Note. This information comes from Indian Affairs Volume 2., 1815-1827, this volume is housed at the Library of Congress.
This information will be bits and pieces of information from the Indian Nations.
Stockbridge Indians.
John W. Jacobs, Jacob Konkopot and 35 warriors, entered the service of the army in 1813, and served about two months. John was made captain and Jacob was Lieutenant.
Choctaw Treaty.
In the Choctaw Treaty in the territory of Michigan, these names were given.
Mingo Puckshenubbee, five hundred dollars.
Harrison, two, hundred dollars.
Captain Cobb, two, hundred dollars.
William Hays, two, hundred dollars.
Ogleno, two, hundred dollars.
Choctaw Nation.
The following names were trying to get a party together to go to Washington to see the President in 1819.
Jesse Brashears, Abe Hamilton, Benjamin James, Levi Perry and David Folsom, all were half breeds?
Choctaw Treaty, 1820.
Samuel R. Overton, was appointed Secretary of commission to the Choctaw treaty, which was to be held in 1820, he was to be paid five dollars per day while actually in engaged.
At the Choctaw treaty grounds of 1820, the head chief said that the whites had the advantage over them, as their word was written. The Chief’s asked if they could have some of their warriors or half-breeds who understood the white mans words and new how to write them be allowed to put down their words so there would be no miss understanding, the whites agreed.
Creek Treaty of 1820.
In Art 2., of the treaty these names were given; Michey Barnard, James Barnard, Buckey Barnard, Cussena Barnard and Efavemathlaw, land on the east side of the Flint river.
David Forney of North Carolina was appointed Commissioner to the Creeks.
Treaty with the Ottawas, Chippewas, Parrawatamies.
Art., 3., There shall be granted by the United States to each of the following persons, being all Indians by descent, and to their heirs, the following tracts of land;
John Burnett two sections of land.
James Burnett, Abraham Burnett, Rebecca Burnett and Nancy Burnett, each one section of land, being the children of Kawkeeme sister to Topinibe, principal chief of the Pattawatami Nation.
John B. La Lime son of Nokenoqua one section of land.
Joan B. Chandonai, son of Chippewaqua two sections of land.
Joseph Daze son of Chippewaqua one section of land.
Monguago one section of land.
Pierre Moran or Peeresh, a Pattawatami chief, one section of land, and to his children two sections of land.
Pierre Le Clerc, son of Moique one section of land.
One thousand eight hundred and eighteen acres given to Peeresh or Perig, shall be given to Jean B. Cicot son of Pesayquot, sister of Peeresh, for being so intended at the treaty.
Osheakkebe or Benac, one half section of land.
Menawche a Parrawatamie woman one half section of land.
Theresa Chandler or Teacup a Parrawatamie woman and to her daughter Betsey Fisher one section of land.
Charles Beaubien, Medaer Beaubien, sons of Mannabenaqua, one half section of land.
Antoine Roland, son of Iqatpatawatamiequa one half section of land.
William Knaggs or Waseskukson son of Chesqua one section of land.
Madeline Bertrand wife of Joseph Bertrand a Pattawatamie woman one section of land.
Joseph Bertrand Jun., Benjamin Bertrand, Laurent Bertrand, Theresa Bertrand and Amable Bertrand children of Madeline Bertrand one half section of land.
John Riley, Peter Riley, sons of Menawcumegoqua, one section of land.
Jean B. Le Clerc, son of Moiqua, one half section of land.
Joseph La Framboise, son of Shawwenoqua one section of land.
The following given names helped with the Indian children and the schools, some men helped build the schools.
Rev. J. Morse.
Richard M. Johnson.
Colonel R. J. Meigs.
Ephraim Chapman.
J. Evarts.
John McKee.
S. N. Rowan
William Ward.
H. Posey.
John Hays.
S. Worcester.
William Wilson.
N. R. Dodge.
R. Nichols.
C. Kingsbury.
John Peck.
Laws of the Creek Nation.
The Creek nation was divided into eight districts they were:
1. Chicamauga.
2. Chatoogee.
3. Cosewatee.
4. Aumoiah.
5. Hickory Log.
6. High Tower.
7. Toolostieyeh.
8. Aquohee.
A council House was in each district, the council house is were all trail would be held. The trails were held each Spring and Fall. There was one judge, one marshal in each district, and one circuit judge who had jurisdiction over two districts.
Each family would pay a poll-tax of fifty cents and each single man under sixty years would pay fifty cents per annum.
A Ranger was appointed to each district to look for lost or stolen horses, when no owner was found they were sold all money went into the nations treasury. The Ranger would get one dollar for each horse posted.
There was to be a toll-gate put up on the federal toad near Captain David McNair’s.
Single white men were allowed to work as clerks in any store owned by a native of the nation, as long as they could account for their good behavior.
Any one who bought someone into the nation ( White family ) were to go before the National Committee and Council to get the ok. Those who do not will be fined five hundred dollars and receive one hundred stripes on the bare back.
If any child runs away from school and returns home to a parent or guardian, the said parent or guardian will return the said child to school, If child is not return the parent or guardian, will pay for the Clothing board and tuition incurred by the child, if parent or guardian will not pay the fine is five hundred dollars and receive one hundred stripes on the bare back.
Any person who shall trade with any negro slave without permission of the owner, and if the property is found to be stolen, the purchaser shall be held and bonded for said value.
Any person that allows his or her negro slaves to buy liquors will be fine fifteen dollars for each offence.
Any negro selling liquors without the owners permission shall receive fifteen cobbs of paddles for each offence.
Agreed To; All schoolmasters, Blacksmiths, Millers, Saltpeter and Gun power Manufacturers, Ferrymen, Turnpike Keepers and Single Hirelings are hereby privileged to live within the Creek nation, so long their employers get permission from the national committee, the employers will agree to their good conduct and are subject to removal for bad conduct. All those named above shall have 12., acres to improve or cultivate to support themselves or their families if they so wish.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Names Of The Many Chippewa Treaties.
Note. This information comes from Indian Affairs Vol. 2., 1815-1827, P. 195-?
These Names came from a report on the many Chippewa Treaties and giving a accounting of the restitutions provided for those in the treaties.
These first names were provided for in the treaty but it had nothing to do with any restitutions.
Menawcumegoqua, was a Chippewa woman and the mother of John Riley, Peter Riley and James Riley.
Kawkawiskou, or the Crow a Chippewa Chief, six hundred and forty acres of land on the east side of the Saginaw river at a place called Menitegow.
Bowkowtonden children, six hundred and forty acres of land on the Kawkawling river.
Nowkeshik, Metawanene, Mokitchenoqua, Nondashemau, Petabonaqua, Messawwakua, Checblak, Kitchegcequa, Sagosequa, Annoketoqua and Tawcumegoqua, Six hundred and forty acres of land to be located at and near the Grand Traverse of the Flint river.
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Dr. William Brown of Detroit, to be rewarded for his service to the Chippewa people twenty years passed, three sections of land for him and his heirs.
Note. This report was given in 1819, and it talked about the Treaties of 1797-1817, so his service would fall within those years?
Henry Conner and James Conner, who were taken prisoner by them in early life and lived with them for many years, to them and their heirs twelve hundred and eighty acres of land.
Peter W. Knaggs, George Knaggs and Jacques Godfroy, who were adopted by them, to them and their heirs six hundred and forty acres each.
Conrad Ten Eyck, the sum of $1,298.20, for property taken by them at Saginaw in 1812.
Barnabas Campeau, the sum of $1,600.
These Names came from a report on the many Chippewa Treaties and giving a accounting of the restitutions provided for those in the treaties.
These first names were provided for in the treaty but it had nothing to do with any restitutions.
Menawcumegoqua, was a Chippewa woman and the mother of John Riley, Peter Riley and James Riley.
Kawkawiskou, or the Crow a Chippewa Chief, six hundred and forty acres of land on the east side of the Saginaw river at a place called Menitegow.
Bowkowtonden children, six hundred and forty acres of land on the Kawkawling river.
Nowkeshik, Metawanene, Mokitchenoqua, Nondashemau, Petabonaqua, Messawwakua, Checblak, Kitchegcequa, Sagosequa, Annoketoqua and Tawcumegoqua, Six hundred and forty acres of land to be located at and near the Grand Traverse of the Flint river.
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Dr. William Brown of Detroit, to be rewarded for his service to the Chippewa people twenty years passed, three sections of land for him and his heirs.
Note. This report was given in 1819, and it talked about the Treaties of 1797-1817, so his service would fall within those years?
Henry Conner and James Conner, who were taken prisoner by them in early life and lived with them for many years, to them and their heirs twelve hundred and eighty acres of land.
Peter W. Knaggs, George Knaggs and Jacques Godfroy, who were adopted by them, to them and their heirs six hundred and forty acres each.
Conrad Ten Eyck, the sum of $1,298.20, for property taken by them at Saginaw in 1812.
Barnabas Campeau, the sum of $1,600.
Names Of The Cherokee Treary Of 1817.
The Cherokee treaty of 1817.
In the treaty some reservations were given to some, the following names were given.
Lewis Ross, To include his house, and out-buildings, and ferry adjoining the Cherokee agency.
Major Walker, to include his dwelling-house and ferry and a additional six hundred and forty square acres to include his grist and saw-mill.
Cabbin Smith, six hundred and forty acres to be laid out in equal parts on both sides of his ferry commonly known as Blair’s ferry.
John Ross, six hundred and forty acres to be laid out to include the big Island in the Tennessee river.
Mrs. Eliza Ross, step-daughter of Major Walker, six hundred and forty acres, to be laid out to be located on the river below and adjoining Major Walker’s.
Margaret Morgan, six hundred and forty square acres to be located on the west of and adjoining James Riley’s.
George Harlin, six hundred and forty square acres to be located on the west of and adjoining Margaret Morgan.
James Lowry, six hundred and forty square acres to be located at Crow Mocker’s old place at the foot of the Cumberland mountain.
Susannah Lowey, six hundred and forty acres, to be located at the toll bridge on Battle creek.
Nicholas Byers, six hundred and forty acres, including Toqua Island to be located on the north bank of the Tennessee river opposite the Island.
The following names were given in the treaty, but no land information was given.
Persons within the chartered limits of:
1. Richard Walker, North Carolina.
2. Yonah aka. Big Bear, North Carolina.
3. John Martin, Georgia.
4. Peter Linch, Georgia.
5. Daniel Davis, Georgia.
6. George Parris, Georgia.
7. Walter S. Adair, Georgia.
8. Thomas Wilson, Alabama Territory.
9. Richard Riley, Alabama Territory.
10. James Riley, Alabama Territory.
11. Edward Gunter, Alabama Territory.
12. Robert McLemore, Tennessee.
13. John Baldridge, Tennessee.
14. Lewis Ross, Tennessee.
15. Fox Taylor, Tennessee.
16. Richard Timberlake, Tennessee.
17. David Fields, to include his Mill, Tennessee.
18. James Brown, to include his field and the long pond, Tennessee.
19. William Brown, Tennessee.
20. John Brown, Tennessee.
21. Elizabeth Lowey, Tennessee.
22. George Lowey, Tennessee.
23. John Benge, Tennessee.
24. Mts. Eliza Peck, Tennessee.
25. John Walker, Sen., Tennessee.
26. John Walker, Jr., unmarried, Tennessee.
27. Richard Taylor, Tennessee.
28. John McIntosh, Tennessee.
29. James Starr, Tennessee.
30. Samuel Parks, Tennessee.
31. The Old Bark (of Chota.), Tennessee.
In the treaty some reservations were given to some, the following names were given.
Lewis Ross, To include his house, and out-buildings, and ferry adjoining the Cherokee agency.
Major Walker, to include his dwelling-house and ferry and a additional six hundred and forty square acres to include his grist and saw-mill.
Cabbin Smith, six hundred and forty acres to be laid out in equal parts on both sides of his ferry commonly known as Blair’s ferry.
John Ross, six hundred and forty acres to be laid out to include the big Island in the Tennessee river.
Mrs. Eliza Ross, step-daughter of Major Walker, six hundred and forty acres, to be laid out to be located on the river below and adjoining Major Walker’s.
Margaret Morgan, six hundred and forty square acres to be located on the west of and adjoining James Riley’s.
George Harlin, six hundred and forty square acres to be located on the west of and adjoining Margaret Morgan.
James Lowry, six hundred and forty square acres to be located at Crow Mocker’s old place at the foot of the Cumberland mountain.
Susannah Lowey, six hundred and forty acres, to be located at the toll bridge on Battle creek.
Nicholas Byers, six hundred and forty acres, including Toqua Island to be located on the north bank of the Tennessee river opposite the Island.
The following names were given in the treaty, but no land information was given.
Persons within the chartered limits of:
1. Richard Walker, North Carolina.
2. Yonah aka. Big Bear, North Carolina.
3. John Martin, Georgia.
4. Peter Linch, Georgia.
5. Daniel Davis, Georgia.
6. George Parris, Georgia.
7. Walter S. Adair, Georgia.
8. Thomas Wilson, Alabama Territory.
9. Richard Riley, Alabama Territory.
10. James Riley, Alabama Territory.
11. Edward Gunter, Alabama Territory.
12. Robert McLemore, Tennessee.
13. John Baldridge, Tennessee.
14. Lewis Ross, Tennessee.
15. Fox Taylor, Tennessee.
16. Richard Timberlake, Tennessee.
17. David Fields, to include his Mill, Tennessee.
18. James Brown, to include his field and the long pond, Tennessee.
19. William Brown, Tennessee.
20. John Brown, Tennessee.
21. Elizabeth Lowey, Tennessee.
22. George Lowey, Tennessee.
23. John Benge, Tennessee.
24. Mts. Eliza Peck, Tennessee.
25. John Walker, Sen., Tennessee.
26. John Walker, Jr., unmarried, Tennessee.
27. Richard Taylor, Tennessee.
28. John McIntosh, Tennessee.
29. James Starr, Tennessee.
30. Samuel Parks, Tennessee.
31. The Old Bark (of Chota.), Tennessee.
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Partisan Rangers of the Confederacy.
The Partisan Rangers of the Confederacy was a company of guerrilla or resistance fighters. The Confederate Congress passed a Bill in April of 1862, allowing the forming of these groups. Each southern State had many of these rangers, then in 1862, the Confederate Congress was asking for a amendment of the Bill which would state; “That hereafter no authority shall be granted to raise or organize bands of partisan rangers within the limits of any military district, except where the companies or regiments composing the military force of said district are filled to the maximum number.”
But The House and Senate could not agree on the amendment, and while Congress argued over the amendment the Partisan Rangers grew. By 1863, the rangers had grown so large that there were no numbers on how many there were. Congress was asked to pass a Bill, asking that each military District make a accounting of the Partisan Rangers in their districts, so Congress and Army Headquarters, could know the numbers and names of these rangers. It is not known if there was ever a true accounting of these rangers.
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1862, Colonels.
1. John B. Palmer, Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
2. Dennis D. Ferebee, Fifty-ninth North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
3. Robert G. A. Love, Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
1862, Lieutenant-colonels.
1. J. H. Wingfield, Ninth Louisiana Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Louisiana.
2. William W. Proffitt, Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
3. F. M. Nix, Sixteenth Georgia Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Georgia.
4. H. K. Aiken, Sixteenth South Carolina Battalion (Partisan Rangers), South Carolina.
5. James D. Webb, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment (Partisan Rangers), Alabama.
1862, Majors.
1. Joel R. Griffin, First Georgia Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Georgia.
2. J. De Baun, Ninth Louisiana Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Louisiana.
3. Samuel J. Winn, Sixteenth Georgia Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Georgia.
4. H. B. Thompson, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment (Partisan Rangers), Alabama.
1862, Captains.
1. W. K. Lane, Company North Carolina (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
Adjutants, with rank, etc., of first lieutenant.
1. Robert Aldrich, Sixteenth South Carolina Battalion (Partisan Rangers), South Carolina.
Congress of 1862.
That the Secretary of War be requested to communicate to this House what number of companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments and from what States have been raised and organized as partisan rangers since the adjournment of Congress, and by what authority each commander of the said corps have raised said troops;
which was read and agreed to.
1862, Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.
1. O. M. Hundley, Twelfth Alabama Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Alabama.
1863, Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.
1. Benjamin Green, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twenty-first Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank August 4, 1862.
2. A. J. Sykes, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifteenth Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank September 18, 1862.
3. Philip Jones, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Tenth Kentucky Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 1, 1862.
4. M. E. Williams, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twentieth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
5. Thomas E. Winn, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from October 8, 1863.
1863, Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.
1. J. S. Ives, of North Carolina, for duty with Twelfth North Carolina Battalion, Partisan Rangers, September 30, 1862.
2. D. H. Lewellyn, of Kentucky, for duty with Second Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
3. L. W. Trafton, of Kentucky, for duty with Tenth Kentucky Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 1, 1862.
4. John P. Dickinson, of Alabama, for duty with Fifty-third Alabama Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 5, 1862.
5. E. L. Hord, of Tennessee, for duty with Twelfth Tennessee Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
6. J. E. Rogers, of Mississippi, for duty with First Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
1863, Majors.
1. Capt. T. W. Brevard, of Florida, to be major Second Florida Battalion, Partisan Rangers (battalion formed from unattached companies), to rank September 2, 1862.
1863, Lieutenant-colonels.
1. Maj. Samuel J. Winn, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers to rank from June 11, 1863.
Congress, 1864.
A bill to repeal an act to organize bands of partisan rangers, approved April 21, 1862, and for other purposes, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar, It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Machen moved to amend the bill by adding at the end the following proviso:
Provided, That organizations of partisan rangers acting as regular cavalry at the passage of this act shall be continued in their present organizations, provided that they shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry and not as partisan rangers.
