Saturday, December 18, 2010

Dennis Holland-Navy-Civil War.

Dennis Holland.

Personal Information.
Place of Birth - Laurel Delaware.
Age - 24
Complexion - Negro
Occupation - Cook/Waiter/Mariner
Height - 5'8"

Naval Service.
Place of Enlistment - New York
Date of Enlistment - September 5, 1861
Term of Enlistment - 3
Rating - Landsman

Detailed Muster Records.
Date----------------------Vessel.
September 23, 1861 Stars and Stripes.
July 29, 1862 Stars and Stripes.
October 8, 1862 Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1862 Stars and Stripes
March 31, 1863 Stars and Stripes
June 30, 1863 Stars and Stripes
September 30, 1863 Stars and Stripes
December 31, 1863 Stars and Stripes
March 31, 1864 Stars and Stripes
June 30, 1864 Stars and Stripes
October 1, 1864 Stars and Stripes
December 15, 1864 Pontoosuc
January 1, 1865 Pontoosuc

He took part in the attack and capture of Roanoke island, North Carolina, February 7 and 8, 1862.

UNITED STATES STEAMER STARS AND STRIPES,
Of Roanoke Island, February 10, 1862.

Sir: In obedience to your order of this instant, I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by this vessel in the action of the 7th instant: At 12 o’clock m. I approached the shore as near as the circumstances would admit of. and opened fire with one 20-pounder Parrot and two 12-pounder rifle guns upon the rebel steamers, and with two 8-inch guns upon the battery on Pork Point, using shell with 10” and 1.5” fuses and hollow shot, many of the shell bursting in and over the fort; while the Parrott and rifle guns did good execution among the rebel steamers. The action was continued until 6 o’clock p. in., when, in obedience to signal, I ceased firing, and soon after anchored for the night. I kept my vessel in motion with great difficulty, owing to her great draught of water, and was aground twice during the engagement.

I have no casualties to report among the officers and crew, and no injuries to the vessel, except shooting away a brace, although at times the enemy’s shot and shell were passing near and over us. It affords me great pleasure to allude to the coolness and good conduct of the officers and men upon this occasion. I herewith enclose the gunner’s report of the expenditure of ammunition. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. WORDEN,
Lieutenant Commanding.

Friday, December 17, 2010

J. William Howell.

The other day while searching for some Howell’s for this person, I ran a cross a J. William Howell, who was of the 49th., Illinois infantry and under the command of Colonel Phineas Pease. There were two reports given one by Colonel Pease which he gives a short account of J. William Howell. The other was given by Colonel Edward H. Wolfe, Fifty-second Indiana Infantry.

There was little said about Howell, but what was stated I found very interesting, what I also found interesting is that a private would show up in two reports, this usually means he was a very unusual solider.

Although the reports are fairly long and little is said about private Howell, I thought it important to those looking into this family line to read what was happening around private Howell.

It should also be noted that J. William Howell, was a private of the 49th., Illinois infantry company B. He was mustered in as a recruit on October 9, 1863, and would mustered out on September 9, 1865.

Service card.

Name HOWELL, J WILLIAM, Rank Private, Company B., Unit 49 IL US INF, Age 22, Joined When JUL 1, 1863, Joined Where GERMANTOWN, TN., Period 3 YRS, Muster In OCT 9, 1863, Muster In Where LITTLE ROCK, AR., Muster Out SEP 9, 1865, Muster Out Where PADUCAH, KY.

No. 169. Report of Colonel Edward H. Wolfe, Fifty-second Indiana Infantry, commanding Third Brigade, of operations December 15-16, 1864.

HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION,
DETACHMENT ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,

Near Columbia, Tenn., December 23, 1864.

