Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers: 1861 - 1866
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| Name | County | City | Subject | Date | Reel Number | Frame Number | File Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [illegible] | Jefferson | DeSoto | [illegible] | [illegible] | F1359 | ||
| [unknown], Samuel; Jennett, James; Casey, Paul; Casey, Thomas M.; [unknown], Alexander; Cole, Cullough; [unknown], Sparson; [unknown], Sally; [unknown], George; [unknown], Jenny; [unknown], Allen; [unknown], Margaretha; Ovuchan, Francis | Jefferson | Cole's Bridge | List of slave contrabands and their masters who arrived at Coles Bridge of 5th Missouri Volunteers. | 09-20-1862 | F1588 | 0578 | 2295 |
| [unknown], Sofield; Graham, [unknown]; Gordan, James; Kelwin, M. | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | List of slave contrabands and their masters who arrived at Camp Merrill of 5th Missouri Volunteers. | 09-22-1862 | F1588 | 0572 | 2294 |
| [unknown], Stephen; Twitty, Mary | Jefferson | Cole's Bridge | List of slave contrabands and their masters who arrived at Coles Bridge of 5th Missouri Volunteers. | 09-20-1862 | F1588 | 0578 | 2295 |
| Ackerson, G. G. | Jefferson | De Soto | J.W. Thompson is a good and loyal man | 03-24-1863 | F1211 | ||
| Adams, Joseph A. | Jefferson | De Soto | J.W. Thompson is a good and loyal man | 03-24-1863 | F1211 | ||
| Alderson, John; Hall, George; Cook, Allen; McMullen, J.; Donnel, Stewart; Partney, Louis; Anshi, Lafayette; McClean, James; Goza, J. L.; Presly, G. W.; Thompson, D. A.; Wentz, John; Harvey, John; Donnald, Theodore; Roberts, James; Sloan, John | Jefferson | De Soto | List of exempted individuals from enrolled state militia and reason for exemption. 339 names. | 09-??-1862 | F1588 | 0422 | 2250 |
| Allred, William H. | Jefferson | Alton Military Prison | Resident of Jefferson County, Missouri. Being held at Alton for 4 months with no trail. Letter requests that a trial be held in St. Louis as soon as possible. | 06-19-1863 | F1216 | ||
| Altmark, Jacob | Jefferson | Kimswick | Report by Capt of 1st Inf M.S.M. stating that Altmark's claims were misrepresented and that no threats were made against Altmark in his store. Speculates that Altmark feared he wouldn’t be paid. | 12-14-1863 | F1216 | ||
| Amick, David | Jefferson | Deposition from case - John S. Mc????? Vs. David Amick et al. Much of deposition is illegible. Able to tell that the case deals with stolen property. | N.D. | F1216 | |||
| Ault, T. M. | Jefferson | Pacific | Forwarding to Bernard G. Farrar the prisoner William H. Hiatt for trial by Military Commission | 01-04-1862 | F1192 | ||
| Axley, James R. | Jefferson | Letter regarding transmittal of Axley, charged with aiding and abetting rebels; has taken oath and says he will again but will remain a secessionist; represented as a dangerous man, a spy | 10-21-1861 | F1463 | |||
| Axley, James R. | Jefferson | Little Rock | Oath | 03-13-1862 | F1463 | ||
| Ayers, George; Furguson, Charles; McCarthy, Andrew | Jefferson | Prisoners charged with stealing horses and aiding enemy | 10-12-1861 | F1582 | 0020 | 271 | |
| Bainbridge, P. A.; Strickland, William; Pike, Warrenton; Hill, Arannah; McCormack, Peter; Allred, James; McClean, Jeremiah; Cook, Elihn; Allneu, C.; Donell, Thomas; England, J. R.; Donnell, L. M.; Gitz, Michael; McFee, Benjamin; Bage, William; Both, John | Jefferson | De Soto | List of exempted individuals from enrolled state militia and reason for exemption. 339 names. | 09-??-1862 | F1588 | 0422 | 2250 |
| Bassett, Charles | Jefferson | Petition recommending him for position of Provost Marshal | 01-13-1865 | F1225 | |||
| Bates, Henry P.; Partney, A.; Long, Milton; etc. | Jefferson | Petition to release John T. Lee from McDowell College, that he went south to enroll but returned home and instead enrolled in the state militia | ??-??-186? | F1361 | |||
