Certificates of Discharge War of 1812 - Prologue Fall 2011

8/3/2019 Certificates of Discharge War of 1812 - Prologue Fall 2011

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gENEALOgY NOTES

Leaving the army during

Certifcates o Discharge or the War o 1812By John P. Deeben and Claire Prechtel-Kluskens

Jh Waig lid i h Scd U.S. Ligh Dag a Hd, Nw Yk,

Mach 28, 1813. 1 T 35-ya-ld ha m Daby, Ccic, wa a

bi ld ha m hi llw ci, b h cmic c h cd wa

agai Ga Biai ha pd i mh ali J 18, 1812, may hav

dampd dmad hadga pdcd by hi mlly, my, ad v dag-

ccpai.

Alhgh h lid v ya, Waig miliay ca dd aly wh h

civd a habl dichag Mach 21, 1815, i cqc hi big

aficd wih h Ahma, &c. Waig civd h balac hi miliay pay da-

ig m Ocb 31, 1813, a wll a h mh pay ad bic av-

l m hi c p a Gbh Cam (hadqa h Nh

Divii h U.S. Amy) i pa Nw Yk Daby, m 120 mil away.

Waig al d hm wll pplid wih h balac hi Amy-id clh-

ig, icldig w cap, v, li paal, igh hi, w pai

b, v pai h ad ckig, w ca, pai ck, w blak,

w ck, w , ad w ck.2

Sch a ccic, daild mmay Waig miliay vic cm m a

likly b bvi c: hi miliay dichag cica. I h 19h cy,

ldi dichagd m h Rgla vl ami ally civd a ci-

ca dcm hi mal paai m h Amy. T dichag cica

bcam h va pal ppyh Wa Dpam gally did -

ai l cpiad i im, a hd mm hi miliay vic.3

Bca hy maid i piva had, cally pvd ( ) by h l-

di hi hi, dichag cica a ally dicl lca ad a ldm

Background: At the Battle o Chippewa on the Niagara ront, July 5, 1814, an American orce o

about 4,000 men deeated British orces numbering about 2,500 and captured Fort Erie. The victory

demonstrated that the Americans, with good leadership and preparation, could be successul against

British Regulars.

M. Mdisons WarM. Mdisons War


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availabl pblic ach. O abl xcpi, hwv, i

a mall i xa dichag cica ad h cd -

laig m ha 2,200 Rgla Amy ldi m 1792

1815. T majiy h cd pvid a hwi avail-

abl c imai vic dig h Wa 1812.

As th War 1812 itsfs,

T Rguar Army Grws

A Cg ablihd h Wa Dpam Ag 7,

1789 (1 Sa. 49), h Rgla Amy cid h picipal

amd c h Uid Sa. Dig h aly ya h

Rpblic, h Rgla Amy cmpid a laivly mall gh-

ig c pplmd by gim vl a miliia

i dig pcic aial mgci, icldig Idia wa,

h Whiky Rblli, ad h cic.

A h dclaai wa wih Ga Biai

J 18, 1812, h Rgla Amy c-

id ab 10,000 m, hal whm

w w ci. A ac J 26, 1812

(2 Sa. 764) icad h iz h Rg-

la Amy a al ahizd gh

36,700 m. A ac Jaay 29, 1813 (2

Sa. 794797), addd 20 addiial ia-

y gim ya vic. I ad-

dii h p, vl gim

ad dalizd a miliia al k pa

i h cic.4

T Wa Dpam cid ach

Rgla Amy iay gim m a

paicla a ( a), whil i, ail-

ly, ad dag w cid a lag.

