About the Society

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><div id="RootsBanner-SearchWrapper"> <a class="rweb-neutral" href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/"></a> <div id="RootsSearch-Wrapper" class="clearfix"> <a class="acom-neutral" href="http://www.ancestry.com/s33216/t10989/grid1000/rd.ashx"></a> <div class="SearchForm-Container"> <p class="headerSearch">Search billions of records on Ancestry.com</p> <form action="http://www.ancestry.com/s33216/SEARCH/grid1043/rd.ashx" method="get" class="rootsForm"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="gss" value="rootsweb"> <input id="FirstSearchBox" name="gsfn" type="text" size="16" value="First Name" style="color:#999999;" onblur="searchOnBlur1()" onfocus="searchOnFocus1()"> <input id="LastSearchBox" name="gsln" type="text" size="16" value="Last Name" style="color:#999999;" onblur="searchOnBlur2()" onfocus="searchOnFocus2()"> <input id="SubmitButton" type="submit" value="Search" style="color:#ffffff; background: #afbc22;"> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div id="userContentFP" style="padding: 8px;"> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=26.25% BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="00bc9c20.gif" border=0 width="201" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="018c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> About the Society</div> <div> <IMG SRC="018c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="chapters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapters of the New York Society"><U>Chapters</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="018c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="events.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="State Society Events"><U>Events</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="018c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="officers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="State Society Officers 20092010"><U>Officers</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="018c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="membership.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership"><U>Membership</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="018c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="application_requirements.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Application Requirements"><U>Application</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="036c1060.gif" border=0 width="193" height="6" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>-About the Society-</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="011f50f0.gif" border=0 width="501" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0050cfa0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="506" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Organized July 3rd, 1896 in Plattsburgh,NY, and Incorporated July 6th, 1896 </div> <div> in Albany,NY. Admitted to the General Society, February 12th, 1897.</div> <div> The Society is a State Society of the General Society of the War of 1812.</div> <div> <U>-Organizing State Officers-July 3rd, 1896-</U></div> <div> -<U>President</U>-Henry Ketchum Averill-</div> <bR> <div> -<U>Secretary</U>-Sylvester Barton Miller-</div> <bR> <div> -<U>Treasurer</U>-Nathan Henry Jones-</div> <bR> <div> -<U>Registrar</U>-Henry Harmon Noble-</div> <bR> <div> -<U>Historian</U>-Brevet Brigadier General,</div> <div>                        George Frederick Nichols-</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="054e7c00.gif" border=0 width="487" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> For More Information on our Parent Organization,</div> <div> the General Society Visit: </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org"><U><IMG SRC="04d41620.gif" border=0 width="65" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Blackletter" ><A HREF="http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org "><U>http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org </U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org"><U><IMG SRC="04d41620.gif" border=0 width="65" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> To Visit Our Sister Organization, the </div> <div> US Daughters of 1812 Visit:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://nyusd1812.awardspace.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nyusd1812.awardspace.com/"><U><IMG SRC="04ccf580.jpg" border=0 width="463" height="88" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://nyusd1812.awardspace.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nyusd1812.awardspace.com/"><U>http://nyusd1812.awardspace.com/</U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Blackletter" > </FONT></div> <div> New York State Society, US Daughters of 1812</div> <div> <IMG SRC="011f50f0.gif" border=0 width="501" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Society of the Second War With Great Britain </div> <div> in the State Of New York, </div> <div> of The General Society of the War of 1812.</div> <div> Copyright 2009. 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