1700's William Smith Sr's father immigrates from
is raised in
Welty's family
agrees that the male ancestor came from England.
Carolina—Most Census
data, 1880 census, Welty, Leannah and William
Smith Jr say North Carolina.
Possibly in Virginia---one
Census, also Artilla’s obituary.
This part of Warren Co.
will later become Simpson Co.
He is 22. She is 15.
They are in the Bourbon County census of 1800.
1810 William Smith Sr is 11 years old.
1812-1815
The United States is at war with England. "War of 1812"
There are no battles in
North Carolina. The effect on the
Smith family is unknown.
Feb 1816 Mary Welty born in Simpson Co. Kentucky.
1820 William
Smith Sr 20 years old, Probable year of marriage,
North Carolina or
Virginia. Identity of his first wife is
unknown.
1890 census listing for William Smith Jr says his father and
mother were both born in
North Carolina. 1880 census for William Smith
Jr and LeAnnah also say North Carolina.
1820 Bethany
Smith born in Virginia. 1850 Hawkins
Co. Tn.
Census, dated 7
Sept. Birthday must be between 1 Jan
and 7 Sept. The 1820 Caswell Co. N. Carolina
Census lists William
Smith Sr, wife and one female
slave.
8
Feb, 1823 William Smith Jr born, Caswell Co. N.C. Tombstone and obituary.
1825 Mary Ann Smith born,
Caswell Co. N.C. Tombstone
Settlers begin moving
into Missouri.
1826 Abraham Welty moves family from Simpson Co.
Kentucky
to
Lincoln Co. Mo. They travel in covered wagons and bring their slaves.
5 Oct 1826
Leannah (Leanna) Smith born,
Caswell Co. N.C. Obituary
8
June 1828 Sidney Smith born, Caswell Co. N.C.
Tombstone.
1829 William
Smith Sr is 30 years old.
1
June 1829 Abraham Welty buys 80 acres
from the government in Lincoln Co. Mo.
His wife will sell this
land to William Smith Sr, after
Abraham dies. This
land is probably where
the cabin in the Smith cabin photo stood.
1830 Calvin
Smith born in Caswell Co. N.C. 1850
Census, Lincoln Co.
Mo. William
Smith Sr is 31 years old.
If we have the correct
1830 census for Caswell County,
the family holds no
slaves, and there is the possibility that another
son 5 to 10 years old
will die shortly, that we have no record of.
1832 Lincoln County has a outbreak of cholera.
1834 Thomas Smith born in
Caswell Co. N.C. Thomas’s
Confession. He says his
mother dies when he is 9. The 1860
census
lists his age as 25. He was living with Sidney.
1836 The Welty family owns land in Lincoln Co.
Moses Bond and Zilliah
Welty Bond own 120 acres. Abraham Welty
owns 120 acres. He is listed as a second owner on 80 acres
listed under
Francis Parker's
name. Another 40 acres is in his son
Elisha Welty's name.
Joseph R. Welty is
listed as co owner of 40 acres with Charles Early, the
husband of Rosannah
Welty Early. The other married daughters
are
also in the county.
Sept 1836
Azariah (Asia) A. Smith born
in Caswell Co. N.C. 1850 census of
Lincoln Co. Mo. There is disagreement in the records, some
show
he was born in 1837.
1837 Lorean
(Laura Ann) Smith born in Caswell Co. N.C.
1850
census of Lincoln Co. Mo. Also
known as Laura A. Smith.
28 Aug 1838
Abraham Welty buys another 40 acres from the government,
in Lincoln Co. Mo. His
wife will also sell this piece to William
Smith
Sr in just a few years.
21 Jul 1839
Mary Welty marries John H.
Trail. Lincoln Co. Mo.
1840 William Smith Sr is 41 years old. The Smiths and
Appleberrys are not
listed in the Hawkins Co. Tn.
Census. Missouri is surrounded on the North and West
by
Indian reservations.
1840 Bethany
is reported to have been married to John W. Appleberry
in Pittslyvania County,
Virginia. Audrey's Appleberry genealogy.
1841 Azariah
is born in Caswell Co. N. Carolina. 1880
census of Precinct 5,
Douglas Colorado.
Late
1841 The family leaves N.C. for Tenn. All of the family except
William Smith Sr and Jr
will spend most of a year near Bulls Gap, Tenn.
Bulls Gap is at the
southern tip of Hawkins County. Thomas describes his
father "as a kind
and indulgent man, who moved the family to Tennessee
for about a year then
moved them on to Troy, Missouri."
Thomas's Confession
Dec 1841
William Smith Sr and Jr leave East Tennessee for Lincoln
County, Missouri.
1842 William
Smith Jr arrives in Lincoln Co. Mo.
Jan-Feb- Mar. Obituary
William Smith Sr almost certainly also arrives.
Late
1842 Mrs. Smith dies in Tenn.
Charles W. Smith. Based on
Thomas's
confession, Mrs. Smith may have died very early in
1843.
Missouri is known as the
Western Wilderness, to the people of Virginia,
and North Carolina. The trip from East Tennessee to Lincoln County,
Mo, should have taken 8
weeks or less by horse and wagon, based
on the time it took
others, that have talked about the trip.
7 Apr 1842
Abraham Welty dies. Lincoln Co. Mo.
Mary Welty Trail divorces her husband this year.
Spring
1842 The first wagon train leaves
Independence, Missouri heading for Oregon.
Fall 1842
William Smith Sr returns to
East Tennessee for the rest of the family.
William Smith Jr may have stayed in Lincoln County.
Dec 1842
William Smith Sr leaves East
Tennessee with the rest of the family for
Lincoln County, Missouri.
5 Feb 1843
Lee Annah Smith arrives in
Lincoln Co. Mo. All the small
children had apparently
spent the year 1842 in Tenn.
Thomas’s Confession.
1843 is the most probable
year for Bethany’s marriage to John
W.
Appleberry.
This occurred in Hawkins Co. Tn.
They will have
four children, William,
Mary, Martha C., and Daniel R. Only
Martha
will marry and have
children. Six girls, and one son.
1844 Bethany Smith Appleberry’s first child
is born in Tn.
1850 census of Hawkins
Co. Tn.
7 Mar 1844
William Smith Sr marries Mary Welty
8
May 1844 William Smith Jr marries Mary East, Mary Welty's niece, Lincoln Co. Mo.
They will raise a family of eleven
children.
27
Feb 1845 Mary Smith marries Lewis W. Cannon, Lincoln Co. Mo.
They will have a family
of eight children.
5
June 1845 Cordelia Smith born in
Lincoln Co. Mo. 1850 Census,
Lincoln Co. Mo.
1845 The "Slicker Wars" are
climaxing. Since 1843, horse
thieves have been
whipped with hickory sticks, or ordered to
leave the county by a
given date, or both. The penalty for refusing
to leave was either
"slicking" or death, depending on the seriousness
of the case. As many as 1200 stolen horses were taken to a
sale barn
in St Louis in one year
during this period. The
"slickers" were
also after
counterfeiters who were operating in the county.
29
Dec 1845 The United States annexes
Texas from Mexico.
1846 Sidney, Thomas and Azariah head out the Oregon trail.
Savage
bio.
Family lore says Azariah was
a horse thief. Maybe just the
youngest member of the
gang. They are 18, 12, and 9.
They apparently don’t
stay long in Oregon. The "Slicker
wars" are
winding down in Lincoln
County. There is a possibility the
Smith brothers got run
out of the county by the "Slickers".
William Smith Jr and family are living about 4 miles NNW of Troy.
21
Jan 1846 Martha Caroline Appleberry
is born to Bethany in Tennessee.
April 1846
The United States and Mexico are at war.
No relatives are involved.
July 1846
California declares itself a territory of the United States.
1847 Sidney,
and maybe Thomas and Azariah come back from Oregon.
The Mormons begin
migrating to Utah, on a trail that parallels the
Oregon Trail.
13
Mar 1847 Artilla (Ida) Smith born in Lincoln Co. Mo. 1850 Census,
Lincoln Co. Mo.
14
Sept 1847 The United States captures
Mexico City.
