This Day in Goodlove History, February 23
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Surnames associated with the name Goodlove have been spelled the following different ways; Cutliff, Cutloaf, Cutlofe, Cutloff, Cutlove, Cutlow, Godlib, Godlof, Godlop, Godlove, Goodfriend, Goodlove, Gotleb, Gotlib, Gotlibowicz, Gotlibs, Gotlieb, Gotlob, Gotlobe, Gotloeb, Gotthilf, Gottlieb, Gottliebova, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlow, Gutfrajnd, Gutleben, Gutlove
The Chronology of the Goodlove, Godlove, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlieb (Germany, Russia, Czech etc.), and Allied Families of Battaile, (France), Crawford (Scotland), Harrison (England), Jackson (Ireland), LeClere (France), Lefevre (France), McKinnon (Scotland), Plantagenets (England), Smith (England), Stephenson (England?), Vance (Ireland from Normandy), and Winch (England, traditionally Wales), including correspondence with George Rogers Clarke, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,and ancestors Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison.
The Chronology of the Goodlove, Godlove, Gottlob, Gottlober, Gottlieb (Germany, Russia, Czech etc.), and Allied Families of Battaile, (France), Crawford (Scotland), Harrison (England), Jackson (Ireland), LeClere (France), Lefevre (France), McKinnon (Scotland), Plantagenets (England), Smith (England), Stephenson (England?), Vance (Ireland from Normandy), and Winch (England, traditionally Wales), including correspondence with George Rogers Clarke, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,and ancestors Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison.
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The Goodlove/Godlove/Gottlieb families and their connection to the Cohenim/Surname project:
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Birthday: George E. Booth, Paul A. Faust
Anniversary: Elenor Dawson and William Moore, Catherine Foley and William H McKinnon
February 23, 1422: During the conflict between the Hussites and the Dominicans, Pope Martin V issued a Bull favorable to the Jews reminding Christians that their religion had been inherited from the Jews. “The pope forbade the monks to preach against intercourse between Jews and Christians.”[1]
1423: Peter von Hachberg in 1423 in Colmar.[2] James I of Scotland released by English, Doge’s Palace in Venice enlarged, Fabriano's Adoration of the Magi, End of captivity of James I King of Scotland. [3]
February 23, 1455: Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type. This revolution in publishing was one of the most liberating events in Western history. Some say that it really marked the beginning of the Modern Intellectual Era of Western Civilization. Soon books would be printed Hebrew giving the People of the Book greater access to books thus further democratizing the concept of learning which is a cornerstone of Jewish civilization. The chapter and verse system finally took hold in copies of the Torah (books not the Scroll itself) as a result of the printing revolution.[4]
1456: First Gutenberg Bibles printed in Europe, Earthquake in Naples Italy, trial of Joan of Arc annulled, Turks conquer Athens, death of Janos Hunyady after repelling Turks at Belgrade, Francois Villon writes “Le Petit Testament” Paolo Uccello paints “The Battle of San Romano”, Cape Verde Islands discovered off W Africa, Turks capture Athens, Gutenberg prints Mazarin Bible -first in Europe, Crusaders defend Belgrade against Ottomans, Botticeli paints <i>Primavera</i>, Earthquake in Naples Italy. [5]
February 23, 1484: Over this day and the next, 30 men and women were burned alive, as well as the bones of 40 others at the Inquisitional Tribunal of Ciudad Real.[6]
February 23, 1745: Jack Murray Greathouse believes because of the time and place of his will that Henry had gone to Springfield township perhaps to settle his father’s estate. The witnesses to his will were residents of Springfield Township, Philadelphia County. Henry’s will is dated January 3, 1744, and was probated February 23, 1745 and recorded in Philadelphia Will Book ”G”, page 170. [7]
Trouble began February 23, 1770, when a schoolboy named Christopher Snider was shot and killed by an “abandoned wretch” of a Tory during a melee. The boy’s funeral, organized by Samuel Adams, drew thousands of angry citizens.[8]
No FTDNA matches were found in Scotland but my 5th great grandfather was, and this is his story.
Tragedy of Love Led to Ohioville's Founding[9]
The Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland produces men who place duty before personal inclinations.
Such a man was Lord Michael McKinnon, native of the island. He trained his children to adhere to their ideas and sacrifice everything to duty. Early in 1770 two of his sons, Daniel and Joseph, came to America. Daniel, a high Episcopal preacher to George IV of England, was sent by the crown to the church at Philadelphia.
He was a man of decided opinions and did not fit in well with the growing tendency in the colonies to question the crown's authority. He was a staunch royalist and preached his convictions from the pulpit. His belief, however, did not prevent his marriage to Miss Polly Dawson, a lovely colonial girl, who was a member of an ardent Whig family.
For several years Polly was very happy with her ecclesiastical husband. A daughter, whom they named Katie, was born.
The young wife, however, did experience troublesome moments when her family reproached her for her husband’s denunciation of the American cause.
One night Polly retired early. Later she was awakened by angry shouting in the lower hall. She went to the top of wide, shallow stairway and looked down into the hall. Below were a number of men. In the front line, pressing close to her husband, who was standing on the second step, were her father and brother, Daniel. The minister, partially dressed, his thin intelligent face pale in the light of the candleabrum, was speaking quietly.
"I will not take the oath of Allegiance against my king. I am the servant of the church and his majesty is its head. I will not denounce him for a group of people who are rebelling against a just and kind ruler."
Wrathful shouts filled the hall. The colonist surged forward but Reverend McKinnon did not move. Polly's brother looked up and saw his sister standing in the shadows.
"If ye will not take the oath, then ye must go back to England and my sister and her child will stay in America," he shouted.
The minister turned quickly and held out his hand to his wife, who came swiftly down the steps.
"Daniel," she said, "Please take these men and go away. My husband and I will settle this question."
