This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12056.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2 Message Board Post: No.: 14,277 NAME OF APPLICANT.: Stafford, John, by Heirs, RESIDENCE OF APPLICANT.: Chautauqua County, New York, AMOUNTALLOWED.: 38 00 Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 page 457 History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people was found on pages: 1_172 Built a sawmill on Clear Creek JOHN STAFFORD No date but early days here; several mentions of his mill no family data He is here in ELLINGTON 1830 the only STAFFORD in area others in Hanover still the only one in Ellington 1840 but has a HOUSE FULL of people 5 males total including himself, 6 females John Stafford Age: 57 Estimated birth year: abt 1793 Birth place: Vermont Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Ellington, Chautauqua, New York Poland is not far from Ellington but I imagine John may be a bit older than this shows