Saturday, June 13, 2009

Money That Was Stolen, Lost Or Unpaid.

Where’s the money, says about all that can be said about what’s on this page. It’s about money that was lost, stolen or was never paid. It’s hard to believe that when money was so hard to come by in the old days a lot was being lost and not just small amounts, but the sums that ran into thousands of dollars.
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Jonathan Haskell.
1793.

Captain Jonathan Haskell, of the 2d United States regiment, states that on the 20th day of September, 1791, he received orders to march a detachment from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, and, for the purpose of paying his soldiers one month’s wages and contingent expenses, he received of public money to the amount of two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents, which sum was in bank bills, together with one hundred and thirty-three dollars, which he had just received for his wages and subsistence; that, through the hurry of business in arranging the troops to march, and having petitions, accounts, and papers of almost all contents handed him by the soldiers, he, through mistake, took the paper which contained the bank hills from a close pocket, and some of the crowd secreted it; and that all possible means were taken to recover it, without effect.
Note. It was found my the committee that as an officer his statement was found truthful, and would get back the $285.25, but as to his own money, the committee found that he was responsible for his own property and the $133, would not be retuned.
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Abraham Watson.
1793.

Abraham Watson states, that being then a captain in the 3d Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel Greaton, he was captured by the enemy on the 3d day of February, 1780, and sent to Long Island, where he remained about ten months; that, during the said term, he officiated as surgeon and physician to a number of officers, prisoners at the same time, and supplied them with necessary medicines; that, by officiating in that capacity to a number of the inhabitants, he procured considerable stuns from them, which lie expended for necessaries for the said officers, who were destitute, and had not the means of procuring supplies; that, at the time of his being exchanged, he exhibited to Abraham Skinner, commissary general of prisoners, his account, with the necessary vouchers, and received from him a certificate that there were due to him eighty-six pounds fourteen shillings, New York currency, which he promised to pay him, but which he has never been able to obtain.
Note. His claim was omitted from the list of those to be paid by a act of congress of 1790, proof was shown that he should have been paid and as it was no fault of his it was order that he would get paid.
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Haffield White.
1818.


Haffield White, represents himself, in the month of April, 1777, to have been in military service in Colonel Rufus Putnam’s regiment; that Lieutenant Colonel NewHall, commanding the first division of said regiment, drew one month’s pay for the men in said division, which the petitioner received, and paid it over to the men, excepting two hundred and fifty dollars, which was due to those who had fallen sick on the march. The corps were subsequently ordered to leave their baggage with a guard, and the petitioner, with the advice of Colonel Newhall, put the money into his journal book, and deposited it with his clothing, which money, after the action of the 22d July of the year aforesaid, being in a baggage wagon which was taken for the removal of the wounded by order of the commanding officer, General Nixon, was lost1 and part of the petitioner’s clothing. On the day of the action aforesaid, Colonel Putnam arrived with his division, bringing on the men to whom the money the petitioner had lost was due.

By an arrangement with the paymaster of the regiment, who arrived with the second division, he (the paymaster) advanced the money to the men, and the petitioner indemnified him out of his pay; which sum the petitioner avers was never reimbursed to him. A certificate is annexed to the petition, signed Rufus Putnam, to which the committee refer as a part of their report, An original letter is also annexed, signed B. Goodhue, dated Philadelphia, March 29, 1794, addressed to the petitioner, informing him his petition had been referred to the Secretary of War, who bad reported favorably on his claim. The committee addressed letters to the Treasury and Navy Departments, enclosing the petition and documents for further information, and have received in answer that no records exist in either touching this claim. The committee believe the petitioner’s claim to be equitable. They therefore respectfully submit the following resolution: Resolved, That a bill be reported, allowing Haffield White the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, in full of all his claims on the United States.
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Landon N. Carter.
1836.

Landon N. Carter, was in service on. board the United States ship Guerriere, Commodore Thompson, in the Pacific ocean, was in November, 1829, put under arrest upon charges exhibited against him by his commanding officer of a serious nature, and was sent to the United States, where he arrived in the year 1830, and on the 23d March, 1830, he was directed by the Navy Department to consider himself under arrest, and informed that a court-martial for his trial would be ordered as early as the attendance of the necessary witnesses could be procured.

No restraint was imposed upon Lieutenant Carter, and he was left at liberty to go where he pleased, as if waiting orders, and in this situation remained until February, 1832, when, upon an acknowledgment by Lieutenant Carter of the truth of the charges against him, and concessions to Captain Thompson for the improper conduct of the petitioner towards that officer, Captain Thompson agreed that the charges might be withdrawn, and Lieutenant Carter was in consequence released from arrest and during this period he received full pay and rations, servant hire and fuel.

Lieutenant Carter claimed, in addition to his pay and allowances as above stated, for chamber money during the period he was under arrest, at the rate of two dollars per week, one hundred and ninety dollars, which has been refused; and he now petitions for that allowance by Congress. The letters annexed to and made part of this report, marked A, B, C, contain the reasons of the Department for refusing the allowance, and the committee, upon a full consideration of all the circumstances of this case, are of opinion that the petitioner is not entitled to the allowance he asks for.
Note. The reason he was not paid was, although he was under arrest he was free to go where he pleased, as he was on leave of absence, and not duty bond, and as there were no rooms for officers there, he choose to pay higher prices then he was allowed when he could have went some where else.
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James H. Clark.
1819.

That the said Clark claims the relief which the bill is intended to-provide, upon a statement of facts, of which the following is the substance, to wit: That, on the 17th day of November, 1815, he was ordered by Commodore Shaw to proceed from Port Mahon, in the Mediterranean, to Marseilles, for the purpose of purchasing clothing for the crew of the frigate United States; and that, having arrived at Marseilles, and taken lodgings at an hotel, he was, on the night of the 3d of December of the same year, robbed of $816 by a seaman, who had accompanied him in the capacity of a servant.

That he received the order above mentioned, and having taken with him $1,600 in Spanish gold, he proceeded to Marseilles, took lodgings at an hotel, and was robbed of about the sum alleged, there can be but little if any doubt; and it is for Congress to decide whether the loss shall fall upon him or the United States. It appears, from the evidence exhibited by the claimant, that he and a Major Hall, of the marines, lodged at the same hotel, and that the money in the custody of each, amounting, in the whole, to something more than 19,000 francs, was deposited in a trunk in the room where they lodged; and that, on the evening of the said 3d of December, they locked their room, and, leaving the key in the hands of the porter of the hotel, went to the theatre, from whence they returned at about 11 o’clock. On entering the hotel, and inquiring for the key, they were told by the porter that their servant bad already taken it, and must then be in their apartment; but on going thither they found the key in the door, their trunk forced, and a large portion of their money and their servant missing. Having learned from the door keeper of the hotel that the servant had left the house at about 10 o’clock, the American consul and a police officer were immediately notified, and every reasonable exertion made to apprehend the servant, but without effect.

If the present claimant allowed his servant to have access to his room in his absence, it appears to the committee that there was a want of care, for which the Government ought not to be responsible, particularly while it is in proof that the servant was no other than a Neapolitan seaman, and their money no otherwise secured than in a leather trunk, for the forcing of which nothing but a knife was necessary. If the servant was not allowed to have access to the room, care should have been taken that the key should not have passed into his hands. Believing, then, that there was a degree of negligence not altogether excusable, and that otherwise the money would not have been lost, the committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate entitled “An act for the relief of James H. Clark,” be indefinitely postponed.
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Peyton G. King.

AN ACT
JULY 28, 1856.
For the relief of Peyton G. King, late receiver of public money at Monroe, Louisiana.

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, in adjusting the accounts of Peyton G. King, as late receiver of public money at the United States land office at Monroe, Louisiana, to give him credit for the sum of seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-two cents, the amount of the public money of which he was robbed on the twenty-second day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-five, while acting in the aforesaid capacity.
Passed the House of Representatives, July 26, 1856.
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Henry Clay Williams.

A BILL
DECEMBER 18, 1871.
To appropriate to Henry Clay Williams a sum of money found due him on the adjustment of his accounts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated to Henry Clay Williams, the same being a balance due him upon the adjustment of his accounts as receiver of the land-office at Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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Baptiste Jeansonne and Joseph Pierre Petre, Petre Forest, Antoine Dupre, Scolaste Roy.
1833.

Baptiste Jeansonne and Joseph Pierre Petre, as the legal representatives of Petre Forest, Antoine Dupré, Scolaste Roy, claims seventy-four acres of laud which was originally included in their surveys of three several tracts of land granted by the Spanish government, and confirmed by the United States. From the evidence before the committee, it seems that the surveys made under the authority of the United States, by their deputy, James Hazzard, were erroneously executed, varying from the original lines so as to leave out of their boundaries the said seventy-four acres of land, and including the same quantity by running upon a confirmed tract belonging to another individual; thereby the said seventy four acres were represented as public land and sold accordingly, and the said Jeansonne and Petre became the purchasers at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, amounting to ninety-two dollars and fifty cents. They therefore solicit Congress to pass an act authorizing the return of the money so paid. The committee, considering the prayer of the petitioners just and reasonable, report a bill for their relief.
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John J. McAlmont and Silas F. Field, John G. Halliburton.

A BILL
APRIL 4, 1872.
For the relief of John J. McAlmont and Silas F. Field, as sureties on the bond of John G. Halliburton, deceased, late marshal of the United States in and for the eastern district of Arkansas.

