War of 1812 Wilkinson County, Ga

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
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 Bying Family Cemetery
*William J. Dixon    1792 - 1838 34 Rect Ga. Militia War of 1812, buried Bethel Cemetery
*Isaac Hall, Cuzza A. widow, 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 (Nancy Pace, widow)
George W. Parker
*Malachi Sanders   1785 - 12/5/1873 War of 1812 2nd Ga. Militia, buried Ramah Cemetery
John Tomberlin
_____Walker (Joanna, widow)
*Richard Whitaker   3/16/1782 - 5/6/1844   Crowell’s Co. Ga. Mil. War of 1812, buried Whitaker Cemetery

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).

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 BOOK :PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE WAR OF 1812.