War of 1812

by Murray, Elizabeth D. R., Farnham, Thomas J. Blakeley Silver Service by Thomas J. Farnham, 2006 Additional research provided by Elizabeth Reid Murray. See also: Wasp. Word that Captain Johnston Blakeley and the men of the U.S. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Maupin, Armistead J. William Augustus Blount, landowner and soldier, was born in Washington, Beaufort County, the son of John Gray Blount and Mary Harvey. His father's possessions numbered hundreds of thousands of acres, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Bishop, RoAnn. Otway Burns The Ups and Downs of a Seafaring Man by RoAnn Bishop Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian, Fall 2008.  Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Kassa, Kemisa. Isaac Carter was a free person of color and Patriot soldier during the American Revolution. Carter was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina around 1764. Carter estimated 1764 as his birth year [...] (from NCpedia.)

by . Chesapeake Bay area, 1812-1814Map shows key locations in the Chesapeake campaign during the War of 1812, August—September [...] (from NCpedia.)

by Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh. Benjamin Forsyth, officer in the Rifle Corps during the War of 1812, was born probably in Virginia, although some accounts give Stokes County, N.C. Family tradition says that his parents were James [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . The entrance to Fort McHenry. In 1814, American forces fought off a British sea invasion of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland. The American defense of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry (seen [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Angley, Wilson. William Hawkins (1777-1819) was governor during the War of 1812. He was born in present-day Vance (then Granville) County on October 20, 1777, being one of twelve children of Philemon Hawkins III and [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)

by Smith, Claiborne T., Jr. Johnston Blakeley Jones, physician, was born at Rock Rest, the plantation of his father Edward Jones in Chatham County. Mary, his mother, was the daughter of Peter Mallett of Fayetteville. Young [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pruden, Caroline. Macon's Bill Number Two was one of a succession of economic retaliatory measures enacted in the years preceding the War of 1812. Determined to avoid war with Great Britain yet desirous of defending [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Branch, Paul, Jr. William MacRae, railroad manager, civil engineer, and Confederate general, was born in Wilmington. His family was descended from the clan MacRae from Rosshire on the seacoast of the western Highlands [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lemmon, Sarah McCulloh. William McRee, career army officer, was born in Wilmington, the oldest son of ten children of Major Griffith J. McRee, of the North Carolina Continental Line, and his wife, Ann Fergus. Two of his [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Gass, W. Conard. Norcom, James, Sr. by W. Conard Gass, 1991; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, December 2022 29 Dec. 1778–9 Nov. 1850 See also: Jacobs, Harriet James Norcom, Sr., physician, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Frazier, Mrs. S. David. William Peace, merchant and philanthropist, Presbyterian layman, and founder of Peace Institute, was born in Granville County. His father, John Peace, was a wealthy planter; his mother was Margaret [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Massengill, Stephen E. John Roberts, planter, legislator, and militia officer, probably was born in the Bogue Sound area of Carteret County. His parents were William and Jemima (Jamima) Roberts, who owned a well-stocked, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Nash, Jaquelin Drane. The Snap Dragon was the most successful North Carolina privateer in combat with the British fleet in the War of 1812. The schooner was built on the West River in Maryland in 1808 and originally named [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Sherwood, Mary Bates. Henry Jerome Stockard, poet and educator, was born in Chatham County. His ancestors emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania and moved to Chatham County between 1750 and 1760. His grandfather, John [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Davis, Curtis Carroll. Howell Tatum, officer in the Revolution and War of 1812, merchant, engineer, and lawyer, attorney general, and superior court judge in Tennessee, was the son of Joshua and Amey Tatum of Halifax [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . The Battle of Lake ErieThe Battle of Lake Erie This 1865 painting depicts Oliver Hazard Perry transferring between ships during the Battle of Lake Erie, fought in 1813 during the War of 1812 between [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by . The Battle of New Orleans The Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 made Andrew Jackson a national hero and ultimately propelled him to the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by . Caption reads: The City of Washington Capital of the United States of America was taken by the British forces under Major Gen.l Ross on Aug.t 24th 1814 when we burnt and destroyed their Dock Yard [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Mcfarland, Daniel M. Turner, Daniel by Daniel M. Mcfarland, 1996 21 Sept. 1796–21 July 1860 Daniel Turner, soldier, lawyer, congressman, teacher, and [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Engstrom, Mary Claire. Carleton Walker, British-born collector of the Port of Wilmington, paymaster of troops in the War of 1812, and Cape Fear planter and lavish speculator, was the youngest of three sons of James (d. [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stick, David, Norris, David A. Disputes between the United States and Great Britain over neutrality laws, the impressment of American sailors by British warships, and the suspicion that the British were inciting Indian wars on the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cross, Jerry L. The Wasp was a privateer commanded by Capt. Johnston Blakeley during the War of 1812. The sloop was still under construction at Newburyport, Mass., when Blakeley received his appointment on 13 Aug. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Howell, Austin Gage. On June 18, 1812, the U.S. entered the War of 1812 as Congress declared war on Britain due to disagreements over neutrality laws and the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy. North [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Powell, William S. James Wellborn (Welborn), army officer and legislator, was born in that part of Rowan County that first became Surry County and then Wilkes County in 1778. Here he made his home during a long life, [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)