M, b all, h m ci-

d a paicla gim haild m

h a cim. A l c

idiy gimal ciig diic

icld William A. Gd, A Compila-

tion o the Registers o the Army o the Unit-

ed States rom 1815 to 1837(Wahig,

DC: Jam C. D, 1837). A h bgi-

ig h wa, ci ypically igd

v ya vic, alhgh la-

ci cld li h dai

h cic. Cg d iiial li-

m bi $31 ad 160 ac lad, la icad

$124 ad 320 ac.5

Alhgh h Rgla Amy did bcm a civ gh-

ig c il h al ya h wa, i vd wih diici

i may maj gagm. U.S. Rgla ad Nw Yk mili-

ia d Maj. G. Sph Va Rla gh (ad l) h

maj bal h wa a Q High, Oai,

Ocb 12, 1812, dig h iiial Amica ivai Ca-

ada. Rgla ad miliia d Big. G. Jacb Bw da-

d a Biih ivai Nw Yk a h Bal Sack Ha-

b May 2829, 1813. Oh gagm icldd h Bal

h Tam (Ocb 5, 1813), Chyl Fam (Nvmb 11

1813), ad Chippwa (Jly 5, 1814)h la a dciiv vicyagai Biih Rgla. U.S. dag d Gal Jh C

ad Adw Jack al paicipad i Ck Idia cam

paig dig h wa, icldig h bal allhach (N

vmb 3, 1813), alladga (Nvmb 9, 1813), ad Hh

Bd (Mach 27, 1814).

T pay ym i h Rgla Amy v wkd cily

Dig h c h wa, h av-

ag ldi civd m v dlla

igh dlla a mhl ha h

aig a killd labad

admiiaiv icicy ad lwcmmicai hidd gla

paym. By h d 1814, mhly

payll w 6 12 mh m

bhid chdl, v hgh by law

Amy pay wa ppd b m

ha w mh i aa l h

cicmac h ca hld

d i avidabl.6 I d cl

lc back pay p big dichagd

may ldich a Jh Waig

wh ally cllcd 17 mh back

pay wh h l h Amy i 1815

d hi dichag cica

a Wa Dpam payma cllc

h my. Nmb ad h had

wi calclai p h ac

h dichag cd gg ha hy

w d i cci wih h pay

m aaag.7

Dscharg Crtfcats Prvd

Prtrats Army Sdrs

A h Naial Achiv ad Rcd

Admiiai (NARA), Wa 1812

dichag cica a lcad i Rcd Gp 94, Rcd

h Adja Gal Oc, 17801917. Ty a pa h

i P Rvliay Wa Pap, 17841815 (Ey 19)

which al icld cd vai my acc (qii-

i, vch, ad cip) laig h paym Rgla

Prologue 5Leaving the Army During Mr. Madisons War

Discharge certifcates, such as this one or Pvt. John Warring o

Connecticut, provide succinct, detailed summaries o military

service. The War Department generally did not retain fle copies,

but the National Archives preserves a small series o extant

discharge certifcates and other records relating to more than

2,200 Regular Army soldiers rom 1792 to 1815.


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ad vl ldi ad cci miliay ialla-

i, a wll a clhig, pvii, ad ag;

lim pap; ad pay ad m ll.8

T dichag cd hav b pdcd a Nai-

al Achiv Miclm Pblicai M1856, Discharge Cer-

tifcates and Miscellaneous Records Relating to the Discharge o

Soldiers rom the Regular Army, 17921815(6 ll), avail-

abl a h Naial Achiv Bildig i Wahig,

D.C., ad m NARA gial achiv.

T dichag cica la lly ldi i h

Rgla Amy pimaily dig 18121815; miliiam

vl a icldd, alhgh val civilia a m-

id. T cica dichag ambigly a ha

h ldi wa lad m vic a paicla day ad

may idica h a paai. I al ypically i-

cld h da h ldi lim ad dichag, h

cmpay ad gim i which h vd, h am ad

kid clhig pvidd him, ad h pid which

h wa d pay p dichag. T dichag may al p-

vid hi plac bih, ag, phyical dcipi, ad ccpa-

i. Sch pal imai wa icldd d

impp ag i h v h dichag wa l l

m h va.9 T dichag Gabil Cav (39h U.S.

Iay) blly idica h a dailig hi phyi-

cal dcipi wa pv ad.10

I addii h dichag cica, h cd i h

i icld dcipiv li, cica dah, ad pay

vch. T dcipiv li pvid a dpici h l-

di ad may idica h clhig ad h ppli -

ihd him. Sm a i cha m, whil h a i a-

aiv paagaph. Bh yp mim idica ha h

imai wa xacd m h cmpay cd bk.

T dcipiv li William . Smih (16h U.S. I-

ay), i cha m, idica hi ag (19 ya); phyical

dcipi (5 4 ich i high, wih dak y, ligh

hai, ad ai cmplxi); plac bih (Nw Yk); da,

plac, ad m lim (Nvmb 30, 1814, a Phil-

adlphia h dai h wa) ad h am h

ciig c (Eig Eldidg); ccpai ( a-

d); am by paid ($50) ad am d ($74);am pay d; ad h mb ad yp clhig

id him. Fially, h c cicai idica h

imai wa ak m h Cmpay Bk.11

Sm dcipiv li pvid addiial imai

ab h ldi, ch a iji ad chaac vic.

Wh Sph McCai (14h U.S. Iay) l h Amy

Mach 13, 1815, h dcipiv mmay wi by L.

William G. Mill d ha McCai had w g c

hi igh had whil bildig h [sic] h Rgim

a Bal Nvmb 20, 1814. Dpi h ijy, Mc-

Cai cmpld hi vic i xmplay ahi; h d-

cipi d h civd a habl dichag hav-

ig i vy iac, wll pmd hi dy a a Sldi

dig h m h ha vd. T dcipiv li Mc-

Cai llw cmpay mmb, Saml Ba, likwi

d h wa wdd i bh had . . . i h aci a Ly-

Ck, Upp Caada Ocb 19, 1814, whil h

dichag cica Tma Wb (Cp Ailly)

dcmd h l a lg i Nvmb 1813 by a acci-

dal Mk h m a llw aillyma.

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Crtfcats Dath Prvd

Dtad Dscrpts Daths

Cica dah, bh hadwi ad i pid

m, ally pvid a bi am h ldi da

dah ad h i i which h vd. T cica

Hy Cama imply idid h dcad a a mmb

h Scd U.S. Ailly wh did a h gal miliay

hpial i Philadlphia Fbay 28, 1814. Oh c-

ica mim idid h cicmac d-

ig a ldi dmi, whh m ill, accidal i-ji, balld wd. T dah cica Wil-

liam P w Cmpay, Scd U.S. Ailly, i-

dicad h wa wdd a h bal Sy Ck [i]

Upp Caada & did a Lwiw Hpial, mim i

h mh Spmb 1813. T cica wa igd

i Philadlphia by Hpial Sg Ma Edwad Pcll

a wll a gimal Sg Ma L. L. Na.13

Descriptive lists, suc

as that or William T

Smith, provide detailepersonal inormatio

such as age, physica

eatures, place o birt

amount o bounty paid

amount o pay due, an

type o clothing issue

to the soldier, an

date, place, and term o

enlistment.

