Commanding Officer: Captain Bela Brewster Brigham’s Rifle Co.
Category Archives: Veteran
War of 1812 Veteran
Thomas Fowler
Benjamin Strowbridge
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Major Richard Hatt
Robert P McAlister
Oxford Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Marvel White
Isaac Ferriss
Flank Company
1st Regiment Essex Militia
My 3rd great-grandfather Isaac Ferriss UE served in 3 battles during the War of 1812-14. He served at the Battle of Detroit, the Battle of the Maumee and the Battle of Raisin River — all in the Michigan and Ohio areas.
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Flank Company
1st Regiment Essex Militia
Henery Ellis
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas Perrin
Daniel Secord Sr.
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas Perrin
John Sly
2nd Regiment Leeds Militia
John Sly (1763-1868) John Sly was b 23 June 1763 in Dutchess County, New York but grew up in Vermont where his family eventually settled. According to his grand-daughter, Mariah Millenbah, John Sly lived at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont and was away from home five years fighting during the Revolutionary War; as a teenager it is unclear what role he fulfilled during this conflict.
Thomas Perrin Jr.
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas Perrin
John Ellis
Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas Perrin
Frederick Yeoward
1st Regiment Lincoln Militia
Commanding Officer: Major Richard Hatt