The Rolls Were Lost

Source [Battle Of Plattsburgh, 1814]

From A List Of Pensioners Of The War Of 1812:

Everest, Harry

Aged 60, Milton private in Capt. William Picket's Company, Vermont Volunteer Militia. ...defense of Plattsburgh...

The discharge of his company was verbal and the rolls were lost. 

The blog post, Vermonter Huldah Bates, Levi's Widow, Granted Land, was derived from the same publication.

History Of The Fourth Regiment

Harrison At Tippecanoe

A history of the organization and movements of the 4th regiment of Infantry, U.S.A., 1796-1870.

"...the Regiment is reported to have been raised in and about the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and is supposed to have been employed during the years 1808-'09-'10 in protecting the frontiersmen in the territories north of the Ohio river and south of the Great Lakes, as the first official notice taken of the Regiment is during the campaign of General Harrison against the Indians in the northwest.

Orderly Sergeant Parish

Source

"[Jacob K. Parish] who was orderly sergeant of the said company...on the University grounds at Burlington, [came] upon a box of guns and while on their way to Plattsburg."

Casualties On The Ship Saratoga

Source

Seat Of War Map

From John Hopkins University (Sheridan Libraries):

Source

The Library of Congress calls this "A correct map of the seat of war."

John Anderson, West Point Graduate

John Anderson "served in the War of 1812 at Detroit and was made prisoner when Hull surrendered."

"He [Anderson] made an exploring trip into the northwestern and western country soon after and in 1815-16 surveyed Lake Champlain. In 1817 he was engaged in constructing the military road from Detroit to the Maumee River. In 1818 he was in Washington D. C. when it was reported that he had died. This was later denied and on August 21, 1818, he married Julia Ann Taylor, a Quakeress of that city. They returned to Detroit in September, and in 1819 he surveyed Grosse Isle. They lived where the old Mariners' Church now stands. Major Anderson took an interest in the affairs of the town and was very much liked."

"He died September 14, 1834, at Detroit, Mich., aged 59 years. His widow, Julia Ann Taylor Anderson, died October 29, 1842, leaving her property in trust for a church, the Mariners' Church, at the death of her sister Charlotte Thomas Anderson, of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, NY, and E. Rood of Detroit were among the heirs of John Anderson."  From the Governor and judges journal: proceedings of the Land board of Detroit

Register of West Point Graduates
1807
26 JUSTUS POST. Died, March 14, 1846, at Caledonia, Ill, aged 65.
27 SATERLEE CLARK. Died, 1848, Washington, D. C.
28 JOHN ANDERSON. Died, Sept. 14, 1834, at Detroit, Mich.
29 SAMUEL CHAMPLIN. Died, Feb. 10, 1863, Charleston, S. C.
30 SAMUEL NOAH. Near Mt. Pulaski, Ill.

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

Skirmish At Otter Creek

During the War of 1812 a small earth work called Fort Cassin was built at the mouth of Otter Creek, to prevent the British ships on Lake Champlain from ascending the river and destroying the American fleet being built at Vergennes. The fort was named for Lieut. Stephen Cassin, one of Macdonough's officers. The British fleet appeared off the mouth of the river, April* 14, 1814, and attacked the fort, the engagement lasting about half an hour. Many shells lodged in the parapet, one gun was dismounted, and two men were slightly wounded. Several of the British ships were damaged and the fleet soon withdrew. [Source]
*May?


A post on this blog described Fort Cassin and Otter Creek (with pictures).

Attack on Fort Cassin has its own Facebook page.

Photos of Reenactors here.

Lapeer Connection

A NARA record found at Fold3.com:

Fold3

WAR OF 1812.

Claim of Widow for Pension, under the Provisions of Sections 4736 to 4740 inclusive Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9, 1878.

State of:  Michigan

County of:  Lapeer

18 May 1878

Emeline Bannister, age 66

Residence:  Almont, Michigan

Widow of Private Levi Bannister

N.Y. Mil.

