Re: How to find a grave or a death record?
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How to find a grave or a death record?
Jon Corry 8/29/06
Jon,
I found a Corporal Benjamin T. Baker in the Pension List of 1818 who died (or was killed) on 11 November 1813. His widow received $60 per year for five years. This may or may not be your Benjamin Baker.
If you know where the family lived during 1813 you can check that county's courthouse for guardianship papers. Children under 16 needed to have a court appointed guardian in order to receive a pension when their father's died. The information on the death of their father may be on the guardianship papers including the service the father was in, date of death and possibly where the father died. This is hit or miss! I have guardianship papers for one of my ancestors and this proved to be a real find!
Was your ancestor in the militia or the regular army? If he was in the regular army then send off for his service records. Be sure to mark on the NAFT form that he was regular army and not militia. Regular army service records also has death information.
Finally, Sackets Harbor did have an army hospital which kept a death register. This register is probably at the National Archives but you would have to research the hospital records yourself or hire a researcher.
There is a military cemetery at Sackets Harbor. It is one of the few War of 1812 cemeteries. Check the internet for an address. It may be apart of the national military cemetery system.
Eric
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