Charlton Park

Historic Charlton Park's blog and tour site.

Source (LOC)
Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan (Site near lake on the right)

Powell Family

Elizabeth Powell daughter of Miles Powell, married Seth Wheeler, as his second wife, according to this blog.

Source: Henry Genealogy

David Powell's estate in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, index: 445, 446, 447, 449, 517, 518

Next Volume: 335, 336, 337 (last entry named his heirs, including sister Elizabeth)

Dispersing A Kansas Constitutional Convention

Source

Excerpts From Territorial Kansas Timeline:

January 24, 1856 - Pres. Pierce declared Topeka gov. to be in rebellion.
April 1856 - Major Buford arrived with men from S.C., Georgia, Alabama.
May 24-25, 1856 - Pottawatomie Massacre; five killed.
July 4, 1856 - Topeka legislature dispersed by U.S. troops.


More about Major Buford, et al, in this blog.

Second Michigan Cavalry At Perryville

Modern-day Kentucky (Not Too Far From Perryville)

Perryville Battlefield (2nd Michigan Cavalry)

Squier, Martin L., 32,  C Quartermaster Sergeant

Squires, John H., 28,  C Corporal (Discharged at Louisville, KY on 10/20/1862)

Perryville, Kentucky (Source)

"Near Perryville October 6-7, it was involved in a skirmish near “Pottsville” against Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry, a few miles west of Peter’s Hill. At the Battle of Perryville on October 8, it had 4 men killed, 13 wounded for a total of 17 or 5.7% of the 300 men it took into action." (Source)

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]

Captain Billy Bush

A Tree In Kentucky

An excerpt from  Genealogical memoranda of the Quisenberry family...:

"One of Thomas Burris's daughters, Frances Tandy Burris, married Captain 'Billy' Bush, who served with George Rogers Clark in the conquest of the northwest and founded the famous Bush Settlement in Clark county.  Other matters of interest concerning the Burris and Tandy families may be found in Appendix VII."

In this excerpt from The Kentuckians, Billy Bush was described as the messenger who brought important news.

A Respectful Look At Henry Dodge

"For two centuries the family of Tristram Dodge, who landed on Block Island (off Rhode Island) in 1661, prospered from its instinct of migration. Its trail winds throughout the land, marked by Indian wars, exploits in frontier settlements, and a decoration for Israel Dodge from General George Washington for heroic action in the Battle of Brandywine. The record gained new strength with Henry Dodge, born to Israel and his wife, Nancy Ann Hunter, six years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence."

Vincennes, Indiana (early settlement where Moses Henry lived)

"The date was October 12, 1782, and he was the first white child born in what is now Indiana. An Indian chief of the Piankeshaw, seeing the baby, threatened to kill him. But Moses Henry, a manufacturer of arms, in whose house Henry Dodge was born, saved him by telling the chief that the child and mother would not stay there but would soon leave for their home in Kentucky. In gratitude, Nancy Ann named her firstborn after their benefactor, Moses Henry.  Eight years later Israel left his wife, son, and six-year-old daughter at Bardstown (where he had built the first stone house and tavern) to seek adventure and fortune in the Spanish country, in what is now Missouri." [Source]

Camerons In Naturalization Index

Michigan, Eastern District naturalization Index, 1907-1995 C-552 (Albert) to C-610 (Giacinta):

First Cameron

Image 934 

See a blog post about Naturalizations here

Inadvertently Following Booth's Escape Route (In Reverse)

Source

Drove past the "Assassin's End" historical marker on Highway 301. John Wilkes Booth died in the Richard Garrett's barn near where the marker is now placed. The site, BoothieBarn, has more here.

See the escape route map.

Tracking An Assassin (Washington Post) provided points of interest regarding the route, including the Cox residence (see below):

"....Rich Hill, the former home of wealthy Samuel Cox, who sent provisions to Booth and Herold when they hid in a nearby thicket for several days."

Source

John O'Hare War Of Mexico Veteran

#1515

John O'Hare

Image 567 military bounty affidavit

Image 564 [coversheet]

Private, Company E
Commanded By
The Late Captain J. S. Rowland
1st Reg't Michigan Volunteers

Captain Rowland mentioned in this blog

Also mentioned:

Wife, Joannah O'Hare

Ellen O'Hare, daughter

William O'Hare, son

John O'Hare, son

On Mrs. Quisenberry's Farm

Source

"During the war the rebel government had established on Mrs. [Elizabeth Rousby] Quisenberry's farm their permanent signal station to communicate with other rebels in Maryland, and hold open their mail route to the North and Canada. The signal officers, as a rule, were genteel men, and they all thought highly of their hostess, who was then about fifty years old. They occupied the school-house, at least two of them did, and one of these was a Maryland gentleman named Thomas Harbin. This man was one of the original confidants of John Wilkes Booth in the scheme to abduct President Lincoln."

The excerpt above was taken from the Genealogical memoranda of the Quisenberry family and other families, including the names of Chenault, Cameron, Mullins, Burris, Tandy, Bush, Broomhall, Finkle, Rigg, and others (1897). 

See this blog for several interesting pictures of Mrs. Quisenberry's farm and the surrounding area.

Simon Kenton

Background from Wikipedia.

Source

Also see: Signatures Of Simon Kenton's Compatriots blog post.

Maria Louisa (Sherriff) Coates' Probate File

Maria Louisa Coates

Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File# 18386 [Image 326]

Died: 8 December 1892

Place of Death: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Will: Near Hillsborough, Coffee, Tennessee, USA

Date of Will: ?

