History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coos country to present time, Part 46

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company
Number of Pages: 935


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Your Honor will please excuse the blunders, inaccuracy, etc., as we are in great


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tumult, hurry, etc., and receive these few broken hints and suffer me with all deference and esteem to subscribe myself your sincere friend and humble Servant. MOSES Dow.+


P. S. Entreat that such parts of this letter as relates to Mr. Johnson's correspondence may be kept the profoundest secret, as his life character, and fortune all are hazarded upon it.


MUSTER ROLLS.


The following Muster rolls are of those companies which were raised in Newbury for the defense of the frontier, and to repel the invasion of Burgoyne.


They do not include the service which the majority of the men performed elsewhere, in New Hampshire and Massachusetts regiments. Where the record of such service could be obtained, it is given in the family record of such soldier, and it is also given in the case of men who served in the war before coming here.


For research the following volumes should be consulted : Vols. XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., of the New Hampshire State Papers ; "Connecticut Men in the Revolution," and the series of volumes which contain, in alphabetical order, the record of each soldier or sailor who served in the revolutionary war from the state of Massachusetts.


MUSTER ROLL OF A COMPANY OF MINUTE-MEN UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. THOMAS JOHNSON. (Johnson Papers.)


NEWBURY, 16 May 1775.


Thomas Johnson, Captain


Simeon Stevens, Lieut.


Joseph Chamberlin. Ensign


Thomas Hibbard, Clerk


Elihu Johnson, Sergeant


Joseph Wilson, Sergeant


Abiel Chamberlin, Sergeant


Josiah Page, Sergeant


Jacob Hall, (Barnet), Sergeant


PRIVATES.


John Beard (Baird)


Peletiah Bliss, Jr.


Jacob Bayley, Jr.


Er Chamberlin, Jr.


Asher Chamberlin


Nathaniel Chamberlin


Moses Chamberlin


Silas Chamberlin


Richard Chamberlin, Jr.


Samuel Eaton


Jacob Fowler Jacob Gates


Samuel Hadley


Elijah Hall (Barnet)


Moses Kellev


Daniel Hall (Barnet)


Amos Kimball (Barnet)


William Johnson


Nehemiah Lovewell, Jr.


Henry Lovewell


Daniel Mills


James Mills Jacob Page


Samuel Pearse (Barnet)


Benjamin Rawlins


Peter Sylvester, Jr. (Barnet)


Moses Stevens Timothy Sargent Lemuel Webster


Mansfield Taplin Jonathan Hadley


The service of these men was from eight to twenty days each.


+Hon. M. Weare, Esq., President, etc., Concord. Volume 57. Page 282. Washington Correspondence.


Ward Thurston


John Merritt (Barnet)


Levi Sylvester, Jr.


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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.


A PAY-ROLL OF A COMPANY OF MINUTE-MEN IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY, IN THE YEAR 1775, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPT. THOMAS JOHNSON. (From the original at Montpelier.)


Days in


Days in Service


Thomas Johnson, Captain,


20 Abiel Chamberlin, Sergeant,


20


Joseph Chamberlin, Lieut.,


20 Joseph Wilson, Sergeant,


20


Simeon Stevens, Lieut.,


20


Josiah Page, Sergeant, 20


Elihu Johnson, Sergeant,


10 Thomas Hibbard, Clerk, 20


PRIVATES.


