#Adams County courthouse

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lmao i got my little cousin's boyfriend registered to vote today. i think he got embarrassed bc he knows more about politics than all them youngins but he was the only one not registered yet.

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Adam Curtis Williams, Texas inmate 02368355, born 1985, incarceration intake in 2019 at age 34, sentenced to life without parole

Theft, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Tampering with Evidence, Capital Murder

In November 2021, Adam Curtis Williams plead guilty to all counts including capitol murder for the October 2019 slaying of a New Hampshire couple on Padre Island.

James and Michelle Butler were found in a shallow grave just two miles south of Bob Hall Pier days after they were reported missing by their family.

With a heavily armed escort, Williams in chains made his way into the Kleberg County Courthouse.  In front of Kleberg County Judge Jack Pulcher, Williams plead guilty to tampering with evidence, unlawful use of a firearm by a felon, upgraded theft and capitol murder.

Previously silenced by a gag order, Williams attorneys were able to speak with with media after Williams was taken out of the courtroom.

“He’s deeply saddened by everything that’s happened and is truly sorry as to what happened and the circumstances,” Williams’ attorney DeeAnn Torres said. “Surrounding the events that happened two years ago. He’s accepted his punishment.”

Williams and his girlfriend Amanda Noverr were arrested and extradited from Mexico back to the U.S after they were seen on camera crossing the border with the Butler’s truck and R.V.

Amanda Noverr (Texas inmate 02383059) was sentenced to 20 years and is scheduled for release 11/05/2039.

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The jury has reached a split verdict in Adams County Court for two Aurora police officers who are on trial for the death of Elijah McClain. The death of the unarmed young Black man four years ago received widespread publicity inside and outside of Colorado and led to large-scale protests and reforms in Aurora's police department.

The verdict was reached around 4:20 p.m. Thursday and the judge read the verdicts less than 30 minutes later.

The jury found Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault, Jason Rosenblatt was found not guilty of manslaughter and assault. Sentencing for Roedema is scheduled for Jan. 5 at 1:30 p.m. in Adams County Court.

The 23-year-old died after first responders got a call of a suspicious person walking down the street. They found McClain on Aug. 24, 2019, wearing a mask and carrying groceries when they arrived at Colfax Avenue and Billings Street. Jason Rosenblatt, Randy Roedema and another officer all were indicted by a grand jury for forcibly restraining McClain in a violent struggle that was captured on police body cam video. They face felony charges of criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter and second-degree assault, however, the jury had the option to convict on lesser charges which they did in the case of Roedema where they found him guilty on third-degree assault.

CBS News Colorado's Karen Morfitt talked to McClain's mother after the verdict was read. Outside the Adams County Courthouse, Sheneen McClain said, "That's what happens in divided States of America," and she was visibly upset as she walked to the parking lot.

Rosenblatt no longer works for the Aurora Police Department. Roedema and the third responding officer, Nathan Woodyard, have been suspended from the police force without pay.

"We are here today because Elijah McClain mattered. He was only 23 years old when he died, he had his whole life ahead of him. His mother Sheneen McClain has had to relive that night again and again over the last several years. I and those on our team, are deeply inspired by her. Her commitment and devotion to her son and justice," said Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. "She has been determined not to let anyone forget Elijah McClain, how he lived and how he died. I thank Sheneen for her strength, for her grace, for her commitment to justice, and for her resilience during this process. Elijah McClain's memory is living on as  a blessing."

Woodyard also faces a separate trial, and paramedics who injected McClain with the drug ketamine moments after the interaction with the officers are also facing a separate trial. After he was given the drug, McClain went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead. He died several days later. A coroner's report released in 2021 said his death was caused by the administration of the powerful sedative, and the coroner said he couldn't rule out the possibility that the carotid hold the officers put McClain in contributed to his death. The hold is designed to restrict blood flow to the brain.

During the trial prosecutors said Rosenblatt and Roedema ignored McClain's cries that he couldn't breathe as he struggled with them. They said the officers used excessive force and violated department policy by not taking steps to de-escalate the situation. They said those actions made McClain medically more likely to die from the dose of ketamine he received.

Defense attorneys tried to convince the jury the blame for McClain's death falls solely on the paramedics and their use of a drug that caused McClain to lose consciousness. They said what the officers did was according to policy and according to the department's training. They said it took several tries for McClain to respond when they told him to stop in what was described as a high-crime area.

