Ed, the question I asked was when and where he was he styled "major.? His War of 1812 service record calls him a Quarter Master. I"ts a simple question that only requires a simple answer. No reason to get upset about it. This is a list of mostly serious resarchers who do not take humbrage at being asked for sources. Craig On Aug 24, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Edward White wrote: > Did I ever say he served after the War of 1812? No I did not it you bother > to read it. > > Write whatever you damn please and do not bother me again. > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Craig Kilby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >