Nickname: Bill
from Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes:
William enlisted from New York in 1812
During the war of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain, he arrived on an ocean vessel of an unknown name at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. He was a British naval officer and, along with others, he jumped ship upon arrival at Charleston and joined the American cause.
Possibly, William eventually became involved with the Great Lakes naval battles between Britain and the United States. However, no United States naval records have been found to confirm his participation. Within eight years of Williams arrival, he had obtained his own vessel, of an unknown name, which was commissioned as a privateer by the United States. At some unknown date, his ship was captured by the English and William was tried as a deserter, found guilty, hung aboard ship, and his body was thrown overboard.
(Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes)
William married Nancy (Fletcher) Groom on 5 Dec 1816 in Coshocton Co, Ohio.
from Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes:
William enlisted from New York in 1812
During the war of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain, he arrived on an ocean vessel of an unknown name at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. He was a British naval officer and, along with others, he jumped ship upon arrival at Charleston and joined the American cause.
Possibly, William eventually became involved with the Great Lakes naval battles between Britain and the United States. However, no United States naval records have been found to confirm his participation. Within eight years of Williams arrival, he had obtained his own vessel, of an unknown name, which was commissioned as a privateer by the United States. At some unknown date, his ship was captured by the English and William was tried as a deserter, found guilty, hung aboard ship, and his body was thrown overboard.
(Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes)
William married Nancy (Fletcher) Groom on 5 Dec 1816 in Coshocton Co, Ohio.
Nickname: Bill
from Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes:
William enlisted from New York in 1812
During the war of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain, he arrived on an ocean vessel of an unknown name at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. He was a British naval officer and, along with others, he jumped ship upon arrival at Charleston and joined the American cause.
Possibly, William eventually became involved with the Great Lakes naval battles between Britain and the United States. However, no United States naval records have been found to confirm his participation. Within eight years of Williams arrival, he had obtained his own vessel, of an unknown name, which was commissioned as a privateer by the United States. At some unknown date, his ship was captured by the English and William was tried as a deserter, found guilty, hung aboard ship, and his body was thrown overboard.
(Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes)
William married Nancy (Fletcher) Groom on 5 Dec 1816 in Coshocton Co, Ohio.
from Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes:
William enlisted from New York in 1812
During the war of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain, he arrived on an ocean vessel of an unknown name at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. He was a British naval officer and, along with others, he jumped ship upon arrival at Charleston and joined the American cause.
Possibly, William eventually became involved with the Great Lakes naval battles between Britain and the United States. However, no United States naval records have been found to confirm his participation. Within eight years of Williams arrival, he had obtained his own vessel, of an unknown name, which was commissioned as a privateer by the United States. At some unknown date, his ship was captured by the English and William was tried as a deserter, found guilty, hung aboard ship, and his body was thrown overboard.
(Ethel Emma (Holmes) Walker's notes)
William married Nancy (Fletcher) Groom on 5 Dec 1816 in Coshocton Co, Ohio.
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