Father: Timothy Perkins
Mother: Mary Ann Sturgeon/Sturgell/Sturgill?
Spouse: Martha Ann (Patsy) King - b: 28/Sep/1817 - OH
d: 14/Jan/1885 - Pawnee Co., NE
- bur: Mount Pleasant Cem.
m: 16/Aug/1833 - Putnam Co., IL
Child-1: William - b: 7/Mar/1835 - d: 18/Mar/1835
- Putnam Co., IL
2: Jesse
- b/d: 8/Jul/1836 - Putnam Co., IL
3: Nancy
J. - b: 29/Mar/1839 - Bureau Co., IL
m: Alonzo Scott - 18/Jul/1858 - Lykins (later Miami) Co., Kans. Terr.
m: Elias Boyles - 1865/1866
4: Mary
Ann - b: 29/Dec/1840 - Bureau Co., IL
d: 11/Oct/1908 - Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA
m: Nehemiah Van Fossen - 23/May/1854 - Bureau Co., IL
5: Rebecca
- b: 1/Jan/1842 - Bureau Co., IL - d: Apr/1842
6: Susan
Sarah - b: 15/Feb/1844 - Bureau Co., IL
d: 5/Jul/1934 - Pawnee Co., NE - bur: Pleaant Hill Cem., Gage
Co., NE
m: William Francis Dewey - 1867
7: Malinda
May - b: 27/May/1847 - Bureau Co., IL
d: 18/Mar/1940 - bur: Hay Springs Cem., Sheridan Co., NE
m: James H. Boyles - 8/Oct/1863 - Pawnee Co., Nebr. Terr.
m: Jeremiah M. Lucas - 12/Jun/1871 - Pawnee Co., NE
8: John
M. - b: 21/Oct/1849 - Bureau Co., IL
d: 25/Jun/1938 - Buchanan Co., MO - bur: West Lawn Cem., DeKalb
m: Mary C. Yellwood - 20/Aug/1867 - Gage Co., NE
m: Mrs. Mary Dix - 9/Jun/1900 - Jasper Co., MO
m: Mrs. Eliza Stoney - 6/Jun/1908 - Buchanan Co., MO
m: Myrtle H. Davis - 20/Dec/1919 - Buchanan Co., MO
9: Timothy Franklin
- b: 28/Jan/1852 - Bureau Co., IL
d: 1/May/1948 - Trenton, Hitchcock Co., NE - bur: Cornell Cem.
m: Agness Alexa Haining - 15/Oct/1874 - Pawnee Co., NE
m: Mrs. Lurene Victoria Elam Worth - 6/Sep/1922 - Hitchcock Co., NE
10: Martha J. - b:
3/Feb/1854 - Bureau Co., IL - d: Apr/1875
m: William H. Bowman - 25/Dec/1871 - Pawnee Co., NE
11: Solomon Thomas
- b: 1/Feb/1857 - Gentry Co., MO
d: 16/Feb/1931 - Perry, Noble Co., OK - bur: Grace Hill Cem.
m: Nancy Janette (Nettie) Warren - 24/Mar/1879 - Pawnee Co., NE
Biographical Details:
Solomon William Perkins was the oldest son of Timothy and Mary Ann Perkins. It is likely that he was born in Knox County, Kentucky, on August 26, 1812, shortly after his parents and grandparents had moved westward from Grayson County, Virginia. Presumably, he would have spent his childhood and youth in this locality; nevertheless, his parents migrated further west to Illinois about 1827 or 1828 at which time he would have been fifteen or sixteen years old. Indeed, archived records of the Black Hawk War indicate that Solomon Perkins enrolled at Hennepin, Illinois, as a corporal in Captain George B. Willis' company of Colonel John Strawn's brigade of militia. His father was first lieutenant in this same unit, which was mustered in on May 21, 1832, to serve as a home guard against depredations by the so-called "British Band" of the Sauk, Meskwaki, and Kickapoo tribes. His service is further confirmed by a Military Bounty Land Warrant (which he evidently sold and was subsequently assigned to the heirs of Sewel Broxson).1 Accordingly, Solomon Perkins was married on August 16, 1833, in Putnam County, Illinois, to Martha Ann King (who may have been known familiarly as "Patsy"). They were reportedly married by Mr. Hooper Warren and it seems by the following spring they were living near relatives at Perkins Grove or, perhaps, several miles west of the present village of La Moille.2 Concomitantly, Bradsby (as well as Matson) has reported in his history that the first house built at this location was occupied by Solomon Perkins. Evidently, Solomon, Martha, and their surviving children remained behind in Illinois when his father and some of his younger brothers and sisters moved to Gentry County, Missouri, in the 1840's. This is confirmed by census records of 1850 in which the household of Solomon Perkins appears twice, viz., in population schedules for both Bureau and Putnam Counties. Moreover, in each instance Solomon's age is affirmed as thirty-seven years, his birthplace as Kentucky, and his occupation as blacksmith. In addition, the names indicated for his wife and children are identical in both schedules although there are minor discrepancies in ages (which is not uncommon in nineteenth century census records). However, in the Putnam County population schedule the household also included Solomon's younger brother, Timothy Perkins, Jr., who was apparently a widower, and Martin B. Perkins, who was undoubtedly Timothy's son and, as such, Solomon's nephew. Within this context, duplicate listings for the family are a likely indication that at the time of the census, they were living very near the common boundary of Putnam and Bureau Counties, presumably a few miles from the town of Hennepin. This implies that they had moved from the vicinity of Perkins Grove or La Moille, probably to be near relatives and likely after Solomon's father and siblings had left Illinois. Moreover, in the Bureau County population schedule of 1850, the household of Solomon Perkins immediately followed that of his first cousin, Elijah Perkins, son of Jesse Alvin and Amy Girton Perkins. Indeed, that the family remained behind in Illinois until after 1850 is further supported by a land patent for forty acres located five or six miles west of the present town of Walnut, Illinois, in Greenville Township, which was entered on August 13th of that year and subsequently