Ref: Mentioned in
Biography: "Byogofy of C. W. Beale"
Charles William Beale
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/beale.htm
"We left home and made a break for the West the 3rd day of May, 1853 so you see I was in my 11th year when I came to Oregon. I rode from Missouri to Oregon and drove cattle as there were a few over five hundred in the herd. The Smith boys were the owners of the outfit that I came in.
Our train consisted of twelve oxteams and one four mule team which belonged to the owners of the stock. Their Father, Mother and three sisters rode in it as they were quite old. Their Mother was my Father's own cousin. Their two sons Pitzer and William came to Oregon in 1850 and made quite a stake and went back for their Father and Mother. One brother stayed in Oregon, he came to Oregon in 1843 with the Waldo and Applegate outfit."
The following paragraph has been taken from the paper work they needed to complete before their application was accepted for their ONLC. They also had to show proof of birth, or, citizenship in the United States.
Bernard Pitzer Smith was born in 1823, Virginia. He is recorded to have arrived in the Oregon Territory on 06 April 1855. Mr. Smith was not married at the time. On 06 May 1855, he was married to Miss Susan Dickinson in today's Douglas County. On 04 November 1855, he and his wife traveled to Roseburg and secured their Oregon Donation Land Claim, No. 1062. The local U. S. Land Office was located there. Today their barn is still standing. It is located about 1/2 mile directly south of I-5 Freeway, Exit #112 and about 5 miles north of Myrtle Creek. Their home must have stood near the barn. In 1855, their claim resided in Umpqua County, which was soon be broken up into parts of four counties. Before the land became theirs a home, barn and fencing had to be built and crops planted and growing on their land claim. For some it took years of work to complete these tasks.
Bernard and his brother's name appear in records showing they first made the overland trip to Oregon, in 1851.
Biography: "Byogofy of C. W. Beale"
Charles William Beale
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/beale.htm
"We left home and made a break for the West the 3rd day of May, 1853 so you see I was in my 11th year when I came to Oregon. I rode from Missouri to Oregon and drove cattle as there were a few over five hundred in the herd. The Smith boys were the owners of the outfit that I came in.
Our train consisted of twelve oxteams and one four mule team which belonged to the owners of the stock. Their Father, Mother and three sisters rode in it as they were quite old. Their Mother was my Father's own cousin. Their two sons Pitzer and William came to Oregon in 1850 and made quite a stake and went back for their Father and Mother. One brother stayed in Oregon, he came to Oregon in 1843 with the Waldo and Applegate outfit."
The following paragraph has been taken from the paper work they needed to complete before their application was accepted for their ONLC. They also had to show proof of birth, or, citizenship in the United States.
Bernard Pitzer Smith was born in 1823, Virginia. He is recorded to have arrived in the Oregon Territory on 06 April 1855. Mr. Smith was not married at the time. On 06 May 1855, he was married to Miss Susan Dickinson in today's Douglas County. On 04 November 1855, he and his wife traveled to Roseburg and secured their Oregon Donation Land Claim, No. 1062. The local U. S. Land Office was located there. Today their barn is still standing. It is located about 1/2 mile directly south of I-5 Freeway, Exit #112 and about 5 miles north of Myrtle Creek. Their home must have stood near the barn. In 1855, their claim resided in Umpqua County, which was soon be broken up into parts of four counties. Before the land became theirs a home, barn and fencing had to be built and crops planted and growing on their land claim. For some it took years of work to complete these tasks.
Bernard and his brother's name appear in records showing they first made the overland trip to Oregon, in 1851.
Ref: Mentioned in
Biography: "Byogofy of C. W. Beale"
Charles William Beale
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/beale.htm
"We left home and made a break for the West the 3rd day of May, 1853 so you see I was in my 11th year when I came to Oregon. I rode from Missouri to Oregon and drove cattle as there were a few over five hundred in the herd. The Smith boys were the owners of the outfit that I came in.
Our train consisted of twelve oxteams and one four mule team which belonged to the owners of the stock. Their Father, Mother and three sisters rode in it as they were quite old. Their Mother was my Father's own cousin. Their two sons Pitzer and William came to Oregon in 1850 and made quite a stake and went back for their Father and Mother. One brother stayed in Oregon, he came to Oregon in 1843 with the Waldo and Applegate outfit."
The following paragraph has been taken from the paper work they needed to complete before their application was accepted for their ONLC. They also had to show proof of birth, or, citizenship in the United States.
Bernard Pitzer Smith was born in 1823, Virginia. He is recorded to have arrived in the Oregon Territory on 06 April 1855. Mr. Smith was not married at the time. On 06 May 1855, he was married to Miss Susan Dickinson in today's Douglas County. On 04 November 1855, he and his wife traveled to Roseburg and secured their Oregon Donation Land Claim, No. 1062. The local U. S. Land Office was located there. Today their barn is still standing. It is located about 1/2 mile directly south of I-5 Freeway, Exit #112 and about 5 miles north of Myrtle Creek. Their home must have stood near the barn. In 1855, their claim resided in Umpqua County, which was soon be broken up into parts of four counties. Before the land became theirs a home, barn and fencing had to be built and crops planted and growing on their land claim. For some it took years of work to complete these tasks.
Bernard and his brother's name appear in records showing they first made the overland trip to Oregon, in 1851.
Biography: "Byogofy of C. W. Beale"
Charles William Beale
http://www.oregonpioneers.com/beale.htm
"We left home and made a break for the West the 3rd day of May, 1853 so you see I was in my 11th year when I came to Oregon. I rode from Missouri to Oregon and drove cattle as there were a few over five hundred in the herd. The Smith boys were the owners of the outfit that I came in.
Our train consisted of twelve oxteams and one four mule team which belonged to the owners of the stock. Their Father, Mother and three sisters rode in it as they were quite old. Their Mother was my Father's own cousin. Their two sons Pitzer and William came to Oregon in 1850 and made quite a stake and went back for their Father and Mother. One brother stayed in Oregon, he came to Oregon in 1843 with the Waldo and Applegate outfit."
The following paragraph has been taken from the paper work they needed to complete before their application was accepted for their ONLC. They also had to show proof of birth, or, citizenship in the United States.
Bernard Pitzer Smith was born in 1823, Virginia. He is recorded to have arrived in the Oregon Territory on 06 April 1855. Mr. Smith was not married at the time. On 06 May 1855, he was married to Miss Susan Dickinson in today's Douglas County. On 04 November 1855, he and his wife traveled to Roseburg and secured their Oregon Donation Land Claim, No. 1062. The local U. S. Land Office was located there. Today their barn is still standing. It is located about 1/2 mile directly south of I-5 Freeway, Exit #112 and about 5 miles north of Myrtle Creek. Their home must have stood near the barn. In 1855, their claim resided in Umpqua County, which was soon be broken up into parts of four counties. Before the land became theirs a home, barn and fencing had to be built and crops planted and growing on their land claim. For some it took years of work to complete these tasks.
Bernard and his brother's name appear in records showing they first made the overland trip to Oregon, in 1851.
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