I found while doing this page not to many children’s names were given in government documents. The mother’s name of the children were also left out, it was the husband the head of any family that by law was the most important one, for a wife had no legal right and none for any child till 16 years. Then near the end of the Revolutionary War things began to change. Although the women would not have many legal rights for many more years to come, their voices were heard loud and clear, “You have taken are husband away from us and know we have nothing.” The women wanted freedom as much as their fathers and husbands, but at what cost? They know that for freedom they would have too pay a high price. But the women voices were heard still. “What’s the point of freedom if there is no one left to cloth and feed us?”
The men who came home from the Revolutionary War would get a pension, but when they died so did the pension. The women and children again were without nothing. A movement had started by the end of the Revolutionary War , and the pension laws began to change and by the middle of the war of 1812, the women and children were aloud some kind of pension. But these laws had many lop-holes in them, their husbands or fathers would have to be kill in battle only, and not of any sickness. Again the women voices were heard, and by the end of the War of 1812, the laws changed again, and would state “That any man who shall died will in the service of the United States be it war or peace, his heirs will have a right to a full or part pension.” By the beginning of the 1840’s the names of the women and children were starting to show up more and more on government documents. By the end of the civil war it was common to see the names of the wife’s and children, on Act’s & Bill’s in Congress.
Although the names of the father and mother are important, it’s the names of the children that is hard for the researcher to come up with, However without the mother and father there would not be any children’s names, so they to will be named. All the names listed here is to help you in your hunt for a family member, there will be no add information on these names.
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1. James M. Heatherly, was 34, years when he enlisted in August 28, 1862, he was a private in the West Virginia infantry of company E., he died January 24, 1864, of Accidental wounds at Parkersburg, W. V. He is at rest at Parkersburg, W. V. In 1866, The children of Heatherly were put on the pension rolls by a act of Congress. His children were: Joseph, Sarah, Laomi, Francis and James Heatherly. All children under 16, years.
2. Charles Gouler, was a private of the New Hampshire 9th., regiment company F., His children were placed on the pension rolls in 1866, by a act of Congress, his wife Emerance Gouler pension was repealed. His children were: Willie, Ellen and Tellis Gouler. All children under 16, years.
3. Solomon Long was a private in the Kentucky Cavalry 5th., regiment company E., His children were placed on the pension rolls in 1867, by a act of Congress. Children names not given.
4. Pleasant Stoops was of the United States Army, of the 18th., regiment company F.
His children were placed on the pension rolls in 1868, by a act of Congress. His children were: David Henry, Pleasant and Sturges Stoops. All children under 16, years.
5. Andrew Holman was 38, when he enlisted on August 12, 1862, for 3 years, was a private of the 29th., regiment Ohio infantry company G., His wife Kezia and children were placed on the pension rolls in 1868, no names were given for the children.
6. Myron Wilklow was in the 47th., Ohio infantry company B. His wife Sarah A. Wilklow and children were placed on the pension rolls in 1868. The children were: Elmira, Emma and Mary Wilklow. All children under 16, years.
7. Charles William Wilcox, Rank CPL. Company B. Unit 97 IL US INF., Residence CUMBERLAND CO, IL. Age 32., Joined When AUG. 8, 1862, Joined Where CUMBERLAND CO, IL., for 3 years, Muster In SEP. 8, 1862 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER, IL. ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED DIED MAR 10, 1863 AT MILLIKENS BEND. His children were placed on the pension rolls in 1868, by a act of Congress, no names given.
8. George R. Waters, was of the 15th., regiment New York Engineers. His wife was Mary Waters, she and her three children were placed on the pension rolls in 1868, by a act of Congress, no children names given.
9. John Carr, was a revolutionary pensioner and who is now passed, his wife Elizabeth and children to take his place on the rolls on April 26, 1852.
10. Benjamin B. Naylor, was a pilot for the gun boat Patapsco. His wife and children under 16, years were placed on the pension in 1868, no names were given.
11. J. E. Martin, was acting charge daffier in Lisbon, but now has passed to his children, Thomas C. Martin, Emilia E. Martin, Jane G. Martin and Leonor Martin, the sum of $2,267.35, dollars.
12. Samuel Hill, late of the county of Monroe, and State of Illinois, deceased, to his wife Isabella Hill, and her children; John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel Hill, the sum of $640, dollars.
13. John M. Baker, who was consul of the United States at the port of Rio de Janeiro, and who has passed, to his children; Lucy A. Baker and Mary A. Baker, the sum of $1,666.67, dollars.
14. Charles T. Hiltibedal, was a private in the 1St., regiment of the Missouri Engineers, his children were placed on the pension rolls in 1870.
15. Frank M. Lang, of Milan, New Hampshire, late a private in company B, Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers, as guardian of Henry B. Lang, Emerson Lang, Mary B. Lang, and Lizzie Lang, children of the said Frank M., and of his wife, now deceased; children were placed on the pension rolls in 1870.
16. William R. Silvey, was a private in company B, second regiment of Tennessee infantry. His children were; William A. Silvey and Mary Elizabeth Ann Silvey, who are under sixteen years. Were placed on the pension rolls in 1868.
17. Joseph Berry, was a private in company B, fourth regiment of Iowa infantry. His children; Mary E. Berry and Louisa Berry, were placed on the pension rolls in 1868.
18. John Faris, deceased, formerly of Paris, Henry county, Tennessee, his children to be placed on the pension rolls in 1867, no names were given.
19. Benjamin Franklin Browne, an acting assistant paymaster in the United States Navy, who now has passed, his children were placed on the pension rolls in 1872, no names given.
20. Salvador Accadi, was a musician in the United States navy, but now has passed. His children; Adrian J. P. Accadi and Lavinia M. E. Accadi, were placed on the pension rolls in 1866.
21. Henry E. Morse, was a private in company G, ninth regiment Vermont infantry, his children were placed on the pension rolls in 1868. No names given.
22. Richard H. Allen, was a lieutenant in company D, thirteenth regiment of Tennessee cavalry, his children and wife were placed on the pension rolls in 1869, no names given.
23. Ezra Chapman, of Tolland Connecticut, who was an ensign in the army of the Revolution, and died in the service of the United States, on the first day of September, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight. His wife and children were placed on the pension rolls in 1855, no names given. His father name was also Ezra Chapman.
24. Carnes Alexander and Sebastian Sroufe.
AN ACT
JANUARY 28, 1839.
For the relief of the children and heirs of Sebastian Sroufe, late of Ohio, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That John Allen Alexander and James Alexander, children and heirs of Carnes Alexander, deceased, and Albert Sroufe and George Sroufe and Susana Sroufe, children and heirs at law of Sebastian Sroufe, late of Putnam county, in the State of Ohio, deceased, be, and they hereby are, authorized, within six months after the passage of this act, to enter, with the register and receiver of the land office at Lima, in said State, the west fraction of the southwest quarter of section twenty-one, in township one north, of range five east, lying in the Lima land district, of Ohio, they first paying to the receiver of said land office two dollars and fifty cents per acre for said tract of land.
Passed the House of Representatives January .6, 1839.
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25. Sylvester Dreyer, was a private of Company H, Tenth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, but now has passed. His wife Catherine Dreyer, and his children under 16 years were placed on the pension rolls in 1870.
26. William Crawford, was a colonel of the Virginia line on continental establishment in the revolutionary army, and had been made a prisoner by the Indians while in actual service during the year seventeen hundred and eighty-two, and was burned to death.
His children were; Sally Springer, widow of Uriah Springer. Deceased, John Crawford, Ophelia Crawford and Effy McCormick, they were given a seven and a half year pension.
27. Benjamin W. Hopkins, To the children who are; Harriet Strong, widow, Edwin W. Hopkins and Maria A Hopkins, the sum of $13,270, dollars, for damages sustained by the said Benjamin W. Hopkins, in consequence of the Government failing to furnish an Engineer to lay out the Fort at Mobile Point, at the time the contract commenced.
28. William M. Wooten, deceased, late a private in the Daviess county company of horse guards, Kentucky militia, his children who were; Alfred C. Wooten, Susan M. T. Wooten, Jesse Wooten, and Rosalia M. Wooten, were placed on the pension rolls about 1868.
29. Henry Brown, was a private in company K, tenth regiment Tennessee cavalry volunteers. His Wife and children were; Rehma Brown, the widow, and Nancy J., Alvey F., Sarah C., aid Henry Brown. Placed on the pension rolls about 1868.
30. Peter Hubert, was a private in the revolutionary war, in General Hazen’s regiment, Peter died on April 9, 1853. His wife and children were; Maria J. Hubert, widow, Pierre Picard, Pierre Hubert, François Hubert, and Jean B. Hubert. They were placed on the pension rolls about, 1857 or later.
31. Robert Layton, had been a Captain, and died on March 8, 1838, leaving a widow, who name was not given, his children were; Elizabeth Gordon, John Layton, and Charles Layton, they would receive back pension of $1,124, the amount of pension, improperly suspended.
32. John W. Jameson, was a first lieutenant in Captain MacCluney’s company of Missouri Home Guards, his wife was Eveline Jameson, the children were; Flora A., Michael F., Eva F., and John E. Jameson. Pension was to start in 1867.
33. Abram or Abraham Fisher died seized and possessed, and which escheated to the United States for the reason that the said. Abraham had been a slave, and his wife and children were at the time of his death slaves, be, and the same is hereby, vested in Henry 0. Towles, the adminisirator with will annexed on the estate of said Abraham Fisher, his heirs and assigns, in trust for Thomas, Albert Ludwell, Anna, Eliza, Susan, Lucy, and Amanda Fisher, the children of said Abraham Fisher, named as such in the last will and testament of said Abram Fisher, admitted to probate and record in the orphan’s court of the District of Columbia on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
34. Conrad Schweitzer, late a. private in company C, sixty-first regiment New York
volunteers, his wife was Maria Schweitzer, children were; Carl B. and Maria Schweitzer,
Their pension started in 1865.
35. William T. Gerard, a private in Company G, Ninth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers, his children were; Wesley K Gerard and David M. Gerard, the date they were placed on the pension rolls is unknown.
36. Otway H. Berryman, had been commanding and acting as purser of the United States schooner Onkahye, his children, Mrs. Columbia N. Payne, Mrs. Alice Bromwell, Calvert 0. Berryman, and William M. Berryman. They were given $2,160.02, dollars which was the amount the said Berryman lost will commanding the Onkahye.
37. Peter Cabet, was a soldier who enlisted for five years, during the late war, ( 1812 ) and who died of disease, whilst in the service of the United States. His children were; Calphurnia and Lydia Cabet, they were given a pension but the deat is unknown.
38. Sour John, a Cherokee Indian.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
July 30, 1846.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War pay to Tahney, Akey, Sally, Utzah, Oily, Polly, and Archibald, the widow and children of Sour John, a Cherokee, the sum of three hundred and forty-three dollars and twelve and a half cents each, being the eighth part of a sum of money awarded to them and Lookah by the board of commissioners under the Cherokee treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five and eighteen hundred and thirty-six, after deducting a fee paid to their attorney; said Lookah having received an eighth part, by having, with Elijah Sour John and Bill Sour John, received the whole of said award by mistake.
