Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861 - 1866
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| Name | County | City | Subject | Date | Reel Number | Frame Number | File Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Eli | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 06-15-1865 | F1214 | |||
| Adams, John Q. | Bates | Oath of Loyalty | F1214 | ||||
| Allen, James W. | Bates | Butler | United States vs. Allen, charged with violation of the laws of war (keeping a rebel safehouse and spying) and marauding. Testimony follows. Sentenced to 6 months in prison. | 07-16-1862 | F1462 | ||
| Atkinson, John, Sheriff | Bates | Johnstonn | Letter to governor; civilian battle with Bushwhackers; captured W. W. Brenton, Buchanan County; worse are Kansas Troops that keep returning; county needs help | 04-27-1865 | F1220 | ||
| Birch, Samuel; Burrows, Zachary; McWalters, John; McCrohan, Thomas; Achord, Thomas; Clowers, David; Snodgrass, James; Chatwell, James S.; Davis, Robert; Hornsinger, Jacob; Goodson, S. B.; Tate, Miles V.; Bickford, F. S. etal | Bates | Butler | List of 62 prisoners at Butler. List includes names of prisoners and charges against them. | N. D. | F1660 | 0183 | 22148 |
| Blair, William Robert; Gilbreath, William | Bates | Recruiting Station: Clinton | F1893.5 | 12 | |||
| Brown, O. A. | Bates | Adrian | A.J. Chappell states that Brown has succeeded in getting money for soldiers and then keeping it | 06-03-1863 | F1286 | ||
| Cantrell, Andrew J. | Bates | Oath of allegiance | 02-08-1863 | F1292 | |||
| Cantrell, Andrew J. | Bates | Statement of Cantrell that he is 28 years old and was pressed into the Confederate army. Deserted the Confederated army with the intention of joining E.M.M.; has taken oath of allegiance. | 02-14-1863 | F1292 | |||
| Cawthorn, James W. | Bates | Butler | Cawthorn charged with violation of the laws of war. Raised company of marauders/guerrillas near Caplinger Hill in Cedar Co.; attacked and killed citizens at Humansville. Witness testimony follows. | 07-30-1862 | F1140 | ||
| Cawthorn, James W. | Bates | Butler | Military Commission found Cawthorn guilty of being at and assisting in the attack of Humansville, but not in raising a company. Sentenced to one year in prison. | 07-31-1862 | F1140 | ||
| Cooper, Webter; Stapp, W. B.; Martin, James; Simms, John R.; Davis, G. B.; Clerk, Henry; Bell, James F.; Reader, Austin; Vandyke, Van B.; Prigmon, Thomas; France, T. L. | Bates | Letter from Col. Richard D. Cutts requesting charges on file against prisoners (named) held at McDowell's College; seven are from Johnson County, MO, five are from Bates County, MO; reply included from Logan Clark, Sedalia; See also File 618 | 01-11-1862 | F1583 | 0049 | 466 | |
| Crissy, James | Bates | Butler | Encloses charges and specifications against Frank Hunt | 06-09-1862 | F1302 | ||
| Deweise, Martha | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 04-22-1862 | F1300 | |||
| Douglass, John H. | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 06-20-1862 | F1304 | |||
| Doyal, John | Bates | Bond, $1000, arrested for aiding the enemy | 04-01-1862 | F1305 | |||
| Drumman, T. J. | Bates | Statement on Oath | F1306 | ||||
| Dyer, Z. F. | Bates | Pleasant Gap | Bond, $1000, arrested for aiding the enemy | 03-14-1862 | F1308 | ||
| Eberman, R. J. | Bates | Hudson | Statement that William W. Harrison of Macon County was sent from Laclede and is charged with giving two guns to members of the E.M.M. posing as rebels, is considered a good citizen | 11-21-1862 | F1338 | ||
| Edwards, Burton | Bates | Hudson | Statement that Simeon Haliburton claimed he lied when he took the Oath | 10-24-1862 | F1337 | ||
| Elswick, Oliver | Bates | Butler | Sworn statement | 05-14-1862 | F1235 | ||
| France, Terrell S. | Bates | Oath of allegiance | 01-16-1862 | F1322 | |||
| Gatliff, James | Bates | Oath | 09-09-1862 | F1323 | |||
| Hall, Jackson; Doyel, Michael | Bates | Recruiting Station: Clinton | F1893.5 | 13 | |||
| Hannah, J. M. | Bates | Hudson | Citizen of Randolph County, was with Poindexter, took the oath in Macon | 10-13-1862 | F1338 | ||
| Hansinger, Martin T. | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 04-02-1862 | F1338 | |||
| Hardgrove, John P. | Bates | Hudson | Parole of honor to report at Hudson, Bates County ?, lives near Vienna | 10-18-1862 | F1339 | ||
| Harper, Jonathan E. | Bates | Butler | Charges violation of laws of war, marauding | 05-30-1862 | F1191 | ||
| Hase, John | Bates | Subject states that he was with, not in, the southern army, at Springfield, but not in the battle. | n.d. | F1340 | |||
| Hitt, Abraham C. | Bates | Hudson | Letter from George Merrill sending a transcription of the statement of a prisoner regarding Hitt. The prisoner said Hitt always gave them information and was with them when trying to take horses. | 11-07-1862 | F1473 | ||
| Hitt, Abraham C. | Bates | Hudson | Letter from Maj. George Merrill written from the NE MO District. Notes that Hitt was a notorious rebel who had ten bushwhackers at his home the Saturday before the Moore's Mill fight. | 11-07-1862 | F1473 | ||
| Hitt, Abraham C. | Bates | Hudson | Letter from Major George Merrill to G. O. Yeiser stating that Maj. Gen. Curtis wants the original charges against Hitt. Merrill states he sent copies which were returned and the originals demanded. | 11-14-1862 | F1473 | ||
| Honsinger (Housinger), Jacob | Bates | Oath; taken at Sedalia | 04-02-1862 | F1343 | |||
| Honsinger (Housinger), Martin T. | Bates | Oath; taken at Sedalia | 04-02-1862 | F1343 | |||
| Hunn, Mary A. | Bates | Butler | Note for $16.00 made payable to H. C. Gentry | 04-29-1861 | F1345 | ||
| Hunt, Frank | Bates | Butler | Evidence against Hunt has been sent to Farrar in St. Louis; witnesses reside in vicinity | 06-30-1862 | F1345 | ||
| Hunt, Frank | Bates | Butler | Evidence in case has been received; prisoners from Clinton are in Butler, awaiting evidence | 07-13-1862 | F1345 | ||
| Jones, Acquilla | Bates | Chesnut Ridge | Note from William Harris certifying that Jones is known as a rebel sympathizer and was heard saying after Lincoln's assassination that "the President ought to have been shot long ago." | 04-28-1863 | F1350 | ||
| Jones, Albert | Bates | Butler | Letter from Captain A. J. McQuin, Judge Advocate, regarding case before Military Commission against Jones. Letter is largely illegible. | 07-??-1862 | F1350 | ||
| Kemper, Wm. T. | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 06-15-1865 | F1194 | |||
| Landis, John B.; Landis, Abraham; Requa, William; Holly, Daniel; Duke, George L.; Wilson, John L.; Clendining, James; Pyle, Lavina; Stewart, Lazarus; Linch, James; Nugent, William; etal | Bates | Charges, specifications, and eyewitness statements in case of United States versus John B. Landis, heard in Clinton Co.; includes Landis' own statement; events took place in Henry, Bates, St. Clair and Vernon counties | 06-30-1862 | F1585 | 1182 | 1394 | |
| Langin, Elizabeth | Bates | Butler | Letter from A. G. McQueen ordering Mrs. Langin to appear before a Military Commission and testify in the case against John M. Waters. | 07-10-1862 | F1479 | ||
| Laswell, Charles M. | Bates | Hudson | Parole of Laswell, promising to report in person to Hudson whenever required to do so. States that he lives 5 miles east of Sandhill, Scotland County. | 09-21-1862 | F1480 | ||
| Ludwick, William | Bates | Case No. 247, military commission proceedings; arraigned, no charges; unconditionally released; notation: order of release sent to Alton, released 31 Dec. 1862 | 12-12-1862 | F1363 | |||
| Ludwick, William | Bates | File notation only: sympathizer | ??-??-186? | F1363 | |||
| Ludwick, William | Bates | File notations only: military board, examined, released | 12-24-1862 | F1363 | |||
| Martin, Henry; Thompson, Jonah; Smell, William; Liggins, George; Byers, G. W.; Pallon, T. J.; Lewallen, Jacob; Bently, George; Canterbury, G.; Ware, A. C.; Williams, Lemuel; Tipton, John T.; Vanmeter, David; Thompson, John W.; Matlock, J.; etal | Bates | Hudson | List of 24 prisoners sent to St. Louis from Macon; additional list included of 104 prisoners sent to St. Louis from Hudson, dated Nov. 6, 1862; some names appear on both lists | 12-13-1862 | F1585 | 0413 | 1179 |
| Masterson, John | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 01-11-1862 | F1484 | |||
| McArty, [unknown], Parsell, [unknown]; Loofbourrow, Hudson | Bates | Butler | Check for $11.58 | 01-01-1861 | F1581 | 1088 | 216 |
| McCollum, William | Bates | Oath of allegiance and parole of honor | 06-24-1862 | F1197 | |||
| McComb, William | Bates | Oath of allegiance | 01-01-1863 | F1197 | |||
| McCormick, Thomas | Bates | Hudson City | Petition from citizens asking that McCormick not be released from his banishment. Notes that McCormick is "the worst kind of enemy", a man of wealth of influence who can help foes of the U. S. | 03-12-1863 | F1197 | ||
