In 1816, the legislature of Virginia donated a gold sword in his memory to his oldest male relative. The sword eventually came into the possession of Governor David Holmes, of Mississippi (but formerly of Virginia) who left it to Andrew Hunter Holmes Boyd ( a nephew), who left it to his son, Andrew Hunter Boyd, now of Cumberland, Maryland and Judge of the Court of Appeals of that state.
Andrew Hunter Holmes was dismissed from Princeton for his role in the "Great Rebellion."
--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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