{"id":6099,"date":"2023-10-25T04:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T04:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/changestartsnow.ca\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=6099"},"modified":"2023-10-25T04:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T04:33:08","slug":"st-catharines-historical-museum-richard-pierpoint","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/changestartsnow.ca\/fr\/documents\/st-catharines-historical-museum-richard-pierpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"ST. CATHARINES HISTORICAL MUSEUM-RICHARD PIERPOINT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ST. CATHARINES HISTORICAL MUSEUM<br>RICHARD PIERPOINT<br>May 29, 1985<br>Butler&rsquo;s Rangers- one of eight known Black men<br>BAKER, Jack<br>FRY, Joseph<br>MARTIN, Peter his son served in the Coloured Company)<br>MARTIN, Richard (former slaves of Col. Butler)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MINK, Philip<br>PIERPOINT, Richard<br>PRINCE, John (believe he had a son, Henry, who served in the<br>Coloured Company)<br>ROBERTSON, James<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1786- drew rations for him and a woman (from a Victualing List at Niagara of Murray&rsquo;s District, Dec.<br>14, 1786).<br>(They could have been married by the Post Commander)<br>Pierpoint proposed to raise a Corps of Men of Colour<br>June 18, 1812, the War of 1812 started<br>Runchey&rsquo;s Coloured Company- &#8211;<br>raised July 1812 as an infantry unit<br>-last time commanded by Capt.<br>Runchey was August, 1812<br>-Runchey not with unit at<br>Queenston Heights, October 13,<br>1812<br>-disbanded Winter 1813<br>-re-formed March 1813 as the<br>\u00ab\u00a0Corps of Colour\u00a0\u00bb under the<br>command of George Fowler (a<br>white man)<br>-James Robertson took command<br>afterwards and served to the end<br>of the War<br>-The Corps was an artificer unit<br>-Corps of Colour retreated from<br>Fort George (June 7 or 1813?) and<br>saw action at Stoney Creek, May<br>27, 1813<br>Dick&rsquo;s Creek in St. Catharines is named for Richard Pierpoint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likely died in the St. Catharines area, circa September, 1838<br>-he drafted his will when living in Louth Township<br>-the application for probate of the will says<br>\u00ab\u00a0Richard Pierpoint of Grantham\u00a0\u00bb<br>-Lemuel Brown, who witnessed his will, was from St. Catharines and would not likely have travelled<br>to Fergus<br>-reference in Junius indicates he was likely in this area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"1328\" src=\"https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25043303\/image-157.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25043303\/image-157.png 990w, https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25043303\/image-157-373x500.png 373w, https:\/\/change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/25043303\/image-157-768x1030.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. 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