LIEUTENANT: In obedience to the orders of the general commanding division, I have the honor to transmit the following report as to the part taken by this brigade in the engagements with the enemy near Nashville, Tenn., on the 15th and 16th instant:

My brigade was in readiness to move on the morning of the 15th at 6 o'clock, as ordered the evening previous, and at 8 a.m. I moved by the flank outside of my works in front of Nashville, massing the brigade for the moment on the left of the Hardin pike. A portion of the One hundred and seventeenth Illinois Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel Merriam commanding, was deployed as skirmishers, covering my front and connecting on the left with skirmishers of First Brigade, Second Division, and on the right with skirmishers of First Division, my brigade occupying the extreme right of the Second Division. Soon afterward I deployed my column and advanced, connecting on the right and left as above indicated, holding one regiment (the One hundred and seventy-eight New York Volunteers) in reserve, as ordered by the general commanding.

My instructions, in advancing, were to keep well closed up to the left, and also to regulate my movements by that of the command on my right, so as to prevent, as far as possible, any serious gap in the line in that direction. The peculiar position of our lines on that day rendered it very difficult to comply with these instructions, and necessarily caused my advance to be slow and tedious. Soon after advancing my skirmishers became engaged, driving the enemy's skirmishers before them. At no time, however, during the day was my command engaged with the enemy, and the brigade on this day sustained a loss of 35 men, including 1 officer, a report of which will be in closed herewith. Before the close of the day a movement on the part of the Fourth Corps, which charged the enemy's works, somewhat changed my position in the command, and, as I thought at the time, cut off the First and Second Brigade of this division, and to prevent the same thing, so far as my brigade was concerned, I advanced the brigade on the double-quick, as ordered by the general commanding, and did not halt until within the enemy's work in my front, which they abandoned without any resistance, except to our skirmishers.

Three pieces of artillery here fell into our hands, which I understand are claimed in the captures of the Fourth Corps. These guns undoubtedly were captured by this division, and if not by my brigade in reality were captured by the skirmishers in my front, which at that time consisted of the Tenth Kansas Infantry, belonging to the Second Brigade of this division. Owing to our constant oblique movement to the left during the day, it was impossible to keep out respective skirmishers in their proper front. The result was, when a charge was made by General McArthur's division, on the right, and which resulted so victoriously, the skirmishers of my own brigade were in front of that division and participated in the engagement.

The commanding officer of the One hundred and seventeenth Illinois, from whose regiment all my skirmishers on this day were deployed, states in his report that two of his companies then on the skirmish line captured 3 pieces of artillery and 40 prisoners, and delivered them over to that command as it came up. In the evening the position of my brigade was so charged, as before mentioned, as to throw me upon the extreme left of the division, closing up with the right of the Fourth Corps, and in this position I was ordered to encamp for the night.

On the morning of the 16th, at 7 o'clock, I was again ordered to advance, and, after advancing about a mile, was ordered to take position in the center of the division, where my brigade remained in line in front of the enemy's works until 3 p.m. During this time the enemy were constantly shelling my line, but the little loss was sustained. My orders during the afternoon were to again regulate my movements by that of the command on my right. At about 3.30 p.m. that portion of the command commenced its final advance upon the enemy's works.

It required but a moment to put my brigade in motion, and the whole command, with a shout peculiar to this corps, advanced rapidly upon the works in front, carrying them with but momentary resistance and sustaining but slight loss. The enemy, surprised at the charge, and witnessing the courage and determination of the troops, fled in every direction, while many threw down their arms and surrendered at once.

So completely surprised were the enemy in my front by the assault that they had time to deliver but two or three volleys, and these so poorly directed that but little execution was done. In this assault my brigade captured 5 pieces of artillery and a number of prisoners, including 8 commissioned officers, among whom was the rebel Major General Edward Johnson, who was captured and escorted to the rear by Private J. William Howell, Company B, Forty-ninth Illinois Veteran Volunteers.

It is impossible, owing to the excitement and confusion at the time, to give any accurate statement as to the number of prisoners that actually fell into the hands of this brigade. Prisoners were sent to the rear indiscriminately, some with guards and others without, and, in addition to this, many were captured immediately at the works, and left without any guard, and a great many of them must certainly have fallen into the hands of other troops. It is, however, no exaggeration on my part to claim that at least 300 prisoners were captured by my brigade alone, and had I taken the precaution to have secured for the command all the prisoners that actually fell into my hands, I am satisfied it would exceed that number.

After advancing perhaps a mile in rear of the enemy's works, and there being no enemy in sight, I encamped for the night as ordered.

The exceeding small loss sustained by my brigade, compared to the victory gained, I consider unparalleled in the history of the war. My total loss during the two days' fight foots up 52, viz, 5 killed, 46 wounded, and 1 missing, a full and complete list of which, giving name, rank, date, &c., I in close herewith.

Inasmuch as all the batteries of this division were placed under the immediate control of Captain Lowell, G Battery, Second Illinois, acting as chief of artillery, during the two days, I have not referred to the action of my battery during either day, though I have personal knowledge of the valuable services rendered and the crushing execution done by this battery. The battery was engaged constantly during the two days, and the conduct of the officers and men at all times was such as to merit approval. Corpl. Samuel J. Churchill, of this battery, commanding one gun detachment, is highly commended for distinguished bravery displayed on the first day. At a time when two of the enemy's batteries opened upon his guns, compelling for a short time the men of his detachment to seek the protection of the ground, this young soldier stood manfully up to his work, and for some minutes worked his gun alone.

It has been customary heretofore to mention in reports of this character individual cases of meritorious conduct on the part of officers and soldiers, but this I now find it difficult to do, simply because to mention one would render it necessary to mention all. Every officer of my command and every enlisted man, with but few exceptions, performed their duties nobly, and all officers, realizing the importance of the hour, vied with each other in the gallant discharge of duty.

Of my commanding officers-Colonel Pease, of the Fourty-ninth Illinois Veteran Volunteers; Lieutenant-Colonel Main, of the Fifty-second Indiana Veteran Volunteers; Lieutenant-Colonel Merriam, One hundred and seventeenth Illinois Volunteers; and Captain Gandolfo, One hundred and seventy-eighth New York Volunteers-I cannot speak too highly. The manner in which they commanded their respective regiments during these movements, as well as elsewhere, has only demonstrated their ability as excellent officers and their courage and bravery as soldiers.

To the officers of my staff-Lieutenant Cobine, acting assistant adjutant-general; Lieutenants Rupe, acting assistant inspector-general; and Lieutenant Kobbe, of the One hundred and seventy-eighth New York Volunteers, acting aide-de-camp-I am largely indebted for valuable services rendered upon this occasion, and commend them for the zeal and courage they have displayed in the discharge of their duties throughout the campaign thus far.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. H. WOLFE,
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No. 170. Report of Colonel Phineas Pease, Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry, of operations December 15-16, 1864.

HDQRS. FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS INFANTRY VOLS.,
In the Field, December 21, 1864.

LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to orders, on the morning of the 15th instant I moved my command outside the breast-works at Nashville, Tenn., and took position in line on the left of the Hardin pike. At 8 o'clock moved forward with right on the pike and on the right of the Fifty-second Indiana Volunteers. Advanced steadily, with slight skirmishing in front, and after passing through first skirt of timber moved in an oblique direction to the left. In the meantime had thrown out one company as skirmishers (Company A), which soon became engaged with the enemy's line of skirmishers.

The regiment was then advanced to the open field to the right of the brick house, near which Battery G, Second Illinois Light Artillery, took position. About 1 o'clock was ordered forward on right of brigade, and advancing through an open field to within 300 yards of one of the enemy's batteries were exposed to a raking artillery fir of grape and canister shot, also of musketry. At this point was ordered to halt, and in a few moments moved by the left flank under brow of the hill opposite rebel fort, which fort in a short time was necessarily evacuated by the enemy. Moved from this point in right oblique direction across the Hillborough pike, capturing one prisoner, of Trueheart's (Alabama) battery, and took position for the night a short distance on right of Granny White pike.