Finally the crowd dispersed and Polly turned back up the stairs, accompanied by her husband. But neither slept that night. Polly pleaded and begged that he take the oath of allegiance, but her husband remained adamant. Finally the girl decided words were useless. She was sad at the thought of leaving her family, but there was no question in her loyal heart but that she must go with her husband. Her family decided otherwise. They forced her to change her mind and she left her husband with these last words ringing in her ears; "If you go with them Polly we will never see each other again."
Filial obligations ruled, however fro Polly and one bleak winter morning Danial McKinnon sailed for England, alone.
Daniel Dawson sold 'all his' possession and together with all his family, Polly and her baby, started west. They crossed the Allegheny mountains of pack mules. Snow and bitter cold combined with the danger of Indian attacks to harass the little party until it reached Fort Pitt. He would either come or send for her. At times Daniel Dawson was conscience-stricken as he watched his sister, but he was certain the family decision was right.
The party remained at Fort Pitt until spring. In the meantime, Dawson had been hunting for a suitable place to farm. At last he found it, high on the hills overlooking the Ohio River, between Little and Big Beaver creeks. Early in April he brought his family and sister to their new home. They were the first settlers in what is now Ohioville.
The young wife waited anxiously for those long expected "mail days". But no mail arrived from England. Daniel McKinnon was keeping his promise. One day years later Joseph McKinnon, the younger brother who had chose to remain in America, came to visit his sister-inlaw. He told Polly her husband had been made a bishop in the church and was a favorite of the king. He would never return to America.
From then, until her death, Polly heard no more of her husband. She was buried in the Ohioville cemetery.[10]
In 1776, Daniel McKinnon was lost at sea returning to England. No traces of passengers or crew were ever found. JG
Tragedy of Love Led to Ohioville's Founding[9]
The Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland produces men who place duty before personal inclinations.
Such a man was Lord Michael McKinnon, native of the island. He trained his children to adhere to their ideas and sacrifice everything to duty. Early in 1770 two of his sons, Daniel and Joseph, came to America. Daniel, a high Episcopal preacher to George IV of England, was sent by the crown to the church at Philadelphia.
He was a man of decided opinions and did not fit in well with the growing tendency in the colonies to question the crown's authority. He was a staunch royalist and preached his convictions from the pulpit. His belief, however, did not prevent his marriage to Miss Polly Dawson, a lovely colonial girl, who was a member of an ardent Whig family.
For several years Polly was very happy with her ecclesiastical husband. A daughter, whom they named Katie, was born.
The young wife, however, did experience troublesome moments when her family reproached her for her husband’s denunciation of the American cause.
One night Polly retired early. Later she was awakened by angry shouting in the lower hall. She went to the top of wide, shallow stairway and looked down into the hall. Below were a number of men. In the front line, pressing close to her husband, who was standing on the second step, were her father and brother, Daniel. The minister, partially dressed, his thin intelligent face pale in the light of the candleabrum, was speaking quietly.
"I will not take the oath of Allegiance against my king. I am the servant of the church and his majesty is its head. I will not denounce him for a group of people who are rebelling against a just and kind ruler."
Wrathful shouts filled the hall. The colonist surged forward but Reverend McKinnon did not move. Polly's brother looked up and saw his sister standing in the shadows.
"If ye will not take the oath, then ye must go back to England and my sister and her child will stay in America," he shouted.
The minister turned quickly and held out his hand to his wife, who came swiftly down the steps.
"Daniel," she said, "Please take these men and go away. My husband and I will settle this question."
Finally the crowd dispersed and Polly turned back up the stairs, accompanied by her husband. But neither slept that night. Polly pleaded and begged that he take the oath of allegiance, but her husband remained adamant. Finally the girl decided words were useless. She was sad at the thought of leaving her family, but there was no question in her loyal heart but that she must go with her husband. Her family decided otherwise. They forced her to change her mind and she left her husband with these last words ringing in her ears; "If you go with them Polly we will never see each other again."
Filial obligations ruled, however fro Polly and one bleak winter morning Danial McKinnon sailed for England, alone.
Daniel Dawson sold 'all his' possession and together with all his family, Polly and her baby, started west. They crossed the Allegheny mountains of pack mules. Snow and bitter cold combined with the danger of Indian attacks to harass the little party until it reached Fort Pitt. He would either come or send for her. At times Daniel Dawson was conscience-stricken as he watched his sister, but he was certain the family decision was right.
The party remained at Fort Pitt until spring. In the meantime, Dawson had been hunting for a suitable place to farm. At last he found it, high on the hills overlooking the Ohio River, between Little and Big Beaver creeks. Early in April he brought his family and sister to their new home. They were the first settlers in what is now Ohioville.
The young wife waited anxiously for those long expected "mail days". But no mail arrived from England. Daniel McKinnon was keeping his promise. One day years later Joseph McKinnon, the younger brother who had chose to remain in America, came to visit his sister-inlaw. He told Polly her husband had been made a bishop in the church and was a favorite of the king. He would never return to America.
From then, until her death, Polly heard no more of her husband. She was buried in the Ohioville cemetery.[10]
In 1776, Daniel McKinnon was lost at sea returning to England. No traces of passengers or crew were ever found. JG
George Washington to Gilbert Simpson, February 23, 1773, Account Book 2
Mount Vernon
Mr. Simpson: As the Negro Fellow I bought In Alexandria will by no means consent to leave this Neighbourhood and as you did not seem Inclind to take him without I have sent a young Fellow which I bought last Spring in his room. In coming from Boston
These Negros along with the one you carry out had better be valued by the same Appraisers; for the Cost of them is nothing to the purpose as I bought them with my own Money and for ready Cash noways Connected till apprais’d with our joint Interest I have wrote to Mr. Craven Peyton to act in my behalf, you and he therefore may agree on proper Persons to appraise these Negros but your Waggon Horses, and other things which have not a regular and fix’d value of themselves.
Inclose you have a List of such Articles as are furnish’d from my own Store and Smiths Shop; the prices affixd are as low as I could buy at in any of the Stores for ready Cash. Lund Washington who is now going up to Alexandria will Inclose you an Acct. of what things he will get there with the prices of each respective Article all of which I hope will not only get safe to your hands but safe to the Land of Promise; for which the Sooner you Imbark After the Weather will permit the Better as you will have more of the Spring before you to prepare for the Summers Crop.
I have wrote to Captn. Crawford to assist you with any thing you may want and I will see him paid. Vale. Crawford I am perswaded will also aid you in any matters in his power and I would advise you to lay in your Provision of Corn &ca. upon your first getting out as it is more than probable the prices of them will Increase as the Spring advances.
Let me have a List of all the Articles you furnish with the sev’l Prices annexd that I may be acquainted with our respective Advances and be enabled thereby to State the Accounts. I do not recollect any thing more at present to add except in general to advise you to look beyond a year or two and not suffer any present or immediate convenience in clearing Land or doing other things to break in upon any regular or settled Plan which may be beneficial hereafter; for this reason it is I would recommend it to you to examine the Land well and begin to Build and clear in that part of it which is most likely to answer the general end and design of your going there; so in like manner concerning your Houses letting those you do Build be good of their kind and in the end you will find them the cheapest. I heartily wish you your health, ad Succes and am Yr. Friend, etc[11]
February 23, 1774; At home all day. Mr. Robert Adam came to dinner and Mr. B. Fairfax and Capt. Crawford came to dinner. The whole staying all night.[12]
February 23, 1775
At a Court Con’d and held for Augusta
February 23, 1775: At a Court Con'd and held for Augusta County February 23d,
1775 Prest, Jno. Campbell, Jno. Gibson, Thos Smallman
Wm. Goe, Jno. Cannon.
James Berwick, Gent, is recommed to the Gentlemen to
Examine Attos, as a person of Probaty, Honesty, and good
Demeanor.
Andrew Ross, Gent, is recommended to the Gentlemen to
Examine Attos, as a person of Probaty, Honesty, and Good
Demeanor.
(9) On the Motion of Henry Heath, leave is granted him to
keep a ferry on the Monongohala River at his own Plantation,
and he provide a Boat for the sd ferry
On the Motion of Wm Lynn, leave is granted him to keep a
ferry on Monongahale River, from his House over the River to
the Land of Fras* Holls (?), u and that he provide Boats.
On the Motion of Mich'l Cresap, leave is granted him to
keep a ferry on Monongohale River at Redstone fort to the
Land of Indian Peter, and that he provide a Boat.
On the Motion of James Devore, leave is granted him to keep
a ferry on Monongohale River, from his house over the river to
the Mouth of Pidgeon Creek, and that he provide Boats.
Luke Joliff, being committed and brought before the Court
for deserting from the Militia, and for takeing with a stand of
arms, and for preventing the Indians for not delivering up
Sund Prisoners, then in their custody ; On hearing Sund
Wits and the s'd Luke, the Court are of Opinion that he for
the s'd offence receive for the s'd offence of deserting 500
Lashes with a Cat-o'nine tails on his bare back, well laid on,
and it is said to the Sheriff that execution thereof be done at such
times and in such number as not to endanger life or member.
[Here follows a long list of cases, seventy-four in number, indicat-
ing that the cases had been called and some order made in them.
Only the surnames of the parties being given, with unintelligible
memoranda which do not indicate the nature of the action, nor identify
or localize the parties, this list is omitted.]
Ord that Edward Cook, Joseph Hill, Senr., Levy Stevens,
» Name illegible. — Editor.
Gilbert Simpson, Rich'd McMahon, John Decker, Paul Froo-
man, and James Innes, they being first swbrn, Veiw a Road
from Thos. Gists to Paul Froomans Mill on Shirtees Creek, and
make a report of the Conven and Inconvenc to the next Court.
(12) Ord that Thomas Crooks, Wm. Bashears, Robt. Thornton,
Thos. Egenton, and Philip Whittan, they being first sworn,
Veiw a road from Redstone old fort to Shirtees Creek to Paul
Froomans, and make a report of the Conv and Inconv to the
Next Court.
[On the motion of Jacob Bousman, leave is granted him to
keep a ferry across the Monongohale River, from his House to
the Town oposite thereto, & that he provide & keep a suff
numer of Boats for that Purpose. 12 ]
John Campbell, Gent, with his Servt Michl Haney, came into
Court, and the sd. John acknowledged that he had served the
time mentioned in his Ind, which is Ord to be Certified.
Ord that Dav'd Steel, Thos. Bond, John Mckee, and Silas
Dexter, they being first sworn, Veiw a road from the Mouth of
the Yough River, at Mckee's ferry, to the Road from Devore's
ferry to Renoe's near Sampson Beavers, and so On to Fromans
Mill, and make a report of the Conv and Inconvenien to the
next Court.
On the Motion of Dorsey Penticost, It is Ord that his Mark
be recorded a Cross in the left Ear and his Brand D P.
Christopher Turby, John Carpenter, Joshua Wright, Joseph
Hill, Snr, John Hawthorn, Emson Brumfield, Jno. Harden,
Junr., John Pettyjohn, John Warick, James Booth, Reeson Vir-
gin, Ezekial Rose, Wm. Hawkens, James Taylor, Nathl Black-
more, James Murdough, Jas. Young, Abraham Slover, Jno.
Bell, John Dousman, Andrew Robinson, Nicholas Higatthy,
Barney Wistner (?), 13 Jno. Castleman, Elias Myers, Wm. Tea-
gard, Junr., Joseph Erwin, Jno. Nicholas, James Baird, Sam'l
Hinly, Moses Smith, Terry Moore, Michl Martin, Rich'd
Wells, and Garshom Hull, are app'd Constables, and It is Ord
that they be summoned to be sworn before a Majestrate, or
Attend at the next Court to be Sworn.
(13) John Campbell and Dorsey Penticost, the persons appointed
"This entry, placed in ( ), is erased in the original record.
13 Name somewhat illegible. — Editor.
to lay off the Prison bounds, made a report, and Ord to be Re-
corded.
Ord that the Sheriff Summon a Grand jury for the Inquest of
the body of this County, to appear here in May next.
On the Motion of Sam'l Semple, It is Ord that his Mark be
recorded a Crop of the right Ear and a Nick in the Edge.
On the Motion of John Gibson, It is Ord that his Mark a
Slit in the right and a Crop in the left Ear and brand I G.
Ordered that Alexander Mckee, James Innis, Thomas Gal-
breath, Wm. Harrison, Thomas Gaddis, Jno. Swearingen,
Thomas Freeman, Benjamin Davis, Edward Cook, John Whit-
acre, Philip Ross, David Rogers, James Chew, David Scott,
Chas. Wheeler, Thos. Crooks, Jno. Robertson, John Nevill,
Michl Rough, Isaac Mason, Eli Coulter, Wm. Elliott, Henry
Vanmetre, Geo Rodgers Clark, Rich'd Yates, John Irwine,
Christopher House (?), and Joseph Beeler, are humbly recom-
mended to his Excellency, the Governor, as proper persons
sons to be added to the Commission of the Peace for this County.
Edward Armstrong and James Ryan was brought before the
Court for fighting in the Court Yard and disturbing the Court ;
It is Ord that they be committed to the Goal of this County,
and there to remain until they Each Enter into recog in the Sum
of ;£io with 2 Secys in the Sum of ^5 Each, to be levied,
and for their appearance at the Grandjury in May next, and that
his Majesties deputy Atto prosecute them for the same : Sum
Geo Ashton, John Collins, and Sam'l Mckinsie (?). 14
(14) On the Motion of John Canon, It is Ord that his Mark be re-
corded, a Crop in the right Ear and half Crop in the left.
A Bill of Sale from James Cumberford to Geo Aston was
prov'd by Valentine Thos. D' Alton, the Wit, and O R.
A Bill of Sale from Simon Butler to Geo Aston was prov'd
by Valentine Thos. D' Alton, one of the Wits, and O R.
An Agreement between Cornelius Dougherty and Geo Aston
was prov'd by Valentine Thos. D' Alton, one of the Wits,
and O R.
Geo Aston took the Usual Oaths to his Majesties person and
Government, Sub the Ab Oath and test, and Ord to be Cert'd
on his Commission of Captain of the Militia.
" Spelling doubtful ; word illegible. — Editor.
Licence to keep an ordinary is Granted to John Ormsby, he
hav'g compld with the Law.
Licence to keep an Ordinary is Granted to Sam'l Ewalt, he
hav'g Compld with the Law.
The Last Will and Test of Shedrich Muchmoor, dec'd, was
proved by Valentine Thos. D' Alton and Wm. Plumer, two of
the Wits, and O R, and On the Motion Mary Muchmoor the
Widow, Admon with the Will Annexed is granted her, she
hav'g Comp with the Law.
Ord that Benja Tomlinson, Joshua Baker, Jacob Cockran,
and Jos Cockran, and any 3, app the Est of Shedrich Much-
moor, dec'd, and return the App to the next Court.
Jonathan Muchmoor of the age of 19 years Orph of Shed-
rich Muchmoor, dec'd, chose Thos. Smallman his Gaurd, who
Compld with the Laws
(15) Ordered that the Court be adjorned until to Morrow Morning
10 o'Clock. Jno. Connolly. [14]
February 23, 1778
A stranger arrives at Valley Forge. He is sent by Benjamin Franklin. The Stranger is an unlikely volunteer. His name is Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Von Steuben, a General in the mighty Prussian army.[15] He was neither a Baron, nor a General. George Washington did not care.[16] Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Gerhard August, Freiherr von Steuben, a Prussian military officer, arrives at General George Washington's encampment at Valley Forge on this day in 1778 and commences training soldiers in close-order drill, instilling new confidence and discipline in the demoralized Continental Army.
Baron von Steuben, as he is better known, was the son of a military engineer and became a Prussian officer himself at the age of 17. He served with distinction and was quickly promoted from infantry to Frederick the Great's General Staff. In 1763, at age 33 and with the rank of captain, he was discharged for unknown reasons.(It was said it was because of his homosexuality.)[17] His title of freiherr,or baron, came with his subsequent post as chamberlain (or palace manager) to the petty court of Hohenzollern-Hechingen in Swabia, or the southwestern Holy Roman Empire, in what is now Baden-Wuerrtemberg. Employed by an indebted prince, von Steuben searched for more lucrative employment in foreign armies. The French minister of war recommended von Steuben to Benjamin Franklin as a resource to the Continental Army in 1777. Franklin in turn passed on word of Steuben's availability to George Washington, and by February 23, 1778, he was among the desperate Continentals camped at Valley Forge.
Von Steuben, who did not speak English, drafted a drill manual in French, which Alexander Hamilton and Nathanael Greene then translated into English. The Prussian drill techniques he shared were far more advanced than those of other European armies, let alone those of the ragtag Patriots. The ego-crushing methods of modern boot camp were practiced among the shoeless soldiers of Valley Forge with remarkable efficacy. Most important for 18th-century battle was an efficient method of firing and reloading weapons, which von Steuben forced the Patriots to practice until it became second nature.
Before von Steuben's arrival, colonial American soldiers were notorious for their slovenly camp conditions. Von Steuben insisted on reorganization to establish basic hygiene. He demanded that kitchens and latrines be put on opposite sides of the camp, with latrines facing a downhill slope. (Just having latrines was novelty to the Continental troops who were accustomed to living among their own filth.)
On the merit of his efforts at Valley Forge, Washington recommended that von Steuben be named inspector general of the Continental Army; Congress complied. In this capacity, von Steuben propagated his methods throughout the Patriot forces by circulating his Blue Book, entitled Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States.[18]
February 23, 1778: The delegates of Pensylvania laid before Congress a letter signed Thomas Wharton Junr., president, dated in Council, Lancaster, February 23, 1778, requesting to be furnished with the following papers, viz.[19]"The instructions of the Board of War to their superintendents of provisions; the plan laid down by the superintendents for the purchase, &c. of provisions; the instructions for the millers, dated the 11 January last; a letter from the superintendents to the Board of War, dated 11 February instant; a letter dated 12 February, instant signed Robert Lettis Hooper, deputy quarter master general, to the purchasers under the superintendents:"
Ordered, That the Board of War furnish the delegates of Pensylvania with copies of the above papers, or such of them as are in the office of the Board of War and Ordnance.
