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=== Online Resources ===
=== Online Resources ===


*{{RecordSearch|1916219|United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815}} at FamilySearch.org — index & images
*{{RecordSearch|1916219|United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815}} at FamilySearch — index & images
*{{RecordSearch|1834325|United States, War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910}} at FamilySearch.org — index & images
*{{RecordSearch|1834325|United States, War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910}} at FamilySearch — index & images
*[https://www.fold3.com/browse/h07ftNlwI War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815] at Fold3.com — images, ($)
*[https://www.fold3.com/browse/h07ftNlwI War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815] at Fold3.com — images, ($)
*[https://www.fold3.com/browse/h5iT6dgqRPLME6Txc?military.conflict=War+of+1812 War of 1812 Pension Files] at Fold3.com — images, ($)  
*[https://www.fold3.com/browse/h5iT6dgqRPLME6Txc?military.conflict=War+of+1812 War of 1812 Pension Files] at Fold3.com — images, ($)  
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1118/ U.S., War of 1812 Papers, 1789-1815] at Ancestry.com — index & images, ($)  
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1118/ U.S., War of 1812 Papers, 1789-1815] at Ancestry.com — index & images, ($)  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 War of 1812 Service Records] at Ancestry.com — index & images ($)  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 War of 1812 Service Records] at Ancestry.com — index & images ($)  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-9QML-RC7?i=535&cat=44514 War of 1812 — Tennessee Pensioners on List — January 1, 1883] at FamilySearch.org — images
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-9QML-RC7?i=535&cat=44514 War of 1812 — Tennessee Pensioners on List — January 1, 1883] at FamilySearch — images


=== Introduction  ===
=== Introduction  ===
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*Ancestry. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 ''War of 1812 Service Records''] ($).&nbsp; Database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825.<br>
*Ancestry. [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4281 ''War of 1812 Service Records''] ($).&nbsp; Database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825.<br>


*{{RecordSearch|1916219|United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815}} at FamilySearch.org — index & images
*{{RecordSearch|1916219|United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815}} at FamilySearch — index & images


=== Pension Records  ===
=== Pension Records  ===

Revision as of 12:53, 28 June 2022

Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Introduction[edit | edit source]

During the War of 1812, Tennessee furnished 18,361 infantry men, 9,095 cavalry men, 110 artillery men, and 267 men in miscellaneous troops for a total of 27,833 men.[1] The backwoods "hunters of Kentucky and Tennessee" took pride in defeating the professional British army at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

Service Records[edit | edit source]

  • Ancestry. War of 1812 Service Records ($).  Database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825.

Pension Records[edit | edit source]

A soldier may have been recorded in state records (see below) or in federal records (see US War of 1812 Pension Records).

  • Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul. 1961):95-98; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct. 1961):122-124. FHL Film Film # 009149216, image 536/1243.
  • Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files. National Archives Microfilm Publication M313. Available online Record Collection 1916219 or on film FHL film 0840431 (first of 102 films)This index has the veteran’s name, widow’s name, rank, unit, dates of enlistment and discharge, application and certificate numbers, and bounty land warrant numbers.

Important National and International Sources[edit | edit source]

  • United States in the War of 1812 has lists of records, books, etc. for the United States, not just one state. The federal records are listed here rather than on each state page. Two of the most important are:
  • War of 1812, 1812 to 1815 has lists of general books and documentaries, as well as a list battles with links to websites about the battles, and other information not tied to one country.

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

The Tennessee State Library and Archives provides these articles:

  • Douthat, James L. 1814 Court Martial of Tennessee Militiamen. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Institute of Historic Research, 1993.  FHL book 976.8 M2

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wesley Potter Kremer. 100 Great Battles of the Rebellion;...Also, All the Battles of the Revolution, War of 1812-5, Mexican War, Indian Battles, American-Spanish War, and Naval Battles. (Hoboken, N.J.: s.n., 1906), p. 326. Internet Archive.