WAR OF 1812
The War of 1812 was fought
between the United States and Britain between 1812 and 1815.
Three main theaters of operation:
Creek War of 1813-14
the British blockade
British occupation of St. Marys (central
Georgia militia were sent here) and Cumberland Island in 1814-15.
MAPS
Southern Frontier
Jackson's Operations
Creek County & around Mobile
SOLDIERS *Known Burials
1883 Federal Pensions distributed for service
in War of 1812:
Pace, Nancy widow of William Pace
Gordon,
John H. Hicks, Irwinton
Amelia Ryle, Irwinton widow
Joannah Walker, widow of Jeremiah Walker,
Irwinton widow
Rhoda Hartley, widow of Hillory Hartley
Irwinton widow
Cuzza A. Hall, Irwinton, widow of Isaac
Hall
Anna Hickman, widow of Edward Hickman, Irwinton,
widow
Captains
- Militia District 1812
*Amos Fox Byington
3/20/1793 - 11/5/1874 War of 1812 Ga. Pvt Fort’s Co. Newnan’s Co., buried
Byington Family Cemetery
*William J. Dixon
1792 - 1838 34 Rect Ga. Militia War of 1812, buried Bethel Cemetery. Grave
Photo
*Isaac Hall, (Cuzza A. widow,) buried
Red Level Cemetery
Hillory Hartley, Rhoda, widow
*Edward Hickman, (Anna Hickman, widow)
Edward Hickman, b. 1788, d. before 1860. He is buried
in an unmarked grave in Hickman Cemetery
near Gordon. His grave is marked with a large rock.Lindy
John H. Hicks
John L. Jones
Joseph Jones
Cyprian Mayo
William Pace, died 1874 (Nancy
Pace, widow)
George W. Parker
*Malachi
Sanders 1785 - 12/5/1873 War of 1812 2nd Ga. Militia,
buried Ramah Cemetery
John Tomberlin
Jeremiah Walker, died 1875, (Joanna,
widow)
*Richard Whitaker 3/16/1782
- 5/6/1844 Crowell’s Co. Ga. Mil. War of 1812, buried Whitaker
Cemetery
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JOHN L. JONES
Nov. 21, 1814, John L. Jones enlisted
as Private in Capt. Lewis Lee's Company of Infantry in the 3rd
Regiment of the Georgia Militia under the command of Col. Ezekiel
Wimberly. On Nov. 21, John L. had travelled 30 miles from his
residence to the rendezvous at Camp Hope. By Dec. 8, 1814 John
L. was listed "absent sick" on the Muster Roll (Capt. Isaac
Hall's Company) at Camp Darien. John L. Jones was listed as
"absent sick" on an undated Muster Pay Roll record and his pay was
$8 per month and received rations pay of 18-cents. His service
of 3 months, 20 days was rewarded with $29.52 upon discharge March
8, 1815.
NOTES:
John L Jones' service record (resident
of Wilkinson County, GA and m. to Lucy Taliaferro, dtr. of John
Taliaferro and Mary Hardin of Caroline Co, VA Surry Co., NCWilkes/Hancock
County, GA/Baldwin County, GA/Wilkinson County, GA).
JOSEPH JONES
Nov. 17, 1814, Joseph Jones enlisted as
Private in Capt. Jesse Thomas' Company of Infantry in the 3rd
Regiment of the Georgia Militia under the command of Col. Ezekiel
Wimberly. On Nov. 21, Joseph had travelled 60 miles from his
residence (apparently near Madison) to the rendezvous at Camp Hope
near Fort Hawkins. By Dec. 16, Joseph was listed present on the
Muster Roll at Camp Darien on Dec. 16, 1814. It appears his
pay was $8 per month and received rations
pay of 18-cents. His service
of 4 months, 6 days was rewarded with $34.26 upon discharge May 20,
1815.
NOTES:
Information about Camp Darien is sketchy
but it is believed to have been a trading center and militia post
at Darien, GA on the banks of the Altamaha River as it enters the
Atlantic Ocean near Brunswick, GA.
Camp Hope - east of Macon http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/bibb1865map.htm
This map shows both Fort Hawkins and Camp Hope in 1865.
NOTES:
(Joseph Jones died in 1827 in
Wilkinson County. He was the husband of Mary believed to be
Anderson/Manderson. He was probably born in Maryland and migrated
to Wilkes/Surry County, NC and was in SC prior to moving to GA in
the early 1800's. Several children remained in Wilkinson County
after his death).
Chris Jones copyright 2004
submitted by Chris Jones |
Malachi
Madison Sanders, Sr.
was born in South Carolina in 1771. He
married Margaret Watson in Newberry, South Carolina May 27,1804. He moved
to Georgia to Putnam Co. Ga. and is on a tax list there in 1812. Malachi
joined the military Nov.01,1814, in Eatonton,Ga. He received a honorable
discharge in Savannah, Ga.the first day of March 1815. The treaty with
Great Britain was at that time and that was the end of the WAR OF 1812.This
information is from the application for the pension by the Mary Saunders
that is in The National Archives in Washington D.C..His first wife died
in Jan 13,1854. Malachi served as a private in the Georgia Militia under
Capt .D.Rosser's company and the Regiment under Colonel Jeth Thomas. Malachi
was granted land for his service war and also received a pension in 1872.The
number of the pension in 20,090. Malachi died Dec. 05,1873 .Malachi fought
in two other WARS the Mexican War and was enlisted
with the Ramah Guards during the Civil War, only staying few
months due to his age.
Mary Downing, his second wife was born in
Putnam Co. Ga. She first Married Joshua Ryle Sr. and after he died she
married Malachi Madison Saunders on Oct.27,1853. Malachi died on Dec. 05,1873.
She applied for the pension on Sept. 13,1878.
Johnny
R.Sanders Sr. |
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SOURCE
The best source on Georgia units in the
War of 1812 is "History of the Georgia Militia, 1783 - 186l,"
by
Gordon Burns Smith, Gordon Burns Smith - published 2000, Boyd Publishing
Co., Milledgeville, Ga. http://www.boydpublishing.com/geomili.htm
LINKS
The
War of 1812
The
War of 1812 and Georgia
Georgia
in the War of 1812 - Military Action
Indian
Tribes of Georgia
Indian Wars
Battle
of Autossee (archived link)
Fort
Hawkins
War
of 1812 Militiary Records at National Archives
Georgia
National Guard Records at Georgia Archives (archived link)
Officers
of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the War of 1812
1821
Land Lottery
War
of 1812 Forum
Military
Marker for Veteran
ON-LINE
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