1864, Adjutants--first lieutenants.
1. Virgil V. Moore, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Second Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank from February 19, 1864.
2. W. W. Matthews, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Ninth Louisiana Battalion, Partisan Rangers (an original vacancy), to rank from September 27, 1864.
1864, Captains.
1. A. E. Richards, of Virginia, to be captain Company B, Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from April 6, 1864.
1864, S. F. Green, of Mississippi, to be adjutant of the Eighteenth Mississippi Battalion, Partisan Rangers, with the rank of first lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
1864, Colonels.
1. F. Dumonteil, of Louisiana, to be colonel Fourteenth Confederate Cavalry Regiment (formed of unattached companies partisan rangers from southern Mississippi and northeast Louisiana), to rank from July 15, 1863.
1864, Majors.
1. Alexander H. Chalmers, of Mississippi, to be major battalion partisan rangers, to rank from June 1, 1863.
2. Edward Y. Clarke, of Georgia, to be major Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from September 3, 1863.
1865, First lieutenants and adjutants.
1. William H. Mosby, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers,
1865, Chaplains.
1. William W. Berry, of Virginia, to be chaplain Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
But The House and Senate could not agree on the amendment, and while Congress argued over the amendment the Partisan Rangers grew. By 1863, the rangers had grown so large that there were no numbers on how many there were. Congress was asked to pass a Bill, asking that each military District make a accounting of the Partisan Rangers in their districts, so Congress and Army Headquarters, could know the numbers and names of these rangers. It is not known if there was ever a true accounting of these rangers.
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1862, Colonels.
1. John B. Palmer, Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
2. Dennis D. Ferebee, Fifty-ninth North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
3. Robert G. A. Love, Sixty-second North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
1862, Lieutenant-colonels.
1. J. H. Wingfield, Ninth Louisiana Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Louisiana.
2. William W. Proffitt, Fifty-eighth North Carolina Regiment (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
3. F. M. Nix, Sixteenth Georgia Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Georgia.
4. H. K. Aiken, Sixteenth South Carolina Battalion (Partisan Rangers), South Carolina.
5. James D. Webb, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment (Partisan Rangers), Alabama.
1862, Majors.
1. Joel R. Griffin, First Georgia Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Georgia.
2. J. De Baun, Ninth Louisiana Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Louisiana.
3. Samuel J. Winn, Sixteenth Georgia Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Georgia.
4. H. B. Thompson, Fifty-first Alabama Regiment (Partisan Rangers), Alabama.
1862, Captains.
1. W. K. Lane, Company North Carolina (Partisan Rangers), North Carolina.
Adjutants, with rank, etc., of first lieutenant.
1. Robert Aldrich, Sixteenth South Carolina Battalion (Partisan Rangers), South Carolina.
Congress of 1862.
That the Secretary of War be requested to communicate to this House what number of companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments and from what States have been raised and organized as partisan rangers since the adjournment of Congress, and by what authority each commander of the said corps have raised said troops;
which was read and agreed to.
1862, Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.
1. O. M. Hundley, Twelfth Alabama Battalion (Partisan Rangers), Alabama.
1863, Adjutants, with the rank of first lieutenant.
1. Benjamin Green, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twenty-first Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank August 4, 1862.
2. A. J. Sykes, of Alabama, to be adjutant Fifteenth Alabama Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank September 18, 1862.
3. Philip Jones, of Kentucky, to be adjutant Tenth Kentucky Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 1, 1862.
4. M. E. Williams, of Georgia, to be adjutant Twentieth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
5. Thomas E. Winn, of Georgia, to be adjutant Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from October 8, 1863.
1863, Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.
1. J. S. Ives, of North Carolina, for duty with Twelfth North Carolina Battalion, Partisan Rangers, September 30, 1862.
2. D. H. Lewellyn, of Kentucky, for duty with Second Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
3. L. W. Trafton, of Kentucky, for duty with Tenth Kentucky Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 1, 1862.
4. John P. Dickinson, of Alabama, for duty with Fifty-third Alabama Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank November 5, 1862.
5. E. L. Hord, of Tennessee, for duty with Twelfth Tennessee Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
6. J. E. Rogers, of Mississippi, for duty with First Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank October 14, 1862.
1863, Majors.
1. Capt. T. W. Brevard, of Florida, to be major Second Florida Battalion, Partisan Rangers (battalion formed from unattached companies), to rank September 2, 1862.
1863, Lieutenant-colonels.
1. Maj. Samuel J. Winn, of Georgia, to be lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers to rank from June 11, 1863.
Congress, 1864.
A bill to repeal an act to organize bands of partisan rangers, approved April 21, 1862, and for other purposes, reported back the same, with the recommendation that it do pass.
The question being on postponing the bill and placing it on the Calendar, It was decided in the negative.
Mr. Machen moved to amend the bill by adding at the end the following proviso:
Provided, That organizations of partisan rangers acting as regular cavalry at the passage of this act shall be continued in their present organizations, provided that they shall hereafter be considered as regular cavalry and not as partisan rangers.
1864, Adjutants--first lieutenants.
1. Virgil V. Moore, of Tennessee, to be adjutant Second Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to rank from February 19, 1864.
2. W. W. Matthews, of Louisiana, to be adjutant Ninth Louisiana Battalion, Partisan Rangers (an original vacancy), to rank from September 27, 1864.
1864, Captains.
1. A. E. Richards, of Virginia, to be captain Company B, Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from April 6, 1864.
1864, S. F. Green, of Mississippi, to be adjutant of the Eighteenth Mississippi Battalion, Partisan Rangers, with the rank of first lieutenant in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
1864, Colonels.
1. F. Dumonteil, of Louisiana, to be colonel Fourteenth Confederate Cavalry Regiment (formed of unattached companies partisan rangers from southern Mississippi and northeast Louisiana), to rank from July 15, 1863.
1864, Majors.
1. Alexander H. Chalmers, of Mississippi, to be major battalion partisan rangers, to rank from June 1, 1863.
2. Edward Y. Clarke, of Georgia, to be major Sixteenth Georgia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to rank from September 3, 1863.
1865, First lieutenants and adjutants.
1. William H. Mosby, of Virginia, to be adjutant Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers,
1865, Chaplains.
1. William W. Berry, of Virginia, to be chaplain Forty-third Virginia Battalion, Partisan Rangers, in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Norman Vincent Randolph 1846-1903.
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Norman V. Randolph.
Business Man.
Business Man.
Norman Vincent Randolph, was born in November 2, 1846, in the town of Warwick, in the county of Chesterfield Virginia. Father was Joseph Williamson Randolph (1815-1893) , Norman’s mother was Honoria Mary Tucker ( 1816-1891) It is not known if he had any other brothers or sisters. Norman Vincent Randolph, passed in 1903.
Norman Vincent Randolph would marry his first wife Louisa Whelan Reed, on April 16, 1873, Louisa was born around 1849 and would pass in 1877, at the age of 28, there are no known children?, from his union. His second wife was Janet Henderson Weaver ( 1846-1927), they married in 1880, there is no known children from this union.
Norman’s wife Janet was famous in her own right, as a child during the War Between the States, Janet helped feed and nurse Confederate troops around her home town of Warrenton, Virginia. The Weaver house was used as a field hospital on many occasions.
When she married Norman he was a member of the Executive Committee of the R.E. Lee Camp of United Confederate Veterans who helped build the Old Soldiers Home, and moved with him to Richmond. It was Mr. Randolph who traveled to Washington in 1886 to commission the taxidermist who did the work on the remains of Little Sorrel, the warhorse of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
After her Norman’s death, Mrs. Randolph devoted her life to Confederate memorial and relief work. She was instrumental in obtaining the first appropriation from the General Assembly of Virginia to aid the widows and daughters of Confederate veterans. Her primary legacy to the UDC was the establishment of the fund now known as the Mrs. Norman V. Randolph Relief Fund, which continues to provide assistance to the surviving daughters of Confederate veterans, which is still going strong today.
Norman V. Randolph..
In the company of John S. Mosby.
Some researchers state he is in the top roll second to the right.
While others say he is the fifth?
Norman’s father, Joseph Williamson Randolph, had established his business as publisher, bookseller, and stationer in Richmond, Virginia, in 1831. By the early 1840s, he had formed a partnership with Joseph J. English, and the firm became one of the leading book dealers in the South by the time of the Civil War.
Some researchers state he is in the top roll second to the right.
While others say he is the fifth?
Norman’s father, Joseph Williamson Randolph, had established his business as publisher, bookseller, and stationer in Richmond, Virginia, in 1831. By the early 1840s, he had formed a partnership with Joseph J. English, and the firm became one of the leading book dealers in the South by the time of the Civil War.
After Norman’s fathers death he operated the business until it passed into receivership. Norman was, at various times, president of the Randolph Paper Box Company, the Virginia State Insurance Company, and the Warwick Park Transportation Company. He also served as secretary-treasurer of the Virginia and North Carolina Wheel Company.
During the Civil War Norman Vincent Randolph, was of the 43rd., cavalry company E., he was in the command of John Mosby ( The Gray Ghost), the 43rd, was also known as the Partisan Rangers.
Updated February 15, 2010.
During the Civil War Norman Vincent Randolph, was of the 43rd., cavalry company E., he was in the command of John Mosby ( The Gray Ghost), the 43rd, was also known as the Partisan Rangers.
Updated February 15, 2010.
I received a nice letter from a Mr. George T. Reed, who give his insight into the Randolph Paper Box Company, and he states;
My name is George T. Reed. I live in Newark, Delaware.
In the year 1959, Albermarle Paper Mills, Mr. Gottwald, President, acquired, (or a little earlier), Randolph Paper Box Company, (Richmond, Virginia). Randolph was the oldest "paper box company in the United States. It was formed shortly before the Civil War. In the late 1950's, Albemarle wanted to get into the paperboard paperboard packaging business. I met Bruce Gottwald and his father. Bruce was indeed a young man...perhaps 19 or 20 (?) not certain, just now. I wish I could remember the street name. (Sourh Richmond). I hired a fellow by name of Richard Bottenus (?) to help me in the "Art Department" where we made (rendered) box sketches. One of the customers was a large ice cream company, in Richmond. (Eskimo Pie?) Somehow, Reynold's Metals, Richmond comes to mind. One day Bruce Gottwald announced that the Ethyl Corporation had bought out Albemarle Paper Mills, and Randolph. I don't recall any other details of this venture. I met Mr. Gottwald (Sr.) one time. Very courteous gentleman (so was his son, Bruce). When Randolph closed, I acquired a job as art director with the Westvaco Corp, and moved to Newark, Delaware. That was about 1961. I retired from Westvaco in 1989. We did the first Advil carton.
George T. Reed
Attack On Fort St. Clair 1792.
A letter from John Adair to Brigadier General James Wickinson, on the arrack on Fort St. Clair. Dated November 6, 1792.
Sir:
This morning, about the first appearance of day the enemy attacked my camp within sight. of this post; the attack was sudden, and the enemy came on with a degree of courage that bespoke them warriors, indeed. Some of my men were hand in hand with them before we retreated, which, however, we did, about eighty yards, to a kind of stockade intended for stables; we then made a stand.
I then ordered Lieutenant Madison to take a party and gain their right flank if possible. 1 called for Lieutenant Hail to send to the left, but found he had been. slain. I then led forward the men who stood near me, which, together with the Ensigns: Buchanan and Florin, amounted to about twenty-five, and Dressed the-left of their centre, thinking it absolutely necessary to assist Madison. We made a manly push, and the enemy retreated, taking all our horses except five or six. We drove them about six hundred yards through our camp, where they again made a stand, and we fought them some time; two of my men were here shot dead.
At that moment I received information that the enemy were about to flank us on the right, and on turning that way, 1 saw about sixty of them running to that point. I had yet heard nothing of Madison. I then ordered my men to retreat, which they did with deliberation, heartily cursing the Indians, who pursued us close to our camp, where we again fought them until they gave way; and when they retreated, our ammunition was nearly expended, although we had been supplied from the garrison in the course of the action. I did not think proper to follow them again, but ordered my men into the garrison to draw ammunition.
I returned, however in a few minutes, to a hill to which we had first driven them, where I found two of my men scalped, who were brought in. Since I began to write this, a few of the enemy appeared in sight, and I pursued them with a party about a quarter of a mile, but could not over take them, and did not think proper to go farther. Madison, who I sent to the right, was, on his first attack, wounded, and obliged to retreat into the garrison, leaving a man or two dead; to this misfortune I think the enemy are indebted for the horses they have got. Had he gained their right flank, and I once had possession of their left, I think we should have routed them at that stare of the action, as we had them on the retreat I have six killed and five wounded, four men are missing; I think they went off early in the action, on horseback, and are, I suppose, by this, at fort Hamilton.
My officers and a number of my men distinguished themselves greatly. Poor Hail died calling to his men to advance. Madison’s bravery and conduct need no comment; they are well known. Flinn and Buchanan acted with a coolness and courage which does them much honor. Buchanan, after firing his gun, knocked an Indian down with the barrel. They have killed and taken a great number of the pack horses. I intend following them this evening some distance to ascertain their route and strength, if possible. I can with propriety say, that about fifty of my men fought with a bravery equal to any men in the world, and had not the garrison been so nigh, as a place of safety for the bashful, I think many more would have fought well. The enemy have no doubt as many men killed as myself. They left two dead on the ground, and I saw two carried off. The only advantage they have gained is our horses, which is a capital one as it disables me from bringing the interview to a more certain and satisfactory decision.
I am sorry I cannot send you better news, And am, sir, yours, &c.
JOHN ADAIR.
Sir:
This morning, about the first appearance of day the enemy attacked my camp within sight. of this post; the attack was sudden, and the enemy came on with a degree of courage that bespoke them warriors, indeed. Some of my men were hand in hand with them before we retreated, which, however, we did, about eighty yards, to a kind of stockade intended for stables; we then made a stand.
I then ordered Lieutenant Madison to take a party and gain their right flank if possible. 1 called for Lieutenant Hail to send to the left, but found he had been. slain. I then led forward the men who stood near me, which, together with the Ensigns: Buchanan and Florin, amounted to about twenty-five, and Dressed the-left of their centre, thinking it absolutely necessary to assist Madison. We made a manly push, and the enemy retreated, taking all our horses except five or six. We drove them about six hundred yards through our camp, where they again made a stand, and we fought them some time; two of my men were here shot dead.
At that moment I received information that the enemy were about to flank us on the right, and on turning that way, 1 saw about sixty of them running to that point. I had yet heard nothing of Madison. I then ordered my men to retreat, which they did with deliberation, heartily cursing the Indians, who pursued us close to our camp, where we again fought them until they gave way; and when they retreated, our ammunition was nearly expended, although we had been supplied from the garrison in the course of the action. I did not think proper to follow them again, but ordered my men into the garrison to draw ammunition.
I returned, however in a few minutes, to a hill to which we had first driven them, where I found two of my men scalped, who were brought in. Since I began to write this, a few of the enemy appeared in sight, and I pursued them with a party about a quarter of a mile, but could not over take them, and did not think proper to go farther. Madison, who I sent to the right, was, on his first attack, wounded, and obliged to retreat into the garrison, leaving a man or two dead; to this misfortune I think the enemy are indebted for the horses they have got. Had he gained their right flank, and I once had possession of their left, I think we should have routed them at that stare of the action, as we had them on the retreat I have six killed and five wounded, four men are missing; I think they went off early in the action, on horseback, and are, I suppose, by this, at fort Hamilton.
My officers and a number of my men distinguished themselves greatly. Poor Hail died calling to his men to advance. Madison’s bravery and conduct need no comment; they are well known. Flinn and Buchanan acted with a coolness and courage which does them much honor. Buchanan, after firing his gun, knocked an Indian down with the barrel. They have killed and taken a great number of the pack horses. I intend following them this evening some distance to ascertain their route and strength, if possible. I can with propriety say, that about fifty of my men fought with a bravery equal to any men in the world, and had not the garrison been so nigh, as a place of safety for the bashful, I think many more would have fought well. The enemy have no doubt as many men killed as myself. They left two dead on the ground, and I saw two carried off. The only advantage they have gained is our horses, which is a capital one as it disables me from bringing the interview to a more certain and satisfactory decision.
I am sorry I cannot send you better news, And am, sir, yours, &c.
JOHN ADAIR.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Attack On Fort Recovery 1794.
Copy of’ a letter from Major General Wayne to the Secretary of War, dated, HEADQUARTERS, Greenville, 7th July, 1794.
Sir:
At seven o’clock in the morning of the 30th ultimo, one of our escorts, consisting of ninety riflemen and fifty dragoons, commanded by Major McMahon, was attacked, by. a very numerous body of Indians, under the walls of fort Recovery, followed by a general assault upon that post and garrison, in every direction.
The enemy were soon repulsed, with great slaughter, but immediately-rallied and reiterated the attack, keeping up a. very heavy and constant fire, at a more respectable distance, for the remainder of the day, which was answered with spirit and effect; by the garrison; and that part of Major McMahon’s command that had regained the post. The savages were employed, during the night, (which was dark and foggy) in carrying off their dead by torch light, which occasionally drew a fire from the garrison; They, nevertheless succeeded so well, that there were but eight or ten bodies left upon the field, and those close under the influence of the fire from the fort. The enemy again renewed the attack, on the morning of the 1st instant; but were ultimately compelled to retreat, with loss and disgrace, from that very field where they had, upon a former occasion, been proudly victorious.
Enclosed is a particular general return of the killed, wounded, and missing. Among the killed, we have to lament the loss of four good and gallant officers, viz: Major McMahon, Captain Hartshorne, and Lieutenant Craig, of the rifle corps, and Cornet Torry, of the cavalry, who all fell in the first charge. Among the wounded are the intrepid Captain Taylor, of the dragoons and Lieutenant Drake, of the infantry.
It would appear that the real object of the enemy was to have carried that post by a coup de main for they could not possibly have received intelligence of the escort under Major McMahon, which only marched from this place on the morning of the 29th ultimo, and deposited the supplies the same evening, at fort Recovery, from whence the escort was to have returned at reveille the next morning; therefore their being found at that post was an accidental, perhaps a fortunate, event. By every information, as well as from the extent of their encampments, ( which were perfectly square and regular) and their line of march in seventeen columns, forming a wide and extended front, their numbers could not have been less than from fifteen hundred to two thousand warriors.
It would also appear that they were rather in want of provisions, as they killed and ate a number of pack horses, in their encampment the evening after the assault; also, at their next encampment, on their retreat, which was but seven miles front fort Recovery, where they remained two nights, probably from being much incumbered with their dead and wounded. A considerable number of the pack horses were actually loaded with the dead.
Permit me now, sir, to express my highest approbation of the bravery and conduct of every officer and soldier of the garrison and escort, upon this trying occasion; and, as it would be difficult to discriminate between officers equally meritorious and emulous for glory, .1 have directed the adjutant General to annex the names of every officer of the garrison and escort, who were fortunate enough to remain uninjured, being equally exposed to danger with those who were less fortunate. But 1 should be wanting in gratitude were I to omit mentioning, in particular, Captain Alexander Gibson, of the 4th sub-legion, the gallant defender of fort Recovery.
Here, it may be proper to relate certain facts and circumstances2 which almost amount to positive proof, that there were a considerable number of the British and the militia of Detroit mixed with the savages, in the assault upon fort Recovery, on the 3oth ultimo and 1st instant.
1 had detached three small parties of Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, a few days previous to that affair, towards Grand Glaize in order to take or obtain provisions, for the purpose of gaining intelligence. One of these parties fell in with a large body of Indians, at the place marked Girty’s town, (in Harmar’s route) on the evening of the 27th ultimo, apparently bending their course towards Chillicothe on the Great Miami. This party returned to Greenville, on. the 28th, with this further information, “ that there were a great number of white men with the Indians.”
The other two parties cot much scattered, in following the trails of the hostile Indians, at some distance in their rear; and were also in wik them when the assault - commenced on fort Recovery. These Indians all insist That there were a considerable number of armed white men in the rear, who they frequently heard talking in our language and encouraging the savages to persevere in the assault; that their faces were generally blacked, except three British officers, who were dressed in scarlet, and appeared to be men of great distinction, from. being surrounded by a large body of white men and Indians, who were very attentive to them. These kept a distance in the rear of those that were engaged.
Another strong corroborating fact that there were British, or British militia, in the assault, is, that a number of ounce balls and buck shot were lodged in the block houses and stockades of the fort. Some were delivered at so great a distance as not to penetrate, and were picked up at the foot of the stockades. It would also appear that the British and savages expected to find the artillery that were lost on the 4th of November, 1791, and hid by the Indians in the beds of old fallen timber, or logs, which they turned over and laid the cannon in, and then turned the logs back into their former birth. It was in this artful manner that we generally found them. deposited. ‘The hostile Indians turned over a great number of logs, during the assault, in search of those cannon, and other plunder, which they had probably hid in this manner, after the action of the 4th November, 1791
I therefore have reason to believe that the British and Indians depended much upon this artillery to assist in the reduction of that post; fortunately, they served in its defense.
The enclosed copies of the examination of the Pattawatamy and Shawanee prisoners, will demonstrate this fact, that the British have used every possible exertion to collect the savages from the most distant nations, with the most solemn promises of advancing and cooperating with them against the legion, nor have the Spaniards been idle upon this occasion.
It is therefore more than probable, that the day is not fr distant, when we shall meet this hydra in the vicinity of Grand Glaize and Riche de Bout, without being able to discriminate between the white and red savages. In the interim, I am in hourly expectation of receiving more full and certain intelligence of the number and intention of the enemy.
I have no further or other information respecting the mounted volunteers of Kentucky than what you will observe in the enclosed copies of the correspondence between Major General Scott and myself. I hope they may be completed to their full number, because it would appear that we shall have business enough for the whole of them. You will herewith receive the general d field return of the legion, the quarterly return of ordnance and ordnance stores, at this place, the Quartermaster General’s return, and the return of the hospital department.
The horses that were killed, wounded, and missing, in the assault against fort Recovery, will not, in the least, retard the advance of the legion, after the arrival of the mounted volunteers, because 1 had made provision for those kind of losses and contingencies, which, from the nature of the service, must be expected, and will unavoidably
happen. I have the honor to be, &c.
ANT’Y WAYNE.
Sir:
At seven o’clock in the morning of the 30th ultimo, one of our escorts, consisting of ninety riflemen and fifty dragoons, commanded by Major McMahon, was attacked, by. a very numerous body of Indians, under the walls of fort Recovery, followed by a general assault upon that post and garrison, in every direction.
The enemy were soon repulsed, with great slaughter, but immediately-rallied and reiterated the attack, keeping up a. very heavy and constant fire, at a more respectable distance, for the remainder of the day, which was answered with spirit and effect; by the garrison; and that part of Major McMahon’s command that had regained the post. The savages were employed, during the night, (which was dark and foggy) in carrying off their dead by torch light, which occasionally drew a fire from the garrison; They, nevertheless succeeded so well, that there were but eight or ten bodies left upon the field, and those close under the influence of the fire from the fort. The enemy again renewed the attack, on the morning of the 1st instant; but were ultimately compelled to retreat, with loss and disgrace, from that very field where they had, upon a former occasion, been proudly victorious.
Enclosed is a particular general return of the killed, wounded, and missing. Among the killed, we have to lament the loss of four good and gallant officers, viz: Major McMahon, Captain Hartshorne, and Lieutenant Craig, of the rifle corps, and Cornet Torry, of the cavalry, who all fell in the first charge. Among the wounded are the intrepid Captain Taylor, of the dragoons and Lieutenant Drake, of the infantry.
It would appear that the real object of the enemy was to have carried that post by a coup de main for they could not possibly have received intelligence of the escort under Major McMahon, which only marched from this place on the morning of the 29th ultimo, and deposited the supplies the same evening, at fort Recovery, from whence the escort was to have returned at reveille the next morning; therefore their being found at that post was an accidental, perhaps a fortunate, event. By every information, as well as from the extent of their encampments, ( which were perfectly square and regular) and their line of march in seventeen columns, forming a wide and extended front, their numbers could not have been less than from fifteen hundred to two thousand warriors.
It would also appear that they were rather in want of provisions, as they killed and ate a number of pack horses, in their encampment the evening after the assault; also, at their next encampment, on their retreat, which was but seven miles front fort Recovery, where they remained two nights, probably from being much incumbered with their dead and wounded. A considerable number of the pack horses were actually loaded with the dead.
Permit me now, sir, to express my highest approbation of the bravery and conduct of every officer and soldier of the garrison and escort, upon this trying occasion; and, as it would be difficult to discriminate between officers equally meritorious and emulous for glory, .1 have directed the adjutant General to annex the names of every officer of the garrison and escort, who were fortunate enough to remain uninjured, being equally exposed to danger with those who were less fortunate. But 1 should be wanting in gratitude were I to omit mentioning, in particular, Captain Alexander Gibson, of the 4th sub-legion, the gallant defender of fort Recovery.
Here, it may be proper to relate certain facts and circumstances2 which almost amount to positive proof, that there were a considerable number of the British and the militia of Detroit mixed with the savages, in the assault upon fort Recovery, on the 3oth ultimo and 1st instant.
1 had detached three small parties of Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, a few days previous to that affair, towards Grand Glaize in order to take or obtain provisions, for the purpose of gaining intelligence. One of these parties fell in with a large body of Indians, at the place marked Girty’s town, (in Harmar’s route) on the evening of the 27th ultimo, apparently bending their course towards Chillicothe on the Great Miami. This party returned to Greenville, on. the 28th, with this further information, “ that there were a great number of white men with the Indians.”
The other two parties cot much scattered, in following the trails of the hostile Indians, at some distance in their rear; and were also in wik them when the assault - commenced on fort Recovery. These Indians all insist That there were a considerable number of armed white men in the rear, who they frequently heard talking in our language and encouraging the savages to persevere in the assault; that their faces were generally blacked, except three British officers, who were dressed in scarlet, and appeared to be men of great distinction, from. being surrounded by a large body of white men and Indians, who were very attentive to them. These kept a distance in the rear of those that were engaged.
Another strong corroborating fact that there were British, or British militia, in the assault, is, that a number of ounce balls and buck shot were lodged in the block houses and stockades of the fort. Some were delivered at so great a distance as not to penetrate, and were picked up at the foot of the stockades. It would also appear that the British and savages expected to find the artillery that were lost on the 4th of November, 1791, and hid by the Indians in the beds of old fallen timber, or logs, which they turned over and laid the cannon in, and then turned the logs back into their former birth. It was in this artful manner that we generally found them. deposited. ‘The hostile Indians turned over a great number of logs, during the assault, in search of those cannon, and other plunder, which they had probably hid in this manner, after the action of the 4th November, 1791
I therefore have reason to believe that the British and Indians depended much upon this artillery to assist in the reduction of that post; fortunately, they served in its defense.
The enclosed copies of the examination of the Pattawatamy and Shawanee prisoners, will demonstrate this fact, that the British have used every possible exertion to collect the savages from the most distant nations, with the most solemn promises of advancing and cooperating with them against the legion, nor have the Spaniards been idle upon this occasion.
It is therefore more than probable, that the day is not fr distant, when we shall meet this hydra in the vicinity of Grand Glaize and Riche de Bout, without being able to discriminate between the white and red savages. In the interim, I am in hourly expectation of receiving more full and certain intelligence of the number and intention of the enemy.
I have no further or other information respecting the mounted volunteers of Kentucky than what you will observe in the enclosed copies of the correspondence between Major General Scott and myself. I hope they may be completed to their full number, because it would appear that we shall have business enough for the whole of them. You will herewith receive the general d field return of the legion, the quarterly return of ordnance and ordnance stores, at this place, the Quartermaster General’s return, and the return of the hospital department.
The horses that were killed, wounded, and missing, in the assault against fort Recovery, will not, in the least, retard the advance of the legion, after the arrival of the mounted volunteers, because 1 had made provision for those kind of losses and contingencies, which, from the nature of the service, must be expected, and will unavoidably
happen. I have the honor to be, &c.
ANT’Y WAYNE.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Josias McComas, Henry Willis-1795.
CLAIM TO LAND IN MISSISSIPPI.
COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 18, 1819.
Mr. ROBERTSON, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Josias H. McComas and wife, reported:
That it is stated by the petitioners in their petition, that in the year 1791 the father of the wife, petitioner, Henry Willis, living in South Carolina, went to the then district of Natchez, now State of Mississippi, and obtained from the Spanish governor at New Orleans a concession for 800 arpens of land on Bayou Sara, about fifteen miles from its mouth, dated 23d May, 1791, which was surveyed about the 21st day of December, 1791.
It is further stated in the said petition, that in 1791 the said Willis became entitled, by purchase, to a concession for 500 arpens of laud in the said district, adjoining the said 800 arpens, granted to one James Sanders in 1787. That, at the close of the year 1791, the said Willis returned to South Carolina for the purpose of removing his family to the lands in the Natchez district, and of living on and cultivating them agreeably to the requisitions of the Spanish Government; but that in 1793 being nearly prepared for his contemplated removal to Bayou Sara, he died; leaving the wife, petitioner, and an infant son, and his widow his only heirs; and that the son shortly afterwards died, and the widow married a Mr. Chotard, who being appointed guardian. of the surviving child, Jonveyed her interest in the aforesaid tracts of land to Cames Williams, in order that he might (as is alleged) attend to and secure the title.
And it is lastly stated that the said Williams presented the said claims to the Commissioners for confirmation, who rejected them for want of evidence; since which the land has been sold by the United States. The petitioners ask Congress for leave to locate, without payment, the same quantity of land on any vacant land in the State of Mississippi.
The claim of the petitioners having been urged before the committee, with extraordinary solicitude and earnestness, they felt prompted, by a decent respect for the feelings and wishes of those concerned and their advocates, to give the case all the consideration of which they were capable: but, after the most mature deliberation, they feel constrained, by the law and fads appertaining to the case, to decide against the petitioners.
The case now under consideration is purely equitable: addressing itself to the liberality of Congress, and not to its justice. ft does not come within the provisions of any law enacted for the adjustment of land titles in Mississippi, or any of the principles adopted by Congress in other cases. Nor is it believed that, if the country had never been ceded to the United States, the claim would have been recognized by the Spanish Government.
If the committee are disposed to adhere to, and enforce the laws of the United States in this case, there can be no doubt that they would be compelled to reject the application of the petitioners for relief. The most favorable law which can be made to apply to the case is the act of 1803, which requires that the claimant should reside in the country on the 27th, day of October 1795; and, on that day cultivate the land claimed. In this case it is not pretended that Henry Willis lived in the country in 1795. This was not possible because of his death before that time. Nor is it asserted that his heirs were, in 1795, residents in this country. It is admitted that they were not, and that the land was never occupied or cultivated by them, or for their use.
Resolved; That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.
COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 18, 1819.
Mr. ROBERTSON, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Josias H. McComas and wife, reported:
That it is stated by the petitioners in their petition, that in the year 1791 the father of the wife, petitioner, Henry Willis, living in South Carolina, went to the then district of Natchez, now State of Mississippi, and obtained from the Spanish governor at New Orleans a concession for 800 arpens of land on Bayou Sara, about fifteen miles from its mouth, dated 23d May, 1791, which was surveyed about the 21st day of December, 1791.
It is further stated in the said petition, that in 1791 the said Willis became entitled, by purchase, to a concession for 500 arpens of laud in the said district, adjoining the said 800 arpens, granted to one James Sanders in 1787. That, at the close of the year 1791, the said Willis returned to South Carolina for the purpose of removing his family to the lands in the Natchez district, and of living on and cultivating them agreeably to the requisitions of the Spanish Government; but that in 1793 being nearly prepared for his contemplated removal to Bayou Sara, he died; leaving the wife, petitioner, and an infant son, and his widow his only heirs; and that the son shortly afterwards died, and the widow married a Mr. Chotard, who being appointed guardian. of the surviving child, Jonveyed her interest in the aforesaid tracts of land to Cames Williams, in order that he might (as is alleged) attend to and secure the title.
And it is lastly stated that the said Williams presented the said claims to the Commissioners for confirmation, who rejected them for want of evidence; since which the land has been sold by the United States. The petitioners ask Congress for leave to locate, without payment, the same quantity of land on any vacant land in the State of Mississippi.
The claim of the petitioners having been urged before the committee, with extraordinary solicitude and earnestness, they felt prompted, by a decent respect for the feelings and wishes of those concerned and their advocates, to give the case all the consideration of which they were capable: but, after the most mature deliberation, they feel constrained, by the law and fads appertaining to the case, to decide against the petitioners.
The case now under consideration is purely equitable: addressing itself to the liberality of Congress, and not to its justice. ft does not come within the provisions of any law enacted for the adjustment of land titles in Mississippi, or any of the principles adopted by Congress in other cases. Nor is it believed that, if the country had never been ceded to the United States, the claim would have been recognized by the Spanish Government.
If the committee are disposed to adhere to, and enforce the laws of the United States in this case, there can be no doubt that they would be compelled to reject the application of the petitioners for relief. The most favorable law which can be made to apply to the case is the act of 1803, which requires that the claimant should reside in the country on the 27th, day of October 1795; and, on that day cultivate the land claimed. In this case it is not pretended that Henry Willis lived in the country in 1795. This was not possible because of his death before that time. Nor is it asserted that his heirs were, in 1795, residents in this country. It is admitted that they were not, and that the land was never occupied or cultivated by them, or for their use.
Resolved; That the prayer of the petitioners ought not to be granted.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Dismissions From The Navy.
The navy didn’t start recording their duty stations on their registries till 1818, so I have no duty records before 1818.
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Dismissions from the navy of the United States since December 2, 1826.
Name and Rank and date of Dismission.
1. James E. Legare, Midshipman, Lieutenant.
Born South Carolina, commission Midshipman on June 18, 1812, pay was $19, dollars per month with 2 rations per day. Commission Lieutenant on April 1, 1818, pay was $40, dollars per month with 3 rations per day, was station to the Brig Boxer. In 1819 and 1820, station to the Hornet. In 1821, station to the Schooner Nonesuch. In 1822, was station to Norfolk. In 1823, Station to the West India station. In 1824 and 1825, station to the Spark west India station. In 1826, waiting orders. On June 22, 1827 was Dismissed.
2. John Q. Adams. Boyd, Midshipman.
Born Indiana, commission Midshipman December 13, 1819, but didn’t show on the registry till 1821, was station to the Columbus 74, ( 74 guns ), pay was $19, dollars per month with 2 rations per day. In 1822 through 1824, station to the Franklin 74, ( 74 guns ). In 1825 was station to the Frigate United States in the Pacific Ocean. In 1826, he was not on the registry. On November 5, 1827, was Dismissed.
Note. One registry had him born in the District of Columbia?
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List of dismissions from the navy of the United States, since 1st, December, 1827.
1. William Carter Jr., Master Commandant.
Born North Carolina, appointed Midshipman, 28 June, 1804. Lieutenant, 28 April, 1810. Master Commandant, 27 April, 1816. In 1818 was station to New York. From 1819 through 1823 was at Norfolk. In 1824 and 1825, was station to the Sloop Peacock in the Pacific Ocean. In 1826 and 1827, was not on duty. On December 7, 1827 he was cashiered.
