Archibald MCRAVEN

1795 - 1822  (27 years)

• Name	Archibald MCRAVEN
  Born	1795	, Mecklenburg, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1822	Fort Atkinson, Fort Calhoun, Washington, NE   [2]
  Person ID	I191	Moore / McRaven Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Duncan Benjamin MCRAVEN,   b. Abt 1754, ,, KY ,   d. 22 May 1832, , Mecklenburg, NC  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Jane MCCOOL,   b. Abt 1759, , Chester, SC
  Family ID	F879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrant Index
  		War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrant
  		Bureau of Land Management - Patent Search Result, Warrant # 23.014 http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=AR|cty=|ln=mccraven|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false
  		War of 1812 Bounty Land Patent
  		Records of Men Enlisted in the US Army From May 17, 1815 to 1828, Inclusive

  
  

• Notes

  Archibald is most likely one of the approximately 200 soldiers buried at Fort Atkinson (now Fort Calhoun), NE. The following is taken from an opinion NE Attorney General gave in 1994. (full text at http://ago.nebraska.gov/ag_opinion_view?oid=3699) "Veterans organizations and other local parties in the Fort Calhoun area have apparently expressed interest in locating and commemorating in some fashion the cemetery where more than 200 soldiers and dependents from the Cantonment Missouri and Fort Atkinson were buried from 1819 through 1827. The cemetery is believed to be approximately one and one-half miles north of the historic site of Fort Atkinson in Washington County based, in part, upon six graves which were discovered and excavated in 1956 and 1958, but the exact location of the cemetery is unknown. The suspected location of the cemetery is on private land which has been cultivated for many years obscuring any surface evidence of the graves, and further archeological investigations would be necessary to confirm the location of the cemetery and determine its extent." His friend and fellow Army musician, John Meyers, asked that an investigation be made into Archibald's death. I have not yet found whether an investigation was conducted. Need to check NARA Records of US Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920, Record Group 393.7 Records of Posts 1820-1940. Archibald and John Meyers' Bounty Warrants are 23.014 and 23.015 respectively. The land called out in the warrant is in Lee County Arkansas, 160 acres side by side, and was claimed in 1819.

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Records of Enlisted Men in the US Army, (findmypast.com), From May 17, 1815 to 1828, Inclusive, pg 88. [S41] Nebraska History, (Nebraska State Historical Society), Vol 40, pg 16 The Sixth's Elysian Fields.