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Pid dah cica icldd m ima-

i gadig h ldi vic. T cica Wil-

liam Hchi (21 U.S. Iay) d h vd h

U.S. hly ad aihlly, m h wlh day Mach

1814, h da hi lim, h wy-h day

Fb[a]y 1815, a which day h did a Williamvill,

N. Yk. H had civd a 50-dlla by, ad a hi

dah, Hchi am ad accm w d

h gim i gd d. I addii Amy pay d

hi ll m vic, Hchi wa al ild

y dlla aid by & 160 ac lad ad h

addiial allwac h mh pay. I all h -

pc, h cica mbld a ypical dichag cd,

pvidig a li clhig id ad a phyical dcipi

ha icldd Hchi ag (20), ccpai (am), ad

plac bih (Fybg, Maach).14

Pay vchhadwi pid cip id by

gimal payma ( mim h payma h

miliay diic)ally idica h am pay d

ad/ h pid im which pay wa d. A vch-

Plaa Hazlwd, id by U.S. Amy Payma

Gg Mcha a Albay, Nw Yk, Apil 23, 1813,

ad ha Hazlwd wa a piva i Cap. Jph Sl-

d Cmpay, Scd Rgim Ligh Dag, ad

ha civd hi pay a appa by Cap. Sld Rll, w

i my Pi, icld [back pay m] h hiy

[day ] Dcmb 1812. A pay vch dcad a-

illi Hy Cama ackwldgd pay d m Oc-

b 31, 1813, h da Cama dah Fbay

28, 1814, a wll a a igh-dlla by. Sic Cama

Svd aihlly il hi Dah, h vch al ah-

izd h mh xa pay (alhgh i did pciy

whm h adig m hld b mid b-

hal h dcad).15

Cllcivly, h dichag cd val a w gali-

i ab h m wh vd i h Rgla Amy dig

h Wa 1812. M w ypical miliay ag (20

30), b a w w cidably ld, ch a Dy Hd-

(20h U.S. Iay), wh wa 60, ad Slm Sa-

(25h U.S. Iay), agd 54. A mall pcag A-

ica Amica al vd wih h Rgla, ally d-

igad i hi phyical dcipi a black, g,

mla. (Sldi dcibd a dak w likly dak-

kid Cacaia). Aica Amica idid i h

cd icld Richad Byig (Fh U.S. Iay),

wh vd h dai h wa m J 25, 1812,

May 18, 1815; Gg B. Gav (14h U.S. Iay), wh

lid Ag 2, 1814; ad v mmb h 26h

U.S. Iay, icldig Ha C, Jh Cp, J-

ph Fma, Chal Mahia, Saml Mi, Jh P

, ad William Smih.16

Subsdary Dscharg Rcrds Add

ev Mr Dta abut Sdrs

Oh ppig cd ca al appa wih, m-

im i plac , h mai yp dichag pap. I ad-

dii cial cica, m paai m vic

a dcmd by a impl m h cmmadig

c cmmdig a dichag. Cap. Saml D. Ha-

i, Scd U.S. Ligh Dag, id ch a cmm-

dai Eliha Haig. T dm ad ha

Haig ha vd ad dig igh mh; hi

m vic havig xpid h 4h day Dcmb

1813 h i ild a habl dichag. A cm-

mdai a mpay lgh ah ha dichag

al appa Gg Shippy (Ligh Dag), wh -

civd h mh lav hm m Apil 1

J 30, 1815. Shippy ad h lgh im

biy, ad gal gd cdc whil vig a a -

dly Big. G. Edmd Gai dig h Biih ig

F Ei Ag 15, 1814.17

Rcd lim, icldig h pcm

bi, a pa hi cd i a w l-

di. A hadwi lim pap Adw McMil-

l hwd h jid h 23d U.S. Iay May 17

1812, 18 mh l dichagd by pp

ahiy, ad al icldd a ah allgiac v

h Uid Sa hly ad aihlly agai hi -

mi ad by h d h Pid ad h -

c appid v m accdig h l ad aicl

wa.18 Wh Jh Milla 35-ya-ld blackmih m

Bidgwa, Maachlid i Cap. Gg

Haig Cmpay, Fi U.S. Ligh Dag, a Sack

Hab, Nw Yk, Ag 4, 1813, h pd him-

l a a bi Jam Cva. (Cva had igi

ally lid Jaay 9, 1809, b appaly dcidd

ih hi v-ya m vic. T cd hd

ligh hw Cva aagd h bii). Mill

bqly lid Jaay 9, 1814.19

Sm h pay vch al icld cd laig

c bic acc. O ch acc 2d

L. Rdlph Sim (23d U.S. Iay) a daild

pic hi al acial cmpai miliay

vic. Fm Ag 1, 1813 Fbay 28, 1814, Sim

civd $175 ($25 a mh) a wll a w ai p day

( 212 day) a 20 c p ai ($84.80). Fm Oc



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b 3, 1813 Fbay 18, 1814, Sim al mplyd a

