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and some distance to the east. After that the range upon each extreme was brought nearer and nearer together as if driving the American force to the centre, through which they afterwards fired steadily. This is the description of the can- nonade given to the writer by Robert A. Paddock and Lyman Dunning of Sodus, many years ago. The affair ended as abruptly as it commenced. Whether on account of news suddenly signaled to the fleet from a distance, or for some other cause, an order from the fleet recalled the boats in great haste. The British soldiers hurriedly carried their dead comrade down the stairs of the tavern, striking his head it is said on the steps, pushed off to the fleet; and the latter immediately making sail disappeared in the distance.
The prisoners White and Fairbanks were taken away and sent. to Halifax. It was some months before they were released. Richard White survived, until a recent date, in Williamson. Fairbanks was the son of Rev. Eleazer Fair- banks the early Presbyterian minister of Palmyra who set- tled at what is still known as Fairbanks' Point east of Pult- neyville. He went to Halifax and secured the release of his son. The health of the latter was injured by the expos- ure and he died not long after the war. He left one son, Rufus Fairbanks, and a son of the latter bearing the same name as his grandfather, resides at Williamson. The widow of Prescott Fairbanks, the prisoner, afterwards beeame the wife of Colonel Cottrell of Williamson.
Russell Cole was a blacksmith by trade and also a gun- smith; an ingenious mechanic and withal something of a hunter. He could make a rifle and use it. He married a daughter of Deacon Abraham Pepper.
About six miles above Pultneyville the British had landed, seized Noah Fuller and Captain Church and compelled them to act as pilots in approaching Pultneyville. The fam- ilies left the village mostly at the discovery that the fleet was before the place. Samuel Throop took his wife and children to the Hatch place, the house still standing on the old Shipley homestead just north of Isaac Shipley's brick dwelling-house. Several cannon balls fell in the field oppo- site and they moved on, to the house of Thomas Fish.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Mrs. Andrew Cornwall and others went up to the Decroif place and from there to the Albright house a mile west .*
Balls have been ploughed up in the vicinity of the house now belonging to Dr. A. P. Sheldon, then the place of Jacob W. Hallet. It was a prominent object from the lake and a good target for cannon practice. The gunners were not very successful, however, in their aim, as the house was not struck. There was a hole made by a cannon ball in the old Selby house which now stands on the west corner at the foot of Jay street. It remained there many years and only disappeared when the building was repaired. Balls have also been found at various places in and around the village ; on the present place of Ansel Cornwall and on the present farm of Evelyn Cornwall.
The Enterprise built at Pultneyville, was employed in the government service. Loaded with flour and pork for Fort Niagara it was chased by a British cruiser. The crew ran the Enterprise into Eighteen Mile Creek, scuttled her and carried the sails away into the woods. The British boats captured and refitted the craft for use in their service.
Samuel Ledyard owned a trading sloopt during the war. It was chartered by the government at one time and a load of supplies taken to Sackett's Harbor. The late Abraham Pepper of Pultneyville was one of the crew on that trip.
The families living at Pultneyville, or near there, at the
* Russell Cole who had escaped through the creek joined them having on his drenched clothes. While they were going along, a clearing brought the party in sight of the fleet and a volley of grape shot was fired after them doing no damage however.
+ We suppose that it is of this vessel that the late Milton Fairbanks used to tell an amusing incident. While on a trading expedition with only one old rusty musket on board in the way of arms, they saw at no great distance a boat full of men which the crew believed to be British. As an attempt at defence they loaded the old musket to the muzzle filling it up with slugs, nails, etc. Bal- ancing it across a box they determined to give the enemy one gun at least. Cautiously touching it off with a coal of fire the effect was astonishing-the noise was like the report of a cannon. The old musket " kicking " rebounded into the lake and has never been seen since. The men in the boat expecting to be sunk by the next shot, hoisted a white handkerchief and pulled in to sur- render. The boat load had consisted of six Yankee prisoners under a British guard, but a few hours before the Yankees had overpowered the guard and the latter were now the prisoners.
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time of the attack, are shown in the following names upon the road warrants of 1814, for Districts No. 21 and No. 31 :
George D. Phelps, Oliver Phelps, William Holling, John Abell, William Alcock, Jacob W. Hallett, Samuel Ledyard, Rufus P. Fairbanks, William L. Grandin, Samuel Throop, Jared C. Selby, James Calhoun, Jr., Milton Fairbanks, of No. 21.
