An Acker On The List

Source

Silas Acker was the father-in-law of Samantha Jane (Richmond) Acker and the father of Newman McLennan Acker.  Samantha was the daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Fowler) Richmond and the sister of my Thomas P. Richmond.


War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files:

Source: Fold3

Richmonds In War of 1812

Adam Richmond enlisted in the War of 1812, with his brother Ezra, and they were the first of the ill-fated volunteers who crossed into Canada.  They were under Gen. Dans [Davis]* of Leroy, N.Y.  "He was a straight-forward, energetic, industrious farmer, of good moral character, and strictly temperate in all things."  They lived at Greenbush, Mich.  [Source: JB Richmond book]

Again in September, while the war was in progress at and near Fort Erie, in Canada, news came to us that the British were about to attack the Fort and our troops there must be reinforced.
A sortie was made from the Fort September 17th...A man of our company named Howard was killed, another named Sheldon was wounded in the shoulder, and Moses Bacon was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax.
*In that sortie General [Daniel] Davis, of Le Roy, was killed, and Gen. Peter B. Porter was taken prisoner, and rescued again the same day. We came home after an absence of twenty-four days. [Source]

Adam and David Richmond were witnesses for Abram Butterfield's Pension Application for his War of 1812 service:

Source At Fold3

 "...of the aforesaid Captain Buell's Company or Lieutenant Butler's Company, viz: David Richmond, Adam Richmond, Thomas Howard, Caleb Cooley and Asa Butterfield, and that the aforesaid Thomas Howard, who died on his way to Halifax, Nova Scotia, at Quebec was a prisoner with me being taken by the British at the Battle of Fort Erie."

Petition For Punishment

From the History of the Town of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Mass:

[Source]

July 8, 1814 

We the subscribers inhabitants of the town of Cheshire, supposing that you have the power to control or remove the British prisoners now located in Cheshire, think proper to state that they have conducted themselves in such a manner as to render their longer stay in this place highly improper.

Richmond Brown was one of the subscribers.

Captain Daniel Buell

From Metcalf Hatch's biography at Rootsweb:

Metcalf Bradley Hatch was born in Genesee County, New York, March 5, 1835. His father, Timothy Hatch, died March 27, 1844, and his mother, Lucretia Buell, died in 1865. Daniel Buell, an uncle, was a captain of the infantry in the War of 1812, and was killed in the battle of Chippewa. His remains were never found.

More from the life of Rufus Hatch:

Abraham Butterfield was in Captain Buell's unit according to his pension file.

John Newberry Of Westerlo

John Newberry (Newbury) of Westerlo, Albany, NY, husband of Margaret Smith, daughter of Deliverance and Rhoda (Richmond) Smith.  They also had a son named John Newberry.

Hilltowns during the War of 1812 - From Tenney and Howell:

Veterans of the War of 1812

...John Newbury, Westerlo Cyrus Stone, Westerlo... 

Margaret Smith Newberry was a descendant of the Richmond family that I research.

Abram Butterfield's Application

 Abram Butterfield's War of 1812 pension application stated that he "volunteered on or about September 1st 1814 at Buffalo, New York, in Captain Daniel Buell's Company, of Colonel Ganson's Regiment, of New York Militia Vols, War of 1812; that one of my Lieutenants was Butler; that my General was Davis, who was killed at Fort Erie.

Excerpt of Document At Fold3, Page 31

Also mentioned in this application were Adam Richmond and David Richmond.

United States Census, 1850
Event Place: Cambridge, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Abraham Butterfield M 60 Massachusetts
Lenora Butterfield F 55 Massachusetts
Faber Perkins M 28 New York

Abram Butterfield in Lenawee County, Michigan, history.

Claim emanating from Gratiot County, Michigan.

