A Lis t O f Pe n s io n e rs th e War O f 1 8 1 2 E D I T ED BYR ON N . CLA R K Libra r ia n Ver mont A nti ua r ia n Societ . , q y an Appendix containing names of V ol u nteers for th e defence of Platts ur from V ermo t tow s a escr tio of th e attle from con b gh n n , d ip n b tem ora eou s sou rces the o ffic al stateme t o f losses and a mes of p n , i n , n U te States offic ers and sol ers at Bu rl to V ermo t as s ow ni d di ing n , n , h n a m r roll rece tl ro u o li on army p y and uste s n y b ght t ght . R E SEA R C H P U BLICA T I O N C O MP ANY BUR LI N GT ON A ND BOST ON 1 9 0 4 . 04 THE SHE LD ON P E SS P R IN TE R S R , B R L N GT N V T U I O , . PR EFAC E HE Vermon t Antiqu arian Society has cour teou sly permitted the publication of the inter esting record kept by William G . Shaw of Vt . Burlington , , during his activity as a pen sion agent, so far as the notes relate to f 1 soldiers in the War o 1 8 2 . This record has particular value as it includes abstracts of the evidence presented by the claimant . There was no Ver mont law requiring vital records tb be kept by town clerks prior 1 8 0 to 4 , hence attempts to learn the families of Vermont soldiers in either the Revolution or the War of 1 8 1 2 frequently are f utile . All who have had occasion to seek genealogical details in Vermont will realize the importance Of this pension evidence . The Volunteers whose names are printed are from the towns of Burlington , Colchester, Huntington , Milton , Under Hinesbu r h 1 8 . hill , Shelburne , Jericho, and g , and in all , number 9 The contemporaneous accounts of the battle were copied from the newspaper files in the Fletcher Free Library at Bur lin t n g o . By the kindness of Mr . Henry L . Sheldon , we are enabled Of to add to the appendix , the payrolls many companies from Vt . United States regiments , stationed at Burlington , , during the 1 War of 1 8 2 . The acknowledgements of the editor are due to Messrs . Mac do no u h Rodney and Augustus R . g for the reproduction of the d n h picture of Commodore Mac o o u g . This is from the portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart , now in the Century Club , New York . The pictu re of the battle of Plattsburgh is from an old print and is used by permission of Col . C . S . Forbes . S CONTENT . ' — Mac don o u h r ontir zece Illustrations Portrait of Commodore g , f p a cin The Battle of Plattsburgh , f g A List of Pensioners of the War of 1 8 1 2 Other Records Volunteers for Plattsburgh from Vermont Towns Accounts of the Battle of Plattsburgh i N or ther n Sent nel 1 1 1 . Tbe . 8 From , Sept 3 , 4 r H er a ld . 1 1 8 1 F om the Montreal , Sept 7 , 4. Extracts from General Orders of Gen . Alex . Macomb , 1 1 8 1 . at Plattsburgh , Sept . 4 , 4 ’ Commodore Mac do no u gh s O fficial Reports ’ Commodore Ma c do no u gh s O fl'ic ial Reports of the Ameri can Losses and British Prisoners ’ Commodore Mac d o n o u gh s Record of the Force and Loss O f the American and British Fleets fii er t O c s V . of the United States Army at Burlington , , 2 0 1 8 1 May , 4 Abstracts from Payrolls of United States O fficers and — Vt . 1 8 1 2 1 Soldiers at Burlington , , 5 NOTES FROM A L I ST OF PENSI ONERS >I< OF T H E WAR OF 1 8 1 2 AMES , Mehitable , 8 0 w Aged , South Hero , wido of Walter Ames , private in Capt . ’ ’ Moses Bates Company , Col . William Williams Regiment, Ver mont Militia . He was drafted at Colchester, in the months of 1 8 1 . June and October , 3 , serving fourteen days He volunteered ’ in Capt . Bates Company of Plattsburgh Volunteers , in September, 1 8 1 4 , marched to Plattsburgh, and served there seven days . wa s . 2 1 6 He married at Bridgewater, Mass , March 9, 7 9 , to . 2 Mehitable Packard , and died at Salina, Mich , October 3 , 1 1 8 6 1 6 0 Application made July 5, 5 ; granted acres of land . t Witnesses , Lyman Martin , Benjamin Mar in , Justice Henry Robinson . E ANDR S, Samuel , ’ 6 0 . E Aged , Chambly , C . , private in Capt . James Kinney s ’ . Vo l u n Company , Col William Williams Regiment , Vermont . 1 8 1 teers He volunteered at Burlington , September 7 , 4 , for the was 1 2 defence of Plattsburgh and discharged there September , W e no State is ve the tow is V ermo t h n gi n n in n . 1 0 Notes fr om a List Of Pensioners the discharge being verbal . A muster roll was kept but it was . 2 1 8 8 lost or destroyed Application made January 3 , 5 granted 1 6 0 . acres of land Witnesses, Russell S Taft , E R . Hard , Justice Torrey E . Wales , John C . Pitcher, Aaron Rowley , M . B . Southwick, and Stephen R . Andres . T T A HER ON , Nancy , Y 1 . Aged 7 , Watertown , N , widow of Chester Atherton , private ’ in Capt . Josiah Barrows Company of Cavalry , Col . George ’ Tyler s Regiment , Vermont Volunteers . He volunteered at Wil 1 8 1 u n liston , September 7 , 4 , for the defence of Plattsb rgh a d 1 was discharged there September 2 . He was married to Nancy 1 l 8 1 b . u Hall at Castleton , July 7 , 3 , y Rev Elih Smith , and died 1 1 8 2 . u 2 at Burlington , February 3 , 4 Application made Jan ary 3 , 1 8 8 . u 5 Witnesses , Joseph and Edwina Bostwick, J stice William Weston , Childs Day, Jesse J . Starr, and Paul T . Sweet, s . of Burlington , Jame M Clark and Alonzo M Rogers, of Wat erto wn . , N Y Nancy Hall Atherton was married to Timothy H ungerford Y . 1 8 . u . at R tland , N , July 3 , 44 , by Rev Mr Spaulding, and Y . N 2 2 1 8 . Hungerford died at Watertown , N , ovember , 57 No other record of either marriage in existence . T TT BAR LE , Eber, ’ Y . Aged 7 3 , Hadley, N . , private in Capts Reed and Allen s Company , Vermont Volunteer Militia . He volunteered at Jeri 1 8 1 cho , in September, 4 , for the defence of Plattsburgh , served Notes fr om a List Of Pensioners 1 1 1 1 8 1 seven days , was discharged at Burlington , September 3 , 4 , th 1 1 having taken part in e battle of September . Application 1 1 8 6 1 6 0 r . made September 7 , 5 ; granted ac es of land Wit nesses , George Kenyon , Jonathan Crannell, Justice Reuben f o Y . C . u Wills , o Warren , N , Luther Pro ty , Sylvanus Blodgett, Justice Erastus Field . BATES , Huldah , 6 6 . Aged , New Haven , widow of Levi Bates , private in Capt ’ James Talcott s Company , Vermont Militia . He volunteered 1 8 1 u at Williston , September 9, 4 , for the defence of Plattsb rgh , r 1 2 se ved four days, and was discharged there, September , 1 8 1 1 1 . 4 , having taken part in the battle of September He was married to Huldah Graves at Richmond , September 3 , P. 1 1 1 8 1 0 . 2 8 2 . , by Abel Cooper, J , and died there March , 7 No public or private record of the marriage in existence till now . 2 1 Raised large family of children Application made August , 1 8 6 1 6 0 . 5 ; granted acres of land Witnesses , Levi Rockwood and Watson C . Washburn , of New Haven , Justice Jonathan u Ho gh, James Talcott , Elisha Wright , Justice William Weston . T W BENEDIC , George . , ’ 6 0 u . Aged , B rlington , private in Capt Jacob Howell s Company , ’ . w as Col Farrington s Regiment, New York Militia He Y 8 1 8 1 drafted at Franklin , N . , September , 4 , and discharged 2 2 1 8 1 . at New York City , October , 4 Application made May 2 8 1 8 6 1 6 0 . , 5 ; granted acres of land Witnesses, Miles u o . A . Evarts, George L . Reynolds , Justice J B Hollenbeck . 1 2 Notes fr om a List of Pensioners BENHAM , John , 6 . vol u n Aged 9, Jericho , teamster in United States service He 2 1 1 8 1 teered at Jericho , March , 3 , serving thirteen days . He was engaged in transporting the troops of General Chandler ’ s Y brigade from Burlington to Canton , N . , being paid for such 1 8 1 service in September, 3 , by George Wadsworth, a d United States paymaster . He was rafted as a private , in October, ’ 1 8 1 . Lo wre s 3 , in Capt Oliver y Company , Third Regiment of the Vermont Militia, under Col .