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
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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
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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.
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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
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
Friday, September 03, 2010
They Were Just Men.
These men were just like the rest of us the big different was they held jobs of power. When they would pass their obituaries would state all their political accomplishments and say little on their personal lives. My interest is in their more personal information, like who was his father & mother and what about his brothers & sisters, and who was his wife and what was their children names.
I know some of this information can be easily found on the internet, while other information is harder to find. My interest is to help the ancestors of these men who know little or nothing about these family members.
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Felix Grundy McConnell.
General McConnell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on the 5th day of April, A. D. 1809. He removed with his father to Fayetteville, in that State, in 1811, and there continued to reside until 1834, when he located in Talladega, Alabama. In 1838 he was chosen a member of the popular branch of the Legislature of Alabama. In the year following he was elected to the Senate, in which body he continued to be an active and efficient member until his elevation in 1843, to a Seat in the Congress of’ the United States.
While in Washington McConnell became notorious as a boisterous drinker and spendthrift, and towards the end of his second term his lifestyle had taken its toll. Two days before his death he met with President Polk at the White House and borrowed $100 from him, part of which he used to pay his bar tab at the St. Charles Hotel, where he was staying. On September 10, 1846, he locked himself in his room and committed suicide. While locked in his room he had a moment of insanity, he fell an unconscious victim to blows inflicted by his own hand.
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WILLIAM UPHAM.
Expired at his lodgings in this city at about the hour of two o’clock yesterday evening, after a distressing illness of some ten days, at the age of sixty years. Mr. UPHAM was a native of the town of Leicester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, whence he removed at a early age to the State of Vermont. Mr. Upham, died at the Irving Hotel after suffering from smallpox.
His birth was Aug. 5, 1792, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His death came on Jan. 14, 1853, at Washington in the District of Columbia, his Burial was at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia.
His father was Capt Samuel Upham and his mother was Patty Livermore. He married Sarah Keyes, in 1814, they had five children one would die soon after birth, they were; William Keyes Upham, Charles Carrol Upham, Sarah Sumner Upham and Mary Annette Upham
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Alexander Hamilton Buell.
He had hastened back from his distant home by night, through an inclement storm, to assure his wife of the recovery of a child whom he had visited there. The disease ( erysipelas ) which was to become mortal attended him to his chamber. He died yesterday morning; and although he had attained the ripe age of fifty-one years, yet he died without having encountered an ebb of fortune or of public favor.
He was born on Jul. 14, 1801, and his death came on Jan. 29, 1853, his Burial was at Episcopal Cemetery, Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. His father was Roswell Buell and mother was Sarah Griswold, His wife was Harriet E. Gruman, their marriage was on 09 NOV 1840, Clinton, New York. Their children were; Harriet Louisa Buell, Alexander Clark Buell, William Roswell Buell and Harriet Ellen Buell.
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ALEXANDER BARROW.
Mr. Speaker: Alexander Barrow, later Senator from the State of Louisiana, is now no more. A native of the State of Tennessee, horn within a few miles of the city of Nashville. He received his education and discipline at the Military Academy at West Point. In 1840, then not forty years of age, he was elected to a full term in the Senate of the United States. He was taken suddenly ill on Friday evening, while on a visit to Baltimore. His disease had been so violent in its course that many of his friends scarcely knew of his illness. I had the melancholy satisfaction of being with him a few hours before he died. When I pressed his cold hand for the last time, he returned that grasp with a strength which even disease seemed scarcely to have weakened, and, in a voice of more than usual firmness said, “I shall never see Louisiana more.”
His birth was on Mar. 27, 1801, and his death came on Dec. 29, 1846, his Burial was at Afton Villa Baptist Church Cemetery, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His father was Wylie OR Willie Barrow and his mother was Jane Greer. His wife was Mary Ann Barrow, they were married on 25 NOV 1824 West Feliciana, Louisiana. Their children were; Alexander Barrow Jr., Willie Macajah Barrow and Jane Barrow.
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Chester Pierce Butler.
He died on his return from the labors of Congress. He reached Philadelphia. on Tuesday, the 1st day of October, and was there seized with a complaint so violent that he survived the attack only till the Saturday following. He born in Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in March, 1798, he was the grandson of Colonel Zebulon Butler, who commanded the American troops at the time of the terrible calamity distinguished in our national history as the “Massacre of Wyoming.”
He graduated at Princeton College in 1817, and then read law in the Litchfield School, and subsequently under Judge Mallory, a distinguished jurist of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to practice in 1820.
He was born on Mar. 21, 1798, death came to him on Oct. 5, 1850. His Burial was at
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia. His father was Lord Butler and his mother was Mary Pierce. He had nine brother and sisters who were; Louisa Butler, Pierce Butler, Houghton Seymore Butler, . Sylvania Pierce Butler, John Lord Butler, Ruth Ann Butler, Zebulon Butler, Lord Nelson Butler
And Phebe Haight Butler. Although he was married and had children, I could find no record of them.
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AMOS E. WOOD.
He died at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 19th of November last, of erysipelas, after an illness of only three days. He was born at Ellisburg, Jefferson county1 New York, on the 2d of June, 1810. In 1825 he removed with his father to Portage county, in the State of Ohio, where he remained until 1833, when his attention was called to the rich agricultural lands in northwestern Ohio, and he removed to Sandusky county, where he purchased himself a farm, and cleared it mostly with mostly his own hands, on which he resided at the time of his death.
It has been two years since he buried his wife, who also died of erysipelas, leaving him in the sole care of four small children. He was devoted to them, and had taken two young daughters to Fort Wayne to school, when he was taken ill there. They were present to close hi eyes in death, and on the following day returned with his lifeless body to their orphan home, and saw the grave close upon it forever.
He was born on Jan. 2, 1810, death came to him on Nov. 19, 1850, his Burial was at Congressional Cemetery , Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia.
Although he had a wife and children, I could find no record of their names
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JOHN Henry HARMANSON.
He died in the city of New Orleans in October last. He was born in 1803, in the borough of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia. His father removed with his family, while John was but eleven years of age, to the parish of Rapides, in the State of Louisiana. His death, a few years after, threw upon his son at an early age the cares and responsibilities of a family, and his affection of a family, and his affection and devotion to their welfare is often spoken of by those who knew him at the time. Subsequently he removed to the parish of Ouachita, where he read law for a time with his early friend, General DOWNS, (now one of the Senators from Louisiana.) He soon give up the reading of law, and located himself in the parish of Avoyelles, where he followed diligently and successfully the happy life of a cotton planter.
His sterling integrity and great information upon all political subjects soon attracted the attention of his fellow citizens and he was often solicited to become their representative, but the growing demands of a large family and his fondness for rural life induced him to decline. It was not until seven or eight years ago that he consented to become a candidate for the State Senate, to which place he was elected. After two years service in that body, he was elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress, and continued uninterruptedly to represent his district up to the period of his death.
He was born on Jan. 15, 1803, death came for him on Oct. 21, 1850, his Burial: Moreau Plantation Cemetery, Torras, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, His wife was Rachel Stampley SELSER, their marriage took place on 4 Feb 1833, at Avoyelles Par, La. They had at lest one child who was; Augustus Daverzac HARMONSON.
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DAVID SPANGLER KAUFMAN.
He departed this life at his lodgings in this city about five o’clock yesterday afternoon, surrounded by an affectionate family. Death usually gives warning of his approach; but in this case there was a fearful suddenness in the summons from the active and busy scenes of life to the silence of the tomb.
He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1813, and received his education at Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1843 he was elected to the Senate, which office he held until the annexation of Texas to the Union. His services to Texas were not in a civil capacity alone. During several campaigns he bore his full share in the struggles of his adopted country for liberty, and participated in several battles, in one of which he received an honorable wound in the face. He was a Major in the local militia he fought in the Cherokee War and was seriously wounded at the Battle of Neches (July 1839), from which he never fully recovered.
He was born on Dec. 18, 1813, death came for him on Jan. 31, 1851, his Burial was at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas. His father was Abraham Kaufman, his mother was Mary Spangler. He married Jane Baxter Richardson, on 21 Apr 1841.
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THOMAS L. HAMER.
Mr. MORRIS, of Ohio, rose and said:
Mr. SPEAKER: It becomes my painful duty to announce to this House the death of another of its members elect. Yes, sir, it is but too true that General THOMAS L. HAMER, Ohio’s favorite son, is dead. He departed this life at Monterey on the 2d day of December, 1846.
He was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Clermont county, Ohio, when he was a young man, (or rather a lad,) without money, without riends ,and with no more than a common English education. His first business effort was teaching a common school; next he became a student at law. He was admitted to the bar in 1821, and the same year he settled in Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, which he made his permanent residence. He was elected to Congress in 1832, and continued a member for six years. He then declined a reelection, and devoted himself to business as a lawyer until 1846. In October of 1846, was elected to a seat in the House of Representatives.
When our soil had been invaded by Mexico, and when the people were called upon to sustain the rights and honor of the nation by arms, General HAMER was amongst the first who crowded forward. He volunteered as a private, and as such entered camp Washington; he was there elected Major of the first Ohio regiment, and was soon after appointed a Brigadier General by the President, and this last promotion was, on his part, as I have been told, unsolicited.
He was born in Jul., 1800, death came in Dec. 2, 1846, his Burial was at Old Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio.
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JOHN FAIRFIELD.
He died at his lodgings in this city on Friday last. The sudden and startling announcement of his death preceded the intelligence of danger. On the morning of that day he was in his usual health, and met his friends with his accustomed cheerfulness and cordiality. At noon he submitted to a surgical operation, to which, with Undoubting confidence, he had looked for relief from an infirmity under which ha had labored. His physical energies were not equal to his fortitude and courage. His system sank under the unabated anguish which followed, and at twenty minutes before eight o’clock in the evening, in the full possession of his mind, he breathed his last. Scarcely had the friends that were with him anticipated danger, when his pure spirit took its flight. He was born at Saco, in the county of York, Maine, January 30, 1797.
He was born on Jan. 30, 1797, death came for him on Dec. 24, 1847, his Burial was at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, York County, Maine. His father was ICHABOD FAIRFIELD and his mother was SARAH NASON, he married Anna Paine Thornton, on 05 SEPT. 1825, of, Saco, York, Maine.
I know some of this information can be easily found on the internet, while other information is harder to find. My interest is to help the ancestors of these men who know little or nothing about these family members.
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Felix Grundy McConnell.
General McConnell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on the 5th day of April, A. D. 1809. He removed with his father to Fayetteville, in that State, in 1811, and there continued to reside until 1834, when he located in Talladega, Alabama. In 1838 he was chosen a member of the popular branch of the Legislature of Alabama. In the year following he was elected to the Senate, in which body he continued to be an active and efficient member until his elevation in 1843, to a Seat in the Congress of’ the United States.
While in Washington McConnell became notorious as a boisterous drinker and spendthrift, and towards the end of his second term his lifestyle had taken its toll. Two days before his death he met with President Polk at the White House and borrowed $100 from him, part of which he used to pay his bar tab at the St. Charles Hotel, where he was staying. On September 10, 1846, he locked himself in his room and committed suicide. While locked in his room he had a moment of insanity, he fell an unconscious victim to blows inflicted by his own hand.
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WILLIAM UPHAM.
Expired at his lodgings in this city at about the hour of two o’clock yesterday evening, after a distressing illness of some ten days, at the age of sixty years. Mr. UPHAM was a native of the town of Leicester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, whence he removed at a early age to the State of Vermont. Mr. Upham, died at the Irving Hotel after suffering from smallpox.
His birth was Aug. 5, 1792, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His death came on Jan. 14, 1853, at Washington in the District of Columbia, his Burial was at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia.
His father was Capt Samuel Upham and his mother was Patty Livermore. He married Sarah Keyes, in 1814, they had five children one would die soon after birth, they were; William Keyes Upham, Charles Carrol Upham, Sarah Sumner Upham and Mary Annette Upham
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Alexander Hamilton Buell.He had hastened back from his distant home by night, through an inclement storm, to assure his wife of the recovery of a child whom he had visited there. The disease ( erysipelas ) which was to become mortal attended him to his chamber. He died yesterday morning; and although he had attained the ripe age of fifty-one years, yet he died without having encountered an ebb of fortune or of public favor.
He was born on Jul. 14, 1801, and his death came on Jan. 29, 1853, his Burial was at Episcopal Cemetery, Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. His father was Roswell Buell and mother was Sarah Griswold, His wife was Harriet E. Gruman, their marriage was on 09 NOV 1840, Clinton, New York. Their children were; Harriet Louisa Buell, Alexander Clark Buell, William Roswell Buell and Harriet Ellen Buell.
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ALEXANDER BARROW.Mr. Speaker: Alexander Barrow, later Senator from the State of Louisiana, is now no more. A native of the State of Tennessee, horn within a few miles of the city of Nashville. He received his education and discipline at the Military Academy at West Point. In 1840, then not forty years of age, he was elected to a full term in the Senate of the United States. He was taken suddenly ill on Friday evening, while on a visit to Baltimore. His disease had been so violent in its course that many of his friends scarcely knew of his illness. I had the melancholy satisfaction of being with him a few hours before he died. When I pressed his cold hand for the last time, he returned that grasp with a strength which even disease seemed scarcely to have weakened, and, in a voice of more than usual firmness said, “I shall never see Louisiana more.”
His birth was on Mar. 27, 1801, and his death came on Dec. 29, 1846, his Burial was at Afton Villa Baptist Church Cemetery, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His father was Wylie OR Willie Barrow and his mother was Jane Greer. His wife was Mary Ann Barrow, they were married on 25 NOV 1824 West Feliciana, Louisiana. Their children were; Alexander Barrow Jr., Willie Macajah Barrow and Jane Barrow.
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Chester Pierce Butler.
He died on his return from the labors of Congress. He reached Philadelphia. on Tuesday, the 1st day of October, and was there seized with a complaint so violent that he survived the attack only till the Saturday following. He born in Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in March, 1798, he was the grandson of Colonel Zebulon Butler, who commanded the American troops at the time of the terrible calamity distinguished in our national history as the “Massacre of Wyoming.”
He graduated at Princeton College in 1817, and then read law in the Litchfield School, and subsequently under Judge Mallory, a distinguished jurist of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to practice in 1820.
He was born on Mar. 21, 1798, death came to him on Oct. 5, 1850. His Burial was at
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia. His father was Lord Butler and his mother was Mary Pierce. He had nine brother and sisters who were; Louisa Butler, Pierce Butler, Houghton Seymore Butler, . Sylvania Pierce Butler, John Lord Butler, Ruth Ann Butler, Zebulon Butler, Lord Nelson Butler
And Phebe Haight Butler. Although he was married and had children, I could find no record of them.
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AMOS E. WOOD.
He died at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the 19th of November last, of erysipelas, after an illness of only three days. He was born at Ellisburg, Jefferson county1 New York, on the 2d of June, 1810. In 1825 he removed with his father to Portage county, in the State of Ohio, where he remained until 1833, when his attention was called to the rich agricultural lands in northwestern Ohio, and he removed to Sandusky county, where he purchased himself a farm, and cleared it mostly with mostly his own hands, on which he resided at the time of his death.
It has been two years since he buried his wife, who also died of erysipelas, leaving him in the sole care of four small children. He was devoted to them, and had taken two young daughters to Fort Wayne to school, when he was taken ill there. They were present to close hi eyes in death, and on the following day returned with his lifeless body to their orphan home, and saw the grave close upon it forever.
He was born on Jan. 2, 1810, death came to him on Nov. 19, 1850, his Burial was at Congressional Cemetery , Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia.
Although he had a wife and children, I could find no record of their names
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JOHN Henry HARMANSON.
He died in the city of New Orleans in October last. He was born in 1803, in the borough of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia. His father removed with his family, while John was but eleven years of age, to the parish of Rapides, in the State of Louisiana. His death, a few years after, threw upon his son at an early age the cares and responsibilities of a family, and his affection of a family, and his affection and devotion to their welfare is often spoken of by those who knew him at the time. Subsequently he removed to the parish of Ouachita, where he read law for a time with his early friend, General DOWNS, (now one of the Senators from Louisiana.) He soon give up the reading of law, and located himself in the parish of Avoyelles, where he followed diligently and successfully the happy life of a cotton planter.
His sterling integrity and great information upon all political subjects soon attracted the attention of his fellow citizens and he was often solicited to become their representative, but the growing demands of a large family and his fondness for rural life induced him to decline. It was not until seven or eight years ago that he consented to become a candidate for the State Senate, to which place he was elected. After two years service in that body, he was elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress, and continued uninterruptedly to represent his district up to the period of his death.
He was born on Jan. 15, 1803, death came for him on Oct. 21, 1850, his Burial: Moreau Plantation Cemetery, Torras, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, His wife was Rachel Stampley SELSER, their marriage took place on 4 Feb 1833, at Avoyelles Par, La. They had at lest one child who was; Augustus Daverzac HARMONSON.
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DAVID SPANGLER KAUFMAN.He departed this life at his lodgings in this city about five o’clock yesterday afternoon, surrounded by an affectionate family. Death usually gives warning of his approach; but in this case there was a fearful suddenness in the summons from the active and busy scenes of life to the silence of the tomb.
He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1813, and received his education at Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey. In 1843 he was elected to the Senate, which office he held until the annexation of Texas to the Union. His services to Texas were not in a civil capacity alone. During several campaigns he bore his full share in the struggles of his adopted country for liberty, and participated in several battles, in one of which he received an honorable wound in the face. He was a Major in the local militia he fought in the Cherokee War and was seriously wounded at the Battle of Neches (July 1839), from which he never fully recovered.
He was born on Dec. 18, 1813, death came for him on Jan. 31, 1851, his Burial was at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas. His father was Abraham Kaufman, his mother was Mary Spangler. He married Jane Baxter Richardson, on 21 Apr 1841.
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THOMAS L. HAMER.Mr. MORRIS, of Ohio, rose and said:
Mr. SPEAKER: It becomes my painful duty to announce to this House the death of another of its members elect. Yes, sir, it is but too true that General THOMAS L. HAMER, Ohio’s favorite son, is dead. He departed this life at Monterey on the 2d day of December, 1846.
He was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Clermont county, Ohio, when he was a young man, (or rather a lad,) without money, without riends ,and with no more than a common English education. His first business effort was teaching a common school; next he became a student at law. He was admitted to the bar in 1821, and the same year he settled in Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, which he made his permanent residence. He was elected to Congress in 1832, and continued a member for six years. He then declined a reelection, and devoted himself to business as a lawyer until 1846. In October of 1846, was elected to a seat in the House of Representatives.
When our soil had been invaded by Mexico, and when the people were called upon to sustain the rights and honor of the nation by arms, General HAMER was amongst the first who crowded forward. He volunteered as a private, and as such entered camp Washington; he was there elected Major of the first Ohio regiment, and was soon after appointed a Brigadier General by the President, and this last promotion was, on his part, as I have been told, unsolicited.
He was born in Jul., 1800, death came in Dec. 2, 1846, his Burial was at Old Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio.
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JOHN FAIRFIELD.He died at his lodgings in this city on Friday last. The sudden and startling announcement of his death preceded the intelligence of danger. On the morning of that day he was in his usual health, and met his friends with his accustomed cheerfulness and cordiality. At noon he submitted to a surgical operation, to which, with Undoubting confidence, he had looked for relief from an infirmity under which ha had labored. His physical energies were not equal to his fortitude and courage. His system sank under the unabated anguish which followed, and at twenty minutes before eight o’clock in the evening, in the full possession of his mind, he breathed his last. Scarcely had the friends that were with him anticipated danger, when his pure spirit took its flight. He was born at Saco, in the county of York, Maine, January 30, 1797.
He was born on Jan. 30, 1797, death came for him on Dec. 24, 1847, his Burial was at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, York County, Maine. His father was ICHABOD FAIRFIELD and his mother was SARAH NASON, he married Anna Paine Thornton, on 05 SEPT. 1825, of, Saco, York, Maine.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Four Senators.
It was the custom when a Senator passed away a obituary address was given by a close friend or a colleague. Theses address were later printed in the ( Congressional Globe. ) These address are still given to this day. These address ( Speeches ), can be very long, as they tell of the accomplishments of the deceased. My interest is not in his accomplishments this kind of information can readily be found on the web. My interest is in his more personal information that may not be so easily found on the web.
On this page you will find four Senators with some of their personal information, I hope you will find some little known facts about these men.
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Andrew Pickens Butler .
Birth: Nov. 18, 1796.
Death: May 25, 1857.
Burial: Big Creek Butler Churchyard, Edgefield, Edgefield County South Carolina.
Father: WILLIAM BUTLER
Mother: BEHETHLAND FOOTE MOORE
First Wife: Susan Ann Simpkins
Marriage December 5, 1829.
Second Wife: Rebecca Harriet Hayne
Marriage: April 25, 1832.
Brother: William Butler born, 01 FEB 1790 Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina.
Death: 25 Sep 1850, Fort Gibson, , Arkansas.
Wife: Jane Tweedy PERRY
Marriage: 15 Dec 1819, Grace Church, Brooklyn New York.
The Congressional Globe, 1857.
DEATH OF SENATOR BUTLER.
Mr. EVANS. Mr. President, when I entered this Hall, on the first day of this session, and looked around for the familiar faces of those from whom I had parted at the close of the last, I was painfully impressed with the uncertainty of human life, and the vanity of all human hopes and expectations.
Little did I imagine, when I parted from my friend and colleague, that in the short space of two months he would be numbered with the dead; or that I, who was ten years older than himself, should stand here to-day to announce the melancholy event.
My deceased friend and colleague, the late ANDREW P. BUTLER, Was born in Edgefield district, in the State of South Carolina, on the 18th day of November, 1796, and was, at the time of his death, on the 5th of May last, in his sixty-first year.
His family came from Virginia, and settled in South Carolina before the Revolution. Few families have been more distinguished in the annals of the State, or suffered more in the service of the country. General William Butler, the father of Judge BUTLER, served with distinction, as a captain, in the troops of the State, and in that bloody conflict and war of extermination waged between Whig and Tory toward the close of the Revolution, the history of which, with all its bloody incidents, has never been written. He was subsequently a major general of militia, and a member Congress from 1801 to 1814. He left a large family, of which my deceased colleague was the last survivor.
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James Bell.
Birth: Nov. 13, 1804.
Death: May 26, 1857.
Burial: Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Father: SAMUEL BELL
Mother: MEHITABLE BOWEN DANA
Brother & Sisters: Samuel Dana Bell, John J. Bell, Mary Ann Bell and Luther V. Bell.
First wife: Wife: Mary Giles
Second wife: Judith Almira UPHAM
Marriage: 29 JUN 1830 Francestown, Hillsboro, New Hampshire.
Children: MARY ANN BELL, ELIZA M. BELL, LUCY BELL, JAMES BELL and CHARLES UPHAM BELL.
The Congressional Globe.
DEATH OF MR. BELL, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mr. HALE. Mr. President, it is my duty, in obedience to a long-established, and, in my judgment, peculiarly appropriate custom of the Senate, to announce to the body the decease of my late colleague, Hon. JAMES BELL, which occurred at his residence in Gilford, New Hampshire, on the 26th of May last.
Mr. BELL was the son of the late Samuel Bell, our State, who, for a time, was one of the justices of our highest judicial court; subsequently, for several years, Governor of the State, and for twelve years a member of this body. My late colleague was born its Francestown, in the county of Hillsborough, on the 13th of November, 1804; entering college, at Phillips’s Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts; and in September, 1819, before he had completed his fifteenth year, he entered the sophomore class in Bowdoin College. He was graduated in 1822, and immediately commenced the study of the law with his brother.
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James Lockhart.
Birth: Feb. 13, 1806
Death: Sept. 7, 1857.
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
Wife: Sarah C. NEGLEY.
Marriage: 01 SEP 1835, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.
The Congressional Globe, 1857.
Mr. BRIGHT. Mr. President, my late colleague, the Hon. JAMES LOCKHART, departed this life, after a long and painful illness, at his home in Evansville, Indiana, on the 7th of September last. Though wasted by disease, he retained his mental faculties unimpaired till the last, and spoke words of peace and comfort to those surrounding his bedside.
JAMES LOCKHART was horn on the 13th day of February, 1806. in Auburn, Cayuga county, New York he ran a small wool mill in Ithaca before moving to Indiana in 1832.
He emigrated to the West in 1832, and located in Evansville, Indiana, where he commenced the practice of the law in 1834.
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John Gallagher Montgomery.
Birth: Jun. 27, 1805, Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Apr. 24, 1857, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.
Burial: Episcopal Cemetery, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.
The Congressional Globe, 1857.
DEATH OF HON. JOHN G. MONTGOMERY.
Mr. MONTGOMERY died at his residence, in Danville, in the county of Montour, Pennsylvania, on the 23, of April last, in the fifty-second year of his age. He was one of the victims of that singular and destructive epidemic which appeared at the National Hotel during the months of February and March last. He had left his home, in full health and with a cheerful spirit, to Witness the consummation of his most cherished political desires in the, inauguration of a President to whose promotion he had devoted his most ardent efforts. But the fatal epidemic soon drove him from the scene of his enjoyment, and he returned to his home, depressed in mind and afflicted in body, where he endured an incessant agony, only terminated by death.
On this page you will find four Senators with some of their personal information, I hope you will find some little known facts about these men.
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Andrew Pickens Butler .Birth: Nov. 18, 1796.
Death: May 25, 1857.
Burial: Big Creek Butler Churchyard, Edgefield, Edgefield County South Carolina.
Father: WILLIAM BUTLER
Mother: BEHETHLAND FOOTE MOORE
First Wife: Susan Ann Simpkins
Marriage December 5, 1829.
Second Wife: Rebecca Harriet Hayne
Marriage: April 25, 1832.
Brother: William Butler born, 01 FEB 1790 Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina.
Death: 25 Sep 1850, Fort Gibson, , Arkansas.
Wife: Jane Tweedy PERRY
Marriage: 15 Dec 1819, Grace Church, Brooklyn New York.
The Congressional Globe, 1857.
DEATH OF SENATOR BUTLER.
Mr. EVANS. Mr. President, when I entered this Hall, on the first day of this session, and looked around for the familiar faces of those from whom I had parted at the close of the last, I was painfully impressed with the uncertainty of human life, and the vanity of all human hopes and expectations.
Little did I imagine, when I parted from my friend and colleague, that in the short space of two months he would be numbered with the dead; or that I, who was ten years older than himself, should stand here to-day to announce the melancholy event.
My deceased friend and colleague, the late ANDREW P. BUTLER, Was born in Edgefield district, in the State of South Carolina, on the 18th day of November, 1796, and was, at the time of his death, on the 5th of May last, in his sixty-first year.
His family came from Virginia, and settled in South Carolina before the Revolution. Few families have been more distinguished in the annals of the State, or suffered more in the service of the country. General William Butler, the father of Judge BUTLER, served with distinction, as a captain, in the troops of the State, and in that bloody conflict and war of extermination waged between Whig and Tory toward the close of the Revolution, the history of which, with all its bloody incidents, has never been written. He was subsequently a major general of militia, and a member Congress from 1801 to 1814. He left a large family, of which my deceased colleague was the last survivor.
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James Bell.Birth: Nov. 13, 1804.
Death: May 26, 1857.
Burial: Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Father: SAMUEL BELL
Mother: MEHITABLE BOWEN DANA
Brother & Sisters: Samuel Dana Bell, John J. Bell, Mary Ann Bell and Luther V. Bell.
First wife: Wife: Mary Giles
Second wife: Judith Almira UPHAM
Marriage: 29 JUN 1830 Francestown, Hillsboro, New Hampshire.
Children: MARY ANN BELL, ELIZA M. BELL, LUCY BELL, JAMES BELL and CHARLES UPHAM BELL.
The Congressional Globe.
DEATH OF MR. BELL, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mr. HALE. Mr. President, it is my duty, in obedience to a long-established, and, in my judgment, peculiarly appropriate custom of the Senate, to announce to the body the decease of my late colleague, Hon. JAMES BELL, which occurred at his residence in Gilford, New Hampshire, on the 26th of May last.
Mr. BELL was the son of the late Samuel Bell, our State, who, for a time, was one of the justices of our highest judicial court; subsequently, for several years, Governor of the State, and for twelve years a member of this body. My late colleague was born its Francestown, in the county of Hillsborough, on the 13th of November, 1804; entering college, at Phillips’s Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts; and in September, 1819, before he had completed his fifteenth year, he entered the sophomore class in Bowdoin College. He was graduated in 1822, and immediately commenced the study of the law with his brother.
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James Lockhart.
Birth: Feb. 13, 1806
Death: Sept. 7, 1857.
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
Wife: Sarah C. NEGLEY.
Marriage: 01 SEP 1835, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.
The Congressional Globe, 1857.
Mr. BRIGHT. Mr. President, my late colleague, the Hon. JAMES LOCKHART, departed this life, after a long and painful illness, at his home in Evansville, Indiana, on the 7th of September last. Though wasted by disease, he retained his mental faculties unimpaired till the last, and spoke words of peace and comfort to those surrounding his bedside.
JAMES LOCKHART was horn on the 13th day of February, 1806. in Auburn, Cayuga county, New York he ran a small wool mill in Ithaca before moving to Indiana in 1832.
He emigrated to the West in 1832, and located in Evansville, Indiana, where he commenced the practice of the law in 1834.
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John Gallagher Montgomery.
Birth: Jun. 27, 1805, Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Apr. 24, 1857, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.
Burial: Episcopal Cemetery, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania.
The Congressional Globe, 1857.
DEATH OF HON. JOHN G. MONTGOMERY.
Mr. MONTGOMERY died at his residence, in Danville, in the county of Montour, Pennsylvania, on the 23, of April last, in the fifty-second year of his age. He was one of the victims of that singular and destructive epidemic which appeared at the National Hotel during the months of February and March last. He had left his home, in full health and with a cheerful spirit, to Witness the consummation of his most cherished political desires in the, inauguration of a President to whose promotion he had devoted his most ardent efforts. But the fatal epidemic soon drove him from the scene of his enjoyment, and he returned to his home, depressed in mind and afflicted in body, where he endured an incessant agony, only terminated by death.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Senator Nathan Smith, 1770-1835.
Nathan Smith.
Birth: Jan. 8, 1770.
Death: Dec. 6, 1835.
Burial: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County Connecticut.
US Senator. Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to represent Connecticut in the US Senate, he served from 1833 until his death. Born in Woodbury, Connecticut, he was admitted to the bar in 1792 and settled as a lawyer in New Haven. In 1817 he was appointed prosecuting attoney for New Haven County and kept that position for the rest of his life, while also serving as a delegate to the 1818 State Constitutional Convention, as an unsuccessful candidate for State Governor (1825), and two years (1828 to 1829) as US Attorney for Connecticut. Smith's interest in politics came late in his career and he was 63 when he took his seat in the US Senate, one of the oldest serving members of that body. This marked his only time in elected office. He died in Washington, DC, and John Milton Niles was elected to complete his term. There is a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery. He was the brother of US Congressman Nathaniel Smith and uncle of US Senator Truman Smith.
Congressional Globe, 1835.
Mr. TOMLINSON rose and said: Mr. PRESIDENT it has become my painful duty to announce to the Senate the death of the Hon. NATHAN SMITH, late a Senator from the
State of Connecticut.
Arriving in this city apparently in the full possession of all his powers, my colleague and friend interchanged the kind salutations appropriate to the occasion with the cordiality and frankness and vivacity which characterize his social intercourse, and secured the attachment and confidence of those with whom he was intimately associated. He retired to rest on Saturday evening, as far as was observed, in the enjoyment, his accustomed health and spirits. Feeling indisposed, he rose from his bed, and obtained the advice of a medical friend, who subsequently left his apartment without the slightest apprehension of a fatal result. In a short time his altered appearance caused alarm, and his friend was again called. On his return, the heart had cease to beat, and he expired in his chair on Sunday morning, about half past one o’clock, without a struggle or a groan. The funeral was held on December 7, 1835, at twelve o’clock, members of the senate and the House of Representatives were in attendance.
Birth: Jan. 8, 1770.
Death: Dec. 6, 1835.
Burial: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County Connecticut.
US Senator. Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to represent Connecticut in the US Senate, he served from 1833 until his death. Born in Woodbury, Connecticut, he was admitted to the bar in 1792 and settled as a lawyer in New Haven. In 1817 he was appointed prosecuting attoney for New Haven County and kept that position for the rest of his life, while also serving as a delegate to the 1818 State Constitutional Convention, as an unsuccessful candidate for State Governor (1825), and two years (1828 to 1829) as US Attorney for Connecticut. Smith's interest in politics came late in his career and he was 63 when he took his seat in the US Senate, one of the oldest serving members of that body. This marked his only time in elected office. He died in Washington, DC, and John Milton Niles was elected to complete his term. There is a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery. He was the brother of US Congressman Nathaniel Smith and uncle of US Senator Truman Smith.
Congressional Globe, 1835.
Mr. TOMLINSON rose and said: Mr. PRESIDENT it has become my painful duty to announce to the Senate the death of the Hon. NATHAN SMITH, late a Senator from the
State of Connecticut.
Arriving in this city apparently in the full possession of all his powers, my colleague and friend interchanged the kind salutations appropriate to the occasion with the cordiality and frankness and vivacity which characterize his social intercourse, and secured the attachment and confidence of those with whom he was intimately associated. He retired to rest on Saturday evening, as far as was observed, in the enjoyment, his accustomed health and spirits. Feeling indisposed, he rose from his bed, and obtained the advice of a medical friend, who subsequently left his apartment without the slightest apprehension of a fatal result. In a short time his altered appearance caused alarm, and his friend was again called. On his return, the heart had cease to beat, and he expired in his chair on Sunday morning, about half past one o’clock, without a struggle or a groan. The funeral was held on December 7, 1835, at twelve o’clock, members of the senate and the House of Representatives were in attendance.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Indian Interpreters Of The United States.
All these men were interpreters for the United States. The information here will be in the form of short notes. However some of these names will have added information on them. If you see a name of interest you can request a look up, my address can be found in my profile. The date beside the information is not the date of their service, but the yare their petition was before Congress.
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1805, Thomas Finn, was one of the interpreters and guides employed to accompany Colonel Harding and Major Trueman in bearing messages of peace.
1778, James Deane.
1791, A petition of John Nicholson was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war, as an Indian interpreter and guide.
1811, A petition of William Wells, of the Indiana Territory, praying compensation for services as an assistant Indian Agent for the Northwestern tribes, and as Indian Interpreter at Fort Wayne.
1776, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid the Indian interpreter [Thomas Folmer] for his services, and to defray his expenses.
1827, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to Michael Brouillet, late Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse in the battle of Tippecanoe.
1827, That the same committee inquire into the expediency of making compensation to John Baptiste Laplante, late an Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse whilst in said service.
1825, The petition of Anthony Shane, praying a pension, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter, during the late war.
1850, Charles A. Grignon, praying compensation for his services as an Indian interpreter.
1837, George Johnston praying compensation for his services as Indian interpreter
1776, To Benjamin Armitage, for boarding and lodging Thomas Folmer, the Indian interpreter, twenty days, the sum of £4 12 1=12 25/90 dollars.
1818, a petition of Jasper Parrish, praying for a grant of land, lying in the state of Ohio, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter.
1800, The petition of John Pitchlyn, by his attorney Anthony Foster, praying compensation as an interpreter to the Choctaw nation of Indians.
1791, A petition of John Nicholson was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war, as an Indian interpreter and guide.
1790, That there be paid out of the public Treasury unto Jehoakim M'Toksin one hundred and twenty dollars, in full compensation for his services as an interpreter and guide in the expedition commanded by Major General Sullivan, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.
1826, A petition of Michael Brouillet, late Interpreter in the employ of the United States at Fort Harrison, in the State of Indiana.
1776, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid the Indian interpreter [Thomas Folmer] for his services, and to defray his expences.
1813, a petition of William P. Bryan, attorney in fact for John Rice Jones, praying compensation for services rendered, and expenses incurred, by Mr. Jones, whilst interpreter to the Board of Land Commissioners in the Indiana Territory.
1814, CHAP. LXXXVI.—.An Act for the relief of John .Pitchlyn.
Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the department of war be, and they are hereby authorized and required, to settle and adjust the account of John Pitchlyn, late an interpreter for the Choctaw Indians, and to allow him a reasonable compensation for his services from the first of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, until the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, the amount whereof shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 18, 1814.
1854, To the said Indians residing in the State of Indiana, for time employed and money expended in assisting to make this treaty, which maybe paid to James T. Miller, their C, and Pyn-yi-oh-te-mah, or to either of them, to be divided amana said Indians according to justice and equity.
1776, That the sum of fifty dollars be paid to Isaac Stille, the Interpreter.
1818, the petition of John Rice Jones, of the territory of Missouri, praying compensation for services rendered, as interpreter and translator to the board of commissioners
1827, Michael Brouillet, late Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse in the battle of Tippecanoe.
1825, The petition of Anthony Shane, praying a pension, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter, during the late war.
1838, A memorial of O-poth-le-yo-ho-la, a chief of the Creek Indians, praying indemnity for the loss of a negro man, obtained from him by Captain Lane, of the United States army, for the purpose of acting as an interpreter, and not returned agreeably to contract.
1850, Charles A. Grignon, praying compensation for his services as an Indian interpreter.
1837, the petition of George Johnston praying compensation for his services as Indian interpreter.
1845, The petition of P. Prescott, interpreter for the Indian agency at St. Peter's, praying an increase of compensation.
1854, The petition of John Shaw, praying compensation for services as interpreter at the trial in the circuit court of the United States, in the Territory of Michigan, in 1828, of certain Winnebago Indians who were indicted for murder.
1797, Richard Bailey interpreter for the Creeks Indians.
1797, Timothy Barnard interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine.
1797, Langly Bryant, interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine,
1797, James Burgess interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine.
1793, Arthur Coody, interpreter at treaty of Hopewell, &c.
1792, James Carey appointed interpreter, in 1792.
1796, Alexander Cornell, interpreter to the Creeks at treaty of Coleraine, Georgia.
1787, James Doureauzeau interpreter to the Creeks.
1796, William Gray, a deputy from, and interpreter to, "Seven Nations of Canada," at treaty of N. York, in 1796.
1795, Interpreters to the Indians at the treaty of Greenville, in 1795, viz. Isaac Zane, and Abraham Williams, to the Wyandots; Robert Wilson, to the Delawares; Jacques Lasselle, and Christopher Miller, to the Shawanese; Messieurs Sans Crainte and Morin, to the Ottawas, Chippewas, and Pattawatamies; and William Wells, to the Miamies and Eel rivers, Weas and Piankeshaws, Kickapoos and Kaskaskias.
1796, Philip Scott Interpreter on the part of Georgia, at the treaty with the Creeks at Coleraine, in 1796.
1814, George Levett Interpreters at conference with the Creeks in 1814.
1826, A petition of John B. Flemmand, of the State of Ohio, praying compensation for services rendered at various times as interpreter at conferences, negotiations, and treaties, with different tribes of Indians, and as a spy and guide in the military service, in the years 1812 and 1813.
1850, The petition of Ambrose T. Hatch, praying compensation for his services as a quartermaster and interpreter in the Sioux war of 1832.
1819, A petition of David Berry, praying for a grant of land, as an additional compensation for his services as an interpreter of the Choctaw Indian language, for upwards of twelve years.
1826, Henry M. Breckenridge, of Florida, for services rendered in the office of Alcade and Interpreter, in 1821 and 1822, at Pensacola, in the Territory of Florida.
1818, A petition of Jasper Parrish, praying for a grant of land, lying in the state of Ohio, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter.
1848, Toney Proctor, a free colored man, for services as an interpreter to the Seminole Indians in 1823 and 1824
1874, The claim of Elizabeth J. Woods, widow of William Woods, deceased, for payment for services of her husband as interpreter in the treaty with, and removal of, the Cherokees in 1837 and 1838.
1855, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Scott Campbell, a Sioux interpreter,
1844, A memorial of the children and heirs of Joseph Gerard, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by the said Gerard in communicating with Indian tribes, in the year 1792, on the part of the Government, as a guide and interpreter.
1854, The petition of Charles H. Grignon, for compensation for services as interpreter to the United States sub-agent for the Menomonie Indians.
