...Martin McCallum, Captain in the 1st Regt Lincoln Militia
was killed in attack of the enemy on
Fort George on the 27th May 1813
Cross-posted at Detour Through History
Showing posts with label Lincoln Militia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lincoln Militia. Show all posts
Friday, May 27, 2022
Thursday, May 27, 2021
William Cameron Killed At Fort George
Upper Canada Sundries : C-4543
...certify that William Cameron Private in the 1st Reg't of Lincoln Militia was killed in the attack of the enemy on Fort George on the 27th May 1813...
Cross-posted at Cameron Collections And Detour Through History
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Shot For Desertion
An excerpt from A North End Journal blog post:
"I have reached the names on the list that begin with the letter M and it’s the first time I have come across the comment that someone ‘deserted to the enemy’. That made me sit up a little straighter but it was the fate of Private McMillan that gave me the greatest shock. The notation after his name said ‘shot for desertion, Oct. 1814’."
From the Executed Today website:
HEAD QUARTERS, FALLS OF NIAGARA
OCTOBER 28TH 1814.
At a General Court Martial, held at Stamford, on the 25th instant, and continued by adjournment to the 28th of the same month, Private John McMillan, of the 2nd regiment of Lincoln Militia, was arraigned on the following charges, viz.: —
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Saturday, March 11, 2017
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Lincoln Militia Document At The Indiana University Archives
1812 June 26, 1815 Feb. 21
Document signed. 1 p. 33 cm.
Statement of the different periods the lst regiment, Lincoln militia…on duty.
Purchased. Forest H. Sweet, dealer, Battle Creek, Michigan. 1943.
Canada--Militia
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Wm. Howard Absent From 4th Militia
War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7:
#62. Wm. Howard....Absent
Certified on 14 June 1814
Friday, May 20, 2016
Ozais Backhaus
War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists [Microform: t-10386]
Start of 4th Lincoln militia (officers and staff, company, detachment rolls) [Image 530]
Ozais Backhaus (#48 on the list)
Is he a Backus?
Monday, October 26, 2015
William Howard In The 4th Militia
War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Pay lists....; Muster roll of a Detachment of the 4th Regiment, Lincoln Militia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Nelles:
Privates [among others]
#3. Morris Terrebery From 23rd October to 1st November [Year?]
#11. Jacob Book " "
#33. William Howard From 26th October to 1st November
William Howard's daughter, Melissa Howard, married Morris Terryberry's son, David Terryberry.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
Ensign Canada
4th Lincoln Militia
War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, RG 9 1B7
Microform: t-10386
Ensign Canada
The surname of my Kennedy relatives who lived in the Lincoln County/Niagara area was also spelled "Canada."
Friday, August 7, 2015
Signed By Susannah Butler
Butler Johnson Major (1804); Lieut.-Col.
(16 May 1806)
Died of disease, 1 Dec 1812 4th Lincoln
...amount of pay for the late Johnson Butler, Esquire....4th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Signed by Susannah Butler, widow of the late Lt.-Col. Butler
Thursday, July 23, 2015
John Steele And Sugar Loaf Hill
See Oil Painting of Gravelly Bay and Sugarloaf Hill in Port Colborne and the included description (excerpted below):
The War of 1812 Veteran "Big John Steele", John Steele's log Tavern Inn, built 1824, is in the forground and Christian Zavitz's log home is located at the entrance to Eagle Marsh.Sugar Loaf Hill (Port Colborne)
John Steele (1773-1855) served in the War of 1812 in *Baxter's Co. in the 3rd Regiment of the Lincoln Militia.
Early records refer to the cabin as "Steele's Tavern" and it was known to be used as a meeting place before the canal was built.
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Library and Archives Canada has War of 1812 officers and soldiers:
Officers & Staff, Company, Detachment Rolls 1812-1814
*John Steele found on the muster rolls here [Image 473]
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
William Howard Served
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A list of Canadian War of 1812 Veterans from the Elgin County Branch Of The Ontario Genealogical Society, included:
HOWARD, William, Pte., served under Captain David Secord 1814, 1815
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Captain Martin McClellan
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Deserters in his Company, ordered to be sent down by Col. Claus
Niagara. 8-11-1812.
Major Wm. (?) Robertson to Ensign James Secord.
C.1203 1/2 A. p. 93
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
McGaw From Niagara
"In the diary of Wm. McGaw, a militiaman from Niagara, and who was with Gen. Brock at the taking of Detroit, August 16, 1812, many of the items in the American Prisoner's Journal are corroborated." [Source]
McGaw's in Grimsby, Lincoln County, District of Niagara [ excerpt from "my" William Howard's petition]:
... William McLean and his wife (whose maiden name had been Jane McGaw, a UE loyalist Daughter) he purchased her rights, which the said Jane had been granted her in the year 1815...Your petitioner purchased a lot three years ago, in the Sixth Concession of the Township of Grimsby, county of Lincoln, in the District of Niagara, at an exorbitant price, being told by the... .
Monday, June 16, 2014
Giles Hall's Petition
Title: Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)
Microform: c-2043
June 16, 1816
H, Bundle 2
Stamford
"This may Certify that Giles Hall has resided within the limits of the 2d Reg't of Lincoln Militia during the late war..... ."
Gile Hall's Oath of Allegiance
Saturday, April 19, 2014
James Stewart, AWOL
British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX ONLY
Microform: c-11837
Capt. 1st Lincoln Militia
Given evidence before Court-Martial for trial of James Stewart, absent without leave
Niagara 7-31-1812
c. 1700
p. 210
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Lincoln Militia Officers
War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879
Papers relating to War of 1812 at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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