William Claiborne

William Claiborne called out the militia and federal troops, and within days the rebellion was crushed.

Briefly Out of Bondage John Stauffer 2011

A lawyer for Fox, Washington solo practitioner William Claiborne, called the 'post and forfeit' money a 'bribe sanctioned by the government of the District of Columbia.'

DeMorning DeBonis: Dec. 21, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010

Fur trader William Claiborne thought so, too, and set up a fur trading post on Kent Island in 1631.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

The English in Virginia soon grew interested in fur trade with the Susquehannock, and William Claiborne established a trading post on Kent Island in upper Chesapeake Bay in 1631.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

But did not William Claiborne survive the battle at the O.K. Corral?

Spectre Of The Gun 1966

But in the actual gunfight, William Claiborne survived.

Spectre Of The Gun 1966

The office of surveyor existed under the company and William Claiborne, who came to the colony in 1621, was the first to fill the position effectively.

Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 Walter Stitt Robinson

William Claiborne was sent to the colony and laid out an area on

Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Annie Lash Jester

To the names already mentioned of patriots of the Revolution, who afterwards became governors or chief justices of their respective states, we may add William Claiborne, of Irish birth, first Governor of Louisiana when that state was admitted to the Union (1812), Andrew Jackson,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

To add to the turmoil, William Claiborne, among whose dominant traits was an inability to recognize defeat, was making attempts upon Kent Island.

Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Mary Johnston 1903