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He died at his post in the discharge of his duty. What words more fitting can be carved upon the tomb of the brave soldier !
The Society Sons of the Revolution in the State of California has lost a zealous member, and we place this memorial upon our records as a testimonial to the worth of a cherished companion, a brilliant soldier, a patriotic citizen, and a comrade known in the Army as "the father of his Regiment."
We direct that this memorial be spread upon the Records of this Society. and that a copy thereof be transmitted to the family of our deceased associate.
Captain Charles See Collins, !I. S. A.
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CHARLES LEE COLLINS
Captain Twenty-Third Infantry, United States Army Born at Newport, Kentucky, July 24, 1859 Died at the Island of Cebu, September 7, 1899
Adopted September 16, 1899
HE Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of California Is again called upon to add another page to its mortuary record in affectionate testimonial to the worth of one of its members.
Captain Charles Lee Collins, son of the late Col. Henry E. Collins, who served throughout the War of the Rebellion in the Cavalry arm of the Union Army, was appointed a cadet to the Military Academy at West Point in 1878. by President Hayes. Graduating in June, 1882, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry, from which time he was in active service in the army upon the frontier and on staff details up to his death, when he had been promoted to the rank of Captain.
In May, 1893, he was stationed at Los Angeles as Inspec or of Small Arms Practice, upon the staff of Gen. McCook, and upon the incorporation of this society he was one of the charter members and the first Secretary, serving as such until army Headquarters were moved to Denver.
Early in the winter of 1898, while stationed at Whipple Barracks, Arizona, as Adjutant of the Eleventh Infantry, he was ordered to duty as military attache of the United States Legation at Caracas, Venezuela, where he remained for over a year. His uniform courtesy and the unhesitating compliance with the request of the President of Venezuela for suggestions looking toward a greater efficiency of the military forces of that State, were recognized by decorating him with the famous "Order of the Liberator," (Busto de Bolivar. )
In the spring of 1899 he was ordered home and placed in command of a large number of recruits, with whom he salled from San Francisco for the Phil- ippines on the transport Ohio in the latter part of July.
He was taken ill on the voyage, and his physical condition had become so exhausted that he could not rally from the effects of a surgical operation made at Cebu soon after his arrival.
He leaves a widow, Emma Byrd Beach Collins, who was with him to the last, but no children.
Capt. Collins, in right of his father, was a Companion of the Military Order of
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the Loyal Legion, a member of the Pennsylvania Society of the War of 1812, and of the California Societies of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Revolution.
The profound sympathy of the members of Sons of the Revolution is extended to the sorrowing widow now in the far Pacific, and in commemoration of the loss to this Society of a zealous member, a patriotic soldier and a com- panion whose life was gentle, it is ordered that this memorial be spread at large upon our records, and a copy thereof transmitted to his widow.
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Colonel William Anthony Elderkin, U. S. A.
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WILLIAM ANTHONY ELDERKIN
Colonel of the United States Army Born in Pottsdam, N. Y., May 15, 1839 Died in Middletown, N. Y., January 1, 1900
Adopted January 10, 1900
RADUATING from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May, 1861, Colonel Elderkin entered the army as Second Lieutenant of the Second Regiment of Artillery, and he was immediately ordered to join his command upon the commencement of hostilities in the War of the Rebellion.
Participating in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, as an officer of Rick- ett's Battery, and in many campaigns, his service was active and continuous in the field, except for a short time when he was detailed as assistant professor of mathematics and instructor of artillery tactics at West Point. In 1864 he was promoted from the line to be Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, in which branch of the staff service of the army he served until he was retired in March, 1898, with the rank of Colonel. His tours of service covered almost every command of the army and almost every State and Territory of the Union.
During most of the period when the Headquarters of the Department of Ar- izona were located at Los Angeles, Col. Elderkin was in charge of the Subsist- ence branch of the service. and he remained at this station after Headquarters were removed to Denver, until 1896, when he was ordered to Chicago.
Col. Elderkin was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and of the Military Science Institution. He was one of the incorporators and the first Vice-President of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, and when a charter was granted to the California Society of Colonial Wars by the General Society, he was elected its Lieutenant-Governor.
