Proceedings of a Court Martial held at the House of Thos McGrath in the Village of Consecon 20^th June 1839 for the trial of Aliens and Delinquents of the 2^nd Regt Prince Edward Militia

Source: Military Records 1830-1839, Military Records 1839 3, Prince Edward County Militia, AO, F895 – MU2041, original document.

© Copyright – Randy Saylor, transcriber, Oct 2006
Note: transcribed as written so spelling can vary from current practice.

Members of the Court present

Capt John Young President

´Charles Biggar

“ John V Roblin

“ Thomas Flager

Lieut Reuben Young

The Court having proceeded to the Trial of the following persons and after hearing evidence for and against them severally came to the following decisions ~ viz

[The judgment (fines) and court costs have not been transcribed. Most of those convicted were fined 10 shillings and charged costs of 1 shilling, 8 pence. Some were awarded half that amount.]

Names	Charge	Acquitted or Convicted
Martin Miller	Delinquent	Acquitted
Matthias Marsh	do	Do
Thos Fairman	Do	Do
John Avery	Do	Do
Rich^d Hayes	Do	Do
John V Striker	Do	Convicted
Philander Clarke	Alien	Do
R P Clark	Do	Do
Charles Clark	Do	Do
Arra Ball	Do	Do
W^m Curlett	Delinquent	Acquitted
Rob_t Acton	Do	Do
Nicholas Long	Do	Convicted
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Dan^l Webster	Delinquent	Acquitted
Tho^s Garratt	Do	Convicted
Geo McDonell	Do	Do
W^mAinsley	Do	Convicted
Abm Davis	Do	Acquitted
Timothy Sullivan	Do	Do
John Ivy	Do	Convicted
Isaih Ainsley	Do	Acquitted
Joseph Pettingill	Do	Do
Tho^s Richardson	Do	Do
Gilbert Nixon	Do	Do
W^m Tivy	Do	Convicted
Cicero Hancock	Do	Acquitted
Rob^t Osterhout	Do	Do
Henry Palmer	Do	Convicted
Cha^s Sayer	Do	Acquitted
Solomon Spafford	Do	Do
Ja^s J Palmer	Do	Convicted
Ja^sHandcock	Alien	Do
Abm Hubbs	Delinquent	Acquitted
Thos Downs	Do	Do
Townsend Garratt	Do	Convicted
Benj Crandle	Do	Acquitted
W^m Augustus	Do	Do
Nathaniel McDonell	Do	Do
Ethel P Henesay	Alien	Convicted
Gilbert Crandle	Delinquent	Do
John Coveny or Coverry	Do	Acquitted
Gilbert Barton	Do	Do
Jonathan Garratt	Do	Convicted
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Auty Gordon	Delinquent	Convicted
John Onderdunk	Alien	Do
Rich^d Pierce	Do	Do
Amos Alby	Do	Do
Friend O Paine	Do	Do
M Hams	Do	Do
V Hams	Do	Do
H Rowley	Do	Do

Nicholas Long	Delinquent	No Property
W^m Ainsley	Do	Do
Gilbert Crandle	Do	Do
Philander Clark	Alien	Do

Statement of Expenses incurred by a Court Martial held at the House of Thomas G McGrath …… [as above] ….. by Colonel Honl^e Rob^t Chas Wilkins

Names of Claimants	Service Performed	Amount £ s d
Philip Flager	Serving Summons	1 10 6
Garret Garretsee	Witness	- 2 6
Samuel Jones	Serving Summons	1 2 6
John Cameron	Do & Witness	- 5 -
Wm Anderson	do do	- 6 6
Joshua B Dorland	Do do	- 6 2
John Huyck	Witness	- 2 6
Cap^t John Young	President of the Court	- 5 -
“ Cha^s Biggar	Member do	- 5 -
“ John V Roblin	Do do	- 5 -
Thos Flager	Do do	- 5 -
L^t Reuben Young	Do do	- 5 -
Nelson Weller	Serving Warrants	- 16 -

List of Officers of the Regiment with the dates of their Commissions and Places of Residence ….. Head Quarters at Carrying Place 15^th day of June 1840

Rank	Names	Town or Township	Dates of Commissions
Colonel	Hon R C Wilkins	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
Lieut Colonel	James Pierson	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
Major	John Young	Do	27 June 1839
Captain	Chas Biggar	Ameliasburgh	28 May 1828
“	Peter Dempsey	Do	1831
“	John Roblin
“	Tho^s Flagler	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	E D S Wilkins	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	W^m Stapleton	Do	27 Sep 1838
“	Tho^s Young	Do	27 Sep 1839
“	Obed Simson	Do	10 Aug 1839
“	Reuben Young	Ameliasburgh	“
“	R J L Wilkins	Do	“
Lieutenant	Ja^s T Lane	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	Sam^l Peterson	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
“	W^m Dempsey	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	John Stapleton	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	Cha^s Wilkins	Do	Jany 1838
“	Paul Clapp	Do	27 Sep 1838
“	Corn^l Vanhorn	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	W^m Babcock	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
“	Benj Stapleton	Hillier	“
“	J W Cryderman	Ameliasburgh	“
Ensign	James Peck	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
“	Thos McMahon	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	H W Shuter	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	R C H Cotter	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	R R Young	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
“	Joshua M Cadman	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	G Cunningham	Do	27 Sept 1838
“	Jo^s Piersons	Do	10 Aug 1839
“	Ja^s Redner	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
“	C B Weese	Do	“ “ 1839
Adjutant & L^t	John Sellick		27 Sept 1838
			10 Aug 1839
Q^r Master	John Wilson		10 Aug 1839
Surgeon	Ben^j S Corey		“ “ 1839

Second Regiment

Half Yearly return of Recommendations and Appointments

Ameliasburgh 18^th June 1839

Robt C Wilkins Col commanding the 2^nd Regiment Prince Edward Militia

Rank	Names	Recommended Rank	Vice or instead of	Vice	In order of seniority	Country
Lieut	Ja^s T Lane	Captain	P Dempsey	Babcock resigned	In order	Nova Scotia
Do	Sam^lPerterson	Do	W Stapleton	Young promoted	Do	Canadian
Do	W^mDempsey	Do	R J S Wilkins	Sager removed to Reserve battalion	Do	Do
Do	John Stapleton	Do	“	McArthur resigned	Do	Do
Ensign	Ja^s Peck	Lieut	Jas T Lane	Simson promoted	Do	Do
Do	Tho^sMcMahon	Do	S Peterson	Young do	Do	Do
Do	H W Shuter	Do	Wm Dempsey	Wilkins do	Do	Do
Do	R C H Cotter	Do	Jn^o Stapleton	Babcock	Do	Do
Do	R R Young	Do	“	Stapleton	Do	Do
Sergt	Andrew Dorland	Ensign	Ja^s Peck	Cryderman	Do	Do
Do	Saml Jones	Do	T McMahon	Gross resigned	Do	American
Do	Isaac Losie	Do	H W Shuter		Do	English
Do	Post	Do	R C H Cotter	W^m Dempsey who resigns the quarter master only	Do	Irish
Do	Davi Sprung	Do	R R Young
Do	Jas Young	Do
Surgeon	Wm Dougall	Asst Surgepon	Moore

List of Officers of the Regiment with the dates of their Commissions and Places of Residence

Rank	Names	Town or Township	Dates of Commissions
Colonel	Hon R C Wilkins	Ameliasburgh	26 Dec 1837
Lieu^t Colonel	James Pierson	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
Major	John Young	Do	“ June 1839
Captain	Cha^s Biggar	Ameliasburgh	28 May 1828
“	Jn^o P Roblin	Do	“ 1831
“	Tho^s Flagler	Hillier	26 Dec 1837
“	E D S Wilkins	Do	26 Dec 1837
“	Tho^s Young	Do	27 Sep 1838
“	Obed Simson	Do	10 Aug 1839
“	Reuben Young	Ameliasburgh	10 “ “
“	James T Lane	Hillier	21 Oct 1841
“	Sam^l Peterson	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
“	W^m Dempsey	Do	“ “ “
“	John Stapleton	Hillier	“ “ “
Lieutenant	Cha^s Wilkins	Hillier	Jany 1838
	Paul Clapp	Do	27 Sep 1838
	Cor^l Vanhorn	Do	“ “ “
	Wm Babcock	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
	Benjⁿ Stapleton	Hillier	“ “ “
“	James Peck	Ameliasburgh	21 Oct 1841
“	Tho^s McMahon	Do	“ “ “
“	R C H Cotter	Do	“ “ “
“	Reuben R Young	Hillier	“ “ “
Ensign	Joshua M Cadman	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
“	George Cunningham	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
“	Joseph Pierson	Hillier	10 Aug 1839
“	James Redner	Hillier	“ “ “
“	C B Weese	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
Gazetted 6	Andrew Dorland	Hillier	21 Oct 1841
9	Sam^l Jones	Do	“ “ “
7	Isaac Locie (Loosie)	Do	“ “ “
10	Elisha Post	Ameliasburgh	“ “ “
11	David Sprung	Do	“ “ “
8	James Young	Hillier	“ “ “
Adjutant & Lt	John Sellick	Hillier	27 Sept 1838
Q^r Master	John Wilson	Ameliasburgh	10 Aug 1839
Surgeon	Benj S Cory (Corey)		“ “ “

[Note: a second list with the same names as above is repeated in the booklet with a few minor differences. These additional bits are combined above.]

Return of the men and their ages 1^st Aug 1842

Cavalry	Capt	E D S Wilkins
1^st Comp^y	“	C Biggar
2^nd do	“	J P Roblin
3^rd do	“	Tho^s Flagler
4 do	“	Tho^s Young
5 do	“	O Simson
6 do	“	R Young
7 do	“	J T Lane
8 do	“	S Peterson
9 do	“	W^m Dempsey
10 do	“	Jn^o Stapleton

[Note: beside each Capt’s name there is chart tallying the number of unnamed men in various age groups. There are 762 men in total. A numerical field return dated 5 June 1843 reports that at Consecon, 682 men were assembled on parade with some sick and absent for a total of 751 men.]

[Note: the last numerical field return is dated 4 June 1844 at Consecon and shows 521 men on parade out of a tota;l of 704 men.]

[ In different ink, the name George J Chadd , Trenton Ont is written at the top of the front page. Presumably he owned the document at some time.]

Proceedings of a Court Martial held at the House of Thos McGrath in the Village of Consecon 20th June 1839 for the trial of Aliens and Delinquents of the 2nd Regt Prince Edward Militia

Proceedings of a Court Martial held at the House of Thos McGrath in the Village of Consecon 20^th June 1839 for the trial of Aliens and Delinquents of the 2^nd Regt Prince Edward Militia