Draft:Samuel Joseph Read

Samuel Joseph Read (December 11, 1771 – October 2, 1836) "commanded a battalion of infantry in Brigadier-General Ebenezer Elmer's New Jersey Detailed Militia Brigade between 19 September and 22 December 1814".

Born in Mount Holly, New Jersey to Joseph Read and Martha (Rossell) Read.

Biography here

This source describes Read's command as the Burlington Battalion. Another short biography here.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Read-3916

"Samuel Joseph Read,  son  of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Rossell)  Read,  was  born  in  Mount Holly  December  14th,  1771,  died  October  2nd,  1836.  He  also  became  a  leading  member of  the  bar,  having  been  admitted  in  1792,  and  was  its  oldest  practitioner  in  Mount Holly  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  War  of  1812,  commanding  a battalion  of  New  Jersey  infantry  under  General  Elmer,  with  title  of  Major.  He  was commissioned  September  19th,  1814,  and  served  until  December  22nd  of  the  same  year, being  stationed  at  Billingsport,  on  the  Delaware  River,  below  Philadelphia ;  subsequently he  became  Colonel  of  the  ist  Regiment, Salem  Brigade,  in  the  New  Jersey  militia.  He was  vestryman  of  St.  Andrew's  Church  from  iSog  to  1836,  and  lay  delegate  to  the  Con- vention of  1814-15.  He  married  December  9th,  1799,  Sarah  Budd,  daughter  of  Dr. Stacye  and  Sarah  (Monrow)  Budd. She was  born  March  8th,  1781,  and  died  October 2nd,  1851."