The California Society of Sons of the Revolution hereby places upon record its tribute to the memory of a member who was endeared to us all by his many amiable qualities. A beloved member has gone from us, and we mourn, with the desolate widow and daughters, the loss of the Christian gentleman and patriotic soldier, the friend and companion of our councils, and one whose name stands high upon the roll of honor in our Country's archives.
We extend to Mrs. Elderkin and her daughters our profound sympathy for their great loss, and the Secretary is instructed to transmit to them a copy of this memorial.
Roll of Ancestors
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Ancestors and Descendants
ARNDT, JOHN
1748-1814
Captain, July 9-December 1, 1776, of the First Company of the Northampton County Pennsylvania Battalion, Commanded by Lieut. Col. Peter Kechlein. Wounded at the Battle of Long Island. Aug. 27, 1776, and participated in the Battles at Fort Wash- ington, Nov. 16, 1776 and Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
CATESBY CHARLES THOM CAMERON DEHART THOM
ATWOOD, JOHN
1749-
Private in Captain John Chester's Company. from Wethersfield, Connecticut, in "Lexington Alarm." Served six days. Private in Captain Abraham Filer's Company and Captain Fitch Bissel's Company, Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's Regiment, 17th Connecti- cut Continental. Taken prisoner at Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776.
Colonel EDWIN BYRON ATWOOD, U. S. Army
BALLANCE, CHARLES -1777
Private In Captain John Syme's Company of the Tenth Virginla Regiment Commanded by Colonel Edward Stevens. He enlisted January 1, 1777 and died May 13, 1777 from wounds received In battle.
Gen. JOHN GREEN BALLANCE, U. S. Army
BALLANCE, WILLIS
-1824
Corporal of Company Commanded by Captain Bressie, or Bressic, (also known as Captain Moody's Company) Second Virginia Regi- ment Commanded successively by Colonels Gregory Smith and William Brent. Enlisted September 1778 and served three years.
Gen. JOHN GREEN BALLANCE, U. S. Army
BAKER, JOHN
-1792
Member of Committee appointed by Convention at Savannah, Georgia, July 20, 1774, to prepare resolutions expressive of the sentiments and determination of the people of the Province in re- gard to the Boston Port Bill; member of Provincial Congress of Georgia, 1775-1777; member of Georgia Council of Safety, 1776. Colonel commanding a regiment of militia of Liberty County. Georgia. 1775-1783; wounded in skirmish at Bulltown Swamp, November 19. 1778; defeated Captain Goldsmith at White House. Georgia, June 28. 1779; participated In capture of Augusta, Georgia, May-June, 1781.
EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN
BATTELLE, EBENEZER 1754-1815
Captain of Dedham, Mass. Company in Lexington Alarm, April 19. 1775; Captain in Col, McIntosh's Regiment Mass. troops, March 1776. Assisted in fortifying Dorchester Heights. Second Major of First Regiment Suffolk County, Mass. Militia, April 1, 1780.
GORDON BATTELLE HAMILTON, M. D.
BEARDSLEY, NEHEMIAH 1731-1811
Captain of 9th Company, 5th Connecticut Regiment, Commanded by Colonel David Waterbury, and adopted into the Continental Line. Served at New York and in the Northern Department at Lakes George and Champlain under Gen. Schuyler. Commissioned May 1. 1775. discharged December 11. 1775. Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Connecticut Militla May 1777, promoted Colonel of same Regiment February 1778.
MOSS WHITE BEARDSLEY
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BEEBE, IRA
1735 -- 1792
First Lieutenant of Captain John Lewis' Company, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Baldwin's 10th Connecticut Regiment. Com- manded his Company on the Hudson to guard the Highlands and prevent communication between New York and General Burgoyne. Promoted to be Captain in 27th Regiment Connecticut Militia.
HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
BENDER, CHRISTIAN
1730-1801
Enlisted in Captain Teunis A. Slingerland's Company, Eighth Regi- ment, Third Rensselaerwyck Battalion, Commanded by Colonel Philip P. Schuyler, Albany County, N. Y., Militia. Promoted Ser- geant and served with this rank unti! discharged.
HOWARD BENDER
BENEDICT, AARON 1744-1841
Sergeant in Lieutenant Isaac Benham's Company, Colonel Jona- than Baldwin's 10th Connecticut Milltia. Served at New York in 1776. Promoted to be Lieutenant in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment and served along the Hudson River, October 1777.
ELI P. CLARK
BENTON, ZADOCK
1761-1845
Private six weeks in 1777 of Captain Robinson's Company, Con- necticut Militia, Private from October to December, 1777, in Captain Johnson's Company, Colonel Newberry's Regiment, Con- necticut Militia. Private from June, 1778, to March, 1779, in Captain Comstock's Company, Colonel Lorain's Regiment, Connec- ticut Militia. Private for two months in 1779, in Captain Israel Con- verse's Company, Connecticut Militia. Private in 1780 in Captain Strong's Company, Colonel Swift's Regiment, Connecticut Militia. Private in the Second Regiment, "Connecticut Line," Colonel Charles Webb. Served from July 1, 1780. to December 9, 1780.
ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON
BERRY, THOMAS
Private in Benjamin Larrabe's Company of Colonel Mitchell's Reg- iment, Massachusetts Militia. Served from July 9 to September 12 in the expedition against Penobscot.
MARK TRAFTON BERRY
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BOUTON, DANIEL 1740-1821
Private of Connecticut troops at Campo, to repel the enemy. May 30. 1781 : Captain, Ninth Regiment Connecticut Militia. Pen- sioner as Captain of Connecticut Line.
EDWARD BOUTON
BROWN, DAVID -1802
Captain of Massachusetts Minute Men at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775.
HORACE ATWELL BROWN
BURNETT, JOHN
1739-1824
First Lieutenant in Fifth New York Line, November 21. 1776, re- signed May 9, 1778 ; Ensign March 3. 1778 of Captain William Telford's Company Second Regiment New York Levies; Captain. April-December, 1781. Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Pawling's Regi- ment New York Levies.
FRANK WILBUR BURNETT
CAREY, JOHN SR. 1756-1844
Private in Captain Obadiah Johnson's Company, Colonel Israel Putnam's 3rd Connecticut Regiment. May 19 to December 15. 1775. Private In Captain Robert Durkee's Wyoming Valley Company attached to Connecticut Line. Private in Captain Simon Spaulding's Independent Wyoming Company attached to Connecticut Line, Janu- ary 1, 1777, to January 1. 1780. Served at siege of Boston, with Washington In New Jersey, at battles of Millstone River, Brandy- wyne, Germantown, Wyoming, at Valley Forge and in Sullivan's Ex- pedition against the Indians.
JOHN MINER CAREY MARBLE
CHANDLER, DAVID
1747-1816
Corporal of Captain John Simon's Company, Major Nathaniel Ter- ry's command from Enfield, Connecticut. Served six days. 1775. in "Lexington Alarm." Corporal of Captain Charles Ellsworth's Company. Colonel Jedidiah Huntington's Eighth Regiment Connec- ticut Continental Line, Enlisted July 6, discharged December 18. 1775. Served on Long Island Sound and at Roxbury, Massachu- setts. Member of Committee on supplies for town of Enfield, Con- necticut, in 1779.
ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON
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CHITTENDEN, JARED
1758-1828
Private of Captain Andrew Ward's Company, Colonel David Woos- ter's First Connecticut Continental Regiment. Served in Northern Department from May to November, 1775 ; Private In Captain Dan- lel Hand's Company of Colonel Talcott's Regiment Connecticut Militia, March 22-April 18. 1776.
REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREWER
CLARK, THOMAS 1752-
Private In Captain Samuel Ward's Company of Colonel James M. Varnum's Rhode Island Regiment. Served from April, 1775, to December, 1776.
FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT
CONEY, DANIEL 1752-1842
Second Lieutenant of Captain Hopkin King's Company. Colonel Jo- seph Read's Massachusetts Regiment, December 10, 1775. at Rox- bury. Second Lieutenant. May 7, 1776. of Captain Zaccheus Crocker's 4th (Shutesbury) Company, Colonel Wright's Sixth Hampshire County, Massachusetts Regiment ; Adjutant of Lieuten- ant-Colonel Timothy Robinson's Hampshire County, Massachusetts Regiment, January 2, February 24, 1777.
JOHN RICHARDSON HALL
HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS
COOKE, JOSEPH PLATT 1729-1816
Colonel of the 16th Regiment. Brigadier General Oliver Wolcott's Brigade. Connecticut Militia, resigned 1778. Served in Campaign around New York, 1776, and at Danbury, Connecticut. during Try- on's raid in April, 1777. Member of the old Continental Congress and of the Council of Connecticut.
