New York State Adjutant General's Office Transcriptions of War of 1812 Payrolls for New York State Militia Units
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
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Albany, NY 12230
8.5 cubic feet
Arrangement
Numerical by stamped number and therein roughly by name of paymaster and voucher number.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of transcripts of payrolls kept by the regional paymasters of the United States Army recording payments to regiments in the New York State Militia. Governor Daniel D. Tompkins appointed the regional paymasters to administer the distribution of funds obtained from the United States War Department. These funds were entrusted to the regional paymasters who then delivered them to the regimental paymasters. Payments to the New York State Militia, Volunteers and Sea Fencibles (soldiers responsible for the defense of the Port of New York) are included in these rolls.
The top of the payroll forms includes spaces for information such as: captain's name; colonel's name; regiment's name; regiment's number; company's home county; and where they were stationed.
Many of the rolls include the name of the captain or other direct commanding officer and the name of the colonel under which the regiment served, but few include the name and number of the regiment, the company's home county, or where they were stationed.
Beneath this information are columns labeled: name of soldier; rank; dates of appointment or enlistment; to what time engaged or enlisted; amount paid in lieu of clothing and traveling expenses; total paid; and remarks.
The columns labeled "dates of appointment" and "to what time engaged or enlisted" contain dates that mark a pay period rather than total service time. Remarks about discharges and how much pay soldiers were allowed for the return trip home, when and where soldiers died, desertions, and other conditions for pay stoppage are included.
These payrolls were sequentially numbered using a mechanical stamp and red ink. The arrangement is not consistent and it seems likely that the documents were numbered for inventory or control purposes.
Series B0810, Abstracts of Payrolls for New York State Militia Units that Served in the War of 1812, consists of payroll cards for individual soldiers who served in that war. The information listed in the payroll cards was abstracted from the payrolls contained in this series (B0811), and at the bottom of each of these cards is the number of the payroll from which it was abstracted and often the name of the paymaster and the respective voucher number.
Alternate Formats Available
Microfilm is available at the New York State Archives.
Microfilm: 5 reels; 35 mm.
Related Material
B0810 War of 1812 abstracts of payrolls for New York State militia ("Payroll Cards"), references the War of 1812 payrolls found in this series
A0020 War of 1812 certificates of claim and related records, contains related records
