QUERIES
MORELAND-BENNETT-WITTER-SOUTH
CAROLINA
Any info:
Peter MORELAND, Loyalist, 1783, Charleston, S.C., New
York Reg., Merchant, Charleston til 1820.
Was wife daughter of William BENNETT of Craven Co., SC? Son William Bennett MORELAND md. 1811 Sarah WITTER.
Mrs. John Rutledge, 6311 E. University, Dallas,
TX 75214
LETTERS
Dear Nona,
I am real interested in knowing all I can on the
Morelands... I have pictures and
negatives of Charles Orton MORELAND and Sarah. I
have records of some of Charles Orton's children and family also. I have been to Licking, MO twice in 1987 to
the cemetery and made pictures of his stone.
My mother was born near Salem, Dent Co., MO and
married in Anderson, McDonald Co. My
mama and papa are buried at Cove, Polk Co., Ark. She wrote about their traveling in covered
wagons from MO to Texline, Texas and homesteading in Sedan, NM. I have a family picture of them, their wagon
and all.
My great-grandma, Sarah, was Charles Orton MORELAND's last wife. After Sarah died in 1904, Charles stayed with my mama's
family awhile (Mahala and James CLARK). He had
a stroke 2 or 3 years before he died.
I've been told that he was a salesman when he married Sarah LAMAR. Does
anyone know what he sold?
Does anyone know where Ola or Olie FUDGE HATFIELD lives?
She is a daughter of Laura Delight MORELAND and James Grant FUDGE.
I'll be looking for the next newsletter with much
interest.
Muriel
Manning
Box
310-4 Rt. 3
Broken
Bow, OK 74728
Ed. note:
Charles Orton MORELAND was a son of Wright MORELAND and his wife Margaret. Wright was the son of Charles MORELAND (Revolutionary War soldier) and Susana HANCOCK.
Charles Orton MORELAND was born 27 Jan 1836,
probably in Carter Co., TN. He died 10
Aug. 1910 in Licking, Texas Co., MO.
It's interesting to note that my ancestor, Nancy MORELAND, moved (with her husband, Thomas SIMPSON) to Oregon Co., MO in 1852 and that Charles
O. MORELAND later moved to a nearby county.
The following information comes from charts
compiled by Muriel Manning and Eldon Eldgin.
Charles Orton MORELAND married first to Elizabeth MAIN, 4 July 1854, Carter Co., Tenn. and second to
Sarah HAVENS. Sarah HAVENS MORELAND married second to William W. LAMAR, 21 Oct. 1849, Anderson, Tenn. The children of Charles O. MORELAND were:
Mahala Laticia MORELAND b. 3 Jan. 1868 MO; d. 27 May 1936
Tacoma, WA; md. 1888 to James Madison CLARK.
William L. MORELAND b. 13 May 1872 MO; d. 30 Oct. 1937 Texas
Co., MO; md. 1894 to Martha Ellen ESTMONDS.
Flora Cordelia MORELAND b. 15 Feb. 1875 MO; d. 21 Feb. 1956, Phelps
Co., MO; md. 1890 to John Baptist CLARK.
Laura Delight MORELAND b. 7 July 1877 Salem, MO; d. 2 Feb. 1947
Scoan, NM; md. first to James Grant FUDGE, second on 26 Aug. 1930 to J.T. MALCOM.
Robert Walter MORELAND b. 1880 MO; d. 13 Dec. 1939 Maples, Texas
Co., MO; md. Mary Arnetta MURRAY.
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Dear Nona,
In your letter you wondered if my ancestor John
MORELAND could be related to your Moreland
family. I find it very interesting that
we both have SIMPSON and MORELAND ancestors.
My ancestor, John MORELAND, is buried in Shepherd
Cemetery, Jackson Co., Tenn near the Cumberland River and Smith Co. He was born 1 March 1777 in Virginia and died
10 Aug. 1853 in Jackson Co., Tenn. I
believe he had three children: William b. 1800-1810; Mary (my ancestor) born 15 Dec. 1807 in
Kentucky. She was the widow of Dr. Dixon
BROWN when she died on 17 Nov. 1894 near Enigma,
Jackson Co., Tenn; Samuel born 1809-10. At the time of his death, John MORELAND was
married to Eve. She
was born 7 Sept. 1775 in North Carolina and died four days after he did on 14
Aug. 1853. She is buried next to him.
Thus far I have only been able to find John
MORELAND in the 1840 and 1850 census in Tenn.
I plan to research Kentucky again since the census indicates Mary was
born there in 1807.
I would appreciate any additional information you
may have.
Sincerely,
Pat
Hastings
8401
Millwood Dr.
Springfield,
VA 22152
Ed. note:
I wonder if this John MORELAND could be the son of John MORELAND and Ann
OGILVY of Goochland Co., Virginia? According to the Douglas Register, John and
Ann were married 16 Nov. 1775. There
seems to be a conflict in birth dates, however.
The Douglas Register reports Jesse Ogilvy MORELAND born 18 Jun. 1777 to John and Ann, but
John MORELAND of Jackson Co., TN was born 1 Mar. 1777.
The 1820 census for middle Tennessee contains the
following MORELAND entries:
John 110101-02020
Jackson Co., TN
Vinson 000100-10100 Smith
Co., TN
Edward Rutherford
Co., TN
John Stewart Co., TN
William
300001-30010 Davidson Co., TN
Edward MORELAND married Priscilla B. WILLIAMS in 1821 in Davidson Co., Tenn.
A Jesse MORELAND was in the Smith Co., TN area. He was born 1800-10 (a descendant of Jesse Ogilvy MORELAND of
Goochland Co., VA?).
William MORELAND of Davidson Co., TN was born ca. 1806-09 md.
first to Elizabeth and second to Morticia.
He removed to Hopkins Co., TX.
Vincent MORELAND of Smith Co., TN was born ca. 1795. He married Nancy.
Samuel MORELAND married Mary.
Any additional information on any of these
MORELAND families would be very much appreciated.
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Dear Nona,
MORELAND research for me has been a little
slow. I have been concentrating on some
other lines, primarily on the WILSONs.
Our WILSONs have been traced back to John in York and Henrico Couty, VA as early as
1639. Our ancestor, George, was the son of John. George had a brother named Richard. We
have primarily been concentrating on subsequent descendants of George. Seems George's brother Richard's descendants
have been identified by the Wilson Family Association. I am trying to learn more about this Wilson
family for they were in a good location to have been parents of Ann WILSON, wife of Wright MORELAND.
I ran across a reference to a Jon. MORLIN in Marilyn Nugent's Cavaliers and
Pioneers, pg. 54. (Patent Book 1,
Part 1). Richard COCKE obtained 300 acres 6 March 1636 for importing
3 score persons one of which was Jon. MORLIN.
This entry was recorded on page 413.
The name of the county was not mentioned.
Would like to learn about Wm MORELAND's
Revolutionary War Patriot status.
Barbara Morgan some months ago was trying to get him recognized by the
DAR.
Eddie
M. Nikazy
139
Glen Hill Dr.
Hendersonville,
TN 37075
Ed. note:
I believe that Irene Carl, 2302 Barnett Dr., Roswell, NM 88201 submitted
William MORELAND's name to DAR.
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MORELAND
LINEAGE OF PETE BROWN, JR.
201
Davidson Dr., Dalton, GA 30720
Harden MORELAND b. ca. 1813 TN; d. age 82, Whitfield Co., GA;
married Nancy (HENDERSON?) b. ca. 1810; d. age 77 Whitfield Co., GA. They had children:
Thomas b. ca. 1831 TN
Larkin b. ca. 1833 TN
Elizabeth b. ca. 1835
TN
Perlina b. 4 Apr.
1837 TN; d. 15 Apr. 1916 Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA; md. 1st on 16 May 1858 to
William H. DOUGLAS, 2nd on 25 Aug. 1861 to James E. ROACH.
Nancy
b. ca. 1843 GA
Caroline b. ca. 1845
GA
Jane b.
ca. 1847 GA
Leander b. ca. 1849
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Walker
County, Georgia Marriages
MORELAND, Sue D.
md. FOWLER, Leon M. 16 June 1889
MORELAND, John N. md BOWMAN, Emily M. 21 Aug. 1889
Murray
County, Georgia Marriages
MORELAND, Ally M. md HODGE, Leroy
7 Sep. 1847
MORELAND, Hannah E. md CLEVELAND, William
1 Aug. 1850
MORELAND, Amandy
md STOVALL, S.C.W. 25 Apr. 1857
MORELAND, Lucretia
md HOLDER, Sam 15 Oct. 1854
MORELAND, Minerva
md BANKS, John
27 Jun. 1856
MORELAND, John md
MCDONALD, Sarah J. 18 Oct. 1866
MORELAND, Joseph md
DEAN, Susan 19 Apr. 1871
MORELAND, Marion md
CAMPBELL, Susan 9 Nov. 1871
MORELAND, T.N.(Z.N) md POPPAM, Lou 3 Mar. 1873
Whitfield
County, Georgia Marriages
MORELAND, Susan md
SUAHAN, John 22 Oct. 1865
MOORELAND, Nancy md
DUCKETT, Jesse R.
24 Dec. 1854
MORELAND, James M.
md HALL, Araminta E.
15 Feb. 1855
MORELAND, Thomas
md PARKER, Harriet
22 Jul. 1877
MORELAND, Laura
MORELAND, Lewis F. md
DUCKETT, Carrie 1 Jan. 1892
MORELAND, Margaret md
ROUSE, Joseph 9 Feb. 1855
Friendship
Cemetery, Whitfield Co., Georgia
MORELAND, Harden age
82
MORELAND, Nancy age
77
MORELAND, Annie 6
Sep. 1843 - 10 Jan. 1921
1850 Census, Murray County,
Georgia
Name Age Sex Born
MORELAND, Harden 37 M TN
Nancy 40 F TN
Thomas 19 M TN
Larkin 17 M TN
Elizabeth 15 F TN
Perlina 13 F TN
Nancy 7 F GA
Caroline 5 F GA
Jane 3 F GA
Leander 1 F GA
1860
Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
Name Age Sex Born
MORELAND, Hardin 48 M TN
Nancy 50 F NC
Sarah 18 F TN
Nancy 16 F TN
Caroline 14 F TN
June 10 F GA
Leander 8 M GA
Nancy 6 F GA
1850
Census, Walker County, Georgia
Name Age Sex Born
MORELAND, Delilah 70 F TN
GANN, Cornelius 31 M TN
Lydia 34 F NC
Elizabeth 9 F TN
Martha
J. 6 F TN
Delilah 4 F TN
Francis
M. 2 M TN
Thomas 2/12 M GA
MORELAND, Joseph 46 M NC
Lavina 42 F VA
Nancy 17 F TN
John
H. 16 M TN
Carter
M. 14 M TN
Matilda 6 F TN
Joseph 1 M GA
1850
Census, Murray County, Georgia
MORELAND, Nathaniel 27 M TN
Sarah 22 F NC
William 6 M TN
Catharine 3 F TN
Robert 1 M GA
MORELAND, Joseph 46 M SC
Synthia 35 F SC
Lydia
L. 15 F SC
Elizabeth
13 F SC
Minelva 12 F SC
Cordelia 10 F SC
Eliza 8 F SC
Francis
6 F SC
John 4 M SC
Vinna 1 F SC
MORELAND, Jane
6 M TN
NEAL, William 50 M NC
Rebecca 47 F GA
MORELAND, Henry
7 M TN
STINSON, William 32 M OH
Joanna 22 F TN
1840
Census, Georgia
MORELAND, Alson
Gilm 005
Bartley Bake 039
Cholson Upso 023
F. Craw 387
G.T. Jone 125
John Gilm 007
John Hall 176
John
D. Gilm 013
Joseph
T. Trou 349
Thomas Jasp 064
William Jone 131
William Murr 271
William
B. Clar 214
Wood Meri 129
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Revolutionary
War Soldiers of Western North Carolina
Burke
Co., Vol. 1
by
Emmett R. White
[Ed. note:
Following is an excerpt for an advertisement for this book. It is available from Southern Historical
Press for $30.00.]
The contributions of the Revolutionary War
soldiers of Western North Carolina during the conflict of 1775-1782 were
immense. The rolling hills of the
Carolina Piedmont were as much a battleground as those of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. Unfortunately, from a historical
standpoint, very little written data is available concerning the contributions
of the Western North Carolina Militiamen.
Many of the Western counties, though their soldiers contributed greatly
to the war effort, are historically "silent." This work is an effort to unravel and to
present in a systematic way something about their lives and exploits.
The initial two volumes will be devoted to Burke
County. Each soldier will be written up
to his early life (as much as could be made available), his military
experiences, his later life, including marriages, children, occupations,
etc. Also included will be his land
transactions and census locations.
Where available, burial sites will be given as well as pension awards.
Some of the family names appearing in Volume I,
Burke County, include the following:
Benjamin COFFEY, Adam GRINDSTAFF, Jacob GRINDSTAFF, Micheal GRINDSTAFF, William HAMBY, Joseph HANCOCK, Adam RAINBOLT.
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Ed. Note: My MORELAND ancestry begins with Nancy
MORELAND who was born 12 Nov. 1794 in Washington
District, North Carolina. In 1796 that
area became Carter Co., Tenn. Nancy's
father was William MORELAND who was born by 1757 in Virginia; died by
Oct. 1812 in Carter Co., Tenn. He was married
by 1780 to a Sarah, but her surname is unknown. One family history listed her as Sarah SIMPSON, but it was undocumented and no proof has
been found. Other errors in that work,
make this information highly suspicious.
Nancy MORELAND married Thomas SIMPSON on 4 June 1817 in Warren Co., Tenn. Thomas and Nancy moved to Oregon Co., MO in
ca. 1852/53 where they spent the rest of their days. Thomas had a number of positions in the legal
field and spent a term as a legislator in the Missouri House of
Representatives. The youngest son of
Thomas and Nancy (MORELAND) SIMPSON was Wright SIMPSON (1839-1913). A descendant of his, Lewis A.W. SIMPSON, wrote a history of Oregon Co.,
Missouri. Following are excerpts about
Nancy MORELAND's descendants which are found in the book.
OREGON
COUNTY'S THREE FLAGS, SIX COUNTY SEATS
Via
the Horse and Buggy
by
Lewis A.W. Simpson
Page II,
Lewis A.W. SIMPSON; born in Oregon County, September 10,
1902. Father a pioneer on Little
Hurricane Creek Section 13, Township 24, Range 4, (1852). Mother a daughter of a pioneer on Warm Fork
of Spring River at Sloan Ford in 1850's.
A member of Missouri House of Representatives in
the 69th and 70th General Assemblies 1957 through 1960, now a member of Oregon
County Court Second District [in 1971, Lewis is now deceased].
Page 12.
Slaveholders ... were Thomas SIMPSON 6.
[He was the largest slave holder in the area at that time].
Page 18.
In 1852 Thomas and Nancy MORELAND SIMPSON immigrated to Oregon County from
Smithville, DeKalb Co., Tennessee, settling on section 13, township 24, range
4, on Little Hurricane Creek. The
married sons and daughters settling on nearby tracts of land.
Thomas SIMPSON entered the Greer Spring Branch
tract of land from the United States of America. Here he and his sons built a small water
wheel at the mouth of Greer Spring cave to furnish power for a small stone burr
grist mill, with a capacity of about 100 pounds of meal per day. December 22, 1856, he sold to his son T.C. SIMPSON the northeast quarter of section 36,
township 24, range 5, the southwest quarter (through which flows Greer Spring
branch) for twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.
Recorded in book 2, page 250, Oregon County record of deeds. He then arranged with Samuel W. GREER a mill wright to come from Tennessee and
build a mill on this tract near the spring.
Here the mill was operated by Mr. GREER and T.C. SIMPSON until after the Civil War when Mr. GREER
bought all interest and later built the mill building that now stands at the
top of the hill.
Page 19.
P.R. SIMPSON [son of Thomas and Nancy] operated a grist and
saw mill on Eleven Point River in Section 4, Township 24, Range 3, a few
hundred feet below the mouth of Little Hurricane Creek. It was also used as a recruiting station for
the Confederate Army in 1860's.
Page 21.
[Marriage] 4/18/1860 Thomas C. SIMPSON and Mary Ann WHITTEN, by Hiram MANNING, Justice of Peace.
Page 22.
... early burial grounds may be found on various places over the county
and some are large cemeteries now.
Myrtle Cemetery, Garfield, and Bailey Cemetery are among those started
as family burial grounds prior to the Civil War. The first burial in Bailey was a Negro Slave
of Thomas SIMPSON in the 1850's.
Page 23. Prior to 1860 among the pioneer
religious leaders who were ordained and licensed ministers of the Gospel were:
P.R.
SIMPSON Methodist
Page 28.
In 1857 Thomas SIMPSON was chosen to represent Oregon County a
the 19th General Assembly in Jefferson City, Missouri. He introduced a bill to divide the county
and form a new county from the west part of Oregon. This bill was approved March 2, 1857, and the
new county was named Howell in honor of Thomas J. HOWELL, the first representative of Oregon County
in 1845.
Howell County was attached to Oregon County for
representation in the Legislature until 1864.
In the 20th General Assembly Thomas SIMPSON again represented both
Oregon and Howell Counties, introducing a bill to relocate the county seat of
Oregon County. This bill was approved
March 14, 1859 and approved by a vote of the people of Oregon County at an
election held in said county the first Monday in August 1859.
The new county seat was named "Alton"
so it would be easy for William C. BOYD, the county clerk, to spell and the first time
he wrote the name he spelled it "Owlton."
Mr. BOYD was again appointed as Clerk of Circuit
Court by Judge Allen VAN WARMUR of the 18th Judicial Circuit July 18, 1865, and
in recording the marriage of Wright SIMPSON and Samantha CATES, Mr. BOYD recorded the names and spelled
Miss Cates' name as Cammatha KATES.
Page 31.
Grandfather GUM was on his way to homestead land in western
Missouri near Golden City and stopped for camp near the present town of Alton,
and decided to homestead a tract of land there, the northeast 1/4 of Section
10, Township 24, Range 4. When the time
drew near to prove upon his claim he was short of the required cash. Knowing Thomas SIMPSON was due to be coming
home from the Legislative Session in Jefferson City, grandfather GUM took his
lunch and took vigil on the road Thomas SIMPSON would travel. On the second day Thomas SIMPSON rode in
sight on horseback, holding a water pitcher on the saddle horn in front. The contents of the pitcher was Corn Whiskey
from a still in operation on Jacks Fork River where Representative SIMPSON had
stopped and the only container available for the product was the
Representative's water pitcher he used in the State Capitol. Grandfather GUM stated his business (to borrow
money to prove upon his claim). The
Representative asked grandfather to take the pitcher, dismounted, took a twenty
($20.00) dollar gold coin from his pocket, handed same to grandfather GUM and
offered him refreshments from the pitcher, which was passed back and forth a
number of times and then Thomas SIMPSON mounted his horse, took the pitcher and
remaining contents, and proceeded on his journey home after a most enjoyable
visit and business transaction. The only
security on the loan was Grandfather GUM's word of honor.
Page 32.
Court records in book 6, page 58, show that T.M. SIMPSON, Road Commissioner, established a county
road in the northeast 1/4 section 6, township 24, range 2, and referred to that
community as upper Irish Wilderness.
This section and adjoining sections were settled by Peter Rine SIMPSON in the present community of Wilderness. T.M. SIMPSON was a Government Surveyor and known to
everyone as "P. Tom," as that was the way he identified from three
other Simpsons named Thomas. T.M.
SIMPSON was the eldest son of Peter Rine SIMPSON, and a grandson of Thomas
SIMPSON, who immigrated to Oregon County in 1852 from DeKalb County, Tennessee.
Page 38.
June 11, 1861, Governor JACKSON issued a proclamation calling Missouri to
arms. State Representative John R. WOODSIDE hurried back to Oregon and Howell
Counties and started recruiting men.
The recruits for the State Militia enlisted for a
period of six months responding to the call of the Governor of Missouri to
repel invasion and protect State Government and property.
After the battle of Wilson's Creek and the six
months enlistment expired, many enlistees from Oregon County returned
home. Soon they found they were being
hunted by Union Soldiers and when captured they were treated as rebels, not
loyal Missourians responding to the call of the officially elected Officials of
Missouri. These enlistees in the
Missouri State Militia and neutral citizens, alike, soon realized the only
place they could possibly be safe was in the Confederate Army, and proceeded to
enlist in the service of the C.S.A.
After the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10,
1861, where many recruits from Oregon County took part, including Captain P.R.
SIMPSON's Co., Captain J. Posey WOODSIDE and others defending the rights of the
State of Missouri against invasion by the United States Troops. The clouds of war began to cast their shadows
over Oregon County with scouting parties of the Union Army making numerous
raids and adminis- tering the loyalty oath to civilians and taking severe
reprisals against those who indicated loyalty to State Government.
Page 42.
One incident as told by Mary Jane (WARREN) BAILEY, known by her many friends as "Aunt
Polly." She was a girl 17 years of
age, living with her parents on the SIMPSON farm, four miles northeast of
Alton, Missouri, the year the courthouse was burned. It was the fall of the year and they had not
gathered the corn from the field. A
large number of Union Troops moved into the area and proceeded to make camp
near the cornfield. The soldiers went to
the corn field and started gathering the corn.
All the women folks took baskets and other containers and started
husking corn too. The faster the soldiers
snapped the corn, the harder we worked and heaped what we gathered near the
house and guarded it. That was all we
had for our daily bread until harvest time the following year.
As an incident told by Sarah CROW BARTON, a young girl six years of age when the
incident took place. She lived with the
Simpsons at the time. Her father was a
casualty of the war some months prior to this time. According to Mrs. BARTON the Union Soldiers
stopped at the SIMPSON farm, went to the barn lot and killed a steer and
proceeded to cook the beef a short distance from the barn while she and others
watched. She told of one soldier coming
into the house, sitting down before the fire removing his shoes and wet socks
and took a pair of new knit wool ones from the mantle that had been dyed with
walnut hulls and were drying, and was preparing to exchange his wet ones for a
nice new pair. At this point Grandmother
SIMPSON entered the house, observed the procedure, grabbed the new pair from
his hands, threw his wet socks in his face and ordered him from the house. He and a group of his men returned to the
house, took the feather and straw beds from the house, slit the container and
searched the contents for anything that may have been concealed therein,
leaving the feathers and straw scattered over the hillside west of the house.
I have heard the veterans tell about John SIMPSON, a young Confederate Soldier, with a small
scouting party near Eleven Point, running into a large group of Union Soldiers who
fired on them killing John's horse, and John doubled on the back of the horse
of a buddy and escaped. They followed
the Union Troops to Alton where John sneaked into their horse corral, picked
out a good horse, eased out without being observed until he mounted and at
that point he was observed, but he gave the rebel yell and galloped safely
away. In later years he became a
licensed preacher and a circuit rider of the Methodist Church.
When reminded of taking the horse from the
Yankees, he would say, "I did not
steal that horse, I merely appropriated it to take the place of the one they
shot from under me."
(The three foregoing stories are compatible with
the report of Captain MCELROY which follows...).
Page 42A.
October 29-November 5, 1863.--Scout from Pilot
Knob to Alton and Doniphan, Mo.
Report of Capt. Robert MCELROY, Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry.
Camp of
the Third Regt. Mo. State Militia,
Pilot
Knob, Mo., November 9, 1863.
Dear
Sir: According to order, I left this
post with the command assigned me on the 29th day of October, at 9 a.m., and
camped that night on Little Black River, on BURFORD's farm.
On the
morning of the 30th, we moved at daylight, although the day was very
disagreeable, the command having to face the snow and rain. We camped that night on Henpeck Creek; from
thence we moved on to Eleven Point River, and camped near the farm of the
notorious Lieutenant HUTTLESON; thence to SIMPSON's, 4 miles from the town of Alton, in Oregon
County; and on the morning of the 3d we moved into town, and remained until the
election was over. The election passed
off quietly, although Lieutenant BRICKER was much mortified at the result thereof; but
the thing was done and could not be helped.
In the evening we moved in a southeast direction, and camped on the farm
of Mr. SAUNDERS.
November
4, we moved at daybreak through the hills toward Doniphan, in Ripley County,
and camped on the farm of OLIVER (one of REVE's men).
On the 5th, we came through Doniphan, and camped on the Little Black
River; thence to Otter Creek; thence to Bailey Station; thence to Pilot Knob.
During
our trip we killed 8 and captured 5 of the most notorious guerillas and
jayhawkers that have infested that part of the State...
We also captured 10 horses and 1 mule, a number
of which were branded C.S. There are no
regularly organized bands in that part of the country; but any man that can
creep on his belly into a camp of Federals and steal a horse is entitled to the
name and rank of captain.
That
portion of the State once cleaned of these marauders, jayhawkers, and thieves,
and we will have peach throughout South Missouri.
I am of
the opinion that the women in that region are even more daring and treacherous,
and, in fact, worse than the men, as we found in their possession a number of
newly made rebel uniforms, &c.
I have
the honor, sir, to subscribe myself, your obedient servant,
Robert
MCELROY
Captain,
Commanding Expedition
Maj. James WILSON
Commanding
Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry
Page 43A
Caption under a photograph of a flint lock gun: William MORELAND, a soldier of the Continental Army at
Saratoga when BURGOYNE surrendered, brought to Oregon County in 1852
by William MORELAND's daughter, Nancy (MORELAND) SIMPSON. The
reader will note the broken stock mid-way between lock and muzzle. When Capt. MCELROY of the Union Army found
the gun in the home of Thomas SIMPSON, November 1863, Capt. MCELROY's soldiers
placed the barrel between the logs of the house, bending barrel and breaking
stock in two pieces. The gun was
retrieved after the soldiers left and straightened and repaired for future
service.
Page 44.
The Drake Constitution of 1865 disqualified all ex-confederate soldiers from voting or
holding public office. Thomas E. OLD, Thomas SIMPSON and Josiah PAYNE being over military age and not serving in
the Confederate Army were eligible to serve on the County Court, also William
BOYD was eligible to serve as county clerk. All pro Confederates.
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