Enlisted at Buffalo or Gainsville, New York

Emeline Bannister in the Census taken in Lapeer County, Michigan:

United States Census, 1900

name: Emeline Banister

Almont township Almont village, Lapeer, Michigan, United States

birth date: Dec 1811

birthplace: Connecticut

father's birthplace: Connecticut

mother's birthplace: Connecticut

marital status: Widowed

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Martin Banister M 49 Michigan

wife Jennie Banister F 49 Michigan

daughter Hattie Banister F 23 Michigan

son Harry Banister M 21 Michigan

son Hughie Banister M 12 Michigan

mother Emeline Banister F 89 Connecticut

United States Census, 1850

Almont, Lapeer, Michigan, United States

  Household Gender Age Birthplace

Levie Banister M 44 Vermont

Emaline Banister F 38 Canada

Betsey Banister F 19 New York

Freman L Banister M 17 New York

Hiram Banister M 16 New York

Manervia Banister F 12 Michigan

Lucian Banister M 5 Michigan

Effe Banister F 21 New York

Emeline Banister died in 1907:

Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

name: Emeline Banister

death date: 24 Feb 1907

death place: Almont Township, Lapeer, Michigan

age: 95

birth date: 1812

father: Thomas Weaver

mother: Salley Lee

Captain Weeks' Company Payroll

From A List Of Pensioners Of The War Of 1812:

PAYROLL OF A COMPANY OF INFANTRY COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN W. WEEKS, OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1813

Two items of interest:

Henry Alden, private, deserted from the Fourth Regiment April 23, 1809, and delivered himself to Lieutenant Green, Dec. 26, 1812

And

Job Barnet, private, died Jan. 12, 1813

Queenston Plan Of Battle

Source

Vermonter Huldah Bates, Levi's Widow, Granted Land

From A List Of Pensioners...

Surveying Commodore MacDonough's Shipyard

An August 2011 news release from the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum included the following information:

McDonough's War of 1812 Shipyard Receives Grant

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has received a grant of $23,985 from the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to undertake an archeological survey to determine the precise location and established boundaries for MacDonough's War of 1812 Shipyard in Vergennes, Vermont.

Skirmish At Fort Cassin & Otter Creek

On this date (May 14th) in 1814:

In the spring of 1814..., a flotilla of small war vessels was constructed at Vergennes under Lieutenant, afterward Commodore, Macdonough earthworks, since known as Fort Cassin, after Lieutenant Cassin of the US navy, were thrown up at the mouth of Otter Creek; and May 14 the earthworks and the completed vessels repelled an attack by a British fleet which was attempting to enter the creek in order to destroy the latter. [Source]

Veteran Job Austin Died In Michigan

 From the New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial....

 Job Austin

"He served in the War of 1812, at Plattsburg, and on Lake Champlain.  He died while on a visit to Michigan at his daughter Esther's home."

CHILDREN:  William, Esther, Rebecca, Huldah, Elijah; Henry

United States Census, 1850

Name: Esther Campbell

Residence: Bellevue, Eaton, Michigan

Calculated Birth Year: 1800

Birthplace: Vermont

Gender: Female

Samuel Campbell M 43y

Esther Campbell F 50y

Edward Campbell M 16y

Warren Campbell M 14y

Henrietta Campbell F 12y

Fletcher Campbell M 6y

Amanda Campbell F 4y

Esther (Austin) Campbell in the 1860 census.

Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995

Name: Esta Campbell

Gender: Female

Death Date: 21 Jan 1873

Death Place: Bellevue, Eaton, Mich

Birth Date: 1799

Birthplace: Vt

Occupation: Housekeeper

Marital Status: Married

Father's Name: Austin

Father's Birthplace: Vt

Mother's Name: Austin

Mother's Birthplace: Vt

Murray's Raid

A War of 1812 lesson plan, Misses, Mistresses, and Misconception, Women’s Roles in the Northern Theater Of the War of 1812, mentioned Murray's Raid, which was the first I had heard of it.

In late July into early August, a British force under Col. [John] Murray invaded the Champlain Valley (Murray’s Raid). Col. Murray’s men were met by a small American force that quickly dispersed.

 In spite of promises that personal property would be untouched, many citizens saw their property stolen, damaged, or destroyed. 

From The Pictorial Field-Book of the War....

After destroying the block-house, arsenal, armory, and hospital in the town, and the military cantonment (known as Pike's) near Fredenburg Falls, on the Saranac, two miles above the village, he wantonly burned three private store-houses, and plundered and destroyed private merchandise, furniture, etc., to the amount of several thousand dollars.

Having accomplished the object of his raid, Colonel Murray retired so hastily that he left a picket of twenty men, who were captured. He went up the lake several miles above Burlington on a marauding expedition, destroying transportation boats, and on his way back to Canada he plundered private property on Cumberland Head, on the Vermont shore, and at Chazy Landing.

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.

Not My Elijah Richmond

Excerpt from the Joshua Bailey Richmond "Richmond Family" book.

"He marched to the scene of conflict at Plattsburgh in the War of 1812, leaving his family hurriedly in the night."

Married Ruth Crain in 1803, in Bethel, Vermont.

This is my Elijah Richmond.  This one is not.