A3352 Claim applications for service in the War of 1812, contains related records.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
Folder and roll lists are available.
Custodial History
Collation date ca. 1880s.
One payroll page, (#1675-1676, 2nd Artillery Regt.) which was missing at the time the series was originally accessioned, was transferred to the Archives by a private citizen and refiled in November 2008. Exact provenance of the returned sheet is unknown.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Access Terms
United States--History--War of 1812
New York (State)--History--War of 1812--Veterans
New York (State)--History--War of 1812
Detailed Description
Contents | Box | ||||
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Accretion: B0811-85 |
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Payrolls 1 - 10 | 1 |
Payrolls 11 - 20 | 1 |
Payrolls 21 - 29 | 1 |
Payrolls 30 - 39 | 1 |
Payrolls 40 - 49 | 1 |
Payrolls 50 - 58 | 1 |
Payrolls 59 - 66 | 1 |
Payrolls 67 - 72 | 1 |
Payrolls 73 - 78 | 1 |
Payrolls 79 - 85 | 1 |
Payrolls 86 - 91 | 1 |
Payrolls 92 - 98 | 1 |
Payrolls 99 - 106 | 1 |
Payrolls 107 - 113 | 1 |
Payrolls 114 - 120 | 1 |
Payrolls 121 - 128 | 1 |
Payrolls 129 - 134 | 1 |
Payrolls 135 - 139 | 1 |
Payrolls 140 - 147 | 1 |
Payrolls 148 - 155 | 1 |
Payrolls 156 - 164 | 1 |
Payrolls 165 - 169 | 1 |
Payrolls 170 - 178 | 1 |
Payrolls 179 - 187 | 1 |
Payrolls 188 - 195 | 1 |
Payrolls 196 - 204 | 2 |
Payrolls 205 - 213 | 2 |
Payrolls 214 - 222 | 2 |
Payrolls 223 - 232 | 2 |
Payrolls 233 - 237 | 2 |
Payrolls 238 - 246 | 2 |
Payrolls 247 - 254 | 2 |
Payrolls 255 - 263 | 2 |
Payrolls 264 - 273 (missing 270 - 271) | 2 |
Payrolls 274 - 281 | 2 |
Payrolls 282 - 289 | 2 |
Payrolls 290 - 297 | 2 |
Payrolls 298 - 305 | 2 |
Payrolls 306 - 314 | 2 |
Payrolls 315 - 323 | 2 |
Payrolls 324 - 331 | 2 |
Payrolls 332 - 337 | 2 |
Payrolls 338 - 346 | 2 |
Payrolls 347 - 354 | 2 |
Payrolls 355 - 362 | 2 |
Payrolls 363 - 370 | 2 |
Payrolls 371 - 377 | 2 |
Payrolls 378 - 383 | 2 |
Payrolls 384 - 390 | 2 |
Payrolls 391 - 396 | 2 |
Payrolls 397 - 401 | 3 |
Payrolls 402 - 408 | 3 |
Payrolls 409 - 418 | 3 |
Payrolls 419 - 427 | 3 |
Payrolls 428 - 432 | 3 |
Payrolls 433 - 437 | 3 |
Payrolls 438 - 446 | 3 |
Payrolls 447 - 453 | 3 |
Payrolls 454 - 460 | 3 |
Payrolls 461 - 467 | 3 |
Payrolls 468 - 476 | 3 |
Payrolls 477 - 483 | 3 |
Payrolls 484 - 491 | 3 |
Payrolls 492 - 499 | 3 |
Payrolls 500 - 507 | 3 |
Payrolls 508 - 514 | 3 |
Payrolls 515 - 520 | 3 |
Payrolls 521 - 526 | 3 |
Payrolls 527 - 536 | 3 |
Payrolls 537 - 543 | 3 |
Payrolls 544 - 552 | 3 |
Payrolls 553 - 562 | 3 |
Payrolls 563 - 569 | 3 |
Payrolls 570 - 576 | 3 |
Payrolls 577 - 583 | 3 |
Payrolls 584 - 593 | 4 |
Payrolls 594 - 601 | 4 |
Payrolls 602 - 609 | 4 |
Payrolls 610 - 618 | 4 |
Payrolls 619 - 626 | 4 |
Payrolls 627 - 635 | 4 |
Payrolls 636 - 645 | 4 |
Payrolls 646 - 653 | 4 |
Payrolls 654 - 663 | 4 |