On morning of 16th moved at 8 o'clock across an open field to Granny White pike, where received orders to move in rear of and cover right of First Brigade, then advanced across a small creek to the foot of a hill, whence, in a short time, moved by the right flank, under cover of the hill, and joined on left of Second Brigade. Remained in this position several hours exposed to severe cannonading from the enemy.
Soon after 3 o'clock received orders to advance, and together with the entire division charged the enemy's works, capturing Major General Edward Johnson (General Johnson was captured by Private J. William Howell, Company B) and Major Trueheart, and sent to the rear, in charge of Lieutenant Spiro, thirty-five prisoners. Many other prisoners were turned back by the regiment and were picket up and credited to other brigades. It being now nearly dark took position in line for the night.

I do not feel justified in particularizing where all did so well, for it would be giving the name of each and every officer in the regiment who participated in the engagement. It gives me pleasure to state that every officer performed his duty nobly and manifested great bravery. The enlisted men, with two or three exceptions, behaved well, with courage. To my field and staff officers-Lieutenant Colonel William P. Moore, Major Jacob E. Gauen, and Adjt. F. J. Burrows-I am particularly indebted for their untiring efforts, promptly obeying all orders given thereby rendering great assistance.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
P. PEASE,
Colonel, Commanding Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry Volunteers

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Interesting Surnames From The Old Days.

Here is a interesting page it’s information on lesser known people, with interesting information. Although there is not a lot of information on them, it will make for a interesting side note for your ancestors history. This information may give you a new lead for more research. I have given notes on each surname, telling if there is or is not more information on them. Although I have stated that there is no more information, dose not mean there is none, it only means I couldn’t find any.
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Note. Those of you whishing to ask for a request or have any questions can find my address in my profile.

