Samuel Livermore

See "The Wreck of the Pulaski".
he wreck of the Steamship Pulaski caused a major loss to one Lamar family. Gazaway Bugg Lamar lost his wife and four children as well as a niece. His sister Rebecca Lamar was called the "heroine" of the PULASKI disaster. The following is a newspaper account of the event.

Loss of the Steam Packet Pulaski with Crew of 37 and 150 or 160 Passengers Quoted from the "Wilmington Advertiser", 18 June 1838

June 14th the steamer under Capt. Dubois left Charleston for Baltimore with about 150 passengers, of whom about 50 were ladies.

About 11 o'clock that night while off the NC coast 30 miles the boiler exploded and the vessel was lost. Three boats were launched, but one quickly sunk. Mr. Hibberd, the 1st mate finally landed the two surviving boats on a beach east of Stump Inlet.

Mr. Cooper from Ga commanded the other boat. There were 11 in the Mate's boat, including 2 black women. Of these two passengers, one of the crew, and the Negro women were drowned in making the landing. With the help of these survivors, Mr. Cooper's boat landed safely. They proceeded a short distance across Stump Sound to Mr. Reed's on Onslow Co. where they remained from Friday evening and started for Wilmington on Sunday.

Passengers who left Charleston:
Mrs. Nightingale and servant; Mrs. Fraser and child; Mrs. Wilkins and child; Mrs. Mackay, child and servant; Miss A. Parkman; Miss C. Parkman; Miss T. Parkman; Mrs. Hutchinson, two children and servant; Mrs. LAMAR; Miss R. LAMAR; Miss M. LAMAR; R. S. LAMAR; Miss E. LAMAR; Mrs. Dunham; Mrs. Cumming and servant; Mrs. Stewart and servant; Mrs. Wort; Mrs. Taylor; Mrs. Wagner, child and servants; Miss Drayton; Mrs. Pringle and child; Miss Pringle and nurse; Mrs. Murray; Miss Murray; Mrs. Britt; Mrs. Heald; Mrs. Rutledge; Miss Rutledge; Mrs. H. S. Ball, nurse, child and servant; Miss Trapier; Mrs. Longworth; Mrs. Eddings and child; Miss Mikell; Mrs. Coy and child; Miss Clarke; Mrs. B. F. Smith; Mrs. N. Smith; Mrs. Gregory; Mrs. Davis; Mrs. Hubbard; Mrs. Merritt; Miss Greenwood; General Heath; Col. Dunham; Major Twiggs; Judge Rochester; Judge Cameron; Rev. E. Crots; Rev. Murray; Dr. Stewart; Dr. Cumming; Dr. Williams.

Messrs. S. B. Parkman; G. B. LAMAR; C. LAMAR; W. LAMAR; T. LAMAR; R. Hutchinson; R. Brower; L. Livermore; B. W. Fostick; H. Eldridge; C. Ward; G. Huntington; J. H. Cooper; H. B. Nichols; L. Bird; A. Lovejoy; W. W. Foster; J. L. Wort; C. Hudson; W. A. Stewart; D. Ash; A. Hamilton; S. Miller; R. W. Pooler, Sr. and Jr.; W. C. Swift; A. Burns; H. N. Carter; Pringle; Rutledge; H. S. Ball; Longworth; F. McRea; T. C. Roward; Edings; R. Seabrook; S. Keith; G. W. Coy; T. Whaley; W. Whaley; O. Gregory; N. Smith; B. F. Smith; G. Y. Davis; R. D. Walker; E. W. James; Hubbard; J. Auze; Bennett; Clifton; Merritt; Greenwood; Evans and Freeman.

Passengers saved in the two Yawls:
Mrs. P. M. Nightingale, servant and child of Cumberland Island [Ga]
Mrs. W. Fraser and child, St. Simons, Ga.
J. H. Couper, Glynn [Co], Ga.
R. W. Pooler, Savannah, Ga.
Capt. Pooler, Sr.
William Robertson, Savannah, Ga.
Elias L. Barney, N. C.
Solomon
S. Hibbert, 1st mate of [the ship] Pulaski
W. C. M. Swift, New Bedford [Mass]
Z. A. Zeutchtendberg, Munich
Charles B. Tappan, New York
Gideon B. West, New Bedford, Boatswain
B. Brown, of Norfolk, Steward.

Persons drowned in landing [Hibbert's boat]:
Mr. Bird of Bryan Co., Ga. An old gentleman from Buffalo, NY, and recently from Pensacola. A young man, name unknown. Jenny, a colored woman. Priscilla, a colored woman, Stewardess.

Report from Wilmington, N. C. on June 21 was that 43 more passengers and crew had been saved, making the total now 59. The schooner Henry Camerdon picked up survivors clinging to the wreckage. These survivors were:

A. Lovejoy, Camden, Ga
Major Heath, Baltimore
Maj. Twiggs and son, Richmond Co, Ga
Greenwood, Augusta, Ga
O. Gregory, Macon, Ga
Noah Smith, Augusta, Ga
Miss Rebecca LAMAR, Augusta, Ga
C. LAMAR, Savannah, Ga
Robert Seabrook, Edisto Island, S. C.
Masters T. and W. Haley, Edisto Island, S. C.
R. Hutchinson, Savannah, Ga
A. Hamilton, Augusta, Ga
Mr. C. Ward, Savannah
Mr. Eddings, Edisto, S. C.
Capt. Pearson, Baltimore
Chicken, 1st Engineer, Savannah
E. Joseph, N. Y.
C. W. Clifton, Canton, Miss
D. Walker and nephew T. Downing, Charleston, S. C.
Warren Freeman, Macon
Burne, N. Y.
John Cape, Fireman, Baltimore
Patrick and Bill, Deck hands
Rhyna, a negro woman, and a negro woman belonging to Dr. Stewart.

In addition to these, 13 others, among them LAMAR, of Savannah, have floated ashore near New Inlet, of these the names have not been ascertained, except Mr. LAMAR and the following: Samuel Boyley, Talbot Co, Md. [and] Owen Gallaher. All are said to be likely to live.

We regret not to find the name of Judge Cameron in the above list, though he may be among those not arrived in Wilmington from the New Inlet, for whom carriages were yesterday despatched from Wilmington.

Seven persons died on one of the pieces of the wreck the day before they were fallen in with, among them the Rev. Mr. Wort of the Episcopal Church and lady [his wife].

Monday, July 2, 1838, Vol. 12, No. ??
The Macon Telegraph

Survivors of the steamboat Pulaski sent a public acknowledgement of their gratitude to Mr. John Wilkings and his wife of New River Inlet, and Mrs. Powers, and inmate of their family, for the unexampled kind treatment which they received at their hands when in extreme distress.

"We were taken in, and clothed, and fed, and our bruised limbs healed with a pure and unaffected sympathy which had no bounds, fo which, we trust, they will receive that high reward which is promised to those who minister to the afflicted." /s/ G. Y. Davis and G. B. LAMAR, Wilmington, June 25th.

Monday, July 9, 1838, Vol. 12, No 41
The Macon Telegraph

PUBLIC MOURNING.
Thursday last, 12th inst., was set apart by the citizens of Savannah as a day of public mourning, for the loss of lives sustained by them in the destruction of the Pulaski. All business was suspended, the bells tolled, and a procession formed to the Church, where religious exercises were performed.

CHARLESTON, July 6, 1838. To the editors of the COURIER:
Gentlemen: on my arrival this morning from Wilmington I observed in your paper of today a statement on the authority of Mr. Lawson, the 2nd mate of the Pulaski, taken from the Savannah GEORGIAN, in which he states that I offered $100 each for the vessels at New River to go in search of the raft we had left -- on which were 17 persons.

"Mr. Lawson is a Dane and but imperfectly acquainted with the English language, to which I attribute, rather than to any design, this misstatement."

Hatchel's vessel was the only one at New River then, and I offered him $5,000 each for my sister and two children, and $1,000 each for the other individuals he might rescue.

To which he replied -- "I will go as soon as possible, but if you would give me $100,000 I could not get out now." And I am convinced that he would have gone immediately (and without reward too) if he could have done so. Three other vessels came down to the mouth of the river between that time and Thursday -- to each of which the same offer was made, but none could get out up to the time I left for Wilmington." /s/ G. B. LAMAR [one of the survivors of the ship Pulaski]
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See "The Wreck of the Pulaski".
he wreck of the Steamship Pulaski caused a major loss to one Lamar family. Gazaway Bugg Lamar lost his wife and four children as well as a niece. His sister Rebecca Lamar was called the "heroine" of the PULASKI disaster. The following is a newspaper account of the event.

