From the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture: Archibald Yell (1797?–1847, Second Governor (1840–1844) Archibald Yell, a larger than life and colorful figure in Arkansas history, was Ar...

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Asa Pearson Tate , son of Mr. Pearson and Phoebe Callaway, was born about 1795 in South Carolina. His father died within a couple years of his birth and his mother then married John Tate, who informall...

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) William King (February 9, 1768 – June 17, 1852) was an American merchant, shipbuilder, army officer, and statesman from Bath, Maine. A proponent of statehood for Maine, he became its first Governor...

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Daniel Dunklin (January 14, 1790 – August 25, 1844) was the fifth Governor of Missouri, serving from 1832 to 1836. He also served as the state's third Lieutenant Governor. Dunklin is considered the "...

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Solomon Ray served in the War of 1812 from Greenville County SC. Solomon and Elizabeth Lock Ray were living in Greenville County South Carolina in 1820 census. They later moved to Fayette County Alabam...

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Charles Kilbourne Williams (January 24, 1782 – March 9, 1853) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1834 to 1846 and as Governor of Vermo...

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From his Find A Grave page: Gen Elkanah Bliss Birth: Mar. 11, 1770 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Death: Sep. 25, 1845 - New York, USA General Elkanah Bliss was the son ...

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Charles Gratiot, Jr. (August 29, 1786 – May 18, 1855) was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Charles Gratiot, Sr., a fur trader in the Illinois country during the American Revolution, and...

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Samuel Shepherd – A True Pioneer and American Hero Samuel Shepherd , (son of David Shepherd, born 1750, in Catskill county, New York, and Diodama Hopkins) was born 10 November 1790 at Castleton, Rutl...

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From his Find A Grave page: Franklin Wharton, 3rd Marine Corps Commandant Birth: Jul. 23, 1767 Death: Sep. 1, 1818 United States Marine Corps Commandant. Born in Philadelphia, Penns...

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Notes for Samuel K. Salter: Samuel served in the War of 1812, as a private in Captain Thomas Collins' company. During the War of 1812, he served at Black Rock, New York, near Buffalo. These were th...

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TRUESDALE, William A. Husband of Mary nee JORDAN – m. 10 Nov 1815 in Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co. OH Son of John and Hannah Robinson Truesdale B. 1795 in Washington Co. PA D. 1826 in Austintown Twp., Tr...

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Aged 63 years, 1 month, 8 days; migrated from Washington County, Pennsylvania, about 1800 with his parents Captain John and Sarah (Scott) Jordan. Participated in War of 1812, Private, Ohio Militia. ...

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Caleb Prew Bennett (November 11, 1758 – May 9, 1836) was an American soldier and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of...

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David Hazzard (May 18, 1781 – July 8, 1864) was an American merchant and politician from Milton, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, then the National Repu...

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Solomon Porcius Sharp (August 22, 1787 – November 7, 1825) was an American attorney and politician, serving as attorney general of Kentucky and a member of the United States Congress and the Kentucky...

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Samuel Ward King (May 23, 1786 – January 20, 1851) was the 15th Governor of Rhode Island from 1839 to 1843. King was born in Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island to William Borden King and W...

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William Henry Allen (21 October 1784 – 18 August 1813) was an American naval officer during the War of 1812. Early Life Allen was born in Providence, Rhode Island and was appointed a midshipm...

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Benjamin Howland (July 27, 1755 – May 1, 1821) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Tiverton, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, was collector of taxe...

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In the war of 1812 he served in the company commanded by Captain Moses Goodman, Jr. He lived in Ashtabula, OH, being among the early settlers in the town of Windsor.

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1850 Census: Sylvanus Brimhall's 1839 will listing son, Joseph:

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PARMENUS BRSICOE January 23, 1784 - 1851 Parmenus Briscoe was born in Albermarle County, Virginia to Capt. William Briscoe and Elizabeth Wallace. He was born on January 23, 1784 and died in the Pac...

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In the War of 1812 he served as Sergeant in Captain John Beach's Company.

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Robert Shields was the seventh of the 10 Shields Brothers of Tennessee. (According to John A. Shields) who moved to Floyd County, Indiana in 1808, but soon returned to Tennessee and left many descendan...

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United States politician, serving many different posts throughout his life, including U.S. Representative, Senator, and Governor of Kentucky. Metcalfe County, Kentucky was named after him. Born in Fa...

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Info added per the DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood published 1895 showing "a soldier in the Revolution at 15 years of age, with Mad Anthony Wayne in '96, a major general ...

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Gabriel Slaughter (December 12, 1767 – September 19, 1830) was the seventh Governor of Kentucky and was the first person to ascend to that office upon the death of the sitting governor. His family mo...

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James BROWN BORN: ABT 1773 in PA DIED: 28 Sep 1852 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL OCCUPATION: Farmer BURIAL: Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL NUMBER OF MARRIAGES: 1 MARRIED TO: Elizabeth YOH...

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Sir Charles Stirling (28 April 1760 – 7 November 1833) was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. Early life and career Charles Stirling was born in London on 28 April 1760 and baptised at St. Alban...