1st Husband: James Cassidy (deceased), Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado

2nd Husband: Marcus O. Coates (Executor), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Sherriff, Maria L. (Mother), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Sherriff, Thomas M. (?), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Marston, Sarah (Sherriff), (Sister), Deceased

Marston, Ella, (Niece), daughter of Sarah, age 20, St. Joseph, Mich.

Marston, Willie (Nephew), son of Sarah, age 18, St. Joseph, Mich.

Marston, Ethel (Niece), daughter of Sarah, age 14, St. Joseph, Mich.

Coates, Clara (Niece), age 30, Kezar, Colorado

Wood, Elizabeth (Sister), deceased

Wood, Edward, son of Elizabeth, Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Wood, Mary, daughter of Elizabeth, Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Wood, Annie  "   "                       "  "      "  "

Wood, Lilly (Bakie) "     "      "           "

Coates, George T., Witness to Will, Coffee, Tennessee

McCollom, Edward, "        "      Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee

...as the widow of James Cassidy, Maria owned property in Wyoming...

Michigan Deaths

Name Maria L. Coates

Event Type Death

Event Date 01 Dec 1892

Event Place Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Gender Female

Age 38

Marital Status Married

Birth Year (Estimated) 1854

Birthplace Michigan

Father's Name Thomas Sheriff

Mother's Name Eliza Sheriff

Michigan, County Marriages

Name Marcus Coates

Event Type Marriage Notice

Event Date 02 Mar 1891

Event Place, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Gender Male

Age 26

Birth Year (Estimated) 1865

Father's Name G. T. Coates

Mother's Name Martha Lymburner

Spouse's Name Maria L. Sheriff Casiday

Spouse's Gender Female

Spouse's Age 31

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1860

Spouse's Father's Name Sheriff

Wreath From Queen Victoria

"The death of President Garfield in 1881 moved the Queen...".

"As a gesture of her deep sorrow for Mrs. Garfield and the people of the United States, the Queen sent a large wreath of white tuberose to the funeral."

"Today, visitors to James A. Garfield National Historic Site can see the wreath displayed in the Memorial Library vault." [Source]

Ash Conducted Them To Cox's Station

Source

"They fled to the woods, where they were fortunately joined by a lad, by the name of Ash, who conducted them to Cox's station."

From the KY Kinfolk website (article regarding Simpson's Creek in Nelson County):

Q. Was not Polke's or the Burnt Station and Cox's Station the two nearest Settlements to Ash's Settlement?
A. Yes, the nearest in the Spring 1780.

A related blog post from The Tree of Life here.

Francois Trudell's Estate

Michigan, Probate Records, Wayne Probate packets:

IMAGE 435  FILE #140

Image 449 Indiana Territory
Image 455, heirs
Image 464 in French maybe Francois Gamelin  [See Francis Gamelin in a blog post]
Image 468 list in French
Image 469 signed by Gabriel Richard
Image 478 Springwells
Image 480 expenses
Image 483 lots of names
Image 484  " including Joseph Bondy
Image 487

Also see this blog post.

William Richmond, An Adopted Son

See my Richmond blog for a post about Elkanah Dean Richmond's Wayne County, Michigan, estate. William Richmond (Elkanah D. Richmond's adopted son) of Fort Worth, Texas, was an heir.

Census 1900
Fort Worth city Ward 5, Tarrant, Texas
William Richmond Head M 44 Kentucky
Josephine Richmond Wife  F 35 Illinois
Elisha D Richmond  Son M 17 Texas
Viola Richmond Daughter F 13 Texas
Luilla Woodson Boarder F 13 Texas


Census 1910
Fort Worth Ward 8, Tarrant, Texas
HOUSEHOLD
William Richmond Head M 53 Kentucky
Josephine B Richmond Wife  F 45 Illinois
Louie Richmond Daughter F 22 Texas
Viola Richmond Daughter F 22 Texas
William V Richmond Jr. Son M 5 Texas


Census 1940
Fort Worth, Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas
HOUSEHOLD
John J O'Reilly Head M 55 Texas
Viola O'Reilly Wife  F 52 Texas
William V Richmond Father-in-law M 83 Kentucky

William Vance Richmond, (adopted) son of Elkanah Dean Richmond and Georgia Anna Robinson, died 30 August 1940.

William V. Richmond's daughter and son-in-law were buried in the prestigious Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.  Mr. O'Reilly was eligible due to a Governor's Proclamation.

George Ash In Indiana

From the Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana, Centennial website:

George Ash, a former "captive" of the Shawnees, built Switzerland County's first brick house in 1798 and later operated a ferry across the river. Today, his home is one of Indiana's oldest extant houses.

See "A Darker View Of George Ash" blog post here.

"The Progress/Reveille account says the wife (erroneously called Ash's mother) was willing to accept George, but the father was not, because the settlers knew about George's participation in the raid in which Henry was killed."

See my blogpost, "Shawnee Captive George Ash, My Ancestress's Step-Child."  Note: George Ash's step-mother was my ancestress, Mrs. Arabella Anderson Ash.

Nathan Cole Of Michigan

The descendants of Elisha Cole : who came from Cape Cod to what is now Putnam County, New York about 1745 (1909):

Source

Adeline (Richmond) Barbour Cole is part of this Cole family.  "Nathan... m. (2) April 2, 1854, Mrs. Adaline, wid. of Giles Barbour."

Nathan Cole's daughter, Betsey, married David Roat.  See a probate file regarding Roat minor children whose guardian was David Roat.

McCulloh Land To John Trousdale

The papers of Archibald D. Murphey...:

....land on the Haw River...sold to John Trowsdale....

See related material at my In Deeds blog