Transcript Is the 99 th Regiment a Fauquier County Unit?

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/DTV3KTYQEBGFY
H8EM29UN9NDAVGXE534TGI5UGVQTRUUUD35V
C-24691?func=file&file_name=find-bclas12&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: PRIVATERank 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
From Butler’s Guide pg 83
Also Capt
Payne’s Co
Was attached
to 41st Regt
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.
Again referring to Butler’s Guide for Caroline County:
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.