Hi Pat, "JOHN KING. Served in Capt. Strait's Company, Col. Martindale's Regt. Detached Militia in U.S. service 2 months and 13 days, 1812. Served from March 4th to June 30, 1814 in Regt. of Light Dragoons. Volunteered to go to Plattsburg, September, 1814, serving in company of Capt. Joel Barnes of Chelsea. Ref: R. & L. 1812, AGO Page 21; Book 52, AGO Pages 69 and 77." "JOHN KING of Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont Served from April 12 to May 20, 1814 in company of Capt. James Gray, Jr., Sumner's Regt. Volunteered to go to Plattsburg [NY], September 1814, and served 6 days in Capt. Samuel Hand's Company. Ref: Rev. J.F. Goodhue's History of Shoreham. Page 107." Transcribed by Jan ""STATE OF VERMONT ROSTER OF SOLIDERS IN THE WAR OF 1812-14", prepared and published under the direction of Herbert T. Johnson, The Adjutant General, 1933, page 255. Sorry, I do not know if either of these John KING soldiers are related to your John KING. This is all the data I have. <<John King of Southold L.I. New York to Vermont around 1750. John born 1783 in Vermont married Mary Nutting in Townsend Mass. plamont@new.rr.com>>