Payrolls 664 - 672 | 4 |
Payrolls 673 - 678 | 4 |
Payrolls 679 - 686 | 4 |
Payrolls 687 - 694 | 4 |
Payrolls 695 - 703 | 4 |
Payrolls 704 - 709 | 4 |
Payrolls 710 - 714 | 4 |
Payrolls 715 - 723 | 4 |
Payrolls 724 - 733 | 4 |
Payrolls 734 - 742 | 4 |
Payrolls 743 - 751 | 4 |
Payrolls 752 - 761 | 4 |
Payrolls 762 - 770 | 4 |
Payrolls 771 - 780 | 4 |
Payrolls 781 - 789 | 4 |
Payrolls 790 - 798 | 4 |
Payrolls 799 - 807 | 5 |
Payrolls 808 - 816 | 5 |
Payrolls 817 - 825 | 5 |
Payrolls 826 - 833 | 5 |
Payrolls 834 - 839 | 5 |
Payrolls 840 - 846 | 5 |
Payrolls 847 - 856 | 5 |
Payrolls 857 - 861 | 5 |
Payrolls 862 - 868 | 5 |
Payrolls 869 - 878 | 5 |
Payrolls 879 - 885 | 5 |
Payrolls 886 - 895 | 5 |
Payrolls 896 - 904 | 5 |
Payrolls 905 - 912 | 5 |
Payrolls 913 - 921 | 5 |
Payrolls 922 - 928 | 5 |
Payrolls 929 - 936 | 5 |
Payrolls 937 - 946 | 5 |
Payrolls 947 - 954 | 5 |
Payrolls 955 - 961 | 5 |
Payrolls 962 - 968 | 5 |
Payrolls 969 - 975 | 5 |
Payrolls 976 - 982 | 5 |
Payrolls 983 - 991 | 5 |
Payrolls 992 - 999 | 5 |
Payrolls 1000 - 1007 | 6 |
Payrolls 1008 - 1015 | 6 |
Payrolls 1016 - 1020 | 6 |
Payrolls 1021 - 1026 | 6 |
Payrolls 1027 - 1036 | 6 |
Payrolls 1037 - 1043 | 6 |
Payrolls 1044 - 1050 | 6 |
Payrolls 1051 - 1056 | 6 |
Payrolls 1057 - 1061 | 6 |
Payrolls 1062 - 1066 | 6 |
Payrolls 1067 - 1071 | 6 |
Payrolls 1072 - 1077 | 6 |
Payrolls 1078 - 1082 | 6 |
Payrolls 1083 - 1091 | 6 |
Payrolls 1092 - 1099 | 6 |
Payrolls 1100 - 1107 | 6 |
Payrolls 1108 - 1116 | 6 |
Payrolls 1117 - 1125 | 6 |
Payrolls 1126 - 1133 | 6 |
Payrolls 1134 - 1143 | 6 |
Payrolls 1144 - 1152 | 6 |
Payrolls 1153 - 1160 | 6 |
Payrolls 1161 - 1169 | 6 |
Payrolls 1170 - 1177 | 6 |
Payrolls 1178 - 1185 | 6 |
Payrolls 1186 - 1193 | 7 |
Payrolls 1194 - 1201 | 7 |
Payrolls 1202 - 1209 | 7 |
Payrolls 1210 - 1215 | 7 |
Payrolls 1216 - 1222 | 7 |
Payrolls 1223 - 1229 | 7 |
Payrolls 1230 - 1237 | 7 |
Payrolls 1238 - 1246 | 7 |
Payrolls 1247 - 1254 | 7 |
Payrolls 1255 - 1263 | 7 |
Payrolls 1264 - 1271 | 7 |
Payrolls 1272 - 1279 | 7 |
Payrolls 1280 - 1286 | 7 |
Payrolls 1287 - 1295 | 7 |
Payrolls 1296 - 1303 | 7 |
Payrolls 1304 - 1308 | 7 |
Payrolls 1309 - 1317 | 7 |
Payrolls 1318 - 1327 | 7 |
Payrolls 1328 - 1336 | 7 |
Payrolls 1337 - 1343 | 7 |
Payrolls 1344 - 1351 | 7 |
Payrolls 1352 - 1358 | 7 |
Payrolls 1359 - 1367 | 7 |
Payrolls 1368 - 1374 | 7 |
Payrolls 1375 - 1380 | 7 |
Payrolls 1381 - 1387 | 8 |
Payrolls 1388 - 1395 | 8 |
Payrolls 1396 - 1402 | 8 |
Payrolls 1403 - 1410 | 8 |
Payrolls 1411 - 1415 | 8 |
Payrolls 1416 - 1422 | 8 |
Payrolls 1423 - 1430 | 8 |
Payrolls 1431 - 1438 | 8 |
Payrolls 1439 - 1446 | 8 |
Payrolls 1447 - 1454 | 8 |
Payrolls 1455 - 1462 | 8 |
Payrolls 1463 - 1471 | 8 |
Payrolls 1472 - 1479 | 8 |
Payrolls 1480 - 1488 | 8 |
Payrolls 1489 - 1497 | 8 |
Payrolls 1498 - 1505 | 8 |
Payrolls 1506 - 1513 | 8 |
Payrolls 1514 - 1522 | 8 |
Payrolls 1523 - 1528 | 8 |
Payrolls 1529 - 1538 | 8 |
Payrolls 1539 - 1546 | 8 |
Payrolls 1547 - 1555 | 8 |
Payrolls 1556 - 1564 | 8 |
Payrolls 1565 - 1572 | 8 |
Payrolls 1573 - 1580 | 8 |
Payrolls 1581 - 1588 | 9 |
Payrolls 1589 - 1595 | 9 |
Payrolls 1596 - 1604 | 9 |
Payrolls 1605 - 1614 | 9 |
Payrolls 1615 - 1619 | 9 |
Payrolls 1620 - 1625 | 9 |
Payrolls 1626 - 1635 | 9 |
Payrolls 1636 - 1641 | 9 |
Payrolls 1642 - 1648 | 9 |
Payrolls 1649 - 1650 | 9 |
Payrolls 1651 - 1657 | 9 |
Payrolls 1658 - 1660, 1675 - 1679 (missing 1661-1674) | 9 |
Payrolls 1680 - 1688 | 9 |
Payrolls 1689 - 1696 | 9 |
Payrolls 1697 - 1704 | 9 |
Payrolls 1705 - 1712 | 9 |
Payrolls 1713 - 1720 | 9 |
Payrolls 1721 - 1728 | 9 |
Payrolls 1729 - 1737 | 9 |
Payrolls 1738 - 1744 | 9 |
Payrolls 1745 - 1752 | 9 |
Payrolls 1753 - 1758 | 9 |
Payrolls 1759 - 1767 | 9 |
Payrolls 1768 - 1775 | 9 |
Payrolls 1776 - 1782 | 9 |
Payrolls 1783 - 1790 | 10 |
Payrolls 1791 - 1799 | 10 |
Payrolls 1800 - 1807 | 10 |
Payrolls 1809 - 1816 (missing 1808) | 10 |
Payrolls 1817 - 1823 | 10 |
Payrolls 1824 - 1831 | 10 |
Payrolls 1832 - 1837 | 10 |
Payrolls 1838 - 1847 | 10 |
Payrolls 1848 - 1856 | 10 |
Payrolls 1857 - 1862 | 10 |
Payrolls 1863 - 1872 | 10 |
Payrolls 1873 - 1882 | 10 |
Payrolls 1883 - 1891 | 10 |
Payrolls 1892 - 1899 | 10 |
Payrolls 1900 - 1906 | 10 |
Payrolls 1907 - 1911 | 10 |
Payrolls 1912 - 1917 | 10 |
Payrolls 1918 - 1923 | 10 |
Payrolls 1924 - 1930 | 10 |
Payrolls 1931 - 1936 | 10 |
Payrolls 1937 - 1942 | 10 |
Payrolls 1943 - 1948 | 10 |
Payrolls 1949 - 1956 | 10 |
Payrolls 1957 - 1961 | 10 |
Payrolls 1962 - 1967 | 10 |
Payrolls 1968 - 1974 | 11 |
Payrolls 1975 - 1983 | 11 |
Payrolls 1984 - 1992 | 11 |
Payrolls 1993 - 1999 | 11 |
Payrolls 2000 - 2007 | 11 |
Payrolls 2008 - 2015 | 11 |
Payrolls 2016 - 2021 | 11 |
Payrolls 2022 - 2028 | 11 |
Payrolls 2029 - 2035 | 11 |
Payrolls 2036 - 2044 | 11 |
Payrolls 2045 - 2052 | 11 |
Payrolls 2053 - 2057 | 11 |
Payrolls 2058 - 2066 | 11 |
Payrolls 2067 - 2073 | 11 |
Payrolls 2074 - 2081 | 11 |
Payrolls 2082 - 2089 | 11 |
Payrolls 2090 - 2097 | 11 |
Payrolls 2098 - 2105 | 11 |
Payrolls 2106 - 2112 | 11 |
Payrolls 2113 - 2118 | 11 |
Payrolls 2119 - 2123 | 11 |
Payrolls 2124 - 2130 | 11 |
Payrolls 2131 - 2135 | 11 |
Payrolls 2136 - 2143 | 11 |
Payrolls 2144 - 2150 | 11 |
Payrolls 2151 - 2157 | 12 |
Payrolls 2158 - 2164 | 12 |
Payrolls 2165 - 2172 | 12 |
Payrolls 2173 - 2181 | 12 |
Payrolls 2182 - 2189 | 12 |
Payrolls 2190 - 2197 | 12 |
Payrolls 2198 - 2206 | 12 |
Payrolls 2207 - 2214 | 12 |
Payrolls 2215 - 2222 | 12 |
Payrolls 2223 - 2231 | 12 |
Payrolls 2232 - 2239 | 12 |
Payrolls 2240 - 2249 | 12 |
Payrolls 2250 - 2256 | 12 |
Payrolls 2257 - 2266 | 12 |
Payrolls 2267 - 2274 | 12 |
Payrolls 2275 - 2283 | 12 |
Payrolls 2284 - 2291 | 12 |
Payrolls 2292 - 2301 | 12 |
Payrolls 2302 - 2308 | 12 |
Payrolls 2309 - 2317 | 12 |
Payrolls 2318 - 2323 | 12 |
Payrolls 2324 - 2329 | 12 |
Payrolls 2330 - 2338 | 12 |
Payrolls 2339 - 2347 | 12 |
Payrolls 2348 - 2357 | 12 |
Payrolls 2358 - 2363 | 13 |
