Joseph S Deputy MD (1818 - abt. 1862)

Born 31 Jan 1818 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy C (Alexander) Deputy — married 1844 in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died about 1 Nov 1862 at about age 44 in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Summary

Dr. Joseph S. Deputy, born 31 Jan 1818, was the oldest child of Joshua Deputy (1783-1870) and his second wife, Mary Woods Deputy (1788-1875), and a native of the state of Indiana.

It appears that Joseph earned his medical degree in Indiana, or perhaps further east, some time prior to 1842. His academic records have not yet been found.

In 1842, Dr. Deputy located to Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas where he established a large and lucrative medical practice. He purchased a homestead about 4 miles south of Helena close to the Mississippi River in St. Francis Township and eventually built a plantation of over 700 acres, along with almost 100 slaves by the outbreak of the US Civil War in 1861.

Joseph's sister Hetty (Deputy) Knowlton lived in Helena as well.

In 1844, Dr. Deputy married Nancy Alexander, the daughter of Lawson H & Lucy Jane 'Jane' (Alexander) Alexander. The Alexander family owned many plantations. Nancy died October 29th 1855 in Phillips County, Arkansas.

Dr. & Mrs. Deputy had three children:

1. Lucy Jane, wife of Pvt. John H Penney;
2. Mark, who went on to become a doctor like his father; and
3. Quintina McHaug Deputy, who became a dedicated teacher.

Civil War

During the Civil War, Arkansas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. Helena and Phillips County, Arkansas, only 20 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, along the Mississippi River, became a focal point of the western campaigns of the war. In the Spring of 1861, the Confederate forces established artillery batteries along the Mississippi River in Phillips County to prevent the reinforcement of Federal military posts south of Helena.

In March 1862, a fire broke out in Helena, consuming several blocks of the town, including Dr. Deputy's medical offices.

In July 1862, Union forces seized Helena and established jurisdiction over Helena and the surrounding county. During that time, even though Dr. Deputy hired his own guards to protect his 700+ acres, Union soldiers freed Dr. Deputy's slaves and repeatedly ravaged Deputy's food storage, barns, crops, tools, livestock, and acres of fences to sustain the local Union establishment.

Taking ill from the loss of all his assets, Deputy fell into a sea of whiskey ^[1] and drank himself to death in the fall of 1862.

After Dr. Deputy's death and the conclusion of the Civil War, his children sued the United States government for all the damages and losses that were done to his property during the Civil War -- Over $58,000.

In 1874, the heirs were awarded a mere $9,344.

News

1859

Praise from General Pillow ^[2]

Family

Parents

Father: Joshua Deputy (1783-1870) ^[3]

Mother: Polly/Mary Woods Deputy (1788-1875)

Siblings

Half Siblings

1805 Hetty Deputy Knowlton

1810 Mary Deputy Deputy

1812 Henry Deputy

Full Siblings

1819 William B. Deputy

1821 Sarah Deputy Officer

1824 James W Deputy

1826 Martha Deputy Smith

1828 Elizabeth Deputy Hutchings

1831 Solomon J Deputy.

Marriage

Nancy Alexander Deputy (1825-1855)

Married 1844 ^[4]

Children

Lucy Deputy Penney (1852-1885)

Quintina McHaug Deputy Convers (1853-Aft 1870)

Mark Deputy (1855-Aft1870)

Baptism

1. Date: 31 Jan 1873. Statement of CT Hedges, Rector of St. John's Church, Helena, Arkansas. Baptised by Rt Rev Geo W Furman or Freeman, St. John's Church, Helena, Arkansas. ^[5]
   1. Baptised 07 Mar 1852, Lucy Jane. Parents, Joseph S & NC Deputy
   2. Baptised 27 Nov 1853, Quintina McHaug, Parents, Joseph S & Nancy C Deputy

Burial

Dr. Joseph S. Deputy and his wife, Nancy, were buried in The "Old Graveyard" (aka Graveyard Hill or Reservoir Hill today), which was largely destroyed by Union forces during the Battle of Helena, 4 July 1863. After the war concluded, local residents rebuilt a new cemetery closer to the center of town (Maple Hill Cemetery) where they relocated as many bodies and headstones from the Old Graveyard as they could recover, but forced to leave an unknown number of bodies behind. As there are no Deputys currently listed as buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, it's reasonable to speculate that the bodies of Dr. Joseph S. Deputy and his wife, Nancy, were among those bodies never recovered.^[6]

Census

1850 United States Census, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas^[7]

Lucy ? Alexander F 47 Virginia [ mother in law ]

