Many Thanks for the links, I am now attempting to hire a researcher in MD who specializes in military records... Eric > [Original Message] > From: Lura <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; genealogy-dna <[email protected]> > Date: 7/5/2007 1:01:19 PM > Subject: Re: [CARROLL] Help with NARA > > 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 > : > > > > ------------------------------- > 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