Hi All Lists,
This is an EXTREMELY interesting & Useful Search & research resource:
"WebRoots.org - Nonprofit Library for Genealogy & History-Related Research
A Free Resource Covering the United States and Some International Areas"
Originally, I had intended to search it for all interested surnames and then
email each surname individually, but it became too burdensome. HOWEVER, the
first search I made revealed this incredible entry in which our Rev War Hero
Paul Revere, in Sep 1776, is a judge meeting out punishment to a Rev War soldier
"Thomas Cleverly" that he "ride the Wooden Horse for a Quarter of an hower
with
a muskett on each foot":
(& Caleb Southward Cleans the Streets of the Camp)
"It was most interesting to me to find, under the firm signature of our familiar
Revolutionary hero, Paul Revere, as "Preseding Officer," the
report of a Court-martial upon two Continental soldiers for playing cards on the
Sabbath day in September, 1776; and to know that, as expressed by Paul Revere,
"the Court are of the Oppinion that Thomas Cleverly ride the Wooden Horse for a
Quarter of an hower with a muskett on each foot, and that Caleb Southward Cleans
the Streets of the Camp," which shows that the patriot, could temper justice
with both tender mercy and tidy prudence."
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamisc/cpobdae2.html
http://www.webroots.org/library/main.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/oldenglish/oldenglish.htm
Now I don't know the individual reasons for which each of you seek your
ancestral history, but if this doesn't qualify as one of the most fascinating
finds that a Gen researcher could locate, I have totally missed the boat.
Below are some (pared to one here) other potentially interesting Search
results, although whether we can reproduce a Paul Revere / Rev War quote for
each surname is problematical. If you do find such, for your Surname, or for any
others, please post something, INCLUDING THE LINK (as I did above) so others can
find the originally sourcing document(s)!!!!!!!!
Good Hunting!,
Barry Wetherington
PS: I like to give credit where due - here to Nancy Brister & Mike of
NCCRAVEN-L(a)rootsweb.com:
From: "Nancy" <nancybrister(a)i-55.com>
"This is a good resource. If you go to 'Browse and Read' you will be able
to
look through all the categories, but you can, also, search the
entire site for a particular name or place. Free, Nonprofit Library for
Genealogy & History-Related Research
http://www.webroots.org/library/main.html
ALSO: Von Stachon recently transcribed about 600 court records, deeds and wills
for several counties in Virginia. She made images of many of the common words
found in these old documents, and has prepared a table showing the handwriting
with the transcribed word. Feel free to
pass this link on in your mail lists, or use the link as you wish. Mike
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/oldenglish/oldenglish.htm
Please excuse crossposts. Nancy Brister, researching: & Mike:
Craven County, North Carolina NCGenWeb
http://www.usgennet.org/~nccraven/ "
PPS: While this Nebraska post below is of interest primarily for the Carruthers
surname post, I left it in for a PML search pickup on the many surnames listed.
bw 2004
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Carruthers, J W - History of Nebraska - Index
Carruthers
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamisc/cpobdae2.html
WebRoots.org
Nonprofit Library for Genealogy & History-Related Research
A Free Resource Covering the United States and Some International Areas
Library - United States - History
History of Nebraska - Index
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/honjsm31.html
INDEX
Carruthers, J. W., 703
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/honjsm31.html
Carruthers, J. 230
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/cobmd022.html
Regards,
Barry
History of Nebraska; From the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi
Region, by J. Sterling Morton and Albert Watkins
Published: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1918
Note: Spelling errors have not been corrected
HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FROM THE EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
REGION
BY J. STERLING MORTON AND ALBERT WATKINS, PH.B., LL.B.
A REVISED EDITION EDITED AND REVISED BY AUGUSTUS O. THOMAS, A.M., PH.D.
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF MAINE; EX-STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF NEBRASKA;
EX-PRESIDENT OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
JAMES A. BEATTIE, A.M., LL.D.
