Webb’s in the Military
Encompassing the following recognized conflicts, among others : Wayne’s
War, 1790-1794; French War, 1799; War of 1812, 18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815;
Seminole War, 1817-1818; Black Hawk War, 1832; Creek War, 1836-1837; Florida War,
1835-1842; Canada Frontier Disturbances, 1838-1839; Pennsylvania Whiskey
Rebellion; Cherokee Removal, 1838; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Civil War,
1861-1865. Including
Officers and Enlisted soldiers of the Militia, Volunteer and Regular Army,
Officers & Sailors of the Navy, and Marines in the Marine Corps.
Compiled by Jonathan Webb Deiss, ©2003. www.webbdeiss.org
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Private Ebenezer Webb :
(Revolutionary War)
Private Ebenezer Webb, Jr. : He was
born 29 May 1757 at Windham, Windham County, Connecticut. He volunteered May 1775 to Captain Obadiah
Johnson’s Company, Colonel Israel Putnam’s Regiment Connecticut Troops. He was stationed for some time at Cambridge,
Massachusetts during the Battle of Bunker Hill and was discharged December
1775. Re-enlisted July 1776 to Captain
Elijah Sharp’s Company, Colonel Samuel Mott’s Regiment Connecticut Troops. He was on the expedition to Ticonderoga and
camped on the west bank of Lake Champlain for about four months and discharged
28 November 1776 at Mount Independence opposite to Ticonderogoa. In September 1780, enlisted for two months
in Captain Rush’s Company, Colonel McLellan’s Regiment. He marched to New London and served about
two months. Afterwards he resided at
Windham until February 1782, then moved to Norwich, Hampshire County,
Massachusetts and lived there eight years. He probably did not render any military service after November 1780, and
his service is often mistakenly assumed to have been rendered by his father,
Ebenezer Sr. He was pensioned on 5
October 1833 and received $43.33 per year.
Ebenezer Webb appears with the
rank of ... on a Pay Roll of Major Obadiah Johnson’s Company in the 3d Reg’t of
Foot, raised by the Colony of Connecticut, 1775 (Revolutionary War), dated ...not
dated... Time of enlistment May 19,
1775. Discharged Dec 16, 1775. Months and days in the service 6 mos 28
days. Premium for enlisting £2
s12. Whole of pay £16 s8.
[click here to see an image of
this card from his CSR (1) and click
here to see images of his pension file (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)] (Revolutionary War)
Private Ebenezer Webb : Page’s
Command, Massachusetts Militia (War of 1812)
Sergeant Ebenezer Webb :
2nd Regiment (Day’s) Massachusetts Militia (War of 1812)
Private Edward Webb :
(Revolutionary War)
Captain Edward Webb :
Edward Webb was born in New York. He
served with the rank of Ensign in the 6th Regiment United States Infantry
(regulars) from 3 May 1808 He was noted
in a letter dated 17 April 1809. He was
promoted to Second Lieutenant on 2 February 1809 or 3 May 1810 (depending on
which record is consulted) and to First Lieutenant on 1 October 1810; his
commission was forwarded by special order from Washington, dated 8 March
1811. By order 4 February 1812 he was
attached to Captain Peter Muhlenberg, Jr’s Company and marked as present at
Baton Rouge on 4 February & 16 February 1812. By an order dated 15 March 1812 he took command of a Detachment
of Captain Carson’s Company, and marked as present on rolls dated 26 March
1812. By order dated 2 April 1812, he
was instructed to go ‘home & report to the War Department’. He was with Captain John Machesney’s Company
near Fort George in 1813, on rolls marked as present. He was promoted to
Captain, effective to 21 February 1814; on returns dated April and 30 June
1814, listed as ‘on command’. On return
dated July 1814, listed as ‘promoted to Captain & dropped from report’. By order dated 8 July 1814, he was ordered
to report to Captain John Simmons (17 Reg’t U. S. Infantry) at Redding,
Pennsylvania; on rolls dated July, August. September, & October 1814 he was
listed as on duty recruiting in Philadelphia. Rolls for October & November record him as ordered to Redding to
superintend the recruiting service (probably after Simmon’s resignation); was
present there on rolls dated December 1814 and January 1815. In February 1815 he was present with the
service at Easton, Pennsylvania. By
order of the Adjutant General’s Office, Philadelphia, dated 11 May 1815 –
‘Member C. M.’ (??). He was honorably
discharged 15 June 1815.
He was again commissioned and
served as Second Lieutenant, recorded on 3 February 1819 with the 8th Regiment
United States Infantry (regulars). He
was promoted to First Lieutenant 31 July 1819. Edward transferred to the 4th Regiment United States Infantry on 1 June
1821 and resigned his commission on 31 October 1826.
As Lieut.
Ed. Webb, listed as having been overlooked during the appointment of general
and field officers for the new levies (War of 1812).
Matross Edward Webb : 11th
Regiment New York Artillery; a Matross was the assistant to the gunner in the
train of artillery, equivalent to the rank of Private. (War of 1812)
Private Edward W. Webb : He
served in Company C, 7th Regiment Virginia Infantry. He was killed on the battle field of ?? Farm, near Richmond. He was married to Martha Jane nee? In Orange
County, Virginia in January 1859. She
received a pension from the State of Virginia, 28 May 1888.
Private Eli Webb :
(Revolutionary War)
Private Eli Webb : 1st
Regiment (Hobb’s) Massachusetts Militia (War of 1812)
Private Eli Webb : Company
A, Santa Fe Battalion, Missouri Mounted Volunteers. (Mexican War)
Private Eli Webb : Company
H, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Infantry; Mississippi fielded two full regiments
and one battalion, so he may have served in the Battalion. (Mexican War)
Elias Webb : He applied a
Bounty Land Warrant in Illinois, SWNE, 40 acres in Section 24, Township 5
South, Range 5 East, Franklin County, Illinois, 3 December 1852, ill vol105
p83.
Private Elisha Webb, Esq : Elisha Webb, aged 33 years, born in Snow Hill, Maryland, was
described as standing 6’ 1” tall, with blue eyes, brown hair, a light complexion
and was by occupation a farmer when he enlisted 15 May 1812 to Captain McKenzie
for a term of five years. He was
assigned to the 14th Regiment United States Infantry (regulars). He was discharged, while serving in Captain
R. Gilden’s Company, on 24 May 1815 at Greenbush by reason of a Surgeon’s
Certificate on account of rheumatism. He received a pension.
He applied for and received a
bounty land warrant under the ScripWarrant Act of 1812 (#4425) for 160 acres
which he located in Section 23, Township 3 N Range 2 W in Schuyler County,
Territory of Illinois.
Private Elisha B. Webb :
age 21, joined for duty and enrolled 20 September 1847 at Shelbyville, Indiana
to Captain McKenzey’s Company (E), 5th Regiment Indiana Infantry for a term
‘during war’, mustered in 1 October 1847 at Madison, Indiana; muster roll for
January & February 1848 on daily duty as hospital attendant; muster roll
March & April 1848, disposition not stated; mustered out 28 July 1848 at
Madison, Indiana, last paid to 30 April 1848, stop for 1 c drawers $.35½, 2 prs
socks $.48.
Shelby County. Mustered in 1 Oct 1847, at Madison, Indiana,
by Lieutenant Rodman, mustered out 28 Jul 1848, at Madison, Indiana, by Major
H. A. Goff.
In 1850 he lived in Addison
Township, Shelby County, Indiana, where he was enumerated in the census. He was listed as Elisha B. Webb, a white
male, aged 22 years, which indicates that he may have lied about his age at
enlistment, or perhaps did not know his actual age. He was married in that year to Hannah (nee: Eads), aged 21; both
were born in Indiana and were illiterate. Elisha was a Farmer. He applied
for a pension, 11 April 1887 from Missouri, (s10620); his widow, Margaret Webb,
applied 29 November 1909 from Missouri, (widow19446).
1850 Federal Census. Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana
229/236, Elisha B. Webb, 22, Male,
White, Farmer, na, Indiana, married in year, illiterate
229/236, Hanah Webb, 21, Female,
White, na, na, Indiana, married in year, illiterate
[click here to see images
of his Compiled Service Record for the Mexican War (1) (2)]
Private Ellis W. Webb :
Company F, Colonel J. F. Coffey’s (1st) Regiment Alabama Militia Infantry.
(Mexican War)
Ely Webb : He was a
resident of Randolph County when he applied a Bounty Land Warrant for 160 acres,
SE, Section 29, Township 6 South, Range 4 West, Perry County, Illinois, 21 June
1849, ill vol16 p14.
Recruit Enos Webb : Enos
Webb, aged 35 years, born in Dutchess County, New York, was described as
standing 5’ 9” tall, with black eyes, dark hair, a dark complexion and was by
occupation a farmer, when he enlisted 2 April 1818 at Carlisle, Pennsylvania to
Brevet Major Sullivan Burbank for a term of five years. He was assigned as a recruit to the 5th
Regiment United States Infantry (Regulars). He is on a muster roll dated April 1818.
Sergeant Epenetus Webb, Jr.
: He served during the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel
Webb’s Company, Colonel John Mead’s (9th) Regiment Connecticut Infantry. His name appears on a pay roll dated 11 May
1777 at Stamford, Connecticut which states they marched on 12 August 1776 and
were discharged 27 September 1776; he served a total of one month and seventeen
days. He was born 6 August 1740 in
Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Epenetus Webb & Elizabeth Lockwood. He is the father, by wife Sarah Judson, of
Judson Webb born 11 April 1775 (lived in Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York in
1810).
He is one of the children of Epenetus
Webb and Elizabeth Lockwood, of whom four served as Patriots in the Revolution
or the War of 1812. There were nine children in all. Epenetus (jr), Joseph,
Moses, & David among others.
Corporal Epenetus F. Webb :
Epenetus, aged 28 years, born in Bonniville, Vermont, was described as standing
5’ 9½” tall, with light eyes, light hair, a light complexion, and was by
occupation a carpenter when he enlisted on 12 August 1812 to Captain William
Walker for a term of eighteen months. He was assigned to Captain Festus Cone’s Company, 25th Regiment United
States Infantry (regulars). In the
Company Books for 1812 & 1813, on a detachment roll his name is borne
without remark. He transferred to
Captain Daniel Ketchum’s Company, 26 October 1813 while sick at Sackett’s
Harbor, New York where he had been left since 18 October 1813. On the muster roll of Captain Thos. M.
Bead’s (?) Company dated 30 June 1814 listed as discharged by expiration of
term of service.
Private Epinetus Webb :
76th Regiment (Tucker’s) New York Militia (War of 1812)
Private Erasmus Webb :
Erasmus, aged 26 years, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was described as
having blue eyes, fair hair, a ‘fresh’ complexion, stood 5’ 7¼” tall, and was
by occupation a bricklayer when he enlisted on 6 October 1855 at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania to Captain Sturgis for a term of five years. He was assigned to Company E, 1st Regiment
United States Cavalry (regulars). He is
reported as having deserted on 20 June 1856 but he must have returned to duty
at some point because he also served in the Civil War.
Private Ezekial Webb :
(Revolutionary War)
Private Ezekiel Webb : 1st
Regiment (Dodge’s) New York Militia (War of 1812)
Corporal Ezra Webb :
Enlisted on 17 January 1836 to Captain Sterling C. Robertson’s Company, Texas
Rangers, mustered in 17 January 1836.
Also served
in Captain Thomas H. Barren’s Company, Colonel Coleman’s Command of Texas
Rangers, for a term of one year. Muster
roll dated 1 November 1836 thru 31 December 1836, listed as present, and borne
as Corporal.
Possibility - 1850 Federal
Census. ?? Township, Burleson County,
Texas
106/106, Azra Webb, 44, Male,
White, Farming, 1500, Virginia, illiterate
106/106, Nancy Webb, 24, Female,
White, na, na, Alabama
Private Ezra Webb : He was
in service with Company A, Permanent Party, General Service Recruits, when he was
admitted 3 April 1868 to the U. S. A. Post Hospital, David’s Island, New York
Harbor with the complaint of ‘acute dysentery’. He was returned to duty the next day, 4 April. On 28 June 1868 he was again admitted to the
hospital with the complaint of ‘headache’. He returned to duty the following day.
Paymaster Ezra Webb
: He was born in New York. He served
with the position of Additional Paymaster of Volunteers, appointed 30 June
1862. He was honorably discharged 17
December 1862. Ezra died in the state
of Ohio.
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