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PREBLE county as well
represented in the war of 1812, but as the records have been
kept very loosely, it is impossible to give the names of all the
Preble men who served “a tour of duty.” A portion of those
given (Captain Sloane’s company) were obtained from the adjutant
general’s office at Columbus, and the companies of James I.
Nesbit and Lieutenant Fleming from an old record book in the
possession of T. J. Larsh, esq. Beside the roster
given, there were full companies or companies made up in part of
Preble men, under the command of John Fleming,
Joseph C. Hawkins, David E.
Hendricks, Lieutenant Black and Captains Ramsey,
Rex and Phillips.
The following is from the recollections of
Col.
George D. Hendricks:
CAPTAIN NESBIT'S COMPANY.
List of officers
and men called out of the Third regiment of the Fifth brigade of
the First division of Ohio militia, agreeable to general orders
bearing date the fourteenth of April, 1812, as returned by
Samuel Ward, adjutant:
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COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain James I. Nesbit.
Lieutenant Joseph Lower
Ensign Henry Johnston.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Daniel Kensello.
Second Sergeant Jesse Mitchell.
Third Sergeant Bartley M. Burrows.
Fourth Sergeant Isaac Harold.
First Corporal Frederick Utt.
Second Corporal James Taylor.
Third Corporal Peter Shideler.
PRIVATES.
Henry Banta,
Tobias Clapp,
William Hendricks,
Walter Goodner,
Alexander McNutt,
Daniel Lease,
Phillip Brett,
James McDawee,
Baltzer Snyder,
Elijah Spencer,
Adam Reed,
Parson Purviance,
Alexander Penlon,
Jacob Keslon,
Levi Gard,
William Bishop,
Samuel Kercheval,
John Kercheval,
William Nelson,
Smith Charles,
Samuel Williams,
John McDonald,
Charles Demoss,
Silas Davis, |
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Jacob Reims,
Isaac Harter,
Robert Douglass,
Daniel Wennoc,
John Bell,
David Stephens,
Abner Dooley,
David Brower,
Elijah Harshman,
Jesse Moore,
George Vance,
Christian Saylor,
Elisha Davis,
James Shannon,
Daniel Vanwinkle,
Jephtha West,
Enos Purse,
Mitchel
Fleming,
Thomas W. Porterfield,
Paul Beard,
Samuel
Case,
Robert Gamble,
Stephen Rhea. |
SILAS FLEMING'S COMPANY.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Lieutenant Silas Fleming
Ensign Isaac Sutton.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Sergeant George Davis
Sergeant James Maxwell
Corporal William Bunch
Corporal Dennis Pottenger
PRIVATES.
James Somers,
John Somers,
Israel Hewit,
John Hudlon,
William Trollinger,
Charles Johnston,
Moses Evans,
Thomas Smith,
Hezekiah Powell,
Thomas Childre,
William Swisher,
George Kelley,
Daniel Nolling,
Christian Halderman,
Samuel Caster,
Jacob Kinger, |
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William Hold,
Abraham Hapner,
Levi Purviance,
Michael Crowl,
Robert McCormack,
John Bridge,
Stephen Macey,
Jephtha York,
Abraham Irvin,
John Douglas,
Richard Williams,
John Leadwell,
John Bishop,
John Allen,
Thomas Lewellen,
Phillip Lewellen. |
Upon the outbreak of the war of 1812 Governor
Meigs called out the First division of Ohio
militia, the response from which, and from other
volunteers, was prompt and decided. 'Several
companies in this command were from Preble county,
wholly or in part. We present below as many of
their rolls as we have been able to procure from the
office of the adjutant general of the State and from
private sources. The only roll of Preble
county men found in the very meagre records of the
State office relating to the war of 1812 is that of
Captain Sloane’s company of Ohio
militia, attached to the battalion, Third regiment,
Fifth brigade, First division of Ohio, ordered into
the service of the United States for the protection
of their frontiers, Oct. 8, 1812, and stationed at
Fort Nesbit, under command of
Major General Adams.” The
expiration of pay upon these rolls is noted at Jan.
7, 1813, four months after the term_ of enlistment
began. The roster is as follows:
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Richard
Sloane
Lieutenant John Hawkins.
Ensign John Harter.
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NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant William McCreary,
Sergeant Charles Hold,
Sergeant Simon Cassiday,
Sergeant Michael Stow,
Corporal John Mitchell,
Corporal Andrew Spacht,
Corporal Jetrach Fall,
Corporal William Davis,
Fifer John Byers,
Drummer Thomas Madill
PRIVATES.
Samuel
Bloomfield,
Jacob Loy, jr.,
John Befield,
John Ozer,
James Small,
Andrew Surface,
Jacob Shidler,
Nathaniel Bloomfield,
Samuel Smith,
Littleberry Blackley,
John Bloomfield,
Samuel Bennett,
Jacob Shanks,
Joseph Singer,
John Hutt,
James Abbott,
James Farris,
David Farris,
Nathan Ramsey,
Andrew Morton,
James Mean,
Thomas Hill,
John Wolfe,
James Moses,
Robert Sanders,
Benjamin Harris,
Asabel Woodward,
Eli Woodward,
John Reiley,
James Sutton,
William Mings,
John Payton, |
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James Cott,
Lemuel Hopkins,
Robert Sprawl,
Joseph Hawkins,
Joshua Cloyd,
Enoch Banfield,
David Stephens,
James Abshire,
Willinm Highland,
John McNilt,
Adam Hallowill,
John Menix,
Andrew Stone,
George Strander,
James Killough,
Samuel Hamilton,
John Harris,
James Swaney,
George Thompson,
Samuel Huston,
James Murphy,
William Right,
William Allen,
Levan Right,
Williaun Hayre,
William Phillips,
William Hendricks,
Thomas Foster,
Joseph Work,
David Lyons,
Christian Shoemaker. |
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