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39. Robert T. Weed, was a private in the second Indiana battery volunteers, who died in the service of the United States and
in the line of duty, His children were; John A. Weed and Elizabeth J. Weed, Robert T. Weed, died on November 18, 1864. The children were given a pension around 1868.
40. John Brown, was a Colonel, who was killed in the war of the revolution, to his child, Huldah Butler, and to Butler’s children and the grandchildren of Col. Brown who are; Sarah Whitney and Mary Huggerford, a pension of a colonel’s half pay for seven years.
41. George Walker, had been a revolutionary soldier but has now passed, to his son William Walker, the sum of six hundred and fifty-one dollars, the amount of increase of revolutionary pension to which the said George Walker was entitled at the date of his death.
42. John C. Orich, enlisted in August 1, 1863, mustered in August 29, 1863, was a private in the First Regiment Missouri Cavalry Volunteers, of company D. & F., he died of a disease at the General hospital at Little Rock Arkansas on July 10, 1865, to his children who were; Martha E. Orich, Mary J. Orich, and John J. Orich a pension, that started in 1873.
43. Squire Ambler, who now has passed to his wife Elizabeth Ambler, who is now Elizabeth Rowe, and who also has pass, to her children of the said Ambler were are, Franklin P. Ambler, Charles P. Ambler, Elizabeth Pearce, a pension which the said Elizabeth Rowe was in titled to.
44. Oliver Parish, of Plattsburg, in the State of New York who has passed, to his children who were; Zenus Parish, Oliver Parish, jr., Clinton Parish, Sally Bullis, Cynthia Dustin, Eliza Parish, and Betsey Parish, a pension to start from the time of their fathers death, August 8, 1832.
45. Doctor Henry Perrine.
An Act.
JANUARY 7, 1841.
For the relief of Ann F. Perrine, and her children.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th€ United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That Ann F. Perrine, the surviving widow of Doctor Henry Perrine, and his three children, viz: Sarah Ann Perrine, Hester M. S. Perrine, and Henry E. Perrine, are hereby declared to be invested with, and entitled to, all the rights, benefits, and privileges granted to Doctor Henry Perrine, by an act of Congress approved on the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, enti9 tied “An act to encourage the introduction and promote the cultivation of tropical plants in the United States,” upon their complying with the requisites of said act in relation to the settlement and improvement of said land.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That they be allowed eight years, from and after the termination of the present Indian war in Florida, to make such settlement and improvement.
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46. Joseph Jewett, was a revolutionary officer, who was slain in battle, to his son Joshua R. Jewett, a pension.
47. John M. Botts, of Culpeper County, in the State of Virginia, the sum of one thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars and sixteen cents; dollars and sixteen cents; which sum, when paid, shall be in full satisfaction of all claims, on the part of the said heirs at law against the United States, for injuries done or committed by the troops of the United States to the land of said Botts, the timber, fences, and other fixtures thereon, done to his personal property during the late war of the rebellion; the intent and purpose of this act being that the sum herein named was the just balance due the said John Minor Botts in his life-time, for all his losses sustained by the action of the Union troops, after deducting the sum of fourteen thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-eight cents, paid him, about the first of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by the Quartermaster’s Department. This claim now goes to his children were are; Beverly M. Botts, Rosalie S. Lewis, Isabella McLean Lewis, and Mary Minor Hoxsey.
48. David W. Courson, was a private in Company G, Sixty-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and who was killed on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, at Wilson’s farm, Virginia. The guardian of his children was Benjamin W. Bredin, as their mother had died on October 27. 1865, the children were; William Courson, Huldah Courson, David Courson, and Emma Courson. The children were given a pension of $1,088, dollare which was the arrears form their morhers pension.
49. Samuel Hill, his wife was Isabella Hill, and their children were; John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel Hill, To the widow and children the sum of $1,452.80, dollars, the amount of consideration money paid by the said Samuel Hill to the United States in his life-time, for three hundred and twenty acres of land, purchased at the land office at Kaskaskia, in said State, with interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the eighteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventeen, the date of said purchase, to the present time; from which said tract of land the said Isabella Hill, widow, and the said John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel lull, children and minor heirs of the said Samuel Hill, deceased, were ejected (the said Samuel Hill having died during the pending of said suit) by the decision of the supreme court of the State of Illinois, at the December term of the said court, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, in favor of Jonathan Moore and others, heirs at-law of George Lunceford, who claimed title under a confirmation and patent made to Nicholas Jarrot, by General Arthur St. Clair, then Governor of the Territory northwest of the Ohio river, on the twelfth day of February, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum of money be paid to Isabella Hill, widow, as aforesaid, for herself, and as guardian for the said minor heirs of the said Samuel Hill, deceased, to be accounted for and distributed among the said persons concerned, according to the laws of Illinois, in cases of the distribution of the personal property of such persons as die intestate in said State.
50. Robert Fulton, children were; Robert Fulton, Julia Fulton, Cornelia Fulton, and Mary Fulton, the sum of five thousand dollars, with interest from the twenty-fourth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, on account of the services of their late father, Robrt Fulton, in superintending the construction of a steam frigate at New York, in the years one thousand eight hundred and fourteen and one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Great-Grand Father Invented What?
Have you ever had some one in your family say that your Great-great grand father had invented something and you thought they were just stories. Well now maybe you can found out if it was true or not. This page will have the names of 127, inventers and what they invented.
Those of you who didn’t find a name here can have a look up by request in the Patent book of 1850, which hold all the patentees names and what was the inventions or discoveries, it also gives the patentees State he lived in and the date of the patent.
Note. Although I will only list the name and what was invented and a date, there are reports for all the names on this page, which you can have on request. This will not be possible for the book of 1850, just the information I stated above. If you would like to make a request my address can be found in my profile.
1. Etienne Bernot, an improved machine for cutting files, 1860.
2. James Smith, improvements in the self-acting mule for spinning cotton and other fibrous materials, 1838.
3. Joseph R. Morris of the city of Houston, in the State of Texas, on the thirteenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-one, filed his petition, affidavit, specification, and drawing, and made application for a patent for ''a new and useful improvement in furnaces,'' and paid the customary fee on such application; that on the fifteenth day of April aforesaid. he deposited his model of said improvement according to law in the Patent Office aforesaid; that on the eighth day of June thereafter, said invention was examined by the examiner, and patent duly ordered to be issued; that on the eleventh day of June thereafter, a circular was issued by said Patent Office to the effect that said patent was ordered to be issued in accordance with said application upon the payment of the final fee of twenty dollars: and whereas it appears that said Joseph R. Morris was prevented from obtaining his patent by the state of civil war which interdicted all communication between the State of Texas and the Patent Office at the city of Washington.
4. Obed Hussey, improvement, being a machine for reaping or cutting all kinds of small grain and grasses, 1833.
5. Charles M. Keller, “a new and useful improvement in propelling steamships, 1836.
6. Grafton Page, induction apparatus and circuit breakers, 1868.
7. Thomas Blanchard, a machine for turning or cutting irregular forms, 1820.
8. Jethro Wood, improvements in the construction of a plough, 1834 or 1848.
9. Bancroft Woodcock, improvement in the self-sharpening plough, 1832.
10. William Woodworth, improvement in the method of planning, tonguing, grooving, and cutting into mouldings, or either plank, boards, or any other material, 1828.
11. William Green, junior, a method of manufacturing sheet iron, known in trade as Russia sheet iron, 1836.
12. Charles M. Keller, improvements in the method of propelling vessels and canal boats, before 1844.
13. Thaddeus Hyatt, improvements in vault covers, 1854.
14. John Shly, improvement on the saw cotton gin, 1836.
15. William Perkinson, a machine for rifling or cutting the spiral grooves in the barrels of rifles, 1819.
16. Thomas J. Godman, invention in the apparatus for scalding hogs by steam, 1835.
17. Samuel F. B. Morse, invention, denominated the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, 1840.
18. Richard M. Hoe, for improvement in printing presses, 1847.
19. Angier March Perkins, invention of an improved method of warming buildings, and heating and evaporating fluids, 1831.
20. John Howard Kyan, for his invention of an improved method of preserving vegetable substances from decay, date unknown.
21. Timothy P. Anderson, improvement in the economy of water power, by means of a graduated spout or trough, date unknown.
22. Frederick E. Sickels, new and useful improvements in the manner of constructing the apparatus for lifting, tripping, and regulating the closing of the valves of steam engines. 1842.
23. William H. Bell, inventions for pointing cannon, 1829.
24. Samuel T. Jones, au invention in the manufacture of the white oxide of zinc, 1852.
25. John G. Mini, an improvement in the manufacture of lampblack, 1852.
26. Nehemiah Hodge, improvement in the mode of operating brakes for cars, 1849.
27. Samuel Pierce, for improvements in stoves, 1845.
28. Thomas D. Burrall, improvements in corn-shellers, 1845.
29. Oliver C. Harris, improvement in paint mills, or manner of grinding paints, indigo, &c., &c., 1832.
30. Hiram Moore and John Hascall, improvements for cutting, thrashing, or cleaning grain, known as “Moore & Hascall’s Harvesting Machine,” 1836.
31. Sylvanus Sawyer, improvement in machinery for cutting ratan, 1851.
32. William E. Ward. improved machine for making rivets and screw blanks, 1852.
33. Delia A. Fitzgerald, improved method of dressing treenails, 1849.
34. Calvin Emmons, invention of, or improvement in or to, a threshing machine, or threshing machines, 1829.
35. Ross Winans, improvements in the construction of the axles or bearings of railway or other wheeled carriages, 1831.
36. Hazard Knowles, “an improvement in the machine for cutting grass, wheat, rye, barley, oats, &c. by animal or other power,” 1836.
37. Stephen R. Parkhurst, improvements in machines for ginning cotton and burring wool, 1845.
38. Thomas W. Harvey, certain improvements in machines for making wood screws, 1846.
39. Cyrus H. McCormick, new and useful improvements in the machine for reaping all kinds of small grain; 1834.
40. Zebulon Parker, improvement in the application of hydraulic power, 1851.
41. Charles L. Fleischman, invention of an apparatus for manufacturing beet sugar on a small estate, and also an apparatus for evaporating the juice, to enable families to manufacture sugar for their own use, 1836.
42. Josiah Copeland, a new and useful improvement in boot crimps, 1844.
43. Charles M. Shaffner, improvement in steam-generators, before 1872.
44. Isaac Adams, new and useful improvements in the printing—machine called the power printing—press, 1830.
45. Uri Emmons, a new and useful improvement in the mode of planning floor plank, and grooving, tonguing, and straightening the same, planning boards, straightening and planning square timber, &c., by machinery, at one operation, called the cylindrical planning machine, 1829.
46. Milton Finkle, “improvements in machinery for making wire heddles,” Before 1864.
47. Nathan Scholfield, improvement in a machine to regulate the motion of water-wheels, 1836.
48. Gideon Hotchkiss, improvement in the construction of reacting water-wheels and their appendages, 1837.
49. Samuel N. Miller, an improved compound anchor, 1852.
50. Cadwallader Evans, “a new and useful improvement in steam boilers and apparatus to be used on board of steamboats to prevent the explosion of boilers,” 1839.
51. Frederick E. Sickels, “new and useful improvements in the manner of constructing the apparatus for lifting, tripping, and regulating the closing of the valves of steam engines ;“ 1842.