1778, Lieutenant Richard Brown, of the troops of the convention of Saratoga was shot by a centinel for not stopping when repeatedly challenged, as he was riding out of the lines with two women.
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1867, Caroline A. Bachelder, late widow of David W. Edwards, who was shot while in the service of the United States as an employee of a provost marshal.
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In May of 1861, B.C. Bailey, of Main , who was the owner of the ship Argo, his ship was stopped by the commanding naval officer of the United States at Hampton Roads.
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Albert Q. Ross, had a invention for extinguishing fires and is asking Congress for compensation for the use of an improved mode of using hot water and steam as a weapon in naval engagements, for extinguishing fires, and for other purposes.
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John Milhollend, served as a sergeant in a company of mounted volunteers, and in the fall of 1813, he was on a expedition commanded by Governor Shelby. While on this expedition he had his horse lost, and private John Golliher, also had his horse lost.
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Thomas Alsbury, captain of a company in the mounted expedition under General Samuel Hopkins, in the year 1812, had a mare lost on this expedition, because of a wound accidentally received, William Grace, also had a horse lost from being shot.
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August Wegner, had ancestors at Spirit Lake, Iowa, and were massacred by a hand of Sioux Indians, at their settlement.
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In 1779, Benjamin Andrews, a Boston merchant, was shot accidentally by Benjamin Hichborn, who was a post rider for John Adams. He had been capture by the British, but later made his escaped.
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Thomas Sparks, was grape shot manufacturers in the city of Philadelphia.
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Rebecca Hodgson, and Joseph Hodgson, house burnt in the year 1800, while occupied by the government as the war office.
Note. There is more info and will be given up on request.
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In 1775, John Davies had provided provisions and carriage to three riffle companies, amounting to 1,320 9/10 Dollars, In 1801, John Davies, of the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, had established a shot manufactory upon an extensive scale.
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In 1801, Francis G. Deliesseline, of Georgetown, in the State of South Carolina, shipped a quantity of goods, wares, and merchandise, into the port of Charleston, in the said State, which were lost in the transportation from Charleston to Georgetown.
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Ellen Willard, late husband Julius Willard, had a patent for an invention of a machine for making shot by compression.
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John Taylor, of the city of New York, was a mariner on board the revenue cutter, and was active, in the service of the United States; and, while in the discharge of such service, received a gun-shot wound, which disabled him.
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Mary Bruff, husband Thomas Bruff, had invented and set at work, within the navy yard in the city of Washington, a machine for manufacturing leaden bullets, buck shot, &c. which was destroyed at the burning of that yard, in August, 1814.
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Margaret Johnstone, widow of a soldier of the army who was accidentally shot by another soldier.
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William Kendall, had losses sustained by him as sutler in the army of the United States during the war with Mexico.
Note. A sutler, is a merchant, somebody who follows an army and sells merchandise to the soldiers
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Mary Good, only child was accidentally shot and killed at Camp Barry, in the suburbs of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 16th of August, 1865, by a United States soldier, who, in obedience to orders, was firing upon a prisoner who was attempting to escape.
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Richard Chenery, furnished beef cattle for the use of destitute and suffering Indians in California, in the years 1851 and 1852, he was under contract with the then Indian commissioner for the northern district of that State.
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Silas Simpson, property was damaged or destroyed by troops in the service of the United States in Fairfax county, Virginia.
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Frederick Miller, had damage sustain in being ejected from his residence and place of business by a surgeon in the United States service
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William M. Riggs, was a scout and guide for the Union in the years of 1864 and 1865.
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James Chapman, of Starks, in the county of Somerset, and State of Maine, was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain.
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Mary Corwin, husband, Jedediah Corwin, was in the revolutionary war.
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William Paddy, of Easthampton, in the State of New York give long services, and had some disabilities that was incurred, in the army of the United States.
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Eady Tuck, husband John Tuck, of Halifax county, Virginia, private, in the revolutionary war.
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William P. Yonge, had damage on his cotton, taken by Thomas Hoxey and used as a breastwork, on board of a steamboat, during the Creek war.
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Samuel Pool, of Shelby county, in the State of Indiana, was a soldier in the United States army, on the frontier, for three years, from August, 1791.
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Jeremiah Gray, loss of one of his arms, by a gun-shot, while in the service of the United States, as a soldier in Mexico.
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William M. F. Magraw, was a contractor for carrying the mail from Independence, Missouri, to Salt Lake city, in the Territory of Utah.
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Hepzibah Warner, of Norfolk, in the State of Connecticut, husband John Warner, was in the revolutionary service.
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Lucretia Foot, of Harrison county, State of Indiana, her husband George Foot, was a soldier in the revolutionary service.
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Henry Durkee, of Plattsburg, State of New York, had great losses sustained in the execution of a contract with the Government for furnishing beef for the troops of the United States stationed at Plattsburg, in the year 1839.
Note. His petition was put before Congress in 1842, and was still before Congress in 1861.
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Robert McIntosh, of Strafford county, State of New Hampshire, contracted a disease while a soldier in the late war with Great Britain.
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Celestino De Oteyza, master of the Spanish brig Patriota, had his ship seized on behalf of the United States, for a violation of one of the revenue laws passed on the 6th of July, 1812.
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Jane Dauphin, of the State of Delaware, her husband John Dauphin was the owner of the schooner Mary, who’s ship was condemned on the 12th of August, 1809, for a violation of the act laying an embargo.
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John Sees, rendered transportation of prisoners during the Revolutionary war.
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Robert Neil, received a wound while a soldier in the detachment of militia acting against the Seminole Indians in the year 1812.
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John Huston, received a wound while a soldier in the Revolutionary army.
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George Brown, late of the county of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, was in a volunteer Company of Militia, on an expedition against the Indians, under the command of colonel William Crawford, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and in which he received a wound, which rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Robert Lyon, was in the Militia, as a volunteer in Colonel Hartley's regiment, on several expeditions against the Indians, and 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.
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Abner Gage, of the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Stark, received a wound at the battle of Bunker's Hill, in the war of 1812.
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William Burrit, of the town of Salem, in the county of Washington, and State of New York, received a wound and other injuries while a soldier in the Connecticut line of the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which have rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Alexander M'Nish, of the town of Salem, was a Ensign in Colonel John William's regiment of militia, in the actual service of the United States, during the said Revolutionary war.
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Albin Gordon, of the State of Virginia, was entirely deprived of sight in consequence of a wound which he received while a soldier in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain. He was placed on the pension list of the United States, at the rate of sixty dollars per annum, and that he has a large family to support.
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John Burroughs Hopkins, of the Town of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, received a wound while an officer in the Navy of the United States, during the late war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining his livelihood by labor. He was Captain, 22 December 1775.
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William Dolby, lost an eye, by a wound received at the battle of Germantown, whilst in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain.
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William Shepherd, received a wound in an engagement with the Indians, at Point Pleasant, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four.
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William M'Hatton, late a Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania line, on continental establishment, received a wound received while in the Army of the United States, during the revolutionary war.
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Andrew Greswold, received a wound while a lieutenant in the Army of the United States during the revolutionary war, which rendered him unable to obtain a livelihood by labor.
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Polly Lee wife of John Harris and the children of Josiah Harris, Stephen Lee. John Harris was a , Lieutenant and was killed in the revolutionary war.
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Susannah Sellers, son, Hamilton Sellers, received a wound on board the frigate Philadelphia, and of which wound he died.
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Lemuel Miller, of the State of Massachusetts; was in the service five years and five months, as lieutenant in the Army during the revolutionary war.
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David Sturges, received a wound in his left hand, during the revolutionary war.
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William Jackson, was a Captain in the South Carolina line, and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Lincoln.
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Walter Finney, late a Captain in the Pennsylvania line, received a wound will serving in the revolutionary war.
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Robert Jones, was a soldier in the Pennsylvania line, and of Nathan Wood, was a Sergeant in Colonel Symond's regiment of Militia, and received wounds while in the service of the United States.
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George Vaughan, of Baltimore, received a wound while a soldier in the Revolutionary army.
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Thomas Hinde, of Kentucky, praying give medical services to a detachment of the Virginia line of the Revolutionary army.
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Josiah Witter, received a wound in the service of the United States, during Revolutionary war.
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Peter Covenhoven, received a wound while in the service of the Revolutionary war.
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John Little, of the county of Montgomery, in the State of New York, received a wound in an engagement with the Indians, while Captain of a company of militia in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.

