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From Carolina to Kentucky: Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part three Betty Butler Ravenholt...... 2
Unclaimed letters in the Hopkinsville Gazette, April 1, 1837...... 8
Ellis Family Reunion, Falmouth, 1909...... 10
Eminence General Store Ledger, 1905-6...... 11
Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812 John Trowbridge...... 14
List of Claims in the Springfield News, Washington County, 1892...... 46
Queries...... 50
Book Notes...... 51
Announcements...... 53
Mystery Album...... 56
on the cover: Samuel Edwin Colley (1852-1925) and Lillie Bell Hudspeth Colley (1856-1936) posed with their grandchildren on their Graves County farm about 1913. Part Three of Betty Butler Ravenholt’s article on the Colley family begins on p. 2. From Carolina to Kentucky: Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer By Betty Butler Ravenholt
Part Three
Part one of this article appeared in Volume 39, Number 2; part two in Volume 40, Number 1.
John Stanford 200 acres on both sides of Bull Creek about a mile After the death of Andrew Colley in Christian from its mouth. This deed was witnessed by a James County, his widow Susannah married a John Stan- Capshaw.4 ford on 25 December 1803.1 There appear to have On 11 January 1786, Samuel Langston and Sarah been at least three individuals named John Stanford his wife, of the state of Georgia, and John Stan- who lived in the general area surrounding Spartan- ford and Rachael his wife, who were heirs at law of burg County, S.C., at about the same time as An- Reubin Young, deceased, late of Tyger River, sold to drew and Susannah Colley. It could well be that one Thomas Tod of Tyger 220 acres on the south side of these individuals was the John Stanford who later of the Tyger River.5 It is not now known whether or married Susannah in Kentucky. not this John Stanford with wife Rachael (probably A John Stanford with wife Sarah sold to George Young) was the same individual as the John Stanford Blanton 168 acres on the east side of Broad River in who several years later bought land on the South Tryon County, N.C., in July 1770.2 Apparently this Tyger River. In August 1789, an individual named same John Stanford of Tryon County transferred in John Stanford who was of Greenville County, S.C., October 1769 half a tract of land on the north side purchased 114 acres on the waters of the South Tyger of the Main Broad River to Essex Capshaw “son of River from Henry Prince. A John Stanford Jr., who Francis Capshaw decd, and Elizabeth his now relict, may have been either a son or other male relation, for natural love to his half brother sd. Essex Cap- witnessed the deed.6 In December 1790, Randolph shaw.”3 In September 1768, this John Stanford pur- Casey and his wife Charity of Greenville County, chased from Nicholas Fisher, also of Tryon County, sold to John Stanford, also of Greenville County, 161
Samuel Edwin Colley (1852-1925) and Lillie Bell Hudspeth Colley (1856-1936) with their grandchildren, Farmington, Graves County, Kentucky, 1913. They were the parents of five children: James Theodore, Steve Jackson, Laura Lou, Boone Isaiah, and Lennie May and had 20 grandchildren. Third from the left in the back row is Clarence Edwin Colley, maternal grandfather of the author. Samuel Edwin Colley was a son of Isaiah Colley (1810-1864) and Eliza Happy (1811-1894) and a great-grandson of the Andrew and Susannah Colley who moved from Spartanburg County, South Carolina, to Christian County, Kentucky, in 1799/1800.
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued____ acres on the south fork of the South Tyger River.7 ent-day Nashville. From there, migrants to the newly Earlier in that same year, Levi Casey and his wife opened land south of the Green River could take the Mary had sold 112 acres on the north side of the Mississippi and Tennessee River trail northwesterly Tyger River to John Stanford Jr., planter, of Green- into lower Christian County, Ky.14 The approximate- ville County, S.C.8 ly 500-mile trek by horseback—at 20 to 30 miles per Possibly yet another John Stanford, “planter of day without wagons and family—could likely have Spartanburgh County,” sold on 29 March 1787 300 been accomplished in about three weeks. acres on Buffalo Creek that had been granted to him According to E. Wade Hone in Land & Property in January 1785. This land was sold to John Bridges Research in the United States, a multi-step process of York County and was bounded by lands of the was required to obtain a grant of state land such as said John Bridges, James Bridges, and Green.9 the area south of the Green River in Kentucky. This The review, just finished above, of Andrew Col- process included the following steps: ley’s possible family connections in North and South • application, or entry, for land; Carolina completes the currently possible picture of • warrant for survey; his life in the Carolinas and sets the stage for his life’s • survey; and next chapter, the westward push into Kentucky. • preparation and issuance of the patent, or official title to the land.15 Moving to Kentucky In 1797, lands in Kentucky south of Green River Records of the lands granted south of the Green were opened for settlement to any person possessed River indicate that on Oct. 23, 1798, warrants of family and over 21 years of age. Such a person No. 3909 [sic], 3010, and 3011 were issued for the was entitled to at least 100 acres but no more than surveys of 200 acres each for “Andrew Colly Senr,” 200 acres and must have been an actual settler on “Jacob Colley,” and “Andrew Colly Junr,” respec- the land for one year before coming into possession tively.16 On Jan. 22, 1799, 200 acres of land on of it.10 In 1798, the law was changed to make grants Wallace’s Creek, the waters of the Muddy Fork of south of Green River available to men aged 18 or the Little River, were surveyed for “Andrew Cawley over who satisfied the other requirements stated in Senr.,” for “Jacob Cawley,” and also for “Andrew 1797.11 Prior to1797, these lands had been reserved Cawley Junr.”17 The requirement of a year’s residence only for soldiers.12 for receiving a grant of land, as stated in the 1797 Word of the suitability of these newly available law,18 probably means that the Colley men arrived in lands must have spread quickly to back country Kentucky sometime during the year 1798. South Carolina. A number of family names pres- When the tax list was compiled in Christian ent in back country counties during the 1790s can County in 1799, however, the only Colley listed was be found in Christian and Caldwell Counties, Ky., Jacob Colley—one male over 21 years of age, two beginning in 1798/99 and into the early 1800s. horses, and no land.19 (Jacob Colley’s grant of the These names include Colley, Stevens, Mitchusson, 200 acres surveyed in January 1799 was not deliv- Calhoun, Griffith, Wells, Goodwin, Bearden, Cato, ered until November of that year, so he was not yet Ford, Prince, Kilgore, Goodaker, Satterfield, Earle, a land owner at the time the tax list was compiled.20) and many others.13 This fact seems to imply that Andrew Colley and his The route to south central or southwestern Ken- sons Jacob and Andrew Jr. rode on horseback from tucky from northwestern Back Country South Caro- Spartanburg County to Christian County in 1798; lina was fairly direct but probably arduous. Migrants selected their land and marked it; applied for surveys; likely moved along the Lower Cherokee Traders and then sometime before the tax list was compiled Path, which ran southwesterly through Spartanburg in 1799 Andrew and his son Andrew Jr. left Jacob in County to the South Carolina/Georgia border at Kentucky to maintain their claims and returned to present-day Oconee County. From there, travelers South Carolina to pack up the rest of the family to could move northwesterly along the Nashville/Saline bring them all back to Kentucky. River and Black Fox trails to the area around pres- The scenario suggested above is supported by the
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued____ evidence of the county court minutes that Susannah somewhat puzzling. It may be, however, that Andrew Colley did remain behind in Spartanburg County had recognized a speculative opportunity since he during 1799. (She was charged with assault in July purchased those acres from James McBee in 1799 for 1799 and must have been present to answer the $30027 and sold them, along with his other 45 acres, charge.21) Her husband Andrew’s case against John to Baylis Earle in 1800 for $600.28 Bingham, which continued in the Spartanburg In any event, the sale of this land in Spartan- Court during the period January 1797-January 1799 burg County appears to mark Andrew Colley’s firm did not require, as a civil case, his presence in court. decision to move with his family to Kentucky. The In fact, the court minutes of January 14, 1799, in date of sale of this land, Sept. 18, 1800, also provides reference to the case of Andrew Colley against John a date before which Andrew Colley had not finally Bingham state “Came the parties by their attorn- left South Carolina. On June 5, 1801, William ies,”22 which seems to mean that Andrew was repre- Anderson personally appeared before John Ander- sented in court by an attorney at that time. son, justice of the peace of Spartanburg County, and On Sept. 18, 1800, Andrew Colley sold to Baylis gave oath that he “saw Andrew Colley Sign Seal and Earle a tract of land containing 445 acres for the sum deliver the within deed [that deed dated September of $600. This tract of land contained the 400 acres 18, 1800] ... unto Baylis Earle Senior ....”29 recently purchased (September 1799) by Andrew The Colley family likely packed up its belongings Colley from James McBee as well as the 45 acres in a wagon pulled either by horses or oxen and drove Andrew had purchased from Baylis Earle in 1792.23 their cattle with them on the journey to Kentucky. (Incidentally, it appears that Andrew Colley could An appraisal of the property of Andrew Colley that write, since the recorded deed he signed bears no was recorded in Christian County in January 1802— indication that his signature was made with a mark. shortly after Andrew Colley died intestate—included Other deeds in the early deed books of Spartanburg 27 head of cattle, two 4-year-old steers, one wagon County do indicate when an individual signed with and hind gears and jack screw, and three bay horses.30 his mark.24) Andrew Colley’s purchase of 400 acres of land in Settling In Spartanburg County in September 179925 —after he The family of Andrew Colley seems to have been had already had new land surveyed for himself and reunited in Kentucky sometime during the winter of two of his sons in Kentucky (January 1799)26 —is 1800-1801. The Christian County tax list for 1800
Four grandchildren of Samuel Edwin and Lillie Bell Colley were pictured in front of the Colley’s farmhouse about 1903. The family lived east of Farmington in Graves County. The photograph includes William Deward Colley, second from left, and Clarence Edwin Colley, second from right. Not long after Isaiah Colley moved with his father, Andrew Colley Jr., about 1835 from Christian County to Graves County, Kentucky, he settled on land west of Farmington that had been granted to his wife’s stepfather David Irvine.
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued____ lists “Jacob Cowley” as owner of 200 acres on Little ley.38) In December 1803, Susannah Colley was mar- River and has two entries for “Andrew Cawley” (pre- ried to John Stanford by the Rev. Edmund Bearden, sumably Andrew Sr. and Andrew Jr.), each with 200 the former minister to the Head of Tyger River acres on Little River.31 Church in the back country of South Carolina.39 Andrew Colley was certainly a farmer and intend- Susannah and her second husband seem to disap- ed to continue to clear his land. The inventory of pear from Christian County records after 1816,40 his property recorded in early 1802 indicates that he and their names have not yet been located in any had three plows, three bay horses, two four-year-old other records after that time. However, at the time of steers, an ax, hoe, three mattocks, and three weed- the 1820 census for Christian County, the household ing hoes. To clear more of his land and do necessary of William Colley included one female over 4541; building he had a crosscut saw, hand ax, chains, and at the time of the 1830 census for, the house- gears, and three wedges. As with all families on the hold of Andrew Colley included one female 80-90.42 “frontier” at the time, This elderly woman could possibly have been a Andrew’s family needed to be relatively self-suf- second-time widowed Susannah Colley living with ficient. Andrew owned 27 head of cattle and also had her sons. shoe makers tools as well as cards and a flat iron for his wife’s use. While the inventory of Andrew’s estate did not include chairs, it did include three beds (probably rolls of bedding), a bedstead, and a table. The family had both pewter and tin ware, knives and two sets of forks, earthen and wooden ware, two glasses and bottles, and even a chamber pot. Someone in the family could read, since books were among the property listed in Andrew Colley’s estate inventory.32
Death of Andrew Colley Andrew Colley did not live to enjoy for long the promise of his new home. Sometime before the Christian County Court met on July 13, 1801, he had died,33 perhaps within only several years of his 50th birthday. At the July session of the court, Susannah Colley was granted letters of administra- tion on the estate of her husband Andrew Colley, deceased.34 Those ordered to appraise his estate were Samuel Hardin, Jesse Goodwin, Baylis Earle (most probably the son of Baylis Earle with whom Andrew Colley had land dealings in South Carolina), Wells Griffith, and Samuel Goodwin35—all familiar names from the area around Spartanburg County, South Carolina.36 Susannah Colley’s independent spirit and compe- tence are attested to by the court’s granting to her the letters of administration on her late husband’s estate. Steve Jackson Colley (1876-1901), second son of In fact, on May 24, 1803, Susannah entered in her Samuel Edwin and Lillie Bell Colley, married Leona Angeline Stevens in Graves County in 1895. The couple own name and had surveyed 400 acres of land on the had two children, Clarence Edwin Colley and Stevie 37 waters of the Muddy Fork of the Little River. (This Lorene Colley, before Steve died of typhoid pneumonia in land was later transferred to her son William Col- 1901. He was a maternal great-grandfather of the author.
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The sons of Andrew Colley—Jacob, Andrew Jr., Utah: The Everton Publishers, Inc., 1999), M-51. Map: Migration Trails William, and James—continued to live in Chris- 15 tian County. James disappears from the records E. Wade Hone, Land & Property Research in the United 43 44 States (Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997), after 1813, and Jacob died there in 1833. Wil- 67-68. liam, however, lived on his land on the waters of 16 Secretary of State Grants South of Green River: Surveys the Muddy Fork of the Little River until his death 2413, 2414, 2448, Land Office, Frankfurt, Kentucky. on August 13, 1858.45 Andrew Colley Jr., lived in 17 Christian County, Kentucky, Land Survey Book 1: 28-29, County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Christian County until sometime in 1835 when he 18 moved with his son Isaiah Colley and other children Land Office, online
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Andrew Colley—Farmer, Fighter, Pioneer, Part Three, continued____ South Carolina, page 48; National Archives micropublication National Archives micropublication M653, roll 369. No M637, roll 11. Andrew Colley aged 70-90. Samuel Goodwin household, 1790 U.S. census, Laurens County, South Carolina, page 445; National Archives Author’s note: For cited North and South Caro- micropublication M637, roll 11. lina deed records, censuses, and wills in which Andrew, Baylis Earle household, 1790 U.S. census, Greenville County, South Carolina, page 82; National Archives micropublication Samuel, and William Colley were primary participants, M637, roll 11. I have had access to microfilm of the original docu- 37 Christian County, Kentucky, Land Entry Book 2: 155, ments or photocopies of the microfilm of the original County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. documents. For all Kentucky court, marriage and land 38 Secretary of State Grants South of Green River: Survey records cited I have had access to the original docu- 5391, Land Office, Frankfurt, Kentucky. ments or to microfilm of the original documents. The 39 Christian County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds Book 1: 303, County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. minutes of the Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 40 Christian County Genealogical Society, Deed Abstracts of County Court prior to 1800, however, are not a part of Books A,B,C,D,E, and F for Christian County, Kentucky for the the microfilm collection of the Family History Library Years 1797-1817 (Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Christian County [FHL], Salt Lake City, Utah. In the introduction to Genealogical Society, Inc., 1987), 192. “DB F-133 John his Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Minutes of Stanford of Chr. Co. to Robert Turner of same, March 18, the County Court, 1785-1799, Brent Holcomb states 1816, for $98, 24 ½ A, bounded by William Colley.” 41 Wm. Colly household, 1820 U.S. census, Christian that the original of more than half the pages of the first County, Kentucky, page 35; National Archives volume of these minutes is, in fact, no longer extant and micropublication M33, roll 20. 2 males under 10, 1 male those pages exist now only in the Works Progress Admin- 16-26, 1 male 26-45, 2 females under 10, 2 females 26-45, 1 istration (W.P.A.) copy. I have had access to photocopies female 45+ 42 of microfilm of selected original pages of the minutes of Andrew Colley household, 1830 U.S. census, Christian the Spartanburg County County Court. The limited County, Kentucky, page 7; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 35. 1 male under 5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 number of repositories that now hold original or mi- male 50-60, 2 females 5-10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 crofilm copies of many early North and South Carolina female 40-50, 1 female 80-90 records and the cost of obtaining copies ($20/record re- 43 Jas Colley entry, 1813 Tax List, Christian County, quested from the North Carolina Office of Archives and Kentucky, microfilm no. 7926, Family History Library [FHL], History; $15/record requested from the South Carolina Salt Lake City, Utah. Department of Archives and History) of the original 44 Christian County, Kentucky, County Court Order Book G: 461, County Clerk’s Office, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. of every referenced record have led me to use deriva- 45 Anna Hunsaker Meador, Cemetery Records Northern Portion tive sources in cases where the record was not deemed of of Christian County, Kentucky (No place: Burdines Printing, primary importance to my principal argument. Use of 1976), 68. derivative sources may, of course, introduce unintended 46 Caldwell County, Kentucky, Deed Book H: 96-97, transcriber error; but derivative sources have not been County Clerk’s Office, Princeton, Kentucky. used in this study in instances where it appeared to me 47 Andrew Colley household, 1850 U.S. census, Graves County, Kentucky, population schedule, page 476, dwelling they could not be substantiated by other records or cor- 749, family 749; National Archives micropublication M432, roborated by other researchers. Researchers should always roll 201. Andrew Colley, aged 73, born Georgia. seek out the original records, when they are extant, as 1860 census, Graves County, Kentucky, population schedule; final verification of the accuracy of derivative sources.
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Unclaimed letters in the Hopkinsville Gazette, April 1, 1837 A LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at Hopkinsville, Ky., on the st1 day of April 1837, which if not taken out before the 1st day of July next, will be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters.
Atkinson, Amos Cook, Thomas Gant, Noah Adamson, Wilson Cary, Henry Hawley, Henry Anderson, Miss Levinia 2 Cook, Miss Orrilla 4 Hopson, Jacop (colored) Ayers, Ed(?) Cocke, Mrs. Virginia Harrison, Pompy Amus, David Carroll, James Hopkins, John N. Abron, Ruth(2) 2 Cocke, Mrs. S.A. Harrison, Robert Anderson, Miss C.M. Crabtree, Benj. Hubbard, Ralph Bird & Bradley Clerk Henderson, Sam C. Brown, John Colvin, George Harris, L. Bishop, Samuel C_on, Benj. Hicks, H.H. Britton, William Clark, Johnathin Hopkins, John Blakesley, Henry 2 Clark, Taylor R. 3 Hall, Preston or Willis Bradshaw, June F. Dollam, William S. Hopson, Henry Bryson, Abner Daffern, E.O. Phil Hawkins, Benj. F. Burt, William T. 2 Dingniel, George E. Heff, Thos. Or Thornton Boales, Augustine Dockry, Mrs. Hulder Hartsuck, Daniel Benham, L.A. Daniel, Rubin Jones, Fountain P. Barnett, Thos. Dyes, Samuel E. Johnson, Martha A. 3 Bronaugh, Miss Mary Duke, Lewis Jones, Mr. (Saddler) Brine, John Dewby, Hiram Johnson, William Boogher, David L. Dudley, Robert Jemison, William Burnett, Miss Martha K. Dillard, Bivin Johnson, William W. Brooking, John M. Estiss, Newman Jones, Challes S. Brame, Henry Frost, Michael 2 Kyle, E.W. Britton, James Farley, Lerisa Miss King, Robert Browne, Wm. Fruit, Jas. & Thompson Long, A.V. Boales, Miss Mary Frame, White Ludspike, Mrs. N. Byers, James Ford, Phillip Luck, Nathan Burbridge, F. 2 Greenfield Miles II Lewis, Alexander Brewin, Daniel Gream, Geo. W. Ladd, David Burbridge, Miss Elizabeth Garnett, James Lander, Mrs. Mary A. Bowland, Archibald Grace, Clabron Luckie, J. & B. Bradshaw, Miss Emily Graven, Samuel Lackay, George Clark, Ellis Guthrie, Charles Long, William Cox, James Girand, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Layne, W.H. Campbell, Wm. Gwin, Samuel Lewis, Robert D. Coleman, Emily Grudy, William Linellem, Bealey Compton, Wm. B. Graham, Mr. Madox, Dr. Thos. B.
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Unclaimed letters in the Hopkinsville Gazette, continued______McFerrin, John Summers, Mrs. Harriet Ames, David McGilberry, Ruthey Summers, L.A. Bigham, James M. McGilbery, Alexander Stites, John Brown, Coleman Morris, Mrs. Elizabeth Taliafaro, J.C. Barns, Mary June McCullock, Cyrus Talbott, Wm. S. Carlisle, John H. Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth Tegarden, Dr. W.H. Clerk of Caldwell C.C. 2 Merry, Miss E. Anne Thompson, Amy Chambers, James Mills, Mrs. Mary Tadlock, John H. Chassitt, F.R. Miller, Miss June Thompson, Dr. W.W. Cooper, Margaret Marcus, Robert Tallow, Wm. Coy, William Morris, John J. Thompson, James Cook, James McGerry, S.G.H. Vinson, Alexander 2 Cox, Scipio 2 McNeal, Malcom West, Hector Dullam, Mary F. Meyer, F.A.E. Weathers, Mrs. Abby Donnell, R. Rev. M’Comp, Jessee Wooldridge, Dr. Dollins, Anderson McKay, Almira Wood, Miss Martha Donaghuy, Sarah A. Miller, Juitt G. Wiley, David Dover, Jessee Nance, Edmund Waller, Ann Duke Enloe, David J. Nance, Joel Walker, Samuel L. 2 East, John Oglesby, Jacop Watson, Young E. Eison, John O’Neil, Andrew West, Temple Eada, Jonathan Phelps, John H. 2 Williams, Lemuel B. Fowler, Joseph W. Pitzer, Carr Woodson, Miss Sarah J.G. Fowler, Willie P 4 Perkins, James Wootton, Wm. Fowler, A.J. Patton, Mr. West, Isaac Faulkner, Benj. Powel, Wiley Young, James A. Flower, George W. Payne, Edward Younglove, Samuel jr. Gray, Peyton Palmer, Samuel Gray, John P. 2 Parrish, Bartley In calling for any of the above Grace, T.J. 2 Pennington, E.A.P. letters it is necessary to name that Grace, Winny Palmer, W. they are advertised. George, James Phelps, Jas. H. April 1, 1837. Harseman, Wm. Quishenberry, George THOS. H. BAKER, P.M. Harper, James M. Roland, Hugh Hunter, B.K. Reason, James April 8, 1837 Holland, Wm. Rose, Thomas Hawke, Samuel Stephenson, F. A LIST OF LETTERS re- Holeman, Philip Shelton, James maining in the Post Office at Johnson, John Sharp, Dr. M. 3 Princeton, Ky., on the 1st day of King, Wm. 2 Sivley, Eli H. April 1837, which if not taken Lowry, D. Sharp, Miss Maria L. out before the 1st day of July next, Lindsay, Mary E. Speed, Mrs. Susan will be sent to the General Post Lenoir, Sidney 2 Star, Samuel Office as dead letters. Mercer, Wm. Sargent, A.G.H. M’Goodwin, D.W. Summers, Francis Adams, Sandford M’Lin, John J. Smith, Thomas Armstrong, Wm. M’Gowan, James Short, Mrs. Margaret R. Armstrong, Logan Merriman, Henry E Shaw, Wm. or S. Fritz Armstrong, Elizabeth M’Neely, Joseph
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Unclaimed letters in the Hopkinsville Gazette, continued______
Miller, Wm. Rumsay, Charles Stewart, Ayres M’Gough, Thos. M. Rhodes, Wm. Taylor, Wm. M. Mitchuson, Eliza Rucker, Ambrose Teer, Robert Neel, Samuel Rucker, M.A. Wall, Thomas A. 3 Orr, William Stone, Richard Wadlington, Wm. 2 Owen, Abram Stone, Moses B. Waterfield, Peter Ogden, John W. Stoker, Wm. Wells, John Ogden, Stephen F. 3 Smart, James Young, Wm. M.L. 2 Parks, David Smith, Wm. Pool, Allen P. Shamwell, J. JOHN BARNARD, P.M. Parker, Robert Stanly, Mason April 1, 1837.
Ellis Family Reunion, Falmouth, 1909 The following article appeared in the August 26, 1909, issue of Lexington’s Kentucky Evening Gazette. REUNION BIG GATHERING OF ELLIS FAMILY … AT FALMOUTH, KY.
FALMOUTH, Ky. Aug. 26—The Ellis family, one of the oldest and most popular in the county held a reunion at the beautiful Ellis grove near Pleasant Hill, this county, which was attended by fully 300 descendants of this grand old family. The visitors hailed from all parts of the United States and the day was a most delightful one for all who attended. The entertainment consisted of speechmaking and other diversions. This family holds reunions annually.
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 10 Eminence General Store Ledger, 1905-6 The following is a transcription of the ledger of an unknown general store operated in Eminence, Henry County, from November 1905 to September 1906. The store was truly one with a varied selection. Ernest Burton bought a $3.50 box of candy there on Christmas Eve 1905, while J.E. Tyler bought silver brooches ($1.25) a gold brooch ($2.13), and candy (50 cents). Dr. Juett purchased cocaine on April 2, 1905, and Harry Callaway purchased “2 Hygenial Bots & Nipples” for 60 cents. Miss Edith Tutt had a 5 cent ice cream soda on Sept. 7, 1906.
Abbott, Gilbert, 249 Crabb, Jno. A., 200 Dunavent, Frank, 241 Allen, Massie, 232 Boteler, T.A., 201 Downs, Jas., 293 Geo. Ast Candy Co., 116 Callaway, Joe, 210 Deposit Bank, 298 Adams, Business, 285 Callaway, Harry, 222 DeMoss, E.H., 308 Adams, Henry, 293 Collins, 223 Dudley, Dr., 311 Crabb, Roland, 233 Boteler, T.A., 201 Callaway, Sherley, 249 Expense, 1 Booker, Sam, 202 Caldwell, C.A., 250 Ellis, Chas., 243 Bryant, D.H. Jr., 212 Crabb, Guthrie, 254 Ellis, Jas., 253 Burton, Roy, 226 Callaway, Sam, 263 Eminence Distilling Co., 260 Brener, Sanford, 262 Crabb, Ellis, 212 Ethrington, Luther (Croppers), Brener, Henry, 257 Cubbage, Mrs. B.W., 217 261 Bailey, Mrs. Joe, 254 Curtice, Jack, 246 Ellis, Calvin, 227 Burton, Ernest, 207 Curtice, H., 272 Ellis & Harreld, 296 Bakron (Bakrorr?), R.D. & H.C., Curry, Tunis & Norwood, 114 Ellis, Henry, 304 103 Cincinnati News Co., 127 Eminence, City of, 297 Bauer, L.A. (Cincinnati), 108 Curran, Wm., 257 Eminence Light Plant, 322 Bayless Bros. & Co. (Louisville), Christian Church, 285 112 Callaway, Bill, 292 Ford, Sam., 204 Bryan, Goodwin & Hunt (Lex- Crawford, Jno., 297 Fremd Grocery, 232 ington), 121 Carroll & Wilkerson, 299 French, A.F., 228 Bergen, J.D. & Co. (Meriden, Caseldine, Will, 300 French, Joe, 278 Conn.), 135 Coca Cola Bottling Works (Lou- Fremd, Geo., 282 Barnett, Jas., 284 isville, Ky.), 142 Franklin, Bob, 296 Butler, J.L., 284 Clark, Jas. Jr. & Co. (Louisville), Bush, Will, 275 144 Bridges, McDowell Co., 138 Crawford, John, 209 Greenfield, M.A., 208 Bright, Chas., 290 Cochran, Mrs. Mat (Mattie), 277 Giltner, Rob., 227 Batterton, Mrs. Henry, 300 Grey, Rev. W.B., 242 Bixby, S.M. & Co. (New York), Dowden, Dr. A.P., 211-309 Giltner, F.C., 265 141 Davis, M.M., 217 Glenny, Glass Co., Wm. (Cincin- Butler, Harry, 307 Dale, H.C., 246 nati), 134 Bickel, C.C. Co. (Louisville), 145 Demaree, Marion, 267 Giltner, Bros., 277 Barnes, Forest, 307 Discount, 3 Gividen, Joe., 280 Burton, John, 308 Darling, Geo. E. (Providence, Gatchel, W.D. & Sons, 139 Batterton, Chas., 317 R.I.), 119 Giltner, W.H., 294 Boshardt, Jno., 323 Drane, L.T., 281 Gordon, Prof., 317 Dunavent, J.C., 288
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Hiter & Ford, 224 LeCompte, Herman, 273 O’Bannon, Will, 274 Hiter, A.F., 230 Lampton, Crane & Ramey Co. Owens, Ike, 315 Howes, Spot, 236 (Louisville), 109 Hudson, Andy, 264 LeCompte, Mrs., C.O., 276 Paul, Miss Ethel, 209 Harding, Miss Adele, 214 L. & N. R.R. Co., 280 Paul, Geo. C., 213 Haleman, Aus., 234 Leber, Mr., 291 Patterson, Judge, 239 Helburn, I.B., 268 Laib Co. (Louisville), 147 Porter, J.R., 256 Ham, E.W., 269 Lilly, Dick, 320 Pollard, Geo., 223 Hornsby, Joe, 275 Long, Bryant, 324 Pryor, Mrs. Jack, 235 Haymaker, Mrs., 272 Pryor, Tandy, 236 Holland, John Gold Pen Co. Moody, R.W., 216 Park, John D. & Sons Co., 104 (Cincinnati), 130 Moody, Harry, 245 Peaslee, Gaulbert & Co., 105 Home Telephone Co., 279 Moss, Mrs., 255 Peter-Neat-Richardson Co., 128 Helburn, J.C., 286 Mitchell, Mrs. J.T., 259 Porter, Dr. (Pleasureville), 282 Hill, J.S. & Co., 140 Morgan, Mrs., 250 Payne, Henry, 290 Holland, Guy P., 288 Mason, Mrs., 238 Peak, W.O., 289 Hollinger, Dr., 292 Maddox, Ed, 262 Procter, E.L., 306 Holland, John, 304 Moody, Mrs. Dr., 269 Peterson, Mr., 311 Henry News, The, 321 Middleton, Tom, 271 Pryor, Bob, 313 Hopkins, Judge, 327 Moore, Mrs. Duck, 202 Hower, Dr. T.J. (Croppers), 312 Myer, Bridges & Co. (Louisville), Queen City Watch Case Co., 133 Herndon, Will, 267 107 Hiter, Mrs. A.F., 268 Maddox, Alice, 283 Retherford, Robt., 231 Moody, H.C., 286 Ransdall, Fulton, 235 Ingram, Fred. F. & Co. (Detroit), Moody, E. Stewart, 219 Russell, 241 110 Meyer & Rath (Louisville), 143 Roberts, Holly, 253 Moody, Valeda, 305 Robinson, Lee, 263-310 Johnson, Dr. C.R., 214 Moody, Ethel, 306 Robinson, Bros. & Co. (Louis- Juett, Dr., 215 Miles, Jno., 319 ville), 106 Jones, Mrs., 228 McGinnis, Ross, 218 Rupert Grocery Co. (Frankfort), Jones, Claude, 247 McCorkle, Graham, 266 120 Jackson, Eli, 251 McQuillen, J.W., 240 Ramey, Mrs. A.M., 278 Jackson, Joe, 229 McDonald, Jas., 281 Rapp, Mrs., 210 Jackson, Chas., 319 McCoy, Frank, 299 Randall, W.B. (Smithfield), 264 Riner, H.C., 279 Kahn, Martin, 205 Napierala, A.M., 260 Rice, Chas., 283 Krauth Bros., 207 Norris, Alister & Co., 123 Rice, Geo., 298 Koenigstein, Jake, 244 Noterman, Jos. & Co. (Cincin- Ransdall, Robt., 302 Kleiser, Dr., 248 nati), 132 Ramey, Margaret, 314 Kruse, Showcase Co., 115 New Haven Clock Co., 136 Kohmescher & Co. (Cincinnati), Nuttall, Lego, 301 Straughan, Lou., 229 117 Neal, Miss Sue, 305 Schooler, Wm., 258 Ketcham & McDougall, 118 Nuttall, Dr., 313 Smith, Mrs., Abb 261 Kephart, Stewart, 327 Northcutt, Mrs., 314 Stearns, Frederick & Co., 101 Sullivan, Mrs. Sallie, 252 Linney, Mrs., 240 O’Connell, Tom, 252 Smith, J.K., 233 Lighter, Elbert, 258 Oster, Mrs. O.L., 259 Syracuse Paper & Pulp Co., 122 Landis, Jack, 255 Oskamp, Nolting & Co., 102 Seabury & Johnson, 124
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Stein Gray Drug Co., 125 Weller & Co., S.A. (Zanesville, George Young Swigart E. & J. (Cincinnati), 131 Ohio), 137 Sept. 13, 1906, “To ad on curtain Scott, A.C., 276-326 Wilson, Jas. H., 291 J.E. Tyler, $6” Samuels, Mrs. Robert, 270 Wade, Geo., 294 Shockency Irvin, 256 Wash, Jim, 297 Dr. A.H. Kleiser Sparks, Dr. (Pleasureville), 213 Williams, Miles, 222 Sept. 3, 1906, “Rep Watch for Smith, Garnett, 287 Wyatt, 312 Taylor Tinsly on (order), Sanford, Jas., 287 $1.50” Sanford, R.H., 289 Young, Geo., 206 Smith, Park, 301 Young, Chris, 244 Will Herndon Standard Oil Co., 302 Sept. 3, 1906, … “Transfer to Jas. Swinney, Ben, 303 1905 Sanford.” Smith, Price, 318 Dec. 18, J.H. Hardesty Slaughter, Mrs. Jake, 325 Dec. 18, L.A. Buner(?), J.H. Wil- Jas. McDonald Sharp & Dohme (New York), son (for rock) March 4, 1906, “Breast Pump, 35 146 cents …” (1906) Tyler, J.E., 220 Jan. 2, J. Koenigstein R.H. Sanford Thomas, John W., 225 Jan. 2, R.W. Moody, Helburn Aug. 24, 1906, “nipple, 5 cents” Thorne, Will. Jr., 238 Bros. Thompson Mrs., 247 Jan. 2, R.W. Moody, Wm. Deposit Bank Thorne, Co. W.P., 274 Schooler, milk, $1.45 May 28, 1906, “1 note Omar Tipton, Mrs., 273 Jan. 4, ck Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice Young ninety days 6 percent, Thorne, Shell., 295 … $150.00 $152 Note Returned” Thomas, Jim Pres, 295 Jan. 6, ck H.A. Brewer, coal, Tinsley, Taylor, 303 $32.01 Taylor Tinsley Tutt, Miss Edith, 224 Jan. 12, ck to Ceo (Geo.?) Bauer, Aug. 30, 1906, “Rep Watch order $20.00 By Kleiser, $1.50” Underwood, Dr. (Croppers), 266 Jan. 18 ck to Mrs. Chas. Ren- UpJohn & Co., 100 niess(?) Flowers $5.00 Dr. T.J. Hower Union Ice Cream Co. (Louis- Jan. 2, Geor. Young Sept. 3, 1906, “2,000 mits an- ville), 147 May 1, Exp Dowden $10.00 tidipther serum sent to Plea- sureville, $3.50, 9/16 check Voige & Winter Co. (Cincin- John A. Crabb ….” nati), 111 1905 Vogt, Henry Machine Co. (Lou- Dec. 26, 3 Silver articles for Sun- Charles Batterton’s account trans- isville), 146 day School by Mrs. Rawrey ferred to Dr. A.P. Dowden’s
Williams, Mrs. Lena, 203 J.E. Tyler The Henry News Weisburd, Sam, 219 Aug. 3, check to J.M. Hanson, Aug. 16, 1906, “Rep Gasoline Wilson, Dr. (Smithfield), 234 85 cents engine new points and oiler, $5 Williams, Chas., 237 9/3, Cash and Credit on Sub’n Williams, W.T., 245 Charles Ellis (subscription) … Sub paid on Wilson, W.S., 270 March 11, 1905, Spohus Cure Henry news till Aug. 22, 1907 as Wyeth, Jno. & Bro., 113 (50 cents cash), check to Joe part on above” Weidlich, O.E. & Co., 126 Callaway ($5) Wendell & Co., 129
13 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812 By John Trowbridge
Trowbridge, manager of the Kentucky Military History Museum, is an eighteen-year veteran of the U.S. Army. As a military historian, he has chronicled the service of numerous important Kentuckians, from medal of honor winners to civil rights activists. Trowbridge’s work has been honored by the U.S. Department of Defense, the American Association for State and Local History, and the Historical Confederation of Kentucky. He is the author of Heroes Unsung: Kentucky’s Confederate Medal of Honor and Roll of Honor Recipients and his work has appeared in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, Kentucky Women, The Military History of the Bluegrass and in various Kentucky newspapers.
On the second weekend of October for the last 15 disastrous campaign in Indiana and Illinois, Harrison years, about 30,000 people from around the world immediately communicated to Secretary Eustis his have gathered at a spot about seven miles north of intention to direct Lt. Col. John B. Campbell6 to Marion, Ind., to commemorate a battle of the War of begin the expedition against the Miami towns on the 1812. Re-enactors and living history displays trans- Mississinewa” port visitors back in time to the sights and sounds of the war that has been called the “Second American As soon as the information reached me I Revolution.” determined to direct an expedition against the Miami Towns of Mississiniway [sic]. The situation It is the largest event of its kind in North America. of this Town as it regards one of my lines of The place is called Mississinewa, site of the U.S. Army’s first victory of that war. Unknown to most Kentuckians is the connection the commonwealth has to this battle, fought in the northwestern theater of the War of 1812, and the Kentucky soldiers still buried there in unmarked graves. The Battles of the Mississinewa—also known as Mississineway—was a campaign ordered by Gen- eral William Henry Harrison1 against British-allied Miami Indian villages located along the Mississinewa River2 in Indiana Territory, during November-De- cember 1812.3 In correspondence with Secretary of War William Eustis, on October 26, 1812, Harrison requested ap- proval of his plan to attack the Indian towns on the Mississinewa River. “Nothing can be more easy than to surprise the Miami Town of Mississiniway [sic] The annual commemoration of the War of 1812 Battles with Mounted Men. I have engaged Colo. McArthur of the Mississinewa—which took place in November and to undertake it if it is not considered a violation of December 1812 in present-day Grant County, Ind.— his parole.”4 attracts about 30,000 people from all across the country. Eustis replied that, “the Miamis, as well as the It is the largest event of its kind in North America. Re- enactors, complete with authentic uniforms and unit flags other Indians, must be dealt with as their merits and bring to visitors the sights and sounds of what came to be demerits may in your judgment require.” On Nov. known as the “Second American Revolution.” All images 15, 1812, after hearing of General Samuel Hopkins’5 courtesy of John Trowbridge.
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operations even if the hostility of the Inhabitants was less Equivocal would render a Measure of this “Col. Campbell’s detachment on the 18th inst. killed kind highly proper, but from the circumstance between 30 and 40 Indians and took 37 prisoners, of Gen. Hopkinses [sic] failure, it has become principally women and children—None of our indispensable. Relieved from the fears excited by Kentucky friends were either killed or wounded, the late invasion of their Country, the Indians save Capt. George Trotter very slightly in the hand from the upper part of the Illinois river and to the when gallantly charging the enemy.—The Indians South of lake Michigan will direct all their efforts attacked our troops about daybreak on the morning against Fort Wayne and the Convoys which are after their town had been destroyed and their to follow the Tract of the left Wing of the Army. women and children prisoners. Major Ball acquitted Mississiniway [sic] will be their Rendezvous where himself gallantly, as well as every officer and soldier they will receive provision and every assistance in that gallant brave and patriotic band.—The they may require for any hostile enterprise. From action lasted one hour. Killed, Capt. Pierce of that place they can by their runners ascertain the Zanesville, Lt. Waltz of Greensburgh, Pa., Lt. period at which every Convoy may set out from St Posey10 and Hickman11 of Garrard’s troop slightly Mary’s and with certainty intercept it previously wounded. to its arrival at the Miami Rapids. But that place _____ being broken up and the provisions destroyed In addition to the above, we can add, that an there will be nothing to subsist any Body of Indian officer—of Capt. Trotter’s troop of horse, arrived nearer than the Puttawattimie [sic] Towns upon in town last evening from the army commanded the waters of the St Josephs of Lake Michigan. The by Col. Campbell—who states, that in the two Troop destined for the Mississiniway Expedition engagements with the Indians, we had 10 men are the Dragoons belonging to my Army with the killed, and 40 wounded, two mortally—that 30 addition perhaps of a single Company of mounted Indian warriors were killed, whose scalps were Volunteers. The Dragoons will amount to about taken, and a number were known to be carried off 600 but the greater part of them are to be entirely during the engagement—41 prisoners taken, among relied upon. The Expedition will be commanded whom were 9 warriors—that upon the attack made by Lieut Col Campbell of the 19th Regiment. He on our army by the Indians, on the morning of has not military experience but is brave sensible and the 18th, an hour before day, all the out guard were judicious and will be ably seconded by the Talents driven in except our townsman Lieut. Fishel, who and experience of Major Ball.7 I am confident that to his immortal honour, obstinately maintained you will not hear of any retrograde movement upon his ground. We understand that Mr. Piatt of this the part of this detachment until the object upon town, being wounded mortally, told his officers to which they are sent is accomplished…. charge and not mind him, and that Henry Riddell, also of this town, took 22 prisoners himself in After receiving approval from Secretary Eustis, one house, and was afterwards wounded, but it is Harrison ordered Lt. Col. Campbell on Nov. 25, expected not mortally. From all the information, we can collect both officers and men, did their duty 1812, to begin the expedition. Campbell was ad- and maintained the credit, which our first settlers vised by Harrison to try to spare chiefs Richardville, acquired for Kentucky.12 Silver Heels, White Loon, Charley, and Pecon, and the sons and daughters of Little Turtle, if it could be In time a more accurate picture of the battles done without risking his force.8 Additionally, he was developed in the newspapers with the publishing of directed to guarantee the safety of the Indian women Campbell’s Official Dispatch and Payne’s Report and and children who were to be captured and brought Return of the battle: back to settlements in Ohio. The first news to reach Kentucky about the Mis- OFFICIAL DISPATCH. sissinewa Expedition and the battles that occurred Camp, on Mississinewa two miles above Silver Heels, Dec 12th, 1812.13 there appeared in Kentucky newspapers on Dec. 29, Dear General, and it was far from accurate. After a fatiguing march of three days and one night from Greenville, I arrived with the detachment IMPORTANT. under my command at a town on the Mississinewa, Extract of a letter from Lt. Col. J. Morrison, dated thought by the spies to be Silver Heels town; Franklinton, Dec. 24, 1812.9 but proved to be a town settled by a mixture of
15 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Delaware and Miami Indians. About 8 o’clock on the morning of the 17th, undiscovered, a charge was made upon the town, when many fled over the river, others surrendered— those who fled made resistance after crossing, by firing cross the river. Thirty-seven prisoners are taken, whom I shall bring in with me, including men, women and children—seven warriors were killed. After disposing of the prisoners I marched a part of the detachment down the river, and burned three villages without resistance; I then returned and encamped on the ground where stood the first village attacked. This morning about day light or a little before, my camp was attacked by a party of Indians (the number unknown, but supposed to be between two and three hundred) on my right line occupied by Major Ball’s squadron, who gallantly resisted them for about three quarters of an hour, when the Indians retreated, after being most gallantly charged by Capt. Trotter at the head of his troop of cavalry. We lost in the first action one killed and one wounded14 (by accident the last)—in the action of this morning, we have eight killed, and about twenty-five or thirty wounded; not having yet gotten a report, I am unable to state the number exactly. The Indians have lost about forty killed, from the discoveries now made; the spies are out at present ascertaining the number. I have sent to Artist Karl Kendall—a Marion, Ind., native—sculpted Greenville for a reinforcement, and send you this the statue “A Journey Begun” to honor the order of haste sketch. A detailed report shall hereafter be General (later President) William Henry Harrison that made known to you, noticing particularly those the safety of captured Indian women and children be companies and individuals, who have distinguished guaranteed. In response to the directive, Lt. Col. John B. themselves signally. Campbell ordered his men to give up their horses to the I anticipate another attack before I reach Greenville, Indians. “A Journey Begun,” located in Matter Park in but rest assured, my dear general, they shall be Marion, was unveiled and dedicated in 2005. warmly received. I have a detachment composed of the bravest fellows, both officers and soldiers, in the Our detachment took up the line of march from world. Our return will be commenced this morning. Franklinton (Ohio)16 against the Indian towns on Among our killed I have to deplore the loss of the Massassinewa [sic]. On the march from Franklinton brave Capt. Pierce—Lieut. Waltz, of Capt. Markle’s to Fort Greenville, nothing worthy of public notice troop of cavalry is also mortally wounded. Their transpired.17 From the latter place, we took up the gallant conduct shall be noticed hereafter. line of march the 14th inst. and marched nineteen Yours with the greatest respect miles, the 15th marched twenty miles, the 16th And esteem, marched twenty miles and halted about sun down JOHN B. CAMPBELL, to refresh the men and horses; after remaining about Lt. Col. 19th Reg U. S. Infantry two hours, again took up the line of march, and Gen. W. H. Harrison, Com. N. W. Army. having marched fifteen miles halted within three miles of the first town; on the march that night The following operational report of the campaign the detachment was detained three hours crossing was written by Lt. John Payne, of Capt. Robert one creek, where many were completely immersed; Smith’s Troop, Simrall’s Regiment, and who served as this delay prevented our approaching as near the town as necessary, until about four in the morning. acting adjutant for Lt. Col. Campbell during the Mis- About day light, on the 17th, we again took up sissinewa campaign. The report appeared in the Jan. 9 the line of march, and being compelled to take 1813, edition of The [Lexington, Ky.] Reporter.15 a circuitous route of about two miles, to avoid a
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 16 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______swamp of which the guides were unapprised, arrived had lost in the charge, and was killed. The infantry undiscovered within a mile of the town about eight; and riflemen being left as a guard over the prisoners, there we were discovered by three or four Indians on the cavalry marched down the river about two or horseback. Immediately a charge was ordered.18 In three miles to Silver Heels and two other villages, a little time the town was completely surrounded. which we found evacuated by all but one squaw, Some Indians fled over the river, on the bank of whom we found and left in a cabin; the other which the town was, some made a slight resistance, houses, amounting in all, perhaps, to forty, were and others surrendered.19 The resistance made by reduced to ashes, and property of every description those in the town was very slight, perhaps not more we could find destroyed. The towns had been very than two or three guns fired. Those who fled over suddenly abandoned, leaving their victuals over the the river, kept up a fire for some minutes, until fire. In the evening we returned and encamped on several of them were killed.20 They were pursued by the ground where stood the first town attacked. This capt. Johnson,21 at the head of a part of his troop, village was inhabited by a mixture of Delaware and a part of Col. Simrall’s regiment of light dragoons, Miami Indians. We encamped, on the night of the and some prisoners taken. One of our men was 17th, in a square—the infantry and riflemen on the wounded, who has since died.22 The number of front line facing the river, Major Ball on the right warriors killed, eight—the number of prisoners and half of the rear line, and Col. Simrall on the taken, forty-two. The town, consisting of about left and the residue of the rear line. The reveille was twelve houses, was immediately burnt, except two beaten on the morning of the 18th at 4 o’clock, as or three, in which the prisoners were confined. was usual on our march. About half an hour before After the skirmish was over, a sergeant in captain day, and whilst the field officers and Captains were Hopkins’ troop went out to get some provisions he in council with the Colonel Commanding, relative to future operations, the right rear angle of our camp was most furiously attacked. In a second the troops were formed, and the enemy’s fire returned with interest. The angle attacked was formed by Capt. Garrard’s right and Captain Hopkins’ left. In a little time the action became general along the left line, and on the rear line about as far as Capt. Hopkins’ troop extended. The angle first attacked was reinforced by the spy company, consisting of eight men, and Capt. Butler’s company of Infantry, Capt. Hopkins inclining to the right, so as to give him room to form on the left of the rear line. The action continued for about an hour, and was most gallantly supported by Major Ball’s squadron, with the addition of Capt. Butler’s company and a few of Capt. Elliott’s near the right front angle. A gallant charge was made by Capt. Trotter at the head of his troop, who was followed soon after by Capt. Johnson [sic] with a part of his troop, these being the only troops called on for that service.23 Between day light and sun rise, the enemy retreated, leaving many killed on the ground, whom they had not time to remove. Col. Simrall’s regiment, with the exception of part of Capt. Trotter’s troop, Capt. Alexander’s and a part of Capt. Elliott’s companies were not engaged, but all formed with alacrity in Salem Piatt, whose surname also appears in records as the best order, impatiently awaiting an attack. The Payett and Peyatt, was wounded in the Mississinewa spies were sent out after sun-rise, and reported that battles and died while his unit was en route to from the number found dead, and the trails in Greenville. He served in Captain Trotter’s Company of the snow where they had drawn them along, they Kentucky volunteers. He was buried near the site where supposed the enemy had lost at least thirty. The member of the 2nd U.S. Light Dragoons had disappeared number wounded we could make no estimate of. in quicksand and the cross marking his grave sits atop a We lost six in the action, and forty-eight wounded, pole to stabilize it. two of whom have since died. So soon as the
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wounded could be dressed and litters provided, 17th. we commenced our return and came three miles On the 17th: In Captain Hopkins’ troops U. S. that night.24 With easy marches of from nine to L. D. Sergeant James Wright, killed. In Captain fourteen miles per day, we reached Fort Greenville Elmore’s troop Ky. Vol. L. D. Sergeant Thos. Smith, on the evening of the 24th, worn down and nearly wounded, since dead. On the 18th: In Captain exhausted with fatigue, hunger and cold.25 Major Hopkins troops U. S. L. D. 1st Lieut. James Hedges, Adams met us with a reinforcement of ninety-five slightly. Privates Thomas Robinson, badly; John men, on the 22d, about twelve o’clock. He also Holcroft; John May, slightly; John Tarn, badly; supplied us with about half a ration to the man, Thos. Salsbury, badly. In Captain Marcles troop some of the troops having been two or three days 12 mos. Penn. V. L. D. 2nd Lieut. Danl. Waltz, without provisions. The next day Col. Holt met us killed; Private Jas. Griffin, killed; Corp. Henry with a partial supply; but, scant as those supplies Breneman, badly; Corp. Robert Skilly, slightly; were, they enabled us to reach the settlements, Saddler James Smith, slightly; Private Thompson and were greater than we supposed could possibly Carnahan, mortally, since dead; Robt. Campbell, reach us so far from the settlements. The morning dangerously; Findlay Carnahan, badly; Wm. Logue, of the action on the 18th, there was about fifty men slightly; Jos. Chambers, badly; Jas. Selby, slightly; unfit for duty, being very much frost-bitten. On Thomas Porter, badly; John McCarmon, badly; the morning of the 24th, from the reports returned, Robt. Cooper, slightly; David Braden, slightly; there appears to have been three hundred and Jno. Bennett, slightly. In Captain Garrards Troop three men unfit for duty on the same account. The 12 mos. K. V. L. D. Privates Thomas Bedford, detachment consisted of five hundred and ninety killed; Beverly Brown, killed. 1st Lieut. Edw. Baysey, rank and file, one third upon guard every night on slightly. 2nd Lieut. David Hickman, slightly. Qr. M. our march out, and one half on our return, whilst Sergeant Strother J. Hawkins, slightly.27 Sergeant the other half were engaged nearly half the night G. Edwards, slightly. Farrier J. McConnell, slightly. building a breast work around the camp, yet not a Privates Henry Willson; Moses Richardson; Thomas murmur was heard to escape from the lips of any. Easton, badly; Wm. Scott, mortally; Thomas We labored under the difficulties of the most serious Webster. In Capt. Pierces troop 6 mos. Ohio V. L. nature. The men were not only unable to perform D. Capt. Bennoni Pierce, killed; Privates, Daniel labour with dispatch, but were really without tools Cunningham, killed; Willm. Monroe, wounded. to perform it with. So great was the imposition on In Lieut. Warrens troop Penna. V. L. D.; Cornet government, that out of the fifty axes provided at Greer, wounded. In Cornet Lee’s Troop 12 mos. this place, not more than ten stood more than a Michigan V. L. D. Privates, David Hull, wounded; day, but broke and were battered all to pieces in Michael McDermot, wounded; Cyrus Hunter, performing ordinary service. This may account for wounded. In Capt. Trotter’s Troop 6 mos. Ky. V. L. axes being left at the encampment near this place. D. Captn. Geo Trotter Jr., slightly; 1st Sergt. Byrd The scarcity of provisions was measurably owing to Smith, badly; 1st Corpl. Henry Riddle, dangerously; its being lost on the evening of the first attack upon Samuel Peyatt, mortally, since dead; David Steele, the town, the troops having charged at full speed slightly. In Captain Elliotts Company U.S. Infty. for nearly a mile through the woods. The prisoners Privates Walter McAllister, wounded; Henry have been sent on to Piqua, thirty-nine in number, Watters, wounded; Thomas Wittington, wounded. two squaws having been left in the towns, and two In Captain Butlers (Pitts:) Blues 12 mos. V. Infty. warriors sent to the Delaware towns, urging them to Private Francis Lansing, killed; Corp. E. Elliott, move into the settlements, agreeable to the request wounded; Corp. Reid, wounded; Private Isaac of the commander in chief.26 After the action Chess, wounded; Jos. Dodd, wounded. our guide, Mr. William Connor, described to the prisoners we had, the length of line attacked, and Killed Captains – 1 requested to know what number they thought had 2nd Lieut. – 1 attacked us—they answered about three hundred. Sergts. – 1 JOHN PAYNE, 1st Lt. Ky. Vol. L. Drag. and Privates – 5 Adj. to Detcht. Total killed in action 8 Died of their wounds since the action 2 Return of the Battle of Mississineway. Total 10 The following is a correct list of the killed and wounded in the Battle of Mississineway on the Wounded Captains – 1 morning of the 18th inst. and in the skirmish on the 1 Lts. – 2 2 Lts. – 1
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 18 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Cornets – 1 we can say that your conduct has met with our Q.M. Sergts. – 1 approbation, and we believe, that of the detachment Sergts. – 3 in general. Corp. – 5 This, sir, together with our most anxious solicitude Saddlers – 1 for your future prosperity, you will please to accept, Farriers – 1 as the best reward we are able to make for the due Privates – 32 and honorable performance of those arduous duties Total wounded in action 48 which devolved upon you, as commandant of the A report of the number rendered unfit for duty by detachment. being frost bitten as appears from the reports of the Committee, th morning of the 29 inst. viz. John M. McQuie, In Major Balls squadron 107 Henry Wallace, Col. Simralls Regt. 138 Mathew W. Henry, Infantry and Riflemen 58 L. L. Cartright, Total 303 Samuel R. Wood, st (Signed) JOHN PAYNE, 1 Lt. Ky. V. L. D. and Nath. O. Dedman, 28 adjt. to Detachment. T. Sanders.
The following day Lieutenant Payne sent a letter Lt. Col. Campbell responded with the following: to the editor of the Dayton newspaper, who origi- nally ran the report, apologizing for his oversight and Dayton, 31st Dec. 1812. omission of a number of the other units and their The officers and privates of capt. Trotter’s troop of the 1st Reg. Ky. Volunteer Cavalry confer an participation in the battles.29 During their stay in camp at Dayton and prior to returning to Kentucky, Captain Trotter’s troop sent the following letter to Lt. Col. Campbell expressing their thanks and admiration of his leadership during the campaign:
Camp at Dayton, Dec. 31, 1812. Lieut. Col. John B. Campbell, 19th Regt. U. S. Infantry. SIR—The officers and privates of capt. Trotter’s troop of the 1st Regt. Ky. Volunteer Cavalry, belonging to the detachment late under your command on an expedition to Massassinway [sic], when about to be departed from you, beg leave through the undersigned committee, unanimously appointed for that purpose, to express their consciousness of the obligations they are under for the general tenor of your conduct, while they have had the honor of being commanded by you, as they have certainly had every reason to entertain the highest opinion of your unshaken patriotism, cool deliberate valor, and feeling humanity. We very well know, sir, that it is almost impossible, in fact not often expected, that a commander, however able, however correct, may by his conduct, can please every one of a detachment composed of such variety of materials; of men whose habits—whose manner of life—whose notions Tombstones honoring the soldiers who fought at are (as those of collective bodies must ever be) so Mississinewa were placed along Indiana Highway 1, materially different. But notwithstanding, this may near Dinner Creek in Green Township, Randolph County. sometimes operate (for a while at least) as a bar to The final resting places of the men were actually at well deserving popularity, yet it is with pleasure various sites nearby.
19 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______honor upon me by the very polite and friendly Thomas Moore, P. Secretary manner which they have, through a committee of Mr. Baylor gentlemen for whom I have the most particular Robert Mitchell (wagoner). regard, expressed their approbation of my conduct during the late expedition to Massassinway. To have Soon after the Mississinewa campaign was com- merited and obtained the approbation and good will pleted, Simrall’s regiment was disbanded. He re- of the officers and privates of capt. Trotter’s troop, is turned to Kentucky to raise a new command, but a very great gratification to me; and from no other part of my command could such an expression have not before issuing the following regimental order in been more pleasing. The officers and privates will which he gave his personal thanks to his officers and carry with them, into private life, an assurance from men for their service in the Mississinewa campaign. me of my entire confidence in their bravery; which was tested under my own observation, on trying REGIMENTAL ORDERS occasions and my sincere wishes for their happiness Cincinnati, January 13, 1813. and welfare. The time having arrived when a dissolution To the gentlemen of the committee, I tender my of the Kentucky Volunteer Regiment of Light thanks for the polite manner in which they have Dragoons is about to take place, and each dragoon addressed me. throw off the habiliments of war for that of the John B. Campbell, citizen; as commandant of the Regiment, I cannot Lieut. Col. Commandant.30 part with them without offering my sincere thanks to every officer and dragoon for their strict attention to order and discipline—for the personal In congratulatory General Orders issued con- respect and attachment at all times shown to me as cerning the Mississinewa campaign by Major Gen- commandant—for their courage, perseverance, & eral William Henry Harrison’s Headquarters from intrepidity through a severe and trying campaign—a Franklinton on 2 January 1813, the following Ken- campaign on which we can hereafter reflect with pleasure—for these, each will accept my greatful tuckians were cited, “for distinguishing themselves [sic] thanks. This conduct of yours has gained by their valor or good conduct.” Of the 46 individu- you much applause, and particularly that of his als cited in the order, 24 were Kentuckians. excellency General Harrison, the commander in chief, who has directed me to offer you his thanks; Kentucky Dragoons which I cannot do in more appropriate language Lieut. Col. Simerall [sic] than he has done: “You will give my sincere thanks Major McDowell to every officer, non-commissioned officer and Capt. Trotter (slightly wounded) dragoon, belonging to your gallant and experienced Smith corps, for their exemplary good conduct from the Johnson [sic] commencement to the end of their arduous service; 1st Lt. Hobson for I can with truth say there is not a corps in the Payne army in which I have a more perfect confidence; 2d. Trotter express this to them in the strongest terms.” What Cornet Dishman my fellow soldiers can be more flattering to the Seg’t Major Montgomery feelings and pride of a soldier, then the approbation Corporal Riddle of their beloved general?—In returning to your Trumpeter Willman homes, each will have the consolation of acting Major Ball’s Squadron well their part, and of rendering their country an Captain Garrard important service. Should I ever take the field again, 1st Lieut. Basey my only wish will be to have a corps on which equal 2d Lieut. Hickman reliance can be placed during the hour of danger, Cornet and Qr. Master McClannahan and whose attention to discipline will gain them Serj’t Maj. Edwards the same applause; but should I again be called into Qr. Master Serj’t. Hawkins public service, and soldiers wanted from Kentucky, Spies and Guides I know you too well to believe that many of the Capt. Patterson Bain present regiment will be found wanting. I shall Joseph G. McClelland return to my home with many pleasing reflections, ----- and a warm and personal attachment to many of Doctor Moore you who were entire strangers before we took the
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 20 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______field. May that providence who has guided and curred at Frenchtown (present-day Monroe, Mich.) protected you through the dreary forests, the winter and the ensuing massacre at River Raisin in late blasts, and the embattled hosts of a savage and cruel January 1813.33 enemy, guide each of you home to peace, joy, and happiness. In May 1922, the state of Indiana established a JAMES SIMRALL, Lt. Col. historical marker near the battlefield. In 1975 the Comdt. Regt, L. D.31 Indiana Archaeological Survey, Ball State University conducted a survey of the battlefield site in an at- On their return to Lexington, in February tempt to locate villages, battlefields and graves of the 1813, Captain Trotter, his command and the citizens American dead, without much success.34 of Lexington join together to remembered and honor In 1988, the Mississinewa Battlefield Society es- the two young men from the community who had tablished a stone monument honoring both the Indi- made the ultimate sacrifice at Mississinewa. ans that had given their lives protecting their homes and families and the American soldiers killed in the FUNERAL PROCESSION. battles. Two errors concerning Kentucky appear on The volunteer company of this place, the regular the stone, first is a listing for a Private Thomas Car- soldiers stationed here, and a large concourse of citizens formed a procession yesterday as a nahan, “Kentucky Volunteers.” A search of records testimony of their sorrow and regret for the loss indicate that Private Carnahan actually served in of Henry Riddle and Salem Piatt, who fell at the Captain Joseph Markle’s troop, Pennsylvania Vol- battle of Mississnewa gloriously fighting the battles unteer Light Dragoons.35 Secondly, listed on the of their country against the British tomahawk and monument is Private William Scott of the Kentucky scalping knife. The melancholy diffused over the Volunteers. Scott was listed as mortally wounded in countenance of those who witnessed the procession, th their opinion of the worth and patriotism of the battle of the 18 . However, he survived. Scott the deceased, on whose death a just eulogy was later served as an U.S. Army officer during the war, pronounced by Nelson Nicholas, esq. of this town. returning to Kentucky afterward and living long The procession could not fail to impress more enough to receive a military pension. forcibly on the minds of our fellow citizens (if that During 2004, the battlefield society unveiled a were possible) the recent loss of our friends on the monument depicting Campbell’s directive that the River Raisin, who fell victims to the treachery and cruelty Britain. Can there be a man now found, Indian women and children were to be mounted who will not agree with Col. Morrison, “that if there during the return trip to Dayton. be a friend to Britain in our country, he should be hunted down and driven from society.” Lt. Col. John B. Campbell’s Mississinewa Army When our citizens wounded at the River Raisin, are consigned to the fires & flamesof British savages, Lt. Col. John B. Campbell’s Field and Staff. after this expression of public feeling is there a man, who could not consign to the GALLOWS Lt. Col. James Simrall’s Regiment, Kentucky the TRAITOR who would rejoice at their fate or Volunteer Light Dragoons: advocate the cause of the nation who was the only Capt. George Trotter’s Troop. and real authors of their massacre!32 Capt. Robert Smith’s Troop. Capt. Thomas Johnston’s Company. How successful was Campbell’s mission? Harrison Capt. William Young’s Company. Capt. Warner Elmore’s Company. touted the Mississinewa campaign as a victory for the Americans, but was it truly a victory, had it accom- Major James V. Ball’s Squadron, 2nd Regiment U. S. plished what Harrison had intended, the destruction Light Dragoons: of the Indian villages along the Mississinewa River? Capt. Samuel Hopkins’ Troop, 2nd Regiment U. S. Only three villages had been destroyed before Camp- Light Dragoons. bell’s Army was checked and forced to returned to Capt. William Garrard’s Troop (Bourbon Blues), Kentucky Volunteer Dayton by Indian forces. The story of the expedition Light Dragoons. and ensuing battles along the Mississinewa River Cornet Isaac Lee’s Detachment, Michigan Territory were soon to be overshadowed by the battle that oc- Volunteer Light
21 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Dragoons. Name: Rank: Remark(s): Capt. Joseph Markle’s Troop, Pennsylvania during the Volunteer Light Dragoons, Westmoreland County. Mississinewa Capt. James McClelland’s Company, Pennsylvania campaign39 Volunteer Cavalry. Benjamin Smith SUR Lt. Thomas Warren’s Company, Pennsylvania Light John Moore RDM Also served Dragoons. as Surgeon Capt. Benoni Pierce’s Detachment, Ohio Volunteer Mate Light Dragoons. James Hite QMS Pension SC- 63740 Attached Infantry and Riflemen: Henry Smith QMS Capt. Wilson Elliott’s Company, 19th William Montgomery SGM Regiment U. S. Infantry. Christian Willman41 TRP Capt. John Alexander’s Company, Pennsylvania Volunteer Riflemen. ROLL OF CAPTAIN GEORGE TROTTER’S Capt. James Butler’s Company, (Pittsburgh TROOP, LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES Blues) Pennsylvania SIMRALL’S REGIMENT, KENTUCKY Volunteer Light Infantry. VOLUNTEER LIGHT DRAGOONS. 12 month volunteers. (Muster Roll of 31 October 1812 at Spies and Guides: National Archives and Report of the Adjutant General Capt. Patterson Bain. of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812)42
The following rolls were compiled from various Name: Rank: Remark(s): sources, official and unofficial, it is believed they are George Trotter, Jr.43 CPT WIA, 18 as accurate as currently possible. There may never Dec 1813. be a completely accurate listing of the Kentucky John M. Fishel 1LT WIA, 18 participants in the battles of the Mississinewa due to Dec 1813. a number of factors, such as record-keeping of the Also listed as day and lost or missing muster rolls. Numbers range Fisher, Fisheel from 550 to nearly 800 for Campbell’s Army.36 and Micael Additionally, it is known that a number of Fishel. Pen- Kentuckians joined Regular Army units that were sion being organized in the Commonwealth. No attempt IF#8477, was made to determine how many Kentuckians listed as served in the Regular Army units assigned to Michael44 Campbell’s Army during the Mississinewa James G. Trotter 2LT campaign. John Dishman CRN William ROLL OF FIELD AND STAFF, LIEUTENANT Montgomery 1SG COLONEL JAMES SIMRALL’S REGIMENT, Robert Lytle 2SG KENTUCKY VOLUNTEER LIGHT William DRAGOONS. (Muster Roll of 31 October 1812 McConnell 3SG in Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Samuel McDowell 4SG Widow Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812). Pension, Mary, Name: Rank: Remark(s): WC-1932.45 James Simrall37 LTC Henry Riddle 1CP WIA/DOW, James McDowell MAJ 18 Dec George Guy ADJ Also listed as 1813.46 Grey38 Listed as James 2CP in Ken- Bradshaw PMR Served as a tucky Ad- member of jutant Gen- the Com- eral’s Report. pany of Spies John Springer 2CP and Guides William H. Henry 3CP Served as
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 22 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): 2LT with Brown, Samuel PVT Listed as CPT J. 1CP in the Megowan’s Kentucky Ad- Co. Major jutant Gen- General at eral’s Report.55 the Battle Bryan, William T. PVT Also listed as of Thames. Byrne. Wi- Widow dow Pen- Pension, sion, Mar- Cornelia V., garet, WO- WC-1002447 5046.56 Nathan O. Dedman 4CP Also listed Cannon, Willis PVT Listed in PVT Kentucky Ad- Dodman.48 jutant Gen- Andrew Morrow SDR eral’s Re- Thomas Hooper FAR port, but Aater, William W. PVT Also listed as not in Ater. Pen- Holliday’s.57 sion, Cartwright, Levin L. PVT Also listed as IF#12162.49 Levan.58 Armstrong, James R. PVT Pension, Conley, Daniel PVT SO-14221. Cunningham, John PVT Listed as Dallen, William PVT Also listed as James A.50 Dallem.59 Bain, Patterson PVT Promoted to Dudley, Thomas P. PVT Listed in CPT placed Kentucky in command Adjutant of Spies and General’s Re- Guides.51 port, but Baxter, John PVT Widow Pen- not in sion, Holliday’s.60 Elizabeth, Evins, John T. PVT Also listed as Evans.61 WC-4601.52 Gist, John PVT Also listed as Bell, William PVT Gest.62 Benton, Lloyd PVT Hamilton, Andrew PVT Blair, John PVT Listed on Harden, William PVT Kentucky Henry, Matthew W. PVT Adjutant Hooker, Benjamin PVT General’s Hughes, Benjamin PVT Report, but Keene, George W. PVT Also listed as not in Kane.63 Holliday’s.53 Keene, Greenup PVT Also listed as Bowman, Keen. Pen- George H. PVT Listed as sion SC- Trumpeter 7910.64 in the Ken- King, John PVT tucky Ad- Name: Rank: Remark(s): jutant Gen- Lay, Sylvester PVT Also listed as eral’s Re- Silvester.65 port. Widow Lemmon, Joseph PVT Pension, Ann Lindsey, Joseph PVT Listed on I., WC- Kentucky 12634.54 Adjutant Brown, James PVT General’s
23 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): Report, but served in not in Hol- this unit.74 liday’s.66 Robinson, William PVT Also listed as Ryan, Edward PVT Also listed as Lindsay.67 Edmund.75 Little, John PVT Sanders, Toliver PVT Also listed as Long, William PVT Tolever.76 Lytle, James PVT Sanderson, William E. PVT Masterson, Robert PVT Widow Pen- Smith, Bird PVT WIA, 18 sion, Mary Dec 1813. M., WC- Listed as 32343.68 1SG Byrd McCarty, Dennis PVT Smith in McConnell, Francis PVT Also listed as the Official McConnel.69 Return. McDowell, Abraham PVT Widow McIsaac, John PVT Pension, McQuia, John M. PVT Also listed as Elvira, WO- McQuire 26337, Old and War McQuie.70 IF#25834.77 McQuillen, Thomas PVT Also listed as Steele, David PVT WIA, 18 McQuillan.71 Dec 1813. Miller, Beverly PVT Also listed as Mitchell, Robert PVT Steel.78 Moore, Thomas P. PVT Taylor, Richard M. PVT Nicholson, Parker C. PVT Tilford, Andrew PVT Also listed as Offutt, Fielder PVT Teelford.79 Oliver, James PVT Wallace, Henry PVT Widow Pen- Parker, Gabriel PVT Also listed as sion, Eliza- Parks. Pen- beth C., WC- sion SC- 14379.80 22969.72 Wilgus, Andrew PVT Piatt, Salem PVT KIA, 18 Dec Wood, Samuel R. PVT Widow Pen- 1813. Also sion, Ruth, listed as WC 9659.81 Payett and Young, Martin PVT Peyatt.73 Raily, Thomas PVT ROLL OF CAPTAIN ROBERT SMITH’S Rayle, Thomas PVT Also listed TROOP, LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES as Royle. SIMRALL’S REGIMENT, KENTUCKY Railey and VOLUNTEER LIGHT DRAGOONS. 6 month Rayle may volunteers. (Muster Roll of 13 January 1813, at be one and National Archives and Report of the Adjutant General the same of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812). person. Ac- cording to Name: Rank: Remark(s): the Ken- Robert Smith CPT tucky Ad- John Payne 1LT LT Payne jutant Gen- acted as eral’s Report the Adjutant there was for Camp- only a bell’s com- Thomas mand dur- Royle that ing the
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 24 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): Mississinewa becca campaign. McKay, WC- See Official 2289.93 Return McHugh, John PVT submitted Newland, Joel PVT by Payne, Owens, Wiatt PVT above. Ap- Parker, Charles PVT plied for a Parker, John T. PVT pension Patterson, Joseph PVT Widow Pen- which was sion, Eliza- not granted.82 beth, WC- James Chiles 2LT 10983.94 Andrew Smalley 1SG Also listed as Smith, Claiborne PVT Also listed as Smally.83 Clayborn.95 John Pattie 2SG Stiles, William PVT Also listed as James B. Payne 3SG Stites.96 William Thompson 4SG Stubblefield, Beverly P. PVT Wilfred Owens CPL Talliafarra, George C. PVT Also listed as Mordecai Hiatt CPL Also listed as Talliaferro.97 Hyatt.84 Tweed, William PVT Michael Thomas 4CP Listed on Kentucky ROLL OF CAPTAIN THOMAS JOHNSTON’S Adjutant TROOP, LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES General’s SIMRALL’S REGIMENT, KENTUCKY Report, but VOLUNTEER LIGHT DRAGOONS. 12 month not on volunteers. (Muster Roll of 31 October 1812 at Holliday’s.85 National Archives and Report of the Adjutant General Christian Wilmore MUS Also listed as of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812). Willman.86 Johnathan Stout FAR Also listed as Name: Rank: Remark(s): Jonathan.87 Thomas Johnston CPT Peter Davis Jr. SDR William Adams 1LT Henry Werricks BLK Also listed as John Hall 2LT Werick.8 Samuel Dupuy CRN Anderson, Ira PVT Pension, SC- Philip Johnston 1SG 17859.89 Masterson Ogden 2SG Baily, Robert PVT Also listed as Pierson Willis 3SG Pension, SC- Bailey.90 11602.98 Boring, Ephraim PVT John Myles 4SG Also listed as Elliott, Elijah PVT Myler.99 Field, Charles PVT Aris Young 1CP Also listed as Hamilton, John PVT Avis.100 Lancaster, Mallory PVT Widow Pen- John W. Taylor 2CP sion, Cath- Samuel Willis 3CP arine, WC- Phillip G. Payne 4CP Listed on 15752.91 Kentucky Name: Rank: Remark(s): Adjutant Magee, David W. PVT Also listed as General’s McGee, Report, but David P.92 not in McHay, John P. PVT Also listed Holliday’s.101 as McKay. Joseph Paxton TRP Widow Pen- John McGaughey Jr. SDR Widow sion, Re- Pension, Rachel,
25 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): WC-2471.102 Greathouse, William PVT See Great- Jonathan Yunt BLK house nar- Enoch Martin FAR rative.112 Allison, Hugh PVT Greenup, Wilson P. PVT Allison, Joseph PVT Griffith, Robert PVT Armstrong, Benoni PVT Griffith, Thomas PVT Ashby, Benjamin PVT Also listed Harrison, Charles L. PVT as Ashley. Jones, Stephen PVT Pension, McClelland, SO-34241. Joseph G. PVT Also listed as Listed on McCleland.113 pension as Served as a having member of served with the Com- CPT Young’s pany of Co. not Spies and Johnston’s103 Guides dur- Bailey, Joseph PVT Listed on ing the Miss- Kentucky issinewa Adjutant campaign.114 General’s Middleton, William PVT Report, but Millis, Thomas PVT not in Mills, Joseph PVT Holliday’s.104 Moore, Hiram PVT Bale, John PVT Also listed as Myles, James PVT Pension, Bates.105 SC-12818.115 Bond, Samuel PVT Listed on Nabb, Charles W. PVT Pension, SC- Kentucky 3020.116 Adjutant Owen, John PVT General’s Parish, Matthew PVT Also listed as Report, but Mathew.117 not in Parker, Enoch PVT Widow Pen- Holliday’s.106 sion, WC- Carson, Samuel PVT 19821.118 Clark, James PVT Also listed as Pearcy, Henry PVT Clarke. Pen- Pearcy, Nicholas PVT Listed on sion, SC- the Ken- 8509.107 tucky Ad- Clarke, Isaac PVT Also listed as jutant Gen- Clark.108 eral’s Report, Collier, Michael, Jr. PVT but not in Dupuy, William PVT Holliday’s.119 Feris, Banjamin PVT Listed on Peyton, Valentine PVT Kentucky Pollard, Benjamin R. PVT Listed as Regi- Adjutant mental General’s Wagon Name: Rank: Remark(s): master.120 Report, but Name: Rank: Remark(s): not in Rankin, David P. PVT Holliday’s.109 Rankin, John W. PVT Gibbons, William PVT Also listed as Reading, James V. PVT Gibbins.110 Redding, Timothy PVT Gilbert, Elnathan PVT Rice, Henry PVT Gray, French L. PVT Also listed as Ryan, Robert PVT French S.111 Sandeford, David PVT Also listed as
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 26 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): 2497. Standiford.121 Soldier Sanders, Robert PVT is listed as a Shane, John PVT Private on Sharp, Michjah W. PVT Listed on pension re the Ken- cords.124 tucky Ad- William G. Boyd 2LT Widow jutant Gen- Pension, eral’s Re- Cynthia E., port, but WC- not in 31443.125 Holliday’s.122 George Boswell CRN Sharp, William PVT James Dupuy 1SG Widow Sterrett, Joseph P. PVT Pension, Taylor, Joseph P. PVT Mary Ann, Tevis, Benjamin PVT WO- Toncray, James H. PVT Name: Rank: Remark(s): Tunstall, Thomas PVT 42653.126 White, Richard PVT Listed on Thomas Hoonsby 2SG Not listed the Ken- on Holliday, tucky Ad- Battle of jutant Gen- Mississinewa. eral’s Re- David Howell 2SG Listed as port, but 3SG on not in Kentucky Holliday’s.123 Adjutant General’s ROLL OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM E. YOUNG’S Report.127 TROOP, LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES John Hogan 3SG Listed as SIMRALL’S REGIMENT, KENTUCKY 4SG on VOLUNTEER LIGHT DRAGOONS. 12 month Kentucky volunteers. (Muster Roll of 31 October 1812 at Adjutant National Archives and Report of the Adjutant General General’s of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812). Report.128 George Marshall 1CP Name: Rank: Remark(s): Thomas Alvist 2CP Also listed as William E. Young CPT Alvest.129 Isaac Newland 1LT Widow Pen- James Bristoe 3CP sion, Marga- ret, WC- Continued on page 30
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Continued from page 27 Name: Rank: Remark(s): Reason, Josiah PVT Name: Rank: Remark(s): Richerson, James PVT Joshua Chapman 4CP Roberts, Samuel PVT Abraham Williams TRP Pension, Sampson, John PVT SC- Sharp, John A. PVT 16125.130 Shellburn, Paschal PVT Also listed as Richard Wall SDR Also listed as Shelburne, Hall.131 Pascal. Pen- John P. Hollis FAR Also listed as sion, SO- Holles.132 10809.145 Barnet, Samuel PVT Also listed as Shellburn, Robinson PVT Also listed Burnett.133 as Shel- Black, John PVT burne, Robi- Boggs, Barzilla PVT son. Widow Cleaveland, John PVT Also listed as Pension, Cleveland.134 Amelia F., Conley, James PVT WC-2440.146 Cox, Gabriel S. PVT Also listed as Shellburn, Spencer PVT Also listed as Gabriel L.135 Shelburne. Duggan, William PVT Also listed as Pension, Dugan.136 SC-5616.147 Elliott, Abel PVT Taylor, William PVT Pension, Figg, James PVT Pension, SC-6722.148 SC-7272.137 Thatcher, John P. PVT Filley, William PVT Also listed as Tichenor, Jacob PVT Tilly.138 Tinsley, Samuel PVT Fry, Jacob PVT Also listed as Wiley, Thomas PVT Frye.139 Wilson, Alexander PVT Hackworth, Joseph PVT Name: Rank: Remark(s): ROLL OF CAPTAIN WARNER ELMORE’S Hill, James PVT TROOP, LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES Johnston, Alexander PVT SIMRALL’S REGIMENT, KENTUCKY Johnston, David PVT Widow Pen- VOLUNTEER LIGHT DRAGOONS. 12 month sion, WC volunteers. (Muster Roll of 31 October 1812 at 3232.140 National Archives and Report of the Adjutant General Johnston, James PVT of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812). Kester, Daniel PVT King, John PVT Name: Rank: Remark(s): King, William PVT Warner Elmore CPT Maquiddy, James PVT Also listed as William Hobson 1LT Widow Pen- McQuiddy.141 sion, Lucy McCormack, Thomas PVT Also listed as Ann, WC- McCormick, 682.149 James.142 Thomas C. Pile 2LT Morton, James PVT John B. Cook CRN Newland, Benoni S. PVT Also listed as John McBrayers 1SG Benjamin. Thomas Smith 2SG DOW, 17 Pension, Dec 1813.150 SC-7273.143 Philip W. Vaughn 3SG O’Neal, Willis PVT Hoskins Hatcher 4SG Also listed as Phegley, Jacob PVT Widow Pen- Haskins.151 sion, Eliza- Aaron Trabue 1CP Widow Pen- beth, WC- sion, Martha 27484.144 F., WC- 20058, SC-
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 30 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): 12209.152 WC- Stephen Goldsby 2CP 31059.159 Josiah Hatcher TRP Newman, John PVT Burdit C. Pile FAR Price, John K. PVT Widow Pen- Thomas Moss SDR sion, Sally Ashbery Frederick BLK W. “Polly,” Blain, Colbert PVT WC- Boling, John PVT 5171.160 Brownlee, Andrew H. PVT Widow Pen- Richardson, Thomas PVT sion, Eveline Sherrill, John PVT Maria, WC- Spillman, Robert PVT 21572.153 Storall, William H. PVT Cabines, Charles PVT Waggoner, Alexander PVT Chisam, John PVT Pension, SC-1564. Listed as ROLL OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM GARRARD’S John L. TROOP, “THE BOURBON BLUES,” Chisham.154 MAJOR JAMES V. BALL’S SQUADRON, 2ND Christy, Andrew PVT REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.161 12 month Copley, Absalom PVT volunteers. (Muster Roll of 31 December 1812 at Dobson, Joseph PVT National Archives and Clift’s REMEMBER THE Dobson, Robert PVT RAISIN! Kentucky and Kentuckians in the Battles Dudley, James PVT and Massacre at Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, in Easter, Thomas PVT the War of 1812 (Roster and comment from the War Edgar, William PVT of 1812 diary of William B. Northcutt [owned by the Ellmore, John A. PVT Kentucky Historical Society.] George, Daniel PVT Widow Pen- sion, Susan, Name: Rank: Remark(s): WF- William Garrard162 CPT WIA, 18 13250.155 Dec 1813.163 Hazel, Richard PVT Edmond Basye 1LT WIA, 18 Hogan, William B. PVT Widow Dec 1813. Pension, Also listed as Sallie, WC- Baisey.164 15067.156 David M. Hickman 2LT WIA, 18 Horn, Jacut PVT Dec 1813. Jarvus, Lazarus PVT Thomas H. Kelso, Andrew PVT McClanahan CRN Also listed as McGreenwood, Name: Rank: Remark(s): William PVT Pension, 3LT.165 SC-9686.157 Charles L. Clarkson 1SG Also listed as Moody, John PVT Charles M. Moss, Benjamin T. PVT Widow Pen- Pension, sion, Eliza- SC-16822. beth C., Listed as WF-12505. Charles S. Listed on in CPT pension Garpard’s as Benjamin Co. and F. served as Asst. Pay- PVT and master in 2LT in Ky. US Army.166 Militia.158 William Barton 2SG Not at Miss- Moss, William Price PVT Widow Pen- issinewa, at sion, Louisa, home sick.167
31 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): John Finch 3SG Also listed as William Quarter- Allentharp.180 master Ball, John PVT Not listed in Sergeant.168 Kentucky Benjamin W. Edwards 4SG WIA, 18 Adjutant Dec 1813. General’s Also listed as Report.181 SGM.169 Barton, Stephen PVT List as WIA Listed as G. in Perrin.182 Edwards in Barton, Thomas PVT Pension not Official approved. Return.170 BLW#24437- Strother J. Hawkins QMS Also listed 160-50.183 Strawer, Baseman, John PVT Also listed as a Private, Baisman, and WIA.171 WIA, 18 Stropher Dec 1813.184 Jones Hawk- Baylor, William M. PVT ins, Colonel, Bedford, Stephen PVT Henderson Bedford, Thomas PVT KIA, 18 Dec County, KY. 1813. Also at Benner, William PVT Also listed as Battle of Benear, Thames.172 Gunsmith.185 James Benson 1CP Also listed as Boswell, John E. PVT KIA. Not 4SG.173 listed in Ken- William Walton 2CP Also listed as tucky Ad- 1CP.174 jutant Gen- Jesse Todd 3CP eral’s John L. Bristow 4CP Also listed as Report.186 John S. and Boulden, Jesse PVT Also listed as as 2CP175 Bowlden, Lewis Hutchinson 5CP Not listed in and Kentucky Bolding.187 Adjutant Name: Rank: Remark(s): General’s Brest, John PVT WIA. Old Report.176 War Pen- James W. Bryant 6CP Not listed in sion, Kentucky IF#6710. Adjutant Not listed in General’s Kentucky Report.177 Adjutant Ephraim Wilson TRP General’s Joseph McConnell FAR WIA, 18 Report.188 Dec 1813. Brown, Beverly PVT KIA, 18 Dec IF#25659. 1813. Also listed as Brown, Henry O. PVT Not listed in McConnel.178 Kentucky Nicholas Bryant SDR Not listed in Adjutant Kentucky General’s Adjutant Report.189 General’s Brown, James PVT Report.179 Caldwell, Samuel J. PVT Also listed as Allentharpe, Will PVT Also listed as Samuel I.190 Clark, James PVT
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 32 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): Clark, John PVT Died in Adjutant Service. Not General’s listed in Report.200 Kentucky Hill, James PVT Died in Adjutant Service. Not General’s listed in Ken- Report.191 tucky Adj- Clinkingbeard, utant Gen- Johnathan PVT Widow Pen- eral’s sion, Sarah, Report.201 WC-22368. Hill, Nathaniel PVT Listed as Hunt, James PVT Not listed in Clinken- Kentucky beard and Adjutant Clinkin- General’s beard, serv- Report. Pen- ing with sion, SC- CPT 11122.202 Garrett’s Johnston, James PVT Co.192 Jones, Garrard PVT Not listed Conn, James PVT Also listed as in Kentucky 3CP.193 Adjutant Counts, Jacob PVT Pension, General’s SC-9628.194 Report. Wi- Davis, William PVT Not listed in dow Pen- Kentucky sion, Ann, Adjutant WC-2159.203 General Jones, Lewis PVT Not listed in Report.195 Kentucky Duncan, Lewis PVT Adjutant Eastin, Thomas PVT WIA, 18 General’s Dec 1813. Report.204 Widow Pen- Jones, William PVT sion, Jones, William PVT Appears Meriam, there were 2 WC-10552, William also IC- Jones in the 374.196 company.205 Edwards, Gustavus E. PVT Listed as Kendrick, James PVT Not listed in WIA in Kentucky Perrin.197 Adjutant Field, Silas PVT Not listed General in Kentucky Report.206 Adjutant Kerchivill, Thomas PVT Not listed in General’s Kentucky Report. Wi- Adjutant dow Pen- General’s sion, Eliza, Report.207 WC-7152.198 Langhorne, David B. PVT Also listed as Finch, James PVT Langhorn, and Funston, John PVT Longhorn.208 Henderson, Samuel PVT Died in Layson, John PVT Also appears Service.199 as Logson.209 Hickman, Thomas PVT Not listed in Loring, Frederick PVT Widow Pen- Kentucky sion, Mary,
33 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): WC-2525. Pepper, Abel C. PVT Widow Pen- Also listed as sion, Jane Fredic, “A H., WC- little 14568.221 French- Prewitt, Price PVT Not listed in man.”210 Kentucky Marshall, Thomas PVT Not listed in Adjutant Kentucky General’s Adjutant Report.222 General’s Prichard, Talifona PVT Not listed in Report.211 Kentucky McGuire, Edward PVT Also listed as Adjutant 3SG.212 General’s Metcalf, Charles PVT Not listed in Report.223 Kentucky Reading, James Y. PVT Not listed in Adjutant Kentucky General’s Adjutant Report. General’s Pension, Report.224 SC-19524.213 Richardson, Moses PVT WIA, 18 Metcalf, John PVT Also listed as Dec 1813. Metcalfe, Robinson, Gerrard PVT Also listed as and 4CP.214 Garrard.225 Moore, George PVT Not listed in Robinson, John M. PVT Died in Kentucky Service.226 Adjutant Roland, Daniel PVT Not listed in General’s Kentucky Report.215 Adjutant Moore, Horatio PVT Not listed in General’s Kentucky Report.227 Adjutant Roy, Beverly PVT Not listed in General’s Kentucky Report.216 Adjutant Mountjoy, William PVT General’s Neal, William P. PVT Not listed in Report. Kentucky Pension Adjutant IF#26371.228 General’s Saunders, Isaac PVT WIA, 18 Report. Also Dec 1813. listed as Also listed as Neil. Pen- Sanders.229 sion, SC- Scott, Alexander PVT 12531.217 Scott, William230 PVT KIA. Indi- Northcutt, William B. PVT Pension, vidual was SC-7270. not KIA, Also see WIA, 18 Northcutt Dec 1813, diary.218 discharged Owen, Stephen PVT Also listed as at Frank- Owens.219 linton, OH, Owens, Wiatt PVT Not listed in 20 Aug 1813. Kentucky Pension, Adjutant IF#25803.231 General’s Scott, William PVT Appears that Report.220 there were 2
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 34 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Name: Rank: Remark(s): William Cornet.243 Scotts in the Timberlake, Richard PVT Not listed in company.232 Kentucky Shamblin, George PVT Not listed in Adjutant Kentucky General’s Adjutant Report.244 General’s Todd, Jesse PVT Not listed in Report.233 Kentucky Sharrer, Jacob PVT Also listed as Adjutant Sharer, and General’s Blacksmith.234 Report.245 Shelton, Colvin PVT Not listed in Towles, Henry PVT WIA, 18 Kentucky Dec 1813. Adjutant Towles was General’s WIA at Report.235 Ft. Meigs, Shropshire, John PVT Not listed in May 1813, Kentucky discharged Adjutant 13 Aug General’s 1813, at Report.236 Franklinton, Shy, Jacob PVT Widow Pen- OH. Also sion, listed as Sarah, WC- Toles.246 5973. Also Waller, Edward PVT listed as Waugh, Troy PVT having been Webb, James PVT Not listed in badly frost- Kentucky bitten.237 Adjutant Smedley, Daniel PVT WIA, 18 General’s Dec 1813.238 Report.247 Smith, Charles PVT Not listed Webster, Thomas248 PVT WIA, 18 on Kentucky Dec 1813. Adjutant Pension, General’s IF#10274. Report. Listed as Pension SC- wounded 14170.239 twice.249 Snoddy, John PVT Pension, West, Roger P.250 PVT WIA, 18 SC-10920. Dec 1813. Also listed as Pension, Snody.240 SC- Terril, John PVT Also listed as 13824.251 Terrel, and Wilson, Henry PVT WIA, 18 Terrell.241 Dec 1813. Thomas, Jacob PVT Also listed as Thomas, Robert PVT Heirs Willson.252 Pension, Wilson, John PVT Not listed James in Kentucky Thomas, Adjutant WO- General’s 43404.242 Report. Thornton, Walker PVT Also listed Pension with the IF#25932.253 rank of Wilson, William PVT Not listed in
35 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Name: Rank: Remark(s): Pension Recapitulation: Kentucky BLW – Bounty Land Warrant = 1. Adjutant IC – Invalid’s Certificate = 1. General’s IF – Invalid’s File = 9. Report.254 SC – Survivor’s Certificate = 23. Woodyard, Walter PVT SO – Survivor’s Original = 3. Wynne, John PVT Widow WC – Widow’s Certificate = 31. Pension, WF – Widow’s File = 3. Mary, WC- WO – Widow’s Original = 4. 2138. Also listed as Notes: Winn.255 Casualty Abbreviations: DIS – Died in Service Casuality Recapitulation: DOW – Died of Wounds DIS: 4. KIA – Killed in Action Clark, John PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. WIA – Wounded in Action Henderson, Samuel PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. Rank Abbreviations: Hill, James PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. LTC – Lieutenant Colonel Robinson, John M. PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. MAJ – Major ADJ – Adjutant DOW: 2. PMR – Paymaster Riddle, Henry PVT CPT Trotter’s Co. QMS – Quartermaster Sergeant Smith, Thomas 2SG CPT Elmore’s Co.256 SGM – Sergeant Major CPT – Captain KIA: 5. 1LT – First Lieutenant Bedford, Thomas PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. 2LT – Second Lieutenant Boswell, John E.257 PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. CRN – Cornet Brown, Beverly PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. 1SG – First Sergeant Piatt, Salem PVT CPT Trotter’s Co. 2SG – Second Sergeant Scott, William PVT CPT Garrard’s Co.258 3SG – Third Sergeant 4SG – Fourth Sergeant WIA: 22. 1CP – First Corporal Barton, Stephen PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. 2CP – Second Corporal Basye, Edmund 1LT CPT Garrard’s Co. 3CP – Third Corporal Baseman, John PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. 4CP – Fourth Corporal Brest, John PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. 5CP – Fifth Corporal Eastin, Thomas PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. 6CP – Sixth Corporal Edwards, Benjamin W. 4SG CPT Garrard’s Co. BLK – Blacksmith Edwards, Gustavus E. PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. FAR – Farrier Fishel, John M. 1LT CPT Trotter’s Co. GUN – Gunsmith Garrard, William CPT CPT Garrard’s Co. MUS – Musician Hawkins, Strother QMS CPT Garrard’s Co. RDM – Riding Master Hickman, David M. 2LT CPT Garrard’s Co. SDR – Sadler McConnell, Joseph FAR CPT Garrard’s Co. TRP – Trumpeter Richardson, Moses PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. PVT – Private Saunders, Isaac PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. Pension Abbreviations: Smedley, Daniel PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. BLW – Bounty Land Warrant Smith, Bird PVT CPT Trotter’s Co. IC – Invalid’s Certificate Steele, David PVT CPT Trotter’s Co. IF – Invalid’s File Towles, Henry PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. SC – Survivor’s Certificate Trotter, George, Jr. CPT CPT Trotter’s Co. SO – Survivor’s Original Webster, Thomas PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. WC – Widow’s Certificate West, Roger P. PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. WF – Widow’s File Wilson, Henry PVT CPT Garrard’s Co. WO – Widow’s Original SUR – Surgeon
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 36 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______The Pension Application of Private William 13 Jan 1820. Scott, wounded in action at the battle of Mississinewa. On Jan 13, 1820 his disability was rated two- While working on compiling data on the Ken- thirds. tucky soldiers who had participated in the Missis- sinewa campaign I came across the name of Private Inscribed on Kentucky Will at $5.33 1/3 per William Scott of Captain Garrard’s “Bourbon month to begin 1-12-1820. Blues.” What initially attracted my attention was the Charles S. Clarkson states under oath 15 Feb fact that he is listed as having been killed in action 1821, that he as Deputy paymaster for Jesse Hunt at the battle of the 18th of December, however, a District Paymaster did on—day of August 1814, shortly after Capt William Garrard’s troop had been closer look indicated that he had indeed survived his discharged from service pay over to the members wounds and in fact continued to serve in the military of that troop the pay due them—and that the said throughout the war. Today, Scott’s name appears on a Scott was a private of that troop. monument at the Mississinewa Battlefield as having been killed there and a military headstone has been 3rd Auditor’s office, Treasury Dept. placed on the site in his honor.259 21 June 1821 William Scott, late private of Capt. Garrard’s To verify that Scott had survived the battle I Co. of Kentucky Vols. Entered service 20 August found where he had also been wounded at Dudley’s 1812, for 1 year and is stated on the muster roll to Defeat in May 1813, and in March of 1814, became 28 Feb 1813, on file to the accounts of Jesse Hunt a lieutenant in the 2nd U. S. Rifles, being honorably Paymaster to be wounded and in Kentucky. discharged 15 June 1815.260 In 1820, Scott applied for and received an initial pension for his War of Applies for increase of pension June 16, 1828. Increased to $8 per month 25 June 1828. 1812 service of $5.33 1/3 per month.
Scott, William Records and various accounts indicate that Wil- Kentucky Militia liam Scott died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on B. L. WT. 23838-160-50 13 August 1847, and the following day buried in the Old War Invalid File 25803 public burial grounds in Paris.261 Wm. Garrard. Late a Capt. Of vol. Light Dragons [Dragoons] during 1812 and 1813 attached to Death of Capt. William Scott—It is with regret squadron of Lt. Col James V. Ball who acted as major that we announce the death of Capt. William Scott, a certifies on 12 Jan 1820; that William Scott late a soldier of the late War, and for about 49 years a citizen private in the troop of Light Dragons [Dragoons] of our place. He died on Friday last in the 74th year commanded by this oponent [deponent] did on 18 of his age.262 On Saturday, his remains were conveyed Dec 1812, in action fought between a detachment to the Courthouse where Hon. Garrett Davis gave an commanded by the late Col. John B. Campbell and address.263 Cause of death was billious [sic] dysentery. the Indians at the Missionary Tours [Mississinewa]— He was a native of Delaware from whence he came and receive a wound by a musket or rifle ball which settled in Paris in 1798. He was a volunteer in the War entered the cavity of the chest on the left side about of 1812 and served in Capt. Will. Garrard’s Company the third true rib and passing obliquely downwards of Ball’s squadron and was in the bloody battle of and making it’s exit about an inch on the left side Missisinawa [sic]. Also slightly wounded at Fort Meigs. of the spine and posterior extremity of the 6th and His remains were interred in the public burying ground 7th rib, in consequence of which the said Scott is with military honors, the Volunteer Company from essentially incapacitated from pursuing any laborious North Middletown doing the honors.264 occupation and being by profession a cabinet maker and being obliged by the disability he labors under from the above described wound. If you take all information into consideration Will Garrard, Jr. it will tell you that this individual was War of 1812 Nicholas Warfield and Th. Barbee, physicians veteran, Private William Scott, who had served in and surgeons of Paris, Kentucky, give professional Captain Garrard’s Company, wounded at the battle account of the wound and attendant disability on of Mississinewa. It is further indicates this William
37 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Scott never married, never had any children so upon opposite Side and cross it again opposite to the fort, his death his pension payments would have ended.265 and so get into the fort again. The soldier that was Today Scott’s name appears on a monument at the with Bill made the trip and Come in with a bullit hole through the top of his hat, gust above his head Mississinewa Battlefield as having been killed there but they shot Bill through the head in the river. The in battle which occurred thirty-four years before his soldier said that he heard two guns fire and looked death in 1847, additionally, a military headstone has back and saw Bill was Sinking. . . We searched been placed on the site in his honor.266 This is ironic all that Evening with hooks in the river for Bill since no headstone marks his actual burial location Meeker but could not find him and E(a)rly the next in Bourbon County, Kentucky. morning there was four of us in a canoe hunting for him when I saw the top of his head, About one foot below the surface of the water, and told the boys A Forgotten Soldier? that I had found him. They Stopt the canoe and I While reading the “War of 1812 Diary of William reached down in the water and caught hold of the B. Northcutt,” I read of the death of Bill Meeker, in top of his head and pulled him up to the top of the May of 1813, outside of Fort Sandusky. Although his water, and the boys helped me in with him into the Canoe. He was standing perpendicular in ten foot death is not connected with the Mississinewa cam- water. He had when shot sunk to the bottom and paign it helps to illustrate the role of African Ameri- Swelled so that he had started to Come up to the cans in the War of 1812. Bill Meeker’s name does top. When we found him we took him and seven not appear on the muster roll of Captain Garrard’s more that the Indians had Killed and buried them Troop, and yet he most assuredly faced the same all in one grave.267 hardships, hazards, and made the same sacrifices as the soldiers he rode with. Meeker was a free malatto, Bibliography/Additional Reading: who served as a waiter for Lieutenants Baisey and Hickman. Although he was not officially listed as Clift, G. Glenn. Remember the Raisin! With Notes on a soldier, the soldiers of Captain Garrard’s troop Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812. Baltimore, thought enough of this individual, who had served MD.: Clearfield Company, 1995. and was killed by the enemy, to take the time to locate and properly bury his remains, as they would “The Expedition of Colonel John B. Campbell th one of their own comrades. of the 19 U. S. Infantry in November, 1812, from Franklintown to the Mississinewa Villages,” . . . While we lay here one morning about one Northwest Ohio Historical Quarterly 8 (January, hour by Sun the Indians run in between the fort 1936): 1-6. and a pasture where we had our horses a grazing, and cut of(f) a house where there was a fishery Firelock. “Recollections of an Old Campaigner: The Kept. Either the sight or Scent of the Indians scared our horses so that they Broke out of the pasture and Battle of Mississinewa,” Literary Cabinet 1 (No- Came runing up to the fort, all of them But two. vember, 1833): 148-149. One of them belonging to the Leuts. waiter, a free Molatto by the name of bill Meeker, and the other Fredriksen, John C., ed. “The Pittsburgh Blues and to a pensylvanian by the name of Hare. Some of the the War of 1812: The Memoir of Private Nathan- boys says to Bill here comes all of our horses runing iel Vernon,” Pennsylvania History 56 (July, 1989): up to the fort but yours and Hares. Bill Says, Come Hare let us go and See where our horses are. They pp. 196-212. started and by the time that they got to where thier horses were the Indians fired on them and Killed Gilpin, Alec R. The War of 1812 in the Old North- Hare and his horse, close together. They Killed Bills west. East Lansing, MI: The Michigan State Uni- horse in the pasture but they Killed him in the river. versity Press, 1958. There was two of the Soldiers that belonged to the fort down at the fishery, when the Indians made thier attack on it. One of them and Bill attempted Greathouse, William. “Kentucky at the Thames, to swim the river just above the house. Thier idea 1813: A Rediscovered Narrative by William Great- was to swim the river here and run up on the house.” Edited by John C. Fredriksen. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 83 (Spring 1985):
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pp. 93-107. Peter, Robert. History of Fayette County, Kentucky. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publish- Harris, James Russell. “Kentuckians in the War of ers, 1882. 1812: A Note on Numbers, Losses, and Sources,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 82 (Sum- Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault. Kentucky in the mer 1984): pp. 277-286. War of 1812. Baltimore, MD.: Genealogical Pub- lishing Company, 1969. Holliday, Murray. The Battle of the Mississinewa 1812. Marion, IN: Grant County Historical Soci- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: ety, 1968. Soldiers of the War of 1812. Frankfort, KY.: E. Polk Johnson, Public Printer and Binder, 1891. Re- Knopf, Richard. Document Transcriptions of The War print, Greenville, SC.: Southern Historical Press, of 1812 in the Northwest. The National Intelligencer Inc., 1992. Reports The War of 1812 in the Northwest. Colum- bus, OH: The Ohio Historical Society, 1958. Endnotes 1 William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841. Born in Virginia. Won the Battle of Tippecanoe in November 1811. Appointed Longmoor, W. W., ed. “The Correspondence of Isaac Governor of Indiana Territory and Superintendent of Indian Shelby,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 8 affairs in Northwest Territory. During the War of 1812, (May, 1910): 15-20. commanded the Army of the Northwest. Won the Battle of Thames in October 1813. Later served as President of the Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field-Book of the United States, caught a cold on his first day in office and died 31 days later.. War of 1812. New York: Harper & Brother, 1869. 2 Mississinewa is translated from the Miami Indian language Reprint, Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire as meaning “Laughing water.” Publishing Co., 1976. 3 The battlefields are located in present-day Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana, approximately one mile east Mahon, John K. Gainesville, FL: of Jalapa and seven miles northwest of Marion.. The War of 1812. 4 University of Florida Press, 1972. Colonel Duncan McArthur, an experienced officer and considered one of the most able Colonels under General Hull was Harrison’s first choice to lead the expedition. McArthur McAfee, Robert Breckinridge. History of the Late War had been taken prisoner and paroled during Hull’s surrender of in the Western Country . . . Lexington, KY.: Wors- Detroit. McArthur refused to take command of the expedition ley & Smith, 1816. Reprint, New York: Readex because to do so would violate his parole. Microprint, 1966. 5 Samuel Hopkins (1753-1819), soldier, lawyer, surveyor, planter, judge, state legislator, U. S. congressman, founder of Henderson, Ky., city of Hopkinsville, Ky named in his honor. Niebaum, John R. “The Pittsburgh Blues,” West- Officer in the revolutionary war, serving with various Virginia ern Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 4 (January regiments. During the War of 1812, commissioned a Major 1916): 110-122. General by President Madison. In October 1812 he was placed in command of 2,000 troops and moved against Indians tribes Northcutt, William B. “War of 1812 Diary of Wil- along the Illinois and Wabash Rivers. The command was misled liam B. Northcutt, Part II,” Edited by G. Glenn by guides and after wondering several days about the prairie, and with a lack of food, equipment and Indians to fight, the Clift. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 56 men became “utterly mutinous,” and began to desert. Captain (July, 1958): pp. 253-269. Part II of the Northcutt Samuel Goode Hopkins, eldest son of the General, commanded diary covers the Mississinewa campaign. a troop of the 2nd Regiment U. S. Light Dragoons, part of Major James Ball’s Squadron in the Mississinewa campaign. 6 Perrin, William H. History of Bourbon, Scott, Har- Lieutenant Colonel John B. Campbell, a native of Virginia, th rison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. Chicago: O. was commissioned Lt. Col. upon joining the 19 U. S. Infantry in March 1812. He was promoted to Colonel as a result of the L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1882. Mississinewa campaign. Assumed command of the 11th U. S. Infantry in April 1814. Seriously wounded at the Battle of Chippewa, 5 July 1814 and died of his wounds on 28 August 1814.
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7 Major James Vincent Ball, commander of 2nd Regiment Vernon’s narrative of the attack on the morning of the 17th is of Dragoons. Was at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794, mirrored in Captain Niebaum’s, The Pittsburgh Blues, p. 116. commanded by then Lieutenant William Henry Harrison. “When we were within half a mile of the town our guides gave 8 Chiefs John B. Richardville, or Peshewah (at the time of direction to move up as briskly as possible. Here a scene of tumult the battle second chief of the Miamis), Silver Heels, and the and confusion ensued. Every man put spurs to his horse, the yell White Lion, all of which, with Pecon, the principle chief of the was raised by the whole army, the ranks were broken, and we Miamis, and Charley, the leader of the Eel River tribe, were entered the town in the utmost confusion and disorder. known to be friendly to America. 19 Continuing with Vernon’s memoir, p. 199: What few 9 Lieutenant Colonel John Morrison. Morrison’s sons, both warriors there were in the town made their escape; leaving the old commanded companies at Dudley’s Defeat (5 May 1813), his and feeble, with the women and children to fall into our hands. son John being killed in the battle. 20 Vernon’s memoir, pp. 199-200: Having come within sight of 10 This should be 1LT Edmund Basye/Baisey. the town, and hearing the firing and yelling, also perceiving some 11 2LT David M. Hickman. horses lying on the ground, apparently wounded and struggling 12 The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., 29 December 1812, to rise, I was led to believe there had been a warm contest, and p. 3, col. 4. asked one of my companions, after having taken my place in rank, 13 The date of this correspondence (Dec. 12, 1812) has to be whether there had been much of a contest. Not at all, he replied. incorrect due to the fact that the incidents discussed took place Those horses you see struggling to rise have been exhausted by the on 17-18 December 1812. Due to his making to comment race. What was all the firing about? Oh! That was caused by a poor about the camp being attacked this morning, it can be assumed devil of an Indian, who had crossed the river, and was unwilling to that the dispatch was actually written on 18 December. leave without showing his gratitude. He stood on the opposite shore, 14 This casualty would be Sergeant Thomas Smith of Captain without cover; and fought Simmerall’s [sic] whole regiment until Warner Elmore’s Troop, who DOWs from friendly fire. pierced by several balls; when he drew his blanket around him, 15 The Reporter, Lexington, KY. January 9, 1813, p. 3, c. 1-2. laid down and expired. I think he acted very unwisely; though First Lieutenant John Payne served in Captain Robert Smith’s brave as Cassar [sic], for there was a large tree he might have used Co., Simrall’s Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer, Light Dragoons. as shelter. He must have felt very bitter. Perhaps he was a relative During the Mississinewa campaign he took on the additional to the old Indian killed by one of these heroes at our first entrance. duty of Adjutant for Campbell’s command. Payne’s account He first wounded him; when the poor old soul fell upon his knees gives us one of the best overall accounts of the expedition. pleading for mercy; declaring he was a Delaware. But it did not 16 Present-day Columbus, Ohio. avail; our hero drew another pistol, and put an end to his pleading, 17 Holliday, The Battle of the Mississinewa 1812, Pentland’s then coolly dismounted and took his scalp. Several others joined in Notes of Service, pages 32-34. The expedition left Franklinton the scalping party, and there he lies, without any skin on his head. on 25 November, marching 2 miles on a then secret mission. Do you not think we shall immortalize ourselves by such feats of The 26th marched 15 miles, over Darby Creek. 27th marched 21 bravery and magnanimity? Major Ball, the second in command, miles. 28th to Springfield. 29th Near to Xenia. 30th Into Xenia, a brave old Revolutionary veteran, was very indignant at the and remained till December 5th; (while at Xenia the command disorderly conduct of our troops. I heard him remark to Captain was paid) then marched to Dayton, (at Dayton the infantry Butler, “We shall suffer for this, we have not seen the end.” units were mounted on pack horses in order to expedite the 21 Should be Johnston. march) and remained till the 9th; then crossed the Miami River. 22 This casualty would be Sergeant Thomas Smith of Captain Dec. 10th marched to New Lexington. 12th marched 17 miles. Warner Elmore’s Troop, who DOWs from friendly fire. The object of the expedition was promulgated. Sunday 13th to Niebaum, The Pittsburgh Blues, p. 116. “Our loss in the attack Greenville, and crossed the river. At Fort Greenville Northcutt consisted of two men—one killed by accident by our own men in states in his diary: . . there drew three days Rashions, and was gone the general confusion; the other had strolled some distance from the ten days on them three days Rashions for our horses and ourselves. town and was shot by an Indian who was lurking about. 18 Fredriksen, Memoir of Private Nathaniel Vernon, pp. 199- 23 Vernon’s Memoir, p. 201, sheds a different light on 200. In his memoir Vernon tells a different story as to how the the gallant cavalry charge, As the day began to break the fire engagement began against the Indian village. The next morning, slackened; and the order was given to prepare for a charge. The Dec. 16 [17], when within five miles of their settlement, our scouts enemy began to retreat; and the order was given for the cavalry came riding back; and informed our commander, Col. Campbell, to mount and pursue. I am sorry to say but few obeyed the order. they feared from appearances we were discovered. Without stopping Captain Markell with fifteen of his men; Johnson [Johnston] and to consult with the officers of the detachment, or to ascertain Trotter with three or four of theirs, were all that joined in the whether they might not be deceived, a captain of one of the cavalry pursuit. Northcutt in his diary gives this account of Trotter’s companies raised the yell, and was joined by our commander charge, When the sun was about one half hour high we opened [Captain James R. Butler, son of General Richard Butler, for our Ranks again and let Trotter’s troop of horse from Simmerel’s whom Butler County, Ky. is named in honor] in this unfortunate Regiment out to make a charge on them, they having begun to demonstration; then fiercely spurring their horses, set off at full retreat. Trotter went out and formed his line in order to make speed, followed by the detachment in the greatest disorder. one fire on them. Before he made his Charge on them and while
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 40 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______he was doing that the party of Indians that stayed back to cover Archaeological Resources of the Lower Mississinewa Valley. their Retreat, fired on his men. They being on their horses and 35 Information is located in Lt. Payne’s Official Return, the Indians behind trees they cut his company all to pieces, and Holliday, The Battle of the Mississinewa 1812, p. 47. The rendered his charge to no avail. individual is listed as PVT Thompson Carnehan, additionally 24 Holliday, The Battle of the Mississinewa 1812, Pentland’s in the same troop there is a PVT Findley Carnehan, who is also Notes of Service, p. 34. 18th [Dec] Decamped and returned 2 listed as having died of his wounds at the battle, however his miles. 19th Marched 10 miles. 20th marched 12 miles. 21st 15 name does not appear on this monument. [miles]. 22nd met reinforcement. 23rd marched within 12 miles 36 The major of histories of the campaign place the number of Greenville, met another detachment. 24th to Greenville. of troops at 600, Northcutt states 650, Vernon states 550, 25On the return to Fort Greenville, Lt. Col. Campbell with Campbell narrative stating 700. Muster rolls at National directed that the soldiers give up horses for the Indian women Archives shows a total of 773, however not all these individuals and their papooses to ride, Northcutt diary, p. 262: We had participated in the campaign. the prisoners with us the most of them wemen and children. The 37 Lt. Col. James Simrall, following the Mississinewa Commander Ordered the Indian ponies that we had caught on the campaign his regiment was disbanded. He raised another in 17th in the lower town be given up for the Squaws and papooses to 1813, which was present at the Battle of the Thames (October ride, which occasioned some hard swearing amongst the Boys that 1813), and placed in charge of the British prisoners of wat Claimed them as Captured property. taken during the battle. 26 The chiefs and warriors captured by Campbell’s command 38 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, were held all winter in a pen in Dayton as hostages. In Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 34. his report of 27 December 1812, Major George Adams, 39 Holliday, The Battle of the Mississinewa 1812, p. 54. commanding Fort Greenville, wrote, “The Indians taken in 40 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 998. battle on the Mississinewa were left at this place, and yesterday 41 Willman is listed as a Musician with the 31 Oct 1813 Roll were sent to Upper Piqua, guarded by 25 of my men. Last of Captain Robert Smith’s Co. Report of the Adjutant General of evening the messengers sent by Col. Campbell to the Delaware the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 38. towns arrived here, stating that all the Delawares will be here 42 The following individuals are listed in Peter’s, History of within six days.” The main body of the Indians from the region Fayette County, p. 421, as having served in Trotter’s Company, around the Wabash and Mississinewa came to Upper Piqua, however their names do not appear in any other reports/rolls: as requested by Campbell, and placed themselves under the Privates W. P. Bryant, T. M. Bryant, George Hooker, James protection of Colonel John Johnson, the Indian Agent. McConnell, Alex Pogue, William Royal, and William Tanner. 27 Hawkins is listed as a member of Ball’s Squadron. 43 Trotter, born in Virginia in 1779, a well known citizen 28 The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., 12 January 1813, p. of Lexington, Ky., served as a member of the State Legislature 3, cols. 5-6. By comparison, Payne lists 10 killed, 48 wounded from Fayette County, several times. Following Mississinewa and 303 unfit for duty due to frostbite. Northcutt gives the campaign became lieutenant colonel of Kentucky volunteers. casualties as, “…eight killed dead on the spot and four died Served as acting Brigadier General at the Battle of the of their wounds, two coming in and two at Dayton and sixty- Thames, 5 October 1813. He died 13 October 1815, at the five wounded.” He also states only 310 were fit for duty. In age of thirty-seven. Ranck, History of Lexington, Kentucky. . . his memoir, Private Nathaniel Vernon of the Pittsburgh Blues (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1872), p. 280. recorded the, “The loss on our side I do not recollect. I saw some 44 Fayette Co. Pension List. Also see, Clift, Notes on Kentucky 10 or 12 lying on the ground either dead or dying. We brought Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 19. White, Index to War of 1812 into the settlement on litters 17 badly wounded, a number more Pension Files, v. 1. p. 720. were slightly wounded…of 550 men, 350 were frostbitten.” 45 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1229. A return for the campaign compiled from documents in the 46 The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., 26 Jan. 1813, p. 3, National Archives gives the casualties as 15 killed or died of c. 4. Clift, Notes on Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 43. wounds, 43 wounded, and 303 with frostbite. The total number 47 Clift, Notes on Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 24. of men on the muster rolls for Simrall’s command is 773, White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 972. however not all of these men took part in the campaign. 48 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 29 The Reporter, January 23, 1813, p.1 c. 5. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 34. 30 Both letters appeared in The [Lexington, Ky.] Reporter, 49 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, January 23, 1813, p. 1, c. 5. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 34. White, Index to War of 1812 31 The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., 2 February 1813, p. Pension Files, v. 1. p. 59. 3, col. 6. 50 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 50. 32 The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, Ky., 23 February 1813, 51 Holliday, The Battle of the Mississinewa 1812, pp. 36 and 54. p. 3, col. 1. 52 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 123. 33 Battle of Frenchtown, 18 and 22 January 1813, and the 53 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, River Raisin massacre, 23 January 1813. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 34. 34 Swartz, B. K., Jr. The 1975 Surveying and Sampling of the 54 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky,
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White, Index to War of 1812 114 Holliday, The Battle of the Mississnewa 1812, pp. 39 and 54 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1373. 115 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1338. 147 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 116 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1339. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. White, Index to War of 1812 117 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1573. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 36. 148 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1695. 118 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1387. 149 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1001. 119 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 150 According to reports Smith was the victim of friendly fire, Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 36. shot by his own troops during the unorganized charge into the 120 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Indian village on the morning of the 17th. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 34. 151 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 121 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 36. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 36. 152 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1725. 122 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 153 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 270. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 36. 154 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 386. 123 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 155 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 802. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 36. 156 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1005. 124 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1348. 157 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1233. 125 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 216. 158 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1325. 126 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 636. 159 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1326. 127 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 160 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1450. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. 161 Originally called the “Bourbon County Company 128 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, of Mounted Rangers.” A recruiting advertisement for the Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. company first appeared in newspapers, “TWO CHANCES! 129 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Volunteer, or be Drafted!!” those inclined to join were informed Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. that, “they are offered by their country, one dollar per day, 130 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1831. and Rashions furnished them; they find their own horse and 131 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, equipments, which are to consist of a Rifle, Tomahawk, and Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. Scalping Knife.—Dress to be a Hunting-Shirt and Pantaloons 132 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, of linen, dyed black, and are to hold themselves in readiness to Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. march at a moment’s notice.” Northcutt in his diary states that 133 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, the uniform for the Company was, “Deep Blue Broad Cloth Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. Coatee and pantaloons trimed with White Lace. Red Velvet 134 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Vest trimed with the Same. Jacked Leather Cap with Bear Skin Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. over the top. Black Cockade with a Silver Eagle in the Center. 135 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Black plume tiped with Red, Boots, and Spurs, &c.” Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. 162 Garrard was the oldest son of Governor James Garrard 136 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, (1796-1804), born in Stafford County, Virginia, 20 April Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. 1771. Served as Bourbon County Clerk for many years and 137 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 715. represented the county in the state legislature 1793, 1796- 138 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 1800, and 1822. Garrard’s company was detached from the Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. River Raisin force and attached to Ball’s command for the 139 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Mississinewa campaign. During the Mississinewa battle, Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. Garrard had two horses shot out from under him. 140 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1091. 163 Clift, Remember the Raisin, pp. 147-148. 141 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 164 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 228. Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. 165 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 228. 142 Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, 166 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 228. White, Index to War of Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 37. 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 405.
43 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______
167 The Western Citizen, Paris, Ky., February 13, 1813, p. 3, 210 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1196. c. 1. Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 168 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 228. 211 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 169 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 228. 212 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 170 Official Return of the Battle of Mississineway, 213 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. White, Index to War of 171 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. 1812 Pension Files, v. 2, p. 1283. 172 Clift, Notes on Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 24. 214 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. Clift, Remember 173 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. the Raisin, p. 229. 174 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 215 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 175 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. Clift, Remember 216 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. the Raisin, p. 229. 217 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. White, Index to War of 176 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1344. On his pension file, Neil lists 177 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. his service with Daniel Garrard’s Co. 178 Caldwell County Pension List. Clift, Notes on Kentucky 218 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1358. Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 32. White, Index to War of 1812 Northcutt, William B. “War of 1812 Diary of William B. Pension Files, v. 2. p. 1221. Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. Northcutt.” Edited by G. Glenn Clift. Register of the Kentucky 179 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. Historical Society, (1958). 180 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. 219 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 181 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 220 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 182 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 76. 221 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1408. 183 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 115. 222 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 184 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 223 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 185 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 224 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 186 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 225 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 187 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. 226 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 188 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. White, Index to War of 227 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 1812 Pension Files, v. 1, p. 232. 228 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. White, Index to War of 189 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1527. Although Northcutt lists Roy 190 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. a member of Garrard’s command, Roy does not list Garrard’s 191 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. Co. in his pension file. Service as a LT in 17th, 24th and 2nd US 192 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 414. Infantries. 193 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 229 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. Clift, Remember 194 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 1. p. 477. the Raisin, 230. 195 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. 230 From the diary of William B. Northcutt concerning 196 Clark County Pension List. Clift, Notes on Kentucky William Scott. In hunting up the Wounded I came across a man Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 17. White, Index to War of 1812 by the name of Scot that was Shot through his Breast, the ball Pension Files, v. 1. p. 646. going in just above the left nipple and coming out under his right 197 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 76. Shoulder Blade. When I found him said I to him, are you badly 198 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. White, Index to War of hurt? Says he yes I am mortally wounded. I went off and got a 1812 Pension Files, v. 1, p. 713. Blanket and three of the boys to go with me to the place that I had 199 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. left him. I spread out the Blanket and took hold of him to lay him 200 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. on it when he looked up in my face and says Billy, you go and do 201 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. something for them that there is some hopes of for as for me there 202 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. White, Index to War of is none. Said I to him where there is life there is hopes and we are 1812 Pension Files, v. 2, p. 1051. going to take you to the doctor’s fire. And we fpur boys took hold 203 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. White, Index to War of of a limb a peace and laid him on the Blanket, and took him to 1812 Pension Files, v. 2, p. 1095. the Doctors, when they drew a silk handkerchief through him and 204 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. Contrary to his own and Everybody’s opinion he got Well, and 205 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. According to the 1810 wrote on to the board of war for a Leut. Commission, got it and Federal Census for Bourbon Co., Ky., there were 4 individuals by went into the Regular Service and Stayed there during the war. the name of William Jones who might have served in this company. . .came home and Killed himself Drinking whiskey, and so there 206 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. was an end to little Billy Scot. He never was married and if Ever I 207 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. knew a woman hater he was one of them. 208 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. Clift, Remember 231 Bourbon County Pension List. Clift, Notes on Kentucky the Raisin, p. 230. Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 45. White, Index to War of 209 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1554. Scott arrived back in Paris,
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 44 Kentuckians on the Mississinewa, War of 1812, continued______Kentucky, 9 Feb 1813, his wound nearly healed and his health some of the powder on the fire when it flashed up and Caught restored. The [Paris, Ky.] Western Citizen, 13 Feb 1813. He in his powder horn, and bursted it, making a great Report and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Rifle, 17 March 1814, putting the fellow’s eyes out. It raised a great alarm in the Camp and honorably discharged 15 June 1815. Heitman, Historical and the orders was to Arms to Arms when I heard his hollow, and Register, II: p. 870. told the boys it was West for I knew his voice and that the Report 232 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. According to the 1810 that we heard was his powder horn had bursted and so it turned Federal Census for Bourbon Co., Ky., there were 4 individuals with out to be, for directly they came leading him in stone blind. As the name William Scott that might have served in this company. soon as he got to where the Captain was he Bawled out Captain 233 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. I did not do it a purpose. D__n you Says the Captain, who Said 234 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 229. that you done it a purpose. The next Morning the Captain Sent 235 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. him back to the fort and we saw no more of West for some time. 236 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. This statement from Northcutt would indicate that West wasn’t 237 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1586. present at the battles on the Mississinewa, or was there another Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. West, possibly a brother of Roger P., who was WIA on 18 238 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. December 1813, and who’s record and information has been 239 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. White, Index to War of lost. This incident must have occurred on 15 December when 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1604. the army was approximately 35 miles from Greenville. 240 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1624. 251 Official Return. White,Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. v. 3, p. 1804. 241 Perrin, History of Bourbon County, p. 75. Clift, Remember 252 Official Return. the Raisin, p. 230. 253 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 231. White, Index to War of 242 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1704. 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1845. Thomas is listed as having served with Col. Ball’s Regiment on 254 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 231. the pension file. 255 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3, p. 1886. 243 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 228. Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 231. 244 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 256 Smith sustained his fatal wound on 17 December. 245 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. 257 Boswell is not listed in Official Report as a casualty of the 246 Bourbon County Pension List. Clift, Remember the Raisin, battle. Northcutt lists him as killed in December. p. 230. Clift, Notes on Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812, p. 51. 258 Although listed as KIA on Official Reports, Scott survived 247 Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. his wounds. 248 From the Northcutt diary, When the battle was over we 259 The author has tried to contact the Mississinewa turned our attention to our own dead and wounded. Tom Webster Battlefield Society, by phone and e-mails to discuss these errors the man that was on guard when the Indians made their attack and Scott’s interpretation at the battlefield, however to date no on our Camp got shot in the Shoulder. He fell and recovered. Said one from the organization has responded. I to him. Tom are you badly hurt. Says he, d—n them that have 260 Heitman, Historical Register, II: p. 870. Broke my Shoulder. I had just before that taken another one of my 261 Checking various sources it has not been determined messmates that had got shot in the thigh, and put him on a Blanket exactly where William Scott is buried. The Paris Cemetery behind a large tree, immediately in the Rear. I said to him, you can opened its gates in 1847, however they have no record of Scott’s walk, you go where I have Just put Henry Wilson, and Keep out of burial. our way and your own too, showing him the place. He went off and 262 Death was on Friday, 13 August 1847. I saw no more of him until the Battle was over. When I went to hunt 263 Garrett Davis (1801-1872). A U. S. Representative and up my pets Said he to me, Bill they gave it to me again. Said I, how Senator from Kentucky. Come it? Why says he, you all Kept such a Hell of a fuss out there, 264 The Western Citizen, Paris, Ky., August 20, 1847, p. 3, c. and I Kept peeping around to see what you were after and they have 5. The story of Scott’s death was picked up in the Observer & shot me again in the side. But it happened to be a glancing shot and Reporter, Lexington, Ky. was not Very dangerous. But his Shoulder was Broke all to pieces, 265 Northcutt in his diary states that Scott was a women hater and we had to bring him in a horse litter with five more of our and had never married. His obituary makes no mention of any Company, but he got well and family. Additionally, Northcutt states that Scott came home and Joined us again before our time was out, the only one of the killed himself drinking whiskey. He makes no mention on Scott Wounded boys that did so. having moved to Illinois. 249 White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, v. 3. p. 1794. 266 The author has tried to contact the Mississinewa Clift, Remember the Raisin, p. 230. Battlefield Society, by phone and e-mails to discuss these errors 250 In his diary, Northcutt makes mention of a West. The and Scott’s interpretation at the battlefield, however to date no second night out from Greenville and Accident happened to one one from the organization has responded. of our company by the name of West. He was summoned on guard 267 Clift, ed., War of 1812 Diary of William B. Northcutt, pt. and in Kendleing up a fire he unstopt his powder horn, to pour II, p. 329-330.
45 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 List of Claims, Springfield News, Washington County, 1892 The following is a transcript of the names of those who requested compensation from the Washington County government for road work. The notice appeared in the Springfield News on Dec. 8, 1892. Because of the loss of the 1890 federal census, records from the decade of the 1890s are important genealogical sources. No changes have been made to original text.
LIST OF CLAIMS. Hyatt, Dee .75 Head, Jno. .50 Hungate, S. .25 Hair, Tom 1.00 The County is made debtor to Harman, Nancy 5.60 Hays, T.W. 3.00 the following persons for work on Harmon, Geo. 8.20 Hays, J.A. 3.00 roads: Huston, D.H. 1.00 Holderman, Andrew 1.00 Harman, J.S. jr. .56 Holderman, Wm. 3.18 Gootee, Jno. $2.25 Hardin, Jack 2.25 Hardin, Jno. L. 2.50 Gardner, H.P. 1.12 Hardin, Richd. .87 Hardin, Jno. W. jr. 2.50 Gibson, Dave.75 Hardin, Wm. .87 Hall, Floyd .50 Green, Mace 1.00 Harmon, J.S. 1.12 Humphrey, Geo. 1.00 Graves, Ed 6.75 Harmon, C.W. 1.12 Hardin, W.H. 1.00 Hardin, Joe 3.10 Hardin, Jas. A. .31 Hardin, Jno. R. 1.75 Hardin, Ben 2.50 Hardin, C.M. 4.25 Hale, Walter 5.00 Holderman, Jas. 2.50 Homan, L.M. 1.12 Hayden, Frank 1.25 Hughes, Albert .75 Hendren, Joua .75 Hall, Frank 1.00 Harmon, Chas. .75 Hinton, Wm. 3.20 Hardin, Sanford 1.75 Hughes, Grundy .50 Hardin, Bilridy .50 Hughes, Wm. 2.40 Huston, D.H. 4.00 Hope, Jackson 2.00 Hall, Jas. 1.25 Hardesty, Jas. T. .75 Hope, Robt. 2.00 Hardin, Lee .50 Hardin, Lee .25 Harmon, Thos. 1.75 Hardesty, J.T. 1.75 Hardin, Sanford 1.75 Hardin, Sam .50 Hughes, Ab. 1.75 H____, Jas. M. 1.70 Humes, Bill 1.25 Hughes, Grundy 1.75 Hill, Eu___ 1.75 Hughes, Wm. 13.00 Hardin, J.M. 1.00 Hickerson, Geo. 1.62 Harmon, Taylor 7.50 Hardin, Newton 2.35 Hatchett, R.B. 1.00 Holderman, Jno. .50 Hayden, Geo. 1.00 Hickerson, Presley .50 Heeling, Jas. 1.00 Hardin, Jno. C. 2.40 Hickerson, Richd. 2.00 Hendren, Jas. .50 Hayden, Miles 2.80 Hickerson, Halisy 2.00 Hilton, Henry .25 Hilton, Jno. W. 1.50 Hood, Pat .25 Hays, Green .25 Inman, Geo. 1.50 Hinton, Charley 2.00 Hays, J.B. 1.60 Isham, Jas. .50 Hardin, Berry .75 Hayes, Cryus (Cyrus?) 1.00 Isham, Will 1.00 Harwood, Martha 1.00 Hayes, Grundy .25 Inman, Josh 1.00 Hardin, Robt. 1.00 Hayden, Ben 3.00 Inman, Jas. 2.00 Hardin, Wm. R. .50 Hays, H. .25 Jones, Hugh 4.00 Hardin, Jetson .37 Hatchett, Wm. 1.00 Jones, Fent .50 Hatchett, R.B. 1.55 Harman, Sam .50 Jones, Hugh 1.00 Hardin, Richd. .50 Hendren, Jas. 3.00 Jones, Fent .50 Hyatt, Lee .50 Haydon, Ben 6.35 Johnson, Jno. .50 Hyatt, Jno. .50 Holderman, Bill .75 Jeffries, C.B. .50
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 46 List of Claims in the Springfield News, 1892, continued______Jeffries, Sheet .50 Lanham, Ralph 2.40 McKittrick, Clark 1.00 Jenkins, Thos. 1.00 Logsdon, Chas. T. 10.00 Maddox, Bill .50 Janes, James 1.50 Lea, John 3.25 Moran, Frank .50 Janes, Ben .50 Lay, Sam 2.10 Mann, Jesse 4.45 Johnson, Thos. .87 Lewis, Johnie 1.00 Milburn, Thos. 1.25 Johnston, Jas. 1.00 Lewis, Wm. jr. .75 Moore, Sam 2.90 Johnston, W.T. 2.00 Lawson, Mark 4.25 Montgomery, Robert 1.75 Keeling, Wm. R. 1.25 Lenard, Alex 3.00 McManus, Slaughter 1.00 Kays, L.M. .75 Lanham, Wm. 1.50 Mays, Obe .50 Kays, Jno. .50 Leachman, Geo. .50 Montgomery, Jno. 2.50 Kays, Allen .50 Linton, Jno. 1.00 McIntire, Joe .50 Kays, Jas. .50 Lanham, J.Z. 4.00 Merging, Joe 1.00 Kays, Merritt .50 Lawrence, Geo. .50 Montgomery, Robert .75 Key, Chris 2.30 Luckett, T.A. 4.20 Eli, Mobley (Mobley, Eli?) 2.60 Kimberlin, Jno. T. 7.90 Lewis, P.B. .50 Muncy, James 1.00 Kimberlin, Ben 5.20 Lay, C.R. 2.00 Mattingly, ____ .75 Kimberlin, W.H. 1.50 Lay, W.H. 1.50 Mudd, Nick 13.00 Kays, Geo. .25 Lewis, Berry 1.60 Mudd, Hyacinth 64.17 Kays, Jas. .25 Literal, Bob .75 Martin, R.C. 1.00 Kimberlin, Jake 8.00 Matherly, John 1.25 Martin, J.C. 4.25 Kays, L.M. .25 Mattingly, Frank 3.20 Montgomery, Shelt 2.20 Kelty, Miles 1.00 Medley, A.T. 1.00 Montgomery, Taylor ___ Kelty, Jno. W. 73.18 Medley, T.W. .50 McMurtry, Chas. ___ Kidwell, Robt. 1.12 Murphy, Aaron .50 Mattingly, Tay______Keeling, Wesly 2.50 Mayes, Joe 2.60 McIlvoy, Robert ___ Keeling, Jas. 1.75 Mayes, Bob .25 Minor, Robert ___ Kimberlin, W.T. 12.20 Murphy, Jas. 3.75 ____, ______Kays, Lytle 2.00 Martin, Uriah 3.00 Matherly _eall (Beall?) ___ Keene, Jno. 1.12 Mayes, Geo. L. 1.75 Maddox, Berry ___ Keeling, Wm. F. 1.25 Milburn, Jas. T. 4.00 Minor, James ___ Kays, Jno. .25 Milburn, Fillmore & Bro. 4.00 Newton, Munroe ___ Kays, S.A. .25 Matherly, Geo. W. 3.20 Nally, S. 1.__ Kimberlin, Hate 1.75 McLain, Chas. 1.00 Noel, Richard .50 Kimberlin, Jno. J. 1.00 McLain, Ed 3.20 Newton, Thos. 1.00 Lowe, Willie .50 McLain, Jno. 1.00 Noel, J.W. 2.50 Litsey, H.S. 4.90 Mayes, Young 1.60 Nichols, Lee .75 Lanham, Dick 1.00 McIntire, Robt. A. 3.20 Nally, Sam 4.80 Logsdon, Jno. 1.00 McIntire, Chas. H. 1.00 Nally, T.J. 10.00 Lawrence, Henry .50 Mattingly, Bob 6.40 Offutt, Henry 1.00 Lewis, Frank D. 1.25 Moran, James .50 Osbourne, Hilory 1.00 Lawson, Levi 1.00 Mattingly, Sam 2.10 Parrott, Wm. 4.80 Lawson, Andy 2.50 Mason, Sam .50 Pierson, Jas. .50 Leachman, Z.P., 10.50 McElroy, Frank .75 Pope, John L. 3.50 Leachman, Jno. 1.25 McElroy, Will 1.00 Pope, Nat 5.80 Linton, Ed. 2.00 McElroy, John 1.50 Peterson, Henry 2.25 Lawson, H. 1.50 McElroy, Richard 1.50 Pipes, George 1.75 Lanham, Richd. 1.00 McGill, Steve .50 Peterson, Jacob .25 Litsey, Will 5.80 Moran, James .75 Powell, J. .50
47 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 List of Claims in the Springfield News, 1892, continued______Patterson, Rich’d 1.00 Ray, Jas. .50 Spraggins, J.W. .50 Patterson, Jas. .50 Reed, Doc .50 Spratt, Ben 1.00 Powell, Geo. .50 Royalty, J.M. .25 Swan, Tom .50 Parrott, Lloyd .75 Rinehart, Wm. 2.80 Swan, Bob 2.50 Parrott, T.F. 1.75 Robertson, Hanson 1.50 Smock, Ralph 1.50 Parrott, John .75 Russell, H.H. .50 Smith, Steve .50 Paddock, J. 1.50 Ross, E.S. .50 Simms, Pius 1.00 Piles, Dudley 2.00 Royalty, N.B. 11.20 Sparrow, Wash 1.15 Pile, Ham 1.25 Ross, Jas. .25 Smith, George .75 Powell, Wood 1.25 Royalty, Joe .25 Spalding, Tom 1.00 Pile, Ham 1.75 Robinson, G.W. .25 Shel___, Ham 3.60 Pinkston, Miles 1.50 Roberts, John, 22.45 Settles, J.L. 1.50 Prather, Pres 2.25 Ross, Bob .50 Settles, E.E. 1.75 Parrott, T.R. 24.30 Royalty, G.H. 3.20 Settles, B.F. .50 Parrott, C.H. 6.00 Royalty, W.P. .50 Settles, J.F. 1.00 Parrott, T.Y. 1.00 Ryans, Geo. 1.00 Settles, T.J. .75 Parrott, Leet .75 Rinehart, J.T. 1.00 Shehan, J.N. .50 Parrott, G.D. 1.75 Smally, Wm. 1.75 Stone, Hal .75 Pinkston, Rich’d .50 Shehan, Jack 1.00 Settles, B.F. 1.25 Pinkston, Bailey .50 Shehan, Charley 1.00 Settles, E.E. 1.00 Perkins, Elias 3.75 Skeans, Thos. .50 Settles, J.L. 3.00 Powers, John .50 Shehan, Charley 1.00 Stine, M.L. 2.40 Pope, E.B. 3.00 Speaks, Alonzo .75 Simpson, Wm. .50 Purdom, Fleece 2.75 Selecman, Chas. .75 S___, James 1.50 Purdom, Chas. 3.43 Sherrell, Rich’d. .50 Spalding, Taylor 1.00 Russell, J.M. 13.25 Shehan, Hallie 1.00 Simpson, Willis 1.00 Raybourne, W.J. 1.60 Settles, Ed .75 S___s, James .50 Richardson, John 1.00 S____, W___ .25 S___p, S.T. 1.75 Ray, Jas., col. 1.00 Spalding, Ben 1.00 S___, ___le ___ Richardson, John .50 Scott, H.T. 11.60 S___, Tom 1.00 Richardson, Sherrod .50 Scott, Jas. T. 2.50 S___, Jas. .75 Riley, Lenard .50 Scott, Joseph 2.00 S___h (Smith?), John W. 2.40 Riley, R.D. 4.00 Stine, Merritt .80 S___erry (Sansberry?), Bill 2.50 Riley, John 2.10 Sherley, T.W. 1.50 S___s, Albert 2.00 Royalty, Sidney 1.25 Shirley, G.W. 3.20 Stigall, Will .50 Royalty, Cornelius .50 Satterly, J.W. 1.00 Shehan, J.N. .50 Ross, Wm. .50 Shirley, H.S. 1.50 Shehan, Ham .75 Reid, Geo. 1.00 Shirley, ___one 1.50 Stile, H.D. .75 Reed, Palmer 1.12 Skimmerhorn, Bill .75 Stone, Hal .75 Richardson, W.T. 2.75 Settles, Davis 2.00 Sutton, Wm. .50 Reynolds, Bill 1.00 Settles, Jas. 1.50 Smith, Stephen 2.00 Railey, Ben .50 Settles, John 1.50 Simms, Jno. F. 1.75 Riley, Jas. .50 Settles, __l .50 Sallee, Jas. 3.75 Riley, Willis .50 Simms, ___n 1.50 Sallee, Wm. .75 Reed, L.N. 4.25 Spalding, Frank 4.25 Simms, J.M. 9.32 Ruby, W.M. 1.00 Settles, Wm. .75 Smith, C.G. 1.00 Riley, Harry 2.00 Simpson, Willis, jr. .50 Sansberry, Will 1.62 Russell, Harve 3.78 Staten(?), Marcus .50 Smith, C.G. 6.52
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 48 List of Claims in the Springfield News, 1892, continued______Shewmaker, Dick .50 Walker, A.B. .50 Burton, J.W. 15.00 Sweeney, Wm. .50 Walker, Logan .50 Brady, Marion 36.00 Smock, Mark .50 William, Jno. .87 Booker, W.F. 308.15 Sammon, Wm. 1.50 Wheatley, Jas. .75 Booker, Adam 7.50 Sparrow, B. & J. 4.20 Wathen, E.E. 6.90 Brown & Thompson 16.45 Shirley, Andrew .50 Williams, Geo. 1.50 Briggs, Peyton 12.00 Shirley, Robt. .50 Wright, Lewis 5.40 Cunningham, Medley & Co. 28.45 Simms, W.G. 1.00 Walker, John H. 5.00 Cambron, B.E. 15.00 Strange, W.S. .25 Wilham, Ike .50 Coulter, J.A. 76.05 Shirley, H.S. .25 Wakefield, Bill 2.00 Cumley, Daniel 6.00 Shirley, Boone .25 Wilkerson, Elliott ._3 Clarkson, Lloyd 50.00 Settle, J.L. 1.00 Walker, Boone 2.10 Craycroft, J.T. 9.00 Staton, John 1.50 Webb, Chas. 2.00 Cutsinger, Fielding 4.00 Sweeney, John D. 1.50 Webb, George 5.80 Cunningham, Medley & Co. 67.06 Smothers, Ed 1.12 Wilson, Stephen 3.50 Dennis, T.G. 13.00 Spalding, Bob 1.37 Wright, Chas. 3.00 Demaree, Dr. 12.50 Suttles, Davis .50 Wright, Robt. 7.00 Deboe, Dr. 51.60 Suttles, Sam 1.50 Wright, Harrison 2.25 Foster, C.C. 12.00 Sutton, J.C. 1.50 Warner, G.L. 5.15 Gabhart, J.W. 3.00 Sherley, Robt. .62 Wheeler, Jno. 6.40 Graves, Thos. 15.00 Sparrow, Wm. .75 Ward, N.R. 3.00 Graves, R.P. 12.00 Simms, J.P. 3.50 Wilham, W.H. .25 Haydon & Robertson155.85 Tems, Lee 4.00 Warner, G.W. 6.75 Hardin, W.M. 29.25 Tyree, Thos. .75 White, Chas. 2.90 Kimberlin, G.T. 12.00 Taylor, J. 1.00 Yankey, Lud .50 Lair, Wm., Poor House 971.79 Thomas, Annie M. 1.50 Young, George .50 Taylor, George .50 Young, Richard 1.50 [Gap] Turner, Wm. .50 Yancey, Edgar .25 Turner, Frank .50 Yocum, Bill 3.00 Lampton, J.H. 113.00 Turner, Hartford 2.50 Yankey, Dave 3.12 McChord Robertson & Co. 32.02 Tyler, Steve .75 Yancey, D.S. 11.25 McIntire, Thos. F. 15.00 Thompson, Garland .50 Young, Robert 1.75 McIntire, E.G. 13.50 Tatum, T.A. 2.00 Young, Ben 2.78 McElroy & Hardin 2.50 Tucker, Wash .37 Young, Wood 2.00 McIntire, E.G. 3.00 Tamme, Fred .50 Young, Will 2.00 Marks & Bro. 64.00 Thompson, Fred 1.75 Yancy, Edgar .50 Pope Dr. F. 7.00 Thompson, John Y. .50 Young, E.D. 1.50 Prather, Isaiah 25.50 Thompson, Wm. 1.50 Young, J.R. 3.60 Prather, B.D. 16.50 Talbott, Holiday 1.00 Young, Geo. .50 Reed, Thos. W. 18.00 Thompson, J.S. 3.20 Yancey, Frank .75 Robertson & Haydon _8.__ Thompson, Geo. E. 1.50 Young, Geo. W. 1.00 Rinehart, J.F. Dr. 92.00 Tumey, Thos. 2.40 Young, W.R. 1.75 Ray, W.W. Dr. 10.00 Tumey, Milton .75 Yankey, Wood 7.25 Richardson, W.T. 12.00 Robertson & Haydon 15.82 [Gap] List of General Claims allowed at Smith, J.R. 427.20 October Term 1892. Smithey, A.L. Dr. 16.00 Weathers, Fred 2.00 Southerland, Jno. Dr. 16.50 Walker, Jas. C. 7.50 Bishop, J.A. at court 13.50 Sweeney, Marion 25.50
