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Stephen Howel, captain; John . Jermain, first lieutenant; Jesse Hedges, second lieutenant; artillery for Sag Harbor.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Nicholas Staats' regiment: Cornelius J. Schemerhorn, junior, adjutant, vice Nichs J. Kittle, promoted.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
Anthony Earnest, lieutenant and quartermaster; James Striker, captain, and Benjamin Thurston, lieutenant, all of the Fifth regiment of Brigadier General James M. Hughes' brigade, having (regularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted, and in the said brigade the following officers are appointed, to wit:
In the First regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Steddiford:
John McKenzie, captain, vice C. Bogart, removed; William De Forrest, lieutenant, vice Thos Hertell, resigned; Peter C. Schuyler, lieutenant, vice Corns Hertell, removed; John Marschalk, lieuten-
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ant, vice J. Mckenzie, promoted; Thomas Daniel, ensign, vice W. De Forrest, do; William H. Shipman, ensign, vice P. C. Schuyler, do; Samuel Watson, ensign, vice Danl R. Durning, resigned; James M. Van Antwerp, ensign, vice John Marschalk, promoted.
In the Second regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Boyd:
George J. Eacker, captain.
William Whitehead, adjutant, vice G. J. Eacker, promoted; Joseph S. Simpson, lieutenant, vice Peter Kettletas, resigned; Andrew Sitcher, lieutenant; Robert C. Degrove, lieutenant, vice Wm White- head, adjutant; Joseph Constant, lieutenant; Theophilus Bartow, ensign, vice Jos Simpson, promoted; Samuel A. Laurence, ensign, vice A. Sitcher, do; John Smith, ensign, vice Joseph Constant, do; John R. Miller, ensign, vice R. C. De Grove, do.
In the Third regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Morton:
Libbeus Loomis, captain; George Richards, lieutenant; Stephen Tillinghast, ensign, of a company of volunteer light infantry.
John Wells, captain; Thomas Ustick, lieutenant; John E. Seaman, ensign, of a company of volunteer light infantry.
William Richardson, captain; James Palmer, junior, lieutenant; Juan F. Lewis, ensign, of a company do.
William Hosack, captain, vice Jno Childs, removed.
Peter Hawes, captain, vice John Wells.
Andrew Anderson, captain, vice W. Richardson; Gerard Depey- ster, lieutenant, vice W. Hosack, promoted; George F. Harrison, lieutenant, vice P. Hawes, do; Joseph Blackwell, junior, lieutenant, vice A. Anderson, do; Thomas Ustick, lieutenant; John E. Seaman, ensign, vice Gerard Depeyster, promoted; John F. Ellis, ensign, vice G. F. Harrison, do; Alexander Bleecker, ensign, vice J. Black-
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well, junior, do; Fortescue Cumming, ensign, vice T. Ustick, do; Nathan Sandford, ensign, vice Juan F. Lewis, promoted.
In the Fourth regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ben- jamin North:
Daniel Dodge, captain, vice John J. Staples, removed.
John Cheeseman, captain, vice Abraham Riker, at sea; Jonathan Weedon, lieutenant, vice D. Dodge, promoted; James McKay, lieu- tenant, vice J. Cheeseman, do; Simon Fleet, ensign, vice J. P. Athony, refuses; James D. Bisset, ensign, vice J. Weedon, pro- moted; Thomas Hamersly, ensign, vice J. McKay, promoted.
Theodosius Bartow, surgeon's mate.
In the Fifth regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ber- nardus Swartwout:
Cornelius Brinckerhoff, captain, vice Jas Striker, resigned.
Jonas Mapes, captain, vice Francis Childs, in Europe.
Anthony Pell, captain, vice John C. Freeke, removed; Isaac F. Roe, lieutenant, vice B. Thurston, resigned; Benjamin Pomeroy, lieutenant, vice C. Brinckerhoff, promoted; Francis Saltus, lieuten- ant, vice J. Mapes, promoted; Robert J. Thurston, lieutenant, vice A. Pell, do; Samuel S. Brush, lieutenant, vice A. Ernest, removed; John Forsyth, ensign, vice I. F. Roe, promoted; John Wynants, ensign, vice B. Pomeroy, promoted; Cornelius Swartwout, ensign, vice F. Saltus, do; Benjamin A. Egberts, ensign, vice R. J. Thurs- ton, do.
Anthony Anderson, surgeon.
John Bunn, ensign, with rank from the IIth April last, vice John Buntin, appointed thro' mistake.
His Excellency the Commander-in-chief having thought proper to form a company of riflemen in the city of New York to be attached to the brigade; therefore, RESOLVED, that the following officers be and they are hereby appointed for said company, to wit:
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Nathaniel Pendleton, captain; William Armstrong, lieutenant; Edward Moore, ensign, of riflemen.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Richard Decker's regiment: Richard Henderson, surgeon, vice Will Young, deceased.
ONONDAGA COUNTY.
Hezekiah Ollcot, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Asa Dan- forth.
Jeremiah Gould, first major, vice H. Ollcott, promoted; Jeremiah Jackson, second do, vice J. Gould, do.
John Ellice, captain light infantry, vice J. Jackson, do; Isaac Hull, lieutenant light infantry, vice Sier Curtiss, refused.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant James Newcomb's regiment: Michael Vandercook, adjutant, vice N. Van Dercook, appointed captain wrongfully and by wrong name; Trueman Merril, lieuten- ant, vice Freeman Merril, appointed by a wrong name.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Whereas on the seventh day of April last, Isaac A. Van Vleck was appointed ensign of a company in the regiment of militia in the county of Columbia commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Peter J. Vosburgh, but the rank to which it was intended to appoint him was that of a lieutenant in the said regiment. Resolved, therefore, that the said Isaac A. Van Vleck be and he is hereby appointed a lieutenant in the said regiment and that he take rank as such from the said 7th day of April last.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
And WHEREAS on the IIth day of April last Timothy Hunt was appointed a lieutenant of a company in the regiment of militia in
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the county of Westchester, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dan'l Delavan, but the rank to which it was intended to appoint him was that of an ensign in said regiment. Resolved, therefore, that the commission to the said Timothy Hunt as lieutenant be and the same is hereby revoked, and that he be and is hereby appointed an ensign in the said regiment, to take rank as such from the said IIth day of April last.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
1798. August 29.
The Council took into further consideration divers affidavits by which John Keating, captain of the artillery company in the village of Lansingburgh, stands charged with riotous and illegal conduct, and thereupon, Resolved, that the said affidavits be delivered to the attorney general to prosecute the said John Keating and the other person charged in the said affidavits with the offences therein men- tioned; and further, that an order be issued to Lieutenant Colonel (Derick) Lane of Lansingburgh to take the field pieces with their accoutrements into his possession until the Commander-in-chief shall give further order concerning the same.
OTSEGO COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Elijah Holt's regiment:
James Holden, captain, vice Henry Bradt, superseded for neglect of duty; Benjamin Allen, lieutenant, vice John Pickard, resigned; Elihu Warner, ensign, vice Peter Combs, deranged, being intem- perate and unworthy.
In Captain (Cyprian) Herrick's company: Timothy White, ensign, vice Constant Brown, declines accepting.
In Captain (Oliver) Stutson's company: Ethel Starr, ensign, vice John H. Rice, declines.
In Captain (John) Bardwell's company: Amos Spencer, ensign, vice Noah Dodge, removed.
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In Captain (Samuel) Babcock's company: Charles Mason, lieu- tenant, vice Hugh Kelso, removed: James Stuart, ensign.
Israel Shaw, captain; Christopher Brakeman, lieutenant; Samuel Hill, ensign, of a new company.
The Commander-in-chief having ordered that a company of horse be raised out of the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Holt, RESOLVED, that
Constant Brown be captain, Stephen Root first lieutenant, John Scott second lieutenant, and James S. Campbell the cornet thereof.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
His Excellency the Commander-in-chief, on the report and recom- mendation of the adjutant general, having thought proper to form the militia of the towns of Middletown, Stamford, Kortright and Harpersfield in the county of Delaware into a regiment, RESOLVED, that Silas Knap be lieutenant colonel commandant, Hugh Sloan first major, and Charles Fay second major thereof.
OTSEGO COUNTY.
The Honorable Joseph White, esquire, having expressed a wish to this Council to resign the office of surgeon to the regiment of militia in the county of Otsego commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Holt, RESOLVED, that his resignation be accepted, and that David Little be and he is hereby appointed surgeon of said regiment in his place.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
Brigadier General (Thomas) Thomas' brigade:
In Captain Micajah Wright's troop of horse: John Lyon, of Bedford, first lieutenant; Charles Dusenberry, second lieutenant; Lancelot McDonald, of Bedford, cornet.
It having been represented to the Council by the adjutant general that the company of light infantry commanded by Captain Isaac
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Webber and attached to Lieutenant Colonel (David) Hobby's regi- ment in the county of Westchester has not appeared at the three last annual parades, and that there is reason to believe that it will not become full or respectable, and his Excellency the Commander-in- chief having for these reasons concluded to dissolve and discharge the said company and to supply its place by a company now raising by Captain Van Wart. RESOLVED, that the commissions of the officers which have been appointed to command the same be and they are hereby revoked and annulled. His Excellency the Com- mander-in-chief having thought proper to direct a company of light infantry to be raised and attached to Lieutenant Colonel (David) Hobby's regiment in Westchester county, RESOLVED, that
Isaac Van Wart, the captain; John Romer, lieutenant, and William Hammond, ensign, be the officers of the said company.
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Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Stevens' regiment of artillery:
Lieutenant John Speyer, captain, vice George Snowden, deceased; Sylvester Robinson, second lieutenant.
In the four companies directed by law* to be raised and added to the said regiment :
Ist company-Joseph Fay, captain; Samuel M. Hopkins, first lieutenant; William Bleecker, second lieutenant.
2d company-William W. Woolsey, captain; Benjamin M. Mum- ford, first lieutenant; Ebenezer Watson, second lieutenant.
3d company-George Codwise, junior, captain; John Hone, first lieutenant; Peter Irving, second lieutenant.
4th company-William Lawrence, captain; - - -, first lieutenant; John McLean, second lieutenant.
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Resolved, that Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Stevens shall here- after have and take the rank of brigadier general by brevet.
HERKIMER COUNTY.
James L. Kip, inspector of Brigadier General Michael Myers' brigade, to serve also as brigade major with the rank of a major, vice Thomas Cassety, promoted.
SARATOGA COUNTY.
John Ball, inspector of Brigadier General James Gordon's brigade, to serve also as a brigade major with the rank of a major, vice John Bleecker, removed.
DUTCHESS COUNTY.
John Crooke, inspector of Brigadier General David Van Ness' brigade, to serve also as brigade major with the rank of major, vice Philip J. Schuyler, resigned.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
Theophilus Cumstock, inspector of Brigadier General Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade, to serve also as brigade major with the rank of a major, vice Jeremiah Landon, appointed in the United States service.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Elias Butler's regiment :
Captains Robert North and Samuel Frisbee having resigned, their resignations are accepted.
John Eells, captain, vice Robert North, resigned; Samuel Han- ford, lieutenant, vice John Eells, promoted; Thaddeus Hoyt, ensign.
Jacob Sweep, captain, vice J. Deckerson, removed; Thomas Dennis, lieutenant, vice J. Sweep, promoted; Erastus Booth, ensign, vice T. Dennis, promoted.
Oliver Peak, captain, vice S. Frisbee, resigned; Roswell Peak, lieutenant, vice S. Hanford, removed; Jared Hoyt, ensign, vice J. Skinner, removed.
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Putnam Ferrington, captain, vice E. Barrit; Joseph Denio, lieu- tenant, vice P. Ferrington, promoted; Joseph McFarland, ensign, vice P. Frisbee, deceased.
Clark Lawrance, captain; Silas Fitch, lieutenant; Abraham Howell, ensign; Henry Betts, captain; Oliver Burk, lieutenant; Ira McCall, ensign; James Wattles, captain, vice H. Johnson, declines; Jehiel Wattles, lieutenant; Oliver Gager, ensign, of the town of Franklin.
Anthony Lloyd, captain; John Hitt, lieutenant; Eleazer Concklin, ensign; Enoch Knapp, captain; James Wright, lieutenant; John Horton, ensign; Joel Lakin, captain; John Hawk, lieutenant; John Krouskop, ensign, of the town of Colchester.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Uriah Hanford, captain, vice A. Turner, removed; Peter Betts, lieutenant, vice M. Clark, removed; Jacob Hathaway, ensign, vice O. Burk, promoted; John Moore, captain; Abel Downs, lieutenant; Edmund Weed, ensign.
Joshua Simmons, adjutant; William Butler, paymaster; Iris Cham- berlain, quartermaster; Roswell Bradley, surgeon.
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The following officers having regularly resigned, to wit:
Israel Beach, lieutenant in Colonel John Swift's regiment, General (Benjamin) Wells' brigade, in the county of Ontario:
Jonathan Pratt, captain; David Hicock, captain; Ambrose Nor- ton, ensign, in Lieutenant Colonel James Holcomb's regiment, Gen- eral (David) McCarty's brigade, Albany county;
Thomas Whiton, captain, and John Stanton, ensign of Lieutenant Colonel (James) Bennet's regiment, General McCarty's brigade, Albany county;
Thomas Rockwell, ensign, and Joshua Baker, captain, of Lieuten- ant Colonel (Leonard) Bronck's regiment, same brigade;
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Bimal Robins, captain, and Casparus Ackerman, captain, in Lieu- tenant Colonel James Bennet's regiment ;
Samuel Frisbee, captain in Lieutenant Colonel (Elias) Butler's regiment (Delaware), in General (Jacob) Morris' brigade (Otsego and Delaware);
Samuel Martin, captain, and John Markham, ensign. in Colonel Francis Henry's regiment (Otsego), same brigade;
William Reeve, captain; Adam Van Vranken, lieutenant, and Nicholas Van Den Bargh, captain, in Colonel Aaron Comstock's regiment, General (James) Gordon's brigade (Saratoga);
William North, major commandant of a battalion in General (Abraham) Oothout's brigade (Albany);
Levy Tracy, captain, and Ariel Murdock, captain, in Colonel J. Hochstrasser's regiment, same brigade;
Jesse Butler, captain in Colonel Hezekiah Olcott's regiment (Onondaga);
John J. Backer, captain in Colonel (Peter) Swart's regiment of the county of Schoharie;
RESOLVED, that their respective resignations be and they are hereby accepted.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John T. Visscher's regiment : Isaiah Depuy, adjutant, vice Gideon Marlat, declined and not com- missioned; Abraham Van Nist, surgeon's mate.
John S. Gardineer, captain, vice Nicholas Quackenbush, resigned; William Prentupp, lieutenant, vice Jno S. Gardineer. promoted; Henry N. Gardineer, ensign.
Joel Strong, captain, vice Asa Waterman, removed; Charles Howe, junior, lieutenant; William Service, junior, ensign, vice Andrew Johnson, declined.
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Nicholas Van Slyck, captain, vice Vincent Quackenbush, resigned; Nicholas B. Hansen, lieutenant, vice Nicholas V. Slyck, promoted; Lambert Hugenor, ensign, vice Nichs B. Hansen, promoted.
Gerrit Newkerk, captain, vice William Snook, resigned; Christian Service, lieutenant, vice Gerret Newkerk, promoted; Benjamin Pet- tengall, ensign.
Martin B. Schuyler, captain, vice Peter Yates, resigned; Abraham Yates, lieutenant, vice James Lenderson, not qualified; John Gar- dineer, ensign; Ebenezer Mudge, lieutenant in Captain John E. Wemple's company, vice Nicholas B. Hansen, removed.
Milo Bostwick, ensign, vice Christian Anders, not accepted.
John Green, captain, vice William Van Olinden, not accepted; Philip W. De Forest, lieutenant, vice Charles Hobbs, not qualified; Jeremiah Swart, ensign, commissioned by mistake as James Swart; John Kachie, ensign in Captain Solomon Shuler's company.
LIGHT INFANTRY-John Van Vleck, captain, vice Abraham New- kerk, declined; John Shuler, lieutenant, vice John Van Vleck, pro- moted; Teunis Visscher, ensign, vice John Shuler, promoted.
GRENADIERS-Andrew Z. Baird, ensign, vice James Voorhies, declined.
RESOLVED, that Christopher P. Yates, lieutenant colonel com- mandant of a regiment of militia in the county of Montgomery, be no longer a lieutenant colonel under this State and that a super- sedeas be issued to him accordingly. RESOLVED, that Robert McFarlan be and he is hereby appointed lieutenant colonel com- mandant of the regiment in the county of Montgomery from which Christopher P. Yates is now removed.
CAYUGA* COUNTY.
In the regiment lately commanded by Edward Paine: John Til- lotson, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Edw Paine, promoted.
* Cayuga county, erected from Onondaga county March 8, 1799 .- STATE HISTORIAN.
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Joshua Pattrick, first major, vice Tillotson, promoted.