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John Lowry, of the county of Harford, in the State of Maryland, received a wound at the battle on Long Island, in the State of New York, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Robert McKnight, received a wound at the battle of Princeton, in New Jersey, while a captain in the Continental army, during the Revolutionary war with Great Britain; the effect of the wound has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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William Seymour, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, received a wound, in the attack made by the enemy, at Fort Griswold, during the Revolutionary war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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Albert Roux, late a Captain in the second Continental Regiment of South Carolina, received a wound while in the service of the United States, during Revolutionary war.
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Henry M'Farlan received a wound while a soldier in the first regiment of the United States levies, under the command of Major General St. Clair, in an action with the Indians, on the fourth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining a livelihood by labor.
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John Pantry, of Calvert county, in the State of Maryland, furnished sundry supplies by to a detachment of recruits under the command of Lieutenant William Elliot, in the service of the United States, some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.
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Lawrence Kipple received a wound in the service of the United States, during the revolutionary war.
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Jean Baptist Dumon, is the son and heir of Jean Baptist Dumon, who was a Canada, merchant, who supported the American Army, and had losses and had injuries sustained, both in his person and property, by adhering to the American cause, during the late war.
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Joseph Bishop, of the State of New Jersey, received a wound while in the service of the public, during the Revolutionary war.
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Thomas Ayres, Benjamin Reynolds, William Fulton, and Robert Sharp, were refugees from the British province of Nova Scotia, and all had losses sustained by giving service by them during the Revolutionary war.
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Josiah H. Webb received a wound from an unknown hand, while employed as a post rider in conveying the United States mail between Athens and New Orleans.
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John Steele and Roger Dixon, of the Mississippi Territory, are executors of the last will and testament of Polser Shilling were given a certain tract of land which was the property of the said Shilling at his death, lying on Fair Childs Creek in said Territory.
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Michael Jackson, late colonel in the eighth Massachusetts regiment, received a wound in the service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war.
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Deborah Gannett, of the town of Sharon, in the State of Massachusetts, was a female, and enlisted as a continental soldier, for the term of three years, in the Massachusetts line, of the late American army, by the name of Robert Shurtlieff; that she faithfully performed the duties of a soldier during the time above specified, and received a wound while in the actual service of the United States, and she is subjected to pain and infirmities because of this wound.
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Shurtlieff, Robert. Receipt dated Worcester, May 23,1782, for bounty paid said Shurtlieff by Noah Taft, Chairman of Class No. 2 of tiro town of Uxbridge, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
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Edward Thompson, of the City of Philadelphia, received a wound and other injuries while a soldier in Captain James G. Herons company, in the American Army, during the Revolutionary war, which has rendered him incapable of obtaining his livelihood by labor.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Need Information On Joseph Young.

