Description: US Congressional Imprint – original documentJanuary 30, 1838Report from the House Invalid Pensions Committee Re: Mrs. Martha E. McLemore, Widow of Major John McLemore The committee rejects Mrs. McLemore’s request for pension following the death of her husband, Major John McLemore. While there is documentation to prove both his service and his death while in service, the committee states there is currently no provision under the law which allows them to give her his pension because he did not die in battle or as a result of injuries received in battle. Major McLemore began leading troops in Florida at the request of the governor during what came to be known as the Seminole Indian Wars. He died from fever while commanding troops along theSuwannee Frontier. From “The History of Jefferson County”: In 1836, when General Winfield Scott was sent by the United States Government to Florida, to settle Indian disturbances, the Governor of Florida, Richard K. Call, authorized the raising of a company of volunteers in Jefferson County, in command of Major McLemore… Under Major McLemore's direction, twelve beeves were slaughtered and dried; several hundred bushels of corn were collected and loaded on barges, which were barricaded against attacks from the Indians. After reaching the mouth of the Suwannee, they followed the Gulf coast to the mouth of the Withlacoochee, where they expected to meet an emissary of General Scott, in which they were disappointed. Receiving no response to repeated signals they continued up the river for twenty-five miles and still not hearing from the general, built a blockhouse to shelter themselves and to protect the supplies. When everything was safely transferred, Major McLemore and Lieutenant McCants with a few men, returned in the barge to Old Town, where the major died. About forty men were left in the block-house expecting the major's return or relief from General Scott,.when they were besieged by Indians for fifty-eight days. In the meantime the meat spoiled, the corn supply was almost gone, and while starvation stared them in the face, the Indians set fire to the roof. This was finally extinguished by dipping water from the river in a cup and pouring it on the blaze. Captain Holloman was killed during the siege. Three members of the company volunteered to go to St. Marks to get help for the survivors, and Captain Walker, then in command, consented. They departed in a leaky canoe and after repeated vicissitudes reached St. Marks, going from there to Tallahassee. A company of eighty men was immediately formed to march to the Withlacoochee and soon after reaching the block-house, they rescued the half-starved soldiers, and put the Indians to flight.” Congressional Committee imprints are internal publications prepared or commissioned by congressional committees to inform committee members’ legislative or oversight activities. Committee prints are not always submitted for publication, but when they are, this information can prove to be a helpful source of background information. The information contained in the prints could include drafts of reports and bills, directories, bibliographies, statistics, staff research reports, transcripts of markup sessions, studies, hearing and hearing excerpts, digests, and analysis. (Library of Congress)
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