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The completion of the canal was celebrated by extraordinary civic and military ceremonies throughout the State, and especially in New York city, on the 4th of November 1825. As the first boat, with Governor Clinton on board, entered the canal at Buffalo, at 10 o'clock, (October 26,) a line of cannon, previously arranged a few miles apart, passed a signal along to Albany, and down the Hudson to Sandy Hook, from whence it was returned in a like manner. The signal was heard at New York, at 11.20. The flotilla with the Governor was everywhere greeted with en-
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thusiastic rejoicing. Upon reaching New York it passed down to Sandy Hook, and the waters of the lake were mingled with those of the ocean with imposing cere- monies.
The canal commissioners under whom the Erie and Champlain canals were con- structed, were Stephen Van Rensselaer, De Witt Clinton, Joseph Ellicott, Samuel Young and Myron Holley. Henry Seymonr was appointed in place of Ellicott in March, 1819, and William C. Bouck was added to the number in March, 1821. The chief engineers were James Geddes, of Onondaga county, and Benjamin Wright, of Rome, neither of whom had ever seen a canal, or enjoyed means of acquiring a practical knowledge of engineering other than that obtained from surveying land. The precision with which their canal surveys were executed, under the circum- stances, may be regarded as truly wonderful. Among the assistant engineers were -- Peacock, David Thomas, Nathan S. Roberts, David S. Bates, Canvass White, Davis Hurd, Noah Dennis, Charles T. Whippo, William Jerome, Henry G. Sargent, Frederick C. Mills, Isaac J. Thomas, Henry Farnam, Alfred Barrett, John Bates, William H. Price, John Hopkins and Seymour Skiff.1
The canal was completed October 26, 1825. As first constructed, it was three hundred and sixty-three miles long, twenty-eight feet wide at the bottom, forty feet wide at the top, and four feet deep. The locks were ninety feet long between the gates and fifteen feet wide. The original cost was $7,143,789.86. The canal crosses the Mohawk river from Schenectady county at Rexford's Flats, in the town of Clif- ton Park, by means of an aqueduct. Thence it traverses the extreme southern parts of the towns of Clifton Park and Halfmoon, following the northern bank of the Mohawk as closely as practicable, recrossing that river into Albany county at Crescent. At the aqueduct at Rex- ford's Flats, twenty-six miles distant from Albany via the canal, and three hundred and twenty-six miles from Baffalo, the canal is about one hundred and seventy-five feet above the level of the sea. The canal was first enlarged in pursuance of a law passed May 11, 1835, and the work of improvement has been carried on steadily, with rare excep- tions, ever since. In 1895 the voters of the State appropriated, at the general election, the sum of $9,000,000 to pay for further improve- ments, including the deepening of the canal to a uniform depth of nine feet, but the appropriation was found insufficient after the most of the money had been expended.
The Champlain canal follows the Hudson river along its west bank, or as near thereto as practicable, through the towns of Waterford, Halfmoon, Stillwater and Saratoga, crossing the Hudson into Wash- ington county about three-fourths of a mile north of the southern
1 Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State. By J. H. French. 1860.
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boundary of the town of Northumberland. It passes, in Saratoga county, through the villages of Waterford, fifty-five feet above sea level; Mechanicville, Stillwater, Wilbur's Basin, Coveville and Schuy- lerville, one hundred feet above sea level, a total distance of twenty- six miles. The entire length of the canal from Albany to Whitehall is seventy-one miles. The highest point is at the Glens Falls feeder, one hundred and fifty feet above sea level.
The work of constructing the Champlain canal was inaugurated June 10, 1818, less than a year after the beginning of work upon the Erie canal. It was finished as far as Waterford November 28, 1822, and totally completed September 10, 1823. The original cost was $875, 000, exclusive of the Glens Falls feeder. The canal was built of the same dimensions as the Erie, and has been greatly improved from time to time; but the expenditures of public money therefor have not been so great as for the improvement of the Erie canal. When the canal was first opened, slackwater navigation upon the Hudson was used eight miles above and three miles below Fort Miller, with a short canal and two locks around the falls at that place. The use of the channel of the Hudson is now entirely superseded by a canal along its bank, built in 1827-28. This portion of the old canal was fed from the Hudson by means of a high and costly dam near Fort Edward; but this dam has given place to a feeder to a point above Glens Falls, which enters the canal at the summit level, one and a half miles northeast of Fort Ed- ward. In 1859-60 the locks were enlarged to a capacity 1534 by 100 feet.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS.
The semi-centennial anniversary of the declaration of American in- dependence was celebrated July 4, 1826, by imposing and elaborate cere- monials at Ballston Spa and Schuylerville. At the former place there was a gorgeous parade, the principal feature of which was a float or car forty-two feet long and fourteen feet wide, called the Temple of Industry. This was intended to exhibit the industrial development of the country during the first half century of the nation. This car was drawn by thirteen yoke of oxen, representing the thirteen original States. Upon it were thirteen representatives of an equal number of the mechanical arts, each plying his vocation. While this parade was moving William Van Ness, representing the shoemaker's craft, made a pair of shoes for the president of the day, Hon. Samuel Young, then
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speaker of the State Assembly. Another feature of the procession was a company of thirty-seven veterans of the Revolutionary war. Of this band, Jeremiah Pierson held aloft the Stars and Stripes, Lemuel Wil. cox carried a standard inscribed "Declaration of Independence," and John Whitehead bore another standard inscribed "Constitution of the United States." A corps of Union Cadets, composed of two uniformed and well drilled companies of students of Union college, was under command of Major Holland, a veteran of the war of 1812 and register of the college. The two companies comprising this corps were com- manded respectively by Captain Knox and Captain Jackson.
After the parade services were held at the Baptist church at the head of Front street, on Milton avenue, Hon. Samuel Young presiding. Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Nott, president of Union College, opened the pro- ceedings with prayer, after which the Declaration of Independence was read by Anson Brown,1 a young attorney of Ballston Spa. Hon. John W. Taylor, then speaker of the House of Representatives, followed with an eloquent oration, closing with remarks addressed personally to the assembled body of Revolutionary veterans, who arose in a body.
At the close of these services the participants divided into two par- ties and were banqueted at the principal village hotels. The Union Cadets feasted at the Sans Souci hotel, while the toasts of the day were offered at the Village hotel. One of the toasts proposed on this occa- sion was as follows:
" John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the surviving signers of the Declaration of Independence. As the measure of their days, so is that of their fame,-overflowing."
It is a peculiar coincidence-though unknown at the time by those who were enjoying the celebration and offering this toast to three of the nation's heroes-that while the festivities of the day were in prog- ress, and but a short time before this sentence had been uttered, both the illustrious Adams and Jefferson had passed to their eternal rest.
The president of the day addressed the Union Cadets in complimen- tary phrases, to which Major Holland responded, proposing this toast : " The county of Saratoga-its hills, monuments of valor; its springs, resorts of fashion; its hamlets, signalized by patriots and statesmen." Two of the alumni of Union college complimented their alma mater and its president by these toasts: By Thomas Palmer-" Union college : Crevit, crescit, crescat." By Anson Brown-" The president of Union
1 He died while serving as a representative in the 26th Congress.
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college : Dignum laude virum musa vetal mori." Edward Watrous proposed this emphatic and unequivocal toast: "The Legitimates of Europe: May they be yoked, poked, and hoppled, cross-fettered, tied hand and foot, and turned out to browse on the pine plains of Old Saratoga!"
Lyman B. Langworthy, then sheriff of Saratoga county, had general charge of this celebration, and the remainder of the committee of ar- rangements consisted of James Merrill, David Corey, William Clark, John Dix, Jeremiah Penfield, Charles Field, Alexander Russell, Robert Bennett, Roswell Herrick, David F. White, George W. Fish, Hiram Mid- dlebrook, Joseph Barker, David Herrick, Sylvester Blood, Samuel R. Garrett and Abraham Middlebrook.
The fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the American Republic was also celebrated at Schuylerville with appropriate ceremonies. Briga- dier-General De Ridder, a veteran of the war of 1812, was mounted at the head of a troop of light-horse and other military companies. Philip Schuyler, a grandson of General Philip Schuyler of Revolutionary fame, had general charge of the celebration. On the grounds of old Fort Hardy a number of tables were set under canopies, to protect the guests from the rays of the sun, and here the participants in the celebration were banqueted. The oration was delivered in a grove near at hand by Rev. Hooper Cummings of Albany. A dozen or more Revolution- ary veterans sat on front seats, among them being John Ward, one of the body guard of General Schuyler, who was carried to Canada by the Tory Waltermeyer, when the latter attempted to abduct the general from his home in Albany.
