December 1986 Collage | March 1987 Collage
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS who came to the Cape Girardeau District Upper Louisiana Territory
(from plaque at Cape Girardeau City Hall, prepared by DAR Nancy Hunter Chapter, July 3, 1976)
John Abernathie
Robert Brevard
Uriah Brock
Thomas Bull
Capt. Amos Byrd
Robert Chase
James Camster
John Cochran
John Deck
Col. John Edwards
Mitchell Fleming
Robert Green
Christian Hahn
John Harbison
Col. Christopher Hays
Thomas Hill
Ishimer Hubble
John Hitt
James Hutchinson
Alexander McLane
David McLane
Stephen Mayfield
Joseph O'Bannon
Simon Poe
Lt. Col. Stephen Ranney
Andrew Ramsey
Peter Seitz
Pvt. Michael Schell
John Smith
Benjamin Taylor
Solomon Thorn
James Verden
John Walker
Maj. Thomas W. Waters
Capt. Henry Whitener
Thomas Wrightington
Jacob Yount
JOHN ABERNETHIE PENSION NUMBER R 10. NORTH CAROLINA State of Missouri, County of Cape Gerdideau, December 22- 1832 personally appeared in county court; John Abernethie a resident of Capt Gerardeau township said county age about 78- states he entered service February 1781 Wake County, North Carolina, volunteered as militiaman on the roll of Thomas Wootten, Colonel of the militia of said county of Wake, under orders of Brigadier General Butler, commander of Hillsborough, District of North Carolina, subject to the orders of Major General Caswell, commanding the militia of the state for the purpose of joining Major General Green, - they assembled at Grandville County and having been previously appointed at said Wake County, said Col. Wootton Deputy Commissary of Wake County. - - the said Colonel ordered the said applicant as such deputy to proceed with said troops from hills borough to Gen. Green's army when Col. returned - That said applicant according to the said order marched with said troops to the high Rockford on the Haw River and joined the army of General Green. At which place, Col. Davie the Commissary of Gen. Greens army ordered said Abernethie to return again to the public store in Wake county to have Five hundred bushels of corn ground for public use, and have as much bacon collected at that place as possible, that he did so- and loaded the waggons, ground and forwarded the meal and what bacon could be collected to the army; that said applicant continued in as such deputy commissary under Col. Wootton in collecting and issuing supplies until July 1781----This soldier WAS BORN IN THE VILLAGE OF EDMUND (OR EDMON) IN NORTH BRITION IN THE YEAR SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFIY FOUR (1754) on the 2nd day of September, and LANDED IN VIRGINIA OCTOBER 1772 and went from there to said WAKE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SAME MONTH OF OCTOBER.
URIAH BROCK - According to a speech delivered in Old Lorimier Cemetery on Sept. 26, 1927, by the late Stephen B. Hunter, Uriah Brock is the only soldier of the American Revolution, that we have any knowledge of, buried in this cemetery. "Uriah Brock was born in Virginia about 1759; when a youth of sixteen he volunteered his service in the American cause. Small for his age--he was too small to carry a musket. Having some musical talent he was given a fife in a military band. He was in the Battle of Monmouth, Guilford Court House, Uetaw Springs and Camden. He was in General Green's army. He died here Nov. 15, 1845, aged 86."
