Hiram Wheeler's parents are unknown at this time. However his grand daughter Loula McNiccle Buckhalt left a affidavit stating that he was born in 1808 in SC. The 1850 census for Leon Co. states that he was born in GA. There are several Wheeler households in the early Thomas Co. GA records. Some of these descend from families that came to GA in the late 1780's, it is possible that Hiram was from one of these families. Hiram lived in Thomas Co. GA in 1832, that is were he and Sarah Wheeler married.
Hiram enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Captain John D. Parish in a Regiment of Florida Volunteers, commanded by Gen. D.L. Clinch in the war with the "Seminole Indians". He volunteered at Parish's store (Leon Co., FL) the 19th of November 1835 for a term of six weeks.
He continued in actual service in said war for a term of five weeks and was honorably discharged at Ft. Drain (Alachua Co., present day Marion Co., FL) on the first of January 1836.
This time period of about 1835-1837 has become known as the "First Seminole War". Many battles were fought in the area's of south Georgia and north Florida.
Hiram and his family lived the Tallahassee District-Leon Co., FL area possibly as early as 1835 (as per his military info).
In 1841 "Yellow Fever" took the lives of his wife Sarah and three of their children. In 1842 Hiram married Martha Wheeler, the younger sister of his deceased wife.
In 1850 Hiram began the process to qualify for a Bounty Land Warrant from the state of FL. The Florida legislature was expected to enact this as a reward to war veterans for their service to the state. The Bounty Land Warrant Act of 1855 entitled Hiram to 120 acres of land for his military service in 1835-36.
The paper work began, but Hiram unexpectedly died in March of 1856. the cause of his death is not known at this time.
Hiram was buried next to his in laws Adam and Sarah Wheeler in a Wheeler family plot in Union Methodist Church Cemetery, there are other family members there, not all graves are marked indiviually. A survey of this cemetery states:
Union Church was in the original Leon Co. Circuit of the Methodist Church. The cemetery is reached by T.S. Green road NE of the town of Miccosukee. It contains the graves of many early residents of Leon Co. At the section for the Wheeler family there is a large metal obolisk-possibly pewter.
The property is now on the Norias Plantation, a private hunting preserve. Interestingly the word Norias means "water wheel".
Hiram enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Captain John D. Parish in a Regiment of Florida Volunteers, commanded by Gen. D.L. Clinch in the war with the "Seminole Indians". He volunteered at Parish's store (Leon Co., FL) the 19th of November 1835 for a term of six weeks.
He continued in actual service in said war for a term of five weeks and was honorably discharged at Ft. Drain (Alachua Co., present day Marion Co., FL) on the first of January 1836.
This time period of about 1835-1837 has become known as the "First Seminole War". Many battles were fought in the area's of south Georgia and north Florida.
Hiram and his family lived the Tallahassee District-Leon Co., FL area possibly as early as 1835 (as per his military info).
In 1841 "Yellow Fever" took the lives of his wife Sarah and three of their children. In 1842 Hiram married Martha Wheeler, the younger sister of his deceased wife.
In 1850 Hiram began the process to qualify for a Bounty Land Warrant from the state of FL. The Florida legislature was expected to enact this as a reward to war veterans for their service to the state. The Bounty Land Warrant Act of 1855 entitled Hiram to 120 acres of land for his military service in 1835-36.
The paper work began, but Hiram unexpectedly died in March of 1856. the cause of his death is not known at this time.
Hiram was buried next to his in laws Adam and Sarah Wheeler in a Wheeler family plot in Union Methodist Church Cemetery, there are other family members there, not all graves are marked indiviually. A survey of this cemetery states:
Union Church was in the original Leon Co. Circuit of the Methodist Church. The cemetery is reached by T.S. Green road NE of the town of Miccosukee. It contains the graves of many early residents of Leon Co. At the section for the Wheeler family there is a large metal obolisk-possibly pewter.
The property is now on the Norias Plantation, a private hunting preserve. Interestingly the word Norias means "water wheel".
Hiram Wheeler's parents are unknown at this time. However his grand daughter Loula McNiccle Buckhalt left a affidavit stating that he was born in 1808 in SC. The 1850 census for Leon Co. states that he was born in GA. There are several Wheeler households in the early Thomas Co. GA records. Some of these descend from families that came to GA in the late 1780's, it is possible that Hiram was from one of these families. Hiram lived in Thomas Co. GA in 1832, that is were he and Sarah Wheeler married.
Hiram enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Captain John D. Parish in a Regiment of Florida Volunteers, commanded by Gen. D.L. Clinch in the war with the "Seminole Indians". He volunteered at Parish's store (Leon Co., FL) the 19th of November 1835 for a term of six weeks.
He continued in actual service in said war for a term of five weeks and was honorably discharged at Ft. Drain (Alachua Co., present day Marion Co., FL) on the first of January 1836.
This time period of about 1835-1837 has become known as the "First Seminole War". Many battles were fought in the area's of south Georgia and north Florida.
Hiram and his family lived the Tallahassee District-Leon Co., FL area possibly as early as 1835 (as per his military info).
In 1841 "Yellow Fever" took the lives of his wife Sarah and three of their children. In 1842 Hiram married Martha Wheeler, the younger sister of his deceased wife.
In 1850 Hiram began the process to qualify for a Bounty Land Warrant from the state of FL. The Florida legislature was expected to enact this as a reward to war veterans for their service to the state. The Bounty Land Warrant Act of 1855 entitled Hiram to 120 acres of land for his military service in 1835-36.
The paper work began, but Hiram unexpectedly died in March of 1856. the cause of his death is not known at this time.
Hiram was buried next to his in laws Adam and Sarah Wheeler in a Wheeler family plot in Union Methodist Church Cemetery, there are other family members there, not all graves are marked indiviually. A survey of this cemetery states:
Union Church was in the original Leon Co. Circuit of the Methodist Church. The cemetery is reached by T.S. Green road NE of the town of Miccosukee. It contains the graves of many early residents of Leon Co. At the section for the Wheeler family there is a large metal obolisk-possibly pewter.
The property is now on the Norias Plantation, a private hunting preserve. Interestingly the word Norias means "water wheel".
Hiram enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Captain John D. Parish in a Regiment of Florida Volunteers, commanded by Gen. D.L. Clinch in the war with the "Seminole Indians". He volunteered at Parish's store (Leon Co., FL) the 19th of November 1835 for a term of six weeks.
He continued in actual service in said war for a term of five weeks and was honorably discharged at Ft. Drain (Alachua Co., present day Marion Co., FL) on the first of January 1836.
This time period of about 1835-1837 has become known as the "First Seminole War". Many battles were fought in the area's of south Georgia and north Florida.
Hiram and his family lived the Tallahassee District-Leon Co., FL area possibly as early as 1835 (as per his military info).
In 1841 "Yellow Fever" took the lives of his wife Sarah and three of their children. In 1842 Hiram married Martha Wheeler, the younger sister of his deceased wife.
In 1850 Hiram began the process to qualify for a Bounty Land Warrant from the state of FL. The Florida legislature was expected to enact this as a reward to war veterans for their service to the state. The Bounty Land Warrant Act of 1855 entitled Hiram to 120 acres of land for his military service in 1835-36.
The paper work began, but Hiram unexpectedly died in March of 1856. the cause of his death is not known at this time.
Hiram was buried next to his in laws Adam and Sarah Wheeler in a Wheeler family plot in Union Methodist Church Cemetery, there are other family members there, not all graves are marked indiviually. A survey of this cemetery states:
Union Church was in the original Leon Co. Circuit of the Methodist Church. The cemetery is reached by T.S. Green road NE of the town of Miccosukee. It contains the graves of many early residents of Leon Co. At the section for the Wheeler family there is a large metal obolisk-possibly pewter.
The property is now on the Norias Plantation, a private hunting preserve. Interestingly the word Norias means "water wheel".
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