Pennsylvania in the War of 1812

Online Resources

 * at FamilySearch — index & images
 * at FamilySearch — 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, ($)
 * War of 1812 Service Records at Ancestry.com — index, ($)
 * Muster rolls of the Pennsylvania volunteers, in the War of 1812-1814, with Pay Rolls, etc
 * at FamilySearch — digital book
 * at FamilySearch — digital book
 * at FamilySearch — digital book
 * at FamilySearch — digital book
 * Membership Roll of the Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Together with the Constitution and Rules. Philadelphia, 1896 at Archive.org — digital book

Introduction
During the War of 1812, Pennsylvania supplied 28,146 infantry men, 407 cavalry men, 755 artillery men, and 9 men in miscellaneous troops for a total of 29,317 men.

Service Records

 * Montgomery, Thomas Lynch. editor. Muster rolls of the Pennsylvania volunteers, in the war of 1812-1814, with pay rolls, etc (1907). (Free). Digital version at Archive.org.


 * General Society of the War of 1812. contains registers for eight states and District of Columbia. Descendant Members of the Pennsylvania Society identifies veteran ancestor by name, his rank, unit in which he served, dates of service, etc., (p.25).


 * 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).


 * Stone, Charles Warren. Muster Rolls of the Pennsylvania volunteers in the War of 1812-1814: With Contemporary Papers and Documents. Family Search has a.


 * Muster rolls published in the Pennsylvania Archives have been digitized in the films listed below:


 * 4th series, vol. 5
 * 6th series, vols. 7-9


 * Pennsylvania. Auditor General. War of 1812, List of Soldiers. (Family History Library and


 * Pennsylvania. Bureau of Audits. War of 1812 Militia Accounts, 1812-1827.

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. Pennsylvania War of 1812 Pension Files. (Free). Alphabetical by surname. Shows entire pension file of those digitized.


 * Pennsylvania, Adjutant General's Office, War of 1812 pension records, 1866-1896, 27 rolls. (*)

Biographical Sketches

 * Rosenberg, Max, .The building of Perry's fleet on Lake Erie, 1812-1813 (Harrisburg, Pa, 1950) pages 72 FHL Book 974.8 A1


 * Barrickman, John Capt. John Barrickman's diary, account and general record book of the War of 1812 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1965) 1 microfilm FHL Film 441493 Item 4


 * Watmough, John G., Record of service in the War of 1812 for John G. Watmough Microfilm of original records in the Pennsylvania Collection (Miscellaneous) at the Bureau of Archives and History in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979). FHL Film 1032475 Item 19 (*)

Cemetery Records

 * Baldwin, Henry R., Oldest inscriptions, with Revolutionary and War of 1812 records of the cemeteries of Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, Ohio, and Lawrence, Mercer and Beaver Counties, Pennsylvania, (Microfilm of typescript (590, [9] leaves; taken in 1907) at the State Library of Ohio, D.A.R. Collection, Columbus, Ohio.). . (*)

Societies

 * Membership Roll of the Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Together with the Constitution and Rules. Philadelphia, 1896. at Archive.org - digital book

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 websites about the battles, and other information not tied to one country.