| 1776 March 6 |
Born in Springfield, Ireland |
| 1800 |
Arrives in New York and joins the army under General James Wilkinson |
| 1800 March 11 |
Marries Sarah Bloomfield Spencer. |
| 1801 |
Appointed Agent-Commissioner of the United States Army in the Tennessee and Mississippi territories. |
| 1802 |
Resigns from the army and becomes a merchant in partnership with Abijah Hunt at Fort Adams, Mississippi Territopry. |
| 1804 |
Named Postmaster at Loftus Cliffs (Ft. Adams) |
| 1806-1807 |
Intimate of Samuel Swartwout, James Sterrett, the Ogdens and others involved in Burr Conspiracy including Harmon Blennerhassett. |
| 1811 |
Buys land in Feliciana and plants cotton. |
| 1819 October 5 |
Dies and is interred on Oakland Plantation West Feliciana Parish. |