Summary Information
Draper Manuscripts: William Croghan Papers
1769-1818
- Croghan, William, 1752-1822
Draper Mss N
0.4 cubic feet (3 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Military and personal papers of William Croghan, a Revolutionary War officer in the 8th Virginia Militia Regiment, who was also the brother-in-law of Jonathan, George Rogers, and William Clark.
Descriptions of the volumes are copied from the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper. Out of date and offensive language may be present. This collection is also available as a microfilm publication. Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The fifty series included in the Draper Manuscripts have been cataloged individually. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information. There is a restriction on use to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction
Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
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Biography/History
A native of Ireland, Croghan emigrated to Virginia, where he married Lucy Clark, sister of Jonathan, George Rogers, and William Clark. After the Revolution, Croghan moved to Kentucky near Louisville, where his estate “Locust Grove” later became the home of his brother-in-law George Rogers Clark. Family manuscripts in this series also pertain to Croghan's sons, John and George (1791-1849), the latter a soldier who served with distinction under William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812, and to their relative, an elder George Croghan (d. 1782), who in 1741 had come from Ireland to Pennsylvania, where he was a noted Indian trader and land speculator.
Scope and Content Note
Includes muster rolls and payrolls, 1776-1779, for the 8th Virginia and for companies of the Illinois Regiment; Croghan's diaries (1779-1780, 1781, 1784) concerning his regiment's march from New Jersey to South Carolina and his participation in the Siege of Charleston (1780), social activities in Virginia, and a trip from Louisville to Nashville (1784), including notes and land surveys; and a notebook and diary (1776-1777) of Richard McCarty, a sergeant in Croghan's regiment, concerning New Jersey and Pennsylvania campaigns. Also includes correspondence concerning land business, administration of the Illinois grant, and Croghan's son George's command of Ft. Stephenson during the War of 1812. Correspondents include Arthur Campbell, Abraham Chapline, John Dodge, William Henry Harrison, and Robert Todd.
Administrative/Restriction Information
PHOTOCOPY RESTRICTION: Photocopying originals is not permitted; researchers may copy from the microfilm available in the Library.
Contents List
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Series: 1 N (Volume 1)Original Croghan family manuscripts, 1769 -1819. One letter (1780) and a few other papers concern land claims of the elder George Croghan. William Croghan's papers include muster rolls and payrolls, 1776 1779, for his company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, and similar records, 1779-1782, for the companies of John Bailey, Abraham Chaplin, Robert George, John Girault, and Richard McCarty in the Illinois Regiment; William's diary and notes on land surveys during a trip from Louisville to Nashville in 1784; a passport (1788) issued to him and signed by Estevan Mere, governor of Louisiana; and correspondence on land business, payment for military service, and administration of the Illinois grant. There are a few letters by his son John and a series of letters, 1811-1816, by his son George detailing his military experiences in Indiana and Ohio during the War of 1812, daring which he won acclaim as commander of Fort Stephenson for his brilliant defense against a larger force of British and Indians (1813). In addition to the Croghans, writers of letters include John Bailey, John Brown, Jr. (Kentucky), Joseph Calvit, Arthur Campbell, John B. Campbell, Abraham Chapline, Daniel Clark, Jonathan Clark, Lardner Clark, Nicholas Clarke, Joseph H. Daviess, John Dodge, William Henry Harrison (1814), William Leas, Presley Nevill, John O'Connor, John C. Owings, Littleton Tazewell, and Robert Todd.
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Series: 2 N (Volume 2)
: Notebook and diary kept by Richard McCarty while a sergeant in William Croghan's company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment. The volume contains rolls (1776) of Croghan's company and McCarty's diary entries, August 26 - September 25, 1776, and November 23, 1776 - February 1, 1777, covering campaigns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Series: 3 N (Volume 3)
: William Croghan's manuscript diaries, November 28, 1779 - May 4, 1780, and February 7 - April 8, 1781. The earlier entries give detailed coverage of the march of his regiment from New Jersey to South Carolina and of his participation in the siege of Charleston, accompanied by a summary of events in Charleston in February and March prior to his arrival there on March 30. Although he was captured during the siege, no entries describe this event or his months as a British prisoner. The few sheets for 1781 describe his trip from Charleston to Virginia after his release. Both diaries contain accounts of social activities he enjoyed with the Marquis de Lafayette and members of the Washington, Ball, and Lewis families in Fredericksburg. On February 11 and 22, 1780, he also recorded civic celebrations in Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, in honor of George Washington's forty-eighth birthday.
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