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1849, Andrew Beaumont, John N. Conyngham.
1850, and 1851, James W. Rhodes, Silas S. Benedict.
1852, and 1853, Truman Atherton, Abram B. Dunning.
1854, A. B. Dunning, Gideon W. Palmer.
1855, Harrison Wright, Henderson Gaylord.
1856, Steuben Jenkins, Thomas Smith.
1857, Steuben Jenkins, Samuel G. Turner, P. C. Gritman.
1858, P. C. Gritman, Lewis Pughe, Winthrop W. Ketcham. 1859, John Stone, Peter Byrne, Dyer L. Chapin.
1860, Peter Byrne, Lewis Pughe, H. B. Hillman.
1861, Wm. S. Ross, R. F. Russell, H. V. Hall.
1862, S. W. Trimmer, Jacob Robinson, Peter Walsh.
1863, Peter Walsh, Jacob Robinson, Harry Hakes.
1864, Harry Hakes, Anthony Grady, D. F. Seybert.
1865, A. Grady, D. F. Seybert, D. S. Koon.
From 1814 to 1828, inclusive, the representative district was composed of Luzerne, Bradford, and Susquehanna.
GERSHOM PRINCE.
Gershom Prince was a brave and reliable negro soldier of the American army. He perished in the battle of Wyoming, July 3d, 1778, at the post of duty, and he should not be entirely forgotten. He was born, probably, in Connecticut or Rhode Island, about the year 1733, and, possessing a daring and adventurous spirit, he chose the exciting life of a soldier. Captain Israel Putnam commanded a company of Massachusetts and Connecticut rangers, of which Robert Durkee was lieutenant in the
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year 1755. This company marched, under Sir William Johnson, in an expedition against the French and Indians. Prince, who was attached to Lieutenant Durkee, accom- panied him in this campaign, and participated in many of its thrilling and adventurous scenes. When war was declared by England against Spain, in 1762, he accom- panied the Connecticut regiment, commanded by Colonel Putnam, to Havana; and when the Revolutionary war broke out, he joined Colonel Christopher Green's colored regiment from Rhode Island.
Prince was in the engagement at Red Bank, on the 22d of October, 1777. In this attack, made by 1200 Hessians, under Count Donop, the black regiment distin- guished itself by repelling the first onset of the British troops; and, in conjunction with another regiment, 400 men in all, compelled the enemy to retreat with the loss of Count Donop and 400 killed and wounded. Soon after this battle, it is probable Prince's term of enlistment ex- pired, for we find him again with Lieutenant, now Cap- tain Durkee, who was in New Jersey in command of the Ist Independent Company from Wyoming. He, perhaps, acted in the capacity of servant or waiter to Captain Durkee.
When tidings arrived in the camp of the near approach of the Tories and Indians to Wyoming, it will be remem- bered that Captains Durkee and Ransom, together with a number of privates, departed in haste, to assist in pro- tecting their homes. Gershom Prince accompanied them, and with them died in the battle.
From his lifeless body was taken a powder-horn, which afterwards passed into the possession of Fisher Gay, Esq., but is now deposited in the cabinet of the Wyoming His- torical and Geological Society. On this horn is carved these words : " Prince negro his hornm." In another place,
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" Garshom Prince his hornm made at Crown Point Sept. ye 3rd day 1761." A caution is carved in a third place, " Steal not this hornm." He has, besides, given a view of six buildings on his horn, one of which hangs out the swinging sign. He has endeavored, also, to represent a water craft, but, fearing it would not be recognized as such, has carved over it the word " vesel."
MINERAL SPRINGS.
None but invalids, who have drank the healing waters, can appreciate the virtues of mineral springs. These medicinal waters, prepared by Nature's own hand, are found in various countries and localities ; and while the springs of New York and Virginia are celebrated, and annually visited by thousands, those of Luzerne are com- paratively unknown.
On the property of Calvin Parsons, Esq., about one and a half miles from Wilkesbarre, there is a chalybeate spring, the waters of which have benefited a number of individuals who have properly used them.
At the base of Rosshill, where it is washed by the Sus- quehanna, there is an alum spring, which deposits a con- siderable quantity of pure alum on the rocks. Its waters, we believe, are more strongly impregnated with this mineral than those of the Rock Bridge, or Bath Alum Springs, in Virginia.
" Passing through Leggett's Gap," says Dr. Hollister, "and near the saw-mill of Benjamin Leach, we find a point of some little interest from the existence there of a salt spring, once used by the aboriginal race. It is a small spring, strongly impregnated with saline properties." It was called by the Indians Mesomersic. The early white settlers procured salt from boiling the water, and fre- quently shot deer who visited the spring. One hunter informed Dr. H. that he had killed 147 deer at this spring alone.
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1769. Colonel Nathan Denison was united in mar- riage to Miss Sill. The knot was tied in a log-cabin, which stood on the corner of River and South streets, in Wilkesbarre, now occupied by the old Wells House. This was the first marriage in Wyoming.
1773. Lazarus Denison, son of Colonel Nathan Deni- son, said to be the first white child, was born in Wyo- ming.
1804. Died at Standing Stone, Wyoming county, Mrs. Hannah Sherer, aged 104 years. She emigrated to Luzerne in 1773.
1805. The first animal show was held in Luzerne county. One elephant was exhibited in a log-stable, which stood on the ground now occupied by the new brick and iron store of G. M. Hollenback, Esq., in Market street, Wilkesbarre. The people assembled from all parts of the surrounding country, and one farmer carried a half bushel of wheat on his back, with which he paid the price of admission.
1822. This year Sam Wright emigrated from New Jersey to Wilkesbarre. Sam was a negro 4 feet 6 inches in height, and measured 9 feet in circumference. He was a proficient in the art of cookery, and on his arrival opened an oyster saloon for the accommodation of the lovers of the bivalve. Oysters had been kept and sold for many years before in the cellar of the old court-house, at Arndt's Tavern, and at one or two other places, but there had never been an eating-house or saloon established in the place, and conducted by a competent artist like Sam. Here good bread was baked and sold, and ginger- cakes besides, together with mince pies, and tarts of a 34
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most delicious flavor and taste. Here mead, the best of mead, with its sparkling spray and foam, could be obtained Ladies and gentlemen of a former generation assembled here to partake of the delicacies which Sam's rare skill prepared. But Sam has been gathered to his fathers, and his suppers are like the memory of joys that are past. No stone marks the spot where Sam is laid, and in memory of the excellent baker and oysterman, we insert his old advertisement :-=
"Sam Wright, by day and by night, Will serve up fine oysters you know ; I have 'em on hand, and more at command, On the square and at Porter's below.
If you call for a heart, or even a tart, I'll furnish them both if you please ; Mince pies I have too, or plum pudding in lieu, As well as dried beef and good cheese."
1825. Dr. Atkins, of Kingston, took a stone from the bladder of a child 3 years old, measuring one inch in length and three-fourths of an inch in width. In 1847, Dr. McClelland, of Philadelphia, extracted a stone of the size of a small hen-egg from the bladder of a boy in Hunt- ington township, aged 12 years.
An ox was killed in Kingston, from the stomach of which was taken a hard ball of hog's hair as large as a man's head.
1842. The first balloon ascension took place at Wilkesbarre. Mr. Wise, the celebrated aeronaut, as- cended from the river bank seated on a board suspended below the globe of the balloon, and descended on the west side of the Susquehanna. He returned to Wilkes- barre after an absence of two hours.
1854. Died, in Plymouth township, Mrs. Peggy Lark,
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aged 105 years. Her maiden name was Pace, and she had resided in Luzerne for upwards of 70 years. On her last birth-day, as she had been in the habit of doing for many years, she visited Captain Waller, who always was pleased to prepare for her a sumptuous birth-day dinner.
1858. Alexander Jameson died in Salem township, aged 95 years.
On the main road, between Beach Grove and Berwick, a distance of six miles, there resided the following named persons, who died at an advanced age : Alexander Jame- son, 95; Joseph Jameson, 92; Elizabeth Jameson, 88 ; Mary Jameson, 85; Nathan Beach, 84; Mr. Hughes, 90; two of the Messrs. Courtright, each about 80, and Mr. Varner, 91. Besides these, there were a number who lived to an age exceeding 75 years.
Mrs. Lucy Carey, of Scott township, whose maiden name was Mckay, was in Forty Fort at the time of the massacre, and, if now living, is 100 years of age. She was alive one year ago.
1859. A common duck was killed in Wilkesbarre, from the gizzard of which was extracted an awl with a handle about three inches in length.
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HOMINY-BLOCK.
In the absence of grist-mills, the early settlers in Wyo- ming used the hominy-block or corn-pounder, represented by the accompanying engraving. A block cut from the
trunk of a large tree was placed in or upon the ground, with a hollow or bowl made in the top, in which the corn was placed, and pounded with a pestle hung upon a spring pole. Males and females alike were compelled to grind at these homely mills, and, says old Mr. Harris, "I have heard them pounding night and day in all directions in Wilkesbarre."
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
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Where from.
Where to.
By way of.
Miles.
Wilkesbarre
Philadelphia
White Haven and Mauch Chunk
133
Tamaqua and Reading
189
Scranton and Easton
183
Sunbury and Harrisburg .
222
66
New York
·
Scranton and Elizabeth Port
162
Baltimore .
Sunbury and Harrisburg .
198
"
Harrisburg
Sunbury
116
Rupert
170
Great Bend
141
North Branch Canal
123
Mauch Chunk
45
Bloomsburg
40
Danville
49
66
Sunbury
Tamaqua
Railroad
91
Carriage Road
38
Pottsville
Railroad
107
Williamsport .
Rupert
92
Easton .
Mauch Chunk
91
"
Turnpike
60
Tunkhannock
Canal
33
Montrose
Turnpike
50
Towanda
Canal
85
¥
Pittston
8
Scranton
18
Carbondale
33
New Columbus
25
Berwick
27
Hazelton
25
White Haven
20
Nescopeck
27
Harvey's Lake
12
Carbondale
Honesdale .
16
Scranton .
Great Bend
50
.
Mauch Chunk and Easton
166
Elmira
.
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APPENDIX.
A.
Names of fifty-eight of the 117 persons who settled at Wyoming in 1763 ; viz. :- John Jenkins, John Comstock, Ephraim Seely, William Buck, Oliver Jewell, Oliver Smith, David Honeywell, Ezra Dean, Jona- than Weeks, Jr., Obadiah Gore, Ezekiel Pierce, Philip Weeks, Daniel Gore, Elkanah Fuller, Wright Stevens, Isaac Underwood, Benjamin Ashley, Gideon Lawrence, Isaac Bennett, Stephen Lee, Silas Parker, James Atherton, Moses Kimball, Ebenezer Searles, Timothy Hol- lister, Nathaniel Terry, Ephraim Tyler, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Wright Smith, Ephraim Tyler, Jr., Isaac Hollister, Jr., Nathaniel Chapman, John Dorrance, Thomas Marsh, Rev. Wm. Marsh, Timothy Smith, Matthew Smith, Jonathan Slocum, Benjamin Davis, Benjamin Follet, George Miner, Nathaniel Hollister, Benjamin Shoemaker, Na- thaniel Hurlbut, Simeon Draper, Samuel Richards, John Smith, Daniel Baldwin, Stephen Gardiner, Eliphalet Stephens, David Marvin, Augustus Hunt, Paschall Terry, William Stephens, Thomas Bennet.
The following persons were killed, Oct. 15th, 1763 :- Rev. William Marsh, Thomas Marsh, Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathan Terry, Wright Smith, Daniel Baldwin and wife, Jesse Wiggins, Zeruah Whitney, Isaac Hollister. Mr. Shepherd and a son of Daniel Baldwin were taken prisoners.
B.
Names of two hundred enrolled settlers at Wyoming prior to 1773- those marked thus [*] were of the forty who settled Kingston in 1769; viz. :- David Whittlesey, Job Green, Philip Goss, Joshua Whitney, Abraham Savage, Ebenezer Stearns, Sylvester Chesebrough, Zephaniah Thayer, Eliphalet Jewel, Daniel Gore, Ozias Yale, Henry Wall,* Row- land Barton, Gideon Lawrence, Asa Lawrence, Nathaniel Watson, Philip Weeks, Thomas Weeks, Asher Harrot, Ebenezer Hebbard, Morgan
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Carvan, Samuel Marvin, Silas Gore, Ebenezer Northrop, Joshua Lam- pher, Joseph Hillman, Abel Pierce, Jabez Roberts, Jonathan Carrington, John Dorrance, Noah Allen, Robert Jackson, Zebulon Hawksey, James Dunkin, Caleb Tennant, Zerobabel Wightman, Gurdon Hopson, Asa Lee, Thomas Wallworth, Robert Hunter, John Baker, Jonathan Orms, Daniel Angel, Elias Roberts, Nicholas Manvil, Thomas Gray, Joseph Gaylord, - William Churchell, Henry Strong, Zebulon Fisbee, Hezekiah Knap, John Kenyon, Preserved Taylor, Isaac Bennett, Uriah Marvin, Abisha Bing- ham, Moses Hebbard, Jr., Jabez Fisk, Peris Briggs, Aaron Walter, James May, Samuel Badger, Jabez Cooke, Samuel Dorrance, John Com- stock,* Samuel Hotchkiss, William Leonard, Jesse Leonard, Elisha Avery, Ezra Buel, Gershom Hewit, Nathaniel Goss, Benjamin Hewit, Benjamin Hewit, Jr., Elias Thomas, Abijah Mock, Ephraim Fellows, Joseph Arnold, Ephraim Arnold, Benjamin Ashley, William White, Stephen Hull, Diah Hull, Joseph Lee, Samuel Wybrant, Reuben Hurlbut, Jenks Corah, Obadiah Gore, Jr., Caleb White, Samuel Sweet, Thomas Knight, John Jollee, Ebenezer Norton, Enos Yale, John Wiley, Timothy Vorce, Cyrus Kenney, John Shaw, James Forseythe, Peter Harris, Abel Smith, Elias Parks, Joshua Maxfield, John Murphy, Thomas Bennet,*/ Christopher Avery, Elisha Babcock, John Perkins, Joseph Slocum, Robert Hopkins, Benjamin Shoemaker, Jr., Jabez Sill, Parshall Terry, John Delong, Theophilus Westover,* John Sterling, Joseph Morse, Stephen Foller, Andrew Durkee, Andrew Medcalf, Daniel Brown, Jona- than Buck, David Mead, Thomas Ferlin, William Wallsworth, Thomas Draper, James Smith, James Atherton, Jr.,* Oliver Smith,* James Evans, Eleazar Carey, Cyprian Lothrop,* James Nesbitt, Joseph Web- ster, Samuel Millington, Benjamin Budd, John Lee, Josiah Dean, Zophur Teed, Moses Hebbard, Daniel Murdock, Noah Lee, Stephen Lee, Daniel Haynes, Lemuel Smith, Silas Park, Stephen Hungerford, Zerobabel Jeorum,* Comfort Goss, William Draper, Thamas McClure, Peter Ayers, Solomon Johnson, Phineas Stevens, Abraham Colt, Elijah Buck,* Noah Read, Nathan Beach, Job Green, Jr., Frederick Wise, Stephen Jenkins, Daniel Marvin, Zachariah Squier, Henry Wall, Simeon Draper,* John Wallsworth, Ebenezer Stone, Thomas Olcott, Stephen Hinsdale, Benjamin Dorchester, Elijah Witter, Oliver Post, Daniel Cass, Isaac Tracy, Samuel Story, John Mitchel, Samuel Orton, Christopher Gardner, Duty Gerold, Peris Bradford, Samuel Morgan, John Clark, Elijah Lewis, Timothy Hopkins, Edward Johnson, Jacob Dingman, Captain Prince Alden, Benedict Satterlee,* Naniad Coleman, Peter Com- stock, John Franklin, Benjamin Matthews, John Durkce, William Gallop, Stephen Hurlbut, Stephen Miles, Ezra Dean .*
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C.
List of prisoners sent from Wyoming to the Easton jail, in 1784; viz. : -William Slocum, Joseph Carey, Gideon Church, Nathaniel Cook, Ben- jamin Jenkins, William Jenkins, Abraham Pyke, Lord Butler, John Hurlbut, Daniel Sullivan, William Jackson, Richard Halstead, Edward Inman, Thomas Heath, Nathaniel Walker, Thomas Reed, Walter Spen- cer, John Gore, Jonathan Burwell, Prince Alden, Jeremiah White, Thomas Stoddart, Elisha Gaharda, Justus Gaylord, John Platner, and Abraham Nesbit.
