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Cape Fear River Paddlewheel Steamboats

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Here is a list of steamboats in the order that they appeared in the documents you provided.

  1. Henrietta (1814)
  2. North Carolina
  3. Eliza Neal (1825)
  4. Gen. Jackson (1825)
  5. Enterprise (1828)
  6. John Walker (1831)
  7. Clarendon (1833)
  8. Cotton Plant (1837)
  9. Wilmington (not 12 months old, July 1837)
  10. Peter Ross (July 1837)
  11. Fayetteville (July 1837)
  12. Lady of the Lake (not to be confused with the later one, by same name, of 1853) (July 1837)
  13. Evergreen (1845)
  14. Gov. Graham (1847)
  15. Rowan (1848)
  16. Wm. B. Meares (1848)
  17. Odd Fellow (1848)
  18. Mike Cronly (1848)
  19. Ben Berry (1848)
  20. Washington (1848)
  21. Ready Money (1848)
  22. T. J. Curtis (1848)
  23. Mary Eliza (1848)
  24. Brothers (1851)
  25. Chatham (1851)
  26. Southerner (1852)
  27. Zephyr (iron) (1852)
  28. Douglass (1853)
  29. Stevenson (1853)
  30. David Lewis (1853)
  31. Alfred Ellis (1853)
  32. James Cassiday (1853)
  33. Kinsbury (1853)
  34. Eliza McDaniel (1853)
  35. Fairy (1854)
  36. Eliza (1854)
  37. J. R. Blossom (1854)
  38. Eliza McDugald (1854)
  39. F. Fries (1854)
  40. Red Fox (1854)
  41. Gov. Morehead (1854)
  42. Express (1854)
  43. North State (1854)
  44. A. B. Chesnutt (1854)
  45. Major Wm. Barnet (1853)
  46. Alice (1853)
  47. Sun (1853)
  48. Spray (1853)
  49. Fanny Lutterloh (1851)
  50. Magnolia (1856)
  51. James R. Grist (1857)
  52. John H. Haughton (1858)
  53. A. P. Hurt (iron) (1860)
  54. Kate McLaurin (1860)
  55. Fawn (1850)
  56. North Carolina (1850)
  57. Marion (1867)
  58. Halcyon (1867)
  59. Lillian (1867)
  60. Gov. Worth (1868)
  61. Oldham (1868)
  62. Waccamaw (1871)
  63. Little Sam (1871)
  64. Caswell (1871)
  65. Mary Eleanor (1874)
  66. R. E. Lee (1871)
  67. Juniper (1870)
  68. D. Murchison (iron) (1869)
  69. Cumberland (1871)
  70. North State (1870)
  71. Wave (iron) (1872)
  72. Alice (1873)
  73. Reindeer (1874)
  74. Orrell (1874)
  75. Dixie (1876)
  76. J. S. Underhill (1876)
  77. North East (1876)
  78. Little Adrian (1875)
  79. Colville (1877)
  80. John Dawson (1880)
  81. Zephyr (1881)
  82. River Queen (1883)
  83. H. B. Wright (1885)
  84. Kate (1896)
  85. Buck (1899)
  86. A. J. Johnson (1903)
  87. Cynthia (1903)
  88. Climax (1903)
  89. Tar Heel (1903)
  90. Highlander (1903)
  91. City of Fayetteville (1903)
  92. C. W. Lyon (1905)
  93. Thelma (1913)
  94. Kennedy (1914)
  95. Pioneer (1913)
  96. John W. Fredricks (1913)
  97. Duplin (1913)
  98. Annabee (1941)

Here is a list of all of the steamboat companies that I found in the documents you provided.

  1. Cape Fear Navigation Company
  2. The People’s Steamboat Company
  3. The Merchants’ Steam Boat Company
  4. Cape Fear Steam Boat Company
  5. The Henrietta Steamboat Company
  6. New Hanover Transit Company
  7. Bladen Steam Boat Company
  8. The Brothers’ Steamboat Company
  9. Frank & Jerry Line
  10. Express Steam Boat Line
  11. Lutterloh & Company
  12. Cape Fear & People’s Line
  13. Peoples’ Line
  14. Cape Fear Steamboat Company
  15. Peoples’ Daily Line
  16. Black River Steamboat and Navigation Company
  17. Cape Fear and People’s Steamboat Company
  18. Express Steamboat Company
  19. Wilmington and Fayetteville Express Company’s Line
  20. Neuse & Trent River Steamboat Company

Here is a list of all of the steamboat captains that I found in the documents you provided.

  1. Capt. Thos. J. Green
  2. Capt. Kinnon Phillips
  3. Capt. Rush
  4. Capt. M’Laughlan
  5. Capt. Tootle
  6. Capt. Patrick
  7. Capt. Taws
  8. Capt. Bradford
  9. Capt. Barber
  10. Capt. J. W. Sterett
  11. Capt. R. McRae
  12. Capt. Sam’l Beery
  13. Capt. Evans
  14. Capt. Hurt
  15. Capt. John M. Stedman
  16. Capt. Wm. T. Evans
  17. Capt. W. T. Evans
  18. Capt. David Scott
  19. Capt. John Banks
  20. Capt. Sterett
  21. Capt. McLaughlin
  22. Capt. Jno. M. Clark
  23. Capt. Alonzo Garrison
  24. Capt. Wm. Skinner
  25. Capt. A. Worth
  26. Capt. J. C. Smith
  27. Capt. James C. Smith
  28. Capt. T. J. Green
  29. Capt. Kenan Phillips
  30. Capt. J. W. Harper
  31. Capt. Harper
  32. Capt. Watson
  33. Capt. Daggett
  34. Capt. Ward
  35. Capt. J. D. Bradshaw
  36. Capt. Jeff Bradshaw
  37. Capt. Irvin Robinson
  38. Capt. H. B. Fromberger
  39. Capt. Lucins L. Moses
  40. Capt. Albert H. Worth
  41. Capt. Jeff Bradshaw
  42. Capt. William Robeson
  43. Capt. W. McK. Robeson
  44. Capt. J. C. Smith
  45. Capt. W. A. Robeson
  46. Capt. Irvin Robinson
  47. Capt. Jeff. D. Robeson
  48. Capt. R. H. Tomlinson
  49. Capt. J. L. Thornton
  50. Capt. Dickson
  51. Capt. R. H. Tomlinson
  52. Capt. J. C. Smith
  53. Capt. Jno. W. Webb
  54. Capt. J. S. Sellers
  55. Capt. Daggett [Charleston, S. C.]
  56. Capt. Edgar D. Williams
  57. Capt. J. D. Bradshaw
  58. Capt. P. T. Dicksey
  59. Capt. James Smith
  60. Capt. H. B. Fromberger
  61. Capt. Lucins L. Moses
  62. Capt. Albert H. Worth
  63. Capt. Jeff Bradshaw
  64. Capt. William Robeson
  65. Capt. W. McK. Robeson
  66. Capt. J. C. Smith
  67. Capt. W. A. Robeson
  68. Capt. Irvin Robinson
  69. Capt. Jeff. D. Robeson
  70. Capt. R. H. Tomlinson
  71. Capt. J. L. Thornton
  72. Capt. Dickson
  73. Capt. R. H. Tomlinson