Confirming on bit of history: Patrick Bulman and the War of 1812

Canadian troops are pictured being encouraged by the mortally wounded Major General Brock to continue the attack at the Battle of Queenston near Niagra Falls at the beginning of the War of 1812. If Patrick Bulman was in the company of the Captain Brown captured here with his regimental commander, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Allen, then Patrick would have been in the war from the beginning at the age of 18 or so.

If you go to this message board, you will find the full text of the following bit of information provided by one of the members of the list:

There was this article in the American Historian, April 1876 with information from Glenvil, Schenectady County.

Christopher Bulman came from Connecticut about 1795, was twice married. His second wife was Betsy Dibble, of Schoharie County. Children: Patrick, soldier of the war of 1812 [NRAA has no record of Patrick], removed to Texas [Texas has no record of him either!]; Henry, born 1800.

Henry, son of Christopher, married Jane, daughter of Jacobus Van eps. Children: Christopher; Caroline, born 1833, married William Van Eps; Mary Melissa born 1836, married James van Eps; Levina, married John Van Eps; James E. born 1840 married Susan Ochenpauch of Cherry Valley; Eliza, married Samuel Hagadorn; Jane married Justus Oothout.

We now have evidence that Patrick Bulman, brother of Jeremiah and Henry, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Again, the information came through the good offices of a Historical Society. This time through the one based in East Troy Wisconsin. Here is the gist of the information provided to us, keeping in mind that we had already found and I had posted much of what is below:

Patrick Bulman m. Sarah Vale and lived in Waukesha County WI. Patrick is buried in St. James Rose Hill Cemetery in Sussex, Waukesha Co., WI. All that is on his marker is his name and the date d. 1869. Sarah Vale is buried in Troy Lakes Cemetery, East Troy, WI. in the Sawyer lot. She died Jan. 12., 1875/1878? Patrick died in a train accident and was named after a Dr. Patrick according to Villa Belle Sawyer's history. Villa Belle's grandparents were Cephas Sawyer who married Maria Vale, daughter of Patrick Bulman and Sarah Vale. She died Nov. 14, 1893. Notes say she came to WI when age 16. Susan Bulman daughter of Patrick and Sarah m. Seymour brooks. She was born June 30, 1826 Oneida, N.Y. and m June 19, 1847 and had 6 children. Patrick Bulman received a land patent for 120 acres warrant number 19584. On that document it says Patrick Bulman, Private Captain Brown's Co., New York Militia, War 1812. The land was issued at LaCrosse, WI. He assigned it to Lucius S. Blake. Mary Bulman, widow of Henry Bulman also received a patent as well as Nathaniel Bulman, Falls St. Croix, WI.

What I had never been able to find was any land documentation for Patrick. Here was some indication that there would be something. So, I checked the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office site again and found two documents. One is for 1857 (40 acres according to the September 28, 1850 Act) and one is for 1858 (120 acres according to the March 3, 1855 Act). You can click on the links and then click on the tab for documents to view or print the documents. Both mention the War of 1812 connection and the patents were given accordingly.

I suspect that since the land was in Monroe and Buffalo Counties that Patrick got the land and immediately assigned it to others in a land speculation scheme where he was paid a lesser amount immediately. The speculators would have sold the land to those arriving later at a much bigger profit. Of course, they were taking the risk. People may have chosen to settle elsewhere. This will become one of the dramas in a latter generation in Montana.

So, now we know that Patrick actually was in the War of 1812. It is very unlikely that he was in Texas. However, at least one son was there during the Civil War. I have a theory as to why Texas was mentioned rather than Wisconsin. I don't think it was merely because Henry Bulman of Glenville was dead by 1871 (Jane, his wife, apparently died in April 1875).