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Class of 1830

Vol. I
p458 607

(Born Ill.)

Samuel Kinney

(Ap'd Ill.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1826, to July 1, 1830, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th Infantry, July 1, 1830.

Second Lieut., 7th Infantry, July 1, 1830.a

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1831‑34, — Camp Arbuckle,

(First Lieut., 7th Infantry, May 4, 1835)

I. T., 1834‑35, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1835.

Died, Dec. 3, 1835, at Ft. Gibson, I. T.: Aged 30.

Thayer's Note:

a On Oct. 13, 1830, we find him witnessing the assent of the Yancton and Santie deputations of Sioux to the treaty between the United States and the Sauk and Fox Indians signed earlier that year (First People website).

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