1846, A petition of P. Prescott, interpreter for the United States at the Indian agency at Saint Peter's, in the Territory of lowa, praying for an increase of compensation.
1816, A petition of Peter Snyder, praying for a grant of the land on which he resides, in consideration of services rendered as interpreter at several conferences with the Indians, at which treaties were effected, and for other services rendered to the United States, in their intercourse with the Indian tribes.
1869, The petition of Jacob L. W. Doxtater, praying compensation for services as interpreter for the Oneida tribe of Indians.
1844, A petition of James Rankin, of the State of Ohio, for compensation for services rendered as an interpreter to the Wyandot Indians on the part of the United States.
1830, Private Land Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting six hundred and forty acres of the unappropriated lands, lying in the State of Alabama, to George Mayfield, in consideration of his services as an interpreter, in the late war with the Creek Indians.
1779, Job Chilloway, a faithful Indian of the Delaware Tribe, was at the request of that Nation on his way to them from the Susquehannah, where he resided, in order to act as an Interpreter (for which he was well qualified); and being at Fort Pitt caught the Small Pox of which he died. His Mother also died there of the same disease. His wife (who was at the time of her husband's death lying in) on heating thereof lost her senses and was sent by Col Morgan to her relations at Coshacking, where She now is entirely out of her reason. The child of which She was then delivered caught the small pox and died.
That Job Chilloway left issue five children:
One Girl of 12 years of age, one Boy of 11, one Boy of 8, one Boy of 6, who are now at Carlisle, totally destitute of all support.
That as Chilloway was well settled on the Susquehanna, and left his farm to serve the United States to whom he was ever a firm and steady friend, and as the catastrophe happened to him and his family while he was in their service, and would in all probability have been avoided had he remained at home, it will not only be pleasing to the friendly Indians of the Delaware Nation, but a piece of justice due the Children, that provision be made at Continental expence for their support and education. Wherefore the Board beg leave to report:
That until the farther order of Congress, Colonel Geo: Morgan, Agent for Indian Affairs in the Western Department, be authorized and directed to take proper measures for the maintainance and education of Job Chilloway's Children. That the Board of War give the necessary orders on the Clothier General for a supply of clothing for those Children, and that Colonel Morgan's accounts of expenditures from time to time for their support and education be settled and paid by the Treasury Board.
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1805, Thomas Finn, was one of the interpreters and guides employed to accompany Colonel Harding and Major Trueman in bearing messages of peace.
1778, James Deane.
1791, A petition of John Nicholson was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war, as an Indian interpreter and guide.
1811, A petition of William Wells, of the Indiana Territory, praying compensation for services as an assistant Indian Agent for the Northwestern tribes, and as Indian Interpreter at Fort Wayne.
1776, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid the Indian interpreter [Thomas Folmer] for his services, and to defray his expenses.
1827, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to Michael Brouillet, late Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse in the battle of Tippecanoe.
1827, That the same committee inquire into the expediency of making compensation to John Baptiste Laplante, late an Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse whilst in said service.
1825, The petition of Anthony Shane, praying a pension, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter, during the late war.
1850, Charles A. Grignon, praying compensation for his services as an Indian interpreter.
1837, George Johnston praying compensation for his services as Indian interpreter
1776, To Benjamin Armitage, for boarding and lodging Thomas Folmer, the Indian interpreter, twenty days, the sum of £4 12 1=12 25/90 dollars.
1818, a petition of Jasper Parrish, praying for a grant of land, lying in the state of Ohio, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter.
1800, The petition of John Pitchlyn, by his attorney Anthony Foster, praying compensation as an interpreter to the Choctaw nation of Indians.
1791, A petition of John Nicholson was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for services rendered to the United States, during the late war, as an Indian interpreter and guide.
1790, That there be paid out of the public Treasury unto Jehoakim M'Toksin one hundred and twenty dollars, in full compensation for his services as an interpreter and guide in the expedition commanded by Major General Sullivan, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.
1826, A petition of Michael Brouillet, late Interpreter in the employ of the United States at Fort Harrison, in the State of Indiana.
1776, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be paid the Indian interpreter [Thomas Folmer] for his services, and to defray his expences.
1813, a petition of William P. Bryan, attorney in fact for John Rice Jones, praying compensation for services rendered, and expenses incurred, by Mr. Jones, whilst interpreter to the Board of Land Commissioners in the Indiana Territory.
1814, CHAP. LXXXVI.—.An Act for the relief of John .Pitchlyn.
Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the department of war be, and they are hereby authorized and required, to settle and adjust the account of John Pitchlyn, late an interpreter for the Choctaw Indians, and to allow him a reasonable compensation for his services from the first of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, until the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, the amount whereof shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 18, 1814.
1854, To the said Indians residing in the State of Indiana, for time employed and money expended in assisting to make this treaty, which maybe paid to James T. Miller, their C, and Pyn-yi-oh-te-mah, or to either of them, to be divided amana said Indians according to justice and equity.
1776, That the sum of fifty dollars be paid to Isaac Stille, the Interpreter.
1818, the petition of John Rice Jones, of the territory of Missouri, praying compensation for services rendered, as interpreter and translator to the board of commissioners
1827, Michael Brouillet, late Indian Interpreter in the service of the United States, for the loss of a horse in the battle of Tippecanoe.
1825, The petition of Anthony Shane, praying a pension, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter, during the late war.
1838, A memorial of O-poth-le-yo-ho-la, a chief of the Creek Indians, praying indemnity for the loss of a negro man, obtained from him by Captain Lane, of the United States army, for the purpose of acting as an interpreter, and not returned agreeably to contract.
1850, Charles A. Grignon, praying compensation for his services as an Indian interpreter.
1837, the petition of George Johnston praying compensation for his services as Indian interpreter.
1845, The petition of P. Prescott, interpreter for the Indian agency at St. Peter's, praying an increase of compensation.
1854, The petition of John Shaw, praying compensation for services as interpreter at the trial in the circuit court of the United States, in the Territory of Michigan, in 1828, of certain Winnebago Indians who were indicted for murder.
1797, Richard Bailey interpreter for the Creeks Indians.
1797, Timothy Barnard interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine.
1797, Langly Bryant, interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine,
1797, James Burgess interpreter to the Creek Indians at treaty of Coleraine.
1793, Arthur Coody, interpreter at treaty of Hopewell, &c.
1792, James Carey appointed interpreter, in 1792.
1796, Alexander Cornell, interpreter to the Creeks at treaty of Coleraine, Georgia.
1787, James Doureauzeau interpreter to the Creeks.
1796, William Gray, a deputy from, and interpreter to, "Seven Nations of Canada," at treaty of N. York, in 1796.
1795, Interpreters to the Indians at the treaty of Greenville, in 1795, viz. Isaac Zane, and Abraham Williams, to the Wyandots; Robert Wilson, to the Delawares; Jacques Lasselle, and Christopher Miller, to the Shawanese; Messieurs Sans Crainte and Morin, to the Ottawas, Chippewas, and Pattawatamies; and William Wells, to the Miamies and Eel rivers, Weas and Piankeshaws, Kickapoos and Kaskaskias.
1796, Philip Scott Interpreter on the part of Georgia, at the treaty with the Creeks at Coleraine, in 1796.
1814, George Levett Interpreters at conference with the Creeks in 1814.
1826, A petition of John B. Flemmand, of the State of Ohio, praying compensation for services rendered at various times as interpreter at conferences, negotiations, and treaties, with different tribes of Indians, and as a spy and guide in the military service, in the years 1812 and 1813.
1850, The petition of Ambrose T. Hatch, praying compensation for his services as a quartermaster and interpreter in the Sioux war of 1832.
1819, A petition of David Berry, praying for a grant of land, as an additional compensation for his services as an interpreter of the Choctaw Indian language, for upwards of twelve years.
1826, Henry M. Breckenridge, of Florida, for services rendered in the office of Alcade and Interpreter, in 1821 and 1822, at Pensacola, in the Territory of Florida.
1818, A petition of Jasper Parrish, praying for a grant of land, lying in the state of Ohio, in consideration of services rendered as an Indian interpreter.
1848, Toney Proctor, a free colored man, for services as an interpreter to the Seminole Indians in 1823 and 1824
1874, The claim of Elizabeth J. Woods, widow of William Woods, deceased, for payment for services of her husband as interpreter in the treaty with, and removal of, the Cherokees in 1837 and 1838.
1855, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Scott Campbell, a Sioux interpreter,
1844, A memorial of the children and heirs of Joseph Gerard, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by the said Gerard in communicating with Indian tribes, in the year 1792, on the part of the Government, as a guide and interpreter.
1854, The petition of Charles H. Grignon, for compensation for services as interpreter to the United States sub-agent for the Menomonie Indians.
1846, A petition of P. Prescott, interpreter for the United States at the Indian agency at Saint Peter's, in the Territory of lowa, praying for an increase of compensation.
1816, A petition of Peter Snyder, praying for a grant of the land on which he resides, in consideration of services rendered as interpreter at several conferences with the Indians, at which treaties were effected, and for other services rendered to the United States, in their intercourse with the Indian tribes.
1869, The petition of Jacob L. W. Doxtater, praying compensation for services as interpreter for the Oneida tribe of Indians.
1844, A petition of James Rankin, of the State of Ohio, for compensation for services rendered as an interpreter to the Wyandot Indians on the part of the United States.
1830, Private Land Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting six hundred and forty acres of the unappropriated lands, lying in the State of Alabama, to George Mayfield, in consideration of his services as an interpreter, in the late war with the Creek Indians.
1779, Job Chilloway, a faithful Indian of the Delaware Tribe, was at the request of that Nation on his way to them from the Susquehannah, where he resided, in order to act as an Interpreter (for which he was well qualified); and being at Fort Pitt caught the Small Pox of which he died. His Mother also died there of the same disease. His wife (who was at the time of her husband's death lying in) on heating thereof lost her senses and was sent by Col Morgan to her relations at Coshacking, where She now is entirely out of her reason. The child of which She was then delivered caught the small pox and died.
That Job Chilloway left issue five children:
One Girl of 12 years of age, one Boy of 11, one Boy of 8, one Boy of 6, who are now at Carlisle, totally destitute of all support.
That as Chilloway was well settled on the Susquehanna, and left his farm to serve the United States to whom he was ever a firm and steady friend, and as the catastrophe happened to him and his family while he was in their service, and would in all probability have been avoided had he remained at home, it will not only be pleasing to the friendly Indians of the Delaware Nation, but a piece of justice due the Children, that provision be made at Continental expence for their support and education. Wherefore the Board beg leave to report:
That until the farther order of Congress, Colonel Geo: Morgan, Agent for Indian Affairs in the Western Department, be authorized and directed to take proper measures for the maintainance and education of Job Chilloway's Children. That the Board of War give the necessary orders on the Clothier General for a supply of clothing for those Children, and that Colonel Morgan's accounts of expenditures from time to time for their support and education be settled and paid by the Treasury Board.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Arthur H. Rugg.
Arthur H. Rugg.
Birth: 1843, Illinois.
Death: 1916.
Burial: Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
Father: Henry Ide Rugg.
Mother: Celia Akeman Rugg.
Wife: Annie M. Bryan Rugg. Marriage: 10 Jun 1869 Peoria, , Illinois.
Children: None.
Service.
Arthur H. Rugg, Rank Corporal, Company A. 77th Illinois United States Infantry, Residence PEORIA, PEORIA CO, IL Age 19, Height 5' 10, Hair LIGHT, Eyes HAZEL, Complexion LIGHT, Marital Status SINGLE, Occupation CLERK, Nativity FARMINGTON, FULTON CO, IL, Joined When AUG 12, 1862, Joined Where PEORIA, IL, Period 3., years, Muster In SEP 2, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL. Remarks PROMOTED SERGEANT DISCHARGED DEC 18, 1863
Was also part of the Signal Corps.
For a time he lived at 5006, Madison Ave. Chicago, Illinois.
In the 1880, census he was 37, and a Grain Merchant, his wife was 33, and kept the house. No children.
Peoria City Directory 1883-1884.
Arthur H. Rugg & George Bryan, Secretary Advance Elevator Co., Residence 505 N. Monroe.
Arthur H. Rugg and George Bryan, Grain Commission, rooms 7 & 8 S. Washington.
Birth: 1843, Illinois.
Death: 1916.
Burial: Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.
Father: Henry Ide Rugg.
Mother: Celia Akeman Rugg.
Wife: Annie M. Bryan Rugg. Marriage: 10 Jun 1869 Peoria, , Illinois.
Children: None.
Service.
Arthur H. Rugg, Rank Corporal, Company A. 77th Illinois United States Infantry, Residence PEORIA, PEORIA CO, IL Age 19, Height 5' 10, Hair LIGHT, Eyes HAZEL, Complexion LIGHT, Marital Status SINGLE, Occupation CLERK, Nativity FARMINGTON, FULTON CO, IL, Joined When AUG 12, 1862, Joined Where PEORIA, IL, Period 3., years, Muster In SEP 2, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL. Remarks PROMOTED SERGEANT DISCHARGED DEC 18, 1863
Was also part of the Signal Corps.
For a time he lived at 5006, Madison Ave. Chicago, Illinois.
In the 1880, census he was 37, and a Grain Merchant, his wife was 33, and kept the house. No children.
Peoria City Directory 1883-1884.
Arthur H. Rugg & George Bryan, Secretary Advance Elevator Co., Residence 505 N. Monroe.
Arthur H. Rugg and George Bryan, Grain Commission, rooms 7 & 8 S. Washington.
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