Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1862, AUG. 330 GREENUP BIRD. Berry. A. Tribble, R. J. Robertson. and others send teams on the trip of six days. Aug. 6F. G. Gaylord appointed by the co-unty court to eX~ amine and license teachers for Platte. .1 ug. 9Greenup Bird, cashier of the bank at Liberty, Writes to me: A man named Thatcher, who had given bond and taken the iron-clad oath,was charged with violating the same, by stating he had killed Union soldiers, and would do so again, and who had made other treasonable utterances, was hung, about two miles south of Liberty, by order of Col. Penick. The stable of Henry Foley (a strong Union man), near Where Thatcher was hung, was burned this morning. The people are today enrolling pretty fast. Aug. 13Mr. Bird again writes to me: Independence was taken on Monday by a ba.nd of guerrillas under John T. Hughes. The Federals were driven into the bank and threatened with re. A11 adjacent house already burning. they surrendered. Thirty or forty Federals were killed. and eight or ten guerrillas, and among the latter. John T. Hughes. Some forty Federals esoap-ed, and others were paroled. Aug. 15Qua.ntrell and Hays issue orders to kill all Federal recruits. -iur/. 16-Henry M. Woodsmall. of Parkville. crossed the Mis- souri with 129 Southern recruits. Oscar Beery Was second lieutenant of the company. Aug. 25Tho1nas Foster having died. A. T. Foster adminis- tered. Bond. $12900. His widow was Margaret. and children: 1. Hannah Combs; 2. Mary Judy; 3. Martha Galbraith; 4. Elgiva Foster; 5. Ammoln Foster; 6. Rebecca; 7, Carey Foster. SEPTEMBER. Scpt. .)A. G. Beller enrolled as an attorney. { ])1. IIBattle of Bloomeld. Nr/:1. .22Preside11t Linco1ns first Emancipation Procla- mation. Nnpf. .30 Lieut. D. Bonham. of the 4th Regiment (Col. Ha.lls). Missmlri State Militia. stationed at Platte City. OCTOBER. Or-I. IThe Sta mp Law went into effect. ()4-I. (i\:1ller R. lra(ly having died. his widow. Eliza. ad- ministex-:-l. (Th: 1. Josephine Brady; 2-, Georgeann; 3, Eliza- he-th l.1aly. S. l. S. .Ic(,11r(ly reports to the county court that he had