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Person

Methodist chaplain with Andrew Jackson's Natchez Expedition

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1812–1813

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Methodist chaplain with Andrew Jackson's Natchez Expedition, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Last and largest New Madrid earthquake

    1812–1813

    Role: Journal recorder describing fissures and population decline near New Madrid in 1813

    1. 7 February 1812 · Epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri TerritoryFinal and largest New Madrid shock

      A major earthquake struck near New Madrid, Missouri, at 3:45 am local time on 7 February 1812, with contested magnitude estimates.

    2. 1813 · New Madrid and surrounding fissuresDepopulation and fissures at New Madrid

      By 1813, fissures scarred both sides of the river near New Madrid, and the town's population had fallen from about 1,000 to roughly 300.

Sources

  1. 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30