49 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 List of Claims in the Springfield News, 1892, continued______
Shultz & McElroy 58.20 Settles, J.L. & Ham Shehan 64.30 White, A.G. 18.00 Shultz, A.R. 17.45 Spalding, Geo. P. 5.00 Walker, T.J. 6.00 Spalding, W.E. Dr. 38.00 Smith, T.R. 14.10 Walker, L.D. 24.00 Scott, H.T. 3.00 Shehan, Ham 15.00 Waters & Cunningham 3.35 Steele, E.W. 13.50 Walker, Sallie F. 10.30
Questions about Kentucky families submitted by Queries Society members Breckinridge Zinn, Lucas Sturgeon As part of my work with the Korean War Project Looking for information and connections of www.kwp.org, I am looking for information about Joseph and Nancy (Taylor) Zinn, who moved from and a photograph of Lt. John Cabell Breckinridge, Pennsylvania to Grant County in 1796; John and who served with me as a member of Charlie Compa- Elizabeth (Kiser) Zinn; Harriet N. Zinn; and Tudor ny, 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Lucas. Also seeking information on Issac H. Stur- Breckinridge was wounded on July 14, 1951. When geon (b. 1821, Jefferson County, d. 1908, St. Louis, he returned, he was assigned to Baker Company and MO). was killed in action on Oct. 9, 1951. The photo can Kathy Brown, P.O. Box 1204, be added to the www.abmc.gov site, so that when Lake Ozark, MO 65049 people see his listing they could also see a picture of E-mail: [email protected] him, and not just another name and number. Your assistance and desire in this manner is more than ap- Jeffries preciated. Looking to share information with any Jeffries Norman Callahan descendants whose ancestors had the following given [email protected] names: Anderson, Asa, Elias, Elisha, and Ewell. These families were in Essex, Fauquier, James City, Woodward, Steele and Lunenburg counties, Va.; Hardin and Washing- Need information on the children of Michael ton counties, Ky.; Harrison, Henry, and Washington Woodward and Mary Steele, who married on 18 counties, Ind.; and Fairfield County, Ohio. March 1789 in Nelson County. Michael died after Steven R. Jeffries, 4800 Erie Street, the 1814 Bullitt County tax list. The couple had College Park, MD 20740 at least four daughters and three sons, according to the 1810 U.S. Census of Bullitt County. Three are known to me: Rachel (b. 1800-10, d. about 1849, Washington County, Ind., m. Isaiah Coulter), James (b. 1790-1800, d. 1840, Putnam County, Ind., m. 1810, Nelson County, m. Anna Wells), and Sarah (b. 1790-1800, d. before 1840, m. William Henry Donaldson/Donnellson, Bullitt County). Mrs. Norman Terando, 9431 Pinecreek Drive, Indianapolis, Ind., 46256
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 50 Books on Kentucky genealogy and history contributed to the KHS library by authors, Book Notes publishers, and compilers Samuel House (1610-1661) and His Descendants in including many whose descendants live in Grant and Kentucky: The Migration of the House Family from Pendleton counties. Also included are definitions of Eastwell, Kent County, England, to Hardin County, legal terms to help explain early cases involving slan- Kentucky. Compiled by Thomas R. House. (2005. der, trespass, unpaid debts, estate settlement disagree- Pp. 126. Indexed. Softcover, $18, postpaid. Ken- ments and murder. Surnames include Ackels, Arnold, tucky residents should add $1.08 in state sales tax. Barnes/Barns, BennettColvin, Coppage/Copage, Order from the compiler at 12009 Vanherr Drive, Doty, Downard, Earls, Ellis, Flournoy, Fewell/Fuell, Louisville, KY 40299-4481.) Goodwin, Groshon, Hawkins, Hinkston, Indicut, John Gerome House, a descendant of Samuel Inlow, January, Jouet/Jouitt, Kennett/Kinnitt, Lanier, House, came to Kentucky in the late 1850s and Lightfoot, McLaughlin, Mountjoy, Nichols, Norton, settled in the Colesburg area of Hardin County. His Ockeltree, Oens, Pickett/Picket, Quick, and Rice. six children (sons Levi, Daniel, William David, Jo- seph Benedict, William Henry and daughter Hannah Jamestowne Ancestors, 1607-1699: Commemoration House Casteel) married and raised families in Ken- of the 400th Anniversary of the Landing at James tucky. Their descendants now have many surnames, Towne, 1607-2007. By Virginia Lee Hutcheson including Carroll, Hagan, and Thompson. The book Davis. (2006. Pp. 108. Hardcover, $20, plus $3.50 traces the family from Eastwell, England, to Ken- postage and handling. Order from Genealogical Pub- tucky through ten generations, including descrip- lishing Co. Inc., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, tions of the villages and towns related to its history. MD 21202-3897, or via the Internet at: Genealogy- BookShop.com.) Ohio County, Kentucky, Obituary Index (1920- This work is one of several being published to mark 1980). Compiled by Jerry Long. (2004. Pp. 493. the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown— Indexed. Hardcover, $39, plus $3 postage. Order the first English colony in America—in 1607.James - from the compiler at 2906 Redford Drive, Owens- towne Ancestors is a list of approximately 1,000 people boro, KY 42303-1642.) known to have owned land or resided on Jamestown This well done volume indexes the obituaries and Island between 1607 and 1699. They are listed here death notices found in the various newspapers of Ohio alphabetically along with their known dates of resi- County from 1920 to 1980. Indexed are the Hartford dence in Jamestown, their official position in the colony Herald (1920-26), Hartford Republican (1920-26), (landowner, burgess, etc.), and their place of origin or Ohio County News (1926-80), Ohio County Messenger county of residence. In addition, the book contains (1930-80), Ohio County Times (1965-80), and Ohio details concerning the settlement of the island, a brief County Times-News (1980). More than 26,400 people history of Jamestown plantations and hundreds and are listed. Cross-referenced are maiden and previous their evolution into the early counties of Virginia, and married names, in addition to World War I and II pen and ink drawings, together with maps of the fort fatalities. The book was printed at cost. and city of Jamestown. From its tentative start as a small fort on an island in the James River, with scarcely more Pendleton County, Kentucky: Court of Quarter Ses- than 150 inhabitants, Jamestown became a model for sions Minutes, 6 August 1799 to May 1808. Tran- the colonization of the New World. Its founders—plant- scribed by Janet K. Pease. (2004. Pp. 461. Indexed. ers and indentured servants alike—established a formula Softcover, $25, plus $3.50 shipping and handling. for immigration and settlement, and laid the foundation Kentucky residents should add $1.50 in state sales for the leapfrog expansion into the hinterland. Because tax. Order from the Grant County Historical Society, of its unchallenged position in American history, the 12 Charlotte Heights, Williamstown, KY 41097.) 400th anniversary of Jamestown is a milestone, and This work is a transcription of the original found celebrations are planned throughout the year 2007. The in the Pendleton County Clerk’s Office. The ev- 1608 map of James Fort and the diagram of the site ery-name index lists surnames of about 900 people, show the original settlement and the progression of pres-
51 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Book Notes, continued______ent-day archaeological work undertaken there. Other or endenized; country of origin; religion; length of time maps show the growth of the colony beyond Jamestown in the colony; location of current residence; occupation; Island throughout the seventeenth century, first as shires, and any alternate names found in the records. Primary then as plantations and hundreds. From this you can surnames are arranged alphabetically for easy reference, determine the areas where the early settlers selected while a separate index itemizes spouses, children, and their home sites and plantations. Together with other other parties mentioned in the records. Included also facts assembled here, this information can be used as a is an Appendix listing more than 1,000 naturalizations starting point in establishing eligibility for membership granted by the French in Quebec, most of which in- in a number of hereditary societies that require proof of volved individuals from the English colonies. descent from an early Virginia ancestor. Old Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Denizations and Naturalizations in the British- Planters, Plantations, and Places, Volumes 1 and 2. Colonies in America, 1607-1775. By Lloyd deWitt (1977. Reprint 2006. Pp. 502, 560. Indexed. Hard- Bockstruck. (2005. Pp. 350. Softcover, $35, plus cover, $99.95, plus $3.50 postage and handling. $3.50 postage and handling. Order from Genea- Order from the Clearfield Co. Inc., 200 Eager Street, logical Publishing Co. Inc., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 or via the internet at: Gene- Baltimore, MD 21202-3897, or via the Internet at: alogyBookShop.com.) GenealogyBookShop.com.) New Kent County, Virginia, was created from The question of citizenship became an important issue York and a portion of James City County in 1654, early in the American colonial experience. The colonies and it was itself the parent county of King & Queen needed settlers for military security, economic prosperity, and King William counties. Dr. Malcolm Harris’ and population growth. Since not enough English colo- two-volume history and genealogy of “Old” New nists were available to fulfill these demands, the colonies Kent County (consisting of the three present-day invited foreigners to do so. Many of these non-English counties) is an important one because of the loss of settlers sought citizenship before leaving for America. Still county records in New Kent and in King & Queen others sought an English grant after their arrival. They counties and the survival of mere fragments for King could follow two main avenues to British citizenship: William County prior to 1865. Harris includes gene- naturalization and denization. Initially, during the 17th alogies and sketches of Old New Kent families, many century and first decade of the 18th century, French Hu- of which include photographs of family homes. guenots accounted for the majority of non-English stock The work is arranged by county and according to seeking citizenship. German colonists, however, surpassed the Episcopal parishes that comprised each county, their number thereafter. While Germans accounted namely Blisland and St. Peter’s in New Kent; Strat- for the largest number of alien colonists to gain British ton Major, St. Stephen’s, and Drysdale in King citizenship between 1607 and 1776, other settlers seek- & Queen; and St. John’s and St. David’s in King ing citizenship were from Bohemia, Denmark, France, William. Besides the local and family histories, the Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Norway, the Neth- publication boasts of an inventory of extant records erlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. For at each county clerk’s office, a number of lists of the more than 13,000 persons listed in this work, some landowners (including a comprehensive list of King or all of the following information is given: place and William County land tax assessments for 1782), date of naturalization or denization; names of spouse and marriage or other source records, and a comprehen- children, as well as where or when they were naturalized sive name index.
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Family History Workshops record of interviews with early settlers and pioneers For the first time, the Kentucky Historical Soci- may seem overwhelming to researchers. However, ety is sponsoring a regular monthly schedule of free using the proper tools and resources, crucial infor- genealogy programming. In partnership with the mation can be gleaned from these documents that is Kentucky Genealogical Society, these family history available nowhere else. Get expert advice on how to workshops are held on the second Saturday of each begin “eating the whale.” month and contain much useful information for novice and seasoned researchers alike. KHS program: “Researching and Preserving Each workshop will conform to the following Manuscripts and Documents” schedule: Get advice about the wealth of information that 10:30-11:30 a.m.—KGS program can be gleaned from manuscripts, letters, and other 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.—Light lunch, courtesy of original writings. A KHS archivist will discuss how the Kentucky Historical Society, for those wishing to to utilize manuscript collections for genealogical attend the afternoon program. 12:30-1:30 p.m.— research, as well as how best to handle and protect KHS program your own original family documents for posterity. 1:30-4 p.m.—Enjoy time for research on your own in the Kentucky Historical Society’s Martin F. June 10 Schmidt Library Documenting SAR/DAR Lineage The workshops are free, but registration is re- quired; contact Beth Shields at 1-877-444-7867 or July 8 by email at [email protected]. KGS program: “Family Medical History” Explore the facts surrounding how your ancestors’ 2006 Schedule medical histories impact your life today and your April 8 descendants’ lives in the future. By researching and KGS program: “Early Kentucky Divorce documenting your family tree and medical history, Records” you build a valuable tool with the potential to im- Prior to 1850, divorce in Kentucky required ap- prove not only your own health, but also the quality proval of the state legislature. Learn how divorce of life for countless generations to come. A repre- requirements changed for Kentuckians through the sentative of the Markey Cancer Center’s Clinical years, and how the information in these early records Genetic Counseling Program will explain the tools can help explain the sometimes-mysterious dynamics you can use to help determine your risk for a variety of family relationships. of “inherited” health problems, as well as ways those risks can be minimized. This information could be KHS program: “Women’s Roles and Rights in one of the most valuable gifts you will ever give to Early Kentucky” your children and your grandchildren. Find out how the legal, social, and economic status of women evolved in Kentucky through the KHS program: “Vital Statistics Research” years, and how studying these changes can provide a Kentucky’s vital statistics records prior to 1911 are clearer understanding of your female ancestor’s lives. scant at best, and in most cases they simply do not exist. Find out what official records are available, and May 13 how they can aid your genealogical research. Also KGS program: “The Draper Manuscripts” learn what resources can substitute for official vital Comprising hundreds of volumes, recorded on statistics data in your research. over one hundred rolls of microfilm in 50 series, this
53 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Announcments, continued______August 12 KHS Offers Family History Genealogy Basics (No KGS program) and introductory genealogy activities Research Fellowships The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) has an- September 9 nounced its 2006 research fellowship program to Newspaper Resources encourage and promote research on Kentucky his- tory and culture. October 14: All fellowships will fund research at KHS, primar- Genealogical Publishing ily in the special collections and library collections. All fellowships also include a one-year KHS mem- November 11 bership. Military Records Applications are due at KHS by April 30, 2006, with grantees to be notified by May 16. Applications December 9 will be judged on the merits of the proposed research Genealogy Basics (No KGS program) and and the extent to which the judges believe that introductory genealogy activities research can be advanced through use of collections at KHS. Fellowships available are: One out-of-state Carolina (and Maryland) travel fellowship of $750 for research at KHS dur- in my Mind ing 2006; Three family history fellowships of $250 The Kentucky Genealogical Society’s 32nd Annual each for research at KHS during 2006. Both in-state Seminar will be held on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006 at and out-of-state residents are eligible. Applications the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History are available for download: http://history.ky.gov/Re- in Frankfort. The speaker will be nationally recog- search/Fellowships.htm nized genealogist Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, who will For more information, please contact: Dr. Doug give a presentation on genealogical research in North Boyd at (502) 564-1792 or via e-mail at doug. Carolina and Maryland. [email protected]. The event will also feature a book fair and silent KHS reserves the right not to award certain fellow- auction of genealogical books. For more informa- ships should extenuating circumstances arise. Because tion—or to donate used books for the silent auc- of state regulations, Kentucky state employees are not tion—contact Tom Stephens at 1-877-444-7867 or eligible for these fellowships. (Kentucky public-school via e-mail at [email protected]. teachers and state university employees are eligible, however). [Note: Genealogists doing paid contract research are not eligible for these fellowships. Last year’s Family His- tory fellowship recipients are not available for this year’s Family History Research Fellowships.]
2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 54 Birth, wedding, and death notices of Kentuckians from Vital Statistics historical newspapers Hopkinsville Gazette ——IN this county, on the 9th inst., in the 21st year of her age, Mrs. ELIZABETH MYRTLE, Feb. 25, 1837 consort of W.C. Myrtle, after an illness of 6 months, which she bore with all the patience and fortitude or OBITUARY. a Christian, and met the grim monster, Death, with [COMMUNICATED.] the pleasing anticipation of a blessed immorality, DIED, Tuesday, the 21st inst. In Trigg county, Ky., which is the only consolation of her numerous rela- Mrs. ELIZABETH MORRISON, consort of Maj. tions and friends, who are left to mourn her prema- Wm. M. Morrison, aged 60 years and 9 months. ture loss. The deceased was one whose worth was inestima- ble; a member of the Presbyterian church, she died March 18 in the blessed hope of reaping the full fruition of a life Holy and devoted to God—in her religious and MURDER.—A man named Thomas Dunaway social intercourse, she was truly a model for those was killed in Winchester, on Monday last, by around her. These remarks, elicited by the death of THOMAS PALMER, Jr. The circumstances as re- Mrs. Morrison, are by one who knew well this truly lated to us, are as follows: Palmer was disputing with amiable lady— an elderly man, and evidently intended to assault There can be no affectation in speaking of her vir- him—Dunaway interfered, to prevent him doing tues—as the dream of life was fleeting past, her spirit so, and to preserve peace in the Tavern, in which he enkindled and burned brighter near its close—the was keeping bar. Palmer having armed himself with immortal part still lingered in it perishing bonds of a sugar-tree club, and a few words having taken place human life; but it was fluttering for its final flight— between himself and Dunaway, struck Dunaway the soul exhaled from a frame that had thrown off upon the left side of his head, just above the ear, every earthly particle—pure as at the hour of its which produced his death early on Tuesday morning. creation the radiant spirit still hovered—the mercy Palmer has made his escape. The citizens of Win- of a Savour [sic] was with her in her need, and a high chester, justly incesnsed against the perpetrator of so and holy light kindled her dying eyes with bright- horrid a crime, have offered a reward of $150 for his ness—a symbolled purity was in her heart and a apprehension, as will be seen by an advertisement in spirit of God’s love had been wrought out in the another column.—Lexington Observer. thirsty depths to spring up into everlasting life—“a Holy name was upon her lips, a low faint word of April 1 prayer;” and her eyes shone through the dull haze of death in peace—the last life pulse was quivering Melancholy.—Five negro children belonging to in her limbs—there was a low moan, a deep drawn Dr. D.C. Caldwell of this county, the eldest be- sigh—and the spirit had taken its flight to the man- tween five and six years of age, were burned to death sions of the blessed. She has gone to commune with on Friday last in an outhouse occupied as a negro her Maker and gaze upon the unutterable brightness quarter. When the fire was first discovered, there that surrounds the throne of Jehovah—her brow will were two or three persons not more than fifty yards be encircled [sic] with a halo of glory—to Him who distant, who immediately ran to rescue the children; is the brightness of that country where “the trees but the flames had spread with such rapidity, that no are of life and the fountains are of living water.” She assistance could be given them.—Russellville Adv. has left behind to mourn her loss, a husband and relations by whom she was much loved and her loss regretted. J.J.L.
55 2005 Kentucky Ancestors V41-1 Mystery Album
This group of school-age children and their teacher was taken on April 12, 1912. Identified on the back are (bot- tom row): Frances Delong, ______, ______, ______, Lillian May, Elizabeth Stevens, Virginia Delong, Margaret Calhoun, Jane Bailer, James Calhoun, and Morgan Iraz(?); (middle row): Mrs. Barbie, Estes Sink, ______, M.T. Scott, Emilee Allender, Elizabeth Erdman, Riby Sink, Mttie(Mattie?) Mae Bailer, Vir- ginia May ______, and Gracie Jack; and (top row): Lila Drake, Bertha Shackelford, Ethel Cook, Patsy Hall, Stella Allender, Lillian Drake, and Ethel Stevens. Another name included was Margaret Frances Scott. The adult pictured, “Mrs. Barbie,” may be Betty Barbee, found in the 1910 U.S. Census in Fayette County. Barbee, along with her husband C.C., was a lodger in the home of Maude Gibbons, on Market and Mill streets. She was 50 (b. Ky., parents b. Ky.), married 30 years, mother of one child (which was dead), teacher, female college. C.C. was 57, (b. Ky., parents b. Ky.), secretary of filter company. Stella and Emilee Allender may have been daughters of E.B. Allender, living at 236 E. High St. Allender, proprietor of an auction/sales house, was listed in the 1910 Census as 45 (b. Mo., parents b. Ky.). His wife Virgie was 40 (b. Ky., parents b. Ky.), married 20 years, mother of 6/6 living. Children in the household were Wesly, 20 (b. Ky.), single, clerk in auction/sales house; Floy/Fioy(?) (daughter), 18 (b. Ky.), single; Harry 16 (b. Ky.), single; Emilee, 14 (b. Ky.); Stella, 11 (b. Ky.), and Edna, 9 (b. Ky.).
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