Navy Death List Of 1831.

List of deaths in the navy of the United States, since the 1st., of December 1830.

CAPTAIN.

1. Arthur Sinclair, died on February 7, 1831, cause unknown, died at Norflok.
Service: Lieutenant, 10 June, 1807. Master Commandant, 2 July, 1812. Captain, 24 July, 1813.

MASTERS COMMANDANT.

2. Samuel W. Adams, died on January 1, 1831, cause unknown, died at Brooklyn, N. Y.
Service: Midshipman, 1 January, 1808. Lieutenant, 24 July, 1813. Master Commandant, 11 March, 1829.

3. John Porter, died on September 2, 1831, cause of death Protracted illness, died at Watertown, Mass.
Service: Midshipman, 20 June, 1806. Lieutenant, 27 May, 1812. Master Commandant, 28 March, 1820.

LIEUTENANTS.

4. John K. Carter, died on February 1, 1831, cause of death Lunacy. died at Lunatic asylum, N. Y.
Service: Appointed Midshipman, 18 June, 1812. Lieutenant, 27 April, 1816.

5. Joseph R. Blake, died on May 11, 1831, cause of death Consumption, died at Washington, D. C.
Service: Midshipman, 1 January, 1818. Lieutenant, 3 March, 1827.

6. Benjamin Tallmadge, jr. died on June 20, 1831, cause of death, Brain fever, died at Gibraltar.
Service: Midshipman, 24 January, 1815. Lieutenant, 13 January, 1825.

7. John T. Ritchie, died on June 26, 1831, cause of death, Protracted illness, died at Georgetown, D. C.
Service: Midshipman, 17 December, 1810. Lieutenant, 27 April, 1816.

8. Francis Sanderson, died on August 23, 1831, cause unknown, died at Baltimore.
Service: Midshipman, 3 February, 1815. Lieutenant, 13 January, 1825.

9. Paul. H. Hayne, died on September 14, 1831, cause of death, Yellow fever, died at Pensacola hospital.
Service: Midshipman, 10 May, 1820. Lieutenant, 17 May, 1828.

10. Charles H. Caldwell, died on August 9, 1831, cause unknown, died at sea.
Service: Appointed Midshipman, September, 1811. Lieutenant, 5 March, 1817.

SURGEONS.

11. August P. or ( B. ) Beers, died on June 8, 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Fairfield, Conn.
Service: Surgeon's Mate, 16 November, 1824. Surgeon, 4 December, 1828.

12. Robert P. Macomber, died on June 16, 1831, cause of death, Inflam. of the bowels, died at Port Mahon.
Service: Surgeon's Mate, 13 July, 1824. Surgeon, 4 December, 1828.

13. William C. McCall, died on September 15, 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Near Trenton, N. J.
Service: Surgeon's Mate, 14 August, 1826. Surgeon, 4 April, 1831.

ASSISTANT SURGEON.

14. Caleb W. Cloud, died on July 15, 1831, cause of death, Yellow fever, died at W. I., oub’d Vincennes.
Service: Assistant Surgeon, 31 May, 1830.

PURSERS.

15. Joseph Watson, died on February 16, 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Portsmouth, N. H.
Service: Purser, 26 May, 1824.

16. Alexander P. Darragh, died on January 9, 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Gibraltar.
Service: Purser, 25 April, 1812.

MIDSHIPMEN.

17. William C. Allen, died on date unknown 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Philadelphia.
Service: Midshipman, 2 February, 1819.

18. Ferdinand Smith, died on date unknown 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Philadelphia.
Service: Midshipman, 1 July, 1826.

19. Edward Hopkinson, died on January 31, 1831, cause of death, Fall from mizen top, died at Monte Video.
Service: No record found.

20. Thomas 0. L. Elwyn, died on August 1, 1831, cause of death, Consumption, died at Brandywine Springs.
Service: Midshipman, 19 September, 1825.

21. Charles K. Ruffin, died on July 27, 1831, cause of death, Black vomit, died at Pensacola hospital.
Service: Midshipman, 24 October, 1825.

22. John C. Wynan, died on January 31, 1831, cause of death, Consumption, died at Norfolk, Va.
Service: No record found.

BOATSWAIN.

23. Levi Talbot, died on July 13, 1831, cause of death, unknown, died at Norfolk, Va.
Service: No record found.

GUNNER.

24. W. S. Cowan (acting) died on September 14, 1831, cause of death, Consumption died at New York hospital.
Service: Appointed Gunner, 2 August, 1830.

Important note. I have a close friend by the name Bud Shortridge, who’s a Naval Hobbiest researcher of the more modern ships. His main field is those of the Liberty & Victory classes ( 1941-? ), you will find him very knowledgeable and willing to help. So if you looking for information on these Liberty & Victory ships or have a general question give him a try it’s all ( Free) and tell him Dennis sent you.

Liberty Ship Site:
http://home.comcast.net/~cshortridge/site/

The Invalid.

The other day I got into a small argument with a gentlemen on what the word (Invalid) meant on government documents and what a (Invalid Soldier) was. Well a Invalid Soldier or Sailor is just that a Invalid, till he could show proof that he was in the service.
Now as what Invalid meant in a government document you would have to read each document and how the word was used within it to understand the meaning, but no matter how the word was used it still meant some kind of rejection. For such a small word it is very misunderstood.

So I have decided to do a page on the (Invalid Soldier) and some Government Documents so you can get a better understanding of the word. Now my first job at this site is to give as many surnames as I can in my help to you too find that ancestor of yours.

There will be to many names to give all the information on each name, so I will give a little information so you may know you have found your ancestor. Those who find a name and would like what info I have on it, can write to me I will be glad to send it, you can find my address in my profile

Note. Here is a example on the kind of information you may receive.

