Last month, I wrote of my hope of connecting the George Platt listed as a seaman on the Brig Niagra and wounded in the Battle of Lake Erie with my third great grandfather George F. Platt who was in a Pennsylvania Regiment that was deployed at Lake Erie.
I struck out on my quest for records at the historical societies in Venango and Clarion counties. My letter to a fellow Platt researcher has gone unanswered. I'm awaiting a military file from the National Archives.
I'm still looking, but it's going to be some future anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie before I fulfill my goal.
UPDATE: On April 15, 2016 at the Pennsylvania Archives, I came to be convinced that the George Platt on the Brig Niagara is NOT George F. Platt of Venango County. A book titled "Officers and Enlisted Men Who Died in the Active Service of the U.S. Navy 1776-1885" contained a George Platt "Lake Erie Squad" dying 11 Jan 1814. This and the lack of finding proof otherwise has caused me to conclude that George F. Platt, my third great grandfather was not on the Brig Niagara.
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