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The William Howard Guerrilla Band
Deposition of William Monks. Includes list of rebel sympathizers in Howell County and Texas County.
List of Union citizens killed by bushwhackers.
List of persons who should not receive pay for forage and materials furnished to the government.
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Deposition
of William Monks
Headquarters
District of Rolla
Office Provost Marshal Rolla, Mo. May 12, 1864 .
William Monks,
being duly sworn deposes and says: I reside in Rolla. I am a farmer and
formerly
resided in Howell
Co. and now I am Capt. of a Co. of Phelps Co. E.M.M.
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Question by Dist.
Provost Marshal:
Give the names of all Rebel sympathyzers in your county and so far as you have a knowledge in the Dist. , the
character or kind and value of property of each one, where situated
and the place of
residence of the
owner and the condition of his family.
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Answer:
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William Howard, Capt. of a Guerrilla Band resides in Howell Co. 10 miles south west of West Plains, owns some
200 acres land well improved, worth $2 per acre. has a wife and several
children.
. Christopher Perry resides near Capt. Howard's and belongs to his band, has 120 acres land well improved worth $2
per acre, has a wife and 3 children.
. Garrett Weaver resides 2 miles from Howard and belongs to his band, has 120 acres land fair improvements worth
$2 per acre, has personal property, has a wife. He was quartermaster in
the
band.
. John V. Hawkins resides 3 miles from Howard's, belongs to band, has 260 acres well improved land worth $2 per acre,
some personal property, has a wife & 2 children.
. Tyree Cooper resides 1 mile from Howard's, belongs to his band, has 200 acres well improved land worth $2 1/2 per
acre, good orchard, has a wife & 4 children, in good
circumstances.
. William Black resides 3 miles from Howard's, belongs to his band, has some 500 or 600 acres worth $2 per acre, not
much improvements, has a wife and 2 children.
. Francis Black resides 2 miles from Howard's, belongs to his band, has 160 acres well improves land, some personal
property worth $400, has a wife & 5 children.
. Alexander Clark resides some 3 miles from Howard's, belongs to his band. Don't know if he owns land or not, has
some personal property, has a wife & 2 children.
. Thomas Upton resides about 1 mile from Howard's, belongs to band, has 80 acres well improved land worth $2 per acre, some personal property, has a family. . Jeremiah Morton resides 5 miles from Howard's, belongs to band, has 120 acres well improved land, worth $2 per acre,
some personal propery, has a family.
. Hard Bullard resides with his mother 3 miles from Howard, She has a good farm. . William Adams and Bro. resides 1 1/2 miles from Howard's. They have 120 acres well improved land worth $3 per acre,
some personal property, both have families.
. John Herron, resides near Adams has 120 acres land. fair improvements, worth about $2 per acre, has a small
family.
. John Ricketts resides on Burgess's Creek about 20 miles from West Plains, has 80 acres well improved land,
worth $3 per acre, has a wife & 4 children. Also has sons and sons in
law in
guerrilla bands or
rebel army.
. Hardy Mills resides 4 miles east of John Ricketts, he is a preacher & belongs to Howard's Band, has 40 acres well
improved land, worth $2 per acre, some personal property, he has a
family.
. Charles Galloway resides about 2 miles from West Plains, he is a preacher. belongs to the band, has 120 acres well
improved land, worth $2 1/2 per acre, some personal property, has a
family.
. Poney Tom Howell resides 1 1/2 miles from Galloway's, he has 80 acres well improved land, worth $2 or 3 per acre, has a family. . William Chasteen resides near West Plains, has 120 acres well improved land worth $2 per acre, some personal
property, has a family.
. All of the above belong to Howard's Guerrilla Band and are the worst desparadoes. . Reuben Harlow ("Coppage" lined out) resides 15 miles south east of Houston in Texas County, has a mill, a farm of 80 acres, think he is worth $1,000, he has a family. He has been out in the brush. . 2nd. Furnish the names of Union citizens killed by bushwhackers in the Dist. to your knowledge for the benefit of
whose families the assessment should be made.
. Answer: Jesse James was killed in 1861 John Brown was killed in 1861 Roads was killed in 1861 Seth Bacon was killed in 1862 John McCalip was killed in 1861 Moulton Langston was killed in 1862 Sampson Mcwhinney was killed in 1862 . 3rd: Name the parties in the Dist. who in your opinion should not receive pay for forage & materials furnished the govn't. . Answer: Judge Gilmore William Chasteen Josephns & Josiah Howell William Black Francis Black William howard William johnson William Adams John Herron Tyler Johnson . 4th: Designate all instances that have come to your knowledge of punishment being inflicted without the use of good sense and sound judgement by the present Dist. Cmds. . Answer: I know of no such instances. . 5th: Report the names of all parties who to your knowledge have attempted to swerve the Comdg. Officer from his
duties by flatteries or otherwise. Also all instances wherein such
parties have
succeded in this
scheme in whole or in part in your judgement.
. Answer: Joel Sherrill, John Nichols, Thomas Denison, S. Mitchell. These men did not succeed in this scheme. . Wm. Monks . Subscribed and sworn to before me This 13th day of May 1864 Wm. B. Reed Capt. & Pro. Mars. . |
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William
Howard
William Howard was
born January 17, 1826 in White County, Tennessee and died March 15, 1910
in West Plains,
Missouri. He was in the Mexican War of 1846. He married first Elizabeth
Nicholas who died
in 1862 in Howell County. He second wife was Mary Cooper who died in 1908
in Kansas.
He lived in West Plains, Missouri and enlisted January 28, 1862 as a Private in the 4th Missouri Infantry. He was elected Captain on 11 Feb. 1862. On May 6th,
1862, the unit was reorganized and he was transferred as
a Captain to the 4th Missouri Cavalry, Company I, under Sterling Price. He
fought in a number of battles, including Vicksburg. He
was wounded. He was captured in Warren Co., Mississippi,
and was paroled in Corinth.
Apparently he
went back home and formed a guerrilla band in Howell Co.,
leading it throughout the rest of the war.
He is listed
on the 1860,
1870 and 1880 census in Howell County, and attended Confederate
reunions. |
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