A BILL
MARCH 3, 1859.

Granting an invalid pension to William Brown.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior do cause the name of William Brown, of the county of Green, and State of Tennessee, to be placed upon the roll of invalid pensioners of the United States, at the rate of six dollars per month, and that the said pension of six dollars per month be paid to the said William Brown, from the fifth day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, for and during his life.
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1. John Purcell, No State is given.

2. John Holland, State of Arkansas.

3. Alexander Gaddes, No State given.

4. John Houser, No State given.

5. Thomas Ellis, Platte county, the State of Illinois.

6. Sutton M. Young, No State given.

7. William Burns, of Ohio.

8. Brevet Major John Jones, of Tennessee.

9. Ezekiel Jones, Captain of the Navy.

10. John Rogers, of Tennessee.

11. Anselmn Clackson, of Missouri.

12. Beriah Wright, of New York.

13. John O'Leary, No State given.

14. Michael Hanson, No State given.

15. Andulotia Pier, Licking county, Ohio.

16. Joseph McReynolds, Russell county, Virginia.

17. Henry F. Bowers, No State given.

18. Conrad Duval, No State given.

19. John Piper, State of New York.

20. Conrad Schroeder, Captain in Mexico War.
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No 58.

3d. Congress, INVALID PENSIONS., 2d. Session.

COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 23, 1794.

Mr. GREENUP, from the committee appointed to inquire if any, or what, alterations ought to be made to the act passed the 7th day of June, 1794, entitled “An act concerning invalids,” made the following report:

That the before recited act-restricts the Secretary of the War Department from placing any person on the pension list but those reported by him on the 25th day of April, 1794, as having complete evidence of their disabilities. That by this act, commissioned officers, who were reported on that day, might be placed on the pension list, provided they complied with the rule prescribed in the case of Captain David Cook, for the return of their commutation.

On inquiry, your committee find that the Secretary reported, the 13th day of February, 1794, in favor of William McHatton, a lieutenant, who prayed to be permitted to return his commutation and be placed on the pension list agreeably to the rate returned by the district judge; but, from the special restriction in the above-recited act, the Comptroller of the Treasury did not think himself authorized to admit his claim without the previous sanction of Congress.

Wherefore, your committee submit the following resolution:
Resolved, That the act concerning invalids ought to be amended so as to permit any commissioned officer of the late army of the United States (who may have received the commutation) to be placed on the pension 1ist; provided such officer shall first return his commutation, or a sum equivalent thereto, and also produce to the Secretary of the War Department the evidence of his disability, as required by the act entitled “An act to regulate the claims to invalids pensions,” passed the 28th of February, [793; and provided such application be made within months, and not after.
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No. 59.

3d. Congress, IN VALID PENSION CLAIMS, 2d. Session.

COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 31, 794.

The SECRETARY OF War in pursuance of the act entitled “An act to regulate claims to invalid pensions,” respectfully reports to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States the statements hereunto annexed of such claims
as have been received by him since the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.

At the same time he submits further evidence which has been received, in addition to evidence formerly stated as imperfect.

It is to be observed that, under the act to regulate claims to invalid pensions, it does not appear that any arrears have been allowed to invalids, excepting the commissioned officers, who had received their commutation, and who were placed on the pension list, in pursuance of the “Act concerning invalids,” passed the seventh day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.

It is also further proper to observe, that the persons stated in two separate reports as having complete evidence on the twenty-second and twenty-ninth days of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, have not yet been placed on the pension list, the same not having been authorized by law.
All which is submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives:
H. KNOX, Secretary of War.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR, December 30, 1794.
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21. Silas Stevens, of Virginia.

22. Henry Miller, of the State of Kentucky.

23. George Newton, Johnsonstown New York.

24. Thomas Plunkett, Sergeant.

25. Margaret L. Stevens, No State given.

26. William T. Broaddus, of Virginia.

27. George W. Bean, Maine.

28. William B. Tompkins, No State given.

29. Beriah Wright, of New York.

30. Nathan Randall, New York.

31. Erastus Hutchins, No State given.

32. William Burns, of Ohio.

33. Allen, of Maine.

34. William Howell, of Tennessee.

35. James Fugate, of Missouri.

36. Frederick Schaum, No State given.

37. Prentis Champlain, No State given.

38. Alexander S. Bean, of Pennsylvania.

39. Horace Wetherell, No State given.

40. John Lee, of the State of Maine.
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A BILL.
JANUARY 19, 1832.
Regulating the commencement of Invalid Pensions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the United Stale. of America in Congress assembled, That all invalid pensions hereafter granted shall commence at the
time when the disability for which such pensions may be granted shall have commenced, or so soon thereafter as the applicant for any such pension shall have been discharged from the service; any law, usage, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding.
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41. Colonel Richard M. Johnson, No State given.

42. John Lee, of the State of Maine.

43. Daniel Stoddard, Connecticut.

44. Oliver Herrick, No State given.

45. Benjamin Calhoun, No State given.

46. William Slocum, No State given.

47. Peter Bradley, No State given.

48. John P. Reed, No State given.

49. David A. Ames, No State given.

50. Benjamin Goodrich, No State given.

51. Anthony Money, No State given.

52. Peter Navarre, Ohio.

53. William Roberts, No State given.

54. Eliza Reeves, , No State given.

55. Thomas Glasgow, No State given.

56. Samuel Hamilton, No State given.

57. Michael Hanson, No State given.

58. John Piper, New York.

59. Adam Garlock, No State given.

60. Thomas Howard, Navy.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
JANUARY 18, 1869.

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and ordered to be printed.

JANUARY 26, 1869.
Reported back with amendments , which were agreed to; sundry other amendments agreed to.

