Joseph Dunegan

I came across this website that has a partial roster for Colonel David S. Booth's 4th Regiment of Georgia Militia that were called to service in the Creek War, as part of the War of 1812. There is a Joseph Dunegan listed as a member of Captain Mercer's company in November 1814, while the regiment was posted at Fort Hawkins, Georgia.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/military/warof1812/boon.txt

Fort Hawkins was built in 1806 near Macon, Georgia, along the Ocmulgee River to serve as a defensive military post in response to attacks by the Creek Indians in the area. When the Creek Indian war broke out in 1813 at the instigation of the British, Georgia called forth approximately 3600 militia troops to Fort Hawkins to protect the southern boundary of settlement from attack by Creek Indians and to provide support and reinforcements for General Andrew Jackson who was en route to Mobile in response to hostile Creek and Seminole Indian, as well as British, activity in the West Florida territory. Apparently Colonel Booth's regiment, which had a large contingent of men from the Jackson/Franklin county area of Georgia, under the leadership of Major General John McIntosh proceeded west to Fort Mitchell on the Chattahoochee river in present day Alabama. From there the Georgia militia units under General McIntosh's command engaged the Creeks in several small battles or skirmishes. Some of these men later accompanied General Jackson further west and fought at the Battle of New Orleans in January of 1815. I wonder if this Joseph Dunegan listed in Colonel Booth's regiment might be Joseph Ellis Dunagan. He would have been about 20 or 21 years old at the time and might very well have served in the local militia when it was called up for action. Below are links to sites that contain information about the Georgia Militia's role in the Creek War, including a portion of a book on Google books. I'm still researching this for more details, but I thought I would share what I found tonight.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gataylor/regim.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=37Dnvmkm1wsC&pg=PA46&dq=booth+4th+georgia+militia+fort+hawkins&hl=en&ei=Oa9hTZuoHsP58AaSisXfCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fort%20mitchell&f=false

Justin Lawhon