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FRANKLIN TUCKER . Thomas Rason, when leaving the cabin, after not being able to get any further evidence from him, took a fit; we endeavoured to restore animation by the usual means, but to no effect On Thomas Rason's entrance into the cabin the captain asked him what he was labouring under. Did you hear that any of the crew who shipped at Hong Kong formerly belonged to the William the Fourth? Clearly, Kearny retained the battle area, the ability to operate and maneuver, and also the initiative, though his losses were significantly higher; however, he did not implement his battle plan, his ammunition was compromised, and he outran his artillery and support. (1951). Their first son, George, was born in 1790. Q. I was a seaman on board the Tory. It consisted of a mixed force of Army dragoons, Navy sailors, Marines, volunteers and artillery. Q. When you saw the body on the deck was the blanket ever taken off, or was it on all the time? Early in the morning of December 6, 1846, the column proceeded by twos across the ridge between Santa Maria (present day Ramona, California) and San Pasqual. No, I can notI was busy at work shifting the sailsI did not examine the body at that timeI did shortly after. Did he say anything to him on his first coming into the cabin? Husband of Flora Lenon. You observed excitement about the captain from the time Yelverton made the first communication to him? told them to turn to, and they said they could not turn to on a quart of water a daythis was the day we were in the parallel of Ascension, the day we expected to make itRambert went down to the cabin, and the captain came on deck with himthe captain had nothing in his hand when he came on deckhe came up directly, went forward, and said if any man came aft the windlass he would shoot himhe and Rambert afterwards went on the poopI was at the wheel at the time, and heard the captain say to Rambert that he would have them on a pint of water, and after that he would see them glad to take a wine glass, and after that he would see them hanging at the main-stay like porpoises, sucking each other's bloodwhen I was relieved from the wheel and went forward, I told the crew what I had heard the captain saythis was about four or five days before we fell in with the French barqueI remember the day before we fell in with the barquethere was a vessel in sight in the course of that day before dinner, but the Tory had kept her course, and had not made for that vesselabout dinner time that day, French came into the forecastle with his knife sharpened at both edgesRason was in the forecastle at that time, and most of the crewFrench said if the captain touched him, he would have his guts outI had said we had better go aft to the captain and ask him for some more stores, and if he was to offer to take any person's life, to confine him till we got to a British portwhen French made use of the expression I have named, Rason said it could be done without murderthat was all that passednext day we fell in with the French barque, and got provisions, water, wine, and brandyI mentioned to the captain that evening, the 23rd of Sept., what I had heard said by some of the crew. [6]:188[38], Having lost the element of surprise, at midnight Kearny ordered an immediate advance from his camp nine miles away. he said to Mars, "See what you have brought the man to"that was all he saidthe occurrence between the captain and the mate, on the poop, was about four or five days before we spoke the French barque, the day we were off AscensionI knew that the water and bread was very abortwe had as much as could properly be allowed us. A. Pascual inclusive el rincon del mismo nombre, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_San_Pasqual&oldid=1152693694, United States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuries, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Captain Abraham Robinson Johnston regimental, Captain Henry Smith Turner Kearny's Army of the West. (1964). we proceeded on our march, when the enemy showed himself, occupying the hills in our front, which they left as we approached, till reaching San Bernardo a party of them took possession of a hill near to it and maintained their position until attacked by our advance, who quickly drove them from it, killing and wounding five of their number with no loss on our part. WebEsther Abrahams (born c. 1767 or 1771 died 26 August 1846) was a Londoner sent to Australia as a convict on the First Fleet. [38][39], USMC Acting-Captain (Lt.) Gillespie's Mounted Rifle Volunteers 'detachment' of the California Battalion:[14]. ", 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! I shipped as able seaman at Sincapore, and was cook part of the voyageI remember our passing the Cape and missing St. Helena and Ascensionour provisions and water had run very short at that timeI remember the morning after we expected to make AscensionI was at the wheelRambert went forward to the men, and. The land agent managed these properties on behalf [9] Kearny had orders to assume command of U.S. forces in California with his, but sent back most of his force after meeting up with Kit Carson near Socorro on 6 Oct. and hearing of the seizure of California by Commodore Robert F. Stockton, Kearny keeping only Companies C & K, 1st Dragoons, about 100 men. A. Yesit was read to me by SpenceI was then by myselfit was in the captain's presenceit was at that time that the captain said if I would not sign it, I should sign it with my heart's bloodhe did not say it to me personallySpence and French were in the cabinI had not myself said that Rason had died in a fitI do not remember, on Spence coming in, the Captain saying the man had died in a fit, and my saying, "Yes, he did"I am quite sure of thatI told the Captain what French had said, because I had heard that he had told what I had said in the forecastleSpence told me so, and I went down into the cabin, and told the Captain what I had heard French say, in about two minutesI did not go down and make a voluntary statementthe captain sent for me down, and then I told himI did not tell it him more than onceI never told him anything about the crew, except on that occasionthat was on the same night we met the French barqueit was about three in the morning, after we had spoken the barquewe got the things on board from the French barque, about nine in the morning of the 23rd of Sept., and I told this about two on the following morningI had heard French say this the day before we spoke to the French barqueI found a knife in Cone's bedthat was in the chops of the ChannelI told the captain thatRason was in the cabin I think about half an hour before Glover told me he was deadI had heard a scufflingI cannot say how long after that it was before the body was removed out of the cabinit might be an hourthe body laid in the cabin about four hoursI cannot say how long it remained outsideI cannot say how long it remained in the cabin before it was removed to the pantry doorI took a glass of wine while the body was in the cabinI was in the cabin all nightI was there about an hour with the bodyI cannot say exactly the time the body was there. A. G. SPENCE. 