REV. ALEXANDER MOSS MERWIN
CORWIN, JOSHUA
1733 -- 1812
Private In First Regiment of Suffolk County, New York Minute Men. commanded by Colonel Josiah Smith. Signed the engage- ment to support Congress. 1775.
DAVID RITTENHOUSE PORTER CORWIN
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CUDDEBACK, BENJAMIN 1747 --
"Associator" and Private in Captain Abraham Cuddeback's Com- pany, Colonel William Allison's Regiment, Orange County. New York Militia, 1775-1783.
HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
CUDDEBACK, WILLIAM 1699-1778 "Associator." Orange County. New York, 1775. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
DECKER, THOMAS 1704- "Associator." Orange County. New York, 1775. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
DODDS, JOSEPH JR. 1756-1833
Ensign. April 5. 1778. of Captain William Dodds' First Company of the First Battalion of the York County, Pennsylvania. Militia. com- manded by Colonel James Thompson: Lieutenant. June 17. 1779. of Captain William Dodds' Sixth Com- pany. Sixth Battalion of York County, Pennsylvania. Militia, com- manded by Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Nelson.
DONNELL GEORGE FISHER
FARRAND, BETHUEL -1794
Enlisted as Private in the New Jersey Militia in the Spring of 1776 and was in actual service 24 months. through various tours until dis- charged in 1782. Promoted to be Lieutenant. Engaged in Bat- tles of Monmouth and Springfield.
SHERMAN OTIS HOUGHTON
FARROW, THOMAS
Captain of the South Carolina Partisan Rangers. Wounded at Ninety-six on May 22. 1775
HARRY LEE MARTIN
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FELLOWS, ABIEL
1764-1833
Private in Captain Matthew Smith's Company, of Brigadier-General Waterbury's Connecticat State Brigade. Enlisted June 28. 1781. Served at Phillipsburg and under General Heath on the Westchester line. Private in Captain Gilbert Livingston's Company, Colonel Courtlandt's Regiment, New York Levies, 1782.
JOHN RANDOLPH HAYNES, M. D.
FISHER, BERZILLIA 1730-
Served seven days as Private in the Company of Captain Ephraim Warren from Killingly, Connecticut, in the Lexington Alarm.
DONNELL GEORGE FISHER
FOLSOM, NATHANIEL
1726-1790
Member of Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774; Member of New Hampshire Committee of Defence; Major-General of New Hampshire Militia, May 23rd. 1775. and served at Siege of Boston; Member of Continental Congress, 1777-1779; Judge of New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas, 1776-1790.
HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS
GILMAN, JOHN TAYLOR 1753-1828
Sergeant of Captain Hackett's Company of Minute Men from Exeter New Hampshire, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 22, 1775 Member of New Hampshire Committee on Claims, 1777; Appointed Officer of New Hampshire to register wounded soldiers; Member of New Hampshire Legislature, 1779; Member of Committee of Safety, 1780; Delegate to Hartford Convention, 1780; Member of Continental Congress from New Hampshire. 1781-82.
HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS
GILMAN, NATHANIEL
1759-1847
Second Lieutenant of Captain Joseph Parsons' Company of New Hampshire Minute Men, 1775; First Lieutenant in Third New Hampshire Regiment, November 8, 1776, to April 1, 1778. Sick with small pox and resigned May 1. 1778.
HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS
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GILMAN, NICHOLAS 1731-1783
Receiver General of New Hampshire from 1776 to close of the War; Colonel of New Hampshire Militia from 1776 to 1780; Lieu- tenant of Captain John Langdon's Company of Minute Men which marched to Saratoga In 1777 to resist the invasion of Burgoyne.
HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS
GOODRICH, JOHN -1800
First Lieutenant in the Fourth Virginia Line April 1, 1776; resigned January 6, 1777.
BEN GOODRICH
GRAHAM, WALTER
Second Lieutenant of the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, 1777 to 1778. Served subsequently as Captain-Lieutenant of a Virginia Regiment. GEORGE PERSELL MCLAIN
HALL, AARON 1751-1835
Private In Captain Abel Holden's Company of Colonel Nixon's Mass . achusetts Regiment April 26. 1777, to December 31, 1779; Private In Captain Chambers' Company Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Reg- iment, January 1, 1780, to May 19, 1780; Private from Massachu- setts In 13th Divison Continental Army, July 10, 1780,-January 11, 1781.
