[5], General Kearny's Army, most originating from Fort Scott:[11][12][13][14], Captains Johnston, Griffin (Surgeon),[29] and Turner[30] kept journals during their journey from Santa Fe. [60] That night Lieut. Q. No, nothing but what is termed a grumblenothing mutinousthat was at the time the crew were on short provisions and waterI was not present at any time when French said anything to the men about what he would do to the captainafter Yelverton and French. I was cook on board this vessel. 4 Mar 1851 & Francis b. Samual Gibson (later commanded company B of, Rafael Machado, Californio guide provided by San Diego, Sgt. Were you forward on that night before Rambert went overboard? WebCaptain Abraham Robinson Johnstons Life. was standing close by the cabin, Rason was sitting down when he stabbed him quite quiet, holding his hands up and saying, "For God's sake spare me! I was rather better than eighteen months in the cuddy acting as stewardI remember Rason's deathI saw him go down into the cabin about twelve o'clock on the night of his deathI only saw him go down onceI was in the passage where the pantry ishe did not pass me to go into the cabinI was at the door of the pantryyou go down some stairs, as if going to the cabinyou turn to the right to the pantry, and to the left to go into the after cabinI saw Rason go into the cabinI could see the captain in the cabin at the timeI did not notice anybody whom I. now rememberI never saw Rason alive after he went into the cabinI continued at the door of the pantry all the time Rason was in the cabinafter Rason had gone in I heard him cry out for the captain to have mercy upon himI heard the captain say he would never leave him to have the laws of his countryI heard nothing else said by either at that timeabout a quarter of an hour after Rason had gone in, the captain called to me for a bayonet, and I went inthat was after I had heard Rason calling for mercyI took a bayonet into the cabinI do not recollect whether I gave it to the captain, or laid it upon the table close by himI then saw Barry Yelverton in the cabin and JulianJulian was standing at the door of the cabin, and Yelverton was sitting on an after lockerRason was sitting on a couch in the cabinthe captain had hold of Rason by the collar of his shirt, shaking him about, and he had a sword in his handafter carrying in the bayonet I came out of the cabin again directly, and stood at the door of the cabin outside, at the same door where Julian was standingwhile I was at the door I saw the captain strike Rason with the bayonet on the head first, and then he struck him with the point of it in the left breast twicethere was a broken spar out of the Venetian blind of the cabin-door, and that is how I happened to seeRason did not appear to be doing anything to the captainhe was sitting upon the couch all the whilehe sat upon the couch when the captain pulled him abouthe moved him off the couch and then on againRason was always asking the captain for mercyabout three or four minutes after he had stabbed Rason in the breast, the captain called to me for some lintI went in on that and told him it was all usedthe cook then got some cottonRason was lying back upon the couch when I went inI was there when he diedit was, I think, about two minutes after I went inafter he had stabbed him, the captain said to Rason, "If you will speak two words, Tom, I will make friends with you"I was in the cabin, I should think, about ten minutes after he diedI then went into the pantryI was not backwards and forwards in the cabin all the nightI was asleepI went to bed about half-past one o'clockI went into the cabin once to give the captain a little brandy and water before he went to bedI had not taken him much brandy and water in the course of the night, not more than usualhe was in the habit of drinking a good deal of brandy and water at that timehe drank more than I had seen him do at the former part of the voyageI remember the death of Rambert, the chief matethe captain appeared to drink more after his death than beforewhen I went to bed at half-past one o'clock the body of Rason was still in the cabinI remember signing the log with the account of Rason's deathI see my name here(looking at it)it is my handwritingI do not recollect whether or not it was read over to me before I signed itI was always going backwards and forwards to the cabinI do not recollect exactly how soon it was after Rason's death that I signed itI knew what the statement was with respect to Rason's death at the time I signed itI knew that the writing represented that he had died in a fitI heard the captain tell Spence to write it, and he smiled while he told himI cannot say exactly how soon that was after Rason's deathI think it was the day after. A. Yesthe