Showing posts with label Backus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Backus. Show all posts
Friday, June 7, 2019

Jacob Brown's And Electus Backus's Collaboration

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Jacob Brown "[Jacob Brown]...was residing at his home in Brownsville on the Black River a few miles from Sackett's Harbor had...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Still Smoking At Sackets Harbor

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"Colonel Macomb received orders to return with four companies of his Regiment, with all despatch, to Sackett's Harbour ." ...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Adam Hines In Captain Peter Backus's Company

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Adam Hines' military career. Source 19810 Act March 1855 Adam Hines, Private Capt. Backus Gen. Tupper Ohio Militia ...
Friday, May 20, 2016

Ozais Backhaus

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War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists [Microform: t-10386] Start of 4th Lincoln  militia (officers and staff, ...
Monday, September 21, 2015

A Court Martial Of Dr. Backus

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Assistant Apothecary Christopher Backus was appointed 12 August 1814. Reference to his court martial was found in  Letters Received By ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

General Ebenezer Huntington

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Source "After the war, in 1792, he was appointed Major-General of the State militia, which office he held for thirty years. In ...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Andrew Backus

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Andrew Backus Andrew Backus married Bathsheba King Source There's more information about Andrew and Bathsheba in ...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Pre-War Deaths At Fort Adams

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Source From the   American state papers:  ... (investigation as to why so many soldiers were dying at Fort Adams): Previous to the ...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

Isaac Baker

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Because I research both Baker and Backus surnames in New York, the application of Isaac Baker at Fold3 caught my attention: Julia Backus ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Ira Baker's Pension Application

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Private Ira Baker was a soldier in Duty Shumway 's company (per affidavit below): Source  (Fold3) State of New York Cortland C...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Laura Secord's Family

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Family members of heroine Laura Secord . From  The Ingersolls of Hampshire : a genealogical history of the family from their settlement i...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Compiled Northern Theater Casualties

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An article in the Watertown Daily Times (hat tip to NEGHS ) was published December 29, 2011, and sheds light on casualties from War of 18...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Laura Secord's Ingersoll Family Roots

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The family of Laura Secord , War of 1812 Canadian heroine, surfaced during a completely unrelated (or so I thought) Backus family search. Tu...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

The Swords Of General Hugh Brady

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From   Brady family reunion and fragments of Brady history and biography : General Brady's sword, which he carried through the War of...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Petition For Sabra Backus, Widow of Electus

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From the United States Congressional serial set, Issue 112 : Mr. Foote, of New York, presented a petition of Sebra Backus, widow of Elec...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Colonel Elisha Backus

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From the Reno W. Backus book,  Backus Families of Early New England , Colonel Elisha Backus's lineage is as follows:   Elisha6 , Elisha5...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New York War Service Records Search Request

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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....
Sunday, January 29, 2012

John Backus In A 1793 Document Found In A War of 1812 File

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The information found here gave me the impetus to search the War of 1812 resources on the internet.  I was surprised to find a 1793 documen...
Monday, September 12, 2011

War of 1812 Index Of Awards Of Claims Of Soldiers

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From  Index of Awards of Claims of Soldiers - War of 1812 , 1860, Adjutant...,  [NY State]: # Name of Applicant    Residence    Amt     All...