Military Personnel Extracted from Pioneer History of Camden

Oneida County, New York, 1897

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• Elijah BAILEY was in the 6th Reg't of the Connecticut Line of 1777 to 1877, under Col. Wm. DOUGLAS and Major Ely LEAVENWORTH. Enlisted from Milford as private, 23 Febuary, for three years, discharged 2 Dec 1780. Pensioner in New York 1818, died 1838.
• Jonathan BARNES was in Sandford's Company, 5th Reg't, CL of 1777-1781, 18 Mar 1781. He was drummer under Col. Philip Burr BRADLEY. He is buried in Florence not far from the line of Camden.
• Zophar BARNES was in the war of 1776. Died in Camden 1842.
• David BROWN went from Durham, Conn. Enlisted 1 Jan 1780, taken prisoner near Fort George, New York. He was born in 1760.
• Ichabod BROWN went as private in Capt. Edward ROGER's Company, Second Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, Col. GAY's Regiment from Cornwall, raised in June to reinforce Washington at New York, recruits from Farmington, Simsbury, Windsor, Hartford, Conn. Enlistment from June to 25 Dec 1776. Died 1850.
• John CAIN in Col. Marinus WILLET New York Reg't, Capt. GARRET, Putnam's Co. Enlisted Jul 1780, discharged at Fort Plain on or about 1 Apr 1781. He then re-enlisted in the same company and regiment and served as Sergeant. Died 1840.
• Abel COLLINS. In the 3d Reg't, CL, 1777 to 1778. Capt. JUDD's Company. Enlisted from Hartford, Conn., 4 Mar 1778, discharged 8 Aug 1788; he was a wagoner. He camped at White Plains with Washington's army, Col. SHELDON's Reg't. Died 1838.
• Oliver COOK. Enlisted at Litchfield in 1776 for four months, afterwards re-enlisted at Harwinton under Capt. Ard BUELL and Col. SHELDON's Reg't. Died 1838.
• Serajah COMSTOCK enlisted 1 Jan 1781 to 31 Dec 1781, in the 3rd Reg't, CL, under Samuel B. WEBB. Capt. PARSON's Company. Pensioner in 1818; d. in Williamstown 1826.
• Benjamin CURTIS. In Col. Elisha SHELDON's Light Dragoon, 1777 to 1783. He was in the 6th Troop. Enlisted 6 Mar 1777; was a farmer from Salisbury. Pensioner in 1818, d. 1823.
• Jesse CURTISS. In 1774 when Congress resolved on non-intercourse with Great Britain, he was appointed with two others as committee to see that no tea, molasses, sugar, coffee, spices, &c., were brought into town, and sold in Waterbury, Conn. He went to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 for 25 days. May 1775, he went as Captain until December next as Major for a regiment formed in Waterbury, Conn. Died 1821.
• Daniel DEAN. Enlisted in the Continental Reg't, 5th Company, from 8 May to 18 Dec 1775. Re-enlisted in Gen. Erastus WOLCOTT's Brigade from March to Jun 1777 at Peekskill. In Col. HOOKER's Reg't, Capt. BRAY's Co., from 3 Apr to 10 May 1778.
• Joel DUNBAR enlisted and went as drummer 25 Nov 1775, in the Continental Regiment of Connecticut. re-enlisted in 1776 in Col. ELMORE's Reg't at German Flats. Died, 1827, at Camden.
• John ELDEN was a Britisher. He deserted and joined our army, and remained there until honorably discharged. Died 1828.
• Eliphalet JOHNSON was in the militia at Saratoga. Enlisted 29 Aug 1777; discharged 23 Oct. They were ordered to reinforce Gen. GATES at Saratoga in 1777. He was in two battles, 19 Sep and 9 Oct. Upon their dismissal after the surrender of BURGOYNE, Gen. GATES spoke of them as two excellent regiments from Connecticut. They were commanded by Col. John LATIMER of New London, and Thaddeus COOK of Wallingford, Connecticut. Died 1818.
• Joseph JOHNSON, brother of Eliphalet, was in the Lexington Alarm, 19 Apr 1777. He was from the town of Windham; served four days. He enlisted 6 May 1775; discharged 18 Dec, in Gen. WOOSTER's Reg't, Capt. Benedict ARNOLD, 5th Company.
• Joseph JOHNSON, Connecticut Line, 1777 to 1781, recruited mainly in Windham and New London counties. Col. John DURKEE 4th Reg't. Private in Capt. WEBB's Company. Enlisted from Canterbury, 23 Feb 1778, for the war. Appointed Corporal 1 Mar 1778, discharged 1 Mar 1780. He died 1830; buried in Mexico Street Cemetery.
• Levi MUNSON. Was in the Lexington Alarm, April 1775. 1 Sep 1775, he enlisted in the Quebec Expedition, under Benedict Arnold, New Haven, Connecticut; discharged 21 Jun 1776. He re-enlisted 1 Jan 1777; commissioned 2d Lieutenant; he resigned 8 Sep 1780; d. 1814
• Bartholomew POND first belonged to the minute men and volunteers, afterwards he enlisted for one year, 1 Apr 1776, in Col ELMORE's Reg't; died 1836
• Beriah POND enlisted for one year in Col. ELMORE's Reg't, 1776. Re-enlisted in Capt. WILCOX Company in the corps of artificers, 1777 to 1783; d. 1836.
• Ira POND was in Jesse CURTISS' Company, Gen. HOOKER's Reg't; stationed at Peekskill from 5 Apr to 25 May 1777.
• Jesse PENFIELD. First under Gen. WOOSTER in the 1st Reg't, 8th Co. of Capt. Phineas PORTER. He enlisted 28 Nov 1775, in the Continentals. Afterwards in Col. Elisha SHELDON's Light Dragoon, 1777 to 1783. He re-enlisted 15 Feb 1778, and was in the army until the close of the war; pensioner in 1818; d. 1834.
• Daniel PARKE. In the Lexington Alarm from the town of Chatham. Enlisted in Col. PARSON's 6th Reg't, first call for troops, from April 1775 to April 1776. He was also at Valley Forge; d. 1836.
• Aaron RICE. In Bradley Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, under Co. Philip Burr BRADLEY, in Capt. COUCH's Company. This company was ordered to be raised May 1776, for the general defense of New York State at Fort Washington. He was taken prisoner with the whole garrison 16 November.
• Jonah SANDFORD in Col. HOOKER's Reg't, Capt. Jesse CURTISS' Company; enlisted as private 24 Jun 1776; re-enlisted in the Miscellaneous Roll, Lemuel and Samuel STEADMAN in Capt. BRAY's Company, under Gen. GATES in the vicinity of Ticonderoga from July to November 1776.
• Wm. STEVENS enlisted in 1775 in the 6th Reg't under Col. PARSONS. He was in the 9th Company; re-enlisted from 1 Jul to 18 Dec in the Continental Regiment 1777 to 1781.
• Capt. John WILSON enlisted in Col. Seth WARNER Reg't, 2 Jan 1779, which was raised at Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 1839
• Samuel WOODS. In 5th Reg't under Col. WATERBURY in 1775; re-enlisted in the 8th Company, Capt. Joseph SMITH; enlisted 8 May, discharged 2 Nov; d. 1837
• Timothy WOOD enlisted for three months 29 Jun 1778, in Col. ENOS' Reg't on the Hudson in Capt. BISSEL Company; d. 1835.
• Theophilus WHALEY enlisted near Lake George; d. in 1827.
• Ashbel UPSON, Sen., enlisted at Plymouth, Connecticut, served two years under Col. BALDWIN and Capt. WILCOX; d. 1831.
• Jonathan HARVEY was 16 years of age at the time of his first enlistment in 1777; he served 8 months as private in the Connecticut State Troops. In 1780 he enlisted in the same State for 9 months, serving as corporal. He also served one term in the militia and two months as sergeant. He is buried just over the line in the town of Vienna, in the family lot. He was grand-father of the late E. A. HARVEY.