The American Soldier.

Here are the names of 63, American Soldiers, these names cover the three great American wars. This information was put together from Bills and petitions from Congress. By reading this information you may learn, his wife’s name or his children’s, you may also learn what state and county he was from and what regiment he was in. There will be some authors notes on some of these names. These notes are added information from further research on the part of the author.
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Calvin Weed.

Calvin Weed, enlisted September 11, 1812, and was to serve in the militia of the State of New York on the Niagara frontier, but the next day he marched to Lewiston, where he joined the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bobbins, then on duty at that station; On the 18th of October there he volunteered his services in the attack on the heights of Queenstown, and assisted in storming the enemy’s batteries, where, on the second attempt of the enemy to regain them, be received a wound by a rifle ball, which passed through his body, and was carried off the field. Soon after this, he was permitted to return home on furlough, till he should recover from his wound, where he langushed nearly three months, and died.

Authors note. His mother was Hannah Weed, she took care of her son at the cost of $150, dollars. She ask Congress to give her relief but it was not granted. It was the few of the army that being given a furlough, was considered a great favor, and as he could have been attended to at camp at the public expense, and as he choose to leave it was out of their hands.
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George Ludlum.

George Ludlum enlisted as a private in Captain Van Buren’s company of
the 29th regiment United States infantry, on February 10, 1814, for the period of during the war, and that he is entered on the inspection returns of said Van Buren’s company as having deserted on April 28, 1815.

Authors note. Later on proof was shown that he had not deserted
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William John.

William John, was a soldier of the war of the Revolution, and died before he put his application in for a pension. His wife Isabella John, put in a application for the pension in 1844, she too died before the application was acted on, her hire Enoch John, would receive the pension.
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John Gwynn.

John Gwynn was a soldier in the revolutionary war, attached to the fourth regiment Maryland line, commanded by Colonel Carvill Hall; that he died in Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred; and at the time of his decease he was entitled to one hundred acres of bounty land for services in said revolutionary war; and that Julia Gwynn is the widow, and Catharine Gwynn and Susannah Gwynn are the surviving children and legitimate heirs of said John, deceased, and as heirs petition for said bounty land.

It was found by the War Department, that on the 14th day of July, 1795, being more than five years previous to the decease of said John Gwynn, a land warrant, No. 11262, was issued to William Marbury, the assignee of one David Lawler, administrator on the estate of the same John Gwynn. In consequence of the warrant issued as aforesaid, the War Department now declines issuing another warrant to the legitimate heirs, who have thus been defrauded out of their land.
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Ambrose Hudgius.

Ambrose Hudgius, of Alabama, says he was a private soldier in the regular army in the late war, and prays Congress to grant him a small tract of land set forth in his petition in consideration of his services. But it was shown that before the expiration of the first four years of his term of enlistment, he employed a substitute, who, before he had served out the term for which his principal had undertaken to serve, deserted and left the army. It was the findings that the said Ambrose Hudgius, in employing a substitute, became fully responsible for all his actions, his request was not granted.
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James Gammons.

James Gammons, a slave enlisted as a private soldier in the eleventh regiment of infantry of the United States on June 18, 1812, for the period of five years, and continued in the service from the time of his enlistment till February 19,1813, when “he died in the service of the United States.” Archibald Jackson, who was his owner never consented to the enlistment but permitted him to remain in the service. As Archibald Jackson was the legal owner of James Gammons, he is asking for the bounty land, and pay that was do to James before his death. It was granted to the said, Archibald Jackson.
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Nathaniel Bostick.

Nathaniel Bostick, was a soldier at Fort Bowyer, and took part in the capture of the British sloop-of-war Hermes, and was to get part of the prize money, but did not receive any and is now asking for it. He was not the only one that was not paid. It was found that those who were not paid had been discharged from the service before the prize money was paid. It was found by the Auditor, that after the men in service were paid and bad bookkeeping on the part of the regiment Auditor there was no money left to pay those discharged. However Nathaniel Bostick, would received his prize money in the a amount of $500, dollars.
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John Foster.

John Foster, alleges that whilst, in the spring of 1816, he was proceeding with his company from Fort Johnston, on. the Mississippi, to Natchitoches, on the Red river, he was taken extremely sick, and was left behind by the orders of the commanding officer. He further says that, when thus left, he was in the care of a family living near the Mississippi river, and some fifty miles or more above Natcbez, where he remained upwards of a year.

Authors note. No family member who took care of him nor any men of his regiment came foreword to give proof on his behalf, and so his petition for relief was rejected.
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Benjamin Gannett.

A BILL
DECEMBER 22, 1837.


For the relief of Benjamin Gannett, widower of Deborah Gannett
a soldier of the Revolution.

Be it enacted by the Senate anti House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the Secretary of War place the name of Benjamin Gannett, widower of Deborah Gannett, a soldier of the Revolution., late of’ Sharon. State of Massachusetts, now deceased, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners; and that he cause to be paid to the said Gannett the sum of eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, for and during his natural life.

Authors not. From the way this reads Deborah, was the soldier, but she was not found on the rosters.
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Francis Weeks.

Francis Weeks, of Georgia was a soldier of the War of 1812, after his death, his wife Nancy Weeks, received his pension. In 1868, she asked for a increase, she is now receiving Ten dollars per month.
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Samuel Allen.

Samuel Allen, a soldier of the Revolution, has now passed his widow Pamela Allen, of Jericho, of the county of Chittenden, and in the State of Vermont, is now placed on the pension roll at twenty dollars per month.
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Samuel B. Porter.

Samuel B. Porter, was a soldier in the late War of 1812, with Great Britain. He was given a pension of six dollars per month, he alleged that he was totally disabled in the battle of Plattsburg. If he can give proof he is totally disabled to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Pensions his pension would be increased to eight dollars per month.
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Thomas Eden.

Thomas Eden, was attached as a marine on board of the United States schooner Ann Alossis, commanded by James Smith, and while in the line of his duty in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, against Great Britain, was taken prisoner by the enemy and was imprisoned twelve months in the prison-ship La Amathist, at Jamaica, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen; subsequently released and served as a soldier in said war, in the company of Captain William A. Dunham, regiment commanded by Colonel James Johnston, and was honorably discharged when peace was proclaimed.

Authors note. He received a pension of eight dollars per month.
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John Gray.

John Gray, of Noble county, of the State of Ohio, was a revolutionary soldier, and was given relief in the amount of five hundred dollars per annum.
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Daniel Frederick Bakeman.

Daniel Frederick Bakeman, of Sandusky, New York, was a revolutionary soldier and was given relief in the amount of five hundred dollars per annum.
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Sampson Hays.

Sampson Hays, was a soldier in the war with Mexico, and was given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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John Gilbert.

John Gilbert, was a revolutionary soldier who was under the command of Colonel W. B. Whiting’s regiment, and now has passed, to his surviving children, relief in the full pay of a private from the date of June, 1832, till the time of his death of April 12, 1852.
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Josiah Wilson.

Josiah Wilson, of Salem, Washington County, State of New York, who served in Captain Daniel St. John’s company, New York militia, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, with Great Britain. Was given a pension of Eight dollars per month.
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William Adams.

William Adams, was a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, a citizen of the town of Franklinville, New York, late of the thirty—ninth regiment New York infantry. Was given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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George Givens.

George Givens, now a citizen of Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, State of Pennsylvania, was a soldier of the twenty-fourth U. S. infantry, and a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Was given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Warren Raymond.

Warren Raymond, who was a private in the One Hundred and thirty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers Infantry, was in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Was given a pension of four dollars per month, which was later increased too eight dollars per month.
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John A. Parker.

John A. Parker, late a private in company K., fifth regiment of Kansas cavalry volunteers, who had his left arm shattered in battle so as to render amputation necessary. He was given a pension of fifteen dollars per month. Enlisted October 10, 1861, was mustered in same day, was promoted to Bugler. Mustered out December 2, 1865, Leavenworth, Kan.; severally wounded in thigh in action September 11, 1864, at Cross Roads, Arkansas.

Author note. As you well note there are two reports here in one he was wounded in the arm, while the other says it was in the thigh. It’s possible he was wounded twice in two different battles, or may have been wounded in one battle and the placement of his wound was in error?
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Joseph L. Clark.

Sally Clark, is the widow of Joseph L. Clark, deceased, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, who served in Captain Page’s company, of Colonel Sherwin’s regiment of Massachusetts militia, as a private, and as substitute for Newbery Morse. Sally Clark was given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Daniel Hauser.

Daniel Hauser, now a citizen of Forsyth county, North Carolina, was a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, who served in the fifth regiment of North Carolina militia. He was given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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A. W. W. Bayard.

A. W. W. Bayard, an invalid soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, of Centre county, Pennsylvania, now deceased. His widow Susan Bayard, is now receiving his pension.
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Asbury E. Anderson.

Asbury E. Anderson, was a private in Company H, of the Fifty-seventh Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. The sums he was to received was not stated, but it was for four months’ service as such private soldier, for which he has not been heretofore paid.

Authors note. Enrolled: 1861/12/19, Age 20, Where Enrolled: Boxley, Indiana, Regiment: 57, Company H., discharged 1862/09/12, Remarks disability, occupation student.
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William Laughlin.

William Laughlin, deceased, late a private in company C third Indiana cavalry, was entitled to a pension, is now given to Agnes W. Laughlin, his wife.
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Pollard Brown.

Pollard Brown, of Abbeville, South Carolina, who was a soldier of the Revolution, was given a warrant for military bounty land, for one hundred and sixty acres.
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Daniel Biggs.

Daniel Biggs, of Indiana, who was a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and now is upward of seventy-five years of age, to be placed on the pension roll at the
rate of eight dollars per month.
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Samuel Allen.

Samuel Allen, who was a soldier of the Revolution, is now passed, his wife Pamela Allen, of Jericho, in the county of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, is given a pensopn of twenty dollars per annum.
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Simeon Webster.

Simeon Webster, of Tolland, in the county of Tolland, in the State of Connecticut, is being restore to the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per month.
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Samuel Patton.

Samuel Patton, of the county of Hardin, and State of Kentucky, is given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Peter Charlant.

Peter Charlant, now deceased, to his surviving children or legal representatives, the sum of two hundred dollars, as arrears of pay, and the half-pay of a sergeant, certified by the judges, at the monthly allowance of five dollars, to commence from the thirty-fir6t day of May, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, and continued to the third day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty.
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James Phelps.

James Phelps, now deceased of the county of Cortland, in the State of New York, , to his surviving children or legal representatives, a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Peter Hubert.

Peter Hubert was a soldier in General Hazen’s regiment, and now has passed, to his wife Maria J. Hubert, and her children Pierre Picard, Pierre Hubert, François Hubert, and Jean B. Hubert. To receive a pension in the amount of that of a private.

Authors note. Peter Hubert died on April 4, 1853.
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Simeon Griggs.

Simeon Griggs, who was from Vermont, and a revolutionary soldier, but has now passed, to wife Letty Griggs, a pension of six dollars per month.
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Duran T. Hunt.

Duran T. Hunt, of Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, late a soldier in Company A, Fourth Regiment Veteran Volunteer Cavalry, be placed on the pension-rolls, pension is to commence from the date of his discharge.
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James Kip.

James Kip. Was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, but is now deceased, to his son John L. Kip, and to the other surviving children, a full pension.

Author note. James Kip, died on November 19, 1834.
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Henry WaIthall.

Henry WaIthall, a revolutionary soldier, now deceased, to his wife Elizabeth Waithall, a pension, at the rate of eight dollars a month, from the time his pension ceased, to continue during her life, deducting there from the pension she has received by any former law; and that he issue a land warrant to her for one hundred and sixty acres, without any other proof.
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Amos Oney.

Amos Oney, was a revolutionary soldier, but is now deceased, to his surviving children, a pension of six dollars per month, to started from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, till his death, which occur8 red on the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-six.
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Alexander Stevenson.


A Bill.
JULY 19, 1856.


For the relief of the heirs of Alexander Stevenson, a soldier of the revolutionary war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of .America in Congress assembled, That the Treasurer of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the legal representatives of Alexander Stevenson, a soldier of the Revolution, for the use of his heirs, (the said Stevenson having served as a private in the sixth regiment Pennsylvania line, from about the first of January, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, till first August, seventeen hundred and eighty-three, and having been in the battle of Three Rivers, Lower Canada,) a sum equal to the amount due a private between said periods, with interest from December, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, the period when a demand for payment was made upon the government there for one month’s pay to be deducted, said amount having been paid to said soldier in his life-time; which said sum shall be in full of all claims for unpaid money due to said Stevenson and his heirs for services rendered in the revolutionary war.
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William Humphrey.

William Humphrey, of Virginia, was a soldier of the Revolution, but now has passed, to his heirs a pension of five dollars per month, to commence from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to the twenty-second day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty, the day of his death.
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James Curry.

James Curry, was a private soldier in company F, thirty-ninth regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, and now is deceased, to his wife Ellen Curry, a pension.

Authors note. Residence BLOOMINGTON, MCLEAN CO, ILL., Age 26, Height 5' 8, Hair BLACK, Eyes GRAY, Complexion LIGHT, Marital Status MARRIED, Occupation FARMER, Nativity IRELAND, Joined When AUG 20, 1861, Joined Where BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Period 3 YRS, Muster In OCT 11, 1861, Muster In Where CHICAGO, ILL., Remarks DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY.
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John Sawyer.

John Sawyer, was a soldier of the war of the revolution, and who was from Garland, in the county of Penobscot, in the State of Maine, a pension of twenty-four dollars a year.
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James Range.

James Range, a soldier of the revolution, was given a land warrant from the state of Virginia, for one hundred acres of land, due said Range in consideration of three years services as a private in the continental line, land scrip at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. But the warrant was lost, but up on showing to the General Land Office a duplicate of said warrant he shall received in payment for any lands subject to private entry in either of the States of Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois.
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Eli Smith.

Eli Smith, was a a revolutionary soldier, and was of town of Medfield, in the State of Massachusetts, a pension of eight dollars per month.

Authors note. Smith, Eli, Medfield. Receipt dated Medfield, May 7, 1781, for bounties paid said Smith and Joseph Morse by the town of Medfield to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, descriptive list dated Hutts New Boston, May 13, 1782; Capt. James Tisdale's co., 3d Mass. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Millin ; age, 19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 (also given 5 ft. 8) in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark; eyes, dark; occupation, yeoman (also given laborer) ; residence, Medfield; enlisted for town of Medfield ; enlisted April 30, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; also, Private, Capt. James Tisdale's co., Col. John Greaton's (3d) regt.; muster roll for June, 1781, dated Camp Phillipsburgh; enlisted April 30,1781; enlistment, 3 years; also, muster rolls for Aug. and Sept., 1781. dated Camp Peekskill; also, muster roll for Oct. and Nov., 1781, dated Camp Highlands; also, muster rolls for Dec., 1781, Jan. and Feb., 1782, dated Hutts New Boston; also, Capt. Tisdale's (3d) co., Col. Groatou's regt.; muster rolls for Sept. and Oct., 1782; also, Capt. Tisdale's (3d) co., 3d Mass. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. James Mellin; muster rolls for Jan. and Feb., 17N3; also, Capt. Tisdale's (4th) co., 3d Mass. regt. commanded by Col. Michael Jackson ; muster roll for Aug. and Sept., 1783; balance of term of enlistment unexpired, 6 mos. 29 days; also, accounts current showing clothing charged to men belonging to Capt. James Tisdale's co.; clothing charged to said Smith on various dates between Dec. 14, 1782, and Nov. 18, 1783.
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George Lynch.

George Lynch, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension of eight dollars per month now received by him.
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Richard J. Murray.

Richard J. Murray, a soldier in the Seminole war of eighteen hundred and eighteen, to receive a pension of eight dollars per month.
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John Bradshaw.

John Bradshaw, was a soldier of the revolution, and from Goochland county, Virginia, to be placed on the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per month.
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John W. Salyers.

John W. Salyers, of Indiana, was a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve., to be placed on the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per momth.
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John Eaton.

John Eaton, a private soldier of the Eighteenth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was charge with desertion, or absence, the charge was later removed and was given a honorable discharge.
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Elijah Dailey.


A BILL
JANUARY 24, 1857.


For the relief of Elijah Dailey, an invalid soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

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 directed to pay to Elijah Dailey the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars, that being the amount due him to make his pay the full pay of a private from the twentieth of November, eighteen hundred
and fourteen, the commencement of his disability, to the first of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, the date of his certificate, increasing his pension to full pay.
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John Cullins.

John Cullins, of Ohio was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and is to be given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Cornelius Summers.

Cornelius Summers, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, who has now passed, to his wife Elizabeth Summers, a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land, as provided by the act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, for nine months’ service in said war.
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Archibald Parker.

Archibald Parker, was a soldier of the thirty-eighth regiment of infantry and was in the war of 1812, who is now deceased, to the heirs of Archibald Parker, a land warrant to be converted by them into land scrip.
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James Saxton.

James Saxton, now or late of Walker county, in the Stale of Georgia. To be given a full pension as of an officer and for his service of eighteen months.
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William Lynch.

William Lynch, a soldier of the late war with Great Britain, to be given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Baylor Byrd.

Baylor Byrd, was a revolutionary, who is now deceased, to his wife Nancy Byrd, of Williamson county, Tennessee, a pension of eight dollars per monyh.
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Ezra Rogers.

Ezra Rogers, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, is given a pension of eight dollars per month.
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Patrick Meehon.

Patrick Meehon, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. He was receiving a pension of eight dollars per month, to be increased to thirty dollars pea’ month, said increase to be paid from the seventeenth February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, the said Meehon being now over one hundred years of age, without any means of support, nearly blind, and physically helpless.
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Robert Purchase.

Robert Purchase, was a soldier of the revolutionary war, and who is from Ontario county, State of New York, a pension of eighty dollars per annum.
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Ransom Clark.

Ransom Clark, an invalid soldier, to be given four dollars over what he is now receiving as a pension.
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Frank Pugsley.

A Bill.
JANUARY 11, 1867.


For the relief of Frank Pugsley, late a private soldier in company I, of the third regiment of New Hampshire volunteers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the final settlement of the accounts of Frank Pugsley,
as a private soldier in Company I, of the Third regiment of New Hampshire volunteers, the accounting officers of the treasury are authorized and required to regard the date of
his discharge from the service of the United States as of the twenty-fourth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to compute his pay and allowances as such soldier to
that time.
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Joshua Towson.

Joshua Towson, was a soldier of tile war of 1812, who now has passed, to his wife Mary Towson, a warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of bounty land, in recompense of her husband’s services in the war of eigh7 teen hundred and twelve.

The Doctor.

Here is a list of Doctors, I have information on all of these men. The information you will learn may help to add to your families history. If you see a name of interest, write to me and I will be glad to send you the information. Please give the title of this page ( The Doctor ), for without the title I may not be able to help you. My address can be found in my profile.
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1. Doctor Eliakim Crosby
2. Doctor John Ramsay, Va.
3. Doctor William Trevitt.
4. George C. Clitherall, wife Caroline E. Clitherall.
5. Doctor William Johonnot.
6. Doctor Charles Taylor
7. Doctor Edward Jarvis
8. Doctor Theodore A. Telikampf.
9. Doctor John H. McQuown, Illinois.
10. Doctor Mottrom Ball.
11. Doctor J. Milton Best.
12. Doctor Henry Perrine.
13. Doctor William Ramsay.
14. Doctor Thomas Carter.
15. Doctor Thomas Powell.
16. Doctor Corbin Griffin.
17. Doctor John B. Read.
18. Doctor Ninian Pinkney
19. Doctor J. Burrows Gardiner.
20. Doctor Clark Lillybridge.
21. Doctor Boyd Reilly.
22. Doctor B. A. Sellars.
23. Doctor Mary E. Walker.
24. Doctor Adolphus Wislizenus.
25. Doctor David H. Maxwell.
26. Doctor John Gray.
27. Doctor J. M. Foltz.
28. Doctor Hanson Catlett.
29.Doctor A. F. Alexander, Alabama.
30. Doctor Charles D. Maxwell
31. Doctor Sylvester Nash.
32. Doctor Eliakim Crosby.
33. Samuel Kennedy.
34. Doctor Gustavus Horner.
35. Doctor Felix Brunot, wife Elizabeth Kreider Brunot.
36. Doctor Samuel Kennedy.
37. Doctor Absalom Baird.
38. Doctor Marcus Reynolds, S. C.
39. Doctor R. H. Palmer, wife Saraphine T. Palmer.
40.Doctor John Berrien.
41. Doctor James H. Cheears.
42. Doctor John P. Briggs.
43.S. R. Addison
44. Doctor Hazel W. Crouch.
45. Doctor Francis Lambert.
46. Doctor Henry Adams.
47. Doctor Basil R. Prather.
48. Doctor James P. Espy.
49. Doctor Williamson D. Dunn, Indiana.
50. Doctor Isaac Ledyard.
51. Doctor Robert Johnson.
52. Doctor David Gould.
53. Doctor S. R. Addison.

Pensioners Of Massachusetts.

This is a list of men and women and their pension, these names cover the Revolutionary war, War of 1812 and the Civil war. This will be a look up page as there was just to much information to put here. If you see a name of interest write me and I will send the information. At the end of each name there will be other word this indicates where the information comes from. My address can be found n my profile.
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1. Israel Evans, wife Huldah Evans, petition.

2. Andrew McGahee, wife Polly Baker remarried, petition.

3. Simeon Draper, petition.

4. Colonel Willett's regiment, petition.
James Cannan.
Witter Johnston.
Benjamin Bulley.
Adolphus Pickard.
John H. Gentee.

5. John Lane, mother Elizabeth Lane, An Act.

6. George F. Gorham, An Act.

7. John Preveaux, An Act.

8. Timothy O'Conners wife Catharine O'Conners, An Act.

9. Salem P. Rose, A Bill.

10. Horace Peck, A Bill.

11. Jesse French, A Bill.

12. Jacob Adams, A Bill.

13. James J. Coffin, A Bill.

14. Anna West, A Bill.

15. Jonathan Moore, Bill.

16. Mary Phelps, A Bill.

17. Sarah Jones, A Bill.

18. Sandy Walker, A. Bill.

19. William Ferguson, Jason Warner, administrator, A Bill.

20. John Slaven, Thomas Sappington, Abraham Parker, William Mattheny, William Black, and Jonah Garrison, George Field, A Bill.
21. James C. Batchelder, A Bill.

22. Benjamin Gallup, petition.

23. William Moore, petition.

24. Elisha Turner, wife Lydia Turner, petition.

25. Joseph Clark, wife Catherine Clark, petition.

26. Charlotte S. Newcomb, petition.

27. Ann Sheehey, step-son, John Sheehey, petition.

28. Phebe Fitz, father Simeon Pike, memorial.

29. Elisha Frizell, , petition.

30. Julia Carroll, wife of Edward Carroll, petition.

31. William Mead, petition.

32. John Maynard, petition.

33. William Parker, petition.

34. Nathaniel Barney, petition.

35. Levi Bean, petition.

36. Benjamin King Churchill, petition.

37. Benjamin Upton, petition.

38. Philemon Noble.

39. Samuel Bixby, petition.

40. Thomas Harrison, petition.

41. Isaac Rogers, wife Sarah Rogers, , petition.

42. Elizabeth Orgon, petition.
Mary Mansfield, petition.
Elizabeth Nourse, petition.
Hannah Bruce, petition.

43. John Devereice, daughter Lydia Bartoll, petition.

44. Michael Jackson, petition.

45. Abraham Lansing, petition.

46. Ephraim Orcutt, petition.

47. Bartlet Pease, petition.

48. Esther Scollay, , petition.

49. John Stephenson, petition.

50. Arnold Martin, Sarah, his wife, late widow of James Mugford, memorial.

51. Daniel North, petition.

52. Noah Bailey, petition.

53. Elihu Pond, petition.

54. Vassel White, petition.

55. Benjamin Shaw, petition.

56. Nathaniel Standish

57. Bethiah Black, petition.

58. Thomas Avery, petition.

59. William Storey, wife Lydia Moody, petition.

60. Elias Carpenter, petition.

61. James Taylor, petition.

62. Caleb Atherton, petition.

63. Alexander Gardner, petition.

64. Ann Shehey, petition.

65. Mary Wheeler, petition.

66. Louisa M. Williston, petition.

67. Johannah Connolly, petition.

68. James E. Beatty, petition.

69. Ebenezer Brown, petition.

70. Asa Ware, petition.

71. John Dorr, petition.

Shubael Hatch Of Massachusetts.

Here is some information on Shubael Hatch, it may be of help to those looking into this line. I don’t have enough information to state who his wife was, it was either Hannah Reas or Thankful Eldred, if any one knows let me know.
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Service record.

Hatch, Shubael. Sergeant, Capt. John Grannis's co. ; enlisted July 4, 1775; service to Dec. 31, 1775, 6 mos. 13 days; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands; also, Capt. Elisha Nye's co. ; entered service Jan. 4, 1776; service, 29 days; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands for defense of seacoast ; roll sworn to in Barnstable Co.; also, same co. ; entered service April 5, 1776; service to Nov. 21, 1776, 7 mos. 17 days ; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands for defense of seacoast ; also, same co. ; service from Jan. 25, 1777, to April 20, 1777, 86 days ; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands; also, list dated Naushon, Aug. 10, 1777, of men belonging to a company stationed at Naushon who signed a petition for increase of wages or their discharge in case such request was not complied with ; also. Private, Capt. Joseph Palmer's co. ; enlisted May 16, 1779 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1779 ; service, 6 mos. 1 day ; company stationed at Falmouth.

Pension.

Shubael Hatch, State of Massachusetts, county of Barnstable, Sergeant of the Massachusetts Line. His allowance was $96, dollars, the sums received was $364, dollars, was placed on the roll on Oct. 3, 1821, commencement of pension was on March 16, 1820, Age 77, Died on January 1, 1824.

Greenleaf Clarke or Clark. Massachusetts.

Greenleaf Clarke or Clark.

Birth: 17 Oct 1748 Newbury, Essex, Ma.
Death: 4 or 5 Dec 1836 Newburyport, Essex, Ma.

Father: Stephen CLARKE
Mother: Rebecca WATSON

Brothers & Sisters.

Judith CLARKE, born 27 Oct 1754, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Eunice CLARKE, born 27 Feb 1759, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Mercy CLARKE, born 14 Apr 1750, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Susanna CLARKE, 5 Aug 1762, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Rebecca CLARKE, 19 Sep 1752, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 18 Nov 1823.

Wife: Eleanor WHITE,, born 18 Jul 1750, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, death 8 Sep 1840, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Married 1 Oct 1772, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Children.

Margaret More CLARKE, born 27 Jan 1777, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 14 Apr 1798.

Sarah White CLARKE, born 3 Oct 1787, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 10 Jun 1879.

Samuel CLARKE, born 25 Oct 1781, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 19 Feb 1865.

William CLARKE, born 5 Feb 1795, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 5 Nov 1795.

Robert CLARKE, born 20 Feb 1775, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 31 Jul 1846.

Anne CLARKE, born 5 Jul 1792, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 13 Apr 1868.

Eleanor CLARKE, born 6 Jul 1785, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death Oct 1831.

Rebecca CLARKE, born 14 Jul 1773, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 4 Apr 1777.

Rebecca CLARKE, born 23 Jul 1779, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 18 Nov 1822 .

Susan Greenleaf CLARKE, born 22 Sep 1789, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death Oct 1877.

Sally CLARK, born 3 Dec 1787, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, death Aft 1850.

Service record.

Clark, Gueenleaf. 1st Sergeant, Capt. Moses Nowell's co. ; enlisted July 11, 1775; discharged Jan. 1, 1776; service, 6 mos. 7 days; stationed at Ncwburyport; roll sworn to at Ipswich ; also, 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Joseph Iluse's (1st) co., 2d Essex Co. regt. ; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned June 25, 1776; reported serving in place of Jacob Hale; also, Captain, 1st co., 2d Essex Co. regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia [j'ear not given] ; also, Captain; service from July 29, 1778, to Sept. 12, 1778, 1^ mos., under Brig. Gen. Jonathan Titcomb on expedition to Rhode Island ; roll dated Boston.

Library of Congress.


A BILL
FEBRUARY 8, 1838.


For the relief of Eleanor Clark.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of .America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be directed to place Eleanor Clark, widow of Greenleaf Clark, late of the State of Massachusetts, deceased, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and to pay to her, the said Eleanor Clark, during her natural life, at the rate of one hundred dollars and eighty-seven cents, from the fourth day of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

John L. Miles Of Indiana.

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John L. Miles, Enlisted in the second Light Artillery, 1861/08/14, age 23, enlisted at Indianapolis, Indiana. Mustered out 1864/09/01, remarks: Q. M. Sgt. 1st Sgt. September 1, 1862. 2nd Lt. November 1, 1862

Library of Congress.

JOINT RESOLUTION
MAY 4, 1870.

To compensate John L. Miles, late second lieutenant of the Second
Indiana Battery, for one horse lost in the service.

Be it resolve(l by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, there be paid to John L. Miles, late second lieuten5 ant Second Indiana Battery, one hundred and fifty dollars, for one horse lost May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at Fort Smith, Arkansas, by reason of an inadequate supply of forage while said Miles was acting under orders separate from said battery and from a change of position thereof.
APPROVED, March 3, 1871.

Charles Dolph.

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Charles Dolph.

Birth: : 8 Jan 1776 Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.
Death: 15 Jan 1815 Saybrook, Chester Co., CT.
Father: Bennoni DeWOLF.
Mother: Mary PRESTON.
First Wife: Susannah LUCAS, married, 10 Jan 1798, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.
Second Wife: Rosanna CARLTIN, married, 12 Feb 1804.

Library of Congress.

A Bill.
FEBRUARY 7th, 1816.


For the relief of the widow and children of Charles Dolph, deceased.

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 is hereby directed to pay to the widow of Charles Doiph, deceased, late of Saybrook, in the State of Connecticut, the sum of for the use of herself and the children of the said Doiph, (who was killed during the late war with Great Britain, in an engagement between a party of volunteers, raised in said town of Saybrook, and the crew of a British privateer, called the (Rover;) in consideration of the capture of five British prisoners on that occasion, which prisoners were delivered over to the Marshal of the United States, for the district of Connecticut.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the money herein granted, be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not other wise appropriated.

Colonel William Crawford.

William Crawford.

Birth: 1717.
Death: 1782.
Wife: Hanna Vance, married, 1742, Frederick, Virginia.

Children:

Sally Crawford, born 1751, Frederick, Virginia, husband Uriah Springer Sr., married, abt. 1754, Virginia.

John Crawford, born 1741, Frederick, Virginia.

Ann Crawford, born 1743, Frederick, Virginia, died 1784.

Effie Crawford, born 1745, Frederick, Virginia, 1825, husband William McCormick.

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Library of Congress.


A BILL
FEBRUARY 7, 1835.
For the relief of the children of William Crawford, deceased.

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 be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle the account of the children of William Crawford, deceased, who was a colonel of the Virginia line on continental establishment in the revolu7 tionary army, and who was made prisoner by the Indians S while in actual service during the year seventeen hundred and eighty-two, and burned to death; and to allow and pay to the said children of the said Colonel Crawford seven years’ half pay of a colonel of infantry in the continental army during the revolutionary war, without interest; the same to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and to be divided in equal shares, one third to each, to and among Sally Springer, widow of Uriah Springer. deceased; John Crawford, if living, if not, then his legal representatives and Ophelia or Effy McCormick, if living, if not, then to her legal representatives the said Sally, John, and Ophelia, or Effy, being the only children left by the said Colonel Crawford.

Sebastian Sroufe Jr.

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Sebastian Sroufe Jr.

Birth: 17 Nov 1779, Pennsylvania.
Death: 8 Feb 1830 , Putnam, Ohio
Father: Sebastian Sroufe.
Mother: Agnes Owens.
First Wife: Catherine Townsend, married, 9 Nov 1808.
Second Wife: Mary Alexander Mrs, married, 24 Dec 1822 , Champaign, Ohio.

Library of Congress.

AN ACT
JANUARY 28, 1839.


For the relief of the children and heirs of Sebastian Sroufe, late of Ohio, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un4ted States of America in Congress assembled, That John Allen Alexander and James Alexander, children and heirs of Carnes Alexander, deceased, and Albert Sroufe and George Sroufe and Susana Sroufe, children and heirs at law of Sebastian Sroufe, late of Putnam county, in the State of Ohio, deceased, be, and they hereby are, authorized, within six months after the passage of this act, to enter, with the register and receiver of the land office at Lima, in said State, the west fraction of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one, in township one north, of range five east, lying in the Lima land district, of Ohio, they first paying to the receiver of said land office two dollars and fifty cents per acre for said tract of land.
Passed the House of Representatives January .6, 1839.
Attest: HUGH A. GARLAND, Clerk.

John Yancey & Elizabeth Cosby Yancey.

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John Yancey.

Birth: abt 1755, LOUISA CO., VA.
Death: abt 1799, LOUISA CO., VA.
Wife: ELIZABETH COSBY, married, Abt. 1775?, LOUISA CO., VA.

Children:

Jane Cosby Yancey, born, 21 Oct 1778 LOUISA CO., VA., .death, 22 Apr 1860 SUMNER CO., TN., husband SKELTON SMITH, married, 21 Nov 1799 LOUISA CO., VA.

Mary Yancey.
Birth: ABT 1780 ? LOUISA CO., VA., husband, JOHN W FRANKLIN, married, 17 Oct 1828 SUMNER CO., TN.

Library of Congress.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 16, 1861.
For the relief of the children of Elizabeth Yancey, widow of John Yancey.

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, arid he is hereby, directed to pay to Jane C. Smith and Mary Franklin, heirs of Elizabeth Yancey, the amount of pension to which she would have been entitled, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from the eleventh of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, to the nineteenth of December, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
Passed the House of Representatives February 16, 1861.
Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Clerk.

Joseph Berry Of Iowa.

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Joseph Berry.
Birth: Unknown.
Death Unknown.
Wife: Cathrine Leighty
Children:

Mary E. Berry.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Husband: George W. Fleming, married, 11 APR 1880 Elk, , Clayton, Iowa

Louisa Berry.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Husband: William H. Fleming, married, 17 OCT 1880, Elk, Clayton, Iowa.


Library of Congress.

AN ACT
JULY 11, 1868.
Granting back pension to the minor children of Joseph Berry.

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 directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary E. Berry and Louisa Berry, minor children of Joseph Berry, late a private in company B, fourth regiment of Iowa volunteers, commencing October twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and to continue until November twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 1868.
Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk.

Colonel Thomas Knowlton

Colonel Thomas Knowlton.

Birth: Nov. 30, 1740, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Death: Sep. 16, 1776, Harlem, New York County, New York.
Burial: Westford Hill Cemetery , Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.

Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. The Father of American Military Intelligence. Born in West Boxford, Massachusetts, when he was eight, his family relocated to a farm in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut (current property of the June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation). In 1755, at fifteen, Knowlton served in the French and Indian War with his older brother Daniel. He enlisted in Captain John Durkee's company, and is known to have joined Daniel on scouting missions into enemy territory.

He served during six campaigns in the war and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1760. He also fought in Israel Putnam's company against the Spanish at the Battle of Havana, Cuba in 1762. By 1762, Knowlton had returned home and married Anna Keyes. He and his wife raised nine children. At the age of thirty-three, Knowlton was appointed a Selectman of Ashford, Windham, Connecticut. Thomas Knowlton is considered America's first Intelligence professional, and his unit, Knowlton's Rangers, made a significant contribution to intelligence gathering during the early Revolutionary War.

Knowlton was killed in action at the Battle of Harlem Heights. The Battle of Harlem Heights was fought in the New York Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The action took place in what is now the Morningside Heights and west Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City on September 16, 1776. According to the Connecticut Society of Sons of the American Revolution, Thomas Knowlton was buried with military honors in an unmarked grave at what is today the intersection of 143rd St. and St. Nicholas Ave. in New York City.

Knowlton's Rangers.

After the American defeat on Long Island, Aug. 27, 76, a small body of select troops was organized for special service along * ^ the lines and placed under the command of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Knowlton of Durkee s Conn. Kcgt. 20th Continental. Col. Knowlton, a veteran of the French and Indian war, had distinguished himself at Bunker Hill and in one or two subsequent exploits during the siege of Boston, and was peculiarly fitted to lead a partisan corps. The detachment in question, known as Knowlton s " Rangers," was composed of officers and men chosen from different regiments, to which they were to return when no longer needed. Knowlton appears to have selected officers whom he knew, which accounts for the large proportion from Connecticut; the men also were largely from the same state. The command was small, not over one hundred and thirty or forty. Its first service gave it no little reputation in the army. After the retreat from New York, Sept. 15, 76 the troops in general being more or less depressed Washington ordered Knowlton to move out early on the 16th from Harlem Heights and ascertain the position of the enemy. Knowlton marched over Bloomingdale Heights, and found the enemy soutposts somewhere along the line of 110th St. on the main road, now Broadway. A skirmish occurred and Knowlton fell back to the American lines, then stretching along 125th St. from vicinity of 8th Avenue west to the Hudson. The British Light Infantry followed him. Washington thereupon directed Knowlton to attack again, turning their right, while other troops attacked them in front and left. A successful engagement followed, the enemy being driven back over the Bloomingdale grounds with loss. In the affair, Knowlton was mortally wounded, and died during the action, greatly regretted. In General Orders of Sept. 17, Washington referred to him as " the gallant and brave Col. Knowlton who would have been an honour to any country."

Knowlton s Senior Captain Stephen Brown, of Woodstock succeeded to the command of the "Rangers," but in a few days returned to his regiment Durkee s. The other captains, so far as the records indicate, were Thomas Grosvenor, of Pomfret, and Nathan Hale, of Coventry. Grosvenor seems to have retired with Brown, and Hale, the "Martyr Spy," was then absent within the enemy s lines. As the next commander of the "Rangers," Washington appointed, Oct. 1, 76, Maj. Andrew Colburn, of Nixon s Mass. Regt. He was wounded before the end of the month and retired. The command devolved thereafter upon Lieut., afterwards Captain, Lemuel Holmes, of Sargeant s Mass. Regt. Upon the withdrawal of the army to White Plains and subsequently through New Jersey, it was proposed either to disband the " Rangers " or have them accompany the main force; but Col. Robert Magaw, of Pennsylvania, then commanding at Fort Washington, on New York Island below King s Bridge, urgently requested their continuance with him as being his main dependence for the security of his outposts. They accordingly remained on the Harlem lines until Nov. 16, 1776, when Fort Washington and the entire garrison were captured by the enemy.

The "Rangers" thus disappear as prisoners. Oliver Burnham, one of the detachment afterwards Judge Burnham, of Conn. writing after the war, says: "We remained until the sixteenth of November in this situation (" near Harlem ") when we were warmly engaged on all sides. We were about two miles below the fort and well sustained the attack until the enemy made good their landing across Harlem River, when we had hard righting to reach the fort. Just as we had reached the gate, the flag went out and surrendered the fort and ourselves prisoners of war."

Library Of Congress.

A BILL
DECEMBER 22, 1837.

For the relief of the children aiid heirs of Colonel Thomas Knowlton, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate anti House of Representatives of the United States of .America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the children and heirs of Colonel Thomas Knowlton, deceased, who was a lieutenant colonel in the army of the Revolution, and slain in battle on the sixteenth day of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, the seven years’ half pay allowed to the widows or orphan children of such officers as should be slain or die in the service, by a resolve of Congress, passed the twenty-fourth day of August, seventeen hundred and eighty; together with such in1terest thereon as would now be due if certificates had duly issued for the same, and had been funded under the act of August fourth, seventeen hundred and ninety.

Coloner Thomas Gardner 1775.

Thomas Gardner.

Birth: About 1723.
Death July 3, 1775.
Father: Richard Gardner
Mother: Elizabeth Winchester
Wife: Joanna SPARHAWK, married June 12, 1755, Cambridge, MA.

Petition of Joanna Gardner.
Library of Congress.

Joanna Gardner states that she is the widow of the late Colonel Thomas Gardner, who was wounded in the battle of Charlestown, on the 17th day of June, 1775, and who died of his wounds on the 3d day of July following.

That she was left with three small children, and had to encounter many difficulties in bringing them up; that she has not received the relief provided by the resolution of Congress for the widows and children of officers who have died in the army since the month of August, 1775.

That she does not apprehend it was the intention of Congress to make any discrimination between the widows and children of officers who died in the service, on account of the time when such event took place. She therefore prays that the benefit of the aforesaid resolution of Congress may be extended to her and her children.

Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Gardner, service record.

Gardner, Thomas. Colonel; pay roll of field and staff officers who marched in consequence of the alarm of April 19, 1775, dated Prospect Hill; service, 5 days; also, order of the day dated Cambridge, May 23, 1775 ; reported field officer of the day for May 23, 1775; also, order of the day dated June 14, 1775; reported field officer of the day for June 14, 1775 ; also, general order dated Headquarters Cam- bridge, July 22, 1775, making disposition of the forces about Boston and dividing the army into 3 grand divisions to consist of 2 brigades each ; said Gardner's regt. assigned to a brigade to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Green which was to form part of left wing or 2d division of the army under Maj. Gen. Lee, and to be stationed at Prospect Hill.

Charles W. Wilcox.

Charles W. Wilcox.

Birth: November. 26, 1829.
Death: March 16, 1863.
Burial: Buchanan Cemetery, Neoga, Cumberland County, Illinois,
Wife: Unknown.
Child: Charles E. Wilcox, 1862-1874.

Service Record.

Name WILCOX, CHARLES WILLIAM, Rank CPL, Company B., Unit 97th., ILL., U. S. Infantry, Residence CUMBERLAND CO, ILL., Age 32, Joined When AUG 8, 1862, Joined Where CUMBERLAND CO, ILL., Period 3 YRS, Muster In SEP 8, 1862, Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER, ILL. Remarks; ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED DIED MAR 10, 1863 AT MILLIKENS BEND.

Library of Congress.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 10, 1868.

Granting pension to the widow and minor children of Charles
W. Wilcox.

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 directed to place on the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the names of the widow and minor children of Charles W. Wilcox, late of company B, ninety-seventh Illinois volunteers, commencing March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 1868.
Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk.

Wadleigh Noyes, 1777.

Wadleigh Noyes.

Birth: September 9, 1745, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Death: October 27, 1777.

Father: Jonathon Noyes
Mother: Lydia Bancroft

Brother & sisters: Mary Noyes, born 19 APR 1744 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.  Joseph Noyes, born 18 JUN 1747 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 28 JUN 1824. Eliphalet Noyes, born 15 JUL 1749 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Lydia Noyes, born 25 JUL 1751 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Dudley Noyes, born 25 JUL 1751 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Rebecca Noyes, born 11 FEB 1754 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Rebecca Noyes, born 09 APR 1756 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. . Aaron Noyes, born 17 FEB 1758 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 23 OCT 1834. Jonathon Noyes, born 09 MAR 1763 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Lydia Noyes, born 02 MAY 1765 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 10 FEB 1853. Susanna Noyes, born 02 APR 1769 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Wife: Hannah Smith, marriage, 1768.

Children: Moses Noyes, born 20 AUG 1771 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 1855. Abigail Noyes, born About 1773 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Wadleigh Noyes, born 1775 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 1832. Samuel Noyes, born About 1777 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, death 1791.

Military Service.

Wadleigh Noyes, deceased, was a lieutenant in the 9th Massachusetts regiment; and that he was mortally wounded at Saratoga the 7th of October, 1777, of which wounds he died the 27th day of the same month and year. That the widow of the deceased lieutenant having intermarried, the present petition is presented in behalf of her three children, had by the said Wadleigh Noyes, deceased. That the said widow or children have not received any compensation for the seven years’ half-pay in such cases allowed by the United States.

Noyes, Wadleigh, Newbury. Sergeant, Capt. William Rogers's co. of Minutemen, Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days ; also, Capt. William Rogers's co.. Col. Gerrish's regt.; return of effectives made by said Noyes, dated Maiden, July 28, 1775; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 28, 1775; service, 3 mos. 11 days; also, Capt. Rogers's (8th) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Gerrish's) .38th (also given 37th) regt. ; pay abstract for Aug., 1775, dated Chelsea; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Chelsea, Dec. 28, 1775; also, list of recruits for the new establishment in Col. Baldwin's regt., approved by Brig. Gen. W. Heath in Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 30, 1775; Capt. Rogers's CO. ; also. Ensign, Col. Loammi Baldwin's (26tli) regt. ; return dated Cam- bridge Camp, Jan. 8, 1776, made by Col. Loammi Baldwin, of commissioned officess in 26th regt. ; also. Ensign, Capt. Ezra Badlam's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstract for Jan., 1776, etc. ; also, receipt given to Col. Baldwin, for ration allowance from Jan. 1, 1776, to April 1, 1776, dated New York ; oAso, Capt. Badlam's co.. Col. Baldwin's regt. ; pay abstracts for Feb.-June, 1776, dated New York ; also, list of men appearing on a bill for work done by them ; receipt on reverse, given to Col. Baldwin by said Noyes, Lieutenant, dated New York, Aug. 11, 1776 ; also, return of the sick in Capt. Badlam's co. made by said Noyes, Ensign, dated North Castle, Nov. 17, 1776; also, return dated Mixfield, Pa., Dec. 29, 1776, of men belonging to Col. Baldwin's(26th) regt. who marched on expedition to Trenton Dec. 26, 1776; also. Lieutenant, Col. James Wesson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Oct. 27, 1777; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Samuel Carr's co., Col. Wesson's regt. ; return dated Jan. 25, 1778 ; reported wounded Oct. 7, 1777, died Oct. 27, 1777 ; also, list of officers belonging to 9th Mass. regt. who died or were discharged subsequent to Jan. 1, 1777, as certified by Col. J. Wesson, dated West Point, Sept. 12, 1779 ; reported killed Oct. 27, 1777.

Murder 1824-1866.

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Note. The dates before the name is not the date of the event, but the date that it was put before Congress.

1. 1860, Margaret Ann Marble, praying that she may be permitted to enter a certain tract of land improved by her husband, who was murdered by the Indians at Spirit Lake, in the State of Iowa

2. 1860, James Harriot, praying permission to enter as a preëmptor one hundred and sixty acres of land settled on and improved by his son, who was murdered by the Indians at Spirit Lake.

3. 1842, Samuel Downing, administrator of Samuel Downing, one of the securities of Leroy Opie, late a paymaster in the army of the United States, who was murdered and robbed while in the discharge of his duty.

4. 1866, Mrs. Amarilla Cook, widow of John B. Cook, late deputy provost marshal of the 16th congressional district of Ohio, who was murdered at Cambridge, Ohio, on the 5th day of March, 1865, by deserters from the United States army, whom he was attempting to arrest.

5. 1864, The citizens of Newton, Massachusetts, praying that provision may be made for the benefit of the father, mother, and sister of Eben White, 2d lieutenant of company B, 7th United States regiment of colored troops, who was murdered at Benedict, Maryland, October 20, 1863, by John Southron and his son, to be realized from the confiscation of the property of said Southron.

6. 1829, Mary White, widow, and Sarah White, only child of Benjamin White, deceased, stating, that the deceased was the second officer of the American ship Wabash, and was murdered on board said ship in Mocoa roads, by some of the natives of China; that the masters of the vessels of various nations, then lying in and near the harbor of that place, raised, by voluntary contributions, a small sum of money for the relief of the petitioners, which was invested in 45 chests of tea, and a box of silks; that the said tea and silks have arrived in Baltimore, and praying for a remission of the duties thereon.

7. 1824, John Seay, of the State of Louisiana, praying compensation for a negro man, that he alleges was murdered by soldiers of the United States, in the year 1823

8. 1854, The Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the facts connected with the recent death of James Batchelder, a deputy marshal of the United States, who, it is alleged, was murdered on Friday last, whilst engaged in enforcing a law of the Union against a violent and treasonable mob in the city of Boston; and if they find, as reported, that he was killed whilst in the performance of this patriotic duty, and has left a widow and children, that they further be instructed to report a bill making some proper and liberal provision for their relief.

9. 1820, William Russum and Clement Stanford, sureties of Algernon S. Stanford, deceased, a deputy collector of direct taxes and internal duties in the state of Maryland, under George Brown, principal collector, stating, that the said deputy collector, while in the discharge of his official duties, was murdered and robbed of a considerable sum of public money, by some unknown person or persons; that the principal collector has obtained a judgment against the petitioners for a large amount, on account of the defalcation of the deceased, which they are unable to discharge, and praying Congress to remit so much of the claim of the United States against the said principal collector as he is answerable for, over and above what may be made out of the estate of the said Algernon S. Stanford;

10. 1858, Ann Mathieson, praying remuneration for the property of her husband who was murdered by the Indians.

11. 1869, Sarah Lyons, widow of Captain Francis Lyons, who was murdered by southern guerillas, praying for pension.

12. 1866, Annie E. Dixon? widow of Major Henry T. Dixon, late of the United States volunteer service, who was murdered in the city of Alexandria, Virginia, by a late rebel surgeon, praying to be allowed a pension.

13. 1830, Matilda B. Dunn, widow of Thomas B. Dunn, late Superintendent of the United States' Armory at Harper's Ferry, and who was murdered while in the discharge of his duty, praying that provision may be made for the maintenance of herself and the children of the said Thomas B. Dunn.

14. 1840, Panchita Gracias, widow of Joseph Gracias, a mail-carrier, who was murdered on the 15th day of February, 1840, while carrying the mail between Peblo and St. Augustine, East Florida, by Indians, who captured and carried away a pair of horses and harness, a gun and two pistols, and sundry other articles belonging to her husband, praying remuneration therefor; and also, that a small annuity may be granted her.

Three Dearmore Brothers, Arkansas.

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Edward J. Dearmore.

Birth: Jun. 1, 1835
Death: Feb. 4, 1929, Logan County, Arkansas.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery , Paris, Logan County, Arkansas.

Edward J. Dearmore was the son of Bryant Dearmore and Sarah Slayton. He was
born June 1, 1835 in Henry Co. Tn. and he died Feb. 4, 1929. He served with the 2nd Ark Inf.in the Co. D, as a pvt, 1st sgt. and Lt.in the Civil War. Edward (known as Uncle Ned) fathered 16 children with three wives.. He 1st md. Armonda E. Chaver, three children were born to this union. He then married Sarah Barnard. She died in childbirth with their 9th child. He then married Eliza J Sisk Boyd. they parented the last 4 children. Uncle Ned, would love to discuss all these families with you. Ned was a farmer, teacher and blacksmith.
Service record: 2nd., Arkansas Infantry company D., DEARMORE, EDWARD J. - 1SGT - 10 Sep 1863 Dardanelle, AR. Yell Co, AR. Henry Co, TN - age 28.

William H. Dearmore.

Birth: 1841, Tennessee.
Death: Aug. 22, 1887, White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Burial: Cedarvale Cemetery, White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Son of Bryant Dearmore and Sarah Slayton Dearmore.
Married Rebecca Moody on Feb. 9, 1860 in Franklin Co., Arkansas.
Service record: 2nd., Arkansas Infantry company D., DEARMORE, WILLIAM H. - PVT - 10 Sep 1863 Dardanelle, AR . Yell Co, AR. Henry Co, TN. age 23 .

Nathaniel Bryant Dearmore.

Birth: December 30, 1845.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Unknown.

It is recorded that he was of the 2nd., Arkansas Infantry company I, but wasn’t found on any rosters.

