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Bess, Jack Paul  Jr.:
Samuel Lynch, Corporal. Born 1790 Monroe County (W) Virginia to George Lynch (RW Vet) & Margaret McCorkle. Married Sarah Sammons 18 Jan 1812, eight children. Enlisted 31 August 1814 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, in 6th Va. Regt. of Artillery, Captains H.A. Watkins & J. Galt. Served as Pvt. and Cpl. Hon. Discharged 27 April 1815 at Norfolk, Virginia. Received Bounty Land for his service in the War of 1812. Died 24 May 1860, Greenbrier, (W) Va. His widow, Sally (Sammons) received widow's pension from 10 April 1872 until her death on 29 December 1873 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.  

Browne, Howard Storm , Jr.:
Martin Browne IV, Private. Born 13 January 1794, Frederick County, Virginia, where his father, also Martin Browne, kept a tavern. Enlisted 23 September 1812, Point Pleasant, (W) Virginia as a private soldier in the 2nd Reg.of Virginia Militia, Colonel Dudley Evans, Captain Andrew Bryan's Company. Discharged 20 March 1813, Fort Meigs, Ohio. Married Susannah McAllister in 1815, nine children.. Died in 1856, Madison County, Indiana, where he received bounty land for 1812 War service.    

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Clark, Robert Eugene Jr.:
Reuben Embrey, Private. Born 1793, Virginia. Married Penelope Jacobs on 9 Jun 1823, Fauquier County, Virginia, four children. Served in Captain William Dulin’s Company of Infantry, 36th Regiment (Renno’s) of Virginia Militia. Commencement of service: 25 Aug 1814; Discharged: 24 Nov 1814. Place of Discharge: Camp near Ellicott’s, approximately 98 miles from place of residence. Died after 1860. Captain William Dulin’s Company of Infantry was originally with the 85th Regiment of Virginia Militia in Fauquier County, service: 25 Aug – 24 Nov 1814. They were attached to the 36th Regiment (Prince William County) at Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland and participated in the Baltimore Campaign. 

Cooper, Donald:
Jacob Stream, Private.  Born 11 February 1797 in Loudoun County Virginia to Michael Stream and Mary Magdalena Dorcheimer.  Married Susannah Fawley daughter of Jacob Fawley 30 March 1824, 7 children.   Served in Captain Michael Everhart’s Company of Infantry, 56^th Regt. Virginia Militia from 24 August 1814 to 22 September 1814. Hon. Discharged at Baltimore, Maryland in1814.  Died 25 October 1856, Loudoun County Virginia.  His widow, Susannah (Fawley) received a widow’s pension from 9 March 1878 until her death on 15 February 1889 in Licking County, Ohio.

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Doss, Andrew Steven:
Henry Doss (Dosse), Private. Born about 1790, Henry County, Virginia to John and Sallie Dosse. Married Nancy Thomas, daughter of Lewis and Mary Thomas on 2 Sep 1858, Washington County, Virginia, nine children. Served in Captain Benjamin Dyer's Company, the Fifth Regiment of Virginia Militia. Served as substitute for William Allen. Discharged 22 June 1814 in Norfolk, Va. Removed to Washington County, Virginia by 1830 and was a miller at the mill that was owned by War of 1812 Captain Andrew Patterson, of the 70th Regiment. Died 18 May 1872 in Washington County, Virginia.

Dyer, George:
Benjamin Dyer, Captain. Born about 1778, Henry County, Virginia to George Dyer.  Served as Captain for the Fifth Regiment of Virginia and later as Lieutenant. Member of Virginia General Assembly 1819 till his death in 1823 in Henry County, Virginia.

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Elston, Michael J.:
John Elston, Private. Born February 26, 1795, in Wilkes County, North Carolina; He served in the Mounted Kentucky Volunteers from May 20, 1813, to November 19, 1813, under Capt. William Rice and Col. Richard M. Johnson (later Vice President of the United States). He participated in the Battle of the Thames River, Ontario, Canada, October 4-5, 1813. After the war, he married Matilda Ransdell in Henry County, Kentucky, on January 18, 1816. Matilda was descended from many prominent Virginians of the 17th and 18th centuries, including Col. William Ball (George Washington's great-grandfather). John and Matilda had five children, three of whom (Mary, John S. and Margaret) lived to adulthood and had children of their own. John's father (Benjamin) and grandfather (David) served in the New Jersey militia during the Revolutionary War.  Died 8 Aug 1851, in Lincoln County, Missouri.

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Gill, Raymond Warren Jr.:
Alexander Richard Pomeroy, Private. Born about 1794, Shenandoah County, Virginia to Richard Pomeroy and Mary Lehew, daughter of Spencer LeHew. Married Elizabeth Fletcher 6 January 1829, Frederick County, Virginia, eight children. Served in Captain Daniel Strickler's Company, the Sixth Regiment of Virginia Militia commanded by Lieut. Colonel Daniel Coleman. Discharged 1 December 1814. Died 1 August 1858 in Warren County, Virginia.

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Hartman, Thadeus Lee:
Adam Henthorn, Private. Born 1781 probably in Ohio County, Virginia, died 12 August 1830 in Monroe County, Ohio, and buried in the Rutter Cemetery in Monroe County, Ohio. Married Nancy Hood, she was born 1786 and died 11 September 1847 in Monroe County, Ohio, buried with her husband. He served as a private in Captain John Howell's company of DeLong's 1st Regiment Ohio Militia at Put-In-Bay, Ohio, an island in Lake Erie.  

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Lyman, Mike:
William Lyman, Private. Born 21 Aug 1780 in Coventry, CT, died 28 Mar 1860 in Wilmington, VT, and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in there. Married Clarissa Fitch daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Sgt. Jesse Fitch and his wife Jemina Clay on 26 Dec 1808 and they had children William Jr., Alvah, Sabra, and Jackson. Adam was the son of Revolutionary War soldier Ozias Lyman and Ruth Brown, daughter of Captain Moses Brown. He served as a Hayward and as a town Surveyor in Dover. An 1812 Society marker has been placed on his grave by his family.

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Parrish, James Dudley Jr.:
Nathaniel E. Grigsby, Jr. Captain, Grigsby's Troop of Horse, Fauquier County, Virginia, Militia. Served at the Battle of Baltimore, 22 August--14 September 1814. Born 1789, Cameron Parish, Loudon County, Virginia, died 18 November 1821, Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky. Married Mildred Grigsby, daughter of Redmond Grigsby; five children.

Perry, Zane Dale:
Samuel Hatfield, Private. Born in 1793 in Russell County, Virginia, to John and Martha “Patsy” Hatfield. Moved with his parents in 1805 to the Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River in Floyd County, Kentucky. Enlisted March 4, 1813 in Captain John Walker’s Company of Kentucky Detached Militia. Enlisted April 9, 1813 in Captain Thomas Evans’s Company of 10th (Boswell’s) Regiment Kentucky Militia. Enlisted May 24, 1813 in Captain Benjamin Mosby’s Company of the 28th Regiment, U.S. Infantry. Was with the 28th U.S. Infantry at Fort Stephenson, Ohio in August 1813. Was with the 28th U.S. Infantry at Fort Seneca, Ohio in August and September 1813. Was interviewed and selected by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to serve as a Sharp-shooter on the foretop of the Brig Niagara. Served as a Sharp-shooter on the foretop of the Brig Niagara on September 10, 1813 during the Battle of Lake Erie. Received $214.89 as his part of the prize money for the capture of the British Fleet. Rejoined the 28th U.S. Infantry following the Battle of Lake Erie and fought with that unit through the Ohio country into Upper Canada. Was given an Honorable Discharge from Captain Joseph C. Belt on May 24, 1813 at Fort Covington, Ontario, Upper Canada. Walked home to Kentucky, which was a distance of five hundred miles. Married Mary “Polly” Franklin in Floyd County, Kentucky on April 25, 1815. Had thirteen children, including a son who fought for the Union during the Civil War -- Private Owen Hatfield, Company “A”, 39th Kentucky Infantry. Another child of Samuel and Polly Hatfield, Elizabeth Hatfield, married Rev. Jacob M. Marcum of Wayne County, (West) Virginia, and Elizabeth and Jacob Marcum had Rhoda Marcum Perry – who was Zane’s great-great-grandmother. Samuel Hatfield received a gold medal in 1868 from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, valued at $110.00, for being a surviving Kentucky volunteer who had participated in the Battle of Lake Erie “as a token of the grateful recollection in which the people of the State of Kentucky hold their brave and patriotic services on that day, and the imperishable renown which that brilliant victory achieved for their common country”. Samuel Hatfield died after 1873 on his farm at the mouth of Brandy Keg Creek on John’s Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky. Samuel was buried in the Hatfield Family Cemetery at the mouth of Brandy Keg Creek on John’s Creek. The Hatfield Family Cemetery, including Samuel Hatfield’s grave, was relocated in 1949 to Auxier, Floyd County, Kentucky by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Dewey Lake construction project. Samuel Hatfield was the 3rd-cousin of William Anderson “Devil-Anse” Hatfield, who was the family leader of the Hatfields during the Hatfield-McCoy feud.