A letter, of the 24 January, from S. A. Otis, at Boston, was read.[20]
The committee to whom were referred the letter of the 8 instant, from General Washington, and sundry other letters which passed between him and General Howe, relative to the exchange of prisoners and other matters, brought in a report, which was read.
The committee to whom were referred the letters and papers from the committee of Congress at camp, brought in a report, which was taken into consideration, and, after some time spent thereon, the farther consideration thereof was postponed to the afternoon.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon, Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of Captain Pesky, for twenty-six thousand dollars, in discharge of William Palfrey, Esqr., pay master general, his order, for that sum, on the president of Congress, dated camp, the February 23 instant in favour of Colonel E. H. Lutterlogh, deputy quarter master general, and endorsed by him to the said Pesky: the pay master general to be accountable:[21]
The commissioners of accounts at the treasury report,
That there is due to the administrators of Samuel Allen, deceased, for hire of his waggon and team from the 4 September to the 4 December, 1776, is 92 days, at 22/3 dollars, 245 30/90 dollars; and for the four horses, waggon, geers and cloth, which by certificates, appear to have been detained in the service after his decease, and never returned to his heirs, &c. appraised at 408 dollars, which last sum is to be charged to the account of the quarter master general; also for expences incurred on York Island, as by account and certificate, 7 62/90 dollars, amounting in the whole to 661 2/90 dollars:
That there is due to John Campbell, the sum of 1,243 30/90 dollars, for Colonel George Morgan's order on the President of Congress, in favour of Colonel William Crawford, being for provisions stored at Fort Pitt, which order is assigned over to said Campbell; the said Colonel George Morgan to be accountable:
That there is due to Simon and Campbell, the sum of 302 dollars, for arms sold to Colonel William,Crawford, for the use of the 13 Virginia regiment, as per Colonel Crawford's order on the Treasury Board: the said Colonel Crawford to be accountable:[22]
Ordered, That the said accounts be paid.
Three o'Clock, p. m
A letter of the 7th, and one of the 14 [23], from Major General Heath, at Boston, were read, the former enclosing copies of sundry letters that passed between him and Lieutenant General Burgoyne, and a letter from Lord Napier and Lieutenant Colonel Anstruther:1
Ordered, That they be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [Oliver] Wolcott, Mr. [James] Lovell, and Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry.
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the committee on the letters and papers from the committee at camp; and, after debate,
Ordered, That the farther consideration thereof be postponed till to morrow.
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.[24]
February 23, 1784: : Susannah Smith10 [Francis Smith9, William Smith8, Lawrence Smith7, Christopher Smith6, Thomas Smythe5, Thomas Smythe4, John Smythe3, Richard2, William1] (b. 1739 / d. 1823) married Col William Preston (b. 1729 / d. 1783).
A. Children of Susannah Smith and William Preston:
. i. Elizabeth Preston (b. May 31, 1762 / d. February 4, 1837)
. ii. John Preston (b. may 2, 1764 / d. March 27, 1827)
+ . iii. Francis Preston (b. August 2, 1765 / d. May 26, 1835)
. iv. Sarah Preston (b. may 3, 1767 / d. July 3, 1841)
. v. Ann Preston (b. February 12, 1769 / d. 1782)
. vi. William Preston (b. September 5, 1770 / d. January 24, 1821)
+ . vii. Susannah Preston (b. October 7, 1772 / d. July 21, 1833)
. viii. James Patton Preston (b. June 21, 1774 / d. May 4, 1843)
. ix. Mary Preston (b. September 29, 1776 / d. February 4, 1824)
. x. Letitia Preston (b. September 26, 1779 / d. September 13, 1852)
. xi. Thomas Lewis Preston (b. August 19, 1781 / d. August 11, 1812)
. xii. Margaret Brown Preston (b. February 23, 1784 / d. May 4, 1843)[25]
. i. Elizabeth Preston (b. May 31, 1762 / d. February 4, 1837)
. ii. John Preston (b. may 2, 1764 / d. March 27, 1827)
+ . iii. Francis Preston (b. August 2, 1765 / d. May 26, 1835)
. iv. Sarah Preston (b. may 3, 1767 / d. July 3, 1841)
. v. Ann Preston (b. February 12, 1769 / d. 1782)
. vi. William Preston (b. September 5, 1770 / d. January 24, 1821)
+ . vii. Susannah Preston (b. October 7, 1772 / d. July 21, 1833)
. viii. James Patton Preston (b. June 21, 1774 / d. May 4, 1843)
. ix. Mary Preston (b. September 29, 1776 / d. February 4, 1824)
. x. Letitia Preston (b. September 26, 1779 / d. September 13, 1852)
. xi. Thomas Lewis Preston (b. August 19, 1781 / d. August 11, 1812)
. xii. Margaret Brown Preston (b. February 23, 1784 / d. May 4, 1843)[25]
February 23, 1796
William GOODLOVE
BIRTH: UNKNOWN
DEATH: UNKNOWN
Family 1: Susanna WOODS
MARRIAGE: 23 Feb 1796 [S25856]
In a message dated 11/18/00 7:28:29 PM Central Standard Time, JEFFERYGOODLOVE writes:
<<
I am looking for information you might have regarding Susanna Woods and William Goodlove, who appeared to have married in 1796.
>>
Jeff,
I am afraid that I won't be much help. I was surprised to discover that I even had this couple in my data and then had to figure out why. It turned out it was because Archabald Woods married Elizabeth Shackleford, Shackleford being one of my
surnames. Anyway, below is a tree for the Woods family. The information came from Kentucky Family Archives, Vol. V, (Kentucky Genealogical Society, 1974), p. 303, Family group sheet contributed by Sue Nite Raguzin, 5008 Briarbrook,
Sorry that I can't be of more help.
Sara Tarpley
Descendants of William Woods
1 William Woodsb: Unknownd: Unknown
.+Susannah Wallaceb: Unknownm: Unknownd: Unknown
.2 Archibald Woodsb: January 20, 1749 in Albemarle County, Virginiad: December 13, 1836 in Madison County, Kentucky
.....+Mourning Harris Sheltonb: 1756m: August 5, 1773d: UnknownFather: William Shelton, Jr.Mother: Lucy Harris
.....3 Lucy Woodsb: October 25, 1774 in Albemarle County, Virginiad: 1854
.........+William Capertonb: Unknownm: December 13, 1790d: Unknown
.....3 William Woodsb: March 22, 1776d: July 8, 1884
.........+Mary Harrisb: Unknownm: January 12, 1802d: Unknown
.....3 Susanna Woodsb: June 13, 1778d: October 2, 1851
.........+William Goodloveb: Unknownm: February 23, 1796d: Unknown
.....3 Mary Woodsb: July 31, 1780 in Albemarle County, Virginiad: July 23, 1822 in Franklin County, Tennessee
.........+Barbee Collinsb: Unknownm: June 25, 1795d: Unknown
.....3 Sarah Woodsb: January 31, 1783d: April 24, 1785
.....3 Archibald Woodsb: February 19, 1785d: Unknown
.........+Elizabeth Shackelfordb: Unknownm: October 10, 1810d: Unknown
.....3 Anna Woodsb: January 27, 1787d: Unknown
.........+Thomas Millerb: Unknownm: July 29, 1806d: Unknown
.....3 Thomas Woodsb: May 5, 1789d: May 15, 1891
.....3 Ann Woodsb: May 15, 1791d: May 15, 1891
.....3 Mourning Woodsb: April 2, 1792d: Unknown
.........+Garland Millerb: Unknownm: January 18, 1810d: Unknown
.*2nd Wife of Archibald Woods:
.....+Dorcas Hendersonb: Unknownm: January 30, 1818d: Unknown
Binkleys and More
Entries: 16513 Updated: Thu Jan 15 00:51:09 2004 Contact: Sara Binkley Tarpley Home Page: Binkley Branches
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Please visit my revised and expanded Web site for biographies, photographs, and more. NEW-AN INDEXED TRANSCRIPTION OF THE 1850 CENSUS FOR THE 4TH CIVIL DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON CO. , TN, INCLUDING SLAVE SCHEDULE.
ID: I02909
Name: William GOODLOVE 1
Sex: M
Birth: UNKNOWN
Death: UNKNOWN
Reference Number: 2910
Marriage 1 Susanna WOODS b: 13 JUN 1778
Wm. Goodloe was born WFT Est. 1751-1778, and died WFT Est. 1800-1843. He married Susannah Woodson February 23, 1796, daughter of Archibald Woodsand Mourning Harris Shelton.
More About Wm. Goodloe and Susannah Woods:
Marriage: February 23, 1796[28]
More About Wm. Goodloe and Susannah Woods:
Marriage: February 23, 1796[28]
February 23, 1807: The British Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of abolition of the slave trade. This victory was due in large measure to the decades’ long efforts of William Wilberforce. This is the same William Wilberforce who helped found Christ Church Ministries Jerusalem (CMJ) in England in 1809. Wilberforce and other leading evangelicals such as Lord Shaftesbury believed that the Jewish people had to be restored to their ancient land in order to pave the way for the return of Jesus. From the 1840s on the Society built in Jerusalem a School of Industry for training Jewish believers in basic trades; an Enquirers House, a Hebrew College, and a modern hospital for Jewish people as well as Christ Church.[29]
February 23, 1808 - On the 23rd of February last I perform'd a ceremony of Matrimony between Benjamin Harrison son of Benjn. and Mary, whose maiden name was Newel, of the one part, and Polly Stephenson daughter of Marcus Stephenson and Nancy, whose maiden name was Hinkson, of the other., both of the settlement of Obrasoe - Given under my hand this 6th day of March 1808 (March 6, 1808).
February 23, 1808: Mary “Polly” STEPHENSON.Born in 1802 in Kentucky.
On February 23, 1808 when Mary “Polly” was 6, she first married Benjamin HARRISON, son of COL Benjamin HARRISON (1750-1808) & Mary NEWELL, in St. Genevieve County, Missouri.
“On the 23rd of February last I perform’d a ceremony of Matrimony between Benjamin Harrison son of Benjn. and Mary, whose maiden name was Newel, of the one part, and Polly Stephenson daughter of Marcus Stephenson and Nancy, whose maiden name was Hinkson, of the other, both of the settlement of Obrasoe--Given under my hand this 6th day of March 1808. Isidore Moore J.P.” (Ste. Genevieve County Marriage Bk. A, p. 2)
Mary “Polly”second married Asaph HUBBARD.
They had the following children:
i. Henry C. Born in 1825.
ii. Thomas J.
iii. Agnes E.
iv. Fannie F. [31]
February 23, 1817
UNITED STATES, 1779.
To Colonel William Crawford
To six hundred and fifty four rations
(In part) Certificate from E. J. Irwin 218 dollars
Signed William Crawford
Co.of Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Wells duly qualified deposeth and sayeth that above bill dated 1779 is the signature of the late
Col. William Crawford.
Signed Benj. Wells
Sworn and subscribed to before me as a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid. Given under my hand this 23rd day of February
1817.
James M. Varnum[32]
February 23, 1836: President Santa Anna of Mexico raises an army of 6,000 men to defend his concept of a central government for Mexican territories, including Texas.[34] On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican force commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana arrived suddenly in San Antonio. Travis and his troops took shelter in the Alamo, where they were soon joined by a volunteer force led by Colonel James Bowie. [35]
Though Santa Ana's 5,000 troops heavily outnumbered the several hundred Texans, Travis and his men determined not to give up
February 23, 1836: The Mexican Army commanded by General Santa Anna begins a siege of the Alamo.[36]
February 23, 1836 – Treaty of Bowles Village with the Republic of Texas, granting nearly 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km2) of east Texas land to the Texas Cherokees and twelve associated tribes.[37]
February 23, 1839 – Old Field. Detachments arrive With Cherokee refugees at Ft. Gibson, led by named men.
