Denny In Captain Allen's Company

Invalid Pension File (Source - Fold3)

William Denny/Dennie was a member of Captain Allen's company of Mounted gunmen in General Coffee's Brigade.

William's last term of enlistment was in the Company of Bethel Allen and he was a member of John Coffee's Brigade. Often forgotten in the discussion of the Battle of New Orleans, General Jackson was not content to wait on the British to attack his rather weak fortifications near the City. He sent out many companies to fell trees and sink small boats in an attempt to clog passages and slow the progress of the British advance. [Source]

Misfiled certificate? (Fold3)

Affidavit taken by resident in Smith County, Tennessee stated that he was wounded by cannonball on or about December 23, 1814, "at the battle below New Orleans..." as well as a musket ball wound.

Arrest Of Captain Thomas Spencer

From the "Letters Received..." file of George W. Sevier (Tenn.), a letter postmarked from Fort Hampton, dated 2 April 1811:

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Jacob Graves

At the time of the correspondence noted below, soldier was living in Tippah County, Mississippi

Source - Fold3 War of 1812 Pensions

States in the year 1813 or 1814 that he was drafted in Franklin County Tennessee...

...war...Creek tribe

Jacob Graves married 2nd Elizabeth Bromly in 1842; he was previously married to Peggy Johnson, who died about 1825

Jacob died in Tippah County, Mississippi on March 9, 1876; they had previously lived in Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Note:  I have ancestors who lived in Franklin County, Tennessee who moved to southern Illinois. Nancy (Graves) Johnson, also moved from Tennessee to southern Illinois (she is my ancestor as well).  I don't believe Nancy was from Franklin County or is related to this Jacob Graves, but since I do not know who her parents were, I can't rule them out yet.

Campaigns Of The War Of 1812 (Southwest)

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Dinner At The Bell Tavern

Source -  A Tavern In The South

"The volunteers returned from a campaign in May 1814, and a dinner was given at the Bell Tavern, and Felix Grundy delivered an address of welcome, which was responded to by Gen. Jackson on behalf of the volunteers."

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George Duffield, Aide-De-Camp...

...to General Nathaniel Taylor :

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George Duffield's widow, whose pension application is shown above, was Sally (Carter) Duffield Brewer of Johnson City, Carter County, Tennessee.


Alfred Taylor (the General's son) married Elizabeth Duffield, dau of George Duffield.

General Nathaniel Taylor

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General Taylor was born on 24 February 1771, in Rockbridge County, Virginia, though the family moved to the Watauga settlement in Tennessee.

"Long prominent in military affairs, as Brigadier General, he was ordered into service August 4, 1814."

Source - Fold3

A Court Martial Of Dr. Backus

Assistant Apothecary Christopher Backus was appointed 12 August 1814.

Reference to his court martial was found in Letters Received By The Office Of The Adjutant General, 1805-1821:

Dateline: Nashville, September 21, 1818

...proceedings of the General Court Martial for the trial of Doctor C. Backus and others held at New Orleans...

Another letter stated that Dr. Christopher Backus...is honest and faithful, but not equal to the duties....

His arrest by George Croghan, September 23, 1816, was listed in The Papers of Andrew Jackson.

August Near Horseshoe Bend

Encampment At Horseshoe Bend On The Tallapoosa River

Smith College Studies in History, Volumes 7-8, included Major Tatum's Journal:

August 11, 1814 

The Commanding General and suite having embarked on board of one of the boats, I was directed to accompany him and in the descent to ascertain the courses and distances of the Alabama River from the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, as well as I could under such circumstances.

Honoring Sequoyah (George Guess)

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War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files [NARA] for George Guess (Sequoyah):

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Jacob Graves

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WAR OF 1812

State of Mississippi

County of Tippah

22 April 1878

Elizabeth Graves, Age 73

Widow Of Jacob Graves

Private - Captain Hollman's Company

Jacob Graves was drafted at Franklin Co., Tennessee

Elizabeth And Jacob Were Married In Tishomingo County, Mississippi

She was Elizabeth Bromley before her marriage to Jacob Graves

Jacob Graves' 1st wife was Peggy Johnson who died about 1825

Jacob Graves died 9 March 1876

Her P.O. Address is Ripley, Mississippi

Jackson Quelled A Mutiny

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John Brisby

War of 1812 Pension And Bounty Land Application  - Fold3

Form Of Declaration For Surviving Officer Or Soldier
State of Tennessee
County of Maury
1 November 1850
John Brisby
Aged 67
Private in the Company Commanded By Captain [John] Dalton
2nd Regiment of the Tennessee Militia
Commanded by Col. [John] Cocke and by General [William] Carroll
In The War With Great Britain
Drafted At Williamson County, Tennessee ca 13 November 1814
Honorably Discharged in Franklin, Tennessee ca 20 May 1815

This document stated that Brisby participated in the Battle of New Orleans

Bounty Land - Soldier#: 5113 - 80 - 50
Bounty Land - Widow#: 48501 - 80 - 55


John Brisby married Rosey (or Rosa) Clendenin in  June 1805 in Sumner County, Tennessee.  The widow died in Culleoka, Maury, Tennessee, on April 6, 1873.  According to the record, the soldier died on either January 8th or 24th in either 1851 or 1852.

