Craig- This sounds quite interesting. I was wondering if you knew anything about the actual service of Leroy. My ancestor Reuben Garnett Waggener also served in the War of 1812, but I can't seem to find much about his actual service. Since he was also in Culpeper County at the time perhaps there are some common elements. Here's what I know about Reuben's War of 1812 service:   He was reportedly drafted to serve in Ballowe's 2nd Regiment of Captain John Thom's Company, of the Virginia Militia. He entered the service at the age of 17, on August 6, 1814 and was honorably discharged 6 months later on February 14, 1815, at Camp Holly Springs, Virginia. I have obtained a copy of Reuben's military pension file. He received a pension of $8 a month, from 1871 until his death in 1884. I also received copies of pay and muster rolls for the periods of his service. He was paid $8/ month for the service in 1814-5. This seems to show he was based at Camp Holly the entire 6 months. This was located about 12 miles south of Richmond in Henrico County. His son James Henry Waggener reported later that Reuben was in one or two battles and several skirmishes, and that in one of these he was wounded in the foot with a musket ball. In the Cemetery Transcription for Reuben, he is described as a "War of 1812 prisoner."  I have yet to verify either of these other reports.   I would be interested if there are any common elements here with Leroy, or if you or anyone else knows anything about this regiment or company or Camp  Holly.   Rick Waggener Walnut Creek, California sequoia@pacbell.net ----- Original Message ---- From: Craig Kilby <persisto@earthlink.net> To: Culpeper List <vaculpep@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:58:40 AM Subject: [VACULPEP] War of 1812 Grave Marking Ceremony on November 15th Hello listers: This is to let you know that the Virginia Society of the War of 1812  will be placing a bronze marker at the grave of Leroy Kilby near  Slate Mills Rappahannock County on November 15th at  3:00 p.m.  This  came about from initial efforts a year ago, when I met Mike Lyman,  president of the Virginia Chapter, who lives here in Lancaster where  I do.  The state group was (and is) working on a statewide index of  grave sites for War of 1812 Veterans, and I mentioned to him there  was a grave for Leroy Kilby who served in that war, and whose wife  was a pensioner from that service. Lucia Kilby, widow of Dr. Irving Kilby, has made the arrangements  with Mike Lyman for the ceremony. Leroy Kilby (1785 - 1859) was the son of James Kilby (d. 1829) and  his first wife Lucy Sparks.  He was twice married.  First, to Eleanor  Mayre, daughter of Rev. Peter Mayre of Orange County and Eleanor  Coleman Green.  By this wife he had one son, James O. Kilby who  married Sarah W. Gaines and who moved to Missouri (no known  children).  His 2nd wife was Sarah Lee Hill, by whom he had 10 children. The War of 1812 is called by some other name in Great Britain.  It  started over British seizure of American shipping during one of the  Napoleanic Wars.  To them, the American problem was a minor skirmish,  but not so minor that they didn't send gun boats up the Chesapeake  Bay, burn down the White House and bombard Baltimore, witnessed by a  young attorney named Francis Scott Key who set the episode to poem,  which is now known as the American National Anthem. The War was basically a "draw" and the end result was the abandonment  of American attempts to take over Canada, the British ceding the  Northwest Territory to the U.S., and a final and permanent boundary  between the US and Canada (which was at that time still a British  colony.)  Though peace had been concluded, the news did not reach  British or American troops in New Orleans and the famous and fatal  (for the Brits) "Battle of New Orleans" of song fame resulted. One major impact of the War of 1812 was that, after it was over,  resulted in a huge wave of "Anglo-Southern" migration to Missouri,  which became a state in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise,  which admitted Maine (formerly a part of Masschussetts) as a free  state, and Missouri as a slave state. If any of you are interested in attending the ceremony, please let  contact me off list. Craig . ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message