War of 1812
Putnam County Residents
27 March 1858
The following appeared in the Putnam County Republican Banner on April 14, 1858
At a meeting of the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812 living in Putnam County was held on the 27th of March 1858 at Greencastle. Col. Alexander S. Farrow was called to the chair and Judge Joseph Farley appointed Secretary. Those present were
| APPLEGATE, Peter W. | ATHERTON, William | BLACK, George |
| BRACKNEY, Eli | COLLIER, Joseph | COOPER, William |
| DENNY, Joseph | ELLER, David | FARLEY, Joseph F. |
| FARROW, Alexander S. | FULTON, Elisha W. | HARRAH, Daniel |
| JONES, Jesse | JONES, John W. | MAHAN, Isaac |
| REAT, Hugh | STANDIFORD, John | TAYLOR, Samuel |
| TORR, William | WELKER, Daniel |
The purpose of the meeting was to ascertain the names of all surviving soldiers of the War of 1812 residing in Putnam County, Ind. In addition to those above the following names are believed to include the entire number.
| ALBIN, Joseph | ALDRIDGE, William | ALLEN, John |
| BOSWELL, John | BOSWELL, Thomas | BOWEN, Richard |
| CHADD, Daniel | CHANDLER, Scady | COOPER, Archibold |
| COTTON, John | DUNKIN, Joseph | EMERSON, Samuel |
| GILKEY, John F. | GILMORE, Thomas | GORDON, James |
| GREENLEE, Alexander | HARRIS, Noah | HARRIS, Simpson |
| HILL, Elzah | HUNTER, Charles | JUSTICE, George |
| KING, William | KNIGHT, Lenox M. | LASLEY, Joseph |
| LEMON, Thomas | McELROY, William | McVEY, Jacob |
| MILLS, Henry | MOSER, Michael | PALMER, Robert |
| PECK, Isaac | PICKETT, Jacob | PRIEST, George |
| REEL, John | SELLER, John C. | SELLER, John F. |
| SHIELDS, James | SHELL, Lewis | STOKES, William |
| SWINFORD, James | TARBOTTOM, Eli | TIFFIN, Thomas |
| TILLEY, Lazarus | TORR, James | WALN, Henry |
| WILKINSON, Elijah | WILSON, Alexander | WINGATE, John C. |