D.
Copy of a muster-roll of the 1st independent company, commanded by Captain Robert Durkee, and attached to one of the Connecticut regi- ments, commanded by Colonel John Durkee, and encamped at Morris- town, New Jersey. Sworn to and subscribed by Captain Durkee and Lieutenant Wells, before Samuel Tuttle, Esq., at Morristown, August 8. 1777. The time of the enlistment of officers and men, except one pri- vate, Waterman Baldwin, as noted on the roll, was September 17, 1776. Captain, Robert Durkee; Ist Lieutenant, James Wells; 2d Lieutenant, Asahel Buck ; Ensign, Herman Swift; Ist Sergeant, Thomas McClure ; 2d Sergeant, Peregrene Gardner; 3d, Thomas Baldwin; 4th, John Hutchinson ; Corporals, Edward Setter, Azel Hyde, Jeremiah Coleman, Benjamin Clark. Privates, Walter Baldwin, James Bagley, Eleazar Butler, Moses Brown, Charles Bennett, William Buck, Jr., Asa Brown, James Brown, Jr., David Brown, Waterman Baldwin, enlisted January 7, 1777; John Cary, Jesse Coleman, William Cornelius, Samuel Cole, William Davison, Douglass Davison, William Dunn, Daniel Denton, Samuel Ensign, Nathaniel Evans, John Foster, Frederick Follet, Na- thaniel Fry, James Frisby, Jr., Elisha Garret, James Gould, Titus Garret, Mumford Gardner, Abraham Hamester, Israel Harding, Henry Harding, Thomas - -, Stephen Harding, Oliver Harding, Richard Halsted,1 Thomas Hill, John Halsted, Benjamin Harvey, Solomon Johnson, Asabel Jerome, John Kelly, Stephen Munson, Seth Marvin, Martin Nelson, Stephen Pettibone, Stephen Preston, Thomas Porter, Aaron Perkins, John Perkins, Ebenezer Philips, Ashbel Robinson, Ira Stevens, Elisha Sills, Ebenezer Shiner, Asa Smith, Robert Sharer, Isaac Smith, Luke Swetland, Shadrach Sills, Samuel Tubbs, William Terry, John Tubbs, Ephraim Tyler, Edward Walker, Obadiah Walker, James Wells, Jr., Nathaniel Williams, Thomas Wilson.
Copy of a pay-roll of the 2d independent company, commanded by
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Captain Samuel Ransom. The time of service, as noted on the roll, of a large majority of the officers and privates, was three years, from Janu- ary 1, 1777, to 1780. Captain, Samuel Ransom ; 1st Lieutenant, Simon Spaulding, appointed Captain June 24th, 1778; Sergeant, Timothy Pierce, appointed Ensign December 3, 1777, and Lieutenant January 17, 1778. Lieutenant John Jenkins joined the company July 6, 1778; Ist Sergeant, Parker Wilson ; 2d, Josiah Pasco. Privates :- Caleb Atherton, Mason F. Alden, Samuel Billings, Jesse Bezale, Jehial Bil- lings, Isaac Benjamin, Oliver Bennet, Asahel Burnham, Rufus Bennet, Benjamin Clark, Gordon Church, Price Cooper, Josiah Corning, Benja- min Cole, Nathan Church, Daniel Franklin, Charles Gaylord, Ambrose Gaylord, Justin Gaylord, Benjamin Hempstead, Timothy Hopkins, Wil- liam Kellog, Lawrence Kinney, Daniel Lawrence, Nicholas Manswell, Elisha Mathewson, Constant Mathewson, William McClure, Thomas Neal, Asahel Nash, John O. Neal, Peter Osterhout, Amos Ormsburg, Thomas Packett, Ebenezer Roberts, Samuel Saucer, Asa Sawyer, Stephen Skiff, John Swift, Constant Searle, William Smith, Jr., Elisha Satterly, Robert Spencer, John Vangordon, Thomas Williams, Caleb Warden, Richard Woodstock, Elijah Walker, Zeber Williams.
