Marilyn, You are looking at both, plus any land bounty issued , and old war pension files, etc Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Bess" <bess@penn.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:27 AM Subject: Re: [WARof1812] Frederick Frantz > Patrick, When I look at the War of 1812 pension file index, am I looking > at > militia or infantry or both ? If only one where do I find the other index? > Thanks Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: " Patrick" <Patrick20@comcast.net> > To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: [WARof1812] Frederick Frantz > > >> Marcia, >> The name could have been spelled as Frank, Fronk, Franc, etc.. There was >> a >> Frederick Frank in Hamilton's Rifle Regiment, Penn. Militia Roll #75, > Record >> # 493. What was your soldiers BLM #. There is a Frederick Frantz that did >> receive land, but did not receive a pension. (Strange) This Frederick > Frantz >> was also noted as Frederick Francis. If this is him, then the reason you > did >> not locate a service file on him was because he served in the US Army >> Infantry, and this must be noted on your request, or they search only >> Militia Records >> Patrick >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Houston" <houston4@netcarrier.com> >> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:38 PM >> Subject: Re: [WARof1812] Colonel William Ross and Captain Joseph Bancroft >> >> >> > When you mention Erie County, do you mean in Pennsylvania? The PA State >> > Archives has some muster Rolls for the War of 1812. Also, I requested >> > pension information from the National Archives for my ancestor >> > Frederick >> > Fronk to find no file, But, I then requested any Bounty Land > applications >> > and he did apply in 1853, although he was denied. The application had a >> > few >> > good bits of information, like his birth date. >> > >> > Marcia Fronk >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From >> >> >> ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== >> This WAR of 1812 List is sponsored by ROOTSWEB >> Let them know how much you appreciate our list >> by visiting them at: http://www.rootsweb.com >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > WAR OF 1812 QUERY BOARD > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USWARS/War1812/General > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >