Bertie County NC Muster Roll - 1814 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com Muster Roll of Detached Militia, organized August, 1814 * The First Regiment. Bertie County 1. Jonathan H. Jacocks, captain 2. Powell Harrel, lieutenant 3. James Wilson, Jr., ensign 4. Thomas Morgan, private 5. Miles Gilliam 6. William G. Terrell 7. William M. Darlett 8. Simon A. Bryant 9. William B. Mastin 10. Joseph Blount 11. Gaven Hogg 12. William P. King 13. Lewis Wimberly 14. Levi Kenaday 15. Thomas Liversage 16. James Duglas 17. William W. Johnson 18. Kenneth Clark 19. Cullen Shoolders 20. Thomas Ruffin 21. Wm R.W. Bozman 22. Hatter Calloway [Hatton Calloway] 23. Asa Gregory 24. Aquilla Harden (researcher:CVance6432@aol.com) 25. Josiah Reddit 26. William Simons 27. Jasper Ward 28. William Castellow 29. Trustum Capehart 30. Thomas L. West 31. Curry Butler Researcher:"John Norvill Jones" 32. Josiah Bird 33. Benjamin Baker 34. Benjamin Bowen 35. John Bowen 36. Levi Jennings 37. John P. Butler 38. Silas Butler 39. Reuben Barns (EVILSIZER3@aol.com) 40. Nehemiah Bunch 41. Cullen Bazimore 42. William K. Miller 43. Stephen Bazimore 44. James Cherry, jr 45. Ralph Outlaw 46. Lodowick Jenkins 47. Elisha Cook 48. James Early 49. James Williford 50. Isaac Early 51. Willie Jenkins 52. John Cobb 53. Lawrence Mizells 54. John Lassiter 55. Joshua Harrell 56. Thomas Harrell 57. Josiah Davidson 58. Isaac White 59. Peter White 60. Zachariah Ellison 61. George Mizells 62. Charles Miller 63. Meredith Harrell 64. Benjamin B. Williams 65. George White 66. James Mizell 67. Whitmell White (Researcher: Daisy M. White" (dmwhite@coastalnet.com) 68. Joshua Hale 69. Charnley C. Dundalow Cale (Emory Thomas emopam@earthlink.net) 70. Noah Outlaw 71. Elisha Hoggard 72. David White 73. Lewis Miller 74. King Mitchel 75. William Griffin 76. Hatton Fleetwood 77. John Hunter 78. Timothy Mizells 79. Seth Morgan 80. Michael Mardre 81. Henry Tood 82. Luke Smithwick 83. John Watson 84. Jeremiah Legett 85. James Baswell [correction: Boswell] 86. Hardy Clements 87. Leven McTuller 88. Jonathan Zaloe [correction: Tayloe] 89. David Calloway 90. John Mhoon 91. John Boyd 92. Henry Lee 93. Henry Harrell 94. John Murdough 95. Dancy Harrell 96. Whitmell Ruffin (varcsix@hot.rr.com) 97. Moses Purvis 98. Jesse Brown 99. Jason Minton (shill957@gmail.com) 100. John Higgs 101. Kinchen Wilks 102. Cullen Grimmer 103. James Hoggard Additional Resources: North Carolina and the War of 1812 by Sarah McCulloh Lemmon (out of print) Available through inter-library loan. (This is a wonderful book (only 54pgs) which describes the feelings in NC at this time.) I got mine through inter-library loan, but I wonder if it is still available for purchase. Does anyone know where??? Troops were: 1)regular army (all volunteers) 2)militia All men were enrolled in the militia, but not all would have been called up. Those who were enrolled were know as the "detached militia". These might be volunteers, but also could have been "drafted" if the county didn't have enough volunteers. *I had wondered "why this late date"....and found out the answer in Dr. Lemmon's book. After the burning of the capital, (Aug 23, 1814) NC Governor Hawkins ordered the militia of 15 counties to march immediately to Norfolk. He then issued a proclamation that all "new draft" meet at Gates County Courthouse, under Brigadier General Jeremiah Slade. Chances are if you have sent for your ancestor's record, the enlistment place will be in that time period and at Gates County Courthouse. Another key date to judge "where your ancestor was"....is the Sept 13, 1814 date when Francis Scott Key witnessed the attack on Ft. Henry and wrote his "Star Spangled Banner"....at dawn's early light. Another probability is that your ancestor was in Capt James Iredell's Bertie Company. Dr. Lemmon sheds light here to: "A young lawyer named James Iredell, Jr. was one of the officers of a Bertie company. His mother did not want him to go to war. She feared that the militia would teach him bad habits, and she also thought it was bad for his law practice to go dashing off to Norfolk. Iredell did not agree, however, and marched on with his men. When the troops arrived in Norfolk, they were sworn in to federal service and encamped at Moorings Rope Walk. The citizens lined the road and applauded as they arrived. Iredell wrote to his sister that he and the two other young offices had a little hut, just large enough for the three of them. They had hired a cook and had a kitchen just back of the hut. Now and then the cook prepared them a pudding. There was a table, four chairs, a bench, two bedsteads, and a cot swung like a hammock from the joists...." Dr. Lemmon continues with a very interesting narrative. Though they apparently did not see any battle, many men became ill and even died from disease....and in Feb 1815, the regiment was discharged. Peace had been declared at Ghent in Belgium and signed Dec 24, 1814, but the news did not reach New York until February 11. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.