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Robt. W. Gardner,
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Norman Ottman,
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Martin Stewart,
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John F. Chase,
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David Claus,
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Wm. Eckerson, Jun.,
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Emery A. Shaver,
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Rufus Esmay,
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Theodore Garnsey,
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Aaron H. Esmay,
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SCATTERING.
The following names and regiments to which they belonged we have been fortunate in find- ing, and being scattered throughout the State we will place them as follows :-
Archer John H., Private, 6Ist Regiment, In- fantry, N. Y. S. V.
Bice Henry, Private, 91st Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Brown Charles, Private, 91st Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Becker Vinton, Corporal, 3d Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Budg Daniel, Private, 7th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Bowie James, Private, 102d Regiment Infant- ry, N. Y. S. V.
Bevins John, Private, 7th Regiment Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Bevins Dennis, Private, 7th Regiment Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Duel George H., Private, 93d Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Duel Levi, Private, 7th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Ensign Frederick, Private, 4th Heavy Artil- lery, U. S. Regulars.
Fox Samuel W., Sergeant, 175th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Funk Simeon, Private, 34th Art'y, N. Y. S. V. Grovenor Perry, Private, unknown.
Gorden William H., Private, 25th, promoted to Captain, 6Ist N. Y. S. V.
Hanson Nicholas, Lieutenant, 3d Heavy Ar- tillery, N. Y. S. V.
Hyney John H., Corporal, 90th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Huested William, Private, 142d Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Hillsinger John H., Private, 5th Infantry, Iowa.
Hurst Robert, Private, 6Ist Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Hemstreet Charles, Corporal, Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
King Peter, Private, 7th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Lane Stanton, Private, 102d Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Little Loren L., Private, 6Ist Infantry N. Y. S. V. Mead Ephraim, Private, 90th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Mattice Spenser, Private, 8Ist Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Moyer Sylvanus, Private, 115th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Marble George, Private, 7th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Marshall Thomas, Private, 7th Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
Ostrander John, Private, 87th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Pitcher Jerry D., Private, Ist Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Pichet Peter, Private, 7th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Relyea John, Private, 9Ist Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Salsbury George, Private, 9Ist Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
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Shaver George A., Private, 91st Heavy Ar- tillery, N. Y. S. V.
Stanton John H., Private, 43d Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Shaver William, Corporal, 177th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Van Wormer Isaac, Private, 7th Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
VanWormer J. H., Private, 7th Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
Van Wagoner James, Private, 7th Heavy Ar- tillery, N. Y. S. V.
Witbeck Martin, Lieutenant, 51st Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
White Stephen P., Private, 57th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Tillapaugh Washington, Private, in a West- ern Regiment.
Herrick John, Private, 91st Infantry, N.Y.S.V.
Benjamin W. Gilbourne, Private, - Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Perry Grovenor, Private, - Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Barney Higgins, Private, U. S. Infantry.
R. G. Havens, Surgeon, 139th Regiment, N. Y. S. V.
J. M. Esmy, Private, 101st Regiment, N. Y. S. V.
P. E. Moore, Private, 4th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Charles Bothwick, Private, 53d Heavy Artil- lery,, N. Y. S. V.
H. H. Woolford, Private, 17th Battery, N. Y. S. V.
William Hogan, Private, 93d Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Peter Towers, Private, 8th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
John R. Meek, Private, 91st Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
George W. Clement, Private, 78th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
George W. Boorne, Private, 121st Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Walter A. Dingman, Private, 23d Battery, N. Y. S. V.
Oswal Burnet, Private, 12th Battery, N. Y. S. V.
Cyrus W. Ryder, Private, 133d Infantry, N. Y. S V.
M. Rockerfeller, Private, 91st Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Frank Phaniff, Private, 50th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
William Kennedy, Private, 91st Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
P. S. Taber, Private, 91st Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Harrison Propper, Private, 120th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Benjamin Rennolds, Private, 144th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
John P. Lambert, Private, 80th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Edwin Bruce, Private, 80th Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
George W. Evens, Private, Ist M. F. Eng., N. Y. S. V.
Joseph S. Perry, Private, 2d Heavy Artillery, N. Y. S. V.
Wesley Spore, Private, 9Ist Infantry, N. Y. S. V.
Stephen S. King, Private, 7th Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
Judson Sprong, Private, 152d N. Y. Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
John Thrall, Private, Ellsworth Revengers.
Philip H. Michaels, Private, 3d Heavy Artil- lery, N. Y. S. V.
COLORED VOLUNTEERS.
Berg Henry,
Private, 20th Regt. U. S. C. T.
Becker John,
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Burhans George, do
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Cain David, do do do
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Kilmer James H.,
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Keyser Abrahamn,
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Larkin Adam,
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Lewis John,
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Jackson Arch.,
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Mitchell William, Private, 31st Regt. U. S. C. T.
Murphy Charles,
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Murphy Samuel, clo
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Smoke William, do 3Ist
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Vroman Daniel,
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SCHOHARIE'S HONORED DEAD.
Since we have chronicled the names of those who went forth to battle for their country as far as we have been able to glean from promiscu- ous lists, let us turn to those who laid their lives upon our country's altar as a sacrifice to her greatness, independence and liberty, and a seal to their loyalty.
Through the kindness of Mr. H. H. Johnson, a literary gentleman of Hyndsville, we are able to furnish a list of the soldiers from Schoharie County, who died in service during the Rebell- ion, with their birthplace, date of enlistment and death, being extracts from articles written by Mr. Johnson, and published in the Cobleskill Herald, entitled "Hero Martyrs of Schoharie County."
George W. Snyder. [See Cobleskill.] Simon Hoosick Mix. [See Schoharie.]
David Haner, private, Company G, 134th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; born in the town of Sharon, March 16,1843; enlisted in August, 1862. Participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburgh. Not found after the latter battle and supposed to have been taken prisoner and died in a rebel prison.
John F. Duel, private, Company I, 134th Regi- ment, N. Y. S. Vols .; born in the town of Scho-
harie about the year 1811 ; enlisted September 4, 1862. Died at Fairfax Court House, Va., December 3, 1862.
William H. Cornell, private, Company -, 134th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in Lisle, Broome county, March 5, 1840 ; enlisted August 14, 1862. Fought in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburgh, and was killed by a railroad collision July 15, 1864.
Jesse Albert Crasper, private of Company E, 134th Regiment N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Summit, in 1843; enlisted in 1862 ; was taken prisoner at Gettysburgh, and confined in "Libby Prison," at Richmond, Va., where he died.
Wm. T. Stillwell, private, Company C, 134th Regiment N. Y. S. Vols .; was born at Pratts- ville, Greene county, from whence he removed, at an early age, to Summit, Schoharie County ; enlisted, September 23, 1862; died with spotted fever, December 23, 1862, at Fredericks- burgh, Va.
David H. Stilwell, private, Company C, 134th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Summit, March 14, 1844 ; enlisted Sep- tember 23, 1862 ; fought at Gettysburgh and other battles, and died at Murfreesborough, Tenn., April 4, 186 .;.
Jacob Mereness, private, Company I, 134th Regiment N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Sharon, January 24, 1834 ; enlisted in August, 1862, and died near Fredericksburgh, Va., of chronic diarrhea, December 22, 1862.
Cornelius R. VanSlyke, private, Company C, 134th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols. Born in the town of Seward, June 4, 1840 ; enlisted in Sep- tember, 1862, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburgh.
Corporal Henry W. Gordon, Company C, 134th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Carlisle, June 22, 1837 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; died of inflamation of the lungs, in the summer of 1863.
Wm. H. Clute, private, Company C, 134th Regiment, N. Y. S.Vols .; was born at Spraker's Basin, Montgomery county, August 28, 1837, from whence he removed to Schoharie County ; enlisted August 11, 1862, and died June 14, 1863, from the effects of a kick received from a mule, at Germantown.
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Lieutenant George R. Payne, of Company E, 134th Regiment ; was born in the town of Ful- ton, in the year 1840 ; enlisted in August, 1862. He fought at the battles of Chancellors- ville and Gettysburglı. Was captured in the latter, by the Rebels, but was re-taken by the federal troops, and was killed by a bullet at the battle of Rocky Face.
Corporal James Weidman, of Company D, 13 4th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Jefferson ; enlisted in the summer of 1862; fought at Chancellorsville, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face, Resaca, Lost Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and Atlanta. At the last mentioned place, he was mortally wounded, and died the next day.
James Guffin, private, Company G, 134th Regiment ; was born in the town of Carlisle, Feb- ruary 22, 1832 ; enlisted in September, 1862 ; fought at Chancellorsville, Gettysburgh, and was killed by a cannon ball at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864.
Levi Duel, private, Company K, 7th N. Y. Heavy Artillery; born in the town of Schoharie, in 1841 ; enlisted August 4, 1862 ; was captured during the battle in front of Petersburgh, and died in Andersonville prison, August 15, 1864.
Corporal George H. Duel, 93d Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Wright, March 3, 1841, enlisted in the autumn of 1861 ; fought in several battles, and died from con- sumption, in October, 1864, brought on by ex- haustion in the battle of the Wilderness.