This is all the information I have on Joseph Young. I would be very, very much interested in any information on him and especially about the murder. If you have any information you can find my address in my profile.
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1819, A petition of Joseph Young, stating that, in 1813, he enlisted in the army for five years, and served till some time in the year 1815, when he procured a substitute, who served in his place till 10th March, 1816, when he was discharged, on the requisition of the civil authority, being charged with murder; by which the petitioner lost his right to bounty land, and praying for a grant of the said bounty land.

1822, A petition of Joseph Young, of the state of North Carolina, praying a grant of the bounty in land to which he conceives himself entitled in virtue of his enlistment as a soldier in the army, in the late war with Great Britain

They Lost A Limb.

The following men lost a limb either in war or by an accident, some of the information is longer then others. Dose this make their information any less important then those with longer information?, “No”, Those families looking into these family lines will find the information helpful, and may lead them in a new direction of research.
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Walter H. Tinker.

Walter H. Tinker, late a private in the 5th regiment Missouri State militia, who lost a leg while in active service, praying a pension.

Walter H. Tinker, private, Fagg's 5th Regiment Six Months Militia, company B., Enlisted September 11, 1861, at Louisiana Mo. Age 22., ordered into service September 11, 1861, at Louisiana Mo. Wounded by accidental discharge of gun and leg was amputated September 27, 1861.
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James Ware.

James Ware, states he was a seafaring man, and accustomed to get his living by that profession until the 10th., day of January 1815; at that time he was employed United States naval storekeeper at New York, at the daily wages of one dollar and a half, in unloading heavy cannon from on board the sloop General Washington, and then loading them on teams, for the purpose of transportation to the lakes; that while executing this duty, and on the day above mentioned, he was caught under a 32-pounder , which fell on his leg by the breaking of a runner, and so injured in that he was compelled to have it amputated; that he is unable to pursue his calling of a seafaring man, and is destitute of the means of support, and prays to be placed on the list of navy pensioners, or to be provided in some other way.
Note.  After the committee looked over the petition their findings was that the petition ought not be granted.
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Riley H. Smith.

The petition of Riley H. Smith, of Tyler County, West Virginia late a private of company D, 3d regiment West Virginia cavalry volunteers, who lost his leg after his discharge and while on his way to the place of payment, praying that he may be placed on the pension roll

A Bill.
MAY 30, 1868.


Granting a pension to Riley H. Smith.

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 is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Riley H. Smith, late a private in company D, third regiment West Virginia cavalry volunteers, and allow and pay him a pension at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, from the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to continue during his natural life.
Note. I could not find if this Bill passed, it was still before Congress in 1875.
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Charles Larrabee.

1825, The petition of Charles Larrabee, late a Major in the Army of the United States, who lost an arm at the battle of Brownstown, praying a pension.

ACT
FEBRUARY 21, 1849.

For the relief of Major Charles Larrabee.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War cause to be paid to Major Charles Larrabee, a pension at the rate of forty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension now allowed him, to commence on the fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and to continue during his natu8 ral life Passed the HOUSE of Representatives: Feb. 20, 1849.
Attest: THO. J. CAMPBELL, clerk.
Note. I could find if this Act, became law.
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Levi Bishop and Israel Bacon.