issued to Solomon Perkins on June 1, 1852.3 Although it is not certain when or if the family lived at this location, it does seem likely that Solomon may have been speculating in land. Even so, the existence of two land patents for parcels in Gentry County issued concurrently to Solomon Perkins on October 1, 1856, provides substantial evidence that he and his family did subsequently migrate to Missouri, probably about 1855 or, perhaps, as early as 1854.4 (This chronology is supported by birthplaces of Solomon and Martha's children as indicated in the 1860 population schedule.) Both of these parcels were located on the south side of Wildcat Creek, one near its confluence with the Island Branch and the other downstream about one half mile. Moreover, the second parcel adjoined forty acres evidently patented by Solomon's father, Timothy.Source Notes and Citations:Even so, it is evident from the 1859 Kansas Territorial Census that Solomon Perkins, together with his family, moved to the Territory in 1856 and by 1859 were living in Bourbon County. This is further supported by the population schedule of the 1860 US Census for Bourbon County, Kansas Territory, in which the household of Solomon Perkins appeared and included his wife, Martha, together with six minor children, viz., Susan, Malinda, John M., Timothy, Martha J., and Solomon T. As a matter of completeness, William, Jesse, and Rebecca evidently died young and Nancy and Mary Ann had already married. Furthermore, after Solomon and Martha Perkins settled in the Kansas Territory, they were followed from Missouri the next year by the families of Solomon's brother, John H. Perkins, and two of his sisters, Rebecca Perkins Harman and Mary Ann Perkins Russell. This contrasts with the previous emigration of the extended Perkins family from Illinois, since Solomon and Martha Perkins evidently did not move until at least 1850, but the others, viz., the Perkins, Harmon, and Russell families, had settled several years earlier in Gentry County. Within this context, Solomon and Martha's daughter, Nancy, married Alonzo Scott in Lykins (later Miami) County in 1858, which suggests that they may not have moved directly to Bourbon County from Missouri. Even so, Alonzo Scott patented two parcels in Bourbon County (in "Section Twelve in Township Twenty-five of Range Twenty-four", presently in Scott Township), which, respectively, adjoined and "cornered with" patents of his wife's uncles, Lewis Russell and Peter Harman.5 Moreover, the population schedule of 1860 clearly indicates that Alonzo and Nancy J. Perkins Scott and their daughter, Hester, were also resident in the household of her parents, Solomon and Nancy Perkins. This suggests that both families were resident on a farm in Section Twelve. In addition, Alonzo Scott served as a private in Companies G and E of the Thirteenth Regiment of Kansas Infantry. This consisted of Union volunteers and was organized at Atchison, mustered in September 20, 1862, and skirmished in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. It is possible that Alonzo was a casualty, but nothing definite is known. Subsequently, Solomon and Martha Perkins settled in Plum Creek Precinct in Pawnee County, Nebraska, about two miles west of the present village of Burchard (which was founded in August of 1881). This probably occurred in the early 1860's. Indeed, census records indicate that in 1860 Solomon's daughter and son-in-law, Nehemiah and Mary Ann Van Fossen, were already resident in Pawnee County, Nebraska Territory. (However, they evidently moved to California about 1870 and were living in Butte County in 1880.) In any case, the population schedule of the 1870 US Census for Pawnee County, Nebraska, includes the household of Solomon Perkins., which consisted of his wife, Martha, their three youngest children, viz., Timothy, Martha, and Solomon, and their evidently widowed daughter, Malinda Boyles, and her three young children. Concomitantly, a land patent was issued to Solomon Perkins on February 15, 1871, for one hundred and sixty acres.6 Since this patent was issued under the authority of the Homestead Act, this further supports the presumption that the family settled in the Nebraska Territory during the Civil War. Apparently, Solomon and Martha Ann remained in this locality for the rest of their lives. Martha Ann Perkins died in Pawnee County in early 1885 and Solomon followed her four years later in April of 1889. Both are buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Subsequently, some of their descendants settled in north central Oklahoma.7
