Post by Larry Koschkee on Aug 20, 2008 15:16:49 GMT -5
The fog of war and history is puzzling at times. The existence of Fort Kindle is no exception.
First I will say, "Fort Kindle" is my designation.
"James Kindle, Sr. the earliest pioneer and settler in the town of Kendall, emigrated here from the vicinity of Gratiot's Grove to the farm where his son, James Kindle, Jr., now resides, in the spring of 1829, and, on Section 16, built a log house with two rooms, which was the first building erected in the town. In 1832, Mr. Kindle built a log grist-mill on what is called Bonner's Branch, and to this mill, which was one of the first erected in the county, grain was sent from every region of the country for twenty-five or thirty miles around.
At the farm of James Kindle, Sr., on Section 15, a fort was erected and occupied during the Black Hawk war by a company of "Michigan Volunteers," as they were called; and here a young man named Adam Hymers, a son-in-law of Mr. Kindle's met his death by the accidental discharge of his gun, being the only life lost in the town during that war."
Source: History of LaFayette County, 1881, pg 624 - Town of Kendall
Prior to the listing of Michigan Territory Muster Rolls on the Wisconsin Historical Society website the fort information would have been difficult to verify. A James Kindle was listed as a private in Captain Cornelius De Longs Company of Iowa Militia and served 3 months. In addition, Adam Hymers is listed as a 1st Lieutenant and served 2 months in the same Company with a notation "Accidentally Killed by the discharge of a gun 27th July 1832."
The GLO Survey Notes - 1832 for Wisconsin Territory corroborates land ownership by James Kindle, Sr. in Sections 15, 16 and mill site in Section 11 and noted on plat map. "Hymers Field" is noted in notes and plat map for Section 16.
The History of Lafayette County states in one paragraph that Fort DeSeelhorst was the headquarters of Capt. Cornelius DeLong's militia company. Yet, in a subsequent paragraph, there seems to be a question of command at Fort DeSeelhorst - Capt. DeLong or Col. James H. Gentry. Other historic accounts indicate Gentry's company garrisoned Fort Jackson at Mineral Point.
Larry Koschkee
First I will say, "Fort Kindle" is my designation.
"James Kindle, Sr. the earliest pioneer and settler in the town of Kendall, emigrated here from the vicinity of Gratiot's Grove to the farm where his son, James Kindle, Jr., now resides, in the spring of 1829, and, on Section 16, built a log house with two rooms, which was the first building erected in the town. In 1832, Mr. Kindle built a log grist-mill on what is called Bonner's Branch, and to this mill, which was one of the first erected in the county, grain was sent from every region of the country for twenty-five or thirty miles around.
At the farm of James Kindle, Sr., on Section 15, a fort was erected and occupied during the Black Hawk war by a company of "Michigan Volunteers," as they were called; and here a young man named Adam Hymers, a son-in-law of Mr. Kindle's met his death by the accidental discharge of his gun, being the only life lost in the town during that war."
Source: History of LaFayette County, 1881, pg 624 - Town of Kendall
Prior to the listing of Michigan Territory Muster Rolls on the Wisconsin Historical Society website the fort information would have been difficult to verify. A James Kindle was listed as a private in Captain Cornelius De Longs Company of Iowa Militia and served 3 months. In addition, Adam Hymers is listed as a 1st Lieutenant and served 2 months in the same Company with a notation "Accidentally Killed by the discharge of a gun 27th July 1832."
The GLO Survey Notes - 1832 for Wisconsin Territory corroborates land ownership by James Kindle, Sr. in Sections 15, 16 and mill site in Section 11 and noted on plat map. "Hymers Field" is noted in notes and plat map for Section 16.
The History of Lafayette County states in one paragraph that Fort DeSeelhorst was the headquarters of Capt. Cornelius DeLong's militia company. Yet, in a subsequent paragraph, there seems to be a question of command at Fort DeSeelhorst - Capt. DeLong or Col. James H. Gentry. Other historic accounts indicate Gentry's company garrisoned Fort Jackson at Mineral Point.
Larry Koschkee
