Colonel Gad Humphreys was born in 1786, in Canton, Ct. In 1819, he married Mary Stoddard Larned, daughter of Sylvester and Eunice Larned of Pittsville, MA.
Eunice Larned was the sister of U.S. Paymaster-General Benjamin Franklin Larned, who died during the Civil War.
Gad Humphreys was appointed from the State of New York in 1808, as First Lieutenant in the Sixth Reg. Infantry, U.S.A.; and was promoted to a captaincy in December 1809. He was wounded in the capture of York, Upper Canada, on April 27th, 1813. He was promoted to Major in the Fourth Reg. Infantry, April 18, 1814. At the reduction of the army in December 1815, he was retained as Captain of the Sixth Reg. Infantry with the brevet of Major. He was appointed Major of the Sixth Reg. Infantry, March 31, 1817; and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Reg. Infantry, May 13, 1820.
Later he was appointed U. S. Agent to the Seminole Indians. A position he held from May 20th, 1822 to March 31st, 1830.
In the treaty of Fort Moultrie, September 18th, 1823, the Indian chiefs and warriors requested "as evidence of their gratitude and humane treatment, and brotherly attention to their wants, that one-mile square be conveyed, in fee simple, as a present to Colonel Humphreys. (note - Sprague's History of the Florida War are found several letters of Col. Gad Humphreys, that demonstrate his efforts to promote the welfare of the Native Americans.)
Col. Humphreys was a sugar-cane planter near Fort King, East Florida until the commencement of the "Indian hostilities" when his land was taken, and his house burned. He and his family then moved to St. Augustine, Florida, and resided there until his death on August 31, August 1859, at the age of 73 years.
Eunice Larned was the sister of U.S. Paymaster-General Benjamin Franklin Larned, who died during the Civil War.
Gad Humphreys was appointed from the State of New York in 1808, as First Lieutenant in the Sixth Reg. Infantry, U.S.A.; and was promoted to a captaincy in December 1809. He was wounded in the capture of York, Upper Canada, on April 27th, 1813. He was promoted to Major in the Fourth Reg. Infantry, April 18, 1814. At the reduction of the army in December 1815, he was retained as Captain of the Sixth Reg. Infantry with the brevet of Major. He was appointed Major of the Sixth Reg. Infantry, March 31, 1817; and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Reg. Infantry, May 13, 1820.
Later he was appointed U. S. Agent to the Seminole Indians. A position he held from May 20th, 1822 to March 31st, 1830.
In the treaty of Fort Moultrie, September 18th, 1823, the Indian chiefs and warriors requested "as evidence of their gratitude and humane treatment, and brotherly attention to their wants, that one-mile square be conveyed, in fee simple, as a present to Colonel Humphreys. (note - Sprague's History of the Florida War are found several letters of Col. Gad Humphreys, that demonstrate his efforts to promote the welfare of the Native Americans.)
Col. Humphreys was a sugar-cane planter near Fort King, East Florida until the commencement of the "Indian hostilities" when his land was taken, and his house burned. He and his family then moved to St. Augustine, Florida, and resided there until his death on August 31, August 1859, at the age of 73 years.
Colonel Gad Humphreys was born in 1786, in Canton, Ct. In 1819, he married Mary Stoddard Larned, daughter of Sylvester and Eunice Larned of Pittsville, MA.
Eunice Larned was the sister of U.S. Paymaster-General Benjamin Franklin Larned, who died during the Civil War.
Gad Humphreys was appointed from the State of New York in 1808, as First Lieutenant in the Sixth Reg. Infantry, U.S.A.; and was promoted to a captaincy in December 1809. He was wounded in the capture of York, Upper Canada, on April 27th, 1813. He was promoted to Major in the Fourth Reg. Infantry, April 18, 1814. At the reduction of the army in December 1815, he was retained as Captain of the Sixth Reg. Infantry with the brevet of Major. He was appointed Major of the Sixth Reg. Infantry, March 31, 1817; and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Reg. Infantry, May 13, 1820.
Later he was appointed U. S. Agent to the Seminole Indians. A position he held from May 20th, 1822 to March 31st, 1830.
In the treaty of Fort Moultrie, September 18th, 1823, the Indian chiefs and warriors requested "as evidence of their gratitude and humane treatment, and brotherly attention to their wants, that one-mile square be conveyed, in fee simple, as a present to Colonel Humphreys. (note - Sprague's History of the Florida War are found several letters of Col. Gad Humphreys, that demonstrate his efforts to promote the welfare of the Native Americans.)
Col. Humphreys was a sugar-cane planter near Fort King, East Florida until the commencement of the "Indian hostilities" when his land was taken, and his house burned. He and his family then moved to St. Augustine, Florida, and resided there until his death on August 31, August 1859, at the age of 73 years.
Eunice Larned was the sister of U.S. Paymaster-General Benjamin Franklin Larned, who died during the Civil War.
Gad Humphreys was appointed from the State of New York in 1808, as First Lieutenant in the Sixth Reg. Infantry, U.S.A.; and was promoted to a captaincy in December 1809. He was wounded in the capture of York, Upper Canada, on April 27th, 1813. He was promoted to Major in the Fourth Reg. Infantry, April 18, 1814. At the reduction of the army in December 1815, he was retained as Captain of the Sixth Reg. Infantry with the brevet of Major. He was appointed Major of the Sixth Reg. Infantry, March 31, 1817; and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Reg. Infantry, May 13, 1820.
Later he was appointed U. S. Agent to the Seminole Indians. A position he held from May 20th, 1822 to March 31st, 1830.
In the treaty of Fort Moultrie, September 18th, 1823, the Indian chiefs and warriors requested "as evidence of their gratitude and humane treatment, and brotherly attention to their wants, that one-mile square be conveyed, in fee simple, as a present to Colonel Humphreys. (note - Sprague's History of the Florida War are found several letters of Col. Gad Humphreys, that demonstrate his efforts to promote the welfare of the Native Americans.)
Col. Humphreys was a sugar-cane planter near Fort King, East Florida until the commencement of the "Indian hostilities" when his land was taken, and his house burned. He and his family then moved to St. Augustine, Florida, and resided there until his death on August 31, August 1859, at the age of 73 years.