Nathaniel Babbitt, Elijah Stocking, Abraham Pepper, Abraham Pepper, Jr., John De Kroift, Andrew Cornwall, William Waters, of No. 31.
There may, however, have been others who were not assessed for road work, by reason of not being on the assess- ment roll of the town.
Alvah Fuller, Esq., now a resident of Aurora, Ill., sends the following :
"My grandfather, Thomas Fuller of North Adams, Mass., was one of the early volunteers in the Revolutionary war. He died at the house of his daughter, Berthy Wood, in Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1816. My father, Noah Fuller, was captain of an Independent Rifle Company, dur- ing the war of 1812, in Ontario, Wayne County, N. Y. He was taken prisoner while residing on his farm, in Ontario, six miles west of Pultneyville, on the lake shore. It was a pleasant day in the summer of 1814, when the British war vessel King George, came sailing down the shore opposite my father's farm, threw out her anchors and sent one of her gun boats with twelve red coats on shore. My mother and children took my father's uniform, sword and rifle, went out the back door to the woods and hid them in a heap of brush, while my father and Captain Church, an old Revolutionary soldier, walked down to the beach to meet the red coats, who in- formed them that the captain wanted to see them on board the King George. They ordered them to go with them, and when aboard set sail and carried them down the lake to Pultneyville, where the United States Government had certain military stores, guarded by a few militia, who refused to let the British land until they had fired several cannon balls through the old two story "Whipples's" public house, which made the glass and splinters fly. Under the rules of war they could not hold Captains Fuller and Church as prisoners and they were set free and after a walk of four miles, brought them home quite late. After this, Captain Fuller and his company were called into active service, crossing into Canada at Lewiston, where they remained until the close of the war, when the most disgraceful peace, as
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Captain Fuller always said, was consented to by our gov- ernment. This was the time to have conquered Canada, but we still have it to do. My oldest son, Joseph Allen Fuller, settled at Emporia, Kansas, and in 1857 was deputy sheriff of Lyons county. When the Rebellion broke out, he was requested to assist Colonel Mitchell in raising a reg- iment. Joseph A. Fuller was First Lieutenant of the com- pany raised at Emporia. Their first battle was at Wilson's Creek, Missouri, where General Lyons fell. Colonel Mitchell was shot in the shoulder, and Lieutenant Fuller received a ball in his side. He was afterward shot in the head, taken from the field, surviving until he reached his home, when he expired, having given his young life for the country he loved."
At the time of the Pultneyville affair there was a saw-mill North of the main street and West of the creek ; the dam being where the street now crosses near the residence of Harvey Auchampach. There was also a grist-mill about on the site of the present Pallister warehouse, either then built or soon after.
When the militia were stationed at Pultneyville during the war they used for their headquarters the barn of Samuel Throop, which then stood on the North side of the street East of the present Reynolds house.
The British left Pultneyville in such a hurry that the crew of one of the Batteaux lying at the warehouse cut the rope that fastened the boat instead of unloosing it. The part cut off was used by the Throops for several years upon the wind- lass of their well.
WAYNE COUNTY MEN WHO SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1812.
We have first the official record of the claimants to whom awards were made under Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1859.
Index of awards on claims of the soldiers of the war of 1812 as audited and allowed by the Adjutant and Inspec- tor-Generals pursuant to Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1859 .*
Daniel J. Abbott, Lyons,
$80 00
Francis B. Ackler, Sodus,
50 00
James Andrew,
Walworth, 55 00
* " The Adjutant and Commissary-Generals were appointed a commission to determine the sums due for the contingent expenses of the militia in the War of 1812," and the money awarded was to be paid by the State "as soon as the money shall have been received from the government of the United States."
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Oliver Atwell,
Marion,
$ 71 00
Benjamin Austin,
Ontario,
16 00
Moses Austin,
Lyons, 65 00
Mattolus Avery,
Macedon,
55 00
Matholtus Avery, .
Macedon,
55 00
Elijah Baker,
Walworth,
15 00
George Baker, Jr.
Sodus,
II 50
Zachariah Baker,
Wayne County,
II 50
David Barclay,
Lyons,
55 00
Simeon J. Barrett,
Rose, still living.