John Baird,


12


Sylvanus Heath,


15


Jacob Bayley, Jr.,


15


Daniel Hall,


20


Joshua Bayley,


15 Jonathan Hadley,


8


James Bayley,


15 John Haseltine,


8


Ephraim Bayley,


10 William Johnson,


15


John G. Bayley,


20 Robert Johnston,


20


Benjamin Barnet,


12 Moses Kelley,


10


John Barnet,


12 Zaccheus Lovewell,


10


Samuel Barnet, Jr.,


12


Nathaniel Merrill,


23


John Brown,


6 James Mills,


8


Jonathan Butterfield,


10


John Minot,


12


Nathaniel Chamberlin,


20 Aaron Osmer,


15


Asher Chamberlin,


20


Benjamin Rollins,


10


Richard Chamberlin, Jr.,


8


Timothy Sargent,


Er Chamberlin,


10


Moses Stevens,


8


Moses Chamberlin,


12


Levi Sylvester, Jr.,


15


Silas Chamberlin,


12


Gideon Smith,


12


Samuel Eaton,


20


Ward Thurston,


20


Abner Fowler,


30


Samuel Webster,


8


Jacob Fowler,


20


Ephraim Webster,


10


Jacob Gates,


8


Asa Webster,


Samuel Hadley,


21


The amount of this roll was £62, 1. Approved and paid, October 26, 1786.


A Company of Independent Militia marched to Fort Ticon- deroga, under the command of Captain Thomas Johnson, in 1777, and assisted in the siege of Mount Independence.


No muster roll of this company, or list of the men has been found, although search has been made for it at Montpelier, Concord, Boston and Washington.


The names of some of the men are known, and it is believed to have comprised very nearly the same men who, in September following marched to Saratoga under Col. Frye Bayley ; Capt. Johnson then acting as an aid to General Lincoln.


After the capture of Ft. Ticonderoga this company was sent to escort some prisoners to Charlestown, N. H.


The following is among the Johnson papers :


NEWBURY, October 1, 1777.


The Expenses Paid by me for 72 prisoners and 26 of the guard from Castleton to Charlestown .


Paid for Provisions and ferige (ferriage), £6, 6, 7.


Please to Pay this Account to Gen'l Bayley or to Capt. John G. Bayley and you'll oblige your humble servant.


THOMAS JOHNSON, Captain.


To the Paymaster of the State of Vermont, £6. 6, 7.


PAY-ROLL FOR CAPT. FRYE BAYLEY AND LIEUT. NEHEMIAH LOVEWELL WHILE IN CAPTIVITY. (Original at Mont pelicr.)


Sent under Flag by the Hon. Maj. Gen. Gates in December 1777.


6


Service


405


MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.


Frye Bayley, Capt. 12 mo., £8 per month, £96, rations, £24. Total, £120. Neh. Lovewell, Lt. 12 mo., £4 per mo., £48, rations, £12. Total, £60. From the United States in January 1779 they received a part of this. Ordered to be paid £24 and £12, respectively. KUTLAND, Pay Table Office, Oct. 24, 1786. March 1776.


State of Vermont to Thomas Johnson, Dr.


To 15 days on a scout from Newbury to St. Johns' by order of General Bayley, Abiel Chamberlin, 15 d,


£4, 10. 3.


Silas Chamberlin, 15 d,


3. 3.


John McLean, 15 d, Frye Bayley, 8 d,


Provisions for scout,


Expenses at St. Johns,


1, 12. 3,8. 1, 10.


£20.


Pay Table Office, RUTLAND, Oct. 26, 1786. The within account examined and approved, and the Treasurer is directed to pay the sum to Thomas Johnson, or bearer, it being twenty pounds lawful money. LEM CHIPMAN, TIMO BROWNSON, Com'rs. Treasurer's Office, RUTLAND, Oct. 26, 1786.


Rec'd of the Treasurer the contents of the above.


THOS. JOHNSON.


MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN FRYE BAYLEY'S COMPANY, IN COL. PETER OLCOTT'S REGIMENT, WHICH MARCHED TO SARATOGA, SEPT. 23-OCT. 27, 1777.


(Original at Montpelier.)


Frye Bayley, Captain


Stephen Rider, Sergeant


Nathaniel Merrill, 1st Lieutenant


Bartholemew Somers, Corporal


Robert Hawkins, 2d


Thomas Brock,


Moses Chase, Sergeant


Enos Sawver,


Robert Stevens,


Duncan McClain, 66


Sylvanus Heath.


PRIVATES.


Ephraim Bayley


Benjamin Martin


James Bayley


Jonathan Martin James McLaughlin


Peletiah Bliss


William Mitchell


Enoch Brown


John McClain


Uriah Chamberlin


John Orr


Dudley Carleton


Benjamin Orr


Ichabod Callen


John Ormand


Benjamin Dow


Josiah Page David Reid


George Gregg


Tamereck (Indian)


David Haseltine


Alexander Thompson


William Johnson


Joseph Taylor


Peter Johnson


David Whittier


Patrick Kennedy


William Wallace


Ephraim Martin


MUSTER ROLL OF CAPT. JOHN G. BAYLEY'S COMPANY.


In Service, Guarding and Scouting from April, 1777, to March 6, 1779, in the Regiment under command of Col. Peter Olcott.


John G. Bayley, Captain, 1 mo. Joseph Chamberlin, Lieut., 1 mo.


Nathaniel Merrill, Lieut., 1 mo. 14 d. Thomas Hibbard, Sergeant, 1 mo. 28 d. PRIVATES.


Jacob Bayley, Jr., James Bayley,


1 mo.


Samuel Hadley,


1 mo.


1 mo. John Haseltine, 1 mo.


David Beard


Jonathan Fowler


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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.


Ephraim Bayley,


1 mo. 3 d. David Haseltine,


1 mo. 25 d.


Frye Bayley,


1 mo.


James Hunter,


1 mo.


Joshua Bayley,


1 mo.


Robert Hunkins,


20 d.


John Baird,


1 mo.


Robert Johnston,


1 mo.


Jonathan Butterfield,


1 mo.


Thomas Johnson,


1 mo.


John Barnet,


1 mo.


Elihu Johnson,


1 mo.


Amos Barnet,


20 d.


William Johnson,


1 mo.


Benjamin Barnet,


1 mo.


Jacob Kent,


1 mo.


Samuel Barnet,


2 mo. 4d


Nehemiah Lovewell,


19 d.


John Brown,


1 mo. 15 d.


Nehemiah Lovewell, Jr.,


20 d.


Peletiah Bliss,


25 d. 29 d.


Henry Lovewell,


13 d.


Thomas Brock,


Zaccheus Lovewell,


1 mo.


Edmund Brown,


1 mo.


Ephraim Lacy,


1 mo.


Er Chamberlin,


1 mo.


Benjamin Muzzey,


1 mo.


Nathaniel Chamberlin,


1 mo.


John Mills,


. mo.


Asher Chamberlin,


1 mo.


John Mills, Jr.,


1 mo. 2 d.


Moses Chamberlin,


1 mo.


Aaron Osmore,


1 mo. 20 d.


Silas Chamberlin,


1 mo.


Josiah Page,


1 mo.


Remembrance Chamberlain, 1 mo. 29 d.


Jacob Page,


1 mo.


Uriah Chamberlin,


1 mo.


Simeon Stevens,


1 mo. 2 d.


Dudley Carleton,


1 mo.


Otho Stevens,


1 mo.


James Dodge,


18 d.


Timothy Sargent,


1 mo.


Samuel Eaton,


1 mo.


Gideon Smith,


1 mo. 25 d.


Jacob Fowler,


1 mo.


Levi Sylvester,


1 mo.


Abner Fowler,


1 mo.


Levi Sylvester, Jr.,


1 mo.


Jonathan Fowler,


28 d.


John Taplin,


18 d.


Jacob Fowler, 3d,


1 mo.


William Taplin,


1 mo.


Reuben Foster,


2 mo. 25 d.


Mansfield Taplin,


1 mo. 20 d.


John Goodwin,


1 mo.


Samuel Webster,


1 mo.


Willoughby Goodwin,


1 mo.


Ephraim Webster,


1 mo.


Jonathan Goodwin,


1 mo.


Ephraim Webster, Jr.,


1 mo.


Sylvanus Heath,


1 mo.


Asa Webster,


1 mo.


Jesse Heath,


1 mo.


William Wallace,


1 mo.


Samuel Heath,


1 mo.


Ebenezer White,


23 d.


James Heath,


1 mo.


Joseph White,


1 mo. 2d.


This Pay Roll, amounting to £193.17, was approved and paid July 9, 1785.


PAY ROLL OF CAPT. SIMEON STEVENS' COMPANY. (N. H. State Papers.)


