“In the war of 1812, no demand for soldiers was made from Gilsum till September, 1814, when Governor Gilman ordered the ‘whole militia to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment’s warning.’ A detachment from twenty-three regiments was ordered to ‘ march to Portsmouth immediately.’ Gilsum was called on to furnish seven men. The captain of a Gilsum company was Benjamin Ware. Solomon Mack was sergeant and Obadiah Ware, drummer. The captain called his company together and proposed a draft. Fourteen men at once volunteered. The seven who went were Roswell Barden, Iddo Kilburn, John Raymond David Bill, Jonas Brown, David Dort, and Ira Ellis.”

Reference Data:

Gazetteer of Cheshire County, NH, 1735-1885, by Hamilton Childs,1885, pages 170-1