Burwell served under Captain Leslie Patterson July, August 1812 received land Claim Certificate Unit, Flank Company 1st Regiment Middlesex Militia, Volume 18. File pages 1655 -1656.
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Flank Company
1st Regiment Middlesex Militia
Henry Lester was born in New York State in 1788 and came to the Burford area probably as a young boy with his family after the American Revolution.
Commanding Officer: Captain Bela Brewster Brigham
John Westbrook was born in New York State and was captured by the Indians as a child. He was later traded back to the Americans in an exchange of prisoners.
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Indian Lands
5th Regiment Lincoln Militia
Cornelius Bertran was born c1785, likely in Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, to David Bertran. David served in the 2nd Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolution. He and his family came to Upper Canada in 1794 when he was given a land grant in Clinton Township as a United Empire Loyalist.
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1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia
The Oro Black Settlement is an historic ‘social experiment’ whereby Black militiamen who fought in the War of 1812, were granted farm land in Oro along one road, creating a “black farming community” — as of 1819 this must have been a world first.
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Cpt Runchey’s Men of Colour
Commanding Officer: John Westbrook’s Company
Commanding Officer: Captain John Westbrook’s Company
