United States Army Officer, Surveyor, and Indian Agent in Oklahoma:
Well educated and both fluent and litterate in the French language. Conversant in Spanish.
13 August 1819 3rdLt of ordnance, U.S. Army trf 13 August 1819.
1821 Retained as 2ndLt, 7th Infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 June 1821.
Regt'l Adjutant 1 December 1821-16 May 1825.
Promoted 1stLt, 7th infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 May 1824.
Captain, 7th infantry regt, U.S. Army trf 30 April 1833.
Resignation accepted by U.S. President Andrew Jackson, 31 December 1835.
Served with U.S. 7th infantry regt at Fort Smith, Arkansas, from October 1821 to January 1825, and at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), from January 1825 until the date of his resignation in 1835.
The officer was absent from:
May 1825 to August 1826 as aide to the General-in-Chief Jacob Brown ( inWashington, DC).
Nov-Dec 1826 Surveying military road from Fort Gibson to Fort Smith.
May-Aug 1827 Opening road to Little Rock.
17 March 1829 (Fort Gibson) Married Sophie Elizabeth Baylor .
11 Aug 1830 Court-Martial conviction at Fort Gibson for charges made by Capt B L E Bonneville (1796-1878) which included allegedly beating 2ndLt G J Rains (1803-1881) with a cane. The commanding general overruled the court and restored Dawson to duty. (NB: Both Bonneville and Rains were West Pointers).
Dec 1830-Jan 1831 Accompanying the Chickasaw and Choctaw delegation on their tour of the west.
July-Sept 1832 with his company at Clark's Spring.
May-June 1833 with LtCol Many's command on tour of the south west.
17 November 1834-31 December 1835 On furlough in Mississippi.
1834-37 Natchez, Mississippi.
1837-42 Arkansas planter (bankruptcy in 1841).
1842-44 Creek Indian Agent.
8 July 1844 Captain J L Dawson and his brother-in-law, John R Baylor (1822-1894) killed Indian territory merchant Seaborn Hill (born in Georgia, 21 Sept 1808) in the wake of a personal dispute.
1844 Dawson and Baylor fled to Texas to escape arrest.
1844-52 Employed in Texas by his wife's uncle, Judge Robert Emmett Baylor (of Baylor University).
1850 Bankruptcy case settled by U.S. Supreme Court. Divorce
8 November 1852 Arrested in Texas and delivered to US Marshall in Arkansas on 24 November 1852.
1852-55 Trial in Arkansas and before US Supreme Court.
1855 Dawson sentenced to the 2 years in prison in Arkansas already served for manslaughter.
1855 Pardoned by U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
1855-1979 Resided in Maryland.
1864 Voted against Abraham Lincoln.
Well educated and both fluent and litterate in the French language. Conversant in Spanish.
13 August 1819 3rdLt of ordnance, U.S. Army trf 13 August 1819.
1821 Retained as 2ndLt, 7th Infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 June 1821.
Regt'l Adjutant 1 December 1821-16 May 1825.
Promoted 1stLt, 7th infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 May 1824.
Captain, 7th infantry regt, U.S. Army trf 30 April 1833.
Resignation accepted by U.S. President Andrew Jackson, 31 December 1835.
Served with U.S. 7th infantry regt at Fort Smith, Arkansas, from October 1821 to January 1825, and at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), from January 1825 until the date of his resignation in 1835.
The officer was absent from:
May 1825 to August 1826 as aide to the General-in-Chief Jacob Brown ( inWashington, DC).
Nov-Dec 1826 Surveying military road from Fort Gibson to Fort Smith.
May-Aug 1827 Opening road to Little Rock.
17 March 1829 (Fort Gibson) Married Sophie Elizabeth Baylor .
11 Aug 1830 Court-Martial conviction at Fort Gibson for charges made by Capt B L E Bonneville (1796-1878) which included allegedly beating 2ndLt G J Rains (1803-1881) with a cane. The commanding general overruled the court and restored Dawson to duty. (NB: Both Bonneville and Rains were West Pointers).
Dec 1830-Jan 1831 Accompanying the Chickasaw and Choctaw delegation on their tour of the west.
July-Sept 1832 with his company at Clark's Spring.
May-June 1833 with LtCol Many's command on tour of the south west.
17 November 1834-31 December 1835 On furlough in Mississippi.
1834-37 Natchez, Mississippi.
1837-42 Arkansas planter (bankruptcy in 1841).
1842-44 Creek Indian Agent.
8 July 1844 Captain J L Dawson and his brother-in-law, John R Baylor (1822-1894) killed Indian territory merchant Seaborn Hill (born in Georgia, 21 Sept 1808) in the wake of a personal dispute.
1844 Dawson and Baylor fled to Texas to escape arrest.
1844-52 Employed in Texas by his wife's uncle, Judge Robert Emmett Baylor (of Baylor University).
1850 Bankruptcy case settled by U.S. Supreme Court. Divorce
8 November 1852 Arrested in Texas and delivered to US Marshall in Arkansas on 24 November 1852.
1852-55 Trial in Arkansas and before US Supreme Court.
1855 Dawson sentenced to the 2 years in prison in Arkansas already served for manslaughter.
1855 Pardoned by U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
1855-1979 Resided in Maryland.
