Hi, I just joined this list. I have question that is specific to the Kentucky militia units in the War of 1812. Are there any geographic connections attached to the various regiments and companies? For example, in the Civil War most regiments are affilliated with a certain county and state. Was it the same or similar in the War of 1812? If so, where can I find a good reference that gives that information? Thanks Ron Hanks

Ron, Yes and no. A regiment does usually come from a specific area, but when the population was not large enough to raise the required men from a county, then the men may have come from several counties, and even States. Your best bet in identifying the regiment is identifying the homes of the soldiers and officers that were in the Regiment. You may find more information by listing on each County site in hopes they were listed in a County history.The Kentucky Regiments depending on the time frame saw some serious action. Enter Kentucky and some other key words in the search section for the general board of the 1812 board. Of the 1800 plus American soldiers killed in the War of 1812 over 65% were Kentuckians, yet they only supplied 4% of the soldiers. They were well known for their ferocity and Indian like fighting techniques. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Hanks" <ronhanks@earthlink.net> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:30 PM Subject: Location of Kentucky Militia > Hi, > I just joined this list. I have question that is specific to the Kentucky militia units in the War of 1812. Are there any geographic connections attached to the various regiments and companies? For example, in the Civil War most regiments are affilliated with a certain county and state. Was it the same or similar in the War of 1812? If so, where can I find a good reference that gives that information? > > > Thanks > Ron Hanks > > > ==== 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 > >

The book: 'Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812', E. Pole Johnson, Printer, Frankfort, 1891. (reprinted by the Clearfield Company 1995) has many of the extent rosters for units raised during the War of 1812. While it does not have where they were raised, you might consider checking the names you are looking for with the 1810 and 1820 US census to see where they were living and work backward. It does mention that some rendezvoused at Newport, Kentucky before moving out. In Ohio, there where a couple of dozen camps where men enrolled during the Civil War and many regiments were known for affiliation with particular counties. As the war progressed, men were mustered in only a couple of places and the units had men from across the state. The same thing happen with regiments that were active through-out, replacements were state wide. Scott Baker -----Original Message----- From: Ron Hanks [mailto:ronhanks@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:31 PM To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Location of Kentucky Militia Hi, I just joined this list. I have question that is specific to the Kentucky militia units in the War of 1812. Are there any geographic connections attached to the various regiments and companies? For example, in the Civil War most regiments are affilliated with a certain county and state. Was it the same or similar in the War of 1812? If so, where can I find a good reference that gives that information? Thanks Ron Hanks ==== 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 have found some useful information in "Kentucky in the War of !812" by Anderson Chenault Quisenberry published by the Kentucky Historical Society in 1915. Fred Samson. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Baker <hsbaker@udata.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:36 AM Subject: RE: Location of Kentucky Militia > The book: 'Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812', E. Pole Johnson, Printer, > Frankfort, 1891. (reprinted by the Clearfield Company 1995) has many of the > extent rosters for units raised during the War of 1812. > > While it does not have where they were raised, you might consider checking > the names you are looking for with the 1810 and 1820 US census to see where > they were living and work backward. > > It does mention that some rendezvoused at Newport, Kentucky before moving > out. > > In Ohio, there where a couple of dozen camps where men enrolled during the > Civil War and many regiments were known for affiliation with particular > counties. As the war progressed, men were mustered in only a couple of > places and the units had men from across the state. The same thing happen > with regiments that were active through-out, replacements were state wide. > > Scott Baker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Hanks [mailto:ronhanks@earthlink.net] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:31 PM > To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Location of Kentucky Militia > > Hi, > I just joined this list. I have question that is specific to the Kentucky > militia units in the War of 1812. Are there any geographic connections > attached to the various regiments and companies? For example, in the Civil > War most regiments are affilliated with a certain county and state. Was it > the same or similar in the War of 1812? If so, where can I find a good > reference that gives that information? > > > Thanks > Ron Hanks > > > ==== 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 >

Family Tree Maker has a CD that contains books on the War of 1812. CD#519 'Early Kentucky Settlers, 1700s-1800s' Here are the books on the CD: Kentucky in the War of 1812 Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812 Remember the Raisin!Kentucky & War of 1812 Notes on Kentucky Veterans of the War of 1812 These are actual scanned images of the books. These are not the only info on the CD, but just the books on the War of 1812. Many genealogy libraries have the FTM CDs and also if you look in the History section of your regular you may find books on the war there. library. va