captain sometimes pulled him on his feet while he was pitching him abouthe was sometimes holding him, and sometimes nothe had on a blue flannel shirt and canvas trowsershe had nothing in his, handsthey were at libertywhen he was dying the captain went close to him and spoke to himwhen he was on the sofa he lifted his hands up, saying, "Spare me! Then he had not the cutlass and bayonet both in his hand together? I was a seaman on board the Tory. Q. WebEsther Abrahams (born c. 1767 or 1771 died 26 August 1846) was a Londoner sent to Australia as a convict on the First Fleet. WebTo get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Location even a guess will help. Q. Q. WebThe senior Johnston was a prominent attorney who had represented George Washingtonin legal matters, as well as serving together in the Virginia House of Burgesses.1The younger Johnston received a good education, read law and, on March 12, 1770, established himself as an attorney in Loudoun County, Virginia.2 As the rift widened between Great 494. BARRY YELVERTON . Q. [6]:188, As the leading element of the U.S. force's attack drew close to a Kumeyaay village, the Californios wheeled back and fired their few firearms. In late December 1846, Kearny's force began its march to Los Angeles. WebGeorge Johnston (September 3, 1702 August 29, 1766) was a lawyer in Fairfax County, Virginia while it was a British colony. 11 Jul 1843 & David b. Did you know what you were signing? ", which Johnston misunderstood as "Gallop!". Q. MR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Captain George Johnson was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. WebGeorge Johnston had three sons and four daughters with the convict Esther Abrahams. Q. Q. Hollon states that Kearny's misjudgments resulted in nearly disastrous consequences for the Army of the West and put the United States plans for conquest and empire in peril. I was an ordinary seaman on board the Tory. After the deaths of Rason and Mars, who had the management of the ship? George Johnston apparently studied law in England. He frequently told me he expected his chronometers were wrong, and he was out of his longitudehe asked the crew if they were agreeable to run into the island of Ascension, and they were agreeablethat would be a six days' run from where we were, on an averageour provisions and water were in a very low state indeed, when we missed St. Helena, and our allowance of water then was a quart a-day, (the usual allowance is from six pints to a gallon,) I was laid up ill, and did not hear the crew murmur about the short allowance, but I heard remarks made that the captain had some private reason for passing St. Helenahe did not succeed in making Ascension island, and he called the first and second mate down into the cabin, and consulted them whether it was best still to try to get to Ascension, or proceed on the voyageit was agreed we should proceedthis was about the 19th or 20th of Sept.(looking at the log)a day on board ship begins at noonI occasionally acted as clerk. [5] Gillespie's men unlimbered the remaining howitzer John Sutter's Russian-made bronze four-pounder and were able to drive the Californio fighters from the field after Midshipman Duncan fired canister into them. BARRY YELVERTON. It was on all the while I was thereI had to lift it off to see the faceat least I did not, one of the men did, that dressed his woundshe opened it just below the neck. This was embarrassing, because the Americans had but one man, Pablo Vejar, as a prisoner. [6]:187[47][48], Kearny had planned a surprise attack at daylight, despite the damp weather wetting down their powder and the extremely poor state of the soldiers' equipment and mounts mostly mules, as the horses had died on the preceding march. Q. A. GEORGE JOHNSTON was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Rason, on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the Andres Pico's force along the road at San Pasqual. Do you happen to know whether there was anybody among the crew capable of taking charge of, and managing the vessel, except the captain? (1921) "The Battle of San Pasqual: A Report of the California Historical Survey Commission with Special Reference to its Location." WebDied: 1846-12-06 California. MR. BODKIN. fell down on the sofa, and the captain hove away the cutlass on the floor, and called to Jem, the boy Jem Glover, for the bayonethe said, "Give me the bayonet," and he had it, and then struck him twice in the breast, and the second time the man died directlyI called Dunn, the cook, and said, "Come here, the man is dead"he lifted up the flannel, to try to stop the blood, but he said it was no use, the blood would not come any more, he was deadthe captain went away to the other side of the cabin, to the waterclosetbefore he went he said, "Tom, Tom, for God's sake say something," but he could not answer, he was only moving his mouth, that was allRason was very quiet before he was stabbedhe did not say anythingI did not see what was done with his body. No; oh, yes, I didI was over the ship's side, paintingI was sent down, and told him what the mate had said when he went forwardthe captain was cutting and hacking the men aboutI did not tell him the mate wanted to take his lifeI told him he wanted us to come aft and make the captain fast, or else he would murder all handsI am certain I did not tell him the mate wanted us to go aft and take his life. COURT. A. I told him that Rambert, the chief mate, wanted us to go aft and make him fast; if we did not he would. I joined her at Hong KongI am an AmericanI do not remember the night that Rason diedthe last time I saw him alive was as he was going down into the cabin between two and four o'clock in the morning before daylightI do not know the time exactlyhe then had several cuts about his headI should think it was an hour and a half before I saw anything more of himI did not see him again till he was brought up upon deckI was not down in the cabin on that night after Rason went downI did not look at the body when it was brought up upon deckI did in the morningI looked at the face, and he was cut in the face and in the headthere were two wounds, and his head was cutthey were apparently done with a cutlassI did uot see anything elsethe body was then on the top-gallant forecastle, covered with a blanketI had seen Rason go down to the cabin at an earlier period of that evening, in the first of the evening. Killed/Missing in action of U.S. 1st Dragoon & attached forces, Clarke & Ruhlen p. 40 (M.I.A. When Rason came to the cabin the second time he was on the sofa? It consisted of a mixed force of Army dragoons, Navy sailors, Marines, volunteers and artillery. [15] In a coincidence that has never been fully explained, a guard under the command of Machado's concuado, the brother of a brother-in-law and future father-in-law, Captain Jose Alipaz, challenged the dragoons and alerted the camp to their presence. Shupe, Sarah, wife of James Wright Shupe. A. No, I can notI was busy at work shifting the sailsI did not examine the body at that timeI did shortly after. JAMES GLOVER . Q. ", San Pasqual Valley, San Diego, California, San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park, "San Pasqual Battlefield Site Location Project", "California and the Mexican War: The Battle of San Pasqual", "Get a Look at the Mighty Pacific: Thomas Swords Dragoon Quartermaster", "Commodore Stockton's Report on the War in California", "VIVA LOS CALIFORNIOS! FRANKLIN TUCKER . Other U.S. dragoons were worked on by pairs of Californios who, with fresh mounts and years of practice, would use a lasso to yank soldiers off their mounts to the ground, where the second rider would lance them. [7] On December 6 and December 7, 1846, General Stephen W. Kearny's US Army of the West, along with a small detachment of the California Battalion led by a Marine Lieutenant, engaged a small contingent of Californios and their Presidial Lancers Los Galgos (The Greyhounds), led by Major Andrs Pico. No, he put the cutlass to the Haunch, and stamped his foot down and said, "You see what this fellow has brought on himself, and I will serve you out the same way"he then shoved the cutlass into his bodynot more than once that I am aware ofthat was about an hour or two after he was stabbed. Was any reason given by the captain for that? Do you remember the night before Rambert jumped overboard the men being removed from where they were, and put in irons in the topsails? Pico then withdrew a half mile to higher ground. He was drinking previous to that, but not in that excitable wayhe drank spiritsas soon as he heard this communication he was in a much more excitable state than he was previouslyI was not present when he chased one of the crew round the deck with a cutlass in his handI was illI had broken the cap of my knee at the time Rambert jumped overboardI heard Richard French make a communication to the captain about the state of the crew about three hours after Yelverton's statementit was before Rambert jumped overboardhe told the captain part of the crew had sharpened their knives with the intention of taking his lifeI do not recollect that he mentioned any particular nameshe accused Dunn, the cook, of a design on his life, but I do not recollect whether he said he had sharpened his knifeI should say this added to the captain's excitementI did not hear French tell the captain the crew intended to seize him and take the ship to the continentI heard it afterwards, but do not think it was French told himI heard Cone tell the captain sothat was alter Rambert jumped overboardI cannot say whether it was before or after Rason's deathI also heard Dunn tell the captain that French had sharpened his knife on both edges, and volunteered to be among the first to take the captain's lifethis was half an hour or an hour after the statement given by FrenchI do not recollect hearing any, other statement made to the captain-about the intention of the crewas far as I recollect, I heard the captain ask Cordeviola when he called him down if he knew anything about Rason, and he said Morris knew something about itthat was shortly before Rason was called downI recollect Cordeviola accusing an able seaman, named Gair, in the captain's presence, of having come to him and held a marlinspike to his breast, and say he would run that into him if he would not assist in taking the captain's life, which Gair admittedhe said he would run it into him or through him, or words to that effectI frequently heard Yelverton mention to the captain about sharpening the knives, but the crew generally were making statements to the captain of the intention of others towards him, but I wish to state how that wasthe captain sent for some one of the crew down into the cabin, held a sword over him, and threatened to cut or wound him if he did not state that he had heard some other person say something against him; and the person, to shield himself, would do so, the captain having threatened to cut him if he did not state so and so about some of the crew having an intention towards himthe first communication I heard was made by Yelvertonhis were all voluntaryFrench's communication against Dunn was voluntary, and Dunn's against Frenchit was after those three voluntary statements that the captain threatened to cut different people if they did not make communications against each otherI went with the captain into FayalI was on shore, and cannot say whether the crew made any complaint to the harbour-master when on boardI was only there just as he was leavingthe captain drank in my presence at Fayal, but not to excesshe was not drunk when he came on boardwe only staid at Fayal one daywe did not come to anchorbefore that the captain of the Eglinton, an English vessel, had been on board for about an hour and a halfit was between Rambert's death and our arrival off Fayalhe was about the vessel with the crewthis happened to Rason about three days after we left Fayalbetween his death and our leaving Fayal Yelverton had not again made a communication to the captain about the crew, not to my recollectionFrench had made a voluntary statementwhen Glover was sent for Rason, the captain was more than half drunkI think he had been in a state of excitement the whole timeFrench had made a communication to him the day beforethe day after we left Fayalhe was constantly excited, frightened of his life apparentlywhen Rason came down the captain shook him on the sofahe struck him with the point of the bayonethe stuck him about his thighat that time Yelverton was in the cabin, and I think CordeviolaI did not remain in the cabin but a short time after the blow was given, it might be five or ten minutes, it was certainly five and might be tenRason still sat on the sofa after the blow was givenhe did not say anything that I recollectI was sitting in the cabinYelverton and Dunn were sitting downthey did not move that I sawwhen I returned I saw Rason stretched below the sofaI did not hear the captain call to him and ask him to speak to himI looked at the captainhe appeared more calmhe said nothing to me about Rason being murderedthe captain was sitting on the sofaDunn was standing thereI did not hear any lint called forI left again shortly afterI was not present when he afterwards stabbed the body with a swordthe body was sewn up in canvass when I performed the burial serviceI do not know who did itin any extraordinary case the mate usually signs the log with the captainwhen I made the entry the chief mate was deadI cannot say whether I made the entry before or after Mars' deathI signed it about the same time as the captain didthe captain always signed after every one elseevery body signed this before himthey signed it a day or two after I made the entrylong before we got into the DownsI. WILLIAM DUNN . [66], General Kearny's official report states: A. I cannot say rightly whether he was drunk or nothe was striking against the lashing like a madman. ALEXANDER SINCLAIR. I was an apprentice on board the ToryI shipped at Liverpoolon passing the Cape on the homeward voyage the provisions and water fell shorton the night we expected to make Ascension Island I was forward with Rason and some of the crewwe were on short allowance at the time (I think it was before we fell in with the French barque)I asked Rason if he thought we should make the land before morninghe said he did not know, but if we did make the land, he would put a blue shirt on the fore yard-arm, so that some of the men-of-war's men might come on board, and he would let them know how they had been treated during the passage, and the captain would be no more captain of the Torythat was all I heard to the best of my recollectionsome time after the captain sent on deck for me into the cabinit was after we fell in with the French barqueI think it was the day afterhe began to speak to me about how the mate had insulted him, and said he could judge by the mate's appearance that there had been something going on that was not right, and asked if I had heard anything about itI said I did not hear anything at allhe took the cutlass in his hand, and said, "Tell me this instant, did not you hear any person. WebThe court upheld the bishop, but could not prevent a mass defection from St Paul s. House built for George and Esther Johnston on their grant near the present intersection of had told this to the captain, we went on deck, armed, and the captain chased Rason about the deck, and I afterwards put him, Cone, and Lee in irons, by the captain's ordersRason was then wounded in several placesRason had no weapon in his hand, that I observed, when the captain was pursuing himthe men were put in the tops the second night I think, the night before Rambert went overboard I put a shackle on two of their necks before they went into the topsthere was then blood about the faces of all three of themthey were handcuffed as well as put in ironstwo were shackled round the neck, and the third not. Proceedings of a general court-martial held at Chelsea hospital, which commenced on Tuesday, May 7, 1811, and continued by adjournment to He was born on May 23, 1815, in Upper Piqua, Ohio, one of fifteen children born to John and A. G. SPENCE. A. Yeshe sent for the crew into the cabinsometimes two together, and sometimes one by onethat was one or two days before we lelt FayalMorris was sent for after we left there, before Rason's deathI cannot recollect any body elseI had not said anything about the crew before thatthe captain continued to give his orders about the navigation of the vessel the whole timenobody else had anything to do with it scarcely. A. Some were absentee landlords, living elsewhere in the British Isles but holding property in Ireland. He enlisted in January in the "year that Cornwallis was taken" in Cumberland County, From the Spanish occupancy, by the founding of the mission San Gabriel Archangel, September 8, 1771, to July 4, 1876", "Toms A. 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Did not you and Spence tell him what the crew had said before you got the provisions from the French barque? The following lists comprise a large portion of those who were enrolled as pioneer soldiers of Kentucky, between the years 1778 and 1781. Their first son, George, was born in 1790. Boardmills Presbyterian Church [8], En route from New Mexico, Kearny's force interacted with the Apache and Maricopa tribes, and captured a Mexican courier with news of American activities in California, with the news stating the Californios had capitulated. when the captain came on deck, there was nobody thereit was before Rambert's death that Rason, Lee, and Cone were in irons, for Rambert was there armedI think he jumped overboard the next day, but am not certainat the time the captain cut at them with the culass they were all three together on the poopCone was near the half-hatchthey were all aft at the break of the poop, sitting on the deck, with their feet and hands ironedhe cut them about the head and faceI could see the blood running over their facehe cut them a good many timesI heard him strike Cone fifty times when he was on the mizen-tophe cut them a great many times when on deck, sometimes with the sharp edge of the sword, with the flat, and backthey bledsome of the crew were aftthe men were singing out when they were cutthey were afterwards hawled up to the top, and when there he cut Cone I should say fifty timeshe was about a quarter of an hour slashing at him, cutting him the whole timehe was still in ironsI think he had no anchor shackle on his neck, but the other two hadhis hands and feet were ironed at the time to the best of my knowledgethey were taken down after Rambert jumped overboardI think that was the next daythey were in the tops at the time he jumped overboardwhen they were taken down they were taken into the cabin, and I believe the captain gave them each a glass of wine, but I was not there myselfthey were sitting there with the captain about an hour.

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