Ancestry.Com tells us an ancestor was a company commander in the "2nd Brigade, First Division Pennsylvania Militia," under Col. John Thomson, in the War of 1812. Are we correct in assuming this was a unit organized in Philadelphia?

Joe wrote in part. . . "After the war these soldiers were given grants of land and kept on half pay in Upper Canada ( Ontario ) as a way to protect Canada against invasion from the USA. This of course never happened after 1814." Sorry to correct you but. . . You forgot the "Fenian Raids" in the1860's We lost a lot of good men to the Yanks in that one. But don't worry few people know that there was a U.S. Gov't backed war between Irish-Americans and Canada in the 1860's. It was sort of a Bay of Pigs/Terrorism affair. Congress kinda hushed that one up when things went totally wrong with their invasion plans. The Americans forgot just how strong the Canadian Loyalist's memories were about 1776 and 1812. It did however lead directly to Canada becoming an independent country in 1867. We have been pretty good neighbours since the 1870's though. Nelson

Larry, I'll let you figure out where they were from. Out of 18 Majors, Captains and Lieutenants, the following Counties emerge in 1810. 3 in Hardin County, 2 in Green County, 2 in Barren County, 1 in Bullitt, 1 in Livingston, 1 in Nelson, 1 in Jessamine, 1 in Livingston, 1 in Pendleton, 3 had the same name in almost every County in Kentucky, and 2 were not able to be located. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Harden" <leharden@charter.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:57 PM Subject: Third Regiment Kentucky Militia Can anyone on the list tell me where I can find information that would tell me from which county members of the third regiment Kentucky Militia were from?

Hi my GGGrandfather served in the 1812 war in the sixth regiment and the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencible Regiment. Many of the British Soldiers were Irish, like my ancestor Patrick McNamee. After the war these soldiers were given grants of land and kept on half pay in Upper Canada ( Ontario ) as a way to protect Canada against invasion from the USA. This of course never happened after 1814. Does anyone have any records on thse British/Canadian soldiers, on his homestead census there is older man James Johnson listed as a born in the US and living with his family. I believe this man was the father of my GGGrandmother Rose Johnson. I thinking, I might have some USA ancestors.