The body-worn camera videos taken of the interaction with McClain were played several times in the courtroom during the trial.

"Stop right there. Stop. Stop," one of the officers said in one of the videos, to which McClain, who was headed home from a convenience store, responded, "I have a right to go where I am going." The officer replied "Stop. Stop. I have a right to stop you 'cause you're being suspicious." After the neck hold was used, McClain can be heard saying on the video he was having trouble breathing.

Neither of the officers took the witness stand in their own defense in the trial and the defense didn't call any of its own witnesses.

The trials for the other first responders are scheduled to take place starting at the end of the week (for Woodyard) and next month (for paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper).

Lawyers from the Colorado Attorney General's Office are prosecuting all of the cases. The district attorney representing Adams County decided against prosecuting the officers in the months after McClain's death in part because the initial coroner's report couldn't identify the exact cause or causes of McClain's death. A revised report was released in 2021.

In closing statements, prosecutors argued the officers failed to follow multiple police policies and that McClain struggled to breathe before the administration of ketamine. Defense attorneys for the officers argued that the state offered little evidence that either officer's actions caused McClain's death and that they followed their training in calling paramedics immediately after the use of the choke hold.

"No reasonable police officer could believe that this was appropriate for someone who was handcuffed," said prosecuting attorney Duane Lyons.

"You would think if they think there's some kind of criminal case here against Randy Roedema, that they could get at least one live witness," said one of his defense attorneys.

"We knew that this prosecution would be difficult. It was nonetheless important that this very significant case go before a jury so it could hear the evidence, review all the facts, and make a judgment," said Weiser. "I am deeply proud of the team behind me, their hard work, the seriousness of purpose and the manner in which they put everything they had into this prosecution. They presented the strongest cast they could to lead to hold accountable the actors responsible in the death of Elijah McClain."

Impacts of McClain's Death

In part because of McClain's death, neck holds by law enforcement officers are now banned in Colorado. The guidelines for use of ketamine in emergency situations where a person is acting in an erratic manner have also been limited by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Since McClain's death, APD has been through several police chiefs and the city has entered a consent decree in which police reforms surrounding use of force and racial bias are mandated. The City of Aurora reached a settlement with McClain's family two years after his death. That $15 million agreement resolved the federal civil rights lawsuit they had filed.

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The Jaybird-Woodpecker War was a conflict between two political factions in Fort Bend County, Texas. African Americans comprised 80% of the population in the county and dominated politics. That domination was reflected in the election of Walter Moses Burton in 1869 as the first Black county sheriff in the nation. More than 50% of the county offices were held by Black men. Whites owned 80% of the county’s land leaving the vast majority of Black residents as sharecroppers.

The Jaybirds, who represented 90% of the county’s white population, decided to rid the county of the Republicans who had dominated county government since the late 1860s. The Woodpeckers were about 40 white and Black county officials or former county officials and their Black supporters. The Jaybirds and Woodpeckers got their names from a local Black man known for singing about jaybirds and woodpeckers.

On August 2, 1888, Jaybird leader J.M. Shamblin was killed. Jaybird, Henry Frost, was seriously wounded. The Jaybirds warned the African Americans to leave the county within 10 hours. On the day of the election which was supervised by Texas Rangers to minimize violence, the Woodpeckers were all elected or reelected. Woodpecker tax assessor Kyle Terry killed Democrat L.E. Gibson. Terry was killed by Volney Gibson, his brother, and a group of Jaybirds.

On August 16, 1889, the “Battle of Richmond” commenced with gunshots exchanged between Woodpecker members J.W. Parker and W.T. Wade and Jaybird members Guilf and Volney Gibson. County Sheriff Tom Garvey, a Woodpecker, and seven other men were killed. The Woodpeckers retreated to the courthouse and left the Jaybirds in possession of the town.

The Jaybird Democratic Organization restored white supremacy in the county by using a whites-only ballot (1889-53) in the Democratic primaries. Black voters were disfranchised.

Two Black residents of the county, Willie Melton and Arizona Fleming, won a lawsuit against the whites-only ballot in US District Court but it was overturned in appeal. The case went to the SC.OTUS ruled in Terry v. Adams that the Jaybird whites-only primary was constitutional. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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David DePape convicted of state charges in 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi

David DePape, the conspiracy theorist who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, with a hammer and plotted to interrogate the former House speaker on video, was convicted Friday of state charges related to the assault. A jury found DePape guilty of five felony counts in state court, according to several news outlets. The charges resulted from an attack that investigators described as the beginning of a planned “rampage” to go after high-profile targets, including actor Tom Hanks and Gov. Gavin Newsom. He was convicted of imprisonment, residential burglary, threatening a family member of a public official, attempting to sway a witness and aggravated kidnapping. The verdict comes seven months after he was found guilty of federal charges in the attack. DePape’s social media accounts, and interviews with friends and former co-workers, detail how he began to descend into baseless right-wing conspiracy theories. He wrote blog posts about several discredited conspiracy theories, including those popularly known as “Pizzagate” and “QAnon,” which posited large sexual abuse rings run by Hollywood and Democratic Party figures. San Francisco Assistant Dist. Atty. Phoebe Maffei argued during the trial that DePape targeted Nancy Pelosi because of her role as House speaker at the time, making her second in line for the presidency, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. She was not home during the break-in. “We haven’t seen anybody make a plan to break into the home of one of our national leaders, hold hostage and nearly kill that person’s spouse,” Maffei told jurors, according to the Chronicle. “Thankfully this is unusual. But it’s what happened.” In November, DePape was convicted in federal court of attempting to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and assaulting her husband. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Attorneys with the San Francisco public defender’s office, which represented DePape, successfully sought to have several charges against him dismissed in the state case, arguing that they were similar to those he had been convicted of in federal court. In response, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman tossed out the counts of attempted murder, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. Defense attorneys argued that the state’s double jeopardy law prohibits defendants from being tried more than once on the same crime. In his closing arguments, Public Defender Adam Lipson argued that his client might be guilty of false imprisonment, residential burglary and attempting to sway a witness. But, he told jurors, DePape should not be convicted of aggravated kidnapping and threatening a family member of a public official, the Chronicle reported. Lipson reportedly argued that DePape’s threats were not specific to Pelosi’s role as House speaker, but rather to find and reach other targets. Conspiracy theories continued to play a role as the state trial came to a close this week. On Tuesday, Dorfman barred DePape’s former partner from the courtroom and second floor of the building, the Associated Press reported. The decision came after Gypsy Taub, a nudism activist, handed out fliers outside the courtroom with links to her website, which promotes a series of conspiracy theories. The day Dorfman kicked her out of the second floor, the address for Taub’s website was spotted on a wall and on a toilet paper dispenser in a women’s bathroom at the courthouse. Dorfman accused Taub of “trying to corruptly influence one or more jury members” and instructed bailiffs to escort her out. Source link via The Novum Times

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Cerro Gordo County Courthouse: Supervisors refer Wedmore stamp incident to state auditor for investigation

MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted to go forward with an investigation of County Auditor Adam Wedmore utilizing the state auditor’s office after he mailed 1000 pieces of campaign mail from the courthouse and got caught. NIT earlier reported on an incident in which county auditor Adam Wedmore used a count mail machine to stamp 1000 pieces of mail for a…

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Sanford Florida: Local Attractions You Should Never Miss If You Live Here

Florida is a big state, and Sanford Florida is one of the best places to live in the whole state. There are many attractions here that you won't be able to find in any other city. If you're considering moving here or just visiting, these are some of the local attractions that I think everyone living in Sanford should try out at least once:

St. Johns River

The St. Johns River is one of the most popular attractions in Sanford Florida. It cuts through the city and has been used by residents for decades, as both a recreational and economic center. The river is home to many different types of fish and wildlife, including otters, alligators and manatees. Many people visit this area because they are interested in seeing these animals up close or just want to experience what it's like to be near them in person.

Valdez

Valdez is a city in Putnam County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,852 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The city was named after a railroad official's wife who had never been west of Valdez, Alaska.

Adams

Adams is a small town in Sanford Florida. It is one of the best places to live and raise a family. There are many things to do and see in Adams, such as:

The Historical Museum of Sanford-Lorraine Counties

The Courthouse Square Museum District

The Adams Civic Center Complex & Library

Big Tree Park

If you're looking for a great place to go for a walk or jog, Big Tree Park is the place to be. There are several trails that run through the park, and each of them has something different to offer. If you want to see some wildlife, try one of the trails with fewer people on it; however, if you'd prefer not having your solitude interrupted, stick with the more popular ones.

The park also has amenities like playgrounds and picnic areas where families can spend their time together while they take in some beautiful views of the St. Johns River (which runs right through Sanford).

These places will amaze you and make your life more colorful.

The Sandford Nature Center

This nature center is located in the heart of Sanford. It has a lot of things that you can do here, including going on different trails and taking part in activities for kids. There are also special events held at this place as well, so be sure to check them out if you ever find yourself there!

The St. Johns River is one of the most amazing places in Sanford. You can visit it at any time and be amazed by its beauty. The best way to see all that this river has to offer is by taking a boat ride around it!

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5 Colorado first responders charged in 2019 death of Elijah McClain plead not guilty to all charges | CNN : Inside US

CNN  —  The five Aurora, Colorado first responders indicted by a state grand jury for the 2019 death of Elijah McClain pleaded not guilty to all charges Friday afternoon in an Adams County courthouse. Aurora Police officers Randy Roedema and Nathan Woodyard, former officer Jason Rosenblatt and Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec in September 2021 were each indicted…

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CJ court watch 5jan23

11th Cir. decided  Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida,  18-13592 on 30dec22.  Decision was 7-4.

This case involves the unremarkable—and nearly universal—practice of separating school bathrooms based on biological sex. This appeal requires us to determine whether separating the use of male and female bathrooms in the public schools based on a student’s biological sex violates (1) the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1, and (2) Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. We hold that it does not—separating school bathrooms based on biological sex passes constitutional muster and comports with Title IX***

Plaintiff-Appellee, Drew Adams, is a transgender boy. This means that Adams identifies as male, while Adams’s biological sex—sex based on chromosomal structure and anatomy at birth— is female. Adams entered the School District in the fourth grade as  a biological female and identified as a female. At the end of eighth grade, however, Adams began identifying and living as a boy. For example, Adams dressed in boys’ clothing and wore a “chest binder” to flatten breast tissue. Most pertinently for this appeal, Adams adopted the male pronouns “he” and “him” and began using the male bathroom in public. 

In August 2015, Adams entered ninth grade at Allen D. Nease High School (“Nease”) within the School District. Nease provides female, male, and sex-neutral bathrooms for its 2,450 students. The communal female bathrooms have stalls, and the communal male bathrooms have stalls and undivided urinals. In addition to performing bodily functions in the communal bathrooms, students engage in other activities, like changing their clothes, in those spaces. Single-stall, sex-neutral bathrooms are provided to accommodate any student, including the approximately five transgender students at Nease, who prefer not to use the bathrooms that correspond with their biological sex. The bathrooms at Nease are ordinarily unsupervised.***

Because Adams is biologically female and first enrolled in the School District as a female, Adams is identified as a female for purposes of the bathroom policy. For the first few weeks of ninth grade, Adams used the male bathrooms (in violation of the bathroom policy) without incident. However, at some point during this period, two unidentified students observed Adams using a male bathroom and complained to school officials. The school then informed Adams that, under the bathroom policy, Adams had to use either the communal female bathrooms or the single-stall, sex-neutral bathrooms. Adams took issue with that directive and, with parental help, began petitioning the school to change its policy.***

Adams, who identifies as a male, argues that the policy violates Adams’s rights because, as a transgender student, Adams cannot use the bathroom that corresponds to the sex with which Adams identifies. Which is to say, Adams argues that by facially discriminating between the two sexes, the School Board’s bathroom policy also necessarily discriminates against transgender students. We disagree with Adams’s theory that separation of bathrooms on the basis of biological sex necessarily discriminates against transgender students.***

There has been a long tradition in this country of separating sexes in some, but not all, circumstances—and public bathrooms are likely the most frequently encountered example. Indeed, the universality of that practice is precisely what made Justice  Thurgood Marshall’s statement—“[a] sign that says ‘men only’ looks very different on a bathroom door than a courthouse door”—so pithy. City of Cleburne, 473 U.S. at 468–69 (Marshall, J., concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part). Of course, not all sex-based classifications, no matter how longstanding, satisfy the mandate of the Equal Protection Clause. And it is well settled that when it comes to sex-based classifications, a policy will pass constitutional muster only if it satisfies intermediate scrutiny. See United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515, 533 (1996). To satisfy intermediate scrutiny, the government must show “that the classification serves ‘important governmental objectives and that the discriminatory means employed’ are ‘substantially related to the achievement of those objectives.’” Miss. Univ. for Women v. Hogan, 458 U.S. 718, 724 (1982) (quoting Wengler v. Druggists Mut. Ins. Co., 446 U.S. 142, 150 (1980)).***

The protection of students’ privacy interests in using the bathroom away from the opposite sex and in shielding their bodies from the opposite sex is obviously an important governmental objective. Indeed, the district court “agree[d] that the School Board has a legitimate interest in protecting student privacy, which extends to bathrooms.” Understanding why is not difficult—schoolage children “are still developing, both emotionally and physically.”***  even the more generally acceptable notion that the protection of individual privacy will occasionally require some segregation between the sexes is beyond doubt—as then-Professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted, “[s]eparate places to disrobe, sleep, [and] perform personal bodily functions are permitted, in some situations required, by regard for individual privacy.”***

Intermediate scrutiny is satisfied when a policy “has a close and substantial bearing on” the governmental objective in question. Nguyen, 533 U.S. at 70. The School Board’s bathroom policy is clearly related to—indeed, is almost a mirror of—its objective of protecting the privacy interests of students to use the bathroom away from the opposite sex and to shield their bodies from the opposite sex in the bathroom, which, like a locker room or shower facility, is one of the spaces in a school where such bodily exposure is most likely to occur. Therefore, the School Board’s bathroom policy satisfies intermediate scrutiny.***

Thus, despite the dissent’s suggestion, the district court did not make a finding equating gender identity as akin to biological sex. Nor could the district court have made such a finding that would have legal significance. To do so would refute the Supreme Court’s longstanding recognition that “sex, like race and national origin, is an immutable characteristic determined solely by the accident of birth.” Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677, 686 (1973) (plurality opinion); see also Immutable, Oxford English Dictionary (2d ed. 1989) (“Not mutable; not subject to or susceptible of change; unchangeable, unalterable, changeless.”). Regardless of Adams’s genuinely held belief about gender identity—which is not at issue—Adams’s challenge to the bathroom policy revolves around whether Adams, who was “determined solely by the accident of birth” to be a biological female—is allowed access to bathrooms reserved for those who were “determined solely by the accident of birth” to be biologically male. Thus, we are unpersuaded by the dissent’s argument that the district court could make any factual finding (that would not constitute clear error) to change an individual’s immutable characteristic of biological sex, just as the district court could not make a factual finding to change someone’s immutable characteristic of race, national origin, or even age for that matter. Simply put, and contrary to the dissent’s claims, this is a case about the constitutionality and legality of separating bathrooms by biological sex because it involves an individual of one sex seeking access to the bathrooms reserved for those of the opposite sex. Adams’s gender identity is thus not dispositive for our adjudication of Adams’s equal protection claim. ***

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J. Goodwin of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia granted judgment in favor of the school district and state in B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Bd of Ed, 21-cv-00316 on 5jan23.  

B.P.J. possesses XY chromosomes, but identifies as a girl.  B.P.J. wants to play on girls' sports teams, but state law prohibits that.  B.P.J., being a red-blooded American, sued.

J. Goodwin ruled that the state law passes the rational basis test.  With regard to Title IX, which exists to guarantee educational and sports opportunities for girls and women, he wrote "I do not find that H.B. 3293, which largely mirrors Title IX, violates Title IX."

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The story of the Extra Regiment's ordinary soldiers: From McCay to Patton [Part 1]

Map of where soldiers of the Extra Regiment enlisted. Some just said they enlisted in Kent or Queen Anne's County but no town is specified, so that is not on this map. This map was created in Google Earth and shows the wide range of places soldiers of the regiment came from.

While the officers of the Extra Regiment are important, it is as vital to tell the stories of the ordinary soldiers. There are eleven who have pensions, and their stories are focused on in his post. This post uses the pensions of John (or Jon) McCay/McKay, William Simmons, William Elkins, John Shanks, William Groves, Jesse Boswell, Giles Thomas, Philip Huston, Thomas Gadd, William Patton/Patten, and John Newton [1] as sources, so any information not otherwise cited in this article comes from these pensions.

Reprinted from my History Hermann WordPress blog.

John McCay and William Simmons: brothers-in-arms

At age 14, a man named John (or Jon) McCay/McKay enlisted in George Town, within Maryland's Kent County, in the Extra Regiment. Many years later, one of Baltimore City's Associate Justices,James Richardson, would note that John enlisted in July of that year, the beginning of his three year term of service. [2] He was sent to Chestertown, Maryland that same month where a man named William Simmons, likely older than him, would enlist, joining his same company. In later years, Simmons would call John "a faithful Soldier."

After leaving Chestertown, John went to Annapolis where he joined "Sheppard's Company" as he termed it. This is an interesting description because the person this refers to is undoubtedly Francis Shepard/Sheppard, a man who was a lieutenant within the Extra Regiment but not a captain. Perhaps he took on the position of generally leading the company, so this could be why he called it this, and noted that Alexander Lawson Smith led the company.

William, John, and 18 others went to Philadelphia to "carry Horses" and supplies. They remained there and left with about 200 others who likely were marched up to Philadelphia from other recruiting areas. They then marched to Elkton, MD, then went by ship to Annapolis. It was there he joined his company, taking his clothing and marching with the regiment to Alexandria, then to Fredericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg. From there, they went to Hillsborough, joining a part of Nathanael Greene’s army, after "Gate’s defeat" or the Battle of Camden, and joined the main Continental Army at "Sharraw" or Cheraw Hills in January 1781 .John goes on to say in his pension that the Extra Regiment "

detatched to Haleys Ferry on Pedee River [Pee Dee River], as a look out guard, from thence marched and joined the main army near Guilford Court House, crossed Dan river to near Prince Edwards Court House"

In early 1781, sometime before the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, as the regiment was broken apart, ordinary soldiers transferred to other units and the original officers were sent home. He says he served under Lieut/Capt. Lane, who refers to Samuel McLane, a man who was a captain in the fall of 1781 but had been promoted to Captain by the following year. William was likely among his fellow soldiers, and if he was, he would have returned to Annapolis, joining troops under the command of William Smallwood. John at that point, received a furlough to go home possibly to Harford County. Later that year, he joined Francis Reveley's company, which was within Colonel Peter Adams' regiment, which was also called the First Maryland Regiment.

John marched south again in the fall of 1781. After moving to Williamsburg, where the unit joined the main Continental Army, he, with the rest of his unit, proceeded to "the seige of York after the surrender of Cornwallis" in October 1781. William was also at that same battle, possibly meaning that they would have been fighting shoulder-to-shoulder. He marched further southward within a company of what he said was the 4th Maryland Regiment, but could have easily been another unit, like the 1st. In this position, his unit guarded "artillery and ammunition to supply General Green’s army at “Pond Pond” or Ponpon in South Carolina. Later on, they marched to “Bacons bridge” which was near Old Dorchester and then crossed over to James’ Island for wintering until "Charleston was illuminated for the ratification of peace."

Courtesy of Google Maps. Currently James Island is a town near Charleston.

William had a bit of a different story. He said he was at a battle at "Blueford river." This undoubtedly referred to Beaufort River, and could refer to this or this skirmish, or something else entirely.

As the war came to a close, in June 1783, John was aboard a vessel which. returned to Annapolis. He then received an undated furlough which was "left with a certain John Browning" but was then lost. It is possible he was scammed just like the soldier noted in the next section, Philip Huston.

© 2016-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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Blake Pharmacy and Hallmark Shop by Tim

Via Flickr:

Located across the street from the Adams County Courthouse in West Union, Ohio, the Blake Pharmacy opened in 1961. As noted in a county visitor's booklet, its features include a traditional soda fountain.

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Three Members of Violent Reading, PA Drug Gang Convicted By Jury of Federal Murder, Kidnapping and Drug Conspiracy Charges

Three Members of Violent Reading, PA Drug Gang Convicted By Jury of Federal Murder, Kidnapping and Drug Conspiracy Charges

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero and Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams announced today during a press conference in the Berks County Courthouse that Jesus Feliciano-Trinidad, 33; Dewayne Quinones, 29; and Mayco Alvarez-Jackson, 25; all of Reading, PA, were convicted at trial of murder, kidnapping, drug distribution and firearms offenses arising from their…

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JACKSONVILLE, FL – The Florida widow of slain Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan faced her husband's accused killer for the first time in court Monday before asking for his help to end "this nightmare."

Bridegan's widow and the mother of his two youngest children, Kirsten Bridegan; his brothers Adam and Justin Bridegan; and more than a dozen other family members and friends packed the gallery.

Kirsten Bridegan wept as suspect Henry Tenon, 61, entered the courtroom wearing glasses and a white face mask that covered his gray beard. The hearing lasted less than five minutes.

