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84
HISTORY OF LEBANON.
LEBANON NOVI 17. 1781
A PROVISION BILL FOR THE USE OF THE ARMEY FOR THE YEAR ENSU- ING.
Pork
Beef
Wheat Flower
Rye
Salt
Bal
1b oz
1b
OZ
1b
OZ
1b oz
qts
jls
S. d.
Zalmon Aspenwall.
6
12
11
4
22
8
6
12
1
1
1
1
Zenas Alden.
7
14
13
4
26
8
7
14
1
3
1
4
Daniel Alden.
2
4
3
12
7
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Thop. Barbrick.
3
12
6
4
12
8
3
12
0
5
0
7
Isaiah Bliss ...
8
4
13
12
27
8
8
4
1
3
1
7
Sherbiah Ballard
3
12
6
4
12
8
3
12
0
5
0
8
Gedion Baker.
7
2
11
14
23
12
7
2
1
2
1
5
Jonathan Bingham
9
12
16
4
32
8
9
12
1
5
1
8
Stephen Bliss
6
6
10
10
21
4
6
6
1
1
0
11
Azariah Bliss Jun
20
10
34
6
68
12
20
10
3
6
3
6
Samll Baley
4
8
7
8
15
0
4
8
0
6
0
10
Daniel Bliss.
9
12
16
4
32
8
9
12
1
5
1
8
Stephen Billings
8
4
13
12
27
8
8
4
1
3
1
7
Ruffus Baldwin.
18
12
31
4
62
8
18
12
3
1
3
2
Ruffus Baldwin Jr.
6
0
10
0
20
0
6
0
1
0
1
0
Nath Bosworth ..
2
4
3
11
7
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
Jonathan Bosworth.
10
8
18
2
36
4
10
8
1
6
1
10
Lt Thomas Bingham
6
6
10
10
21
4
6
6
1
1
0
11
Sam Baley Jr
7
14
13
4
26
8
7
15
1
3
1
5
Ebenr Bliss
4
12
7
13
15
10
4
12
0
7
0
10
Asa Colburn.
8
7
8
15
0
4
8
0
6
0
10
0
12
1
4
2
8
0
12
0
1
0
2
Samll Crocker ..
2
4
3
12
7
14
2
4
0
3
0
5
David Crocker.
2
10
4
6
9
12
2
10
0
4
0
6
James Crocker.
10
2
16
4
33
12
10
2
1
6
1
10
Robert Colbourn
15
0
25
0
50
0
15
0
2
4
2
6
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
Jesse Cook.
12
6
20
10
41
4
12
6
2
1
2
1
6
0
10
0
20
0
6
0
1
0
1
0
Jacob Colbourn.
4
3
12
7
14
2
4
0
3
0
5
Israel Convers.
2
10
4
6
9
12
2
10
0
4
0
6
3
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Samll Convers.
3
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Elijah Dewey
12
0
20
0
40
0
12
0
2
0
2
0
Saxton Dewey.
4
3
12
7
11
2
4
0
3
0
5
Martain Dewey
3
0
5
0
10
0
3
0
0
4
0
6
William Downer.
20
10
34
6
68
12
20
10
3
4
3
6
William Downer Jr
6
20
8
41
10
12
6
2
1
2
1
Nathan Durkee
4
8
7
8
15
0
4
8
0
6
0
9
Dea. Zachaus Downer
5
4
8
12
.17
8
5
4
0
7
0
11
D'n Jonathan Danna.
13
8
22
3
45
0
13
8
2
1
2
3
Capt William Danna
8
32
8
65
0
19
8
3
2
3
3
D'n Neh. Estabrook.
4
2
6
12
13
12
4
2
0
6
0
6
Neh. Estabrook Jr ..
3
0
5
0
10
0
3
0
0
4
0
6
15
12
26
4
52
8
15
12
2
5
2
8
Randol Evens ...
19
14
33
4
66
8
19
14
3
3
3
4
Edmund Freeman
2
40
14
83
12
25
2
4
2
4
3
John Fox.