Whereas John G. Halliburton, now deceased, was, on and before the sixth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, marshal of the United States in and. for the eastern district of Arkansas, and on that day had a large amount of money belonging to the United States, which he never paid over or accounted for; and

Whereas the circuit court of the United States in and for said eastern district of Arkansas rendered judgment against him and his said sureties for said sum of money on the suit of the United States instituted in that court, which said judgment was, on writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States, duly and in all things affirmed at the December term, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; and

Whereas, by the record and proof in said cause, it appears said money was seized and held by the authorities of the so-called Confederate States, and the said Halliburton was prevented by said authorities from accounting to the United States therefor, and there was no willful withholding by him of said money; and

Whereas, since the appeal was taken in said cause, the said Halliburton has died, and his estate is wholly insolvent, and if said money, or any part thereof, is paid, his said sureties must pay it: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if said sureites will pay, or cause to be paid, to the proper officers of’ said circuit court, at Little Rock, all fees and costs of said suit, including the attorney’s fees, within thirty days after the passage of this act, then they shall be relieved of any and all further responsibility by or on account of said judgment; and upon the full payment of said fees and costs as aforesaid, the district attorney of said eastern district is directed to enter full and complete satisfaction of said judgment on the record thereof.
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William A. Bevins, David S. Fraley and Edwin MeGuire.

A BILL
APRIL 4, 1872.
For the relief of William A. Bevins, late receiver of the public moneys at the Batesville district of Arkansas, and of David S. Fraley and Edwin MeGuire, his sureties.

Whereas the said Bevins was, on and before the sixth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-one, receiver of public moneys of the United States in and for the Batesville district, in the State of Arkansas, and on that day he had a large’ amount of money in his possession belonging to the United: States, which he never paid over or accounted for; and

Whereas the circuit court of the United States in and for the eastern district of Arkansas rendered judgment against him and his said sureties for said sum of money on the suit of the United States instituted in that court, which said judgment was, on writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States, duly and in all things affirmed at the December term, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; and

Whereas, by the record and proof in said cause, it appears said money was seized and held by the authorities of the so called Confederate States, and the said Bevins was prevented by said authorities from accounting to the United States therefor, and there was no willful withholding by him of said money; and

Whereas, since said money was so seized and held, and the said Bevins prevented from paying the same to the United States, he, the said Bevins, has become insolvent, and no money can be made out of him, and whatever may be collected on said judgment will be paid by his said sureties: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if said Bevins and his sureties, or any of them, will pay, or cause to be paid, to the proper officers of said circuit court at Little Rock all fees and costs of said suit, including the attorney’s fees, within thirty days after the passage of this
act, then they shall he relieved of any and all further responsibility by or on account of said judgment; and upon the full payment of said fees and costs, as aforesaid, the district attorney of said eastern district is directed to enter fully and complete satisfaction of such judgment on the record thereof.
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Thomas Douty.
1827.

The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred, by a resolution of the house of the 27th of December last, expediency the of directing the Secretary of the
Navy to pay unto Thomas Douty the sum of $19.91, for his share of prize money while engaged as an artilleryman on board the frigate Macedonian, in the year 1815, reported: That by the papers accompanying the report it appears that the amount of $19.91 is due to the said Thomas Douty for such prize money, and therefore direct a bill for paying the same to be reported to the House.
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Henry Malcolm.
1816.

Henry Malcolm, was appointed the collector of the customs for the district of Hudson, in the State of New York, in the year 1795, when the district was established. It was his constant practice to remit the money which he received on account of duties in bank notes to the branch of the Bank of the United States in the city of New York, and no accident or loss occurred in consequence of this practice until the 28th of June, t808. On that day the petitioner, put under cover, addressed to the cashier of the Branch Bank, a sum of one thousand dollars in notes of the Bank of Columbia, in the city of Hudson, and delivered the packet to the postmaster of Hudson to ho sent by the next mail. A letter of advice was at the same time forwarded to the cashier, which was duly received; but the money was stolen on its way, and has never been received at the Branch Bank, or passed to the credit of the Treasury. The accounting officers have refused to credit the remittance in the settlement of the petitioner’s account, and he prays to be relieved by the authority of Congress.
Note. He did not receive his settlement, here are two reason why; 1st. That the remittance by mail was not authorize, or, if authorize, should have been guarded by cutting the bank notes in two parts, and sending the parts by successive mails. 2. That the remittance was made in the notes of the Bank of Columbia, instead of the notes of the Bank of the United States or its branches.
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John Palmer Cox.
1815.

John Palmer Cox, is a paymaster to a regiment of New York militia commanded by Colonel Anthony D. Lameter, and which, in the month of August last, was stationed at Harlem Heights, in the city of New York; that be had received of the United States several thousand dollars, to pay off the militia, which he had deposited, in a small trunk about eighteen inches in length, and which he usually kept locked up in a closet in his bed-chamber, until, by indisposition, he was confined to his bed, when he had the same brought and placed on the floor of the room, near the side of his bed; that, on the evening of the 31st of October last, the petitioner, and some other officers who lived in the room with him, went to a neighboring house to take tea, leaving the trunk in the room and, when they returned, it was gone.

It appears from the depositions of Maria and Sophia Grenzeback, which were referred to the committee, that, on the 24th of December last they saw the trunk in the bushes, some distance from their father’s house on Harlem Heights; and that, as soon as they saw it, they knew it at a distance to be the trunk of the petitioner.

They gave information to their father, who carried the trunk to his house, and sent for a Mr. Henry Post to come and open it, and view its contents. He opened trunk, and found it contained $137 and half, dollars and many papers belonging to the petitioner.

The petitioner states that he had in the trunk, at the time it was stolen, $9,587. One deponent swears that he verily believes that sum was in the trunk when it was taken; and another states that, on the evening the trunk was stolen, he saw the petitioner count the money, and, from the appearance, of the bundles of the bills, be believes there was that amount. The petitioner asks relief of Congress.
Note. He was not to get relief, for the following reasons:

1. That the loss of the money, and the amount thereof, are not clearly and satisfactorily shown.

2. That the loss, if it actually did take place, was under such circumstances as would constitute negligence on the part of the petitioner.

3. That if the money actually was stolen from the petitioner, without any negligence on his part, the United States would not be liable for it. It is believed they should not be considered the insurers of money in cases of this description.
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Robert Thornton.
1828.

Robert Thornton, of the city of Philadelphia, was a quartermaster with Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, in the recapture of the Philadelphia frigate, in 1804; and prays your honorable body to grant him an equal dividend of the $100,000 proposed to be granted to Mrs. Decatur and the crew who volunteered and destroyed the Philadelphia, agreeably to the usual mode of sharing prize money, by the existing laws of the United States, or such equitable distribution as will leave the seamen seven-twentieths and the officers and petty officers the usual shares, according to rank. Your petitioner respectfully states that every man did his duty, and prays that, whatever sum Congress may grant, the dividend may be uniform to the captors, or their heirs, agreeably to the common practice of dividing prize money.
ROBERT THORNTON.
PHILADELPHIA, February 11, 1828.
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F. C. De Krafft.

F. C. De Krafft, formerly a midshipman in the navy of the United States, and of the crew of the ketch Intrepid, was in on the capture and burning of the frigate Philadelphia, in the harbor of Tripoli, on the 17th February, 1804.
Note. He is asking the same as Robert Thornton.
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David Goorley.
1833.

David Goorley, enlisted on the 4th February, 1813, for five years, and that he was discharged and paid on the 24th May, 1818, in the port of Leghorn, by the order of Commodore Stewart; according to the statement of the petitioner himself, he was then discharged at his own request. He, however, asserts that he was induced to make this request in consequence of his having been detained in the service seven months beyond his term of enlistment, and having been repeatedly deceived and disappointed by promises made and violated by his officers to send him home, in various vessels which returned from the Mediterranean after his term of service expired. These allegations, however, are all falsified by the fact stated above, on the information furnished by a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, showing that he was discharged four days after the expiration of his term of service.
The committee therefore report that the said Goorley has no claim to have refunded to him the expenses of his passage home; and they ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the said resolution.
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Daniel Gold.
1816.

Daniel Gold, was in the 20th, brigade of Virginia militia, commanded by Captain Jonathan Walmsley; in the year 1814, the he served a tour of duty in the military service of the United States, at and near Norfolk, and, after having faithfully served out his time, obtained an honorable discharge for the same; that the funds which had been placed in the hands of the district Paymaster not being sufficient to c1ischare the amount of his pay, he received, at the time of his discharge, he, got the sum of twenty dollars and twenty cents, and requested of Captain Jonathan Walmsley (who commanded the company to which he belonged) to settle and receive the balance of his pay from the Paymaster, and carry it to them in the county of Randolph, in the State of Virginia, where they resided. Captain Walinsley received of the Paymaster at Norfolk a check on Robert Brent, Paymaster General, for the amount of the balance due to him and discounted it at that place at five per cent. On his way home, having taken a passage in the stage, he lodged at the Columbian hotel, in the city of Richmond, where his trunk was robbed of the money.

It appears to the committee, from the affidavits of John Mayce, Lieutenant John Brown, and Captain Walmaley, that they all arrived at the hotel together, and lodged in the same room ; that, after getting into the room, it was thought by them that the money which Captain Walmaley had in his pocket would be equally safe, and more conveniently kept in a trunk which belonged to Brown and Mayce; that the money was accordingly placed in the trunk by Walmeley, in the presence of Brown and Mayce, and the key of the trunk given to Walmaley. On the next morning after the money was deposited, upon unlocking the trunk for the purpose of taking it out, it was ascertained by all three of them that the money had been stolen.

