Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1855, OCT. 204 COL. JOSEPH WINSTON. rst settlers of ;Ia.rtinsvill~e. Irwin never married. He was highlv esteemed. The Kansas Legislature establishes slavery, makes it a felony to express Abolitionist sentiments. disqualies Abolitionists as jurors where the rights of slave-holders are involved, and requires all officers to swear they will support the fugitive slave law. OCTOBER. Or-t. 1J. W. Vhiteld elected by 2,721 Pro-slavery votes a. delegate to Congress. He was commissioned, but not allowed a sea.t. The Free State men did not vote. Om. 2~Henrv Walker having died in Weston, Henry Basye administered. Bond. $10.00). Children: 1. W. H. Wa.lker; 2. Andw. J. Oct. 3 Pro-s1a.verv men meet a.t Leavenworth. and issue an address. appealing to the people for law and order. It was signed bv D. A. N. Grover. J. A. Halderman. L. F. Hollingsworth. D. J. Johnson. YV. G. Hathias, R. R. Rees. et (11. ON. 5 John Chapin having died. John Villi-ams administers. -mnd. $3.000. Oct. 7Abra1n Faubion having died. James Dodd adminis- ters. Bond. $4.000. (h: 1. iIa.rgaret Fa.ubion. md Brenner; \illia1n. d. in Dec.. 1857; 3. Catherine Fa.ubion; 4. Ruth Ann; Hezekiah; 6, Hitoner Faubion. ()ef. 8Ele(-tion in Leavenworth C-ountv. to determine be- tween Delaware. Kickapoo. and Leavenworth. which should be the ~on11tv seat. resulted in favor of Delaware, by a vote of 900, against 8:318 for Kit-kapoo. and 700 for Leav~e1nvorth. The polls a.t Dela.- ware were kept open three davs. and many Went there from Platte to vote. I would not go over. thouglrimpo-rtuned; but denounced the inter-ferenee of our eitizens as Wrong. Yet my name was voted three times. Or-t. 9Eleetion by Free State men of Kansas of delegates to a eonstitutional eonvention. The eonvention met October 23d. and ehose Jas. ll. Lane president. NOVEMBER. .m. lIILetitia 1). \inston. widow of Gen. Joseph Vinston. lmving died. (ol. John H. \inston administers. Bond. 115330.000. lllE \INSl()N F.MILY. The pi-o;:enitor was ((i)L. JOSICIH \l.ST().. born in 1740; died in 1514. In 1700 he removed from ir;:inia to North (,a.rolina.. In the l{eoIntion;n; \ar he raised :1 regiment of patriots. a.nd served under Hen. Greene. in the . 1n of the South. His regi- men did nohle st-ie(-:11 the battle of Kings Mountain. October 7, 1570, where Hen. leif.:l1son of the iritish Arnrv was defeated. For his serviees on this oeeasioii he was granted. by the Legisla- ture of .orth 1:lrolin.i a sword ornamented with appropriate