HELP with NARA My gggg grandfather Philip CARROLL died in the War of 1812. He was in the regular Army as a Private, 2nd Regiment of Artillery, Captain Stanton Shoal�s Company. He had enlisted 13 May 1813 for five years. This was not State Militia, but Federal U. S. Army. According to records obtained from NARA, a Bounty Land Warrant was issued, BL #715, under the Act of 16 April 1816, on 4 November 1818, with Philip named as the veteran. However, the Warrantee was James Tarrance, his nine minor children�s legal guardian. James Tarrance quickly surrendered the Bounty Land in lieu of five-years military half-pay for the children. (The children were in Ohio, the Bounty Land was in southern Illinois.) All of the above is from Philip Carroll�s service and pension records at NARA. Now, however, for my genealogy, I need to find the original application for Bounty Land and/or pension. NARA says it must be mis-filed or lost. That application, whether submitted by the widow (maiden name unknown) or the guardian, may contain much genealogical information about Philip Carroll and his wife Mary, such as her maiden name, his birthplace, etc. That application may be the key that unlocks many doors, if only I could get NARA to really search for it. Or find a good researcher in Washington D.C. familiar with NARA to do it. Any advice greatly appreciated�. I believe this case a little unusual because most War of 1812 pensions were granted much later, after 1852, to surviving, unmarried widows���.. If the original application was submitted in Mary's maiden name, which is unknown, then I am really in trouble... Eric Olson

Eric, It doesn't appear there is a volunteer in the "Ramdon Acts of Genealogy Kindness" network who goes to NARA. http://www.raogk.org/dc.htm Before you contact a volunteer they want you to read through http://www.raogk.org/faq-requesters.htm You might possibly convince one of the volunteers to go to NARA.... but these state specifically what they will do, and I think that means nothing else. There may be other volunteers. At http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ you can find a long list of independent researchers whose area of expertise is in military records at NARA. Good luck, Lura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Olson" <[email protected]> To: "genealogy-dna" <[email protected]>; "Carroll-l" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:13 PM Subject: [CARROLL] Help with NARA : HELP with NARA : : My gggg grandfather Philip CARROLL died in the War of 1812. He was in the regular Army as a Private, 2nd Regiment of Artillery, Captain Stanton Shoal's Company. He had enlisted 13 May 1813 for five years. This was not State Militia, but Federal U. S. Army. : : According to records obtained from NARA, a Bounty Land Warrant was issued, BL #715, under the Act of 16 April 1816, on 4 November 1818, with Philip named as the veteran. However, the Warrantee was James Tarrance, his nine minor children's legal guardian. : : James Tarrance quickly surrendered the Bounty Land in lieu of five-years military half-pay for the children. (The children were in Ohio, the Bounty Land was in southern Illinois.) All of the above is from Philip Carroll's service and pension records at NARA. : : Now, however, for my genealogy, I need to find the original application for Bounty Land and/or pension. NARA says it must be mis-filed or lost. That application, whether submitted by the widow (maiden name unknown) or the guardian, may contain much genealogical information about Philip Carroll and his wife Mary, such as her maiden name, his birthplace, etc. That application may be the key that unlocks many doors, if only I could get NARA to really search for it. Or find a good researcher in Washington D.C. familiar with NARA to do it. Any advice greatly appreciated.. : : I believe this case a little unusual because most War of 1812 pensions were granted much later, after 1852, to surviving, unmarried widows..... If the original application was submitted in Mary's maiden name, which is unknown, then I am really in trouble... : : Eric Olson : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : ------------------------------- : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :