War of 1812 case files for men who served in the Mathews County, Virginia militia, as well as, other Virginia militia units.
ANDERTON, Thomas: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Henry Digges, Henry W. Sales, & Peter Foster; served 147 days between May 3, 1813 & December 31, 1814 at Fort Douglas on the Mobjack Bay; residence of soldier: 1853, Halifax Co., Va. & 1855, 1871, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill.; residence of widow: 1878, Franklin, Morgan, Co., Ill.; maiden name of widow: Lucy Briggs; marriage of soldier and widow: December 26, 1829, Person Co., N.C.; death of soldier: September 25, 1877, Morgan Co., Ill.; death of widow: October 26, 1885; surviving children, 1878: Benjamin A. and George N. Anderton. Fold3
ARMISTEAD, Ralph: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Francis Jarvis & Henry W. Sales; served 44 days between September 7, 1813 & February 26, 1815; residence of soldier: 1850, 1855, Mathews Co., Va.; residence of widow: 1871, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews C.H., Va. & 1878, Mathews Co., Va. P.O. Port Haywood, Va.; maiden name of widow: Sarah Grinnel; marriage of soldier and widow: about May 1813 or 1814, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: August 9, 1864, Mathews Co., Va.; death of widow: Apr 24, 1882, Mathews Co., Va. Fold3
ARMISTEAD, Thomas: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Francis Jarvis; served 74 days between May 11, 1813 & February 26, 1815; residence of soldier: 1850, 1855 & 1872, Mathews Co., Va., 1874 & 1875, Port Hayward, Mathews Co., Va.; residence of widow: 1889, Port Hayward, Mathews Co., Va.; soldier’s first wife: Eliza Rutherford, died: September 21, 1837; maiden name of widow: Harriet J. Miller; marriage of soldier and widow: August 28, 1845, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: September 2, 1889, Mathews Co., Va.; death of widow: about 1892. Fold3
BILLUPS, Humphrey: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain John Billups; served 29 days between September 4, 1813 & December 31, 1814; residence of soldier: 1871, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews C.H. Fold3
BILLUPS, Mann: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain John Billups; served 3 months 28 days between September 1813 & February 1, 1815; residence of widow: 1851, Mathews Co., Va., 1855, 1878, Baltimore, Md.; maiden name of widow: Lucy [Hodges], widow of John Thomas; marriage of soldier and widow: December. 31, 1828, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: April 28, 1839, Mathews Co., Va.; death of widow: August. 16, 1886. Fold3
BILLUPS, Robert: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain John Billups; served 236 days between June, 1814 to February, 1815; residence of soldier: 1852, 1856, Mathews Co., Va. & 1871, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews Court House. Fold3
BILLUPS, William A.: Sergeant/Cornett; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Frederick Weedon; served from March 9, 1813 to October 1814; residence of soldier: 1851, 1852, 1855, Mathews Co., Va.; residence of widow: 1871, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews Court House; maiden name of widow: Lucy Ransom; marriage of soldier and widow: June 20, 1812, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: December 4, 1865, Mathews Co., Va. Fold3
BROOKS, George K: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Bailey Diggs & Private, 7th Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Samuel B. Jeter; served 4 months 19 days between March 11, 1813 and December 31, 1814; residence of widow: 1850, 1852, 1855, & 1871, Mathews Co., Va.; maiden name of widow: Elizabeth Miller; marriage of soldier and widow: Jan 7, 1813, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews Court House; death of soldier: March 4, 1853, Mathews Co., Va. death of widow: Nov 13, 1872, Mathews Co., Va. NARA
BROWNLEY, Thomas: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain John Billups; served between August, 1813 & June, 1814; maiden name of widow: Sarah Callis; marriage of soldier and widow: January 1, 1815, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: June 20, 1853, Mathews Co., Va.; children: Nancy L. Brownley (born: September 12, 1818) and Mary E. Brownley (born: October 12, 1824). Fold3