As a matter of history, during the years between the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 and the outbreak of the Civil War, the border region between Missouri and the Kansas Territory was subject to violent conflict between pro-slavery and free-soil partisans (the so-called period of "Bleeding Kansas"). Although, the exploits of John Brown as well as others are the most well-known and generally occurred in the more settled counties farther north; as indicated by Robley in his history, disorder began in Bourbon County as early as 1856.8 Evidently, this was contemporaneous with the settlement of Solomon Perkins and his family in the Kansas Territory. Within this context, nothing definite is known regarding the reason for their move, but as always, the availability of cheap, good land was a likely attraction and; hence, may have provided a simple economic rationale. Even so, other motives cannot be uncritically discarded, since at precisely this time there was considerable politically motivated migration from Missouri and elsewhere into the Kansas Territory with the objective of determining whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state. Unfortunately, political affiliations of Solomon Perkins and his relatives are not attested by family tradition or surviving documents. Even so, it does not seem likely that they were pro-slavery sympathizers since they were of New England ancestry and had come from the Appalachian and Cumberland highlands where slaveholding tradition had never been prevalent as well as collateral support for the Confederacy. This is further supported circumstantially by the putative military service of Solomon's son-in-law, Alonzo Scott. Moreover, if Solomon was a "Free-State man", this may account for the subsequent migration of his close relatives to provide support. Indeed, it is evident that, as was common practice in pioneer society, to provide mutual support the extended Perkins family typically moved as a family group. Even so, at this late date underlying family dynamics cannot be known; however, it may be supposed that similar dynamics still motivate human migrations.
1. Cfd July 23/86 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, In pursuance of the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in military service of the United States," there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Warrant No. 82,294 for 160 acres, in favor of Solomon Perkins Corporal Captain Willis Company Illinois Militia Black Hawk War with evidence that the same has been duly located upon the South East Quarter of Section Five in Township Eighteen of Range Eleven in the District of Lands subject to sale at Lecompton Kansas containing One hundred and Sixty acres according to the Official Plat of the Survey of said Lands returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, the said warrant having been assigned by the said Solomon Perkins to the heirs at Law of Sewel Broxson deceased in whose favor said tract has been located
NOW KNOW YE, That there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Heirs at Law of Sewel Broxson as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Heirs at Law of Sewel Broxson as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In Testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty and of the Independence of the United States the eighty fifth. BY THE PRESIDENT: James Buchanan; By J. A. B. Leonard Sec'y; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (Military Bounty Land Warrant No. 82294; Vol. 420, pg. 338, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Aug 1860. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.2. H. C. Bradsby (ed.), History of Bureau County, World Pub. Co., Chicago, IL, 1885: pg. 429.
"As fully related elsewhere, Timothy Perkins settled at the grove in 1833. John Hetzler occupied for years the first house built in the township (Greenville). Solomon Perkins and Elijah Bevans were here soon after Timothy Perkins came. The place owned by A. G. Porter was originally improved by Perkins. A large part of the first roof was deer skins. It was in this cabin the first wedding occurred, of which we have given a full account elsewhere."
back to bio.3. The United States of America; Certificate No. 32,581; To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Solomon Perkins of Bureau County Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Dixon whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Solomon Perkins according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North West quarter of the South East quarter of Section Ten, in Township Eighteen, of Range Seven East, in the District of Lands Subject to sale at Dixon Illinois containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Solomon Perkins; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Solomon Perkins and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Solomon Perkins and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Millard Fillmore, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the First day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifty two and of the Independence of the United States the Seventy Sixth. By The President: Millard Fillmore; By Alexr McCormick asst Secretary; E. S. Terry Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 32581; IL, Vol. 485, pg. 163, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Jun 1852. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
Federal Land Sale: August 12, 1850. 40 Acres: Northwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 18 North, Range 7 East of Principal Meridian 4 (Greenville Township) in Bureau County, Illinois. Purchaser: Solomon Perkins; Rate: $1.25 per acre; Price: $50.00. (Field General Land Office Register, Vol. 712, pg. 74, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL, 1957. (Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database, http://www.ilsos.gov/isa/landsrch.jsp, 2015.))
