Ed, Thanks. Mallory's book is one of our sources, naturally. For rank, we are using highest known rank during the war. Many went on to achieve higher ranks later, as may be the case with Major Bailey. We cannot afford the time and expense of doing extensive genealogical research on all 4100+ people in this data base. We'd never get the book published. As such, we are reliant on published materials and research sent to us by individuals. My job is vetting and editing. Speaking of sources, I meant to write this to the list earlier. The Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society recently purchased Virgil White's two-volume abstracts of pensions from the War of 1812. This covers the entire United States, but is a real gold mine. But it needs to be used in conjunction with Wardell's book on Virginia Pensions and Bounty Land Warrants, as well as Stuart Butler's new and revised book on militia units and officers of the War of 1812 in Virginia. The White books are on loan to Mike Lyman of White Stone, who is doing the research on this project. When he is finished with them, they will be returned to the Society as part of its permanent collection. Craig On Aug 23, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Edward White wrote: > Co. History I believe says quartermaster, but somewhere I think that was > changed. He was known as Major B. > > Bailey Family Cem. is ok. Both have been used. > > Many of these people served in multiple companies with different rank. > Suspect most buried at home. If you wanted to go into it, use WCH and cross > check names with Dal Mallory's book.

He never served later as he died before the Mex War. Could have made up Major or does Quartermaster mean Major. i don't know. It was all militia anyway and the main qualification was how fast of foot they were when facing HM's troops and the RN. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Craig Kilby <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, > > Thanks. Mallory's book is one of our sources, naturally. For rank, we are > using highest known rank during the war. Many went on to achieve higher > ranks later, as may be the case with Major Bailey. We cannot afford the time > and expense of doing extensive genealogical research on all 4100+ people in > this data base. We'd never get the book published. As such, we are reliant > on published materials and research sent to us by individuals. My job is > vetting and editing. > > Speaking of sources, I meant to write this to the list earlier. The > Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society recently purchased Virgil > White's two-volume abstracts of pensions from the War of 1812. This covers > the entire United States, but is a real gold mine. But it needs to be used > in conjunction with Wardell's book on Virginia Pensions and Bounty Land > Warrants, as well as Stuart Butler's new and revised book on militia units > and officers of the War of 1812 in Virginia. > > The White books are on loan to Mike Lyman of White Stone, who is doing the > research on this project. When he is finished with them, they will be > returned to the Society as part of its permanent collection. > > Craig > > > On Aug 23, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Edward White wrote: > > > Co. History I believe says quartermaster, but somewhere I think that was > > changed. He was known as Major B. > > > > Bailey Family Cem. is ok. Both have been used. > > > > Many of these people served in multiple companies with different rank. > > Suspect most buried at home. If you wanted to go into it, use WCH and > cross > > check names with Dal Mallory's book. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ed, He died in 1844. The War of 1812 ended in 1815. The Mexican War has nothing to do with anything. There was ample time for him to move up in rank. His rank during the War of 1812, as far any records tell us, was Quarter Master. By the way, what is the source for him being called "Major" ? If he was styled "Major" on his tombstone, we do want to make note of that in the comments section for him. Craig On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Edward White wrote: > He never served later as he died before the Mex War. Could have made up > Major or does Quartermaster mean Major. i don't know. It was all militia > anyway and the main qualification was how fast of foot they were when facing > HM's troops and the RN.