EDUCATOR AND LECTURER ON EDUCATIONAL THEMES; EX-PRESIDENT OF THE STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL AT PERU. NEBRASKA: PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION COTNER UNIVERSITY
COPYRIGHT, 1918 BY WESTERN PUBLISHING AND ENGRAVING COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS:
. . . . .
ILLUSTRATIONS [not in online version]
J. Sterling Morton (frontspiece)
Arikaree Falls 2
Bad Lands 3
Pine Ridge 3
Schlegel Rapids And Falls 5
Toadstool Park, Sioux County Bad Lands 6
Falls of The North Loup River 7
Indian Artifacts 9
Quivera Tomahawks 10
Piece of Indian Pottery 11
Prominent Indians 25
Marpiya Luta (Red Cloud) 26
Illustrations of Indian House Architecture 28
Group of Winnebago Indian Chiefs 30
Sentegaleska (Spotted Tail) 31
Henry Fontenelle 33
John And Alice Minick 34
Pit-A-Le-Shar-U (Man Chief) 35
Quivera Monument 39
Jacob V. Brower 40
Wm Clark, Meriwether Lewis 41
Lewis And Clark Monuments 43
Floyd Monument Near Sioux City, Iowa 45
Pierre Chouteau, Jr. 47
Benjamin Louis Eulalia Bonneville 49
John C. Fremont 51
Manuel De Lisa 52
Mary Manuel Lisa 53
Logan Fontenelle (Shon-Ga-Ska) 54
Sarpy & Lisa Monuments, Cem., St. Louis 56
Peter A. Sarpy 57
Early Missouri River Steamboats 58
Court House Rock And Jail 70
Chimney Rock 71
Scotts Bluff And Vicinity 73
Scenes At Ash Hollow 77
Alexander Majors 80
Concord Stage-Coach 81
Moses H. Sydenham 84
Old Trading Post, Bellevue 86
Peter J. De Smet, S. J. 87
Stephen F. Nuckolls 89
Freighting Scenes 91
Ferry Across The Elkhorn River 92
Pacific Wagon Roads (Map) 97
Stephen A. Douglas 117
William Walker 124
Abelard Guthrie 125
Hadley D. Johnson 127
Joseph & Hyrum Smith 138
Brigham Young 141
Francis Burt 144
First Claim Cabin In Nebraska 147
Bellevue, Nebraska, 1856 148
Charles H. Downs 149
Fenner Ferguson 150
James Bradley 151
Thomas B. Cuming 154
Judge Edward R. Harden 156
General William Orlando Butler 158
Fred Renard 162
Rachel Snoden 164
W. P. Snowden 165
J. Sterling Morton 166
Napoleon B. Giddings 168
Dr. Charles A. Henry 169
First Territorial Capitol Building 171
Joseph L. Sharp 172
Hiram P. Bennet 173
Benjamin R. Folsom 175
Jacob King 176
Niles Rathbone Folsom 177
J. B. Kuony 178
Regina Kuony 179
Benjamin B. Thompson 180
Origen D. Richardson 181
Presbyterian Mission At Bellevue 182
Mark W. Izard 184
Dr. George L. Miller 196
Potter Charles Sullivan 203
R. H. Henry 206
Second Territorial Capitol Building 207
Nathan P. Dodge 208
John F. Buck 214
Chas. McDonald 216
Bird B. Chapman 219
Nancy J. Tucker 224
Geo. P. Tucker 225
W. A. Richardson 234
Wm. McLennon 236
Jesse Lowe 240
John S. Bowen 242
Robert W. Furnas 243
Rev. John Miller Taggart 244
James P. Peck 246
A. H. Gilmore 254
Henry A. Kosters 256
Mrs. Magdalena Kosters 256
Nancy Pecklam 256
Perry M. Peckham 256
A. Hall 258
Elmer S. Dundy 260
Eleazer Wakeley 262
