JESUP, Thomas Sidney, soldier, born in Virginia in 1788; died in Washington, D. C., 10 June, 1860. He was appointed a lieutenant of infantry in the United States army in 1808, and in the beginning of the war of 1812 served as adjutant-general to General William Hull. He was promoted captain in January, 1813, major on 6 April, 1813, lieutenant-colonel by brevet for bravery at the battle of Chippewa on 5 July, 1814, and colonel by brevet in the same month for services at the battle of Niagara, where he was severely wounded, he became a full lieutenant-colonel on 30 April, 1817" adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel, on 27 March, 1818, and quarter-master-general, with the rank of brigadier-general, on 8 May, 1818. On 8 May. 1828, he received the brevet of major-general for ten years' faithful service in the same rank. On 20 May, 1836, he assumed command of the army in the Creek nation, and on 8 December of the same year he succeeded General Richard K. Call in the command of the army in Florida. On 24 January. 1838, he was wounded in an action with the Seminoles at Jupiter inlet, after which he was relieved by Colonel Zachary Taylor.