In Newbury from May, 1779, to May, 1781, of service done in guarding and scouting in the Sundry alarms, guarding prisoners, etc., under the command of Col. Peter Olcott.


Simeon Stevens, Captain 25 d. Wright Chamberlin, Sergeant


Joseph Chamberlin, 1st Lieutenant 25 d.


Henry Lovewell,


Dudley Carleton, 2d 25 d. Josiah Page,


Samuel Eaton, Sergeant


PRIVATES.


Ephraim Bayley


Elihu Johnson


Frye Bayley


Samuel Johnson


Jacob Bayley, Jr.


Peter Johnson


James Bayley


Robert Johnston


Samuel Barnett


Thomas Johnson


John Barnett


Jacob Kent


Benjamin Barnett


Jacob Kent, Jr.


Amos Barnett


Amos Kimball


John Baird,


Moses Kelley


Edmund Brown


Ephraim Lacy


John Brown


Zaccheus Lovewell


Jonathan Butterfield


Jonathan Lovewell


Peletiah Bliss


Nehemiah Lovewell


Thomas Brock


Nehemiah Lovewell, Jr.


Thomas Chamberlain,


28 d.


Samuel Stevens,


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Er Chamberlin


Thomas Chamberlain, Remembrance Chamberlain Uriah Chamberlin Nathaniel Chamberlin Silas Chamberlin Abiel Chamberlin Moses Chamberlin Silas Chamberlin Nathaniel Chamberlin Silas Chamberlin Uriah Chamberlin


Cornelius Morgan Thomas McKeith Duncan McLain John Mills John Mills, Jr. Benjamin Muzzey Aaron Osmer


Jacob Page Stephen Powers


Jonathan Powers John Russell Otho Stevens


Remembrance Chamberlain


Isaac Stevens


Samuel Stevens


Andrew Carter James Dodge Samuel Fellows


Gideon Smith


Paul Ford


Jacob Fowler, Jr. Jacob Fowler, 3d Jonathan Fowler


Levi Sylvester Timothy Sargent Aaron Shepard Ashbel Shepard Joseph Taylor


Abner Fowler


John Taplın


Reuben Foster


Mansfield Taplin


Jonathan Goodwin Willoughby Goodwin Jacob Gates


John Vance James Vance


John Haseltine


Nicholas White


David Haseltine Robert Hunkins Sylvanus Heath


Ebenezer White


Jesse Heath James Heath


Samuel Webster Ephraim Webster


Thomas Hibbard


Asa Webster William Wallace


William Johnson Benjamin Sawyer, Jr.


Joseph Wilson


Enos Sawyer Levi Sylvester, Jr.


Joseph White


David Weeks


John Taplin, Jr.


Francis Wright


Mansfield Taplin


Oliver Willard


William Taplin


Each private's service was 19 days, excepting James Dodge who served 29 days, Robert Johnston, 57 days, Aaron Osmer, 32 days, Frye Bayley, 29, Abiel Cnamberlin, 31, Jacob Gates, 39, and Amos Kimball, 8. Amount, £149, 7, 4. Paid July 9, 1785.


A PAY-ROLL OF A PARTY OF MEN BELONGING TO COL. PETER OLCOTT'S REGIMENT UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. FRYE BAYLEY, EMPLOYED IN SCOUTING.


(Original at Montpelier.)


Frye Bayley, Captain James Bayley, 1st Lieutenant


Thos. Chamberlain, 2d Lieutenant.


Jacob Bayley, Jr. Joshua Bayley Benjamin Barnet Joseph Chamberlin Abiel Chamberlin Er Chamberlin Samuel Eaton John Gibson Samuel Hadley


PRIVATES.


Samuel Johnson John Lovewell Nehemiah Lovewell Henry Lovewell Nathaniel Merrill


Jonathan Powers


Stephen Powers Aaron Shepard Levi Sylvester


William Taplin Thomas Thurber


Joseph White, Jr."


John Taplin


Zadoc Wright


Dated at NEWBURY, 8th May, 1781.


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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.


David Haseltine Jesse Heath


Asa Webster Ephraim Webster Joseph White


This service was done from October 1, 1780, to May 8, 1781. £57, 10, 7. Paid February 20, 1783.


PAY-ROLL OF CAPT. FRYE BAYLEY'S COMPANY.


In Newbury, from May, 1781, till the end of the war in scouting, guarding, etc., in Sundry alarms, under the command of Colo. Peter Olcott and Colo. Robert Johnston.


(Original at Montpelier.)


Frye Bayley, Captain,


1 mo. 20 d. Joshua Bayley, Sergeant,


1 mo. 20 d.


Remembrance Chamberlain, 1st Lieut.,


Samuel Eaton, 16


16 d.


1 mo. 2d.


Er Chamberlin,


6 d.


John Russell, 2d Lieut.,


12 d.


John Brown, 66


12 d.


Edmund Brown, Ensign,


16 d


PRIVATES.


James Bayley,


James Johnston,


11 d.


Jacob Bayley, Jr.,


1 mo. 20 d.


Jacob Kent., Jr.,


11 d.


John G. Bayley,


1 mo. 2 d.


Moses Knight,


1 mo. 14 d.


Peletiah Bliss,


11 d.


Robert Kav,


1 mo.


Jonathan Barrows,


6 d.


Nehemiah Lovewell,


12 d.


Thomas Brock,


11 d.


Cornelius Morgan,


11 d.


Samuel Barnet,


11 d.


Thomas McKeith,


11 d.


Samuel Butterfield,


6 d.


Benjamin Muzzey,


11 d.


John Canada, (Kennedy),


11 d.


Jonathan Powers,


15 d.


Nathaniel Chamberlin,


6 d.


Stephen Powers,


1 mo. 20 d.


Moses Chamberlin,


1 mo. 11 d.


Levi Sylvester, Sr.,


10 d.


Joseph Chamberlin,


1 mo. 14 d.


Reuben Sandborn,


6 d.


Uriah Chamberlin,


11 d.


James Spear,


11 d.


Abiel Chamberlin,


11 d.


Ashbel Shepard,


6 d.


Silas Chamberlin,


17 d.


Aaron Shepard,


11 d.


Dudley Carleton,


11 d.


Otho Stevens,


11 d.


Luther Eddy,


11 d.


Simeon Stevens,


25 d.


Paul Ford,


20 d.


Giden Smith,


11 d.


Samuel Fellows,


2 d.


John Saver,


12 d.


Reuben Foster,


11 d.


James Taylor,


6 d.


Jacob Fowler,


11 d.


John Vance, Jr.,


11 d.


Jonathan Goodwin,


11 d.


Peter Wesson,


6 d.


Timothy Haseltine,


6 d.


James Wesson,


6 d.


Samuel Hadley,


15 d.


Aaron Wesson,


6 d.


Thomas Hibbard,


6 d.


Samuel Webster,


11 d.


Sylvanus Heath,


11 d.


Ephraim Webster,


12 d.


David Haseltine,


11 d.


William Wallace,


11 d.


Elihu Johnson,


6 d.


John Way,


11 d.


John Johnson,


11 d.


The amount of this roll was £91, 11. Paid July 9, 1785.


The State of Vermont to the several officers and men hereinafter named for service done by order of the commanding officer at Fort Wait, A. D. 1781. (Fort Wait was in Corinth).


Lieut. Abner Fowler, 11 d. scouting,


£2,6,9.


Bracket Towle, 5 d. scouting,


1, 7,3.


Serg. Zaccheus Lovewell, 22 d. scouting,


1,15,3.


William Taplin, 6 days,


8,


Benjamin Sanborn, 5 days,


6,8.


This may certify that the above is just and true.


JOHN TAPLIN.


Paid March 3, 1784.


Upon a Pay Roll for a number of militia under Capt. Robert Hunkins on an alarm at Peacham, August 15, 1781, Seth Ford is credited to seven days.


Thomas Johnson


MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.


MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN JOHN VINCENT'S COMPANY OF INDIAN RANGERS.


In the service of the United States of America, belonging to the Saint Francis Tribe, enlisting for one year from May 1st, 1780. (Johnson Papers.) John Vincent, Captain, Remarks Swasin, Sergeant John Sabattis, Ensign, died June 30, 1781 Louis, Sergeant


PRIVATES.


Joseph


Peal Susuph


Joseph Sabattist


Susuph Mohawk


Baziel Sabattist,


Joseph Squant, deserted March, 1781


Apom Sabattist,


Joseph


Peal Susupp, died December 10


John Battist


Tamenick, died December 10


Charles


Joseph Mally


NEWBURY, 30th April, 1781.


These Mustered in Captain John Vincent's Company of Indians as specified in the above Roll. The Rolls to be made agreeable to this Roll, and the Remarks from 30th April, 1781.


JACOB BAYLEY.


(Original in the handwriting of Thomas Hibbard.)


The following men in Newbury were among the 400 signers from Gloucester and Cumberland counties, of a petition to the New York General Assembly, for a confirmation of their grants, and for the remission of one-half the usual fees. Their names were signed in the presence of Hon. Samuel Wells, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. The petition is dated Jan. 26, 1773.


(Documentary History of New York, Vol. 10, pp. 449-500.)


James Abbott


Abner Fowler


Jacob Bayley


Abner Fowler, Jr.


Frye Bayley


Peter Fowler


Ephraim Bayley


Jonathan Fowler


Joshua Bayley


Joseph Fowler


Jacob Bayley, Jr.


Jonathan Goodwin


Samuel Barnet


John Goodwin


Samuel Barnet, Jr.


Samuel Hadley


Amos Barnet


Solomon Hall


Peletiah Bliss


Aaron Hosmer


Peletiah Bliss, Jr.


Daniel Hunt


John Beard John Brown


Samuel Hale


Thomas Brock


Robert Hunkins


Daniel Hunt


Josiah Burnham Edmund Brown Welbee Butterfield


Haynes Johnson


Thomas Chamberlain


Elihu Johnson


Richard Chamberlin


William Johnson


Richard Chamberlin, Jr.


Benjamin Muzzey


Joseph Chamberlin Nathaniel Chamberlin Uriah Chamberlin Abner Chamberlin Benjamin Chamberlin Abiel Chamberlin Er Chamberlin Silas Chamberlin Jonathan Farwell


Hugh Miller John Mills


John Mills, Jr.


Henry Moore


Nathaniel Rix


Stevens Rider


John Skeele


John Sawyer, Jr.


MUSTER ROLL OF A COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS.


Enlisted under the command of Capt. Emerson Corliss, agreeable to an act of the Legislature of Vermont, passed on the 6th of November, 1812. Met at dwelling


·


409


Thomas Hibbard


John Haseltine


410


HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.


house of Gideon Tuxbury, in Newbury, on the 4th day of March A. D. 1813, for the purpose of choosing the officers to fill said company.


(Original owned by Hon. Henry C. McDuffie, Bradford).


Emerson Corliss, Captain


Nathan B. Taplin, Sergeant


James Davis, 1st Lieutenant


James McDuffie, Corporal


Daniel Leslie, 2d Lieutenant


Benjamin Rowe,


.John McDuffie, Sergeant Eben S. McFarlin,


Mannasser Leach,


Moody Grow, 66


Thomas Hilands,


Samuel Grow, Ensign


PRIVATES.


Ephraim Aldrich


James M. Hinds


Silas Aldrich


Aseph Hyde


Isaiah Batehelder John G. Bayley Abner Bayley


Timothy Heath


William Kinnard


John Bayley Samuel Chapman Jacob Colby


Moses Mills


John Corliss


John Martin


Nathan Colby Timothy Corliss


Humphrey Nichols


John Carter


Moses Page


Nath1. H. Cunningham


John Putnam


Fenno Dean


Stephen Rogers


Benjamin Duty


Billy Stearns


Peter Severance


Timner Dodge Nathan Dustin Lemuel Fuller, Jr.


Silas Sweet, Jr.


Jonas Taplin


John Gaffield


William Wilson


BRADFORD, 5th March, 1813.


