Back on June 18th, I mentioned that most North Carolinian soldiers during the War of 1812 were folded into the U.S. Army's 10th Regiment under Col. James Welborn of Wilkes County who had resigned his commission as general in the N.C. militia in order to join the regular army.
From Find-a-Grave.
General James Welborn. Born Nov. 29, 1767 in Randolph County, N.C. and died Dec. 4, 1854 in Wilkesboro, N.C.. He is buried in the Welborn Cemetery.
There is a N.C. highway marker for him which reads:
"Served 27 years as state senator; Colonel in the War of 1812; delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1835. Grave is 1/5 mile N."
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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