Theron and Caroline Nye 266
Downer T. Bramble 270
Oliver Perry Mason 271
Sireno B. Colson 272
Marker, Southeast Corner of Nebraska 274
Three Views of Southeast Corner Marker 275
J. N. H. Patrick 276
Dr. John E. Summers, Sr. 278
John Taffe 278
William D. Brown 278
Dr. Erastus N. Upjohn 278
John Powers Johnson 279
Colonel Lorin Miller 284
Samuel G. Daily 285
Experience Estabrook 288
Dr. Jetus R. Conkling, Omaha 292
Mrs. Jennie Hanscom Conkling 292
Dr. James H. Peabody, Omaha 292
Mrs. Jennie Yates Peabody 292
Evander W. Barnum 294
James A Hacker 294
John Steinhart 294
John Dunbar 294
Victor Vifquain 298
Jonas Welch 300
Alvin Saunders 301
Dr. John McPherson 303
Samuel Findley Burtch 305
William F. Lockwood 308
Henry A. Koenig 310
Charles A. Speice, Columbus 312
John Carrigan, Blair 312
Thomas F. Hall, Omaha 312
Manley Rogers, Fremont 312
William Pitt Kellogg 315
Samuel W. Black 317
James Wilson Coleman 318
Nancy Jane Coleman 319
Bruno Tzchuck 321
J. P. Becker 322
Colonel George Armstrong 326
Mrs. Julia Ewing Armstrong 326
Rollin M. Rolfe 326
Nedom B. Whitfield 326
William Hartford James 328
N. S. Harding 330
Benjamin E. B. Kennedy 331
B. H. Fuller 334
Daniel H. Wheeler 336
T. S. Clarkson 338
Phineas Warrener Hitchcock 340
Franklin Sweet 342
H. S. Kaley 346
Charles H. Brown 348
William Remington 350
Mrs. William Remington 350
John Gillespie 353
William Kellogg 354
Charles H. Dietrich 356
Charles Isaac Brown 358
Mrs. Charles Isaac Brown 358
Warren Saunders 358
Ole Anderson 360
J. W. Gilbert 362
H. P. Anderson 366
William Franklin Chapin 367
Colonel John M. Stotsenberg 368
Saint Andre Durand Balcombe 369
Isham Reaves 370
Isaac S. Hascall 371
William V. Allen 372
Silas A. Holcomb 373
Lorenzo Crounse 374
William F. Sweesy 377
Thomas Weston Tipton 378
John Melvin Graham 379
David Butler 380
Jacob E. Frey 382
Ashton C. Shallenberger 383
Elias Hicks Clark 384
Mrs. Phebe A. (Andrew) Clark 385
Charles H. Van Wyck 388
Gurdon W. Wattles 390
Rosalie Lisa Ely 394
General Henry Leavenworth 395
John Pilcher 396
Ni-Co-Mi (Voice of The Waters) 399
Joseph La Flesche (E-Sta-Ma-Za, "Iron Eye") 400
Mary La Flesche (Hin-Nu-Ga-Snun, "One Woman") 400
Site of Fort Kearney 401
Thomas Henry Tibbles 402
Yosette La Flesch Tibbles 402
Block House At Old Fort Kearney 403
Joseph Robidoux 404
Scenes At Old Fort Kearney 406
Henson Wiseman 407
Major John W. Pearman 408
Edward De Morin 410
General William Selby Harney 412
General John McConihe 413
"Jim" Lane 414
National Cemetery At Old Fort Mcpherson 416
Fort Laramie in 1836 417
Lawson Sheldon 422
Grasshopper Scene, Plattsmouth 426
Buffalo 431
Joseph E. Johnson 433
Orsamus H. Irish 435
Milton W. Reynolds (Kicking Bird) 454
John Brown 459
Captain James H. Cook 464
UPRR Crosses The Overland Trail 465
Prominent Rail Road Builders 467
Thomas C. Durant, Sidney Dillon, Thomas A.
Scott, Jay Gould, Oakes Ames, Thomas C. Durant 472
Silas Seymour 475
Driving The Last Spike At Promontory 483
Ames Monument 484
Early River Scene, Omaha 485
Private RR Car of President Lincoln 487
Grenville A Dodge 488
Engine No. 1 on the UP Railroad 489
Railroad Bridge Across The Missouri River 490
Mrs. Mary Lucretia Creighton 493
Mrs. Sarah Emily Creighton 493
William Prince Aylsworth 494
President David B. Perry 496
D. W. Huntington 498
Rev. Robert Lucius Wheeler, D.D. 501
Bellevue College 502
Union College 507
York College 511
"Buffalo Bill" Cody 559
Charles H. Gere 584
Nebraska's Strategic Commercial Position (map) 666
George W. Holdredge 678
W. J. & Mary Baird Bryan 692
Andrew M. Morressey 695
Charles B. Letton & William B. Rose 698
Francis G. Hamer & James R. Dean 699
Albert J. Cornish & Samuel H. Sedgwick 700
Site of The Old Merrill Mission 704
First Baptist Church, Omaha 706
First Baptist Church, Omaha (Completed) 707
Rev. George Sutherland 708
Grand Island College Campus 710
View of Grand Island College 710
Rt. Rev. James M. O'Gorman 713
First Catholic Church Building in Omaha 714
Rt. Rev. James O'Connor, D.D. 715
Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell, D.D. 716
Rev. Anton Birnbach 717
St. Patrick's Church, Gretna 718
Rev. John V. Wallace 719
Rev. Mathew P. Dowling, S.J. 720
D. C. Bryant 722
Rev. Michael Allen Shine 723
St. Benedict's Church, Nebraska City 725
Very Rev. Emmanuel Hartig, O.S.B. 726
Charles P. Evans 729
David Roberts Dungan 730
Robert Clark Barrow 731
Ira Van Camp 732
Willis Anson Baldwin 733
Rev. Henry M. Giltner, D.D. 736
Rev. John T. Baird, D.D. 737
Presbyterian Mission, Bellevue 739
Bellevue College 740
Hastings College, View North 744
Hastings College, View South 744
R. B. Crone, LL.D. 745
Liberty Memorial Hall 746
Hope Reformed Church 752
H. W. Kuhns, D.D. 761
First Lutheran Church Bldg 762
Rev. Luther M. Kuhns 763
German Lutheran Seminary 764
Lutheran High School And Business College 776
Decatur Seventh-Day Adventist Church 778
Beaver City Seventh-Day Adventist Church 779
College Hall, Union College 780
Rev. Charles Harms 781
Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum 782
Rev. Gustuv Erickson 783
Rev. Oscar J. Swan 784
Rev. Peter Munson 785
Sod Church of Nebraska Synod 789
Nebraska Synod in Session 790
David Marquette, D.D. 793
Rev. Harrison Presson 794
Rev. Moses Franklin Shinn 795
H. T. Davis, D.D. 796
John B. Maxfield 797
W. B. Slaughter 798
Rev. Isaac Chivington 799
First Methodist Episcopal Church in NE 800
Rev. Jacob Adriance 801
Rev. Porter C. Johnson, D.D. 802
Rev. James J. & Minerva E. Roberts 804
National M. E. Orphanage, York, NE 806
Burwell Spurlock 807
Isabella S. D. (Mrs. B.) Spurlock 807
Rev. Harmon Bross, D.D. 809
Rev. Reuben Gaylord 810
Rev. Isaac Erving & Miranda N. Heaton 811
Samuel & Mrs. Emeline Allis 812
First Congregational Church, in Omaha 813
Rev. Amos Dresser 814
Rev. Charles Little 814
Rev. A. F. Sherrill, D.D. 814
Rev. C. S. Harrison 814
Rev. Lewis Gregory, D.D. 817
First Congregational Church, Lincoln 818
Site of Nebraska University at Fontenelle 819
Santee Normal Training School 825
Rev. Alfred L. Riggs, D.D. 826
Artemas Eh-Na-Ma-Ni 827
John L. Webster 844
History of Nebraska - End of Introduction