back to bio.4a. The United States of America; Certificate No. 14,308; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Solomon Perkins of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Solomon Perkins according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the South West Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section Five, in Township Sixty Two, of Range Thirty Two, in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Solomon Perkins; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Solomon Perkins and to hisheirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Solomon Perkins and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By A. S. H. White asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 14308; MO, Vol. 470, pg. 35, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Oct 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
b. The United States of America; Preemption Certificate No. 18,609; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Solomon Perkins of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Solomon Perkins according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the East half of the North East Quarter of Section Eight, in Township Sixty Two, of Range Thirty Two, in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing Eighty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Solomon Perkins; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Solomon Perkins and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Solomon Perkins and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By A. S. H. White asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 18609; MO, Vol. 470, pg. 476, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Oct 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.5a. Examined Cfd Mch 24/87 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS, In pursuance of the Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in military service of the United States," there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Warrant No. 50757 for 120 acres, in favor of Thomas C Marshall, Private, Captain Toombs Company, Georgia Militia, Florida War with evidence that the same has been duly located upon the South half of the South West quarter and the North West quarter of the South West quarter of Section twelve, in Township twenty five, of Range twenty four, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Fort Scott Kansas one hundred and twenty acres. according to the Official Plat of the Survey of said Lands returned to the GENERAL LAND OFFICE by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, the said warrant having been assigned by the said Thomas C Marshall to Alonzo Scott in whose favor said tract has been located
NOW KNOW YE, That there is therefore granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Alonzo Scott, as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs the tract of Land above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Alonzo Scott, as assignee as aforesaid and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, Abraham Lincoln, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty fifth. BY THE PRESIDENT: Abraham Lincoln; By W. O. Stoddard Sec'y; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (Military Bounty Land Warrant No. 50757; Vol. 480, pg. 273, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Apr 1861. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))b. Cfd Mch 24/87 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;Preemption Certificate No. 145 To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: WhereasAlonzo Scott of Bourbon County Kansas has deposited in the GENERAL OLAND OFFICE Office of the United States, a Certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Fort Scott whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Alonzo Scott according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North East quarter of the South West quarter od section Twelve in Township Twenty five of Range Twenty four in the District of lands subject to sale at Fort Scott Kansas containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Alonzo Scott NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Alonzo Scott and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Alonzo Scott and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Abraham Lincoln PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to be made PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty fifth. BY THE PRESIDENT: Abraham Lincoln; By W. O. Stoddard Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 145; KS, Vol. 123, pg. 70, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Apr 1861. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.6. The United States of America, Homestead Certificate No. 156 Application 314} To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas, there has been deposited in the General Land Office of the United States a CERTIFICATE of the Register of the Land Office at Beatrice Nebraska, whereby it appears that pursuant to the Act of Congress approved 20th May, 1862, "To secure Homesteads to actual Settlers on the public domain," and the acts supplemental thereto, the claim of Solomon Perkins has been established and duly consummated in conformity to law for the North half of the South East quarter and the South half of the North East quarter of Section Seven in Township two North of Range nine East in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Beatrice Nebraska containing one hundred and sixty acres according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said Land returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General.
Now know ye, That there is, therefore, granted by the UNITED STATES unto the said Solomon Perkins the tract of Land above described: To Have and to Hold the said tract of Land, with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Solomon Perkins and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, Ulysses S. Grant, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES the ninety fifth By the President: U. S. Grant By J. Parrish, Sec'y. J N. Granger, Recorder of the General Land Office. (US Homestead Certificate No. 156; NE, Vol. 20, pg. 156, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 15 Feb 1871. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.7. The family of Solomon Thomas Perkins, son of Solomon William and Martha Ann King Perkins, has been documented by Ms. Theresa Edison and Ms. Donna Perkins Boggs and has been exerpted and augmented using census data and other independent sources as follows:
Solomon Thomas Perkins, born 1 Feb 1857 in Gentry Co., MO, died 16 Feb 1931 in Perry, Noble Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem.; married on 24 Mar 1879 in Pawnee Co., NE, Nancy Janette (Nettie) Warren, born 2 Feb 1865 in NE*, died 6 or 8 Jun 1931 in Perry, Noble Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem. He was evidently born just as the family left Missouri and moved to the Kansas Territory. Subsequently, he moved with his family to Pawnee County, Nebraska. After, the marriage of Solomon Thomas Perkins to Nettie Warren, the family evidently lived in various places in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, but finally settled in Noble County, Oklahoma.
1. Deliliah Ellen Perkins, born 15 Aug 1880? in Pawnee Co., NE, died as an infant.*Census records of 1870 suggest that Nancy Warren, aged five years, was living with her father and mother, viz., Elias and Martha Warren, in the town of Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa; however, her birthplace was indicated as Nebraska rather than Iowa as is invariably affirmed by subsequent census records and most family sources. Nevertheless, Iowa seems at least plausible and possibly the Perkins and Warren families first became acquainted in Nebraska, but this is merely speculation. In any case, it seems evident from these records that Nancy's family had moved frequently, perhaps, from Pennsyslvania and Ohio through Michigan to Nebraska and Iowa. Concomitantly, the birthplaces of Elias and Martha Warren were indicated as New York and Ohio, respectively. The presumption that Nancy Warren Perkins was the daughter of Elias and Martha Warren is further supported by census records of 1880 that indicate Nancy Perkins, aged fifteen years, had married Solomon Thomas Perkins that same year and that they were then resident in Pawnee County, Nebraska. Although Nancy apparently indicated that both she and her father had been born in Iowa (which may be correct in her case, but incorrect for her father), she also indicated that her mother had been born in Ohio. Moreover, although later records are inconsistent, she also indicated that her mother had been born in Ohio in at least one subsequent census record. Furthermore, the household of Elias C. Warren apparently remained resident in Jackson County, Iowa, but did not include an adolescent daughter. Nancy. Within this context, Nancy's mother seems to have died in the early 1870's after which her father married Phoebe E. Williams on June 19, 1873, in Jackson County. They apparently had two more children and had settled in Buckeye Township, Shasta County, California, by 1900.
2. Malinda Jane Perkins, born 21 Sep 1882 in Pawnee Co., NE, died ~1947 in Montgomery Co., KS; married 1895/1896 in NE, Nelson Irvin LaFon, born 18 Jan 1867 in Jefferson Co., KS, died 8 Feb 1922 in Labette Co., KS. They had Nettie, Nora, Irvin N., Alice. Louise, and Harvey or Henry Alexander LaFon.
3. John Henry Perkins, born 8 Jan 1884 in NE, died Dec 1963, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK; married on 25 Dec 1911 in Noble Co., OK, Myrtle A. Griggs, born 1893, died 1971, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK. They had Ruth L., John L., Tessie, and George Perkins.
4. Dempsey Roland Perkins, born 26 Jan 1886?, died as an infant.
5. Leona Perkins, born 11 Feb 1888?, died as an infant.
6. Timothy Franklin Perkins, born 25 Dec 1890 in Holt Co., MO, died 12 May 1972 in Noble Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem.; married 12 Dec 1912, Bessie Maude Wayman, born 23 May 1898, died 23 Jan 1988, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK. They had Violet O., Pearl A., John E., Mary, Gladys, and Fay I. Perkins.
7. Violet Dora Perkins, born 28 Sep 1892 in Gage Co., NE, died 15 Jun 1972 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK; married (1) 1907/1908, Herman A. Thole, born 17 May 1872 in IL, died 12 Jul 1935, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK. They had Herbert L., Carl T., Elmer R., Franklin, and John F. Thole; married (2), ***** Baker. On her tombstone, she is indicated as "Rev. Violet D. Baker"; however, the identity of her second husband is uncertain (as are details of her apparent service as a minister).
8. Alvin Edward Perkins, born 5 Mar 1894 or 1895 in Hitchcock Co., NE, died young.
9. William Earnest (Bill) Perkins, born 2 Oct 1899 in KS, died 11 May 1983 in Noble Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem.; married on 31 Dec 1919 in Noble Co., OK, Mamie Hardy, born ~1900 in OK; married (2) on 9 May 1923 in Noble Co., OK, Opal Naomi (Tot) Griggs, born 21 Jun 1904, died 27 Feb 1983, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK. They had Dorothy M., William, Jr., James E., Everett O., Carol M., and Peggy Jane Perkins. He is said to have "mourned himself to death" after his wife died; "said he had nothing to live for".
10. Minnie Louise Perkins, born 2 Mar 1903 in Payne Co., Okla. Terr.**, died 24 Jan 2001 in Noble Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem.; married John Adrian Wadsworth, born 1902, died 1950, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK. They had Dollie May and Bonnie Lou Wadsworth.
11. Nelson Ervin Perkins, born 26 Jan 1905 in Hitchcock Co., NE#, died 24 Dec 1984 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK; married (1) on 3 Feb 1923 in Noble Co., OK, Gladys Della Stewart, divorced ~1926. They had Marvin Gerald Perkins; married (2) on 8 Sep 1927 in Kay Co., OK, Elizabeth (Elsie) Anna Rau, born 1904/1905 in KS, divorced 1931. They had Nelson Ervin, Jr., Perkins; married (3), Edna Myrtle Hall, born 28 Jul 1920 in Greene Co., IA, died 23 Nov 1973 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK, buried Grace Hill Cem., Noble Co., OK. They had Jerry Ray, Velva Kaye, Donna, Eddie, Carolyn, Timmy, Earl Wayne, Byrne Alan, Janet, and Ramona Perkins.
**The birthplace of Minnie Louise Perkins is also noted as the town of Orlando, Oklahoma. However, Orlando is not in Payne County, but is located in the extreme northeastern corner of Logan County about a mile from the common intersection of the boundaries of Logan, Noble, and Payne Counties. Undoubtedly, this means that she was born at a rural location in Payne County, which was also near Orlando.
#Census records of 1930 indicate that Ervin Perkins was born in Kansas, however, this is not affirmed in any other source and seems unlikely. At this time he, his wife, Elsie, and a young son were living on Delaware Street in the western part of the town of Perry, Oklahoma.a. The family of Solomon Thomas and Nancy Warren Perkins is affirmed by contemporaneous census records. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Pawnee County, Nebraska, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 35B, (microfilm: roll T9_753; img. 620); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma Territory, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 94B, (microfilm: roll M623_1341; img. 650); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Red Willow County, Nebraska, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 236B, (microfilm: roll M624_853; img. 1381); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Noble County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 254A, (microfilm: roll M625_1472; img. 511); & 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Noble County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 233B, (microfilm: roll M626_1915; img. 466).)
b. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll OK-1851785; img. 238 & 240 & roll OK-1851892; img. 146).
c. Marriage Records, Noble County, Perry, OK: Bk. 6, pg. 60.
d. Marriage Records, Noble County, Perry, OK: Bk. 7, pg. 491.
e. Marriage Records, Noble County, Perry, OK: Bk. 8, pg. 536.
f. Marriage Records, Noble County, Perry, OK: Bk. 9, pg. 14.
g. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.
h. Donna Perkins Boggs, private correspondence.
(unpublished notes)
back to bio.8. T. F. Robley, History of Bourbon County Kansas, to the close of 1865, Press of the Monitor Book & Printing. Co., Fort Scott, KS, 1894: pgs. 56-7.
"TROUBLE COMMENCES. The first invasion into Bourbon County by the Proslavery men occurred in the spring of 1856. ... Under pretense of looking for homes, these men visited most of the settlers in the county, ascertained where they were from and their politics, what property they had, and their means of defense, and made a complete list of all the Free-State men. Then, later in the season, about July, the Free-State men were again visited, and were told they must leave the Territory. A system of espionage, intimidation and arrest was commenced. Their stock was driven off; their cabins fired into in the dead of night, and they were often taken under pretended arrest to Fort Scott, where they would be advised that it was a much healthier country further north for their class. The object was to so harass and intimidate them that they would leave their claims and such property as could not be easily moved, and get out of the Territory, which the Proslavery people had decided was their own by right, not of discovery, but 'non-intervention,' and 'Squatter Sovereignty.' The matter was actually presented to the masses of the South in the light that, as the restrictive compromise law had been wiped out, this was slave territory; Free-State men were interlopers, and had no more rights here than they had in South Carolina."b. ibid.:pgs. 68-9.
"MORE IMMIGRANTS. Bourbon County had now began to attract more attention and become better known to the people of the East and North. The few settlers who had found their way down here 'writ back.' While their letters did not bear any very encouraging word about the state of political affairs or the peaceful condition of the people, they did tell of a beautiful country, genial skies, a spring that opened in March instead of May, and an opportunity for getting land enough so that 'John' and 'Mary' could both have a farm when they 'come of age.' ....
During the fall of 1856 and the winter and spring of 1857, there were also coming in from the slave States--aside from the followers of Buford--a large contingent of men, who were good citizens where they came from, and remained here to the end, good citizens and good men. The country knew none better."c. ibid.:pgs. 81-.4
"MORE TROUBLE. The wave of Free State immigration which had rolled in over the northern part of the Territory now began to reach down into Southern Kansas, and to be felt in Bourbon County to a greater extent than ever before. And the troubles which had prevailed in the North for so long a time were to be also transferred to the Southeastern border.
The Free State men who had been driven out in the summer and fall of 1856, now began to return--many of them coming back armed[--and as they found that their strength had been materially increased by the considerable number of new settlers coming into the county they had confidence that by organization they could now maintain themselves and recover their claims and much of their other property. ...
Notice was served on those who had wrongfully taken possession of cabins and claims that they must leave. Many did so at once, but others relying on aid and assistance from the 'Blue Lodges' of organized Proslavery men which existed in Fort Scott and along the border, refused to vacate.