2. William Foster, Midshipman, Lieutenant.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 February, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Corvette John Adams. In 1819 through 1822, was station to the Frigate Congress. In 1823 and 1824, was station to Philadelphia. In 1825, was station to the West India squadron. In 1825 was given a promotion for Lieutenant, station to the Shark. In 1826 was still on the Shark? In 1827, was station to the Sloop Hornet. On December 28, 1827, was Cashiered.
Note. Some registries have him born in New Jersey and promoted to Lieutenant January 1, 1817?
3. Charles B. Childs, Midshipman.
Born New York, appointed Midshipman, 28 January, 1815. In 1818 was on furlough. In 1819 and 1820 station to the Frigate Macedonian. In 1821 through 1824 station to the Washington 74, ( 74 guns ). In 1825 and 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827 was on furlough. In 1828, was station to Norfolk. On May 1, 1828 was Dismissed.
4. William S. J. Washington, Midshipman.
Born Virginia, Midshipman, 5 February, 1812. In 1818 and 1819, was station to Like Erie. In 1820 station to New York. In 1821 station to the navy yard Washington. In 1822, was station to the Schooner Grampus. In 1823 station to Norfolk. In 1824 and 1825, station to the West India station. In 1826, station to the receiving ship Alert. In 1827 and 1828, station to the receiving ship Norfolk. On May 1, 1828, was Dismissed.
Note. Some registries have him born and living in the District of Columbia?
5. Humphrey A. N. Morris, Midshipman.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 January, 1817. In 1818 and 1819, was not on duty. In 1820, was station to New Orleans. In 1821 was not found on the registry. In 1822, was station to the Frigate Macedonian. In 1823 and 1824, station to New York. In 1825, was on furlough. In 1826 and 1827 station to the Cyane. On December 22, 1827, he was Cashiered.
Note. Some registries have him born in England, and living in New York?
6. William A. Randolph, Second Lieutenant of Marines.
Born South Carolina, Second Lieutenant, 30 July, 1823. In 1824, was station to the West India station. In 1825, was at Headquarters. In 1826, was station to the Brandywine. On October 21, 1826, he was dismissed.
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List of dismissions from the navy of the United States, since 1st December, 1828.
1. Edmund L. Dubarry, Surgeon.
Born Pennsylvania, Surgeon's Mate, 30 January, 1823.. No record for 1824. In 1825 was station to the West India squadron. Surgeon, 24 May, 1826. In 1826 was on leave of absence. In 1827, was station to the Sloop Hornet. In 1828, was station to New York. In 1829, was on furlough. On November 5, 1829, he was dismissed. Died 12 July, 1853.
Note. Some registries state he was commissioned surgeon on May 26, 1824.
2. William Belt, Assistant surgeon.
Born Maryland, Surgeon's Mate, 23 September, 1811. In 1818 1819, was on furlough. In 1820, was station to Norfolk Virginia. In 1821, was station to Baltimore. No record for 1822, in 1823, was station to the West India. In 1824 through 1827, was station to the Sloop Peacock, Pacific Ocean. In 1828 and 1829, was station to the navy yard Washington. On April 7, 1829 he was dismissed.
3. Thomas V. Wiesenthal, Assistant surgeon.
Born Maryland, Assistant surgeon, December 10, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Independence 74 ( 74 guns ). In 1819 and 1821, was at Charlestown Massachusetts. No record for 1822. In 1823, station to West India. In 1824, station to Baltimore. In 1825, station to Sloop Hornet West India station. In 1826, station to Baltimore. In 1827 through 1829, station to the navy Hospital, Gosport. On April 7, 1829, he was dismissed.
4. James R .Boyce, Assistant surgeon.
Born Virginia, Surgeon's Mate, 22 April, 1816. In 1818, was station to Gosport Virginia. In 1819 and 1821 was station to the Frigate Macedonian. There is no record for 1822. In 1823 was station to the Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia. In 1824, was station to the Brig Spark, West India. In 1825, was on leave of absence. In 1826 was station to the Navy Hospital at Gosport Virginia. In 1827, was station to the Sloop Vincennes. In 1828, was station to the John Adams. In 1829, was waiting for orders. On April 7, 1829, he was dismissed.
5. Lewis Deblois, PURSER.
Born Massachusetts, Purser, 25 February, 1812. In 1818 and 1820, was station to Charlestown Massachusetts. In 1821, was at the navy yard at Charlestown. In 1822 through 1825, was on furlough in Boston. In 1827 through 1829, was not on duty. On May 27, 1829, he was dismissed.
6. Edward McLaughlin, CHAPLAIN.
Born New York, Chaplain, 19 April, 1826. In 1827, was station to Norfolk Virginia. In 1828 and 1829, was station to the navy yard Gosport Virginia. On October 2, 1829, he was dismissed.
7. Abram or Abraham J. Bennett, Midshipman.
Born Delaware, Midshipman, 4 July, 1817. In 1818, was not on duty. In 1819, was station to Baltimore. In 1820 and 1825, was station to the Franklin 74 ( 74 guns ). In 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, he was Surveying. In 1828, was on leave of absence. On December 31, 1828, he was dismissed.
8. Joseph S. Cannon, Midshipman, Sailing Master.
Born Delaware, Appointed Midshipman February 26, 1814, In 1818 and 1819, was station to the Schooner Asp. In 1820, was station to Philadelphia. In 1821, was on furlough. In 1822, was not on duty. In 1823 and 1824, was at Philadelphia. In 1825, was station to the Frigate Constellation, west India station. In 1826, was waiting orders. In 1827, was station to Receiving ship Baltimore. In 1828, was waiting orders. Appointed Sailing Master, 16 January, 1829. On December 31, 1828, he was dismissed.
9. Patrick F. Bradlee, Midshipman.
Born Massachusetts, Appointed Midshipman September 1, 1822, from 1822 to 1824 he is not on the registries. In 1825 and 1827, was station to the Frigate United States Pacific Ocean. In 1828, was station to the receiving ship Boston. In 1829, was under examination. On April 4, 1829, he was dismissed.
10. Charles D. Drake, Midshipman.
Born Ohio, Midshipman, 1 April, 1827. In 1828, was station to the Delaware 74 ( 74 guns ). In 1829, was station to the Sloop Hornet. On October 30, 1829, he was dismissed.
11. William P. Livingston, Midshipman.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 March, 1825. In 1827 and 1828,was station to the Frigate Macedonian. In 1829, was on leave of absence. On July 8, 1829, was dismissed.
12. Richard D. Millen, Midshipman.
Born Georgia, Appointed Midshipman, 10 May 1820, in 1821, was station to the Schooner Nonesuch. In 1822, was on furlough. In 1823, was station to the Corvette Cyane. In 1824, was on the Washington 74 ( 74 guns ), at New York. In 1825 and 1826, was on the Frigate Constitution in the Mediterranean. In 1827, was on leave of absence. In 1828, was on furlough. In 1829 he was under examination. On April 4, 1829, he was dismissed.
13. Robert H. L. Paterson, Midshipman.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 October, 1827. In 1828, was waiting for orders. In 1829, was station to the Sloop Fairfield. On April 4, 1829, he was dismissed. The registry states he was on furlough in 1830 and 1831. Resigned 12 April, 1831.
Note Some records state he Resigned on 12 April, 1831.
14. Lloyd L. Spillman, Midshipman.
Born Virginia, Midshipman, 19 August, 1823. In 1824 through 1827 was station to the Sloop Peacock, Pacific Ocean. 1828, was on leave of absence. In 1829, was station to the Sloop Fairfield. On June 3, 1829, he was dismissed, but Resigned September 3, 1829.
15. H. H. Van Rensselaer, Midshipman.
Born New York, Appointed Midshipman, 10 May, 1820. In 1821, not on duty. In 1822 through 1825, station to the Schooner Dolphin. In 1826, station to the Pacific. In 1827 and 1828. on leave of absence. In 1829, was under examination. On April 6, 1829, he was dismissed.
16. Zaccheus R. Fuller, CARPENTER.
Born Massachusetts, Carpenter, 12 April, 1815. In 1818 through 1821, was station to the Frigate United States. In 1822 through 1824, was station to the navy yard in Charlestown. In 1825 and 1827, was sick, Boston station. In 1828, was station to the Sloop Falmouth. In 1829, was waiting for orders. On June 30, 1829, was dismissed.
17. Miles King, NAVY AGENT.
Appointed Navy Agent, March 27, 1816, was dismissed 1829.
18. Nathaniel Amory, NAVY AGENT.
Appointed Navy Agent, October 21, 1827, was dismissed 1829.
19. John N. Sherburne, NAVY AGENT.
Appointed Navy Agent, was dismissed 1829.
20. Richard Derby, NAVAL STOREKEEPER.
Appointed Naval Storekeeper, January 16, 1827, was dismissed 1829.
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List of dismissions from the navy of the United States, since December 1, 1829.
1. John N. Clack, MASTER COMMANDANT.
Born Virginia, Appointed Midshipman, 15 November, 1809. Lieutenant, 9 December, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Frigate Congress. In 1819, was station to the Frigate Constellation. In 1820, was station to Norfolk Virginia. In 1821 and 1822, was station to the Frigate Constellation. In 1823, was under orders. In 1824, was station to the Mediterranean. In 1825 and 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, was on furlough. Master Commandant, 24 April, 1828. In 1829, was station to navy yard Pensacola. In 1830, was on leave of absence. First dismissal was on November 24, 1830. Captain, 28 February, 1838. Second Dismissal came on 16 April, 1842.
2. Edmund Byrne, LIEUTENANT.
Born Pennsylvania, Midshipman, 1 February, 1814. In 1818, was on furlough. In 1819 through 1821, was station to the Schooner Nonesuch. In 1822, was station to Philadelphia. Was not on registry of 1823 through 1825, as Midshipman. Lieutenant, 13 January, 1825. In 1825, was station to the West India squadron. In 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, waiting for orders. In 1828 through 1830 was station to the Delaware 74. ( 74 guns ). On March 31, 1830, he was dismissed. Commander, 8 September, 1841. Died 17 October, 1850.
3. Hampton Westcott, Midshipman, LIEUTENANT.
Born New Jersey, Midshipman, 10 May, 1820. In 1821 and 1822, was station to the Brig Enterprise. In 1823, was station to Philadelphia. In 1824 through 1826, was station to the Sloop Erie, Mediterranean. In 1827, was on leave of absence. In 1828 and 1829, was waiting for orders. The records state he made Lieutenant in May of 1826, but wasn’t shown on the registry till 1828. Lieutenant, 17 May, 1826. Dismissed 31 March, 1830.
4. Charles Ellery, Midshipman, LIEUTENANT.
Born Rhode Island, Midshipman, 8 March, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Frigate Constellation. In 1819 and 1822, was station to the Frigate Guerriere. From 1823 and 1824, he is not shown on the registry. Lieutenant, 13 January, 1825. In 1825 and 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, was station to the Sloop Boston. In 1828, he was waiting for orders. In 1829 and 1830, was station to the Schooner Shark. He was dismissed on 24 November, 1830.
5. William P. Zantzinger, PURSER.
Born Pennsylvania, Purser, 24 July, 1813. This record states he was appointed Purser in 1813, but the navy registry states August 2, 1824. In 1825 through 1827, was station to the Brig Spark, West India station. In 1828, was on leave of absence. In 1829, he was waiting for orders. In 1830, he was under arrest, he was Cashiered on 31 May, 1830.
6. Charles H. Duryee, Midshipman, PASSED MIDSHIPMEN, Lieutenant.
Born New York, Midshipman, 19 August, 1823. In 1824 through 1827, was station to the Sloop Erie in the Mediterranean. In 1828, was station to the Sloop Ontario. Passed Midshipman, 23 March, 1829. In 1829, was under examination. On March 31, 1830, he was dismissed, this was his first dismissal. Lieutenant, 31 December, 1833. Dismissed 30 October, 1837.
7. Alexander Gibson, Midshipman, PASSED MIDSHIPMEN.
Born Virginia, Midshipman, 4 July, 1822. In 1823, was station to the Schooner Shark. In 1824, was station to the Washington 74 ( 74 guns ), at New York. In 1825 through 1827, was station to the Frigate Constellation, West India station. Passed Midshipman, 24 May, 1828. In 1828, was station to the Schooner Dolphin, then again in 1828, was station to the Schooner Grampus. On April 14, 1830, he was dismissed. Lieutenant, 28 February, 1838. Reserved List, 13 September, 1855. Commissioned Commander on Active List, 14 September, 1855. Captain on Retired List, 4 April, 1867. Died 8 August, 1872.
8. Benjamin S. Slye, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born District of Columbia, Midshipman, 1 March, 1825. In 1825, was station to the West India. In 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, was station to rhe Sloop Lexington. In 1828, was at naval school, New York. In 1829, was station to the Delaware 74 ( 74guns ). In 1830, was station to the Frigate Java. On March 13, 1830, he was dismissed for the first time, dismissed for a second time on 9 July, 1833.
9. Charles G. Hunter, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born New Jersey, Midshipman, 16 November, 1824. In 1825 through 1827, was station to the North Carolina 74 ( 74 guns ), in the Mediterranean. In 1828, was srarion to the Schooner Porpoise. In 1828, was station to the Frigate Java. Passed Midshipman, 20 February, 1830. In 1830, was under examination. On March 31, 1830, he was dismissed. Lieutenant, 24 June, 1834. Dismissed 29 January, 1855.
10. Edmund Burke, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born District of Columbia, Midshipman, 1 March, 1827. In 1828, was station to the Frigate Java. In 1829, was station to the Schooner Porpoise. In 1830, was station to the Sloop Vandalia. Dismissed 17 June, 1830.
11. Peter Johnson, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born New Hampshire, Midshipman, 2 February, 1829. In 1830, was waiting for orders. Dismissed 26 July, 1830.
12. Edward Ingram, BOATSWAIN.
Born Pennsylvania, Boatswain 1 November 1826, In 1827, was waiting for orders. In 1828, was station to the Sloop Falmouth. In 1829 and 1830 was on leave of absence. On June 26, 1830, he was dismissed.
13. George Peale, CARPENTER.
Place born unknown, Carpenter, 9 May, 1828. In 1829, was a acting carpenter. Dismissed 16 June, 1830.
14. Richard Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine.
Second Lieutenant, 20 July, 1806. First Lieutenant, 8 March, 1807. Captain, 13 March, 1812. Brevet Major, 18 June, 1814. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 18 June, 1824. Cashiered 23 February, 1830.
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Dismissions from the navy of the United States since December 2, 1826.
Name and Rank and date of Dismission.
1. James E. Legare, Midshipman, Lieutenant.
Born South Carolina, commission Midshipman on June 18, 1812, pay was $19, dollars per month with 2 rations per day. Commission Lieutenant on April 1, 1818, pay was $40, dollars per month with 3 rations per day, was station to the Brig Boxer. In 1819 and 1820, station to the Hornet. In 1821, station to the Schooner Nonesuch. In 1822, was station to Norfolk. In 1823, Station to the West India station. In 1824 and 1825, station to the Spark west India station. In 1826, waiting orders. On June 22, 1827 was Dismissed.
2. John Q. Adams. Boyd, Midshipman.
Born Indiana, commission Midshipman December 13, 1819, but didn’t show on the registry till 1821, was station to the Columbus 74, ( 74 guns ), pay was $19, dollars per month with 2 rations per day. In 1822 through 1824, station to the Franklin 74, ( 74 guns ). In 1825 was station to the Frigate United States in the Pacific Ocean. In 1826, he was not on the registry. On November 5, 1827, was Dismissed.
Note. One registry had him born in the District of Columbia?
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List of dismissions from the navy of the United States, since 1st, December, 1827.
1. William Carter Jr., Master Commandant.
Born North Carolina, appointed Midshipman, 28 June, 1804. Lieutenant, 28 April, 1810. Master Commandant, 27 April, 1816. In 1818 was station to New York. From 1819 through 1823 was at Norfolk. In 1824 and 1825, was station to the Sloop Peacock in the Pacific Ocean. In 1826 and 1827, was not on duty. On December 7, 1827 he was cashiered.
2. William Foster, Midshipman, Lieutenant.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 February, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Corvette John Adams. In 1819 through 1822, was station to the Frigate Congress. In 1823 and 1824, was station to Philadelphia. In 1825, was station to the West India squadron. In 1825 was given a promotion for Lieutenant, station to the Shark. In 1826 was still on the Shark? In 1827, was station to the Sloop Hornet. On December 28, 1827, was Cashiered.
Note. Some registries have him born in New Jersey and promoted to Lieutenant January 1, 1817?
3. Charles B. Childs, Midshipman.
Born New York, appointed Midshipman, 28 January, 1815. In 1818 was on furlough. In 1819 and 1820 station to the Frigate Macedonian. In 1821 through 1824 station to the Washington 74, ( 74 guns ). In 1825 and 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827 was on furlough. In 1828, was station to Norfolk. On May 1, 1828 was Dismissed.
4. William S. J. Washington, Midshipman.
Born Virginia, Midshipman, 5 February, 1812. In 1818 and 1819, was station to Like Erie. In 1820 station to New York. In 1821 station to the navy yard Washington. In 1822, was station to the Schooner Grampus. In 1823 station to Norfolk. In 1824 and 1825, station to the West India station. In 1826, station to the receiving ship Alert. In 1827 and 1828, station to the receiving ship Norfolk. On May 1, 1828, was Dismissed.
Note. Some registries have him born and living in the District of Columbia?