Robert McDowell, second major, vice Pattrick, promoted.
Dudley Avery, captain, vice Wm Branch, removed; Joseph Wit- ter Branch, lieutenant, vice D. Avery, promoted; Joel Paine, ensign, vice J. W. Branch, promoted.
Richard Pelton, captain, vice R. McDowell, promoted; Henry McLallen, lieutenant, new appointment ; Jonas Whiting, ensign, vice R. Pelton, promoted.
RIFLEMEN-Edward Paine, junior, lieutenant, vice A. Kelsey, refuses; Joseph Chittenden, ensign, vice E. Paine, junior, promoted.
ONONDAGA COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Hezekiah Olcott's regiment: Benjamin Wood, adjutant, vice John Ellis, promoted; Jacobus Depue, quartermaster, vice B. Wood, promoted; Winsten Day, pay- master, vice E. Rust, promoted.
Thomas Olcott, captain, vice J. Butler, resigned; George Catlin, lieutenant, vice T. Olcott, promoted; Artemus Bishop, ensign, vice G. Catlin, promoted; Jacob Chandler, lieutenant, vice J. McCrellus, promoted; Elisha Strong, ensign, vice J. Chandler, promoted; Daniel Briggs, lieutenant, vice A. Bice, removed; Calvin Laurence, ensign, vice D. Briggs, promoted; Anson W. Jackson, ensign, vice S. Curtis, removed.
Elijah Rust, captain of a new company; Jacob R. De Witt, lieu- tenant, vice W. Stebbins, refuses; John Haskins, ensign, vice J. R. De Witt, promoted.
In the troop of horse in Brigadier General Edward Paine's bri- gade, formerly commanded by Captain Benjamin Nichol:
Thadeus M. Wood, captain, vice B. Nichol, promoted; Colman J. Keeler, first lieutenant, vice T. Wood, promoted.
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STEUBEN COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Charles Williamson's regi- ment:
John Knox, captain; James Sheather, lieutenant; Dugald Cam- eron, ensign.
John Wilson, paymaster; Benjamin Stockton, surgeon, vice (James) Falkner, promoted.
ONEIDA COUNTY.
In the troop of horse in Brigadier General Michael Myers' bri- gade, commanded by Captain Jonas Platt:
Ozias Wilcox, cornet, vice B. Merrils, promoted.
In the regiment formerly commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George W. Kirkland: Thomas Cassety, lieutenant colonel com- mandant, vice G. W. Kirkland, removed.
Barnabas Pond, first major, vice T. Cassety, promoted.
Joel Bristol, captain, vice B. Pond, promoted; Sylvester Gridley, lieutenant, vice J. Bristol, promoted; James Smith, ensign, vice (William) Stebbins, removed.
Richard Whitney, captain, vice A. Hamlin, removed; Phineas Johnson, lieutenant, vice R. Whitney, promoted; Simeon Hubbert, ensign, vice C. Law, removed; Joseph Brooks, ensign, vice O. Barns, promoted.
David Comstock, paymaster, vice E. Clark, removed.
TIOGA COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant David Pixley's regiment:
Asa Leonard, captain, vice J. Brown, deceased; Abraham Brown, lieutenant, vice A. Leonard, promoted; Jesse Gleason, ensign; Henry Stewart, ensign, vice Thos McMasters, promoted; Joseph Winship, ensign.
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Brian Stoddard, captain, vice A. Hart, removed; Isaac Seymour, lieutenant, vice O. Stoddard, removed; Lawrence Mercereau, ensign. -
Joel Smith, captain; John Quigg, junior, lieutenant-a new company.
Samuel Tinkham, surgeon, vice S. Hutcheson, removed; Lemuel Brown, adjutant, vice W. Suben, removed; Amos Pixley, quarter- master, vice A. Hutcheson, removed.
In Major Commandant William Whitney's battalion:
Jesse Wilmot, lieutenant, vice J. Judal, removed.
Simon Buel, captain of light infantry, vice J. Parker, removed; Isaiah Sluyter, lieutenant, vice T. Ingersol, removed; Asa Squire, lieutenant, vice J. Cunningham, removed; David Compton, ensign, vice A. Squires, promoted; Joseph Leonard, lieutenant, vice R. De Lano, removed; Elisha Pease, ensign, vice J. Leonard, promoted.
