Stuart.
Thank you very much for your response to Nancy. It was very informative and
will be helpful to many of us.
Sincerely,
Ronald L. Whitaker
Athens, OH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart or Rosanne Butler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: War of 1812- need help
> Dear Nancy,
>
> Richard Cardwell's War Department service records, such as they are for
> this time period, are in the National Archives, as well as his pension
> file. These records have not been microfilmed, so you will need to obtain
> copies of them from the National Archives. If you will go to the NARA web
> site: nara.gov-- and follow the directions to obtain copies of these
> records, you should be able to obtain them within a month by mail. Prices
> for copies have gone up on both of these records, and could cost you about
> $75. If you are near enough to DC, you can visit the National Archives
> downtown at 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, and obtain copies of both files
> for about $15 total, but that is an estimate. It is very unlikely you
> will be able to obtain his discharge paper from either of these files,
> although discharges have been found among War of 1812 pension files, but
> very few. You should not overlook requesting a copy of his bounty land
> warrant file, should he or his wife applied for one. Sometimes, this file
> is interfiled among the pensions, but go ahead and apply separately, as
> they are not always interfiled. There are no descriptive lists as such for
> the War of 1812 period, unlike the type of document found among Civil War
> personnel records at NARA. If he were a regular army enlistee, some
> personal information would be entered into the enlistment registers.
> According to my militia guide to Virginia units, Capt. Samuel Thomas'
> company served in Norfolk July 3-31, 1813. If you have any further
> questions about your ancestor's militia records, please feel free to
> contact me privately via email.
>
> Stuart Butler
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:38 PM
> Subject: War of 1812- need help
>
>
>>I am doing research for a book about one branch of my family in Virginia.
>>My 3-great grandfather, Richard Lee Cardwell, was in the Virginia militia
>>during the War of 1812, in Capt. Samuel Thomas' Company, 98th Regiment of
>>Virginia Militia from from Mecklinburg County, and later Captain James
>>Neblett's Company of Virginia Militia from Lunenburg County. Where can I
>>find a copy of his Pension File [#WD 303], and his Certificate of
>>Discharge and "Descriptive List." Since he was in local militias and not
>>federal or state militaries, would there even be such records for him? I
>>am assuming they'd be in Virginia somewhere, rather than with federal
>>military records at the National Archives. Any help is greatly
>>appreciated.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>>
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>>
>> --Daniel Boone
>>
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