Gerry, I'd better restate my words .... IF we have put our facts together right, that's who these three are! 16 was not too unusual to be joining the militia - those were desperate times! Re Ulrich's six known children: I don't have anything on militia service of brothers Abraham and John, but Felix (my 3rd ggf) was in Sgt. RAWLS' Co., Effingham Co., GA, from 1784 to 1815. I have his children all born in Bulloch Co., which was once part of Eff. Co. (sources may have been talking about the same place). He and brother Cornelius later put in for land grants in Wayne Co., where John Martin GEIGER (my 2nd ggf) later married. I don't have militia info on husbands of Rachel (if married) and Mary (marr. Jacob HOFFMAN) ... or any of the nephews! Would advise all to surf the GEIGER archives at http://searches2.rootsweb.com and threaded archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Anne C. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Gieger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Samuel Gieger >OH-OH! looks like I was wrong, but 1796 to 1812 would make him 16...Guess it >could be... > >While we were in Macon last month, I found a Register of the GA Militia, >which had several on it, including Abraham, Felix, and Cornelius. I copied >it, but did not bring it to WA with me...When I go back home at Christmas, I >will get it and try to make a scan available on the Web... > > >>From: "Connell" <[email protected]> >> >>Susan, this Samuel GEIGER (1 Jun 1796, Bulloch Co., GA - 11 Sep 1861, >>Gainesville, Alachua, FL) is a son of Abe GEIGER and Mercy MARTIN. He's >>the >>one who had four wives. There is a lot on him in the Archives of the >>GEIGER >>List. >> >>From my notes: [Beverly Burton says: "Corp. Jeremiah, Priv. Cornelius and >>Priv. Samuel Geiger were soldiers in Pray's Regiment, GA Militia of the War >>of 1812."]. Samuel WAS quite young ... his brother Jeremiah was born in >>1794 and their uncle Cornelius in 1774. >> >>Anne C. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: susan wilson <[email protected]> >> >>Who is the Samuel Gieger on the list of veterans of the 1812 war? While >>looking up people who served, found the listing for Samuel who served in >>the >>2nd Regiment (Pray's) , Georgia Militia. This is the same unit as the one >>for Cornelius. Which Samuel would have been old enough to have served in >>1812? I assume they could have mustered out as late as 1815. Thanks, >>Susan >>