52. James G. Holmes, an improvement in “chairs for invalids,” 1844.
53. Charles Newbold for a cast-iron plough, 1798.
54. William R. Nevins, “rolling and cutting crackers and biscuit,” 1836.
55. Daniel Fitzgerald, “improvement in fire-proof chests and safes,” Before 1864.
56. Jonathan Ball, “an improved mode of coating the interior side of metallic water-pipes with hydraulic cement,” Before 1864.
57. Thatcher Perkins and William McMahon, improvements in the manner of constructing cast-iron wheels for locomotive steam engines, cars, trucks, and so forth, 1843.
58. Thomas Crossley, improvements in machines for printing woollen and other goods, 1854.
59. William Crompton, an improvement in the power-loom for weaving figured and fancy goods, 1837.
60. James Herron, “a percussion cannon-lock, and compound primers,” 1831.
61. Frederick P. Dirnpfel, improvement in steam-boilers, 1850.
A BILL
JANUARY 31 1859.
To authorize the issue of patents, in certain cases, to negro slaves, for the use of their owners.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the several acts of Congress now in force in relation to the issuing of patents shall hereafter be extended to cases where a negro slave shall he an inventor, and the patent in such cases shall issue in the name of the inventor and vest the rights conferred thereby in the owner or owners of such negro slave.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That the owner or owners of such negro slave shall have the right, in his or their own name or names, to maintain all actions and appeals, to make application for extension and execute assignments, and to exercise and enjoy all the rights and privileges conferred by law on other applicants and patentees, in as full and ample a manner as if such patent had issued in his or their own name or names; and if the owner of such negro slave shall be a citizen of the United States, or an alien who shall have been resident in the United States for one year next preceding, and shall have made oath of his intention to become a citizen thereof, the fees shall be the same as now required by law of applicants and patentees who arc citizens of the United States.
SEC. :3. .And be it further enacted, That all applications for a patent under this act shall, in addition to the facts now required to be set forth by other applicants, be required to state that the inventor is a negro slave and the name or name of his owner or owners; and the oath of such inventor shall be verified by the oath of his owner or owners to the best of his or their knowledge and belief; and such cases shall be decided in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations that apply to other applications for patents.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That when a negro slave inventor shall be owned by a minor or other person not legally qualified to act the guardian or trustee of such person may make the oath required by this act, and the patent shall vest in such guardian or trustee, to be held in trust for the person or persons for whose use the slave shall be held.
62. John Arnold, a new and useful improvement, in a machine for forming a web of cloth of wool, hair, or other suitable substances, without spinning or weaving, 1829.
63. George B. Simpson, a mode of insulating telegraph wires,before 1866.
64. George Faber for a “magnetic water gauge for boilers,” 1845.
65. Almond D. Fisk, a “new and usefulf improvement in coffins, 1848.
66. Wright Duryea, a certain “card exhibitor, 1865.
67. James D. Willoughby, an improvement in seed-planters, 1858.
68. John Goulding, improvement in machinery for the manufacture of wool and other fibrous substances, before 1862.
69. George B. Simpson, “a submarine telegraphic cable,” Before 1862.
70. Levi W. Pond, and Eau Claire Lumber Company, an “Improved device for sheering booms, 1863.
71. James C. Cook, improvement in machines for forming button backs and connecting the eyes thereto, 1852.
72. William A. Graham, a novel method of or means for extinguishing fires, 1837.
73. Alexander Douglas, improvement in bustles, 1857.
74. Nathaniel Sylvester, invention of a new and useful preparation for paper, to prevent frauds in Bank Checks and other writings, About 1824.
75. Samuel Brown, invention of a new and useful engine for producing power by which water may be raised, machines worked, and vessels propelled, without the aid of steam, About 1824.
76. James M. Miller, “improvement in surface condensers for steam engines, 1856.
77. Josiah George Jennings, an improvement in water-closets,1870.
78. Andrew Law, discovery in the manner of printing music, about 1802.
79. Joseph Grant, improvement in the mode of manufacturing hat bodies, 1835.
80. John Ames, improvements in the machinery for making paper, 1836.
81. Moses Shaw, for a mode for blasting rocks, 1830.
82. Alexander Douglas, improvement in bustles, 1857.
83. Andrew Diliman, improvement in corn-shellers, 1857.
84. Joseph Fox, a machine for making crackers, 1859.
85. David Hoke, an improvement on plows, 1858.
86. Francis B. Ogden, “an engine for producing motive power, whereby a greater quantity of power is obtained by a. given quantity of fuel than heretofore,” About 1834.
87. Grafton Page, induction apparatus and circuit breakers, Before 1867.
88. Horatio Gates Spafford, alleged discoveries of new principles of power in mechanical philosophy, carried into practical operation by appropriate machinery, around 1832.
89. Joseph Rodefer, improvement in bedstead fastenings, 1855.
90. Thomas Oxley, for his invention of a machine and engine, called “the American Land Clearing Machine, and Land Clearing Engine,” 1821.
91. Richard M. Green, machine for bending chain cable links, connecting shackles and htackle hooks, before 1870.
92. Thomas Thompson, an improved machine for folding paper, 1856.
93. James Jones, invention of certain improvements in the making of rovings, spinning and doubling of cotton, silk, flax, and other fibrous substances, before 1834.
94. John Adamson, improvement, called a “Floating Dry Dock,” 1830.
95. Samuel Browning, improvement called a “magnetic separating machine,” 1828.
96. James Story for the purpose of enabling him to perfect his discovery and patent known as the flexible ocean-cable shield, 1872.
97. Jearum Atkins, an improvement in rakes for harvesters, 1871.
98. Jonathan Lucas, Jr., improvement in a machine 1822.
99. William Sellers and Coleman Sellers, improvement in coupling for shafting, 1857.
100. Daniel Pettibone, the circular bullet-mould, for making or casting balls and shot, 1819.
101. Chauncey Bulkley, the invention of a plan for making shovels, spades, and scythes,
by welding iron and steel together, and rolling the same. Before 1828.
102. Adolphus G. Trott, his invention of a new and useful dye, for the coloring of cloths, 1825.
103. Henry M. Shreve, the inventor of the snag-boat, 1842.
104. Alexander Smith and Halcyon Skinner, improvement in power-looms, 1870.
105. John J. Roane, his invention of the “the antipyric rail-way ;“ 1836.
106. James M. Lilley, improved instrument for surveying and calculating areas, 1857.
107. John J. Adams, a patent for flattening cylinder window glass, 1848.
108. Walter Hunt, the manufacture of paper collars, 1854.
109. Benjamin Tyler, improvements in the construction of corn and other mills, 1800.
110. Robert Eastman, an invention called a Circular Saw Clap-board Machine,” 1834.
111. Zebulon Parker, improvement in the application of hydraulic power, 1829.
112. G. S. Blodgett and P. T. Sweet, for oven for baking, 1854.
113. Richard A. Stewart, improvement in clarifying and defecating cane juice, 1859.
114. Andrew Morse, Jr., for an improvement in capstans, 1836.
115. William D. Ludlow, improvement in refrigerators, 1858.
116. Ormrod C. Evans, for improvement in spading-machines, called terra-cutters or rotary diggers, 1856.
117. S. P. Kase, the patent suction and force or fire engine pump, 1850.
118. M. P. Mix, a machine called a “manger stopper,” 1846.
119. John and Charles Hanson, a new and useful method of manufacturing leaden water-pipes by certain machinery, 1846.
120. Samuel Raub, “Daub’s self-acting safety-valves.” 1840.
121. James P. Espy, conical ventilator, 1847.
122. Daniel Woodbury, invention known as au improvement in horse power, 1846.
123. Henry Jenkins, improvement in the. process of manufacturing wire grating, 1847.
124. Richard Wilcox, invention of a rotary portable oven, 1820.
125. William C. Jardine, improvement in brake and rest for carts, 1869.
126. Marcus P. Norton, “post-marking of letters, packets, and so forth, and cancellation of postage stamps thereon,” 1863.
127. Hiram W. Hayden, for machinery for making kettles and articles of like character from disks of metal, 1866.
Those of you who didn’t find a name here can have a look up by request in the Patent book of 1850, which hold all the patentees names and what was the inventions or discoveries, it also gives the patentees State he lived in and the date of the patent.
Note. Although I will only list the name and what was invented and a date, there are reports for all the names on this page, which you can have on request. This will not be possible for the book of 1850, just the information I stated above. If you would like to make a request my address can be found in my profile.
1. Etienne Bernot, an improved machine for cutting files, 1860.
2. James Smith, improvements in the self-acting mule for spinning cotton and other fibrous materials, 1838.
3. Joseph R. Morris of the city of Houston, in the State of Texas, on the thirteenth day of April, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-one, filed his petition, affidavit, specification, and drawing, and made application for a patent for ''a new and useful improvement in furnaces,'' and paid the customary fee on such application; that on the fifteenth day of April aforesaid. he deposited his model of said improvement according to law in the Patent Office aforesaid; that on the eighth day of June thereafter, said invention was examined by the examiner, and patent duly ordered to be issued; that on the eleventh day of June thereafter, a circular was issued by said Patent Office to the effect that said patent was ordered to be issued in accordance with said application upon the payment of the final fee of twenty dollars: and whereas it appears that said Joseph R. Morris was prevented from obtaining his patent by the state of civil war which interdicted all communication between the State of Texas and the Patent Office at the city of Washington.
4. Obed Hussey, improvement, being a machine for reaping or cutting all kinds of small grain and grasses, 1833.
5. Charles M. Keller, “a new and useful improvement in propelling steamships, 1836.
6. Grafton Page, induction apparatus and circuit breakers, 1868.
7. Thomas Blanchard, a machine for turning or cutting irregular forms, 1820.
8. Jethro Wood, improvements in the construction of a plough, 1834 or 1848.
9. Bancroft Woodcock, improvement in the self-sharpening plough, 1832.
10. William Woodworth, improvement in the method of planning, tonguing, grooving, and cutting into mouldings, or either plank, boards, or any other material, 1828.
11. William Green, junior, a method of manufacturing sheet iron, known in trade as Russia sheet iron, 1836.
12. Charles M. Keller, improvements in the method of propelling vessels and canal boats, before 1844.
13. Thaddeus Hyatt, improvements in vault covers, 1854.
14. John Shly, improvement on the saw cotton gin, 1836.
15. William Perkinson, a machine for rifling or cutting the spiral grooves in the barrels of rifles, 1819.
16. Thomas J. Godman, invention in the apparatus for scalding hogs by steam, 1835.
17. Samuel F. B. Morse, invention, denominated the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, 1840.
18. Richard M. Hoe, for improvement in printing presses, 1847.
19. Angier March Perkins, invention of an improved method of warming buildings, and heating and evaporating fluids, 1831.
20. John Howard Kyan, for his invention of an improved method of preserving vegetable substances from decay, date unknown.
21. Timothy P. Anderson, improvement in the economy of water power, by means of a graduated spout or trough, date unknown.
22. Frederick E. Sickels, new and useful improvements in the manner of constructing the apparatus for lifting, tripping, and regulating the closing of the valves of steam engines. 1842.
23. William H. Bell, inventions for pointing cannon, 1829.
24. Samuel T. Jones, au invention in the manufacture of the white oxide of zinc, 1852.
25. John G. Mini, an improvement in the manufacture of lampblack, 1852.
26. Nehemiah Hodge, improvement in the mode of operating brakes for cars, 1849.
27. Samuel Pierce, for improvements in stoves, 1845.
28. Thomas D. Burrall, improvements in corn-shellers, 1845.
29. Oliver C. Harris, improvement in paint mills, or manner of grinding paints, indigo, &c., &c., 1832.
30. Hiram Moore and John Hascall, improvements for cutting, thrashing, or cleaning grain, known as “Moore & Hascall’s Harvesting Machine,” 1836.
31. Sylvanus Sawyer, improvement in machinery for cutting ratan, 1851.
32. William E. Ward. improved machine for making rivets and screw blanks, 1852.
33. Delia A. Fitzgerald, improved method of dressing treenails, 1849.
34. Calvin Emmons, invention of, or improvement in or to, a threshing machine, or threshing machines, 1829.
35. Ross Winans, improvements in the construction of the axles or bearings of railway or other wheeled carriages, 1831.
36. Hazard Knowles, “an improvement in the machine for cutting grass, wheat, rye, barley, oats, &c. by animal or other power,” 1836.
37. Stephen R. Parkhurst, improvements in machines for ginning cotton and burring wool, 1845.
38. Thomas W. Harvey, certain improvements in machines for making wood screws, 1846.
39. Cyrus H. McCormick, new and useful improvements in the machine for reaping all kinds of small grain; 1834.
40. Zebulon Parker, improvement in the application of hydraulic power, 1851.
41. Charles L. Fleischman, invention of an apparatus for manufacturing beet sugar on a small estate, and also an apparatus for evaporating the juice, to enable families to manufacture sugar for their own use, 1836.
42. Josiah Copeland, a new and useful improvement in boot crimps, 1844.
43. Charles M. Shaffner, improvement in steam-generators, before 1872.
44. Isaac Adams, new and useful improvements in the printing—machine called the power printing—press, 1830.
45. Uri Emmons, a new and useful improvement in the mode of planning floor plank, and grooving, tonguing, and straightening the same, planning boards, straightening and planning square timber, &c., by machinery, at one operation, called the cylindrical planning machine, 1829.
46. Milton Finkle, “improvements in machinery for making wire heddles,” Before 1864.
47. Nathan Scholfield, improvement in a machine to regulate the motion of water-wheels, 1836.
48. Gideon Hotchkiss, improvement in the construction of reacting water-wheels and their appendages, 1837.
49. Samuel N. Miller, an improved compound anchor, 1852.
50. Cadwallader Evans, “a new and useful improvement in steam boilers and apparatus to be used on board of steamboats to prevent the explosion of boilers,” 1839.
51. Frederick E. Sickels, “new and useful improvements in the manner of constructing the apparatus for lifting, tripping, and regulating the closing of the valves of steam engines ;“ 1842.
52. James G. Holmes, an improvement in “chairs for invalids,” 1844.
53. Charles Newbold for a cast-iron plough, 1798.
54. William R. Nevins, “rolling and cutting crackers and biscuit,” 1836.
55. Daniel Fitzgerald, “improvement in fire-proof chests and safes,” Before 1864.
56. Jonathan Ball, “an improved mode of coating the interior side of metallic water-pipes with hydraulic cement,” Before 1864.
57. Thatcher Perkins and William McMahon, improvements in the manner of constructing cast-iron wheels for locomotive steam engines, cars, trucks, and so forth, 1843.
58. Thomas Crossley, improvements in machines for printing woollen and other goods, 1854.
59. William Crompton, an improvement in the power-loom for weaving figured and fancy goods, 1837.
60. James Herron, “a percussion cannon-lock, and compound primers,” 1831.
61. Frederick P. Dirnpfel, improvement in steam-boilers, 1850.
A BILL
JANUARY 31 1859.
To authorize the issue of patents, in certain cases, to negro slaves, for the use of their owners.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the several acts of Congress now in force in relation to the issuing of patents shall hereafter be extended to cases where a negro slave shall he an inventor, and the patent in such cases shall issue in the name of the inventor and vest the rights conferred thereby in the owner or owners of such negro slave.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That the owner or owners of such negro slave shall have the right, in his or their own name or names, to maintain all actions and appeals, to make application for extension and execute assignments, and to exercise and enjoy all the rights and privileges conferred by law on other applicants and patentees, in as full and ample a manner as if such patent had issued in his or their own name or names; and if the owner of such negro slave shall be a citizen of the United States, or an alien who shall have been resident in the United States for one year next preceding, and shall have made oath of his intention to become a citizen thereof, the fees shall be the same as now required by law of applicants and patentees who arc citizens of the United States.
SEC. :3. .And be it further enacted, That all applications for a patent under this act shall, in addition to the facts now required to be set forth by other applicants, be required to state that the inventor is a negro slave and the name or name of his owner or owners; and the oath of such inventor shall be verified by the oath of his owner or owners to the best of his or their knowledge and belief; and such cases shall be decided in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations that apply to other applications for patents.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That when a negro slave inventor shall be owned by a minor or other person not legally qualified to act the guardian or trustee of such person may make the oath required by this act, and the patent shall vest in such guardian or trustee, to be held in trust for the person or persons for whose use the slave shall be held.
62. John Arnold, a new and useful improvement, in a machine for forming a web of cloth of wool, hair, or other suitable substances, without spinning or weaving, 1829.
63. George B. Simpson, a mode of insulating telegraph wires,before 1866.
64. George Faber for a “magnetic water gauge for boilers,” 1845.
65. Almond D. Fisk, a “new and usefulf improvement in coffins, 1848.
66. Wright Duryea, a certain “card exhibitor, 1865.
67. James D. Willoughby, an improvement in seed-planters, 1858.
68. John Goulding, improvement in machinery for the manufacture of wool and other fibrous substances, before 1862.
69. George B. Simpson, “a submarine telegraphic cable,” Before 1862.
70. Levi W. Pond, and Eau Claire Lumber Company, an “Improved device for sheering booms, 1863.
71. James C. Cook, improvement in machines for forming button backs and connecting the eyes thereto, 1852.
72. William A. Graham, a novel method of or means for extinguishing fires, 1837.
73. Alexander Douglas, improvement in bustles, 1857.
74. Nathaniel Sylvester, invention of a new and useful preparation for paper, to prevent frauds in Bank Checks and other writings, About 1824.
75. Samuel Brown, invention of a new and useful engine for producing power by which water may be raised, machines worked, and vessels propelled, without the aid of steam, About 1824.
76. James M. Miller, “improvement in surface condensers for steam engines, 1856.
77. Josiah George Jennings, an improvement in water-closets,1870.
78. Andrew Law, discovery in the manner of printing music, about 1802.
79. Joseph Grant, improvement in the mode of manufacturing hat bodies, 1835.
80. John Ames, improvements in the machinery for making paper, 1836.
81. Moses Shaw, for a mode for blasting rocks, 1830.
82. Alexander Douglas, improvement in bustles, 1857.
83. Andrew Diliman, improvement in corn-shellers, 1857.
84. Joseph Fox, a machine for making crackers, 1859.
85. David Hoke, an improvement on plows, 1858.
86. Francis B. Ogden, “an engine for producing motive power, whereby a greater quantity of power is obtained by a. given quantity of fuel than heretofore,” About 1834.
87. Grafton Page, induction apparatus and circuit breakers, Before 1867.
88. Horatio Gates Spafford, alleged discoveries of new principles of power in mechanical philosophy, carried into practical operation by appropriate machinery, around 1832.
89. Joseph Rodefer, improvement in bedstead fastenings, 1855.
90. Thomas Oxley, for his invention of a machine and engine, called “the American Land Clearing Machine, and Land Clearing Engine,” 1821.
91. Richard M. Green, machine for bending chain cable links, connecting shackles and htackle hooks, before 1870.
92. Thomas Thompson, an improved machine for folding paper, 1856.
93. James Jones, invention of certain improvements in the making of rovings, spinning and doubling of cotton, silk, flax, and other fibrous substances, before 1834.
94. John Adamson, improvement, called a “Floating Dry Dock,” 1830.
95. Samuel Browning, improvement called a “magnetic separating machine,” 1828.
96. James Story for the purpose of enabling him to perfect his discovery and patent known as the flexible ocean-cable shield, 1872.
97. Jearum Atkins, an improvement in rakes for harvesters, 1871.
98. Jonathan Lucas, Jr., improvement in a machine 1822.
99. William Sellers and Coleman Sellers, improvement in coupling for shafting, 1857.
100. Daniel Pettibone, the circular bullet-mould, for making or casting balls and shot, 1819.
101. Chauncey Bulkley, the invention of a plan for making shovels, spades, and scythes,
by welding iron and steel together, and rolling the same. Before 1828.
102. Adolphus G. Trott, his invention of a new and useful dye, for the coloring of cloths, 1825.
103. Henry M. Shreve, the inventor of the snag-boat, 1842.
104. Alexander Smith and Halcyon Skinner, improvement in power-looms, 1870.
105. John J. Roane, his invention of the “the antipyric rail-way ;“ 1836.
106. James M. Lilley, improved instrument for surveying and calculating areas, 1857.
107. John J. Adams, a patent for flattening cylinder window glass, 1848.
108. Walter Hunt, the manufacture of paper collars, 1854.
109. Benjamin Tyler, improvements in the construction of corn and other mills, 1800.
110. Robert Eastman, an invention called a Circular Saw Clap-board Machine,” 1834.
111. Zebulon Parker, improvement in the application of hydraulic power, 1829.
112. G. S. Blodgett and P. T. Sweet, for oven for baking, 1854.
113. Richard A. Stewart, improvement in clarifying and defecating cane juice, 1859.
114. Andrew Morse, Jr., for an improvement in capstans, 1836.
115. William D. Ludlow, improvement in refrigerators, 1858.
116. Ormrod C. Evans, for improvement in spading-machines, called terra-cutters or rotary diggers, 1856.
117. S. P. Kase, the patent suction and force or fire engine pump, 1850.
118. M. P. Mix, a machine called a “manger stopper,” 1846.
119. John and Charles Hanson, a new and useful method of manufacturing leaden water-pipes by certain machinery, 1846.
120. Samuel Raub, “Daub’s self-acting safety-valves.” 1840.
121. James P. Espy, conical ventilator, 1847.
122. Daniel Woodbury, invention known as au improvement in horse power, 1846.
123. Henry Jenkins, improvement in the. process of manufacturing wire grating, 1847.
124. Richard Wilcox, invention of a rotary portable oven, 1820.
125. William C. Jardine, improvement in brake and rest for carts, 1869.
126. Marcus P. Norton, “post-marking of letters, packets, and so forth, and cancellation of postage stamps thereon,” 1863.
127. Hiram W. Hayden, for machinery for making kettles and articles of like character from disks of metal, 1866.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Land, Land And More Land.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MICHIGAN.
Robert Abbott.
Robert Abbott, states that about the year 1796, James Abbott, now deceased, was in possession of a certain tract of land situated on the border of the river Detroit, and that Abbott made many improvements thereon in buildings, fencing, setting out an orchard, &c. It appears from the transcript record of the Detroit land office that the claim of Robert Abbot for himself and the other heirs of James Abbott deceased, was filed in said office as early as the year 1805, and that it was finally acted upon by the board of land commissioners, acting under the provision of the law of the 11th of May, 1820, which provision is as follows:
“And the said commissioners shall also have power to examine and decide according to the laws respecting the same claims which have been filed with the register of the land office, and not heretofore acted on.”
It further appears from the decision of the commissioners that they- deemed the claim equitable and just, but that they were prevented from confirming it from the circumstance of the land, or at least the greater part of it, having been already sold. The petitioners now ask for a grant of ‘and containing 640 acres, being the amount they would have been entitled to had not the land embraced by the claim been sold. The committee are of opinion that the petitioners are entitled to relief; and for that purpose report a bill.
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CLAIMS TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
Antoine Cruzat.
Antoine Cruzat, claims about three acres of land by virtue of a settlement right; that the land is situated in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana. The proof shows that the petitioner actually inhabited and cultivated the said tract of land from the year 1805 until the year 1812, since which time the said land has not been in the possession of the petitioner. The committee called upon the Commissioner of the United States General Land Office to state whether the petitioner’s claim, as made out by the evidence, brought his claim within the provisions of the acts of Congress passed, granting donations to actual settlers in the State of Louisiana on or before the 15th April, 1813, and received for answer that, agreeably to the construction of the law in question at that department, his claim was embraced by the laws alluded to. The committee therefore report a bill.
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Abram Wrinkle.
Abram Wrinkle, alleges that prior to the year 1819 one John Wiley occupied and cultivated a farm on the right bank of the Sabine, near the mouth of the Kisatcha, and within the limits of that portion of Louisiana called the Neutral Territory; and
that in the autumn of 1819 he purchased the improvement from said Wiley, and moved immediately on it, and has resided on it ever since, and that he has no other land nor claims any other.
These facts are proved to the satisfaction of the House, and they therefore report a bill authorizing the petitioner to have 640 acres as a settler on the Spanish domain at the time of the cession by Spain of that portion of Louisiana to the United States.
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Paul Poissot.
Paul Poissot, purchased from François Missippe his pre-emption right to a quarter section of land in the sixteenth section, on the southwest bank of Red river, in the parish of Natchitoehes, in the Opelousas land district, in. the State of Louisiana, about twenty-three miles above the town of Natchitoches, bounded above by the lands occupied by Jean Eloi Rachal and below by lands occupied by Baptiste Landreau’x. That he claimed the right of pre-emption to a quarter of said section, as above described, by virtue of the act
of Congress approved the 29th of May, 1830. He was in possession of the land, and actually cultivated six or seven arpents in corn thereon in the year 1829, and resided on said land on the 29th of May, 1830.
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Note. As there are so many land claims, I have decided just to list the names along with the year and State, and if you see a name you would like to see a report on, you can write to me, and I will be glad to send you a report, The reports will be somewhat like those above, my address can be found in my profile.
CLAIM TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
1. James Bradford, in West Feliciana, in the State of Louisiana.
The years. 1804, 1810 and 1813,
Other names. Peter Robin Delogny, John Murdock.
2. Nicholas Girod, State of Louisiana.
Note not much in this report.
3. George Hook, State of Louisiana.
The years, 1815 and 1824.
Other names. Dawson. Hull, John Hull,
Note the report deals a lot with land fraud.
Claim To Land In ALABAMA.
1. William Walker, in the Huntsville land district, of Alabama.
Year. 1830.
2. Abraham Woodall, within the Huntsville land district, of Alabama.
Note not much in this report.
Claim To Land In Missouri.
1. Samuel Brown, some where in Missouri, he was from Kentucky, came to Missouri to bury land so he could move his family there, the year 1930.
ON THE RE-ISSUE OF A BOUNTY LAND WARRANT TO AN ASSIGNEE.
John McCarroll or Carroll junior. The years. 1784, 1802 and 1831.
Other names. James Wilder, Spencer Wilder and John Carroll, senior.
ON All EXCHANGE OF LAND UNFIT FOR CULTIVATION FOR OTHER LAND.
James Trumble, was a soldier in the late war between the United States and Great Britain, in Captain Green’s company, of the third regiment of infantry, in which capacity he served out the period of his enlistment faithfully, and was honorably discharged.
Note. No dates or other names given, report is about a half page.
LAND CLAIM IN FLORIDA.
William Marvin.
The year 1873.
Will include other States as Louisiana and Missouri.
Other name, Bernardo Segui.
Will include places as, the Saint John’s River, between the place called Dunn’s Lake and that known as Horse Landing, including in said tract of land the place called Buffalo Bluff.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ALABAMA.
John Glass, Huntsville, Alabama.
The years. 1818 and 1823.
Other names. Alexander McQuie and James Hogan.
CLAIMS TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
1. John Tuillier, in the parish of West Baton Rouge.
The year 1785 and 1806.
Other name. Ephraim Davidson.
2. Louis Pellerin, in the county of Opelousas.
The year 1764.
Other name M. D’Baddie.
ON AN EXCHANGE OF LAND UNFIT FOR CULTIVATION FOR OTHER LAND.
Michael Thornton, during the late war with Great Britain, he served as a private soldier in the army of the United States, in Captain Myers’s company, of the thirteenth regiment of infantry; that he was honorably discharged from the service.
State of Illinois.
Note. No other names or dates given, report is about a half page
A CLAIM TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
Joseph Neibert, in the parish of Carroll, and State of Louisiana.
Another name. Job Bass.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSISSIPPI.
Greenwood Leflore, in the Chocchuma district, State of Mississippi.
Name of other place, Dancing Rabbit Creek, no other dates or names given.
CLAIM TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
William Marberry, in the parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana.
No other dates given.
Another name given, Lerville Bahan.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ARKANSAS.
John B. McCreary.
Year 1825.
Other name given, William Starkey.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSOURI.
James Keytes,
Dates given 1819, 1834.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSISSIPPI.
John Anderton.
Dates given. 1794, 1803, 1806 and 1831.
Other names. John A. Barnes.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ALABAMA.
Jehu Hollinsworth, in Huntsville land district.
No other dates or names given, report is less than a half page.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ALABAMA.
William James Aarons, in the Huntsville land district,
No other names or dates given, report about a half page.
CLAIM TO LAND IN FLORIDA.
Joseph Hernandez.
Date given 1817, report is less then a half page.
Here is a list of names that have land claims, if you see a name you would like more information on, let me know and I will be glad to send you their report.
1. Jean Baptiste Lemain, Jean Baptiste Julian Rachal, Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer, Pierre S. Compere, François Roubieu, Bartholemy Rachal, Etienne Lacasse, Julian Rachal, Antoine Bartholemy Rachal.
Note this report is less then a half page.
2. William S. Cockerille, Louisiana.
3. Lois and Zadock Robinson, bounty land.
3. Stephen Howard Junior, bounty land.
4. Col. Robert H. Harrison, Sarah Easton and Dorthy Storer, bounty land.
5. Susanna and John McHugh, land claim, Louisiana.
6. Dorothy Wells, land claim, Louisiana.
7. Baptiste Le Gendre, land claim, Louisiana.
8. Alexander Fridge, land claim, Louisiana.
9. Andrew Turnbull, land claim, Florida.
10. Jean Baptiste Grainger, land claim, Louisiana.
11. Pelagie Loriens, formerly the widow of Peter Juzon, land claim, Alabama.
12. Asher Morgan and the heirs of Philip Fitzgerald, land claim, Louisiana.
13. Isidore Moore, land claim in Missouri.
14. Millan de la Carrera, land claim, West Florida.
15. Thomas F. Reddick, land claim in Missouri.
16. John Brest and John Pierre Landerau, , land claim, Louisiana.
17. Ebenezer Cooley and Joseph Borgeat, land claim, Louisiana.
18. Thomas Reddock, land claim in Michigan.
19. John Pope, land in Arkansas.
20. John Campbell, land claim in Michigan.
21. H. B. Tyler and Nathaniel Tyler, land warrant.
22. Amelia Leach, land claim in Alabama.
23. John Armstrong, land claim in Louisiana.
24. Jonathan Boone land claim in Missouri.
25. Don Lewis Rosamond Orillion, John Wilson and Henry M. Sykes, land claim in Louisiana.
26. Thomas P. Eskridge, Alvarez Fish, land claim in Arkansas.
27. Daniel Smith and Joseph Mosier land claim in Indiana.
28. Samuel Woodcock or Woodstock, bounty land.
29. David Shaver, senior, David Shaver, junior, Thomas Majors, George C. Cowan, and James S. Mays, land claim in Mississippi Territory.
30. Samuel Sprigg, Thomas Orr, Joseph Anderson, James Crawford, and Bezaleel Wells, land claim in Ohio.
31. John Eloy Rachal, land claim in Louisiana.
32. William Ganu, to give up pension for land.
33. Simon Wright, bounty land.
34. John Jeffers, land claim in Alabama.
35. Wyatt Singleton and James Andrews, land claim in Louisiana.
36. Nonnan Holt, Solomon Baker and Samuel Coffam, claim in Indiana.
37. James Morrison, Charles Dewey, land in Missouri.
38. Bernard Rogan, land claim in Missouri.
39. Lewis Durett, land claim in Alabama.
40. Christopher A. Green and Robert Lawson, land claim in Alabama.
41. Arnold Henry Dohrman, bounty land.
42. Aaron Hubbell, Canadian refugee, bounty land.
43. Selah Handy and Peter Handy, land claim in Arkansas.
44. Garriques Flaujac, land claim in Louisiana.
45. Thomas Reynolds, land claim in Florida.
46. Jean François Hertzog, land claim in Louisiana.
47. Ambrose Hudgins, bounty land.
48. John F. Girod, land claim in Louisiana.
49. Francis Preston, land claim in Ohio.
50. Henry Volcker, land claim in the Territory of New Mexico.
51. John Whittsitt, land claim in Missouri.
52. Eloy Segura, land claim in Louisiana.
53. Evan Edwards and Charles Lee Edwards, bounty land.
54. Amos Moore, land Mississippi.
55. Joseph Guedry, Edward Lambert, Michael Leboeuf and John Vavasseur, Land Refunded.
56. Sarah Walthers, land claim in Louisiana.
57. Bernard Marigny, land claim in Louisiana.
58. Ashley Parker, Henry Gill, and Henry Baldwin, land claim Alabama.
59. Nicholas Hart and William H. Hart, land warrant.
60. Peter McCormock, land claim in Louisiana.
62. An Act Granting land to A. M. Jess, of Josephine county, Oregon. Whereas the land claimed and settled upon by A. M. Jess, on Applegate river, in Josephine county, State of Oregon, under the provisions of the homestead law of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has since, without his fault, become of no value to him, and been, in great part, destroyed by a change in the channel of said river; and whereas his title to said land is still inchoate, and justice requires that he should be permitted to locate and settle upon an equal quantity of other public land in lieu thereof.
63. Allen W. Hardie, land in the district west of Pearl river.
64. Thomas Gulledge, land in Mississippi.
65. Grammont Filhioe, land claim in Louisiana.
66. William. K. Paulling, land claim in Alabama.
Robert Abbott.
Robert Abbott, states that about the year 1796, James Abbott, now deceased, was in possession of a certain tract of land situated on the border of the river Detroit, and that Abbott made many improvements thereon in buildings, fencing, setting out an orchard, &c. It appears from the transcript record of the Detroit land office that the claim of Robert Abbot for himself and the other heirs of James Abbott deceased, was filed in said office as early as the year 1805, and that it was finally acted upon by the board of land commissioners, acting under the provision of the law of the 11th of May, 1820, which provision is as follows:
“And the said commissioners shall also have power to examine and decide according to the laws respecting the same claims which have been filed with the register of the land office, and not heretofore acted on.”