51 00
Silas Barton,
Walworth,
21 00
Sylvanius Bassett,
Savannah, (by adm'r,)
59 00
Sylvenus Bassett,
Savannah, (by widow,) 58 00
John Bell,
Wayne County, (by widow,) 55 00
George Benton,
Lyons,
55 00
Gilbert R. Berry,
Arcadia,
58 50
William Birdsall,
Wayne County,
54 00
John Blanchard,
Wolcott,
88 00
Benj. D. Bloomer,
Lyons, (by widow,)
50 00
John Boucher,
Sodus,
60 00
George Boynton,
Walworth, (by admin'x,)
41 00
James Bradshaw,
Sodus,
33 00
Isaac Bramer,
Butler, 28 00
50 00
Andrew D. Bromfield,
Arcadia,
8 00
Peter Brower,
Sodus,
55 00
Ansel Bruce,
Wolcott,
13 50
Garry Burnham,
Savannah, 21 00
Simeon Burnett,
Arcadia,
30 00
Daniel Chapman,
Palmyra,
110 00
Stephen R. Chapman,
Wolcott,
9 00
Abner Chase,
Walworth,
23 00
Joseph Church,
Williamson,
22 00
Israel J. Clapp,
Butler,
58 00
Jacob Clapper,
Rose,
12 00
Jacob Clapper,
Rose, (by widow,) 65 00
55 00
Newton Clark,
Arcadia, (by admin.,)
65 00
Phineas C. Clark,
Wayne Co.,
58 00
Richard S. Clute,
Arcadia,
80 00
William B. Coggshall,
Marion,
43 00
David Cole,
Lyons, (by admin.,)
53 00
Samuel G. Cole,
Wolcott, 61 00
Jason Collier,
Sodus, (by admin.,)
55 00
Nathan P. Colvin,
Galen,
29 00
John D. Connors,
Ontario,
30 00
James Covell,
Rose,
55 00
Peter Brant,
Sodus,
Isaac Clark,
Wayne Co., (by widow,)
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Joseph G. Crandall,
Arcadia, $ 50 00
Samuel Crandall,
Ontario, (by admin.,) 55 00
John Creager,
Lyons, 55 00
Zephaniah F. Culver,
Arcadia, 73 00
Seth Curtis.
Marion,
56 00
Joseph Darby,
Wayne Co., (by widow,) 30 00
John Davenport,
Butler,
60 50
Bebee Denison,
Sodus,
80 00
Beebe Denison,
Sodus,
58 00
John W. Denton,
Lyons,
55 00
Jesse Devoe,
Wolcott,
38 00
Theodore Dickinson,
Arcadia,
85 50
Isaac Dickson,
Arcadia, (by widow,)
23 00
John Dixon,
Wayne Co.,
22 00
Daniel Doan,
Galen,
53 00
Daniel Dodge,
Wolcott,
41 50
Thomas E. Dorsey,
Lyons,
50 00
Nathan Drake,
Arcadia, drummer,
65 00.
Azel Eaton,
Macedon, (by admin.,)
65 00
Ethan Enos,
Williamson,
110 00
Daniel Failing,
Lyons,
58 50
Thomas Fish,
Williamson,
58 50
Benjamin Ford,
Galen, (by widow),
55 00
Eleazer Fuller,
Lyons,
55 00
John Furlong,
Galen,
50 00
Henry Gale,
Lyons,
50 00
John Gardner,
Wolcott, (by widow,)
22 00
Samuel Garlick,
Galen,
53 00
Dyer Gay,
Galen,
29 00
Oren Gaylord,
Sodus,
22 00
John Goodsell,
Lyons,
51 00
Daniel Gould,
Walworth, (by admin.,)
24 00
Benjamin Grandy,
Wolcott.
58 00
Joseph Grandy,
Walworth, (by admin.,)
50 00
James Grant,
Butler,
58 00
Calvin Griffin,
Arcadia,
53 00
George Grimes,
Walworth,
110 00
Wm. Griswold,
Rose, (by widow,)
58 00
Jacob P. Grout,
Newark,
58 00
James F. Gurnee,
Huron,
58 50
Abner Hand,
Galen (by widow,)
13 00
John Harmon.
Arcadia,
58 50
James Harper,
Galen,
85 00
Gideon Harrington,
Macedon,
55 00
John S. Harrington,
Butler,
22 00
Lyman Hatch,
Lyons,
27 00
Isaac Herrington,
Arcadia, (by widow,)
55 00
MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
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William Hewlett,
Lyons,
$ 12 50
Samuel Hill,
Arcadia, (by widow,) 75 00
Isaac Hodges,
Ontario,
34 00
Darius C. Hollinbeck.
Arcadia,
53 00
Riley Holley,
Sodus,
28 50
Samuel Hunn,
Rose,
55 00
Thomas Hopkins,
Sodus,
23 00
Richard Hultz,
Lyons, (by widow,)
55 00
Nathan Jeffers,
Rose, (bv widow,)
60 00
John Kerby, Jr.,
Wayne Co.,
58 00
Christopher King,
Lyons,
58 00
Elias Knapp,
Walworth,
45 00
Daniel Knapp,
Wayne Co.,
22 00
Charles Knox,
Huron,
55 00
Peter Labertaux,
Butler,
41 50
John Lamareaux,
Butler,
55 00
James LaRue,
Lyons,
50 00
Isaac Lawrence,
Sodus,
55 00
Peter Lloyd,
Arcadia,
70 00
Joseph Lockwood,
Huron,
51 00
Ira Lathrop,
Rose,
55 00
James Lovejoy,
Arcadia,
58 00
Samuel Lucas,
Arcadia,
52 00
Jacob P. Lusk,
Arcadia,
24 00
Robert H. McArthur,
Wolcott, (by admin.,)
100 00
John McCarty,*
Sodus, (by widow,)
38 00
John McConnelly,
Huron,
90 00
John McConnelly,
Wayne Co.,
61 00
Thomas McDowell,
Wayne Co.,
75 00
John McMindes,
Sodus,
75 00
Henry Mack,
Wolcott,
58 00
Henry Madan,
Wolcott,
57 00
Dennis Magden,
Huron,
70 00
William Marble.
Arcadia,
70 00
Richard Martin,
Palmyra,
55 00
Benjamin Mason,
Marion,
60 00
Isaac Masten,
Galen,
19 00
Jonathan Mason,
Walworth,
57 00
Beekman Mead,
Lyons,
58 00
Jacob J. Merrick,
Arcadia, (by widow,)
58 00
John W. Messenger,
Sodus,
55 00
Jeduthan Moffat,
Sodus,
55 00
Horace Morley,
Sodus,
90 00
Samuel Negus,
Marion,
39 00
James Norcutt,
Walworth, (by widow,)
55 00
Job B. Norris,
Sodus,
60 00
* He died May 12, 1831.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Daniel H. Norton,
Sodus, (by widow,)
$ 55 00
Lyman Olmsted,
Arcadia,
60 00
Benjamin Osborn,
Galen, (by widow,) 55 00
Shadrack Osborn,
Palmyra,
58 00
Nathan Osborn,
Galen, (by widow,)
75 00
George Palmer,
Sodus,
55 00
Henry Parks,
Arcadia,
95 00
Reuben Parks,
Marion,
58 50
John Patrick,
Arcadia,
53 00
Daniel Patterson,
Wolcott,
57 00
Simeon Phelps,
Wolcott, (admin't'x.,)
58 00
Nehemiah Phillips,
Sodus,
50 00
Simeon Pitcher,
Sodus,
88 00
John Pratt,
Williamson,
38 50
Stephen Pray,
Butler,
50 00
Andrew Preston,
Wayne Co.,
62 50
George Proper,
Wayne Co.,
58 00
Nicholas Pullen,
Sodus, (by admin't'x.,)
80 00
John Purdy,
Butler,
47 00
Willard Randall,
Sodus,
73 00
George Randolph,
Walworth,
44 00
John G. Rarick,
Sodus, (by widow,)
55 00
John Rhea,
Lyons, (by widow,)
54 00
Ethan Roberts,
Lyons,
50 00
Daniel Roe,
Wolcott,
47 00
Daniel R. Rozell,
Lyons,
65 00
Ambrose Salisbury,
Palmyra,
83 00
Gamaliel Sampson,
Butler,
55 00
John Sebring,
Wayne Co.,
55 00
Moses Seeley,
Sodus,
61 00
Abraham Sherman,
Lyons,
50 00
Henry J. Sherman,
Ontario,
63 00
Sebastian Shibley,
Lyons, (by executors,)
55 00