William C. Cox, Of Pennsylvania.

This is a Act for William H. Cox, normally I would have added other Acts and Bills, but his has so much information I felt it should stand a lone.
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AN ACT
July 16, 1868.

Directing the Commissioner of Pensions to proceed to hear evidence and determine the right of W. H. Cox, deceased, late a sergeant in company K, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to a pension in same manner as if he was still living, he having died of disease contracted whilst a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, and if’ found to be entitled to a pension, then same, from time. of his discharge till death, to be paid over to his father, Charles D. Cox.

Whereas W. H. Cox, a hale, hearty, young man of about twenty years of age, residing with his father Charles D. Cox, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and being a part of his family, on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, was enrolled as a sergeant in company F, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to serve three years or during the war; that he was regularly mustered in as such, and at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on or about the second of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was taken prisoner by the rebels and sent to Andersonville, Georgia, and there confined as a prisoner of war for the period of ten months, and from exposure and lack of food became very much debilitated, and after being released he was on the eighth of August eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by virtue of a telegram dated Adjutant General’s office, May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty—five, honorably discharged from the United States service; and whereas the said W. H. Cox, after reaching his father’s residence, made application for a pension under existing law’s, in consequence of disease contracted in line of duty, and before the ease was finally disposed of, to wit : .July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty—six, he died ol disease contracted as aforesaid, and the Commissioner then declined to proceed further in the case, being of opinion that the death of the young man suspended further proceedings ; and whereas, Charles D Cox, father of said deceased soldier is desirous of obtaining the pension justly due his said son from (late of his discharge till death, lo he applied to the purchase of a. suitable monument to be placed at his grave : Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the commissioner of pension be and is hereby, authorized and directed to proceed and receive proof of the right of said W. H. Cox to a in the same manner as if still living, and if the evidence satisfies him that he was entitled, then the pension from time of discharge till his death to be paid over to his father, Charles D. Cox, out of the pension fund, or any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Passed the House of Representatives July 15. 1868.
Attest: ED WARD McPHERSON, Clerk.

The Drownings.

The men and women on this page was either drowned or knew someone that was drowned. The people on this page drowned during some war, and a family member is asking for help from the government.
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1777, Monsr. Du Coudray, a French Officer of Artillery, who was lately made an Inspector General of Artillery and military Manufactures with the Rank of Major General. He was drowned in the Schuylkill, in a strange manner. He rode into the Ferry Boat, and road out at the other End, into the River, and was drowned. His Horse took fright. He was reputed the most learned and promising Officer in France. He was carried into the Romish Chappell, and buried in the Yard of that Church.
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1792, Robert Byers, of the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for four wagon horses, which were drowned while in the service of the United States, during the late war.
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AN ACT
April 25, 1872.

For the relief of Elizabeth Ziuhan.

Whereas Jonathan Ziuhan, late a private in the Ninety-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in his lifetime, established his right, under act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, to an artificial arm, by reason of the loss of the left arm in the service of the United States, and, under the provisions of section two of said act, elected, instead, the commutation in money provided in said section: and Whereas the Acting Commissioner of Pensions, on the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, directed the pension-agent at Philadelphia to pay said commutation to said Ziuhan; and Whereas said Ziuhan was accidentally drowned on the sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and before said commutation-order was received; and Whereas said order has never been paid, and the officers of the Government refuse to pay the same: Now, therefore.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 jives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, authorized and dIrected to pay, or cause to be paid, to Elizabeth Ziuhan, widow of said Jonathan Ziuhan, the sum of fifty dollars, commutation-money as aforesaid, to which said Ziuhan was entitled in his lifetime. Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 1872. Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk,
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1802, Alexander Gardner and Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, praying compensation for two negroes, their property, stated to have been drowned in the public service
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1866, The petition of E. M. Gouler, widow of Charles Gouler, late a private in company F, ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers, who was drowned in the Delaware river October 24, 1864, while absent from the hospital on leave, praying a pension
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The petition of H. Catlett, a post surgeon in the army, praying compensation for a negro boy, who was drowned in June, 1814, whilst ascending the Ohio with the United States troops.
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1816, A petition of Henry Williams, praying to be paid for two horses impressed into the military service during the late war, and which were drowned in crossing a river.
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1856, A petition of Alison Logan, mother of Henry J. Paul, late a lieutenant in the navy, who was drowned in the Gulf of Mexico, praying to be allowed a pension.
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1813, A petition of Margaret Arundel, widow of Robert Arundel, late a sailing master in the navy, stating that her late husband was severely wounded in an engagement with the enemy on the lakes, and was afterwards knocked overboard and drowned, leaving his family destitute, and praying relief.
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CHAP. XXXVII.—An .Act for the relief of Cornelius Huson.

Be it enacted, &c,, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay unto Cornelius Huson or his legal representatives, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the value of a pair of horses impressed into the service of the United States, in February, one thousand eight hundred
and thirteen, and drowned in Lake Ontario while in said service; the same to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, April 26, 1822.
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1809, A petition of Lucy Bates, of the State of Massachusetts, praying a grant of money to support herself and family, in consequence of the death of her husband Levi Bates, who was drowned while building a public pier on Plymouth beach.
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1852, A the petition of Mary Woodward, widow of an officer of the United States revenue service, who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying a pension.
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1828, A. petition of inhabitants of Harrodsburg, in the State of Kentucky, praying that provision may be made for the relief of the widow and children of Gabriel Alexander, who was drowned near that place
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1822, A petition of Robert Wright, praying that he may be allowed the expense attending the transportation of the servants and baggage of his son, Major Clinton Wright, who was drowned whilst descending the Flint river, then assistant adjutant general of the United State
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1854, A petition of Margaret Chandler, mother of Walter S. Chandler of the army, who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying a pension.
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1866, A petition of Sabina Himpelman, widow of the late Julius Himpelman, private company H, 46th regiment New York volunteers, who was drowned at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 22d of March, 1864, while absent from the general hospital on a furlough, praying to be allowed a pension
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1848, A memorial of Emily Maria Pinkney, daughter of a naval officer who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying to be allowed a pension
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1818, A petition of Hanson Catlett, a surgeon in the army of the United States, praying compensation for a negro slave, who was drowned while attending him as a servant, during the late war with Great Britain.
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1866, A petition of Messrs. Schley and Emery, of Baltimore, Maryland, praying that a pension may be granted to Mrs. Agnes W. Laughlin, widow of William Laughlin, late of company C, third Maryland cavalry, who was drowned by the sinking of the United States steamer North America in the month of December, 1864, while absent from his regiment on furlough, on account of sickness contracted in the service.
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1846, A memorial of Sarah Ann Hart, widow, and Monmouth B. Hart, Joel Kelly, and William Close, sureties of Benjamin F. Hart, deceased, a purser in the navy, who was drowned at sea, praying to be allowed a credit equal to the balance appearing against him on the settlement of his accounts; and that the pension to his widow may be continued.
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1834, A petition of John Hall, of the State of Georgia, praying to be paid the value of a negro man owned by him, which negro man was drowned while in the service of the United States engineer department, and while engaged in public works on the Appalachicola harbor.
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1847, A petition of Lieutenant David D. Porter, in behalf of Eliza Bache, window of the late Lieutenant G. M. Bache, praying remuneration for the property and money of her late husband, which was swept overboard from the United States brig Washington, when he was drowned.
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1850, A petition of Eliza C. Bache, widow of George M. Bache, deceased, a lieutenant in the navy, praying that a gratuity may be extended to her in consideration of the death of her husband who was drowned at sea whilst in the execution of his duty.
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1829, petition of Reeside, Robinson, & Company, contractors for carrying the mail of the United States on a route in the State of Virginia, praying payment for two horses drowned in crossing a water course while carrying the mail
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1870, Whereas on the night of Sunday, January 2, the American schooner Statesman was wrecked on Rockaway Beach, Long Island, and in a heroic and successful attempt to rescue the crew of said vessel, Frank Abrams, of Rockaway, one of the crew of the life-boat from the government life-saving station on that beach, while in the actual effort to snatch from death a sinking fellow-man, fell overboard and was himself drowned, leaving a wife and one child in straitened circumstances; and whereas similar instances of gallant self-sacrifice in the cause of humanity have heretofore occurred on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, where these life-saving stations are located: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill granting a suitable pension to the widow of the said Frank Abrams during the continuance of her widowhood; and also further to consider the propriety and advisability of a general bill granting pensions to all such members of the crews of life-saving stations, on the said coasts, as shall hereafter lose their own lives in similar efforts to save the lives of others.
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1838, A petition of Jasper Strong, George Terrill, and Jackson Morton, praying remuneration for three slaves who were drowned at the navy yard near Pensacola, while in the employ of Government.
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1873, A petition of Margaret C. Bell, widow of the late Rear-Admiral H. H. Bell, drowned in Osaka Harbor, Japan, praying for relief;
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1842, A petition of citizens of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, praying that suitable provision be made for the widow of David Ross Crawford, a passed midshipman, who was drowned in attempting to save the life of a seaman.
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1834, A petition of Sherlock S. Gregory, praying an inquiry into the causes of the death of the Creek Indians who were drowned in the Mississippi river in October last by the explosion of a steamboat.
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1838, A Memorial of Opothle-yo-ho-lo a, chief of the Creek nation of Indians, praying to be indemnified for the loss of a negro, drowned in the service of the United States.
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Henry C. Fillebrown.

A BILL
December 18, 1871,

Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to , the widow of Henry C. Fillebrown, a civil engineer, who lost his life by drowning in the Coosa River, in the State of Alabama, when engaged in the service of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and llonse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed, to pay unto , the widow of the late Henry 0. Fillebrown, civil engineer, who lost his life by being drowned in the Coosa River, in the State of Alabama, when employed in the service of the United States, such sum of money as the said Henry C. Fillebrown would have been entitled to receive had he lived and continued in the service of the United States until the expiration of twelve months from the day, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, when he entered upon such service: Provided, however, That no money shall be paid in pursuance of this act except at the rate of the salary at which the said Henry C. Fillebrown was employed at the time of his death, to be shown by the certificate of the Chief Engineer of the Army; which certificate, besides stating the salary at which the said Henry C. Fillebrown was employed, shall also state the day on which, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one,- his term of service began.
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1832, The death of Charles C. Johnston, one of the Representatives of the State of Virginia, which took place at Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, on the 17th instant, by drowning.
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1837, The memorial of John Gardiner, tendering to Congress the purchase of his right to an invention to preserve persons from drowning.

