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Hi Wetherington & affiliated surnames researchers,
Because some of our surnames are heavily associated with North Carolina,
I want to insure you know that NC records, particularly state records, have
apparently been consolidated, perhaps all electronically, in the MARS
collection:
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/mars.htm
HOWEVER, even though the collection is new does not make it easier to
use. I have outlined some requirements below, including excerpts from the
site itself. You need to review it all to maximize your opportunity to
obtain value for your time & money (YES, there is a charge for some of the
info, see below).
Barry Wetherington
READ ON!
bw 1/31/2004
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LogIn procedure:
North Carolina State Archives
Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS)
EXPLORE MARS!
Login as 'mars'
Password 'mars'
(When you click on 'EXPLORE MARS!' you will be prompted to login; type
'mars'. Then you will be prompted to give a password, which is also 'mars'.
This will connect you to the MARS database. Next you will be asked for a
terminal emulation. Most users will be 'vt100. Check your connection's
setting properties to see which terminal emulation will work best if vt100
does not work.)
(My experience here is, if you encounter a problem, to just continue on and
it may work its way out.
READ ON!
bw 1/31/2004)
Materials Described in MARS
=====================
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/material.htm#MARS
North Carolina State Archives
Materials Described in MARS
Although there were over 400,000 descriptions in MARS at the end of
September 2003, these represent only a small portion of the Archives' total
holdings. The following is a list of records whose finding aids have been
entirely or partially entered into MARS.
Finding Aids in MARS
State Agency Records
County Records
Private Collections
Map Collection
Audiovisual/Iconographic Collection
Foreign Archives
=====================
Just in Demo, pls find below, towards the bottom, a list of Private
Collections papers collected in the Archives. This is just ONE illustrative
collection of the many such contained there. The MARS site has had problems
getting started, but it seems a bit more stable now.
READ ON!
bw 1/31/2004
The primary problem area has been/ was/ still may be the requirements &
procedure to Log On to the site:
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LogIn procedure again:
READ ON!
bw 1/31/2004
Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS)
EXPLORE MARS!
Login as 'mars'
Password 'mars'
(When you click on 'EXPLORE MARS!' you will be prompted to login; type
'mars'. Then you will be prompted to give a password, which is also 'mars'.
This will connect you to the MARS database. Next you will be asked for a
terminal emulation. Most users will be 'vt100. Check your connection's
setting properties to see which terminal emulation will work best if vt100
does not work.)
Materials Described in MARS
Welcome to MARS! - A cosmic experience in records and information retrieval.
MARS...is the Manuscript and Archives Reference System.
MARS...is also Making Archives Research Simpler.
MARS...has been designed to help researchers locate records and documents in
Archives custody.
MARS...allows the indexed descriptions of different types of records to be
searched at the same time.
The Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) is an on-line, USMARC
compatible, finding aids system. It was designed in 1984 by Dr. Arlon
Kemple, Information Resource Manager for the Dept. of Cultural Resources.
MARS is primarily a system for record location and retrieval, although
information retrieval is an important by-product. It also has certain
administrative and process control capabilities.
Because records in the Archives are arranged in hierarchical order,
descriptions in MARS reflect the five levels of arrangement and description:
record group, series, box, folder, and item. The system can be searched at
any level of description by using indexed fields, key-word searches, or
overnight textual searches. Each level is also linked so that the full
provenance of a record is always given. While MARS usually does not provide
the actual information the researcher is seeking, it will report the records
that contain the information, and the location of these records in the
Archives. Call slips can be printed automatically by the user.
Certain fields within MARS have been indexed for real time searches. These
fields include: TITLE, CALLNO., SOURCE/DONOR, AGENT, CREATOR, YEARS, INDEX,
AND FORM. With the exception of the title field, MARS cannot conduct word
searches in the same way a word processing program can. In order to narrow
searches, other techniques must be used. Related characteristics of a record
(Boolean connectors) are one way of narrowing searches. for example, a
search for "John Smith" yields many hits. This search can be narrowed with
additional information like "Franklin County" and "Wills". Searching the
three elements as opposed to one, focuses the query and returns more
accurate information.
MARS information retrieval is by VDT display, printed output, computer
output microfiche, or magnetic tape. No usage fees are assessed, but
printout charges for overnight searches are $5.00 for the first 25 pages and
25¢ per page thereafter, with a $5.00 minimum charge.
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I'm not yet sure how much is collected online & how much requires some
type of on-site presence, and whether it is now working better, so hope
others more familiar can 'Reply All' to this message to help all of us.
