Michael DOLL

                   SOURCE:  German Reform records on microfilm at the C. Burr Artz Public Library at Frederick, Maryland. While Michael Doll was living in frederick, before his marriage to Mary Hoffman, he and his brother, Peter, vounteered for the War of 1812.  The HISTORY OF FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND by T. J. C. Williams and Folgers McKinsey, Chapter XI, page 167, includes the following: "In 1814, Captain Brengle recruited a full company in Frederick, in four hours.  They were called the 'Minute Men.'." The muster roll of this compnay was given, and among the privates listed were Peter and Michael Doll.  Michael's military record is found at the National Archives, Washington, D. C. as follows: "Michael Doll, Private in Captain Brengle's Company of Infantry, 1 Reg't. Maryland Militia.  Terms of service from August 25 through September 19, 1814, 26 days at $8.00 per month, amount of pay $6.86 1st Reg't Ragan's Maryland Militia." This appears to be a very short term of service, but was not unusual in that day. Roy Peterson, father of Joan (Peterson) Sullivan, shares the following story of his great-grandfather, Michael Doll: Mr. Peterson believes Michael took part int he border fighting in Canada, and that Michael was a Calvary man.  It was after Michael's return from military duty that he traded his horse, bridle, and saddle, according to family history, to an Englishman, for a gold watch with three diamonds in the back.  Ed Doll, uncle of Roy Peterson, had this watch in Litchfield, Minnesota, where he spent a great deal of time at the newspaper office of Henry I. Peterson, Roy Peterson's father.  One day an itinerant buyer of old gold came by, and to the dismay of the whole family, Ed sold this family treasure for $25.00.  Joan (Peterson) Sulivan remembers this incident and thinks it took place in the late 1920s or early 1930s. THESE WONDERFUL NOTES ARE FROM GARY SMITH--smithfam@sound.net.