Loss of the Steam Packet Pulaski with Crew of 37 and 150 or 160 Passengers Quoted from the "Wilmington Advertiser", 18 June 1838

June 14th the steamer under Capt. Dubois left Charleston for Baltimore with about 150 passengers, of whom about 50 were ladies.

About 11 o'clock that night while off the NC coast 30 miles the boiler exploded and the vessel was lost. Three boats were launched, but one quickly sunk. Mr. Hibberd, the 1st mate finally landed the two surviving boats on a beach east of Stump Inlet.

Mr. Cooper from Ga commanded the other boat. There were 11 in the Mate's boat, including 2 black women. Of these two passengers, one of the crew, and the Negro women were drowned in making the landing. With the help of these survivors, Mr. Cooper's boat landed safely. They proceeded a short distance across Stump Sound to Mr. Reed's on Onslow Co. where they remained from Friday evening and started for Wilmington on Sunday.

Passengers who left Charleston:
Mrs. Nightingale and servant; Mrs. Fraser and child; Mrs. Wilkins and child; Mrs. Mackay, child and servant; Miss A. Parkman; Miss C. Parkman; Miss T. Parkman; Mrs. Hutchinson, two children and servant; Mrs. LAMAR; Miss R. LAMAR; Miss M. LAMAR; R. S. LAMAR; Miss E. LAMAR; Mrs. Dunham; Mrs. Cumming and servant; Mrs. Stewart and servant; Mrs. Wort; Mrs. Taylor; Mrs. Wagner, child and servants; Miss Drayton; Mrs. Pringle and child; Miss Pringle and nurse; Mrs. Murray; Miss Murray; Mrs. Britt; Mrs. Heald; Mrs. Rutledge; Miss Rutledge; Mrs. H. S. Ball, nurse, child and servant; Miss Trapier; Mrs. Longworth; Mrs. Eddings and child; Miss Mikell; Mrs. Coy and child; Miss Clarke; Mrs. B. F. Smith; Mrs. N. Smith; Mrs. Gregory; Mrs. Davis; Mrs. Hubbard; Mrs. Merritt; Miss Greenwood; General Heath; Col. Dunham; Major Twiggs; Judge Rochester; Judge Cameron; Rev. E. Crots; Rev. Murray; Dr. Stewart; Dr. Cumming; Dr. Williams.

Messrs. S. B. Parkman; G. B. LAMAR; C. LAMAR; W. LAMAR; T. LAMAR; R. Hutchinson; R. Brower; L. Livermore; B. W. Fostick; H. Eldridge; C. Ward; G. Huntington; J. H. Cooper; H. B. Nichols; L. Bird; A. Lovejoy; W. W. Foster; J. L. Wort; C. Hudson; W. A. Stewart; D. Ash; A. Hamilton; S. Miller; R. W. Pooler, Sr. and Jr.; W. C. Swift; A. Burns; H. N. Carter; Pringle; Rutledge; H. S. Ball; Longworth; F. McRea; T. C. Roward; Edings; R. Seabrook; S. Keith; G. W. Coy; T. Whaley; W. Whaley; O. Gregory; N. Smith; B. F. Smith; G. Y. Davis; R. D. Walker; E. W. James; Hubbard; J. Auze; Bennett; Clifton; Merritt; Greenwood; Evans and Freeman.

Passengers saved in the two Yawls:
Mrs. P. M. Nightingale, servant and child of Cumberland Island [Ga]
Mrs. W. Fraser and child, St. Simons, Ga.
J. H. Couper, Glynn [Co], Ga.
R. W. Pooler, Savannah, Ga.
Capt. Pooler, Sr.
William Robertson, Savannah, Ga.
Elias L. Barney, N. C.
Solomon
S. Hibbert, 1st mate of [the ship] Pulaski
W. C. M. Swift, New Bedford [Mass]
Z. A. Zeutchtendberg, Munich
Charles B. Tappan, New York
Gideon B. West, New Bedford, Boatswain
B. Brown, of Norfolk, Steward.

