Maryland in the War of 1812

Online Resources

 * at FamilySearch — index & images
 * at FamilySearch — index & images
 * War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 at Fold3.com — images
 * War of 1812 Pension Files at Fold3.com — images
 * U.S., War of 1812 Papers, 1789-1815 at Ancestry.com — index & images, ($)
 * War of 1812 Service Records at Ancestry.com — index, ($)
 * at FamilySearch — digital book
 * The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815 at Internet Archive. Also at Google Books, Ancestry ($)*''The Citizen soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry, 1814 at Archive.org — digital book

Introduction
During the War of 1812, Maryland supplied 46,119 infantry men, 3,323 cavalry men, 3,106 artillery men, and 111 men in miscellaneous troops for a total of 52,659 men.

Service Records

 * The index to the compiled service records at the National Archives is available on FamilySearch.  Ancestry.com ($) also has an index available online.


 * Published abstracts of muster, pay, and receipt rolls of soldiers who served in the militia are in Maryland Militia War of 1812


 * Marine, William M. The British Invasion of Maryland 1812 – 1815. (Baltimore: Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland, 1913). Appendix by Louis Henry Dielman has an alphabetical list of military personnel (p.199) Digital versions at Internet Archives and Google Books.


 * Wright, F. Edward, Maryland militia, War of 1812, (Silver Spring, Maryland 1979-). (*)


 * The Citizen soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry, 1814

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


 * Fold3. Maryland War of 1812 Pension Files.(Free). Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those digitized.


 * Fold3. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815. General list of applicants in the United States. Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those digitized.

Societies

 * The Society of The War of 1812 in Maryland works to provide information about the people between the close of the American Revolution and the close of the War of 1812. Among the Societies' holdings are family histories. The Maryland Society has a new publication of all of its members' ancestors from Member #1 (1892) to #921 (2011).


 * contains registers for eight states and District of Columbia. Descendant Members of the Maryland Society identifies veteran and veteran ancestor by name, his rank, unit in which he served, dates of service, etc. Illinois Society on page 101.

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.