Of the twenty-five or thirty officers and privates who left the company in New Jersey, with or without leave, and Lastened to Wyoming to par- ticipate in the battle, July 3, 1778, the following persons were killed on that fatal day :- Captain Robert Durkee, Captain Samuel Ransom, Lieu- tenant Timothy Pierce, Lieutenant James Wells. Privates :- Samuel Cole, Daniel Denton, William Dunn, Daniel Lawrence, and Constant Searle.
E.
List of officers and privates killed at the battle and massacre at Wyo- ming, July 3, 1778 :- Lieutenant-Colonel, George Dorrance; Major, John Garret; Captains : James Bidlack, Jr., Aholiab Buck, Robert Durkee, Rezin Geer, Joseph Whittlesey, Dethic Hewit, William McKa- raghan, Samuel Ransom, Lazarus Stewart, James Wigton ; Lieutenants : A. Atherton, Stoddart Bowen, Aaron Gaylord, Timothy Pierce, Perrin Ross, Elijah Shoemaker, Lazarus Stewart, Jr., Asa Stevens, Flavius Waterman, James Wells. Ensigns : Jeremiah Bigford, Asa Gore, Silas Gore, Titus Hinman, John Otis, William White. Privates : Jabez Atherton, Christopher Avcry, -- Acke, A. Benedict, Jabez Beers, Samuel Bigford, Elias Bixby, David Bixby, John Boyd, John Brown, Thomas Brown, William Buck, James Budd, Amos Bullock, Henry Buck, John Caldwell, Isaac Campbell, Josiah Cameron, Joseph Carey,
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Joel Church, James Coffrin, William Coffrin, Samuel Cole, Robert Com- stock, [three] brothers Cook, Christopher Cartright, John Courtright, Anson Coray, Rufus Coray, Jenks Coray, Samuel Crocker, Joseph Crocker, Jabez Darling, D. Denton, Conrad Davenport, Anderson Dana, James Divine, George Downing, Levi Dunn, William Dunn, Ducher, Benjamin Finch, John Finch, Daniel Finch, Elisha Fitch, Cor- nelius Fitchett, Eliphalet Follett, Thomas Faxen, John Franklin, Tho- mas Fuller, Stephen Fuller, - Gardner, George Gore, Green, Samuel Hutchinson, William Hammond, Silas Harvey, Benjamin Hatch, Cyprian Hebard, Levi Hicks, James Hopkins, Nathaniel How- ard, John Hutchins, Israel Inman, Elijah Inman, Joseph Jennings, Samuel Jackson, Robert Jameson, Henry Johnson, - - Lester, Joshua Landon, Daniel Lawrence, William Lawrence, Francis Ledyard, James Lock, Conrad Lowe, Jacob Lowe, Nicholas Manvill, Job Marshall, New Matthewson, C. McCartee, A. Muleman, Robert McIntire, Andrew Millard, John Murphy, Joseph Ogden, John Pierce, Abel Palmer, Silas Parke, William Packer, Henry Pencil, Noah Pettibone, Jr., Jeremiah Ross, - Reynolds, Elisha Richards, Elias Roberts, Enos Rockway, Timothy Ross, James Shaw, Constant Searle, Abel Seeley, Joseph Shaw, Abraham Shaw, Darius Spafford, Levi Spencer, Josiah Spencer, Eleazar Sprague, Aaron Stark, Daniel Stark, Joseph Staples, Rufus Stevens, James Stevenson, Naler Swead, Ichabod Tuttle, John Van Wee, Abra- ham Vangorder, Elisha Waters, Bartholomew Weeks, Jonathan Weeks, Philip Weeks, Peter Wheeler, Stephen Whiton, Esen Wilcox, John Williams, Elihu Williams, Jr., Rufus Williams, Azibah Williams, John Ward, John Wilson, Parker Wilson, - Wade, William Wood- ringer, Ozias Yale; Gershom Prince (colored).
F.
Copy of a muster-roll of Luzerne county volunteers, commanded by Captain Samuel Bowman, during the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794, and attached to a battalion of light infantry, commanded by Major George Fisher :- Captain, Samuel Bowman ; Lieutenant, Ebenezer Par- rish ; Ensign, Arnold Colt; Sergeant, Daniel Spencer ; 2d Sergeant, John Freeman ; 3d Sergeant, John Alden; Corporal, Archibald White ; 2d Corporal, Oliver Parrish ; 3d Corporal, Robert Lewis; 4th Corporal, Thompson Holliday ; Fifer, Peter Yarrington ; Drummer, John Wright. Privates : Samuel Young, Solomon Daniels, John Cochran, Elihu Par- rish, James Sitey, Thomas P. Miller, Peter Grubb, Arthur McGill, James Johnston, Joseph Headsdale, Daniel Alden, Simon Stevens, Warham
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Strong, David Landon, Gideon Underwood, Jeremiah Decker, James Robb, Sale Roberts, Partial Roberts, Rufus Drake, Benjamin Owens, John Earl, Charles Bowes, Curtis Grubb, Thomas Jeayne, Joseph Grimes, Jesse Tompkins, William Harris, Jesse Coleman, John Talliday, Cofrin Boidwell.
G.
Muster-Roll of a company of infantry under the command of Captain Samuel Bowman, in the Eleventh Regiment of the United States, com- manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Aaron Ogden, from May 1 to June 14, 1800 ; viz. :- Captain, Samuel Bowman; Lieutenant, Samuel Erwin ; 2d, John Mervy; 1st Sergeant, Thomas Fisk ; 2d, John Hollenback ; 3d, David Landon ; 4th, Asa Harris ; 1st Corporal, Ephraim White; 2d, Benjamin C. Owen; 3d, David Curtis; 4th, Reuben Crozier; Musicians, John Tursdale and Samuel Horton. Privates : Arnosiah Blakseley, Anson Downing, Azos Nash, Benjamin Hazzard, Benoni Hulett, Benja- min Jenings, Charles Bowles, David Ayer, David Haines, David Hatha- way, David Jayne, Daniel Sage, Daniel Farman, Elias Thompson, George Gallentine, George Clark, George Deshler, George Trucks, Godfrey Perry, Henry Hunter, Hugh Sumerlin, Ichabod Tompkins, John Lovell, Isaac Ford, James Bailey, James Agerston, Jonathan Conklin, Jonah Davis, John Stark, Joseph Holdren, James McIntire, James Staples, John Voorhees, John Charles, Jonathan Webber, John Ellis, Israel Gale, James Harris, James Lewis, John Shaw, James Walker, Isaac Wickiser, John Dalton, John Evans, Jacob Wheeler, James Lake, Jacob Cownover, Luther Weeks, Moses Thomas, Peter Peters, Philip Hunter, Peter Andre, Phineas Underwood, Peter Williams, Reuben Buck, Samuel Harris, Solomon Maning, Stephen Brown, Stephen Bayley, Samuel Evans, Samuel Wigton, Thomas Hains, Thomas Point, Thomas Hadgins, Thomas Quick, Thomas Walterman, Thomas Wright, William Parker, William Largley, William Allen, William Decker, Wareham Kingsley, Walter Robison, William Tuttle, William Ritchey.
H.
A muster-roll of the commissioned and non-commissioned officers, mu- sicians, and privates, of the artillery company in Colonel Hill's regi- ment of Pennsylvania Militia, organized at Erie, May 5, 1813 ; viz .: -Captain, Samuel Thomas; Ist Lieutenant, Phineas Underwood; 2d, Ziba Hoyt; 3d, Andrew Sheets ; Ensign, Edward Gilchrist; 1st Ser- geant, John Carkhuff; 2d, Jacob Taylor; 3d, Absalom Roberts ; 4th, Henry Jones ; 5th, George W. Smith; 6th, John Bowman; 1st Corpo-
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ral, Christopher Miner; 2d, Daniel Cochevour; 3d, Samuel Parrish ; 4th, Ebenezer Freeman ; 5th, John Blane; 1st Gunner, Stephen Evans ; 2d, Isaac Hollister ; 3d, John Prince; 4th, James Bird; 5th, Morris Crammer; 6th, Festus Freeman ; 7th, James Devans; Drummer, Alex- ander Lord; Fifer, Araba Amsden. Privates : Daniel Hoover, John Daniels, James W. Barnum, William Pace, James Bodfish, Godfrey Bowman, Benjamin Hall, Solomon Parker, Ezekiel Hall, Sylvanus Moore, Hallet Gallup; and in passing through Fayette county they re- ceived twenty-seven recruits, and in Bedford county thirty-five, whose names are omitted.
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