Spencer Mattice, was a private in Com- pany D, 8ist Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Wright, July 3, 1848 ; en- listed March 31, 1864, and died of typhoid fever at Hampton Hospital, August 2, 1864.
John Jost Hillsby, private, Company I, 76th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Cobleskill, in the year 1821; enlisted in the autumn of 1861, and died of fever near Fred- ericksburgh, August 9, 1862.
John Ostrander, private, 87th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; born in the town of Jefferson, December 18, 1842 ; enlisted October 17, 1861 ; fought in the following battles : Williamsburgh, James River, Hanover Court House, Fair Oaks, and the seven days battle before Richmond, when he was wounded and his regiment all
killed or taken prisoners, except four, of whichi number John was one. After recovering from his wounds, he fought at the battles of Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburgh, Gettys- burgh, and the battle of the Wilderness, where he was killed by a bullet.
John H. Stanton, private, 43d Regiment, N.Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Fulton ; en- listed in February, 1862. Fought at the battle of Williamsburgh and died of fever, June 25, 1862.
Norman Ottman, private, 44th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Sharon, April 1, 1825 ; enlisted September 18, 1862. He fought at the battles of Fredericksburgh and Chancellorsville. In the latter conflict he was killed by a piece of shell.
Martin Stewart, a private in the 44th Regi- ment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Fulton, March 12, 1839; enlisted August 22, 1861. He died at the hospital of Fort Wood, in New York Harbor, of fever, June 8, 1862.
John F. Chase, private, Company D, 44th Regiment ; born in Bennington, Vt., whence at an early age he removed to the town of Fulton, Schoharie County ; enlisted in the month of September, 1861. Fought at Yorktown ; died of typhoid fever, in a hospital in New York City, May 15, 1862.
Corporal Charles W. Hemstreet, was born in the town of Carlisle, July 8, 1840; enlisted December 6, 1861. Was taken prisoner at Manassas Junction, but was afterwards ex- changed and died in 1863 from typhoid fever, contracted during his imprisonment.
David Claus, private, 44th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; born in the town of Scriba, Oswego county, N. Y., in the year 1840. In the early part of the year 1862 he removed to the town of Seward, Schoharie County ; enlisted Septem- ber 10, 1862. He fought in all the battles in which the 44th was engaged until his death ; he was mortally wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 8, 1864, and died at Fred- ericksburgh two days after.
William Eckerson, Jr., private, Company I, 44th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery county, N. Y., June 28, 1834; enlisted October 9, 1861,
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and passed through all the battles in which that regiment was engaged. Was wounded in the leg at the second battle of Bull Run and taken prisoner, but released again. Re-enlisted as a veteran December 28, 1863, and was killed while on picket at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.
Stanton Lane, private in the 102d Regiment, Van Buren's Light Infantry; born in the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery county, N. Y., from whence he removed to Sharon, and en- listed in October, 1861. Fought in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Chatall's, White Sulphur Springs and Antietam ; was killed by a shell at the latter place.
Sylvanus Moyer, private, Company D, 115th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Sharon, August 27, 1815; enlisted August 1, 1861. He fought in the battles at Olista Station and Chesterfield Court House, and was struck by a minnie ball in the head and killed at the latter place.
Corporal John H. Hyney, of the 90th Regi- ment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Carlisle, in October, 1838; enlisted November 10, 1861. He fought in the battles of Savage Station and Fair Oaks, where he was wounded in the thigh by the bursting of a shell. He was afterwards engaged in the battles at Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor and Petersburgh ; was mortally wounded at the last named battle, and died August 15, 1864.
Robert N. Hurst, private, Company F, 6Ist Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; born in the town of New Scotland, Albany county, September 12, 1842, and removed to Carlisle, Schoharie Coun- ty ; enlisted September 12, 1861. He fought in the battle of Fair Oaks and before Rich- mond, and wasrun over at the latter place by a piece of artillery and killed.
Erastus Picket, private, Company E, 175th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; born in Schoharie about the year 1820; enlisted in the summer of 1864. Fought at the battle of Cedar Creek, and died of fever at Winchester, Va., November 20, 1864.
Sergeant Samuel W. Fox, of Company E, 175th Regiment, was born in the town of Richmond- ville, May 21, 1831, and enlisted August 21, 1864. He participated in the battle of Cedar
Creek, and died at Winchester, Va., of typhoid fever, November 22, 1854.
Henry Bice, a private of the 9Ist Regiment, N. Y. Heavy Artillery, was born at Rensselaer- ville, Albany county, from whence he removed to Schoharie County, and enlisted in September, 1864. He fought at the battle of Hatch's Run, where he was wounded and afterwards died in the hospital at Washington, May 1, 1865.
