Michigan Territory in the War of 1812

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
 * U.S., War of 1812 Papers, 1789-1815 at Ancestry.com — index & images, ($)
 * War of 1812 Service Records at Ancestry.com — index, ($)
 * Michigan Military Records, 1775 - 1836 at Ancestry.com — index, ($)
 * War of 1812 Pensioners in Michigan, 1883 at Allen County Public Library — index
 * U.S., War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858 at Ancestry.com — index & images, ($)

Introduction
During the War of 1812, the Michigan Territory supplied 534 infantry men and 22 cavalry men for a total of 556 men.

Thousands of veterans settled in Michigan. Genealogical and biographical data is in published militia rolls, pension papers, and gravestone records.

State Records

 * Fleet, James Alvin, .Old and New Mackinac: with Copious Extracts from Marquette, Hennepin, La Hontan, Alexander Henry, and Others Digitized at the . Also atArchive.org


 * Miller, Alice Turner. Soldiers of the War of 1812, Who Died in Michigan. The FHL has a that starts on the third item in the roll, digital image 375 out of 700.

Service Records

 * Ancestry. Michigan Military Records, 1775 - 1836,($) and War of 1812 Service Records($) are two searchable databases that give name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge.

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


 * Google EBooks. List of Pensioners on the Rolls January 1, 1883, Michigan Washington, Government Printing Office, 1883. (Free). Search pages 240-407 for pensioner, first by county and then by post office.


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


 * Fold3. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815. (Free). More general for whole United States. Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those digitized.


 * Allen County Public Library. War of 1812 Pensioners in Michigan, 1883. (Free). Abstracted from the U.S. Pension Bureau's List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883, volume IV.

Bounty Land
Veterans were offered a total of 6 million acres of bounty land in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, and later, Missouri. Starting in 1852 bounty land warrants were also awarded outside these assigned districts. Warrants for the acts of 1812, 1814, and 1842 (excluding the general bounty land acts of 1850, 1852, and 1855) are reproduced.


 * Land Warrants U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858, can be found on Ancestry.com ($). This data base contains bounty land warrants issued to veterans of the War of 1812, between 1815-1858.The records usually contain the veteran’s name, rank, company, and regiment; the date the warrant was issued; and the date the warrant was exchanged for a specific parcel of land. The warrants are arranged numerically by warrant number and then chronologically.

For more information on Bounty Land from the War of 1812, visit US War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrants'''.

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.