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Index and Some Transcripts for the Land Book Register of Grants to Militia Veterans of the War of 1812 Ontario Archives Microfilm 693, Reel 140, Volume 132 Originally Transcribed December 11, 2013 Published January 27, 2017 Copyright 2017 by Fred Blair The 4781 grants were in order by the new registration number and were not alphabetical. There were 14 columns in the initial pages of the land register. The first column was the new register number and the second column was the old register number. The next ten columns included name, occupation, place of residence at the time of the grant, militia service, acreage received, lot number, concession number, township, and date. The last three columns included reference numbers, dates, and comments. The second column was not transcribed and last three were not transcribed here. The transcriber's comments were recorded in square brackets. The grants were dated from March 10, 1820 to 1850. Men who served in the militia flank companies in 1812, provincial regiments, and various corps were entitled to a land grant for their service. The flank companies were dissolved in 1813 and the Incorporated Militia was formed that year. Members of the flank companies were encouraged to join this new militia which served in 1813 and 1814. Privates in both groups were entitled to a 100-acre grant by the terms of their enlistment. Additional acres were granted to men of higher rank. Other Upper Canadian Regiments and Corps were created as well. Some men had served in two or more regiments during the war but could only make one militia land claim. Other war veterans could present claims for land as well which were not included in this register. The grant recipients did not always settle on their land grants and a number of men soon sold these lands. By the end of the grant period most men received scrip in lieu of land and a number of claims were made by their heirs as some of the men were deceased. The names in this register were not always the same as those in Wil fred R. Lauber's An Index of the Land Claim Certificates of Upper Canada Militiamen who served in the War of 1812-1814, Ont. Genealogical Society, Toronto, 1995, transcribed from RG9 IB4. There were often additional details in the register, including other dates with document numbers, but I have not been able to ascertain what events occurred on the later dates. This may require comparing the reference numbers to the land records. Quite often there were additional names associated with these documents. These people may have been heirs, attorneys, or the new owners of the land.