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Eric,
I ordered and received William Wiseman's records. Thank you again for helping me. I could not have found it without you.
William Wiseman died before 1847 in Hamilton County, IL so I could not see from "more current" censuses where he was born (he died before the censuses listed pob). All of his children give their father's pob as Ohio so I began my search there but came up empty handed.
Then I located his military land grant in IL (Henry County) and located that William served in Capt. Hunter's 8th Regiment of US Infantry. You were the one who gave me a more descriptive service in order to get the records "located" from NARA......Thank YOU!
From these records I see William gives his pob as Washington County, MD [I never would have known to research there!].
I must admit I am more confused now, after receiving the records, than before. May I lean on you for guidance once more?
In William's records:
Place of enlistment: Georgia [yet another state!]
Date: 9/8/1812
By whom: Capt. Jones. Period: 5 years.
I searched and searched for a Capt. Jones in GA and came up empty handed. I tried the Ga county and state links, ancestry.com, message boards, Google, and Virginia Crilley's site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/1812tay.htm
Still nothing.
Williams records get more interesting but I can't seem to decipher it all:
MR: Capt D.E. Twiggs Co., Feb. 28
[I looked high and low for a Capt. Twiggs and came up empty handed once again!]
MR: Jun 30, Carpl (spelling?). Oct 30/13
MR: Capt M. Jones Co. Apr. 30 and Jun 30/14, present.
[I looked high and low for a Capt. Jones and came up empty handed once again!]
Promoted Sergeant Oct 26/13.
MR: Aug 31/14, on command at Fort Jackson.
DR: Camp Flournay, GA, Mar 9/15, present.
IR: [or TR:] Capt. Thomas C. Hunter's Co., Fort Hawkins, Apr 30 and June 30/15, present.
[I looked high and low for a Capt. Thomas C. Hunter's Co. and came up empty handed once again!]
Discharged from late Capt. Thomas C. Hunter's Co., Aug 21/15, white swelling and general dibility.
I could locate "8th US Infantry" in google but it never named any of the above Capt. or places. I could not locate camp Flournay either. What am I doing wrong?
Did my William Wiseman companies get re-organized a lot? If so, how do I find out the history of his service? Places and battles fought.
What I really want to solidify is his pob [OH or MD] and when and why he removed to GA [I am assuming he relocated to GA since that is where he enlisted/drafted].
Do you know what MR, DR, IR reprsent?
If William received a land grant in Henry County, Illinois [as many 1812 veterans did] and William later sold this land, wouldn't that be on record?
[this is a great site: http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/family/miltract.html]. I searched the BLM webpage to see if any further action was recorded on that parcel and found nothing but the original grant to William in 1818 .
I can also locate the land grant at IRAD database [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/landsrch.html ] where the land was granted to William for his service but I can not locate any transfer/selling of this parcel of land....go figure....seems to be my luck with this guy....gives me just enough to search a new direction and still end up on a dead-end!
Thanks again so much for your assistance.
Tina
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