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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, ($)
 * War of 1812 Service Records at Ancestry.com — index, ($)
 * at FamilySearch.org — index & images
 * Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
 * at FamilySearch.org — index & images

Introduction
During the War of 1812, North Carolina supplied 13,739 infantry men, 267 cavalry men, and 131 artillery men for a total of 14,137 men.

Service Records

 * "Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the War of 1812 in organizations from the state of North Carolina" (NARA M250)


 * Internet Archives. Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 - Detached from the Militia of North Carolina.(Free). Digital version of text printed by Stone &amp; Ussell, 1873).


 * Ancestry. 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.(Accessed 11 May 2012).


 * Index to roster of North Carolina soldiers in War of 1812 (North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1970).

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. North Carolina War of 1812 Pension Files. (Free). Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file for those who are digitized.


 * North Carolina War of 1812 pensioners and others on the pension rolls as of January 1, 1883 (Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1983) pages 43


 * Burns, Annie Walker: North Carolina pension abstracts of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian wars (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, c2009) Link. Also searchable on Ancestry.

State Records

 * Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh. Raliegh, North Carolina. (North Carolina Department of Cultural Resource, Division of Archives and History, 1971 c 19840 55 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.