Tenon's attorney, Matt Bodie, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to charges of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, accessory after the fact and child abuse for the Feb. 16, 2022, killing that left four children fatherless.

MAJOR BREAK IN JARED BRIDEGAN MURDER MYSTERY AFTER EX-WIFE MOVES CROSS-COUNTRY

Judge Roberto Arias adjourned the case to March 21 and set a trial date of July 19. 

Kirsten Bridegan, flanked by her family and friends, grew tearful as she read a brief statement in the lobby of the Duval County Courthouse.

FLORIDA EX-WIFE OF SLAIN MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE HIRES CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER

"Honesty, I think it's still sinking in," the shattered widow said of seeing Tenon for the first time.  "To think that might have been one of the last people my husband saw is kind of a hard pill to swallow."

Jared Bridegan was gunned down in front of his then-2-year-old daughter, Bexley, after he was lured from his car by a tire placed in the middle of the road in an upscale suburb of Jacksonville Beach.

FLORIDA POLICE, STATE ATTORNEY ANNOUNCE ARREST IN MURDER OF MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE JARED BRIDEGAN

Court papers say Tenon, who was arrested Jan. 25, carefully plotted the cold-blooded killing of the 33-year-old software developer for six weeks with at least one accomplice. Prosecutors haven’t said whether Tenon pulled the trigger.

During the press conference, Kirsten Bridegan said the family knows that he is only one piece of this puzzle, and they will fight until each person responsible for the heinous murder is brought to justice.

FLORIDA PERSONAL TRAINER CONFIRMS ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH EX-WIFE OF SLAIN MICROSOFT EXEC

In her final statement, she made a plea directly to Tenon.

"Henry, if you get to hear this, please choose now to do the right thing. Please help us receive justice sooner than later," she said. "Please help us in this nightmare that we are living every single day." 

She told Tenon's family that they were in her prayers. "We can only imagine the hurt and the pain you must also be feeling," she said.

Fox News Digital was the first to report that Tenon has a surprising connection to Bridegan’s ex-wife Shanna Gardner-Fernandez.

Tenon lived in a home owned by Gardner-Fernandez's husband, Mario Fernandez, at the time of the murder. Tenon also worked as a handyman for Fernandez.

Gardner-Fernandez and Fernandez remain suspects in the slaying, according to law-enforcement sources.

Minutes before Jared Bridegan was repeatedly shot, he had dropped off the now-10-year-old twins he shares with Gardner-Fernandez at her home nearby.  

Jared Bridegan and Gardner-Fernandez, who both remarried, had a contentious divorce and continued to battle in court over custody of their twins and finances until his death.

Shortly before their divorce, she asked a tattoo parlor staffer if he knew anyone who could "shut him up," apparently referring to Bridegan.

Melissa Nelson, State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, announced the major break in the case at a press conference last month and suggested that more arrests were forthcoming. 

"We know that Tenon did not act alone," she said at the time. Tenon is being held without bail.

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Flashback Friday * Here is an aerial view of Downtown Toledo, Ohio in 1900. * We can see Adams Street and Erie Street. The photo shows the Lucas County Courthouse front and center with several other old commercial buildings standing tall, such as Beaux Arts and St. Paul's Lutheran Church. * Downtown Toledo looked much different from what we see today. * What is something that you notice in these photos that stands out? * Want MORE Time Travel in Toledo, Ohio? Check out my website at: https://www.thegenealogyinvestigator.com/time-travel-in-toledo-ohio --- #thegenealogyinvestigator #genealogy #toledoohiohistory #toledohistory #toledoohio #historynerd #ancestry #familyhistory #timetravelintoledoohio #downtowntoledo #photography #vintagephotos https://www.instagram.com/p/CjaLT9POuRk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thanks, But No Thanks

Thanks, But No Thanks

We’ve noted that some secularists in Nebraska have decided to combat their local Adams County Board of Supervisors’ decision to post a sign with the vapid slogan “In God We Trust” in the county courthouse by offering an alternative sign which would list our founder Anton LaVey’s text for “The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth.” Now, that initial slogan was pasted on to U.S. paper currency in 1957…

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Clocks (No. 55)

Old Kosciusko County Courthouse, Warsaw (three pics)

First Methodist Episcopal Church, Massillon (three pics)

Southside Works, Pittsburgh

Adams County Court House, Gettysburg (two pics)

Gap Clock Tower