4
14
8
0
16
0
4
14
1
0
0
10
John Fenley
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Benj. Fuller
4
14
8
0
16
0
4
14
1
0
0
10
James Fuller
7
14
13
2
26
4
7
14
1
3
1
4
Jer'h Griswold.
12
12
21
4
42
8
12
12
1
5
2
2
Maj John Griswold
28
2
46
14
93
12
28
2
4
6
4
8
Joseph Griswold.
8
10
14
6
28
12
8
10
1
4
1
6
Oliver Griswold.
15
12
26
4
52
8
15
12
2
5
2
8
John Gray.
15
6
25
10
51
4
15
6
2
5
2
7
Leut Levi Hyde.
13
8
22
8
45
0
13
8
2
1
2
3
Leut Jedediah Hebbard.
23
4
38
12
77
8
23
4
3
7
3
11
Josiah Hovey
6
12
11
4
22
9
6
12
1
1
1
2
James Huntington
10
8
17
8
35
0
10
8
1
6
1
9
William Huntington.
10
14
18
2
36
4
10
14
1
7
1
2
David Hough
7
8
12
8
25
0
7
8
1
2
1
3
James Hebard ..
8
4
13
12
27
8
8
4
1
3
1
5
Ensgn Nath' Hall.
28
8
45
8
95
0
28
8
4
7
4
9
1
7
John Griswold Jr.
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
Isaac Corey.
2
William Chaplain
6
6
2
12
19
Saml Estabrook.
25
Jeremiah Conet.
4
Stephen Colburn.
.
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INTRODUCTION.
A PROVISION BILL FOR THE USE OF THE ARMEY FOR THE YEAR ENSU- ING .- Continued.
Pork
Beef
Wheat Flower
Rye
Salt
Bal
James Harthorn ..
8
10
14
6
28
12
8
10
1
4
1
6
Widow Elesabeth Hyde.
5
4
8
12
17
8
5
4
0
7
0
11
Daniel Hough ..
12
12
21
4
42
8
12
12
1
5
2
2
Hiraim Huntington.
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Thop Huntington Jr
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
Saml Huntington
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Thop. Huntington
4
8
7
8
15
0
4
8
0
6
0
Jesse Heath.
6
0
10
0
20
0
6
0
1
0
1
2
Elihu Hyde Esq.
7
14
13
2
26
4
7
14
1
3
1
4
Oliver Hamlain
4
8
7
8
15
0
4
8
0
6
0
9
Doct. Ziba Hall
5
4
8
12
17
8
5
4
0
7
0
11
Lemuel Hough
20
10
34
6
68
12
20
10
3
4
3
6
Lt Charles Hill.
12
6
20
8
41
0
12
6
2
1
2
1
Widow Jane Hill.
12
6
20
8
41
0
12
6
2
1
2
1
Nath! Hall Jr ..
1
14
3
2
6
4
1
14
0
3
0
4
David Hinkley.
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Walter Harris.
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Moses Hebard
13
2
21
14
13
12
13
2
2
1
1
2
James Jones.
34
2
56
14
112
12
34
2
5
6
5
9
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
Joiel Kilbourn
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Elias Lyman
9
0
15
0
30
0
9
0
1
4
1
6
Joshua Lothrop
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Sami Leach ..
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
Richard Lyman
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
7
14
13
2
26
4
7
14
1
3
1
4
7
14
13
2
26
4
7
14
1
3
1
4
14
10
24
6
48
12
14
10
2
4
2
6
Maj. Elisha Lothrop
6
12
11
4
22
8
6
12
1
2
1
3
Capt John Lassell.
11
14
18
12
37
8
11
4
1
7
1
10
Sam' Lothrop.
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
Josiah Lyman.
3
6
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
John Martian.
5
10
9
6
18
12
5
10
1
0
1
0
Joseph Martian
5
10
9
6
18
12
5
10
1
0
1
0
Dan Metcalf.
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
9
6
15
10
31
4
9
6
1
5
1
8
Solomon Millington
4
2
6
12
13
12
4
2
0
6
0
9
Timothy Owen
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
4
Nath1 Porter ..