1813, A petitions from Levi Bishop and Israel Bacon, setting forth that they were volunteers in the Army, and were in the battle of Queenstown, in Upper Canada, in which the former lost an arm, and the latter was severely wounded, and praying relief.
Note. I could not find any other info.
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Isaac W. Griffith.

1849, The petition of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, praying that the pension allowed to Isaac W. Griffith, of Iowa, who lost an arm in the late war with Mexico, may be increased.

1849, The Committee on Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the pension of Isaac W. Griffith, of Iowa, on account of the loss of his right arm whilst in the service of his country, at Churubusco, in Mexico.

1858, Isaac W. Griffith, of Iowa, to be register of the land office at Fort Des Moines, Iowa

1861, Isaac W. Griffith, register of the land office at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, praying the reimbursement of money paid for clerk hire.

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Thomas Flint.

1819, A petition of Thomas Flint, praying for an increase of pension, having lost an arm in the late war with Great Britain.
Note. May have been from the county of Hampshire, in the State of Massachusetts.
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John Jackson.

1785, John Jackson an English Pilot taken by Chevalier Jones, and who lost his Arm in the Action with the Seraphis.

1788, the claim of John Jackson a British pilot, who in the year 1779 went on board Capt J P. Jones then hovering on the coast of England and was detained and, in the Action with the Serapis which ensued, lost his Arm,

Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.

The Com [Mr. David Howell, Mr. Pierse Long and Mr. John Kean] to whom was referred a Letter from the Secretary for Foreign Aff airs of the 20 September, 1785, with its enclosures, beg leave to report,

That it appears to your Com° that while Capt. P J. P. Jones was hovering on the Coast of England in the year 1779, John Jackson, a British pilot, came on board him supposing him to be British; that Captain Jones found it convenient to detain him as a pilot, and in the action with the Serapis, which ensued, this man lost an arm.

It further appears to your Com from a Letter of Capt Jones, that the Second Lieut of the Bon Homme Richard was, with twenty others at the time of the battle with the Serapis on board Jackson’s pilot boat, and that when Capt Jones found it impossible to prevent the Bon Homme Richard from sinking, Jackson’s pilot boat was of singular service in saving the men, particularly the wounded: Some of whom Capt Jones is persuaded would have been drowned, had not he been furnished with this means of saving them.

It also appears to your Com°.’ that Capt Jones gave this unfortunate man 100 Ducats in hand and promised him the half pay of a pilot for the remainder of his life.

Whereupon your Con submit to Congress the following resolution. Resolved, That six dollars per month, a pilot’s half-pay, be allowed and paid out of the Treasury of the U. States in half-yearly payments to John Jackson of the Town of Kingston upon Hull in England, who lost an arm on board the Ben Jiomme Richard, commanded by Capt J. P. Jones in the action with the Serapis, on the 22w’ day of Sept., 1779; that s’’ half-pay commence from the 15th day of Nov., 1779, and continue during the term of the natural life of s Jackson, arid that the Board of Treasury take order for making the afores half- yearly payments, on a certificate from two or more magistrates expressing the places where the s4 John Jackson may be then living, and that he is really the same person in whose favour this grant is made.
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John Carter.

1860, The claim of John Carter, who lost an arm while in the military service of the United States, to a pension.
Note. Could not find any other info.
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Benjamin Franklin.

1866, The petition of Benjamin Franklin, a private in company H, 2d regiment Minnesota cavalry, who lost both hands and both feet by being frozen while absent from his regiment on a furlough.
Note.  Couldn’t find the regiments rosters, nor any other info.
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Peter Rowe.

1824, Peter Rowe, a mariner, who states that he has been employed in the naval service of the United States for two years and three months, and during the late war with Great Britain was on board letters of marque and reprisal for more than twenty-two months; and that, while in the merchant service, in the year 1822, he lost an arm by the accidental discharge of a cannon, while engaged in firing a salute; and praying to be placed on the navy pension list.
Note. Found no other info.