In the room in which the trunk was, Mr. Mayce lodged all night, and was at no time absent from the same, except a few minutes while at supper on that evening, and during that time he locked the door of the room upon starting to supper, and found it so locked upon his return to the same. The committee have the assurances of a member of the House of Representatives, that Walmsley, Brown, and Mayce, are all men of good character.
Note. The committee found the as Walmsley, had the key and was acting as agent for the money the committee, feels the government should not be held for the loss, but in that it was of no fault of the men, that there was no money at the time of discharge. It was felt by the committee, that as the money was not at hand at the time of discharge the government would be held accountable, and their money would be refunded.

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 anti House of Representatives of the United Stales 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 afore said sum shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Passed the house of Representatives, January 5, 1824.
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Robert Purkis.

A BILL
FEBRUARY 20, 1845.
Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Robert Purkis.

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, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred dollars, with legal interest thereon, from the twenty-sixth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, until paid, to Robert Purkis, of the State of Rhode Island, or to his legal representatives; which sum of four hundred dollars is paid to him as an evidence of the sense entertained by Congress of his valor and good conduct, in baying recaptured, alone and unassisted,, a vessel called the Little Sarah, together with four seamen, of the British navy; which prisoners were delivered to Commodore Creighton, of the navy of the United States, and as a compensation for the prisoners so taken.
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Thomas Shields.

A BILL
DECEMBER 28, 1820.
.Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Thomas Shields.

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 required to cause to be paid to Thomas Shields, or his legal representative, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand five hundred and eighty one dollars and six cents; which is paid to him in consideration of his loss of property to that amount, occasioned by burning the public store house, at the Bay of St. Louis, by order of lieutenant Jones, commanding the naval force of the United States, stationed at that point, during the invasion of Louisiana by the enemy, in the winter of eighteen hundred and. fourteen and fifteen.
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John T Gourtnay and Samuel Harrison.

A Bill.
FEBRUARY 19th, 1816.
Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to John T Gourtnay and Samuel Harrison, or their legal Representatives.

Be it enacted by the Senate and i--louse 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 to John T. Courtnay and Samuel Harri5 son, citizens of Virginia, or if either or both of them he dead, then to their legal representatives, the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, to be equally divided between them; which sum is paid to them in consequence of their exertions in saving from being destroyed by fire the gun boat schooner Asp, belonging to the United States, when she was set on fire and
left burning by the enemy, after having been taken by them in an action in the month of July, 1813, in the river Potomack.
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John Gooding and James Williams.

A Bill.
FEBRUARY 4, 1822.
authorizing the payment of a sum of money to John Gooding and James Williams.

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 is hereby authorized and required to pay, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to John Gooding and James Williams, late owners of the private armed schooner Midas, or to their legal representative or representatives, the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars, which sum is paid to them as bounty money, at the rate of one hundred dollars per man, for twenty-two prisoners who were slaves, but part of the crew and combatants on board the privateer Dash, taken by the said schooner Midas, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, during the war between the United States and Great Britain.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Owners Of The Distillery's.

Are colonel ancestors liked the drink, but it was not just a need of drink, in many cases it was a necessitate for saving lives. It was used to sterilizes wounds of all kinds like those in battle and those of ever day life. In many cases it was safer to drink the sprits then water. Many of the town and cities water supplies would become contaminated and unfit to drink. All ships carried spirits ( Rum ), as it was easier to keep then fresh water, as water would go bad. All the services give the drink as part of their rations, although in some cases it was taken away as it would be abused, but all in all it looks like are colonel ancestors had many a good times.
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Note. Although there may not be a lot of information on these names you will learn if your ancestor ran a distillery or find another family name you been looking for, and maybe the State or county he was living in and what year. All important information to be sure. Also note some of these names may be repeated this couldn’t be helped.
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D. C. Farrell.

AN ACT
MARCH 15, 1872.
For the relief of D. C. Farrell, of Peoria, Illinois.

Whereas it is alleged that the distillery, together with distillery bonded warehouse number six, of D. C. Farrell, in the fifth collection district of Illinois, were destroyed by fire on the twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, without any neglect, fault, fraud, or evil practice on the part of said Farrell, his agents, or employees, and that in said warehouse and by said fire were destroyed, before the same had been sold or removed from said premises where the same had been manufactured, two thousand barrels of high-wines or distilled spirits, and upon which the tax per gallon had not been paid: Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized to inquire into and determine the amount of high-wines or distilled spirits contained in the said warehouse of D. C. Farrell, on the said twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, and which were destroyed on said day by said fire; and that the said Commissioner be, and he is hereby, authorized to abate and remit the direct tax of fifty cents per gallon due and unpaid upon all such distilled spirits or high-wines as he shall find were destroyed by said fire on said day, except so far as the owner may be indemnified against said tax by a valid claim for insurance.
Passed the house of Representatives March 14, 1872.
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Joseph S. Finch.

A Bill
JUNE 10, 1870.
For the relief of Joseph S. Finch and Company, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Whereas forty-one thousand four hundred and seventy-seven and eighty-two one hundredths proof gallons of distilled spirits, distilled by Joseph S. Finch and Company, at their distillery in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and stored in their distillery warehouse, near Pittsburgh, were on the fourteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, destroyed and wholly lost by the falling of said distillery warehouse, without any negligence or fault on the part of said Joseph S. Finch and company; and whereas said spirits were subject to the tax and duty of fifty cents per proof gallon, amounting to the sum of twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty- eight dollars and ninety-one cents, for which said Joseph S. Finch and Company had given bonds, as required by law, and the above facts constitute equitable grounds for relief from the payment of said taxes: Now, therefore,
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 abate and remit the taxes on said spirits so destroyed and lost, and to credit the amount of the same oil the bonds of said Joseph S. Finch and Company, given to secure the payment of the same.
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John H. Peck, Luther Van Hook, and William W. Trimble.

A Bill.
DECEMBER 18, 1871.
To remit the internal-revenue tax upon five hundred and forty-nine barrels of whisky, containing twenty-three thousand four hundred and sixty-six gallons, destroyed by fire while in bond in the distillery warehouse, on the twenty-fourth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in the county of Harrison, and State of Kentucky.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to revoke and remit all assessments and taxes, the collection whereof has remained suspended, upon five hundred and forty-nine barrels and twenty-three thousand four hundred and sixty-six gallons of whisky therein, of the property of John H. Peck, Luther Van Hook, and William W. Trimble, partners, doing business under the name and style of Peck, Van Hook and Company, and on the twenty-fourth day of June, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, accidentally destroyed by fire while in bond, uninsured, in the distillery warehouse, in the county of Harrison, and State of Kentucky.
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W. L. Berry.

A Bill
April 20, 1871.
Whereas on the night of the fourteenth of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, the distillery and fixtures of W. L. Berry, of the second district of Kentucky, while in operation, was destroyed by fire without the fault or negligence of the owner, whereby he has met with great loss: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to inquire into the extent of the loss of the said W. L. Berry, and to abate all assessments for taxes against him, which in his opinion should be abated, by reason of the destruction of this distillery; and that he is hereby authorized to cause the distilled spirits now in bonded warehouse of said W. L. Berry, to be removed for safekeeping to another bonded warehouse in the State of Kentucky, until the tax becomes due and is paid thereon.
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W. C. Goodwin.

A Bill
May 27. 1872.
For the relief of W. C. Goodwin and Company.

Whereas W. C. Goodwill and Company, distillers, in the third collection district of South Carolina, are charged at tile Treasury Department with a deficiency of tax of one thousand six hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents, said deficiency representing the tax upon three thousand three hundred and three and fifty—one hundredths gallons of liquors, alleged by them not to have been produced in their distillery : Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be authorized to inquire into the truth of said claim, on the part of said Goodwin and Company, that the said alleged deficiency is unjustly charged against them, and to remit the whole, or any portion, of said tax which may satisfactorily appear to him to be Unjustly charged against said Goodwin and Company.
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1. 1816, A petition of Robert Mauck, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a bond given by him to secure the duties payable on his distillery, as he was unable to use same, because of the failure of the principle upon which it was erected.

2. 1815, A petition of Caleb Stanley and John U. Smith, of Montgomery county, State of New-York, praying that the duties secured by them to be paid on a distillery may be remitted, as their said distillery was soon afterwards consumed by fire.

3. 1817, An application of sundry persons, neighbors of a certain Solomon Belews, stating the inability of the said Belews, to pay the duties on his distillery, owing to extreme cold weather and misfortunes which befell him, and soliciting the remission of the said duties.

4. 1817, A petition of Matthew Cadwell, praying to be relieved from the payment of bonds, given to secure the duty on the distillery of a certain Edward Barnham, in which bonds, the petitioner is surety, in consequence of the said Barnham's having absconded, without availing himself of the privilege granted him, to use the distillery

5. A petition of John Boushbog, of the county of Monongalia, and State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the excise duties upon a quantity of distilled spirits, in consideration of the destruction of his distillery and materials used therein, by fire.

6. 1817, A petition of Thomas W. Phelps and Warren Colton, praying to be exonerated from their liability as the sureties of a certain Enoch M. Granger, in a bond given by him to secure the duties on his distillery; which said distillery was not used, because of the failure of the said Granger and of the scarcity of grain.

7. 1821, the petition of Stephen F. Northam and others, of Rhode Island, merchants, representing that they took out license in the year 1815, for distilling spirits from molasses for one year; that a few days after their distillery was inundated and so much injured by the violent gale of wind and flood of tide, which at that time happened, as to suspend its operation nearly half the year, and praying that so much of the money paid for said license, may be restored to them, as will be equal to the time the distillery remained inoperative.

