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The Muster Roll of the detached militia
of Bertie County,North Carolina : ( organized August, *1814)
Researched by Virginia Crilley .Note :
** MEMORANDA
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE DETACHED MILITIA OF 1814 WERE CALLED INTO SERVICE AT NORFOLK, IN VIRGINIA, BY ORDERS ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER, 1814, TOWIT: GRANVILLE, WAKE, JOHNSON, FRANKLIN, WARREN, HALIFAX, SOUTHAMPTON, NASH, EDGECOMBE, MARTIN, Bertie, HERTFORD, GATES, CHATHAM, ORANGE AND PERSON.
Bertie County North Carolina
The First Regiment.
1. Jonathan H. Jacocks, captain
2. Powell Harrel, lieutenant
3. James Wilson, Jr., ensign
4. Thomas Morgan, private
5. Miles Gilliam
6. William G. Terrell
7. William M. Darlett
8. Simon A. Bryant
9. William B. Mastin
10. Joseph Blount
11. Gaven Hogg
12. William P. King
13. Lewis Wimberly
14. Levi Kenaday
15. Thomas Liversage
16. James Duglas
17. William W. Johnson
18. Kenneth Clark
19. Cullen Shoolders
20. Thomas Ruffin
21. Wm R.W. Bozman
22. Hatter Calloway
23. Asa Gregory
24. Aquilla Harden (researcher:CVance6432@aol.com)
25. Josiah Reddit
26. William Simons
27. Jasper Ward
28. William Castellow
29. Trustum Capehart
30. Thomas L. West
31. Curry Butler Researcher:"John Norvill Jones" <jnjjwj@erols.com>
32. Josiah Bird
33. Benjamin Baker
34. Benjamin Bowen
35. John Bowen
36. Levi Jennings
37. John P. Butler
38. Silas Butler
39. Reuben Barns (EVILSIZER3@aol.com)
40. Nehemiah Bunch
41. Cullen Bazimore
42. William K. Miller
43. Stephen Bazimore
44. James Cherry, jr
45. Ralph Outlaw
46. Lodowick Jenkins
47. Elisha Cook
48. James Early
49. James Williford
50. Isaac Early
51. Willie Jenkins
52. John Cobb
53. Lawrence Mizells
54. John Lassiter
55. Joshua Harrell
56. Thomas Harrell
57. Josiah Davidson
58. Isaac White
59. Peter White
60. Zachariah Ellison
61. George Mizells
62. Charles Miller
63. Meredith Harrell
64. Benjamin B. Williams
65. George White
66. James Mizell
67. Whitmell White (Researcher: Daisy M. White (dmwhite@coastalnet.com)
68. Joshua Hale
69. Charnley C. Dundalow Cale (Emory Thomas emopam@earthlink.net)
70. Noah Outlaw
71. Elisha Hoggard
72. David White
73. Lewis Miller
74. King Mitchel
75. William Griffin
76. Hatton Fleetwood
77. John Hunter
78. Timothy Mizells
79. Seth Morgan
80. Michael Mardre
81. Henry Tood
82. Luke Smithwick
83. John Watson
84. Jeremiah Legett
85. James Baswell
86. Hardy Clements
87. Leven McTuller
88. Jonathan Zaloe
89. David Calloway
90. John Mhoon
91. John Boyd
92. Henry Lee
93. Henry Harrell
94. John Murdough
95. Dancy Harrell
96. Whitmell Ruffin (crilley@eramp.net)
97. Moses Purvis
98. Jesse Brown
99. Jason Minton (shill@cswnet.com)
100. John Higgs
101. Kinchen Wilks
102. Cullen Grimmer
103. James Hoggard
Bibliography
Notes :
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I had wondered "why this late date"....and found out the answer in Dr. Lemmon's book.After the burning of the capital, (Aug 23, 1814) NC Governor Hawkins ordered the militia of 15 counties to march immediately to Norfolk. He then issued a proclamation that all "new draft" meet at Gates County Courthouse, under Brigadier General Jeremiah Slade.
Chances are if you have sent for your ancestor's record, the enlistment place will be in that time period and at Gates County Courthouse.
**
MUSTER ROLLS SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812
DETACHED FROM THE MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA 1812 AND 1814PUBLISHED IN PURSUANCE OF THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF JANUARY 28, 1851 AND THE RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF FEBRUARY 29, 1871. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL RALEIGH, North Carolina.
Additional Resources:
North Carolina and the War of 1812 by Sarah McCulloh Lemmon (out of print) Available through inter-library loan.
(This is a wonderful book (only 54pgs) which describes the feelings in NC at this time.) I got mine through inter-library loan, but I wonder if it is still available for purchase. Does anyone know where???
Troops were:
1)regular army (all volunteers)
2)militia
All men were enrolled in the militia, but not all would have been called up. Those who were enrolled were know as the "detached militia". These might be volunteers, but also could have been "drafted" if the county didn't have enough volunteers.
Another key date to judge "where your ancestor was"....is the Sept 13, 1814 date when Francis Scott Key witnessed the attack on Ft. Henry and wrote his "Star Spangled Banner"....at dawn's early light.
Another probability is that your ancestor was in Capt. James Iredell's Bertie Company.
Dr. Lemmon sheds light here to:
"A young lawyer named James Iredell, Jr. was one of the officers of a Bertie company. His mother did not want him to go to war. She feared that the militia would teach him bad habits, and she also thought it was bad for his law practice to go dashing off to Norfolk. Iredell did not agree, however, and marched on with his men.
When the troops arrived in Norfolk, they were sowrn in to federal service and encamped at Moorings Rope Walk. The citizens lined the road and applauded as they arrived. Iredell wrote to his sister that he and the two other young offices had a little hut, just large enough for the three of them. They had hired a cook and had a kitchen just back of the hut. Now and then the cook prepared them a pudding. There was a table, four chairs, a bench, two bedsteads, and a cot swung like a hammock from the joists...."
Dr. Lemmon continues with a very interesting narrative.
Though they apparently did not see any battle, many men became ill and even died from disease....and in Feb 1815, the regiment was discharged. Peace had been declared at Ghent in Belgium and signed Dec 24, 1814, but the news did not reach New York until February 11.
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