It further appears from the decision of the commissioners that they- deemed the claim equitable and just, but that they were prevented from confirming it from the circumstance of the land, or at least the greater part of it, having been already sold. The petitioners now ask for a grant of ‘and containing 640 acres, being the amount they would have been entitled to had not the land embraced by the claim been sold. The committee are of opinion that the petitioners are entitled to relief; and for that purpose report a bill.
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CLAIMS TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
Antoine Cruzat.
Antoine Cruzat, claims about three acres of land by virtue of a settlement right; that the land is situated in the parish of East Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana. The proof shows that the petitioner actually inhabited and cultivated the said tract of land from the year 1805 until the year 1812, since which time the said land has not been in the possession of the petitioner. The committee called upon the Commissioner of the United States General Land Office to state whether the petitioner’s claim, as made out by the evidence, brought his claim within the provisions of the acts of Congress passed, granting donations to actual settlers in the State of Louisiana on or before the 15th April, 1813, and received for answer that, agreeably to the construction of the law in question at that department, his claim was embraced by the laws alluded to. The committee therefore report a bill.
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Abram Wrinkle.
Abram Wrinkle, alleges that prior to the year 1819 one John Wiley occupied and cultivated a farm on the right bank of the Sabine, near the mouth of the Kisatcha, and within the limits of that portion of Louisiana called the Neutral Territory; and
that in the autumn of 1819 he purchased the improvement from said Wiley, and moved immediately on it, and has resided on it ever since, and that he has no other land nor claims any other.
These facts are proved to the satisfaction of the House, and they therefore report a bill authorizing the petitioner to have 640 acres as a settler on the Spanish domain at the time of the cession by Spain of that portion of Louisiana to the United States.
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Paul Poissot.
Paul Poissot, purchased from François Missippe his pre-emption right to a quarter section of land in the sixteenth section, on the southwest bank of Red river, in the parish of Natchitoehes, in the Opelousas land district, in. the State of Louisiana, about twenty-three miles above the town of Natchitoches, bounded above by the lands occupied by Jean Eloi Rachal and below by lands occupied by Baptiste Landreau’x. That he claimed the right of pre-emption to a quarter of said section, as above described, by virtue of the act
of Congress approved the 29th of May, 1830. He was in possession of the land, and actually cultivated six or seven arpents in corn thereon in the year 1829, and resided on said land on the 29th of May, 1830.
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Note. As there are so many land claims, I have decided just to list the names along with the year and State, and if you see a name you would like to see a report on, you can write to me, and I will be glad to send you a report, The reports will be somewhat like those above, my address can be found in my profile.
CLAIM TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
1. James Bradford, in West Feliciana, in the State of Louisiana.
The years. 1804, 1810 and 1813,
Other names. Peter Robin Delogny, John Murdock.
2. Nicholas Girod, State of Louisiana.
Note not much in this report.
3. George Hook, State of Louisiana.
The years, 1815 and 1824.
Other names. Dawson. Hull, John Hull,
Note the report deals a lot with land fraud.
Claim To Land In ALABAMA.
1. William Walker, in the Huntsville land district, of Alabama.
Year. 1830.
2. Abraham Woodall, within the Huntsville land district, of Alabama.
Note not much in this report.
Claim To Land In Missouri.
1. Samuel Brown, some where in Missouri, he was from Kentucky, came to Missouri to bury land so he could move his family there, the year 1930.
ON THE RE-ISSUE OF A BOUNTY LAND WARRANT TO AN ASSIGNEE.
John McCarroll or Carroll junior. The years. 1784, 1802 and 1831.
Other names. James Wilder, Spencer Wilder and John Carroll, senior.
ON All EXCHANGE OF LAND UNFIT FOR CULTIVATION FOR OTHER LAND.
James Trumble, was a soldier in the late war between the United States and Great Britain, in Captain Green’s company, of the third regiment of infantry, in which capacity he served out the period of his enlistment faithfully, and was honorably discharged.
Note. No dates or other names given, report is about a half page.
LAND CLAIM IN FLORIDA.
William Marvin.
The year 1873.
Will include other States as Louisiana and Missouri.
Other name, Bernardo Segui.
Will include places as, the Saint John’s River, between the place called Dunn’s Lake and that known as Horse Landing, including in said tract of land the place called Buffalo Bluff.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ALABAMA.
John Glass, Huntsville, Alabama.
The years. 1818 and 1823.
Other names. Alexander McQuie and James Hogan.
CLAIMS TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
1. John Tuillier, in the parish of West Baton Rouge.
The year 1785 and 1806.
Other name. Ephraim Davidson.
2. Louis Pellerin, in the county of Opelousas.
The year 1764.
Other name M. D’Baddie.
ON AN EXCHANGE OF LAND UNFIT FOR CULTIVATION FOR OTHER LAND.
Michael Thornton, during the late war with Great Britain, he served as a private soldier in the army of the United States, in Captain Myers’s company, of the thirteenth regiment of infantry; that he was honorably discharged from the service.
State of Illinois.
Note. No other names or dates given, report is about a half page
A CLAIM TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
Joseph Neibert, in the parish of Carroll, and State of Louisiana.
Another name. Job Bass.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSISSIPPI.
Greenwood Leflore, in the Chocchuma district, State of Mississippi.
Name of other place, Dancing Rabbit Creek, no other dates or names given.
CLAIM TO LAND IN LOUISIANA.
William Marberry, in the parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana.
No other dates given.
Another name given, Lerville Bahan.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ARKANSAS.
John B. McCreary.
Year 1825.
Other name given, William Starkey.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSOURI.
James Keytes,
Dates given 1819, 1834.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSISSIPPI.
John Anderton.
Dates given. 1794, 1803, 1806 and 1831.
Other names. John A. Barnes.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ALABAMA.
Jehu Hollinsworth, in Huntsville land district.
No other dates or names given, report is less than a half page.
CLAIM TO LAND IN ALABAMA.
William James Aarons, in the Huntsville land district,
No other names or dates given, report about a half page.
CLAIM TO LAND IN FLORIDA.
Joseph Hernandez.
Date given 1817, report is less then a half page.
Here is a list of names that have land claims, if you see a name you would like more information on, let me know and I will be glad to send you their report.
1. Jean Baptiste Lemain, Jean Baptiste Julian Rachal, Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer, Pierre S. Compere, François Roubieu, Bartholemy Rachal, Etienne Lacasse, Julian Rachal, Antoine Bartholemy Rachal.
Note this report is less then a half page.
2. William S. Cockerille, Louisiana.
3. Lois and Zadock Robinson, bounty land.
3. Stephen Howard Junior, bounty land.
4. Col. Robert H. Harrison, Sarah Easton and Dorthy Storer, bounty land.
5. Susanna and John McHugh, land claim, Louisiana.
6. Dorothy Wells, land claim, Louisiana.
7. Baptiste Le Gendre, land claim, Louisiana.
8. Alexander Fridge, land claim, Louisiana.
9. Andrew Turnbull, land claim, Florida.
10. Jean Baptiste Grainger, land claim, Louisiana.
11. Pelagie Loriens, formerly the widow of Peter Juzon, land claim, Alabama.
12. Asher Morgan and the heirs of Philip Fitzgerald, land claim, Louisiana.
13. Isidore Moore, land claim in Missouri.
14. Millan de la Carrera, land claim, West Florida.
15. Thomas F. Reddick, land claim in Missouri.
16. John Brest and John Pierre Landerau, , land claim, Louisiana.
17. Ebenezer Cooley and Joseph Borgeat, land claim, Louisiana.
18. Thomas Reddock, land claim in Michigan.
19. John Pope, land in Arkansas.
20. John Campbell, land claim in Michigan.
21. H. B. Tyler and Nathaniel Tyler, land warrant.
22. Amelia Leach, land claim in Alabama.
23. John Armstrong, land claim in Louisiana.
24. Jonathan Boone land claim in Missouri.
25. Don Lewis Rosamond Orillion, John Wilson and Henry M. Sykes, land claim in Louisiana.
26. Thomas P. Eskridge, Alvarez Fish, land claim in Arkansas.
27. Daniel Smith and Joseph Mosier land claim in Indiana.
28. Samuel Woodcock or Woodstock, bounty land.
29. David Shaver, senior, David Shaver, junior, Thomas Majors, George C. Cowan, and James S. Mays, land claim in Mississippi Territory.
30. Samuel Sprigg, Thomas Orr, Joseph Anderson, James Crawford, and Bezaleel Wells, land claim in Ohio.
31. John Eloy Rachal, land claim in Louisiana.
32. William Ganu, to give up pension for land.
33. Simon Wright, bounty land.
34. John Jeffers, land claim in Alabama.
35. Wyatt Singleton and James Andrews, land claim in Louisiana.
36. Nonnan Holt, Solomon Baker and Samuel Coffam, claim in Indiana.
37. James Morrison, Charles Dewey, land in Missouri.
38. Bernard Rogan, land claim in Missouri.
39. Lewis Durett, land claim in Alabama.
40. Christopher A. Green and Robert Lawson, land claim in Alabama.
41. Arnold Henry Dohrman, bounty land.
42. Aaron Hubbell, Canadian refugee, bounty land.
43. Selah Handy and Peter Handy, land claim in Arkansas.
44. Garriques Flaujac, land claim in Louisiana.
45. Thomas Reynolds, land claim in Florida.
46. Jean François Hertzog, land claim in Louisiana.
47. Ambrose Hudgins, bounty land.
48. John F. Girod, land claim in Louisiana.
49. Francis Preston, land claim in Ohio.
50. Henry Volcker, land claim in the Territory of New Mexico.
51. John Whittsitt, land claim in Missouri.
52. Eloy Segura, land claim in Louisiana.
53. Evan Edwards and Charles Lee Edwards, bounty land.
54. Amos Moore, land Mississippi.
55. Joseph Guedry, Edward Lambert, Michael Leboeuf and John Vavasseur, Land Refunded.
56. Sarah Walthers, land claim in Louisiana.
57. Bernard Marigny, land claim in Louisiana.
58. Ashley Parker, Henry Gill, and Henry Baldwin, land claim Alabama.
59. Nicholas Hart and William H. Hart, land warrant.
60. Peter McCormock, land claim in Louisiana.
62. An Act Granting land to A. M. Jess, of Josephine county, Oregon. Whereas the land claimed and settled upon by A. M. Jess, on Applegate river, in Josephine county, State of Oregon, under the provisions of the homestead law of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has since, without his fault, become of no value to him, and been, in great part, destroyed by a change in the channel of said river; and whereas his title to said land is still inchoate, and justice requires that he should be permitted to locate and settle upon an equal quantity of other public land in lieu thereof.
63. Allen W. Hardie, land in the district west of Pearl river.
64. Thomas Gulledge, land in Mississippi.
65. Grammont Filhioe, land claim in Louisiana.
66. William. K. Paulling, land claim in Alabama.
They Were Captured Or Taken Prisioner.
Note. The dates beside the names will be the dates their letters or petitions were put before Congress.
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John Kinsbury, 1781.