Mail Carriers & Mail Guards.

Being a mail carrier could be a very dangers job, the dangers were from Indians and your plain mail robbers, then their was the weather and the dangers of floods. The men on this list faced all these dangers and some were even killed in the service.

Some of the information on these men are fairly long, while others are short and some are just a short note. If you would like to request information on any of these names, you can find my address in my profile. ( Please give the title of this page for without it I may not be able to help. You.)
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1. Josiah H. Webb, 1806..

2. John Heaps, 1819 or 1820.

3. Samuel Gordon, 1804.

4. Alan Farquhar, 1817 or 1818.

5. Patrick Green, 1822.

6. Gabriel Alexander, A petition 1828.

7. Ephraim Potter, Killed Sept. 5, 1861.

8. John L. Carr, 1863.

9. Jesse Butts, 1857.

10. Peter Nicol, 1864.

11. William P. Lowrey, 1861.

12. Greenbury Griffin, 1818.

13. Joseph Garcias, 1842.

14. Daniel Cotton, 1806.

Union Sharpshooters.

Frank Bem.

A BLL

Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms and equipments to Captain Frank Bern’s company of Bohemian Sharpshooters, of the Territory of Dakota.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue, as a loan, one hundred stand of Sharp’s rifled carbines and equipments to Captain Frank Bem’s company of Bohemian Sharpshooters, of Dakota Territory.
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1. Charles V. De Land, late colonel of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, to be brigadier-general by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

2. Major Edwin J. Buckbee, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

3. Major George G. Hastings, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

4. Brevet Captain William P. Shreve, first lieutenant of the Second United States Sharpshooters, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

5. First Lieutenant William P. Shreve, of the Second United States Sharp-Shooters, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

6. William I. Driggs, late first lieutenant of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, to be second lieutenant, February 23, 1866.

7. Captain W. C. Squire, of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

8. Brevet Major W. C. Squire, captain of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

9. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Squire, captain of the Seventh Ohio Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from July 28, 1866.

10. Brevet Major G. B. Clarke, captain of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

11. Captain G. B. Clarke, of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., and the Wilderness, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

12. Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Nichols, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for conspicuous gallantry in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

13. Surgeon A. F. Whelan, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

14. Captain George R. Abbott, of the First Maine Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the recent campaign terminating in the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

15. Captain Leverett Case, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

16. Captain J. S. De Land, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

17. Captain Ira L. Evans, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

18. First Lieutenant William McCory, of the Seventh Independent Company Ohio Volunteer Sharpshooters, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

19. Captain George H. Murdock, of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, for gallant services at the battle of Spottsylvania, and during the present campaign before Richmond, Virginia, to date from December 2, 1864.

20. Captain William H. Terrill, of the Forty-third New York Volunteers, for meritorious conduct while commanding the sharpshooters at the battle of Winchester, to date from September 19, 1864.

21. Captain William W. Winthrop, of the First United States Sharp-shooters, for the Department of the Susquehanna, September 19, 1864.

22. Samuel F. Murry, late captain of the Second Regiment United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

23. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George H. Hastings, major of the First United States Sharpshooters, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., to date from March 13, 1865.

Thomas G. Prettyman.

Thomas G. Prettyman.
1787-1837.

Sharpshooter.

Born: 25 MAR 1787 Lewistown, Delaware, married Mary Petton, on 10, Oct. 1825, at Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia. They had at lest one child; Harriet Prettyman, born JAN 1838 Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia and died in 1920, at Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia. Thomas G. Prettyman, died on 11 DEC 1837 Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia.

Thomas G. Prettyman, formerly a sergeant in Captain Aisquith's company of sharpshooters, in 1836, he was asking for a pension. Then in 1837, he died, in 1838, Mary had a memorial before Congress which stated; Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas G. Prettyman, who served, as a non-commissioned officer, in the late war with Great Britain, and died in consequence of his exposure whilst a prisoner of war, praying a pension.
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CHAP. C L III.—An Act for the relief of Mary Prettyman.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and forty-seven dollars, to Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas U. Prettyman, deceased, who was a sergeant in Captain Aisquith’s company, third brigade of Maryland militia, in the service of the United States, and who died of disabilities incurred in said service during the last war with Great Britain.
APPROVED, August 11, 1842.

Sharpshooters of the South.

Here is a list of Sharpshooters from the south, the list is to help you find your ancestor, who you may have known or may not have known he was a sharpshooter. Many of these men are recorded more then once, by doing a name search you can follow him through the ranks. The names on this list will be officers only.
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1. Captain Frank Bern’s company of BohemIan Sharpshooters, of the Territory of Dakota.

2. Col Franklin Whitner Kilpatrick, born 1837, died 1863, killed At Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

3. Robert H. Anderson, born 1835, died 1888, Major, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

4. Joseph Abney, born 1819, died1870, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

5. B. B. Smith, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

6. William H. Ross, Captain, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

7. George C. Dent, Captain, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

8. Alfred L. Hartridge, Captain, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, Georgia.

9. Alfred Chisholm, Captain, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

10. Edmund Rhett, jr., Captain, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

11. James Lowndes, Captain First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

12. Paul H. Waring, Captain, born unknown, died 1863, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina, was shot and killed by a Federal marksman.

13. Joseph B. Allston, Captain, born 1833, died 1904, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

14. Henry Buist, Captain, Second South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

15. Josiah Bedon, Frist Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

16. Horace A. Crane, Second Lieutenant, born 1841, died 1920, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

17. J. C. Clemson, Second Lieutenant, born 1841, died 1871, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

18. M. Stuart, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

19. W. C. Simmons, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

20. Abbott B. White, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

21. E. P. Carter, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

22. J. G. Guignard, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

23. Charles J. Macbeth, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

24. T. J. Dunovant, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

25. Henry Seabrook, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

26. William A. Boyle, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

27. E. W. Fraser, Second Lieutenant, born 1838, died 1911, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

28. John H. Gardner, Second Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

29. N. Bayard Sadler, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

30. Alfred Bryan, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

31. M. Molina, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

32. Robert Wayne, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

33. Richard Cuyler King, Second Lieutenant, born 1842, died 1913, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

34. Henry Herrmann, Second Lieutenant, born 1822, died 1875, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

35. George H. Johnston, Second Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

36. S. C. Boylston, First Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

37. William Elliott, First Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

38. B. G. Pinckney, First Lieutenant, First Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

39. E. H. Holman, First Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

40. J. G. Huguenin, First Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

41. Isaac Hayne, First Lieutenant, Second Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooters, South Carolina.

42. Benjamin H. Hardee, First Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

43. H. D. Twyman, Fist Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

44. J. L. Holcombe, Fist Lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

45. S. W. Lawrence, Fist Lieutenant,First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, Georgia.

46. Peter Cheves Gaillard, born 1812, died 1889, of South Carolina, to be colonel Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the First Infantry and First Sharpshooters battalions), to rank from October 2, 1863.

47. Capt. N. L. Hutchins, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 10, 1863.

48. Julius A. Blake, of South Carolina, to be lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the First Infantry and First Sharpshooters battalions), to rank from October 2, 1863.

49. T. D. Caswell, of Georgia, to be major Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.

50. Frank Maney, of Tennessee, to be major Twenty-fourth Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from August 15, 1863.

51. Jos. Abney, born 1819, died 1870, of South Carolina, to be major Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment (formed by the consolidation of the First Infantry and First Sharpshooters battalions), to rank from October 2, 1863.

52. William M. Crumley, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

53. G. McMillan, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

54. W. E. Simmons, born 1839, died 1931, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

55. J. F. Martin, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

56. John W. King, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

57. Newton N. Gober, born 1836, died 1912, of Georgia, to be captain, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

58. James H. Williams, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

59. S. H. Ware, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

60. William R. Montgomery, born 1839, died 1906, of Georgia, to be first, lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

61. T. L. Ardis, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

62. J. Towers, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank front May 5, 1863.

63. Thomas S. Wayne, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 3, 1863.

64. C. L. Schlatter, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

65. G. P. Butler, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company C, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 23, 1863.

66. J. B. Griffin, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

67. J. B. Griffin, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

68. Alf. Moore, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company A, Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

69. C. S. Patillo, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

70. W. T. Iglehart, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 21, 1863.

71. Thomas D. Guinn, of Georgia, born 1840, died 1896, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

72. E. H. Chandler, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

73. D. Bunt, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

74. C. H. Strickland, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

75. S. M. Kemmerlin, born 1836, died 1892, of South Carolina, to be second lieutenant, First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 9, 1863.

76. A. M. Hartsfield, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 5, 1863.

77. J. W. Hightower, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.

78. J. T. Hunt, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 3, 1863.

79. J. Turpin, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 2, 1863.

80. J. B. O'Brien, of Mississippi, to be second lieutenant, Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 28, 1863.

81. Albert Gough, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 16, 1863.

82. J. W. Barrett, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant, Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 5, 1863.

83. J. M. Martin, of Tennessee, to be second lieutenant, Twenty-fourth Tennessee Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 15, 1863.

84. W. R. White, of Arkansas, Captain, for duty with Twelfth Arkansas Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank June 14, 1862.

85. John R. Youree, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant Fourth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from May 4, 1863.

86. James H. Williams, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant. Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from June 29, 1863.

87. John L. Blain, First Lieutenant, of Texas, to be adjutant First Texas Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from July 16, 1863.

88. J. B. Downing, of Mississippi, to be second lieutenant Company C, Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters

89. Thomas F. Roche, First Lieutenant, of Virginia, to be adjutant Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 5, 1862.

90. Robert Wayne, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 18, 1862.

91. N. Stallworth, of Alabama, to be major Twenty-third Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from March 14, 1864.

92. S. P. Norris, of Georgia, to be second lieutenant Company B, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from April 21, 1864.

93. N. G. Robinson, Chaplain, of Virginia, for duty with Thirtieth Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from October 18, 1864.

94. F. S. Spiller, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company B, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters.

95. A. D. Warwick, of Virginia, to be second lieutenant Company E, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.

96. A. B. Samuels, to be second lieutenant Company B, Thirtieth Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from January 11, 1863.

97. First Lieut. B. H. Hardee, of Georgia, to be captain, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters.

98. Second Lieut. H. Herrmann, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant, First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters.

99. W. G. Gray, Captain, of Georgia, for duty with First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, March 1, 1863.

100. J. T. Smith, of Mississippi, for duty with Ninth Mississippi Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 14, 1862.

101. Eli J. Shelton, Captain, of Texas, for duty with Burnett's (Texas) Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank October 14, 1862.