February 23, 1861
Abraham Lincoln Inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States.[39] Perhaps a McKinnon had a hand in helping Abe along the way.
Our Theopolis McKinnon said in 1880 said, “I claim to be the first man who named “Honest Old Abe” for President.”[40] This claim has some merit, but needs more research. Theopolis, was also from Kentucky, and the following story adds an interesting connection.
Abraham Lincoln, while a teenager borrowed a book from a neighbor, as he did often from anyone in the area who had a book, as there was no library in the area. When not reading it, he laid it away in a part of the cabin where he thought it would be free from harm, but it so happened that just behind the shelf on which he placed it was a great crack between the logs of the wall. One night a storm came up suddenly the rain beat in through the crevice, and soaked the borrowed book through. The book was almost utterly spoiled. Abe felt very uneasy, for a book was valuable in his eyes, as well as in the eyes of its owner.
He took the damaged volume and trudged over to the neighbors in some perplexity and mortification.
“Well, Abe, what brings you over so early? said the neighbor. “I’ve got some bad news for you,” answered Abe, with lengthened face. “Bad news! What is it?”
You know the book you lent me, the “Life of Washington?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Well, the rain last night spoiled it,” and Abe showed the book, wet to a pulp inside, at the same time explaining how it had been injured.
“It’s too bad, I vum! You’d ought to pay for it, Abe. You must have been dreadful careless!”
“I’d pay for if I had any money. ”
“I’ll do whatever you think right.”
So it was arranged that Abe should work three days for Neighbor, “pulling fodder,” the value of his labor being rated at twenty five cents a day. As the book had cost seventy five cents this would be regarded as satisfactory. So Abe worked his three days and discharged his debt.[41]
Theopolis’ claim of being the originator of the saying “Honest Abe” for president is interesting because of the McKinnon/Crawford/Washington connection. It is possible that Theopolis did come up with that saying, as William Crawford and George Washington were lifelong friends. It is not surprising that an ancestor would have the book “Life of Washington.” I think I would like to find that book. I have not made the connection from Josiah Crawford to our Crawford at this point, but in time I would not be surprised if I do.
February 23, 1861: President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives in Washington amid secrecy and tight security. With seven states having already seceded from the Union since Lincoln's election, the threat of civil war hung in the air.
Allen Pinkerton, head of a private detective agency, had uncovered a plot to assassinate Lincoln when he passed through Baltimore on his way to the capital. Lincoln and his advisors disagreed about how to respond to the threat. Some, including Pinkerton, wanted Lincoln to slip secretly into Washington, which would mean skipping an address to the Pennsylvania legislature in Harrisburg. Lincoln did not want to appear cowardly, but he felt the threats were serious.
Lincoln agreed to the covert arrival. With Pinkerton and Ward Hill Lamon, his former law partner, Lincoln slipped out of the hotel in Harrisburg on the evening of February 22. He wore a soft felt hat instead of his customary stovepipe hat, and he draped an overcoat over his shoulders and hunched slightly to disguise his height. The group boarded a sleeper car and arrived in Baltimore in the middle of the night. The trio slipped undetected from the Calvert Street station to Camden station across town. There, they boarded another train and arrived without incident in Washington at 6:00 a.m. On the platform, the party was surprised when a voice boomed, "Abe, you can't play that on me." It was Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, a friend of Lincoln's from Illinois. Washburne escorted Lincoln to the Willard Hotel.
A myth arose that Lincoln had dressed as a woman to avoid detection, but this was not the case. He did draw considerable criticism in the press for his unceremonious arrival. Northern diarist George Templeton Strong commented that if convincing evidence of a plot did not surface, "the surreptitious nocturnal dodging...will be used to damage his moral position and throw ridicule on his Administration." Lincoln later regretted the caper and commented to a friend "I did not then, nor do I now believe I should have been assassinated had I gone through Baltimore..." Regardless of how he had arrived, Lincoln was safely in Washington, ready to assume the difficult task ahead. [43]
Tues. February 23, 1864
Quite warm finished our tent drilled awhile. 11 indiana[44]left for home
February 23, 1942: The Struma, a ship loaded with Jewish refugees refused entry to Palestine, sinks off the coast of Turkey; 768 passengers drown and 1 survives.[45]
February 23, 1943: Hans and Sophie left a suitcase filled with copies of yet another leaflet in the main university building. The leaflet stated, in part: "The day of reckoning has come, the reckoning of our German youth with the most abominable tyranny our people has ever endured. In the name of the entire German people we demand of Adolf Hitler's state the return of personal freedom, the most precious treasure of the Germans which he cunningly has cheated us out of." The pair were spotted by a janitor and reported to the Gestapo and arrested. Turned over to Hitler's "People's Court," basically a kangaroo court for dispatching dissidents quickly, the Scholls, along with another White Rose member who was caught, were sentenced to death. They were beheaded--a punishment reserved for "political traitors"--on February 23, but not before Hans Scholl proclaimed "Long live freedom!"[46]
“On February 23, 1943, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Kurt Lischka, commander of the Paris SD-Security Police, informed his Brussels counterpart that ‘the Paris Police Commissioner was notified through my intervention on February 14, 1943, that as a reprisal, 2,000 Jews between the ages of sixteen and sixty-five were to be arrested and shipped to the concentrationcamp for Jews at Drancy.’ [47]
February 23, 1945
February 23, 1945: As the Soviet Army approached Schwarzheide, in the Dresden (Germany) area 300 Jews who had been moved from Berkenau to the Schwarzheide factories were shot. The German camps of Belsen, Dachau, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Sachsenhausen and Ravnebruck became the destination of thousands of evacuated Jews from all the other camps[50]
February 23, 1956: 1956. The February 23 issue of the Christian Science Monitor had a long, favorable article about the Craft.
