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War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A


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About the records

The year 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, which took place from June 18, 1812, to February 16, 1815. During this period of conflict between the United States and Great Britain, many military events occurred on Canadian soil. To learn more about the War of 1812, we invite you to read the historical overview.

Library and Archives Canada holds a vast and unique collection of records related to the Canadian men and women who were involved in the War of 1812. It consists mainly of muster rolls, paylists, claims, certificates of service, and medal registers. Please note that, except for the South African War, personnel records for the Canadian military were not created before the First World War

During the War of 1812 and immediately after it, local military boards ruled on claims submitted for losses sustained as a result of the war. In 1815, Lieutenant Governor General Gore appointed for this purpose a commission which submitted a report in 1816; but no claims were paid. A new commission was appointed in 1823; 25% of the amounts paid on claims approved by the new commission came from imperial funds.

Library and Archives Canada holds records related to the work of the commission and boards of claims for War of 1812 Losses. These records include proceedings, letterbooks, and vouchers for supplementary payments. The type of claims investigated included claims for damage done by his Majesty's troops, damage done by Indians, damage done by the enemy, and damage sustained in transporting troops, goods, etc. A total of 2,055 claims were presented to the board.


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Microfilm Volume File Title Dates
T-1122 4357   Register of Claims, 1-1121 1813-1848
T-1122 4358   Register of Claims, 1116-1874 1813-1848
T-1122 3728 1 Military Board of Claims, Niagara 1813-1814
T-1122 3728 2 Military Board of Claims, Fort Wellington 1815
T-1122 3728 3 Military Board of Claims, London District 1815
T-1122 3728 4 Military Board of Claims, Kingston 1815
T-1122 3728 5 Military Board of Claims, Western District 1815-1816
T-1122 3728 6 Military Board of Claims, York 1815-1816
T-1122 3729 1 Letter book of the Secretary to the Board of
Commissioners (B.C.), J.B. Macaulay
1823-1826
T-1122 3729 2 Board of Commissioners, Journal of Proceedings 1823-1826
T-1123 3729 3 Board of Commissioners, miscellaneous documents  
T-1123 3729 4 Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 1-309 1823
T-1123 3729 5 Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 310-817 1823
T-1123 3729 6 Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 818-1964 1823-1825
T-1123 3729 7 Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 1965-2055 1825-1826
T-1123 3729 8 Commissioners' Report 1825
T-1123 3729 9 Draft of Commissioners' Report 1825
T-1123 3729 10 Government Acts regarding raising of funds for
claims by debenture on the credit of certain
duties therein identified
1830
T-1123 3729 11 Index to claims by name  
T-1123 3729 12 Index to claims by location  
T-1123 3730 1 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1815
T-1123 3730 2 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1816-1822
T-1123 3730 3 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1823
T-1123 3730 4 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1824
T-1123 3731 1 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1825
T-1123 3731 2 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1826
T-1123 3731 3 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1827
T-1123 3731 4 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1830, 1833-34, 1837
T-1123 3731 5 Correspondence relating to claims arising from
the War of 1812
1840, 1848
T-1124 3732 1 Contains a general statement of procedural principals on the part of the Board of Commissioners; Index with recapitulation of certain Class 1 claims; General Index to Class 1 claims, First Division (3 volumes of Registers) and Second Division (2 volumes of Registers)  
T-1124 3732 2 Register volume 1 of Class 1, Division 1 claims,
nos. 1-155, and Draft Register of said claims
 
T-1124 3732 3 Register volumes 2 and 3 of Class 1, Division 1
claims, nos. 1-420
 
T-1124 3732 4 Draft Register of claims 1-130  
T-1124 3732 5 Draft Register of claims 131-223  
T-1124 3732 6 Draft Register of claims 224-365  
T-1124 3732 7 Draft Register of claims 366-420  
T-1124 3732 8 Register volume 1 of Class 1, Division 2 claims,
nos. 1-375
 
