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 Fenton Betan Webb :
Fenton was born 22 August 1837 in Georgia. He served the United States in the Florida Mounted Volunteers during the
Florida War of 1857-58. On the outset
of the Civil War, he sided with his state and supported the Confederate States
of America. At the age of 24 he
enlisted on 19 November 1861 and mustered in to Company C, 4th Regiment Florida
Infantry, CSA. He was captured by the
Union forces and made a prisoner of war on 27 May 1864 at Dallas, Georgia. He was confined three days later at Rock
Island Arsenal, Rock Island County, Illinois. On 15 March 1865 he was exchanged and paroled on the 22nd at Madison,
Florida.
He was married to Drucilla...
Fildew L. Webb : He applied
his bounty land warrant for 80 acres in Section 11, Township 7 north Range 6
west, Macoupin County, Illinois for purchase on 10 April 1849.
Private Floyd Webb : He was
enrolled in Captain Sam Martin’s Company, 1st Regiment Stokes County North
Carolina Militia during the War of 1812.
Private F. B. Webb :
Company B & D, 2nd Regiment Missouri Mounted Infantry. (Mexican War)
Private Forest Webb : Sholt’s
Battalion Indiana Militia (War of 1812)
1820 Federal Census Fayette County, Indiana
Forest Webb, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
He, or his son, as Forest M. Webb,
purchased 240 acres of land in Section 4 of Township 29 N Range 8 W, Newton
County, Indiana.
Private Foster Webb :
(revolutionary war)
Paymaster & Muster Master Foster Webb : He was on the ‘Board of War’ and appointed
as Paymaster and Muster Master in the Virginia State Navy, for the eastern side
of Chesapeake, 18 February 1778.
Private Foster Webb : 18th
Regiment (Bloom’s) New York Militia (War of 1812)
Midshipman Francis Webb
: He was born in Essex County, Virginia, circa 1759, the son of James Webb, Jr.
and Mary Smith. His service is
partially legendary and partially historical. The legend, based on the statements of his son John, relates : He ran
away from home at the age of 16 (c. 1775) and went on board a privately owned
armed vessel (a privateer), the Ship Draggon (or Dragon). In the very first battle in which they were
engaged, everyone on board was killed or wounded except the commander, Captain
John Evans and his African-American servant. Francis Webb had been wounded in the ankle (a wound which later caused
one leg to be shorter than the other). Despite the number of wounded, they succeeded in saving the ship from
destruction or capture. For his
gallantry in the fight, he was promoted to the rank of Midshipman, and he
supposedly served three years.
Petition
of Francis Webb
To
the honble the Speaker & members of the House of Delegates. The petition of Francis Webb humbly sheweth
: That your petitioner was a midshipman on board the Ship ‘Dragon’, and
continued in her until she was destroyed by the British in the Month of April
1781, having been left in her for the purpose of taking care of her, and having
been appointed to be turned over to the frigate ‘Thetis’ as an officer, as soon
as she could be completed; -that your petitioner was discharged, at the time
the said ship was destroyed as aforementioned, by his Commander Capt. Travis,
until such time as he could be required to return to his duty, which never
happened; that your petitioner has never received any of the wages he was
entitled to, since the first of April 1779, to which time he was paid off – nor
has he received a warrant for the land he was entitled to as a midshipman; that
the Causes why your petitioner never obtained those Rights, were the death of
Capt. Travis, his last Commander, and the only officer on board at the time,
older in Command that himself, and also his inability to produce a certificate
how long he continued in the Navy, until about twelve months ago, he found Mr.
Thomas Grant who had also been an officer in the Navy. Therefore, your petitioner prays that upon
his producing such Vouchers of his Service as were required by the Act of
Assembly providing for the settlement of Officers’ Claims that the accts pf
your petitioner as midshipman of the Ship dragon may be settled by the Auditor
of Public Accounts, and that he may be allowed his wages as midshipman
aforesaid from the first of April 1779 & the depreciation of his back wages
from the 3rd of May 1788 (sic) to April 1779 when he was entitled as well as
the other officers who served on board the Navy. And your petitioner will ever pray &c. Francis Webb Octo: 20th 1791.