FEBRUARY 2, 1869.
Ordered to be printed as amended, with pending amendments, and recommitted
to the Committee on invalid Pensions.

Mr. PERHAM, on leave, introduced the following bill:
Relating to the operations of the pension laws, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted the Senate and House of ilepresentative.c of the United States of America in Congress assembled That hereafter no claim of a widow for a pension, pay, or bounty on account of the service and death of her husband shall be allowed, nor shall payment of such pension, pay or bounty heretofore allowed be continued, in any case when the widow is a non-resident of the United States and has, for five consecutive years immediately preceding his death, lived separate and apart from him, and without receiving from him any support.
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61. John Looney, No State given.

62. John Sanders, No State given.

63. Josiah Tirel, No State given.

64. Jared Gossage, No State given.

65. Ephraim Shaler, No State given.

66. Walter Waller, No State given.

67. John Allen, Maine.

68. Joseph Prescott, Maine.

69. John 0. Niel, No State given.

70. David King, No State given.

71. Moses Cremeens, No State given.

72. Joseph Linn, No State given.

73. David Pearson, No State given.

74. David Cole, No State given.

75. Zebulon Wade, No State given.

76. Jesse Cunningham, No State given.

77. Benjamin Goodrich, No State given.

78. Oliver Herrick, No State given.

79. William Slocum, No State given.

80. Thomas Philips, No State given.

81. Benjamin Dow, No State given.

82. Heard Bracket, No State given.

83. Joseph Linn, No State given.

84. Robert McCausland, No State given.

85. George Field, No State given.

86. Henry F. Bowers, No State given.

87. Aaron Quigley, Navy.

88. James C. Myers, No State given.

89. Sutton M. Young, No State given.

90. Benjamin Allen, No State given.

91. Larkin Tally, of Tennessee.

92. Levi Parks, No State given.

93. Hugh Baker, No State given.

94. Charles Appleton, No State given.

95. William Eddy, No State given.

96. Nathan Randall, New York.

97. Timothy Cavan, No State given.

The following had no States given.

98. Zebulon Wade,
99.Jesse Cunningham,
100. Daniel Clap,
101. Heard Brasket,
102. Benjamin Groun,
103. William Gallop,
104. Bartholomew Delapiere,
105. Daniel Stoddard,
106. Asa Hoyt,
107. Edgar Freeman,
108. John Miller,
109 Nehemiah W. Badger
110. John R. Rappleye,
111. Robert Kane,
112. Jonathan Lawrence,
113. Carey Clarke,
114. Robert Alexander
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115. Noah Miller, Massachusetts.

116. Harvey Reynolds, Vermont.

117. Chauncey Hoyt, of Chenango county, New York.

118. Ransom Clark, No State given.

Here is another example on how the information is found.

A BILL

February 2, 1832.

Making provision for inscribing, the names of certain persons on the invalid pension roll.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Untied Stales of America. in Congress assembled; That the Secretary of War be, and he. is hereby, authorized, required, and directed, to inscribe on the invalid pension roll of the
United States the names of the following persons; and to cause them to be paid at the rates, and commencing at the times, set against their names respectively, namely:

Joseph Chamberlain, at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, commencing o the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and. thirty-two.

John Kaime, at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing on the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

William Ledman, at the rate of six dollars per month, commencing on the twenty-sixth day of March, one. thousand eight hundred and thirty.

John Taylor, as of the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, at the rate of eight dollars per month, up to the time when his name was inscribed on the invalid pension roll; to be paid to him as arrears of his pension.

Roxwell Hunt, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, commencing January first, one thousand eight hundred and Thirty-one.

Daniel Palmer, as of the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, at the rate of two dollars per month, until the twelfth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty, when his pension commenced at the rate of eight dollars per month; to be paid to him as arrears of his said pension.

Martin Smith, as of the eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, at the rate of six dollars per month, until his name was inscribed on the pension roll aforesaid,
namely, the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty; to be paid to him as arrears of his said pension.

Henry Clieke, at the rate of four dollars per month, commencing January first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

Henry Blodget, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing January first, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.

Asher Huntington, as of the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, at the rate of four dollars per month, until his name was inscribed on the pension roll, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; to be paid to him as arrear of his pension..

Kansas Towns I Knew.

Although I was raised in Topeka Kansas I would spend a lot of my time between my dads family farm at Scranton Kansas or his sister family farm outside Overbrook Kansas. Every summer I would spend my school vacation on these two farms having fun, well most of the time for there was work to be done as well. Now on by dads farm it was mostly fun and games and trying to stay out of trouble, I was always being chased out of the hay loft or out of the blacksmith shop, which by then was just called the tool shed. Now on my dads sisters farm it was a different matter my uncle believed the farm was for work and not for a vacation stay, if you were going to eat his food you had to work for it. Now don’t get me wrong although the work was hard, there was always time for fun and games. My uncle like to hunt and fish, and when it rained and the fields were to wet to go into we go fishing and in the winters we go hunting. I would spend most of my time on his farm. They did most of their shopping in Overbrook as they only lived 4, miles from town. But there would be many side trips to Scranton, Burlingame, Carbondale, Osage City, Lyndon and of course Overbrook.

The other day I ran across some old historical pictures of the towns I knew as a young man, although there way before my time I enjoyed looking at them, and I thought you might as well.

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Scranton Kansas.

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Burlingame Kansas.

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Carbondale Kansas.

This is looking south on U. S 75., the building in the center across the hi-way is where as a young boy we would by fish bait, then in later life my wife and I would come down from Topeka for a cold beer.


Now I don't know when this pictures was taken but it looks the same as it did in the 1950's, as a young boy I play around the old Santa Fe depot as my Aunt ran the telegraph.

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Lyndon Kansas.

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Overbrook Kansas.

Scranton Kansas.

When ever I hear the words Scranton Kansas, it brings to mind happier days of my childhood days, of hunting and fishing on the family farm. It bring back the memories of home made ice-cream and family picnics in the family’s picnic grove, and all the other childhood memories. I know there are families that had a ancestor that come from Scranton, and had stories told to you about it, but beyond that you may know little or nothing about Scranton. Talk to your Grand-parents or Great-Grand-parents, and they will tell you about walking main street on a Saturday night while some of the parents traded in their eggs in for extra money, and afterwards how they may have went to the corner drug store for a coke or coffee or may decided to go to the bar for a dance and a beer or a game of pool. Now many of the smaller children would be drooped off in between two buildings to take in a free movie given by my uncle ( Carl Segelquist ), which he or some else would give on most Saturday nights. Then there were the young bucks of the town that would met at the corner gas station just as you came into town, to get the news.

They had little else to do in Scranton as it was so small, and being on the farm most of the week they were looking for something to do, some would make a trip to the big city ( Topeka ) 23miles away or they may go to Carbondale or Burlingame, but by doing so they may find themselves in a car chase. It was the same old story, the young bucks from one town didn’t take too kindly of the bucks from another rival town coming into their town, and when they did they would get together and chase them back to their own town, and when they got there the other bucks would be waiting and they would in turn chase them back to their town, it was a game that was played in most small towns in the county. Yes There are a lot of stories that can be told about Scranton why not ask your Grand-parents or Great-Grand-parents to tell you some “I know they would be glad, no!, thrilled to tell you a few, just ask and see“.

Now I can’t tell everything about the history of Scranton but I can give you some highlights and the rest will be up to you to research, and I will not give any family information here but I will list all the families that I have information on, and if you see a family that you would like to know more about, you can write me and I will be glad to tell you. My address can be found in my profile.
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SCRANTON.

Scranton is situated on the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, about five miles northeast of Burlingame, and on the level prairie land, not far from One Hundred and Ten Creek. The town is located in the center of the coal belt on the county, and mining is the principal industry. Though only about ten years old, Scranton is one of the most thriving towns in the county, and all branches of trade, necessary in a farming and mining country, are carried on. On September 27, 1871, Alex. Thomas, and O. H. Sheldon began sinking a coal shaft. This was completed in 1872, and mining was soon commenced. That year, Porter Sheldon joined in the enterprise, and the Burlingame and Scranton Coal Company was formed by the Sheldons, and a town surveyed late in the summer and called Scranton, from the town of that name in Pennsylvania. A few houses for the miners were built, and a store was opened. The entire business was superintended by Alex. Thomas. A post-office was established and A. Thomas appointed postmaster. For the first three years of its history there was little business done in the town, except by the above named Company. In 1875, the coal interests began to be developed to a greater extent, and as a consequence the town began to improve. Henry Isaacs opened his coal mines that year, and about the same time the Carbon Coal Company, and Chappell & Edwards began sinking shafts, and were followed the next year by Joseph Drake.

The first marriage was that of David Williams and Mrs. Rebecca Stull, which took place in 1873. The first sermon ever preached on the town site, was in April, 1872, by Rev. J. W. Stogdill of Burlingame, and at the Coal Company's boarding house. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, and the first term of school was taught the same year, by H. D. Porter of Burlingame. The schoolhouse was located on the northwest part of the original town site, and where the large two story schoolhouse now is.

The first birth in Scranton, was that of Madison Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Evans, in August, 1872. He died December, 1873. This was the first death in the town.

After the town began to improve in 1875, it grew slowly until 1879, when the mines having been opened up, there was a rush of capital and settlers to the new town. So great was it that by June, 1880, the population numbered 930. Since that time the number of inhabitants has increased to nearly 1,700, and the town is steadily improving. Since the original town was surveyed, four additions have been made. Throop's Addition was first made on the west side of the original town site, and this is now the business portion of the town. Next was an addition by the Carbon Coal & Mining Company; then an addition, a short distance to the south, by the Osage Carbon Company, which is composed of about seventy-five miners' houses; and still later there has been Sheldon's Addition.

Scranton was incorporated as a city of the third class on August 4, 1880. The first Council was Joseph Tomlinson, William Scott, James Ingham, Joseph Drake and Thomas Kelley. The first Mayor was J. M. Giddings; Clerk and Police Judge, John R. Poe; Treasurer, H. A. Sheldon; Marshal, W. S. Challis. The present City Council is Thomas Chappell, James Campbell, James Peterson, John Love and Benjamin Hughes, The Mayor is Frank Lofty; Clerk, George Monnahan; Treasurer, H. A. Sheldon; Attorney, John R. Poe; Marshal, James Livingstone.
The greater number of the citizens of the town are church-goers, and several religious organizations are kept up, and are liberally supported. The different Church Societies are the Methodist Episcopal, Catholic, Presbyterian, Free Methodist, and Latter Day Saints. Each of the above organizations has a good membership and is in a prosperous condition. Only the first two named have church edifices, which were built in the years 1868 and 1869. The first church organized was the Methodist Episcopal, in 1872. The members were Alex. Thomas, John M. Cain, Sarah J. Cain and C. H. Wahlers. Rev. W. C. Howard was the first pastor. The church now has fifty-two members.

When the settlement of the town commenced, the first thing considered was the opening of a good public school, and the erection of suitable school buildings. This has continued, and as a result the town now has a large frame schoolhouse, built at a cost of $6,900. The school has five departments, and there are in the district 855 pupils.

The Kansas Plebeian is the only newspaper published at Scranton. It was established at Lyndon in the summer of 1882, and removed to Scranton in August of the same year. It is an eight column folio paper, edited and published by E. D. Hunt, in the interest of the Greenback party.