8. 1818, a petition of John Brickel, praying for the remission of a part of the duties imposed on the distillery of a certain John Hain, for which the petitioner is bound as surety, as the said distillery was seized and sold under an execution against said Hain, before the expiration of the license, and the purchaser refused to received a transfer thereof.

9. 1818, a petition of Matthew M'Coy, praying that the duties paid by him on his distillery may be refunded, as the said distillery, with all its contents, was subsequently destroyed by fire, in consequence of which, he is, with a wife and five children, reduced to extreme proverty.

10. 1816, a petition of Ephraim Jones, and John Frull, distillers, praying that they may be permitted to surrender to the collector, the license granted them to use their distillery, on paying for the time they have used the same.

11. 1816, A petition of Reuben M. Folger, and others, praying to be exonerated from the payment of that part of a bond given by them to secure the duties on their distillery, as remains unsatisfied, for reasons stated in the petition.

12. 1818, A petition of Elijah Brown, praying to be refunded the moneys paid by him for a license to use his distillery in the year 1814, as the said distillery became useless to him in consequence of his distiller being drafted into the militia service of the United States.

13. 1818, A petition Job W. Gardner, and John Gardner, praying that the amount of two judgments obtained against them for the duties upon a distillery may be remitted, as the said distillery, together with its contents, was subsequently demolished by the wind and tide, by which, the petitioners allege, they are reduced to extreme poverty.

14. 1816, a petition of John G. and Samuel Whitehorn, and Stephen T. Northam, of Newport, in Rhode-Island, praying that the duties secured by them to be paid on a quantity of molasses, may be remitted; the said molasses having been destroyed by a sudden and unusual rise of the sea; and that the duties which they have also secured on a distillery may be remitted, as the said distillery was destroyed by the same cause.

15. 1817, A petition of Levi Smith & Co. distillers, praying to be relieved from the payment of duties imposed on their distillery, as they have been unable to use the same, because of the destruction of a part of the said distillery.

16. 1818, a petition of Samuel White, stating that he was engaged as a captain of militia in the actual service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain, that he was taken prisoner in battle, and robbed of money and property to the amount of 440 dollars; that several of his men deserted previous to his crossing into Canada, whom he advertised by direction of his superior officer, the expense of which, with the rewards offered, he has been compelled to pay; that while he remained a prisoner of war, duties to a considerable amount, accrued on his distillery, which was not, during that time, in use; and praying compensation for the money and property taken from him when captured, and reimbursement of the moneys, paid on account of advertising and arresting the said deserters, and for the remission of the duties charged on his distillery.

17. 1818, A petition of Daniel Denton, praying for the remission of duties now due on his distillery, as the said distillery was consumed by fire.

18. 1815, a petition of Eliakim Spooner and Alfred Spooner, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties secured by them to be paid on a distillery, as they were unable to use the same by reason of the insufficiency of the works of the said distillery.

19. 1818, A petition of Joseph Landon, praying to be exonerated from the payment of judgments obtained against him, as one of the sureties of a certain Bateman Fisk, in bonds given to secure the payment of duties imposed on his distillery.

20. 1868, The petition of Arthur McFarland, of Union county, praying that be may be allowed to run a distillery free of tax.

21. 1801, A petition of James Crosby, of York county, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the excise duties upon a quantity of distilled spirits, in consideration of the destruction of his distillery and materials used therein by fire.

22. 1820, A petition of Levi Bellows, distiller, in the state of Vermont, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the sum of 2,892 dollars, duties imposed on his distillery, inconsequence of his having already paid large sums by way of duties on said distillery, and of his utter inability to pay the same.

23. 1820, A petition of John Stipp, junior, praying for the remission of the duties on his distillery, in Champaign county, in the state of Ohio, (for which he gave bonds, and upon which judgments have been obtained,) which duties he has become unable to pay by reason of an accident which has for ever deprived him of the use of his legs.

24. 1817, A petition of Stephen T. Northam, John G. Whitehorn and Samuel Whitehorn, praying for the remission of a part of the duties imposed on their distillery as the said distillery was so injured by a storm and raising of the waters so to render it wholly useless.

25. 1817, a petition of Edward Cheeseborough, praying to be exonerated from the payment of two bonds given to secure the duties on his distillery, for the reasons stated in his petition.

26. 1802, A petition of James Clerk, of Prince George's county, in the State of Maryland, was presented to the House and read, praying a reimbursement of the duties paid by the petitioner on his stills in the said county, in consideration of the loss and injury he has sustained by renting a distillery to a certain Hugh Henry M'Kearne; who, after having had possession of the same for two years, absconded without paying any part of the rent due to the petitioner.

27. 1816, A petition of Jacob Davy praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties imposed on his distillery, as the same has been consumed by fire.

28. 1816, A petition of Campbell P. White, distiller, in Baltimore, praying a remission of the duties imposed On his distillery, for the time he was unable to use it, because of himself and his assistants being called into the militia service of the United States.

29. 1818, A petition of Jacob Hart, praying for the remission of the duties, imposed on his distillery, during the time he was unable to use it, in consequence of the repairs it became necessary to make to a mill, connected with the said distillery.

30. 1842, The petition of J. Hart, praying a remission of the duties levied on his distillery during the time he was unable to use it from unavoidable causes.

31. 1814, A petition of Andrew Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, praying an extension of the time specified in a licence heretofore granted to him to use his distillery.

32. A memorial of Robert Barber, of the County of Northumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty accruing to the United States in the case of a distillery, owned by the memorialist, and which, during the time he had obtained a license to work the same, was, together with his still house and distilling materials, consumed by fire, some time in the month of October, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-seven.

33. 1817, A petition of Luke Hoff, praying to be relieved from the payment of the duties, imposed on his distillery, as he was unable to use the same, in consequence of the failure of the waters in the neighborhood.

34. 1816, A petition of Henry Tomlinson, of the county of Augusta, in Virginia, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties secured to be paid by him on a distillery which he was prevented from using by being taken into the militia service of the United States.

35. 1816, A petition of David Lowry and James Galloway praying to be exonerated from the payment of a bond entered into by them as the sureties of a certain Eli Baldridge, to secure the duties on his distillery, by their paying all the duties due from said Baldridge.

36. 1817, A petition of John Boyd, praying for the remission of the duties secured by him, to be paid on his distillery, the same having been subsequently destroyed by fire, together with all the spirits distilled under his license.

37. 1800, A petition of Obadiah Scott was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a certain sum of money due to the United States, for a license obtained by the petitioner, to distill spirits from materials of the growth or produce of the United States; the petitioner not having been able to procure materials to use in his distillery, in consequence of certain unforeseen circumstances.

38. 1821, A petition of Solomon Porter, junior, distiller in Connecticut, praying that the duties paid by him on low wines manufactured at his distillery may be refunded, as it has been subsequently determined by the proper judicial tribunal, that low wines were not at the thee subject to the payment of duties.

39. 1817, A petition of Eliphalet Averill, praying for a remission of a part of the duties imposed on his distillery, as he did not use the same during the whole term for which he received a license.

40. 1819, A petition of Martha Flood, widow of William Flood, deceased, praying that certain duties erroneously laid and collected, on the distillery of the deceased, while he was engaged in the military service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain, may be refunded to her.

41. A petition of Margaret Houtchens, widow of Bennett Houtchens, deceased, who became the surety of a certain William Burnett in a bond to secure the duties on a distillery, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the said bond, as her husband died in the military service, leaving her, in very reduced circumstances, with seven small children.

42. 1816, a petition of Edwin Safford and Archibald Hay, praying to be exonerated from the payment of their bond, given to secure the duties on their distillery, as they have been unable to work the same, in consequence of the great scarcity of grain.

43. 1816, a petition of Jacob Reily, praying to be exonerated from the payment of duties on a small distillery, in consequence of his poor and distressed situation.

44. 1817, A petition of Alexander Crawford, praying to be relieved from the payment of the duties levied on his distillery, as the same has been subsequently destroyed by fire, together, with a large quantity of spirituous liquors therein.

45. 1821, a petition of David Heim, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a judgment obtained against him, at the suit of the United States, for duties on a distillery.

46. 1802, A petition of John Bouslog, of Morgantown, in the State of Virginia, distiller, praying that he may be exonerated from the payment of the duties accruing on two stills, the property of the petitioner, in consideration of the loss of his distillery, by fire, together with all his utensils and materials for distilling, some time in the year one thousand eight hundred.

47. 1818, A petition of Moses Hall, praying for the remission of such part of the duties, secured to be paid by him on his distillery as remains unpaid, in consequence of his utter inability to pay the same, owing to the great depression in the price of domestic spirits, which has taken place since the late war.

48. 1821, a petition of Levi Bellows, distiller, in the state of Vermont, stating, that, being indebted to the United States in a considerable strut of money for duties on his distillery, and unable to discharge the same, he conveyed property to the United States to secure the said debt, and that, in consequence of the depression in value of properly generally, the same has now become insufficient to satisfy the debt due to the United States, and praying that a compromise of the claim may be made, and that his said property may be reconveyed to him upon paying to the United States the estimated value thereof, and that thereupon he may be exonerated from the payment of the balance of the said debt.

49. 1816, A petition of John Cook, and William Renshaw, assignees of Kennedy, Lampas, & Co., distillers, of Philadelphia, praying for a remission of the duties imposed on the distillery of the said Kennedy, Lampas, & Co. for that part of the year in which the same was not employed.

50. 1819, A petition of Thomas W. Phelps and Warren Colton, praying to be exonerated from their liability as the sureties of a certain Samuel Blakeslee, jr. lately deceased, in a bond to secure the duties imposed on his distillery, in consequence of their poverty and inability to pay the said bond.

