A number of 1812 pension and bounty land applications for veterans of the War of 1812 are available free of charge at www.fold3.com. The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the documents available online for Henry Barker. Henry Barker enlisted in the War of 1812 at Vilona (sic), on May 11, 1812. It seems likely that Vilona is actually Vallonia in Jackson County, Indiana, which was formed in 1816 from several counties including Harrison. Barker served as a private under Capt. Paul French and was discharged June 10, 1812. On January 19, 1813, he married Elizabeth Willard in Harrison County. He died on August 22, 1846, in DuBois County. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth continued to reside for a time in Dubois Co. She was there as late as 1856. She later located in Carroll County, Indiana, and was there in 1878, 1883, 1885, and 1887. Bounty land was issued to her as was a widow's pension in May 1886.