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Robert McLaughlin, b abt 1796, Bath County, VA: Family Timeline
McLaughlin Timeline 1796 to 1861
By David McLaughlin
• 1796 - Bath County, Virginia. Robert McLaughlin is born. (Appox. year based on age from 7 Oct 1850 Census and Bounty Land Warrant Application.) Charles McLaughlin stated that Robert was born in 1791*, according to *History of Grundy County, MO 1908. Page 859.
• 30 April 1803 - United States purchases Louisiana Territory from France.
• 1810 - Western Virginia protests unequal representation in Virginia legislature.
• 18 June 1812 - United States declares war on Great Britain.
• August 1812 - The governor of Virginia called up the militia in preparation for the defense of the Commonwealth.
• February 1813 - The first of British Naval forces arrive off the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Using the Lynnhaven Bay as an anchorage, the British are able to effectively limit shipping into and out of the bay. This anchorage allowed easy access to the main shipping channels into and out of the Chesapeake Bay.
• 22 June 1813 - Battle of Craney Island is fought near Norfolk, Virginia.
• 3 July 1813 - Norfolk, Virginia. The 35th U. S. Infantry, along with a number of local militia companies were ordered to reinforce Lambert's Point and Sewell's Point area of then Norfolk county. This was in response to the British burning and looting of Hampton, Virginia.
• 13 August 1813 - City of Richmond, Virginia. Robert enlisted in company commanded by Captain Walker of the 35th Regiment U. S. Infantry commanded by Colonel Gooden for a term of one year. (Based on Bounty Land Warrant application 19 Feb. 1851.)
• 23 August 1813 - Richmond, Virginia. Robert is shown to have enlisted on this date. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 31 December 1813 - Robert was present for duty with Captain Walker's 35th Regiment. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 22 or 23 February 1814 - Norfolk, Virginia. Robert is shown again enlisting in 35th U. S. Infantry Captain Walker, height 5' 61/2" Age 18 born Bath County, VA. for term of one year (based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 6 March 1814 -Fort Barbour, Norfolk, Virginia. Robert is absent from muster roll and was detached to Fort Barbour. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 20 March 1814 - Norfolk, Virginia. Robert is discharged from 35th U.S. Infantry for being a minor. This would place his birth date sometime after March 20, 1796. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.) Robert stated on his bounty land warrant application that he had been honorably discharged at Norfolk, but lost his discharge later by accidentally throwing it into a fire in Bath County, Virginia.
• 31 March 1814 - Petersburg, Virginia. Robert is listed on regimental return of 35th U.S. Infantry. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 1 May 1814 - Robert is listed on muster roll of 35th U. S. Infantry. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 24-25 August 1814 - British capture Washington, DC, and set fire to White House and Capitol.
• 28 August 1814 - British capture Alexandria, Virginia.
• 22 December 1814? (1815 on bounty land application) - Franklin, Pendleton County, Virginia. Robert enlisted in company commanded by Captain John Bodkin's (Botkins) in the Regiment of Militia Commanded by Major Green for a term of six months to only serve two months. Hugh McLaughlin is also enlisted as a private the same regiment.
• 24 December 1814 - Treaty of Ghent is signed, officially ending the War of 1812.
• 13 February 1815 - Pendleton County, Virginia. Robert is shown to have commenced his service as a Private, Capt. John Botkin's Co. of Riflemen, from 46 Reg't Virginia Militia.
• 1 March 1815 - Moorefield, Hardy County, Virginia. Robert was honorably discharged as a minuteman.
• 7 April 1815 - Robert's service expired as a Private, Capt. John Botkin's Company of Riflemen, from 46 Reg't Virginia Militia.
• 10 April 1815 - Robert appears on Company Pay Roll for term of service charged, 1 month, 23 days. Pay was 8 dollars per month. Actually paid $14.43.
• 8 March 1816 - Robert appears on a muster roll compiled for Capt. John Botkin's Company of Riflemen, from 46 Reg't Virginia Militia after the war.
• 11 December 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state.
• 1818 - Cumberland Road (or National Road) completed from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia.
• 1819 - The Panic of 1819 began and was the first major financial crisis in the United States. It featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812.
• 10 August 1821 - Missouri becomes the 24th state.
• 21 December 1821 - Pocahontas County created from Bath, Pendleton, and Randolph counties in Virginia.
• 26 October 1825 - The Erie Canal opens -passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
• 1829 - Virginia counties west of the Allegheny Mountains protest constitution that favors the slave-holding counties.
• 4 March 1829 - Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president.
• 1830 - Separation of western Virginia from eastern Virginia is proposed by The Wheeling Gazette.
• 29 January 1830 - Saint Joseph and Elkhart Counties were created in Indiana.
• 1832 - The Michigan road was cut through Indiana in 1832. It extended from Madison, on the Ohio River, to Michigan City, on Lake Michigan, a distance of 258 miles. The Vistula road, running from Toledo to South Bend, Indiana was put in order about the same time. The opening of these roads had its influence upon the settlement of the country, and emigrants from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, found their way hither in great numbers, in the year 1832, and the succeeding two or three years.
• 6 April 1832 - The Black Hawk War begins in Illinois.
• 1 July 1835 - Robert marries Lucinda Shaw, age 16, in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 1837 - Allen W. McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 4 March 1837 - Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as the eighth president.
• 10 May 1837 - Panic of 1837 begins in New York City, results in a six-year depression nationwide, with failure of banks and record unemployment levels.
• 27 September 1838 - Andrew Jackson McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 1840 - Penn Twp, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Census taken. Robert is shown along with 1 male (Andrew) child less than 5 yrs., 1 male (Allen) child between 5-10 yrs., and 1 female (Lucinda) between 20-30 yrs of age.
• 1841- Benton McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 15 January 1844 - The University of Notre Dame in Saint Joseph County, Indiana, receives its charter from the State of Indiana.
• 7 March 1844 - Phidelia (Phedelia) McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 25 April 1846 - The Mexican War begins with open conflict along Texas border.
• 28 December 1846 - Iowa becomes the 29th state.
• 26 March 1847 - Charles F. McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 24 January 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
• 2 February 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed ending the Mexican War.
• 3 March 1849 - The United States Department of the Interior is established.
• January 1850 - Garrison McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 28 September 1850 - United States Act of September 28, 1850 grants bounty lands for military service in the War of 1812, War with Mexico, and Indian Wars.
• 7 October 1850 - Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Census taken. Robert is listed as being head of house, age 54, a farmer, born in Va, and could not read or write. He is also listed along with wife Lucinda age 31, born in Ohio and could not read or write. Children listed Allen 15 (farmer), Andrew 13, Benton 9, Phidelia 6, Charles 3, and Garrison 9/12. All children were born in Indiana. Allen, Andrew, and Benton had been to school within the year.
• 1851 - The Sioux Cession removed the final Native American Indian claim to land in Iowa, in the far north central and far northwest sections of the state.
• 19 February 1851 - Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Robert, age 54, appeared before the county to apply for a bounty land warrant for his service in the War of 1812.
• 24 February 1851 - St. Joseph County Clerk John T. Lindsey notarizes Robert’s application.
• 23 June 1851 - Application has another process date on note card for file# 106.858.
• 3 September 1851 - William W. McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 11 March 1852 - Robert's application arrived at the Adjutant Office.
• 2 July 1852 - Washington, D. C. Treasury Department' reviews Robert's application file# 106.858.
• 21 July 1852 - Washington, D. C. Treasury Department authorizes that a warrant for 160 acres be issued and notice sent to Justice Of The Peace Theodore S. Cowles Mishawaka, Ind.
• 31 July 1852 - Official Department of the Interior Bounty Land Warrant Certificate No. 19.830 for 160 acres is issued Robert McLaughlin.
• Late 1852 - McLaughlin family moves to Iowa. (Based on History of Grundy County, MO 1908.)
• 26 September 1853 - Lee County, Iowa. Robert sells his Bounty Land Warrant Certificate to Joseph Rambo, with Robert L. and Matilda Fleming as witnesses of the sale.
• 1 October 1853 - Lee County, Iowa County Clerk S. A. James, notarizes Certificate sale.
• 22 October 1853 - Lee County, Iowa. Laura Jane McLaughlin is born.
• 24 October 1853 - Fairfield, Iowa. Joseph Rambo turns in the warrant certificate at the Fairfield Land Office.
• 1854 - Fairfield, Iowa. First state fair held.
• Winter 1854 - Robert McLaughlin dies.
• 1 January 1855 - Washington, D. C. President Franklin Pierce signed over 160 acres to Joseph Rambo on Certificate #3910. Patented Certificate# 19.830. Lee County, Iowa: SE no.12, TWP no. 67N, Range No.16W, 160 acres.
• 31 May 1855 - Joseph Rambo land records were compiled and filed away.
• Between 1855 and 1856 - Lee County, Iowa. Lucinda Shaw marries David I. Coon.
• 1856 - Lee County, Iowa. David and Lucinda Coon appear with children in 1856 Special Census for Lee County.
• Late 1856 - David Coon and family move to Mercer County, Missouri settling on a farm.
• 1857 - Mercer County, Missouri. Angelia Coon is born.
• 23 November 1859 - Mercer County, Missouri. Henry Coon is born.
• 18 June 1860 - Washington Twp., Mercer County, Missouri. Census is taken. David Coon is listed Age 53, Farmer; property valued at $400; born Virginia. Lucinda age 43, born Ohio and cannot read or write. Children listed Andrew J. McLaughlin 22 Farmer Indiana, Phidelia McLaughlin 16 Indiana, Charles McLaughlin 13 Indiana, W. A. Coon 11 Iowa, W. W. McLaughlin 7 Indiana, L. J. McLaughlin 6 Iowa, Angelia Coon 3 Missouri, and Henry Coon 6/12 Missouri. Phidelia, Charles, and W. A. had all been to school within the year.
• 12 April 1861 - The Civil War begins. Confederate forces attack Ft. Sumter in Charleston, S.C., marking the start of the war.
• 16 September 1861 - Middleburg, Missouri. David Coon and Andrew J. McLaughlin enlisted at the rank of Privates in the Mercer County Battalion Six Month Militia Company B under command of Loveland.
• 25 October 1861- David Coon sent home from Militia on account of disability.
• 31 December 1861- Andrew J. McLaughlin was sick in hospital on previous muster taken of Militia Company.
By David McLaughlin
• 1796 - Bath County, Virginia. Robert McLaughlin is born. (Appox. year based on age from 7 Oct 1850 Census and Bounty Land Warrant Application.) Charles McLaughlin stated that Robert was born in 1791*, according to *History of Grundy County, MO 1908. Page 859.
• 30 April 1803 - United States purchases Louisiana Territory from France.
• 1810 - Western Virginia protests unequal representation in Virginia legislature.
• 18 June 1812 - United States declares war on Great Britain.
• August 1812 - The governor of Virginia called up the militia in preparation for the defense of the Commonwealth.
• February 1813 - The first of British Naval forces arrive off the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Using the Lynnhaven Bay as an anchorage, the British are able to effectively limit shipping into and out of the bay. This anchorage allowed easy access to the main shipping channels into and out of the Chesapeake Bay.
• 22 June 1813 - Battle of Craney Island is fought near Norfolk, Virginia.
• 3 July 1813 - Norfolk, Virginia. The 35th U. S. Infantry, along with a number of local militia companies were ordered to reinforce Lambert's Point and Sewell's Point area of then Norfolk county. This was in response to the British burning and looting of Hampton, Virginia.
• 13 August 1813 - City of Richmond, Virginia. Robert enlisted in company commanded by Captain Walker of the 35th Regiment U. S. Infantry commanded by Colonel Gooden for a term of one year. (Based on Bounty Land Warrant application 19 Feb. 1851.)
• 23 August 1813 - Richmond, Virginia. Robert is shown to have enlisted on this date. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 31 December 1813 - Robert was present for duty with Captain Walker's 35th Regiment. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 22 or 23 February 1814 - Norfolk, Virginia. Robert is shown again enlisting in 35th U. S. Infantry Captain Walker, height 5' 61/2" Age 18 born Bath County, VA. for term of one year (based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 6 March 1814 -Fort Barbour, Norfolk, Virginia. Robert is absent from muster roll and was detached to Fort Barbour. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 20 March 1814 - Norfolk, Virginia. Robert is discharged from 35th U.S. Infantry for being a minor. This would place his birth date sometime after March 20, 1796. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.) Robert stated on his bounty land warrant application that he had been honorably discharged at Norfolk, but lost his discharge later by accidentally throwing it into a fire in Bath County, Virginia.
• 31 March 1814 - Petersburg, Virginia. Robert is listed on regimental return of 35th U.S. Infantry. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 1 May 1814 - Robert is listed on muster roll of 35th U. S. Infantry. (Based on War of 1812 rolls Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Est. May 17, 1815.)
• 24-25 August 1814 - British capture Washington, DC, and set fire to White House and Capitol.
• 28 August 1814 - British capture Alexandria, Virginia.
• 22 December 1814? (1815 on bounty land application) - Franklin, Pendleton County, Virginia. Robert enlisted in company commanded by Captain John Bodkin's (Botkins) in the Regiment of Militia Commanded by Major Green for a term of six months to only serve two months. Hugh McLaughlin is also enlisted as a private the same regiment.
• 24 December 1814 - Treaty of Ghent is signed, officially ending the War of 1812.
• 13 February 1815 - Pendleton County, Virginia. Robert is shown to have commenced his service as a Private, Capt. John Botkin's Co. of Riflemen, from 46 Reg't Virginia Militia.
• 1 March 1815 - Moorefield, Hardy County, Virginia. Robert was honorably discharged as a minuteman.
• 7 April 1815 - Robert's service expired as a Private, Capt. John Botkin's Company of Riflemen, from 46 Reg't Virginia Militia.
• 10 April 1815 - Robert appears on Company Pay Roll for term of service charged, 1 month, 23 days. Pay was 8 dollars per month. Actually paid $14.43.
• 8 March 1816 - Robert appears on a muster roll compiled for Capt. John Botkin's Company of Riflemen, from 46 Reg't Virginia Militia after the war.
• 11 December 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state.
• 1818 - Cumberland Road (or National Road) completed from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia.
• 1819 - The Panic of 1819 began and was the first major financial crisis in the United States. It featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812.
• 10 August 1821 - Missouri becomes the 24th state.
• 21 December 1821 - Pocahontas County created from Bath, Pendleton, and Randolph counties in Virginia.
• 26 October 1825 - The Erie Canal opens -passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
• 1829 - Virginia counties west of the Allegheny Mountains protest constitution that favors the slave-holding counties.
• 4 March 1829 - Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president.
• 1830 - Separation of western Virginia from eastern Virginia is proposed by The Wheeling Gazette.
• 29 January 1830 - Saint Joseph and Elkhart Counties were created in Indiana.
• 1832 - The Michigan road was cut through Indiana in 1832. It extended from Madison, on the Ohio River, to Michigan City, on Lake Michigan, a distance of 258 miles. The Vistula road, running from Toledo to South Bend, Indiana was put in order about the same time. The opening of these roads had its influence upon the settlement of the country, and emigrants from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, found their way hither in great numbers, in the year 1832, and the succeeding two or three years.
• 6 April 1832 - The Black Hawk War begins in Illinois.
• 1 July 1835 - Robert marries Lucinda Shaw, age 16, in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 1837 - Allen W. McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 4 March 1837 - Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as the eighth president.
• 10 May 1837 - Panic of 1837 begins in New York City, results in a six-year depression nationwide, with failure of banks and record unemployment levels.
• 27 September 1838 - Andrew Jackson McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 1840 - Penn Twp, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Census taken. Robert is shown along with 1 male (Andrew) child less than 5 yrs., 1 male (Allen) child between 5-10 yrs., and 1 female (Lucinda) between 20-30 yrs of age.
• 1841- Benton McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 15 January 1844 - The University of Notre Dame in Saint Joseph County, Indiana, receives its charter from the State of Indiana.
• 7 March 1844 - Phidelia (Phedelia) McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 25 April 1846 - The Mexican War begins with open conflict along Texas border.
• 28 December 1846 - Iowa becomes the 29th state.
• 26 March 1847 - Charles F. McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 24 January 1848 - Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
• 2 February 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed ending the Mexican War.
• 3 March 1849 - The United States Department of the Interior is established.
• January 1850 - Garrison McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 28 September 1850 - United States Act of September 28, 1850 grants bounty lands for military service in the War of 1812, War with Mexico, and Indian Wars.
• 7 October 1850 - Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Census taken. Robert is listed as being head of house, age 54, a farmer, born in Va, and could not read or write. He is also listed along with wife Lucinda age 31, born in Ohio and could not read or write. Children listed Allen 15 (farmer), Andrew 13, Benton 9, Phidelia 6, Charles 3, and Garrison 9/12. All children were born in Indiana. Allen, Andrew, and Benton had been to school within the year.
• 1851 - The Sioux Cession removed the final Native American Indian claim to land in Iowa, in the far north central and far northwest sections of the state.
• 19 February 1851 - Saint Joseph County, Indiana. Robert, age 54, appeared before the county to apply for a bounty land warrant for his service in the War of 1812.
• 24 February 1851 - St. Joseph County Clerk John T. Lindsey notarizes Robert’s application.
• 23 June 1851 - Application has another process date on note card for file# 106.858.
• 3 September 1851 - William W. McLaughlin is born in Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
• 11 March 1852 - Robert's application arrived at the Adjutant Office.
• 2 July 1852 - Washington, D. C. Treasury Department' reviews Robert's application file# 106.858.
• 21 July 1852 - Washington, D. C. Treasury Department authorizes that a warrant for 160 acres be issued and notice sent to Justice Of The Peace Theodore S. Cowles Mishawaka, Ind.
• 31 July 1852 - Official Department of the Interior Bounty Land Warrant Certificate No. 19.830 for 160 acres is issued Robert McLaughlin.
• Late 1852 - McLaughlin family moves to Iowa. (Based on History of Grundy County, MO 1908.)
• 26 September 1853 - Lee County, Iowa. Robert sells his Bounty Land Warrant Certificate to Joseph Rambo, with Robert L. and Matilda Fleming as witnesses of the sale.
• 1 October 1853 - Lee County, Iowa County Clerk S. A. James, notarizes Certificate sale.
• 22 October 1853 - Lee County, Iowa. Laura Jane McLaughlin is born.
• 24 October 1853 - Fairfield, Iowa. Joseph Rambo turns in the warrant certificate at the Fairfield Land Office.
• 1854 - Fairfield, Iowa. First state fair held.
• Winter 1854 - Robert McLaughlin dies.
• 1 January 1855 - Washington, D. C. President Franklin Pierce signed over 160 acres to Joseph Rambo on Certificate #3910. Patented Certificate# 19.830. Lee County, Iowa: SE no.12, TWP no. 67N, Range No.16W, 160 acres.
• 31 May 1855 - Joseph Rambo land records were compiled and filed away.
• Between 1855 and 1856 - Lee County, Iowa. Lucinda Shaw marries David I. Coon.
• 1856 - Lee County, Iowa. David and Lucinda Coon appear with children in 1856 Special Census for Lee County.
• Late 1856 - David Coon and family move to Mercer County, Missouri settling on a farm.
• 1857 - Mercer County, Missouri. Angelia Coon is born.
• 23 November 1859 - Mercer County, Missouri. Henry Coon is born.
• 18 June 1860 - Washington Twp., Mercer County, Missouri. Census is taken. David Coon is listed Age 53, Farmer; property valued at $400; born Virginia. Lucinda age 43, born Ohio and cannot read or write. Children listed Andrew J. McLaughlin 22 Farmer Indiana, Phidelia McLaughlin 16 Indiana, Charles McLaughlin 13 Indiana, W. A. Coon 11 Iowa, W. W. McLaughlin 7 Indiana, L. J. McLaughlin 6 Iowa, Angelia Coon 3 Missouri, and Henry Coon 6/12 Missouri. Phidelia, Charles, and W. A. had all been to school within the year.
• 12 April 1861 - The Civil War begins. Confederate forces attack Ft. Sumter in Charleston, S.C., marking the start of the war.
• 16 September 1861 - Middleburg, Missouri. David Coon and Andrew J. McLaughlin enlisted at the rank of Privates in the Mercer County Battalion Six Month Militia Company B under command of Loveland.
• 25 October 1861- David Coon sent home from Militia on account of disability.
• 31 December 1861- Andrew J. McLaughlin was sick in hospital on previous muster taken of Militia Company.
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