User:Caileigholdroyd/Sandbox

Online Resources

 * at FamilySearch.org — index & images
 * at FamilySearch.org — index & images
 * War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 at Fold3.com — images
 * War of 1812 Pension Files at Fold3.com — images
 * War of 1812 Service Records at Ancestry.com
 * Georgia's War of 1812 Pension Applications at usgwarchives.net — index
 * War of 1812 Pension Records at accessgenealogy.com — index

Introduction
During the War of 1812, Georgia supplied 10,376 infantry men, 563 cavalry men, and 618 artillery men for a total of 11,557 men.

Service Records

 * Ancestry has War of 1812 Service Records($). This database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825. Also at with index & images.

Pension Records

 * A soldier may have been recorded in state records (see below) or in federal records (see US War of 1812 Pension Records).


 * USGenWeb Archives Pension Project. Georgia War of 1812 Pension applications, bounty land warrants, pension and muster lists with Index to Rosters, A-S and miscellaneous records.


 * Access Genealogy. War of 1812 Pension Records.


 * Fold3. Georgia War of 1812 Pension Files. (Free). Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those digitized. Incomplete as of 2 June 2012.


 * War of 1812 pensioners living in Georgia during the 1880's. (Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1982). 38 pages.

Important National and International Sources

 * United States in the War of 1812 has lists of records, books, etc. for the United States, not just one state. The federal records are listed here rather than on each state page. Two of the most important are:


 * FamilySearch Historical Records Collection On line Database:


 * FamilySearch Historical Records Collection On line Database:


 * War of 1812, 1812 to 1815 has lists of general books and documentaries, as well as a list battles with links to web sites about the battles, and other information not tied to one country.