27
10
46
4
92
8
27
10
4
5
4
7
Ichabod Packard.
2
10
4
14
9
12
2
10
0
4
0
6
Simeon Peck.
19
8
32
8
65
0
19
8
3
2
3
3
Ebba Peck ..
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Estate of Eb Perkins
5
10
9
18
12
5
10
1
0
1
0
Goven Elisha Payn.
16
8
27
8
55
0
16
8
3
0
2
9
Eliazr Robinson
13
14
23
2
46
4
13
14
2
3
2
?
Saml Richardson.
3
6
5
10
14
3
6
0
5
0
7
Enoch Redington.
3
6
5
10
11
14
3
6
0
5
0
7
Constant Storrs
10
2
16
14
33
12
10
2
1
6
1
9
Sam' Sprage.
19
2
31
14
63
12
19
2
3
2
3
2
Elkenah Sprage
6
6
10
10
21
4
6
6
1
1
1
1
Nath' Storrs
22
2
36
14
73
12
22
2
3
6
3
9
Maj. John Slapp.
10
2
16
14
33
12
10
2
1
6
1
9
Clapp Sumner.
9
0
15
0
30
0
9
0
1
4
1
6
Simon Slapp.
5
4
8
14
17
12
5
4
0
7
0
11
Huckens Storrs
16
2
26
14
53
12
16
2
2
6
2
9
Josiah Sweatland.
5
4
8
14
17
12
5
4
0
7
0
10
Joseph Tilden ..
15
12
26
4
52
8
15
12
2
5
2
8
Leut Elisha Ticknor.
28
8
47
8
95
0
28
8
4
6
4
9
Barnabas Tisdall.
5
10
9
6
18
12
5
10
1
0
1
0
Capt Bela Turner
19
8
32
8
65
0
19
8
3
2
3
3
Silas Waterman.
24
12
41
4
42
8
24
12
4
1
3
7
Able Wright ..
10
14
18
4
36
8
10
14
1
7
1
10
Thomas Wells ..
8
4
13
12
27
8
8
4
1
3
1
5
Joseph Wood
. .
34
2
56
12
113
8
34
2
5
6
5
9
Joseph Wood Jr
4
2
6
14
13
12
4
2
0
6
0
y
1b
oz
1b
OZ
1b
OZ
1b OZ
qts jls
s. d.
Walter Peck.
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Daniel King.
.
Uriah Knight
2
.
Lt John Lyman
Sluman Lothrop .
Lt Able Lyman.
Samll Millington
6
11
7
9
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HISTORY OF LEBANON.
A PROVISION BILL FOR THE USE OF THE ARMEY FOR THE YEAR ENSU- ING .- Concluded.
Pork
Beef
Wheat Flower
Rye
Salt
Bal
1b
OZ
1b
oz
1b
OZ
1b
OZ
qts
jis
s. d.
Benj. Wright.
6
6
10
10
21
4
6
6
1
0
1
0
Ens Nathaniel Wheatley
14
10
24
6
48
12
14
10
2
4
2
6
John Wheatley Esq ...
6
12
11
14
22
8
6
12
1
1
1
2
Hezk Waters
16
2
26
14
53
12
16
2
2
6
2
8
Abial Wills
5
4
8
12
17
8
5
4
0
7
0
11
Daniel Wills.
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
5
John Woodward ..
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
5
Henery Woodward
12
0
20
0
40
0
12
0
2
0
2
0
Eleazr Woodward ..
7
14
13
2
26
4
7
14
1
3
1
4
Phinas Wright ...
3
6
5
10
11
4
3
6
0
5
0
7
Andrew Wheatley
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Ephraim Wood
2
4
4
4
8
8
2
4
0
3
0
5
Asa Edgerton
12
0
20
0
40
0
12
0
2
2
2
3.
Mary Bennet
1
2
1
14
3
12
1
2
0
2
0
2
Benj. Fuller Jr fourfold .
33
0
55
0
110
0
33
0
5
4
5
6
Charles Saxton
4
8
7
8
15
0
4
8
0
0
2
9
Nath1 Storrs Hezk Waters Edmund Freeman J
}Selectmen
There are some things to be noticed in this bill of provisions. Each man's weight of pork and rye flour are equal, his wheat flour is double the weight of his beef. Of pork there is about 1,344 pounds and an equal quantity of rye; of beef 2,262 pounds, of wheat flour 4,524 pounds, equal to about 23 barrels; of money a little over £11. The largest assessments were upon James Jones and Joseph Wood, Sr., whose quantities are equal; the smallest, Mary Bennet. 1
REVOLUTIONARY PAPERS.
Losseses sustained in the publick service since the contest with Great Britain
May 1776 Taken by the Enemy at the Cedars in Canada from Noah Paine of Lebanon the following Articles, (viz.) 1 Coat 60/, 1 pr Dear skin Breeches 33/, 1 pr Rusia drabb'd Breeches 15/, 1 Beaver - Hat 24/, 5 pr of stockings 30/ 1 Cheque Wollen shirt15/ 1 Linnen Do 12/, 1 silk Handkerchief 8/, 1 pr mittens 2/6, 2 prs shoes 20/, 1 pr shoe buckles 2/6, 1 gun 72/, Blanket 18/, Cash 12/, Knapsack 3/6, Tump- line 2/
An exact account of the Losses Sustained By Lieut. Charles Hill, at the Cedars in Canada may 19, 1776
A new great Coat
£3-12
Strait bodied Coat fine Broad Cloth
4-10
Supafine Jacket
2. 2
0
0
87
INTRODUCTION.
Nankeen Jacket
1- 0 3. 6
Beaver Hat
Pocket Handkerchief
0- 3-8
English Blanket
1- 4
Knapsack
0- 4- 5- 0
Fusee, Very neat
6-8
Powder Horn
Guns D D to the Soldiers, of my own private Property,
which I never rec'd pay for
12- 0-0
££33-8-4
The above acct. Charged as English goods ware sold for silver in A D. 1776.
The Cedars was an important post about thirty-six miles from Montreal up the St. Lawrence. The post was in command of Colonel Bedell, who, having information from two friendly Indians that a body of English and Indians were in the neigh- borhood, left his garrison to communicate the intelligence, in- stead of sending a suitable messenger, for which he was cen- sured. The fort was unfortunately surrendered and the losses detailed above were in consequence.
A "beaver kitt" is a young beaver-a kitten. A tumpline is a broad strap passing across the forehead to aid in supporting the knapsack. D. D. probably is an abbreviation for delivered.
Lebanon Oct. 28th 1776
We whose names are hereunto Annexed, having rec'd of the Selectmen of said Lebanon the several Quantities of Gunpowder Ball and Flint Annexed to our several names. Do by these promise to be, and hold ourselves Accountable to the Select men of said Lebanon for the time being for the above articles Rec'd as aforesaid Excepting only such of them as may be spent in actual Service
Witness our hands
Ibs Powder
Lbs Balls 21/2
No. Flints
Zacheus Downer
1
6
Abel Wright
1
2
6
Nath1 Hall
1/2
2
6
Lieut Jed Hebbard
1/2
2
6
Abiel Willes
2
6
Isaiah Bliss
1/2
2
6
James Jones
1/2
2
6
Charles Tilden
1/2
2
6
Stephen Tilden
1/2
2
6
88
HISTORY OF LEBANON.
1bs.
Lbs. Balls
No. Flints
Stephen Colburn
1/2
2
6
Jerh Griswold
1/2
2
6
Walter Peck
1/2
2
6
James Fuller
1
2
6
Elisha Ticknor Jun
1
2
6
Joseph Martin
1/2
2
6
Joseph Tilden Jun
1
2
9
Solomon Mellington
1/2
2
Henry Woodward
1%
2
Elkanah Sprague
1
2
9
Eleazer Woodward
1/2
James Hebbard
1/2
6
Daniel Bliss
34
2
6
Oliver Griswold
1/2
2
Moses Hebbard
1/2
Jesse Cook
1/2
Lebanon July 25 1777
Rec'd of Elisha Payne Leut Coll in Col. Chase's Reg't Ten fire arms, Belonging to the State of New Hampshire, and Sent by Them to and for the use of said Regt .- for the town of Lebanon; to be Returned to said Payne or any other proper officer, or accounted for at the price of five pounds ten shillings, besides the cost of Transportation when thereto Required-allso twenty pounds wt of powder, and twenty wt. of lead, and ten flints Belonging to said State as afore said. Rec'd pr Mr William Dana Leut.
Lebanon 25th July 1777
The proportion of arms and ammunition sent to Coll Chase's Regt as follows
(viz) Cornish 4 guns
4
Plainfield 13 do
20 1b powder 25 lb lead
13 flints-13
Lebanon 10 do
20 lb powder 20 1b led 10 flints 10
Hanover 12 do 20 powder 25 lb led 20 flints 12
Cardigan 5 do
20 lb powder 30 1b led 15 flints 5
Canaan
4 do
20 lb powder 10 lb led 4 flints
4
Grantham
2 do
2 -
One dollar to be paid on Each fire arm at time
50
of Receiving them for the Cost of Transportation.
Lead 60 lbs powder 2 lbs town stock.
John Martin 134 do
Dan1 Hough 3 1b Do
Nath. Hall 1 lb Do 1 1b powder
Saml Paine 5 1b Do
Jed. Hebbard 1 lb powder
Abiel Welles 1 lb Do
An accompt of the time and Charges of my going to Royalton at the time of the alarm on the 16 Oct 1780 Myself three days; found a horse
Powder
PROF. CHARLES A. YOUNG.
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to carry provisions from Lieut. John Lymans to the foot of Tunbridge mountains ; necessary charges-eight dollars
Jeriah Swetland.
To the select men for the town of Lebanon ; sirs. pleas to pay to Mr Daniel Hough of Lebanon the sum due to me from sd town for my ser- vice A scouting in the year 1781 in Capt Charles Nelsons Company. Lebanon Dec ye 27 1784
pr me William Lathrop
Received of the Selectmen contents of the within order Daniel Hough
May 6th 1777. Lebanon
We the Subscribers, whose names are hereunto annexed Hereby Cer- tify & Declare that we have Rec'd of Nehemiah Estabrook & John Wheatley ££24 Each Raised by subscription in the town of Lebanon, County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire for the Encouragement of such as should Voluntarily Enlist into the Continental Service for the Term of three years on Behalf of said Town.
Witness our hands and names as follows®
John Colburn
Jonathan Wright
Luther Wheatley
Nath1 Bugbie
Edward Slapp
Jonathan Conant
Phinehas Wright.
Another ammunition list-date unknown :
Zacheus Downer
1 lb powder
Nehemiah Estabrook 1 1b powder
Saml paine
Do
John Martin Do
Abell Wright
Do
Phinehas Wright Do
James Gutter
Do
Abel Lyman Do
Asa Colburn
Do
Jabez Baldwin Do
Elias Lyman
Do
Charles Sexton Do
Eleazr Woodward
Do
John Slapp Jun
Do
Tilley Kingsbury
Do
Thos' Blake
Do
Sluman Lothrop
Do
Hezeh Waters
Do
Dan1 Hough
Do
Oliver Griswold
Do
David Hough
Do
Elkanah Sprague
Do
Elisha Ticknor
Do
Levi Hyde
Do
Wm Dana
Do
Jos Tilden
Do
Jos Martin
Do
Saml Sprague
Do
Lieut Saml Paine
6 lbs lead
James Hebbard 4 lbs lead 1 1b powder
Oliver Griswold
4 lbs lead
Wm Dana
1/2 Do
Neh. Estabrook Jun 4 Do
Thos Blake 4 do
Joseph Martin
1 Do
John Slapp Jun
3/4 do
pr me Daniel Hough
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An account of the Expense and losses sustained by the town of Leba- non, in the publick Defence since the contest with Great Brittain.
£ s. d.