Cornelius Simmons,
Marion,
50 00
Jeremiah Smith,
Arcadia, (by widow,)
55 00
John Smith,
Lyons,
50 00
John J. Smith,
Arcadia,
50 00
John Snook,
Savannah,
38 00
Richard H. Speed,
Arcadia,
54 00
Simon Sprague,
Butler,
14 00
Stephen Sprague,
Savannah, (by widow,)
20 00
Isaac N. Springer,
Palmyra,
22 00
David Sprong,
Sodus, 22 00
James Stevenson,
Williamson,
55 00
William Stewart,
Williamson,
55 00
Samuel Strickland,
Walworth,
31 00
Isaac Stephen,
Lyons, (by widow,)
80 00
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William Taylor,
Sodus, (by widow,) $ 61 00
Ezra Thomas,
Williamson, 85 00
Samuel T. Thurston,
Macedon, 55 00
Asahel Tickner,
Galen,
63 00
Simeon Torrey,
Sodus, (by admin.,)
55 00
Moses Tucker,
Arcadia,
55 00
Ephraim Turner,
Macedon,
60 00
Anthony M. Tyler,
Arcadia,
55 00
Abijah Upham,
Butler,
58 00
Abraham J. Van Alstyne, Wayne Co.,
58 00
Michael Vanderhoof,
Savannah,
58 00
Martin Van Dyke,
Savannah,
55 00
Peter Van Etten, Sodus,
17 00
John M. Van Fleet,
Wolcott,
58 00
Philip Van Nortwich,
Savannah, (by widow,*)
55 00
Joshua Van Wagenen,
Arcadia, 52 00
Lewis Velie,
Rose,
19 00
Charles H. Viel,
Wayne Co.,
58 00
Jacob P. Vosburgh,
Arcadia,
50 00
Nathaniel Wadley,
Galen,
58 00
John O. Wadsworth,
Wayne Co.,
22 00
Gardner O. Wadsworth, Walworth, (by admin.,)
55 00
Solomon Walker,
Sodus,
55 00
George J. Walrath,
Lyons,
55 00
John B. Warner,
Arcadia,
84 00
John, J. Watters,
Sodus,
55 00
Henry Weaver,
Sodus,
55 00
John H. Weaver,
Sodus,
50 00
Richard West,
Sodus, (by executors,)
13 00
Thomas West,
Butler,
25 00
James Western,
Walworth,
50 00
Nathan Weaver,
Sodus, (by admin.,)
75 00
Earl Wilcox,
Marion,
43 25
James Williams,
Lyons, (by admin.,)
50 00
Abner Wood,
Sodus,
17 00
John Woodard,
Rose,
20 00
William Woolsen,
Arcadia,
70 00
John Wormwood, Huron, 19 50
The following names in addition to the above are furnished from Theodore Dickinson's agency, Newark, for whom awards were procured. It is not clear why they are not on the printed list at Albany :
Russell Alford,
Henry S. Nash,
Wasson Briggs,
Nathan Noyes,
* Widow still living, (May, 1883.)
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Ira Case,
Preston R. Parker, Arcadia,* Richard Ryan, Savannah,+
William W. Crawford,
Adam A. Flint,
Benjamin Rynders,
Peter P. Fotts,
Jacob Showerman, Arcadia,
Ezra Grenell,
Israel Springer, Marion,
Frederick L. Harter,
Thomas Stafford, Arcadia,
Alison Hayward,
Robert Smith,
Daniel Harding,
William Tinney, Arcadia,
Henry Krake,
Azel Throop,
Levi C. Lyon,
C. P. Tibbits,
James H. Meags,
John Watts,
Jotham Marshall,
Clark Warren.
Josiah McDowell,
Mr. A. F. Redfield, of Clyde, also furnishes a copy of the muster roll of the company commanded by his father belong- ing to the Seventy-First Infantry, which was called out on Sunday, June 13, 1813, as already mentioned :
Captain-Luther Redfield.
Sergeants-Abraham Stocker, Daniel Dryer, Samuel
Crager, James Bartle.
Corporals-Joseph H. Brown, Benjamin Allen, Chester Dryer.
Privates-Benjamin Avery, Seth Barnes, William Blan- chard, Lemuel Baker, Harlow Burt, Michael Beadle, Harry W. Bartle, Nathaniel Betts, Pardon Brownell, Henry Boyce, John Boyce, John Bradley, Loami Beadle, Lemuel Cobb, Cyrenus Campbell, David Crager, Valentine Crager, Philip Crager, Hatfield Cooper, Sumner Chapman, Esquire Davenport, Horace Done, Charles Forbes, Elisha Fitch, Gilbert Gordon, John Gordon, Craig Gordon, John Gilles- pie, Thomas Howe, Thomas Hill Jr., Ezra Hall, Thomas Harris, Almond Hill, James High, Joseph Harvey, James Hammond, David Jones, Charles Keys, Joseph Keys, Nich- olas King, Jr., Ebenezer H. Moore, John Maynard, Samuel Mills, Eli Nelson, Alanson Pierce, Jesse Pierce, Elisha Rey- nolds, Lemuel Roberts, Timothy Y. Rich, Jabez Reynolds Anthony Rouse, Benjamin Reynolds, William B. Reynolds, James Ray, Isaac Stocker, David Smith, Nathan Smith, Lem- uel S. Southwick, Lemuel Southwick, James Stephenson, Warren Smith, Michael Finnery. John D. Torrington, Joshua Vandervost, James M. Watson, George Watson, David Wheeler, Philander Woodworth, Hubbard West, Timothy Wood.
* Widow draws a pension.
+ Living, (May, 1883.)
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
This company was formed or authorized to be formed April 6, 1807. The first appointments were David Southwick, Captain ; Seth Barnes, Lieutenant; Luther Redfield, Ensign. The company belonged to the 102d Regiment, Lieutenant- Colonel Sayres commanding, of the County of Seneca.
Luther Redfield was appointed Lieutenant March 6, 1809, and Captain February 4, 1812. Under the same date David Southwick was appointed Second Major of the Regiment.
The commissioned officers appointed from time to time in this regiment comprise the names of many early citizens in the Eastern part of Wayne, then Seneca County. In a new company formed March 2, 1814, Adonijah Church was ap- pointed Captain, John Hyde, Lieutenant, and Norman Sheldon, Ensign, as shown in chapter seven .*
We are indebted to William Van Marter, Esq., of Lyons, for the following muster rolls of companies in this vicinity as they existed in 1813 and 1814. As the regiments to which they belonged were ordered out on various occasions and par- ticipated to some extent in the engagements at Sodus Point and Pultneyville as well as upon the frontier at Buffalo and elsewhere, the men as a whole may properly be called " soldiers of 1812 ;" though this will not be true of every individual name upon the rolls. Some were represented by substitutes ; others were discharged from actual service in the field by reason of ill health. Drafts were also made from these ranks or volunteers called for, and this relieved the remainder from service at times.
Nevertheless the rolls are an interesting memorial of those times and show largely the men who went, or stood their chances in a draft.
ROLLS OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST INFANTRY AS THEY EXISTED IN JUNE, 1813.
CAPTAIN HULL'S COMPANY.
Captain-Elias Hull. Ensign-William E. Guest.
* The above list includes the names from Junius and perhaps other territory South of the line of Wayne County. At a later date this company seems to have been attached to the 71st Infantry according to the collection of papers in the hands of William Van Marter, Esq., of Lyons.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Sergeants and Corporals-John Gilbert, David Rundale, James Larue, Henry Perrine, Vini Pease.
Drummer-Nathaniel Brown.
Privates-John Butler, Jonathan Butler, Arthur Murphy, Lot Hammond, George Featherly, William E. Perrin, Henry Slocum, Charles Morgan, William Riggs, Peter Quick, Henry Vandercook, William Adams, Aaron Gibbs, Cooper Barclay, John Alford, Fred Featherly, Anderson Johnson, Henry Beard, Cornelius Vandercook, Isaac Mason, Richard Walling, Job Smith, Joseph Beard, Jacob M. Gilbert, Newton Clark, Jeremiah Brown, Moses Austin, Garret Van Sickle, Joseph Ellis, Charles Terry James Walling, Joseph Rue, Morris Pope, Gideon Drake, John Bullard, Simeon Knight, Silas Dart, Isaac Austin, Samuel B. Barber, Aaron D. Laning, Henry Pope, Gideon Van Gordon, Will- iam Rossiter, Samuel Gault, Richard Beard, John Mitchell, Elijah Lemmon, James Seton, Jacob Sebring.