THOMAS BULL PENSION NUMBER S 32~153 Virginia. State of Missouri, County of Cape Girardeau -23 Aug. 1832, resident of township Byrd, said county, age 79 states he enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served in the 12th, regiment, Virginia line - he resided about 40 miles of Pittsburgh, near the Monongahela in the Red Stone settlement, state of Va. and was in several battles, Brandywine,9-11-1777, Peola, 28 mi. from Phila. Germantown and had charge of the General's waggon and did not engage in one battle. - states that his papers - "my discharge and others papers relative to my services in the Revolution were burned by the Indians at the burning of Squire Boone's Fort, on Brashear's creek, in KENTUCKY in the fall season of 1781 - knows of no one who knows of his services except Jacob Wheet, who resides about 60 miles off, and from my advanced age am unable to travel to procure his testimony- - -witnesses to his character state he had been a deacon of the Baptist Church for many years. - the witnesses were Hy Sanford and John Hays- U.S. Senator Alexander Buckner, testified to his character. - Rev. James Hendricks, a regular ordained minister of the Baptist Church, in Cape Girardeau Co. Mo. certify that he is well acquainted with the soldier and believes his statements are true.----State of Illinois, Washington County,-Moses Jackson, J.P. in whose presence Thomas Bull appeared states he is the identical person mentioned in the following certificate War Department, Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the U.S. 6-7-1832, Thomas Bull of Missouri is entitled to receive $8 per annum during life, commencing 1831, 3-4- signed by Lewis Cass, Secy of War. - and it is shown that he had resided in Ill Washington County six months past, and that prior to that resided in Cape Girardeau Co., MO. and his reason for leaving Missouri was to be with his relations in Washington, County Illinois. signed 1838.---witnesses in Washington Co., Ill 1838 were Samuel K. Parker, Moses Jackson, JP William Boyd Clerk.
ROBERT BREVARD Evidence of his having been a soldier in the Revolutionary War: A. In Book D., page 331 of records of County Court of Cape Girardeau Co. Mo. 1832, is the application of Robert Brevard for a pension, in which he states under oath that he - served in that war. His testimony and application were approved by two witnesses, resident of the county, one being a minister of the Gospel and by the County Court. B. On a bronze tablet in the Capital Building in Jefferson City, Mo., is found the following: "In memory of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Missouri. They offered their lives that their country might be free." The name of Robert Brevard is on the above list. C. The Pension Department of Washington, D.C., states that Robert Brevard was born in Rowan County, N.C., belonged to militia of that county, enlisted in 1779,1780, and 1781; he later lived in Iredell County, N.C. ,after it was formed from Rowan and in 1827 moved to Cape Girardeau County, Mo., with his family. He was granted a pension in December, 1832 when he was a resident of Randles Township, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. In "Historical Sketches of North Carolina", by John H. Wheeler, he says, "The first one of the name of whom anything is known was a French Huguenot. He went to the northern part of Ireland after 1685. In company with McKnitts, Scotch-Irish; he came to America and married into the McKnitt Family and settled on the Elk River in Maryland. Five sons and a daughter were the issue of this marriage: John, Robert, Zevulon; Benjamin, Adam, and Elizabeth. The three elder with their sister came to North Carolina between 1740 and 1750. Joh, before leaving Maryland, had married Miss McWhorter, whose brother was a Presbyterian minister, and settled in Iredell County, N.C. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, his family consisted of eight sons and four daughters: Mary, Ephraim, John, Hugh, Adam, Alexander, Robert, Benjamin, Nancy, Joseph, Jane, and Rebecca. "As a Whig he had instilled his principles into his children, and they bore the proper fruit. As a penalty for it, his dwelling and every building on the premises were burned. The British Army, under Lord Cornwallis came to his house, found no-one there except his wife, an old woman, an officer drew paper from his pocket, said the house must be burned; - every thing was lost. The officer gave his reason for his conduct, "Hersons were all d__d rebels, she had eight sons then in the rebel army". Mary, the eldest daughter of John, married John Davidson, both were killed by the Indians. Jane married Ephriam Davidson, brother of John; Rebecca married a Jones and moved to Tennessee. Ephraim, eldest son, after graduating from Princeton, turned his attention to the medical profession.
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS who came to the
Cape Girardeau District Upper Louisiana Territory
ALEXANDER MC LANE
Alexander McLain (Mclaen, McLean was born 10 May 1755 in Rowan County, N.C. His application for pension is recorded in Book D, page 331 at the County Court of Cape Girardeau on March 26 , 1833. He was awarded $33.33 a year for his services as rifle, man in two separate tours of duty.
In August of 1777, Alexander volunteered in Lincoln County, N.C. His regiment marched ten miles north of Charleston, N.C. where three regiments met at Ten Mile Spring to organize and plan their strategy. A company of riflemen was formed for nine month term; Alexander volunteered.
He was wounded at the mouth of Brier Creek when General Ash and his troops crossed the Savannah River in defeat. Because of these injuries, he was discharged before his nine month term expired.
He again volunteered in 1780 as a mounted rifleman. Two companies were formed to join Gen. Gates, but they learned that Gen. Gates had been defeated, so they joined forces with Major Chronicle and Col. Ferguson; under their command they fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Major Chronicle was killed in this battle. After the battle, under the command of Major Dickson, Alexander sought out British sympathizers in the area and arrested them. They pursued foraging parties belonging to the army of Cornwallis until an engagement at Guilford.
Alexander was discharged by Major Dickson (after whom he later names his son, David Dickson McLain. Alexander was one of four McLain brothers who served in the Revolutionary War. John, his older brother, was killed in a skirmish at Buford's Bridge in Beauford County, N. C. For John's service of three months, he was to receive one-half bushel of salt. After his death, the salt was given to Thomas, the youngest McLain brother.
Alexander's other brothers, George and William, fought at King's Mountain, too. William, a surgeon's mate, bought a monument honoring the fallen leaders of both sides—Major Chronicle of the Mountainmen Militia, and Col. Ferguson of the British forces.
Alexander moved to Cape Girardeau at the age of 48. He became blind in his old age, and died the 8th of February 1847, at the age of 92. He is buried in Apple Creek Cemetery at Pocahontas, MO. A monument was erected for him by the DAR-- but it was destroyed by vandals-- so a dedicated fighter for our freedom now lies in an unmarked grave, and so is unknown to most recipients of this freedom.
A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
Ithamar - Hubbell – Hubble
1762 later moving to Albany, New York where at the age of seventeen he volunteered in the year of 1779 to serve a period of nine months with the New York Militia, State of New York. During this time he served both as a private and spy.
He was mustered into service at Fort Edward in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Harrison in a Regiment under command of Colonel McKinston and General Schusler.
He first marched from Fort Edward to Fort Ann and back again but at Skenecda on the Mohawk was taken sick with Smallpox. He was then sent back to Fort Edward, and attached to a company of regular troops of three year men, commanded by Captain John Chipman who had command of that Fort and served the remainder of his term of nine months as a spy.
In 1780 he again volunteered for a eight month period and was mustered into service in Saratoga, a place called Saratoga Fort, in a company commanded by Captain Gray. He was stationed as General Schusler 9 s Guards. After eight months he was discharged by Captain Gray. Ithamar came to the then upper Louisiana territory and
settled on the Riviere' Zenon so named in honor of Zenon Trudeau, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana in the year 1797, with two brothers and a sister, which he stated in 1833 when making his application for a pension for his Revolutionary service, were all now deceased. He soon established a water Mill on Riviere' Zenon where the town of Gordonville is now. The name of that creek is now known as Hubbell Creek. He also established a saw-mill at the
same place. He soon acquired a large amount of land including 300 arpens of land as a Spanish land grant for a six week period in a campaign mustered into service by Lorimier to quell a Indian uprising at New Madrid shortly before the cession of Louisiana. He served on the first Grand Jury, Court of Common Pleas and quarter session for Cape Girardeau district, established 19 March 1805.
For Ithamar Hubbel's Revolutionary service of Seventeen Months he received 56 dollars and 66 cents per annum beginning 4th. March 1834.
The known children of Ithamar and his wife, Catherine, were; Peter, Jonathan, Ebenezer, and Sarah. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and is buried in a unmarked grave in the Church Cemetery.
Service Record – S17226