Honored Sir :- In obedience to your commission I have enlisted good and effective privates and have led them to a choice of officers, on the 4th instant, and all agree to stand ready at a moment's warning at the call of our country, and that no lines shall stop us if we are called either against foreign enemies or domestic traitors ; and all agree to obey the orders of their superior officers according to the rules and articles of war. I have herewith sent you a copy of the enlistment and the names of the several persons enlisted, out of whom James Davis of Topsham was chosen first Lieutenant, Daniel Leslie of Bradford, second Lieutenant and Samuel Grow of Newbury ensign. All of them have accepted their appointments aud if you would be so good as to send to each of them their commissions as soon as possible I should be pleased. This from your friend who will always endeavor to stand ready in obedience to your call. JOHN MCDUFFEE.


To his Excellency Jonas Galusha, Gov. of the State of Vermont.


N. B .- Please to direct the commissions, if forwarded, to the Post Officec, Bradford.


This was a company of Minute Men which enlisted to be called upon in case of an emergency, but not having been needed it was discharged at the close of the war, in 1815.


The captain of the company, Emerson Corliss, was an old Revolutionary hero. He enlisted when he was only seventeen years of age, and was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Bennington, Stillwater, Saratoga and many others. He was twice wounded, and at the battle of Bennington, seven balls were shot through his coat and one through his hat. Mrs. P. S. Chamberlin of Bradford and Mrs. R. W. Chamberlin of Newbury are his granddaughters.


ELECTION ODE.


The following letter, in beautiful handwriting, is preserved among the Johnson papers, and relates to the ode which was sung after the Election sermon, before the General Assembly, in the old meeting house Oct. 10, 1801 :


Elijah Howard


William Ladd


James Martin


David Manson


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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.


PEACHAM, Vt., AUG. 9th, 1801.


COLO. THOMAS JOHNSON,


Sir: Through General Whitelaw I have received a polite request from you to furnish, in company with Mr. Carter and Mr. Goss, an ode for the ensuing election. For my own part I have undertaken the task with much diffidence, and have executed it by no means satisfactorily to myself. Such as it is, however, I enclose it to you, and you may be assured that I shall not be disappointed should it be rejected or too defective for so public an occasion.


I believe Mr. Carter has forwarded you a similar one by this mail; as far as I am interested you are welcome to make use of one, or both, or neither, as your judgement shall dictate.


I am, Sir, Respectfully your most o'b't Servt., BARNES BUCKMINSTER.


(The ode is copied from the Christian Harmony, pp. 163-165.)


1 Welcome the day from which our State, Computes the era of its date, This day a government began Essential to the rights of man; O may its blessings ne'er expire Till time's extinct, the globe on fire.


2 Not fifty years have rolled away Since savage foes spread wide dismay Where now rich fields of yellow corn Our vallies and our hills adorn The maple, screen for Indian darts, Now yields the wealth of India's marts.


3 Vermont, thy sons are more than blest, In wealth increasing, public rest ; Thy rulers from the people's choice Obedient to the public voice, Possess the power, the goodness, will, A people's interest to fulfill.


4 But most in him, the Chief who guides The faction's waves of popular tides, Whose patriotism none impeach, Whose virtue no vile slanders reach, To whom the graces long have paid The homage of a patriot's aid.


OWNERS OF NEWBURY LANDS IN 1808.


(A list made by Asa Tenney.)


UPPER MEADOW FIFTY-ACRE LOTS.


1, 2, 3. Joseph Ricker


4, 5. (West ends) Edward Ricker


4, 5. (East ends) Charles Chamberlin 12. Thomas Johnson


6, 7, 8, 9. Josiah Little 13. Dr. Smith & Jer. Ingalls


10. John Bayley and John Buxton


11. Uriah Chamberlin (sold to Asa Tenney )


OX-BOW AND COW MEADOW FIFTY-ACRE LOTS.


1. Claimed by Col. Little and Col. Johnson 1/2 of 12. Isaac Bayley.


8, 9, 10, 11 and 1/2, of 12. Col. Johnson


2,3. Col. Johnson 13-22. Never laid out ; between sawmill


4, 6. Josiah Little and No. 12 Musquash Meadow 50 acre lot.


