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THURMAN [LeaAnn ] #4 PHINEAS BACON WILCOX [LeaAnn ] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:22:12 -0700 From: Bonnie M Bunce Subject: Bounty Land Warrant, Bunce, Isaac, 1853 & 1855 Lorain Co. Please forgive me if this is a duplicate posting. I posted an earlier message, but wasn't sure whether it got through to the list, since I subscribed at the about same time. I don't have any relationship to this Bunce family that I know of; I was just researching any Bunce family that I could find in Yates Co. NY to see what connection they had, if any, to my own line there. Below are copies of two Bounty Land Warrant Files No. 163903 and No. 62908 from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. for Isaac BUNCE, formerly of what was Reading, Steuben Co., New York, now Starkey, Yates Co., New York. The original documents were mostly handwritten; long blank lines indicate words that were illegible. Dashed lines indicate a new page within the copy. Also, the name of Isaac Bunce can be found on pp. 977 and 1068 of the book, History and Directory of Yates County, New York, edited by Stafford C. Cleveland, where it states he was a soldier in the War of 1812 (p. 1068), and he married Cornelia Vosburgh, dau. of Evert (1765-1832) and Catherine (_____) Vosburgh (1767-1839) of the Town of Starkey, Yates Co., New York. There is also a biographical sketch on this Isaac Bunce and his family on p. 1149 of the book, Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, 1894, published by J.H. Beers, Chicago, which states he was born in Vermont, died at age 61 before 1850 which is obviously wrong, based on the records below, and that his wife, Cornelia Vosburgh, died at age 45, which may have been the person actually referred to as having died prior to 1850, since she was also probably born before 1800. They were said to be the parents of five daughters: Emily, who m. Joseph Storrow, and lived in Wellington; Christina, who m. ____ Leonard, possibly the Calvin Leonard who was on 1850 census in Huntington Twp., where they were said to be living; Susan, who m. A. Twaddle, who had d. prior to 1894, possibly Abner or Alexander Twaddle; Elizabeth, who m. George Gillet and resided in Brighton Twp.; and Mary, who m. Horatio B. Beardsley. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- [Copy of first File No. 163903, Warrant No. 89165 for 40 acres.] [one-third folded piece of paper, probably cover of file] 163903 April 11, 1853 Isaac Bunce, private Capt. Timothy Hurd Col. -- Flemmon Gen. -- McClure Militia New York ------------------------------- Enl./ 1 Sept 1814 ) ) War Dis/ 1 Dec 1814 ) 1812 ============================= ________ ___________ Third Auditor's Office May 21, 1853 Isaac Bunce served in Capt. T. Hurd's Co. ___ from 7 Sept ) to 7 Dec ) 1814 [signed] R. Vance (?) for Third Auditor _________________________________ War _____ _______ sent May 27/53 _________________________________ John N. Vincent Elyria Lorain Co. O. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- The Declaration of Isaac Bunce The State of Ohio } } ss. County of Lorain } On this 8th day of April, A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for said County resident at Elyria in said county & state, Isaac Bunce aged sixty years, a resident of Brighton in the said county of Lorain and State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Isaac Bunce who was a private in an independent company commanded by Captain Timothy Hurd in a Regiment of New York Militia commanded by Col. Flemmon (under Gen. McClure) in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812 -- That he was ordered into service at Steuben County, New York on or about the first of September A.D. 1814, for the term of three months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months, and was honorably discharged at Fort George, Canada on or about the first day of December A.D. 1814, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company, he had a certificate of discharge (which he has lost in moving, not knowing the same would ever be of any service to him) He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military services of the United States" passed September 28th 1850. [signed] Isaac Bunce Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written -- And I hereby certify, that I believe the said Isaac Bunce to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated. Given under my hand and seal of office the day & year first above written. [signed] Geo. T. Smith Notary Public ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio April 8th, 1853 To the Commissioner of Pensions -- Dear Sir I herewith enclose the Declaration of Isaac Bunce. Please send answer to me at "Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio" John M. Vincent _____ Atty. for Lorain Co. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- [Copy of second File No. 62980, Warrant No. 34122 for 120 acres.] Com. of Pensions ( Elyria Lorain County Ohio ( April 9th, 1855 Dear Sir Enclosed please find the claim of Isaac Bunce to Bounty Land. He has had 40 a. Please direct answer to me at "Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio" & oblige John M. Vincent Agent ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [Note: This was a preprinted form with filled-in blanks, indicated by underline marks before and after handwritten words.] BOUNTY LAND CLAIM. State of _Ohio_ } } SS. County of _Lorain_ } On this _third_ day of _April_ A.D. one thousand eight hundred and _fifty-five_, personally appeared before me, _George T. Smith, Notary Public_, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid _Isaac Bunce_ aged _sixty-one_ years, a resident of _Wellington Lorain County_ in the State of _Ohio_ who being duly sworn, declares that he is the identical _Isaac Bunce_ who was a _Private_ in the Company commanded by _Timothy Hurd (Eight infantry)_ ________ in the _______ Regiment of _New York militia_ commanded by _Col. Flemming, ______ Gen. McClure_ in the war _with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812_ that he _called out_ at _Fort George, Co Steuben_ on or about the _first day of September_ of _the year_ A.D. 1812, or 1813_ for the term of _three months_ and continued in actual service for the term of _three months_ and was honorably discharged at _Fort George, Canada_ on the _First of December_ of _the year_ A.D. _1812 or 1813_ on account of _expiration of service_ as will appear on the muster rolls of said Company. _He had a discharge which he has lost and cannot forward herewith._ He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3, 1855. And refers to his former declaration made under act of September 28th, 1850 upon which he obtained a Land Warrant No. _89165_, for _forty_ acres, which he having legally transferred and disposed of, is not within his power now to return. He further declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under any other act of Congress, nor made any application therefor, than the one above referred to, under act of _28th September 1850_ upon which he obtained the said Land Warrant No. _89165_, for _forty_ acres, and the one now presented. [signed] Isaac Bunce Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I hereby certify that I believe the said _Isaac Bunce_ who signed and executed the above declaration and is now present to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated, and that I have no interest in said claim. [signed] Geo. T. Smith Notary Public STATE OF _Ohio_ } } ss: COUNTY OF _Lorain_ } Personally appeared _John H. Faxon_ and _Landon Rood_ citizens of above County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with _Isaac Bunce_ and that he is the person now present who signs and executes the within declaration. [signed] John H. Faxon [signed] Landon Rood Sworn to and subscribed before me this _third_ day of _April_ A.D. 1855; and I certify that the said _John H. Faxon_ and _Landon Rood_ are credible and respectable citizens. [signed] Geo. T. Smith Notary Public ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [one-third folded piece of paper, probably cover of file] 3-565. _________________ No. _62909_ Act of _Mch 3,_ 18_55_ Received _____________, 18__ ============================== _Isaac Bunce__________________ _Private______________________ _ Capt. Hurd__________________ _ N.Y. Mil.___________________ _ War of 1812_________________ Warrant No. __34122___________ For __120__ Acres. ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- [Also included were copies of 3 muster rolls for 3 Art'y and L. Inf. N.Y. (1813) in the name of Isaac Bunce, which stated he was a private in "Captain Timothy Hurd's Co. of L. Infantry, Detached Militia, 3 Reg't New York State Art'y and L. Inf." showing that he was on the "Company Pay Roll" from Sept. 7, 1813 to Dec. 7, 1813.] ---------------------------------------------- Bonnie Bunce Aurora, CO email: bmbunce@juno.com ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 20:36:16 -0600 From: LeaAnn Subject: NOAH H. SWAYNE HIstorical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe LL.D. NOAH H. SWAYNE The late Noah H. Swayne, Judge of the supreme court of the United States, was born in Culpepper County, Virginia, in 1804, of Quaker parentage. When nineteen years of age he was admitted to the bar and, disliking slavery, came to Ohio. At the age of twenty six he was appointed by Gen. Jackson United States Attorney for Ohio, when he removed from Coshocton, where he was settled, to Columbus. In 1839, President VAn Buren appointed him United States District Attorney. He soon acquired high reputation as a jury lawyer, his peculiar forte being the examination of witnesses and in skillful analysis of testimony. On retiring from this office he took no part in politics until 1856, when in the Fremont campaign he made speeches against the extension of slavery. In February, 1862, after the decease of Justice McLean, of the Supreme court, he was appointed by President Lincoln his successor. This was by the unanimous recommendation of the Ohio delegation in Congress and in accordance with the oft-repeated expressed desire of Justice McLean, in his lifetime, that in the event of his decease he would be the best person for his successor. This opinion of Judge McLean was coincided in by the leading members of the bar in Washington City, who had witnessed his display of eminent ability in some cases which he had argued before the Supreme Court and which also had a like effect upon the judges before whom he had appeared. He left several sons, the oldest of whom is the eminent Ge. Wager Swayne, now of new York City, whose first name was the family name of his mother, a Virginia lady. Wager Swayne was at one time a partner with his father in the practice of the law. Another son, F.B. Swayne, is now a law partner with a son of ex-President Hayes in Toledo. -- ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:21:42 -0600 From: LeaAnn Subject: ALLEN G. THURMAN HIstorical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe LL.D. ALLEN G. THURMAN Allen G. Thurman was born the son of a clergyman, Rev. P. Thurman, in Lynchburg, Virginia, November 13, 1813. The next year the family removed to Chillicothe. He was educated at the Chillicothe Academy, and studied law with his uncle, William Allen, later Governor, and Noah H. Swayne, afterwards Judge of the United States Supreme Court. In 1835 he began the practice at Chillicothe. In 1844, he was married to Mary Dun, of Kentucky, and also elected to Congress. In 1851 he was elected a judge of the Superior Court of Ohio; and from 1854 to 1856, the date of the expiration of his term, was chief justice. The "Ohio Reports," containing his decisions gave him a wide reputation as a lawyer and jurist. In 1853, he removed to Columbus, and on leaving the bench resumed his law practice. "His opinions on important legal questions were much sought after and relied upon by the bar all over the State, and he was retained as counsel in the supreme court in many of the most important cases. He has always been a laborious student; indefatigably in the preparation of his cases, and a forcible and direct speaker, who wastes no time on immaterial points." In 1868 he was first elected to the United States Senate, and was a leading member for many years, where he became chairman of the judiciary committee. In the session of 1877-78 he reported the bill commonly called the "Thurman Bill," to compel the Pacific railroads to secure their indebtedness of nearly seventy millions to the government, and supported it by a written report sustaining its constitutionality and propriety, and also by elaborate and able arguments in the debate that followed. The constitutionality of the bill was relentlessly assailed by its opponents, but the law has been sustained by the Supreme Court. Judge Thurman has always been a Democrat of the strictest sect, and not inclined to run after temporary expedients in politics. He firmly believes that the welfare of the country depends upon the preservation of the Democratic party, and to a singular degree he has the respect of the public, irrespective of parties, for integrity and uprightness. In selecting him as their candidate in the canvass of 1888 for the high office of Vice-President the Democratic party is widely judged to have especially honored themselves. -- ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:30:15 -0600 From: LeaAnn Subject: PHINEAS BACON WILCOX Historical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe LL.D. PHINEAS BACON WILCOX Phineas Bacon Wilcox was born in 1798 on "Forty Rod Hill," his fathers farm near Middletown, Conn., and died at Columbus in 1863. He was educated at Yale, came to Columbus in 1824, and became eminent as a land and also as a chancery lawyer. He was by turns prosecuting attorney reporter for the Supreme Court and United States commissioner, which last office he resigned rather than be made instrument in remanding a fugitive slave to bondage. He was a fine classical scholar, and had one of the finest law libraries in the West. He had deep religious convictions and was said by a friend to have lived upon Coke and the Bible. He prepared various law works, as "Ohio Forms and Practice," "Practical Forms Under the Code of Civil Procedure," etc. With politics he would have nothing to do, other than voting, although a staunch Republican. He never doubted, bu that the rebellion would be squelched, but the great peril would come after the war from want of loyalty of the South to the General Government. -- -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #82 ******************************************