War of 1812

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Comment by Luanne Wilson on November 15, 2010 at 3:03pm

Hello everyone. :) Not sure where you all reside but I live right in the heart of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812 (the Niagara Region.) My ancestors fought in the war, some were even held prisoner in the U.S. So nice to find the group!

Comment by Barbara Fried on March 23, 2010 at 5:33pm

Hello Duane, First, Congratulations on your acceptance for membership in the General Society of the War of 1812!!! Second, thank you for your offer of help. It is appreciated. I am researching my great great great grandfather, Marvin Goodrich. I know he was in this battalion:
http://www.warof1812.ca/imuc.htm
I also know he was in Ernestown, Upper Canada (later called Ontario) in 1815 when the war ended. Later, in 1835, he was in Cramahe, Northumberland, Upper Canada. Any help appreciated! BFried007@aol.com

Comment by Duane William Wheeler on March 23, 2010 at 5:04pm

Hello Barbara. Was the person that was in the Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia, fighting on the American side or the Canada side. If on the American side, do you have Footnote.com?? Did he receive a pension? Footnote.com has many records of penison for solidiers in the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary war. If you want to give me his name and what information you have on him, I can try to look him up if you do not have Footnote.com

Duane W. Wheeler

dw.wheeler1@verizon.net

Comment by Barbara Fried on March 23, 2010 at 12:08am

Addition to my previous comment: The Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia 1813-1815 fought in the Niagara Frontier and the York regions.

Comment by Barbara Fried on March 22, 2010 at 11:08pm

How can I locate the service records of men who served in the Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia 1813-1815? This was a group from Upper Canada (present day Ontario). Thanks!

Comment by Duane William Wheeler on February 27, 2010 at 5:27pm

I am please to inform those interested that I have been accepted for membership in the General Society of the War of 1812 thru my ancestor Lewis Parrish(02 Dec.1785-18 Jun 1873) His service was in Capt. Benjamin J. Clough's Co. NY Militia Enlisted Oct 1813 to Dec 1813; Capt. Frederick Richmonds Co. NY Militia from 03 Aug 1814 to 27 Sep, 1814.
Duane W, Wheeler
dw.wheeler1@verizon.net

Comment by James Alfred Locke Miller Jr. on December 10, 2009 at 1:44am

My known War of 1812 Ancestors:
Col. Gilbert Christian Russell, Sr., 1815 Mobile, 3rd U.S. Infantry, Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile (Russell County, Ala., named)
Capt. Stephen Jewett, III, (Augusta, Maine, militia?)
Adj. Lt. John W. Nixon, DeJeans 1st Louisiana Militia, New Orleans
Note: Katrina may have destroyed Nixon's Biloxi Cemetery waterfront tomb?
4th Sgt. Johua James, Sr., Capt Jacob Hartman's Wilmington NC artillery militia, Col. Nixon's regt., Freemason, d1-24-1851; seek Lexington, Miss., seek grave.
Capt? Edward Malone, Sr., Ala Militia?, Mt. Vernon, Ala. Note: Was U.S. Land Office agent, U.S. Magistrate, Asst. Indian agent, Ft. St. Stephens, Ala., Freemason.
Jim Miller~Southport, North Carolina
Post Script: Kinsman, Choctaw Chief Capt. Peter Juzan, inn keeper, Juzan Lake, Miss., let 52 Choctaws from the swamp against British right flank, BoNO. He was Choctaw conductor in the Indian removal, brother Wm. Juzan, Chickasaw conductor; grandsons of my ancestor, "Don Pedro", Francoise Pierre Gabriel de Juzan, His Spanish Majesty's Indian Commissioner to Alabama and DAR ally Patriot for running Spanish service agents against British agents, amongst the Indians. Son of French marine from Mobile, aide Maj. Pierre Gabriel de Juzan killed 1730's in combat against Chickasaws, First Battle of Ackia, Tupelo, Mississippi Military District. Kinsman killed Second Ackia: aide Maj. Charles Pierre de Liette, and Capt. Antoine de Tonty, from Canada.

Comment by Kate Steere on August 25, 2009 at 5:15pm

Hi Anita-
Would you mind starting a discussion with the records you have that indicate Elijah Johnson may have been in the three regiments you list?

I think we need to find pay rosters for those regiments and see if he is included. I checked the pension applications on Ancestry, and there are other Elijah Johnsons but they do not match the regiments you have listed.

I did see that he is mentioned in several books, when I googled him, but I don't see anything that is specific about when and where he served.

Comment by Kate Steere on August 25, 2009 at 4:47pm

Hi Anita-
My ancestor, Joshua Stroud Fletcher was in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, as well as the PA regular Army. He served under two commands, Smith's and Pearl's.
I'll take a look and see what I can find on Elijah. :)

Comment by Anita Wills on August 25, 2009 at 4:43pm

One of my ancestors, Elijah Johnson fought in the War of 1812. Most accounts state that he fought out of New York. The confusion comes with the company's I found with an Elijah Johnson. Is there a possibility that he fought with all three units?
1. 1st Regiment (Harris), New York Militia (Private)
2. 2nd Regiment (Ward's) New York Militia (Private)
3. Hill's Regiment Pennsylvania Militia (Private)

Elijah Johnson is the father of my ancestor, Sarah Johnson (born about 1808, Pennsylvania), and her brother Elijah Junior. They were orphaned and left in Pennsylvania while Elijah was in the War of 1812.

I would like to find information on which unit he fought out of.

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