Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812

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Introduction
During the War of 1812, the Mississippi Territory supplied 5,928 infantry men, 396 cavalry men, and 31 artillery men for a total of 6,355 men.

Service Records

 * Fold3, War of 1812 Service Records - Mississippi contains card abstracts of original muster rolls, payrolls, hospital rolls... and original documents pertaining to the soldier.($)


 * Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War of 1812 in Organizations from the Territory of Mississippi, (Washington District of Columbia, The National Archives, 1967).


 * Bridges, Joyce Shannon and Wanda Volentine Head, Mississippi roots'n records (Shreveport, Louisana: J and W Enterprises, c1995-1997). 6 volumes.

Pension Records

 * War of 1812 pensioners and others on the pension roll as of January 1, 1883. (Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, c1983). 22 pages.
 * United States Works Progress Administration. Mississippi County Rosters of Military Veterans, 1936-1939. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digital capture by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2011) See Digitized Virginia


 * Fold3, Digital images of Mississippi War of 1812 Pension Files.  (Alphabetical by surname) and War of 1812 Service Records.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Land Grants

 * Access Genealogy, Mississippi  Some Military Land Grants For Soldiers of the War of 1812, arranged by county. (Hosted by USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project; accessed 11 May 2012).

State Records

 * Wiltshire, Betty C. Mississippi Soldiers: Revolutionary, 1812, Indian and Mexican Wars. (Carrollton, Mississippi: Pioneer Publishing, c1998). 96 pages. {{FHL|816764|item|disp=FHL book 976.2 M2wi]


 * United States. Work Projects Administration (Mississippi). Mississippi, military grave registrations: NARA, RG 60, 1775-1941. Digitized Images Here

Other Sources

 * Rowland, Eron (Mrs Dunbar). Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812. (Baltimore, Maryland, 1968), 249 pages. (Free) digital index on Ancestry.