Jessamine County Historical Society

Jessamine Men in the War of 1812

Jessamine county supplied seven companies of soldiers in the War of 1812 totalling approximately 600 men.  On this page we will attempt to identify as many of these soldiers as we can.  Anyone with any additional information about veterans of this War are urged to contact the Jessamine County Historical Society, c/o Ernestine Hamm.

The companies will be listed in alphabetical order as they are identified.  The first to be chronicled is Captain Gustavus Bower and his company. 

From A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky, by Bennett H. Young

Jessamine County Soldiers who Battled at Thames

Jessamine county had two companies in the battle of the Thames, fought June 13, 1813.  The two companies were mounted men and were in Col. George Trotter's regiment.  Capt. Gustavus Bower commanded one of these companies.  He was born near Fredericksburg, Va., in 1786 and settled in Nicholasville in 1810, as a physician.  When the War of 1812 was declared he raised the following company, which was in the battle of the Thames:

1 +Captain-Gustavus Bower Lieutenant-Bartholomew Kindred Ensign - Smith Bradshaw
**1st Sgt. Joshua Hightower:rec'd a pension 2nd Sgt. R. Michael Bower 3d Sgt. Peter Withers
**4th Sgt. Robt. D. Overstreet: rec'd a pension **2 + 1st Crpl. Geo. T. Chrisman: rec'd a pension 2nd Cprl. Reuben Bennett
3rd Crpl. Wm. Wilson **4th Crpl. Benj. Bradshaw: rec'd a pension  

Privates

Jno. Allison Jno. Bird Daniel Bourne
**Benj. Bradshaw David Bustard **Jno. Campbell
**Wm. Campbell **Jno. Carroll Thos. Cobb
Rice Connor Wm. R. Connor Jas. Corr
Chas. Casby James Casby Jno. W. Crockett
+James Crutcher Jno. F. Davenport **Richard Davidson: rec'd a pension
**James Davis **Asa DeMoss: rec'd a pension **3Fontaine [Fountain] Dickerson
James Dickerson James Dougherty James Duncan
4James East **Francis Fitzgerald: rec'd a pension John Fassee
James Gilman David Gray **Jno. Haggard
**Thos. Hawkins James H. Higbee **Jesse Higginbotham
**Davidson Hunter John G. Johnson **Daniel Lewis
Dennis McCarly Andrew McConnell Jno. L.P. McCune
Thos. McDaniel Benj. Miles James Miles
5Wm. Murrain Saml. Pennington **Wm. Moss
Samuel Powers #Wm. Reynolds Thos. N. Rice
Alexander Richards Michael Robertson James Scott
John Shaw Caleb Shearer Wm. Shelton
**David Sike [Zike] Adam Smith Alexander Smith
David Stipe Henry Stipe Jacob Stipe
Samuel Taylor William Taylor Alex. Thompson
Elijah Thornton **Peter Trister [Trisler] Robt. Turner
Reuben Walker Thomas Wallace **Thomas Walters
#Geo. S. Ward Alexander Welch **Drury Willis
W. M.S. Wilson James Woods John Zimmerman

Legend: 
** Appear in the 1820 US census Jessamine county, Kentucky
# Died in battle
+Listed as approved veterans in National Society United States Daughters of 1812

From Ernestine Hamm:
1Dr. Gustavus Miller Bower died at his home near Paris, Missouri on November 17, 1864 and is buried in the family burying ground. Remember the Raisin by G. Glenn Clift
2George T. Chrisman is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Nicholasville, Kentucky
3Fountaine Dickerson is buried on a farm on Chrisman Mill Road
4James East is African-American.  His burial spot is unknown and we are hoping to find this grave and information on how many other African-American soldiers fought from Jessamine County.
5William Murrain is buried on Jessamine Station Pike.

Capt. Robert Crockett's Company, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia - Commanded by Lieut. Col. James Allen

Capt. Robert Crockett Lieutenant John C. Morrison Ensign Henry Lindsey
1st Sgt. Jonathan Robinson 2nd Sgt. Alexander Logan 3d Sgt. William Mead
4th Sgt John Lawny    
Privates Samuel Armstrong Ephraim Bank
Samuel Baxter John Brownlee William Bobb
Samuel Butler Cornelius Bond John W. Crockett
Samuel C. Crockett Thomas Carr Sam'l G. Cloud
Joseph Decreet James Duncan James Dougherty
Charles Fracher John Fink John Fracher
William Gaunt Jos. C. Harrison Matthew Jewet
Samuel Logan Angus Moore Isaac Messock
William McCall William McCornell James Parmer
Adam Rankin John Roberts Robert Ramsey
William Royall John Smith Andrew Tadloer
Jonathan Talbot James Venable George Villers
John Wardlow Matthew Walker Leavin Young

Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com), Adjutant General of Kentucky, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky; soldiers of the War of 1812, Adjutant General's Office, 1891, p. 253

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