JOHN RICHARDSON HALL
HARDEN, WILLIAM
1743-1785
Captain of Beaufort Artillery, South Carolina, March, 1776; in command of Fort Lyttleton for fourteen months; Colonel of Militia under General Stephen Bull, 1777; attacked British at Wiggins' Hill, 1779; Colonel In Marion's Command, 1780-1781; In several skirmishes with British. 1781; captured Fort Balfour, with about 100 prisoners, 12th April, 1781; at slege and capture of Fort Galphin, 1781; in active service until end of war.
EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN
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HENRY, GEORGE
1751-1790
Private Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, Captain Samuel Morris, March, 1777-81, at Germantown; County Lieutenant, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; resigned June, 1777 ; Commissary of Naval Stores, Continental Navy, Pennsylvania, 1778.
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY
HENRY, WILLIAM
1727-1793
County Lieutenant. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1777,-September 10, 1790.
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY
HENRY, PATRICK 1736-1799
Member of Virginia House of Burgesses; Commander-in-Chief of Virginia Troops and first Governor of Virginia.
SPENCER ROANE THORPE
HICKOX, GIDEON
1705-1798
Member of Waterbury, Connecticut, Committee on Supplies, 1777. Contributed liberally in money and materials and was Private of Waterbury, Connecticut, Militia.
HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS
HOOKER, SETH
1759-1844
Private in Captain Simeon Clap's Company in Colonel David Wells' Regiment Massachusetts Militia. Enlisted May 10, 1777. Served 2 months 9 days in expedition to Ticonderoga. Private in Captain Oliver Lyman's Company, Massachusetts Militia. Enlisted from Northampton, August 17. 1777. Served 7 days in "Alarm" to E. Hoosac.
JOHN DAGGETT HOOKER
HOSMER, WILLIAM
1745-1839
Private in Captain William Smith's Company of Minute Men, Colo- nel Abijah Pierce's Regiment, in the Alarm of April 19, 1775. Participated in the fight at North Bridge near Concord. Served 9 days. Private in Captain Moses Harrington's Company, Colonel Dike's Regiment, raised to serve until March 1. 1777. Enlisted December 20, 1776, from the town of Lincoln, Massachu- setts; discharged February 22, 1777.
ORRIN ZEIGLER HUBBELL
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HOUGHTON, ABIJAH
1749-1831
Private in Captain Benjamin Houghton's Company from Lancaster, Massachusetts, in the "Lexington Alarm ;" served 10 days : Ser- geant in Captain Andrew Haskell's Company of Colonel Asa Whit- comb's Massachusetts Regiment. April, 1775. Served six months. Was shot through the leg and received a bayonet wound in the hip at Bunker Hill.
SHERMAN OTIS HOUGHTON
HULL, SETHI
Sergeant of Captain Michael Denning's Company, Thirteenth Regi- ment (Saratoga District), Albany County, New York, Militia. Colo- nel Cornelius Van Veghten.
ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON
INGRAHAM, JEREMIAH 1733-1813
Private in Captain James Endecott's Company, Colonel Lemuel Robinson's Regiment from Stoughton, Massachusetts, in "Lexing- ton Alarm." Private in Captain James Endicott's Company, Colo- nel Benjamin Gill's Massachusetts Regiment. March 4-9. 1776. Served at Dorchester Heights. Private in Captain Theophilus Crane's Company. Colonel Benjamin Gill's Massachusetts Regi- ment, March 22-24. 1776. at Braintree. Private in Captain James Endicott's Company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's Regiment. June 13- 16, 1776, at Moon Island when the British fleet was driven out of Boston Harbor.
JOHN RICHARDSON HALL HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS
JONES, CADWALLADER 1755-1795
Captain Third Regiment Virginia Light Dragoons, Continental Line. February 6. 1777. Aide-de-Camp to General Lafayette at Brandy- wine, Yorktown and elsewhere.
JOHNSTONE JONES
KENYON, JOSEPH -1831
Corporal of Captain Allyn's Company of Colonel Angel's Second Rhode Island Continental Battalion. Enlisted in 1777 and served throughout the war.
BREWSTER . COX KENYON
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LEE, THOMAS
1739-1814
Second Lieutenant In Captain Jac. Rosekrans' Dutchess Co. Company. Colonel James Holmes' Fourth Regiment, New York Continental Line, on the Continental Establishment of 1775, appointed June 28, 1775 : Promoted First Lieutenant of same Company In same Reg- iment August 3, 1775; Captain Eighth Company in Colonel Lewis Du Bois' Fifth Regiment New York Continental Line, November 21, 1776. Resigned May 19. 1778; Captain In Colonel Zephanla Platts' Regiment New York Associated Exempts. New York Mili- tla, October 19. 1779; Captain in Colonel Lewis Du Bois' Regi- ment New York Militla Levies of the State to reinforce the army of the United States, July 1, 1780.
BRADNER WELLS LEE
LEWIS, WILLIAM TERRELL
1718-1802
Sergeant of "The First Company of Albemarle Independents," Vir- ginia, commanded by Captain Charles Lewis. Served against Lord Dunmore : Member of the General Assembly of North Carolina In 1781, 1783, 1785 and 1788, from Surrey County.
FRANKLIN WALTON MOORE
LINK, ADAM
1761-1864
Private in Captain Bigg's Company, Colonel Williamson's Regi- ment. Pennsylvanla Militia, July-December, 1777; Private, Cap- tain Mason's Company, same, 1778. Served six months. Private, Gaptain Noble's Company, Colonel's Shepherd's Regiment, 1779. Served six months.
JAMES MONROE ALLEN
LOCHRY, ARCHIBALD -1781
Lieutenant of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania : Lleutenant- Colonel of a Battalion of Pennsylvania Militia In the Campaign of Colonel George Rogers Clark against the Shawnese and other Indi- an towns in Ohlo. Captured and killed by the Shawnese Indians under Brandt, at the mouth of Lochry's Creek In Indiana, August 24, 1781.
JAMES LOCHRY PAUL
LUCKET, THOMAS HUSSEY
First Lieutenant of Stephenson's Maryland Rifle Regiment. July 11. 1776; taken prisoner at Fort Washington November 16, 1776; ex- changed November 2. 1780.
GEORGE PERCELL MCLAIN
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MALCOLM, WILLIAM
1732-1792
Major Second Battalion New York City Militia, 1776; Colonel Sec- ond Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, 1776; Colonel Addi- tional Regiment Continental Infantry. April 30, 1777-April 22. 1779, when Regiment was consolidated with Colonel Oliver Spen- cer's Additional Regiment Continental Infantry; retired May 9, 1779; Continental Adjutant General of the Northern Department. June 2-October, 1778; Colonel First Regiment New York Levies, 1780-1; Member of New York Provincial Congress, 1776.
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY
MAXWELL, WILLIAM
1739-1807
Member of Provincial Congress of Georgia, 1775-1777 ; appointed by Provincial Congress one of the "trustees for taking Into their custody and management the [British] forfeited estates." May 4. 1778; Privateersman commanding his own armed vessel, recovering property taken by British, and attacking parties of the enemy engaged in collecting forage and provisions for the Royal troops In Savannah, 1779; arrested, tried for "treasonable practices" and convicted. January, 1780; fined £300 and kept under parole until the evacuation of Savannah, July 11, 1782.
EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN
MERCER, HUGH
1720-1777
Colonel Third Virginia Regiment. February 3, 1776; Brigadier- General Continental Army June 5, 1776. Died from wounds re- celved at Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777.
GEORGE SMITH PATTON
MORRISON, RODERICK 1763-1843
Private in the Fourth Regiment "Connecticut Line," commanded by Colonel Zebulon Butler. Served from November 1, 1780, to December 31, 1781.
REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREWER
NICHOLS, DAVID
1741-1823
Private In Captain Dimon's Company of Lieutenant-Colonel Beebe's Regiment Connecticut Militia, May, 1775; Corporal of Lieutenant Paine Converse's Company, 11th Regiment Connecticut Militia which served In New York in 1776: Captain In Lieutenant-Colonel Dimon's Regiment, which turned out to resist Tryon's raid of July. 1779: Captain in Colonel Canfield's Regiment Connecticut Militla, which served at West Point In September. 1781.
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