BURROUGHS, John: Private, 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Frederick Weedon; March 1814 thrown from horse at New Point Comfort seriously injuring his left shoulder; maiden name of widow: Joanna Borum; marriage of soldier and widow: December 23, 1806, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: May 23, 1832, Mathews Co., Va.; child: Susannah Burroughs Powell. NARA
CALLIS, Robert: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Thomas James & Thomas T.T. Tabb; served 212 days between May 11, 1813 & December 31, 1814; residence of soldier: 1851, 1855, & 1871, Mathews Co., Va.; maiden name of widow: Lucy Weston; marriage of soldier and widow: May 13, 1816, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: November 9, 1872, 1864, Mathews Co., Va. NARA
DAVIS, Thomas: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Capt Gabriel Hughes; served 258 days; served from March 10, 1813 & December 31,1814; residence of soldier: 1850, 1855, & 1871, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: October 22, 1871, 1865, Mathews Co., Va. NARA
DEAL, Jarvis: Corporal; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Thomas T.T. Tabb & C. Tompkins; served between May 11, 1813 & February 13, 1814; maiden name of widow: Joice Hunley; marriage of soldier and widow: September 1803, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: November 1824, Mathews Co., Va. Fold3
DIGGS, Blackwell: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Gabriel Hughes; served 4 months 13 days between June 11, 1814 & December 31, 1814; residence of widow: 1852, 1855, Mathews Co., Va., & 1878, Port Hayward, Mathews Co., Va.; maiden name of widow: Elizabeth Ripley; marriage of soldier and widow: September 27, 1821, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: 1828 or 1830, Mathews Co., Va.; death of widow: about 1882. NARA
DIGGS, Cole: Private/Sergeant; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Bailey Diggs, Thomas T.T. Tabb, Langley B. Eddens & William Fields; served 208 days between March 11, 1813 & March 1, 1815; born and raised in Mathews Co., Va.; residence of soldier: 1850, 1853, 1855 Montgomery Co., Mo. & 1871 P.O. Danville, Montgomery Co., Mo.; maiden name of wife: Jane Pace; marriage of soldier and widow: February 10, 1820, Madison Co., Ky. NARA
DIGGS, John: Private/Lieutenant/Sergeant; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Thomas T.T. Tabb, John Billups & Langley B. Eddens; served 135 days between March 11, 1814 & December 31, 1814; residence of soldier: 1851, 1855, Mathews Co., Va.; residence of widow: 1871, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews C.H., Va.; maiden name of widow: Susan Treacle; marriage of soldier and widow: September 1812, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: June 18, 1864, Mathews Co., Va.; death of widow: July 2, 1874, Mathews Co., Va. NARA
DIXON, Tinley: 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Peter Foster & Christopher Lewis; served 2 months and 19 days between September 23, 1813 & June 10, 1814; maiden name of widow: Pamela Billups; married: May 28, 1814 or May 28, 1815 or June, 1816 (all three dates shown in the claim), Mathews, Va. death of soldier: February 27 or 28, 1842, Mathews Co., Va. NARA
DIXON, William: Ensign; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captain Peter Foster; served 4 months 6 days between February 15 & December 31, [years not given]; residence of widow: 1878, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews C.H., Va.; maiden name of widow: Eliza Fitchett; marriage of soldier and widow: April 28, 1823, Mathews Co., Va.; death of soldier: about 1832, Mathews Co., Va.; widow remarried: [Thomas] Vaughn. NARA
DUNBAR, William: Private; 61st Reg’t. Va. Militia, Captains Henry Diggs & Henry W. Sales; Served 22 days between March 9, 1813 & September 3, 1813; residence of widow: 1878, 1879, Mathews Co., Va., P.O. Mathews C.H., Va.; maiden name of widow: Nancy Dunston; marriage of soldier and widow: March 1814, Gloucester Co., Va.; death of soldier: 1819 or 1820, Mathews Co., Va.; death of widow: March 2, 1884, Mathews Co., Va. NARA