Webb’s in the Military – ...a Webb by any other name
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, April
1861- April 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, 2004. www.webbdeiss.org
(unknown first names with Webb surname & those of
all surnames with Webb as a first or middle name)
Private & Fifer Webb Harwood : born 2 January 1757 Uxbridge, Massachusetts, died 24 January 1827 in
Wayne County, New York. His wife Hannah
Anderson born 2 June 1759 Hingham, Massachusetts, died 14 April 1815 Macedon,
New York. He served during the
Revolutionary War as a Private in Captain Nathan Watkins’ Company, Colonel John
Patterson’s Regiment Massachusetts (infantry) on a roll dated 1 August 1775,
enlisted 10 May 1775, served 2 months & 27 days. He signed a receipt for a ‘bounty coat’ on 13 November 1775
(credited as belonging to Gageborough or Partridgefield). He served a a Fifer in Captain Jonathan
Wale’s Company, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel William’s Regiment Massachusetts
(infantry), enlisted 20 December 1776, discharged 20 March 1777, served a total
of 3 months & 13 days (including 10 days travel time for 200 miles); roll
dated at Morristown. Served again in
Captain Nathan Harwood’s Company, Colonel John Dickason’s Regiment
Massachusetts (infantry), enlisted 19 July 1777, discharged 31 July 1777,
served 15 days. Harwood’s Company
marched to Manchester on the alarm to join Colonel Warner’s forces. He served as a Private in Captain William
Ward’s Company, Colonel Ezra May’s Regiment Massachusetts (infantry), enlisted
17 August 1777, discharged 22 August 1777, served 5 days; company marched in
the alarm at Bennington (Vermont?).
Webb Hayes : A
descendant of Darius Webb (Patriot in the Revolution) and Martin Luther Webb
(Civil War veteran). He served in the
United States Navy from 1953-197?, and participated in the Vietnam War.
(Citizen) Webb Kidd :
He served during the Revolutionary War as a citizen Patriot who rendered
material aid to the cause of liberty. He contributed (or had impressed) a portion of a quantity of beef
totaling 325 pounds for which he was paid £4.1.3. He was born circa 1730 probably in Virginia,
married Elizabeth White in 1770, and died between 16 August 1803 (the date of
his will) and 22 April 1805 (when will is recorded) in Elbert County,
Georgia. He and Elizabeth had nine
children, the youngest of which was Webb Kidd, Jr (born circa 1795).
Webb Tomlinson : He served
during the Revolutionary War as a recruiting officer in Connecticut. He was born 23 February 1743, an died 23
March 1803. He married Jerusha Beers
(had a child, Abel Tomlinson, who married Lola Hill).
Lieutenant ? Webb : He
served during the War of 1812, in the United States Navy on either the U. S.
Sloop of War Frolie or U. S. S. Rattlesnake. He was captured at some time during the war, held as a prisoner by the
British; in the spring of 1815 he was conveyed with 360 other prisoners from
Halifax to the U. S. after the war upon the Cartel Brigs Union, Hope or Smith
by Lieutenant Spencer of the British Navy as agent for the English.
Colonel ? Webb : He was
appointed, from the rank of Captain in the U. S. Army (regulars) to Colonel of
volunteers of the first regiment of the Douglass Brigade from the State of
Wisconsin in September 1861.
Private ? Webb : He
was a Recruit, in U. S. General Service when he was admitted 26 December 1846
to the U. S. A. Post Hospital, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor with the
complaint of ‘catarrhus’. He was
returned to duty 31 December 1846.
Lieutenant ? Webb :
He was a member of the United States Cavalry and a Prisoner at the Cavalry
Depot when he was admitted 30 July 1861 to the U. S. A. Post Hospital, Carlisle
Barracks, Pennsylvania with the complaint of ‘syphilis’. He was returned to duty 12 August 1861.
Private ? Webb : He
was in the United States Cavalry and a member of the Permanent Party at the
Cavalry Depot when he was admitted 18 August 1863 to the U. S. A. Post
Hospital, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania with the complaint of
‘syphilis’. He was returned to duty 29
September 1863.
Corporal ? Webb : He
was in the unit of Convalescents when he was admitted 12 March 1864 to the U.
S. A. Post Hospital, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania with the complaint of
‘chronic rheumatism’. He was returned
to duty 17 July 1864.
Private ? Webb : He
was in the unit of Convalescents when he was admitted 1 June 1864 to the U. S.
A. Post Hospital, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania with the complaint of
‘pneumonia’. He was returned to duty 12
July 1864.
Private ? Webb : He
was in Company B, U. S. Cavalry Recruits when he was admitted 14 February 1866
to the U. S. A. Post Hospital, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania with the
complaint of ‘pneumonia’. He was
returned to duty 4 March 1866. On 22
March he was admitted with the complaint of ‘gonorrhoea’, returned to duty in
two days, then he was readmitted again on 4 April with the complaint of ‘sore
throat’ and returned to duty two days later.
Notes :
A book was available in the nineteenth century for the price of 25
cents, entitled Webb’s Treatise on the Appointment of the Army.
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