| McDaniel, James | Bates | Bond in the amount of $1,000. | 03-28-1862 | F1198 | |||
| McHenry, Daniel | Bates | Marble | Oath of Allegiance, witness Charles O. Patier, sworn at Jefferson City | 08-11-1862 | F1369 | ||
| McVeigh, R. M. | Bates | Tower of Rocks | Letter from William Louis Schley(?) that McVeigh has been received. McVeigh is to be sent over the river upon penalty of death is he should return. | 03-05-1863 | F1371 | ||
| McWaters, Hugh | Bates | Bond in the amount of $1,000. | 03-28-1862 | F1371 | |||
| McWaters, John | Bates | Notes stating that the charges against McWaters have never been sent. McWaters is unconditionally released. | N. D. | F1371 | |||
| McWaters, John | Bates | Butler | Letter from A. G. McQueen calling for Levi H. Croy to appear before Military Commission to give testimony in case against McWaters. | 07-10-1861 | F1371 | ||
| McWaters, John | Bates | Butler | Statement of James Plummer that McWaters, Jacob Hornsinger and others came to the home of Elizabeth Plummer. They stole goods and asked whereabouts of horses. | 04-29-1862 | F1371 | ||
| McWaters, John | Bates | Butler | Statement of Levi H. Croy that McWaters, Richard Young and [?] Gibson came to his home and demanded to know his politics. When Croy said he was a Union man, the men searched and robbed his home. | 05-01-1862 | F1371 | ||
| McWatters, John | Bates | Camp Butler | Charges and specifications against McWatters. Charged with jayhawking, robbery and grand larceny. Says McWatters acted with Wiley Clowers, James McDaniel, Joseph Sanford and Newton Scott. | 05-01-1862 | F1371 | ||
| Mellring, Matthew | Bates | Lone Oak | Bond in the amount of $2,500. | 03-13-1862 | F1372 | ||
| Moody, N. B. | Bates | Oath of Allegiance, physical description included, witness G. A. Smith, clerk at the Alton Military Prison | 06-14-1865 | F1201 | |||
| Myers, John D.; Page, Thomas D.; Wright, Jacob; Golden, Tom R.; Newberry, John B. | Bates | Butler | General Order No. 3 and Special Order No. 121 appointing county board. | 08-01-1862 | F1587 | 0357 | 1928 |
| Noel, John | Bates | Hudson | Petition from Union men and neighbors of Noel, a prisoner. Petition states that during the war Noel has stayed close to home and has never willingly aided the rebellion. Claims Noel was taken by the rebels and forced to do unspecified things for them. | 10-20-1862 | F1377 | ||
| Nugent, William; Ryan, William; Sartorious, John | Bates | Butler | Deposition of Nugent of Vernon Co., MO; states that Ryan and Sartorious, both of Vernon Co., are loyal men; Ryan is owner of horse now in possession of United States government; horse had been stolen around April 20, 1862 | 05-10-1862 | F1585 | 0143 | 1111 |
| Pitts, Hillory | Bates | $1,000 bond; arrested for giving aid and comfort to enemies; security John Q. Adams; limited to Bates, Henry and Pettis Counties | 03-29-1862 | F1384 | |||
| Pitts, Hillory | Bates | Oath | ??-??-186? | F1384 | |||
| Priest, M. J. | Bates | Hudson | Priest's word of honor that he will leave the State of Missouri and go to Illinois. | 10-06-1862 | F1487 | ||
| Prigman, Thomas | Bates | Statement of Prigman that he is 24 years old and was captured near Clinton. Prigman states he was in the area helping to recover horses taken from an old Union man by secessionists. Prigman says he is a secessionist, but is willing to take the oath. | 01-10-1862 | F1487 | |||
| Prigmore, Theodore | Bates | Oath of allegiance | 01-16-1862 | F1487 | |||
| Pyle, J. W. | Bates | Oath of Allegiance, witnesses G. W. Terrow of Springfield, Wisconsin and Jeremiah Gordy of Pleasant Grove, Kansas | 01-01-1863 | F1388 | |||
| Reeder, Austin | Bates | Oath of Allegiance | 12-16-1862 | F1205 | |||
| Sartorious, John A.; McWaters, William; Tate, Miles V.; Ryan, William C.; Hamblin, Cally; Brown, [unknown]; Hartman, [unknown]; Jent, John; Pulaski, [unknown]; Lawrence, Tom; Stanford, [unknown]; Scrogguns, Bill | Bates | Butler | Charges of jayhawking and robbery against McWaters and Tate; stole goods from Ryan and Sartorious in Vernon County; affidavits and testimony included, other men involved named; case heard at Butler, MO | 05-05-1862 | F1585 | 0204 | 1132 |
| Simmerman, John | Bates | Butler | Oath of Allegiance | 06-20-1862 | F1260 |
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