1864 Voted against Abraham Lincoln.
United States Army Officer, Surveyor, and Indian Agent in Oklahoma:
Well educated and both fluent and litterate in the French language. Conversant in Spanish.
13 August 1819 3rdLt of ordnance, U.S. Army trf 13 August 1819.
1821 Retained as 2ndLt, 7th Infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 June 1821.
Regt'l Adjutant 1 December 1821-16 May 1825.
Promoted 1stLt, 7th infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 May 1824.
Captain, 7th infantry regt, U.S. Army trf 30 April 1833.
Resignation accepted by U.S. President Andrew Jackson, 31 December 1835.
Served with U.S. 7th infantry regt at Fort Smith, Arkansas, from October 1821 to January 1825, and at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), from January 1825 until the date of his resignation in 1835.
The officer was absent from:
May 1825 to August 1826 as aide to the General-in-Chief Jacob Brown ( inWashington, DC).
Nov-Dec 1826 Surveying military road from Fort Gibson to Fort Smith.
May-Aug 1827 Opening road to Little Rock.
17 March 1829 (Fort Gibson) Married Sophie Elizabeth Baylor .
11 Aug 1830 Court-Martial conviction at Fort Gibson for charges made by Capt B L E Bonneville (1796-1878) which included allegedly beating 2ndLt G J Rains (1803-1881) with a cane. The commanding general overruled the court and restored Dawson to duty. (NB: Both Bonneville and Rains were West Pointers).
Dec 1830-Jan 1831 Accompanying the Chickasaw and Choctaw delegation on their tour of the west.
July-Sept 1832 with his company at Clark's Spring.
May-June 1833 with LtCol Many's command on tour of the south west.
17 November 1834-31 December 1835 On furlough in Mississippi.
1834-37 Natchez, Mississippi.
1837-42 Arkansas planter (bankruptcy in 1841).
1842-44 Creek Indian Agent.
8 July 1844 Captain J L Dawson and his brother-in-law, John R Baylor (1822-1894) killed Indian territory merchant Seaborn Hill (born in Georgia, 21 Sept 1808) in the wake of a personal dispute.
1844 Dawson and Baylor fled to Texas to escape arrest.
1844-52 Employed in Texas by his wife's uncle, Judge Robert Emmett Baylor (of Baylor University).
1850 Bankruptcy case settled by U.S. Supreme Court. Divorce
8 November 1852 Arrested in Texas and delivered to US Marshall in Arkansas on 24 November 1852.
1852-55 Trial in Arkansas and before US Supreme Court.
1855 Dawson sentenced to the 2 years in prison in Arkansas already served for manslaughter.
1855 Pardoned by U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
1855-1979 Resided in Maryland.
1864 Voted against Abraham Lincoln.
Well educated and both fluent and litterate in the French language. Conversant in Spanish.
13 August 1819 3rdLt of ordnance, U.S. Army trf 13 August 1819.
1821 Retained as 2ndLt, 7th Infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 June 1821.
Regt'l Adjutant 1 December 1821-16 May 1825.
Promoted 1stLt, 7th infantry regt, U.S.Army trf 1 May 1824.
Captain, 7th infantry regt, U.S. Army trf 30 April 1833.
Resignation accepted by U.S. President Andrew Jackson, 31 December 1835.
Served with U.S. 7th infantry regt at Fort Smith, Arkansas, from October 1821 to January 1825, and at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), from January 1825 until the date of his resignation in 1835.
The officer was absent from:
May 1825 to August 1826 as aide to the General-in-Chief Jacob Brown ( inWashington, DC).
Nov-Dec 1826 Surveying military road from Fort Gibson to Fort Smith.
May-Aug 1827 Opening road to Little Rock.
17 March 1829 (Fort Gibson) Married Sophie Elizabeth Baylor .
11 Aug 1830 Court-Martial conviction at Fort Gibson for charges made by Capt B L E Bonneville (1796-1878) which included allegedly beating 2ndLt G J Rains (1803-1881) with a cane. The commanding general overruled the court and restored Dawson to duty. (NB: Both Bonneville and Rains were West Pointers).
Dec 1830-Jan 1831 Accompanying the Chickasaw and Choctaw delegation on their tour of the west.
July-Sept 1832 with his company at Clark's Spring.
May-June 1833 with LtCol Many's command on tour of the south west.
17 November 1834-31 December 1835 On furlough in Mississippi.
1834-37 Natchez, Mississippi.
1837-42 Arkansas planter (bankruptcy in 1841).
1842-44 Creek Indian Agent.
8 July 1844 Captain J L Dawson and his brother-in-law, John R Baylor (1822-1894) killed Indian territory merchant Seaborn Hill (born in Georgia, 21 Sept 1808) in the wake of a personal dispute.
1844 Dawson and Baylor fled to Texas to escape arrest.
1844-52 Employed in Texas by his wife's uncle, Judge Robert Emmett Baylor (of Baylor University).
1850 Bankruptcy case settled by U.S. Supreme Court. Divorce
8 November 1852 Arrested in Texas and delivered to US Marshall in Arkansas on 24 November 1852.
1852-55 Trial in Arkansas and before US Supreme Court.
1855 Dawson sentenced to the 2 years in prison in Arkansas already served for manslaughter.
1855 Pardoned by U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
1855-1979 Resided in Maryland.
1864 Voted against Abraham Lincoln.
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