Loring Richmond

Loring Richmond's War of 1812 service was mentioned in the Richmond Family book:

1188. LORING RICHMOND (6) (Edward 5, Perez 4, Silvester 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born in Westport, Mass., December 19, 1781, and died in 1858. He married, first, March 11, 1804, Lydia Thomas, who was born June 6, 1782, and died April 8, 1829. He married, secondly, June 23, 1830, Mrs. Sally Hall, widow of Elisha Hall, who was born January 16, 1790, and died November 5, 1854. They resided in Camillus, Onondaga County, N. Y. He served in the War of 1812.

He's buried in the Oswego Bitters Cemetery in Camillus, New York.  His will was found online here.

Note:  Silvester Richmond's descendants are Mayflower descendants.

A Young Thomas Richmond In The War Of 1812

One of my ancestors was named Thomas Richmond.  The man who served in the War of 1812 and is profiled below was NOT my ancestor.

From the Richmond Family book:
The Hon. Thomas Richmond was born in Barnard, Vt., Dec. 8, 1796, and died in Woodstock, Vt., June 15, 1893.  He married, in Salina, N.Y., Jan. 4, 1822, Olive, daughter of Charles Yale. They resided in Chicago, Ill.  He was one of Chicago's pioneers, moving there with his family in 1847.  

He was in the War of 1812, as valet to a captain, being too young to enlist as a soldier.  A letter was sent to Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, stating such:

Source

Perhaps he was a soldier in the War of 1812....


He was enumerated with his family about the time the letter to President Grant was sent:

United States Census, 1870

Household  Gender Age Birthplace

Thos Richmond M 72y Vermont

Olive Y Richmond F 70y New York

Holland M Richmond M 40y New York

Susan M Richmond F 43y New York

Fredrica Richdat F 22y Norway

Ericca Ursen F 43y Norway

Ebenezer Richmond's Pension Index

Index To The War of 1812 Pension Application Files:

E 359.4.I5 1960

Roll #79

Richmon, Ebenezer

Widow:  Richmond, Lois A.

Capts Wibbers [Robert Wilbers] & [James] Lords Cos

NY Militia

Widow Orig:  17230

Widow Ctf.: 11212

Fold3 - Not Richmond's File

Fold3 - Also Not Richmond's File

Featuring Needham Hemingway

Included in the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is "Our Military Heritage."  One name included in the War of 1812 category was Needham Hemingway, a name familiar to me:

From my Richmonds & Connected Lineages blog:

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011

A Tale of Two Ernests (Hemingway)

A newspaper account connecting the author Ernest Hemingway with the Oakland Co., Michigan, Hemingways, can be found here.  

A Richmond descendant, Bryon Richmond, married Daisy, daughter of Ernest Needham Hemingway.  Daisy was the granddaughter ofHenry L. Hemingway.  She was the great-granddaughter of Needham Hemingway who was an Oakland County pioneer mentioned in the article.

See what the Genealogy Center has for Needham Hemingway here (lots of good information).

New York War Service Records Search Request

New York War Service Records Search Request form can be found here.

Index of Awards of Claims of Soldiers in the War of 1812, pub. 1860. Adjutant and Inspector Generals, Albany, NY.

No.  Name of App.  Residence  Amount Allowed

8,003  Richmond  Ebenezer  Independence, Allegany Co., NY  $60.50

14,226  Backus, John by widow  Tompkins Co., NY $55.00

2,616  Allen, William  Bruce, Macomb, Michigan

2,617  Allen, John   Bruce, Macomb, Michigan

Thomas Spaulding, Fife-Major

Most of my posts about the Richmond family are posted here; however, there is a War of 1812 connection in the text of the J. B. Richmond book excerpted below:

BETSEY RICHMOND (6) (Sylvester 5, Sylvester 4, Ebenezer 3, John 2, John 1) was born in New Braintree, Mass., August 13, 1783, and died in Troy, N.Y., November 19, 1822.  She married Thomas Spaulding of Vermont, who was born October 17, 1780, and died April 16, 1829.  He was Fife-Major in the War of 1812.