| Baugh, Charles; Baugh, Jacob; Baugh, Ned; Colten, Jane; [unknown], Isaiah; [unknown], Jane; [unknown], Edward; Ovuchan, Mary; Ovuchan, Thimothy; Ovuchan, Isam; Ovuchan, Justus; Cole, Fanny; Cole, James; Cole, Melinda; Baugh, Woodson | Jefferson | Cole's Bridge | List of slave contrabands and their masters who arrived at Coles Bridge of 5th Missouri Volunteers. | 09-20-1862 | F1588 | 0578 | 2295 |
| Beyette, Joseph | Jefferson | Oath of Allegiance, sworn at the District of Southeast Missouri | 01-19-1862 | F1231 | |||
| Beyette, Joseph | Jefferson | Physical description, sworn at the District of Southeast Missouri | 01-19-1862 | F1231 | |||
| Biekle, Charles | Jefferson | Victoria | Has not received order to return property to Broloski | 06-15-1863 | F1284 | ||
| Big Maria | Jefferson | New Orleans | Census return, age 43, Negro, seamstress, possibly at a plantation called Magnolia Place, born in Missouri | ??-??-1864 | F1659 | 0321 | 21766 |
| Bisch, H.; Bisch, T.; Valle, [unknown] | Jefferson | De Soto | Letter stating Order 69 had been received; was to return guns to owners, but claims never had them; had seized powder from wealthy family; claims Valle family to be of southern sympathies; [Valley possibly Valle or Vallee] | 06-20-1863 | F1598 | 0144 | 5090 |
| Bittick, John S. | Jefferson | Request for release by family and subsequent release | 11/27/1862 | F1138 | |||
| Bittick, O. D. | Jefferson | Statement that he attended school in Big River, Jefferson County with W. R. Benton and that he was a Union man | 10-31-1861 | F1230 | |||
| Bittick, Thomas | Jefferson | Charged with "starting to join" rebel army and disposition | 12/22/1862 | F1138 | |||
| Bittick, William H. | Jefferson | Age 21 - Dead, rest illegible | 08/21/(1862?) | F1138 | |||
| Bittick, William M. | Jefferson | Oath of Allegiance, physical description included | 05-14-1865 | F1231 | |||
| Bittick, Willis H. | Jefferson | Statement that W. R. Benton was a Union man | 10-31-1861 | F1230 | |||
| Black, William | Jefferson | Black of Dent Co. loyalty oath witnessed by Thomas C. Fletcher | 01/08/1862? | F1138 | |||
| Boly, Henry | Jefferson | Charged with being a spy, released on oath | 12/11/1862 | F1184 | |||
| Boly, Henry | Jefferson | Examination by military commission | 12/03/1862 | F1184 | |||
| Bolzer, Johonas Jost; McMillen, Cicero; Brust, J. Adam; Flamm, William; Luebke, Christian; etal | Jefferson | Petition by 13 citizens for protection of property; cattle killed by troops in area of Meramec Bridge; many sign in a Germanic script | 05-24-1862 | F1585 | 0640 | 1243 | |
| Borgwalt, William | Jefferson | Charged with stealing, being a rebel, and communicating with rebels | 05/16/1863 | F1232 | |||
| Boughton, Jackson | Jefferson | Released on parole and bond | 03-07-1864 | F1233 | |||
| Brady, S. P. | Jefferson | Report as required by parole | 03-31-186? | F1139 | |||
| Brady, S. P. | Jefferson | Report as required by parole | 04-12-186? | F1139 | |||
| Brady, Samuel | Jefferson | Oath of Allegiance and description | 02-10-1864 | F1139 | |||
| Brockhagen, H. | Jefferson | Statement | 08-31-1864 | F1284 | |||
| Brolaski, H. L.; Becket, [?] | Jefferson | Kimmswick | Letter from Brolaski to Maj. Gen. Rosecrans stating that he and his partner, lumber manufacturers, have been threatened by men belonging to the 3rd MO Cavalry. States they will have to close their business if the abuse continues. | 09-07-1864 | F1622 | 0661 | 12006 |
| Bruce, T. R. | Jefferson | Special order to retain any money or property belonging to Bruce because he is in the army against the U.S. | 01-08-1862 | F1286 | |||
| Butler, Edward | Jefferson | Oath of Allegiance | ? | F1290 | |||
| Casey, Isam; Casey, George W.; Long, Allen; Long, Samuel; Minstry, Michel; Shibola, Bennett; Guff, Cherry; Guff, William; Harrison, Harriette; Harrison, Josiah; Higgenbottem, Benjamin; Higgenbottem, George; Higgenbottem, Simon; Higgenbottem, Matelia | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | List of slave contrabands and their masters who arrived at Camp Merrill of 5th Missouri Volunteers. | 09-22-1862 | F1588 | 0572 | 2294 |
| Chartrand, Joseph A. | Jefferson | Statement that W. R. Benton is a Union man | 10-31-1861 | F1230 | |||
| Chitwood, Aaron; Miller, Charles A.; Newton, Ebenezer; Aldridge, Hiram; Ballenger, Joseph; Carter, John; Treadway, Thomas; Smith, Thomas; McFarland, T. R.; Edgar, William J.; Rouse, A. M.; McFadin, Noah; Scaggs, A.; Bayless, Freeland; etal | Jefferson | Loyalty oaths of 26 men; gives names and residence; men from Crawford, Iron, Washington, Reynolds, Jefferson, Wayne, St. Francois, Dent and Butler counties | 01-22-1862 | F1583 | 0844 | 636 | |
| Churchill, Samuel | Jefferson | Louisville | Pledge of good behavior of Col. Samuel Churchill. Churchill removed from St. Louis by Special Order No. 223. Request to allow him to reside in Louisville. | 05-20-1863 | F1596 | 0120 | 4658 |
| Cole, Slate; Pratte, F. A.; Ashby, Hill; Taylor, D. M.; Holman, Thomas; Botts, Wash.; Sepp, M. | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | Report on execution of Special Order No. 100, confiscating gun powder held for sale without permission around Coles Mills. List of persons and amount of powder taken from each. Instituted patrol for citizen protection. | 07-01-1862 | F1586 | 0248 | 1587 |
| Coleman, Joseph; Mullhullins, Labez; Moppin, John; Mulligan, Cornelius | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | Commitment of four prisoners to St. Louis | 07-31-1862 | F1586 | 0533 | 1663 |
| Connagor, Ellen | Jefferson | Sulpher Springs ? | Letter complaining that Joe Cole has threatened to kill her husband and harm her | 10-1862 | F1141 | ||
| Cooper, R. C.; Ebbs, George | Jefferson | Victoria | Letter to commanding officer of the military prison, St. Louis, stating that prisoners who had escaped from Camp Butler near Springfield, IL had been captured and were held at Island No. 10 | 08-01-1862 | F1654 | 0532 | 20254 |
| Cooper, William | Jefferson | De Soto | J.W. Thompson is a good and loyal man | 03-24-1863 | F1211 | ||
| Cowan, J. E. | Jefferson | Kimmswick | Surrendered guns for militia use, but now has applied to have them returned; no one seems to know who has authority to do so | 11-12-1862 | F1242 | ||
| Cox, J. B.; Pratt, J. W.; Bambridge, Allen; McIlhatron, Oliver; Rourk, C. S.; Butler, William; Park, Robert; Birgle, D.; McCloner, William; Zollomon, Z.; Moore, R. M.; Donell, W. A.; Blackwell, J. S.; Powers, J. C.; Donell, J. N.; Boyer, Edman | Jefferson | De Soto | List of exempted individuals from enrolled state militia and reason for exemption. 339 names. | 09-??-1862 | F1588 | 0422 | 2250 |
| Craig, William W. | Jefferson | Oath | 03-27-1862 | F1243 | |||
| Creasy, John | Jefferson | Unable to get securities on bond | 03-13-1862 | F1244 | |||
| Deubach, Henry | Jefferson | Victoria | Report that Cornelius Mulligan claims to be a British subject, but found his name in the Jefferson County Poll books as a voter in 1861, has arrested him and sent him to headquarters | 07-30-1862 | F1248 | ||
| Doctor ? | Jefferson | Statement that the wife of Andrew Chartrand asked him to plea for her husband's release from College Farm | 01-08- ? | F1236 | |||
| Dover, Oscar | Jefferson | Victoria | $2000 bond to sell liquor | 12-06-1864 | F1304 | ||
| Drury, J. B.; Leaper, Joseph; Parkinson, [unknown]; Livingston, Thomas | Jefferson | Victoria | Letter regarding the transfer of prisoners and other matters; Drury and Leaper were taken in Illinois | 08-11-1863 | F1601 | 0054 | 5920 |
| Dunklin, J. S.; McMullen, Thomas; Henry, William; Conway, W. S.; Galbraith, Robert; Butler, I. M.; Meyers, Capt. C. A.; and others | Jefferson | De Soto | Report from Capt. Thompson on prisoners and scouting expedition. | 05-01-1863 | F1597 | 0566 | 4935 |