Lewis Keeler, paymaster, vice E. Osborn, promoted; John Moore, surgeon, vice E. H. Guernsey, removed.
OTSEGO COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Elijah Holt's regiment:
Joshua Bigelow, captain; Amos Spencer, lieutenant; Eleazer Bigelow, ensign, of a new company.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant David Baits' regiment:
John Bivens, ensign.
Jonathan Hazeel, captain, vice (Elisha) Craw, removed; Orson Moor, lieutenant, vice J. Hazeel, promoted; Nathaniel Freeman, ensign, vice J. Sull, junior, removed.
Silas Scott, captain, vice W. Hanna, resigned; David Francis, lieutenant; Seth Abel, ensign, vice S. Scott, promoted.
Levi Austin, captain; Giles Scisson, lieutenant; Elijah Place, ensign, of a new company formed out of Captain Hanna's company.
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Daniel Ogden, ensign, vice David Ogden, appointed thro' mistake.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Peter Swart's regiment: Peter Vrooman, second major, vice Jacob Lawyer, junior, refuses. Peter Sidney, captain, vice P. Vrooman, promoted.
Bartholomew Vrooman, captain, vice J. J. Becker, resigned; Beriah Stiles, lieutenant, vice P. Sidney, promoted; John Eckerson, lieutenant, vice B. Vrooman, promoted; Stephen Judd, lieutenant, vice E. Beard, refuses; William Dietz, ensign, vice H. Lawyer, refuses; Canfield Coe, ensign, vice J. Cooley, declines.
Freegift Patchen, captain; James Graves, lieutenant; Ariel Well- man, ensign, of a new company in the town of Blenheim.
ALBANY COUNTY.
In the regiment lately commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Holcomb:
Daniel Brown, junior, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice J. Holcomb, removed;
Elihu Hart, first major, vice D. Brown, promoted; John Rey- nolds, second major, vice O. Trowbridge, removed; Dennis Spencer, adjutant, vice G. Flower, promoted; Isaac Haight, ensign, vice J. Darby, promoted.
George Flower, captain of light infantry, vice E. Hart, promoted.
Adijah Dewey, captain, vice D. Hicock, resigned; Martin Kirk- land, lieutenant, vice A. Dewey, promoted; Selah Strong, ensign, vice S. Akins, removed.
Bill Torrey, captain, vice J. Pratt, resigned; Salmon Cowle, lieu- tenant, vice Bill Torrey, promoted; James Uller, ensign, vice S. Cowle, promoted.
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In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John H. Wendell's regiment: Harmen P. Gansevoort, ensign, vice B. Wilson, promoted; Rens- selaer Westerlo, ensign, vice A. J. Lansing, removed; Benjamin Wilson, lieutenant, vice Chas Morgan, removed.
In Brigadier General Abraham Oothoudt's brigade:
Henry R. Teller, second lieutenant of a company of artillery, vice Alexander Mercer, junior, removed.
SARATOGA COUNTY.
Brigadier General James Gordon's brigade :
In a troop of horse-Aaron Gregory, captain, vice Stephen Ball, resigned; Hugh Alexander, first lieutenant, vice A. Gregory, promoted.
Stephen Ball, captain of a troop of horse in General Gordon's brigade, having (regularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Aaron Comstock's regiment:
Noah Taylor, captain, vice W. Reeves, resigned; Nathan Evans, lieutenant, vice N. Taylor, promoted; Daniel Scribner, ensign, vice N. Evans, promoted; Maus Vandenbergh, lieutenant, vice C. Con- nel, removed; John Moe, ensign, vice M. Vandenbergh, promoted; Benjamin Mix, lieutenant, vice A. Van Vranken, resigned; Adam Jacob Van Vranken, ensign, vice G. Van Vranken, promoted.
Samuel Stuart, adjutant, vice M. Gregory, resigned.
Garret Van Vranken, captain, vice N. Vandenbergh, resigned.
OTSEGO COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant David Baits' regiment:
Matthew Culley, first major, vice Nathaniel Fenton, appointed thro' mistake in General (Jacob) Morris' return and that new com- missions issue accordingly.
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DELAWARE COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Silas Knap's regiment:
Joel Mack, of Harpersfield, captain of the first company of light infantry.
January 15. 1800.
William Harper, lieutenant of light infantry; Joseph McClaughry, ensign, vice R. Brairnard, deceased.
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