5. Humphrey A. N. Morris, Midshipman.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 January, 1817. In 1818 and 1819, was not on duty. In 1820, was station to New Orleans. In 1821 was not found on the registry. In 1822, was station to the Frigate Macedonian. In 1823 and 1824, station to New York. In 1825, was on furlough. In 1826 and 1827 station to the Cyane. On December 22, 1827, he was Cashiered.
Note. Some registries have him born in England, and living in New York?
6. William A. Randolph, Second Lieutenant of Marines.
Born South Carolina, Second Lieutenant, 30 July, 1823. In 1824, was station to the West India station. In 1825, was at Headquarters. In 1826, was station to the Brandywine. On October 21, 1826, he was dismissed.
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List of dismissions from the navy of the United States, since 1st December, 1828.
1. Edmund L. Dubarry, Surgeon.
Born Pennsylvania, Surgeon's Mate, 30 January, 1823.. No record for 1824. In 1825 was station to the West India squadron. Surgeon, 24 May, 1826. In 1826 was on leave of absence. In 1827, was station to the Sloop Hornet. In 1828, was station to New York. In 1829, was on furlough. On November 5, 1829, he was dismissed. Died 12 July, 1853.
Note. Some registries state he was commissioned surgeon on May 26, 1824.
2. William Belt, Assistant surgeon.
Born Maryland, Surgeon's Mate, 23 September, 1811. In 1818 1819, was on furlough. In 1820, was station to Norfolk Virginia. In 1821, was station to Baltimore. No record for 1822, in 1823, was station to the West India. In 1824 through 1827, was station to the Sloop Peacock, Pacific Ocean. In 1828 and 1829, was station to the navy yard Washington. On April 7, 1829 he was dismissed.
3. Thomas V. Wiesenthal, Assistant surgeon.
Born Maryland, Assistant surgeon, December 10, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Independence 74 ( 74 guns ). In 1819 and 1821, was at Charlestown Massachusetts. No record for 1822. In 1823, station to West India. In 1824, station to Baltimore. In 1825, station to Sloop Hornet West India station. In 1826, station to Baltimore. In 1827 through 1829, station to the navy Hospital, Gosport. On April 7, 1829, he was dismissed.
4. James R .Boyce, Assistant surgeon.
Born Virginia, Surgeon's Mate, 22 April, 1816. In 1818, was station to Gosport Virginia. In 1819 and 1821 was station to the Frigate Macedonian. There is no record for 1822. In 1823 was station to the Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia. In 1824, was station to the Brig Spark, West India. In 1825, was on leave of absence. In 1826 was station to the Navy Hospital at Gosport Virginia. In 1827, was station to the Sloop Vincennes. In 1828, was station to the John Adams. In 1829, was waiting for orders. On April 7, 1829, he was dismissed.
5. Lewis Deblois, PURSER.
Born Massachusetts, Purser, 25 February, 1812. In 1818 and 1820, was station to Charlestown Massachusetts. In 1821, was at the navy yard at Charlestown. In 1822 through 1825, was on furlough in Boston. In 1827 through 1829, was not on duty. On May 27, 1829, he was dismissed.
6. Edward McLaughlin, CHAPLAIN.
Born New York, Chaplain, 19 April, 1826. In 1827, was station to Norfolk Virginia. In 1828 and 1829, was station to the navy yard Gosport Virginia. On October 2, 1829, he was dismissed.
7. Abram or Abraham J. Bennett, Midshipman.
Born Delaware, Midshipman, 4 July, 1817. In 1818, was not on duty. In 1819, was station to Baltimore. In 1820 and 1825, was station to the Franklin 74 ( 74 guns ). In 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, he was Surveying. In 1828, was on leave of absence. On December 31, 1828, he was dismissed.
8. Joseph S. Cannon, Midshipman, Sailing Master.
Born Delaware, Appointed Midshipman February 26, 1814, In 1818 and 1819, was station to the Schooner Asp. In 1820, was station to Philadelphia. In 1821, was on furlough. In 1822, was not on duty. In 1823 and 1824, was at Philadelphia. In 1825, was station to the Frigate Constellation, west India station. In 1826, was waiting orders. In 1827, was station to Receiving ship Baltimore. In 1828, was waiting orders. Appointed Sailing Master, 16 January, 1829. On December 31, 1828, he was dismissed.
9. Patrick F. Bradlee, Midshipman.
Born Massachusetts, Appointed Midshipman September 1, 1822, from 1822 to 1824 he is not on the registries. In 1825 and 1827, was station to the Frigate United States Pacific Ocean. In 1828, was station to the receiving ship Boston. In 1829, was under examination. On April 4, 1829, he was dismissed.
10. Charles D. Drake, Midshipman.
Born Ohio, Midshipman, 1 April, 1827. In 1828, was station to the Delaware 74 ( 74 guns ). In 1829, was station to the Sloop Hornet. On October 30, 1829, he was dismissed.
11. William P. Livingston, Midshipman.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 March, 1825. In 1827 and 1828,was station to the Frigate Macedonian. In 1829, was on leave of absence. On July 8, 1829, was dismissed.
12. Richard D. Millen, Midshipman.
Born Georgia, Appointed Midshipman, 10 May 1820, in 1821, was station to the Schooner Nonesuch. In 1822, was on furlough. In 1823, was station to the Corvette Cyane. In 1824, was on the Washington 74 ( 74 guns ), at New York. In 1825 and 1826, was on the Frigate Constitution in the Mediterranean. In 1827, was on leave of absence. In 1828, was on furlough. In 1829 he was under examination. On April 4, 1829, he was dismissed.
13. Robert H. L. Paterson, Midshipman.
Born New York, Midshipman, 1 October, 1827. In 1828, was waiting for orders. In 1829, was station to the Sloop Fairfield. On April 4, 1829, he was dismissed. The registry states he was on furlough in 1830 and 1831. Resigned 12 April, 1831.
Note Some records state he Resigned on 12 April, 1831.
14. Lloyd L. Spillman, Midshipman.
Born Virginia, Midshipman, 19 August, 1823. In 1824 through 1827 was station to the Sloop Peacock, Pacific Ocean. 1828, was on leave of absence. In 1829, was station to the Sloop Fairfield. On June 3, 1829, he was dismissed, but Resigned September 3, 1829.
15. H. H. Van Rensselaer, Midshipman.
Born New York, Appointed Midshipman, 10 May, 1820. In 1821, not on duty. In 1822 through 1825, station to the Schooner Dolphin. In 1826, station to the Pacific. In 1827 and 1828. on leave of absence. In 1829, was under examination. On April 6, 1829, he was dismissed.
16. Zaccheus R. Fuller, CARPENTER.
Born Massachusetts, Carpenter, 12 April, 1815. In 1818 through 1821, was station to the Frigate United States. In 1822 through 1824, was station to the navy yard in Charlestown. In 1825 and 1827, was sick, Boston station. In 1828, was station to the Sloop Falmouth. In 1829, was waiting for orders. On June 30, 1829, was dismissed.
17. Miles King, NAVY AGENT.
Appointed Navy Agent, March 27, 1816, was dismissed 1829.
18. Nathaniel Amory, NAVY AGENT.
Appointed Navy Agent, October 21, 1827, was dismissed 1829.
19. John N. Sherburne, NAVY AGENT.
Appointed Navy Agent, was dismissed 1829.
20. Richard Derby, NAVAL STOREKEEPER.
Appointed Naval Storekeeper, January 16, 1827, was dismissed 1829.
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List of dismissions from the navy of the United States, since December 1, 1829.
1. John N. Clack, MASTER COMMANDANT.
Born Virginia, Appointed Midshipman, 15 November, 1809. Lieutenant, 9 December, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Frigate Congress. In 1819, was station to the Frigate Constellation. In 1820, was station to Norfolk Virginia. In 1821 and 1822, was station to the Frigate Constellation. In 1823, was under orders. In 1824, was station to the Mediterranean. In 1825 and 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, was on furlough. Master Commandant, 24 April, 1828. In 1829, was station to navy yard Pensacola. In 1830, was on leave of absence. First dismissal was on November 24, 1830. Captain, 28 February, 1838. Second Dismissal came on 16 April, 1842.
2. Edmund Byrne, LIEUTENANT.
Born Pennsylvania, Midshipman, 1 February, 1814. In 1818, was on furlough. In 1819 through 1821, was station to the Schooner Nonesuch. In 1822, was station to Philadelphia. Was not on registry of 1823 through 1825, as Midshipman. Lieutenant, 13 January, 1825. In 1825, was station to the West India squadron. In 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, waiting for orders. In 1828 through 1830 was station to the Delaware 74. ( 74 guns ). On March 31, 1830, he was dismissed. Commander, 8 September, 1841. Died 17 October, 1850.
3. Hampton Westcott, Midshipman, LIEUTENANT.
Born New Jersey, Midshipman, 10 May, 1820. In 1821 and 1822, was station to the Brig Enterprise. In 1823, was station to Philadelphia. In 1824 through 1826, was station to the Sloop Erie, Mediterranean. In 1827, was on leave of absence. In 1828 and 1829, was waiting for orders. The records state he made Lieutenant in May of 1826, but wasn’t shown on the registry till 1828. Lieutenant, 17 May, 1826. Dismissed 31 March, 1830.
4. Charles Ellery, Midshipman, LIEUTENANT.
Born Rhode Island, Midshipman, 8 March, 1814. In 1818, was station to the Frigate Constellation. In 1819 and 1822, was station to the Frigate Guerriere. From 1823 and 1824, he is not shown on the registry. Lieutenant, 13 January, 1825. In 1825 and 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, was station to the Sloop Boston. In 1828, he was waiting for orders. In 1829 and 1830, was station to the Schooner Shark. He was dismissed on 24 November, 1830.
5. William P. Zantzinger, PURSER.
Born Pennsylvania, Purser, 24 July, 1813. This record states he was appointed Purser in 1813, but the navy registry states August 2, 1824. In 1825 through 1827, was station to the Brig Spark, West India station. In 1828, was on leave of absence. In 1829, he was waiting for orders. In 1830, he was under arrest, he was Cashiered on 31 May, 1830.
6. Charles H. Duryee, Midshipman, PASSED MIDSHIPMEN, Lieutenant.
Born New York, Midshipman, 19 August, 1823. In 1824 through 1827, was station to the Sloop Erie in the Mediterranean. In 1828, was station to the Sloop Ontario. Passed Midshipman, 23 March, 1829. In 1829, was under examination. On March 31, 1830, he was dismissed, this was his first dismissal. Lieutenant, 31 December, 1833. Dismissed 30 October, 1837.
7. Alexander Gibson, Midshipman, PASSED MIDSHIPMEN.
Born Virginia, Midshipman, 4 July, 1822. In 1823, was station to the Schooner Shark. In 1824, was station to the Washington 74 ( 74 guns ), at New York. In 1825 through 1827, was station to the Frigate Constellation, West India station. Passed Midshipman, 24 May, 1828. In 1828, was station to the Schooner Dolphin, then again in 1828, was station to the Schooner Grampus. On April 14, 1830, he was dismissed. Lieutenant, 28 February, 1838. Reserved List, 13 September, 1855. Commissioned Commander on Active List, 14 September, 1855. Captain on Retired List, 4 April, 1867. Died 8 August, 1872.
8. Benjamin S. Slye, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born District of Columbia, Midshipman, 1 March, 1825. In 1825, was station to the West India. In 1826, was on leave of absence. In 1827, was station to rhe Sloop Lexington. In 1828, was at naval school, New York. In 1829, was station to the Delaware 74 ( 74guns ). In 1830, was station to the Frigate Java. On March 13, 1830, he was dismissed for the first time, dismissed for a second time on 9 July, 1833.
9. Charles G. Hunter, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born New Jersey, Midshipman, 16 November, 1824. In 1825 through 1827, was station to the North Carolina 74 ( 74 guns ), in the Mediterranean. In 1828, was srarion to the Schooner Porpoise. In 1828, was station to the Frigate Java. Passed Midshipman, 20 February, 1830. In 1830, was under examination. On March 31, 1830, he was dismissed. Lieutenant, 24 June, 1834. Dismissed 29 January, 1855.
10. Edmund Burke, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born District of Columbia, Midshipman, 1 March, 1827. In 1828, was station to the Frigate Java. In 1829, was station to the Schooner Porpoise. In 1830, was station to the Sloop Vandalia. Dismissed 17 June, 1830.
11. Peter Johnson, MIDSHIPMAN.
Born New Hampshire, Midshipman, 2 February, 1829. In 1830, was waiting for orders. Dismissed 26 July, 1830.
12. Edward Ingram, BOATSWAIN.
Born Pennsylvania, Boatswain 1 November 1826, In 1827, was waiting for orders. In 1828, was station to the Sloop Falmouth. In 1829 and 1830 was on leave of absence. On June 26, 1830, he was dismissed.
13. George Peale, CARPENTER.
Place born unknown, Carpenter, 9 May, 1828. In 1829, was a acting carpenter. Dismissed 16 June, 1830.
14. Richard Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine.
Second Lieutenant, 20 July, 1806. First Lieutenant, 8 March, 1807. Captain, 13 March, 1812. Brevet Major, 18 June, 1814. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 18 June, 1824. Cashiered 23 February, 1830.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Court Martial Of Farnifold Green 1827.
On November 1, 1827, Philadelphia, Midshipman, Farnifold Green stood before a general court-martial while the charges were read. The charges were; Conduct unbecoming a gentlemen an a officer, and Disobedience of orders. ( The specifications of each charge will not be read here.) Farnifold Green answer to the charge was “Not Guilty.”, The first witness came forward.
John White, was ask a question. State if you please the circumstances referred to in the specifications, so far as they occurred within your knowledge.
Answer, On the 16th day of December, 1826, in consequence of its being reported to me that there was a disturbance on board the Independence, I went to the midshipmen’s mess room, and inquired what the disturbance was. I was answered by some one whom I did not then know, “Who are you? you are the ghost; avaunt! thou ghost!” He followed me out on the main deck; it was Mr. Green; and said, “I’ll let you know who I am; my name is Green, Farnifold Green, of North Carolina, and care for no northern officer.” He said, “Who are you?” I answered, I would let him know to-morrow. I advised him to go to bed. Finding he was going on with abusive language, I quit him and went to the cabin; he appeared to me to be in a state of intoxication, which was the cause of my forbearance. The next morning, on my way to the office to report Mr. Green’s conduct to Captain Crane, commandant of the station, I was overtaken by Mr. Green, who apologized for his conduct the evening before; in consequence of which I forgave him, on condition that nothing of the kind should again occur. We both returned on board the ship; I then directed Midshipman Justin, the executive officer, to make known to the midshipmen’s mess that I had overlooked Mr. Green’s conduct, on condition of his not offending again.
On the 23d of December I had company in the cabin, and heard a great disturbance in the mess room. I went into the mess room to ascertain the cause of the disturbance; I was accosted by Mr. Green with, “Who are you, and what right have you in my room?” I expostulated with him on his conduct and directed him to be quiet, threatening to make use of coercive measures if he were not. He followed me out from the mess room, repeating a great deal of abusive language; I could scarcely understand what he did say. He then said, “I am Green, Faruifold Green; and ready to see you or any northern officer.” I asked him in what way; lie replied, “In any way;” and, after a pause, “in any way regarding duty; but, remember, I am Farnifold Green.” I told him I thought he was blue Green; I believe lie was then intoxicated.
On the night of the 19th of January I had company on board, who quit the ship about twelve o’clock; at about half-past twelve I was partly undressed, going to bed; my servant came in to Consequence of what he said, I went into the mess room. Mr. Green was up when I first went in; I told him his conduct had been of such a nature that he deserved a thrashing, but that his insignificance protected him. He answered, “ You thrash me!” and threw himself into an attitude for boxing, and said, “now come on.” He shook his fist in my face, and said, “I’ll crush you to hell, by G--d!” I directed him to be quiet and go to his hammock; he refused, and made use of a great deal of ill language which I do not recollect; as I was in ill health and not dressed, I returned to the cabin to put on my clothes; I directly returned to the mess room, ordered him to dress and follow me. He opened two or three drawers, and was a long time poking about after waiting some time he announced himself ready to follow me, which he did, upon the spar deck. When I came to the gangway, the usual post of the sentry, there was no sentry there. Finding no sentry there I returned with him, and saw him into the mess room; I then proceeded to the marine barracks, and requested Captain Harris to furnish me with a file of marines; he sent down a file of men, and Mr. Green was put under charge of one of them. I made my report the next morning, of the circumstances, to Captain Crane, who ordered me to suspend him; to confine him to his room; to keep a sentry constantly over him, and not to allow the sentry to quit him for a moment and to see that he had no improper communication with any person. The orders were carried into execution. I thought Mr. Green intoxicated on this occasion.
On the evening of the 26th of December I was sitting in the cabin writing. Mr. Green came in, and requested permission to go on shore, which I refused ; told him he was on the sick list; he answered, then I can’t go sir; I said, no sir, you cannot; he replied, in a very supercilious manner, it’s very well sir. I answered, it is very well sir, and you cannot go ; he then quit the cabin. I sent for him, the next morning, and inquired how he came to go out of the ship last night; and if he had the permission of the surgeon. He said he had. I told him Dr. Kearney told me he had no permission from him. He then said, he had reported his having been out to the surgeon’s mate, when he returned. I have not a distinct recollection of what occurred on the 30th December; I believe it was on that day I left the ship in charge of Lieut. Grant.
On the morning of the 20th January, after the orders of Captain Crane had been carried into execution, I found a jug of brandy on the table, in the mess room. I took the brandy; Midshipman Green, then under charge of a sentinel, abused me with insulting language, and asked me what right I had to take his brandy; told me I had no right in the. mess room; it was his room; the next morning, I sent and intercepted a jug of brandy and cider.
