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Endicott Cousins Reunion Roundtable Discussion June 14, 2008. Endicott Contributions in the War of 1812. Kentucky Added to the Union in 1792. 15 th State
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Endicott Cousins Reunion Roundtable Discussion June 14, 2008 Endicott Contributions in the War of 1812
Kentucky Added to the Union in 1792 • 15th State • Endicotts Migrated through the Cumberland Gap in 1786 and into Fayette County, VA
Introduction and Overview • Gordon S. Harmon - Introduction • Carmen Izzo - Overview
Overview -War of 1812 Principal Campaigns • Source: USMA – West Point, NY
Overview • Battle of Tippecanoe • Battle of Frenchtown • “Remember the Raisin” • Role of Kentucky in the War of 1812 • Governor Issac Shelby • Call for the Kentucky Militia
Battle of Tippecanoe • November 7, 1811 • William H. Endicott by Alonzo Chappel
Battle of Frenchtown • News of Massacre Reaches Kentucky • “Remember the Raisin”
“Remember the Raisin” • Recreation of River Raisin Flag by Kevin Smith
Role of Kentucky in the War of 1812 • Kentucky War Fever • Northwest Frontier • Indian hostilities • British policies • Determination of Kentuckians
Governor Issac Shelby • Revolutionary War Hero • American Forces Harrison and Winchester • British Forces Proctor and Tecumseh
Call for the Kentucky Militia • Kentucky provided 25,000 men in the war with 40 regiments of volunteer militia • Kentucky suffered 1,200 men killed in the war where the total killed was 1,876 or 64%
Endicott Brothers and Cousins Step Forward to Enlist • Joseph Endicott and John A. Endicott – Brothers • William H. Endicott, Joseph Nation Endicott and John B. Endicott – Brothers Mentioned in Disposition of Wilmont Nation Endicott (Moses Endicott Pension – NARA) • William Endicott – 1st Cousin of Woodford, Co., KY
Joseph Endicott (1784 - 1867) • Cindy Endicott Levingston • Sarah Endicott Munoz
Joseph Endicott (1784 – 1867) Courtesy of James R. Endicott
Joseph Endicott (1784 - 1867) • 1st son of Moses Endicott (American Rev. War Patriot) and Martha Hill • m. Rebecca Casey in KY • Were part of the Migration of 44 with their five sons
Joseph Endicott (1784 – 1867) • Enlisted in Capt. James Coleman’s Company, Col. Richard Johnson’s Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry – Pvt. Aug. 15, 1813 – Nov. 19, 1813 • Battle of Thames Personal belongings of Joseph Endicott • Kentucky Long Rifle • Joseph Endicott personal artifacts
Joseph Endicott (1784 – 1867) • Endicott Cemetery – Joe Seibert’s Farm Poseyville, IN
John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) • Ed Tracy • Ray Weber
John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) • 3rd son of Moses Endicott (American Rev. War Patriot) and Martha Hill - b. KY • m. Nancy Adair • Migrated to Posey County, IN ca. 1818 • Migrated to Grant Co., WI 1844
John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) Enlisted in Capt James Coleman’s Co., Col. Richard Johnson’s Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry Aug. 1813 – Nov. 1813 Battle of Thames
John A. Endicott (1789 - 1874) • Survivors Pension
William Endicott (1789 – 1871) • Teddy Sanford
William Endicott (1789 - 1871) • Woodford County, KY – m. Martha (Patsy) Searcy – 12 Children • Enlisted Captain Tom Lewis Company, Woodford County, KY – Aug. 29, 1813 – Sep. 28, 1813 • Obtained a “substitute” on march to Ohio • Moved to Platte City, MO in 1830
William Harrison Endicott (1792 - 1859) • Gordon S. Harmon
William Harrison Endicott (1792 - 1859) • 1st son of Joseph Endicott (1775-1833) and Wilmont Nation of Nicholas Co., KY. b. NC • m. Mary Ann Ross • Removed to Montgomery Co. IN
William Harrison Endicott (1792 – 1859) • The Indian Fighter • The Battle of Tippecanoe • Captain Coleman A. Collier’s Company, Scott’s Regiment • Lieutenant Atwell Boswell’s Company • Captain Bryson’s Company All of the Kentucky Militia
Joseph Nation Endicott (1795 - 1874) • Gordon S. Harmon • Carmen Izzo
Joseph Nation Endicott (1795 - 1874) • 2nd Son of Joseph Endicott (1775-1833) and Wilmont Nation of Nicholas Co., KY – b. NC • m. 1. Elizabeth Varner • Enlisted in Captain Coleman’s Company – Col. Johnson’s 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Militia – Aug. 15, 1813 – Nov. 19, 1813 • Battle of Thames
Joseph Nation Endicott (1795 - 1874) • Received two bounty land warrants for War of 1812 military service • 1850 US Census – Posey County, IN Elizabeth, age 16 m. Wilson Harmon in Posey County, IN - 1851 • Removed to Franklin County, IL after 1850 • m. 2. Rebecca Hart • Probate
John B. Endicott (1797 – 1878) • 3rd son of Joseph Endicott (1775-1833) and Wilmont Nation of Nicholas Co., KY. • m. Elizabeth Swanson • Lived in Montgomery Co., IN before 1830 • Posey Co, IN before 1850 • Saline Co., IL
John B. Endicott (1797 - 1878) • Capt. Archibald Morrison’s Company of Infantry of the Kentucky Militia, Detached • Pvt., Enlisted March 29, 1813 – September 28, 1813 • Appears to have a pension, but not located at NARA
Memorial Forrest (1783 – bfr. 1815) • Teddy Sanford
Memorial Forrest (1783 – bfr. 1815) • m. Nancy Endicott • Captain in the Kentucky Militia in War of 1812 • Served under LTC Andrew Porter at Fort Gratiot near present day Port Huron. MI • Fort Gratiot cut off water route for British Died there on 15 March 1815.
A Letter from A Soldier on the Front • Carol Pool
Battle of the Thames • Teddy H. Sanford, Jr. • Harrison’s Campaign into Canada
Battle of Thames • October 5, 1813 • On the Thames River near Chatham, Ontario • 800 Brits/500 Indians vs 3,700 Americans including 1000 cavalry - including 3 Endicott brothers • Decisive Victory for US – Control of the Old Northwest Frontier
Home and Beyond • The Migration of 44 - 1815 • Other Endicotts Migrate to Indiana Territory (Smith and Robb Townships, Posey County) or remain in Kentucky • Joseph Endicott – 1815 • John A. Endicott – 1818 • Joseph Nation Endicott – bfr 1850 • John B. Endicott – bfr 1850 • William and William Harrison Endicott remain in Kentucky
Bibliography • 1. McCloskey, Mabel McFatridge. Some Descendants of John Endecott, Governor of Mass Bay Colony. (Salem, Massachusetts: Higgingson Book Company, 1942). Reprinted. • 2. Kentucky Adjutant General’s Office. Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, 1891. • 3. White, Virgil D. Index to War of 1812 Pension Files Vol. I: A-L. (Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992). • 4. Kentucky Department of Military Affairs – War of 1812 Muster Rolls. • 5. Disposition of Wilmont Nation Endicott Endicott – Moses Endicott Pension File (Revolutionary War) – NARA, Washington, DC • 6. NARA, Washington, DC – Endicott Military Service Records
Questions and Answers • Endicott Cousins Discussion