2 Feb 1848
A peace treaty with Mexico is signed.
Texas, California, and New
Mexico are ceded to the
United States.
1 May 1848
Drucilla "Lucy" Smith born in Lincoln Co. Mo. 1850 Census.
1847 1848
Lewis and Mary Smith Cannon, and daughter Rachel, go to Marion
County, Oregon, on the
Oregon Trail.
1848 David Presley and Mahala Welty Presley, and
children,
including Barbara, go to
Oregon.
1848 Sidney goes back to Oregon.
Given the family relationships, the
Cannon's, Presley's and Sidney, probably all traveled together.
Thomas and Azariah will
either go back with him or go back in
1849 with Calvin.
2 May 1848
Leannah Smith marries John
Edward Creech, Lincoln Co. Mo.
1848 Gold is discovered in California.
13
Feb 1849 Sidney Smith marries Barbara Presley in Linn Co.
Oregon, then goes on to
California, leaving his wife with
the Presley's. They will have four children.
Spring 1849
The 49er gold rush is on, out the Oregon and Mormon Trails.
Cholera hits the
travelers on the trails.
23
July 1849 Welty Smith born in
Lincoln Co. Mo. Tombstone. See Welty Smith
Event log for his life
story.
1849 Calvin
goes to California. Charles W. Smith.
1849 Cholera occurs in the county. There are only a few isolated deaths.
1850 William
Smith Sr is 51 years old. Census
says he is 51.
and owns two female slaves, 38 and 2 years old. Mary Welty
only owns one slave, a female , aged 19.
Her daughter Rachel Welty
Hunter has died, and her children, Mary E., Margaret, and John w.
hunter,
are living with her.
Calvin, Thomas, and Azariah are
home from Oregon. Census.
8 Apr
1850 Walton Perkins, of Troy,
makes up a wagon train, heading for the gold
fields of
California. They plan to make it to
Sacramento by September.
Other wagon trains from
Troy will form up, and a
few people will go to
California by boat. Most will return to
Troy.
25
Aug 1850 Britton Smith born in
Lincoln Co. Mo.
Late in the year Bethany dies
in Hawkins Co. Tn. probably of.
childbirth complications. Martha
C. Adams statement.
Dec 1850
The Mary Smith Cannon family
is in Marion Co. Oregon.
20
Feb 1851 Calvin marries Mary Howell, Lincoln Co. Mo. They will have a
son. Samuel Thomas Smith.
Spring
1852 Calvin leaves his family and heads west. His wife is pregnant.
She moves in with her
dad, Samuel Howell. Calvin has left her no
means of support. Mary's divorce petition. Thomas
and Azariah
also go west.
26
Jun 1852 Sidney rejoins family in Oregon.
1 Aug 1852
Sidney files for homestead in
Marion Co. Oregon.
Aug 1852
Calvin's son Samuel T. is
born in Lincoln County, Mo.
Mary Howell's divorce
petition.
7 Dec 1852
Christopher Columbus Smith is born, Lincoln Co. Mo.
1854
Thomas is in Oregon with Sidney, then goes to Calif. He confesses to
"having an
ungovernable desire to travel, moved to California, where I
formed friends amongst
all classes of vicious and desperate men".
Thomas's Confession
12
May 1854 William Smith Sr buys the first 60 acres of what will become the
home
place. The tract includes the Smith cabin. The land is bought from
the Britton's and John
Woolfolk. The price is $600.00.
William Smith Sr will name a son Britton. The cabin, in later years,
consisted of a large
downstairs room, with stairs in the SW corner leading
to a bedroom above for
the children. There may have been
additional
partitions in the
original version. Lincoln County is hit
by a drought.
29
Jan 1856 Mary Howell Smith files for
divorce from Calvin. He is said to be
a non resident of
Missouri. Notice of the divorce petition
is to be published
in the Troy Gazette, for
eight weeks. L. C. C. C. R., Book E,
1855-1859, p.32. The divorce petition is stored in the
Recorders vault,
Sec. D, Box 29, Env. 16.
15
May 1856 The court makes a preliminary finding for Mary in the divorce case.
