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Our 36th Year

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War of 1812 Military Service & Veterans

This database provides military and genealogical information on 1,655 individuals who served in the War of 1812 and who were associated with Fairfax County, Virginia. Information in the database was researched, compiled, and coordinated by David Whitman, Project Coordinator. Please direct any additions, corrections, updates, and questions to him at dwtoo2@yahoo.com.

The War of 1812 service data is available as follows:

a) Fairfax County War of 1812 Soldiers and Veterans Database Information in this file is arranged by company, and includes military service and genealogical information.

b) Fairfax County War of 1812 Muster and Pay Lists:

Reproductions of the following muster/pay lists may be viewed:

- Captain George Blincoe’s Company; 57^th Regiment

- Captain Thomas Coffer’s Company; 57^th & 60^th Regiments

- Captain Price Jacob’s Company; 56^th Regiment

- Captain Rezin Wilcoxen’s Company, 60^th Regiment

- Captain John DeBell’s Company, 57^th & 60^th Regiment (coming soon)

Credit: Fairfax County, Virginia Muster and Pay Rolls, The War, 1812-1814, 1817 (M 029) Collection, Rust Archive, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA: http://www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=84 Reproduced for use on Fairfax Genealogical Society website with permission from the Thomas Balch Library.

Sources for Muster/Pay Roll:

Primary sources are the Thomas Balch Library and transcriptions from the Edith Moore Sprouse Papers, 1960-2003, Collection, held by the Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/apl/vaallhs00025.document

The below table shows muster (m) and pay (p) rolls available at these sources.

Virginia Unit CompanyCaptains	Milita Regiment	Photocopy Original Roll	Transcription of Original roll	Comments
60^th VA Regiment HQ	60th		APL(ES) - m
George Blincoe’s Co	57^th	TBL - m	APL(ES) - m	Same roll
William Chick’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
Thomas Coffer’s Co	57^th, 60^th	TBL - p	APL(ES) - m	Some different names
Nicolaus Darne’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m	-
John DeBell’s Co	57^th, 60^th	TBL - m	APL(ES) - m	Different rolls – some different names
Charles Ford’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
George Graham’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
George Gunnell’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
George Hunter’s Co	4^th, 60^th		APL(ES) - m
Price Jacob’s Co	56^th	TBL - m
George Mason’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m	Roll not labeled as m
George Millan’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m	Roll not labeled as m
John Millan’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
James Sangster’s Co	5^th, 60^th		APL(ES) - m
George Simpson’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) – m NVG v3, #2 – m & p	Same m & p rolls
Temple Smith’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
Samuel Summers’ Co	60^th	APL - p
George Terrett’s Co	60^th		APL(ES) - m
Rezin Wilcoxen’s Co	60^th	TBL –m APL - p	NVG v2, #1 – m & p	Same m & p rolls

APL(ES) – Alexandria Public Library (Edith Sprouse transcription)

TBL – Thomas Balch Library

NVG – Northern Virginia Genealogy magazine (Vol & No)

Fairfax Genealogical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia A Worldwide Research Group Our 36th Year

Fairfax Genealogical Society
of Fairfax County, Virginia
A Worldwide Research Group
Our 36th Year