Lieutenant Martin Wetbeck, of Company I, 5Ist Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born De- cember 4, 1841, and enlisted from Schoharie October 7, 1861 ; about the Ist of January, 1864, was promoted to First Lieutenant. Fought at Newbern, Roanoke, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Fredericks- burgh and Petersburgh; was taken prisoner and died at Danville prison, January 30, 1865.
Anthony Marshall, private, was born in 1810, and enlisted January 1, 1862 ; he died by disease at Armory Square Hospital, September 6, 1862.
Loren L. Little, private, of Company F, 6Ist Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols., was born in Charleston, Montgomery county, January 31, 1840, and removed to Sloansville, Schoharie County, and enlisted September, 25, 1861 ; was offered a commission but declined and was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks.
John A. Archer, was a private in the 6Ist Regiment, N. Y. Vols., and born in Albany county, November 30, 1836 ; he removed to Sloansville, Schoharie County, and enlisted. Fought at the battles of Fair Oaks, Savage Sta- tion, Edsell's Hill, Antietam, Charlestown, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburgh, Gettysburgh, Hanover Court House, Bull Run, Cedar Moun- tain and Pine Plains, and many more, making thirty-one battles in all; was taken prisoner at Pine Plains, and died in a Rebel prison, August 25, 1864,
George A. Shafer, private, Company G, 9Ist Reginient, was born in the town of Wright, May 6, 1836, and enlisted November 11, 1861 ; he died by disease in Virginia, May 1, 1862.
John Relyea, a private of Company D, 9Ist Regiment; N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in Carlisle, March 28, 1841, and enlisted in October, 1861 ; he died of typhoid fever at Key West, May 16, I862.
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Corporal Robert W. Gardener, of Company E, 44th Regiment, was born in the town of Sew- ard, June Ist, 1831 ; he enlisted September 18, 1862, and fought at Fredericksburgh, Ist and 2d battles, Chancellorsville, Gettysburgh, Rappa- hannock Station, and the battle of the Wilder- ness. On the third day of the last named bat- tle he was taken prisoner and died in Libby prison, in July, 1864.
Emnery A. Shafer, was a private in the 44th, and born in the town of Seward, April 11, 1832 ; enlisted September 15, 1861 and died of jaun- dice at Philadelphia, in March, 1862.
Ephraim Mead, a private in the 90th Regi- ment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Jefferson, October 5, 1842, and enlisted Sep- tember, 1864; he fought and was wounded at Cedar Creek and died in a Philadelphia hos- pital, May 5, 1865.
Simeon Funk, of the 34th Regiment, N. Y. Artillery, was born in the town of Wright, March 26, 1822 ; was drafted in the summer of 1869 ; fought in the battles before Petersburgh, and died of dropsy at Harewood hospital, Wash- ington, January 7, 1865.
Stephen P. White, private of Company B, 57th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in the town of Carlisle, August 16, 1840, and enlisted October 3, 1861. He died of disease at Camp California, Va., January 14, 1862.
Rufus Esmay, of the 44th Regiment, was a private of Company K, and was born in Seward, February 12, 1841. He fought through Mc- Clellan's peninsular campaign up to the siege of Yorktown. Here he was taken sick with typhoid fever and died May 1, 1862.
Corporal Theodore Guernsey, of Company G, 44th Regiment ; was born in Cobleskill, Oc- tober 12, 1833, and enlisted in September, 186 r. Was killed by a bullet in the head at the battle of Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862.
Jeremiah D. Pitcher, a private of Battery C, N. Y. Artillery ; was born in the town of Sharon in the year 1820, and enlisted September 16, 1864. He died of typhoid fever at Point Look- out, Md., February 22, 1865.
William Huested was a private in the 142d Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols., and born in the town of Carlisle, March 4, 1846. He enlisted August 20, 1864, and was wounded October 27, 1864,
at the fight on the Darbytown road, and died from the effects of the wound, November 15. 1864.
John M. Hillsinger was born in the town of Carlisle, and enlisted as a private of Company B, of the 5th Reginient, Iowa Infantry, and died of disease in hospital, at St. Louis, October 18, 1862.
James Bowie, private of 102d Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols .; was born in Scotland in 1842. In 1858 he came to Sharon to reside, and enlisted in the autumn of 1861. Fought in several bat- tles and was killed by a shot front a rebel sharp- shooter, just after the battle of Antietanı.
Jacob Van Wagonen, was born in Columbia county, from whence he removed to Barnerville, N. Y., and enlisted January 4, 1864, as a pri- vate in the 7th N. Y. H. Artillery. Fought at the battles of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Was wounded at the latter place, and died from the effects of the wound, July 7, 1874.
George Salsbury, private, Company D, 91st Regiment, N. Y. Vols .; was born in the town of Wright in the year 1820 and enlisted in the autumn of 1861. He fought in several battles, and at the expiration of his term of enlistment re-enlisted as a veteran, and died of disease at Albany hospital, August 15, 1864.
Charles Brown was a private in the gIst Reg- iment, N. Y. S. Vols., was born in the town of Jefferson and enlisted in the fall of 1861. He died of disease at Key West, Florida, in 1864.
Harvey Brown, a brother, was a private of Company C, 134th Regiment, and born in the town of Jefferson ; enlisted in September, 1862, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburgh.
Sovereign Brown, brother of the two preced- ing, was a private in Conpany G, of the 134th Regiment, and was born in the town of Jeffer- son. He enlisted in September, 1862, and died at Alexandria from the effects of a gun- shot wound, in the summer of 1863.
Corporal William Shaver, of Company C, 177th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols., was born in the town of Fulton, February 4, 1841, and enlisted October 14, 1862. He died in Louisana of yellow fever, April 7, 1863.
Corporal Uriah Hallenbeck, of the 177th Regiment, was born in Albany County in 1835,
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and removed to Fulton, Schoharie County, where he enlisted in November, 1862, and died in Cairo of cholera morbus.
Corporal Vinton Becker was born in the town of Sharon, February 9, 1844, and enlisted in the 69th Regiment, at Cherry Valley, in Octo- ber, 1861, but was transferred to the 3d N. Y. Heavy Artillery, Battery M, and died of fever, April 29, 1862.
John H. Van Wormer, private, 7th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, was born at Carlisle in 1841, and was wounded at Petersburgh on the 27th of Octo- ber, 1864, and died from the effects in the hos- pital.
Thomas Sees was a (colored) private in a white regiment organized in 1861. He was killed at the battle of South Mountain, Md.
Corporal G. Washington Tillapaugh was born in the town of Carlisle on the 3d of June, 1841, and enlisted in the 151st Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols., at Lockport in August, 1862. He was wounded in battle, and after the amputation of a limb, gangrene set in and he died the 2 1st of June, 1864.
Wm. H. McMillen was born in the town of New Scotland, Albany county, and removed to Carlisle, from whence he enlisted in Company C, 134th Regiment, September 8, 1862, and died near Fairfax with the fever. He went out with the regiment and participated in all en- gagements up to his death.
CHAPTER VI.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY COUNTY CIVIL LIST.
JUDGES OF COMMON PLEAS-ASSISTANT JUDGES -SESSION JUSTICES-SURROGATES-DISTRICT ATTORNEYS - COUNTY CLERKS-SHERIFFS -- TREASURERS-SUPERINTENDENT'S OF POOR -- SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS-LOAN COMMISSION- ERS - EXCISE -INSPECTORS - GOVERNOR -- TREASURERS-ADJUTANT GENERAL-CANAL COMMISSIONERS-CANAL APPRAISERS-CURA-
TOR OF STATE LIBRARY-LEGISLATURE -. SENATORS-CONGRESS-PRESIDENTIAL ELEC- TORS-CONSULS.
T THE Court of Common Pleas was continued
from the Colonial period, and under the first Constitution of the State the number of Judges and Assistant Justices in the various counties differed widely, in some there being as many as twelve of each. By an act passed March 29, 1818, the office of Assistant Justices was abolished and the number of Judges was limited to five, including the First Judge.
FIRST JUDGES.
William Beekman, appointed June 10, 1795. John C. Wright, do April 18, 1833. Charles Goodyear, do Febr'y 9, 1843. Demosthenes Lawyer, elected November, 1847. Lyman Sanford, do November, 1855.
William C. Lamont, do November, 1863.
Charles Holmes,* do November, 1871.
ASSISTANT JUDGES.
The Assistant Judges received their appoint- ment from the council of appointment, and we do not think they numbered at any time less than four or more than five. The council having such powers conferred upon them, selfish motives and partisanship led them to use it without stint. The volumes of appoint- ments are almost numberless, and at one time being limited, we cannot give the date of the appointment but only the year in which they presided as given by court record :-
Adam B. Vroman, of Schoharie, John M. Brown, of Carlisle, David Sternbergh, of Broome, and Jonathan Danforth, of Middle- burgh, were of the first bench, and received their appointment June 10, 1795.
Peter Swart, of Schoharie, 1795.
John Bauch, (Bouck), of Middleburgh, 1796. Marcus Bellinger, of Middleburgh, 1796.
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