Bibliography
Selected War of 1812 Materials in the
Collection of St. Louis Public Library
War of 1812 - Military Service and Enlistment
Records (Microfilm)
- Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who
Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration. 234 reels. (Central-MI 973.74)
- Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914. Washington,
D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 47 reels.
(Central-MI 973)
Muster Rolls and Rosters
- Callahan, Edward William, List of officers of the Navy of
the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900;
comprising a complete register of all present and former commissioned,
warranted, and appointed officers of the United States Navy and
of the Marine Corps, regular and volunteer. Compiled from the
official records of the Navy Dept. New York: Haskell House, 1969.
(Central-HG 353.7)
- Coles, Harry Lewis, The War of 1812. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1965. (Central-ST 973.5)
5. Gandrud, Pauline Myra Jones, Alabama Soldiers: Revolution,
War of 1812, and Indian Wars, compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud;
edited by Bobbie Jones McLane. Hot Springs National Park, AR:
B. J. McLane: P.J. Gandrud, 1975- 1992, 15 vols. (Central-HG,
ST 929.3761)
- Gardner, Charles K., A dictionary of all officers, who have
been commissioned, or have been appointed and served, in the
army of the United States, since the inauguration of their first
president in 1789, to the first January, 1853, - with every commission
of each; - including the distinguished officers of the volunteers
and militia of the states, and of the navy and marine corps,
who have served with the land forces. New York: G. P. Putnam
and Company, 1853.
(Central-ST 353.6)
- Hamersly, Thomas Holdup Stevens, Complete general navy register
pf the United States of America from 1776 to 1887 arranged in
alphabetical order; containing the names of all officers of the
navy, volunteer and regular, who have entered the service from
the time of the Revolutionary War to the present time (1776-1887),
containing the official record of each officer as on file at
the Navy Department, showing the dates of their original entry,
of their progressive rank, and in what manner they left the service,
if not now in it. Compiled from the official records by Thomas
H. S. Hamersly. New York: T.H.S.Hamersly, publisher, 1888. (Central-ST
353.7)
- Huntsberry, Thomas Vincent and Joanne M. Huntsberry. Maryland
Privateers, War of 1812. Baltimore, MD: J. Mart, 1983. (Central-HG
973.525)
- Huntsberry, Thomas Vincent and Joanne M. Huntsberry. Western
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia Militia in defense of Maryland,
1805 to 1815, by Thomas V. Huntsberry; assisted by Joanne M.
Huntsberry. Baltimore, MD: T.V. Huntsberry, 1983. (Central-HG
973.52452)
- Irving, L. Homfray, Officers of the British Forces in Canada
During the War of 1812-15. Welland, Ontario, Canada: Welland
Tribune Printers, 1908. (Central-ST 973.5)
- Kentucky Adjutant-General's Office, Kentucky Soldiers of
the War of 1812 (originally published in 1891 under title: Report
of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Soldiers of
the War of 1812. With an added index compiled by Minnie S. Wilder,
1931, and a new introduction by G. Glenn Clift. Baltimore, MD:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. (Central-HG 973.524)
- Kratovil, Judy Swaim, Index to War of 1812 Service Records
for Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia, abstracted by Judy Swaim
Kratovil. Atlanta, GA (P.O. Box 450062, Atlanta 30345): J. S.
Kratovil, 1986. (Central-HG 973.52)
- Marine, William Matthew, The British Invasion of Maryland,
1812-1815, with an appendix containing eleven thousand names
by Louis Henry Dielman. Baltimore, MD: Society of the War of
1812 in Maryland, 1913. (Central HG 973.5)
- Moore, Mary Brown Daniel. Record of Commissions of Officers
in the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1815, compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood
Moore; with a new introduction by Robert M. McBride; and an index
for the years 1812-1815 by Anita Comtois. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical
Publishing Co., 1977. (Central-HG 973.4)
- North Carolina. Adjutant General's Department, Muster Rolls
of the Soldiers of the War of 1812: detached from the Militia
of North Carolina in 1812 and 1814, published under the direction
of the Adjutant General; with an added index by Maurice S. Toler
(reprint of the 1926 ed. published by Barber Printing Co., Winston-Salem,
N.C.- originally published in 1851). Baltimore, MD: Genealogical
Pub. Co., 1976. (Central-HG 973.524)
- Sistler, Byron and Samuel Sistler, Tennesseans in the War
of 1812, transcribed and indexed by Byron and Samuel Sistler.
Nashville, TN: B. Sistler and Associates, 1992. (Central-HG 973.52468)
- Wright, F. Edward, Maryland Militia, War of 1812. Silver
Spring, Md.: Family Line, c1979-1980, 7 vols. (Central-HG 973.52452)
War of 1812 - Bounty Land and Service
Claim Records
- Christensen, Katheren, Arkansas Military Bounty Grants (War
of 1812). Hot Springs: Arkansas Ancestors, 1971. (Central-HG
929.3767)
- Dunaway, Maxine, Missouri Military Land Warrants, War of
1812. Springfield, MO: M. Dunaway, 1985. (Central-HG 929.3778)
- Jillson, Willard Rouse, The Kentucky Land Grants: a Systematic
Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office
at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing
Co., 1971. (Central-HG 976.9)
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office, Index of Awards
on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 (reprint of the
1860 ed. with an added introduction by Francis J. Higgins). Baltimore,
MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969. (Central-HG Oversize 973.524)
- Smith, Clifford N., Federal Land Series: a Calendar of Archival
Materials on the Land-Patents Issued by the United States Government,
with Subject, Tract, and Name Indexes. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1972-1982, 4 vols. Vol. 1 covers 1788-1810; vol.
2 covers 1799-1835; vol. 3 covers 1810-1814; vol. 4 covers land
grants in the Virginia District of Ohio. Includes name and tract
indexes in each volume. (Central-HG 333.16)
- United States. General Land Office, War of 1812 Bounty Lands
in Illinois. Thomson, IL: Heritage House, 1977. (Central-HG 977.3)
- Wardell, Patrick G., War of 1812: Virginia Bounty Land and
Pension Applicants: a Quick Reference Guide to Ancestors having
War of 1812 Service Who Served, Lived, Died, or Married in Virginia
or West Virginia. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987. (Central-HG
973.52455)
War of 1812 - Pension Records and Pensioner
Lists
- Armstrong, Zella, Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners;
Revolution-War of 1812. Chattanooga, TN: The Lookout Publishing
Company, 1937. (Central-HG 976.8)
- Clark, Byron N., A List of Pensioners of the War of 1812,
with an appendix containing names of volunteers for the defence
of Plattsburgh from Vermont towns, a description of the battle
from contemporaneous sources, the official statement of losses,
and names of United States officers and soldiers at Burlington,
Vermont, as shown on army pay and muster rolls recently brought
to light. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969 (reprint
of the 1904 ed.).(Central-HG 973.5)
- Concannon, Marie., Index to Missouri Military Pensioners,
1883. Columbia: State Historical Society of Missouri, 1997. (Central-HG
973.74)
- McGhee, Lucy Kate, Missouri Revolutionary War Soldiers, War
of 1812 and Indian Wars Pension List. Washington, D.C.: n.d.
(Central-HG 977.8)
- Payne, Dorothy E., Arkansas Pensioners, 1818-1900: Records
of Some Arkansas Residents Who Applied to the Federal Government
for Benefits Arising from Service in Federal Military Organizations
(Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian and Mexican Wars). Easley,
S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1985. (Central-HG 929.3767)
- United States. Census Office, A Census of Pensioners for
Revolutionary or Military Services; with Their Names, Ages, and
Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several
Judicial Districts in 1840. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing
Co., 1967. (Central-HG 929.373)
- United States. Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the
Roll, January 1, 1883, Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the
Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate
of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as
Called for by the Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. 5 vols.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. (Central-HG 973.74)
- United States. War Department, Kentucky Pension List of 1835.
Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959. (Central-HG 976.9)
- United States. War Department, Message From the President
of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary
of War: in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, "To
cause to be laid before them, a list of all the pensioners of
the United States, the sum annually paid to each, and the states
or territories in which the said pensioners are respectively
paid." March 28, 1818. Baltimore, MD: Southern Book Co.,
1959. (Central-HG 929.373)
- United States. War Department, The Pension List of 1820:
U.S. War Department, reprinted with an index by Murtie June Clark.
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991. (Central-HG
973.74)
- United States. War Department, The Pension Roll of 1835.
4 vols. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. (Central-ST
973.34)
- White, Virgil D., Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. 2 vols.
Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1992. (Central-HG
973.526)
War of 1812 - Military Censuses
- Iowa. Adjutant General's Office, List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors,
and Marines Living in Iowa (1886). Decorah, IA: Decorah Genealogy
Association, 1997. (Central-HG 929.373)
- Nebraska. Office of the Secretary of State, Roster of Soldiers,
Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and
the War of the Rebellion Residing in Nebraska, June 1, 1893.
Lincoln, NB: Jacob North and CO., Printer, 1893. (Central-ST
973.74)
- Nebraska. Office of the Secretary of State, Roster of Soldiers,
Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and
the War of the Rebellion Residing in Nebraska, December 1, 1897.
Lincoln, NB: Jacob North and CO., Printer, 1898. (Central-MI
973.74)
War of 1812 - Casualty Lists and Burial
Records
- Custer, Milo, Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812
Buried in McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington, IL: self-published,
1912. (Central-HG 977.3)
- McCown, Mary Hardin, Soldiers of the War of 1812 Buried in
Tennessee. Johnson City, TN: Tennessee Society, United States
Daughters of 1812, 1959. (Central-HG 973.5)
- Peterson, Clarence S, Known Military Dead During the War
of 1812. Baltimore: C. S. Peterson, 1955. (Central-HG 973.5)
War of 1812 - Patriotic and Hereditary
Organizations
- Davies, Wallace Evan, Patriotism on Parade: the Story of
Veterans' and Heredity Organizations in America, 1783-1900. Cambridge,
MS: Harvard University Press, 1955. (Central-ST 369)
- General Society of the War of 1812, Register of the General
Society of the War of 1812 (1972 ed.). Baltimore, MD: reprinted
for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. (Central-HG
973.52)
- National Society, United States Daughters of 1812, Missouri.
Records of the Missouri Society: Service Records of Soldiers
in the War of 1812 and Their Descendants in the Missouri Membership.
Marshall, MO: The Society, 1957. (Central-HG 973.5)
- National Society, United States Daughters of 1812, Nebraska.
Heroes of 1812: Written by the Members of the Nebraska Society
of United States Daughters of 1812. [s.l.:s.n.], 1930. (Central-HG
929.3782)
- The Roster of the General Society of the War of 1812 (1989
ed.), Edited by Dennis F. Blizzard. Baltimore, MD: reprinted
for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. (Central-HG
973.52)
- Shankland, Wilbur Morse, Organization of Missouri's First
Known Society of Veterans of the War of 1812 and Roll Call of
Charter Members. St. Louis: n.p., 1963. (Central-HG, ST 369)
- Society of the War of 1812, Constitution and Register of
Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812, to Dec.
1, 1895. Philadelphia, PA: Dewey and Eakins, 1895. (Central-ST
369)
Miscellaneous
- Mayo, Robert, Army and Navy Pension Laws, and Bounty Land
Laws of the United States Including Sundry Resolutions of Congress
from 1776-1852. Washington, D.C.: J. T. Towers, 1852. (Central-ST
355.115)
- Neagles, James C., U.S. Military Records: a Guide to Federal
and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. Salt Lake
City: Ancestry, 1994. (Central-HG 929.30973)
- Raff, George W., The War Claimant's Guide: a Manual of Laws,
Regulations, Instructions, Forms, and Official Decisions, Relating
to Pensions, Bounty Pay, Prize Money... Cincinnati: R. Clark,
1866. (Central-ST 336.73)
Websites of Interest