5, 7. Frye Bayley


Laid out to the meadow east of the road that goes to Chamberlin's ferry.


1, 2. Josiah Little 7. Col. Wallace


3, 4, 5, 6. Joseph & Benjamin Cham- berlin


8. James Spear


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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.


MUSQUASH MEADOW FIFTY-ACRE LOT.


Laid out on the west side of the road to the ferry.


1. Col. T. Johnson


2. Col. R. Johnston


3. Samuel Lancaster


4, 5. S. M. Lancaster


6. Charles Bayley & T. Burroughs


7. Simeon Stevens


8. Col. Wallace


9. Ebenezer White


10. William Bailey


SLEEPER'S MEADOW FIFTY-ACRE LOTS.


1, 2,3. Col. Kent


4, 5. Dr. Samuel White


6, 7. Col. Chamberlain


HALL'S MEADOW FIFTY-ACRE LOTS.


1, 2. Stephens McConnell


3. Jacob Fowler


4. Jonathan Goodwin


10. James Abbott


5. Thomas Brock 11. John Mills


HUNDRED-ACRE LOTS.


1 & 2. Asa Tenney, west half of each, east half sold to Mr. Metcalf


3. Col. T. Johnson


4. N. White (sold to Frost & Chapman)


5. Hadlock Morey


6. Mr. Ober


7. Edward Little


8. Stephen Rogers


9. Col. Little (claimed by Isaac Bayley) 10 & 11. S. Smith


12. Asa Tenney


13. A. Tenney & E. Little


14. N. Merrill


15. Josiah Little


16. Charles and James Bayley & Geo. Banfield


17. J. Little (sold to Dr. White)


18. Dr White (sold to Peach)


19 & 20. Part Public Lands


21. Jonathan Johnson


22. Jonah Chapman


23. Samuel Grow


24, 25. Josiah Little


26. Daniel Putnam


27. Josiah Little


28. Col. Rem. Chamberlain


29. N. White, Jr. (sold to Samuel Thompson)


30, 31, 32. New York Claim


33, 34. John Hazen


35. Josiah Little


36. Col. Little (sold to Joshua Bayley)


37. Col. Johnson ( )


38. Col. Wallace ( )


39, 40. Joshua and Isaac Bayley


41. Col. Little (sold to McDuffie)


42. Frye Bayley & Asa Tenncy (sold to Coffran)


43. Col. Little


44. Thos. Chamberlain & Widow Put- nam


45. Tarrant Putnam


46. James Scott


81. Gideon Tewksbury


82, 83. The Capt. Hazeltine farm


84, 85. Esq. Putnam's widow


86. R. Chamberlin & Brock


87. Col. Johnson


88. Stevens McConnell


89. Col. Frye Bayley & Nicholas White 90, 91, 92. Col. Little


93, 94. Isaac Bayley & Moses Johnson


95. John Bayley (sold to Porter)


96. Joel Machius


97. Col. J. Little


98, 99. Thomas Johnson 100. James Henderson


101. Josiah Rogers


102, 103. Thos. Eastman & Jas. Boyce.


104. Ortho Stevens & Montgomery


105, 106. 107. Samuel Tucker and


others


108. Col. Little (sold to S. Tucker)


109. Col. Wallace (sold to J. & J. John- ston)


110. Col. Chamberlain


111. Stevens McConnell


112. Col. Johnson


113, 114, 115. School lots


116. Asa Tenney


117. Joseph Chamberlin


118. Josiah Little


119. J. Little


120. Widow Smith


121. Thos. Johnson, D. Carleton & Noah Stevens


122 Dudley Carleton


123. Rem. Chamberlin & Stephen Pow- crs.


124. James Vance


125 James Boyce


126, 127. J. Little


128. A. Tenncy & J. Tewksbury


129. Col. Johnson


130. Col. Little


131. A. Tenney


6, 7. John Mills


8, 9. John Mills, Jr.


Birch Tree


N19. 6


78. 77 76.


75 74 73 72 71 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 6035


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