51. 1816, A petition of Elisha Talbott, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties secured by him to be paid on his distillery, the same having been rendered unfit for use by reason of the destruction of his mill dam.

52. 1801, A petition of James Scott, of Louisa county, in the State of Virginia, was presented to the House and read, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties upon a certain quantity of spirits, distilled in the distillery of the petitioner; and, also, from the duty imposed by law upon a certain still, the property of the petitioner.

53. 1817, a petition of John M. Hendrick, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a part of the duties imposed on his distillery.

54. 1803, A petition of John Jones, of the county of Hampshire, in the State of Virginia, distiller, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty on the stills owned and worked by the petitioner, for the last year, in consideration of the destruction of his distillery by fire, on the night of the nineteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and two.

55. 1825, The petition of Daniel Hogan, praying to be released from a judgment obtained in United States against him, for a balance of a tax assessed upon a distillery conducted by him in the year 1815.

56. 1815, a petition of Campbell P. White, distiller, of Baltimore, praying a remission of a part of the duties secured by him to be paid for a license to use his distillery, as his workmen were taken into the military service of the United States.

57. 1817, a petition of Abraham Smith, praying for a remission of the duties secured by him to be paid on his distillery.

58. 1822, The memorial of Stephen T. Northam, and others, of Newport, Rhode Island, merchants and distillers, praying that the duties which accrued and were paid by them for their distillery, whilst its operations were suspended in consequence of the injury sustained by lite inundation of the 23d of September, 1815, may be remitted.

59. 1816, A petition of sundry inhabitants of South-Carolina, on behalf of Dorrance B. Woodburn, praying for a remission of a part of the duties secured to be paid by said Woodburn on a distillery, as he was prevented from using it by reason of being drafted into the militia service of the United States.

60. 1815, A petition of Samuel Yates, praying to be relieved from the payment of a judgment obtained against him for duties imposed on his distillery, as he alleges that by reason of sickness of himself and family, and other misfortunes, he is wholly unable to satisfy the same.

61. 1818, A petition of Benjamin Dresser, praying that certain duties paid by him, on his distillery, may be refunded, as upon an examination of the proper act, it was discovered that he had paid a greater amount than was legally due.

62. 1817, A petition of John Barr, surety of a certain Jacob Weaver, in a bond given to secure the duties on his distillery, praying to be relieved from the payment of a part of the said bond.

63. 1823, A petition of Michael Hoff, of the state of Maryland, praying that certain duties paid by him on his distillery, may be refunded, the same having, as he alleges, been unjustly and illegally extorted from him.

64. 1824, a petition of Solomon Kingsbury, of the state of Ohio, praying to be relieved from the payment of a part of a bond given for duties imposed on his distillery, in the year 1816, as he was unable to use said distillery for a part of the time specified in his license.

65. 1818, A petition of Thomas W. Phelps, Warren Colton, and Enoch M. Granger, praying to be exonerated from the payment of a bond given to secure the duties on a distillery, the property of a certain Samuel Blakeslee, as the said Blakeslee has become insolvent, and the petitioners are wholly unable to pay the said bond.

66. 1815, A petition of Mary Andrews, praying to be exonerated from the payment of the duties on a distillery, the property of her late husband, which he was unable to use by reason of sickness.

67. 1818, The petition of John Brooks, of Belmont county, in the state of Ohio, praying the remission of certain duties on his distillery, which accrued during the time he was unable to use it.

68. 1821, A petition of Francis Le Baron, praying compensation for a distillery and horse mill, situated on the island of Michillimacinack, and which were taken down and converted into quarters for the United States troops, by order of colonel Chambers, of the United States' army.

69. 1818, A petition of Eliakim Spooner, praying for the remission of certain duties imposed on his distillery, in consequence of his utter inability to discharge the same.

70. 1818, A petition of Jacob Hittles, praying for the remission of the duties imposed on his distillery, as he was unable to use the same in consequence of having his workmen taken into the militia service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain.

71. 1817, A petition of sundry inhabitants of Champaign county, in the State of Ohio, on behalf of Absalom Clarke, praying the duties imposed on the distillery of the said Clark may he remitted,in consequence of the destruction thereof by fire, subsequent to the imposition of the said duties.

72. 1817, A petition of Levi Bellows, of the State of Vermont, praying for the remission of a part of the duties imposed on his distillery.

73. 1818, A petition of Joseph Adams, praying to be exonerated from the payment of certain bonds given to the United States, by a certain James Nichols, to secure the duties on his distillery, on which bonds, the petitioner is surety, in consequence of the insolvency of the principal, who has absconded, together with the other surety, and of his inability to pay the said bonds.

74. 1802, A petition of Benjamin Neale, of the county of Bourbon, in the State of Kentucky, distiller, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duty accruing on his stills, from the first day of March to the tenth day of April last, inclusive, in consideration of the loss of the petitioner's still-house and distilling apparatus, and the injury done to his stills by fire, on the night of the first of March, one thousand eight hundred and one.

75. 1802, A petition of John Hunt, of Fleming county, in the said State of Kentucky, distiller, praying a remission of the duty on a still, the property of the petitioner; also, that he may be permitted to occupy and work a small distillery without paying any duty thereon.

76. 1822, a petition of Levi Bellows, of the state of Vermont, distiller, stating that, being indebted to the United States, in a considerable sum, for duties on his distillery, and, unable discharge the same, he conveyed property to the United States to secure the payment of said debt, and praying that the said property may be reconveyed to him upon paying to the United States the estimated value thereof, and that, thereupon, he may he exonerated from the payment of the balance still claimed on account Of duties on his distilleries.

77. 1818, A petition of Richard Gorsline and Thomas H. Kellogg, praying to be relieved from the payment of a judgment recovered against them and their surety on a bond given to secure the duties on their distillery.

78. A petition of Joel Northrop, executor of the will of Sally Whiting, executrix of the last will and testament of Henry S. Whiting, deceased, praying, for reasons therein set forth, that the estate of the said Henry S. Whiting may be released from all liability to the United States, arising out of a bond signed by said Henry in 1816, as the surety of a certain Windsor Maynard, to secure the duties on the distillery of the said Maynard.

79. 1827, A petition of Stephen T. Northam, John G. Whitehorn, and Samuel Whitehorn, praying, for reasons set forth in their petition, that a sum of money, paid by them on a license for a distillery, may be in part refunded.

80. 1830, A petition of Presley Kemper, of the State of Ohio, praying to be exonerated from the payment of sundry judgments recovered against him by the United States for duties on his distillery.

81. 1817, A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Lycoming, in the State of Pennsylvania , praying for the remission of the duties imposed on the distillery of a certain John M'Connel.

82. 1822, A petition of Samuel White, of Pennsylvania, praying that moneys paid by him, as duties on his distilleries, in the late war with Great Britain, may be refunded, on the ground that he was unable to use the said distilleries in consequence of his being taken off into the service of the United States as a militia officer: also, that he may be indemnified for losses sustained and hardships endured whilst a prisoner with the Indians.

83. 1820, The petition of David Ellis and others, merchants, distillers, and owners of distilleries, in the town of Boston and its vicinity, praying that the duty on molasses may not be increased.

84. 1824, A petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Washington, on behalf of Joseph Robinson, praying that the penalty imposed on said Robinson for an alleged violation of the laws upon the subject of distilleries, on the information of a certain John Painter, may be remitted, on the ground of the corruption and perjury of the said informer.

85. 1826, A petition of Robert McBride and Stephen Kerr, administrators of the estate of Andrew Mitchell, deceased, praying that the amount paid by the said Mitchell, in 1814, for a distiller's license, may be refunded.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Killers & Those That Got Killed.

When we research some times we come across a subject that makes us a little uncomfortable and will be unpleasant to read about. But in researching some times the leads takes us to a subject that makes us feel a little uneasy. The idea behind this site is to help you find your ancestors, and in doing so I may ran across a subject that may make one feel uneasy to read about. It’s my job to record as many surnames and the information on them as I can, it’s up to you do deiced if you went it in you family’s history. Even though you may not wish record something’s you find out about ones ancestor for one reason or another, it will be unfair to your family’s future generations to leave it out. I would make some kind of side note, so those who come later into your family history can deiced for themselves if they want it in their family history.

Note. The information on these names will be in bits and pieces it will be up to you to find out the full story. This information comes from the many departments of the Library of Congress.

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Mr. MCCORMICK, of Arizona, on leave, introduced the following bill:

A BILL
Restricting the killing of the bison, or buffalo, upon the public lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That excepting for the purpose of using the meat for food, or
preserving the skin, it shall be unlawful for any person to kill the bison, or buffalo, found anywhere upon the public lands of the United States, and for the violation of this law the
offender shall, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars for each animal killed, one-half of which sum shall, upon its collection be paid to the informer.
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In 1782, Elisabeth Wilderness was burned in the left hand with the letter M for manslaughter in killing her own husband with a knife. She has by him eight children all alive.
Note. This information was given in a letter by Thomas McKean to Sarah ( Sally ) McKean, On April 28, 1782.
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The Trial of the Revd. Bennet Allen for Killing Mr. Lloyd Dulany in a Duel. The Jury brought him in Guilty of Manslaughter. He was fined one shilling and sentenced to Six months imprisonment. Allen had published something reflecting on the Dulany family without putting in his name to it. Loyd Dulany Called upon the author to make himself Known asserting at the same time that he was a liar and a Scoundrel--upon which Allen Sent him a Challenge, they met and at the first fire Mr Dulany fell.
Note. This was published in a New York paper, about 1782 or 83, was told to Philip Thomas in a letter from John Hanson.
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CHAP. LIV. — An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to make Reparation for the killing of a Caddo Boy by Volunteer Troops in Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of War to carry out an agreement made and entered into at Torray’s Trading House, in the State of Texas, thirteenth September, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, between R. S. Neighbors, United States special Indian agent, and Colonel P. H. Bell, on the one part, and José Maria Tow-i-ash and Had-i-hah, Caddo Indians, on the other part, to make reparation in money for the killing of a Caddo boy by the volunteer troops in Texas, in the summer of eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
APPROVED, February 19, 1849.
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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873
MONDAY, March 14, 1864.