| Dunklin, John | Jefferson | Pevely | Letter to his mother thanking her for some shirts she sent him and asking her to send him a pair of shoes | 06-25-1863 | F1188 | ||
| Eaglebarger, Frederick G. | Jefferson | Claim for $100 for mare taken from him; was arrested 04-26-1863 and sent to St. Louis prison; released on oath; not charged with disloyalty | 09-07-1863 | F1309 | |||
| Elkens, S. M.; Libert, John | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | Prisoners Libert of Monroe County, IL and Elkens sent to McDowell's College Prison in St. Louis | 06-27-1862 | F1585 | 1486 | 1485 |
| Elkins, J. M.; Libert, John; Elkhorn, Louis; Duling, Peter | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | Transfer of prisoners Elkins and Libert, taken near Penitentiary Point in Monroe County, IL; includes charges; Libert had been caught earlier near Ste. Genevieve, MO by civil authorities, but had escaped | 06-27-1862 | F1585 | 1216 | 1396 |
| Elmer, F. B.; Johnston, Robert; Janeway, John L.; Hopewell, John C.; Redding, John G. | Jefferson | Letter from Elmer, who was attorney for Johnston, Janeway, Hopewell, and Redding; smelting works, steam engine, and other property destroyed in Jefferson County by U. S. troops on Nov. 9, 1861; very detailed extensive listings of property and value included | 02-10-1862 | F1583 | 1007 | 687 | |
| Everett, William Riley; Davis, John R.; Morace, Thomas; Robinson, Joseph; Fitzgerald, W. M. C.; Gibson, Benjamin; Ramey, William; Fine, John; Maxwell, Matthew; Hymer, Augustus; Ryan, John; Lyons, Mark | Jefferson | Big River | Examination of prisoners related to a secessionist meeting at Big River Bridge | 09-05-1861 | F1581 | 0851 | 167 |
| Fabry, Frederick; Thomas, John; Sapp, N. T.; Lemon, Augustus; Dugan, Patrick; Strickland, James; Hartman, Charles; Cadwallader, Franklin; Naverstick, William; Lindhemier, John; Lynch, W. P.; Cross, James; Rippey, James; Furgerson, John; and others | Jefferson | De Soto | List of those exempt from enrollment and surgeons' certificates. 35 names. | 10-15-1862 | F1589 | 1015 | 2648 |
| Farley, John | Jefferson | Sandy Mines | Affidavit for S. S. Homanes, who wants permission to use powder for blasting in the mine | 07-14-1862 | F1476 | ||
| Fletcher, C. C. | Jefferson | De Soto | J.W. Thompson is a good and loyal man | 03-24-1863 | F1211 | ||
| Fletcher, J. W. ; Rimm?, Henry T. | Jefferson | De Soto | J.W. Thompson is a good and loyal man | 03-24-1863 | F1211 | ||
| Fletcher, J. W. ;Rimm?, Henry T. | Jefferson | De Soto | J.W. Thompson is a good and loyal man | 03-24-1863 | F1211 | ||
| Fletcher, Thomas B.; Cobb, John; Bush, John; Taylor, William R.; Rankin, Louis J.; Frissell, Williard; Pritchett, Zebulon; Beckett, Ephraim B.; Whitworth, Thompson H.; McGready, Firmin; Boyd, F. K.; Whiteley, Thomas J.; Wilcox, William; Singer, Samuel | Jefferson | Col. Fletcher in St. Louis makes recommendations for persons to compose boards pursuant to General Order 3; breaks down names by county (St. Francois, Jefferson, Washington) | 06-28-1862 | F1585 | 1077 | 1364 | |
| Fletcher, Thomas C. | Jefferson | De Soto | Introduction of S. C. Rankin, vouches for his loyalty and would go on his bond for any amount | 11-14-1864 | F1255 | ||
| Fletcher, Thomas; Rankin, C.; Reppy, R.; Owen, James; Wilhelm, Julius; Wolf, William; Wesselhoft, William; Hundhausen, Robert; Glover, Chesley; Hopkins, George W.; Reinhardt, [unknown]; White, Joshua J.; Ferrell, Enoch P.; and others | Jefferson | De Soto | Two letters giving names of loyal citizens in Jefferson, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage and Maries counties; poor quality image of first letter, illegible | 07-12-1864 | F1617 | 0877 | 10703 |
| Flore, Ben | Jefferson | Sulphur Springs | Letter from A. H. Poten stating that when Floro was arrested, his horse was taken from him. Floro's step-son, a private, asked for horse to be returned to his mother after Floro died in jail. | 09-26-1862 | F1319 |
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