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War of 1812 Military Service

This database provides military and genealogical information on 1,655 individuals who were associated to Fairfax County, Virginia and served in the War of 1812. 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.

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Muster Rolls and Pay Lists

There are two primary sources for the muster rolls and pay lists which cite Fairfax County participants in the War of 1812:

In the table below, we have summarized the information available from these sources, noted differences between sources, and provided links to authorized reproductions where available (in Adobe PDF format).

Virginia Unit
Company Captains		 Militia
Regiment(s)		 Photocopy
of Original		 Transcription
of Original		 Comments
60th VA Regiment HQ 60th Muster roll2
George Blincoe's Co 57th Muster roll1 Muster roll2 Same roll
William Chick's Co 60th Muster roll2
Thomas Coffer's Co 57th, 60th Pay list1 Muster roll2 Some different names
Nicolaus Darne's Co 60th   Muster roll2  
John DeBell's Co 57th, 60th Muster roll1 Muster roll2 Different rolls – some different names
Charles Ford's Co 60th   Muster roll2  
George Graham's Co 60th   Muster roll2
George Gunnell's Co 60th   Muster roll2
George Hunter's Co 4th, 60th   Muster roll2
Price Jacob's Co 56th Muster roll1
George Mason's Co 60th Muster roll2 Not labeled as a muster roll
George Millan's Co 60th Muster roll2 Not labeled as a muster roll
John Millan's Co 60th Muster roll2
James Sangster's Co 5th, 60th Muster roll2
George Simpson's Co 60th Muster roll2,4
Pay list4		 Same muster rolls and pay lists
Temple Smith's Co 60th Muster roll2
Samuel Summers' Co 60th Pay list2
George Terrett's Co 60th Muster roll2
Rezin Wilcoxen's Co 60th Muster roll1
Pay list2		 Muster roll3
Pay list3		 Same muster rolls and pay lists
Sources cited:
1Fairfax County, Virginia Muster and Pay Rolls, The War, 1812-1814, 1817 (M 029) Collection, Rust Archive, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. Reproductions available on the FxGS Web site (facsimiles in Adobe PDF file format) are used with permission. Click here for more information.
2Edith Moore Sprouse Papers, 1960-2003, Accession #313, Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Alexandria, VA. Click here for more information.
3Northern Virginia Genealogy Magazine (Vol. 2, No. 1)
4Northern Virginia Genealogy Magazine (Vol. 3, No. 2)

Page Last Updated: 1/25/2012