Whereas in the history of the attempt to rescue Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave from the State of Virginia, from the custody of the United States officers, in Boston, in 1854, it is represented, and it is also generally reported, that T. W. Higginson, now the colonel of a regiment of negro troops in the service of the United States, led or was engaged in an assault made by a body of men, with force and arms, upon the court-house in Boston, where the said Anthony Burns was held in the custody of the law and officers of the United States, with the intent and purpose of forcibly rescuing him from such custody; and whereas it is represented and generally reported that a citizen of the United States, then having the custody of said Burns, was killed and murdered by said assailants: Therefore,
Be it resolved, That the President of the Senate appoint a committee of three members of the Senate to investigate whether the said T. W. Higginson had any connexion, and if any, what, with the said attempt to rescue the said Burns, and with the killing and murdering of any person having his custody; and that said committee have power to send for persons and papers.
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Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, 1867-1869, THURSDAY, February 11, 1869.

To be captains by brevet.

First Lieutenant John F. Small, of the First Regiment United States Cavalry, for gallantry in charging a band of Indians, killing and capturing more of the enemy than he had men, on Silver Lake, Oregon, September 8, 1867, to date from September 8, 1867.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 43rd Congress, 1st Session, FRIDAY, January 9, 1874.

Relief to Catherine F. Campbell, for the killing of her son, Daniel F. Campbell, by a guard of United States soldiers sent in pursuit of deserters
Note. I couldn't find the Bill, nor any other information on this matter.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 43rd Congress, 1st Session, MONDAY, March 2, 1874.

A bill to reimburse Wills B. Whitmore, of Atlanta, Georgia, for expenses incurred in defending himself against a charge of murder for the killing of one Mark Deadman, an illicit distiller, in the State of Georgia, said killing occurring while in discharge of his duty as deputy United States marshal.
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TREATY WITH THE TWO KETTLES INDIANS. OCTOBER 19, 1865.

ARTICLE VI. Soldiers in the United States service having killed Ish-tah-chah-ne-aha, (Puffing Eyes,) a friendly chief of the Two Kettles band of Dakota or Sioux Indians, it is hereby agreed that the government of the United States shall cause to be paid to the surviving widow of the deceased and his children, seventeen in number, the sum of five hundred dollars; and to the said tribe or band, in common, as indemnity for killing said chief, the sum of five hundred dollars, said payment to be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
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CHAP. XLVI..—An .Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
March 3, 1799.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any such citizen, or other person, shall go into any town, settlement or territory belonging to any nation or tribe of Indians, and shall there commit murder, by killing any Indian or Indians belonging to any nation or tribe of Indians in amity with the United States, such offender, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1856
FRIDAY, May 23, 1856.

Francis C. Treadwell, of New York, praying for the investigation of the alleged killing of Thomas Keating by Philemon T. Herbert

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1856
THURSDAY, May 15, 1856.

Mr. Knowlton submitted the following preamble and resolution, claiming the same to be a matter of privilege, viz:

"Whereas a difficulty occurred at Willard's Hotel, in this city, on the 8th instant, between Hon. Philemon T. Herbert, a member of this House from the State of California, and Thomas Keating, a waiter at said hotel, which resulted in the death of said Keating from a pistol shot fired by said Herbert; and whereas, upon the examination of said case before Justices Smith and Birch, of the District of Columbia, the said justices were divided in their opinion as to the propriety of allowing said Herbert to obtain bail; and whereas said Herbert was then taken, on the writ of habeas corpus, before Thomas H. Crawford, judge of the criminal court of the District of Columbia, and the decision of the said judge was as follows: 'That the prisoner enter into a recognizance, with one or more good surety or sureties, in the sum of $10,000, conditioned for his appearance at the next term of the criminal court of the District of Columbia, to be holden on the third Monday of June next, to answer to the charge of manslaughter on Thomas Keating, and not to depart the jurisdiction of the court without the leave thereof;' and whereas the constitution provides 'that each house of Congress shall be the judge of the qualifications of its own members, and may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member:' Therefore,

"Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary of this House be and they are hereby instructed to take the case of the above-named Philemon T. Herbert into consideration; that they have power to send for persons and papers, and report to this body at their earliest convenience what action the House should take in the premises."

Monday, June 08, 2009

They Were Soldiers.

This page will be bits and pieces of information of the soldier. It will be about their services and some information on their families. Some of these names may be repeats from other pages, but the information will be new to you new comers to this site, and for you old times to this site, you may see something new or something you missed the first time.

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. It a1so appears from the certificate of Lieutenant Burr, of said regiment, bearing date June 13, 1815, that said Ludlum was absent, without leave, at the time the troops were paid off and discharged, but that he returned to Plattsburg a short time afterwards. It also appears that said Ludlum died some time after the close of the war, leaving a widow and several child.

Side note. Camp PLATTSBURG, March 20, 1815.

George Ludlum of the 29th regiment, Captain Van Buren’s company, has permission to pass and repass the guards from the date hereof until further orders, being on duty regulated by me.
S. .B URR, Lieutenant 29th Infantry Commanding Company.
ROCHESTER, Captain 29th Company.
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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 is in evidence, by letters from 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.

It is manifest that a base fraud has been perpetrated, and the government imposed upon by said pretended administrator, or other interested person; but in justice to the character of said William Marbury, the assignee as aforesaid, the committee are induced to acquit him of all knowledge of the fraudulent design and transaction. A patent has been granted upon the aforesaid warrant; the title to the land has been transferred by said assignee, but in whom it is now vested the committee are not informed. There is no evidence, however, to induce a belief that the said John Gwynn, in his lifetime, or the widow and heirs since his decease, were ever concerned in said fraud, or that they have in the least participated in it.
The committee are of opinion that the heirs of said John Gwynn are entitled to relief, and report a bill.
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Leonard Holly.

Leonard Holly enlisted as a soldier for five years, on June 22, 1812, in the 10th regiment of United States infantry, and was continued on the rolls of his regiment until April, 1815, after which no further notice of him was taken upon the muster or payrolls. From this statement, it satisfactorily appears that Leonard Holly served in the army of the United States during the whole of the late war, and that he would be entitled to his military bounty land, and any pay which might be due to him, were he alive, unless he had deserted, or been deprived of any part of his right by the sentence of a court-martial, of which no evidence exists; but as it appears that he has never been heard of, either by his family or by any person, since April, 1815, the presumption obviously arises that he is dead. The committee, therefore, report a bill for the relief of his legal representatives, the War Department not considering itself authorized to settle with them unless it be furnished with positive proof of the death of the individual through whom they derive their claim.
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John Van Pelt.

When John Van Pelt, a Revolutionary soldier died, his wife Sarah Van Pelt asked for his pension which she got, then on May29, 1854, Sarah died leaving children behind. They would ask for and receive her pension which was $31.75 per annum.
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Benjamin Gannett and Deborah 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.
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Deborah Gannett alias, Robert Shurtlieff.

Deborah Gannett, of the town of Sharon, in the State of Massachusetts, was presented to the House and read, stating that the petitioner, though a female, enlisted as a continental soldier, for the term of three years, in the Massachusetts line, of the late American army, by the name of Robert Shurtlieff; that she faithfully performed the duties of a soldier during the time above specified, and received a wound while in the actual service of the United States, in consequence of which she is subjected to pain and infirmities; and praying that she may receive the pay and emoluments granted to other wounded and disabled soldiers.
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Benjamin Berry.

Benjamin Berry, was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1856, was living in the State of Maine, he was placed on the pension roll, 1856, he would receive $96, per annum commencing on January 1, 1850.
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Francis Weeks.

When Francis Weeks, a soldier of the war of 1812, of the State of Georgia, died his wife Nancy Weeks, received his pension, then on January 20, 1868, Congress passed a Bill which would increase her pension to ten dollars per month.
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Benjamin Berry.

Benjamin Berry, was a Revolutionary soldier. In 1856, was living in the State of Maine, he was placed on the pension roll, 1856, he would receive $96, per annum commencing on January 1, 1850.
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Francis Weeks.

When Francis Weeks, a soldier of the war of 1812, of the State of Georgia, died his wife Nancy Weeks, received his pension, then on January 20, 1868, Congress passed a Bill which would increase her pension to ten dollars per month.
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Samuel Allen.

A. BILL
March 30, 1840.

Granting a pension to Pamela Allen, widow of the late Samuel Allen, a soldier of the Revolution.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemb1ed That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to place the name of Pamela Allen, of Jericho, in the county of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, on the list of pensioners of the United States, and pay her the sum of twenty dollars per annum during her natural life; commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one.
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Samuel B. Porter.

Samuel B. Porter. was a soldier of the war of 1812, and received a pension of $6, dollars per month, He was hoping for more as he was totally disabled from a wound he received at the battle of Plattsburg, but he had no proof. It was stared that if and when he could show proof of his disability, he would receive $8, dollars per month, starting from the day of proof.
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Anthony Casio alias Anthony Castle.

