THE BLOODIED MOHAWK
	NEW DISCOVERIES IN MOHAWK VALLEY HISTORY

Despite the publication of the " Bloodied Mohawk " in the year 2000", the author has continued a unrelenting search for documents which provide additional knowledge of the day to day lives those families who either lived in or served within the Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War Era [pre-1784]. This "New Data" is presented here for your perusal. As with the bulk of the records cited within the bibliography of the " Bloodied Mohawk ", most of these documents are within the "Public Domain". However, it must be noted that many are not, and thus before replication of data from this site, one should contact the author for an opinion on their status. It should also be noted that the interperatation and abstracts of any such data from within them is protected by applicable United States Copyright Laws. Thus the author requests that, strictly out of courtesy, he be notified of any such usage in a short e-mail with a brief description of the user's interest in the said record(s).

Sincerely, Your Most Humble Servant,

Ken D. Johnson
Fort Plank Historian

A 1777 Payroll Calculator developed to assist Paymasters in figuring the pay due to various members of the Rebel Army taken from the Herkimer Family Portfolio (The New York State Library Manuscript Collection Mss #11965 Folder 1).

A January 16, 1779 Census of Refugees living within or near Fort Dayton , Herkimer County, New York taken from a return signed by Mister Henry William Dwight, Deputy Assistant Commissary General of Issues & found within the Henry Glen Papers of the Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundation of the New York Public Library in New York, New York.

A February 20, 1782 list of Tryon County Men either being held as prisoners by the British or having been returned to New York on their oath as parolees.

A collection of notes on the Battle of Oriskany taken from the the Revolutionary War Applications of various Mohawk Valley Partisans. The text in italics is quoted verbatim.

A collection of notes on the death of Captain Walter Butler on the western shore of the West Canada Creek taken from the the Revolutionary War Applications of various Mohawk Valley Partisans. The text in italics is quoted verbatim.

Ebeneezer Cox's Comments on the construction of a new water powered mill taken from the Herkimer Family Portfolio (The New York State Library Manuscript Collection Mss #11965 Folder 25).

Notes on the identity and location of Fort McKeen gathered by Revolutionary War Pension Applications. Of particular interest is the verbatim statement of Edward Evans concerning this structure. Evans suggests that after "Fort Plank" was renamed "Fort Plain", it was renamed "Fort McKeen" by Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett circa October of 1782, only to be again be renamed "Fort Rensselaer", by General Orders from Lord Sterling who ordered all of the Military posts in the Canajoharie District to be addressed in all official governmental business to be called Fort Rensselaer.

A Calendar of the Military Papers of Peter Gansevoort, Senior prepared for the personal perusal of the Fort Plank Historian from galley proofs housed within the New York State Archives in Albany, New York. The original nine volume set is housed with the Tilden-Lenox Foundation of the New York Public Library in New York, New York.

Transcripts of Military Correspondence generated by Colonel William Malcom while commanding the Northern War Department, including Tryon County, in the summer & of 1780. The original letters are found within The New-York Historical Society Collections in New York, New York; and, within the Public Papers of Governor George Clinton Papers (6:156, 6:285, and 8:153).

An essay written by Fort Plank Historian Ken D. Johnson questioning the identities of Fort Plank Defenders: John Plank, John Plants, & John Plane of Captain Johan Jost House's Company of the Canajoharie District Regiment of Tryon County Militia. The essay also presents a hypothesis as to how Fort Plank became known as Fort Plain in the late summer of 1780.

Alexander Thompson's "Journal of a Trip from the American Garrison . . . to Oswago . . . 1783". This journal is located in the Library of the Society of Cincinnati in Washington, D.C. and is provided to the author through their generosity.

The Personal Journal of Mister Lawrence Tremper is found in the collections of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and microfilmed upon the request of the Fort Plank Historian. It is transcribed verbatim with a few notations added in [brackets] to warn the reader of changes. It should also be noted that there is no bolded text or footnotes within the journal. The footnotes and bolded text have been added to clue the reader into the presence of a person of interest. The footnotes contain the full names of those otherwise denoted only by their initials. Mister Tremper died in Stanton Township, Augusta County, Virginia sometime after 1818. He was first appointed an ensign in Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett's Regiment on July 24, 1782 and reappointed on March 21, 1783. The journal contains the names of many of his fellow officers, acquaintances, & "girlfriends", and is remarkable for its details on the life of a young man on the then western frontier.

The Quit-Rent Relief Acts of 1786 & 1787 from the published Laws of the State of New York.