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Iowa was not settled until after the War of 1812, but many men who fought in that war settled in Iowa. See [[United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] for national indexes and records.  
Iowa was not settled until after the War of 1812, but many men who fought in that war settled in Iowa. See [[United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] for national indexes and records.  
=== Explanation of the Major Record Types  ===
*Pearson, Thomas A., comp. [http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/genealogicalrecordswarof1812.htm Genealogical Records of the War of 1812]: an Introduction and Selected Bibliography of Materials in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library. (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Public Library, July 2004).


For a listing of 31 veterans of the War of 1812 who lived in Iowa in 1886, see pages 733–734 in the following book:  
For a listing of 31 veterans of the War of 1812 who lived in Iowa in 1886, see pages 733–734 in the following book:  
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