Nominal Roll of the Coloured Corps

The unit was formed at Fort George in August 1812 and disbanded there in March 1815. These are the names of the men who served in the unit at some point during the war; in square brackets are other spellings (from different documents) of the same name. The remarks are from the original documents; see Sources & Further Reading.

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Sergeants and Corporals

Edmund Gough
James Waters Niagara
William Thompson Bay of Quinte private, corporal, sergeant
Robert Jupiter Chippewa corporal
Isaac Lee private corporal
Humphrey Waters Niagara
Francis Wilson Niagara

George Hamilton deserted June 10, 1813
John Harris [Haras]
Prince Henry
Anthony Hults prisoner of war May 27, 1813
Francis Hunt
John Jackson St. David’s absent w/o leave May 27, 1813; died Feb 13, 1813

Privates

James Baker
Caleb Brown deserted June 16, 1813
John Coll [Call, Caul] York
Richard Caul [Kaul]
Stephen Caul [Kaul]
Robert Chrysler [Christler, Chrisland] Head of the Lake
Thomas Christler [Chrisler]
Richard Collins [Colins, Colans] Bay of Quinté
Daniel Coughley [Couchley, Cokely] York
Nathaniel Darby deserted
John Delay [Deloy, Dally] Niagara
Nathaniel Dooley deserted June 16, 1813
Samuel Edwards [Edmunds] York
George Flemming
George Freeman
James Garrison
John Green [Greene]
Simon Groat
Henry Hagar [Hager] deserted to the enemy

Thomas Jackson
Michael Johnson [Johnstone] St. David’s
William Jones York
Peter Lee
George Martin Niagara
John Montgomery
William Mundigo [Mandgo, Mandijo]
Richard Pierpoint St. Catharines, Grantham
Peter Randolph deserted June 16, 1813
Robert Sanderson [Sanders] Chippewa
John Saunders [Sanders] Niagara
Robert Scott York died of disease Jan 15, 1813
Richard Shepherd [Shipperd] sick in hospital
Baptiste Shevall
Abraham Sloane deserted May 27, 1813
William Spencer deserted May 27, 1813
James Starnsbury [Steinsbury, Stansberry] King’s Works
Samuel Thomas Head of the Lake
John VanPatten Head of the Lake
James Walker wounded May 27, 1813
Antrim Willis