1815 REVISITED Living history actors depict Battle of N.O. By Julie Landry Laviolette St. Bernard/Plaquemines bureau The year was 1815, and a ragtag bunch of men and women came together to defend their country. The 189th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans, which takes place today through Saturday, celebrates the Americans' defeat of the British in the historic clash on Jan. 8, 1815. The event, which draws about 200 living history interpreters from across the country to re-create scenes in American and British military and civilian camps, begins a day earlier this year at the Chalmette Battlefield, said Kristy Wallisch, a park ranger. "The backbone of this event is the living history volunteers, of course, and they were indicating it was easier to be here from Thursday to Saturday, rather than Friday to Sunday," Wallisch said. Today and Friday, about 2,000 students will tour the battlefield, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public also is welcome. Living history events will continue at the battlefield Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again from 6 to 8:30 p.m., when lantern tours of activities "the night before the battle" will be conducted about every 15 minutes. The 45-minute lantern tours are the only activities that have a fee, Wallisch said. Tickets are $2 per person for those 6 and older. Tickets can be bought at the park the night of the program, but sell out early, Wallisch said. "It is really an amazing event all weekend," she said. "You smell those campfires, you hear those cannons and everywhere you go people are dressing and acting like it's 1815. They do an incredible job of giving you an idea of what the period was like." In addition to the activities at the battlefield, a re-enactment of one of the skirmishes leading up to the battle will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. at Torres Park in Chalmette. In the battle, the last of the War of 1812, American troops hastily assembled by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the well-trained and well-equipped British troops under Gen. Edward Pakenham. The Americans fought behind a reinforced mud rampart and shot down rushing British soldiers in a battle that lasted about two hours. The Americans lost 13 men to death and injury. British casualties totaled more than 2,000. "They had already signed the treaty that ended the War of 1812, but it hadn't been ratified," Wallisch said. "If the British had won, Pakenham had been authorized to set up a government here, and they would have controlled the port of New Orleans." Commemorative activities have been held at the battlefield since 1894 to mark the anniversary. In the 1950s, living history demonstrations were introduced. At the event, volunteers will demonstrate the medicine, crafts, food and military activities of the 1800s. Some portray British soldiers, American infantrymen or militiamen. Others play American Indian scouts and launderers, field surgeons or musicians. Junior ROTC members will portray free men of color and Tennessee militia in the American camp, Wallisch said. In the civilian area, volunteers will demonstrate what women were doing before the battle: cooking and preparing blankets, bedding and bandages. Others will demonstrate the medicine, folk arts and crafts of the period. Visitors also will be able to climb to the top of the Chalmette Monument, the 100-foot white marble obelisk that commemorates the battle. According to legend, Jackson himself laid the cornerstone in 1840, but the structure was not completed until 1908. Battlefield visitors are asked to park at the St. Bernard Parish Government Complex, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette, and take a free shuttle bus to the battlefield. Buses will run at 15-minute intervals Thursday, Friday and Saturday during all events. Activities at the government complex and adjoining St. Bernard Council on Aging include folk art displays, tourist information and a refreshment stand. For a schedule, visit the National Park Service Web site at www.nps.gov/jela.   Lake area holds sites of historic interest Spanish Fort dates to the early 1700s article by Carole Grout Recently someone made the grave error of telling me that there was "nothing historic" in the neighborhood where I live. As politely as possible, I informed this person that in fact in this general area there are a number of important sites that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ruin of a fortification erected by the French in the early 18th century. Originally called Fort St. John, it was expanded and bricked by the Spanish During the British invasion in 1814-15, the fort was manned by American troops to protect the city from possible invasion from the lake. After Forts McComb and Pike were built, Spanish Fort lost its strategic importance and fell into disrepair. The lighthouse on Lakeshore Drive was built in 1890 on the site of a former lighthouse dating to 1838. Mrs. Fannie Norvell, who retired in 1932, was one of the last two women lighthouse keepers in the country. The lighthouse until recently served as a base for the Coast Guard. The City Park Pavilion in the Carousel Garden is a 10-sided building featuring stained glass that was built circa 1906. The carousel inside, built around 1910, contains 54 painted animals, including a giraffe, camel and lion, and a two-person chariot. Longue Vue on Bamboo Road is a neo-Georgian mansion constructed in 1939 for the Edgar Stern family. Surrounded by acres of elegant gardens, the magnificently furnished house and grounds are open to the public. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, at 134 Polk St. is a building in the Craftsman style. Metairie Cemetery was originally an important antebellum horse racing course but in 1873 became the property of the Metairie Cemetery Association. Today marble and granite tombs line the former race track oval. Nearby are two other National Register sites: Odd Fellow's Rest Cemetery, which opened in 1849 at the corner of Canal Street and City Park Avenue, and the Jean Marie Saux Building at 900 City Park Avenue, formerly Tavern on the Park restaurant and now Ralph's on the Park. The neo-Classical New Orleans Museum of Art was called the Isaac Delgado Museum when it was built in 1911. Today it's listed as a state historic site. Expansion over the years has increased the museum's size and its collections have increased accordingly. Also listed is the nearby Pitot House on Moss Street, home of James Pitot, the first mayor of incorporated New Orleans. Built circa 1800 and restored by the Louisiana Landmarks Society, the house is open to the public as a museum. Nothing historic, eh? I think I'm going to send a copy of this column to the person who made that unfortunate remark to me. . . . . . . . If you have information for Lake Scene, call Carole Grout at 282-4393, send a fax to 288-3426 or write her at P.O. Box 24566, New Orleans, LA 70184-4566.

Can anyone on the list tell me where I can find information that would tell me from which county members of the third regiment Kentucky Militia were from? Larry Harden

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Jorgensen" <gailjorgensen@cox.net> To: <LDS-LESSONS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:16 AM Subject: [LDS-LESSONS] FW: [SCHMIDT-L] New Year, Genealogy - Old Scam -- important! > Received this on another list, thought it was important enough to pass > along. > > Gail Jorgensen > California > > -----Original Message----- > From: HMWEBBER@aol.com [mailto:HMWEBBER@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:59 AM > To: SCHMIDT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCHMIDT-L] New Year, Old Scam -- important! > > > I thought this might interest some people since we all are so willing to > grab any information we can to help us in our quest. > > Nancy M. Dickinson > Fayette County Rootsweb Webmaster > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfayett > > > > One of the top stories in 2003 in this newsletter was the arrest of Elias > Abodeely, a 23-year-old in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who ran a string of pseudo > genealogy sites. His arrest didn't seem to deter him: 2004 has started > off with a rash of the same advertising. > > > For those who missed it, let's briefly recap this scam. The sites > involved included GenSeeker.com, GenSeekers.com, > genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, genealogyfinders.net, > genlocator.com, genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Abodeely > would send out spam mail from one site, then collect money until the > complaints mounted, and his site eventually would be shut down by the > hosting service. A week or two later he would appear with a new name and > a new site on a different hosting service conducting essentially the same > business. To access his sites, the hapless buyer paid $40 to $60 (the > exact amount varied from time to time). None of these sites contained any > genealogy information; they simply had pointers to free sites where > information could be found. In other words, the buyer paid $40 to $60 to > access something that was already available free of charge. > > > Abodeely eventually ran into lots of legal difficulties. On August 1, > 2003, he was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on felony charges of > first-degree theft, money laundering, and ongoing criminal activity. He > was released later that day, and a court appearance on those charges > still has not yet been scheduled. > > > You can read about Abodeely's arrest in my newsletter at: > http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0331.htm, in the Des Moines register at > http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/21905604.html and at > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=elias+abodeely+arr > ested&btnG=Google+Search. > > > His arrest did not slow Abodeely very much. A month later he appeared > selling "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks under the name > GenealogyTechs.com. That site actually was registered to Andrew Abodeely. > I obtained one of these "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks and wrote > about it in detail in the September 29, 2003 Plus Edition of this > newsletter. GenealogyTechs.com was shut down the day after my article was > published. > > > Things have been quiet for the past three months, but on January 2, 2004, > a number of newsletter readers reported receiving some fishy-looking spam > mail messages. In fact, the messages appear to be word-for-word the same > as the old ads for "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks sent earlier > from GenealogyTechs.com - except that the new ads are coming from > GenealogyTechs.net. That's right: the only difference is the previously > shut down dot-COM is now replaced by a newly-registered dot-NET. > > > A quick check of the WHOIS information shows that Genealogytechs.net is > registered to the same address as GenealogyTechs.com: 1013 Agate Street, > Suite B, San Diego, CA 92109, the business address of Andrew Abodeely. > That is also the same address that ships the worthless "self-renewing" > genealogy CD-ROM disks. > > > In short, the Abodeelys seem to have reappeared after a three-month > hiatus. Elias Abodeely's earlier arrest for felonies doesn't seem to have > fazed either of the Abodeelys at all. At the time these words are being > written, http://www.genealogytechs.net is up and running and looks almost > identical to the previously shut down http://www.genealogytechs.com. > > > It is also interesting to note that the new site is like the old one in > several respects, especially in that it cannot handle credit cards. > Instead, the buyer is suckered into paying by an "e-check" that extracts > money directly from the buyer's checking account with no credit card > involved. Beware! This is one method by which the earlier sites allegedly > extracted money time and again from a buyer's checking accounts! Several > buyers thought they paid once but, after examining their end-of-month > checking account statements, found that they had been charged time and > again without permission. That is one of the actions that led to Elias > Abodeely's arrest. > > > Why would a company not offer payment by credit card? That is extremely > rare in the online world. The answer is simple: the owner's credit rating > is so poor that he cannot obtain the merchant account required to be able > to accept credit cards. In this case, he cannot even obtain a PayPal > account, which is easy for mostpeople to obtain. No credit card service > will give a