How the War of 1812 affected women and children

• “Route 1812″, a driving route linking War of 1812 – 1814 places, will be marked by barn quilts. The quilt blocks will tell the story of First Nations and settler women, children, and families who were affected by the war. For example:

Here is Colonel Thomas Talbot speaking to the Loyal and Patriotic Society, in York,  September 2, 1814

Colonel Thomas Talbot

“Colonel Talbot has the honor of stating to the Loyal and Patriotic Society that on the 16th of last month the enemy, amounting to upwards of one hundred men, composed of Indians and Americans painted and disguised as the former, surprised the settlement of Port Talbot, where they committed the most wanton and atrocious acts of violence by robbing the undermentioned fifty heads of families all their horses and every particle of wearing apparel and household furniture, leaving the sufferers naked and in the most wretched state:-”

Samel McIntire, a wife, both between 60 and 70 years of age
Daniel McIntire, a wife and 1 child
Ira Gilbert, a wife and 3
John Axford, a wife and 3