102. S. Huguenin, Captain, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank April 7, 1863.

103. Capt. W. W. Humphreys, of South Carolina, to be major Palmetto Sharpshooters, vice Major Kilpatrick, appointed colonel First South Carolina Regiment, to rank from January 31, 1863.

104. S. R. Proctor, First Lieutenant, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, October 30, 1862.

105. T. B. Crooker, Second Lieutenant, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, October 18, 1862.
106. Theodore H. Coe, Second Lieutenant, of South Carolina, for duty with First South Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters, October 13, 1862.

107. Capt. R. H. Whiteley, of Georgia, to be major Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from March 26, 1863.

108. First Lieut. H. D. Twyman, of Georgia, to be captain Company A, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.

109. Second Lieut. H. A. Crane, of Georgia, to be first lieutenant Company A, First Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.

110. Capt. A. Shaaff, to be major First Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, 1863.

111. Charles P. Roberts, First Lieutenant, of Georgia, to be adjutant Second Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from February 19, 1864.

112. S. M. Morrison, First Lieutenant, of Missouri, for duty with Pindall's Battalion Sharpshooters, to take rank from December 15, 1862.

113. J. Cummings, of Louisiana, to be second lieutenant Company B, Fourteenth Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from August 29, 1863.

114. George C. Jones, First Lieutenant, of Alabama, to be adjutant Twenty-third Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters (original vacancy), to rank from May 24, 1864.

115. Capt. W. E. Simmons, of Georgia, to be major Third Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, to rank from September 18, 1863.

Soldiers Of Texas.

A while back I was asked by a Texas genealogy Society, to help them from time to time To do some look ups. Now I usually work with the Union records. Now I have noting against the Confederacy it’s just that their records are harder to work with. So I thought I better take a good look so when I was asked to do a look up I would have a place to start.

The information on these Texas men are short notes, but there is more information on most of them. If you need more information, you should find them on the internet easily enough. If you can write to me and I will look into it, but ( please give the title of this page for whit out the title I may not be able to help you.)
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Andrew Caughfield.

Birth: 1835.
Death: Oct. 30, 1915
Burial: Old Rock Cemetery, Somerset, Atascosa County, Texas.
Service: Private, Co D 5th Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army.
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Edward Winans.

Birth: Dec. 31, 1831.
Death: Jan. 10, 1917.
Burial: Old Rock Cemetery, Somerset, Atascosa County, Texas.
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Reuben Acker Higgason.
1840-1881.

He enlisted in the 5th Texas Infantry, CSA, it being one of the regiments that composed the Hood's Brigade and participated in the following battles: Manassas, Fisher's Bridge, the Seven Days' battles around Richmond, and others that Hood's Brigade was engaged in up to Sept. 1863. He was promoted and transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department. He, with Maj. Clemson, a grandson of John C. Calhoun, was detailed and sent to San Antonio, TX, with a large amount of Confederate money, as distributing officers. The two men, along with the money, were captured near the Mississippi River on Sept. 9, taken to Johnson's Island off Sandusky, Ohio and held for 22 months before being released.
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Nicholas Henry Darnell.
1807-1885.

Nicholas Henry Darnell (April 20, 1807 - June 7, 1885) Soon after arriving in Texas in 1838, Nicholas Darnell was elected to the Republic of Texas Congress, where he served as Speaker of the House. A delegate to the 1845 Statehood Convention, he later represented Dallas and Tarrant counties in the State Legislature, again serving as speaker. He resigned in 1863 to lead the 18th Texas Cavalry. After the Civil War, Darnell was again elected to the Texas Legislature and was a delegate to the 1875 Constitutional Convention.
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Col John T. Coit.
1829-1872.

John T. Coit, a lawyer who moved here from South Carolina. During the Civil War he raised a regiment in the Dallas area and served as a colonel. Originally buried on a bluff of the Trinity River.
Service: Private, Co I 36th Tex Cavalry, Confederate States Army.
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William George King.
1832-1901.

Came to Texas from Dove County, Tn. by wagon, with his mother, Rachel, and stepfather, John A.M. Boyd in February 1841. William was a trail driver; fought at the battle Salada Creek in 1841;brought the cannon away before the approach of Vasquez in the Vasquez Invasion; and was a private, Company I, 3rd regiment, Texas Mounted Infantry Volunteers, in the Mexican War.
He was the first tax assessor-collector of Guadalupe County and served in that office until he resigned to become a Major in the CSA, serving as chief quartermaster under General Henry Eustace McCulloch.
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Nathaniel Macon Burford.
1824-1898.

He was made colonel of the nineteenth Texas cavalry and attached to Gen. W. H. Parsons' cavalry brigade and remained with it until 1864, when, on account of illness, incapacitating him from active service, he resigned.
In 1866, he was elected a member of the eleventh legislature from Dallas county and upon the assembling of the legislature, he was elected speaker of that body, a position which he filled with singular ability until, with almost all mother public officials, he was removed as an impediment to reconstruction by Gen. Phil Sheridan.
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Richard Waterhouse.
1832-1876.

Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Rhea County, Tennessee, he ran away from home to fight in the Mexican War. On his return, he moved with his parents in 1849 to San Augustine, Texas, working with his father in the family business until the Civil War. On May 13, 1862, he was commissioned Colonel of the 19th Texas, a regiment he had helped recruit, and through 1863 he served in Arkansas and Louisiana. At Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, on August 18, 1862, he won high commendations from Brigadier General Henry E. McCulloch for leading a determined charge against Federal troops within artillery range of Union gunboats.

Commanding a regiment in Brigadier General William R. Scurry's brigade, Major General John G. Walker's division, he participated in the battles at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill during the Red River Campaign in spring 1864, being singled out for praise by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor. Favorably impressed, General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, appointed him Brigadier General to rank from April 30, 1864. The promotion was not confirmed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis until March 17, 1865 and by the Confederate Senate until the 18th, the last day the legislators were in session before the government collapsed. After the war, he lived in San Antonio and in Jefferson, Texas, where he speculated in land. He died from pneumonia contracted after falling down a set of hotel stairs on a trip to Waco.
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David Browning Culberson.
1830-1900.

Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 18th Texas Infantry, then as Adjutant General of the State of Texas. Elected to represent two different Texas Districts in the United States House of Representatives. First represented the 2nd District from 1875 to 1883, then the 4th District from 1883 to 1897). He served a defense attorney for Abe Rothschild in his famous Murder Trial of his wife. Culbertson County, Texas is named for him.
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John Henry Broocks.
1829-1901.

Confederate Officer. He moved to Texas in 1837, and was a veteran of the Mexican War. At the start of the Civil War he joined Company C, Whitfield's Legion. Broocks served until the end of the war, saw service with Hood's Army in Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee, and was promoted to Colonel in 1864. He was the father of Congressman Moses Lycurgus Broocks (1864-1908).
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Col John Albert Williams.
1824-1867

When the Civil War broke out, John joined the Confederate Army. He was commissioned as a Captain. In May 1863, he was promoted to Major and served as the Chief Engineer on General Lee's staff. After the War was over, General Lee presented each member of his staff with a signed copy of the famous Order #9.
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Sebron Graham Sneed, Jr.
1836-1894.

In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in Company G, Sixth Regiment, Texas Infantry. He was later promoted to Captain and was an Assistant Adjutant General when captured by Union troops.
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Capt Andrew J. Ross.
1835-1905.

Enrolled in the Texas 22nd Infantry Regiment in August 1862, which was organized in Tyler (Smith County). He served in various capacities and volunteered as a regimental orderly. His highest rank was first lieutenant and adjutant, confirmed on December 21, 1864. A. J. Ross was present at all roll calls, and he served until his regiment surrendered on May 26, 1865. Ross took the oath of amnesty to U.S. government on July 26, 1865.
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Capt Bird Holland.
(?)-1864.

In, November 1861, he joined the Confederate Army. During the war, Bird served as adjutant of Colonel Richard B. Hubbard's Twenty-second Texas Infantry with the rank of major. He was killed in action on April 8, 1864, at the head of his regiment at the battle of Mansfield, Louisiana during the Red River campaign. The following year, his body was returned to Austin, and interred October 14, 1865 in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt, Sr.
1836-1930.

Van Zandt served as a Major in the 7th Texas Infantry, C. S. A. He served in the 13th Texas legislature and the constitutional convention of 1875.
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Augustine J. Byrd.
1828-1881.

Major, Parson's Texas Cavalry Brigade, CSA.
Mexican War: Co. I, 3 United States Dragoons
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Walter Nathaniel Norwood.
1838-1902.

He joined the Dixie Blues in the 35 Texas regiment and thus was brigaded under the famous Gen. Hood. His company was first commanded by Capt. John D. Rogers. During the war he received several wounds one of which near the breast was so desperate that perhaps it ultimately contributed to the cause of his death. After that he served in the commissary department, with rank of captain.
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Maj Benjamin Alexander Botts.
1832-1885.

Benjamin left for News Orleans in 1848, stayed about 1 year & returned to Fredericksburg because of declining health. He left for Texas in September of 1851. He married America Ballinger on July 1, 1856. He served in Terry's Texas Rangers from the start of the war until November of 1862 when he was assigned as Regimental Adjutant General to General John Austin Wharton. After General Wharton's death,Benjamin was assigned to the Taxation Department in Houston in 1864. He was a Mason, along with his brothers Walter & Charles, serving as the Master of Holland Lodge #1 in Houston in 1856, Grand Commandery of the Texas Knights Templar in 1865 & then Grand Master of all Masons in Texas in 1885.
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Capt Thomas H Skidmore.
1823-1899.

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.
Thomas H. Skidmore, of Texas, for duty with Ninth Texas Regiment, to rank October 14, 1862.
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John Austin Wharton.
1828-1865.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Texas militia and was named captain of Company B, Eighth Texas Cavalry. When the commanders of the unit, Benjamin Terry and Thomas Lubbock, died within weeks of each other, he was named commander of the group - now named Terry's Texas Rangers after their organizer. He led his men through a series of exceptional battles: the Battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded; the 1862 Kentucky invasion, which led to his promotion to brigadier general; Murfreesboro, where he was wounded a second time; the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was promoted to major general in 1863. He was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi department in Louisiana in early 1864, leading the cavalry at the tail end of the Red River campaign. On April 6, 1865, while he was visiting General John Magruder's headquarters in Houston, General Wharton was shot and killed by another officer over a debate in military tactics. He was first buried in Hempstead near his home, but was later re-interred with full honors in the Texas State Cemetery in recognition of his service.
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