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=== Pension Records  ===
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*Fold3.&nbsp; [http://www.fold3.com/browse.php#247%7Ch5iT6dgqRPLME6Txc Tennessee War of 1812 Pension Files] . (Free).&nbsp; Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those digitized.&nbsp; Incomplete as of 1 June 2012.<br>  
A soldier may have been recorded in state records (see below) or in federal records (see [[US War of 1812 Pension Records|US War of 1812 Pension Records]]). <br>
 
*Fold3.&nbsp; [http://www.fold3.com/browse.php#247%7Ch5iT6dgqRPLME6Txc Tennessee War of 1812 Pension Files] . (Free).&nbsp; Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those digitized.&nbsp; Incomplete as of 1 June 2012.<br>


*''War of 1812 pensioners living in Tennessee during the 1880's'' (Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1983) pages 127 [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F740453 FHL 976.8&nbsp;M2]
*''War of 1812 pensioners living in Tennessee during the 1880's'' (Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1983) pages 127 [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F740453 FHL 976.8&nbsp;M2]

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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]

Explanation of the Major Record Types[edit | edit source]

  • Pearson, Thomas A., comp. 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).

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. (Accessed 11 May 2012).
  • Sistler, Byron Tennesseans [i.e. Tennesseeans] in the War of 1812 (Nashville, Tennessee, Byron Sistler and Associates, 1992) pages 549 FHL Book 976.8 M22
  • Fox, George and Juanita Fox: East Tennesseans in the War of 1812: 150 muster rolls - 8,500 men
    (S.I.: G&J. Fox, 2011) pages 432 FHL Book 976.8 M2

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).

  • War of 1812 pensioners living in Tennessee during the 1880's (Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1983) pages 127 FHL 976.8 M2

Cemetery Records[edit | edit source]

  • McCown, Mary Hardin and Inez E Burns Soldiers of the War of 1812 buried in Tennessee (Tennessee, 1959) pages 183 FHL Book 976.8 M2

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

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.