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The Saratoga County Medical society was organized at Ballston Spa in July, 1806, by the election of these officers:
President, Daniel Bull; vice-president, William Patrick; secretary, John Stearns; treasurer, Samuel Davis; censors, Elijah Porter, Asa C. Barney, Samuel Pitkin, Billy J. Clark, Ephraim Childs; delegate to the New York State Medical Society, John Stearns.
Among the early members of the society, beside those mentioned as officers, were Drs. Elisha Miles, William C. Lawrence, Thomas S. Lit- tlefield, Daniel Hicks, Alpheus Adams, Jesse Seymour, Grant Powells, Isaac Finch, Francis Pixley, Beroth Bullard, John H. Steel, Josiah Pulling, Nathan Thompson, Oliver Brisbin, Samuel Freeman, John D.
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Bull, Henry Reynolds, William Tibbetts, Silas Wood, Abel Baldwin, Darius Johnson, George Burroughs, Isaac Youngs and Gideon Thomp- son. Since the earlier days of the society its members have included practically all the prominent physicians in Saratoga county.
COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
The Saratoga County Bible society was organized August 24, 1815, nearly a year before the formation of the American Bible society, and only seven years later than the formation of the Philadelphia Bible so- ciety, the first organized in this country. At the first meeting, held at Ballston Spa, Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D.D., was chosen chairman, and Rev. Gilbert McMaster clerk. Sixty-eight persons subscribed to the constitution on the day of organization, and they elected these officers:
President, Rev. Samuel Blatchford, D. D .; vice-presidents, Rev. Dirck C. Lansing, Rev. James Mairs; corresponding secretary, Rev. Gilbert McMasters; recording secretary, Rev. Reuben Sears; treasurer, Elisha Powell; managers, Salmon Child, Greenfield; Parker Adams, Waterford; Isaac B. Payne, Northumberland; John Taylor, Charlton; Ezra Nash, Milton; George Palmer, Stillwater; John W. Taylor, Ballston; John Dunning, Malta; Amos Hawley, Moreau; Jeremy Rockwell, Hadley ; William Foster, Galway; Rev. Abijah Peck, Halfmoon ; James Brisbin, jr., Saratoga ; Guert Van Schoonhoven, Waterford.
This society, during its career, has numbered among its active workers some of the most prominent men of Saratoga county. Among its presidents have been Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth, Hon. John C. House, Hon. Roscius R. Kennedy, Lebbeus Booth, Hon. James B. McKean, Prof. Hiram A. Wilson, Hon. C. S. Lester, Hon. Abraham Marshall and others. Its members residing in various communities have organized town or village societies. The Ballston auxiliary was organized in the fall of 1815 by Hon. John W. Taylor and others. The Northumberland society was organized in 1821.
THE EARLY MILITARY ROLLS.
Unfortunately for the present generation, the early State and county records, like the colonial records, were not preserved with the care and accuracy which characterize the work of public officers of the present day. Doubtless there was, at some time, a tolerably complete record of the military forces of Saratoga county during the early days; but if so, many of these valuable papers have been either lost or destroyed. Prior to the year 1804 few records were maintained. Those covering
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the period from 1812 to 1830, including the second war with Great Britain, are for the most part entirely missing. The names which are given here have been taken from the records in the office of the adju- tant general at Albany, and though incomplete, are official, as far as they go. Probably no person would have the patience to make the practically endless research which would be entailed were the individual family records of the county to be studied; and even should such re- search be instituted the result would not be official, and far from sat- isfactory. Furthermore it is a question for debate whether such in- formation would be sought for with eagerness sufficient to reward the person undertaking such a gigantic-perhaps lifelong-task.
In the Revolutionary period we have a partial record of two "regi- ments "-called so by compliment-organized by inhabitants of Saratoga county. The first of these was known as the Twelfth Regiment of the New York State Militia. It was organized in the Half Moon and Balls- ton districts, and the commissions granted to the officers were dated October 20, 1775-about the beginning of the Revolution. Of this regiment the official records show these commissioned officers:
Colonel, Jacobus Van Schoonhoven; lieutenant-colonel, James Gordon ; first major, Ezekiel Taylor; second major, Andrew Mitchell; adjutant, David Rumsey; quarter- master, Simeon Fort.
The six companies of which this regiment (more properly a battalion) was formed were officered upon their organization as follows:
First Company .-- Captain, Gerardus Cluet; first lieutenant, Albert Van De Wer- ker; second lieutenant, Robert Rowland; ensign, John Van De Werker.
Second Company .- Captain, Nanning N. Visscher; first lieutenant, John Van Vranken ; second lieutenant, Nicholas Van Vranken; ensign, Maas Van Vranken.
Third Company .- Captain, Jeremiah Vincent; first lieutenant, Joseph Pinkney ; second lieutenant, Peter Ferguson; ensign, Elias Van Steenburgh ..
Fourth Company .-- Captain, Joshua Losee; first lieutenant, Thomas Hicks; sec- ond lieutenant, Cornelius Villing; ensign, Oliver Wait.
Fifth Company .- Captain, Tyrannus Collins; first lieutenant, William McCrea; second lieutenant, Benjamin Wood; ensign, David Clark.
Sixth Company .- Captain, Stephen White; first lieutenant, Thomas Brown; sec- ond lieutenant, Epenetus White; ensign, Nathan Raymond.
This regiment and the Thirteenth Regiment of the New York State Militia, whose officers were commissioned the same day, rallied to the defense of the country and did valiant service in the fight for independ- ence. The Thirteenth Regiment was organized among the inhabitants of the Saratoga district, and was comprised of seven companies. The first officers were as follows:
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Field and Staff .- Colonel, John McCrea; lieutenant-colonel, Cornelius Van Veghten ; first major, Daniel Dickinson ; second major, Jacob Van Schaick ; adjutant, Archibald McNiel; quartermaster, John Vernor.
First Company .- Captain, Peter Van Woert; first lieutenant, James Storns; sec- ond lieutenant, Jonathan Dunham; ensign, Gerrit Van Buren.
Second Company .- Captain, John Thompson; first lieutenant, Josiah Benjamin ; second lieutenant, John Hunter; ensign, Joseph Row.
Third Company .- Captain, Henry O'Hara; first lieutenant, Benjamin Giles; sec- ond lieutenant, Jonathan Pettit; ensign, James Pettit.
Fourth Company .- Captain, Ephraim Woodward; first lieutenant, Thomas Bal- lard; second lieutenant, Holturn Dunham; ensign, Abe Belknap.
Fifth Company .- Captain, Ephraim Lake; first lieutenant, Samuel Sheldon; sec- ond lieutenant, Jabez Gage; ensign, Benajah Sheldon.
Sixth Company .- Captain, Joseph Palmer; first lieutenant, John Davis; second lieutenant, Hezekiah Dunham; ensign, Alpheus Davis.
Seventh Company .- Captain, David Jones; first lieutenant, Samuel Perry ; second lieutenant, Peter Winne; ensign, Elisha Bentley.
This practically completes the official knowledge of the militia of Saratoga county during the Revolutionary war. There is no official record of promotions, though, as we have seen in earlier chapters, some of these officers were promoted from time to time. Then, too, we have learned of a number of inhabitants who were officers in the patriot army during the Revolution, whose names do not appear in this official list.
Below are given the names of the principal officers of the militia, with the years of their commissions, as far as can be learned, from 1803 to the opening of the war of 1812:
NINTH BRIGADE.
Field and Staff .- 1803, Asahel Porter, brigade inspector; 1804, Samuel Clark, brigadier general; 1808, David Rogers, brigade major; 1809, Daniel L. Van Ant- werp, brigade quartermaster; 1810, Daniel G. Garnsey, brigade major; 1811, Dudley Smith, brigade major: Leonard H. Gansevoort, brigade quartermaster.
Captain .- 1803, Daniel Rathbun.
First Lieutenants. - 1803, James Garnsey; 1804, Joseph Hanchet.
Second Lieutenants .- 1803, Joseph Hanchet, jr., 1804, Ebenezer Couch.