The mining of coal is the principal industry of Scranton, and it is upon this that the people depend generally for support.

The Osage Carbon Company.
The Scranton Co-operative Society
Henry Isaac's Coal Mines
Joseph Drake's Coal Mines
The Industrial Coal and Mining Company
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Families of Scranton.

1. R. J. BOOTEY
2. PROF. T. P. BROWN
3. THOMAS CHAPPELL
4. JOHN COOK
5. JOSEPH DRAKE
6. WILLIAM DRAKE
7. SAMUEL O. FULTON
8. DR. J. M. GIDDINGS
9. WILLIAM H. HOBBS
10. JOHN F. HURST
11. HENRY ISAACS
12. JAMES A. IVEY
13. MICHAEL LUBY
14. P. McBRIDE
15. JOHN McCOACH
16. ASHER MOTT
17. WILLIAM R. PORTER
18. JOHN R. POE
19. DR. A. W. SELLARDS
20. H. A. SHELDON
21. ALEXANDER SHIELDS
22. ALEXANDER THOMAS
23. H. A. THOMAS
24. A. G. WHITE

The following family names will not be in order.

1. Urish
2. Rown
3, Hulsopple
4. Eklund’s
5. Burks
6. Briggs
7. Ullery
8. Wakeman
9. Ridinger
10. Griffith
11. Sandbloom
12. Towle
13. Willows
14. Bodine
15. Mahoney
16. Burkhardt
17. Bristow
18. Dangerfield
19. Alberg
20. Borland
21. Carr
22. Phelon
23. Goebel
24. Coffman
25. Guntermann
26. McPhail
27. Cowen
28. Hutchison
29. Bodine
30. Segelquist
31. Strickenfinger

Note. If you could not find a family name here then maybe this link will be of help.

Scranton City Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas.
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ks/osage/scranton/scranton.htm

Men And Women Of Texas.

One of the most importation things in researching ones ancestor is to find him or her on some kind of document be it a newspaper or some other legal document, if you can’t find him or her on any paper work, there's no point of looking. Although I have never heard of no one not leaving some kind paper trail. This world runs on paper, your ancestor will have left some kind of paper trail be it a birth, death or tax records, or maybe in a census or a short note in the newspaper. Then there’s the military and navy and many other public services. It’s just a matter of knowing how to ask the right questions.

This page is to help those who are looking for a family member in Texas. It will be in two parts, the first will be military ( Civil War ) the second part will be in the form of Bills and Acts out of the library of Congress. Now a Bill is just that a Bill which has not passed into law, where a Act is a Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and has became law.

Note. These military men will have no information on this pages as such, however each name will have some kind of information, so if you see a name and would like to know what kind of info I may have on him, you can write me and I will be glad to take a look. My address can be found in my profile.

Now for those of you who find a ancestor in the Bills and Acts, I’m sorry to say there will be no other info, only what is stated within the Bills and Acts.
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Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 2]TUESDAY, April 15, 1862.

THIRTEENTH TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT.

1. Colonel John H. Burnett, to take rank March 1, 1862, Texas.

2. Lieutenant-colonel, Anderson F. Crawford, to take rank March 1, 1862, Texas.

3. Major, Charles Roambrose Beaty.

FOURTEENTH TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT.

1. Colonel, Middleton Tait Johnson, to take rank February 15, 1862, Texas.

2. Major. Thompson Camp, to take rank February 15, 1862, Texas.

3. Lieutenant-colonel, Samuel F. Mains, to take rank February 15, 1862, Texas.

EIGHTEENTH TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT.

1. Colonel, Nicholas Henry, Darnell, sr., to take rank March 15, 1862, Texas.

2. Lieutenant-colonel, John T. Coit, to take rank March 15, 1862, Texas.

3. Major, Charles C. Morgan, to take rank March 15, 1862, Texas.

FOURTH TEXAS REGIMENT.

1. Colonel, John Marshall, to take rank March 6, 1862, Texas.

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.

1. A. T. Monroe.

2. James K. P. Record.

3. F. M. Wigginton.

4. C. S. Mills.

Assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain.

1. W. E. Haile.

2. William H. Estill.

3. F. McC. Newton.

4. J. H. Beck

Chaplains.

1. John B. Renfroe.

SEVENTH KENTUCKY REGIMENT.

Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.

1. John M. Hilliard, to take rank March 1, 1862, Texas.

2. M. L. Lane, to take rank February 15, 1862, Texas.

3. M. H. Royston, to take rank February 13, 1862, Texas.

4. William A. Ryan, to take rank March 15, 1862, Texas.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 2]FRIDAY, September 26, 1862.

Brigade quartermasters, with the rank of major.

1. Charles Russell, to take rank May 1, 1862, Texas.

2. William G. King, to take rank May 13, 1862, Texas.

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.

1. N. A. Birge, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

2. Alexander Harwood, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

3. Benjamin Morgan, to take rank May 1, 1862, Texas.

4. William Prescott, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

5. Morris K. Simons, to take rank May 27, 1862, Texas.

6. J. W. Johnson, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

7.William Colby, to take rank June 11, 1862, Texas.

8. E. M. Stackpole, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

9. A. C. Smith, to take rank May 13, 1862, Texas.

10. Julian Field, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

11. David Rhine, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

12. Asa U. Wright, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

13. A. P. Corley, to take rank April 23, 1862, Texas.

14. Daniel A. Conner, to take rank April, 24, 1862, Texas.

15. B. F. Davis, to take rank June 1, 1862, Texas.

16. Robert W. Graham, to take rank July 1, 1862, Texas.

17. A. M. Truit, to take rank August 16, 1862, Texas.

18. William McMasters, to take rank August 15, 1862, Texas.

Brigade commissaries, with the rank of major.

1. John R. King.

2. George T. Howard.

3. Samuel McComb.

4. Henry R. Marks.

5. M. N. Shive.

6. John A. Harris.

Colonels.

1. Nathaniel M. Burford, Nineteenth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

2. Oran Milo Roberts, Eleventh Texas Regiment, Texas.

3. William B. Ochiltree, Eighteenth Texas Regiment, Texas.

4. Thomas Coke Bass, Twentieth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

5. Richard Waterhouse, Nineteenth Texas Regiment, Texas.

6. Frances Collett Wilkes, Twenty-fourth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

7. George Washington Carter, Twenty-first Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

8. Clayton Crawford Gillespie, Twenty-fifth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

9. Jerome B. Robertson, Fifth Texas Regiment, Texas.

10. John C. G. Key, Fourth Texas Regiment, Texas.

11. Thomas Neville Waul, Waul's Texas Legion, Texas.

12. Alexis T. Rainey, First Texas Regiment, Texas.

Lieutenant-colonels.

1. Benjamin W. Watson, Nineteenth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

2. A. J. Coupland, Eleventh Texas Regiment, Texas.

3. David B. Culberson, Eighteenth Texas Regiment, Texas.

4. Andrew J. Fowler, Twentieth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

5. Robert H. Graham, Nineteenth Texas Regiment, Texas.

6. Robert Reese Neyland, Twenty-fourth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

7. DeWitt Clinton Giddings, Twenty-first Texas Regiment, Texas.

8. John Cunningham Upton, Fifth Texas Regiment, Texas.

9. Benjamin F. Carter, Fourth Texas Regiment, Texas.

10. Hiram Bronson Granbury, Seventh Texas Regiment, Texas.

11. Barnard Timmons, Waul's Texas Legion, Texas.

12. Philip Alexander Work, First Texas Regiment, Texas.

Majors.

1. Joel T. Daves, Nineteenth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

2. Nathaniel Jackson Caraway, Eleventh Texas Regiment, Texas.

3. Wilburn Hill King, Eighteenth Texas Regiment, Texas.

4. Dempsey W. Broughton, Twentieth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

4. Ennis Ward Taylor, Nineteenth Texas Regiment, Texas.

5. Parick H. Swearingen, Twenty-fourth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

6. Joseph N. Dark, Twenty-fifth Texas Regiment Cavalry, Texas.

7. W. P. Townsend, Fourth Texas Regiment, Texas.

8. Leonidas Willis, Waul's Texas Legion, Texas.

9. Allen Cameron, Waul's Texas Legion, Texas.

10. Matt. Dale, First Texas Regiment, Texas.

Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.

1. H. B. Adams, Waul's Texas Legion, Texas.

2. M. S. Munson, Waul's Texas Legion, Texas.

3. A. G. Durkee, Tenth Texas Cavalry, Texas.

Assistant commissaries, with the rank of captain.

1. B. Shropshire, Texas.

2. John Reily Texas.

Chaplains.

1. W. A. Parks Texas.

Adjutants, with rank of first lieutenant.

1. James T. Ware, Texas.

2. O. Steele, Texas.

3. J. H. Evans, Texas.

4. James M. Seeton, Texas

Brigadier-generals.

1. William Steele, Texas.

2. Allison Nelson, Texas.

Majors.

1. John H. Broocks, Twenty-seventh Texas Cavalry, Texas.

Assistant commissaries, with rank, etc., of captain.

1. Lewis W. Means, Ninth Texas Cavalry, Texas.

ENGINEERS.

1. Captain, John A. Williams, to take rank August 16, 1862, Texas.

ARTILLERY--UNDER ACT NO. 359--PROVISIONAL CONGRESS.

1. Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Thorburn, to take rank August 1, 1862, Texas.

Majors.

1. W. L. Robards, to take rank July 5, 1862, Texas.

2. T. T. Teel, to take rank May 2, 1862, Texas.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 3]
FRIDAY, March 13, 1863.

Surgeons.

1. E. Randall, Texas.
2. Leonard Randall, Texas.
3. A. H. Sears, Texas.
4. Augustus H. Parrish, Texas.
5. John L. Alston, Texas.
6. Edward W. Cade, Texas.
7. Ebenezer Jones, Texas.
8. David R. Wallace, Texas
9. U. V. Walker, Texas

Assistant surgeons.

1. W. W. McCartney, Texas.
2. T. C. Thompson, Texas.
3. W. W. White, Texas.
4. A. W. King, Texas.
5. John M. Thomasson, Texas.
6. J. W. Maddin, Texas.
7. W. B. Dashiell, Texas.
8. Henry J. Hunter, Texas.
9. William P. Richardson, Texas.
10. Henry W. Waters, Texas.
11. A. A. Laurence, Texas.
12. T. W. Yates, Texas.
13. R. T. De Aragon, Texas.
14. E. B. Blocker, Texas.
15. William P. Smith, Texas.
16. F. D. Hallonquist, Texas.
17. David W. Fentress, Texas.
18. Alonzo G. V. Doney, Texas.
19. David C. Hewson, Texas.
20. George W. Bryan, Texas.
21. Richard L. Smith, Texas.
22. William S. Fowler, Texas.
23. James H. Mullins, Texas.
24. Henry Dye, Texas.

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 [Volume 4] MONDAY, December 12, 1864.

Surgeons.

