Mount Holly Memorial Dedication for Veterans of the War of 1812

July 2-8, 2012

In celebration of the 200th Anniversary of The War of 1812, the Arkansas State Society, United States Daughters of 1812 (U.S.D.1812), recently marked the graves of 16 Veterans of the War of 1812 at Mount Holly Cemetery in Little Rock.  Members of U.S.D.1812 attended from throughout the State as well as National Vice-Presidents from Oklahoma and Texas. 

Also in attendance were direct descendants of three of the Veterans, representatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Arkansas Huguenot Society and the Board of Directors of Mount Holly.  It is estimated over 60 people attended the event.

Major General William D. Wofford, The Adjutant General, Arkansas National Guard, gave the program.  The Welcome to Mount Holly was given by the President of the Mount Holly Board of Directors, Kay Tatum.  Captain Alan Tetkoskie, North Little Rock Fire Department, was the Piper.  Soloist Isabella Romero, of Hot Springs Village, sang the National Anthem A Cappella.  A luncheon followed at the Governor’s Mansion.

The 16 Veterans who were remembered were:  William Lewis, Dr. William M. Totten,  Dr. Mathew W. Cunningham , Peter Lefevre, John Hippsersley Crease, William F. Woodruff, Sr., William Savin Fulton, Roswell Beebe, George Izard, Isaac Watkins, Samuel Calhoun Roane, John Adamson, Nicholas Peay, Henry Keatts, John Giles and Francis M. McCann.

The Arkansas State Society has estimated that over 300 War of 1812 Veterans are buried in Arkansas and will attempt to locate the gravesites over the next three years of the Bicentennial.

Membership in the United States Daughters of 1812 is available to women age eighteen and over who can offer satisfactory proof that they are lineal descendants of an ancestor who, during the period of 1784-1815 inclusive, rendered civil, military, or naval service to our country, rendered material aid to the U.S. Army or Navy, or who participated in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

For information contact Sheila Beatty at (501) 915-0456 or visit http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arsd1812/arkansas1812/.