Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1862 JULY. 328 COL. JAMES A. PRICE. IV. LUCY ANN BABER, md 1st, a Blake; married second, J. H. Williams V. ELIZABETH BABER, md Geo. Moon. VI. THOMAS C. BABER, died leaving an only child: 1. Marietta Baber JULY. July 1 The Union Pacic Railroad chartered by Congress, to be finished by July 1, 1876. July 2 - The oath of allegiance required by Congress of all officers. COL. JAMES A. PRICE Raised Company K, 18th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. It was sworn into the Federal service in 1861. Capt. Price was promoted major June 19, 1862. At the battle of Shiloh one-third of Com- pany K were killed or wounded. Capt. Price himself was one of the latter. With a View of raising a new regiment, Maj. Price resigned and proceeded to enlist men in V-Weston. In July, 1862, he had 800 men; and on organization he was ma.de colonel, John lboniphan lieutenant-colonel ,and John M. Clark major. The regi- ment was raised under the call of Governor Gamble for home protection. and consisted of Company A, Capt. W. T. Woods; Company B, Capt. J as. M. Nolaand; Company C, Capt. W. J. Fitz- gerald; Coinpaiiy D. Capt. Chas. G. Peacock; Company E, Capt. John H. Burt; Company F, Capt. Morton P. Moore; Company G. Capt. Charles Guenther; Company H, Capt. Samuel J. Miller. This regiment was known as the 39th, and kept good order in the county until disbanded, November 1, 1863. Thence- forth, until the organization of the Pawpaws. We were the prey of predatory bands o-f outlaws. who robbed and hung our people at their pleasure. July 16 - Three Federal soldiers, apprehended for crime, are brought to Platte City for examination. A squad of Red1egs appear and order the prisoners to leave. One goes with them, and the other two remain. Col. J. A. Price sends a troop of his soldiers to see that there is no interference with the course of justice. AUGUST. Aug. 4 - Elias Barbee having died, T. F. Warner administers. Bond, $5,000. THE BARBEE FAMILY Elias Barbee (i), a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Virginia, June 14, 1763. He married Elizabeth Slaughter, born July 12, 1763, in Virginia. Near the close of the eighteenth century, they removed to Green County, Ky. Here Elias Barbee (ii) was