Gandrud List

War of 1812 Veterans Buried in Alabama

The following list includes information collected by Pauline Jones Gandrud and from the National Cemetery Administration U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2000 data base and may contain some inaccurate information. Anyone having information on any veteran listed herein or who may have information on 1812 veterans whose names don't appear on this list should contact me. mailto:. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The Alabama Daughters of 1812, a historical-heritage association has been working in conjunction with the Alabama Cemetery Preservation Association - helping families preserve family locate and mark veterans’ graves and preserve the cemeteries in which these veterans and other family members are buried.

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Weatherford, John. Served as a private in Regiment of Captain Elijah Rushing, Tennessee militia. Given a pay voucher for the use of his horse for 12 days. See Tennesseans in the War of 1812 by Byron and Samuel Sistler. Birth date given as 12 Oct 1800 at Darlington and date of his death is given as 16 Dec 1868 at Franklin County, AL. His wife was Eleanor Enloe who was born 15 Mar 1804 in Montgomery County, TN. She died in Franklin County, AL on the 1 of Jan 1871.They are buried in the Old Frankfort Cemetery, Franklin County, AL The date of the pay voucher which is part of the proof is dated 25 Jan 1813. The voucher is from manuscripts Dept. Lilly Library, Bloomington, Indiana.
Whatley, Solomon born in Wilkes County, GA 1785 and died at Ashland, AL on 27 Feb 1877. Married Mary "Polly" McClendon, born ca. 1783 in GA and died ca. 1860 in Lee County, AL. Solomon Whatley served under Captain John R. Gregory of the 5th. Regiment on the frontier of Jones County, GA August 1813. Reference: GA Military Records 1779-1814, page 188. See application #26911
Wiggins, Elijah. North Carolina militia War of 1812. Buried Red Hill Cemetery in Monroe County, Alabama.

Winston, Captain John Jones of the 2nd. Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen (Winston's Company from Madison County, Alabama) is buried in Mesopotomia Cemetery at Eutaw, Alabama. Submitted by descendant Jack Winston (Florida StateUniversity, jwinston@admin.fsu.edu
Woodruff, Captain Joseph. He was born in SC in 1751 and died in Benton County which is today known as Etowah County, AL on 2 of Nov 1817. He was a Captain in the GA militia. Captain Woodruff's company is referred to in the pension application Thomas Clark, see Georgia Pensions, volume 1, page 33
Wright, Ezekiel, Henry, John and Spencer, sons of Solomon Wright (Revolutionary Patriot) all served in the Black Creek (SC) militia during the War of 1812. Their graves in Wrights Chapel Cemetery, Henry County, AL were marked by the AS Daughters of 1812 on 14 October, 2006.

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