War of 1812 Veterans


This page contains the names of men who called Chautauqua County home and served in the War of 1812.
Almost all were born somewhere else and came to the county after the war. They pioneered  the county . 

We owe them thanks and recognition.

  • The service column uses these standard military abbreviations: KIA Killed in action; DOW Died of Wounds; DOD Died of Disease; DNB Died Non-Battle; DOI Died of Injuries; FOD Finding of death/Missing presumed dead; Dead no other info; POW Prisoner of War. If the service begins with Vet, the soldier survived the war.
  • If we do not know a soldier's burial place, the place where he lived or died is in square brackets in the Burial column.
  • The ~  means we do not know.

Check the  Medal of Honor page to see details about Chautauqua County's Medal of Honor recipients



Name Service Death Date Burial Place
ADAMS, Moses Vet Captain 4-16-1855 East Ripley
ALEXANDER, Campbell Died, Lt, Died of an illness after the Battle of Canadaway Creek 1812 Family land, Ripley NY
AMIDON, Davis Vet ~ (Pension # 13450, $18.00) 2-8-1872 Forestville/Pioneer
ANDREWS, Nehemiah  Vet ~ 1852 Busti
ANNIS, Harvey III KIA, killed in battle during the American assault of Fort Erie, Niagara River 8-1814 Lewis
ARNOT, Samuel Vet ~ aft 6-1875 Panama Union
BARBER, Elihu C.  Vet Drummer boy 1-1873 Myrtle
BARNETT, John Sr. Vet ~ 1882 Gerry Hill
BARNHART, Henry Vet ~ 5-5-1877 Dewittville
BARRETT, David Vet ~ 12-25-1877 Westfield
BARTOO, John Vet ~ 9-19-1887 Forestville/Pioneer
BARTOO, Samuel A. Vet ~ 1893 Forestville/Pioneer
BEDIENT, Gilead H Vet ~ 5-12-1849 Ross Mills or Cincinnati OH
BELKNAP, Ephriam Vet NY Militia, Bellinger's Regt. 6-18-1885 Hemenger
BILL, Norton Vet ~ 12-18-1873 Tuckertown
BLISS, Leonard  Vet, MA Militia, Chamberlin's Regt, Pvt. 2-26-1862 Evergreen Lawn
BOWEN, John  Vet ~ 10-11-1844 Evergreen Sinclairville
BOYD, Alvin Vet ~ Claim #6,931 for personal property losses incurred while on active duty Alvin Boyd was allowed an award of $47 1870 Lewis
BRONSON, Enos Ailing Vet ~ 1858 Hamlet
BROWN, Marshall  Vet, Pvt. 1838 Evergreen Lawn
BUMPUS, Lyman Vet ~ (Pension # 5214, $38.00) 1877 Forestville/Pioneer
BURT, Benjamin Vet ~ ~ Panama Union
BUSH, Ashel Vet ~ 2-2-1865 Sheridan Center
CARRIER, Alfred Vet ~ 10-31-1871 Sheridan Center
CASS, Plinny Vet. Capt. McMahan's Co. 1876 Allen
COLE, Pardon Vet NY Vols 6-1845 Magnolia
COMBS, Peter Vet ~ 1891 Quincy
COVEY, John Vet 121st NY Militia 1866 Thayer
COWAN, Samuel Vet ~ 1847 Thayer
COWDEN, David Vet ~ aft 1850 Hemenger
CROSS, George Vet 2nd US Artillery, Cpl 2-26-1866 Sherman Valley
CUMMINGS, Isaac Vet ~ 5-9-1872 Pope Hill
DAVISON, Henry Vet, Pvt 10-8-1840 Evergreen Lawn
DICKSON, Benjamin Henry Vet ~ 2-8-1884 East Ripley
DRAYTON, William J. Vet ~ 7-10-1874 Fentonville
DUNTON, Ebenezer  Vet ~ (Pension # 15,297, $53.00) 2-25-1874 Fluvanna
ESTEE, Silas Vet ~ 11-18-1842 Tillotson
EVELETH, Joseph  Vet ~ 5-22-1865 Busti
FAY, Elisha Vet Fought at Black Rock 1-31-1881 Portland Evergreen
FAY, Nathaniel Vet ~ 5-15-1858 Portland Evergreen
FERGUSON, Amos John Vet ~ 8-3-1859 Fluvanna
FLAGG, Byron M Vet ~ 10-25-1847 Centralia/Union
FLANDERS, Moses Vet ~ 1-9-1869 Magnolia
FLING, Erasmus  Vet ~ ~ Busti
FREEMAN, Jonathan Vet ~ 5-17-1854 Pleasantville, Ellery
FULLER, David P. Vet, Pvt. 2-1880 Evergreen Lawn
GOULD, Ezekiel Vet ~ 10-06-1880 Westfield
GOYT, Philo Vet ~ 1893 Mayville
GRANGER, David B.  Vet ~ 6-26-1849 Portland Evergreen
GRIFFITH, Samuel Vet ~ 1-9-1855 Fluvanna
GRISWOLD, William Vet ~ 2-9-1878 Sheridan Center
HALL, James, Rev.  Vet ~ 10-6-1882 Prendergast/Hunt
HANCHET, Aseal Vet ~ (Pension # 3375, $70.00 ~ Dewittville
HARRINGTON, Sir Richard H. Vet ~ 2-9-1874 Myrtle
HERRICK, Azariah Vet 9-5-1887 Allen
HOLCOMB, John A. Vet ~ 1840 Hamlet
HOLMES, Jabez Vet, Pvt. Enlisted at Hamilton NY.  8-16-1880 Evergreen Lawn
HOSIER, Jacob Vet ~ ~ Panama Union
ISHAM, Joshua Vet ~ 2-11-1872 Westfield/Portland
JACKSON, Abijah Vet, Army 1882 Maple Grove, Frewsburg
JACOBS, John Vet NY Vols 4-24-1863 Magnolia
JENKINS, David Vet ~ 6-8-1866 Quincy
JOHNSON, Samuel Vet ~ (Pension # 9657, $70.00) 12-5-1861 Forestville/Pioneer
JOHNSON, Thomas Vet ~ ~ West Mina
JOHNSTON, Henry Vet ~ 10-08-1852 Westfield
JONES, Daniel Vet NY Militia Hopkins Regt, Pvt 4-27-1865 East Ripley
KLOCK, David Vet ~ 1-7-1863 Fluvanna
KNIGHT, James Vet ~ 1867 Sheridan Center
LEE, John H.  Vet ~ 10-20-1866 Fluvanna
LEE, William H.  Vet ~ 5-11-1867 Fluvanna
LEET, Anson G. Vet Captain 6-21-1843 Dewittville
LITTLE, Gardner Vet ~ 1-16-1871 Forestville/Pioneer
LIVINGSTON, James Vet ~ 4-11-1851 Fluvanna
LOUCKS, Henry Vet ~ ?? Fluvanna
LOUCKS, Peter  Vet ~ 8-28-1855 Fluvanna
LOVE, John Jr.  Vet ~ 3-18-1857 Redbird
MARSH, Samuel Vet ~ 9-21-1866 Forest Hill
MARTIN, William Vet, Capt. ~ 9-13-1875 Busti
MARTIN, Zalmon Vet ~ 1876 Portland Evergreen
MARVIN, Dudley Vet Brig General 1852 East Ripley
MCALLISTER, John Vet ~ 12-17-1876 Evergreen Sinclairville
MCCOUL, James Vet ~ 12-10-1877 Dewittville
MESSENGER, Stephen  Vet ~ 5-4-1858 Fluvanna
MORTON, John Vet ~ 3-20-1860 Magnolia
MUZZY, Amos Vet Colonel 5-8-1832 Panama Union
NESSE, Isaiah Vet ~ 5-25-1869 Pioneer, Ellington
NEWELL, Jesse Vet ~ 1880 Sherman Valley
NICHOLS, Lorrel  Vet ~ 2-7-1877 East Ripley
NOBLE, Perez Bradford Vet ~ 7-1-1889 Westfield
NORTHAM, Solomon Vet ~ 10-03-1858 Westfield
NORTON, Levi Vet ~ 1-10-1870 Ross Mills
ONTHANK, Lovel.  Vet ~ 1860 Portland Evergreen
PALMER, Noyes Vet ~ 5-23-1858 Magnolia
PECK, Aaron Vet 6-10-1864 Allen
PERKINS, Zephaniah Vet Captain 7-28-1865 Sheridan Center
PRENDERGAST, William Jr. Vet Colonel 11-11-1857 Prendergast/Hunt
RAMSDELL, Erastus Vet ~ 1848 Laona
RATHBUN, Demarcus Vet ~ 11-10-1878 Rathbun Lawn
ROYCE, David Vet ~ 11-21-1847 East Ripley
RUSSELL, John  Vet ~ ~ Levant
SACKETT, Niram Sr. Vet, appointed by Gov. DeWitt. 10-22-1869 Evergreen Lawn
SKELLIE, Hugh I.  Vet ~ 2-26-1874 West Mina
SMILEY, Joseph  Vet ~ 11-6-1862 Fluvanna
SMILEY, William  KIA, Killed at the Battle of Black Rock 1813 Fluvanna
SMITH, William  Vet, Lt. ~ 4-29-1849 Bemis Point
SPRING, V R Vet Killed at Battle of Lake Erie 1813 Dewiittville
STARKWEATHER, Sylvester  Vet ~ 5-08-1855 Westfield/Portland
STEPHENS, Phillip L. Vet ~ 3-08-1861 East Ripley
STETSON, Oliver Jr. Vet ~ 10-31-1833 East Ripley
THOMPSON, Isaac K. Vet, Captain ~ 12-27-1849 Pioneer, Fredonia
TOWER, Otis Vet, Pvt. Present at burning of Buffalo 8-16-1854 Evergreen Lawn
TUCKER, Samuel  Vet ~ 10-12-1832 Portland Evergreen
VAN VLACK, Jan A. [John] Vet, Army, Capt. Commanded a small fort on the Hudson River. 1859 Evergreen Lawn
WALKER, Jessie Vet ~ 3-11-1879 Evergreen Sinclairville
WATROUS, Ashabel Vet, Army, Pvt. 3-8-1870 Evergreen Lawn
WEAVER, Thomas S. Vet ~ 11-15-1849 West Mina
WHEELOCK, Eliab  Vet ~ abt 1852 Levant
WHITING, Danforth  Vet ~ 9-13-1870 Busti
WILLIAMS, Abner M. KIA, Killed in battle on board the Lawrence 9-10-1813 Pioneer, Fredonia
WINSER, David Vet ~ 1-11-1875 Dewittville
WINSOR, Abraham  Vet ~ 5-25-1844  Levant
WINTER(S), Alexander Vet ~ 2-21-1865 Quincy
YAW, John, Jr. Vet ~ 5-12-1872 Myrtle




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