L.C. C. C. R., Book E, p.
56, 57.
9 Oct 1856
Mary is divorced from Calvin. Lincoln County Circuit Court Records,
Book E, p. 149, Lincoln
Co. Mo. Calvin
was not present for the
proceedings. Mary is awarded custody of their son.
1856
Lorean marries Matthew
(Mathew) Crouch. They are living in
Clark
Township, at least 2 miles
south of the homeplace.
They will raise four
children, the first of which will be named
Calvin Emery, b. 1857 and
the second Cordelia b. 1859.
Sarah Catherine is third,
b. 1862.
William Thomas is born in
1864.
1857 Lewis and Mary Smith Cannon move from Oregon to Sonoma Co.
California.
1
June 1857 Phoenia "Fina"
"Farnie" "Faunie" Smith, the last child of William Smith Sr
is born, Lincoln Co. Mo.
1857-1859
A financial crisis occurs, ruining many small businessmen.
20
May 1858 William Smith Sr buys 100 acres from Moses Bond to add to the
home place. The price is $1,300.00.
1858 A gold rush occurs to the area of Pikes Peak
Colorado.
24
Dec 1858 Giles, a slave, gets drunk with
his owner, Simeon Thornhill, and stabs him
to death.
25
Dec 1858 Giles is arrested and put in
jail in Troy.
1 Jan 1859
James Calloway leads a group of men, who break down the jail door, take
him to the jail yard, and
burn him at the stake. Calloway, James
Segrass,
and Samuel Carter, plead
not guilty, when brought to trial, and the case is
dismissed by the circuit
attorney.
28
Jan 1860 William Smith Sr buys the final
80 acres of the home place from
Moses Bond.
1860 William Smith Sr is 61 years old. Calvin and Azariah are in California.
Yuba Co. California Census. Thomas and Sidney are in Linn Co.
Oregon. Census. Thomas is in California part of the
year. Thomas’s
Confession. The Lincoln Co.
sheriff sells William Smith Jr's 80
acres, which lie about 1 mile NE of the home place, to settle
claims of some East relatives.
1860 The
yearly report of the Masonic lodges of Missouri shows that
Moses Bond starts as Junior Warden and then is promoted to
Senior Warden of Troy Lodge, # 34.
William Smith Jr. is a
member.
Lincoln County is hit by drought.
11
June 1860 The census taker records that
all the second family children, have attended
school the past year. William
Smith Sr does not own any slaves.
Mary
Welty has a slave
cabin, and 5 female slaves. Their ages
are, 27, 8, 6, 4,
and 2. Their names are given when she write her will
in Oct. 1861.
William Smith Jr, and family, LeeAnnah
and John Creech and family,
and Moses Bond are all
living in Bedford township. LeeAnnah is near
Old Alexandria. Calvin's
ex wife Mary and son Thomas S. are living
with her dad Samuel
Howell. 1860 census. The census taker in Hawkins
County Tenn. records
that Mary Appleberry, Bethany's
daughter is
working as a domestic for
the John Phillips family in District 1.
5 Jan 1861
The Missouri Senate introduces bills to arm the state militia, and to
call
a state convention.
March 1861
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
Missouri's governor, Clairborn
Jackson, establishes a Home Guard
Brigade in each
congressional district, under Br Generals.
He
tells the North and the
South to "Stay out of Missouri and leave
us alone"
12
Apr 1861 The first shots of the Civil
War are fired at Ft Sumter, S. Carolina.
May 1861
Governor Jackson meets with Captain Lyon, of the federal army
in St Louis. Captain Lyon orders the Home Guard units be
disbanded, or Federal troops will drive
them off Missouri soil.
Jackson refuses. Captain Lyon orders Gen Frost's command in
St Louis "be
taken".
10
May 1861 Gen Frosts command is taken
without a shot, but civilians fire on the
federal troops. Several civilians are killed. This Battle of St Louis
brings the war to
Missouri.
15
June 1861 Lt Burbridge is recruiting
rebels for the Louisiana Company in Millwood.
Mid 1861
Federal cavalry units from Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin are rushed to
Missouri to occupy
county seats, and help the newly formed
Missouri Militia.
Union troops shut down the pro south "States
Rights Gazette"
of Troy. Newspaper publishing
will not occur again in
Troy until after the war.
24
July 1861 The Auburn Company of Home
Guards, are Union forces operating in
Lincoln Co. there may be other Home Guard units in the
county also.
Summer
1861 Capts T. M. Carter and George
Carter raise two companies for
the Confederate Army in
Lincoln Co. In Aug Capt James Reid
raises a Union Company
for Col Fagg's Regiment, in Lincoln County.
30
Aug 1861 Mj Gen Fremont declares
martial law in Mo. and issues an
unauthorized
emancipation proclamation, freeing Mo. slaves, and
allowing confiscation of the property of
southern supporters.
Fall 1861
Col. Henderson brings Federal troops, and occupies Troy
for a short time.
9 Oct. 1861
Mary Welty is writing her will.
She is giving her slaves to various
family members, and the
rest is to be divided evenly. She first
writes a
version with the
following in it. "On account of the
treatment that I have
of late received from Polly Smith (Mary), the wife of the said
William
Smith, I leave the sum of five
dollars only." In the section
dividing the
remainder of the estate
she says "all my living children, with the exception
of Polly Smith, the wife of William
Smith Senior, will have a equal share"
These references to Polly
(Mary) are lined out before the will is recorded.
The slaves are Julian,
the mother, and four daughters, Emily, Niurgarehla,
Adelone, and
Barbara. The slaves are all sold before
Mary Welty dies.
2 Nov 1861
Lincoln rescinds Fremont's orders and replaces him with Gen Grant.
Fall
1861 Thomas is in Oregon. He says
"my life has always been a discontented and
miserable one; anxiety
and melancholy have been my constant companions
for years. He "roved through California, then moved
to Oregon in 1861;
wanted to try the mines
again, made an outfit and started to the Idaho mines
in the fall of
1861" Thomas's Confession. In
Idaho he files gold mine
claims in Gander Gulch,
Illinois Gulch, and Gal Currier.
1861? Early in the war William Smith Sr sells his slaves and invests
the money in Southern
script. This is a family tale that loses
credibility since he is
not recorded as owning slaves in the 1860 census.
Dec
1861 Gen John B. Henderson brings union
troops to Lincoln Co. to
clean up a hotbed of
Confederate activity. He is reported to
have made a new county
out of it. He moves on to Mexico
the last week of Dec.
1861-1862 Logan Howell with the 5th Iowa Cavalry
writes Mary "Polly" H. Howell,
Calvin's ex wife, from somewhere between Clarksville and Paducah,
Kentucky. He tells Samuel Thomas, Calvin's son to be a good boy, and
says he wants to see him
very bad. He also mentions Mary Smith,
William Smith Jr,s daughter, and Sarah Howell Kennedy, his sister.
1862-1864?
William Smith Sr is hiding a
favorite grey mare from the Federals
Federal troops came by
farm and want the corn. They took the
corn
Welty and Britton
had picked and cribbed. They came by
again and
wanted to be fed. They killed a bunch of chickens, ate them,
then cut wood to pay
for them. William Smith Jr is living on a farm
down near
Winfield. He is running a threshing
machine.
7 Mar 1862
Union troops break up a rebel camp on Bob's creek, on the southern
edge of Lincoln Co.
9 Mar 1862
Troy is occupied for a time by 400 rebel bushwhackers. They are
robbing union men, and
have sworn the clerks of the courts.
10
Mar 1862 Federal troops are brought out
of St Charles, Col Krekles regiment,
and Warrenton, to
retake Troy. Federal troops
will occupy Troy
several more times before the war is over.
12
Mar 1862 Two companies of the 5th Mo
Cav are ordered to occupy Troy.
They are to ferret out
and bring to justice the jayhawkers,
and insurgents in the
area. They have the power to seize
property.
They are to put the incorrigible out of
the way, either by death or
imprisonment. They are empowered to secure the good conduct
of rebels through the
use of bonds and oaths.
June 1862
Col Porter is recruiting rebels, for the 1st Northeast Regiment of
Confederate Cavalry, at
Olney.
20
July 1862 General Schofield, commander
of the Union, Missouri State Militia, orders
all men of military age
to join the Enrolled Missouri State Militia.
Many
join the rebs instead.
28
July 1862 William Smith Jr enlists as a Sergeant in the 37th Regiment,
Enrolled Missouri
Militia." Shirt Tail Militia", "Lincoln Co. Home
Guard".
17 Aug 1862 Col Krekel's Reg,
and the Enrolled Militia are the Union forces
responsible for Lincoln
Co.
22
Sept 1862 Lincoln announces that in 100
days he will issue a Emancipation
Proclamation freeing
the slaves, in the areas of southern states
not under Union
occupation..
Dec 1862
William Smith Jr enlists in
the Union Army Company B,
of the 32nd Missouri
Infantry Volunteers.
He's taken to
Benton Barracks in St Louis, by Major Morris, and sold to
another
recruiting Captain. He and his buddies,
which include
Elisha East, and Moses
Howell, break out and desert. Asa East
stays,
and is
assigned to another Company.
1
Jan 1863 Lincoln issues the
Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
It does not
apply to Missouri. There are 2,500
slaves in Lincoln Co.
15
Jan 1863 Lincoln County is assessed
$5,700, to be paid by disloyal citizens
to Union
families that had men killed or wounded, or had property
destroyed by
the rebels.
2 Apr 1863
Sidney and a non-Smith
partner, buy two mining
claims on Mores
Creek. Idaho City, Idaho, claims
office.
Apr.
–May 1863 Sixty rebels under Todd,
Pulliam, Beckman and Rucker are raiding
in Pike and Lincoln
County.
June 1863
Capt McVaden has a battalion of Federal troops in Troy.
Aug 1863
Every disloyal person in the District of North Missouri was required
to take the loyalty
oath and post a $1,000 bond to guarantee such loyalty.
10
Sept 1863 William Smith Jr is relieved from duty in the 37th Regiment
Enrolled Missouri
Militia. He is credited with 27 days of
service.
Call ups were generally
for 30 days or less.
7 Jan 1864
William Appleberry, Bethany’s
son dies. He was unmarried.
11
Feb 1864 John W. Appleberry, Bethany’s husband dies. Both die of
disease while in the
Union army in Kentucky. They are buried
in
the Camp Nelson
Cemetery, Jessamine County, Kentucky, in
plots A48 and A 49.
5 May 1864
General Order # 2, requires all southern sympathizers to
surrender their arms.
Sum 1864
Thomas returns to Oregon from
Idaho.
1 Aug 1864
The men of Lincoln Co. are facing the possibility of being
drafted into the Federal
army. The County court meets, and
borrows money to pay 205
men a $100 bounty each for volunteering
to serve.
Sept 1864
All citizens in Lincoln Co. will be required to take a oath of
Allegiance.
Sept 1864
William Smith Sr, visited by
Union troops, and faced with the
requirement to take the
"Iron Clad Oath of Allegiance,
to the Union"
collapses. The Union troops offer to
revive him with a
few good kicks. He revives, but we are not told if
he took the oath. In1863 the authorities in St Louis codified
the
following oath. "I do solemnly swear that I will bear
true allegiance
to the United States and
support and sustain the Constitution and
laws thereof; that I
will maintain the national sovereignty paramount
to that of all State, county
or Confederate powers; that I will
discourage,
discountenance, and forever oppose secession, rebellion,
and the disintegration
of the Federal Union; that I disclaim and
denounce all faith and
fellowship with the so-called Confederate
armies, and pledge my
honor, my property, and my life to the
sacred performance of
this oath of allegiance to the government
of the United Stated of
America." To remain in Union held
counties, often a bond
was also required. Violations of the
oath resulted in court
martial, fines, prison or a death sentence.
Fall 1864
Sidney goes to Idaho. Calvin
and Azariah are already there. Azariah
has a gold mine claim on
Moore's Creek, Calvin has claims on
Northern Light and
Alabama.
