The Common Families Of History.

As a surname researcher I have ran into a lot of families that may have only one notation in history, now dose this make this family any less important then the more known family?, “Of course not”, as far as History goes we’er all tied together. History is not all about the famous people but of the more common people who make up this great nation. It is the sacrifices of the common man that got the (upper class ) where they are. We as researchers can not leave out a family just because it is less known then the other. If one starts leaving out the common man there wouldn’t be much color in our nation history and it would leave a lot of holes unfilled in our history. The families on this page are the lesser known families but important in the overall makeup of our nations history.

Note. If you happen to find a surname on this list but it wasn’t the family you were look for, keep in mind I have only put down one or two families of same surname. I have information on more families with the same surname. To find out if I have your family you can write to me, my address can be found in my profile.

Note. This information comes from the Library of Congress.

Abram Van Buskirk.

A BILL
FEBRUARY 13, 1857.
For the relief of the heirs of Abram Van Buskirk.

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, authorized to pay to the heirs of Abram Van Buskirk, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, as a full indemnification for losses sustained by him during the revolution.

Thomas Hazard.

A BILL
FEBRUARY 13, 1857.
For the relief of the children of Thomas Hazard, a captain in the war of the Revolution.

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, authorized and required to pay or cause to be paid to the children of Thomas Hazard, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars, as a full remuneration for the services and indemnification for the losses of the said Thomas Hazard during the war of the Revolution.

William Rich.

A BILL
FEBRUARY 13, 1857.
For the relief of William Rich.

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, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William Rich, late United States secretary of legation in Mexico, eight hundred and thirty dollars, it being the difference between the compensation allowed to a secretary of legation and that to a charge d’affaires, for the period during which he acted in the latter capacity.

Jacob Dodson.

A BILL
JANUARY 9, 1855.
For the relief of Jacob Dodson.

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 government be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow Jacob Dodson, a colored man, who, on the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, at the American Forks, in California, volunteered as a private, for during the war, in Captain Richard Owen’s company of the California battalion, and who was discharged therefrom on the fourteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, at Los Angelos, in California, all the pay and allowances to which he would be entitled, under the existing laws for such service, in the same manner as if he had been legally enlisted in, and honorably discharged from, the service of the United States, deducting therefrom the sum of two hundred and eighty-one dollars, paid to him by Colonel J. C. Fremont for his services as a member of the exploring expedition, within the period named above; the amount necessary therefor to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Bixby E. Dodson.

A BILL
MARCH 4, 1872.
For the relief of Bixby E. Dodson, of Hardin County, Iowa.

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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Bixby E. Dodson, of Hardin County, Iowa, the sum of two thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-seven cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the amount due him for arrears of invalid pension for twenty-five years, two months and ten days, prior to the eighteenth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy.

Edwin Turnock.

Edwin Turnock., was from Allen county, of Indiana, was a private in the 127th., regiment Indiana infantry company I, was later the late captain of the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, to be second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment United States Infantry, October 16, 1867. In 1873 he resigned from the army.

John Fink.

AN ACT
APRIL 25, 1872.
Granting a pension to John Fink.

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 John Fink, late a private in Company G. of the First Regiment Potomac Rome Brigade, Maryland Volunteers, to take effect from the passage of this act.
Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 1872.

John Houser.

AN ACT.
JANUARY 19, 1857.
For the relief of John Houser.

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 the name of John Houser, of Sulli5 van county, State of New York, upon the invalid pension list, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and continuing during his natural life.
Passed the House of Representatives, January 19, 1857.

Nathaniel C. Culver.

A BILL
FEBRUARY 14, 1870.
For the relief of Nathaniel C. Culver.

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 and Pay Department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to pay to Nathaniel C. Culver all arrears of pay, bounty or other allowances due from the United States to his adopted son, Frank Culver, late a private of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment of Cavalry New York Volunteers, the same in all respects as if the said Frank Culver had been the natural son of the said Nathaniel C. Culver.

Sylvanus Culver.

A BILL.
MARCH 29, 1854.
For the relief of Sylvanus Culver.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That a land warrant for one hundred acres shall be issued to Sylvanus Culver, the only surviving heir of John Pearson, deceased, in lieu of a land warrant for one hundred acres, issued on the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred arid six, to Samuel Pearson, in trust for himself and the other heirs of John Pearson, deceased, who was a private in the New York continental line, and which warrant has been lost or destroyed.

Anna B. Snider.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 28, 1870.
Granting a pension to Anna B. Snider.

Be it enacted by Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited Sates 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 Anna B. Snider, mother of Henry Snider, late a private in Company I, Tenth Ohio Cavalry, at the rate of eight dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.
Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 1870.

Ludwick Rowe.

A BILL
JANUARY 9, 1838.
For the relief of John and Samuel Rowe, heirs and legal representatives of Ludwick Rowe, deceased.

