Stephen Andrews (1796 - 1868)

Born 8 Feb 1796 in Maryland, United States

Husband of Maria E. (Atkinson) Andrews — married 24 Jan 1821 in Jefferson, Indiana, United States

Husband of Sarah A (Scudder) Andrews — married 15 Jul 1860 in Otter, Union, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1868 at age 72 in Ripley, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Stephen Andrews was born reportedly 08 Feb 1796. Records consistently give his birthplace as Maryland.

War of 1812 Service Stephen Andrews enlisted 25 June 1813 and served as a private in Capt. Joseph Hook’s Co., 36 U.S. Infantry. He was discharged 23 June 1814. He was apparently entered into the roll of Capt. Joseph Hook’s unit as “Stephen Anderson.” His pension file contains an explanation that “…his name would probably appear as ‘Anderson,’ as when asked how his name was spelled he could not tell. He learned to read and write after leaving the Army.”

His service was recounted in an affidavit he entered in Ripley County, Indiana court.

“State of Indiana SS Ripley County On this 19th day of November AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty [1850] personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Stephen Andrews, aged fifty four [54] years a resident of Ripley County in the state of Indiana who being duly sworn according to law declared that he is the identical Stephen Andrews who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Hook in the 36th Regiment of United States Regulars commandid [sic] by Colonel Henry Carberry[?] in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, that he enlisted at the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland on or about the Twenty fifth day of June AD 1813 for the term of one year and continued in actual Service in said war for the term of one year and was honorably discharged at Calvert county in the State of Maryland on or about the twentieth day of June AD 1814 and he refers to the muster rolls of said company.

And the said Stephen Andrews further declares that his said discharge is destroyed the same having been worn out in his pocket.

He makes the declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States passed September 28 1850.

Stephen Andrews [signature] Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Stephen Andrews to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age also stated. Joseph Goude seal Justice of the peace…”

Formed of men from Baltimore county, the infantry unit was one of several which were part of the harbor defenses of Baltimore.

Andrews would receive the bounty land he petitioned for – he was awarded 160 acres in Audrain County, Missouri for which he received a patent on 01 December 1853.

Sources

• Birth: “U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 05 July 2022), Stephen Andrews, Otter Village Cemetery, Ripley. He is listed as a private in the War of 1812.

• Marriage: “Indiana, Marriages, 1811–2007,” index and images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 October 2018), Jefferson County, V. A:22, Andrews–Atkinson (1821); citing FHL film 1,310,207.

• Service, Death: “U.S., War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 05 July 2022), Stephen Andrews, W.O. 26386, Bounty land 22963-160-50, widow Sarah A (Scudder) Andrews, W.C. 24208; War of 1812 Pension Applications. NARA microfilm M313, Washington D.C.

• Bounty Land: ”Stephen Andrews,” MW-0734-157, Military warrant patent 734:157 (1853), Section 19, Township 52N-12W, image, Bureau of Land Management: General Land Office Records (www.glorecords.blm.gov : 05 July 2022). The authority was September 28, 1850: ScripWarrant Act of 1850 (9 stat. 520).