General John G Mcdonald^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1798 - 1851  (52 years)

• Name	John G Mcdonald
  Title	General
  Born	19 Dec 1798	Scotland, United Kingdom   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Military	3 Jul 1820  [8]
  Residence	Jul 1832	Indiana, United States   [9]
  Residence	1837	Jackson, Iowa, United States   [10]
  Residence	1840	Jackson, Iowa, United States   [11]
  Residence	1849	Farmers Creek, Jackson, Iowa, United States   [12]
  Residence	1850	Andrew, Jackson, Iowa, United States   [13]
  Died	1851	California, United States
  Person ID	I8779181832	Master Tree
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2012

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Thompson,   b. 6 Nov 1799, Virginia, United States ,   d. 30 Jan 1874, Maquoketa, Jackson, Iowa, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1821	Butler, Ohio, United States
  Children	1. Reverend David Thompson Mcdonald,   b. Abt. 1822, Ohio, United States ,   d. Feb 1892, La Cygne, Linn, Kansas, United States  (Age ~ 70 years)   2. Mary Ann McDonald,   b. 23 Nov 1825, Indiana, United States ,   d. 27 Feb 1902, Brandon, Jackson, Iowa, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F16053353089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Ann Hildreth,   b. 16 Dec 1817, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 18 Nov 1861, Jackson, Iowa, United States  (Age 43 years)
  Children	+ 1. Richard Hildreth McDonald,   b. 10 Mar 1844, Iowa, United States   2. Margaret Mcdonald,   b. Abt. 1849, Jackson, Iowa, United States
  Last Modified	28 May 2012
  Family ID	F8026638481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Dec 1798 - Scotland, United Kingdom Residence - Jul 1832 - Indiana, United States Residence - 1837 - Jackson, Iowa, United States Residence - 1840 - Jackson, Iowa, United States Residence - 1849 - Farmers Creek, Jackson, Iowa, United States Residence - 1850 - Andrew, Jackson, Iowa, United States Died - 1851 - California, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S8072066230] Hopson-Dutton Family Tree, LuAnn Goeke, lugoeke@msn.com, listing on OneWorldTree. [S8072384416] The Bellevue War, Susan Lucke. Iowa officially became a Territory on July 4, 1838 and the Territorial Assembly set up procedures for the location and survey of a new seat of county government at a point centrally located. Andrew was chosen by the three locating commissioners, who met on April 15, 1841. An election between Bellevue and Andrew was then held in May. Andrew was the winner, receiving 208 votes against 111 for Bellevue. The new town of Andrew was then laid out by John G. McDonald, county surveyor. [S16144775108] History of Jackson County, Iowa, Volume 1, Ellis, James Whitcomb, (S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1910), 129. The nomination of General Cubbage as brigadier general was rejected by the territorial council on the ground that he had no actual residence within the brigade district. As his successor, Governor Lucas appointed John G. McDonald, also a Jackson county man. General McDonald was a surveyor who, as chief assistant to Colonel Thomas Cox, had laid out the south tier of townships in the county and lived upon a claim in Maquoketa township adjoining that of Colonel Cox. He was a Scotchman, born in 1798, who had come to Indiana with his parents when quite young, and had been appointed from that state third lietenant in Captain Jesse B Browne's Company of Major Henry Dodge's Battalion, United States Rangers, July, 1832. He held in Jackson county the offices of surveyor, clerk of court and recorder. Was doorkeeper of the lower house, Iowa territorial assembly when commissioned brigadier general. He was one of the sheriff's posse in the "Bellevue War," and was twice wounded. He died in California in 1851, a few months after his arrival there. [S16144775149] Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8, Illinois. Military and Naval Dept, (H. W. Rokker, state printer, 1902). 2nd Sergeant, Enrolled May 20, 1832, Discharged for intemperance, took 2 blankets. [S16144775150] The Life of Henry Dodge, from 1782 to 1833, Salter, William, (Burlington, IA: unknown publisher, 1890), 75. July 15th, 1833. General Atkinson: I regret to inform you that the cholera has made its appearance in the camp of the Rangers near the Wisconsin. Yesterday two privates of Capt. Browne's company died in a few hours after their attack, and the Captain informs me there are several men who have the premonitory symptoms of this disease. I have sent an express for Dr. Phileo, and, if it is not in his power to come to our assistance, to send Dr. Crane. Dr. McLaren is a good young man, and no doubt a good physician, but has had no experience in this terrible disease. I wrote you by the mail yesterday fully; this letter is sent by the express who is the bearer of my letter to Dr. Phileo. Early in August Col. Dodge closed the work of the U. S. Rangers upon the Northwestern frontier, leaving a small detachment of thirty-five men upon the ground, whose term of service had not expired, under the following order: Northwestern Frontier, August 7th, 1833. Second Lieutenant James Clyman, Commanding a Detachment of U. S. Rangers: You will remain in the neighborhood of Dodgeville with the detachment under your command; your supplies of rations will be issued by Third Lieutenant John G. McDonald, until the first of October, at which time you will discharge the men of your detachment, unless sooner discharged by the order of Brigadier General Atkinson. You will once in two weeks range the country from your camp near Dodgeville to the Four Lakes, where you will be able to get information as to the movements of the Winnebagoes. Should you find any of them you will treat them friendly, and take no step that could possibly involve the frontier inhabitants in difficulty with the Indians; but should you ascertain that the Winnebagoes are returning to the lands they have ceded the United States, you will without delay report the facts to General Atkinson at Jefferson Barracks, or myself, should I be stationed at that place. [S16144775151] Annals of Jackson County, Iowa, Issues 1-7, Jackson County historical society, Maquoketa, Ia, (The Jackson County Historical Society, 1905). Gen John G. McDonald had been a Lieutenant in General (then Major) Henry Dodge's Battalion of U.S. Mounted Rangers in which he served a year. At the time of the Bellevue affair he had recently (January 14, 1840) been commissioned Brigadier General of the First Brigade, Third Division, Iowa Territorial Militia, but the militia possessed then the merest semblance of an organization. [S16144775109] Thomas Cox, Iowa Biographical Series, Reid, Harvey, (The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1909), 216. General John G. McDonald was born in Scotland, December 19, 1798. Of his early life we only know that he lived in Indiana before he came to Illinois. He served in the Black Hawk War as a Lieutenant in Major Henry Dodge's battalion of United States Rangers, organized about the close of that struggle but employed in garrison and scouting duty under General Scott. Colonel Cox became acquainted with him and learned of his ability as a surveyor in Illinois, and so secured his services for the work in the Black Hawk Purchase. [S8072387489] U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C., (Ancestry.com. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007), 283. 5'8" tall, hazel eyes, brown hair. Occupation: Laborer. Assigned to Company A, Capt. D. Baker. [S16144775108] History of Jackson County, Iowa, Volume 1, Ellis, James Whitcomb, (S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1910), 129. [S16144775109] Thomas Cox, Iowa Biographical Series, Reid, Harvey, (The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1909), 65. His work of surveying in Jackson County was prosecuted through the summer and fall of 1837. Old settlers remember well the jolly party with their ox team and tents and hearty Southern hospitality. Cox's chief assistant was John G. McDonald, a very competent surveyor who had recently removed to Illinois from Indiana. Until the death of Colonel Cox, John McDonald was one of his most intimate and valued associates and their mutual esteem was manifested in many ways. [S8072066295] 1840 United States Census . [S8072066231] 1849 Iowa Census, Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925. 3 Males, 2 Females [S560402620] 1850 United States Census. Living with Martha (32), Richard (6), Margaret (11/12) McDonald and Caroline Wirthlin.