CAPTAIN PERRINE'S COMPANY.
Captain-Peter Perrine, Lieutenant-James Beard.
Ensign-Ebenezer M. Bean. .
Sergeant-Joseph Cole.
Corporals-Benjamin McMasters, Richard Jacobs.
Fifer-George Alexander.
Drummer-Timothy Ruttenber.
Privates-Moses Hurlburt, Robert Hammell, James Quick, James Coats, Sidney Stout, Richard Pelham, Jacob Drake. John Austin, Lawrence Hersenger, William Walling, Cor- nelius Cuykendall, Benjamin Wager, Phineas C. Riggs, John Riggs, John Cuykendall, Israel Churchill, Samuel T. Rossiter.
LIEUTENANT WESTFALL'S COMPANY.
Lieutenant-Peter Westfall.
Sergeants-Oliver Granger, James McCarthy, John Scott, Peter Van Etten.
Privates-John S. Shehan, William C. Shehan, Simon Westfall, Reuben Brink, Abraham Westbrook, John Mc- Carty, James Langdon, Ebenezer D. Redfield, David Miller, Henry Crothers, Lot Israel, William Haynes, Abraham McCarty, Moses Dewitt, Ephraim Rosecrans, John Huff- man, John Van Sickle, George Westfall, Benjamin Ennis, James Devine.
CAPTAIN COST'S COMPANY.
Captain-Elias Cost. Lieutenant-James Wooden. Ensign-Abraham Simmons.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
Sergeants -- Asa Palmer, Jacob M. Shekle, John Hum- phrey.
Corporals-Aaron Crittenden, George W. Glover, Robert Crouse, Elijah Russell.
Privates-Joseph Annan, David Barrett, Joshua Brainard, Harwood Bannister, Fred Burnett, Mahlon Cooper, William Clark, Moses Condit, Caleb Case, Samuel A. Denniston, James Dewitt, Henry Furhoun, John Furdig, Cephas Field, Samuel Grant, Hugh Humphrey, George Lov, Charles Mattoon, Robert Woodin, Nathaniel Smith, William Hib- bard, Charles Humphrey, James Myers, Edward D. McDowell, John Nicholson, James Nicholson, James Pullen, John S. Parks, Abel Ridner, Stephen Russell, John Shekel, Stephen Smith, Benjamin F. Sheldon, Charles Skuse, Calvin Stevenson, Jr., Benjamin Wooden, Aaron Young, Stephen Young, John Crawson.
CAPTAIN MUSSULMAN'S COMPANY.
Captain-Michael Mussulman.
Lieutenant-Stephen Dunwell.
Ensign-Samuel Howe.
Sergeants-James Burnet, Joseph Daniels, Jeduthan Hum- phrey, Solomon Walker.
Corporals-David Eldred, George Field, David Burroughs, John B. Warner.
Privates-John Allyn, George Boyle, John Bruce, Moses Burgess, James Crothers, Joel Chapman, James Cuykendall, Stephen Dusinberry, Daniel D. Durham, Isaac Delameter, Elijah Edmonston, Jonathan Follett, Archibald Gould, Charles Goodrich, Casmore Gordon, Silas Greenman, Cephas Hawks, Stephen Hall, David Harman, Martin Hyler, Stephen Headley, Frederick Houser, John Horton, John Hall, Thomas James, Levi Knapp, Levi Kimball, Andrew Lown, John Lewis, Thomas Langdon, Joseph Lown, William Stott, Marquis D. Morrison, Samuel Moore, Chris- topher Myer, Nathaniel Marble, Ashabel Palmeter, James Patterson, Benjamin Pease, Valentine Pease, Maletiah Pease, Thomas Rea, Luther Root, Harry H. Robinson, James Rosecrans, Dean Swift, Benjamin Sweeney, Elijah Tooley, Arthur Van Dyke, Lodewyck Van Auken, John S. Wiggins, Freeborn Wilcox, Samuel Whiting, Martin Woodard, James Westbrook.
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