Good Hunting,
Barry
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/pclist.htm
Private Collections
Abercrombie, James, Letterbook, 1743-1750 (P.C.1651.1)
Adams and Partin Family Papers, 1847-1954 (P.C.1647.1)
Albright-Dixon Papers, 1812-1934 (P.C.58)
Alexander and Simonton Family Papers, 1800-1940 (P.C.1682.1)
Alston - DeGraffenried Family Papers, 1773-1970 )
Aman, John H. Collection, 1861-1944 (P.C.1734)
Andrews, Jr., Alexander Boyd (1873-1946), Collection, 1861-1945 (P.C.125)
Ashe, Samuel A'Court (1840-1938), Papers, 1735-1814, 1847-1940 (P.C.51)
Ashe, Samuel A'Court, Papers, 1728, [1735], 1778-1779, 1814, 1837, 1847-1940
(P.C.51)
Ashley, Samuel Stanford, Papers, 1863, 1975 (P.C.1664.1)
Atkins, James W., Collection, 1814-1909, 1947 (P.C.128)
Aycock, Charles Brantley (1859-1912), Collection, 1880-1959 (P.C.50)
Badger, George E. (1795-1865), Papers, 1822-1861 (P.C.52)
Bauer, Adolphus Gustavus, Papers, 1895-1898 (P.C.1707)
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818-1893), Papers, 1862-1869 (P.C.53)
Beckwith, B. C., Papers, 1808-1906 (P.C.92)
Bell-Pearsall Papers, 1795-1936 (P.C.1789.1)
Bernard, Allen Rodney, Diary, 1816-1817 (P.C.1645.1)
Biggs, Asa (1811-1878), Papers, 1830-1849 (P.C.110)
Blacknall, Oscar W. (1852-1918), Papers, 1861-1866, n.d. (P.C.101)
Blanton, C. H., Collection, 1803-1906 (P.C.77)
Bolles, Charles Pattison (1823-1909), Papers, 1845-1922 (P.C.44)
Bond, Tillie, Collection, 1690-1828 (P.C.16)
Bonner Family Papers, 1849-1951 (P.C.1725.1-6)
Boon, James (b. 1808), Papers, 1829-1854 (P.C.99)
Bost, Annie Kizer, Papers, 1930-1944 (P.C.1696.1)
Boyd, James E., Papers, 1899-1903 (P.C.1701.1-7)
Bradham, Caleb D., Papers, 1750-1880 (P.C.1745)
Brady, James Martin, Papers, 1945, 1950-1952 (P.C.1742)
Branch, Lawrence O'Bryan, (1820-1862), Papers 1805-1913 (P.C.25)
Branch, Mrs. Lawrence O'Bryan, (1817-1903), Papers 1770-1895 (P.C.26)
Brevard, Alexander (ca. 1755-1829), Papers, 1751-1911 (P.C.2)
Bridges, Henry L., Papers, 1952-1956 (P.C.1702.1-9)
Brown, George Carroll, Papers, 1917-1919 (P.C.1697)
Brown, John B., Papers, 1861-1865 (P.C.54)
Brown, W. Vance, Papers, 1779-1894 (P.C.121)
Bryan, Charles S., Collection, 1707-1862 (P.C.108)
Bryan, John Heritage (1798-1870), Collection, 1716-1907 (P.C.6)
Brynes, A. J., Collection, 1800-1874 (P.C.97)
Burgwyn, William Hyslop Sumner (1845-1913), Papers, 1803-1960 (P.C.4)
Burke, Thomas (ca. 1747-1783), Papers, 1769-1794 (P.C.55)
Cantwell, John Lucus (1828-1909), Papers, 1856-1896 (P.C.22)
Carson Collection, 1780-1835 (P.C.1654.1)
Cataloochee Lumber Mill Company Collection, ca.1900 (P.C.1714.1)
Chamberlain, Hope Summerell (1871-1960), Collection, 1790-1818, 1940-1950
(P.C.45)
Clark, James F., Plantation Book, 1828-1861 (P.C.30)
Clark, Laura, Papers, 1934-1941 (P.C.1671.1)
Clark, Samuel, Carpentry Book, 1853-1869 (P.C.1768.1)
Clark, Walter (1846-1924), Papers, 1783-1920 (P.C.8)
Clinard, L. N., Papers, 1871-1884, 1904 (P.C.96)
Coble, Eli, Papers, 1807-1883 (P.C.1779.1)
Coulter, Dr. Victor Aldine, Papers, c. 1917-1970s (P.C.1705.1-6)
Cowles, Calvin J. (1821-1907), Papers, 1817-1885 (P.C.111)
Cox, Thomas, Letter Book, 1825-1828 (P.C.56)
Crittenden, John J., Papers, 1827-1863 (P.C.37)
Cutler, General Henry G., Papers, ca. 1800 - ca.1905 (P.C.1700)
Dameron, Martha Scott, Letters, 1941-1945 (P.C.1713.1-7)
Davidson, Theodore F. (1845-1931), Papers, 1769-1931 (P.C.100)
Davie, William Richardson (1756-1820), Papers, 1776-1817 (P.C.18)
Davis, Joseph Jonathan, Papers, 1861-1876 (P.C.1746)
De Vyver, Frank T., Papers, 1940-1955 (P.C.1692.1)
Devereux, John, Papers, 1712-1883 (P.C.34)
Devereux, Jr., Thomas Pollock, Letter Book 1863-1865, 1891 (P.C.33)
Dixon, William Leonard, Collection, 1862-1864 (P.C.1754)
