Person:William Fleharty (1)

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William Littleton Fleharty
b.3 Mar 1802 Caroline, Maryland, United States
d.17 Sep 1873 Apple River, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
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  1. William Littleton Fleharty1802 - 1873
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  • H.  William Littleton Fleharty1802 - 1873
  • W.  Martha Twogood1798 - 1887
m. 1828
  1. Eveline Mellissant Fleharty1829 - 1907
  2. William Henry Fleharty1832 -
  3. Margaret Ann Fleharty1833 -
  4. George Lancaster Fleharty1837 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] William Littleton Fleharty
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 3 Mar 1802 Caroline, Maryland, United States
Residence[1] 1827 Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
Residence[1] 1828 Gratiot (town), Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States
Marriage 1828 to Martha Twogood
Military[4][5][7] 1832 Iowa, Wisconsin, United StatesPrivate, Wisconsin Territory Militia, Black Hawk War.
Property[4] 10 Jul 1839 Lafayette, Wisconsin, United StatesLand purchase 1. Patentee, cash sale. 40 acres.
Property[4] 5 Jan 1841 Grant, Wisconsin, United StatesLand purchase 2. Patentee, cash sale. 40 acres. Land purchase 3. Patentee, cash sale. 80 acres. Land purchase 4. Patentee, cash sale. 80 acres.
Census[3] 21 Sep 1850 Gratiot (town), Lafayette, Wisconsin, United StatesListed as William F. Fleharty. Farmer 48y With wife Martha 53y, and children Ann 17y, George 12y, Evaline Farnham 20y and grandchild William Farnham 1 month. [Evaline’s husband, Erastus Farnham, was at a mining camp in Mud Springs, California.] Real estate value $1500. None of the children attended school, and all adults were able to read and write.
Property[4] 1 Nov 1851 Gratiot (town), Lafayette, Wisconsin, United StatesLand purchase 5. Patentee on Military Warrant of Gillian Surbrook. 160 acres.
Property[4] 10 Sep 1852 Gratiot (town), Lafayette, Wisconsin, United StatesLand purchase 6. Both patentee and warranter; “William L. Fleharty, Private in Captain Terry’s Company, Black Hawk War.” 40 acres.
Alt Death[2] 16 Sep 1873 Apple River, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
Death[1] 17 Sep 1873 Apple River, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
Burial[2] Elmwood Cemetery, Warren, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

"In 1838 and 1839, the number of settlers [in Gratiot township] was largely augmented. They were David Atwood, Samuel Cole, S.G. Bragg, Erastus Bebee, Charles Webster, B.W. and E.W. Tuttle, William Fleharty, and perhaps two or three others."S1 William's date of arrival in Gratiot township, Wisconsin is here reported as 1838 or 1839. In the same source, Butterfield states "...her [Eveline Fleharty] father, William T., ... came to Galena in 1827, and to Gratiot's Grove, Wis., in 1828."S1 During the 1832 Black Hawk War, he served in the Iowa County, Wisconsin Militia, and daughter Eveline was born in Iowa County in 1828. He may have moved from Iowa to Lafayette County, or the county lines may have changed. Or the later date may be an error in the source. It may also be that the 1838/1839 settler was another William Fleharty. Further research is needed to determine whether there was a second William Fleharty, and if the county line moved.

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Military

William served as a Private in Captain John B. Terry's Company of the Iowa County, Wisconsin Territorial Militia.S4S5 He enlisted and served for a three month term, from 18 May to 20 Aug 1832.S5 The fighting began on 14 May, and Black Hawk surrendered on 27 August. During the War, a stockade was built on Captain Terry's land in Linden Township, Iowa County, Wisconsin TerritoryS6. Called Ft. Napoleon, it was a settler's stockade. Because Linden and Mineral Point townships adjoin, it's possible Ft. Napoleon was the closest stockade for the Flaherty family.

William may have served at this fort, or with Dodge's mounted militia, or with both. It's likely that William saw Black Hawk's advance as a direct threat to his family and farm, and his enlistment was motivated by the desire to protect both. Other soldiers, though, were motivated by the $6.66 per month regular militia pay, or the $20.00 monthly for mounted militia, plus, in some cases, enlistment bonuses.S7 As a farmer, William undoubtedly had use for the money he earned as a soldier, and he did take advantage in 1852 of the veterans' land act to obtain 40 more acres of land.S4

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 E. Farnham, in Butterfield, Consul Willshire. History of La Fayette County, Wisconsin
    p 593; p 784-785, 1881.

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nattress, Laurel. Swinhope Burn Families.

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  3. ↑ Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records.

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  5. ↑ Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin Muster Rolls from the Black Hawk War, 1832
    p 44.

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  6.   Black Hawk War Message Board (Blackhawkwar.proboards.com)
    15 Oct 2002.

    [Blackhawkwar.Proboards.com]

  7. ↑ Daniels, Robert C. The Quality of the Combatants in the Black Hawk War.

    [MilitaryHistoryOnline.com]

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