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, and he •is hereby, directed to issue duplicate warrant number four hundred and four, for one hundred acres of land, issued the fourth of April, eighteen hundred and eight, in the names of John Rowe and Samuel Rowe, legal heirs and representatives of Ludwick Rowe, who was a private in the Pennsylvania line in the Revolution; the original warrant having been lost.

Henry Keefer.

A BILL
JANUARY 14, 1836.
For the relief of Henry Keefer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be directed to place the name of Henry Keefer upon the list of invalid pensioners, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

Mary F. Prindle.

A BILL
MAY 2, 1870.
For the relief of Mary F. Prindle.

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 lie is hereby, authorized and directed, to pay to Mary F. Prindle, widow of Jerome V. Prindle, late a private in Company H, of the First Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, from the third day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the date of her husband’s death, to the tenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the date of commencement of her present pension.

Maria S. Per Lee.

A BILL.
FEBRUARY 12, 1872.
Granting a pension to Maria S. Per Lee, widow of a 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 Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, directed to place, on the pension-list of pensioners of the United States, the name of Maria S. Per Lee, widow of Abraham Per Lee, deceased, late first lieutenant of the Fifteenth Regiment of the United States Infantry, and an invalid pensioner of the United States of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, commencing on the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

Benjamin Huffman.

AN ACT.
JANUARY 6, 1824.
Appropriating a certain sum of money to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of Indiana.

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, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin Huffman the sum of five hundred dollars, to enable him to regain his son, Peter Huffman, who was taken a captive by hostile Indians, during the late war: provided, The said Benjamin Huffman shall previously give bond, with sufficient security, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned upon the said Huffman’s rendering to the proper Accounting Officers of the Treasury Department, correct accounts of his expenditure, of the whole or any part of the said sum of money, for the sole purpose of regaining the possession of his son aforesaid; and that the said Huffman shall pay any balance that may remain in his hands, after the expenditure provided for as aforesaid, into the Treasury of the United States.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid sum shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
January 5, 1824.

Ross Winans.

A BILL.
AUGUST 8, 1848.
For the relief of Ross Winans.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Patents be, and he is hereby, directed to grant a new patent to Ross Winans, his executors and administrators, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, for the term of seven years, from and after the date of its issue, for his combination of the outside diminished bearing of axles, with the flanched wheels of: car and other vehicles adapted to running on railroads, described in certain letters patent issued to him, and bearing date the twentieth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, the same to be granted under the same provisions and restrictions as are now provided for original letters patent, except so far as the existing laws prohibit and invalidate the grant of letters patent for inventions which have been before patented, or used for more than two years before the date of appli1tion for letters patent: provided, That such extension shall ensure to the use and benefit of the said Ross Winans, his executors and administrators, and to no other person whomsoever, except that a bona fide assignee of the invention, by virtue of any assignment from the patentee heretofore made and recorded, shall have the benefit of this act upon just and reasonable terms, according to his interest therein. And if the said Winans, his executors and administrators, cannot agree with such assignee upon the terms of such benefit to the assignee, it shall be ascertained and determined by the circuit court of the United States for the district in which such assignee resides, to be . Decreed upon a bill filed for that purpose by the said assignee: And. provided, further, That no assignee shall have the benefit of this act unless he shall, within ninety days from its passage, agree with the said Winans. his executors or administrators, as to the consideration upon which he is to have it, or, within the named period, file his bill in the circuit court aforesaid, in order that the amount to be paid therefor, and the terms of such payment, may be decreed in conformity with the intent and meaning of this act.

Elizabeth Calkins.

A BILL.
JULY 13, 1846.
For the relief of Elizabeth Calkins, the widow of Silas Winans.

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, and he is hereby, authorized and Required to place the name of Elizabeth Calkins on the revolutionary pension roll, under the act of seventh July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, for two years’ service of her said hus7 band, to commence the first January, eighteen hundred and
forty-five.

John Champe.

A BILL.
JANUARY 9, 1871k
To recognize the services, and for the benefit of the heirs, of Sergeant Major John Champe.

Whereas the revolutionary services of Sergeant Major John Champe have never been suitably acknowledged by Congress: Therefore:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, granted to the heirs of said Sergeant Major John Champe a township of land, to be selected from the public lands of the United States, not within any railroad grant or reservation, nor within any school reservation, by John L. Champe, of Franklin County, Ohio, and for which, when so selected, a patent shall be issued to the heirs of said Sergeant Major John Champe, and delivered to the said John L. Champe, for and on behalf of said heirs: Provided, That said township of land need not be selected in one entire body, but may be selected in separate sections, aggregating a township of land, if by the said John L. Champe such separate or several selections and entries shall be deemed best and most advisable.

Margaret H. Judd.

A BILL.
MARCH 25, 1872.
Granting a pension to Margaret H. Judd, of Wilmington, Delaware.

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 hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Margaret H. Judd, of Wilmington, Delaware, the aunt and adopted mother of the late Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William Judd Fetterman, Twenty-seventh Infantry, United States Army, upon the pension-roll at the rate of twenty five dollars per month, from December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to continue as long as she remains sole and unmarried.

John B. Rose.

A BILL.
MARCH 2, 1872.
Granting a pension to John B. Rose, of Indiana.

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 John B. Rose, of Indiana, a lieutenant in the Fifteenth regiment of United States Infantry, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve with Great Britain.

Benjamin L. Brittin.

A BILL.
MARCH 25, 1872.
For the relief of Benjamin L. Brittin.

Whereas nine hundred and fifty-two bales of cotton, the property of Benjamin L. Brittin, of the State of Arkansas, were seized by agents of the Government of the United States at Camden, in said State, on or about the first day of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five, on the mistaken supposition that said cotton was or had been the property of the so-called confederate government, and transported to New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana; and Whereas the United States detained said cotton until the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and then delivered to said Brittin, in lieu thereof, cotton worth one hundred and seventy thousand dollars less than the cotton so seized, and, by such detention, also subjected said Brittin to an expense of fifty-six thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty cents: Therefore.

Be it enacted by (lie Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin L. Brittin, of the State of Arkansas, the sum of two hundred and twenty-six thousand three hundred and forty-two dollars and thirty-four cents, in full for nine hundred and fifty-two bales of cotton seized at Camden, in the State of Arkansas, in December, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and for such payment said sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Mary A. McFarland.

A BILL.
MARCH 25, 1872.
For the relief of Mrs. Mary A. McFarland, widow of Peter
McFarland, and the minor children of the same.

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 the name of Mary Ann McFarland, widow of Peter McFarland, late captain Company C., First Regiment Kansas Infantry Volunteers, on the pension roll of the United States, Topeka agency, at the rate to which she would have been entitled for herself and the minor children of said Peter McFarland had her claim been allowed under the pension law of July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, subject to the provisions of the pension laws, said pension to commence from the sixth day of October, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy.

J. and C. M. Dailey.

A BILL.
MARCH 26, 1872.
For the relief of J. and C. M. Dailey.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse 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 Messrs. J. and C. M. Dailey the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars in full for food furnished the Sioux Indians in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, upon the application and request of Mahlon Wilkinson, an Indian agent, and that the sum be taken from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Samuel Davis.

A BILL.
MARCH 26, 1872.
Granting. a pension of fifty dollars per month to Samuel Davis, of
New Trenton, Indiana.

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 Samuel Davis, of New Trenton, Indiana, and to pay him a pension of fifty dollars per month from and after the passage of this act.

Samuel Billings.

A BILL
JUNE 15, 1842.
For the relief of Samuel Billings, owner of the fishing schooner Lurana.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector of the customs for the district of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Samuel Billings, owner of the schooner Lurana, belonging to the third district, burden sixty-six and eighty ninety-fifths tons, two hundred and thirty-four dollars, being the sum to which he is justly entitled as a bounty thereon for having been employed in the cod fisheries during the season of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, to be distributed according to law.

Henry Richardson.

A BILL
DECEMBER, 22, 1837.
For the relief of the representatives of Henry Richardson, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 1merica in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty cents be, and the same is hereby, directed to be paid to the legal representatives of Henry Richardson, deceased, out of any money in the rr1easuI.v not otherwise appropriated, being the proportion due to them for wages and prize money, in virtue of the act entitled “An act respecting the late officers and crew of the sloop of war Wasp,” approved the twentieth da3y of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and which money shall be paid and distributed according to the provisions o the said act.

James Witherell.

A BILL.
MARCH 3, 1836.
For the relief of James Witherell.

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 do settle the account of James Witherell, and allow him five years’ full pay as an ensign of infantry of the revolutionary army, in the Massachusetts line on continental establishment, with such interest thereon, as would have been payable to the said James Witherell if a certificate had been given him for the amount of the said commutation, and the same had by him been subscribed to the funded debt of the United States, under the act of seventeen hundred and ninety, and that the said sum of money and interest be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Benjamin H. Mackall.

A BILL.
MARCH 3, 1836.
For the relief of Benjamin H. Mackall.

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 pay to the legal representatives of Benjamin H. Mackall, formerly of Calvert county, Maryland, two hundred and ten dollars, the amount claimed by his heirs for a certain house or out-house destroyed by the British about the 1st of August, 1814, which house was in the military occupation of the United States at the time of its destruction, and destroyed in consequence of such occupation.

Daniel Warner.

A BILL.
MARCH 3, 1836.
For the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel Warner, deceased.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the patent heretofore issued upon military warrant, four thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to wit: on the twenty-ninth day of November, eighteen hundred and seventeen, in the name of Daniel Warner, late a private in Captain Peters’s company of the twenty-seventh regiment of infantry, for a certain tract of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, being the southeast quarter of section number thirty, of township six north, of range two east, in the tract appropriated for military bounties in the Territory of Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, revoked.

SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause a patent to be issued to the legal representatives of the said Daniel Warner, deceased, for the quarter section of land in the first section of this act described.