As an illustration of those difficulties, the case of Stone and Southwood is given. William Stone had been driven off of his claim on the Osage, and his claim and cabin were taken possession of by a man named Southwood, a Southern preacher. When Stone returned to assert his rights Southwood refused to vacate. The Free State men, after considering the case, built Stone another cabin, near Southwood' s, and moved his family into it. The women of the two families, of course, got into a small border war over the well of water. This helped to aggravate matters and the Free State men finally ordered Southwood to leave by a certain time. Just before the time fixed to leave, Southwood gathered a large number of his friends from Fort Scott and along the border with the purpose of driving Stone off. But the Free State men were right on hand, and gathered at Stone's to resist the expected attack. It was a first-rate opening for a good fight, but the Pro-slavery party, after a feint of an attack that night, drew off. They made much big talk, but they found the Free State party too strong and determined, and Southwood left.
The opposing forces, or factions, came near a collisiou several times after that. Things looked ugly. But for some reason the Pro-slavery men declined to open the ball, and the Free State policy was to await an attack.
Finally, a resort was had to the forms of 'law.' A term of the U. S. District Court was commenced on the 19th of October, 1857. It was hdd in the south room of the land office building, Judge Joseph Williams presiding, S. A. Williams, Clerk, and J. H. Little, Deputy U. S. Marshal. This court was in full sympathy and control of the Pro-slavery party. Claimants throughout the District took their cases before this court, and Judge Williams in most of the 'claim cases' decided against the Free State man.
Free State men were often arrested on some trumped up charge and were held for excessive bail or refused bail altogether. These arbitrary proceedings were very aggravating to them and they instituted a 'court' of their own squatter's court.
SQUATTER'S COURT. What they called a 'Squatter's Court' was organized for the District. A full complement of officers, Judge, Clerk, Sheriff, etc., was appointed. The first 'court' was held at what was called 'Bain's Fort,' a large log house on the Osage river, a little northwest of the present town of Fulton. It was built by old John Brown and Captain Bain. Dr. Rufus Gilpatrick, of Anderson county, was Judge, and Henry Kilbourn, Sheriff. Here they tried causes in due form of law, and meted out justice according to their best light."
"The existence of this rival court was not to be tolerated by Judge Williams and his friends, and on the i2th day of December, 1857, he ordered Deputy Marshal Little to organize a posse and dissolve it. Little went up there with a few men but the court failed to dissolve. On the 16th he again advanced on the works with a posse of about fifty men. When near the fort he was met by a party with a flag of truce headed by D. B. Jackman. They held a parley, and were finally informed by Little that if they did not surrender at once he would fire on them. The truce party warned Little that if he advanced it would be at his peril. They then returned to the fort, and Little advanced to the attack and opened fire. Several volleys were exchanged. The attack was repulsed. Some of Little's men and horses were slightly wounded. He then returned to Fort Scott. On the next day he increased his force to 100 men and returned again to the attack, but he found, on arriving at the fort, that the garrison had escaped during the night, and the court 'adjourned.'"c. ibid.:pgs. 87-9.
"THE CONSERVATIVES. All through these border troubles there was naturally and necessarily what may be called a conservative resident element in Fort Scott and throughout the county, of both the Pro-slavery and Free State parties; men trying to attend to r business, improve their claims, make homes, and carry on their daily avocations. These men were, as they well expressed it, between two fires. And the alarms, incursions, excursions and the retaliatory acts, back and forth between the two parties were carried on over the heads of these law-abiding men. It was a difficult position, much harder to maintain in the country than in town. These men were not conservative in the sense of being non-committal or even non-partisan but as being 'non-active' in the political difficulties which did not concern their private affairs.
It is of no avail to speculate now whether or not this factious, partisan border trouble was necessary or could have been prevented. It was simply a matter of fact; it existed, and that is all there is to be said about it. The Free State men were, in a large measure, on the defensive. They either had to hold their ground or be driven out. Get out or fight. It was a 'condition and not a theory that confronted them,' although it was a theory which, in some sense, had brought them to this country in the first place; the theory that they had a right to go into United States territory, take a claim, make a home and speak and vote as they pleased. And they proceeded at once on the theory that the condition they found was a theory, and that their original theory should become the condition.
U. S. TROOPS AT FORT SCOTT. The constant alarms occurring in the latter part of this year resulted in the calling of a public meeting at Fort Scott on the 13th day of December. E. Ransom was made chairman. Resolutions were reported that a vigilance committee of five should be appointed to take measures to assist in the better execution of the law, either by the organization of a militia company or an appeal to the Governor and having United States troops stationed here. ... The committee rightly concluded that it would be injudicious to try to organize a military company at that time, and decided to ask for troops, who were supposed to have no politics. At their instance John S. Cummings, the sheriff of the county, reported to Acting Governor Stanton that he required the aid of U. S. troops in the execution of the law, and sent the concurrent statement of Marshal Little to the same effect. In response to this request Captain Sturgis, afterwards a Union General, was sent here on the 21st of December with Companies E. and F. 1st U. S. Cavalry, and order was restored and maintained for the short time they were here."c. ibid.:pgs. 93-6.
"TROUBLE BEGINS AGAIN. The troops remained here until the ioth of January 1858, when they were ordered away, and then troublecommenced again. Some of the Border Ruffians took a squad out to where Mr. Johnson lived and abused him, took some of his stock, and threatened to make him leave. Johnson got word to Montgomery about it, and asked him to come down and see about some fellows whose names he gave as the leaders, who were then stopping in Fort Scott. About the ioth of February Montgomery was sighted by some of their scouts, coming in sure enough, with a party of twenty men. Out about the California ford on the Marmaton they were met by a delegation to ascertain what he wanted. When he told them who he was after, they informed him that this particular man had leaked out into Missouri. But Monty thought he would come in and see for himself. So he did. But they were gone. Then Crawford and Judge Williams and some others, invited him and his forces to take breakfast at the Free State Hotel; presented him the freedom of the city, so to speak---on a tin platter. So the boys, who were in their 'working clothes,' and not overly well dressed, took on a good breakfast, and then went quietly home.
On the 15th, the men Montgomery had been looking for returned, Brockett among them. Soon after that a difficulty occurred between Brockett and Charley Dimon, which might have resulted seriously, had it not been for the firmness and courage of Colonel Campbell."
"ORIGIN OF 'JAYHAWKER.' On this trip the word, Jayhawker, originated. Jennison had with him a regular all-around thief named Pat Devlin. A fter the boys went into camp north of the Osage, the next morning after visiting Van Zumwalt, they noticed Pat coming in riding a yellow mule loaded down with all sorts of plunder. In front of him were hanging from the horn of the saddle, a big turkey, three or four chickens and a string of red peppers, behind him a 50-pound shoat, a sheep-skin, a pair of boots and a bag of potatoes.
'Hello, Pat, where have you been,' asked Doc.
'O''ve been over till Eph. Kepley's a-jayhawking.'
'Jayhawking? What in thunder do you mean? What kind of hawking is that?' said Doc.
'Well, sor, in ould Oirelaud we have a birud we call the jayhawk, that whin it catches another birud it takes deloight in bully ragin the loife out ov it, like a cat does a mouse, and, be jasus, Oi bethot me Oi was in about thot same business mesilf. You call it 'foraging off the iuemy,' but, begobs, O'ill call it jayhawking.'
'All right,' laughed Jennison. 'We'll call it 'Jayhawking' from this on.' And so it was."c. ibid.:pgs. 149-50.
"THE LAST BORDER DIFFICULTIES. In May, i860, the notorious 'Pickles' of Linn County, a general all-round thief, was arrested and brought to Fort Scott for trial for theft. His real name was Wright, but he got his nick-name of 'Pickles' for having, in one of his expeditions, stolen a two-quart jar of pickles and devoured them as he rode along. When taken into court he plead guilty to the charge of horse-stealing, and was at once sentenced to the penitentiary, as an act of discretion, to avoid falling into the hands of an Osage Vigilance Committee, who had assembled in town, headed by old Billy Baker with a rope. Some of Pickles' gang came down as far as the Osage and endeavored to raise a rescuing party, after the Ben Rice fashion, but they soon abandoned the project. The day for that sort of thing had passed. The vigilance committee mentioned, or anti-horse thief society, as they called themselves, which had been formed up about Mapleton, came into town to look after the Pickles trial, with an eye open for a possible attempt at rescue.
Pickles fared better than did a man named Guthrie, who, some time before this, was found with a horse supposed not to belong to him, and was taken from the hands of a constable and hanged by this committee. They also got hold of Hugh Carlin, who had given the settlers on the Osage a good deal of trouble, and in the early part of July he was taken from the house of A. F. Monroe, without giving him time to dress, and that was the last of Hugh Carlin."
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29. Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Gage County, Nebraska (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=101146&CScn=Pleasant+Hill&CScntry=4&CSst=31&CScnty=1837&, continuously updated).
30. Hay Springs Cemetery, Sheridan County, Nebraska (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=100740&CScn=Hay+Springs&, continuously updated).
31. West Lawn Cemetery, Buchanan County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=32220&CScn=West+Lawn&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1407&, continuously updated).
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33. Grace Hill Cemetery, Noble County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98529&CScn=Grace+Hill&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2179&, continuously updated).