Also in 1956…
Northeast Conference on Masonic Education formed.
The High Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church petitioned the Ministry of the Interior to withdraw government recognition of the Craft.
The Church of the Nazarene stated it was opposed to the Craft.
Freemasonry and the American Indian, by William r. Denslow, was published.[51]
In a message dated 2/23/2011 6:12:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
Re: Biggest abe ever
Wow Jacqulin! That is the biggest abe ever! Dad
February 23, 2011:There are over 7,000 near Earth Asteroids. There are over 900 near earth asteroids over a half mile in diameter. An earth impact with one of these could spell catastrophy for the planet. We are safe from any of the large asteroids from impact in the next hundred years. The smaller ones are different story. [52]
[1]http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[2]Die mittelalterliche Arzte-Familie,, Gutleben” page 93.
[4]http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[6]Thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com
[7]http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/n/Betty-D-Renick/FILE/0029page.html
[8]The Complete Guide to Boston’s Freedom Trail, by Charles Bahne, page 26.
[9]By Lucille T. Cox
Milestones, Vol 9 No 4--Fall 1984
Milestones, Vol 9 No 4--Fall 1984
[10](Tragedy of Love Led to Ohioville's Founding, by Lucille T. Cox, Milestones Vol 9 No 4--Fall 1984.)
[11] The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799. John C. Fitzpatrick, Editor.--vol. 03
[12]Washington writings. From River Clyde to Tymochtee and Col. William Crawford, by Grace U. Emahiser, 1969, page 120-121)
[13]MINUTE BO0K OF THE VIRGINIA COURT HELD FORT DUNMORE (PITTSBURGH) FORTHE DISTRICT OF WEST AUGUSTA, 1775—1776. Richard W. Loveless 1970
[14]http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924017918735/cu31924017918735_djvu.txt
[15]Moments in Time, Valley Forge: The Crucible, 7/02/2003.
[16]The Revolutionary War, MIL, 8/10/2005.
[17]America the Story of Us, 4/25/2010
[18]http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/friedrich-von-steuben-arrives-at-valley-forge
[23][Note 1: 1 The letter of the 7th is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 57, folio 145. That of the 11th is on folio 215.]
[24]Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
[25]Proposed Descendants of William Smith
[26]Sources:
Title: Kentucky
Publication: Kentucky
Note: Family group sheets from contributors. Depends upon accuracy of sources.
Repository:
Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville , Tennessee
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p. 303
Text: Family group sheet contributed by Sue Nite Raguzin, 5008 Briarbrook, Dickinson , TX 77539
Source: W.H. Miller, History and Genealogies of Harris, Miller, 1907.
[27]On This Day in America by John Wagman.
[28]http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/m/Kimberly-P-Lombardi-NY/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0362.html
[29]http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[30](Ste. Genevieve County Marriage Bk. A, p. 2) Chronology of Benjamin Harrison compiled by Isobel Stebbins Giuvezan. Afton , Missouri
[31]www.frontierfolk.net/ramsha_research/families/Stephenson.rtf
[32]The Brothers Crawford, Scholl
[33]Vol. 16, page 145. Typescript Record of Marriages in Clark County 1816-1865, compiled under a DAR-WPA project. (MIcrofilm copy available through LDS). Volume and page numbers from Ancestors of Forrest Springfield Roger Garnett Page 112.47 Record Books provided by Mrs. G. W. (Sylvia Olson), 1268 Kenwood Ave., , OH 45505, June 28, 1979.
[34]On This Day in America by John Wagman.
[35]http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
[36]On This Day in America by Wagman.
[37]Timetable of Cherokee Removal.
[38]LBJ Presidential Library, Austin TX. February 11, 2012
[39]Civil War Journal, Woman at War, HIST, 1994
[40]Theopolis McKinnon, August 6, 1880, History of Clark County, page 384.
[41]Cc.gatech.edu/people/home/idris/
[42](statement of Mr. Lamon).
[43]http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-arrives-in-washington
[44]13th A.C. Hospital
New Orleans
Jan 23rd 1864
Dear sister it with the love of an abscent brother that I seat myself this pleasant morning to answer your kind letter of Jan 5thwhich I received yesterday I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you was well I can inform you that my health is getting better fast and I do hope these few lines may find you still in good health
I will now tell you that my Regiment has not gone to texas they have moved to Madisonville 25 miles from new Orleans where they are to stay till our time is out and I think they ought to have a little rest for they have done service enough for one regt Well sister the weather here is warm and every thing looks like spring We have had some very Cold weather here for this Climate but it did not last long I have heard nothing from sam since I wrote to you but I hope he is well I have wrote to lige often but got no answer from him
Well keziah there is so little going on here that I have no news to write only to keep ou informed of my health I think I will soon be able for duty again and I will be glad for I am tired of this place but thank god the time is not long till I can come home to stay and then I will see if I Cant do some thing for myself I will be able to by me a team I Have had to spend a large sum since I have been sick if I had kept my health I could have saved about five hundred dollars but I will have two or three hundred as it is
Give my love and best respects to all and write
Your loving brother
D Torrence
Direct to 13th A.C. hospital
Ward 2 A. C.
Civil War Letters of Davis Torrence, 1861-1864 – 11th Indiana
http://www.geocities.com/indiana11th/davistorrenceletters.htm?200610
[45]Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Israel Gutman, Editor, page 1770.
[46]http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-arrest-white-rose-resistance-leaders
[47]Memorial to the Jews Deported from France, 1942-1944 by Serge Klarsfeld, page 392-394.
[48]LBJ Presidential Museum, Austin, TX, February 11, 2012
[49]LBJ Presidential Museum, Austin, TX February 23, 1945
[50]http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/
[51]FOUNDATION FOR TOMORROW, From 1914 to 1999
[52]Asteroids, the Good, the Bad. 2/23/2011, SCI
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