A BILL
APRIL 13, 1858.
For the relief of Anthony Casio, 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 Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to allow and pay to Anthony Casio, otherwise known as Anthony Castle, an invalid pensioner, an amount equal to two dollars and sixty-six cents per month, from the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, to the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, the date at which his name was entered on the roll of invalid pensioners.
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John Brest.

John Brest, of Bourbon county, State of Kentucky, a soldier of the war of 1812, had been receiving $6, dollars per month but now receiving $8, dollars per month, in 1858.
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Amendments, to the RULES and REGULATIONS of the continental Army.

3. All non-commissioned Officers and soldiers, convicted before a regimental court-martial of stealing, embezzling or destroying ammunition, provisions, tools or any thing belonging to the public stores, if a non-commissioned officer, to be reduced to the ranks, and punished with whipping, not less than fifteen, nor more than thirty-nine lashes, at the discretion of the court-martial; if a private soldier with the same corporal punishment.

4. In all cases where a commissioned officer is cashiered for cowardice or fraud, it be added in the punishment, that the crime, name, place of abode, and punishment of the delinquent be published in the news papers, in and about the camp, and of that colony from which the offender came, or usually resides: after which it shall be deemed scandalous in any officer to associate with him.

5. Any officer or solider, who shall begin, excite, cause, or join in any mutiny or sedition in the regiment, troop, or company to which he belongs, or in any other regiment, troop, or company of the continental forces, either by land or sea, or in any party, post, detachment or guard, on any pretence whatsoever, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as a general court-martial shall direct.

6. Any officer or soldier, who shall desert to the enemy, and afterwards be taken, shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as a general court-martial shall direct.

7. Whatsoever commissioned officer shall be found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty under arms, shall be cashiered and drummed out of the army with infamy; any non-commissioned officer or soldier so offending, shall be sentenced to be whipped, not less than twenty, nor more than thirty-nine lashes, according to the nature of the offence.

8. Whatsoever officer or soldier, placed as centinel, shall be found sleeping upon his post, or shall leave it before he shall he regularly relieved, if a commissioned officer, shall be cashiered, and drummed out of the army with infamy; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, shall be sentenced to be whipped, not less than twenty, nor more than thirty-nine lashes, according to the nature of the offence:

9. No officer or soldier shall lie out of his quarters or camp, without leave from the commanding officer of the regiment, upon penalty, if an officer, of being mulcted one month's pay for the first offence, and cashiered for the second; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, of being confined seven days on bread and water for the first offence; and the same punishment and a forfeiture of a week's pay for the second.

10. Whatsoever officer or soldier shall misbehave himself before the enemy, or shamefully abandon any post committed to his charge, or shall speak words inducing others to do the like, shall suffer death.

11. All public stores taken in the enemy's camp or magazines, whether of artillery, ammunition, clothing, or provisions, shall be secured for the use of the United Colonies: and all commissioned officers, found guilty, by a general court-martial, of embezzling the same, or any of them, shall forfeit all his pay, be ipso facto cashiered, and deemed unfit for farther service as an officer. And all non-commissioned officers and soldiers, convicted before a regimental court-martial of stealing or embezzling the same, if a non-commissioned officer, shall be reduced to the ranks, and punished with whipping, not less than fifteen, nor more than thirty-nine, lashes, at the discretion of the court-martial; if a private soldier, with the same punishment.

12. If any officer or soldier, shall leave his post or colours, in time of an engagement, to go in search of plunder, he shall, if a commissioned officer, be cashiered, and drummed out of the army with infamy, and forfeit all share of plunder; if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, be whipped, not less than twenty, nor more than thirty-nine lashes, according to the nature of the offence, and forfeit all share of the plunder taken from the enemy.

13. Every officer commanding a regiment, troop, or company, shall, upon notice given to him by the commissary of the musters, or from one of his deputies, assemble the regiment, troop, or company under his command, in the next convenient place for their being mustered, on penalty of his being cashiered, and mulcted of his pay.

14. At every muster, the commanding officer of each regiment, troop or company there present, shall give to the Commissary of Musters, certificates signed by himself, signifying how long such officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, who shall not appear at the said muster, have been absent, and the reason of their absence, which reasons and the time of absence, shall be inserted in the muster rolls, opposite the names of such absentees: and the surgeons or their mates, shall at the same time give to the Commissary of musters a certificate signed by them, signifying the state of health or sickness of those under their care, and the said certificate shall, together with the muster rolls, be by the said commissary transmitted to the general, and to this or any future Congress of the United Colonies, or committee appointed thereby, within twenty days next after such muster being taken, on failure whereof, the Commissary so offending, shall be discharged from the service.

15. Every officer who shall be convicted before a general court-martial, of having signed a false certificate relating to the absence of either officer, non-commissioned officer, or private soldier; and every surgeon or mate, convicted of signing a false certificate, relating to the health or sickness of those under his care, shall be cashiered.

16. All officers and soldiers who shall wilfully, or through negligence, disobey any general or special orders, shall be punished at the discretion of a regimental court-martial, where the offence is against a regimental order, and at the discretion of a general court-martial, where the offence is against an order given from the commander in chief, or the commanding officer of any detachment or post, and such general court-martial can be had.
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Thomas Eden.

Thomas Eden was a marine on board of the United States schooner Ann Alossis, commanded by James Smith, in the war of 1812, he was taken prisoner by the enemy and was imprisoned twelve months in the prison-ship La Amathist, at Jamaica, in 1813. When he was released he 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, for his service he would receive a pension of eight dollars per month, for life, to commence on February 1, 1868.
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John Gray.

John Gray, was a revolutionary soldier and is from Noble county, Ohio. He asked for and got a pension of five hundred dollars per annum for life, payable semi-annually, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Passed the House of Representatives January 25, 1867.
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Daniel Frederick Bakernan.

Daniel Frederick Bakernan, was a revolutionary soldier and is from Sandusky, New York, He asked for and got a pension of five hundred dollars per annum for life, payable semi-annually, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Passed the House of Representatives January 25, 1867.
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John Gilbert.

John Gilbert, was a revolutionary soldier and was in Colonel W. B. Whiting’s regiment. John Gilbert would die on the twelfth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, leaving his children with a pension of that of a private, from the seventh of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, to the time of his death.
Passed the House of Representatives, January 9, 1857.
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Josiah Wilson.

Josiah Wilson, a soldier of the war of 1812, is from Salem, Washington County, State of New York, and served in Captain Daniel St. John’s company, New York militia. He would ask and receive a pension of eight dollars per month commencing on February, 14, 1871.
Passed the House of Representatives January 30, 1873.
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William Adams.

William Adams, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was a citizen of Franklinville, New York, he served in the thirty—ninth regiment New York infantry. He would ask and receive a pension of eight dollars per month commencing on January 1, 1869, and ending upon his death.
Passed the House of Representatives January 20, 1869.
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George Givens.

George Givens, was a soldier of the war of 1812, is now a citizen of Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, State of Pennsylvania, he served in the twenty-fourth U. S. infantry, He would ask and receive a pension of eight dollars per month commencing on December 1, 1868, and ending upon his death.
Passed the House of Representatives January 20, 1869.
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Warren Raymond.

Warren Raymond, was a soldier of the war of 1812, was a private in the One Hundred and thirty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers Infantry, he would ask and received a pension of four dollars per month, but asked for a increase which he received and would commence on the fourth day of September, 1870, and ending upon his death.
Passed the House of Representatives January 26, 1872.
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John A. Parker.

John A. Parker, was a soldier of the great rebellion, was a private in company K., fifth regiment of Kansas cavalry volunteers. He would have his left arm shattered in battle, and a amputation was necessary. He was to receive a pension of fifteen dollars per month, commencing on January 1, 1865.
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Joseph L. Clark and Sally Clark, and Newbery Morse.

Joseph L. Clark, was a solider of the war of 1812, was a private in Captain Page’s company, of Colonel Sherwin’s regiment of Massachusetts militia. Joseph was a substitute for Newbery Morse, Joseph who is now deceased. Sally Clark his wife would ask and received a pension of eight dollars per month and is to commence on February 14, 1871, Sally would also receive a land-warrant for the military services of her deceased husband.
Passed the House of Representatives January 30, 1873.
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Daniel Hauser.

Daniel Hauser, was a soldier of the war of 1812, now a citizen of Forsyth county, North Carolina. Daniel served in the fifth regiment of the North Carolina militia. He would received a pension of eight dollars per month and is to commence on January 1, 1869, ending at the time of his death.
Passed the House of Representatives January 20, 1869.
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A. W. W. Bayard and Susan Bayard.

A. W. W. Bayard, was a soldier of the war of 1812, who is of Centre county, Pennsylvania, and is now deceased. Susan his wife is to continued receiving his pension.
Passed the House of Representatives February 9, 1861.
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Asbury E. Anderson.

A bill of FEBRUARY 26, 1872, for Asbury E. Anderson, who was a private in Company H, of the Fifty-seventh Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, the sum of________ dollars, in full compensation for four months’ service as such private soldier, for which he has not been heretofore paid.
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William Laughlin and Agnes W. Laughlin.

William Laughlin, was a private in company C third Indiana cavalry, and is now deceased, his wife Agnes W. Laughlin, is now to receive his pension commencing January 1, 1865.
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Pollard Brown.

Pollard Brown, of Abbeville, South Carolina, a soldier of the Revolution, a warrant for military bounty land, for one hundred and sixty acres, to be located upon any public lands of the United States that have been surveyed, and are now or may be in market.
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Daniel Biggs.

