"Family History and the War of 1812" Topic

For those of you who are into researching your family history, and who have an interest in the War of 1812, the familysearch.org website is currently running a "Did Your Relatives Fight in the War of 1812?" promo.

I didn't know ANY of my relatives fought in that war, but now I have a list:

Samuel Haggard – Capt C Conway's Co Tenn Mil
Ebenezer Burton – Capt Trial Hall's Co Mass Mil
Nicholas Johnson – Lieut Capt Leonard Worthy's Co Ga Mil And Pvt Capts Butt's & more
Miles Anderson – Pct Capt William Patrick's Co Ga Mil
John Lyman Clark – Pvt Capt Richardson's Co Mass Mil
William Lewis Anderson – Sgt Capt John Coles Co Va Mil First Sgt Capt Jesse B Keys Co Va Mil
Jacob Johnson – Priv Capt Allen Wilson's Co Va Miliitia
William P. Crandal – Pvt Capt Anson Hugerford's Co NY Mil
Charles C. Burdick – Pvt Capt William Hubbard's Co N Y Mil
Pearley Covell – Pvt Capt Solomon Syke's Co Conn Mil
Ebenezer Covell Jr. – Pvt Capt Asa Copeland's Co Conn Mil
John Fisk – Capt William Sampsons Co NY Mil
Richard Anderson – Pvt Capt Pleasant M Goggin's Co Va Mil
Richard Smith Alverson – Capt Hervey's Co NY Mil Capt Bogart & Hart's Co NY Mil
Haley Fisk – Rifle Co Independent Battalion Essex Brigade NJ Mil And Capt H Morris
Norman C. Hopkins – Pvt Lieut Nathaniel Case's Co N Y Mil
John Felt – Capt Fuller's And White's Co N Y Militia Capt Hubbard's Co N Y Mil
Jehiel Felt – Capt 16th N Y Ditrehud Mil
Richard Everson – Pvt Lieut E Simmon's Co Mass Mil
David Gale – Pvt Capt Enos Mayo's Co Mass Mil

Looks like it compares your family tree (if you've imported it to this website) to US military pension records.

Found out in the past 4 months I had a relative that served in the PA militia during the war.

Do cattle raids in Ireland in 1812 count?

Well my ancestors were still in Poland at that time.

It was family history, and my desire to imagine my ancestors' lives (and battles), that brought me to wargaming. I've been wondering how common it is to be interested in both gaming and genealogy. [For the record, my closest known relative in the War of 1812 was Jesse Duncan Elliott, first cousin to my GGG-Grandfather.]

My 5th Great Grandfather was with the Kentucky Militia

It can be confusing. Militiamen who were living in Alabama frontier were recorded as being part of the Mississippi Militia Brigade.
Fighters in the Alabama conflict, mainly from Tenn, Ga, NC Nd SC, were given land for their service. So it is easy to trace the land back to an ancestor.
For those who wondered, a combined NC and SC force replaced the Georgia troops under Floyd.

It can be confusing. Militiamen who were living in Alabama frontier were recorded as being part of the Mississippi Militia Brigade.

That is because what we currently know as Mississippi and Alabama were the Mississippi Territory until Mississippi was admitted as a state in December, 1817. Alabama then became a territory until it was admitted as a state in December, 1819.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (where I worked for 22 years) has rosters of a number of Mississippi Territorial units from the War of 1812 time period. You can do on-line searches at link

Jim