Dobbs, Arthur (1689-1765), Papers, ca. 1730-1775 (P.C.91)
Dodge, Jr., James Philander, Papers, various dates (P.C.1684.1)
Duffy, William (d.1810), Papers, 1786-1809 (P.C.9)
Dula, Thomas, Collection, 1866-1868, 1966 (P.C.1272)
Duplin County Court Martial Minutes, 1784-1853 (P.C.1656.1)
Dwight, Peggy, Papers, 1933-1976 (P.C.1715)
Edwards, Weldon N. (1788-1873), Papers, 1825-1868 (P.C.43)
Emmet, Thomas Addison, Collection, 1757-1847 (P.C.38)
Estes, Russell Gordon, Papers, 1794-1885. (P.C.1743)
Faggart, Valentine and Elizabeth, Papers, 1787-1897 (P.C.1721.1)
Fanning-McCulloh Papers, 1752-1806 (P.C.57)
Ferrell, Ina, Papers, 1920-1957 (P.C.1703.1)
Fessenden, Reginald A., Papers, 1887-1935 (P.C.1140)
Fitzgerald, William P., Collection, 1862, 1864, 1886 (P.C.1695.1)
Fountain, Josephine G., Collection, 1836-1956 (P.C.1663.1)
Freedmen, Whedbee, Papers, 1854-1882 (P.C.1762.1)
Garfield, James A., Paper, 1872 (P.C.1642.1)
Gash, Mary A., Papers, 1816-1898 (P.C.59)
Gorman, Thomas M., Papers, 1863-1905 (P.C.103)
Graham, Joseph (1759-1836), Papers, 1782, 1813-1836 (P.C.60)
Graham, William Alexander (1804-1875), Papers, 1779-1918 (P.C.61)
Grant, Margaret, Collection, 1750-1844 (P.C.1672.1)
Grimes, Bryan (1828-1880), Papers, 1778, 1812-1912 (P.C.3)
Guion, Judge Owen Haywood, Collection, 1787-1937 (P.C.78)
Hackett, James Gordon, Collection, 1806-1887 (P.C.112)
Hale, Edward Jones (1802-1883), Papers, 1850-1867 (P.C.17)
Hamilton, W. H., Papers, 1856-1860 (P.C.1737)
Hamlin, Wood Jones, Papers, 1762-1835 (P.C.62)
Harris, Sybil Carr, Collection, 1789-1895, 1982 (P.C.1724)
Harrison, William Henry, Paper, 1795 (P.C.1641.1)
Harvard Business Library Collection, 1920s (P.C.1694.1-2)
Hawkins, Marmaduke James (1850-1920), Papers, 1809-1909 (P.C.106)
Hayes Collection, 1748-1806 (P.C.40)
Haynes, P. Henry, Papers, 1858-1868 (P.C.1644.1)
Heller, C. B., Collection, 1735-1923 (P.C.119)
Henderson, Thomas, Papers, 1810-1811 (P.C.19)
Hill, Buckner, L., Notebooks, 1824 (P.C.116)
Hill, Daniel Harvey (1821-1889), Papers, 1816-1945 (P.C.93)
Hill, Jr., Daniel Harvey (1859-1924), Papers, 1808-1967 (P.C.94)
Hill, Stuart H., Collection, 1738-1866, 1932 (P.C.126)
Hill, William (1773-1857), Papers, 1797-1867 (P.C.63)
Hines, Lovit, Collection, 1737-1914 (P.C.1759.1-2)
Hoch Family Collection, 1774-1951 (P.C.1683.1-12)
Hodges, Francis R. and Julia Daily, Collection, 1755-1920 (P.C.1720)
Hodges, Paul Arendall and Alma Dawson, Collection, 1772-1895 (P.C.1727)
Hofmann, Julius V., Papers, 1919-1948 (P.C.1699)
Hoke, Robert F. (1837-1912), Papers, 1852-1967 (P.C.64)
Holden, William Woods (1818-1892), Papers, 1852-1930 (P.C.65)
Holeman, James, Letters, 1846-1862 (P.C.1769.1)
Howell, Claude, Papers, ca. 1930s-1970s (P.C.1657.1-13)
Hoyt, William Henry (1884-1957), Collection, 1791-1960 (P.C.48)
James, Lawrence, Collection, 1762-1871 (P.C.1704.1)
James, Marion, Family Papers, 1868-1932, n.d. (P.C.1686.1)
Jeffreys, William Andrew (1817-1845) and Family, Papers, 1786-1883 (P.C.66)
Johnson, Charles E., Collection, 1685-1875 (P.C.67)
Johnson, Sr., Patrick H., Papers, ca.1920-1950 (P.C.1740)
Johnston, George Burgwin (1840-1864), Papers, 1862-1864 (P.C.46)
Johnston, Samuel (1733-1816), Papers, 1731, 1763-1803 (P.C.68)
Jones, Crabtree, Papers, 1771-1940 (P.C.105)
Jones, H. G., Papers, 1959-1969, n.d. (P.C.1681.1-18)
Jordan Family Papers, 1782-1886 (P.C.1719)
Kenan, Thomas S., Papers, 1861-1866 (P.C.129)
King, Richard Hugg (1767-1825), Papers, 1816-1862 (P.C.23)
Lee, Mrs. I. F., Collection, 1751-1875 (P.C.130)
Leventhorpe, Collett (1815-1889), Papers, 1847-1892 (P.C.41)
Lewis, William C., Diary, 1918-1919 (P.C.1739)
Liles, Jr., Luther C., Paper, 1692-1812 (P.C.1669.1)
Luten, John and William, Papers, 1751-1756, 1786 (P.C.1712)
