War of 1812 Marion and Dillon

Captain Samuel Bigham's Company
of
Keith's 5th Regiment SC Militia 1812

Muster Roll of Captain Samuel BIGHAM's Company
as commanded by Major John Keith
from 29 June 1812 to 1 September 1812.

With data added from research in primary and secondary sources, as it becomes available and time permits. A few folks have kindly shared their research here, and their names and contributions are noted.

OFFICERS
Captain Samuel BIGHAM
Lieut John SHACKLEFORD
Ensign James FORD
Sergeant James HARRELL
Sergeant Joshua BIGHAM -"James Bigham, substitute"
Sergeant Henry STONE
Sergeant Stephen SHACKLEFORD
Piper Hector McNEILL
Drummer John WILLIAMS - "Discharged 13 July 1812, George Cuttino hired same day."

PRIVATES	ADDITIONAL DATA
ALTMAN, James	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
ALTMAN, Thomas - "in confinement for desertion"
ASKINS, John
ASKINS, William - "John Askins, substitute"
Matthew Bailey
Thomas Barnes
Peter Bartell
William Bartell
Dempsey Blount
BOOTH, William	Stephen BROWN's substitute.
BROWN, Stephen - "Wm. Booth, substitute"
BROWN, Thomas - "Absent at expiration of furlough"
BRUCE, John H. - "Joel Bryan, substitute"
BRYAN, Joel
Tobias Byrd
Thomas Caps
John Carter
William Case
William Curry
Ezekiel Coburn
Ira Conner
John Criel
COLLINS, John (John J.)	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
CROSBY, William - "Not yet arrived"
DEER, James	James Hardy Deer, Sr., enlisted at the Marion County, South Carolina, courthouse on June 19, 1812. James served as a private in Major John Keith's 5th detachment of The South Carolina State Troops, Captain Samuel Bigham's Co. of Infantry. Nothing is known of his actual service. He was honorably discharged only 6 months later at Georgetown, South Carolina. This James Hardy, a brother of Mack Deer, moved to Henderson County, TN with his wife and children during the 1830's. (Info provided by DEER descendants.)
Joshua Dennis
Blake Drew
Lewis Drew
Keighton Dukes
EAGERTON, Henry - "Wm Townsend, substitute"
EDWARDS, Charles	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
FINKLEA, James	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
FINKLEA, James - "Thomas Finklea, substitute"
Henry Fledger
John Fore
FORE, William	Married Elizabeth Turbeville. Died 1847 in Monroe, AL. Widow died in Webster Parish, LA. Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
FOXWORTH, Stephen
Thomas Gainey - "David Herring, substitute"
GASQUE, Elly	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
GREGG, Joseph	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
Robert Gregg "Joseph Gregg, substitute"
John Gunter
David Hamilton
Richard Hannah
John Hardwick
James Harrell - "Benjamin Coleman, substitute"
Levi Harrell
HENDERSON, Robert	Robert HENDERSON was born 1793 in South Carolina, possibly Marion County. He served in the War of 1812 in the 27th Regiment of the SC Volunteers under Major John Keith and Captain Samuel Bigham. He was honorably discharged Dec. 22, 1812. The documents state that he lived "61 miles from Georgetown" where he was discharged and that he enlisted in Marion District. (Info in italics furnished by Charles Henderson, Memphis, TN)
Aaron Herring
Richard Hudson
Willis Jackson
Willey Jones - "Robert Henderson, substitute"
John Jones
Joseph Jolly "Appointed Segt. 6 August 1812"
William Keefe
Stephen Lucas
John Legget
Thomas Martin
MARTIN, William	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
MUNNERLYN, Thomas M.	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
John Middleton - "Deserted 6 July 1812"
Moses Miller
George Miller
Robert Nettles
OWENS, Solomon - "John Altman, substitute"	Applied for either a pension or a land grant.
PACE, Archibald	Possibly in Indian wars. Son of George and Ann Pace of Marion (Info in italics contributed by Dave E. Thompson, Jr.)
Simon Parker
David Phillips
John Phillips
Hugh Poston
Henry Powers
John Powers
Joseph Presser
Isham Price
Shadrack Rice
Stephen Rickets
Benjamin Sport
Joseph Snipes
Samuel Stone
Hugh Thompson
John Turbeville
John Townsend
TOWNSEND, William
Josiah M. White
William Woodward

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