May 1775. Expense to Committee after and for ammu- nition 20
5 4 10
July 1776. Expense to Committee after and for ammu-
July 25.
nition 29 0 0 Rec'd of Col. Payne ten fire-locks, 20 lbs. of powder, twenty wt of Lead and ten flints which said Col. Payne obtained of the State of N. H. for the use of the Reg't commanded by Col. Jonathan Chase 1777 paid to nine men that join'd Col. Scilly's Reg't for three years service in the Conti- nental Army £24 Each, silver, m . 216 By orders from Col. Chase an Express to Col. Paine July 3d, 1777, 22 miles-By an- other Express July 30th to Do. 1 16
July 3d, 1777. Express to Capt. Hendy,
.
2
8
July 30th. Express to Col. Morey, 14
May
1777. Capt. Sam. Paine paid an Express to Col. Elisha Paine 18
July 1777. 6 Pack horses, 3 days, 34 miles to Coffins 1 16 12 Man and horse two days to carry Packs To Ferriage over Connecticut River 10 2
Jule 30th 1777 to six Pack Horses to Otter Creek 70 miles to the Block House · A man with the Pack Horses 7 days .
3 12
1 1
Oct. 1777. Paid James Jones for the use of his horse to Saratoga and for his bridle lost in s'd service 1 13
Committees Expense of Collecting and priz- ing horses for the service to Saratoga To 62 lbs. of lead; powder, 3 lbs ·
1 14
3 17 18
July 1777. Maj. Griswold's Express to Col. Paine . July 18th, 1780. By a journey of two horses and a boy two days to Orford to carry the baggage of a party of Frenchmen by order of Col. Chase 1780, 1781. Two Expresses to Canaan on Publick ser- vice . Jan. 26, 1779 by six men as a Scouting Party for 1 month at 40s per month, as money passed in 1774 12
14
1 5 8
Aug. 1780 by 60 men, one day, in the alarm at Barnard at 3s. per day 9
1780. By Expence in the late Alarm Occasioned by the Enemy's destroying the Town of Roy- alton, &c . . 146 16 9
In the
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By paying and victualling 12 men Engaged for 1 month to scout upon the Frontiers at 48 per month, but as s'd men were in s'd service but three weeks their wages and victualling amounted to
s. d.
41 4 6
March 2d, 1781. To paying and victualling six men Raised for one month, to be under the command of Capt. Nelson to scout upon the fron- tiers, but as s'd men Continued in s'd ser- vice but three weeks, Expence .
Expence for transporting provision for s'd men to Newbury . ·
1 18
March 1781 by Expence in the Alarm at Newbury
48 3 3
Sept. 1781 by expense in the Alarm at Corinth for 60 men
9
By Expence of the Selectmen in &c in pro- curing provisions and other necessaries for the soldiers in the several Services and Alarms inserted as abovesaid 50 Days a 6s per day . ·
15
Two barrels of Beef 2 hundred 1/2 per barrel for the troops at Corinth at £4. 10s per barrel
9
1781 By a bounty paid to Eleven men that en- gaged in the publick service for six months at £4 10s each
49 10
Additional pay advanced by the town to s'd men 24s per month for five months and 1/2 1780 For three men that 'Listed under Capt. Sam1 Paine in the Public Service at Cohos -a bounty 40s each
72 12
6
For eight men under Capt Bush 1 month and 1/2 bounty and wages . 38 8
To Lieut Huntington 1 month and 1/2 at £5. 5 per month . 7 · 17 6
£770-1-1 Sum total ·
22 12 3
Soldiers From Lebanon in the Revolution
The historian has found great difficulty, on account of the rela- tions of the town to the state, in making a full and accurate list of these patriots. First, the names of those for whose connection with the army there is documentary evidence are given.
In Colonel Bedel's regiment were Charles Hill, ensign, Noah Payne, private, Eleazer M. Porter.
This regiment was raised to reinforce the army after its failure under Arnold to capture Quebec, and the death of General Mont- gomery. At a fort called the Cedars, above the City of Montreal the regiment was disgracefully surrendered by the major, Isaac Butterfield, Colonel Bedel being absent at the time. The sur- render was in May, 1776.
Paine and Hill brought bills against the town for losses which they had sustained in the surrender.
COLONEL CHASE'S REGIMENT.
Isaiah Potter,* chaplain
William Dana,* adjutant
Edmund Freeman, Capt.
CAPT. JOSHUA HENDEE'S* COMPANY.
Lieut. Zalmon Aspenwall*
Samuel McCluar
Ensign Nathan Aldrich*
Timy Owen*
Daniel Bliss*
Barnabas Perkins*
Jacob Colburn*
Phillip Paddleford
Sluman Lothrop*
Elisha Tickney*
Nath. Mason
Simeon Wheton
Peres Mason
Joseph Wood*
Solomon Millington*
Eleazar Woodward
The above discharged the 20th (1777) out 48 days each.
Lieut. Seth Martin
Eleazar Robbinson*
Sergt Nathaniel Hall*
Simn Ballock
Sergt Nehemiah Estabrook*
Martin Dewey*
Corl Lemuel Huff*
Josiah Hovey
Zacheus Downer*
Elias Limon*
James Jones*
Mathew Peck*
Joseph Loveland
Silvanus Wells
* Those marked * were of Lebanon.
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SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTION.
Levy Hide* Hezekiah Waters*
Christopher Smith
Joseph Sevey
The above dismissed the 18 of June. The above were in service 46 days.
Ensign Simon Duda (Derry)
Th's Ellis Barbaric*
Sergt. Henry Woodward John Gray* 66 Israel Winchester Peck
Asa Williams
William Downer*
The above dismissed June 13 (1777)
John Grissel* Abel Right Joseph Hamelton
Charles Saxton* Nathaniel Porter*
In the service 12 Days each, cauld 9 days.
In a roll found among the Hall papers the name of Walter Peck is found in addition to the above.
To carrying 45 Packs From Col. Chases to Mt. Independence, 100 miles £22-10-0
To Abel Lymon and Elish Tickney Ecabod Amsbery with There Horses five Days a fetching Baggage from Lebbanon to Col Chase's £2-2-0
To Ezra Percias? with one Hors assisting in gitting the sick along Home six days at &2-2-0
To three Hired Horses to assist in gitting the sick along Home 2 days, £0-12-0
Joshua Hendee Captain
Another roll of Colonel Chase's regiment contains the follow- ing names of officers from Lebanon :
Wm Dana, Adjutant Samuel Payne Capt.
John Lasel Capt. Nathaniel Hall Lieut.
Isaiah Potter Chaplain Jeddediah Hibbard Sergt. Major Abel Lyman Lieutenant
The above was copied from papers of Colonel Chase, now deposited in the archives of the New Hampshire Historical Society. The spelling is preserved and some of the names must be made out by the sound.
In the spring of 1777 there were great fears for the safety of Ticonderoga, when the militia was hastily ordered out, those in this region under the command of Col. Jonathan Chase of Cornish. The regiment marched to Ticonderoga, when, the alarms subsiding, they returned to their homes, in the latter part
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HISTORY OF LEBANON.
of June. From the names which appear above as of Lebanon, there could have been but few men left in the town.
They had scarcely been dismissed when a new alarm was raised, and they were again summoned to the field to meet Burgoyne and save Ticonderoga. The regiment marched under command of Maj. Francis Smith.
CAPTAIN HOUSE'S COMPANY IN COLONEL BALDWIN'S REGIMENT.
Daniel Hough
John Slapp jr
William Downer Jr
Sluman Lathrop Ebenezer Bliss
Col. Nahum Baldwin was of Amherst. His regiment was raised in accordance with a vote of a special convention of the Council and Assembly, September 17, 1776, for the purpose of reinforcing the army in New York. The regiment was in the battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776, and was dismissed in December of that year.
CAPTAIN HOUSE'S COMPANY IN COLONEL CILLEY'S REGIMENT. Mustered March 17, 1777.
John Coleburn
Jonathan Conant
Edward Slapp
Phineas Wright
Luther Wheatley
Jonathan Wright
Nath. Bugbee
Jonathan Kingsbury
John Landee
Elisha Tilden
Stephen Tilden
Benj. Quin
COLONEL CILLEY'S REGIMENT.