wai pal va, wh likwi civd $36.28

i miliay pay ($8 a mh) a wll a ai p day

( 138 day), al a 20 c p ai ($27.60). T -

al imbm Sim ald $323.68, which h

vid a acca ad j. Sim al cid ha h

had daw ai i kid m h Uid Sa,

civd My i li h, dig ay pa h

im hi chagd.20

F val ldi wh did dig h wa, addiial -

cd dcm bih maiag imai. T dah

cica William Bigg (Nih U.S. Iay) icld

a adavi m hi ah, Tma Bigg, wh vd i

h am i. I h dpii, Tma vid ha Wil-

liam wa bg h bdy hi wi May i May,

1795, a Tmaw, Maach.21 A hadwi ma-

iag cica al accmpaid h dah ic Jh

Ub (15h U.S. Iay), wh wa killd a h Bal

Yk Apil 27, 1813, hwig h ad Elizabh Wih

Philadlphia Cy, Pylvaia, w lawlly jid -

gh i hly maimy Jaay 17, 1802, by Rv. J.

Fidich Schmid, Mii h Lha Cggai

a Philadlphia. A imila cica dcad ailli

Hy Cama cmd hi maiag Dbah Bw

Cmblad Cy, Nw Jy, Apil 14, 1810, l-

mizd by h Rv. Hlm Pavi.22

Sm adavi ablih amilial laihip whil ad-

dig lgal i laig vic. Sval w a-

m cc m pa mi-agd ldi wh li-

d wih c; h dclaai gally ampd

ih apppia gd dichag. Adijah Mavi

Og Cy, Nw Yk, bmid ch cd

miliay ahii May 4, 1813, viyig ha hi ,

William B. Mavi, lid i Cap. Jh McIh Cm-

pay, Ligh Ailly, whil ill a mi d h ag

wy ya. T ld Mavi ad hi wa w

di baiig hi dichag m hi aid lim.

May Shap Nw Yk Ciy likwi ad h illgal

lim h , Tma Shap, wh jid h Fi

Ligh Ailly Spmb 26, 1813 wih h kwl-

dg, c, appbai hi dp. Fh j-

iyig Tma la m vic, May appaly cid

pal hadhip, ig h gally im ad diabld

cdii h hbad, William Shap.23

Gra Rcrds Prvd lk

At Amrca Army as a Wh

Ah adavi viyig h paal laihip a d-

cad ldi cam m h lcm w cial

Wica i Licl Cy, Maach (h a pa

h Diic Mai). Sbmid by William Nickl, Jh

Mill, J., ad Wa Ric, h dpii cmd ha

Wica id Jh J. Fy wa h Fah & by law h

lgal paiv Jacb Fy, a mmb Cap. Eli-

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Left: Pay vouchers

issued by regimental

paymasters (or

sometimes the

paymaster o the

military district)

usually indicate the

amount o pay due

and/or the period o

time or which pay

was due.

Left: Andrew McMillen,

aged 29, joined the

23rd U.S. Inantry on

May 17, 1812, or 18

months, as inscribed

in his record o

enlistment. Many such

documents record

the enlistment o

substitutes.


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jah Hall Cmpay, 45h U.S. Iay, wh laly did a

ldi i h vic h Uid Sa (h ccmbd

a v a Blig, Vm, Spmb 30, 1814).

Al aig Jacb Fy wa a mi ad maid a h

im hi dah, h dp m likly dd h a-

davi i d acilia h dibm h dcad

ldi maiig miliay pay ($39.73), aid by

($74), ad 160 ac by lad hi apppia l-

gal hi.24

Rcd a m gal a al dcm i-

mai ab mlipl ldi. A mb adavi -

laig h Bal Lak Champlai, xampl, id-

iy vai Rgla Amy ldi wh vd wih h

Amica . M h adavi cc xa pay

d aval vic, ch a h acc bmid Pay-

ma Gal Rb Bm by ay Chal P. C-

i a h wa. Wiig bhal 36 m ldi

h 15h U.S. Iay wh acd a mai bad

Cmmd W. Dphy[] U.S. Fl i h aci h

11h Spmb 1814, Ci qd paym h

mh xa pay, h my big d i accdac wih

a pwa li Cg allwig ch cmpa-

i ldi wh vd i h miliay bach. Pay-

ma Gal Bm adily appvd h xa pay Oc-

b 23, 1816.25

Sval li dad, ab, dichagd m m h

16h U.S. Iay hw h am, da vic, ad

balac i pay dcad ldi wh vd dig h

aly pa h wa, m Jly 11 Dcmb 9, 1812.