Testimony from James Orr of Marshall County, Tennessee, who had known Rosey (Clendenin) Brisby since 1796 and John Brisby since 1816.

Name: John Brisby

Census  1850

Maury county, part of, Maury, Tennessee

Birth Year (Estimated): 1783

Birthplace: Virginia

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

John Brisby M 67 Virginia

Rosa Brisby F 64 North Carolina

Fanny Brisby F 25 Tennessee

Uriah Alison

William Trousdale's First Wars

The William Trousdale Papers held at the Tennessee State Library and Archives:

"This collection is centered around William Trousdale, resident of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee; veteran of the Creek War, 1813; private during the War of 1812, 1814-1815...Governor of Tennessee and United States Ambassador."

1813 Volunteered as private in Captain William Edward’s Company of Mounted  Riflemen; participated in Battles of Tallahatchie and Talladega during the  Creek War

1814 Re-enlisted; served as private in War of 1812, after being defeated for first lieutenant and third lieutenant; participated in Battle of Pensacola

1815 Participated in Battle of New Orleans; returned to Tennessee in the Spring 

Compiled Service Records of War of 1812 included:

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Captain Richard Alexander's Papers

The Alexander Family Papers are housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives and are focused on Richard Alexander (ca.1786-ca. 1856), a Captain in the War of 1812, and...are composed of accounts, correspondence, military records for the War of 1812, deeds, land records... .  The military papers, largely requisitions for supplies, are the records of Richard Alexander, Quartermaster of the First Brigade of Tennessee Volunteers in the War of 1812.


There was an auction (now ended) that included Richard Alexander's papers (partial description below):

1st item: Partially printed document appointing Richard Alexander quartermaster with rank and grade of first lieutenant in a regiment of Infantry of the Tennessee Volunteers, commanded by Colonel W. Hall. Dated Nov. 21, 1812, Nashville, and signed by Governor Willie Blount.

4th through 7th items: ... receipts and supply requisitions, all related to Richard Alexander, quartermaster.... .

8th item: ... refers to Jackson's efforts to retain tents for his men which had been ordered back by the Secretary of War John Armstrong, as part of Armstrong's Feb. 6 letter ordering the dismissal of the detachment under Jackson's command. 

Jackson At The Battle Of Emuckfau

Source - Page 197

22 January 1814 

From The History of Tennessee...:

"In the afternoon of the 21st the army fell in with numerous fresh trails. These indications of the proximity of a large body of the enemy being presently confirmed by the reports of his spies. Jackson, encamping on the high grounds of Emuckfau, made every preparation to meet a sudden attack. It was well he did so. The morning of the 22d was just beginning to dawn when his left wing was startled by the furious assault... ."

Old William Jack Haines

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Haines, William Jack, aged 110 years.  (Penna. Society)
Memorial Home, St. Louis, Mo.
Private
Served in Captain Gregory's Company, Tennessee Militia
Participated in Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1815
[Born 25 December 1787]

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Census 1880

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Occupation: Engineer

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Peter Sorenson Other M 39 Denmark

Henry Leyfried Other M 50 Germany

Peter Heffer Other M 26 Missouri

Ellen Haynes Other F 45 Tennessee

Frances Bennet Sister-in-law F 50 Virginia

Wm Haynes Other M 93 Tennessee

Ed R Darlow Other M 30 England

Died in Missouri on May, 1899, per FindAGrave?

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."

James D. Craig's Scrapbook

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James D. Craig's scrapbook (1814-1815) is housed at the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama.  A description [link added]:

James D. Craig was a captain of a Tennessee volunteer company, Jackson's Army, in the War of 1812, and later served at Fort Claiborne, Ala. in the Creek and Seminole Wars.  ...the collection deals with the activities of the 2nd Regiment of Tennessee at Mobile and Fort Claiborne, Ala... .

History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 3 has a biography of a James D. Craig [he was probably the son of Captain James D. Craig whose scrapbook was referenced above].