T-1124 3732 9 Draft Register of claims 143-375  
T-1124 3733 1 Precise index to Class 1, Division 2, Volume 2
claims, nos. 1-212; claims 1-212
 
T-1124 3733 2 Precise index to Class 1, Division 3, Volume 1 claims. Index is in three parts: A. Claims 1-159, B. Claims 1-43, and Part C is a general index occupying the last nine pages of the volume. File also contains part A claims, 1-52  
T-1124 3733 3 Part A claims 53-159  
T-1124 3733 4 Part B claims 1-43  
T-1124 3733 5 Index to recapitulation of certain Class 2 claims; General index to Class 2 claims (5 volumes)  
T-1124 3733 6 Precise indexes to Class 2, Volumes 1 and 2
claims, nos. 1-518
 
T-1124 3733 7 Claims 179-185  
T-1125 3733 7 Claims 87-178  
T-1125 3733 8 Claims 178-327  
T-1125 3734 1 Class 2, Volume land 2 claims continued 328-470  
T-1125 3734 2 Class 2, Volume land 2 claims 471-518  
T-1125 3734 3 Precise index to Class 2, Volume 3 of Class 2
claims, nos. 1-322, and two sheets of Draft
Register of said claims
 
T-1125 3734 4 Precise indexes to Class 2, Volumes 4 and 5 claims, nos. 1-400  
T-1125 3734 5 Draft Register of claims 1-240  
T-1125 3734 6 Draft Register of claims 241-400  
T-1125 3735-
3736
1 Precise index to Class 4 claims, nos. 1-209,
and Draft Register of said claims, arranged
by last name
 
T-1125 3735-
3736
2 Three registers of supplementary claims, one for Niagara District, one for Western District, and one for the Districts of Home, Johnston, London, and Midland. Arranged by claim number  
T-1125 3735-
3736
3 Register of additional, unindexed claims, nos. 1-1101  
T-1125 3735-
3736
4 Paylist records, various alphabetical
arrangements
1815-1828
T-1125 3737 1 Schedules of claims, organized by district and,
within a district, by roughly alphabetical order
of claimant's name
 
T-1125 3737 2 Schedules and abstracts of undecided claims,
organized by claim number
 
T-1125 3737 3 Abstracts of certain claims and of the
proceedings of the Board of Commissioners
 
T-1125 3737 4 Schedules of returns of claims, organized by
claim number. The file includes an index,
organized by roughly alphabetical order of
claimant's name, of returns of claims 1-1318
 
T-1126 3737 5 Schedules of returns of supplementary claims,
organized by claim number
 
T-1126 3737 6 Schedule of payments for losses, arranged in
roughly alphabetical order of claimant's name.
It serves as an index to the vouchers in volumes 3760-3763
 
T-1126 3737 7 Schedule of payments for supplementary awards; first, second, and third supplements. It is arranged in roughly alphabetical order of
claimant's name and serves as an index to the
vouchers for supplementary awards in volume 3763
 