John Colbarn
Edward Slapp
Jonathan Conant
Phineas Wright
Jonathan Wright
Josiah Magoon
Luther Wheatley,
Daniel Hough.
Thomas Blake, Ensign
Eben. Bliss
Nathaniel Bugbee
These men were enlisted for three years in the Continental service in the spring of 1777.
This was General Stark's old regiment. The rendezvous of the regiment was Ticonderoga. When that fortress was aban- doned this regiment fell back with the army to Saratoga; was engaged in the battle of Stillwater or Bemis Heights, and the
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SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTION.
battle of Saratoga. It passed the winter of 1777-'78 at Valley Forge; was present at the battle of Monmouth, N. J., was with Sullivan in the expedition into the Indian country, New York. It was stationed at West Point for a time.
Of those above named, Luther Wheatley, son of John Wheat- ley, a youth of seventeen, was mortally wounded in the battle of Stillwater, September 19, 1777, and died September 30.
CAPTAIN HENDEE'S COMPANY IN COLONEL HOBART'S REGIMENT.
Samuel Easterbrook Ens
Joseph Wood
Elisha Bingham
Zalmon Aspenwall
Jabez Baldwin
Jeremiah Griswold
Azariah Bliss
Josiah Bliss
Joel Tilden
Walter Peck
Jacob Colburn
Eleazer M. Porter
Colonel Hobart, called in the records Hubbard, was from Plymouth. He was present at the battle of Bennington with a part of his regiment, while the other part went on to Saratoga and Stillwater.
It has been said by several persons interested in such matters that there were soldiers from Lebanon at the battle of Benning- ton, which the historian would gladly believe if he could have reliable proof of the assertion.
When he first became a resident of Lebanon there were living those who could remember the battle; neither they nor any of their descendants made any claim of presence at that battle.
I find no proof of such presence in any document. There were soldiers from Lebanon in the field just before that battle and afterwards at the battle of Saratoga.
Colonel Chase's regiment, in which there were many soldiers from Lebanon, took the field May 7, 1777, but was discharged in July. See Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. II, pages 14 to 19. The regiment was called out to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga.
On page 138 of the same volume is a record of the discharge of sixty officers and men from Colonel Chase's regiment, June 11, 1777. Of these twelve, at least, were from Lebanon. The reason given for their discharge was that their crops needed their attention to provide food for their families and the army. On page 38 of Vol. II, Revolutionary Rolls, is another record of
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HISTORY OF LEBANON.
Colonel Chase's regiment, under command of Maj. Francis Smith, which marched from Cornish to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga on the alarms of June 27 and July 4, 1777. There were nearly twenty of these soldiers from Lebanon in this regi- ment, comprising most of those whose discharge took place June 11, 1777. All received discharge before the middle of July of the same year.
Among those known to have been at Bennington was Colonel Hobart or Hubbard. Among the companies of his regiment was that of Captain Hendee, in which eleven men from Lebanon were enrolled, and it would seem probable that they were in the battle, but a careful examination of the official rolls leads to a different conclusion.
According to the official rolls (Revolutionary Rolls No. 2, pages 143 to 158), Colonel Hobart's command consisted of five companies, Captain Walker's, Captain Webber's, Captain El- liott's, Captain Post's, and Captain Hendee's. Nothing shows more certainly where soldiers have been than the pay-rolls, be- cause they drew 2d. per mile for the distance they marched. Captain Walker's company is stated to have joined the Northern Army at Saratoga, No. 2, Revolutionary Rolls, page 143.
The same statement is made concerning Captain Webber's company, page 146, but their travel was from Stillwater. Cap- tain Elliott's company was from Plymouth and towns adjacent. The roll does not state from what place their travel was allowed, but only "travel home."
Captain Hendee's company, page 155, was paid travel from Stillwater.
Captain Post's company was paid travel from Stillwater and Bennington, the only company of Colonel Hobart's command so distinguished. This company is known to have been at the Ben- nington battle in which Captain Post lost his life.
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