The uninformed go to the Library of Virginia website at
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THE SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Suggestions for Finding Military Service for 1812 Veterans- Some Dos & Don’ts”
by Myron (Mike) E. Lyman, Sr.
Past President, War of 1812 Society in the Commonwealth of Virginia
The uninformed go to the Library of Virginia website at
http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/DTV3KTYQEBGFYH8EM29UN9NDAVGXE53
4TGI5UGVQTRUUUD35VC-24691?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas12&local_base=CLAS12
To find Virginia 1812 service in the Virginia Muster Rolls and Payrolls found there or
they find them in their County library
or by doing to
Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com
Depending on the County the veteran
is from it may be incorrect.
Consider this Veteran’s Administration’s gravestone for a soldier buried in Fauquier county that is in error. But he is the only soldier listed in the
Virginia Muster and
payrolls.
Is the 99thRegiment a Fauquier County Unit?
The 99th VA Militia Regiment is the County Regiment of Accomack County on the Eastern Shore a long ways from Fauquier.
It is necessary then to first visit Stuart Butler’s Book:
“A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812”
Before sending the incorrect source to someone or in your genealogy refer to this book. It is not on line, thus go to library.
Look for this book:Mary Ball Museum Library
& other Northern Neck libraries.
Stuart has none for sale
and hard to get by
inter-library loan.
Why was the service incorrect?
Answer: All of Fauquier County Militia units were paid by the Federal Government, thus their service records are at the National Archives not at the Adjutant General’s Office in Richmond. Accomack County’s men were paid primarily by the VA Government, thus they are in the VA Muster & Payrolls on the LVA website.
Correct service for George Nelson:• He served in the Fauquier County Militia as a Private
in either Capt Seth Combs Company or Captain James Payne’s Company during the period 30 July to 19 September 1814. During this period his Company marched to Fredericksburg and joined the 41st VA Militia Regiment from Richmond County under the command of Lt Col Vincent Branham and from there proceeded with this unit to Alexandria which was threatened by the British. His unit may have engaged the British ships returning from Alexandria on the Potomac River at the Little White House now the location of the Fort Belvoir officers club.
• Source: NARA records roll box, 152 record 17684• & Butler’s Guide pgs 82-3
NARA index card files:
• NELSON, GEORGE
• Company: 41 REG'T (BRAMHAM'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
• Rank In: PRIVATE Rank Out: PRIVATE
• Roll-Box: 152 Roll-Rec: 17684
From page 223 Butler’s Guide
Note:
41st Regiment was from Richmond County
These pages in index list Regiment numbers for VA counties
From Butler’s Guide pg 82
Capt Seth Comb’s Co was attached to 41st Regt
Also Capt Diggs but not after 2 Sep 1814
Another probably incorrect Veteran Administration’s gravestone
Isaac Butler’s gravestone in Shockoe Hill cemetery in Richmond: It indicates he was assigned to Captain (or Major) Reuben Tankersley’s Company in Caroline County. Certainly a man of this name served in that Company, but was he the one buried in Richmond?
More likely he is the man who served in nearby Hanover County in their 74th Regiment that defended Richmond City.
More likely his service was from nearby Hanover County
In this example Virginia’s Muster rolls gives the most likely service for him as a Private in Captain Price’s Co. of Lt Col William Trueheart’s 74th Militia Regiment from Hanover County. Page 101-2 of Butler’s Guide shows the 74th Regt assignments.