J.S. Definly M 32 Virginia doctor

Nancy ? Definly F 25 North Carolina

No name Conyers M 24 Kentucky druggist

Quintina Conyers F 22 North Carolina

Marcus Alexander M 21 North Carolina

Sarah Alexander F 13 Arkansas

Mary ? Staly F 31 Kentucky

Arnold Glenn M 33 North Carolina Doctor

Slaves:

13 males; 15 females; 14 minors; 28 slaves total.^[8]

1860 United States Census, St.Francis, Phillips, Arkansas ^[9]

J S Deputy M 40 Indiana

Lucy Deputy F 10 Arkansas

Quintanna Deputy F 7 Arkansas

Mark A Deputy M 5 Arkansas

Lucy J Alexander F 57 Virginia

Sarah J Alexander F 24 Arkansas

Mark Alexander M 30 Virginia

Slaves:

50 males, 48 females, 51 minors; 98 slaves total.^[10]

As of July 1862, when Union troops came to Dr. Deputy's plantation, plundered his property and freed its slave community, Dr. Deputy was understood to have one-hundred fifty-two (152) slaves on his property. (It's not at all clear how Dr. Deputy acdquired an additional 54 slaves since the 1860 US Census.)^[1], (Statement of the Case, Para. #1)

As of the 1870 Census, Lucy Deputy, who was working as a school tutor for hire, and her brother Mark, were living in a boarding hotel in downtown Helena.^[11] Their sister, Tina Deputy, had relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina where she was boarding and schooling at St. Mary's Female Seminary.^[12]

Land Records

Federal Land Grants

Note: 570 acres owned by Joshua Deputy [ Dr. Joseph S Deputy ]

Issue Date: 01 Feb 1843

Accession Nr: AR1710__.205 ^[13]

Document Type: State Volume Patent

State: Arkansas

Acres: 188.27

Certificate 4128 ^[14]

Location: 5th PM 002N - 005E E½ Section 28

Issue Date: 01 Feb 1843

Accession Nr: AR1710__.206 ^[15]

Document Type: State Volume Patent

State: Arkansas

Acres: 222.53

Certificate 4129 ^[16]

Location: 5th PM 002N - 005E W½ Section 28

Issue Date: 01 Feb 1843

Accession Nr: AR1710__.207 ^[17]

Document Type: State Volume Patent

State: Arkansas

Acres: 160.00

Certificate 4130 ^[18]

Location: 5th PM 002N - 005E SE¼ Section 27

1862 Land Owned

Land owned by Dr. J.S. Deputy at time of his death ^[19]

Phillips County, State of Arkansas

Total 745 acres

Legal

Estate of Joseph S Deputy

From Phillips County, State of Arkansas

Estate (Starts at image 201 through image 268)

27 Ap 1866, filing of Will

Ordered 25 Mar 1867

Book H,page 276

Dr. R.A. Burton, witness and partner in practice with Dr.Deputy

Arthur Thompson, witness

Richard Hargraves, witness

27 Ap 1866, Bond $30,000 - Lycurgus Cage and Arthur Thompson

Ordered 25 Mar 1867

Executor, John S Horner

Ordered 25 Mar 1867

Moved to? Does not say why.

Says will on Record.

St Louis County, Missouri

21 Jun 1867

Executor John M Luke

Bond Robert Carr and Robert Ault

28 Jun 1867

Heirs; Lucy aged 16, Quintina aged 13 and James aged 10 residing in Helena, Arkansas

Ad run in St Louis Daily Press

May 2,9, 16 and 23, 1866

Settlement

08 Dec 1868

22 Dec 1869

Ad St Louis Times

Apr 29, May 6, 13, 20 and 24, 1870

Final Settlement Jun 1870 $15.33

No.7359 - Joseph S Deputy ^[20]

Copy of Will

Filed and admitted Apr 1867

In the matter of the Probate of the last Will & Testament of Joseph S Deputy deceased, the following proceedings were had in the Probate of Phillips county in the state of Arkansas at the April term of said Court A.D. 1866, and on the 27th day of said month, to wit:

I Joseph S Deputy of the county of Phillips and State of Arkansas, being in good health and of sound disposing mind, memory, calling to mind the fragility and uncertainty of human, and being desirous of settling my wordly affairs and directing how my property shall be disposed of after my decease, while I have strength and capacity so to do, I do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making all other Wills and Testaments null and void. And as to my wordly estate and all the property both real and personal of which I shall die seized and possessed of, or to which I shall be entitled, of the time of my decease, I , devise, bequeath and dispose thereof in the manner following to wit ~

My will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses, shall by my Executor hereinafter named, be paid out of my estate, as soon after my decease, as shall by him be found convenient . -- It is my wish that my Plantation and Servants belonging to me shall be sold on five payments; one fifth down, the balance in four annual installments with interest. I give devise and bequeath to my three children Lucy Jane, Quintina M and Mark W, all the property which I may die seized of, or which may justly belong to my estate both real and personal to be divided equally and justly between them to have and to hold the same to their executors and administrators and assigns forever.

I do nominate and appoint John S. Horner to be the Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In testimony whereof I , the said Joseph S Deputy here subscriber my name and affix my seal this the Ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord on thousand and eight hundred and sixty.

(09 Jan 1860)

Joseph S Deputy [ seal ]

Attest: R.A. Burton

Deputy vs United States

No. 18147 ^[21]

Claim of Dr. Deputy's Heirs of Phillips Co., Ark. View Claim Here

Summary Report

Amount of Claim $58,757.00

Amount Allowed $9344.00

Submitted to Congress

December 14th 1874

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Page 44 . Deputy vs United States. Case No. 18147. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
2. ↑ "A Letter from Gen. Pillow". Memphis Daily Appeal, 25 May 1859, Wed, First Edition. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
3. ↑ Will of Joshua Deputy. Mentioned in the will of Joshua Deputy (father). (Book A-493). Will Wr. 7 July 1868. Rec. 2 May 1870. Widow: Polly. Sons: James W. Deputy; Joseph S. (His debt is canceled); Sons-in-law, Milton Smith and William Deputy. Hetty A. Nolton ( a debtor), debt canceled for her share of estate; Henry Deputy, debt canceled for his share of estate. Allen W Deputy (son of Henry). Mark Deputy (son of Joseph S). Other children: Solomon, William B., Polly M., Deputy, Sally Ann Office, Martha J. Smith, Elizabeth Hutchings. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
4. ↑ "Marriage" ...Dr. Deputy's Mother-in-Law, Jane Alexander, I had lived up St. Francis river... 250 miles above Helena with her til Dr. Deputy married her daughter in 1844. Heirs of Joseph S Deputy No. 18147 VS. The United States Claim 18147 for $58,757.00, Phillips Co, Arkansas. Page 86. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
5. ↑ "Baptism". Heirs of Joseph S Deputy No. 18147 VS. The United States Claim 18147 for $58,757.00, Phillips Co, Arkansas. Page 78. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #159770574, memorial for Dr. Joseph S. Deputy.
7. ↑ The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). United States Census, 1850, J S Definly in household of Lucy ? Alexander, Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing family 66. database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 9 November 2014); NARA microfilm publication M432.
8. ↑ The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRWB-5YN2 United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850, J S Deputy, owner. database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 23 February 2021). NARA Affiliate Publication M432; Microfilm 442878, Digital Folder Number 4191552, Image 502.
9. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WS-CJD : 30 December 2015), J S Deputy, 1860. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
10. ↑ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860, J S Deputy, owner. database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 16 October 2019); NARA Affiliate Publication M653; Microfilm 803054, Digital Folder Number 5165625, Image 297.
11. ↑ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). United States Census, 1870, Lucy Deputy in entry for Austin Thompson, St. Francis Twp, Philips, Arkansas USA. database with images, FamilySearch
12. ↑ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). United States Census, 1870, Tina Deputy in entry for Elizabeth Berry, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina USA. database with images, FamilySearch
13. ↑ AR1710_.205 United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
14. ↑ Certificate 4128. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.(Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
15. ↑ AR1710_.206 United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
16. ↑ Certificate 4129. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
17. ↑ AR1710_.207 United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
18. ↑ Certificate 4130. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
19. ↑ "1862 Land Owned by Dr. Deputy". Page 80. Heirs of Joseph S Deputy No. 18147 VS. The United States Claim 18147 for $58,757.00, Phillips Co, Arkansas. (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
20. ↑ Estate of Joseph S Deputy. # 7359 (Starts at image 201 through image 268) Missouri State Archives, Series, Probate Estate Files, Deputy, Joseph S - Deceased, Term of Court, Year 1866, Saint Louis County, Probate Court, Date filed 1866, Microfilm Roll Number c32646. http://www.sos.mo.gov/Images/Archives/Judicial2/c32646_145271.pdf (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)
21. ↑ Deputy vs United States. Case No. 18147 View Claim Here (Accessed 03 Aug 2017)