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. Mules are reluctant to wheel, and the horse-mounted Californios outflanked the Americans and captured one of the unattended howitzers. He enlisted in January in the "year that Cornwallis was taken" in Cumberland County, When he struck the brass, and used these expressions, was he sober or in liquor? A. Yes, he told me if he met with any refusal from me, I would not have long to livethat was after Rambert's caseI wrote the entry about that case, under the captain's direction, and was quite unconcerned what I wrote, resolving to tell the truth when I came before the proper authorities of the countryno grog was allowed by the ship's articlesthe captain frequently gave the men grog all through the voyagethey generally had a glass of grog when they reefed the top sailthe Eglinton was a merchant vessel. Why did you sign that account of Rason having died in a fit? Q. Marti, Werner H. (1960) "Messenger of Destiny. Did you not go down into the cabin, and tell the captain that the mate wanted the crew to go aft to take his life? Q. WebDeath: June 05, 1901 (52) Echuca, Victoria, Australia. WebGeorge Ankers, 754 Bryant Street, San Francisco Henry Anson, 1133 Union Street, San Francisco *Captain Auguay *Richard Austin, 415 East, San Francisco *Elihu Avery, 1437 Steiner, San Francisco B F. R. Baby *Charles Backus, 230 Francisco, San Francisco A. Bacon *Charles A. F. Bahn, 906 Filbert, San Francisco *James G. Baker, Pacific St. WebCaptain Abraham Robinson Johnston of the US Dragoons. 494. WebIn 1800 he charged Major George Johnston, who had also served as Hunter's aide-de-camp, with giving a sergeant part payment in rum at an exorbitant rate. Do you remember the night before Rambert jumped overboard the men being removed from where they were, and put in irons in the topsails? Q. WebJOHN JOHNSTON, Private, Virginia Militia, $20.00 Annual Allowance $50.00 Amount Received April 20 1833 Pension Started Age 82, Smith County, Tennessee (1835 Pension Roll) John JOHNSTON was born 30 Aug 1752, lived in Cumberland Co, VA at enlistment. Estate records are the land records for the common social classes in Ireland. & also listed as McCaffrey/not listed as casualty/possibly K.I.A./possibly, Woodward (1948) p. 57 (Roster: Troop C, 1st Dragoons), Hayes (1877) "Dunne's Notes on San Pascual" p. 4. ", which Johnston misunderstood as "Gallop!". "[60] With Kearny somewhat recovering from his wounds, he regained the command from Turner, and Kearny determined to dispatch another detail to San Diego. Lieutenant William H. Warner Corps of Topographical Engineers, Second Lieutenant Thomas (Tom) C. Hammond . [65], Stockton quickly dispatched a unit of over 200 sailors and marines, whose arrival caused the Californios to disperse. 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. His torn and bloodstained tunic serves as evidence of a bitter struggle that saw WebBrown, Mary McCree Black, wife of Captain James Brown, George David Black, son of Mary McCree and George Black. Son of John and Rachel Johnston. You say you had a quarrel with the captain about this woman? WebGeorge Johnston had three sons and four daughters with the convict Esther Abrahams. A. Edit your search. Cross-examined. Q. What did you then observe? Hammond, Thomas-'K' Company commander, Moreno, Juan, Bautista (Listed as a Captain in some reports). "French said he did hear him say so, and that Yelverton heard the sameI told him what I had heard Rason sayFrench told him they had sharpened their knives on the grindstone to take his lifethe captain began cursing me that I was a pretty apprentice in not coming to tell him beforehe went on deck, and sent for me to come on deck about half an hour afterI went and found him there, and the two mates and carpenterthey were armedI had no armsthe crew were all aft at the timehe asked the crew if he had not always acted upright to them, or something, and they said he didRason, Lee, and Cone were aft at the time, and in irons, and the captain was cursing at them, and cutting at themthey were still in ironsRason was in one part of the vessel, and the others at the break of the poopI saw the captain cut at each of them with the cutlasshe cut them on the head and faceI saw them all three bleedingthey remained in irons till the next afternoontill Rambert jumped overboard. No, I am sure of thatI only told him once what the crew had saidI might have told him in Spence's presence, but only on the one occasionI did not see Spence thereI did not tell the captain the crew had sharpened their knives with a view to take his lifeI heard others tell him so, but I had not seen itI never told him soI never made but one communication to the captainI might have told him the one several times, but never but the oneI heard French tell the captain about sharpening their knives, and the greater part of the crew heard itI heard others tell the captain what others had doneit was not the night we were going to make Ascension that I heard French tell him about sharpening their knives, it was the first night the row took placeFrench had been before the mast at first, and, I think, was so at the time he told thishe was made boatswain afterwardsI saw Rambert and the captain drinking in the cabin the day before Rambert jumped overboardI made my communication to the captain two days before Rambert's deathothers of the crew had spoken to him on the subject when called downI heard Burton, Curtis, Sinclair, and others tell himSinclair said the crew were down aft with handspikes and boltsthat was the night before Rambert jumped overI have heard Johnson say something, but cannot say whatI cannot recollect hearing Sinclair complain to the captain of the crew more than oncehe told the captain they were aft at the time he was speaking; but.