Gamelin Document In French

Title Gamelin, Eustace 1823
Court Indiana. Probate Court (Knox County)   Indiana. Circuit Court (Knox County)
Judge(s) Call, Jacob
Description Probate documents regarding the settlement of the estate of Eustace Gamelin.
Note This file contains the will (in French) and a bond. The will was written on December 15, 1822, and was probated on February 24, 1823. It names the heirs as Pierre Laplante and Pierre Compagnot. The will was certified by Pierre Laplante, Pierre Compagnot, Francois Bouche, and Antoine Drovett, before Knox County Circuit Court Clerk, Robert Buntin. The bond of Pierre Laplante was entered into with Pierre Compagnot, Joseph Swayese (?), and Antoine Drovett , on March 4, 1823, before Knox County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Call. It was witnessed by Alexander Massey.
See Also Abstracts of Early Knox County, Indiana Probates, p. 37.;
Repository Knox County Public Library, McGrady-Brockman House, 502 N. 7th St., Vincennes, IN 47591, (812) 886-4380
Location Knox County Probate Records, Box 10, Gamelin, Eustace 1822

Underground Railroad Index

Wilbur Siebert Underground Railroad Index

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There are also papers regarding Loyalists.

Williams College Members

Lower Canada, declarations of aliens : H-1154:

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27 July 1794

We the subscribers, members of Williams college in Williamstown in the county of Berkshire, & state of Massachusetts, departed from said town on the 15th of July 1794 to come to Montreal solely for the purpose of requiring a knowledge of the french language.

John Collins and Dan Stone

Source

Soldiers

 

Soldiers

Browns In The Bahamas

University of Florida Digital Collection (Bahama Gazette):
Forty Dollars Reward.
Run away from the Subscriber’s Plantation upon Derby Island, the 12th instant, the following
Negroes: WILL, a Carpenter...―MARY, alias LYDIA, his Wife, late the Property of Lieut. Col. Brown... .

Run away from the Subscriber’s Plantation...London, an old Fellow, late the Property of Lieut. Col. Brown—

29 January 1790...Run away...named JESSE, who formerly belonged to Colonel Brown...

More information about the Browns in Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a Definitive ..., By Sandra Riley, Thelma Peters

Kittagusta's Speech

Speech of the Cherokee Chief Kittagusta to Indian Agent Alexander Cameron and Ensign George Price.  Fort Prince George, [South Carolina]; May 8, 1766. Great Britain Indian Department Collection.

At a Congress at Fort Prince George 8th. May 1766 

Present Alexander Cameron Esqr Deputy agent for the Cherokee Indians.  Ensign George Price Commanding Officer of Fort P.G. Kittagusta or the Prince of Choteh head (see link to view transcript of the speech online)

(Brief bio of Kittagusta AKA Skijagustah) Source

The Colonial Records of North Carolina has a letter from Alexander Cameron explaining some of the issues raised in Kittagusta's speech.

1856 Traveller's Companion

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University Of Michigan Class Of 1858

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THE class of '58 numbered forty-eight upon graduation. 

Of this number twenty-four (Beckwith, Danforth, Dennis, Fritchey, Gavin, Graves, Green, Holden, Johnson, Loomis, Miller, Moody, Moore, Mott, Mykrantz, O'Brien, Prentis, Price, Quinby, Smith, Snoddy, Stearns, Thompson, and Wall studied law and were admitted to practice.

Tappan Oak - Source: LOC

"I do not know in whose brain originated the idea of planting our trees, but it was certainly a man of '58. But what I do know, is that I first heard it from Chandler and Quinby, who, together, came to my room with the plan. And a part of it was to name the 'Tappan Oak,' and make it the center of the grove." 

Carlemont Paul DeRasse's Probate

Michigan Probate Records...Wayne Probate packets 1884...:

DeRasse, Carlemont

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Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File# 11640

Died: 26 April 1884

Derasse's memorial at FindAGrave.

Census 1860

Township of Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan

Mary G Derasse Female 31 Michigan

Florimond S Derasse Male 10 Michigan

Euphrasine Derasse Female 8 Michigan

Carlomon N Derasse Male 7 Michigan

Emerance C Derasse Female 4 Michigan

Leonide C Derasse Male 2 Michigan

Louis Lebean Derasse Male 14 Michigan

Source
Plat Lots of Carlemont DeRasse And His Relatives/Heirs

Gateways to Michigan

Settling Michigan:

"The earliest gateway was by that of the St. Lawrence River and the lakes."

"The second was the Ohio gateway, the westerly end of trails beginning at Pittsburgh and leading to Marietta, and thence by the foot of Lake Erie...or along the Cumberland pike...".

"The third gateway was the Erie Canal."

University Of Michigan By Act Of Congress

Source: Polk's 1845 Detroit City Directory

Esther Edwards Burr's Account Book

Esther Edwards Burr (Source - Journal)

Source

Esther Edwards Burr's biography at Wikipedia.

Letter From David Ross To Alexander Cameron

Scene In Virginia

The description of the *David Ross papers included a link to The Thomas Gage papers [that] contain[ed] a letter written by David Ross to Alexander Cameron, dated December 20, 1768.

*The David Ross papers contain financial documents and correspondence regarding the estate of Pennsylvania merchant Mark Freeman and the Revolutionary War-era tobacco business of Virginia planter David Ross (ca 1739-1817), who handled Freeman's financial affairs after Freeman's departure for Europe in 1779.

The University of Virginia also holds papers of David Ross.

Mormons And Manuscript Found

Mormon Temple - Nauvoo, Illinois

Source [History of Washington County, Pennsylvania]

Some of the Mormon church members mentioned were Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith, Hiram Smith, and others.

See the "manuscript story of Reverend Solomon Spalding : or, "Manuscript found" : from a verbatim copy of the original now in the Library of Oberlin College, Ohio...:

An 1844 Guide Book To West Point

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In the cemetery:

"We notice here a beautiful column in memory of Lt. Col. Alexander R. Thompson--a victim in the Florida war. The delicate sculpture particularly attracts our attention."

Fold3

See papers for three generations of Thompsons at the University of Michigan's Clements Library.

Papers of Silas Gaskill

My notes from the Bentley Library at the University of Michigan:

Silas Gaskill Book  1864

Page 1  Lapeer Jany 13, 1864

Jan  Lovell Hurd

Petitioned in __ Genesee Court

---Campbell __

Jan 23

Joseph B. Hunt

___ Cir Crt vs Jacob Blue

Jan 23

Elisha Geer & Harrison Geer...

trying set 25 >>>?

Jan 23

Abram B. Gates, trustees of Elba

Appearing and arguing ___

& Eliza ____

23

John C. ___

___

_____

Lewis Grant #2616

Image 302 [Cover Sheet]

Lakeshore Drive In Grosse Pointe, Michigan [Not Part Of The File]

A document from Probate File# 2616 [Image 323]

Grosse Pointe and Inventory

Madaline Grant now Gagnier, widow of Lewis Grant [who died 20 May 1856]

Will

Census 1850
Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Grant Sen M 73 Unknown
Julia Grant F 64 Michigan
Lewis Grant M 28 Michigan
Madeline Grant F 24 Michigan
Edmund S Grant M 4 Michigan
Theodore R Grant M 3 Michigan
Alexander Grant M 0 Michigan
Hannibal La Fleur M 11 Canada


Lewis Grant's father, John Grant, was the adopted son of Alexander Grant.  John was brought to Detroit by a Chippewa war party after he was taken during a raid:

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Pleasant Ohio

The S Bridge Historical Marker In Ohio

Cabin - Toledo, Ohio

Pleasant Ohio [Page 402]

Title: Southwestern Pennsylvania in song and story: with notes and illustrations
Author: Cowan, Frank, 1844-1905
Collection: Historic Pittsburgh Text Collection

Trousdales Mentioned In Orange County

From a search at Documenting The American South (University of North Carolina):

Displaying results 1 to 3 of 3.

• Petition from inhabitants of Orange County concerning fees for lawsuits against debtors (1768)
• Petition from inhabitants of Orange County concerning the pardon of John Fruit
• List of taxpayers in Orange County in 1790

An excerpt from the first petition mentioned:

"And now in Humble Confidence we Rest satisfied knowing that whatsoever appears to you to make most for the Publick good will be done and we your Humble Petitioners as in Duty Bound will ever Pray"


Alexdr Mebane
John Hennen
William Phillips
John Butler
William Jackson
William Trousdale  

William Trousdale's name was also on this petition excerpted below:

 "To his Excellency Josiah Martin his Majestys Captain General, Governor, Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina

The petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of Orange County Humbly Sheweth.

That whereas John Fruit one of the out Lawed Regulators, hath ever since he came to years of Maturity behaved himself as a useful member of Society and in all things becoming a subject of great Britain, until he unfortunately fell in with that most Extraordinary set of Enthusiastick people Called Regulators...".

The names of John and James Trousdale were found on the list of taxpayers in Orange County in 1790.

W.A. Fast Of Ashland County On The Sultana

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"The first quotation was the experience of W. A. Fast, now an attorney residing at Sedalia, Mo.: 'Much of my reminiscence of the Sultana disaster must be my own part in the affair, for each one was too busy saving himself to give much time or thought to his neighbors. I was sleeping on the top or hurricane deck, and within a few feet of the rear end. With me were five chums from my own town, Orange, Ashland County, O. Our heads were resting on the sloping side of a metallic life-boat when the steamer blew up. I feel a jerk and jar, some hot water falls on my face and hands, and I wake, and seemed among the first on foot in that quarter. In a moment all were on their feet and seemingly aware of what had happened. In a minute or two it seemed that a hundred men were tugging at the boat. It was thrown overboard, and after it, making a plunge of perhaps twenty feet into the dark water, went from a hundred to a hundred and fifty men. My chums followed that boat and lost their lives — at least I never saw or heard of them afterward.'" [Source]

Census 1880

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

W A Fast Self M 35 Ohio, United States

Maggie Fast Wife F 26 Ohio, United States

Judson Fast Son M 5 Iowa, United States

Katherine Fast Daughter F 3 Iowa, United States

Carl Fast Son M 1 Iowa, United States

W. A. Fast was Wilson A. Fast, 102d Regiment Company K, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

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