War Of 1812 Veteran Thomas Brown's Widow's Probate

Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988  Gallatin Probate records 1871-1875 vol D:

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20 October 1873

James M. Brown, Exparte

Evidence In Relation To Elizabeth G. Brown

Elizabeth G. Brown, deceased

Widow of Thomas M. Brown, a soldier in the War of 1812

She was an invalid widow who lived with her son, James M. Brown

She died 6 January 1873, having a minor child

Heir And Devisee Of Lieutenant John Thorp

From the Opinions of Attorneys General:

John Mayser, Administrator

Michigan, Probate Records, Wayne Probate packets 1815-1816...:

Source

Rampier, John

Wayne County, Michigan, Probate File# 141 1/2

Estate

1816

Mayser, John (Half-Brother) and Administrator)

A Private In Capt. John Biddle's Co.

U.S. Corps Of Artillery

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28 August 1816

Source

....acquainted with Montice Rompier, commonly called John Mason....
....John Rompier killed at the Siege Of Fort Erie in 1814....[Image 503]
[Montice Rompier claimed the land bounty...]


NARA records on Fold3.com [also here] [Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914] stated that Rampier's birthplace was Saxony and he enlisted in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Anable La Grosse

From Michigan, Probate Records, Wayne Probate packets:

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Anable (Amable) LaGrosse 

A private in Stephen Mack's Company of U.S. Volunteer (Militia)

[Major Witherell's Detachment, Michigan Volunteers and Militia]

Know all men that we, Stephen Mack and Shubel Conant, are firmly bound....

administrators....  4 Feby 1818

Lost On The Brig Adams

Sylvester Day, surgeon, 5th Regiment, wrote the letter (seen below) on January 26, 1816.  The original letter is archived at the NARA in Letters Received By The Office Of The Adjutant General, 1805-1821:

Source

"The first of these documents, I once received, but it was lost with my baggage, in the Brig Adams, Oct. 1812."  Note:  General Hull's baggage was also lost on the Brig Adams.

Day was also listed on John Stewart's probate, as admin.

John Stewart Of The 21st

Michigan, Probate Records, Wayne Probate packets:

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John Stewart, late soldier in the 21st U.S. Regiment of Infantry

Stewart, Rebecca, wife
Image 416 Rebecca declined admin; signed in Burlington, Vermont, 5 Sept. 1815

Day, Sylvester [Doctor] (Administrator), Surgeon, U.S. 5th Regiment of Infantry


From the Army Regist…, Registers of Enlistments 1798-1815, Page 441 [viewed at Fold3]:   "Killed April 24/15."

John Anderson, West Point Graduate

John Anderson "served in the War of 1812 at Detroit and was made prisoner when Hull surrendered."

"He [Anderson] made an exploring trip into the northwestern and western country soon after and in 1815-16 surveyed Lake Champlain. In 1817 he was engaged in constructing the military road from Detroit to the Maumee River. In 1818 he was in Washington D. C. when it was reported that he had died. This was later denied and on August 21, 1818, he married Julia Ann Taylor, a Quakeress of that city. They returned to Detroit in September, and in 1819 he surveyed Grosse Isle. They lived where the old Mariners' Church now stands. Major Anderson took an interest in the affairs of the town and was very much liked."

"He died September 14, 1834, at Detroit, Mich., aged 59 years. His widow, Julia Ann Taylor Anderson, died October 29, 1842, leaving her property in trust for a church, the Mariners' Church, at the death of her sister Charlotte Thomas Anderson, of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, NY, and E. Rood of Detroit were among the heirs of John Anderson."  From the Governor and judges journal: proceedings of the Land board of Detroit

Register of West Point Graduates
1807
26 JUSTUS POST. Died, March 14, 1846, at Caledonia, Ill, aged 65.
27 SATERLEE CLARK. Died, 1848, Washington, D. C.
28 JOHN ANDERSON. Died, Sept. 14, 1834, at Detroit, Mich.
29 SAMUEL CHAMPLIN. Died, Feb. 10, 1863, Charleston, S. C.
30 SAMUEL NOAH. Near Mt. Pulaski, Ill.

The Swords Of General Hugh Brady

From Brady family reunion and fragments of Brady history and biography:

General Brady's sword, which he carried through the War of 1812, was bequeathed to his son, Samuel P. Brady, as well as the sword that the people of Pennsylvania honored him with on the express understanding that it was to "descend from father to son, and only to be used in self defence and in defence of our country."  His regulation sword he gave to his son-in-law, Major Electus Backus.

Note:  Major Electus Backus was the son of Major Electus Backus who was mortally wounded at Sackett's Harbor in the War of 1812.

Destroyed Forge And Mills On The Banks Of The Niagara

In 1798, Robert Randall, Esquire, then a young gentleman of respectable connections, large pecuniary resources, and good credit, emigrated from Maryland, his native State, to the District of Niagara, in Canada, with the intention of erecting and establishing extensive iron works, near the Falls of Niagara, and of carrying on the business of manufacturing wheat-flour there.

Mr. Randall erected his forge and manufactured cast and bar iron on the banks of the Niagara ; his mills were burnt and his forge destroyed by the enemy during the War uf 1812. 

It is presumed that he was the first manufacturer of wrought iron in the Canadas... .  [Source]

William Lyon Mackenzie was an executor of Mr. Randal(l)'s estate.

Case of the heirs of Doctor James Reynolds

Three pages encompass the Case of the heirs of Doctor James Reynolds [a claim for the amount of a horse which fell into the hands of the enemy at Detroit, during the War of 1812].

The committee was ruling on a technicality.  Was the horse surrendered with Hull at Detroit or was the horse lost as a consequence of the death of Doctor Reynolds?

 United States.  Congres. House. Committee on Claims.  Published in Washington, D.C., D. Green, 1833.  Series: [U.S.] 22nd Cong. 2d Sess., 1832-33.  House Rept., no. 44.