Nathan Hatfield

Captain of the Ohio Militia in the war of 1812, his company of rifleman saw action during the siege of Ft. Meigs.

Capt. Nathan Hatfield raised his own company of 10 officers and 50 riflemen and was part of the 2nd Ohio Militia during the War of 1812. His company was stationed at Fort Meigs, and he is mentioned in military dispatches.

He had married Elizabeth Betts in 1792, and they were the parents of eight children: William, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Smith, Sarah, Nathan, and Susan.

He is found in Hamilton County, Ohio tax records as early as 1808, and appears there in Anderson Township on the 1820 and 1830 census.

In 1820, his brother William Sherrod Hatfield (F/G 47016604), then a merchant at what is now Wheeling, West Virginia, went bankrupt. Nathan sent him the funds to move his family by flat boat down the Ohio river to Hamilton County.

Some time after the 1830 census, he moved his family to Illinois and settled at Morgan City, which no longer exists. He died there in 1843.

Information sourced from the biography of his nephew, the Hon. Nathan Hatfield, pp. 1294-1296, 'Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio,' (Chicago: J.H. Beers Co., 1897); the 'Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812,' (State of Ohio: 1916); and the diary of his neighbor, Schillinger, who served as an Ensign during the War of 1812 (FortAmanda1812.blogspot.com ).* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 10 2024, 2:23:16 UTC