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary " Admiral Sir James Stirling RN (28 January 1791 – 22 April 1865) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the B...

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In the war of 1812, he served in Captain Hezekiah Webster's Company.

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James Hamilton, served as a major in the War of 1812 and was elected Governor of South Carolina in 1830. He became known as "the Great Nullifier" He later moved to Texas where he fought in its war with...

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David Rogerson Williams (March 8, 1776 – November 17, 1830) was a Representative in the United States Congress and the 45th Governor of South Carolina from 1814 to 1816. Early life and career ...

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Find a Grave Birth: 1787 Pittsylvania County Virginia, USA Death: 1830 Pittsylvania County Virginia, USA He is a War of 1812 veteran. He married Sarah Fuller Wells on December 21, 1808 in Pit...

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Military service in the War Of 1812: I enlisted on 4 January 1814 as a private under Captain Quarles' Virginia Company and was discharged on 11 Apr 1814. I enlisted again 22 July 1814 in Captain Long...

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John Baytop Scott DAR Ancestor #: A101648 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: LIEUTENANT Birth: 9-26-1761 HALIFAX CO VIRGINIA Death: 2-1-1814 HALIFAX CO VIRGINIA Pension Number: R17708V Service Descrip...

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Gen. Scott was a brigadier general in the War of 1812. He was a commissioner, legislator and justice of peace in Jefferson County, and was the contractor when a new statehouse was built in Milledgevill...

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William "Preacher Billy" Tackett was born May 12, 1779 in Savannah River, North Carolina and died Sepember 22,t 1851in Pike Co, Kentucky. He was the son of Phillip Moses Tackett and Sarah Rice. William...

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Jonathan Holt was born on 22 January 1748 at Lunenburg, MA, USA. He married Maria(h) Wheeler. He died on 22 September 1831 at age 83. Jonathan was a cooper. He served 64 days in the War of 1812.

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Major Mordecai Myers: An American-Jewish Hero of the War of 1812 Major Mordecai Myers lived the most compelling life of any Jewish-American of his day. Born to impoverished immigrant parents, he sp...

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Was involved in the War of 1812.

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General Nathaniel Taylor (1771–1816), fought at the Battle of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson.

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Elected to the South Carolina State legislature in 1810. A school commissioner and bank director, he served as captain in the First Battalion South Carolina Volunteers and rose to the rank of major in ...

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George Rockingham Gilmer Governor George R. Gilmer George Rockingham Gilmer (April 11, 1790 – November 16, 1859) was an American statesman and politician. He served two non-consecutive terms as t...

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Thomas Glascock Jr. (October 21, 1790 – May 19, 1841) was an American politician, soldier and lawyer. Glascock was born in Augusta, Georgia. He studied law, gained admission to the state bar, and...

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The first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy, a veteran of the War of 1812 and a major philanthropist. At the time, Commodore was the highest rank obtainable in the U.S. Navy and would be rough...

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The subject of this sketch was the eldest son of John Campbell and Elizabeth McDonald, his wife, of Hall's Bottom, Washington County, Virginia, and was born on the 2d of August, 1779, at Royal Oak ...

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John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He twice served as United States Attorney General – in the administrations of William Hen...

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George Madison (June 1763 – October 14, 1816) was the sixth Governor of Kentucky. He was the first governor of Kentucky to die in office, serving only a few weeks in 1816. Little is known of Madison'...

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) George Croghan (November 15, 1791 – January 8, 1849) was born at the Locust Grove farm in what is now Louisville, Kentucky and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a recipient of the Congressiona...

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) James Miller (April 25, 1776 – July 7, 1851) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire, the first Governor of Arkansas Territory, and a Brigadier General in the ...

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Lewis Warrington (3 November 1782 – 12 October 1851) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. He temporarily served as the Secretary of the Navy. Life...

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Stephen Cassin (16 February 1783 – 29 August 1857) was an officer in the United States Navy. Born in Philadelphia, the son of naval officer John Cassin, Cassin entered the United States Navy as a...

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Captain John Dandridge Henley (25 February 1781 – 23 May 1835) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. Henley was born 25 February 1781 a...

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) Captain Robert Henley (5 January 1783 – 7 October 1828) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812, and the Second Barbary War. He was the brother of...

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Charles Fenton Mercer (June 16, 1778 – May 4, 1858) was a nineteenth century politician, U.S. Congressman, and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia. The youngest son of James Mercer and Eleanor...

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John Whistler (ca. 1756 – 3 September 1829) was a soldier, born in Ulster, Ireland. He ran away from home when a boy, enlisted in the British army, and served under General John Burgoyne during the A...

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Joshua Humphreys (June 17, 1751 – January 12, 1838) was an influential and successful ship builder in the United States. Humphreys was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania and died in the same place. His ...

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Henry Burbeck (June 10, 1754 – October 2, 1848), son of William Burbeck and Jerusha Glover, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the United States army for more than forty years most notab...

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DAR Ancestor #: A076489 Joseph also served in the War of 1812, as did the eldest son, John McDowell . "Another Revolutionary Patriot gone. DIED, on the 17 inst, at his residence in this County, J...

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Benjamin Chew Howard (November 5, 1791–March 6, 1872) was an American congressman and the fifth reporter of decisions of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1843 to 1861. Howard was bor...

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Isaac Franklin, born May 26, 1789; died 1846. He married Adelicia Hayes Abt. 1839. Isaac Franklin was an American slave trader and planter. He was born on May 26, 1789 at "Pilot Knob" Plantation on...

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Judge Samuel Russell, of New York city, was commissary-general in the war of 1812.

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DAR Ancestor #: A128820 Son of Martha Poage and Andrew Woods Pension R11825V Rank Sergeant, Virginia Militia Married Anne Pogue; 8 children In 1788 he was sent as a representative to the Cons...

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1840 United States Federal Census about Jacob Stazner Name: Jacob Stazner [Jacob Stagner] Home in 1840 (City, County, State): District 6, Carroll, Maryland Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru ...

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Captain in War of 1812 Robert Desha was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 5th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was the brother of U.S. Repre...

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Congressman Noyes Barber (1781-1844) Started working as a store clerk at age 11 later becoming one of the largest buyers of farmer’s products on the Thames River and carried on a considerable trade w...

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Son of George H and Margaret (Patton) Moore. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Cathey. One of the first settlers of Palestine Twp., Cooper County, Missouri He was descended from the distinguished Moore family...

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William Taylor Barry (February 5, 1784 – August 30, 1835) was an American statesman and jurist. History Born near Lunenburg, Virginia, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1796 with his p...

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Abram Cotillier born about 1760 fought in the war of 1812 He would wed Mary Francis his cousin and sister of Christopher Francis. They inherieted property from her great grand mother Hannah Francis. Th...

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From FindAGrave : War of 1812 Soldier, Farmer John McCurry obtained 600 acres of land that is adjacent to both sides of the old Holly Springs Road & on both sides of Coldwater Creek. Mr. McCurry ...

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Joseph was the Governor of South Carolina ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------------- Joseph Alston (1779 – September 19, 1816) was the 44th Governor of...

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was in the War of 1812 Links

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During the War of 1812, William Allgood served in Booth's Regiment under Captain Gaines Thompson at the Battle of Mobile. In 1815, he was discharged at Fort Hawkins and was later granted 80 acres in Pa...

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Lieutenant William Colfax was the second commander of the "Commander-in-Chief Guard" (aka, "Washington's Life Guard") during the American Revolution. Lieutenant William Colfax served in the Guard sin...

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George Beale was a paymaster in the U.S. Navy. He earned a Congressional Medal for Valor in the War of 1812.

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Commodore Thomas Anderson Conover, US Navy, Captain USS Constitution 18 September 1849 - 16 January 1851 (Born: 17 April 1791, Monmouth, New Jersey; Died: 25 September 1864, South Amboy, New Jersey...

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John Percival known as Mad Jack Percival (3 April 1779, – 7 September 1862) was a legendary officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812, the campaign against W...

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Foxhall Alexander PARKER (Commodore), born 1788, at Rock Spring, Westmoreland Co., VA. At an early age he entered the USN,and rose to the rank of Commodore. He was placed in command of the navy yards...

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[ ] Robert Bogardus (May 22, 1771 "Possession House", St. John's Park, New York City - September 12, 1841 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was the...

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Lieutenant William Ward Burrows II (6 October 1785 – 5 September 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. His father, also named William Ward B...

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Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey (1782 – 18 May 1838) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and battles on the Great Lakes. He supervised warship construction at Navy Poi...

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George Campbell Read (January 9, 1788 – August 22, 1862) was a United States Naval Officer who served on Old Ironsides during the War of 1812 and commanded vessels in actions off the Barbary Coast an...

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Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones (March 1768 – August 3, 1850) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War, and the War o...

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. Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. (January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a United States naval officer notable for his many naval victories in the early 19th century. He was born on the eastern sh...

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David Emanuel Twiggs (1790 – July 15, 1862) was a United States soldier during the War of 1812 and Mexican-American War and a general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He ...

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Levi Twiggs (21 May 1793 - 13 September 1847) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars and the Mexican-American War. Biography Born in Richmo...

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James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an American naval officer. During the War of 1812, he commanded the USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon (commanded by Philip...

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Richard Dale Jr. served aboard his father’s former command, President, during the War of 1812, when he was involved in a battle with a squadron of Royal Navy ships off the coast of Bermuda. Struck by a...

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US Congressman. During the War of 1812 he served as a Lieutenant in Captain William Dooley's Company of the 2nd Regiment, West Tennessee Militia. He was elected as a Representative from Tennessee to ...

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Richard Irvine Manning I (May 1, 1789 – May 1, 1836) was the 50th Governor of South Carolina from 1824 to 1826 and was later a Representative in the United States Congress. Early life and career ...

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Daniel Sapp fought in the War of 1812. Danville, Ohio was named for Daniel Sapp.

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US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the War of 1812 as a Captain of Cavalry. He was elected to represent Virginia's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, servi...

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