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Solomon Patterson - Revolutionary War Veteran IL291
SOLOMON PATTERSON Who served his country during the War of the Revolution. [SOLOMON PATTERSON - served in the war from Pennsylvania in First Company, Fourth Battalion, Cumberland county, under Capt. John McConnell, and Col. Samuel Culbertson. He came to Monroe county, Illinois, but removed to Scott county, where he died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. McCracken, in the town of Manchester.]
Wayne County MO247
Early called the "State of Wayne" for its vast size when it was organized in 1818, the county once extended to the western border of Missouri Territory. Now 741 sq. miles of the eastern fringe of the Ozarks, the county is a livestock, poultry, fruit, and timber producer and resort area of fishing streams and man-made lakes. The county name is for Rev. [Revolutionary War] Gen. (Mad) Anthony Wayne. Greenville, the county seat, was laid out in 1819 by David Logan and Elijah Bettis at a ford on the St. Francis River. In 1940, the town was moved to higher ground and the old site abandoned to the rising waters of Lake Wappapello impounded by a dam built, 1936-41, on the St. Francis. Piedmont, in the northwestern Wayne County, laid out near old Danielsville, 1871, by the St. Louis, Iron Mt. R.R. (Mo.Pac.) lies 3 miles from the dam built, 1940-48, on the Black River to form Clearwater Lake. Patterson, Isabell's store in the 1850's, named for the pioneers George and John Patterson, 1861, is near Sam A. Baker State Park, founded in 1926, named for 36th Gov. of Mo. Sam A. Baker (1874-1933) born in Patterson. One of Missouri's first 15 counties, Wayne lies in a region known to prehistoric tribes, claimed by Osage Indians until 1808, and roamed by Delaware, Shawnee, and other Indians into the 1830's. Southern pioneers settled Spanish Land Grants in early 1800's. In the War Between the States, guerrilla bands ravished the countryside. Skirmishes took place at Greenville in Oct., 1861; at Patterson in Feb., 1863; and at Stoney Point in Sept., 1864. Postwar growth began with coming of the St. Louis, Iron Mt. R.R. in 1871. Large lumber companies cut out the fine forests from the 1880's into the 1900's. Part of Wayne is now Clark National Forest. Schools in 1880's were Concordia College (Lutheran) at Gravelton; Hale's College on Otter Creek; Wayne Academy, Piedmont. In Lon Sanders Canyon are old granite quarries and restored 1812 Joseph Stokley pioneer cabin, and near Williamsville is the pioneer Dees Chapel. In the State Park are Civil War Breastworks. Gads Hill was scene of a train robbery, Jan. 3, 1874, credited to the Jameses and Youngers. Bernard McFadden (1868-1955), publisher, was born in Mills Spring.
Blockhouses IL290
Migration into Illinois began with the French from 1690 and reached its' peak about 1750 mostly along the Mississippi. English settlement began in earnest in 1790 but these settlements had important differences in the way they began. The French looked upon their efforts as merchants and Missionaries with farming supplementing the need for trade, mostly along a river-not inland. The result had a mutual benefit for both. The American migration followed treaty settlements which resulted in large parcels being distributed through English Law ignoring previous rights. Encroachment thus ensued and a great deal of hard feelings between the Indians and settlers who seemed to lay out their settlements on the interior (where the game was) and along migration routes. Many Indians allied with the British to resists the settlements although it must be said that trade with the Americans was an important reason why peace was made with tribes. The War of 1812, and the Blackhawk War was largely conflicts brought on by the American immigration and conflict between the British and American ideas. Because of the brutality of the type of warfare, fear of attack upon isolated farmsteads became a part of the thinking of the settlers strategy. Indian populations were never very large, and it wasn't long before settlers outnumbered indigenous people, so blockhouses never lasted long and were only used for a short period of time, however, it is incorrect to picture a pioneer village without a blockhouse, because it was very important element in their settlement. Settlement strategy seemed to be to move across the Ohio River and follow a route to a place they liked and make a claim, or grant based on service in the Revolutionary War. A church, with several families could locate in an area and build a blockhouse. It could then be used as a church and a fort in the event that hostilities were imminent. The fort, could be built with palisades or it could be a stand alone building. usually, the blockhouse was two stories, with either squared off or rounded logs, and reinforced door and windows. The reason for the overhang was to discourage the attackers from climbing onto the roof which was very vulnerable. Blockhouses in Saline County were very numerous, particularly along the Kaskaskia and the Goshen Trails and other migration routes. Hankerson Rudes blockhouses near Rudement still has the old cemetery, with other location being Raleigh/Galatia, Battleford, and near to the Wolf Creek Church in Eldorado.
Revolutionary War Memorial MO227
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS Buried in WASHINGTON COUNTY. George Breckenridge - VA. James Bryan - VA. Miles Goforth - N.C. John Hawkins - N.C. Benjamin Harrison - VA. James Johnson - VA. Thomas Madden - VA. John Paul - VA. John Perry - PA. Daniel Phelps - CONN. Joseph Reyburn - VA. Comfort Ruggles - CONN. William Sloan - N.C. David Weger - N.O.
Heritage of Caledonia Missouri MO214
Bellevue lies between Ozark spurs. Buford Mountain on east second highest in Missouri, named for William Buford. Came from Virginian 1810. Name carried on in Valley. First people mound-builders, then Indians. French named Bellevue Valley in 1763. First settler William Reed from Tennessee 1798. Town began with Tom Sloans blacksmith shop. Alexander Craighead named town for New Caledonia, Scotland, platted it, and bought first lot. He built first store onto his home 1818, standing remodeled 1966. Robert Sloan built first home. Industries, Rocky Hollow Cheese factory, Harvey B. Casey flouring mill 1875 and tanneries, Jacob Eversole, John Perry, and Martin Ruggles put in Springfield Iron Works Furnace Creek 1823-1842. Ox teams pulled wagons of pig iron to Ashenbraner & Smiths Cedar Creek Forge, near White farm. Dam gave power. First in state to produce Iron products May 1825. Forge Hill on East.
First school Round Log house Methodist Cemetery, Miles Goforth teacher, 1804. St. Louis conference built Bellevue Collegiate Institute 1870-1872 in front of Academy by stockholders 1867-68. William Woods formed Methodist Society 1810, built Shiloh Meeting House near school before 1814. Joseph Reed made deed to church 1818, firsts in Methodism west of Miss. Brick Methodist Church 1852. Burned 1909. Third church 1911. Thirty Scotch-Irish Presbyterians led by Wm. Sloan & Robert M. Stevenson held first sunrise service west of Miss. Dec 1, 1807; with Salmon Giddings formed church 1816. First west of Miss. Log House Presbyterian Cemetery. It Burned. Brick building replaced it. Frank Morrow deeded ground to town, church built 1864-68. Assembly of God organized - built 1963. Masonic Lodge Tyro No. 12 oldest in Missouri, organized 1825. Martin Ruggles first worshipful master. Lodge gave and dedicated his monument in Presbyterian Cemetery 1950, 1000 came. He was buried near brother, Comfort Ruggles, Boston Tea Party Patriot. O.E.S. No. 321 chartered 1912. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Dent first worthy patron and matron. Civil War guerrillas vs Union Soldiers under Sgt. Warfield Sept. 14, 1864, were repulsed. On Sept. 29, 1864 Maj. Gen. Sterling Price sent Maj. Gen. Marmaduke's Div. After Brig. Gen. Ewing, who ran into Brig. Gen. Shelby's Div. here. Ewing fought a successful rear guard action. Retreated through Palmer. First Post Office 1826, John G. Bryan, P.M., Caledonia incorporated 1870, smallest town in state. Old homes - H. Long, Goody, Koontz, Vandiver, Byrd, Jane Thompson, Eversoles, Garr, Marburk, Ruggles, Grenshaw, Southall, Geo. Breckenridge-Revolutionary War Vet, Adella B. Moore - Historian
SUN.SCH,64,YRS. 1865-1929 BCI, SEC,25, YRS. JAMES H. RELFE, MARSHALL OF MISSOURI TERRITORY 1843
Collier's Raid Q8g
A British fleet under Commodore Sir George Collier sailed up the Elizabeth River and shelled Fort Nelson in May 1779, during the Revolutionary War. A landing force of 1,800 infantrymen led by Brig. Gen. Edward Mathew captured the fort on 10 May after a brief resistance. The British occupied Portsmouth, Gosport, and Norfolk, and burned Suffolk and the Gosport shipyard. Collier also captured or burned 137 vessels in Hampton Roads and dismantled Fort Nelson. The British force then embarked and sailed to new York.
Willie Jones
I was a patriot during the Revolutionary War but vigorously opposed the Constitution, which I believed to be, by itself, a dangerous instrument of centralization. Because of my efforts and men like me the Bill of Rights came into existance. Do you know who I am?
George Rogers Clark Campsite IL230
Lt. Col. Clark and his troop of 170 Virginians camped near here on July 2, 1778. It was their third campsite during a march from Fort Massac to Kaskaskia to capture that post from the British. Earlier that day, the troop was lost for a time on Phelp's Prairie. The next day, they would cross the Big Muddy River at Marshall's Ford. The Kaskaskia attack and a later one at Vincennes, Indiana, secured the Illinois Territory for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Nottoway River Crossings UM16
Several important river crossings took place over the Nottoway River during two wars. Revolutionary War calvary commander Lt. Col. John Graves Simcoe lead British forces across the river in this area on 11 May 1781, as he rode south to join Gen. Charles Cornwallis. In mid May, Cornwallis marched north from North Carolina, crossed the Nottoway River nearby, and reached Peters- burg on 20 May. During the Civil War, at the end of Gen. James H. Wilson’s and Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz’s railroad raids, a portion of Gen. Wilson’s forces crossed the river nearby on 28 June 1864, on their way back to Union lines near Petersburg.
George Washington's Out-Lot Q4H
Here was located George Washington’s five-acre out-lot from Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, by grant of 15 May, 1753. Fairfax also granted him a sompanion in-lot 77 at North Braddock Street and Fairfax Lane. The out-lot was number 16 of 80 in a 439-acre tract located outside Winchester and mostly north of present Fairfax Lane and National Avenue. Lord Fairfax had reserved the tract as a "Common for the Use and Benifit of the Inhabitants of the Town." Washington owned both lots until his death in 1799; his executors sold them to Dr. Robert Mackey, a revolutionary War Surgeon, in 1805. Display # 31 - 40 of 189 |