Macon, Nathaniel (1758-1837), Papers, 1773, 1804-1848 (P.C.10)
Mahlum, Helen, Papers, 1972-1985 (P.C.1749.1-11)
Mangum, Willie Person (1792-1861), Papers, 1705-1916 (P.C.69)
Mann, Julian S., Collection, 1688-1886 (P.C.118)
Massey, Hardy, Papers, 1794, 1837-1900 (P.C.98)
McDowell, Charles, Papers, 1782 (P.C.29)
McEachern, Archibald, Papers, 1748-1859 (P.C.120)
McKay, Woodrow, Papers, 1894, 1917-1944 (P.C.1685.1)
McMillan, Archibald S., Collection, 1846, 1848, 1903 (P.C.1676)
McNeil, Alexander Hamilton, Papers, 1861-1865 (P.C.1761.1-1 3)
Michaux-Randolph Papers, 1745-1902 (P.C.95)
Miller, Glennie Tomlinson, Collection, 1885-1889, 1893 (P.C.1763.1-4)
Miller, Robert Johnston (1758-1834), Papers, 1799, 1813-1831 (P.C.11)
Milner, Robert S., Collection, 1925-1982 (P.C.1722.1-16)
Miscellaneous Papers, 1689-1912 (P.C.21)
Mitchell, John F., Papers, ca. 1895-ca. 1940 (P.C.1757.1-10)
Mitchener, Mrs. J. Samuel, Papers, 1953-1978 (P.C.1698.1-6)
Moore, Jeanelle Coulter, Papers, 1964-1975 (P.C.1751.1-.25)
Morgan, Mrs. Virgil R., Collection, 1939-1947 (P.C.1709)
Morton, Matilda Lamb, Memoirs, 1861-1865 (P.C.1770.1)
Murfree, William, Tax Receipt Book, 1768-1770 (P.C.1801)
Murphey, Archibald Debow (1777-1832), Papers, 1797-1852 (P.C.12)
Murray, James (1713-1781), Papers, 1760-1786 (P.C.71)
Myers, A. C., Papers, 1862-1864 (P.C.114)
Nash, Frederick (1781-1858), Papers, 1757-1864 (P.C.72)
Nichols, Laurie C., Collection, 1899-1901 (P.C.1755)
Norcom, Dr. James (1778-1850), Papers, 1805-1873 (P.C.73)
O'Briant, T. L., Collection, 1798-1892 (P.C.115)
Olds, Fred A. (1853-1935), Papers, 1721-1934 (P.C.74)
O'Rorke, John, Papers, 1793-1877 (P.C.79)
Page Family Papers, 1794-1918 (P.C.1718)
Paige, Hiland and R. E. D., Papers, 1850, 1865-1866 (P.C.1710)
Parker, Frank M., Papers, 1861-1865 (P.C.42)
Parrott, W. T., Jr., and Marion A., Collection, 1740-1786 (P.C.107)
Patrick, John Menan, Papers, 1810-1818, 1823, 1871-1878 (P.C.117)
Patterson Papers, 1748-1925 (P.C.104)
Patterson, Jane Smith, Papers, 1960-1986 (P.C.1748)
Pearce and Hix Family Papers, 1800-1950s (P.C.1706)
Pearse, Forestine Devine, Papers, 1945-1955 (P.C.1667.1)
Pettigrew Papers, 1722-1912 (P.C.13)
Pittman, Thomas Merritt (1857-1932), Collection, 1747-1934 (P.C.123)
Polk, Lucy Williams (1826-1906), Papers, 1730-1897 (P.C.75)
Polk, William (1758-1834), Papers, 1721-1829 (P.C.47)
Pollock, Thomas, Papers, 1708-1859 (P.C.31)
Pollock-Devereux Papers, 1730-1866 (P.C.32)
Powell, John H., Papers, 1842-1876 (P.C.1732)
Pratt, Joseph Hyde (1870-1942), Papers, 1684-1921 (P.C.14)
Proprietary Concessions Relating to the Lower Cape Fear, 1663, 1663
(P.C.1655.1)
Ray, Arthur C., Papers, 1796-1909 (P.C.124)
Reid, David S. (1813-1891), Papers, 1803-1880 (P.C.1)
Risco, Miller V., Papers, 1673 (P.C.70)
Roan, The Reverend John, Account Book, 1745-1775 (P.C.1689.1)
Robson Family Papers, 1807-1834, 1886 (P.C.1717)
Rodman, William Blount (1817-1893), Papers, 1820-1893 (P.C.76)
Roney, Sr., Ben E., Papers, 1937, 1948-1954 (P.C.1733.1-7)
Rouse, Jordan K., Papers, 1943-1945 (P.C.1774.1)
Saunders, William Laurence (1835-1891), Papers, 1729-1891 (P.C.27)
Schenck, David (1835-1902), Papers, 1772-1894 (P.C.35)
Scott, Osborne W., Papers, 1955-1970 (P.C.1674)
Servier, Mary Virginia, Papers, 1840-1976 (P.C.1646.1-6)
Shaw, Colin, Papers, 1735-1883 (P.C.20)
Smith, Benjamin (1756-1826), Papers, 1789-1803 (P.C.80)
Smith, William, Papers, 1793-1817 (P.C.81)
Smithwick, Edmund and Family, Papers, 1728-1876, 1900 (P.C.113)
Spencer, Cornelia Philips (1825-1908), Papers, 1857-1905 (P.C.7)
Spotswood, Alexander (1676-1740), Papers, 1710-1712 (P.C.24)
Stauber, William E., Papers, 1964-1972, n.d. (P.C.1680.1)
Steele, John (1764-1815), Papers, 1777-1831 (P.C.5)
Steward, George Alton, Collection, 1924-1978 (P.C.1752.1-2)
Stokes, Montfort (1762-1842), Papers, 1785-1819 (P.C.102)
Stone, David (1770-1818), Papers, 1793-1942 (P.C.82)
Stringfield, William Williams (1837-1923), Papers, 1860-1914 (P.C.109)
Sumner, Jethro (1733-1785), Papers, 1760-1784 (P.C.83)
Swain, David L. (1801-1868), Papers, 1763-1895 (P.C.84)
Swepson, George W. (1819-1883), Papers, 1852-1874 (P.C.85)
Talley, Mary Colvert, Collection, 1789-1902 (P.C.1670.1)
Thomas, Abishai, Papers, 1789-1795 (P.C.86)
Thomas, J. J., Papers, ca.1840-1921 (P.C.1744)
Thorpe, John H., Papers, 1865-1930, 1981 (P.C.1653.1-2)
Tobacco Papers, 1895 (P.C.1649.1)
Tull, Rowena Hill, Collection, 1795-1860, 1858-1895 (P.C.1767.1-2)
USS Monitor Collection, 1978 (P.C.1652)
Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862), Papers, 1824-1858 (P.C.39)
Vance, Zebulon Baird (1830-1894), Papers, 1827-1903 (P.C.15)
Vann, John (1768-1850), Papers, 1757-1938 (P.C.122)
Waddell, James Iredell (1824-1886), Papers, 1775-1919 (P.C.87)
Walker, William, Papers, 1805-1951 (P.C.1643.1)
Way, Joseph Howell, Collection, 1890-1923 (P.C.1650.1)
Webb, James (1774-1855), Papers, 1781-1846 (P.C.127)
Webb, Randolph, Papers, 1814-1869 (P.C.88)
Weil, Lionel, Papers, 1918-1919 (P.C.1728)
Whitaker, Stephen, Papers, 1853-1898 (P.C.36)
Whitefield, William, Family Papers, 1858-1880 (P.C.1777.1)
Whitford, John D. (1825-1910), Papers, 1770-1910 (P.C.89)
Wiley, Calvin H. (1819-1887), Papers, 1757-1925 (P.C.28)
Williams, Kate Middleton Pearsall, Papers, 1877-1946 (P.C.1787.1-2)
Wilson, T. A., Papers, 1929-1945 (P.C.1723.1-1 9)
Winslow, Caleb (1824-1895) and Family, Papers, 1712-1941 (P.C.90)
Worth, Jonathan (1802-1869), Papers, 1831-1889 (P.C.49)
Thomas Cleverly is a 1776 Patriot, altho perhaps he could apply himself a bit
more:
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamisc/cpobdae2.html
\...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. The wooden horse was employed some times as
a civil punishment. Horse thieves were thus fitly punished. In New Haven, in
January, 1787, a case happened: "Last Tuesday one James Brown, a transient
person, was brought to the bar of the County Court on a complaint for
horse-stealing -- being put to plead -- plead guilty, and on Thursday received
the sentence of the Court, that he shall be confined to the Goal in this County
8 weeks, to be whipped the first Day 15 stripes on the naked Body, and set an
hour on...
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamisc/cpobdae2.html
Search at:
http://www.webroots.org/phpdig/index.php
Best,
Barry Wetherington
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.htmlhttp://www.webroots.org/library/main.htmlhttp://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.htmlWebRoots.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
Hello many RootsWeb List subscribers,
Most of you will know that I have attempted to remain informed about dna
testing for the purpose of learning & informing you of significant
developments. This piece by noted Genealogy writer Richard Eastman is just
such a development.
In essence, it may now be worthwhile to have yourself dna tested (cotton
swab inside of your mouth and mail, in a closed baggie, only one sample to a
container, all as contained in the instructions as will be mailed to you).
The significance, as I understand it, is that, since more are doing it and
the best use is to be compared to the max # of samples, therfore if someone
else in the world related to you has been tested, and the test is available
to others, including participants in this co-operative effort, then the
liklihood of a match is increased significantly!!!