John Kinsbury, setting forth, that he was captured at Charlestown about the 12th of May 1780, That he had at the time of his being captured six thousand, two hundred dollars, part of which he received as pay. That by being under confinement from the time aforesaid until his parole was enlarged on the 15th. June last he hath lost the benefit of said money. That he is desirous of returning to North Carolina to adjust some necessary matters relative to his company, but wants money to pay his expenses; and relative to his company, but wants money to pay his expenses;and praying relief in the premises, and that the Board of War or Paymaster General be directed to advance him such sums of money as may be sufficient to defray his expenses. The Committee of the Week report that the same benefits have been extended to the Petitioner as to other officers in like circumstances. That Congress cannot at present advance any monies.
Samuel Curson, 1781.
Samuel Curson son of a New York merchant Richard Curson and who represented the Continental Congress and the family firm of Curson & Seton on St. Eustatius. When the British attacked the island in 1781, he was captured and taken prisoner to England.
Henry Johnson. 1777.
Henry Johnson, former captain of the privateer Yankee, had only recently returned to the United States after escaping from imprisonment on H.M.S. Rippon. He was appointed commander of the Lexington on February 5, 1777, and after leaving Baltimore on February 26, he reached Bordeaux on April 3. Johnson participated in a successful European cruise with Capt. Lambert Wickes, but after a forced departure from France he was captured again on September 19. Early the next year he escaped from Mill Prison and returned to the United States.
William Thompson. 1775.
William Thompson, of Carlisle, Pa., farmer, surveyor, and justice of the peace had commanded a battalion of riflemen organized and sent to Massachusetts in 1775. He was elected brigadier general on March 1, 1776, and ordered to New York in command of reinforcements being sent to Canada. On June 8, 1776, he was captured during the ill-fated attack on Three Rivers that he commanded, and although paroled and permitted to return to Pennsylvania soon afterwards, he was not exchanged until 1780.
Richard Thomas, 1863.
Richard Thomas, otherwise called Colonel Zarvona, was an officer of the Confederate Army at the time of his capture, under what circumstances he was captured, if those circumstances be known to the President, and why he has not been exchanged.
John Bedford, 1818.
John Bedford, praying to be paid the amount of moneys due him for his services as a soldier in the army during the late war, which is withheld in consequence of having been returned as a deserter, when in fact, he was captured by the enemy, and remained in captivity until a few months previous to the conclusion of the war.
Abigail Fernauld, widow of William Fernauld.
Abigail Fernauld, widow of William Fernauld, deceased, a prizemaster in the private armed naval service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain, and who died at Dartmoor prison, in England, of ill treatment, received after he was captured by a British ship of war, praying to be allowed the pension granted in such cases.
John Burnham, 1793.
Captain John Burnham, late commander of the ship Hope, praying to be paid the balance due him for money advanced as the price of his ransom from slavery in Algiers, by one of whose corsairs he was captured in the year 1793.
Robert Lyell, 1794.
Robert Lyell, a Captain in the late Continental Army of the South Carolina line, be placed upon the invalid pension list, with the annual allowance of an invalid Captain of the said line, to commence at the time of his discharge, after the fall of Charleston, where he was captured by the British army.
Isaac Pool, 1824.
Isaac Pool, of the state of Maine, stating that, while commander of the schooner Evergreen, he was captured by a piratical vessel, in August, 1821; that he retook the said schooner Evergreen, and made prisoners of the prize crew on board; which said prisoners he delivered over to the judicial authorities upon his arrival in Boston, and that he was recognized to appear as a witness against the said prisoners, in consequence of which he alleges that he lost the command of his vessel, as also the command of other and larger vessels which he could have obtained; and praying such relief in the premises as Congress may in their wisdom see fit to grant.
William E. Meek, 1821.
William E. Meek, a sergeant in the army of the United States, and who belonged to the detachment sent in 1807, under the command of general, then lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, on an exploring expedition into the interior of Louisiana, stating that, in the year aforesaid, whilst engaged in said service, he Was captured by a Spanish force, and carried far into the interior of the Spanish dominions, and held as a prisoner, the greater part of the in close confinement, until September, 1820, and praying that he may be allowed and paid his account for pay, rations, and clothing, during the whole of the time he remained in captivity.
John Gallagher, 1870.
John Gallagher, a native of Hunterdon County, in the State of New Jersey, volunteered in the army of the Union in the year 1863, at the age of sixteen years, but was discharged upon the petition of his mother, both on account of his extreme youth and her great need of his assistance for the support of herself and her two young children; and whereas afterward, in the year 1866, when about the age of nineteen years, without consideration, he was persuaded to engage with the Fenians in their expedition upon the Canadian frontier, where, with others, he was captured and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment at Kingston, four years of which period he has suffered, and which has so greatly affected his health that it has recently been found necessary to remove him to a hospital, his mother in the mean time dying of grief, and his younger sisters brought to great distress by being deprived of his aid: Therefore, Resolved, That in view of his youth and the length of time he has already been imprisoned, and the effect thereof upon his health, the President of the United States is hereby requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to intercede with the proper authorities of Canada or Great Britian in such a manner as he may deem expedient to secure the pardon and discharge of the said John Gallagher from custody.
Archibald Woodruff, 1836.
Archibald Woodruff, of the State of Ohio, setting forth that he was engaged in the shipping trade from Philadelphia, in the year 1813, that he was captured by the French, and his vessel and cargo destroyed, and praying that he may be entitled to receive a portion of the indemnity to be paid by France.
William Palms, 1840.
William Palms, of Baltimore, State of Maryland, stating that he was captured by the British in the last war, while attached to the revenue service, and retained a prisoner for twelve months, and praying that his pay for said period be granted him.
Samuel H. Moore, 1869.
Samuel H. Moore, late private in company G, fifty-seventh regiment Ohio veteran volunteer infantry, was entered on the rolls of his company as having deserted iii January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three ; and whereas there is satisfactory evidence that said Moore did not desert, but was captured by the enemy ; that his conduct previous to such capture was good; and that after his release by the enemy as a paroled prisoner of war he rejoined his regiment and remained and served with it until it was mustered out of service.
Robert McGuire, 1844.
Robert McGuire, a soldier who was captured by the Indians in the last war with Great Britain, praying compensation for the clothing of which he was plundered and the allowance of pay during the period of his captivity.
Harvey Wakefield, 1818.
Harvey Wakefield, stating that while acting as an assistant to a revenue officer, on the lines between the United States and Canada, in the late war with Great Britain, he was, whilst in the discharge of his official duty, captured by a body of hostile Indians, and remained a prisoner with the British till discharged under the treaty of peace, and praying compensation for the time he remained in prison, as also, for his sufferings while in captivity.
Thomas Eden, 1872.
Thomas Eden was attached as a marine on board of the United States schooner Ann Alossis, commanded by James Smith, and while in the line of his duty in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, against Great Britain, was taken prisoner by the enemy and was imprisoned twelve months in the prison-ship La Arnathist, at Jamaica, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen; subsequently released and served as a soldier in said war, in the company of Captain William A. Dunham, regiment commanded by Colonel James Johnston, and was honorably discharged when peace was proclaimed.
Major James B. Thompson, 1867.
Major James B. Thompson, of Perrysville, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, who was first lieutenant and subsequently captain of company F, one hundred and ninetieth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, having been commissioned during his confinement in rebel prisons. Whereas Major James B. Thompson, while serving in the Union army as second lieutenant, was taken prisoner by the rebels and confined at Andersonville and other rebel prisons, and during such confinement, to wit, on the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was commissioned as first lieutenant of company F, one hundred and ninetieth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, and on the nineteenth day of September following commissioned as captain of said company, but owing to being confined in rebel prisons was unable to join his company and regiment until March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and whereas the disbursing officer decided that, under existing laws, he could not pay on said commissions until mustered in as such.
W. H. Cox, 1868.
W. H. Cox, a hale, hearty, young man of about twenty years of age, residing with his father Charles D. Cox, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and being a part of his family, on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was enrolled as a sergeant in company F, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to serve three years or during the war; that he was regularly mustered in as such, and at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on or about the second of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was taken prisoner by the rebels and sent to Andersonville, Georgia, and there confined as a prisoner of war for the period of ten months, and from exposure and lack of food became very much debilitated, and after being released he was on the eighth of August eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by virtue of a telegram dated Adjutant General's office, May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, honorably discharged from the United States service; and whereas the said W. H. Cox, after reaching his father's residence, made application for a pension under existing laws, in consequence of disease contracted in line of duty, and before the case was finally disposed of, to wit: July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, he died of disease contracted.
Samuel Brown, 1812.
Samuel Brown, formerly of Massachusetts, and now of Ohio, stating that, whilst in the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, he was taken prisoner by the British at Quebec; that he bath not received any pay or rations for the time he was so in captivity, and that his claim therefor is now barred by the statute of limitation; and praying relief.
Theophilus Hardenbrook, 1852.
Theophilus Hardenbrook, representing that he was taken prisoner during the last war with Great Britain, and confined more than two years in Dartmoor prison, and praying a pension or some other remuneration for his sufferings and privations during that time.
Robert Lyon, 1794.
Robert Lyon, praying compensation for his services in the Militia, and as a volunteer in Colonel Hartley's regiment, on several expeditions against the Indians, in one of which he was dangerously wounded and taken prisoner, in the neighborhood of Fort Jenkins, on the Northeast branch of the Susquehannah, the last day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
Peter Noble, 1776.
Peter Noble, a soldier belonging to Colonel Hinman's batallion, (Captain Watson's company) who was taken prisoner near Montreal, with Colonel Allen, ought to have the sum of 40 dollars advanced to him, and his receipt taken for the same, as part of his pay.
John M'Crea, 1816.
John M'Crea, of Franklin county, in the State of New-York, was a revenue officer, who, in the execution of his official duties, was taken prisoner in the late war with Great Britain, and subjected to much suffering and hardship.
Henry Wynkoop & Simon Wilmot, 1777.
Henry Wynkoop, Esqr. for board and nursing Lieutenant Simon Wilmot, of the 16 regiment of Queen's light dragoons, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Princeton, 3 January last, for nine weeks and two days, at two dollars per week, 20 51/90 dollars.
William Draggo, 1819.
William Draggo, stating that he was taken prisoner by the Indians, in the year 1783, and became a member of the tribe in which he resided, and married an Indian woman, by whom he has six children; he also states that the Indians made him a grant of a large quantity of land lying on the shores of Lake Erie, which is now in the possession of the United States, and praying for a confirmation of his said grant.
William Kincaid, 1806.
William Kincaid, of the State of Vermont, which was received and read, stating that, at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, the petitioner enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States; that on the twenty-third of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, he was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried to Canada, where he remained in captivity until November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two; and that, during all the term of his captivity, his name was omitted in the muster rolls of the army, by which omission he is deprived of his pay and bounty of land.
General Nathaniel Woodhull, 1803.
General Nathaniel Woodhull, who commanded the militia on Long Island, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and was then taken prisoner, and most cruelly put to death by the enemy.
Captain John Stotesbury, 1779.
Captain John Stotesbury, of the 11th., Pennsylvania regiment, a ballance of pay and subsistance, during his captivity, from the 8 April to 31 December, 1778, inclusive; and for extra services before he was taken prisoner, five hundred and one dollars and 24/90ths.
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John Kinsbury, 1781.