Persons drowned in landing [Hibbert's boat]:
Mr. Bird of Bryan Co., Ga. An old gentleman from Buffalo, NY, and recently from Pensacola. A young man, name unknown. Jenny, a colored woman. Priscilla, a colored woman, Stewardess.

Report from Wilmington, N. C. on June 21 was that 43 more passengers and crew had been saved, making the total now 59. The schooner Henry Camerdon picked up survivors clinging to the wreckage. These survivors were:

A. Lovejoy, Camden, Ga
Major Heath, Baltimore
Maj. Twiggs and son, Richmond Co, Ga
Greenwood, Augusta, Ga
O. Gregory, Macon, Ga
Noah Smith, Augusta, Ga
Miss Rebecca LAMAR, Augusta, Ga
C. LAMAR, Savannah, Ga
Robert Seabrook, Edisto Island, S. C.
Masters T. and W. Haley, Edisto Island, S. C.
R. Hutchinson, Savannah, Ga
A. Hamilton, Augusta, Ga
Mr. C. Ward, Savannah
Mr. Eddings, Edisto, S. C.
Capt. Pearson, Baltimore
Chicken, 1st Engineer, Savannah
E. Joseph, N. Y.
C. W. Clifton, Canton, Miss
D. Walker and nephew T. Downing, Charleston, S. C.
Warren Freeman, Macon
Burne, N. Y.
John Cape, Fireman, Baltimore
Patrick and Bill, Deck hands
Rhyna, a negro woman, and a negro woman belonging to Dr. Stewart.

In addition to these, 13 others, among them LAMAR, of Savannah, have floated ashore near New Inlet, of these the names have not been ascertained, except Mr. LAMAR and the following: Samuel Boyley, Talbot Co, Md. [and] Owen Gallaher. All are said to be likely to live.

We regret not to find the name of Judge Cameron in the above list, though he may be among those not arrived in Wilmington from the New Inlet, for whom carriages were yesterday despatched from Wilmington.

Seven persons died on one of the pieces of the wreck the day before they were fallen in with, among them the Rev. Mr. Wort of the Episcopal Church and lady [his wife].

Monday, July 2, 1838, Vol. 12, No. ??
The Macon Telegraph

Survivors of the steamboat Pulaski sent a public acknowledgement of their gratitude to Mr. John Wilkings and his wife of New River Inlet, and Mrs. Powers, and inmate of their family, for the unexampled kind treatment which they received at their hands when in extreme distress.

"We were taken in, and clothed, and fed, and our bruised limbs healed with a pure and unaffected sympathy which had no bounds, fo which, we trust, they will receive that high reward which is promised to those who minister to the afflicted." /s/ G. Y. Davis and G. B. LAMAR, Wilmington, June 25th.

Monday, July 9, 1838, Vol. 12, No 41
The Macon Telegraph

PUBLIC MOURNING.
Thursday last, 12th inst., was set apart by the citizens of Savannah as a day of public mourning, for the loss of lives sustained by them in the destruction of the Pulaski. All business was suspended, the bells tolled, and a procession formed to the Church, where religious exercises were performed.

CHARLESTON, July 6, 1838. To the editors of the COURIER:
Gentlemen: on my arrival this morning from Wilmington I observed in your paper of today a statement on the authority of Mr. Lawson, the 2nd mate of the Pulaski, taken from the Savannah GEORGIAN, in which he states that I offered $100 each for the vessels at New River to go in search of the raft we had left -- on which were 17 persons.

"Mr. Lawson is a Dane and but imperfectly acquainted with the English language, to which I attribute, rather than to any design, this misstatement."

Hatchel's vessel was the only one at New River then, and I offered him $5,000 each for my sister and two children, and $1,000 each for the other individuals he might rescue.

To which he replied -- "I will go as soon as possible, but if you would give me $100,000 I could not get out now." And I am convinced that he would have gone immediately (and without reward too) if he could have done so. Three other vessels came down to the mouth of the river between that time and Thursday -- to each of which the same offer was made, but none could get out up to the time I left for Wilmington." /s/ G. B. LAMAR [one of the survivors of the ship Pulaski]