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Note: N3699 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/ChittendenBurlington_2.html
Burlington Township Information
SOLDIERS OF 1812
We have not been able to obtain the complete list of soldiers enlisting from Chittenden county during this war. Of the companies made up at Burlington we have the names of two which were composed of residents of Burlington and two neighboring towns. One company, commanded by Captain Samuel BLISS, was made up partly of the following men from Burlington and Williston: Samuel BLISS, Truman HAWLEY, Asahel SPEAR, Chester BLISS, Jonathan LUGAN, Joshua READ, jr., Jed HIGBE, Samuel FAIRPOINT, John LYON, Zacharias DREW, John JOHNSON, Samuel MINOR, Benjamin BITGOOD, Heman VANORNAM, John HADLEY, Samuel PAYN, Lyman DAVIS, Truman DAVIS, Jonathan BLISS, Aloe PARMER, William PITCHER, Adryas BLISS, Joseph TUCKER, David STRAW, John MEAKER, Silas HARTSHORN, Joseph JONES, John DEARNS.
Another company, commanded by Captain John PARMER, was made up partly of the following men from Burlington and Shelburne: John PARMER, Edmund SHERMAN, Moses ALLEN, Charles HUBBELL, Jonathan COLE, Simon GOODWIN, Elisha KEELAR, Dyer WISTCOTT, William BARKER, Benjamin SIMONS, Stephen RUNNELS (REYNOLDS), Andrew CURRIER, Amos CASTLE, Benjamin WISTCOTT, Chas. MARTIN, David SMITH, Edmund P. STEDMAN, Elijah PEAS, Eli HASKINS, Hyson RICK, Herman HERLBRET, John KENT, John FRAZIER, John WISTCOTT, Stephen LOOMIS, jr., John TUCKER, John EDDY, Lyman HOLLIS, Milo BYINGTON, Ora DUGGET, Reuben S. MARTIN, Roger ROSEFORD, Richard TURNER, William MARTIN.
ETHAN VANORNAM.
Served from June 11 to June 14, 1813 in Capt. Samuel Blinn's Company,1 Regt. (Judson's).
HEMAN VANORNAM.
Served from June 11 to June 14, 1813 in Capt. Samuel Blinn's Company,1 Regt. (Judson's).
MILES VANORNEM.
Served in 1 Regt. (Judson's) Vt. Militia.
Source: State of Vermont ROSTER of SOLDIERS in the WAR of 1812-14,prepared and published under the direction of Herbert T. Johnson, TheAdjutant General, page 431.
Note: Battle of Plattsburg: September, 1814
War of 1812;company from Burlington and Williston VT along with Benjamin Bitgood, John Hadley, Samuel Payn, Truman Hawley commanded by Capt. Samuel Bliss
Date: ABT 1812
Heman Vanarnam: 1st Reg't (Judson's) Vermont Militia Ind
Date: 1812
Place: Dis: private Roll Box 214, Roll Exct 602, ,
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Heman Vanornam listed in those from Burlington and Williston, Chittenden Co. under Capt. Samuel Bliss
History of Chittenden County, p.414
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Name: Heman Vanarnam
Home in 1820: Perry, Richland, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Males - Under 10: 1
Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Males - 45 and over: 1
Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Name: Hernan Vanorman
Home in 1830: Congress, Richland, Ohio
Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Heman, age 39
Females - 5 thru 9: 1 Abigail
Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Mary
Heman Vanarmer
[Heman Vanarnum]
Home in 1840: Jennings, Indiana
Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Commerce: 1
Home in 1850: Vernon, Jennings, Indiana
Gender: Male
Family Number: 405
Monroe McMindes 30 NY Abegal McMindes 39 OH
Mary E McMindes 10 IN
Sarah A McMindes 7 IN
Jane McMindes 3 IN
Herman Vandeman 55 VT
Mary Vandeman 50 VT
Name: Heman Vanarnum
Township: Not Stated County: Jennings State: IN
Roll: 84, Page: 220
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IN 1850 Heman age 55 b. VT and Mary age 50 b. VT. Dates don't match my records.
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1860 Vernon, Jennings, Indiana
Post Office: Vernon
Value of real estate: $500
Heman Vanamem 69 VT
Mary Vanamem 65
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Genealogy.com forum post by Sams 2005
"Mary Sams, daughter of Henry and Abigail Sams, wed Heman Van Norman Oct. 19, 1819 in Richland Co, OH. They had children Ethen and Abigail and moved to Jennings Co, IN by 1840. Ethen wed Elizabeth Clements August 4, 1847 and then Catherine Files April 4, 1866. Abigail wed Monroe McMindes October 18, 1840. The Van Norman's are buried in Vernon, Jennings Co, IN as Van Arnem. The McMindes families moved onto Clinton Co, IN. I would happily exchange further details with anyone interested."
email from David Sams:
You will find both Heman and his wife, Mary, buried in the cemetery in Vernon, Jennings Co, IN with some of their descendants and family. There is a large family stone and individual smaller ones. The stones were all placed by a descendent, Dwight Van Arnem, in 1960 and carry the name Van Arnem. There is a stone reading "MARY WIFE OF HEMAN VanArnem" with dates 1791-1866 and a stone reading "HEMAN Van Arnem 1796-1878". The problem with these dates is that Heman's will was probated in 1866 and Mary appears on the census of 1870. Also a bible record states that Mary was born in 1796. The birth and death dates on these 2 stones were apparently reversed by someone, his has her dates and visa versa. The library is a few miles north in North Vernon and has a genealogy room. I spent an afternoon in the area 2 years ago. They were helpful. There is a historical museum by the courthouse near the cemetery with helpful volunteers.
There wasn't an obit, only a notice of death in the Vernon Banner of October 25, 1866:
Herman Vanaranam died on Saturday October 20, 1866. Buried: Vernon Cemetery.
Jennings Co. Will Records
Heman Vanerham, Will book 2, pp. 135-137
Wife not here named
Dated 3-8-1865
Nov. 9, 1866
Son Ethan
Heman mentions his real estate and personal property in Morrow Co.,Ohio. He states that he is old. Executor His son Ethan
Witnesses James M. Hill and Hiram F. Reed
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On page 5
<excerpt> At the outbreak of the war, after Congress had authorized the
President to detach and organize 100,000 men for federal service, and
the Secretary of War had apportioned 3000 to Vermont, the state promptly
responded to the requisition, and Adjutant General David Fay, by command
of Governor Galusha, ordered out four regiments of ten companies each,
which were in service at Plattsburgh [NY] by September, 1812.<excerpt>
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On page 6
Within the state [of Vermont] the people were not prepared for war.The
northern towns lived in constant fear of Indian incursions from Canada,
and many citizens abandoned their houses and farms. Though the fear
seems to have been unfounded, a small detachment of troops was stationed
at North Troy, and the selectmen of several towns furnished and
supported guards for the frontier villages of Troy, Derby and Canaan.
On November 6, 1812, the legislature authorized the raising of a
volunteer corps of sixty-eight companies (two brigades) for the service
of the Federal Government, and by 1814 the entire male population of
Vermont-aged from sixteen to sixty-volunteered for service on the
occasion of the invasion of Plattsburg, though only those who lived
nearby reached Plattsburg in time to engage in the battle. But there
were scattering detachments that saw service elsewhere outside the
state, principally in the campaign of 1814 on the Niagara frontier; and
such men as were in that campaign served in the brigade under the
immediate command of General Winfield Scott in the battles of Chippewa
Plain and Lundy's Lane, and under Major General Brown in the terrific
night battle of Fort Erie, [NY] August 15, 1814. For the most part, the
Vermonters who served in the Regular Army were in the 11th, 26th, 30th
and 31st Infantry. The 11th was organized in 1812, and served for the
duration of the war-nearly three years. The other three were organized
in the spring of 1813, to serve for one year, though a remnant of the
30th and 31st was in the Battle of Plattsburg in September, 1814.
The plan of 1812 campaign was to garrison coast fortifications with
local militia together with some Regulars while the main forces invaded
Canada from Detroit [MI] and Niagara. The Plattsburg army was designed
to protect the Vermont and New York frontiers, and therefore, nearly
one-half its strength was recruited from Vermont. <excerpt>
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On page 7
In November, 1813, a portion of the militia of the third brigade and
third division of Vermont militia, under Lieutenant Colonel Luther
Dixon, crossed the Lake into New York and put themselves under Hampton's
command. But Governor Chittenden, who was opposed to the war in the
first place, and who believed that the militia should be employed only
within the state 'to suppress insurrections and repel invasions' ordered
them to return. But the entire militia was thoroughly disgusted with the
Governor's proclamation, and Captain Sanford Gadcomb drew up a reply,
signed by all the officers. Nevertheless the militia returned
before their service had expired, and no further notice was taken of the
transaction. Without more notable incident the northern campaign of 1813
ended.
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On page 8
Through the early months of 1814 there were frequent British marauding
expeditions upon the northern frontier, but never did the encounters
break into extensive hostilities. On the Lake, however, the war assumed
a serious complexion. On May 14th, the British fleet opened fire on the
battery at the mouth of Otter Creek, where Commander Macdonough,
descending the river with his sloop of war and several galleys, forced
the enemy to retreat without losing a man. A few days later Macdonough
entered the Lake with his fleet and anchored at Cumberland Bay. At the
same time Vermonters were enlisting in the Plattsburg army, attached to
the 30th and 31st U.S. Regulars, and on the 11th of September the double
battle-on land and water-took place. The ridiculously small and
ill-trained land forces astonished the nation and the world by defeating
a superior British force; and Commander, now Captain, Macdonough in a
naval battle which still ranks as one of the major sea encounters in
American history, effectively put an end to the British expectations of
success across the American frontier, and thus hastened the treaty of
peace which was signed on December 24th of the same year. T.H.J.
Source is "State of Vermont ROSTER of SOLDIERS in the War of 1812-14,"
prepared and published under the direction of Herbert T. Johnson, The
Adjutant General, 1933.
Transcribed by,
Jan Jordan
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