Second Regiment Prince Edward County Militia 1839

Hastings and Prince Edward County Militia Records

© Copyright – Randy Saylor, transcriber, Oct 2006
Note: transcribed as written so spelling can vary from current practice.

[Note: Below are 6 reports from a 16 page document that is bound with thread. Only those sections with names have been transcribed.]

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Proceedings of a Court Martial held at the House of Thos McGrath

in the Village of Consecon 20^th June 1839

for the trial of Aliens and Delinquents of the

2^nd Regt Prince Edward Militia

Members of the Court present

Capt John Young President

´Charles Biggar

“ John V Roblin

“ Thomas Flager

Lieut Reuben Young

The Court having proceeded to the Trial of the following persons and after hearing evidence for and against them severally came to the following decisions ~ viz

[The judgment (fines) and court costs have not been transcribed. Most of those convicted were fined 10 shillings and charged costs of 1 shilling, 8 pence. Some were awarded half that amount.]

Names	Charge	Acquitted or Convicted
Martin Miller	Delinquent	Acquitted
Matthias Marsh	do	Do
Thos Fairman	Do	Do
John Avery	Do	Do
Rich^d Hayes	Do	Do
John V Striker	Do	Convicted
Philander Clarke	Alien	Do
R P Clark	Do	Do
Charles Clark	Do	Do
Arra Ball	Do	Do
W^m Curlett	Delinquent	Acquitted
Rob_t Acton	Do	Do
Nicholas Long	Do	Convicted
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Dan^l Webster	Delinquent	Acquitted
Tho^s Garratt	Do	Convicted
Geo McDonell	Do	Do
W^mAinsley	Do	Convicted
Abm Davis	Do	Acquitted
Timothy Sullivan	Do	Do
John Ivy	Do	Convicted
Isaih Ainsley	Do	Acquitted
Joseph Pettingill	Do	Do
Tho^s Richardson	Do	Do
Gilbert Nixon	Do	Do
W^m Tivy	Do	Convicted
Cicero Hancock	Do	Acquitted
Rob^t Osterhout	Do	Do
Henry Palmer	Do	Convicted
Cha^s Sayer	Do	Acquitted
Solomon Spafford	Do	Do
Ja^s J Palmer	Do	Convicted
Ja^sHandcock	Alien	Do
Abm Hubbs	Delinquent	Acquitted
Thos Downs	Do	Do
Townsend Garratt	Do	Convicted
Benj Crandle	Do	Acquitted
W^m Augustus	Do	Do
Nathaniel McDonell	Do	Do
Ethel P Henesay	Alien	Convicted
Gilbert Crandle	Delinquent	Do
John Coveny or Coverry	Do	Acquitted
Gilbert Barton	Do	Do
Jonathan Garratt	Do	Convicted
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Auty Gordon	Delinquent	Convicted
John Onderdunk	Alien	Do
Rich^d Pierce	Do	Do
Amos Alby	Do	Do
Friend O Paine	Do	Do
M Hams	Do	Do
V Hams	Do	Do
H Rowley	Do	Do

Nicholas Long	Delinquent	No Property
W^m Ainsley	Do	Do
Gilbert Crandle	Do	Do
Philander Clark	Alien	Do

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Statement of Expenses incurred by a Court Martial held at the House of Thomas G McGrath …… [as above] ….. by Colonel Honl^e Rob^t Chas Wilkins

Names of Claimants	Service Performed	Amount £ s d
Philip Flager	Serving Summons	1 10 6
Garret Garretsee	Witness	- 2 6
Samuel Jones	Serving Summons	1 2 6
John Cameron	Do & Witness	- 5 -
Wm Anderson	do do	- 6 6
Joshua B Dorland	Do do	- 6 2
John Huyck	Witness	- 2 6
Cap^t John Young	President of the Court	- 5 -
“ Cha^s Biggar	Member do	- 5 -
“ John V Roblin	Do do	- 5 -
Thos Flager	Do do	- 5 -
L^t Reuben Young	Do do	- 5 -
Nelson Weller	Serving Warrants	- 16 -

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List of Officers of the Regiment with the dates of their Commissions and Places of Residence ….. Head Quarters at Carrying Place 15^th day of June 1840

Rank	Names	Town or Township	Dates of Commissions
Colonel	Hon R C Wilkins	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
Lieut Colonel	James Pierson	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
Major	John Young	Do	27 June 1839
Captain	Chas Biggar	Ameliasburgh	28 May 1828
“	Peter Dempsey	Do	1831
“	John Roblin
“	Tho^s Flagler	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	E D S Wilkins	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	W^m Stapleton	Do	27 Sep 1838
“	Tho^s Young	Do	27 Sep 1839
“	Obed Simson	Do	10 Aug 1839
“	Reuben Young	Ameliasburgh	“
“	R J L Wilkins	Do	“
Lieutenant	Ja^s T Lane	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	Sam^l Peterson	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
“	W^m Dempsey	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	John Stapleton	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	Cha^s Wilkins	Do	Jany 1838
“	Paul Clapp	Do	27 Sep 1838
“	Corn^l Vanhorn	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	W^m Babcock	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
“	Benj Stapleton	Hillier	“
“	J W Cryderman	Ameliasburgh	“
Ensign	James Peck	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
“	Thos McMahon	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	H W Shuter	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	R C H Cotter	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	R R Young	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
“	Joshua M Cadman	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	G Cunningham	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	Jo^s Piersons	Do	10 Aug 1839
“	Ja^s Redner	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
“	C B Weese	Do	“ “ 1839
Adjutant & L^t	John Sellick		27 Sept 1838
			10 Aug 1839
Q^r Master	John Wilson		10 Aug 1839
Surgeon	Ben^j S Corey		“ “ 1839

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Second Regiment

Half Yearly return of Recommendations and Appointments

Ameliasburgh 18^th June 1839

Robt C Wilkins Col commanding the 2^nd Regiment Prince Edward Militia

Rank	Names	Recommended Rank	Vice or instead of	Vice	In order of seniority	Country
Lieut	Ja^s T Lane	Captain	P Dempsey	Babcock resigned	In order	Nova Scotia
Do	Sam^l Perterson	Do	W Stapleton	Young promoted	Do	Canadian
Do	W^m Dempsey	Do	R J S Wilkins	Sager removed to Reserve battalion	Do	Do
Do	John Stapleton	Do	“	McArthur resigned	Do	Do
Ensign	Ja^s Peck	Lieut	Jas T Lane	Simson promoted	Do	Do
Do	Tho^s McMahon	Do	S Peterson	Young do	Do	Do
Do	H W Shuter	Do	Wm Dempsey	Wilkins do	Do	Do
Do	R C H Cotter	Do	Jn^o Stapleton	Babcock	Do	Do
Do	R R Young	Do	“	Stapleton	Do	Do
Sergt	Andrew Dorland	Ensign	Ja^s Peck	Cryderman	Do	Do
Do	Saml Jones	Do	T McMahon	Gross resigned	Do	American
Do	Isaac Losie	Do	H W Shuter		Do	English
Do	Post	Do	R C H Cotter	W^m Dempsey who resigns the quarter master only	Do	Irish
Do	Davi Sprung	Do	R R Young
Do	Jas Young	Do
Surgeon	Wm Dougall	Asst Surgepon	Moore

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List of Officers of the Regiment with the dates of their Commissions and Places of Residence …..

Rank	Names	Town or Township	Dates of Commissions
Colonel	Hon R C Wilkins	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
Lieu^t Colonel	James Pierson	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
Major	John Young	Do	“ June 1839
Captain	Cha^s Biggar	Ameliasburgh	28 May 1828
“	Jn^o P Roblin	Do	“ 1831
“	Tho^s Flagler	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	E D S Wilkins	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	Tho^s Young	Do	27 Sep 1838
“	Obed Simson	Do	10 Aug 1839
“	Reuben Young	Ameliasburgh	10 “ “
“	James T Lane	Hillier	21 Oct 1841
“	Sam^l Peterson	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
“	W^m Dempsey	Do	“ “ “
“	John Stapleton	Hillier	“ “ “
Lieutenant	Cha^s Wilkins	Hillier	Jany 1838
	Paul Clapp	Do	27 Sep 1838
	Cor^l Vanhorn	Do	“ “ “
	Wm Babcock	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
	Benjⁿ Stapleton	Hillier	“ “ “
“	James Peck	Ameliasburgh	21 Oct 1841
“	Tho^s McMahon	Do	“ “ “
“	R C H Cotter	Do	“ “ “
“	Reuben R Young	Hillier	“ “ “
Ensign	Joshua M Cadman	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
“	George Cunningham	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
“	Joseph Pierson	Hillier	10 Aug 1839
“	James Redner	Hillier	“ “ “
“	C B Weese	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
Gazetted 6	Andrew Dorland	Hillier	21 Oct 1841
9	Sam^l Jones	Do	“ “ “
7	Isaac Locie (Loosie)	Do	“ “ “
10	Elisha Post	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
11	David Sprung	Do	“ “ “
8	James Young	Hillier	“ “ “
Adjutant & Lt	John Sellick	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
Q^r Master	John Wilson	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
Surgeon	Benj S Cory (Corey)		“ “ “

[Note: a second list with the same names as above is repeated in the booklet with a few minor differences. These additional bits are combined above.]

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Return of the men and their ages 1^st Aug 1842

Cavalry	Capt	E D S Wilkins
1^st Comp^y	“	C Biggar
2^nd do	“	J P Roblin
3^rd do	“	Tho^s Flagler
4 do	“	Tho^s Young
5 do	“	O Simson
6 do	“	R Young
7 do	“	J T Lane
8 do	“	S Peterson
9 do	“	W^m Dempsey
10 do	“	Jn^o Stapleton

[Note: beside each Capt’s name there is chart tallying the number of unnamed men in various age groups. There are 762 men in total. A numerical field return dated 5 June 1843 reports that at Consecon, 682 men were assembled on parade with some sick and absent for a total of 751 men.]

[Note: the last numerical field return is dated 4 June 1844 at Consecon and shows 521 men on parade out of a tota;l of 704 men.]

[ In different ink, the name George J Chadd , Trenton Ont is written at the top of the front page. Presumably he owned the document at some time.]

Source: Military Records 1830-1839, Military Records 1839 3, Prince Edward County Militia, AO, F895 – MU2041, original document.