Oh li m dichagd a F Mifi ad Pvic

Ilad Baack bw May 20 ad Dcmb 31, 1814,

cc ldi wh aild pa m ipci. I

addii am, gim, ad da lim ad

dichag, h li idiy vai a why h l-

di pvd v. Diqalicai agd m

aal imii ch a ld ag, blid, da, ad

idicy, pcic ailm icldig wll lg, p,

hmaim, icabl iphili, pilpy, ad lam

ccaid by habial ixicai.26 Oh ad li

icld m dichagd m Gv Ilad, Ag 10,

1813; ci h Sixh U.S. Iay dichagd a F

Clmb, 1813; ad li ick m a Gbh Ca-

m, Apil 26, 1813, ad h Gal Miliay Hpi-

al, Nw Yk, Fbay 14, 1814.

A w gal payll li dichagd m pvid ad-

diial imai mid i h idividal pay

vch ad bic acc. T payll idiy

ldi by am; i (cmpay ad gim); ak; da

ad plac dichag; plac idc; m vic

addiial pay ad by d; ad cmmcm -

acial lm. Spcic avl allwac calclad h

diac hm, h a mil avl p day,

h mb day avld, ad h pay a p day. T

li al idicad h mb ai id, h c

ai p day, ad h al am bic allwd

h ldi hm. A William w wa

dichagd J 12, 1815, h civd ix dlla j-

y 600 mil m Bal Balim (20 mil p day

30 day a 20 c p day). H al civd $5.10

30 ai (1 ai p day a 17 c p ai), alg

wih back pay ($46.20) ad addiial by ($18.00)

a al allwac $75.30.27

Ratd Mtary Rcrds Accssb

i othr Rcrd Grups at nARA

Oh cd a availabl a h Naial Achiv -

ach miliay vic i h Rgla Amy dig h Wa

1812. I RG 94, h Registers o Enlistments in the U.S

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Right: Pay vouchers

provide invalu-

able inormation

about military pay

and rations. The

account or 2nd Lt.

Rodolphus Simonsor the period

August 1813Febru-

ary 1814 reveals

that he received $25

per month and two

rations per day at 20

cents per ration and

employed a waiter,

also paid by the

Army.


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Army, 17981914(Naial Achiv Miclm Pblicai

M233), pvid h picipal c imai. T g-

i m 1798 1815 idiy h am h li,

hi ag, plac bih, phyical dcipi, h da h -

lid, gimal aigm, ad h am h ciig

c. Ty al icld h da ad plac dichag ad

h ai ch a wh h ldi i wa aid.

T gi mim icld ab a miliia -

c, Rgla Amy c, ad U.S. Miliay Acadmy ca-

d. T gi a aagd by ya, wih lim -

i caalgd ghly alphabically by h l h

ldi am, h by l h giv am, ad

h ghly chlgical by da lim.28

Elim pap 1798 Ocb 31, 1912 (Ey

91) ci w l cim cd idividal

ldi i h Rgla Amy. T ali l cv 1798

Jly 14, 1894, b h majiy h pap la p

Wa 1812 vic. Aagd alphabically by am, h

lim pap gally hw h am h ldi, ag,

ccpai, a pal dcipi, plac ad da li-

m, ciig c, ad gimal aigm. Ci-

ca diabiliy (Ey 95), id by Amy g c-

mmdig dichag ivalid ldi, cai mch

h am imai, ch a am, ak, miliay i, ad

lim imai, ad al pal daa icldig ag,

plac bih, a phyical dcipi, ad am laig

pcic imii. Aagd i val l, icldig

h Wa 1812, h cica diabiliy a h-

wi gaizd ad dicl .29

Rgimal cd Rgla Amy i ha vd

dig h Wa 1812 a lcad i Rcd Gp 98,

Rcd Uid Sa Amy Cmmad, 17841821.

Odly bk (caiig hadwi acipi

d id ad civd) ad cmpay bk a avail-

abl m i, icldig h Fi hgh Tid A-

illy (18121814), h Cp Ailly (18141821),

h Rgim Ligh Dag (18121815), h Fi

hgh 46h U.S. Iay, ad h Fi ad Tid Ri-

ma Rgim. T cmpay bk ally caid d-

cipiv ivi lid m, li c, ad

m paad m vic by a, dah ad

wd, dichag, ad di. Sm gim mai-

aid addiial cd ch a mig p, mhly

, l ad civd by hadqa, acc

clhig id p, ipci , ad m

ll. O i, h Scd U.S. Iay, al kp a ldg

dichag, dah, ad di (18111814).30

Sdd by lad waa l a i Rcd

Gp 49, Rcd h Ba Lad Maagm,

ad a ally aagd by h ya h ac Cg

ha ahizd h waa, h by h mb ac,

ad ally h waa mb. T cd dcm

h d h by lad waa a pa

dal lad i h pblic dmai. Whil may va

hi hi ld h waa lad hid pai, h

l hl pvid vidc h al dipii

h waa. Sm by lad waa w id a h

im h wa, ad h id d h ac Cg

1812, 1814, ad 1842 a idxd i Naial Achiv

Miclm Pblicai M848, War o 1812 Military Boun-

ty Land Warrants, 18151858(14 ll), ad h id

d h ac 1812, 1850, ad 1855 a idxd i Na-

ial Achiv Miclm Pblicai M313, Index to War

o 1812 Pension Application Files(102 ll).31

I addii, h a may by lad waa applica-

i l bad Wa 1812 vic i Rcd Gp 15,

Rcd h Dpam Va Aai, ad h a

aagd alphabically by am. T va applicai

pvid vidc hi miliay vic pv hi ligibiliy

a waa. Sm applicai w mad by h va

widw, mi child, ccaially, pa, ad i h

ca, h p maiag paag wa qid. R-

ach hld q a ach h by lad waa

applicai l v i a y h ldi i d i

ih M848 M313. Cg ahizd pi

To learn more about

Military Resources, War of 1812, go to www.

archives.gov/research/military/war-o-1812/.

War of 1812 Discharge Certicates, go towww.

archives.gov/research/military/war-o-1812/1812-

discharge-certifcates/discharge-certifcates.html.

Genealogical Records of the War of 1812 (Prologue aicl),

g www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1991/winter/war-

o-1812.html.

A handwritten

marriage certifcate

accompanied the

death notice or

John Uber (15th U.S.

Inantry), who was

killed at the Battle

o York on April 27,

1813, showing he and

Elizabeth Wirth o

Philadelphia County,

Pennsylvania, were

lawully joined

together in holy

matrimony on

January 17, 1802.

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Note on Soures

1 Dag igially vd a md iay, idig hback

iv mav ad adig d. By h 18h c-

y, hwv, hy had gally vlvd i cvial ligh cavaly,

b hi picipal wap ill icldd a cabi (h-bald mk)

a wll a a ab.2 Dichag cica Pv. Jh Waig, Cp Ligh Da-

g, Mach 21, 1815; DischargeCertifcates and Miscellaneous Records

Relating to the Discharge o Soldiers rom the Regular Army, 17921815(Na-

ial Achiv Miclm Pblicai M1856, ll 5); Rcd h Ad-

ja Gal Oc, 17801917, Rcd Gp 94 (RG 94); Nai-al Achiv Bildig, Wahig, DC (NAB).3 Clai Pchl-Klk, Discharge Certifcates and Miscellaneous

Records Relating to the Discharge o Soldiers rom the Regular Army, 1792

1815, Dcipiv Pamphl M1856 (Wahig, DC: Naial I-

i Galgical Rach Almi Aciai ad Naial A-

chiv ad Rcd Admiiai, 2003), p. 2. S al Clai Pch-

l-Klk, Wa 1812 Dichag Cica, NGS NewsMagazine

31:3 (JlySpmb 2005): 29.4 Pchl-Klk, Discharge Certifcates, p. 1.5 Ibid; Dald R. Hicky, Te War o 1812: A Forgotten Con-

ict(Ubaa: Uiviy Illii P, 1989), pp. 7677.6 Ibid.7 Pchl-Klk, Discharge Certifcates, p. 1.8 Lcill H. Pdll ad Elizabh Bhl, cmp., Plimiay Iv-

y 17, Preliminary Inventory o the Records o the Adjutant Generals Oce(Wahig, DC: Naial Achiv ad Rcd Svic, 1949), p. 11.

9 Pchl-Klk, Discharge Certifcates, p. 3.10 Dichag cica Gabil Cav, Cap. Jh B. Lg

C., 39h U.S. Iay; Discharge Certifcates and Miscellaneous Records

(M1856, ll 4), RG 94, NAB.11 Dcipiv li William . Smih, 16h U.S. Iay; Discharge

Certifcates and Miscellaneous Records(M1856, ll 2), RG 94, NAB.12 Dcipiv li Sph McCai ad Saml Ba, 14h

U.S. Iay; i Ibid; Dichag cica Tma Wb, Cp

Ailly, Jly 9, 1814 (M1856, ll 6).13 Cica dah Hy Cama, 2d U.S. Ailly, Apil

1, 1814, ad William P, 2d U.S. Ailly, Dcmb 21, 1813

(M1856, ll 6).14 Cica dah William Hchi, 21 U.S. Iay, Mach

14, 1815 (M1856, ll 2).15 Pay vch Plaa Hazlwd, 2d Rgim Ligh Dag,

Apil 23, 1813, ad Hy Cama, 2d U.S. Ailly, Nvmb 3, 1815

(M1856, ll 56).16 Pchl-Klk, Discharge Certifcates, p. 5.17 Rcmmdai dichag, Eliha Haig, 2d U.S. Ligh

Dag, ad lgh Gg Shippy, Ligh Dag, Mach 28,

1815, Discharge Certifcates and Miscellaneous Records(M1856, ll 5), RG

94, NAB.

18 Elim pap Adw McMill, 23d Iay, May

17, 1812 (M1856, ll 2).19 Sbi cica Jh Mill, 1 U.S. Ligh Da-

g, Jaay 9, 1814 (M1856, ll 5).20 Sbic acc 2d L. Rdlph Sim, 23d

U.S. Iay, Mach 2, 1814 (M1856, ll 2).21 Adavi Tma Bigg, 9h U.S. Iay, gadig h

aiviy hi , William Bigg, 9h U.S. Iay, J 23,

1814 (M1856, ll 1).22

Maiag cica Hy Cama, 2d U.S. Ailly,ad Jh Ub, 15h U.S. Iay (M1856, ll 2, 6).23 Adavi Adijah Mavi, May 4, 1813, ad May

Shap, Nvmb 16, 1813 (M1856, ll 6).24 Adavi viyig h miiy Jacb Fy, 45h U.S. I-

ay (M1856, ll 5).25 Payma Gal Rb Bm Chal P. Ci, Ocb

23, 1816, Adavi Rlaig Svic Lak Champlai, 1814

(M1856, ll 1).26 Li Dad ad Ab M, ad Li M Dichagd

a F Mifi ad Pvic Ilad Baack, ibid.27 Payll Dichag M, ibid.28 Pchl-Klk, Discharge Certifcates, pp. 78.29 Pdll ad Bhl, Plimiay Ivy 17, pp. 2829.30 Maizi Jh ad Saah Pwll, Plimiay Ivy NM-

64, Preliminary Inventory o the Records o United States Army Com-mands, 17841821 (Wahig, DC: Naial Achiv ad R-

cd Svic, 1966), pp. 2255.31 F m imai, Kh Hawki, Gal I-

mai La Nmb 67, Research in the Land Entry Files o the

General Land Oce (Record Group 49) (Wahig, DC: Naial

Achiv ad Rcd Admiiai, 1997), al availabl li

aArchives.gov.

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