Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1864, AUG. 372 RECRUITS. John Lester. M. V. Mitchell, Jesse Miller, J. L. Merchant, L. Ma.lott, Madison Owens. C. C. Redln-an. N. T. Rogers. W. M. Rule, Samuel Rixev. E. C. Redman. Na.thl Searr-v. Dan Stewart, Dan Stevens H. J. Talbott, V1n. Talbott, Ed. Tanner, Andrew Tribble. BOUNTY FOR RECRUITS. The countv court (Layton) offers $75 for each recruit credited to Platte Co~untv. Aug. 3Mobile taken by Farragut. A/ug. 15Maj. Hilliard sent a squad of soldiers to the house of Levi Brashears, and captured 30 stand of arms. .l~ug. 16Capt. J. H. Burt, with his company. had a brush with bushwhackers near Henry V11111l11911/S, and it Was thought one was wounded. .1119. 18Harvey Ta.lbovtts house burned; loss. 151,000. N. P. Ogden leaves New Market and setles at YWeston. Wm Carp-enter buys the Barnes store-house and opens a stock of dry goods. Aug. 19Th-e Border Times charges that twothirds of the people of Platte a.re disloyal. Union leagues are organized in the county. Aug. 2"A detach1nent of the 17th Illinois Cavalry fall in with Si. Gordon and ve of his men. They pursue th-e1n closely. but fail to capture any of them. The Border Times announces: There is peace in Platte." DR. JOSEPH WALKER SHOT. Aug. .28I have already stated that Dr. Valler was impli- eated in the threat to kill any Northern Methodist that continued to preach in Platte; and I have recorded the execution of that threat upon Rev. Chas. Morris. A son of Mr. Morris. living in New Orleans. to avenge his fa.thers death. came to Leavenworth and organi7.ed and armed a hand of desperate men. who went through the I1(l,.1lll)()ll,lO0(l where his father had been forbidden to preach. in st-areh of the leaders of the out1a.ge. None were found, until Dr. \all;er was met in the road. He was taken to an adjacent wood anal shot. His family were notied. and reached him in time to hear his statement that he was shot by a party of men. all of whom were st ra11,,:ers to him except one John Morris. who lived in the 11-i;;lIlm1lum(l. John Morris was no relative of Rev. Charles Morris, but was pressed into the service of the hand. as a guide. The facts were drawn out on the trial of John Morris. who was imlir-tetl for the murder. and he was found not guiltv. The tra;:elv prmlnreul -onsternation in the count).