1. Asst. Surg. A. A. Lawrance, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from May 14, 1863.
2. Asst. Surg. William S. Fowler, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from August 22, 1863.
3. Asst. Surg. William J. Cocke, of Texas, to be surgeon, to rank from September 7, 1863.
4. G. Dowell, of Texas, to rank from September 28, 1863.
5. C. E. R. King, of Texas, to rank from January 16, 1864.
6. R. G. Turner, of Texas, to rank from January 29, 1864.
7. C. Ganahl, of Texas, to rank from October 4, 1861.
8. G. Holland, of Texas, to rank from December 20, 1862.
9. W. J. Goodman, of Texas, to rank from August 7, 1863.
10. H. P. Becton, of Texas, to rank from August 22, 1863.
11. J. P. Hewey, of Texas, to rank from August 25, 1863.
12. W. P. Riddell, of Texas, to rank from October 8, 1863.
13. W. D. Kelley, of Texas, to rank from October 12, 1863.
14. D. T. Iglehart, of Texas, to rank from December 22, 1863.
15. S. C. Oliver, of Texas, to rank from February 19, 1864.
16. W. W. McIver, of Texas, to rank from February 29, 1864.
17. E. W. Britton, of Texas, to rank from March 3, 1864.
18. J. H. Trippe, of Texas, to rank from September 16, 1864.

Assistant surgeons.

1. E. H. Smith, of Texas, to rank from October 1, 1863.
2. John D. Parsons, of Texas, to rank from December 12, 1863.
3. Thomas C. Foster, of Texas, to rank from January 1, 1863.
4. A. H. McFall, of Texas, to rank from January 4, 1864.
5. Thomas J. Haley, of Texas, to rank from January 13, 1864.
6. William Watt, of Texas, to rank from March 24, 1864.
7. C. W. Trueheart, of Texas, to rank from April 5, 1864.
8. S. Hubbell, of Texas, to rank from June 9, 1864.
9. E. C. Hughes, of Texas, to rank from July 27, 1864.
10. W. M. Clements, of Texas, to rank from August 13, 1863.
11. G. B. Burton, of Texas, to rank from August 13, 1863.
12. O. H. Seeds, of Texas, to rank from August 14, 1863.
13. W. M. Hamilton, of Texas, to rank from August 25, 1863.
14. H. L. Rugely, of Texas, to rank from October 10, 1863.
15. T. M. Blakemore, of Texas, to rank from October 12, 1863.
16. R. G. Lane, of Texas, to rank from October 14, 1863.
17. G. H. Bailey, of Texas, to rank from October 26, 1863.
18. R. C. White, of Texas, to rank from October 31, 1863.
19. J. T. Barton, of Texas, to rank from December 10, 1863.
20. P. Jordan, of Texas, to rank from December 23, 1863.
21. W. R. McMillan, of Texas, to rank from February 2, 1864.
22. E. A. Pye, of Texas, to rank from February 5, 1864.
23. T. T. Williamson, of Texas, to rank from February 2, 1864.
24. B. W. Bristow, of Texas, to rank from February 8, 1864.
25. J. W. Lockhart, of Texas, to rank from February 12, 1864.
26. R. C. Watson, of Texas, to rank from February 19, 1864.
27. W. J. Moffitt, of Texas, to rank from February 20, 1864.
28. E. W. Rogers, of Texas, to rank from February 24, 1864.
29. G. H. Worsham, of Texas, to rank from March 17, 1864.
30. U. J. Thweatt, of Texas, to rank from April 9, 1864.
31. H. M. Jones, of Texas, to rank from April 14, 1864.
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A BILL
JANUARY 19, 1860.

For the relief of Elizabeth M. Cocke, widow of Major James H. Cocke, late marshal of the district of Texas.

Whereas the United States, on the twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, recovered judgment against Elizabeth M. Cocke, administratrix of James H. Cocke, late marshal, and his sureties, before the district court for the eastern district of Texas, for the sum of two thousand forty- one dollars and ninety-three cents; and it being made to appear that it would be just and equitable that the collection of the said judgment should not at this time be enforced: Therefore—
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no execution for the amount of the principal and interest due on said judgment shall be issued, and the same be, and is hereby, suspended until sufficient time be allowed under the laws and according to the usual form of legal proceedings in Texas for said administratrix to prosecute to a final judgment a suit against Henry B. Martin, deputy marshal of said James H. Cocke, who received and embezzled the money for which said judgment in favor of the United States versus said Elizabeth M. Cocke, administratrix as aforesaid, was rendered.
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A BILL
JANUARY 27, 1873.

For the relief of Julius Greisenbeck. of Waco, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, instructed to pay to Julius Greisenbeck, of Waco, Texas, the sum of three hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-five cents, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which shall be in full of debts contracted by a detachment of United States cavalry, under command of Sergeant Von Urick, with the said Julius Greisenbeck in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
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A BILL

JANUARY 6, 1873.

For the relief of H. V. Philpot, of Galveston, Texas.

Be it enacted bi1 the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to H. V. Philpot, of Galveston, State of Texas, the sum of five hundred dollars, being amount due him for services rendered by order of Honorable J. C. Watrous, judge of United States court, in the care and preservation of the records of said court and records of confederate government.
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A BILL
APRIL 29, 1872.

For the relief of W. I. Hurt, postmaster at Tyler, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and lb use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, in the settlement of the post-office account with W. I. Hurt, the postmaster at the city of Tyler, Smith County, Texas, for the quarter ending September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to allow a credit on said account of three hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-one cents, this being the sum of which the said W. I. Hurt was robbed on, to wit, the twelfth day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
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A BILL
JANUARY 9, 1871.

For the relief of Lewis Parker, of Galveston, Texas.

Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Lewis Parker, of Galveston, Texas, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty-five dollars, for anchors, chains, tools, and other articles taken from said Parker, in the city of Galveston, Texas, by the United States Navy, on the last days of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
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A BILL
MAY 6, 1872.

