Lay In The Black Swamp

General Area Of The Black Swamp In Ohio (Source - LOC)

This rain in January, 1813, was very general, especially in the valley of the Mississippi, for our troops in the northwest under General Harrison at this time, lay in the Black Swamp, some twenty miles beyond Lower Sandusky, where, from the nature of the ground, it was with difficulty that the troops could find dry ground to stand on, much less to sleep on at night. The hardships endured by these men during that winter campaign were such as not only to try men's souls, but to try their mortal bodies also, for many of these brave men died on their way home, and many of them died a lingering death after they reached home, while many of them are still living, and have obtained a bounty land warrant, calling for eighty acres of land, which was obtained under a law passed September 28, 1850, and well they all deserved it, and much more had they got it. [Source]

He Was Only Fifteen

From The Genesee Country

"As my father was only fifteen they thought he had better stay at home.  But the war got him.  In 1813 he was hauling stone for the old arsenal when General Scott's officers came along and impressed his team and him.  He was sent to Albany to bring on supplies.  He got a land warrant for eighty acres of land for this involuntary service.  He said that it was the only time that lightning ever struck him."

Heir And Devisee Of Lieutenant John Thorp

From the Opinions of Attorneys General:

No Bounty Land For Fowler Heir

Source - Fold3

 Morris Fowler

Private - Capt. Lyman's Co.

9th Regiment Infantry

"Bounty Land relinquished for 'five years half pay' 9 April 1819 by the Guardian Chauncey Fowler, of the minor child of 'Morris Fowler,' who was a private of Capt. Lyman's Co. of the 9th Reg. Inf."

Adam Hines In Captain Peter Backus's Company

Adam Hines' military career.

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19810

Act March 1855

Adam Hines, Private

Capt. Backus

Gen. Tupper

Ohio Militia

War of 1812

Admitted 80 Acres

*Warrant No. 15015

Issued Dec 1835

And Sent To

Thomas H. Dalrymple

Mount Gilead, Ohio

Morrow County, Ohio, also mentioned in file (1871)

Married Mary Stanton

*Registered in Iowa to someone other than Adam Hines

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Adam Hines' memorial (1790-1878) at FindAGrave.

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Fowler's Bounty Land Denied

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Thomas Fowler
Died In Service: 4 November 1812
3 Minor Children
Widow: Lucy Ann Fowler
Private
Captain Zachariah Rossell's Company
16th Regiment Infantry

...bounty land was relinquished in November 1818, and in lieu thereof...was paid to Mrs. Lucy Ann Fowler...the 5 years half pay pension...Act of Congress...16th April 1816...Hence, there is nothing due in bounty land, or Pension, to the widow or heirs of the aforesaid Thomas Fowler, dec'd, under any existing law whatever... .

The Fowler family received payment in lieu of bounty similar to the circumstances of  Elizabeth Acklin Hinds.

William Gray Simms

Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine, Volumes 1-2:

William Gray Simms was born in 1795 and died in 1867.  He served in Bunch's Regiment, Mounted, in the War of 1812.

More about Bunch's Regiment:

"Colonel Samuel Bunch commanded two separate regiments at different times during the war. This regiment of three-month enlistees, in the brigade of General James White, participated in the action against the tribe of Creeks known as the Hillabees."

Isaac Baker

Because I research both Baker and Backus surnames in New York, the application of Isaac Baker at Fold3 caught my attention:

Julia Backus of Freetown, Cortland, New York, only living witness to marriage between Isaac Baker and Mary Swetland, 29 April 1813 at Granville, Washington County, New York.  That Ira Baker has known said parties (Isaac Baker and Mary Swetland Baker).....

On 30 December 1850, Isaac Baker, age 63, was an affiant for his pension application.  He stated that he was a private in a company commanded by Captain Jehial Dayton in an Artillery regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Thorn.  Private Baker volunteered for war at Granville, Washington County, New York, about August 1, 1812, for 6 months.  His actual service lasted about 3 months and 20 days because of illness.  He recovered about January 1, 1813; by then the company disbanded was was sent home.  He applied for a discharge from Captain Dayton in the summer of 1813 as Baker was moving from Washington County to Cortland County, New York.  He received his discharge on July 9, 1813.  The purpose of the deposition was to obtain bounty land.

United States Census, 1850

Name: Isaac W Baker

Freetown, Cortland, New York, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Isaac W Baker M 63 New York

Mary Baker F 39 Connecticut

1855 NY Census - Mary Baker Next To Swetland Family

Military Society Of The War Of 1812

The Military Society of the War of 1812 was formed by officers of the War of 1812 to press for pensions and bounty land legislation.

"On January 3, 1826, pursuant to notice published in the newspapers of the City of New York of December 31, 1825, a number of commissioned officers and ex-officers, who resided or were stationed in the vicinity, and who had served with reputation in the Army of the United States in the War of 1812, met at the Broadway House, corner of Broadway and Grand Streets. ...as a reward for their services, sufferings, and losses during the Second War of Independence." [Source]


From an earlier time: The Military Society of the War of 1812: annals, regulations, and roster (1895):

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After 1840, only annual meeting's were held, and on January 8, 1848, the Military Society of the War of 1812 consolidated with "The Veteran Corps of Artillery," in which many of its members were already enrolled, and was afterward generally known by the latter title.

Half Pay Instead Of Bounty Land?

Were William Hinds' children the recipients of the half-pay pension in lieu of bounty-land?

Under "Old Wars": (2) Allowance of half pay pension in lieu of bounty land extinguishes title to the latter and vice versa.  Note: This is under the provisions of the act of April 16, 1816, which has expired by limitation.  The half-pay pension in lieu of bounty-land was allowed only to children of enlisted men who were killed in battle or died of wounds received in the war of 1812. [Source]