Samuel Whiteside (1783-1868) was an Illinois pioneer, political figure and military leader. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. He was not the same person as the Maj. Samuel Whitside who participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. The Wounded Knee Massacre also known as The Battle at Wounded Knee Creek was the last major armed conflict between the Oglala Lakota and the United States
Biography
Whiteside was born on April 12, 1783, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Rutherford County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. He was the son of John D. Whiteside and Grandson of Willian Whiteside and Nephew of Davis Whiteside who fought the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain, 1780, during the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780, was an important Patriot victory in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" Both William Whiteside and Davis Whiteside were also signers of the Tryon Resolves. The Tryon Resolves were a declaration adopted by citizens of Tryon County in the Province of North Carolina in the early days of the American Revolution
Around 1793, the Whiteside family settled near the Goshen Settlement, near modern Edwardsville, Illinois. The Goshen Settlement was an early American pioneer settlement in what is now Illinois, USA located to the east of St Edwardsville is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Eventually they built "Whiteside's Station", a fort on the road between Cahokia and Fort Kaskaskia. Cahokia is a Village in St Clair County, Illinois, United States. Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.
In 1811, during Tecumseh's War, Whiteside was placed in command of an Illinois company of the newly formed 17th Infantry. Tecumseh's War or Tecumseh's Rebellion are terms sometimes used to describe a conflict in the Old Northwest between the United States and an American Capt. Samuel Whiteside commanded a company of mounted infantry in the Illinois militia during the War of 1812. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies This company was drawn from St. Clair County, which comprised most of the modern State. St Clair County is a County located in the US state of Illinois, and determined by the U
In 1814, a woman and six children were killed near modern Alton, Illinois by Native Americans. Alton is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 15 miles north of St Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States A party led by then Capt. Whiteside pursued the killers, and killed one of them who was hiding in a tree.
Capt. Whiteside was a signatory to the Kickapoo and Osage Treaties in 1815. The Kickapoos ( Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi) are one of the Algonquian speaking Native American Tribes The Osage Nation is a tribe in the United States, which is mainly based in Osage County Oklahoma, but can be found throughout America
In 1819, Whiteside served on the commission to select a new site for the Illinois State Capital, selecting Vandalia, Illinois. Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, 69 miles (111 km northeast of St He served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1819 to 1821.
Gen. Samuel Whiteside commanded the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War in 1832. The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern United States. Capt. Abraham Lincoln led a company under his command. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal He commissioned Lincoln into the militia.
Whiteside was married to Nancy Miller and had nine children: Thomas, Nancy, Michael, Judith, Sarah, Joel, William Modrel, Samuel Ray and Elizabeth Ann. Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside died at his daughter Elizabeth Whiteside Henderson's home in Mt. Auburn, Christian County, Illinois on January 3, 1866. Christian County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. He is buried at Hunter Cemetery, in Christian County.
Whiteside County, Illinois was named in honor of Samuel Whiteside. Whiteside County is a County located in the US state of Illinois.
References
- Echoes of their Voices (1978) by Carl R. Baldwin, LC Classification 78-71849
- Captains of the Wilderness: The American Revolution on the Western Frontiers (1986)by Carl R Baldwin,ISBN: 9997484665 ISBN 13: 9789997484666
External links
- Political Graveyard
- Whiteside's Company, 1812
- Kickapoo Treaty
- Whiteside Family excerpts from Pioneer History of Illinois, John Reynolds, 1887
- Great Grandaughter's Genealogy Website
- Whiteside family signers of the Tryon Resolves
- Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Index
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