Daniel Biggs, of Indiana, was a solider of the war of 1812, is now in his seventy-five year of life to be placed on the pension roll at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on January 1, 1870, and ending upon his death.
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Samuel Allen and Pamela Allen.

Samuel Allen was a soldier of the Revolution, and now deceased. Pamela Allen, his wife of Jericho, in the county of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, to receive the sum of twenty dollars per month commencing on March 4, 1831, and ending upon her death.
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Simeon Webster.

Simeon Webster, a Soldier of the Revolution., of Tolland, in the county of Tolland, in the State of Connecticut, to be restored to the pension roll at, eight dollars per month.
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Samuel Patton.

Samuel Patton, a revolutionary soldier, is of the county of Hardin, and State of Kentucky, to receive a pension of eight dollars per month commencing January 1, 1831.
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James Phelps.

James Phelps, a revolutionary soldier, was of the county of Cortland, in the State of New York, who died on November 23, 1842, To his children or legal representatives, a pension of a private, eight dollars a month, pay commencing on March 4, 1831, and ending on the date of James Phelps death.
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Peter Hubert and Maria J. Hubert.

Peter Hubert, a revolutionary soldier, was in General Hazen’s regiment. Now deceased, to his wife Maria J. Hubert, and his children; Pierre Picard, Pierre Hubert, François Hubert, and Jean B. Hubert. The pay of a private, under the act of Congress of May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, from the time said act commenced until his death, on the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-three.
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Simeon Griggs and Letty Griggs.

Simeon Griggs, a revolutionary soldier of Vermont, now deceased. His wife Letty Griggs is now entitled to receive his pension, at the rate of six dollars per month during her life, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and that the sum required to carry into effect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated.
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Duran T. Hunt.
April 1, 1872.


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, subject to the rules and regulations of the Pension Bureau; his compensation to commence from the date of his discharge.
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James Kip and John L. Kip.

James Kip, a revolutionary soldier, who is now deceased, to his son John L. Kip, the sum of a full pension, to which the said James Kip was entitled, under the act of June seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, from March fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, to November nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, the time of his decease.
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Henry Waithall and Elizabeth Waithall.


Henry Waithall was a revolutionary soldier, who is now deceased, to his wife Elizabeth Waithall, a pension, at the rate of eight dollars a month, from the time of his 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, who is now deceased, to his surviving children, the pension due to their father under the act of June seven, eigh6 teen hundred and thirty-two, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, till his death, which occurred on the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-six, at the rate of six dollars a month, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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Alexander Stevenson.

Alexander Stevenson, a soldier of the revolutionary war, who is now deceased. 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 therefore 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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James Curry and Ellen Curry.

Ellen Curry, widow of James Curry, deceased, private soldier in company F, thirty-
ninth regiment Illinois infantry volunteers, upon the pension roll of the United States, subject to the laws now in force in relation to pensions.
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 1868.
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John Sawyer.

John Sawyer, of Garland, in the county of Penobscot, in the State of Maine, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners, and pay him a pension, at the rate of twenty-four dollars a year, during his natural life, commencing on the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone.
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Eli Smith.

Eli Smith, a revolutionary soldier, of the town of Medfield, in the State of Massachusetts, on the pension roll, at eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight.
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Fortune Stoddard Kills James Cunningham.

War Office, August 10th., 1782.

On the 22nd. of December last a soldier of the Rhode Island Regiment killed one James Cunningham, for which act he has been tried by the laws of the State of Maryland and acquitted of murder; but found guilty of manslaughter, and is now detained in jail for costs, which amount to about 24 pounds, which sum must be discharged by the public or he will be sold to refund the expense. This I am convinced would be a real injury to the service; besides it will cost much more than that sum to procure a man in his stead to serve during the war--

I beg leave therefore to submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of passing the following resolve.

Whereas Fortune Stoddard a soldier in the army of the United States has been tried and punished by the civil authority of the State of Maryland for an offence against the laws of that State and is now kept in custody for the fees,

Resolved, That the Executive of the State of Maryland be requested to discharge the said Fortune Stoddard from his confinement and charge the United States with the fees, and that the amount of the said fees be charged by the United States to the State of Rhode Island.

Resolved, That the executive authority of the State of Maryland be requested to discharge from confinement Fortune Stoddard, a soldier belonging to the Rhode Island regiment, confined for costs accrued in a late prosecution, and charge such costs to the United States, transmitting to the Secretary at War the account thereof, in order that the same may be charged to the said soldier, and deducted out of his pay.
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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, to commence from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural life.
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Pensioners.

1. William Blake, solider of the war of 1812, was getting a pension of eight dollars, now to receive twenty a month.

2. George Lynch, solider of the war of 1812, was getting a pension of eight dollars, now to receive twenty a month.

3. Richard J. Murray, a soldier in the Seminole war of eighteen hundred and eighteen.
A pension of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and to continue during his natural life.

4. Henry Miller, a soldier of the war of 1812, a pension of eight dollars per month, commencing on the fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.

5. John Farrow, a soldier of the revolution, a pension of eight dollars per month, commencing on first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

6. John Bradshaw, a soldier of the revolution, a pension of eight dollars per month, commencing on the fourth of September, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty one.

7. John W. Salyers, of the State of Indiana, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and
twelve, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act, and to continue during his natural life.

8. John Eaton, is to have remove the charge of desertion, or absence without leave, from John Eaton, a private in Company K, Eighteenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and entitle him to an honorable discharge.

9. Joseph Bailey, an invalid soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. A pension of eight dollars per month, from the first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.

10. John Cullins, a soldier of the revolutionary war, of the State of Ohio, on the invalid pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and to continue during his, said Cullins’s natural,
life.
11. Charles Brown a soldier of the Revolutionary war, upon the Pension list, at the ratio of eight dollars per month, to continue during his natural life; and to commence on the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

12. William Lynch, a soldier of the war of 1812, on the roll of invalid pensioners at the
rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to continue during his natural life.

13. Ezra Rogers, a soldier of the war of Indiana., placed on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars a month, to commence from the passage of this act and to continue during his natural life.

14. Mary Towson, widow of Joshua Towson, a soldier of the war of 1812, to issue to Mary Towson, widow of Joshua Towson, a warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of bounty land, in recompense of her husband’s services in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.
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Isaac Staples and Abram Staples.

Isaac Staples, a revolutionary soldier. A warrant to be .granted and issued to Abram Staples, heir-at-law of Isaac Staples, a revolutionary soldier, for one hundred and sixty
acres of land, in the place and upon the return of one issued to Esther Staples, bearing date September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
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Elijah Dailey.

Elijah Dailey, an invalid soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. 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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Cornelius Summers and Elizabeth Summers.

Cornelius Summers, a soldier of the war of 1812, who is now deceased, to Elizabeth Summers, his wife, 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: Provided, That if any land warrant has been heretofore issued for the services of her said husband, the number of acres thereby granted shall be deducted from the number of acres herein allowed to her.
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Archibald Parker.

Archibald Parker, a soldier of the war of 1812, To his heris, a warrant for bounty land due on account of the services of Archibald Parker, deceased, who was a soldier of the thirty-
eighth regiment of infantry in the late war with Great Britain; which warrant may be issued in the name of the heirs of the said Archibald Parker, and be converted by them into land scrip, according to the laws heretofore made and provided for that purpose.
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James Saxton.

James Saxton, a soldier of the revolution, now or late of Walker county, in the State of Georgia, a soldier of the war of the revolution, be, and he is hereby, directed to be placed on the pension list of the United States under the provisions of the first section of the act of the seventh of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty8 two, entitled “An act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution,” and that he be entitled to all the pension granted and benefits conferred by said act for service as such soldier in the army of the United States for and during the term of eighteen months.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case the said James Saxton shall have deceased, then such sum or pension money as by the provisions of the act aforesaid was or would have been due to the said James Saxton, at and immediately before his decease, as a pensioner as aforesaid, for eighteen months’ service, as a soldier as aforesaid, shall be paid to the widow of said James Saxton, if living, and if deceased, to his surviving lawful child or children, if any he bath; and the same shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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John Van Pelt and Sarah Van Pelt.

John Van Pelt and Sarah Van Pelt now deceased, to the surviving children of John Van Pelt and Sarah Van Pelt the pension due to her, from the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to her death, which occurred on the twenty-ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty four, at the rate of thirty-one dollars and seventy-five cents
per annum, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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Samuel Elliott and Martha Elliott.

Samuel Elliott a soldier of the war of 1812, now deceased, to place the name of Martha Elliott, widow of Samuel Elliott, upon the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, beginning on the first day of January last, and to continue during the course of her natural life.
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Baylor Byrd and Nancy Byrd.

Baylor Byrd, a revolutionary soldier, now deceased, to place the name of Nancy Byrd, of Williamson county, Tennessee, on the pension roll, and that she be paid, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, at the rate of eighty dollars per an7 num, for five years, commencing on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
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Patrick Meehon.

Patrick Meehon a soldier of the war of 1812, a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month, be, and the same is hereby, 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, a soldier of the war of 1812, of Ontario county, State of New York, on the roll of revolutionary pensioners of the United States, and pay to him the sum of eighty dollars per annum, to be computed from the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, and to continue during his natural life; and if dead, to his widow.
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Ransom Clark.

Ransom Clark, a pension of four dollars per month, in addition to that which he now receives, to commence on the day of his discharge from the army, and to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to continue during his natural life.
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John W. Saylers.

John W. Saylers, soldier of the war of 1812, of Indiana, placed on he pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on February ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to continue during his natural life.
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Frank Pugsley.

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.