T-1126 3738 1 Claims and settlements: A  
T-1126 3738 2 B  
T-1126 3738 3 C  
T-1126 3738 4 D  
T-1126 3738 5 E-F  
T-1126 3738 6 G-H  
T-1126 3739 1 J-L  
T-1126 3739 2 Mac and Mc  
T-1126 3739 3 M  
T-1126 3739 4 N-P  
T-1126 3739 5 R  
T-1126 3739 6 S  
T-1126 3739 7 T  
T-1126 3739 8 U-Y  
T-1126 3740 1 Claims: 1-20  
T-1127 3740 2 21-20  
T-1127 3740 3 41-49  
T-1127 3741 1 50-60  
T-1127 3741 2 61-100  
T-1127 3741 3 101-125  
T-1127 3742 1 126-150  
T-1128 3742 2 151-160  
T-1128 3742 3 161-180  
T-1128 3743 1 181-199  
T-1128 3743 2 200-235  
T-1128 3743 3 236-255  
T-1128 3744 1 256-265  
T-1129 3744 2 266-299  
T-1129 3744 3 300-320  
T-1129 3745 1 321-350  
T-1129 3745 2 351-370  
T-1129 3745 3 371-399  
T-1129 3746 1 400-425  
T-1129 3746 2 426-450  
T-1130 3746 3 451-478  
T-1130 3747 1 479-500  
T-1130 3747 2 501-525  
T-1130 3747 3 526-550  
T-1130 3748 1 551-599  
T-1130 3748 2 600-649  
T-1131 3749 1 650-699  
T-1131 3749 2 700-750  
T-1132 3749 3 751-800  
T-1132 3750 1 801-850  
T-1132 3750 2 851-900  
T-1132-
T-1133
3750 3 901-999  
T-1133 3751 1 1000-1059  
T-1133 3751 2 1060-1100  
T-1134 3751 3 1101-1139  
T-1134 3752 1 1140-1165  
T-1134 3752 2 1166-1179  
T-1134-
T-1135
3752 3 1180-1216  
T-1135 3753 1 1216-1275  
T-1135 3753 2 1276-1318  
T-1135-
T-1136
3754 1 1319-1370  
T-1136 3754 2 1371-1407  
T-1136 3754 3 1408-1454  
T-1136 3755 1 1455-1489  
T-1136-
T-1137
3755 2 1490-1549  
T-1137 3755 3 1550-1599  
T-1137 3756 1 1600-1654  
T-1137-
T-1138
3756 2 1651-1699  
T-1138 3757 1 1700-1750  
T-1138 3757 2 1751-1799  
T-1138-
T-1139
3757 3 1800-1850  
T-1139 3757 4 1851-1870  
T-1139 3758 1 1871-1900  
T-1139 3758 2 1901-1950  
T-1139-
T-1140
3759 1 1951-1999  
T-1140 3759 2 2000-2055  
T-1140 3760 1 Schedule of payments for losses incurred by
the inhabitants of Upper Canada, serves as an
index to the following vouchers. A clearer copy
of this schedule can be found in file 6 of volume 3737
 
T-1140 3760 2 Vouchers 1-218 (A-B)  
T-1140-
T-1141
3760 3 Vouchers 219-451 (C-D)  
T-1141 3761 1 Vouchers 452-710 (E-H)  
T-1141-
T-1142
3761 2 Vouchers 711-871 (I-L)  
T-1142 3762 1 Vouchers 872-1049 (M)  
T-1142 3762 2 Vouchers 1050-1224 (N-R)  
T-1142 3762 3 Vouchers 1225-1386 (S)  
T-1143 3763 1 Vouchers 1387-1551 (T-Z)  
T-1143 3763 2 Vouchers for supplementary payments.
First supplement. Includes an index
 
T-1143 3763 3 Vouchers for supplementary payments.
Second and third supplements. Includes an index. File 7 of volume 3737 contains the schedule of payment for these vouchers
 
T-1143 3764   Volume contains duplicates of vouchers in volumes 3760-3762  
T-1143 3765   Volume contains duplicates of vouchers in
volumes 3762-3763, and duplicates of the
Powers of Attorney in volume 3768
 
T-1143 3766 1 Certificates & affidavits: A-D  
T-1143 3766 2 E-K  
T-1143-
T-1144
  3 L-R  
T-1144 3767 1 S-So  
T-1144 3767 2 Sp-Y  
T-1144 3767 3 Certificates and affidavits of individuals for groups of people  
T-1144 3768 1 List of Powers of Attorney granted to R. Grant
and S. Street. List of Powers of Attorney
granted to T.Clark, R. Grant, and R. Nichol
 
T-1144 3768 2 Powers of Attorney: A-P  
T-1144 3768 3 Powers of Attorney: R-W  
T-1144 3768 4 Powers of Attorney issued by groups to an individual  

Please note that spelling variations of names were common before the mid-1900s. Many names were written phonetically, as they sounded to the person recording them.

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