His
petition was rejected, but his sons later received a bounty land warrant on 24
July 1835 for 2666.66 acres (cert #8173).
The historical records states : Information contained in a bounty land warrant application
submitted by his heirs in 1834 states that he entered service 19 July 1778
(mentioned in navy Journal on that date) in the Virginia State Navy. In September & October 1779 he appears
as Midshipman on the ‘Dragon’. On a
return dated 7 October 1779 he is listed with the rank of Midshipman, and
received 2 units of coffee and 10 units of sugar. He was credited with three years of service. Midshipman were officers often appointed by
the Captain of the vessel and not likely to be mentioned in more official
paperwork save the ships’ journals and returns. During Arnold’s invasion, the Virginia fleet was caught on the
James River and destroyed. The Dragon
was one of the vessels destroyed.
He
was married to Frances Walker in 1786 in Essex County, Virginia. They had a family of eight children, only
three of which lived to adulthood, and only two of those married. He moved to Hancock County, Georgia in 1810
and died there in 1811.
Private Francis Webb :
Francis Webb, aged 34 years, born in Dublin, Ireland, was described as having
hazel eyes, black hair and a light complexion, stood 5’ 8” tall, and was by occupation
a clothier when he enlisted on 1 February 1846 at Burlington (?) to Lieutenant
Foster for a term of five years. He was
assigned to Battery (or, Company) F, 2nd Regiment United States Artillery
(regulars). His Company was stationed
in New York until March 1847, when it joined a the greater portion of the
Regiment, already in Mexico. While
attached to Garland’s Brigade, Company F took part in the action against the
Mexicans at the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico on 19 & 20 August 1847,
suffering great casualties and again under Garland, his unit participated in
the action against the Mexicans on 8 September 1847 at the battle of El Molino
Del Rey, Mexico where Francis was severely wounded. He was honorably discharged on 12 January 1849 by reason of a
‘Pension Certificate’ at Mexico City, Mexico. (pension? – Old War ic3699/26896, New York, 1848) (Mexican War)
Chief Musician Francis Darias Webb :
He joined the same regiment as his cousin, Delorma Webb. Both served in the 73rd Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers. Francis D. Webb joined Captain William
Kendall’s company in Plymouth, Indiana on 5 August 1862 and mustered at New
South Bend, Indiana on 16 August 1862 for which he was paid an advance bounty
of $25.00. Although healthy when he
enlisted, he fell ill with severe diarrhea in October 1862 while in the Wildcat
Mountains, Kentucky. He was sent to the
hospital in Nashville, Tennessee by First Sergeant James M. Berber on 21
November 1862 while at Spring Place, Kentucky. He spent the time until April and May of 1863 being sent back and forth
from Company E, Detachment of Convalescents, Barracks No. 1 to Company D, 73rd
Regiment Indiana Volunteers while stationed in hospitals at Nashville,
Tennessee. He contracted Typhoid Fever
in February 1863 and by 1 April 1863 he had been sent to USA Hospital No. 6 in
New Albany, Indiana. According t
Francis’ statements, the typhoid resulted in the infection of the spermatic
cord and surgical removal of his left testicle, ottorhea of the right ear, and
general rheumatism. The treatment of
the disease with mercury compounds caused the subsequent loss of all his teeth.
Hospital No. 16, Nashville,
Tennessee : admitted November 1862, treated for diarrhea, released 31 January
1863;
Hospital No. 22, Nashville,
Tennessee : admitted 1 February 1863, treated for diarrhea, released 12
February 1863;
Hospital No. 12, Nashville,
Tennessee : admitted 12 February 1863, treated for typhoid fever by Brigade
Surgeon Dr. Seymour, released April 1863;
Hospital No. 6, New Albany, Indiana
: admitted April 1863, treated for ottorhea of right ear by Dr. Johnson,
released June 1863.
The 73rd was
assigned to Colonel A. D. Streight’s Independent Provisional Brigade and
Francis is marked as absent on the Special Muster Roll for that period. It is unclear whether Francis was in the
hospital when his regiment was captured at Blount’s Farm, Alabama 7 May 1863
and was held in parole camp for several months or whether he was on detached
duty at Headquarters. After the
regiment’s parole and release, it reorganized at Triana, Alabama where Francis
was later promoted to the Non-Commissioned Field & Staff and appointed
Regimental Chief Musician. When he
wasn’t suffering from some gruesome ailment, he had charge of the Regimental
Band until disbanded (no pun intended).
Notes concerning Francis’ rank :
1865 Customs of Service; Special Enlistments -
223. Principal Musicians.- The
law allows to each regiment of regular infantry, the Fifth Artillery, and to
each volunteer infantry regiment, two principal of chief musicians. Other laws with regard to bands make the
position of chief musician anomalous and inconsistent. (Act July 29, 1861.)
224. The Act of July 5, 1838, section 16, allows the chief musician
seventeen dollars per month, whilst section 4, Act July 29, 1861, provides that
bands shall be paid as follows : one-fourth of the twenty-four shall receive
the pay of sergeants of engineers, thirty-four dollars, one-fourth the pay of
corporals of engineers, twenty dollars, and one-half the pay of privates of
engineers of the first class, seventeen dollars.
225. As the principal musicians are in addition to the foregoing, it follows
that they get no more than the lowest class of musicians. The leader of the band, by the 4th section
of the above Act, is entitled to the pay and emoluments of a second lieutenant
of infantry; yet there are no leaders authorized, except in the nine new
regiments of infantry. It will be seen,
therefore, that the foregoing laws are quite incongruous.
226. Leader of the Band.- Where
there is no leader of the band authorized, as in the case of old regiments of
artillery and infantry, and in all the cavalry regiments, one of the principal
musicians acts as the leader of the band. To secure a competent musician for this purpose, the leader usually
receives additional pay out of the regimental fund, or by voluntary
contribution from the regiment. Leaders
of brigade and regimental bands now receive seventy-five dollars per
month. (Act June 20, 1864.)
227. The leader of the band is charged with the instruction of the
band and the selection and arrangement of the music. He is also charged, in the absence of a drum-major, with the
duties usually assigned to him. Like
the drum-major, he receives his orders and instructions from the adjutant of
the regiment, or, as leader of the brigade band, from the adjutant-general of
the brigade.
228. A band is allowed to some regiments by law, and provision is made
for the payment of such; but the authority granted in the Regulations, to
detail soldiers for a band for such regiments as are not thus provided for,
authorizes only the application of the regimental fund for support of bands in
addition to their salary as soldiers.
229. The law allows a band to each of the new regiments of artillery
and infantry. The bands are authorized to have not more than twenty-four
musicians; and in the old regiments of infantry they are by the War Department
limited to sixteen. The drum-majors and
principal musicians are not included in this allowance for the band, nor are
the company musicians. Cavalry regiments
are not authorized to have bands.
230. The Act of June 20, 1864, fixes the pay of the principal
musicians at twenty-two dollars per month, and of the other musicians at
sixteen, but fails to state what proportion shall be principal musicians. The leaders in the bands of regular regiments,
where no leader is authorized, usually are remunerated out of the regimental
fund, or by contributions.
1860 Federal Census. Walnut Township, Argos P.O., Marshal
County, Indiana
Page, Dwelling/Family, Names, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value, Born,
Remark
752/762, Joseph Lewis, 53, Male,
White, Farmer, 3000/300, Virginia, na
752/762, Susanna Lewis, 61,
Female, White, Housekeeper, na, Virginia, na
752/762, Francis Webb, 22 Male,
White, Farmer, na, Ohio, na
752/762, Rachel Webb, 21, Female,
White, Housekeeper, na, Indiana, na
752/762, Clara May Webb, 3,
Female, White, na, na, Indiana, na
752/762, Baby Webb, 3/12, Female,
White, na, na, Indiana, na
752/762, Goodman Simons, 18,
Male, White, Laborer, na, Indiana, na
753/763, M. J. Lewis, 25, Male,
White, Farm Laborer, /250, Indiana, na
753/763, Julia Lewis, 25, Female,
White, Housekeeper, na, Ohio, na
753/763, Baby Lewis, 2/12,
Female, White, na, na, Ohio, na
Acting Master Francis R. Webb
: He served as an Officer of the Line, United States Navy with the rank of
Acting Ensign, 14 October 1862. He was
appointed to the rank of Acting Master, 4 October 1865.
Private Freeman Webb : He
served during the war of 1812 in the 55th Regiment (Srague’s) New York
Militia. He filed a claim for expenses
incurred for clothing and ordnance against the state of New York (Claim #7347),
while resident of Putnam, Michigan. He
was allowed $75.00.
Name: Freeman Webb, Jun.
Farmer, late of Pinckney, was born in Lorraine,
Jefferson County, New York, October 23, 1811. His parents, Freeman and Rachel
(Smedley) Webb, were of Scotch descent. His father was a farmer, and a soldier
in the War of 1812. He died in 1860. Mr. Webb had limited school advantages. He
worked on his father's farm until 1833, when he married Miss Sophia Carr. Soon
after, he went to Washtenaw County, Michigan, where, by chopping wood, he
raised sufficient means to return to New York and bring his family to Michigan,
in 1836. He remained in Washtenaw County two years, engaged in clearing land
and working it on shares. In 1835 he located a farm of eighty acres, in Putnam,
Livingston County, upon which he moved in the spring of 1838. Here he worked
with zeal and energy, clearing and buying land, until, at the time of his
death, he owned a farm of eight hundred acres. In 1844 he was elected Justice
of the Peace, and held the office sixteen years. During this time he had very
few litigated cases. It was his custom to advise and consult with the different
parties until he had persuaded them to come to an amicable settlement. He held
the office of Supervisor ten years, discharging its duties in the most
satisfactory manner. In 1852 he was initiated into the Masonic Fraternity, and
became a member of Livingston Lodge, No. 76; for a number of years held the
office of Treasurer. He was a charter member of the Chapter, and held some
important offices. In politics, he was a war Democrat, and took a lively
interest in the welfare of his party. He was considered a strong partisan, but
was careful to avoid expressions which might give offense. He contributed
liberally to public charities, churches, and railroads; and always manifested a
warm interest in the material development of his county. He was exceedingly
hospitable, social, and affable. To overcome the many difficulties with which
he had to contend in his carly life in Michigan required a stout heart and
manly effort. These Mr. Webb made effectual by his persevering determination.
His family consisted of three daughters, one of whom died at the age of
sixteen. Nancie M., the eldest, married Hon. Marcus B. Wilcox, who was elected
to the Michigan State Senate in 1856, and afterwards held the office of
Prosecuting Attorney in Livingston County for several years; he died September
8, 1868. Two years later, Mrs. Wilcox was married to her present husband, Mr.
A. F. Beebe, a leading merchant in Pinckney. Eliza Webb, the youngest daughter,
is the wife of Hon. George W. Crofoot, a thorough, enterprising, and prominent
business man, highly esteemed in the community in which he lives. Mr. Webb was
liberal in his religious views, and entirely free from narrowness and
selfishness. He was a worthy example of the representative men of the West. His
wife, a lady of rare accomplishments, survives him.
1820 Federal Census. Lorraine, Jefferson County, New York
Freeman Webb, 0, 3, 0, 0,
1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0
1830 Federal Census. Covington, Genesee County, New York
Freeman Webb, 1, 0, 0, 1,
2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
1850 Federal Census New York...
163/163, Freeman Webb,
72, Male, White, Farmer, 3000, Connecticut
163/163, Martha Webb, 50,
Female, White, na, na, Connecticut
164/164, Richard Winters,
41, Male, Black, Farmer, na, Pennsylvania
164/164, Jane Winters,
23, Female, Black, na, na, Massachusetts
164/164, Mary V. Winters,
1, Female, Black, na, na, New York
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