Payrolls 2364 - 2370 | 13 |
Payrolls 2371 - 2379 | 13 |
Payrolls 2380 - 2388 | 13 |
Payrolls 2389 - 2397 | 13 |
Payrolls 2398 - 2404 | 13 |
Payrolls 2405 - 2413 | 13 |
Payrolls 2414 - 2422 | 13 |
Payrolls 2423 - 2429 | 13 |
Payrolls 2430 - 2437 | 13 |
Payrolls 2438 - 2444 | 13 |
Payrolls 2445 - 2452 | 13 |
Payrolls 2453 - 2460 | 13 |
Payrolls 2461 - 2468 | 13 |
Payrolls 2469 - 2476 | 13 |
Payrolls 2477 - 2483 | 13 |
Payrolls 2484 - 2492 | 13 |
Payrolls 2493 - 2500 | 13 |
Payrolls 2501 - 2506 | 13 |
Payrolls 2507 - 2513 | 13 |
Payrolls 2514 - 2520 | 13 |
Payrolls 2521 - 2526 | 13 |
Payrolls 2527 - 2532 | 13 |
Payrolls 2533 - 2541 | 13 |
Payrolls 2542 - 2548 | 13 |
Payrolls 2549 - 2556 | 14 |
Payrolls 2557 - 2561 | 14 |
Payrolls 2562 - 2567 | 14 |
Payrolls 2568 - 2574 | 14 |
Payrolls 2575 - 2582 | 14 |
Payrolls 2583 - 2591 | 14 |
Payrolls 2592 - 2599 | 14 |
Payrolls 2600 - 2606 | 14 |
Payrolls 2607 - 2616 | 14 |
Payrolls 2617 - 2622 | 14 |
Payrolls 2623 - 2630 | 14 |
Payrolls 2631 - 2640 | 14 |
Payrolls 2641 - 2647 | 14 |
Payrolls 2648 - 2656 | 14 |
Payrolls 2657 - 2664 | 14 |
Payrolls 2665 - 2671 | 14 |
Payrolls 2672 - 2679 | 14 |
Payrolls 2680 - 2688 | 14 |
Payrolls 2689 - 2697 | 14 |
Payrolls 2698 - 2707 | 14 |
Payrolls 2708 - 2714 | 14 |
Payrolls 2715 - 2722 | 14 |
Payrolls 2723 - 2731 | 14 |
Payrolls 2732 - 2740 | 14 |
Payrolls 2741 - 2748 | 14 |
Payrolls 2749 - 2756 | 15 |
Payrolls 2757 - 2763 | 15 |
Payrolls 2764 - 2770 | 15 |
Payrolls 2771 - 2778 | 15 |
Payrolls 2779 - 2786 | 15 |
Payrolls 2787 - 2793 | 15 |
Payrolls 2794 - 2798 | 15 |
Payrolls 2799 - 2806 | 15 |
Payrolls 2807 - 2811 | 15 |
Payrolls 2812 - 2816 | 15 |
Payrolls 2817 - 2823 | 15 |
Payrolls 2824 - 2832 | 15 |
Payrolls 2833 - 2841 | 15 |
Payrolls 2842 - 2849 | 15 |
Payrolls 2850 - 2856 | 15 |
Payrolls 2857 - 2865 | 15 |
Payrolls 2866 - 2872 | 15 |
Payrolls 2873 - 2881 | 15 |
Payrolls 2882 - 2888 | 15 |
Payrolls 2889 - 2895 | 15 |
Payrolls 2896 - 2905 | 15 |
Payrolls 2906 - 2914 | 15 |
Payrolls 2915 - 2922 | 15 |
Payrolls 2923 - 2932 | 15 |
Payrolls 2933 - 2941 | 15 |
Payrolls 2942 - 2953 | 16 |
Payrolls 2954 - 2963 | 16 |
Payrolls 2964 - 2972 | 16 |
Payrolls 2973 - 2982 | 16 |
Payrolls 2983 - 2990 | 16 |
Payrolls 2991 - 3000 | 16 |
Payrolls 3001 - 3010 | 16 |
Payrolls 3011 - 3015 | 16 |
Payrolls 3016 - 3022 | 16 |
Payrolls 3023 - 3029 | 16 |
Payrolls 3030 - 3035 | 16 |
Payrolls 3036 - 3042 | 16 |
Payrolls 3043 - 3051 | 16 |
Payrolls 3052 - 3057 | 16 |
Payrolls 3058 - 3064 | 16 |
Payrolls 3065 - 3069 | 16 |
Payrolls 3070 - 3074 | 16 |
Payrolls 3075 - 3082 | 16 |
Payrolls 3083 - 3089 | 16 |
Payrolls 3090 - 3099 | 16 |
Payrolls 3100 - 3107 | 16 |
Payrolls 3108 - 3117 | 16 |
Payrolls 3118 - 3126 | 16 |
Payrolls 3127 - 3136 | 16 |
Payrolls 3137 - 3144 | 16 |
Payrolls 3145 - 3152 | 17 |
Payrolls 3153 - 3162 | 17 |
Payrolls 3163 - 3169 | 17 |
Payrolls 3170 - 3176 | 17 |
Payrolls 3177 - 3185 | 17 |
Payrolls 3186 - 3192 | 17 |
Payrolls 3193 - 3194 | 17 |