PERTH MILITARY SETTLERS WAR OF 1812 VETERANS

1 PERTH MILITARY SETTLERS . WAR OF 1812 VETERANS . * This list of VETERANS of the War of 1812-1814 who received settlement tickets at the PERTH MILITARY Settlement is based primarily upon the transcription of land grants as prepared by Christine Spencer (from National Archives of Canada, MG9, D8-27, Vol. 1, Microfilm Reel #C-4651). * The identity of and information on British Army Regiments and Naval Units serving in the War of 1812-1814 has been drawn from various web sources and historical accounts (in particular the books of Donald E.)

2 Graves, Marek Zuehlke, Pierre Berton, James E. Elliot and Winston Johnston). Not all of the 75 regiments recorded here settled men at PERTH , butr the majority did. * It should not be assumed that the all of the men listed for each regiment served in all (or any) of the actions credited to that Regiment. Records are too incomplete to determine with certainty where a particular soldier may have been at a given time on a given day. Regiments are divided into Battalions, Companies and Platoons, most often some of these were in action while others stood in reserve, or men may have been on the sick list, or they may have been assigned to other duties (foraging, etc.

3 In particular the Cavalary and Dragoon units were broken up into small parties (Piquets) posted all over the theatre serving as dispatch riders sick list, or they may have been assigned to other duties (foraging, etc.). In particular the Cavalary and Dragoon units * The Regimental County designations should not be understood to indicate the place of birth or origin of soldiers. Recruiting Sergeants ranged far and wide, Irish and Scots volunteers and recruits were often posted to English County Regiments, men were transferred between Regiments, and many Regiments never saw their 'home' County.

4 * Many of the men granted land in connection with their service in the Glengarry Light Infantry had actually served during the war in other line regiments and had joined the Glengarry Regiment when their initial term of service expired or after they were demobilized at the end of the war. In only a few cases has it been possible to identify their original/prior Regiment. * The settlement locations noted for each man are the Township, Concession and Lot number appearing on their original location ticket. There were many exchanges and transfers, however, and any individual may have actually settled on a different property.

5 * Ex-soldiers very often did not make good SETTLERS . In fact the majority of the men listed below did not stay on the land assigned to them and did not complete improvements required to qualify for their land grant (patent). Many of these names were only temporarily a part of the history of the PERTH MILITARY Settlement. * This list should not be taken to be complete or comprehensive; it is limited to the information available. It should also not be taken to be completely accurate, there are o doubt many errors. * There were many more ex-soldiers settled at PERTH who served in other regiments, other theatres, and other wars; there were also VETERANS of the American Revolutionary War, the Irish Rebellion of 1798, almost every campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, wars in India and Burma, and probably other conflicts.

6 REGIMENT SERVED NAME SETTLED TOWNSHIP CONC LOT NOTES. 1st Foot (Royal Scots) 1812-1815 Borrah/Bonah, Francis 1816 Bathurst 2 22(NE). Sackett's Harbour, Fort Niagara, Chippewa, Chariott, John. Pvt. 1816 Bathurst 5 20(??). Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie Green, Richard, Pvt. 1816 Elmsley 7 22(E). Hustwait, James, Pvt. 1816 Drummond 10 11(NE). 3rd Foot (Scots Guards / East Ken Buffs) 1814-1815 Hattrick, Matthew, Pvt. 1819 Beckwith 8 3. Plattsburg Fowler, Richard, Pvt. 1817 Bathurst 4 14(SW). Marshall, John, Sgt. 1817 Drummond 5 20(SW). Murphy, Marton 1816 Bathurst 6 14(NE).

7 Napier, **, Lt. Elmsley 1 22(NE). Sparrow, John 1817 Drummond 4 20(NE). Young, George 1817 Oxford 5 20(SW). Young, George 1817 Oxford 5 20(SW). 4th Foot (King's Own) 1814-1815 McAulay, James Bathurst 3 19(SW). Bladensburg, Washington, New Orleans, Fort Bowyer, Mobile 5th Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) 1814-1815 Echlin/Ecklin, Thomas, Cpl. 1817 Bathurst 9 22(??). Plattsburg Harvey, Henry, Pvt 1815 Montague 8 23(W). Sergeant/Serjeunt, Thomas, Pvt. 1815 Monague 9 22(W). 6th Foot (Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers) 1814- 1816 Anderson, John.

8 Pvt. 1815 ? 4 4(F). Fort Erie Berry, John, Pvt. 1815 Oxford 3 27(E). Chatham/Chitham, Robert, Pvt. 1816 Drummond 4 1(Sw). Chillum, Robert Drummond 4 1(SW). Collins, James 1816 Bathurst 4 25(SW). Felton, Robert, Pvt. 1816 Drummond 3 6(NE). Fetten, Robert 1816 Drummond 3 6(NE). Fitten/Fillen, Robert Drummond 3 6(NE). Gill, Thomas, Pvt. 1815 Kitley 2 23(F). Guthrege, William Bathurst 9 21(NE). Horricks, William Henry, Pvt. 1814 Drummond 9 12(NE) Also Glengarry Light Infantry Hughes, John, Pvt. 1816 Drummond 3 9(NE). Illegible Drummond 9 9(SW).

9 Johnston, John, Pvt. 1815 Wolford 3 2(F). Lassford, John, Pvt. 1817 Bstard 1 22. Lever, Peter, Pvt. 1816 Bathurst 4 25(E). Lowes, Phineas, Pvt. 1817 Beckwith 3 8(NE). McEwan,Thomas, Sgt. 1815 Bathurst 3 26(W). Mills, William, Pvt. 1816 Bathurst 7 27. Richards, John, Pvt. 1816 Bathurst 4 27. Robinshaw, William, Pvt. 1815 Montague 10 28(W). Shult/Sheild, Thomas, Pvt. 1815 Wolford 5 9(F). Yates, Thomas, Pvt. 1815 Elizabethtown 11 13(S). 7th Foot (Royal London Fusiliers) 1814-1815 Brooks, William, Staff. Sgt. 1818 Burgess 9 11(NE). New Orleans, Fort Bowyer, Mobile 8th Foot (King's) 1812-1815 Cullen, Michael, Pvt.

10 1816 Bathurst 2 3(SW). Ogdensburg, York, Fort George, Sackett's Harbour, Daly, Hugh, Sgt. 1816 Leeds 3 14(NE). Stoney Creek, Beaver Dams, Buffalo, Re-capture of Hogan, Michael 1816 Drummond 6 20(NE). Fort George, Fort Niagara, Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, Latty/Lally, William, Pvt. 1815 Kitley 8 23(F). Fort Erie McDonald, Henry, Pvt. 1818 Drummond 8 11(NE). McDonnell, Henry, Pvt. 1816 Drummond 7 10(NE). Nesbitt, Nathanial, Pvt. 1816 Elmsley 7 22(W). Robinson, William, Pvt. 1819 Bathurst 10 23. Smith, Thomas, Pvt. 1816 Drummond 2 11(NE).