On the 2d day of April, 1821, two of the midshipmen requested permission to go on shore, which I refused; on their return to the mess room, they stated that they had been refused permission to go on shore. I heard Mr. Green say, “Don’t you mind him; go, by G--d! go; you are fools, if you don’t go.” I do not recollect which of the midshipmen it was; I believe Mr. Young was one of them; there were a great many midshipmen there at the time.
On. the evening of the 29th day of December, as Mr. Green’s name did not appear on the sick list, I inquired of the surgeon1if Mr. Green was fit to go to duty, who answered in the affirmative. I sent him a written order to go the next day on hoard the Warren; gave the letter to my servant. Mr. Green did not go.
There were written regulations, in respect to fires, on board the ship; but I have not them with me. I gave verbal orders to Mr. Justin, the executive officer of the ship, to have the fire put out, in the mess room, at nine o’clock; sometimes I would allow particular individuals to have a fire until ten, the officer to whom the privilege was given, being responsible for its being extinguished at that tune. On the morning of the 20th January, at half-past twelve in the morning, I found a fire burning in the mess room; nobody up in the mess, none but Mr. Green: I had it extinguished about two o’clock.
Cross-examined on behalf of the accused:
Question. You say that, on the morning of the 20th January, you reported to Capt. Crane the conduct of Mr. Green on the preceding night; repeat what you did report to Capt. Crane.
Answer. I reported the facts that occurred, and which I have here stated; but cannot recollect the particular language used.
The next witness stepped forward.
Mark Hale, a midshipman in the navy, was asked a question; State the circumstances connected with the specifications.
I cannot remember the particular dates of the transactions; I remember one night Mr. White came into the door of the mess room, and asked what the noise or disturbance was. Mr. Green asked, “Who are you sir. are you the ghost?” Mr. White replied, “I will let you know to-morrow morning, by God.” I do not remember anything more that passed on that occasion. I do not recollect whether there was a light burning in the mess room; I should think there was light enough to distinguish the person of one coming in, unless the hammocks should prevent it.
On one previous evening Mr. White came into the mess room, and asked what the disturbance was. Mr. Green was sitting near the door in a chair. Mr. Green told Jack, the mess boy, to rub his feet Some conversation passed. Mr. White, I think, asked Mr. Green what was the matter. He replied that his foot was cramped: presently he got up, and they both went out on the gun deck. On one night subsequent, I had been on deck till 12 o’clock, having the watch from 8 till 12 P. M. I was relieved, went below, and turned in on a settee, near the mess room door. Mr. Green was sitting near the stove when I went in: there was fire in the stove: Mr. Green had a stick in his hand, about a foot or two in length; presently some one came to the door and knocked. No one bid him walk in. Mr. Green was then standing near the door. The person opened the door, and. Mr. Green threw the club towards the door. I soon discovered, by the voice, that it was David Trusty, Mr. White’s servant. He said, “Take care, sir,” and turned and went away.
Mr. Green immediately turned into the cot, which was swung on the other side of the door, with Midshipman Justin. Mr. White and Trusty came into the mess room immediately after. Mr. White had a lamp in his hand, and asked where is he? Trusty pointed to the cot where Mr. Justin and Mr. Green were, and said, that is the man, I would take my oath of it. Mr. White asked if it was Mr. Green, and Trusty replied, yes sir. Mr. Green raised himself in. the cot and said, prodigious! Mr. White then, I think, told him to prepare for a watch. Mr. Green got up and begun to put on his clothes. While putting them on, Mr. White said, I came in for the purpose of giving you a damned thrashing but look upon you with too much contempt to do it. Mr. Green replied, you dare not do it, and, I think, placed himself in an attitude of defense for boxing: told him if he did do it he would crush him to hell, by God. Some little conversation passed, which I do not particularly recollect. I think, Mr. Green asked Mr. White, if he had to stay on deck, he wished to know what dress to put on. Mr. White told him to prepare himself for a long watch on deck. The night was cold. They went together out of the room, and in a few minutes Mr. Green returned, and, I think, then turned in. The first night that I have spoken of, in point of time, when the boy was rubbing Mr. Green’s leg, Mr. Green went to some one, I think Mr. Key, and asked him for a dirk; he did not state for what purpose nor do I know whether he obtained one. The night that Mr. White came with Trusty, there was a jug of brandy on the table, which Mr. White took, awl either carried out or sent by Trusty. After he had. done this, Mr. Green asked him what right he had to come into his room and carry off his brandy. Mr. White told him, that did not concern him, or gave him some indifferent answer. He then went on, as I have stated before, dressing, and went on deck. Nothing, I think, was said that night about a dirk. I remember Mr. Green’s being arrested, and put under charge of sentry. There was no sentry in the room when the jug of brandy was taken. I cannot say whether there had been any one over him.
The fires were required to be put out in. the mess room at nine o’clock in the evening, unless by special permission of the commanding officer; whenever this was not done, Mr. White would remark, that such were his orders. The night that I saw Midshipman Green sitting by the stove, I had reported to Mr. White the fires out at nine o’clock. I know of no other evening when Mr. Green had fire without permission. On the 3d of April, a messenger had been sent to me from the spar deck. Mr. Green stopped the boy at the door, and directed him to get a chair for him. He said he had a message for Mr. Hale. Mr. Green repeated his order for him to go below and get him a chair. I was sitting at the table, eating dinner. Presently the boy returned with the chair, and told me Lieutenant Bruce, officer of the deck, wished to see me on deck. I asked him why he did not deliver the message earlier; he said Mr. Green would not let him. I turned to Mr. Green, and told him I would thank him not to intercept messages when they were sent to me by any person.
He replied that if he had offended me he would give me any satisfaction I chose. 1 told him he had not offended me in the least; and repeated that I would thank him not to intercept messages that were sent to me. Mr. Green rose from the table, advanced towards me, and said : None of your damned presumption your damned Yankee Varmount presumption. I told him. that I had presumed nothing, and that he must not think of frightening me, for he would have more than he could do. He then advanced still nearer to me, shook his finger very near my face, and said, you are a fool, then turned away, and I think, repeated the same expression. I then told him I should report him, as it was the only satisfaction I could obtain, and did report him. Mr. Green left the ship; the next day he received a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, which he said was a permission to leave the ship.
Cross-examined, on. behalf of the accused:
Question. Do you recollect any verbal order to Mr. Green, or any general verbal order, that the fires should be put out at a particular hour?
Answer. I do not know of any general verbal order, or that they were ever given to Mr. Green.
Question. (By the court.) Was the general written order relating to fires hung up in any public part of’ the ship?
Answer. Yes; it was put up with wafers in the mess room.
Question. On any of these occasions you specified, was Mr. Green sober or intoxicated?
Answer. On the first occasion in point of time, I thought him very much intoxicated; on the other occasion, I cannot say that he was. The day following the first occasion, I cannot say he was sober.
Question. When you returned from the deck, on the night you mention, finding a fire in. the mess room, who was in the mess room at the time?
Answer. I do not recollect the names of the officers who were present, except Mr. Justin. There was no one sitting up but Mr. Green. There were others in the room, but they had all turned in. On the first occasion I have spoken of; when the boy was rubbing Mr. Green’s feet, the mess boy was frightened by Mr. Green, and went out on the gun deck and hid himself: Mr. Green called him, but obtained no answer; he then called the master-at-arms; told him to- find Jack. The master-at-arms found Jack, and brought him in. Jack came in and said to me that Mr. Green wanted to kill him, and wished me to take care of him. I told him no one would hurt him; to keep still. After the boy had come in, Mr. Green told him, if he did not stay by him, he would dirk him. On this evening, I saw Mr. Green drink very freely, and, as I have already mentioned, 1 believed him to be intoxicated. The boy’s name was John Van Dreest, a black boy.
Question. (By the accused.) Was the threat to dirk the boy before or after Mr. White came in?
Answer. I think it was before.
Question. Had the boy been rubbing Mr. Green’s feet before or after the threat to dirk him?
Answer. I think it was before.
David Trusty, a black man, servant of Lieutenant White, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Do you remember going, one night last winter, into the mess room of the Independence, by orders of Lieutenant White? State what occurred.
Answer. One night Mr. White sent me into the room to carry a letter for Mr. Green. Mr. F. Green asked me who the letter was for. I said it was for big Mr. Green--there were two Mr. Greens on board; I had forgotten his first name at the time. He told me to hand it to him. I did so. The next thing was, he inquired what my name was. I told him my name was David Trusty. He asked what Mr. White sent that letter for. I said I did not know what was in it. He said I guess your name is Mr. Black; and then I went out.
On another time, I was sent by Mr. White to the mess room, to get Charles Green’s hammock. I rapped at the door twice or three times. No person answered me. I shoved the door open to go in; Mr. Farnifold Green was standing partly aside of the door. There was a light in. the room so that I could see; I saw him making a blow at me I raised my arm, and received the blow on the arm; it was with a stick. The stick broke over my arm; part of it flew over my shoulder. Mr. Green then walked among the hammocks which were hanging in. the mess room. I looked at him, to be satisfied who be was, and. went into the cabin to tell Mr. White.
I went back with Mr. White to the room ; we looked around when. we first got in, and did not see any person, but presently found Mr. Green lying aside of Mr. Justin on a cot. He had no bed-clothes over him. Mr. White asked me if I would swear he was the person that struck me. I told him I would. Mr. White asked him what he was doing there. One word brought on another; after a while Mr. White told Mr. Green he had been tempted to thrash him, but that he would not condescend to do it. Mr. Green made answer, to thrash me to thrash me, repeating it two or three times, and at the same time, raising his hand, said, I’ll crush you to hell, by God. Mr. Green had got up out of the cot, and was standing in the room; he was not dressing himself or doing anything. I cannot recollect what occurred after that I went into the cabin, leaving Mr. White behind.
I was, at the time, the servant of Mr. White, in the service of the United states, whom I left on the 3d of June. I met Mr. White on the 7th or 8th of November, in New York, and am now with him in his service.
John L. Spencer, a midshipman in the navy of the United States, being duly sworn. according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the United States ship Independence, under the command of Lieutenant White, during the last winter?
Answer. Yes, as a midshipman.
Question. State what you know of the circumstances referred to in the present specifications.
Answer. I do not recollect to have seen Mr. Green intoxicated within the period mentioned in the first specification. On one occasion I had been asleep and was waked. Mr. White was speaking, and said
he had come with the intention of giving Mr. Green a thrashing, or had a mind to do so, or something of that kind. Mr. Green made some reply; what it was I do not recollect. Mr. White said afterwards he would not commit himself. Mr. White ordered Mr. Green immediately on deck. I do not recollect of anything further. The sentry was not placed over Mr. Green till next morning. I heard Mr. Green on the same night ask Mr. White what he took out of the room. Mr. White replied, a bottle of brandy heard nothing more. It was about twelve o’clock that the brandy was taken.
Samuel Penballow, a midshipman in the navy of the United States, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you attached to the Independence last winter?
Answer. Yes.
Question. State such circumstances as you know of connected with the specifications.
Answer. I cannot remember what passed when Mr. White came into the mess room. I was not there when Trusty was struck. I was present at the time of the conversation between Mr. Hale and Mr. Green I cannot say what passed. When off duty I was generally reading. I do not know anything of the first specification.
The court adjourned till 2 o’clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday, December 6.
The court met pursuant to the adjournment of yesterday. Present: as before. The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mark Hale again called:
Question. Did Mr. Green throw the stick at Trusty, or strike him with it?
Answer. I thought he threw it; whether it hit him I cannot tell.
Question. Do you remember anything of the stick before Trusty came to the door, and what Mr. Green said about it?
Answer. I remember seeing Mr. Green pounding upon the deck with it before Trusty came. He said if the ghost came again he would beat his brains out. Who he meant by the ghost I do not know I never knew him to apply the term to any one.
Question. Were you on board the Independence one evening when Mr. Cornwall expostulated with Mr. Green about having a fire after 9 o’clock? State what passed, and, as nearly as you can, when it occurred.
Answer. I remember one evening when Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Key, and myself had been at a wedding; I think it was the 11th of January; we came on board, I think, between 11 and 1Z at night; found on deck Mr. Green and a midshipman, the officer of the deck, and I think we all turned in excepting Mr. Green. There was a fire in the stove when we came on board. Mr. Green presently went to put more wood in the stove. Mr. Cornwall, who was the executive officer at the time, told him it was against the orders of the ship to make a fire, and said something about the other midshipmen taking advantage of him while in the execution of his duty; and told Mr. Green that no gentleman. would take that advantage. Mr. Green replied, “If you say I am no gentleman you lie, sir.” Some other conversation occurred which I do not particularly recollect, and I believe the fire was extinguished.
Cross-examined:
Question. Where was Mr. Green standing when Trusty came in, and when he threw the stick?
Answer. As nearly as I can recollect he was standing about six or eight feet from the door, and in front of it.
Dr. John A. Kearney, surgeon in the navy of the United States, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you attached to the station at Charlestown, Massachusetts, during the last winter, as the surgeon?
Answer. I was.
Question. Do you recollect Mr. Farnifold Green’s being on the sick list on or about the 26th of December last?
Answer. I do not remember particularly the date, but about that time he was on the sick list.
Question. Did he apply to you for, and obtain permission from you, to go on shore on the 26th of December?
Answer. No.
Question. Did you see Mr. Green repeatedly; during the last winter and spring, on board the Independence and at Charlestown and Boston?
Answer. I have seen him on board the ship and at Charlestown repeatedly.
Question. What do you know in relation to the first specification of the first charge?
Answer. I know nothing personally of the transactions on board the Independence; I lived in the same house at Charlestown with Mr. Green, but in a different mess. I have seen him intoxicated during the period embraced in the specification. Once I saw him carried, by the servant, by the room where I messed with some other officers, to bed. We were attracted by the noise made in taking him.
Cross-examined on behalf of the accused:
Question. Did you go out of your room when Mr. Green was taken by?
Answer. I wel1t to the door, opened it with the other gentlemen, saw what I have stated, and returned.
Question. Do you know how Mr. Green had been engaged; whether dining with company, or not?
Answer. I do not know.
Charles F. Kiander, a private in the marine corps, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the Independence, as a sentry, on the 19th of December last?
Answer. I was, on some night in December, near Christmas.
Question. Were you taken from your post; by whom, and what occurred?
Answer. I was posted at the cabin door, from 12 midnight At half-past 12, a boy was passing up the ladder; I beckoned him to come to me; I asked him if he could have the goodness to give me a drink of water. He went upon deck, and presently a midshipman came to me, asked me where the corporal of the guard was. I told him he was somewhere forward in the ship, and I could not call him loud. I suppose the midshipman himself found out the corporal, for when he came to me, he asked what I had been doing; he was ordered to relieve me. I answered, I asked the boy, as he was passing by, for a drink of water. I was then relieved, and brought upon the spar deck, before the officer of the deck. I do not know who the midshipman was that came down to me; it was not Mr. Green. I stood at the fife rail till 2 o’clock; when I was taken, by order of Mr. Green, to be put on post at the larboard. gangway, on the spar deck.
Lieutenant White, again called:
Question Look at the papers shown you; were you present when these depositions were taken? State how they were taken, and where was Mr. Green?
Answer. The one I hold in my hand, (the deposition of Van Driest) was taken in the cabin of the Independence. I was present.
Note. It should be noted here that this trial is about 30, pages long, and for this reason I have omitted most of the legal talk to shorten this page.
Francis S. Key, a witness, produced, sworn, and examined, on behalf the accused, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the ship Independence, lying at Charlestown, during the last winter and spring, and in what capacity?
Answer. I was on board for three or four weeks, as a midshipman. I joined the ship early in January.
Question. Relate your knowledge of the circumstances set forth in. the charges and specifications against Mr. Green, and of his general conduct and character on board the ship?
Answer. I have known Mr. Green for a number of years, and never knew him to be intoxicated. I knew nothing of the circumstances of Trusty being struck, further than that there was a stick thrown, which fell inside of the steerage, against the bulk-head. I was in my hammock, and cannot say who threw it, or at whom it was thrown. I know nothing of Mr. Green’s preparing himself with a club, or posting himself at the door, for the purpose of striking Mr.. White. I remember one night Mr. White came into the room; he told Mr. Green he came there for the purpose of giving him a damned thrashing. Mr. Green posted himself in an attitude for defending himself; ts for putting his fist near Mr. White’s face, I did not see it. Mr. Green said, as nearly as I can recollect his words, “By heaven, sir, you dare not thrash me.” There was some conversation passed; I do not recollect whether or not Mr. Green used the expression that he would crush him to hell; I laid down in my hammock, and took but littlie notice of what passed. I was asleep when Mr. White came in, and the first words which I particularly remember, were what I have stated. Mr. Green came to my hammock, and asked me if I thought him intoxicated? Mr. White had accused him of being intoxicated. I said no. Whether this was before or after what I have stated, I do not recollect.
I also recollect Mr. White directing Mr. Green to go on deck. Mr. Green asked him what he was to go on deck for? how he was to dress himself? I do not recollect the language used by Mr. White in reply; the substance of it was, that he was to prepare himself to spend a cold night on the spar deck. Mr. Green went on deck with Mr. White, and after a few minutes, returned to the steerage. I think a guard of marines was then sent for, and one of them posted near the mess room on the gun deck. I do not know of Mr. Green saying anything about a dirk, after his return to the room; he made no noise, and what he did say was in a low voice. I do not remember anything of the taking of the jug of brandy. On one evening I had been to a wedding; on my return it was very cold, and I made a fire Mr. Cornwall jumped up, ordered Mr. Green to put it out, and threw water on it. I told him I made the fire. It was a general habit on board the ship to make fires, and I do not know that one of the officers did it more frequently than another. I have no particular recollection of any officer making a fire except in the instance I have mentioned, when I made it.
Question. After Mr. White threatened to thrash Mr. Green, did you hear hhn say he would not commit himself?
Answer. I think he remarked to Mr. Green, he was trying to get him to commit himself; but that he would not commit himself.
Question. (By the court.) How long before the conversation between Mr. White and Mr. Green, which you have related, had the stick been thrown?
Answer. I do not recollect whether it was that night or not.
Question. When you returned from the wedding the night you have spoken of, where did you see Mr. Green on your first getting on board?
Answer. I cannot positively say; I think it was below.
Question. Are you certain that you saw a stick thrown at the time you have mentioned, or did you hear one had been thrown?
Answer. I did not see the stick thrown. I distinctly remember hearing it strike the bulkhead, and fall inside of the mess room.
Question. Did you hear any one at the door at the time?
Answer. I do not recollect.
George W. Palmer, a surgeon’s mate in the army of the United States, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the ship Independence, at Charlestown, during the late winter or spring and in what capacity?
Answer. I was on board in the capacity of assistant surgeon from. December 20th till June. I lived on shore.
Question. Relate what you know of the matters in the charges and specifications of Mr. Green.
Answer. I do not know of his being intoxicated; he may have been excited. I remember two instances when I thought him excited; once was an evening when I was on board the ship, with a good many officers. Something was said about a ghost. I do not know how far the term intoxicated extended. He conversed regularly he had. the use of his reason and limbs. There was company on board; we had all been drinking more or less. The other occasion was in Boston, when we met Mr. Jones, from New York, when I think Mr. Green might have been excited by wine. It was at the Exchange Coffee House. I think we did not dine there. There was several of us there, and we drank some wine. Mr. Green walked to the boarding-house, a distance of from a half to three-quarters of a mile, or more. It was in a public sitting-room attached to the dining-room. There was no riotous or disorderly conduct. On the first occasion I have mentioned, Mr. White came into the room I think it was after ten o’clock the room was somewhat dark Mr. Green was still up. As Mr. White came in Mr. Green said, Who are you? and perhaps repeated the question. I believe I was not in bed yet. Mr. White, if I recollect right, then advanced a little, and said, “Damn you, sir, I’ll let you know,” or something to that effect, and left the room. Mr. Green, I think, said, “Avaunt, thou ghost!” whether as Mr. White came in, or as he left the room, I cannot recollect.
Cross-examined:
Question. You have mentioned that Mr. Green walked from the Exchange Coffee House to the boarding house on that occasion; did he walk without assistance, and how did he get to bed?
Answer. We walked home together, arm in arm. I gave him no assistance, because I had
been drinking as much wine as he had. He went to bed with me without assistance; it was about 11 P. M. when we went home.
Question. You have said something was said about the ghost on board the ship; was there anything more said than you have mentioned?
Answer. I do not remember.
Question. Do you know who was alluded to by the term ghost?
Answer. I do not remember ever hearing Mr. Green say, or any other person in Mr. Green’s presence say, who was alluded to.
Question. (By the court.) How came you to remain on board the ship the night you have spoken of?
Answer. I was invited to do so by some one of the gentlemen on board.
Joseph S. Cornwall, late a midshipman in the navy of the United States, a witness, produced, sworn, and examined. on behalf of the accused, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board of or attached to the ship Independence, during the last winter and spring? How long, and in what capacity? Relate all you know of the matters mentioned in the charges and specifications against Mr. Green.
Answer. I was there during the last winter, a midshipman, as executive officer under Mr. White. I went on board the Independence during the months of December and January. I can not say whether during the whole time, I knew Mr. Green, and did not know him to be intoxicated and expose himself during the time mentioned. On one occasion, in the month of December, when Dr. Palmer was there, I thought Mr. Green somewhat excited, but by no means intoxicated. That was the only instance I know of. I saw very little of Mr. Green on shore. We messed in the same room until the midshipmen of the Java came on board. I was a messmate of Mr. Green. about three or four months. About the middle of December we had a number of gentlemen on board the ship it was the same evening I have already spoken of. Mr. White allowed us lights and fires after the usual hour; whether ten or eleven o’clock I do’ not remember. He requested me to see them out at the hour mentioned. I saw them out, and turned into my hammock.
As I was dozing, was awaked by the voice of Mr. Green, saying, “What ghost is that?” He again said, “Avaunt, thou ghost!” Mr. White stepped forward to the stove; seeing him step forward I rose in my hammock, and said, “Mr. White, the fire is out.” Mr. Green asked him, “Who are you, sir?” (Mr. White had a cloak wrapped around him.) Are you the ghost that has been cruising about the ship for some time past?” Mr. White then said, “By God, I will let you know to-morrow morning.” This he said as he was going out of the door, which he slammed to as he went out. Mr. While left the room in a great rage. I was not on board when Trusty was struck. On one occasion, in January, I had been to a wedding. After I returned I turned into my hammock; partly asleep, I awoke up, and found a fire burning in the stove. I saw Mr. Green and Mr. Key standing near the stove. I supposed Mr. Green had made the fire, as Mr. Key was a stranger on board the ship, having joined her but a few days before. I said, Mr. Green, what do you mean by kindling a fire at this hour of the night? Put it out immediately. He told me he did not think proper to put it out. I jumped out of my hammock, seized a basin of water, and extinguished the fire myself. Mr. Key then told me I was mistaken, that it was not Mr. Green, but himself who had kindled the fire.
Question. (By the court.) Did you ever hear Mr. Green, or any other person in his presence, say who was alluded to by the name ghost?
Answer. I never did. There was a common saying in the steerage there was a ghost. I do not know who was meant. I once thought, when I first joined the ship, it was meant for me.
Question. Did Mr. Green follow Mr. White out of the mess room after he had said, “ Avaunt, thou ghost?”
Answer. No.
The accused stated that he had no further evidence to lay before the court.
The court adjourned till one o’clock to-morrow.
FRIDAY, December 7.
The court met pursuant to the adjournment of yesterday Present: as before.
The proceedings in the case were read.
The accused presented his defense, which was read, annexed, and marked.
The court was cleared to deliberate upon the case; and, having maturely considered the charges, the evidence, and the defense, is of opinion that the first specification of the first charge is proved, with the exception of the word “Boston;” that the second, third, fifth, sixth, eighth, eleventh and thirteenth specifications are fully proved; and that the tenth specification is proved, with the exception of the word “mutinous;” that the fourth, seventh, ninth and twelfth specifications are not proved. The court does adjudge and declare that the accused is guilty of the first charge. The court is also of opinion that the second specification of the second charge is proved, and that the other specifications thereof are not proved; and it does therefore adjudge and declare the accused guilty of the second charge. The court does sentence and adjudge the said Midshipman Farnifold Green to be cashiered.
John White, was ask a question. State if you please the circumstances referred to in the specifications, so far as they occurred within your knowledge.
Answer, On the 16th day of December, 1826, in consequence of its being reported to me that there was a disturbance on board the Independence, I went to the midshipmen’s mess room, and inquired what the disturbance was. I was answered by some one whom I did not then know, “Who are you? you are the ghost; avaunt! thou ghost!” He followed me out on the main deck; it was Mr. Green; and said, “I’ll let you know who I am; my name is Green, Farnifold Green, of North Carolina, and care for no northern officer.” He said, “Who are you?” I answered, I would let him know to-morrow. I advised him to go to bed. Finding he was going on with abusive language, I quit him and went to the cabin; he appeared to me to be in a state of intoxication, which was the cause of my forbearance. The next morning, on my way to the office to report Mr. Green’s conduct to Captain Crane, commandant of the station, I was overtaken by Mr. Green, who apologized for his conduct the evening before; in consequence of which I forgave him, on condition that nothing of the kind should again occur. We both returned on board the ship; I then directed Midshipman Justin, the executive officer, to make known to the midshipmen’s mess that I had overlooked Mr. Green’s conduct, on condition of his not offending again.
On the 23d of December I had company in the cabin, and heard a great disturbance in the mess room. I went into the mess room to ascertain the cause of the disturbance; I was accosted by Mr. Green with, “Who are you, and what right have you in my room?” I expostulated with him on his conduct and directed him to be quiet, threatening to make use of coercive measures if he were not. He followed me out from the mess room, repeating a great deal of abusive language; I could scarcely understand what he did say. He then said, “I am Green, Faruifold Green; and ready to see you or any northern officer.” I asked him in what way; lie replied, “In any way;” and, after a pause, “in any way regarding duty; but, remember, I am Farnifold Green.” I told him I thought he was blue Green; I believe lie was then intoxicated.
On the night of the 19th of January I had company on board, who quit the ship about twelve o’clock; at about half-past twelve I was partly undressed, going to bed; my servant came in to Consequence of what he said, I went into the mess room. Mr. Green was up when I first went in; I told him his conduct had been of such a nature that he deserved a thrashing, but that his insignificance protected him. He answered, “ You thrash me!” and threw himself into an attitude for boxing, and said, “now come on.” He shook his fist in my face, and said, “I’ll crush you to hell, by G--d!” I directed him to be quiet and go to his hammock; he refused, and made use of a great deal of ill language which I do not recollect; as I was in ill health and not dressed, I returned to the cabin to put on my clothes; I directly returned to the mess room, ordered him to dress and follow me. He opened two or three drawers, and was a long time poking about after waiting some time he announced himself ready to follow me, which he did, upon the spar deck. When I came to the gangway, the usual post of the sentry, there was no sentry there. Finding no sentry there I returned with him, and saw him into the mess room; I then proceeded to the marine barracks, and requested Captain Harris to furnish me with a file of marines; he sent down a file of men, and Mr. Green was put under charge of one of them. I made my report the next morning, of the circumstances, to Captain Crane, who ordered me to suspend him; to confine him to his room; to keep a sentry constantly over him, and not to allow the sentry to quit him for a moment and to see that he had no improper communication with any person. The orders were carried into execution. I thought Mr. Green intoxicated on this occasion.
On the evening of the 26th of December I was sitting in the cabin writing. Mr. Green came in, and requested permission to go on shore, which I refused ; told him he was on the sick list; he answered, then I can’t go sir; I said, no sir, you cannot; he replied, in a very supercilious manner, it’s very well sir. I answered, it is very well sir, and you cannot go ; he then quit the cabin. I sent for him, the next morning, and inquired how he came to go out of the ship last night; and if he had the permission of the surgeon. He said he had. I told him Dr. Kearney told me he had no permission from him. He then said, he had reported his having been out to the surgeon’s mate, when he returned. I have not a distinct recollection of what occurred on the 30th December; I believe it was on that day I left the ship in charge of Lieut. Grant.
On the morning of the 20th January, after the orders of Captain Crane had been carried into execution, I found a jug of brandy on the table, in the mess room. I took the brandy; Midshipman Green, then under charge of a sentinel, abused me with insulting language, and asked me what right I had to take his brandy; told me I had no right in the. mess room; it was his room; the next morning, I sent and intercepted a jug of brandy and cider.
On the 2d day of April, 1821, two of the midshipmen requested permission to go on shore, which I refused; on their return to the mess room, they stated that they had been refused permission to go on shore. I heard Mr. Green say, “Don’t you mind him; go, by G--d! go; you are fools, if you don’t go.” I do not recollect which of the midshipmen it was; I believe Mr. Young was one of them; there were a great many midshipmen there at the time.
On. the evening of the 29th day of December, as Mr. Green’s name did not appear on the sick list, I inquired of the surgeon1if Mr. Green was fit to go to duty, who answered in the affirmative. I sent him a written order to go the next day on hoard the Warren; gave the letter to my servant. Mr. Green did not go.
There were written regulations, in respect to fires, on board the ship; but I have not them with me. I gave verbal orders to Mr. Justin, the executive officer of the ship, to have the fire put out, in the mess room, at nine o’clock; sometimes I would allow particular individuals to have a fire until ten, the officer to whom the privilege was given, being responsible for its being extinguished at that tune. On the morning of the 20th January, at half-past twelve in the morning, I found a fire burning in the mess room; nobody up in the mess, none but Mr. Green: I had it extinguished about two o’clock.
Cross-examined on behalf of the accused:
Question. You say that, on the morning of the 20th January, you reported to Capt. Crane the conduct of Mr. Green on the preceding night; repeat what you did report to Capt. Crane.
Answer. I reported the facts that occurred, and which I have here stated; but cannot recollect the particular language used.
The next witness stepped forward.
Mark Hale, a midshipman in the navy, was asked a question; State the circumstances connected with the specifications.
I cannot remember the particular dates of the transactions; I remember one night Mr. White came into the door of the mess room, and asked what the noise or disturbance was. Mr. Green asked, “Who are you sir. are you the ghost?” Mr. White replied, “I will let you know to-morrow morning, by God.” I do not remember anything more that passed on that occasion. I do not recollect whether there was a light burning in the mess room; I should think there was light enough to distinguish the person of one coming in, unless the hammocks should prevent it.
On one previous evening Mr. White came into the mess room, and asked what the disturbance was. Mr. Green was sitting near the door in a chair. Mr. Green told Jack, the mess boy, to rub his feet Some conversation passed. Mr. White, I think, asked Mr. Green what was the matter. He replied that his foot was cramped: presently he got up, and they both went out on the gun deck. On one night subsequent, I had been on deck till 12 o’clock, having the watch from 8 till 12 P. M. I was relieved, went below, and turned in on a settee, near the mess room door. Mr. Green was sitting near the stove when I went in: there was fire in the stove: Mr. Green had a stick in his hand, about a foot or two in length; presently some one came to the door and knocked. No one bid him walk in. Mr. Green was then standing near the door. The person opened the door, and. Mr. Green threw the club towards the door. I soon discovered, by the voice, that it was David Trusty, Mr. White’s servant. He said, “Take care, sir,” and turned and went away.
Mr. Green immediately turned into the cot, which was swung on the other side of the door, with Midshipman Justin. Mr. White and Trusty came into the mess room immediately after. Mr. White had a lamp in his hand, and asked where is he? Trusty pointed to the cot where Mr. Justin and Mr. Green were, and said, that is the man, I would take my oath of it. Mr. White asked if it was Mr. Green, and Trusty replied, yes sir. Mr. Green raised himself in. the cot and said, prodigious! Mr. White then, I think, told him to prepare for a watch. Mr. Green got up and begun to put on his clothes. While putting them on, Mr. White said, I came in for the purpose of giving you a damned thrashing but look upon you with too much contempt to do it. Mr. Green replied, you dare not do it, and, I think, placed himself in an attitude of defense for boxing: told him if he did do it he would crush him to hell, by God. Some little conversation passed, which I do not particularly recollect. I think, Mr. Green asked Mr. White, if he had to stay on deck, he wished to know what dress to put on. Mr. White told him to prepare himself for a long watch on deck. The night was cold. They went together out of the room, and in a few minutes Mr. Green returned, and, I think, then turned in. The first night that I have spoken of, in point of time, when the boy was rubbing Mr. Green’s leg, Mr. Green went to some one, I think Mr. Key, and asked him for a dirk; he did not state for what purpose nor do I know whether he obtained one. The night that Mr. White came with Trusty, there was a jug of brandy on the table, which Mr. White took, awl either carried out or sent by Trusty. After he had. done this, Mr. Green asked him what right he had to come into his room and carry off his brandy. Mr. White told him, that did not concern him, or gave him some indifferent answer. He then went on, as I have stated before, dressing, and went on deck. Nothing, I think, was said that night about a dirk. I remember Mr. Green’s being arrested, and put under charge of sentry. There was no sentry in the room when the jug of brandy was taken. I cannot say whether there had been any one over him.
The fires were required to be put out in. the mess room at nine o’clock in the evening, unless by special permission of the commanding officer; whenever this was not done, Mr. White would remark, that such were his orders. The night that I saw Midshipman Green sitting by the stove, I had reported to Mr. White the fires out at nine o’clock. I know of no other evening when Mr. Green had fire without permission. On the 3d of April, a messenger had been sent to me from the spar deck. Mr. Green stopped the boy at the door, and directed him to get a chair for him. He said he had a message for Mr. Hale. Mr. Green repeated his order for him to go below and get him a chair. I was sitting at the table, eating dinner. Presently the boy returned with the chair, and told me Lieutenant Bruce, officer of the deck, wished to see me on deck. I asked him why he did not deliver the message earlier; he said Mr. Green would not let him. I turned to Mr. Green, and told him I would thank him not to intercept messages when they were sent to me by any person.
He replied that if he had offended me he would give me any satisfaction I chose. 1 told him he had not offended me in the least; and repeated that I would thank him not to intercept messages that were sent to me. Mr. Green rose from the table, advanced towards me, and said : None of your damned presumption your damned Yankee Varmount presumption. I told him. that I had presumed nothing, and that he must not think of frightening me, for he would have more than he could do. He then advanced still nearer to me, shook his finger very near my face, and said, you are a fool, then turned away, and I think, repeated the same expression. I then told him I should report him, as it was the only satisfaction I could obtain, and did report him. Mr. Green left the ship; the next day he received a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, which he said was a permission to leave the ship.
Cross-examined, on. behalf of the accused:
Question. Do you recollect any verbal order to Mr. Green, or any general verbal order, that the fires should be put out at a particular hour?
Answer. I do not know of any general verbal order, or that they were ever given to Mr. Green.
Question. (By the court.) Was the general written order relating to fires hung up in any public part of’ the ship?
Answer. Yes; it was put up with wafers in the mess room.
Question. On any of these occasions you specified, was Mr. Green sober or intoxicated?
Answer. On the first occasion in point of time, I thought him very much intoxicated; on the other occasion, I cannot say that he was. The day following the first occasion, I cannot say he was sober.
Question. When you returned from the deck, on the night you mention, finding a fire in. the mess room, who was in the mess room at the time?
Answer. I do not recollect the names of the officers who were present, except Mr. Justin. There was no one sitting up but Mr. Green. There were others in the room, but they had all turned in. On the first occasion I have spoken of; when the boy was rubbing Mr. Green’s feet, the mess boy was frightened by Mr. Green, and went out on the gun deck and hid himself: Mr. Green called him, but obtained no answer; he then called the master-at-arms; told him to- find Jack. The master-at-arms found Jack, and brought him in. Jack came in and said to me that Mr. Green wanted to kill him, and wished me to take care of him. I told him no one would hurt him; to keep still. After the boy had come in, Mr. Green told him, if he did not stay by him, he would dirk him. On this evening, I saw Mr. Green drink very freely, and, as I have already mentioned, 1 believed him to be intoxicated. The boy’s name was John Van Dreest, a black boy.
Question. (By the accused.) Was the threat to dirk the boy before or after Mr. White came in?
Answer. I think it was before.
Question. Had the boy been rubbing Mr. Green’s feet before or after the threat to dirk him?
Answer. I think it was before.
David Trusty, a black man, servant of Lieutenant White, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Do you remember going, one night last winter, into the mess room of the Independence, by orders of Lieutenant White? State what occurred.
Answer. One night Mr. White sent me into the room to carry a letter for Mr. Green. Mr. F. Green asked me who the letter was for. I said it was for big Mr. Green--there were two Mr. Greens on board; I had forgotten his first name at the time. He told me to hand it to him. I did so. The next thing was, he inquired what my name was. I told him my name was David Trusty. He asked what Mr. White sent that letter for. I said I did not know what was in it. He said I guess your name is Mr. Black; and then I went out.
On another time, I was sent by Mr. White to the mess room, to get Charles Green’s hammock. I rapped at the door twice or three times. No person answered me. I shoved the door open to go in; Mr. Farnifold Green was standing partly aside of the door. There was a light in. the room so that I could see; I saw him making a blow at me I raised my arm, and received the blow on the arm; it was with a stick. The stick broke over my arm; part of it flew over my shoulder. Mr. Green then walked among the hammocks which were hanging in. the mess room. I looked at him, to be satisfied who be was, and. went into the cabin to tell Mr. White.
I went back with Mr. White to the room ; we looked around when. we first got in, and did not see any person, but presently found Mr. Green lying aside of Mr. Justin on a cot. He had no bed-clothes over him. Mr. White asked me if I would swear he was the person that struck me. I told him I would. Mr. White asked him what he was doing there. One word brought on another; after a while Mr. White told Mr. Green he had been tempted to thrash him, but that he would not condescend to do it. Mr. Green made answer, to thrash me to thrash me, repeating it two or three times, and at the same time, raising his hand, said, I’ll crush you to hell, by God. Mr. Green had got up out of the cot, and was standing in the room; he was not dressing himself or doing anything. I cannot recollect what occurred after that I went into the cabin, leaving Mr. White behind.
I was, at the time, the servant of Mr. White, in the service of the United states, whom I left on the 3d of June. I met Mr. White on the 7th or 8th of November, in New York, and am now with him in his service.
John L. Spencer, a midshipman in the navy of the United States, being duly sworn. according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the United States ship Independence, under the command of Lieutenant White, during the last winter?
Answer. Yes, as a midshipman.
Question. State what you know of the circumstances referred to in the present specifications.
Answer. I do not recollect to have seen Mr. Green intoxicated within the period mentioned in the first specification. On one occasion I had been asleep and was waked. Mr. White was speaking, and said
he had come with the intention of giving Mr. Green a thrashing, or had a mind to do so, or something of that kind. Mr. Green made some reply; what it was I do not recollect. Mr. White said afterwards he would not commit himself. Mr. White ordered Mr. Green immediately on deck. I do not recollect of anything further. The sentry was not placed over Mr. Green till next morning. I heard Mr. Green on the same night ask Mr. White what he took out of the room. Mr. White replied, a bottle of brandy heard nothing more. It was about twelve o’clock that the brandy was taken.
Samuel Penballow, a midshipman in the navy of the United States, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you attached to the Independence last winter?
Answer. Yes.
Question. State such circumstances as you know of connected with the specifications.
Answer. I cannot remember what passed when Mr. White came into the mess room. I was not there when Trusty was struck. I was present at the time of the conversation between Mr. Hale and Mr. Green I cannot say what passed. When off duty I was generally reading. I do not know anything of the first specification.
The court adjourned till 2 o’clock to-morrow morning.
Thursday, December 6.
The court met pursuant to the adjournment of yesterday. Present: as before. The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mark Hale again called:
Question. Did Mr. Green throw the stick at Trusty, or strike him with it?
Answer. I thought he threw it; whether it hit him I cannot tell.
Question. Do you remember anything of the stick before Trusty came to the door, and what Mr. Green said about it?
Answer. I remember seeing Mr. Green pounding upon the deck with it before Trusty came. He said if the ghost came again he would beat his brains out. Who he meant by the ghost I do not know I never knew him to apply the term to any one.
Question. Were you on board the Independence one evening when Mr. Cornwall expostulated with Mr. Green about having a fire after 9 o’clock? State what passed, and, as nearly as you can, when it occurred.
Answer. I remember one evening when Mr. Cornwall, Mr. Key, and myself had been at a wedding; I think it was the 11th of January; we came on board, I think, between 11 and 1Z at night; found on deck Mr. Green and a midshipman, the officer of the deck, and I think we all turned in excepting Mr. Green. There was a fire in the stove when we came on board. Mr. Green presently went to put more wood in the stove. Mr. Cornwall, who was the executive officer at the time, told him it was against the orders of the ship to make a fire, and said something about the other midshipmen taking advantage of him while in the execution of his duty; and told Mr. Green that no gentleman. would take that advantage. Mr. Green replied, “If you say I am no gentleman you lie, sir.” Some other conversation occurred which I do not particularly recollect, and I believe the fire was extinguished.
Cross-examined:
Question. Where was Mr. Green standing when Trusty came in, and when he threw the stick?
Answer. As nearly as I can recollect he was standing about six or eight feet from the door, and in front of it.
Dr. John A. Kearney, surgeon in the navy of the United States, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you attached to the station at Charlestown, Massachusetts, during the last winter, as the surgeon?
Answer. I was.
Question. Do you recollect Mr. Farnifold Green’s being on the sick list on or about the 26th of December last?
Answer. I do not remember particularly the date, but about that time he was on the sick list.
Question. Did he apply to you for, and obtain permission from you, to go on shore on the 26th of December?
Answer. No.
Question. Did you see Mr. Green repeatedly; during the last winter and spring, on board the Independence and at Charlestown and Boston?
Answer. I have seen him on board the ship and at Charlestown repeatedly.
Question. What do you know in relation to the first specification of the first charge?
Answer. I know nothing personally of the transactions on board the Independence; I lived in the same house at Charlestown with Mr. Green, but in a different mess. I have seen him intoxicated during the period embraced in the specification. Once I saw him carried, by the servant, by the room where I messed with some other officers, to bed. We were attracted by the noise made in taking him.
Cross-examined on behalf of the accused:
Question. Did you go out of your room when Mr. Green was taken by?
Answer. I wel1t to the door, opened it with the other gentlemen, saw what I have stated, and returned.
Question. Do you know how Mr. Green had been engaged; whether dining with company, or not?
Answer. I do not know.
Charles F. Kiander, a private in the marine corps, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the Independence, as a sentry, on the 19th of December last?
Answer. I was, on some night in December, near Christmas.
Question. Were you taken from your post; by whom, and what occurred?
Answer. I was posted at the cabin door, from 12 midnight At half-past 12, a boy was passing up the ladder; I beckoned him to come to me; I asked him if he could have the goodness to give me a drink of water. He went upon deck, and presently a midshipman came to me, asked me where the corporal of the guard was. I told him he was somewhere forward in the ship, and I could not call him loud. I suppose the midshipman himself found out the corporal, for when he came to me, he asked what I had been doing; he was ordered to relieve me. I answered, I asked the boy, as he was passing by, for a drink of water. I was then relieved, and brought upon the spar deck, before the officer of the deck. I do not know who the midshipman was that came down to me; it was not Mr. Green. I stood at the fife rail till 2 o’clock; when I was taken, by order of Mr. Green, to be put on post at the larboard. gangway, on the spar deck.
Lieutenant White, again called:
Question Look at the papers shown you; were you present when these depositions were taken? State how they were taken, and where was Mr. Green?
Answer. The one I hold in my hand, (the deposition of Van Driest) was taken in the cabin of the Independence. I was present.
Note. It should be noted here that this trial is about 30, pages long, and for this reason I have omitted most of the legal talk to shorten this page.
Francis S. Key, a witness, produced, sworn, and examined, on behalf the accused, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the ship Independence, lying at Charlestown, during the last winter and spring, and in what capacity?
Answer. I was on board for three or four weeks, as a midshipman. I joined the ship early in January.
Question. Relate your knowledge of the circumstances set forth in. the charges and specifications against Mr. Green, and of his general conduct and character on board the ship?
Answer. I have known Mr. Green for a number of years, and never knew him to be intoxicated. I knew nothing of the circumstances of Trusty being struck, further than that there was a stick thrown, which fell inside of the steerage, against the bulk-head. I was in my hammock, and cannot say who threw it, or at whom it was thrown. I know nothing of Mr. Green’s preparing himself with a club, or posting himself at the door, for the purpose of striking Mr.. White. I remember one night Mr. White came into the room; he told Mr. Green he came there for the purpose of giving him a damned thrashing. Mr. Green posted himself in an attitude for defending himself; ts for putting his fist near Mr. White’s face, I did not see it. Mr. Green said, as nearly as I can recollect his words, “By heaven, sir, you dare not thrash me.” There was some conversation passed; I do not recollect whether or not Mr. Green used the expression that he would crush him to hell; I laid down in my hammock, and took but littlie notice of what passed. I was asleep when Mr. White came in, and the first words which I particularly remember, were what I have stated. Mr. Green came to my hammock, and asked me if I thought him intoxicated? Mr. White had accused him of being intoxicated. I said no. Whether this was before or after what I have stated, I do not recollect.
I also recollect Mr. White directing Mr. Green to go on deck. Mr. Green asked him what he was to go on deck for? how he was to dress himself? I do not recollect the language used by Mr. White in reply; the substance of it was, that he was to prepare himself to spend a cold night on the spar deck. Mr. Green went on deck with Mr. White, and after a few minutes, returned to the steerage. I think a guard of marines was then sent for, and one of them posted near the mess room on the gun deck. I do not know of Mr. Green saying anything about a dirk, after his return to the room; he made no noise, and what he did say was in a low voice. I do not remember anything of the taking of the jug of brandy. On one evening I had been to a wedding; on my return it was very cold, and I made a fire Mr. Cornwall jumped up, ordered Mr. Green to put it out, and threw water on it. I told him I made the fire. It was a general habit on board the ship to make fires, and I do not know that one of the officers did it more frequently than another. I have no particular recollection of any officer making a fire except in the instance I have mentioned, when I made it.
Question. After Mr. White threatened to thrash Mr. Green, did you hear hhn say he would not commit himself?
Answer. I think he remarked to Mr. Green, he was trying to get him to commit himself; but that he would not commit himself.
Question. (By the court.) How long before the conversation between Mr. White and Mr. Green, which you have related, had the stick been thrown?
Answer. I do not recollect whether it was that night or not.
Question. When you returned from the wedding the night you have spoken of, where did you see Mr. Green on your first getting on board?
Answer. I cannot positively say; I think it was below.
Question. Are you certain that you saw a stick thrown at the time you have mentioned, or did you hear one had been thrown?
Answer. I did not see the stick thrown. I distinctly remember hearing it strike the bulkhead, and fall inside of the mess room.
Question. Did you hear any one at the door at the time?
Answer. I do not recollect.
George W. Palmer, a surgeon’s mate in the army of the United States, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board the ship Independence, at Charlestown, during the late winter or spring and in what capacity?
Answer. I was on board in the capacity of assistant surgeon from. December 20th till June. I lived on shore.
Question. Relate what you know of the matters in the charges and specifications of Mr. Green.
Answer. I do not know of his being intoxicated; he may have been excited. I remember two instances when I thought him excited; once was an evening when I was on board the ship, with a good many officers. Something was said about a ghost. I do not know how far the term intoxicated extended. He conversed regularly he had. the use of his reason and limbs. There was company on board; we had all been drinking more or less. The other occasion was in Boston, when we met Mr. Jones, from New York, when I think Mr. Green might have been excited by wine. It was at the Exchange Coffee House. I think we did not dine there. There was several of us there, and we drank some wine. Mr. Green walked to the boarding-house, a distance of from a half to three-quarters of a mile, or more. It was in a public sitting-room attached to the dining-room. There was no riotous or disorderly conduct. On the first occasion I have mentioned, Mr. White came into the room I think it was after ten o’clock the room was somewhat dark Mr. Green was still up. As Mr. White came in Mr. Green said, Who are you? and perhaps repeated the question. I believe I was not in bed yet. Mr. White, if I recollect right, then advanced a little, and said, “Damn you, sir, I’ll let you know,” or something to that effect, and left the room. Mr. Green, I think, said, “Avaunt, thou ghost!” whether as Mr. White came in, or as he left the room, I cannot recollect.
Cross-examined:
Question. You have mentioned that Mr. Green walked from the Exchange Coffee House to the boarding house on that occasion; did he walk without assistance, and how did he get to bed?
Answer. We walked home together, arm in arm. I gave him no assistance, because I had
been drinking as much wine as he had. He went to bed with me without assistance; it was about 11 P. M. when we went home.
Question. You have said something was said about the ghost on board the ship; was there anything more said than you have mentioned?
Answer. I do not remember.
Question. Do you know who was alluded to by the term ghost?
Answer. I do not remember ever hearing Mr. Green say, or any other person in Mr. Green’s presence say, who was alluded to.
Question. (By the court.) How came you to remain on board the ship the night you have spoken of?
Answer. I was invited to do so by some one of the gentlemen on board.
Joseph S. Cornwall, late a midshipman in the navy of the United States, a witness, produced, sworn, and examined. on behalf of the accused, deposes and says:
Question. Were you on board of or attached to the ship Independence, during the last winter and spring? How long, and in what capacity? Relate all you know of the matters mentioned in the charges and specifications against Mr. Green.
Answer. I was there during the last winter, a midshipman, as executive officer under Mr. White. I went on board the Independence during the months of December and January. I can not say whether during the whole time, I knew Mr. Green, and did not know him to be intoxicated and expose himself during the time mentioned. On one occasion, in the month of December, when Dr. Palmer was there, I thought Mr. Green somewhat excited, but by no means intoxicated. That was the only instance I know of. I saw very little of Mr. Green on shore. We messed in the same room until the midshipmen of the Java came on board. I was a messmate of Mr. Green. about three or four months. About the middle of December we had a number of gentlemen on board the ship it was the same evening I have already spoken of. Mr. White allowed us lights and fires after the usual hour; whether ten or eleven o’clock I do’ not remember. He requested me to see them out at the hour mentioned. I saw them out, and turned into my hammock.
As I was dozing, was awaked by the voice of Mr. Green, saying, “What ghost is that?” He again said, “Avaunt, thou ghost!” Mr. White stepped forward to the stove; seeing him step forward I rose in my hammock, and said, “Mr. White, the fire is out.” Mr. Green asked him, “Who are you, sir?” (Mr. White had a cloak wrapped around him.) Are you the ghost that has been cruising about the ship for some time past?” Mr. White then said, “By God, I will let you know to-morrow morning.” This he said as he was going out of the door, which he slammed to as he went out. Mr. While left the room in a great rage. I was not on board when Trusty was struck. On one occasion, in January, I had been to a wedding. After I returned I turned into my hammock; partly asleep, I awoke up, and found a fire burning in the stove. I saw Mr. Green and Mr. Key standing near the stove. I supposed Mr. Green had made the fire, as Mr. Key was a stranger on board the ship, having joined her but a few days before. I said, Mr. Green, what do you mean by kindling a fire at this hour of the night? Put it out immediately. He told me he did not think proper to put it out. I jumped out of my hammock, seized a basin of water, and extinguished the fire myself. Mr. Key then told me I was mistaken, that it was not Mr. Green, but himself who had kindled the fire.
Question. (By the court.) Did you ever hear Mr. Green, or any other person in his presence, say who was alluded to by the name ghost?
Answer. I never did. There was a common saying in the steerage there was a ghost. I do not know who was meant. I once thought, when I first joined the ship, it was meant for me.
Question. Did Mr. Green follow Mr. White out of the mess room after he had said, “ Avaunt, thou ghost?”
Answer. No.
The accused stated that he had no further evidence to lay before the court.
The court adjourned till one o’clock to-morrow.
FRIDAY, December 7.
The court met pursuant to the adjournment of yesterday Present: as before.
The proceedings in the case were read.
The accused presented his defense, which was read, annexed, and marked.
The court was cleared to deliberate upon the case; and, having maturely considered the charges, the evidence, and the defense, is of opinion that the first specification of the first charge is proved, with the exception of the word “Boston;” that the second, third, fifth, sixth, eighth, eleventh and thirteenth specifications are fully proved; and that the tenth specification is proved, with the exception of the word “mutinous;” that the fourth, seventh, ninth and twelfth specifications are not proved. The court does adjudge and declare that the accused is guilty of the first charge. The court is also of opinion that the second specification of the second charge is proved, and that the other specifications thereof are not proved; and it does therefore adjudge and declare the accused guilty of the second charge. The court does sentence and adjudge the said Midshipman Farnifold Green to be cashiered.
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