Thomas is left in charge of Sidney's
Oregon ranch. He takes a fancy to
Rhoda Ann, Sidney's daughter.
4 Oct 1864
Lincoln Co. is infested with guerrillas.
The Enrolled Militia is called
out.
26
Oct 1864 A Battalion of the 6th
Missouri Cavalry is sent to Lincoln Co. to
destroy Confederate bands
run by Wood and Dorsey. The Enrolled
Militia
from Lincoln County are
on a scout into Boone and Howard Counties.
1864 Abraham Welty’s wife Mary dies. Lincoln Co.
Mo. Between 15 Oct
and 10 Dec. She is 77 years old. She is buried in the Howell Cemetery,
Tucker graveyard.
10
Dec 1864 William Smith Jr, in the
settlement of the estate, is paid for taking Mary
Rowland Welty's slaves,
on this date, to Wright City, to sell.
Winter
1864-65 Troy is occupied by Capt
Kimpinski's Company of the
49th Regt. Mo. Vol.
1865
Lorean and her husband Mathew
Crouch are in Pike County,
Illinois. He is selling his share of his fathers land
in Lincoln county,
leaving a record of
where he's living. Lorean (Laura Ann) Smith Crouch
will die this year, perhaps
in Pike County, Illinois. Mary
Applebury,
Bethany's daughter dies in Tennessee. She was unmarried. Martha
Appleberry Adams
information.
Jan 1865
Missouri abolishes slavery, within the state.
William Smith Jr has rented a farm up near Troy. When the war is over
he will return to
Winfield area.
Mar 1865
Lincoln Co. faced with another requirement to draft men, borrows
money to pay a $200.
total bonus for 103 men to serve in the
Missouri Volunteers for
12 months. They continue to take
these actions till the
end of the war.
21
Mar 1865 William Smith Jr is prosecuted in Lincoln Co. for selling liquor
without a license. He is fined $20 and court costs.
Spring 1865
Troy is occupied by the Col Charles W. Parker and the 37th EMM.
9 April 1865
General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse.
4 May 1865
General Taylor surrenders the Confederate forces in Mississippi
and Alabama. Many Missourians are with this force.
26
May 1865 General Kirby Smith surrenders
his force in Texas. The war
is over.
1865 The following family members, in addition to
those mentioned
elsewhere, served in
the civil war. Some would become part of
the
family through
marriage after the war. Some served in
more than one
organization. Some were wounded and some did not survive
the war.
Union: 37th
Regt. Enrolled Missouri Militia, [Shirt Tail
Militia] Co. B, Capt. Seymore Cannon, 2nd Lt Elisha Welty
Early,
2nd Lt Herman Schaper,
1st Lt Larkin Creech.
2nd Provisional Regt, Enrolled Missouri
Militia [Detailed Militia] [Six Month Service] Co. C,
Moses
Howell, Richard East,
Elisha Welty "Doc" East.
3rd Missouri Militia, Cavalry, Mj James Wilson, 2nd Lt Isaac W.
Cannon, John East Co. G,
David Hubbard Cannon, Joseph W.
Kallish Jr, John W.
East, John Welty Hunter, Thomas Hobbs,
Stephen Burdett
Claggett, William Henry Claggett, Thomas B. East Jr,
Elisha Welty Howell,
Francis Marion Howell, Elemuel Kinion,
Reuben Presley, Daniel
Madden.
49th Missouri Infantry Capt.
Joseph Bedford Howell, 1st Lt Allen
Howell, Samuel Livingston Howell, John Self East,
Richard Henry East,
Corporal Joseph Rinaman
2nd Missouri Light Artillery Regt.
Henry Welty, Daniel Welty.
5th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry [Curtis Horse] Sgt Logan
Howell.
Phelps Independent Regiment Albis H. East
117th Infantry, Ohio Volunteers, John Baughman
Unidentified Units: Warren
Howell
Confederates: 2nd
Missouri Regt. of Infantry, Pvt John
Wilson,
10th Mo. Pvt William Carwell
Others: There are numerous
distantly related Welty's and Weldy's,
from Pike Co., and SE
Mo. as well as from eastern states who served,
primarily in the Union
Army.