The Ninth Brigade, which was composed of inhabitants of Saratoga county, consisted of six regiments-the Twenty-Fourth, the Thirty- Second, the Forty-First, the Fifty-Ninth, the Sixty-Third and the One Hundred and Forty-Fourth. The principal officers of these regiments, and the years in which they were commissioned, were as follows:
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FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Field and Staff .- 1804, Restcome Potter, lieutenant-colonel; Ezra Kellogg, first major; Isaac Gere, second major; Willard Trowbridge, adjutant; Pilgrim Durkee, second major; Stephen Sherman, first major; Stephen Potter, surgeon; 1806, Isaac Gere, lieutenant-colonel; John Rhodes, first major; Gershom Proctor, second major; 1807, Nathan Thompson, surgeon; 1811, Amos Cook, adjutant; Earl Stimson, pay- master; 1812, Isaac Gere, lieutenant-colonel; Charles Rhodes, second major; Thad- deus Jewett, paymaster; John Rhodes, lieutenant-colonel; Eli Smith, first major; Jonathan Delano, second major.
Captains .- 1804, Eli Smith, Daniel D. Wolf, Amasa Sumner, Edward Shipman, Eleazer Smith, Amos Smith, Anson Fowler; 1805, Elihu B. Smith; 1806, Oliver Edwards, Peter Boss, Jonathan Smith, Othniel Allen; 1807, Job Wells; 1808, Charles Rhodes; 1810, Phineas Warren, Jonathan Delano; 1811, Samuel Hawley, Ely Beecher, James Carpenter, James N. Smith, Benjamin Wright, Noah Sweet; 1812, Andrew Comstock, Michael Dunning, Earl Stimson, James N. Smith, Paul Edwards.
Lieutenants .- 1804, Barnet Stillwell, Joseph Brewster, Jonathan Smith, Oliver Edwards, Othniel Allen, jr., Job Wells, Elihu B. Smith, David Fortes, Nathaniel Adams; 1805, Elihu Dean; 1806, Charles Rhodes, Samuel Hollister, Abraham B. Walker, Miles Ely, Thomas Grimes; 1807, Michael Dunning, John Blair, James Smith, John Salisbury, William Randall; 1808, John Hamblen, James Carpenter, Henry Skinner; 1809, Jonathan Delano, John Hamilton, James Perry, Samuel Hawley; 1810, James Perry, Aaron Wheeler, Aaron Griswold; 1811, John Derrick, Noah Sweet, William Tripp, Paul Edwards, Andrew Comstock, Joseph Brewster, Philo Dauchy, Edmund Hewitt, jr .; 1812, John Brown, William Richardson, jr., Henry Warren, John Herrington, Joshua Finch.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Field and Staff .- 1803, Uriah Gregory, lieutenant-colonel; John Nash, first major ; Walter Patchin, second major; Jonathan Kellogg, quartermaster; 1805, Matthew Mckinney, first major; Ebenezer S. Coon, second major; William Kingsley, ad- jutant; Jason Bannister, surgeon's mate; 1806, Ebenezer S. Coon, lieutenant-colonel; Eliud Davis, first major; Chauncey Belding, second major; 1807, Jason Bannister, surgeon ; Eliud Davis, lieutenant-colonel; Chauncey Belding, first major; David Rogers, second major; 1808, Dudley Smith, second major; Edward Satterlee, ad- jutant; William Taylor, quartermaster; Eliud Davis, lieutenant-colonel; Chaun- cey Belding, first major; Edward Satterlee, adjutant; 1809, William Hawkins, jr., adjutant: 1810, David Rogers, lieutenant-colonel; Dudley Smith, first major; Jacob L. Sherwood, second major; Amos Smith, paymaster; 1811, Jacob L. Sherwood, first major, Zerah Beach, jr., second major; William H. Bridges, adjutant; 1812, Zerah Beach, jr., first major ; John Holmes, jr., second major; Samuel Pitkin, surgeon.
Captains .- 1803, Onesimus Hubbard, Jonathan Hunting, Chauncey Belding, Da- vid Rogers; 1805, Dudley Smith, Zerah Beach, jr., Jacob L. Sherwood, Alexander Ferguson; 1806, Levi Benedict, Samuel Belding; 1807, Ezekiel Horton; 1808, Eze- kiel Horton, Silas Foster, Daniel Ostrom, Nathaniel Jennings; 1811, Jonathan Minor, Richard Freeman, James Williams, jr., John Holmes, jr., Isaac Smith, jr. ; 1812, Sherwood Leavitt, Philo Hurd, Sylvester Harmon, John Holmes, William Ely, Alex-
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ander Dunlap, Andrew Rich, David Gordon, Stephen R. Warren, James Smith, Isaac Curtis.
Lieutenants .-- 1803, Solomon Rowland, Lemuel Wilcox, Asa Beach, Samuel Bel- ding, Ezekiel Horton; 1805, Joseph Meach, Miles Beach, Aaron Angle, David Hub- bel; 1806, Reuben Hollister, John Holmes; 1807, Silas Foster, Nathaniel Gunning, Daniel Ostrom, John Holmes, jr .; 1808, James Wilkins, jr., David Fowler, Isaac Smith, jr., Philo Hurd, Sylvester Harmon; 1809, Jonathan Minor; 1810, David Gor- don, James Smith, William Ely, Andrew Ritchie, Richard Freeman; 1811. Stephen R. Warren, Alexander Dunlap, Benjamin H. Burnet, John Bell; 1812, Mansfield Barlow, Samuel Richards, John Ferguson, Joel Sherwood, Isaac Curtis, John L. Lu- ther, Seth Kirby, jr., Henry Miller.
FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Field and Staff .- Samuel Clark, lieutenant-colonel; 1804, Deliverance Andrews, lieutenant-colonel; John Dunning, first major; Robert Hunter, second major; 1806, Pontius Hooper, adjutant; 1807, Reuben Smith, quartermaster; John Tuttle, pay- master; 1808, George Palmer, jr., adjutant; 1809, Elijah W. Abbott, adjutant; Will- iam Fellows, quartermaster; 1810, John Dunning, lieutenant-colonel; Robert Hunter, first major; Reuben Woodworth, second major; John W. Patrick, adjutant; Ephraim Child, surgeon; Danforth Shumway, surgeon's mate; Peter Andrews, paymaster; 1811, Reuben Woodworth, first major; Lawrence Hooper, second major; 1812, Law- rence Hooper, first major; Coleman Gates, second major.
Captains .- 1803, Eusebius Matthews, Felix Fitzsimmons; 1804, Samuel Cooper, Amos Hodgman, Noah Gates, Lawrence Hooper; 1806, Richard Dunning, Dean Chase; 1807, Samuel Clark, jr., Selah Horsford, Joseph Wilbur; 1808, Coleman Gates; 1810, David G. Keeler, John Montgomery, Daniel Weeks; 1811, Patrick Parks, Ste- phen Valentine, Peter Fort, Edward Colwell, John Wilcox, David Benedict; 1812, William Dunning, John Weeks, Noadiah Moody.
Lieutenants. - 1803, George Peck, John Barber, Ashbel Horsford, Lawrence Hooper; 1804, Daniel Cole, John Montgomery, Abraham Lathrop, Pontius Hooper ; 1805, Joseph Wilbur; 1806, Coleman Gates, John Gilbert, Robert Montgomery ; 1807, Daniel Weeks, Goodrich Keeler, John Wilcox, jr., Henry Curtis; 1808, William Dun- ning; 1810, William Strang, jr, Noadiah Moody, Stephen Valentine, Zerah Wilbur ; 1811, Reuben Bidwell, Lewis Smith, Robert Crawford, Jonas Olmsted, William Cooper, Machivel Andrews; 1812, Moses Landon, David Scidmore, Ira Betts, Ger- ardus Downey.
SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Field and Staff .- Thomas Rogers, lieutenant-colonel; 1804, Abel Colwell, adju- tant; 1805, Nicholas W. Angle, adjutant; Thomas Littleton, surgeon; Billy J. Clark, surgeon's mate; 1806, Nicholas W. Angle, adjutant; 1808, Jesse Billing, quartermas- ter; Zerah Barnes, paymaster; 1810, John M. Berry, first major; Malcolm Crofoot, second major; Daniel Hicks, surgeon's mate; 1811, Billy J Clark, surgeon; 1812, James Burnham, second major; Henry Reynolds, surgeon's mate; Jeremiah Ter- hune, adjutant.
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