I have just come across Silvester Treleaven's Diary on the Moretonhampstead History Society website and it is a fascinating glimpse of what life was like in the Napoleonic War period with militia marching in and out of town, visits by the press gang etc.  Well worth a look if you haven't already found it and you might find a mention of an ancestor if they are from Moretonhampstead (especially if they died during the period!)  It also mentions people and events in other places in Devon.  It has some amusing incidents among the lists of deaths. http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/texts/sources/trelchron.ghtml   Merry Christmas everybody,   Joy