Michael Smith - I don't have a muster roll for the 2nd Reg West Tn Militia, however my GGGG grandfather John Jones was a soldier in Captain Pipkin's Company of Military Infantry and fought in the Battle of New Orleans. He was wounded in the chin by a British Musket Ball, the wound was not fatal and he did not ask for nor receive any compensation according to the info I have. The following is from info furnished by one of my relatives in the 1930's. John Jones is listed among the Earlly Day Militia Officers of Dickson County. A good idea of some of the early families who lived in Dickson County Tennessee may be obtained from the following list of officers of the 25th Regiment of Light Infantry, of Tennessee which was raised mostly in that county. Among the officers listed is William Jarnegan, Lt. 1809, John Jones, Ensign, 1809, Thomas Jones Ensign 1807 James Lewis, Lt, 1807. This info from Tennessee Cousins - Ray pp. 700. I thought you might be interested in this info. Billy Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: michael smith Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:21 PM To: TNDICKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNDICKSO] war of 1812 muster rolls Does anyone have muster rolls for 2nd reg. West TN. Milta? I have posted a brief history below - it would appear any of our relatives from Dickson or surrounding counties probaly served in this unit and thusly "The Battle of New Orleans". In my research for John Galloway, I have determined that prior to 1816, there were only 4 male Galloways in Middle/West Tn. Of those 4, John in Dickson is one of them. Because of his age at that time - I thought I better check to see if there was a John Galloway in the war of 1812 - of course there were several - but only one from West TN, and only 3 Galloways total from West TN. John (Dickson) Enoch & James (Williamson - later Maury) ******************************************************* COLONEL JOHN COCKE DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of West Tennessee Militia DATES: November 1814 - May 1815 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Montgomery, Williamson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Rutherford, and Stewart Counties CAPTAINS: George Barnes, Samuel Carothers, Richard Crunk, John Dalton, Francis Ellis, James Gault, James Gray, Bird Nance, Joseph Price, John Weakley BRIEF HISTORY: This regiment was one of three West Tennessee militia units at New Orleans under the command of Major General William Carroll. They were part of the flotilla that went down to New Orleans via the Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. The Nashville Clarion of 21 February 1815 mentions that Captain John Weakly, of Montgomery County, was at the breastworks of Jackson's line at New Orleans during the battle of 8 January. Muster rolls of the regiment show no battle casualties, but do reveal many deaths due to sickness -- a common occurrence for troops stationed at New Orleans in the months of February/March 1815. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ==== TNDICKSO Mailing List ==== http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm To submit your SURNAMES go to this site and fill out the form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/sursubmit.htm ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB