the woods, and had them shot execution style. Their bodies were dumped into a nearby trench. Among the executed were three boys, ages 13, 14, and 17.

Merrimon, stunned by the incident, reported it to Governor Vance shortly thereafter. The governor wrote that the affair was “shocking and outrageous in the extreme,” and ordered a full investigation. Family members of the slain (mostly Sheltons) moved the bodies to a new cemetery east of the massacre site and swore revenge against the perpetrators. Keith was ultimately tried for the massacre in civilian court after the war. After spending 2 years in jail awaiting trial, he escaped just days before a state supreme court decision would have provided him with vindication. He was never apprehended, and after two years the state dropped its prosecution.

The following is taken from a book by Phillip Shaw Paludan, called “Victims”, A true story of the civil war.

They were moving towards Knoxville when suddenly the prisoners were stopped. The place-was open, near the creek where observers could see what was happened to “bushwhackers and Tories.” There was no warning, no explanation. Five of them were ordered to kneel down. Ten paces away a file of soldiers stood, their guns ready. Then the prisoners know what was going to happen. Sixty-year-old Joe Woods cried out, “For God sake, men, you are not going to shoot us? If you are going to murder us at lest give us time to pray.” Someone begged Keith to remember his promise of a trial. He ignored both statements. He ordered his soldiers to fire. The prisoners put their hands over their faces and begged for mercy. The soldiers hesitated. Despite what they had suffered, some refused to obey the command. “Fire or you will take their place,” Keith told them. The soldiers raised their guns, the victims shuddered, the word to fire was given, and four of the men died instantly. A fifth had only been wounded. Writhing in agony from a wound in the stomach, he bagged for mercy. One of the soldiers finished the job by shooting the prisoner in the head.

Five more prisoners were ordered to kneel down. Among this group was David Shelton, age thirteen. He pleaded with the soldiers not to kill him. “You have killed my father and brothers,” he said. “You have shot my father in the face; do not shoot me in the face.” The soldiers fired. Five victims fell, but again one remained. It was David Shelton. He moved to an officer, pleading, “You have killed my old father and my three brothers; you have shot me in both arms I forgive you all this I can get well. Let me go home to my mother and sisters.” They dragged him back to the execution spot and shot him dead. The remaining three men took their turn and died. The killing was finished.

Sunday, September 05, 2010

The first Tennessee cavalry.

Here is a list of men that were captured and short by the confederate forces on January 19, 1863. I have very little on them and I would like to know about them. If you have any information on them I would like to hear about it, my address can be found in my profile.

Privates of the first Tennessee cavalry.

* (?) - Maiden name.

1. Roderick Shelton.
Father: Roderick Shelton.
Mother:Rachel Moore.
Wife: Eliza (?) Shelton.

2. David Shelton.
Father: JAMES SHELTON.
Mother: MARTHA JANE OR PATSEY MC COY
Wife: Nancy (?) Shelton.

3. James Metcalf.
Wife: Cerena (?) Metcalf.

4. Elison King.
Wife: Nancy (?) King.

5. James Shelton.
Father: JAMES SHELTON.
Mother: MARTHA JANE OR PATSEY MC COY
Wife: Patsey J. Shelton.

6. David Metcalf.
Wife: Sarah (?) Metcalf.

7. William Shelton.
Wife: Cloa (?) Shelton.

8. Russell B. Franklin.
Wife: Mary (?) Franklin