Captain McCall And Alexander Cameron

An article about Captain McCall And Alexander Cameron on the website, All Things Liberty (excerpted below):

"Captain McCall was publicly instructed to lead a 33 man expedition into the Lower Villages of the Cherokee for the purpose of negotiating the return of property taken in recent raids against the colonists.  His true mission remained unknown in a sealed packet of orders from Williamson."

Charleston, South Carolina

"Correlative with the investment and capture of Charlestown [Charleston] was the plan to combine the Indians and royalists of the up country against the patriots and supporters of the new State government. In the invasion of South Carolina by the British, the fierce Cherokees thought they saw a favorable opportunity to overwhelm the frontiers and sweep away the settlers in a hurricane of slaughter. The British plan and the Indian ambition were, therefore, in full accord." [Source]

South Carolina

"To counteract these influences, the Council of Safety had sent Capt. William Freeman to meet some of the head men of the Cherokees on the frontier...the Indians had been seduced from their friendly relations...[and]...it was decided to capture and remove ...[Indian Agent Alexander Cameron] from the scene of his mischief making." [Ibid]

"That hazard was entrusted to Capt. James McCall of the Ninety-sixth district, with Capt. James Baskin and Ensign Patrick Calhoun as his associates. The party marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River, and after a six days trip encamped near a large town in the nation where a conference was entered into with the chiefs. While thus engaged, the little force was surprised by a party of Cherokee warriors, and in the course of the affray, Calhoun and three others were killed and Captain McCall was taken prisoner." [Ibid]

Palmer Swinyer In Ware, Massachussetts

Civil War Company H, 96th Regiment, New York Volunteers (called Swiner instead of Swinyer):

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United States Census, 1860

Town of Peru, Clinton, New York

Mitchel Swinier M 44 Vermont

Martha Swinier F 41 Vermont

Palmer Swinier M 21 New York

Adaline Swinier F 19 New York

Emaline Swinier F 17 New York

Hollish Swinier M 15 New York

Harriet Swinier F 13 New York

Evaline Swinier F 9 New York

Wallace Swinier M 5 New York

Aletta Swinier F 1 New York

Source: FamilySearch

Palmer Swinyer (Swinier in census), 1st cousin 4x removed (son of Mitchel Swinyer); grandson of Mitchel Swinyer and Mary Staves, who were also my ancestors.

Palmer was listed as a Sweeney (not Swinyer) in the Directory...Ware, Massachusetts:

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1900 Census

Ware Town...Hampshire, Massachusetts

Palmer Sweeney Head M 60 New York

Delia Sweeney Wife F 55 New York

Emma Sweeney Daughter F 34 New York

Orilla Sweeney Daughter F 29 New York

Peter Sweeney Son M 27 New York

Albert Sweeney Son M 25 New York

Katie Sweeney Daughter F 22 New York

Henry Sweeney Son M 16 New York

Source: FamilySearch

St. Mary's, Georgia -- An Acadian Connection

Will be in St. Mary’s, Georgia, soon. Visited a cemetery there during our last visit – see the Camden Co., Georgia, website for more details. (camdencounty.org)

The picture Jim took: