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United States Internal Revenue 21st Divison,2nd District,Mississippi
Vicksburg,Mississippi March 17th 1866
Letter from assistant assessors office certifying that Patrick H.Welsh cannot purchase or pay (at this juncture) for Revenue Stamps ( 50 cents) for legal documents ( Writ of Replevin).
Green; Murray ( Green Murray)
Ned Black
*My guess these two individuals are freed African-Americans
A writ of replevin is a court order that directs the seizure of property that has been wrongfully taken or withheld. The property is then held in the custody of a designated official until the court makes a final decision.
NOTES: The United States Government issued revenue stamps after the Civil War to collect taxes on various items and documents: Proprietary items: Taxed goods like tobacco and alcohol, as well as services Documentary items: Taxed legal documents, mortgage deeds, stocks, and other legal dealings Photographs: Taxed beginning in 1864, photographers collected the tax and affixed a stamp to the back of the photograph.
Patrick H. Welsh: Patrick Welch was the sixth child and fourth son of Harvey and Rachel Woodward Welch of Indiana and Illinois.He was grandson of John & Rachel Woodward of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana. He was great grandson of Abraham & Hannah Thornbrough Woodward, the subjects of this Web Site. His name is sometime seen as Packard Welch but census records and his Civil War records show Patrick.
Patrick H.Welsh: History of Mercer County, 1882 summarizes the service of the 124th ( Union) : "They went to Tennessee, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Monroe, Louisiana. They won a prize banner for cleanly appearance and soldierly bearing. They traveled 7000 miles, were in ten battles and 14 skirmishes. They were also in two sieges, one for 47 days and one for 13 days. They were drolly called 'the Bully One Hundred and Two Dozen." Benton Pratt, brother-in-law of Patrick's sister Mary Elizabeth Welch Endicott was one of the officers. The 124th did noble service at Champion Hill, Mississippi, capturing more men from the Forty-third Georgia, than its own ranks numbered. It also killed most of the men and horses of a battery, really capturing the guns. The loss of the regiment in this action was sixty-three killed and wounded. Patrick Welch's medical records indicate he received a slight wound in the arm at the battle of Champion Hill, May 16, 1863, but there were complications, and he was out of service until February, 1865. Oral family history indicates it was his hand that was wounded.
Vicksburg,Mississippi March 17th 1866
Letter from assistant assessors office certifying that Patrick H.Welsh cannot purchase or pay (at this juncture) for Revenue Stamps ( 50 cents) for legal documents ( Writ of Replevin).
Green; Murray ( Green Murray)
Ned Black
*My guess these two individuals are freed African-Americans
A writ of replevin is a court order that directs the seizure of property that has been wrongfully taken or withheld. The property is then held in the custody of a designated official until the court makes a final decision.
NOTES: The United States Government issued revenue stamps after the Civil War to collect taxes on various items and documents: Proprietary items: Taxed goods like tobacco and alcohol, as well as services Documentary items: Taxed legal documents, mortgage deeds, stocks, and other legal dealings Photographs: Taxed beginning in 1864, photographers collected the tax and affixed a stamp to the back of the photograph.
Patrick H. Welsh: Patrick Welch was the sixth child and fourth son of Harvey and Rachel Woodward Welch of Indiana and Illinois.He was grandson of John & Rachel Woodward of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Indiana. He was great grandson of Abraham & Hannah Thornbrough Woodward, the subjects of this Web Site. His name is sometime seen as Packard Welch but census records and his Civil War records show Patrick.
Patrick H.Welsh: History of Mercer County, 1882 summarizes the service of the 124th ( Union) : "They went to Tennessee, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Monroe, Louisiana. They won a prize banner for cleanly appearance and soldierly bearing. They traveled 7000 miles, were in ten battles and 14 skirmishes. They were also in two sieges, one for 47 days and one for 13 days. They were drolly called 'the Bully One Hundred and Two Dozen." Benton Pratt, brother-in-law of Patrick's sister Mary Elizabeth Welch Endicott was one of the officers. The 124th did noble service at Champion Hill, Mississippi, capturing more men from the Forty-third Georgia, than its own ranks numbered. It also killed most of the men and horses of a battery, really capturing the guns. The loss of the regiment in this action was sixty-three killed and wounded. Patrick Welch's medical records indicate he received a slight wound in the arm at the battle of Champion Hill, May 16, 1863, but there were complications, and he was out of service until February, 1865. Oral family history indicates it was his hand that was wounded.
