Morgan Raid remembered at Corydon in July 1863
Eyewitness recollections recount Corydon defenses as Morgan’s Confederate force crossed the Ohio River. Soldiers, civilians, and local militia faced panic, looting, improvised fortifications, and a chaotic retreat, with anecdotes of a minister praying with Morgan and riders fleeing through the July heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Ohio River
Corydon
Paul Reveres
Army of Defense
Hank
Harve Davis
Harve
Taylor
Davis
Johnie
Amos Burgess
Virginia
Wm. J. Miles
Corydon Army
David Jordan
Jordan
Johnies
Joseph Pitman
Spencer Township
Colin
McGrain
Pitman
Cedar Hill
Public Auction for Household Goods and White Wyandotte Chickens
A sale at the residence on North Market Street Corydon on Saturday May 5 1923 features household items including a bed chairs leather couch four rugs and other articles plus White Wyandotte chickens some prize winners. Sale starts 2 PM. Mrs W H Davidson is the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Rainbolt
Orydon and
Venworth Ridge
Precinctool House
Scott Township
Eureka
Telephone Co
Milwaukee
Wille
North Market Street
Corydon
W. H. Davidson
Four Marriages Marked Life of Sarah Rainbolt Weaver
Sarah Rainbolt Weaver of Holden Missouri died April 11 1923 at age about ninety born February 1833 in Harrison County Indiana. She married four times to residents of the area and had nine children two of whom survive, with last years spent with daughter Annie Faith. Burial and church service notes appear in clipping from a Missouri paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Rainbolt
Sarah Rainboult
Harrison County
Indiana
Annie Faith
Holden
Wm. Byerly
John M. Byerly
Sarah Hampton
Poplar Bluffs
Byerly
John Lentz
John D. Lentz
Lentz
Madison Gibson
Charles L
St. Louis
Minnie Piper
Independence
Mr. Gibson
Philip Weaver
Weaver
Missouri
Faith
John Rainbolt
Corydon
Christian Church
Michael Rainbolt
Scott Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
PUBL
Boone Township
Laconia
Laconia and
McCormick
Studebaker
Laconia Presbyterian Irch
R. F. Davis
N. W. Boone
State of
Harrison Circuit Court
Samuel L. Riely
Farmers Savings & Trust Company
Grover C. Jacobs
Blanche Jacobs
Circuit Court
Court House
Strother A. Jacobs
David Jacobs
John K. Morris
New Albany
Conner’s Drug Store
Pearl and Spring Sts
New Albany, Ind
Amzi B. Rainbolt
Esea Richard
Democrat
John W. Kellem
Winchester
Ilinois
Mr. Kellem
Mosquito Creek
Edward Murr
Kintner House
Salem
Wily
Hurst’s Mill
Lexington
Bull Run
Samuel Lang
Mr. Lang
Waldo Hisey
Willis Sims
Willis
Mr. Sims
McGrain Farm
Dad
Jacob Ferree
Col. Ferree
Joel Ferree
Ferrees
Ferree
Murr
Presley Neville O'Bannon
Taylor Township
Elizabeth
Home Guards
Lanesville
New Middletown Milling Company
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