Jarvis Briggs is a direct descendant of at least two passengers who came to New England in 1620 in the ship Mayflower: John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.
Son of Frederick and Polly (Bliss) Briggs. Married Aurelia Ann Newton on 25 October 1840 in Vigo Co, IN. Full name may have been Gilmore Jarvis Briggs, but he went by Jarvis.
Father of Ann, Mary, Adaline, Emmaline, Jarvis, Adolphus, Alfred Amos, Newton Nathan, Andrew, and Caroline. He took up a donation land claim just across the Calapooia river, near Albany, where he ran a sawmill.
Jarvis Briggs and his son Newton had taken cattle to the mines and had received gold in payment. They were returning to their home in Linn County and camped near the toll station. Information given authorities was that they were murdered during the night by Indians for the gold.
From stories told in the area, there would seem to be doubt that these two men were murdered by Indians, but may have been murdered by white men who were interested in their gold. (Source: "Some Cemetery Records of Wasco County, Oregon", 1979).
Another man was murdered at the Tygh in the same month. Six Indians were arrested and brought to trial in Wasco County Circuit Court for the three murders. Four were convicted of first degree murder, and hanged for the crimes on November 8, 1861. (Source: "Historical Map of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation".)
Read about the trial and outcome in the Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), October 7, 1861, pg 1.
Son of Frederick and Polly (Bliss) Briggs. Married Aurelia Ann Newton on 25 October 1840 in Vigo Co, IN. Full name may have been Gilmore Jarvis Briggs, but he went by Jarvis.
Father of Ann, Mary, Adaline, Emmaline, Jarvis, Adolphus, Alfred Amos, Newton Nathan, Andrew, and Caroline. He took up a donation land claim just across the Calapooia river, near Albany, where he ran a sawmill.
Jarvis Briggs and his son Newton had taken cattle to the mines and had received gold in payment. They were returning to their home in Linn County and camped near the toll station. Information given authorities was that they were murdered during the night by Indians for the gold.
From stories told in the area, there would seem to be doubt that these two men were murdered by Indians, but may have been murdered by white men who were interested in their gold. (Source: "Some Cemetery Records of Wasco County, Oregon", 1979).
Another man was murdered at the Tygh in the same month. Six Indians were arrested and brought to trial in Wasco County Circuit Court for the three murders. Four were convicted of first degree murder, and hanged for the crimes on November 8, 1861. (Source: "Historical Map of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation".)
Read about the trial and outcome in the Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), October 7, 1861, pg 1.
Jarvis Briggs is a direct descendant of at least two passengers who came to New England in 1620 in the ship Mayflower: John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.
Son of Frederick and Polly (Bliss) Briggs. Married Aurelia Ann Newton on 25 October 1840 in Vigo Co, IN. Full name may have been Gilmore Jarvis Briggs, but he went by Jarvis.
Father of Ann, Mary, Adaline, Emmaline, Jarvis, Adolphus, Alfred Amos, Newton Nathan, Andrew, and Caroline. He took up a donation land claim just across the Calapooia river, near Albany, where he ran a sawmill.
Jarvis Briggs and his son Newton had taken cattle to the mines and had received gold in payment. They were returning to their home in Linn County and camped near the toll station. Information given authorities was that they were murdered during the night by Indians for the gold.
From stories told in the area, there would seem to be doubt that these two men were murdered by Indians, but may have been murdered by white men who were interested in their gold. (Source: "Some Cemetery Records of Wasco County, Oregon", 1979).
Another man was murdered at the Tygh in the same month. Six Indians were arrested and brought to trial in Wasco County Circuit Court for the three murders. Four were convicted of first degree murder, and hanged for the crimes on November 8, 1861. (Source: "Historical Map of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation".)
Read about the trial and outcome in the Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), October 7, 1861, pg 1.
Son of Frederick and Polly (Bliss) Briggs. Married Aurelia Ann Newton on 25 October 1840 in Vigo Co, IN. Full name may have been Gilmore Jarvis Briggs, but he went by Jarvis.
Father of Ann, Mary, Adaline, Emmaline, Jarvis, Adolphus, Alfred Amos, Newton Nathan, Andrew, and Caroline. He took up a donation land claim just across the Calapooia river, near Albany, where he ran a sawmill.
Jarvis Briggs and his son Newton had taken cattle to the mines and had received gold in payment. They were returning to their home in Linn County and camped near the toll station. Information given authorities was that they were murdered during the night by Indians for the gold.
From stories told in the area, there would seem to be doubt that these two men were murdered by Indians, but may have been murdered by white men who were interested in their gold. (Source: "Some Cemetery Records of Wasco County, Oregon", 1979).
Another man was murdered at the Tygh in the same month. Six Indians were arrested and brought to trial in Wasco County Circuit Court for the three murders. Four were convicted of first degree murder, and hanged for the crimes on November 8, 1861. (Source: "Historical Map of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation".)
Read about the trial and outcome in the Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), October 7, 1861, pg 1.
Inscription
Jarvis Briggs, age 50 and Son, Newton, age 17 - Murdered by Indians 1861
Gravesite Details
Marker placed on the island by a daughter [likely Addy] around 1918.
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