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
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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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