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The Lake Erie Ledger a Tri-Annual Publication of the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Ohio The Lake Erie Ledger A Tri-Annual Publication of the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Ohio October 2018 Organized January 8, 1895 Volume 31, Number 3 Hamilton & Glasgow becomes the Society’s newest members The summer meeting of the Society of the War of The attending members approved the 2019 meeting 1812 in the State of Ohio was held on 14 July 2018 at dates for the Society. The April 13th and the October the Ohio Genealogical Society’s library (OGS) in Bell- 12th meetings will be held in Upper Arlington, Ohio ville, Ohio. It was the Society’s 13th Annual Research while the July 13th meeting will be in Bellville, Ohio. Day at the library. Members enjoyed a free day of fami- Morehouse made a motion to purchase a table at ly research. next year’s OGS Conference, 1-4 May 2019, in Mason, The members present were Paul Morehouse, Eric Ohio. It was seconded by Johnson and carried. The So- Johnson, Richard Davis, Richard Juergens, Keith Ash- ciety operates a table at the conference in order to at- ley, Larry Collins, Thomas Galloway, Thomas Neal, tract new members. The members also approved to and James Shough with guest Sally Shough. sponsor the lecture by Johnson at the conference. John- Johnson read the Invocation. The minutes of the last son will present a one-hour lecture entitled Reseaching meeting was read by Juergens and approved as pub- War of 1812 Naval and Marine Ancestors. lished. The treasurer’s report was read by Juergens, with The next meeting is scheduled for 20 October 2018 a motion to approve the report was made by Johnson in Upper Arlington, Ohio. The Benediction was given and seconded by Morehouse. It was approved by the by Johnson. A motion made by Johnson and seconded membership. by Shough to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried. The Society donated a copy of Johnson’s latest book, Maryland Regulars in the War of 1812, to the library in Juergens/Johnson memory of Tom Brinker, who past away on 11 Febru- ary 2018. The Society donates to the OGS library a book on the War of 1812 on the occasion of the death of a compatriot. Cox elected as Ohio’s SAR president Compatriot Neal, who is also the library director of OGS’s library, gave a brief summary of the holdings of the library with the emphasis on the books and micro- films that the library has on the War of 1812. This was a good benefit for the compatriot attending the library for the first time. President Davis gave an update on the status of Ohio’s House Bill 48. The measure will protect the Civ- il War cannons and monuments in the state from abuse. The bill is still stalled in committee. John William Hamilton, Junior, became the newest member of the Society when his application was ap- proved by the membership. His membership number is OH 216. Hamilton’s ancestor is Private Wiley Harris who served in Captain Robert McCulloch's Light Infan- Compatriot Shawn A. Cox, the vice president of the try Company of Lieutenant Colonel William Gray's 7th Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Ohio, was Regiment, Virginia Militia (29 Aug 1814 - 21 Feb elected as the president of the Ohio Society of the Na- 1815). tional Society Sons of the American Revolution during th The application for membership of James F. Glas- the 129 Annual Ohio Society State Conference in gow was also approved by the members. Glasgow has Dublin, Ohio held on 4-6 May 2018. Cox will serve member number OH 217. His ancestor is Private Wil- the 2018-2019 term of office. liam K. Colson who served in Captain James Gray's Cox also serves as the Vice President General for Company of Colonel John Cocke's 2nd Regiment, West Ohio for the General Society of the War of 1812 and Tennessee Militia (13 Nov 1814 - 13 May 1815). as the Ohio Society’s historian. Page 2 The Lake Erie Ledger October 2018 Society of the War of 1812 Private Folsom - continued from page 3 in the State of Ohio’s Officers President — Richard Davis The prison ships at Plymouth, Portsmouth and Chat- 741 Red Bud Ave ham each had hospital ships but these hulks were used Cincinnati, OH 45229 to quarantined men with small pox, dysentery, and oth- (513) 751-3739 er diseases until they either died or recovered. Folsom’s [email protected] injury required a real hospital and it appears that for most of the War of 1812 he was ‘serving’ from a hospi- Vice President — Shawn Cox tal bed, whether it was American or British. 652 Comfort Lane Due to his injury, he was probably enlisted in British Washington Court House, OH 43160-2415 service and that is why he was sent to Halifax and not (740) 333-4615 [email protected] the United States after the war. Regardless, Private Fol- som is one of the few Americans who was a prisoner of Secretary-Treasurer — Richard Juergens war for the entire length of the War of 1812. His bad 104 Levine Drive luck never improved. Woodville, OH 43469-1434 Abraham Folsom was born on 18 May 1793 in Or- [email protected] ange County, New Hampshire to John Folsom and Re- becca Cobly. He died on 14 November 1843 in Winne- Registrar/Genealogist — Eric E. Johnson bago, Winnebago County, Illinois. He gravestone lists 377 Nantucket Drive his age as 50 years and six months. Avon Lake, OH 44012-2803 (440) 933-5434 Eric E. Johnson [email protected] Vice President General for Ohio — Shawn Cox Editor—Eric E. Johnson Surgeon General—Dr. David R. Rudy 1633 Timber Lake Drive Delaware, OH 43015 [email protected] Meeting Dates for 2018-2019 October 20 — MCL Restaurant, Upper Arlington, OH Graves Registration — Robert E. Grim 5367 State Road 72 South 2019 Sabina, OH 45169-9425 April 13 — MCL Restaurant, Upper Arlington, OH (937) 584-4622 July 13 —OGS Library, Bellville, OH [email protected] October 12 — MCL Restaurant, Upper Arlington, OH Immediate Past President — Craig V. Fisher 5545 Woodridge Drive Dates and locations are subject to change Toledo, OH 43623-1061 (419)-882-5841 [email protected] Marshal — Eric E. Johnson Info Tech Chairman & Webmaster — Craig V. Fisher Looking for a new editor! If you are interested in be- Judge Advocate — William E. Huber II ing the next editor of the Lake Erie Ledger, please con- P.O. Box 298 tact Eric Johnson. St. Mary’s, OH 45885-0298 [email protected] Historian — Shawn Cox The Lake Erie Ledger Chaplain — Keith D. Ashley 34465 Crew Road Published three times a year by the Pomeroy, OH 45769-9715 Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Ohio Eric E. Johnson, Editor 377 Nantucket Drive The Lake Erie Ledger can be e-mailed to any com- Avon Lake, OH 44012-2803 patriot in a PDF format instead of having the newsletter (440) 933-5434 mailed as it has been in the past. Contact the editor. [email protected] Page 3 The Lake Erie Ledger October 2018 Bad luck followed Private Abraham Folsom If some people didn’t have bad luck, then they crushing the bone. He was in the fort’s hospital on the wouldn’t have had any luck at all! This seems to be the day that the army surrendered to the British. The pri- case for Private Abraham Folsom of the 4th Regiment of vate was now a prisoner of war. U.S. Infantry during the War of 1812. His bad luck last- The regiment, now prisoners, were escorted to Mon- ed the whole length of the war and then for many years treal, Lower Canada and from there, sent to Quebec, afterwards. Lower Canada. The regimental muster roll lists Private While transcribing the prisoner of war records of Folsom as “missing at Montreal.” It appears the he was Americans interred at Chatham, England, I came across in the military hospital at Montreal when the regiment Private Folsom’s name as having been captured at De- departed for Quebec, and the regiment lost track of troit, Territory of Michigan. The 4th Infantry fought at him. the Battle of Tippecanoe on 7 November 1811 and sur- If bad luck doesn’t change for the better, then it gets rendered as a regiment to the British at Detroit on 16 worst! For whatever reason, the British placed him on a August 1812. The regiment was sent to Quebec, Cana- ship to England instead of sending him to the United da, as prisoners of war. Most of the men were ex- States through the next prisoner of war exchange. changed and sent home by June 1813. Folsom’s affidavit states that he arrived at Plym- So how did Private Folsom end up in England? Why outh, England in January 1813 and was assigned to a was he so important as a private not to have been ex- prison hulk. He was in a military hospital at Plymouth changed with his regiment and sent home? He name is in August 1813 when he missed the prisoner releases not in the U.S. Army’s Register of Enlistments for the which repatriated some American prisoners back to the War of 1812, but this is not unusual since this register is United States. not complete for this conflict. Also, he did not receive He remained a prisoner in England until March any military land bounties for his service.
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