Perhaps one note - a positive match of male descendancy can be made when
comparing one dna sample to another. So if your father and/or mother provide
a sample, your dna sample can be compared to determine actual blood
relationship (although father-son is in some way better than
mother-daughter). But when no actual sample is avail from your ancestors,
father-son can be established because all male descendants of one ancestor
will all have an identical gene (if Adam sired all males, then all males
will have an identical gene, passed down unchanged from Adam). I hope this
is accurate and useful.
"Ysearch -- a public service located at http://www.ysearch.org, which allows
for Y-DNA results from different labs to be compared, thereby broadening the
possibilities for matches between participants to be discovered." !!!
So, it seems like a worthwhile consideration. I'm going to look into it.
If anyone else has something, anything, to bring up, please do so. I also
think there is another potential benefit, altho It isn't clear to me that
the samples will be so available - namely, gene 'defects' might be revealed,
ALTHO I do believe there are safeguards at work to protect or not find
and/or not reveal such info. Of course, dna could be considered as a matter
of privacy. It must be understood that almost anything could be an
instrument of either or both good & evil. Below is the article and further
below is a contact paragraph with sources for further answers. (Detailed
responses are ok but please attempt to be helpful to all, rather than
selecting just one esoteric matter that might further confuse. Please DO,
however, explain exactly why you might NOT consider testing!!!)
Barry Wetherington
PS: If there are any more opinions of Gen programs (FTM, Legacy, RootsMagic,
etc), please submit ASAP. I'm ready to 'publish' the responses received to
date. bw
"- Ysearch Public Database Allows Y-DNA Marker Comparisons
The following is an announcement from Family Tree DNA:
Family Tree DNA, the world leader in genetic genealogy, has launched
Ysearch -- a public service located at http://www.ysearch.org, which allows
for Y-DNA results from different labs to be compared, thereby broadening the
possibilities for matches between participants to be discovered.
Until now, the main sources for people to find family were through
researching surnames in phone books and Internet lists. Most of the time it
would be almost impossible to verify whether individuals with the same
surname were related. Y-DNA matches, however, can offer definitive evidence
of relationship, and Ysearch.org facilitates this undertaking.
Since Family Tree DNA offered its first DNA test for genealogical purposes
in early 2000, the growing trend among genealogy enthusiasts is to use DNA
testing as a component of their research. Family Tree DNA, a Texas-based
company, maintains the largest database of DNA surname projects available
today, but as more companies offer such testing, the need for a uniform
resource for genealogists to compare results becomes apparent.
Ysearch allows the genealogist to input their Y-DNA test results, regardless
of which company or laboratory generated them, and compare them with others
that have been entered in the database. Ysearch offers comparisons for up to
43 markers used by commercial testing companies and scientific laboratories,
creating an enormous opportunity for relevant genetic matches to be
uncovered.
Ysearch is available free of charge to genealogists to locate others who
have utilized Y-DNA testing while researching their family history. Unique
features of Ysearch include Genetic Distance(TM) Reports and YsearchCompare,
tools that allow side-by-side comparisons of different test results.
Family Tree DNA has been providing genealogy enthusiasts with a new way to
break through conventional barriers in charting family histories since its
launch in the spring of 2000 by offering a series of genetic tests to be
used to determine heredity. The results from these tests are entered into
Family Tree DNA's Surnames Database, as well as its databases of Recent
Ethnic Origins (REO), spanning 116 countries, and its Haplogroup database
which allows genealogists to trace their deepest ancestry.
To learn more about Ysearch and Family Tree DNA, please visit
http://www.ysearch.org and http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com. For additional
information or answers to specific questions, contact info(a)familytreedna.com
or call 713-828-1438
The preceeding article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is
copyright 2004 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the
permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at
http://www.eogn.com."
Barry Wetherington
The Rev War Pension System is important to all Surnames, especially those
who might seek to join via the DAR or SAR. This explanation (as well as the
website at the bottom) could assist many of you:
http://www.ketoctin.8m.com/Pensions.html
Barry Wetherington
PS: Also further below, near the bottom, is an excellent Rev War Pension
surname finding WebSite. For ex, there we find for the Barletts: BARLET-
Christina, 2:70 Jacob, 2:70 Lydia, 2:93 Philip, 2:93
BARLETT - Betsey, 2:70 Catharine, 2:70 Christina, 2:70 Danial, 2:70
Eve, 2:70
Frederick, 2:70 George, 2:70 Jacob, 2:70 John, 2:70 Mary, 2:70
Philip, 2:70 Powel, 2:70 Rachel, 2:70 Sarah, 2:70 Susan, 2:70
Revolutionary War Pension Records Index - Surnames beginning with BAL
through BAR
When you have finished browsing through this page, click on any letter in
the bookshelf or page number below and you will be taken to that page.
Search there for your surnames.
Pensions Enacted by Congress for American Revolutionary War
Veterans
http://www.ketoctin.8m.com/Pensions.html
Pension records are on microfilm at the National Archives in Washington DC.
To rent these film, please contact the National Archieve Rental Program,
P.O.Box 30, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701, or call 301-604-3699 to find out
the participating library nearest you.