merchant account to someone awaiting trial on charges of > money laundering by using credit cards! Without access to a credit card > merchant account, the Web site owner is forced to resort to online > checks, a risky method for any buyer considering an online purchase. > > > Remember that purchases made online with VISA, MasterCard or American > Express are fully insured against fraud by the credit card companies. If > you get "ripped off" by a shady merchant when using a credit card, the > credit card companies will immediately refund all of your money and then > will pursue resolution with the merchant. PayPal transactions are also > fully insured in the same manner. However, if you pay by check, you have > no such protection. That is true both for paper checks as well as for > "e-checks." You receive only whatever insurance your local bank provides. > Sadly, most banks provide no protection at all against fraudulent > purchases made with a check or with a debit card. > > > Send a check to a con artist? You lose. > > > Any time you see a Web site offering something for sale and not accepting > credit cards, ask yourself, "Why does this merchant not accept credit > cards? Not even via PayPal?" Most of the time, it is because that > merchant has severe financial problems. Then ask yourself if you really > want to do business with such a merchant. > > > If you receive a spam mail from GenealogyTechs.net or any > similar-sounding scam, please forward it to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, > Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at > k.washburn@cedar-rapids.org. I suspect they have an interest in the > "business activities" of this person, who is awaiting a court appearance > after being arrested by that department. Please feel free to also enclose > a copy of this article. You can read more about the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, > Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at > http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/financial_crimes.asp. > > > Please feel free to also forward this article to other genealogists, > newsgroups, mailing lists, and anywhere else you feel is appropriate. > > > What Do You Think? Comments and discussion are available on this > newsletter's Discussion Board at: http://www.eogn.com/discussionboard > > Michelle > > > ==== CUMBERLAND-RIVER Mailing List ==== > America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on > liberty-- the only one. People went to America to be free. -- Margaret > Thatcher > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Jorgensen" <gailjorgensen@cox.net> To: <LDS-LESSONS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:16 AM Subject: [LDS-LESSONS] FW: [SCHMIDT-L] New Year, Genealogy - Old Scam -- important! > Received this on another list, thought it was important enough to pass > along. > > Gail Jorgensen > California > > -----Original Message----- > From: HMWEBBER@aol.com [mailto:HMWEBBER@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:59 AM > To: SCHMIDT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCHMIDT-L] New Year, Old Scam -- important! > > > I thought this might interest some people since we all are so willing to > grab any information we can to help us in our quest. > > Nancy M. Dickinson > Fayette County Rootsweb Webmaster > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohfayett > > > > One of the top stories in 2003 in this newsletter was the arrest of Elias > Abodeely, a 23-year-old in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who ran a string of pseudo > genealogy sites. His arrest didn't seem to deter him: 2004 has started > off with a rash of the same advertising. > > > For those who missed it, let's briefly recap this scam. The sites > involved included GenSeeker.com, GenSeekers.com, > genealogydevelopments.com, familydiscovery.com, genealogyfinders.net, > genlocator.com, genealogy-express.com, and probably many others. Abodeely > would send out spam mail from one site, then collect money until the > complaints mounted, and his site eventually would be shut down by the > hosting service. A week or two later he would appear with a new name and > a new site on a different hosting service conducting essentially the same > business. To access his sites, the hapless buyer paid $40 to $60 (the > exact amount varied from time to time). None of these sites contained any > genealogy information; they simply had pointers to free sites where > information could be found. In other words, the buyer paid $40 to $60 to > access something that was already available free of charge. > > > Abodeely eventually ran into lots of legal difficulties. On August 1, > 2003, he was arrested in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on felony charges of > first-degree theft, money laundering, and ongoing criminal activity. He > was released later that day, and a court appearance on those charges > still has not yet been scheduled. > > > You can read about Abodeely's arrest in my newsletter at: > http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0331.htm, in the Des Moines register at > http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/21905604.html and at > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=elias+abodeely+arr > ested&btnG=Google+Search. > > > His arrest did not slow Abodeely very much. A month later he appeared > selling "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks under the name > GenealogyTechs.com. That site actually was registered to Andrew Abodeely. > I obtained one of these "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks and wrote > about it in detail in the September 29, 2003 Plus Edition of this > newsletter. GenealogyTechs.com was shut down the day after my article was > published. > > > Things have been quiet for the past three months, but on January 2, 2004, > a number of newsletter readers reported receiving some fishy-looking spam > mail messages. In fact, the messages appear to be word-for-word the same > as the old ads for "self-renewing" genealogy CD-ROM disks sent earlier > from GenealogyTechs.com - except that the new ads are coming from > GenealogyTechs.net. That's right: the only difference is the previously > shut down dot-COM is now replaced by a newly-registered dot-NET. > > > A quick check of the WHOIS information shows that Genealogytechs.net is > registered to the same address as GenealogyTechs.com: 1013 Agate Street, > Suite B, San Diego, CA 92109, the business address of Andrew Abodeely. > That is also the same address that ships the worthless "self-renewing" > genealogy CD-ROM disks. > > > In short, the Abodeelys seem to have reappeared after a three-month > hiatus. Elias Abodeely's earlier arrest for felonies doesn't seem to have > fazed either of the Abodeelys at all. At the time these words are being > written, http://www.genealogytechs.net is up and running and looks almost > identical to the previously shut down http://www.genealogytechs.com. > > > It is also interesting to note that the new site is like the old one in > several respects, especially in that it cannot handle credit cards. > Instead, the buyer is suckered into paying by an "e-check" that extracts > money directly from the buyer's checking account with no credit card > involved. Beware! This is one method by which the earlier sites allegedly > extracted money time and again from a buyer's checking accounts! Several > buyers thought they paid once but, after examining their end-of-month > checking account statements, found that they had been charged time and > again without permission. That is one of the actions that led to Elias > Abodeely's arrest. > > > Why would a company not offer payment by credit card? That is extremely > rare in the online world. The answer is simple: the owner's credit rating > is so poor that he cannot obtain the merchant account required to be able > to accept credit cards. In this case, he cannot even obtain a PayPal > account, which is easy for mostpeople to obtain. No credit card service > will give a merchant account to someone awaiting trial on charges of > money laundering by using credit cards! Without access to a credit card > merchant account, the Web site owner is forced to resort to online > checks, a risky method for any buyer considering an online purchase. > > > Remember that purchases made online with VISA, MasterCard or American > Express are fully insured against fraud by the credit card companies. If > you get "ripped off" by a shady merchant when using a credit card, the > credit card companies will immediately refund all of your money and then > will pursue resolution with the merchant. PayPal transactions are also > fully insured in the same manner. However, if you pay by check, you have > no such protection. That is true both for paper checks as well as for > "e-checks." You receive only whatever insurance your local bank provides. > Sadly, most banks provide no protection at all against fraudulent > purchases made with a check or with a debit card. > > > Send a check to a con artist? You lose. > > > Any time you see a Web site offering something for sale and not accepting > credit cards, ask yourself, "Why does this merchant not accept credit > cards? Not even via PayPal?" Most of the time, it is because that > merchant has severe financial problems. Then ask yourself if you really > want to do business with such a merchant. > > > If you receive a spam mail from GenealogyTechs.net or any > similar-sounding scam, please forward it to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, > Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at > k.washburn@cedar-rapids.org. I suspect they have an interest in the > "business activities" of this person, who is awaiting a court appearance > after being arrested by that department. Please feel free to also enclose > a copy of this article. You can read more about the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, > Police Department's Financial Crimes Division at > http://www.cedar-rapids.org/police/financial_crimes.asp. > > > Please feel free to also forward this article to other genealogists, > newsgroups, mailing lists, and anywhere else you feel is appropriate. > > > What Do You Think? Comments and discussion are available on this > newsletter's Discussion Board at: http://www.eogn.com/discussionboard > > Michelle > > > ==== CUMBERLAND-RIVER Mailing List ==== > America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on > liberty-- the only one. People went to America to be free. -- Margaret > Thatcher > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Susan: I'm happy that you shared this with us, because I needed to know that each Militia might have had boundaries. I'm trying to learn if two men with names listed in the 1 REG'T (CONNELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.; Namely, Owen OWEN and John RUNNALDS/Reynolds are one in the same as my direct ancestors. I did receive a great response from one list member who named the counties from which the Militia captains came. But, I'm still seeking confirmation that someone from Bedford County, Va could have been among them. By the way, I was unsubbed from the list..genearting too many email bounces..my system administrator says that the unsub was bogus...??? Thanks Debbie Please help feed animals in need for FREE! http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes

I am trying to gather historical information on the 4th. Cavalry 132nd. Regiment Pennsylvania State Militia 7th. Company which participated in any action at Erie, Pa. The soldier's name was John Shannon Pvt. also a soldier named John Shannon Lieutenant...battles or organization not known but all of the above in the War of 1812... Any information or direction on the above will be greatly appreciated Thanking you in advance.....Leonard Neidinger .

Meg, William Fuller residing in London is listed as having received the North 1/2 of lot 21 in concession 6 in London Township, Middlesex County. He received the lot as; date id 8, FG (free grant), type of FG was FF, archives reference, RG01, series C13, vol. 033, page 98. The date of the grant was March 07, 1833. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meg Fuller" <ourfamilytree@earthlink.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 7:10 PM Subject: Roster 99th Regiment/Searching for ancestor > Greetings. My name is Meg Fuller and I am new to this list and 1812 research. I am trying to find a roster of individuals who were in the 99th Regiment. I noticed that a lot of them received land from Col. Thomas Talbot and my ancestry may have been one of these. His name was William Fuller. He received land at concession 6 lot 21 in 1819, about the same time frame that the 99th was receiving land. > > I'd appreciate any help or sites that anyone could suggest to point me in the right direction. > > Thanks in advance, > Meg Fuller > www.geocities.com/robnmegszoo > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > MESSAGE HINT: Limit your per line characters > to 55 to 70 for a much better return message. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thought I'd share an answer to a question that I had originally joined the list to find.... in the book "Loudoun County, VA Militia Journals 1793-1829" by Don Blincoe, Sr. (available through Willow Bend Books) it states -- "At a Board of Officers for the 56th & 57th Reg'ts. Loudoun Mil'a. held at the Court House of said County on the 16 day of Oct'r 1810 for the purpose of altering the present Regimental Districts". It goes on describe boundaries and "As usual this will give unto the 57th Reg't the whole of the Town of Waterford....". I had been told that the 57th Reg't was from Loudoun but it took me a bit of searching to finally locate the 56th Reg't.- which is the one that my ancestor Nolan(d) HURDLE had served in during the War of 1812. Hope this helps someone, Susan McIntyre

David Upton who has the fine page on Soldiers of the Mississippi Territory, War of 1812 http://home.bak.rr.com/simpsoncounty/war1812.htm has added the complete roster of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne's 1st Regiment Mississippi Volunteer Militia http://home.bak.rr.com/simpsoncounty/1st_r_1812.htm This takes a while to load, but has a lot of information on it. These were the men who served at Fort Mims, etc. I am helping the professor who donated the roster in trying to locate as many as possible who participate in the battle of Aug. 30, 1813. We think that we have located most of the officers. If you have knowledge of any others who may have been there that fateful day, please contact me. Thanks! Sue M. sbmoore@swbell.net

BOOK TO READ Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 Two Volumes Format: Hardcover Pages: 557 + 989 pp. 2 vols. Published: 1851, 1852 Reprinted: 2001 Status: Available ISBN#: 0806316721   Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 is a two-volume work containing the names of some 40,000 Virginia militiamen. The first volume was originally published in 1851 by the Virginia Auditor's Office, and the second, much larger, volume was published a year later as a "Supplement." When it was originally published the first volume carried the title Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850; while the second volume was designated Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, Being a Supplement to the Pay Rolls. Both volumes have now been reprinted under the simple title Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, and an index--entirely lacking in the original publications--has been added to each volume for the ease and convenience of the researcher. Since the rolls were printed somewhat haphazardly--neither in chronological order nor in regimental order, and certainly not in alphabetical order by soldier's name--these new indexes are absolutely indispensable. Copied from rolls in the Auditor's Office at Richmond, the two volumes have identical formats: both are arranged by company, under which are columns which give the soldier's name, rank, the time of his service in months and days, and a final "Remarks" column which sometimes provides alternate readings of the soldier's name, names of substitutes, and service notes, including such details as whether the soldier was discharged, transferred, or had deserted. In many cases the militia companies are identified in relation to the Virginia county in which the company was raised, making research in early Virginia records just a touch easier. Both of these volumes have lain in relative obscurity until now--probably for want of an index--so we are delighted to add them to our list of important genealogy reference books and to make them available for research. Publication of these scarce and invaluable books should give a tremendous boost to Virginia genealogy. RELATED PUBLICATIONS Virginia Military Records: Colonial Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812 [CD] Known Military Dead During the War of 1812 Virginia Military Records   http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/

Can anyone tell me if this Reg't could have members from the Virginia County of Bedford? I have two possible ancestors listed here. I'm quite surprised that my search engines did not find a summary of this regiment. 1 REG'T (CONNELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. Thank you, Debbie

Debbie, The majority of the locatable Captains of Colonel John Connell's 1st Regiment Virginia Militia were from counties that later became part of West Virginia, such as Ohio, Brookes, Harrison, Monongalia, Hampshire, Randolph. There were also soldiers in this Regiment from Maine, New Hampshire, New York, so there could just as easily have been your guys from Bedford County. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- Subject: 1 REG'T (CONNELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. Can anyone tell me if this Reg't could have members from the Virginia County of Bedford? I > Debbie

Ann, Captain James Neal's Company was in the 3rd Regiment Georgia Militia under the command of Colonel Ignatius Few. If you key this Colonel's name into the google search engine, you will find a number of interesting facts about this Regiment, including other Captains that served, muster in & out areas etc. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann" <areese@vallnet.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 2:59 PM Subject: Neal's Company, GA Militia > I am looking for any information on Capt. James Neal's Company, GA Militia. I had two ancestors in this company and would like some further info on the company. My ancestors were Samuel Clark and Cornelius Asbury Jackson. > > > Ann Reese > > Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift and that is why it is called the present. > Author unknown > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > WAR OF 1812 QUERY BOARD > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USWARS/War1812/General > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I am looking for any information on Capt. James Neal's Company, GA Militia. I had two ancestors in this company and would like some further info on the company. My ancestors were Samuel Clark and Cornelius Asbury Jackson. Ann Reese Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift and that is why it is called the present. Author unknown

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Deborah, Sorry, but you would not find the wife's name in the type of records that were used to prove service. You should check Bounty land and pension records, where you might find such information. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wood, Deborah Shelton" <dreamsun@frontiernet.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: OWEN, Owen/Oen/Evan > Hello All: > I'm researching my ancestors who served in the U.S. Military. > I'm needing to prove or disprove this man as my ancestral line. Is > there any data on name of wife for this man? My Owen, Owens married > Mary (possibly Mary Goode)in Bedford Co VA. > Many thanks, > Deborah Shelton Wood > > OWEN OWENS > Company: 1 REG'T (CONNELL'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA. > Rank - Induction: PRIVATE > Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE > Roll Box: 157 > Roll Exct: 602 > > Source:Direct Data Capture, comp. War of 1812 Service Records. [database > on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Original data: National > Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military > Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of > 1812 M602, 234 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records > Administration. > > > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > Need List Assistance: > <commander@inetone.net> > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >