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1812 Ancestors War of 1812

Accepted by Lineage Societies and others who have verified service records whose names appear on this list.

The membership requirements for various lineage societies are not the same. The men's society, General Society of the War of 1812 requires that men considered for membership be direct lineal descendants of men who fought in the War of 1812.
The National Society of Daughters of 1812 accepts service performed in the period 1784-1815 and also accepts qualifying civilian service such as an ancestor's having held public office or served on a jury.

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Edgeworth, Nathaniel Lovell, War of 1812, served in 3rd. Regiment of Rutledge's South Carolina, moved to Tuscaloosa Alabama before 1860. He died in 1872 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, AL in an unmarked grave near the corner of 10th. Street. He was born in May, 1789 in Chesterfield, S.C. His wife, whom he married in Chesterfield Co., S.C., was Naomi Evans, the daughter of John Bell Evans. They had eleven children. Nathaniel was the son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Elizabeth Knight.

Eichholtz, Leonard. Service: Elective office; Judge of Elections 1786-87, Tax Collector 1785, Assistant Burgess of Lancaster County, PA 1799 to 1812, Chief Burgess Lancaster County, Pa 1813-1815. Material Assistance: Supplied blankets used by volunteers going to Baltimore. Reference: Account of Lancaster County Treasurer William Henry 1782-92; Corporation Book of Lancaster Boro., Pa pages 153, 143, 136; History of Lancaster County Pa by Franklin Ellis et. al. Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Vol 79, 1975 page 200. Leonard Eichholtz was born 1 Sep 1750 at Lancaster, PA and died 25 Apr 1817 at Lancaster, PA. He married Catharine Meyer/Mayer. He is buried at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, PA