For more than a century before the beginning of the Revolutionary War,
British colonies in North America provided pensions for disabled soldiers
and sailors. During and after the Revolutionary War three principal types of
pensions were provided by the U. S. Government for servicemen and their
dependents: "Disability" or "invalid pensions" were awarded to servicemen
for physical disabilities incurred in the line of duty; "service pensions,"
to veterans who served for specified periods of time; and "widows'
pensions," to women whose husbands had been killed in the war or were
veterans who had served for specified periods of time.
On August 26, 1776, the first pension legislation for the American colonies
as a group was enacted. A resolution of the Continental Congress provided
half pay for officers and enlisted men, including those on warships and
armed vessels, who were disabled in the service of the United States and who
were incapable of earning a living. The half pay was to continue for the
duration of the disability.
On May 15, 1778, another resolution provided half pay for 7 years after the
conclusion of the war to all military officers who remained in the
Continental service to the end of' the war. Enlisted men who continued to
serve for the duration of the conflict were each to receive a gratuity of
$80 after the war under the terms of the same enactment. The first national
pension legislation for widows was a Continental Congress resolution of
August 24, 1780, which offered the prospect of half pay for 7 years to
widows and orphans of officers who met the requirements included in the
terms of the resolution of May 15, 1778. On October 21, 1780, the
Continental Congress resolution of May 15, 1778, was amended to provide half
pay for life to officers after the war; but on March 22, 1783, the
half-pay-for-life provision was changed to 5 years' full pay.
Pension legislation during the Revolutionary War was designed to encourage
enlistment and acceptance of commissions and to prevent desertion and
resignation.
After the war, pensions became a form of reward for services rendered. Both
during and after the Revolution, the States as well as the U. S. Government
awarded pensions based on participation in the conflict. The records
reproduced in this microfilm publication pertain only to pensions granted or
paid pursuant to public and private acts of the U.S. Government. Public
acts, under which the majority of such pensions were authorized, encompassed
large classes of veterans or their dependents who met common eligibility
requirements. Private acts concerned specific individuals whose special
services or circumstances merited consideration, but who could not be
awarded pensions under existing public acts.
On September 29, 1789 (1 Stat. 95), the First Congress of the United States
passed an act which provided that invalid pensions previously paid by the
States, pursuant to resolutions of' the Continental Congress, should be
continued and paid for 1 year by the newly established Federal Government.
Subsequent legislation often extended the time limit. An act of Congress
approved March 23, 1792 (1 Stat. 243), permitted veterans not already
receiving invalid pensions under resolutions of the Continental Congress to
apply for them directly to the Federal Government.
On April 10, 1806 (2 Stat. 376), the scope of earlier invalid-pension laws
pertaining to Revolutionary War servicemen was extended to make veterans of
State troops and militia service eligible for Federal pensions. The act
superseded all previous Revolutionary War invalid-pension legislation.
Before 1818 national pension laws concerning veterans of the Revolution
(with the exception of the Continental Congress resolution of May 15, 1778,
granting half pay to officers for service alone) specified disability or
death of a sen iceman as the basis for a pension award. Not until March 18,
1818 (3 Stat. 410), did the U. S. Congress grant pensions to Revolutionary
War veterans for service from which no disabilities resulted. Officers and
enlisted men in need of assistance were eligible under the terms of the 1818
act if they had served in a Continental military organization or in the U.
S. naval service (including the Marines) for 9 months or until the end of
the war. Pensions granted under this act were to continue for life.
The service-pension act of 1818 resulted in a great number of applications,
many of which were approved. Congress had to appropriate greater sums than
ever before for Revolutionary War pension payments. Financial difficulties
and charges that applicants were feigning poverty to obtain benefits under
the terms of the act caused Congress to enact remedial legislation on May 1,
1820 (3 Stat. 569). The new law required every pensioner receiving payments
under the 1818 act, and every would-be pensioner, to submit a certified
schedule of his estate and Income to the Secretary of War. The Secretary was
authorized to remove from the pension list the names of those persons who,
in his opinion, were not in need of assistance. Within a few years the total
of Revolutionary War service pensioners was reduced by several thousand. An
act of Congress approved March 1, 1823 (3 Stat. 782), resulted in the
restoration of pensions to many whose names had been removed under the terms
of the 1820 legislation, but who subsequently proved their need for aid.
Congress passed another service-pension act on May 15, 1823 (4 Stat. 269),
which granted full pay for life to surviving officers and enlisted men of
the Revolutionary War who were eligible for benefits under the terms of the
Continental Congress resolution of May 15, 1778, as amended.
The last and most liberal of the service-pension acts benefiting
Revolutionary War veterans was passed on June 7, 1832 (4 Stat. 529), and
extended to more persons the provisions of the law of May 15, 1828. The act
provided that every officer or enlisted man who had served at least 2 years
in the Continental Line or State troops, volunteers or militia, was eligible
for a pension of full pay for life. Naval and marine officers and enlisted
men were also included. Veterans who had served less than 2 years, but not
less than 6 months, were eligible for pensions of less than full pay.