John Kinsbury, setting forth, that he was captured at Charlestown about the 12th of May 1780, That he had at the time of his being captured six thousand, two hundred dollars, part of which he received as pay. That by being under confinement from the time aforesaid until his parole was enlarged on the 15th. June last he hath lost the benefit of said money. That he is desirous of returning to North Carolina to adjust some necessary matters relative to his company, but wants money to pay his expenses; and relative to his company, but wants money to pay his expenses;and praying relief in the premises, and that the Board of War or Paymaster General be directed to advance him such sums of money as may be sufficient to defray his expenses. The Committee of the Week report that the same benefits have been extended to the Petitioner as to other officers in like circumstances. That Congress cannot at present advance any monies.
Samuel Curson, 1781.
Samuel Curson son of a New York merchant Richard Curson and who represented the Continental Congress and the family firm of Curson & Seton on St. Eustatius. When the British attacked the island in 1781, he was captured and taken prisoner to England.
Henry Johnson. 1777.
Henry Johnson, former captain of the privateer Yankee, had only recently returned to the United States after escaping from imprisonment on H.M.S. Rippon. He was appointed commander of the Lexington on February 5, 1777, and after leaving Baltimore on February 26, he reached Bordeaux on April 3. Johnson participated in a successful European cruise with Capt. Lambert Wickes, but after a forced departure from France he was captured again on September 19. Early the next year he escaped from Mill Prison and returned to the United States.
William Thompson. 1775.
William Thompson, of Carlisle, Pa., farmer, surveyor, and justice of the peace had commanded a battalion of riflemen organized and sent to Massachusetts in 1775. He was elected brigadier general on March 1, 1776, and ordered to New York in command of reinforcements being sent to Canada. On June 8, 1776, he was captured during the ill-fated attack on Three Rivers that he commanded, and although paroled and permitted to return to Pennsylvania soon afterwards, he was not exchanged until 1780.
Richard Thomas, 1863.
Richard Thomas, otherwise called Colonel Zarvona, was an officer of the Confederate Army at the time of his capture, under what circumstances he was captured, if those circumstances be known to the President, and why he has not been exchanged.
John Bedford, 1818.
John Bedford, praying to be paid the amount of moneys due him for his services as a soldier in the army during the late war, which is withheld in consequence of having been returned as a deserter, when in fact, he was captured by the enemy, and remained in captivity until a few months previous to the conclusion of the war.
Abigail Fernauld, widow of William Fernauld.
Abigail Fernauld, widow of William Fernauld, deceased, a prizemaster in the private armed naval service of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain, and who died at Dartmoor prison, in England, of ill treatment, received after he was captured by a British ship of war, praying to be allowed the pension granted in such cases.
John Burnham, 1793.
Captain John Burnham, late commander of the ship Hope, praying to be paid the balance due him for money advanced as the price of his ransom from slavery in Algiers, by one of whose corsairs he was captured in the year 1793.
Robert Lyell, 1794.
Robert Lyell, a Captain in the late Continental Army of the South Carolina line, be placed upon the invalid pension list, with the annual allowance of an invalid Captain of the said line, to commence at the time of his discharge, after the fall of Charleston, where he was captured by the British army.
Isaac Pool, 1824.
Isaac Pool, of the state of Maine, stating that, while commander of the schooner Evergreen, he was captured by a piratical vessel, in August, 1821; that he retook the said schooner Evergreen, and made prisoners of the prize crew on board; which said prisoners he delivered over to the judicial authorities upon his arrival in Boston, and that he was recognized to appear as a witness against the said prisoners, in consequence of which he alleges that he lost the command of his vessel, as also the command of other and larger vessels which he could have obtained; and praying such relief in the premises as Congress may in their wisdom see fit to grant.
William E. Meek, 1821.
William E. Meek, a sergeant in the army of the United States, and who belonged to the detachment sent in 1807, under the command of general, then lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, on an exploring expedition into the interior of Louisiana, stating that, in the year aforesaid, whilst engaged in said service, he Was captured by a Spanish force, and carried far into the interior of the Spanish dominions, and held as a prisoner, the greater part of the in close confinement, until September, 1820, and praying that he may be allowed and paid his account for pay, rations, and clothing, during the whole of the time he remained in captivity.
John Gallagher, 1870.
John Gallagher, a native of Hunterdon County, in the State of New Jersey, volunteered in the army of the Union in the year 1863, at the age of sixteen years, but was discharged upon the petition of his mother, both on account of his extreme youth and her great need of his assistance for the support of herself and her two young children; and whereas afterward, in the year 1866, when about the age of nineteen years, without consideration, he was persuaded to engage with the Fenians in their expedition upon the Canadian frontier, where, with others, he was captured and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment at Kingston, four years of which period he has suffered, and which has so greatly affected his health that it has recently been found necessary to remove him to a hospital, his mother in the mean time dying of grief, and his younger sisters brought to great distress by being deprived of his aid: Therefore, Resolved, That in view of his youth and the length of time he has already been imprisoned, and the effect thereof upon his health, the President of the United States is hereby requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to intercede with the proper authorities of Canada or Great Britian in such a manner as he may deem expedient to secure the pardon and discharge of the said John Gallagher from custody.
Archibald Woodruff, 1836.
Archibald Woodruff, of the State of Ohio, setting forth that he was engaged in the shipping trade from Philadelphia, in the year 1813, that he was captured by the French, and his vessel and cargo destroyed, and praying that he may be entitled to receive a portion of the indemnity to be paid by France.
William Palms, 1840.
William Palms, of Baltimore, State of Maryland, stating that he was captured by the British in the last war, while attached to the revenue service, and retained a prisoner for twelve months, and praying that his pay for said period be granted him.
Samuel H. Moore, 1869.
Samuel H. Moore, late private in company G, fifty-seventh regiment Ohio veteran volunteer infantry, was entered on the rolls of his company as having deserted iii January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three ; and whereas there is satisfactory evidence that said Moore did not desert, but was captured by the enemy ; that his conduct previous to such capture was good; and that after his release by the enemy as a paroled prisoner of war he rejoined his regiment and remained and served with it until it was mustered out of service.
Robert McGuire, 1844.
Robert McGuire, a soldier who was captured by the Indians in the last war with Great Britain, praying compensation for the clothing of which he was plundered and the allowance of pay during the period of his captivity.
Harvey Wakefield, 1818.
Harvey Wakefield, stating that while acting as an assistant to a revenue officer, on the lines between the United States and Canada, in the late war with Great Britain, he was, whilst in the discharge of his official duty, captured by a body of hostile Indians, and remained a prisoner with the British till discharged under the treaty of peace, and praying compensation for the time he remained in prison, as also, for his sufferings while in captivity.
Thomas Eden, 1872.
Thomas Eden was attached as a marine on board of the United States schooner Ann Alossis, commanded by James Smith, and while in the line of his duty in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, against Great Britain, was taken prisoner by the enemy and was imprisoned twelve months in the prison-ship La Arnathist, at Jamaica, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen; subsequently released and served as a soldier in said war, in the company of Captain William A. Dunham, regiment commanded by Colonel James Johnston, and was honorably discharged when peace was proclaimed.
Major James B. Thompson, 1867.
Major James B. Thompson, of Perrysville, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, who was first lieutenant and subsequently captain of company F, one hundred and ninetieth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, having been commissioned during his confinement in rebel prisons. Whereas Major James B. Thompson, while serving in the Union army as second lieutenant, was taken prisoner by the rebels and confined at Andersonville and other rebel prisons, and during such confinement, to wit, on the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was commissioned as first lieutenant of company F, one hundred and ninetieth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, and on the nineteenth day of September following commissioned as captain of said company, but owing to being confined in rebel prisons was unable to join his company and regiment until March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; and whereas the disbursing officer decided that, under existing laws, he could not pay on said commissions until mustered in as such.
W. H. Cox, 1868.
W. H. Cox, a hale, hearty, young man of about twenty years of age, residing with his father Charles D. Cox, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and being a part of his family, on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was enrolled as a sergeant in company F, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to serve three years or during the war; that he was regularly mustered in as such, and at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on or about the second of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was taken prisoner by the rebels and sent to Andersonville, Georgia, and there confined as a prisoner of war for the period of ten months, and from exposure and lack of food became very much debilitated, and after being released he was on the eighth of August eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by virtue of a telegram dated Adjutant General's office, May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, honorably discharged from the United States service; and whereas the said W. H. Cox, after reaching his father's residence, made application for a pension under existing laws, in consequence of disease contracted in line of duty, and before the case was finally disposed of, to wit: July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, he died of disease contracted.
Samuel Brown, 1812.
Samuel Brown, formerly of Massachusetts, and now of Ohio, stating that, whilst in the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, he was taken prisoner by the British at Quebec; that he bath not received any pay or rations for the time he was so in captivity, and that his claim therefor is now barred by the statute of limitation; and praying relief.
Theophilus Hardenbrook, 1852.
Theophilus Hardenbrook, representing that he was taken prisoner during the last war with Great Britain, and confined more than two years in Dartmoor prison, and praying a pension or some other remuneration for his sufferings and privations during that time.
Robert Lyon, 1794.
Robert Lyon, praying compensation for his services in the Militia, and as a volunteer in Colonel Hartley's regiment, on several expeditions against the Indians, in one of which he was dangerously wounded and taken prisoner, in the neighborhood of Fort Jenkins, on the Northeast branch of the Susquehannah, the last day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
Peter Noble, 1776.
Peter Noble, a soldier belonging to Colonel Hinman's batallion, (Captain Watson's company) who was taken prisoner near Montreal, with Colonel Allen, ought to have the sum of 40 dollars advanced to him, and his receipt taken for the same, as part of his pay.
John M'Crea, 1816.
John M'Crea, of Franklin county, in the State of New-York, was a revenue officer, who, in the execution of his official duties, was taken prisoner in the late war with Great Britain, and subjected to much suffering and hardship.
Henry Wynkoop & Simon Wilmot, 1777.
Henry Wynkoop, Esqr. for board and nursing Lieutenant Simon Wilmot, of the 16 regiment of Queen's light dragoons, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Princeton, 3 January last, for nine weeks and two days, at two dollars per week, 20 51/90 dollars.
William Draggo, 1819.
William Draggo, stating that he was taken prisoner by the Indians, in the year 1783, and became a member of the tribe in which he resided, and married an Indian woman, by whom he has six children; he also states that the Indians made him a grant of a large quantity of land lying on the shores of Lake Erie, which is now in the possession of the United States, and praying for a confirmation of his said grant.
William Kincaid, 1806.
William Kincaid, of the State of Vermont, which was received and read, stating that, at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, the petitioner enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States; that on the twenty-third of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, he was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried to Canada, where he remained in captivity until November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two; and that, during all the term of his captivity, his name was omitted in the muster rolls of the army, by which omission he is deprived of his pay and bounty of land.
General Nathaniel Woodhull, 1803.
General Nathaniel Woodhull, who commanded the militia on Long Island, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and was then taken prisoner, and most cruelly put to death by the enemy.
Captain John Stotesbury, 1779.
Captain John Stotesbury, of the 11th., Pennsylvania regiment, a ballance of pay and subsistance, during his captivity, from the 8 April to 31 December, 1778, inclusive; and for extra services before he was taken prisoner, five hundred and one dollars and 24/90ths.
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