For the relief of John N. Reed, of the State of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, to audit, settle, and pay off the claim of John N. Reed, including principal, interest, and un-liquidated damages, for work, material, and moneys expended under a contract with the late Lieutenant W. H. Stevens, engineer of the United States, for the construction of a fort at Pelican Spit, in Galveston Bay, on the coast of Texas, prior to the late war. And for this purpose, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
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An Act
APRIL 25, 1872.

Granting a pension to Cordelia C. Dougherty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension-laws, the name of Cordelia C. Dougherty, widow of Charles Dougherty, late a private in Company I, Second Regiment of Maine Volunteers, and also late a private in Company D, Thirteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, together with the children of said Charles and Gordelia C. Dougherty who are under sixteen years of age, to take effect from the passage of this act.
Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 1872.
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A BILL
FEBRUARY 19, 1866.

For the relief of Chauncey B. Sabin and Peter W. Gray, of Harris county, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Chauncey B. Sabin and Peter W. Gray, citizens of the county of Harris, in the State of Texas, are and shall be, severally, exempt from taking and subscribing the oath pre6 scribed and required by an act entitled “An act to prescribe an oath of office, and for other purposes,” approved July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and an act supplementary thereto, approved January twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by which they are excluded from exercising their vocation as attorneys-at-law in the courts of the United States.
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A BILL
August 16, 1856.

For the relief of John Huff, of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to John Huff, of Texas, the sum of fifteen hundred and fifty-six dollars, in full of all demands against the government of the United States for damages done to his property whilst his house and premises were in possession of a battalion of United States infantry in December, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
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A BILL
MARCH 9, 1848.

For the relief of Christopher H. Pix, of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to Christopher H. Pix, of Texas, the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, in full compensation On for balance due for rent of house for the district court of the United States, under a contract entered into by him with John M. Allen, deceased, late United States marshal for the State of Texas.
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A BILL
MAY 29, 1858.
For the relief of Captain John G. Tod, late of the navy of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Captain John G. Tod, late of the navy of Texas, a sum equivalent to five years’ pay of a captain in the navy of the United States when waiting orders: Provided, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by the said Captain John G. Tod shall be a full relinquishment and remu9 ration of all claims on his part to any further compensation on this behalf from the United States government, and to any position in the navy of the United States.
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A BILL
APRIL 13, 1860.

For the relief of Maurice K. Simons, of Jackson county, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stases of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, directed to pay to Maurice K. Simons, of Jackson county, Texas, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remunerate him for expenses incurred on account of a dangerous wound received while employed in the commissary department of the army, under the command of General Taylor, in Mexico, and in compensation for a horse killed in said service.
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A BILL
FEBRUARY 5, 1847.

For the relief of Frederick Dawson, James Schott, and Elisha B. Whitney, creditors of the late republic of Texas.

lie it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of The United Slates of America in congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Frederick Dawson, James Schott, and Elisha B. Whitney, the sum of one million and seventeen thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars, the same to be paid in stock of the United States, made payable in twenty years, and bearing an interest of per centum per annum; the interest to be paid, upon the said parties duly assigning to the United States the bonds of the late republic of Texas for an amount of principal and interest due on bonds equal to the said amount, and satisfying the Secretary of the Treasury that such bonds were executed and given by said republic to said persons for and on account of the naval marine furnished to said republic by said persons, and which afterwards, by the annexation of Texas to the United States, became the property of the United States.
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A BILL
FEBRUARY 6, 1873.

To remove the political disabilities of James D Halyburton, of Virginia, and Thomas Williams, of San Antonio, in the State of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each Rouse concurring therein,) That all disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from James D. Halyburton, of Virginia, and Thomas G. Williams, of San Antonio, in the State of Texas.
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A BILL
AUGUST 1, 1850.

For the relief of William H. Owen, a private in Captain W. B. Gray’s company of Texas mounted troops.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to William H. Owen, late a private in Captain W. B. Gray’s company of Texas mounted troops, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, out of any un-appropriated money in the Treasury of the United States. The said sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, being in compensation for services performed by said Owen in riding an express from Camargo to Corpus Christi, in February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and for the value of a horse lost in the performance of that journey.
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A BILL
DECEMBER 9, 1872.

For the relief of Jiles S. Boggess, of Rusk County, Texas, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll the name of Jiles S. Boggess, of Rusk County, Texas, who was a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, served nine months therein, and was honorably discharged, and to pay him a pension in accordance with the act entitled “An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve,” approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, upon the proper proofs and under the limitations required by said act: Provided, however, That said Boggess shall be relieved from taking that part of the oath described in said act as follows: “That he, at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States.”
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A BILL
DECEMBER 9, 1872.

For the relief of Robert E. 13. Baylor, of Washington County, Texas, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-rolls the name of Robert E. B. Baylor, of Washington County, Texas, who was a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, who served more than nine months, and was honorably discharged, and, to pay him a pension in accordance with the act entitled “An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve,” approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, upon the proper proof and under the limitations required by said act: Provided, however, That said Baylor shall be relieved from taking the oath described as follows: “That he has at no time, during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of the Government, giving them aid and comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever, under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States.”
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A BILL
JANUARY 29, 1872.

To indemnify W. A. Saylor, of Bryan, Texas, for internal revenue taxes illegally assessed and collected during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to refund the sum of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars to W. A. Saylor, of Bryan, Texas, for taxes illegally collected on certain parcels of cotton during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the sum of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose aforesaid.
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A BILL
JANUARY 22, 1864.

For the relief of Charles Anderson, assignee of John James, of Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and
directed to pay to Charles Anderson, assignee of John James, of Texas, the sum of one thousand and forty-one dollars and sixty-six cents, being the amount certified by the quartermaster general to be due to the said John James for back rent of Camp Hudson, in Texas, prior to the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, the same having been regularly assigned to the said Charles Anderson.