Neither the act of 1832 nor the one of 1828 required applicants to
demonstrate need. Under the act of 1832 money due from the last payment
until the date of death of a pensioner could be collected by his widow or by
his children.
The time limit for making claims under the Continental Congress resolution
of August 24, 1780, which promised half-pay pensions to widows and orphans
of some officers, expired in 1794. For many years thereafter, unless a
private act of Congress was introduced on her behalf, a widow of a veteran
was limited to receiving only that part of a pension that remained unpaid at
the time of her husband's death. By an act of Congress approved July 4, 1836
(5 Stat. 128), some widows of Revolutionary War veterans were again
permitted, as a class under public law, to apply for pensions. The act
provided that the widow of any veteran who had performed service as
specified in the pension act of June 7, 1832, was eligible to receive the
pension that might have been allowed the veteran under the terms of that
act, if the widow had married the veteran before the expiration of his last
period of service. An act of July 7, !838 (5 Stat. 303), granted 5-year
pensions to widows whose marriages had taken place before January 1. 1794.
These pensions were continued by acts of March 3, 1843 (5 Stat. 647): June
17, 1844 (5 Star. 680); and February 2, 1848 (9 Stat. 210).
On July 29, 1848 (9 Slat. 265), Congress provided life pensions for widows
of veterans who were married before January 2, 1800. All restrictions
pertaining to the date of marriage were removed by acts of February 3, 1853
(10 Stat. 154), and February 28, 1855 (10 Stat. 616). On March 9, 1878 ( 20
Stat. 29), widows of Revolutionary War soldiers who had served for as few as
14 days, or were in any engagement, were declared eligible for life
pensions.
During the Revolution and in the period between the conclusion of the war
and the establishment of' the Federal Government, administration of the
pension laws enacted by the Continental Congress was left largely to the
individual States. The act of Congress approved September 29, 1789 (1 Stat.
95), which provided for the continuance of such pensions by the newly
established Federal Government, stipulated only that they should be paid
"under such regulations as the President. . . may direct." The act of
Congress approved March 23, 1792(1 Stat. 244), which permitted the addition
of new names to the existing list of Revolutionary War pensioners, specified
that the Secretary of War was to administer its provisions. For most of the
period between 1793 and 1819, Congress reserved to itself the power of final
decision with respect to the allowance of claims. Thus an act of February
28, 1793 (1 Stat. 325), required the Secretary of War to send lists of
claims to the Congress for action. The service-pension act of March 18, 1818
(3 Stat. 410), gave the Secretary of War the authority to approve
applications submitted under that law, and by an act of March 3, 1819 (3
Stat. 528), he was similarly empowered to place invalids on the pension list
without prior Congressional approval.
Within the Office of the Secretary of War, pension matters were handled as
early as 1810 by a unit called the Office of Military Bounty Lands and
Pensions. Between 1810 and 1815 the unit was also referred to as the Section
(or Branch) of' Military Bounty Lands and Pensions. In 1815 the Branch was
divided into two units; a Pension Bureau and a Land Warrant Bureau; after
1816 the Pension Bureau was generally referred to as the Pension Office. Not
until March 2, 1833 (4 Stat. 622), did Congress formally provide for the
appointment of a Commissioner of Pensions to execute pension laws under the
general direction of the Secretary of War. When an act of Congress provided
for the establishment of the Department of the Interior on March 3, 1849 (9
Stat. 395), the Pension Office was transferred to it. On July 21, 1930, by
Executive Order 5398, the Bureau of Pensions (formerly called the Pension
Office) was consolidated with other agencies also serving veterans, and the
Veterans Administration, an independent executive agency, was established.
Two pension acts pertaining to Revolutionary War servicemen were not
initially administered by the Pension Office. Responsibility for executing
the provisions of the act of May 15. 1828 (4 Stat. 270), was vested in the
Secretary of the Treasury until authority was transferred to the War
Department on March 3, 1835 (4 Stat. 779). The Secretary of the Treasury was
also named to administer the act of June 7, 18321 (4 Stat. 530), but a
Congressional resolution on June 28, 1832 (4 Stat. 605), relieved him of
that function and transferred it to the Secretary of War.
Application procedures followed by would-be pensioners varied according to
the acts under which benefits were sought. Generally the process required an
applicant to appear before a court of record in the State of his or her
residence t o describe under oath the service for which a pension was
claimed. A widow of a veteran was required to provide information concerning
the date and place of her marriage. The application statement or
"declaration," as it was usually called, with such supporting papers as
property schedules, marriage records, and affidavits of witnesses, was
certified by the court and forwarded to the official, usually the Secretary
of War or the Commissioner of Pensions, responsible for administering the
specific act under which the claim was being made. An applicant was
subsequently notified that his application had been approved, rejected, or
put aside pending the submission of additional proof of eligibility. If an
applicant was eligible, his name was placed on the pension list. Payments
were usually made semiannually through pension agents of the Federal
Government in the States. An applicant rejected under the terms of an
earlier pension act often reapplied for benefits under later, more liberal
laws.
The above information was taken verbatum from the American Revolution
message board for genealogy.com. It was written and posted as message #3250
by Ed, a historian on the American Revolution.
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