Virginia Society Plans Five Dedications to Virginia War of 1812 Veterans
All of these are open to the public and all society officers and members are encouraged to
participate
May 16, 2015: Masonic Cemetery in Fredericksburg, VA
This event will honor War of 1812 veterans and Revolutionary War patriots interred or
memorialized in the historic cemetery A plaque mounted upon on a pole will be installed just
inside the entrance gate listing nineteen War of 1812 veterans and twenty Revolutionary War
patriots, The event will be sponsored by the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution
and the Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Masonic Lodge,
Below are the names that will be on the plaque
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS AND WAR OF 1812 VETERANS MEMORIALIZED IN THIS
HISTORIC MASONIC CEMETERY
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
CAPTAIN (NAVY) ELIEZER CALLENDER
CHEW, JR LIEUTENANT ROBERT B CHEW, SR
MAJOR BENJAMIN DAY PATRIOT WILLIAM DRUMMOND
PRIVATE DANIEL GRINNAN SR MIDSHIPMAN DAVID HENDERSON
PATRIOT WILLIAM JENKINS SURGEON JOHN JULIAN
PRIVATE JOHN LEGG PRIVATE LEWIS LITTLEPAGE
COLONEL WILLIAM MCWILLIAMS PRIVATE JOHN MINOR
PATRIOT JAMES SOMERVILLE PATRIOT JAMES STEVENSON
PATRIOT WILLIAM STORKE PRIVATE WILLIAM WIATT
LT COLONEL GUSTAVUS B WALLACE BRIG GENERAL GEORGE WEEDON
PATRIOT CHARLES YATES
WAR OF 1812
CAPTAIN (NAVY) MATTHEW ANDERSON
CAPTAIN JOHN BUCK SURGEON’S MATE CHARLES L CARTER
CORPORAL JOHN CHEW SERGEANT ROBERT S CHEW, SR
SERGEANT MAJOR JAMES DIXON SERGEANT ROBERT T ELLIS
PRIVATE BASIL GORDON PRIVATE DANIEL GRINNAN, JR
PRIVATE ANTHONY KALE PRIVATE WILLIAM A KNOX
BRIG GENERAL RICHARD B MAURY PRIVATE JOHN METCALFE
BRIG GENERAL JOHN MINOR PRIVATE JOHN SCOTT
PRIVATE JOHN M SHEPHERD LT COLONEL JOHN STANARD
LIEUTENANT ALEXANDER WALKER PRIVATE HENRY WHITE
LIEUTENANT JOHN
LT
May 23, 2015 at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg Ohio.
The placement of a granite monument at Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, OH, will list Virginia’s war
dead in Ohio from General Joel Leftwich’s Virginia Brigade and from the Petersburg Volunteers.
The design has been approved by Fort Meigs and has been approved and will be fully funded by
the Virginia War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. These are the names that died in the battle
there or in Ohio at the approximate time of the battle:
From the Virginia Brigade under Brigadier General Joel Leftwich:
JAMES ADARE, JOHN ANDERSON, STEPHEN ARCHER, GEORGE ARNOLD, ISAAC BOCKOVER, JACOB
BREWER, PATRICK BURK, WILLIAM CARDER, RICHARD CARSON, JOHN CLUTTER, THOMAS CRAIG,
MATHIAS CULLEN, EDWARD DAVIS, ANDREW DAVISON, JESSE DAVSON, WILLIAM DIXON, ABSALON
ELKINS, JOHN EVANS, GEORGE FLEMING, ISAAC FORMAN, JONATHAN GRINDSTAFF, PETER KNIGHT,
JAMES HOLBERT, JAMES HUFFMAN, NIMROD LANCASTER, THOMAS LEWIS, ARCHIBALD McCARTY,
ALEXANDER McCLAIN, DAVID MOLSBY, RAWLEY MORGAN, TIMOTHY MURPHY, JAMES QUEEN,
BENJAMIN ROGERS, SAMUEL RUCKMAN, HENRY SIX, SAMUEL SPIVY, ANDREW STALKNIKER, JOHN
STEED, SIMEON STEVENS, WILLIAM TAUNIBILL, FIELDER WILCOXEN, HENRY WISCOFF, DAVID WOOLLUM,
AND JESSE VOAKUM
The Petersburg Volunteers under the command of Captain Richard McRae:
ANDREW ANDREWS, GEORGE BOOKER, GEORGE CLOUGH, JOHN CURETON, EDMUND GEE, WILLIAM
LACY, WILLIAM LANIER, NICHOLAS MASSENBURG, SAMUEL MILES, JOHN PERRY, WILLIAM R. RAWLINGS,
GEORGE P. RAYBORNE, JOHN SHORE, JAMES STEVENS, AND SAMUEL WILLIAMS
June 11, 2015 at the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Lynchburg
These are the names that will be listed on the plaque presented by the society there that are interred or
memorialized in the cemetery:
PRIVATE JOHN H. BAGWELL
SERGEANT WILLIAM S. REID
PRIVATE JAMES COLEMAN
CAPTAIN JAMES B. RISQUE
SERGEANT SAMUEL GARLAND
PRIVATE JOHN KINNIER
SERGEANT JOHN ROBINSON
PRIVATE JOSEPH E. ROYALL
LIEUTENANT MAURICE LANGHORNE
SURGEON JAMES T. SAUNDERS
SGT. MAJOR AUGUSTINE LEFTWICH
PRIVATE WILLIAM SAUNDERS
MATROSS HARDIN MURRELL
CORPORAL JOHN MURRELL
CORPORAL JOHN NEW
PRIVATE BENJAMIN E. SCRUGGS
PRIVATE RICHARD TYREE, SR.
CORPORAL JOHN WILLS
June 20, 2015 at the Ware Episcopal Church in Gloucester County
The War of 1812 Society in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Thomas Nelson Jr Chapter,
Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution will honor two War of 1812 veterans and two
Revolutionary War veterans at 10 am. The 1812 veterans are sons of the Revolutionary War
veterans and their gravestones in the cemetery are adjacent to each other. Individual grave
markers from each society are planned to be unveiled. The names and information about them
are as follows:
War of 1812: SMITH, Thomas; b 05 Mar 1785; d 13 Apr 1841 RU: Ensign, 21st VMR, Capt Thomas Cary,
Gloucester Co CEM: Ware Episcopal Church; Gloucester; 7825 John Clayton Memorial Rd, Gloucester GS: Y SP:
No spouse information VI: Eldest son of Rev Armistead & Martha Smith of Mathews Co. Stone moved from
Toddsbury in 1924 P: None BLW: No
War of 1812: YEATMAN, Thomas Robinson; b 05 Jan 1789; d 28 Aug 1832 RU: Ensign, 115th VMR, Capt John
Armistead, Mounted Infantry, Elizabeth City Co, Warwick Co, or York Co CEM: originally Yeatman Plantation;
Mathews; Rt 602 reinterred to Ware Episcopal Church; Gloucester; 7825 John Clayton Memorial Rd, Gloucester GS:
Y SP: No spouse information VI: Eldest son of Thomas Muse Yeatman and Mary Tomkins P: None BLW: No
Revolutionary War : Smith, Armistead, born 1757 Mathews County, died 12 sep 1817, Patriot gave material aid to
cause; Was a Reverend in the Ware Episcopal Church. Married Martha Tabb daughter of Edward Tabb
Revolutionary War YEATMAN, Thomas Muse, born 1762, died 14 Sep 1812, Lieutenant commanded a company in
Westmoreland County, also gave material aid to cause; married Mary Tompkins, daughter of John Tompkins
July 25, 2015 at the Augusta County Stone Church Cemetery in Fort Defiance
This will be a joint ceremony with the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution and the
Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Two separate plaques are planned
with each to be mounted on a pole in the cemetery. The names for each plaque that are
recommended for placement on each plaque are shown. Final approval of the names from the
church officials are pending
War of 1812 Plaque
PRIVATE JOSEPH BEARD
SECOND LIEUTENANT JAMES BELL
MAJOR WILLIAM BELL
PRIVATE JAMES CRAIG, JR
PRIVATE GEORGE CRAWFORD
PRIVATE JAMES CRAWFORD
LIEUTENANT SAMUEL CRAWFORD, SR
CORPORAL SAMUEL CURRY
SERGEANT ROBERT GUY
PRIVATE SILAS HENTON
PRIVATE ANDREW YOUNG
PRIVATE JOSEPH KERR
PRIVATE JAMES NELSON
PRIVATE WILLIAM POAGE
PRIVATE JACOB STOVER
SERGEANT JOHN A. TATE
PRIVATE JACOB VAN LEAR
CORPORAL JOHN WALKER
CORPORAL JAMES WILSON DIED 1828
SURG. MATE JAMES WILSON DIED 1830
PRIVATE JAMES WILSON DIED 1854
Revolutionary War Plaque:
PRIVATE JAMES ALLEN
CAPTAIN ANDREW ANDERSON
CAPTAIN DAVID BELL
CAPTAIN JOSEPH BELL, JR
PRIVATE JOSEPH BELL, SR
PRIVATE WILLIAM BELL
PATRIOT ARTHUR CONNALY, SR
PRIVATE JAMES CRAIG, JR
PRIVATE JAMES CRAIG, SR
PATRIOT JOHN CRAIG
PRIVATE WILLIAM CRAIG
PRIVATE GEORGE CRAWFORD, JR
MAJOR JOHN CRAWFORD
PATRIOT PATRICK CRAWFORD
CAPTAIN ROBERT CURRY
CAPTAIN JOHN GAMBLE
CAPTAIN JOHN GIVENS
PRIVATE ROBERT HARNSBERGER
PATRIOT WILLIAM HOOK
PRIVATE WILLIAM HOOKE,
PRIVATE ROBERT HOOK(HOOKE), SR
PRIVATE ROBERT KENNY
PRIVATE JAMES KERR
PRIVATE JOHN KERR, JR
PRIVATE JOHN KERR, SR
PRIVATE JOSEPH KERR
PRIVATE JOHN MILLS
SERGEANT ROBERT MILLS
COLONEL GEORGE MOFFETT
PRIVATE ALEXANDER NELSON
ENSIGN JOHN POAGE, JR
2D LIEUTENANT ROBERT POAGE
PRIVATE THOMAS POAGE
ENSIGN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON
LT COL ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, SR
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ROBERTSON
PRIVATE ALEXANDER ROSS
PRIVATE JOHN SMITH
PATRIOT ALEXANDER WALKER
MAJOR WILLIAM WILSON
SR LIEUTENANT JAMES YOUNG