/ersity Library 39002001! YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ONONDAGA'S ?!> OLDIERS OP THE '^- „^- ^ bEEICIAL RECORDS. COA\PILED BY- ; ERANK n. CMASE. SECRETARY OE,.: , .TME ONONDAGA HISTORICAL (¦ ; ¦• ASSOCIATION. :"¦ Published by the Onondaga Historical AssociatiQn;.":;'^;^;^ ;; — - '"' ¦ - > :''- l?*^"*'""- ^'^ \ - L _ .'.ro-i. SYRACUSE, ^- Y. - if ;, ; :i895- "9^ -"¦-¦,«!':. ...vv •.-. -t.J-'- YALE The story of Onondaga's aborigines in the war of the Rerolution is one to put to blush the later tenants of its fruit ful soil. The part which many of those same dreaded warriors and their lusty sons played in the conflict of 1812, sac rificing life in the short and sharp bat tles to maintain the dearly bought inde pendence, was one of retrieval for the honor of the county's native inhabi tants. ,: Contrawise, the story of those early ,' settlers of Onondaga,^ who put aside the -, accoun trements of war to fa ce the rigoi's of a new, country, is pf the heroic model. , Historically, it is interesting to all; _ genealogically, the field is more limited, ¦-- but still, in Central New York, so wide as to attract every family branch which drew life from those first comers. , ¦ Colonial records give no enviable place to the Onondaga Indians in that strug- " gle. With the angry warnings of Lex- - ington and Bunker Hill, the colonists ;Z, sought their assistance, — at 'east to em- ': ploy them for a neutral part, — but their - alliance was already forraed with the * Tories who had made their villages places of refuge. Of these early white settlers of Onondaga, who came first : for safety and then with Brant to urge ¦ the Indians to battle, history's page is ' a blank. Under their chiefs the Onon- . dagas assisted materiaUy in the defeats of Harmer and St. Clair and were in the retreat when the tide was turned for . independence by Wayne. The vengeance of, 1779, when Colonel Van Schaick led -the expedition to destroy. the Onondaga villages, is a history of which much. has been written to show how the col onists repaid, the Onondagas for their , ¦ barbarities. Of the importance of the "crushing of the Onondagas one resolu- j tion of Con.gress indexes the spirit of ': '-- tne time. By the act of the 10th of i^vMay,. 1779, it was- "Resolved, thaf the ' thanks ot Congress be presented to Col. :- Goose. Van Schaick, and the oflBcers and r soldiers under his command, for their ., activity and good conduct in the late ^ftuexpedition against the Onondagas'." So crushed in spirit, neglected by their al lies and realizing their mistakes, the definitive treaty by whieh the Onondaga county lands were purchased and thrown, open to the heroic victors in war was easily accomplished. The Military Tract, history is interesting, but , it does not come within the compass of the story of Onoada,;a's heroes because so few ^ made settlement upon the land-gift for their services. The ua.Ties of the revo lutionary soldiers who made Onondaga their home are not to be read in the ballotting book which is a record of al- , lotment 'of the Military Tract, for, an aferage of three soldier-settlers to a town upon the lots which they drew. would be an extreme. Fully three hundred of those brave men who dared take arms against the raother country made^ Onondaga, within = ita present limits, their home. Home in those days was not subject to a shadowy caprice governed by mercantile advan-- tage; it meant, to the great majority, a place for wife, children and self for life. Nearly all were men of family, and to day those little hostages to fortune who were born in early Onondaga when it was the frontier of a great and unknown ¦ country, have achieved their measures of success, many have passed on, but un doubtedly ai! have left descendants who , will be interested, perhaps gladi to read the records of thefr patriotic ancestors.- For hundreds of men to know that, they come of Revolutionary stock, ia one thing; to know the heroic service, the battles for independence, the conditioa • of that ancestor in the tremulous days ¦' of the Republic, — aye, even if it ia a . story of poverty,— is another thing. , It is that story which should have long ago ' been told in local history. To those who achieved what the world termed success in the opening of the century, :' prominence has already been given upon, the printed page. For the sake of collec-, tion the endeavor will be to mention in these' articles all whose records have been preserved; but the especial object ' is to tell of those heroes who made On-- oiidaga their home, and who, by reason ' f I e, and infirmities, often the result \)f t..e hardships *of war, found them selves nearing the close ot life's battles with little to make home comfortable or even to sustain life. In ISIS news was received of an act - of Congress for the pensioning of those - .'ioldie.rs o.' whom fortune had been neg- -lectful. With rejoicings thi' news was received in Onondaga county, where the business depression had beeu doulil.r "hard in being attendant upou the natm-al " vicissitudes of clearing a new country. This act of March 18, ISIS, pensioned every commissioned and non-commis- i;sioued officer, musician and private sol- - dier, and all officers in the hospital de- ¦, partment and on the medical staff, who served until the close of the w-ar of the ;.ICerolut:rn, or '.:r t.he tenn' of nine ¦ 1 months or longer, at any period of the !war, on the continental establishment. w-ho was yet a citizen, "and who is, or hereafter, by reason of his reduced cir curastances in life, shall be iu need of assistance from his country for sup port." The act also included all officers . and marines in the naval service of the , . United States, and gave to each officer §20 per month during life, and to all others SS per month. It was a provision of this act that all beneficiaries must re linquish claims to all pensions thereto fore allowed, aud that he must make de clarations in courts of record. , 'I'lius ir was that at thi .ppMiiug of the Court of Common Pleas at the court house at Onondaga Hill, nn the 1st of September, 1S20, a scene was presented that would have roused the patriotism of every true lover of his country. It ^was a grand gathering of many of the old heroes who stood shoulder to should-. er for the land of the free. There were Lexington minute "men, batteau men of the Susquehanna and Mohawk, surviv ors of the Long Island retreat" and scarred and withered victims of the noi some prison-ship and Canadian chains. More than a hundred survivors of the ¦Revolution who had made Onondaga Li'uuty iheir htme, that day took oath as to their service, their families, and, alas, their destitution. These oaths were made before Judges .Tames O. Wattles, .Toshua Forman and Nehemiah H. Earll, bright figures shining out of local his tory's page. ¦¦ The records of the Revolutionary he roes, signed that day in open court, a few on subsequent days, — telling of noble / military service and of reverses of later life, — have been found. Written with the quills upDn a rather poor quality of pa per and with a still poorer quality of ink, they are now difficult of translation, but all are now given to print for the fiirst time. It is a story from the Uves of one hundred and thirty-eight men who fo'ight in the battles of the contin ental armj', say, rather, sharp etchings from lives that knew not even the bar est of the so-called "necessities" of the generations which came after. To be without a bed was the rule, not the ex ception; to IvdVi' dishes for "company,'' au extrava.gance; to possess books, was rare enovigh to be commented upon, and to be' worth $1,000, all told, was ,to be a "nabob." A complete affidavit, used as a sam ple of those from which records are novv niade is given; — State of New York, Onondaga Coun ty, ss. :— On the 27th day of Februarv, 1822, personally appeared in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction un limited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Robert Pain, aged 73 years, resident iu Camillus, in said county, who, being first duly sworn. according to law, doth on his oath de clare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted Into the service of the United States in the year liSO. and in July of said year, at West Pomt, in New York, he joined a company commanded by Capt. Pratt, in the Fourth Massachusetts regiment, and continued i?o, ^ .s^'^vice until the month of July, 17S.!, when he was discharged at West Point; that he has lost his discharge.. ±i.nilstment was for three years, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818. and that I have not ¦ since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with Intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision ot an act of Congress, en titled an act to provide for certain per- S9ns engaged in the land and naval ser vice of the United States, In the Revolu tionary War," passed on the ISth day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has ' any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contract, or debts, due to me; nor have I any Income other than wh.at is contained In the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. , Schedule of property:— Besides clothing, which is bare ly sufficient, I have but a knife which cost 12% cents And a cane worth perhaps 12y2 cents - ¦ . 25 cents That he now lives -with his son, John ll. Pain, in the town of Camillus, upon whom he is wholly dependent for sup port. He has no family; has lost the 'sight of one eye entirely, and nearly blind of the other— and without charity of a public or private nature is totally unable to support himself. That on the -•¦ 23d of April, 1818. he made an application ' for a pension to WilUam Rogers, a, judge " of Ontario county, which has been sent to and returned- from the War office. --.. - ¦ ¦ - His ¦'-- ¦--¦;,,¦.¦. "- ¦ - - ROBERT X PAIN, ',-' ,--'• ,_ . ¦ • mark ' ' Subscribed and sworn in open court • this 27th day of February, 1822. - : • r -- ...-, N. H. ExVRLiL, lit;.- ,'• •• . Judge of Onon. C,om. Pleas. J,. Property valued at. $0.25. r/ Monday, the -oth of July, 1824, occurred J'the first celebration of the National {"Independence in Syracuse. In its de- ;" scription of this event, the Syracuse 6a- . zette of July ,7th foUowing, says: "It .was a. truly interesting sight to see aniong our fellow citizens who partici pated in the festivities of this d-iy, about ^thirty of the remnant of that gallant band of patriots who fought in the Revo- , lution. These spared monuments of our -country's boast honored the company with their presence throughout the day, : giving a zest to the festivities .rarely to be found in? common celebrations of thia , national anniversary." Adding to lithis the Cheney Reminiscences say: "The aged veterans fast disappeared, and at ¦ the next, celebration only about half the - members were present The second year .-following they were still fewer in num ber r and finaUy all sank into honored -graves, amid the'- regrets of many true ^patriots.'; In 1824, the thirty veterans ^who'were present walked in the proces- -sion, but-in the^ succeeding years, time !had made so great inroads on their ranks , [and (Constitutions that carriages were pro- . Wided for *their accommodation." 'fr While the printed record'shows but a 'muster of thirty of the old soldiers for 'the^first Fonrth of July celebration in ^-Syracuse, the court records now brought to light show at least one hundred more - soldiers who did not join in the festiyi--, ties. Neither did all the old patriots die within the next -few years. It was not of such stuff that the soldiers and front iersmen of Onondaga w-ere made. Many lived on to th.at hale aud hearty old age whieh is not reckoned by a paltry "three score and ten." . In 1840 there were one hundred and twelve Revolutionary sol diers alive in Onondaga county, all draw ing pensions, not one but had lived his allotted "three score and ten" years, — indeed one had pushed the century mark aside and added five yeara to that. As - a study in longevity alone, the Revolu tionary people of Onondaga are interest ing. , ' ,. -T ,,( ,\ The attempt has been made to add tb , the record of early RevoIution9,ry set tlers,- now first printed, all others who took up residence in this county, aud whose Revolutionary service has been, ; authenticated. The record will be given,: according to residence in the old towns of 1S20, Pompey coming first by reason of its early settlement by soldiers and" officers froin Connecticut and Massa; chusetts. ' '¦./.',;.¦ •' - Popipey. " ': ^¦- In the old town of- Pompey, which in cluded the, present town of Lafayette,' were fifty -eight Revolutionary soldiers, . who certainly raade their horaes there. Besides these gallant defenders of the continental establishment, there were. other residents who played active parts- in the bitter conflict. North from the village of Pompey, on the Manlius road, settled .Tohn Bars, a Hessian, in about ISOO. He Tvas one of the thousand pris-, oners taken by Wa,shington, at Trenton, in 1776. Among the very eariy settlers of the western part of the town, now . Lafayette, were Hendrick Upperhousen,? a Hessian, who waS captured from the British army, and .John Hill, also a Hes- ; sian. Asa Drake was also an early set- ' tier of the Lafayette end of Pompey. - As' a boy he had heard the guns of Bunker- HiU and was an acti v^ -witness though i not a soldier in many qf the battles of ', the Revolution. In detaU the soldier;^:' records follow: — V -, ' - ,V ', , • -ii' / ELISHA BALDWIN-^"-' , -' - :".'.> Wheii Elisha Baldwin- swore ¦to/' the value of hia property upon -the'; 1st of September, 1820, he was Cl years of age. His service was in the company of Capt. Thopias Converse, in the regiment of Heman Smith, and the brigade commanded by General Hunting ton. This service was in the Connecticut line for the period of three years. Upon close figuring, Mr. Baldwin made the to tal value of his property but $45.74. His schedule of assets is exceedingly typical of fhe time. His cow he valued at $1.5, and a hog at .?4.50. Six hundred feet of pine boards were put in at $4. Of two chests, one was calculated to be worth $.5 and the other but 50 cents. The ta ble was placed at $3..j0, and this is the cost of its furnishings: 1 tea pot, 9 cents; 6 knives and forks, 75 cents; 6 table spoons, .3.5 cents; 6 tea spoons, 20 ,^ cents; 3 earthen ware bowls, 25 cents; 1 set of cups and saucers, 25 cents; 6 table plates, 50 cents, and 3 knives, 30 ' cents. Two kettles and a spider made 'up a value of $4-.50, Mr. Baldwin was Quite literary for the time, for he pos- :, sessed, besides a Bible valued at 25 cents, a ' Clerk's Magazine worth 50 cents; 1 Columbian Orator, and an En glish reader at 25 cents each, and 3 school books put in at a lumped sum of U. With a tea kettle, 2 pails, 3 casks . and a debt of $18 due him from A. & I. Crego, the revolutionary soldier closed , the entire sum of his possessions. To offset this he figured debts of $46 to va rious parties for grain and goods, among them one of $4 to Roe & Baker for iron ¦ ware. Out of this estate Baldwin said he had to support a wife and five chUd reu. the latter between the ages of 10 and IS. He aaid that he, himself, was infirm and Suffering from physical troub les. His wife was 4S years of age. DAVID BLACKMAN— The service of Darvid Blackman was ,for three years. He enUsted in May," 1777, in Captain Whiting's company. Col. Samuel Webb's regiment of Connec ticut troops. ¦„ He served in this corps during the whole ot the three yeara and was regulariy discharged. His age at the time of the making of this statement in September, 1820, was 62. His prop erty the court adjudged to amount to " $36.97, and his debts at $26. Residing with him at that time were hia daughter, ' Matilda Catharine, aged 23, and Andre w- Blackman, her son, aged 2. Among those whom David oweil were the weU- kuown early settlers, Isaac and John Delamater. Blackman said that he was but a common laborer, and in that way was unable to support himself. His in ability to labor was occasioned by age and wounds received in the war, for which he had a certificate aUowing him a pension. AMOS BENEDICT- In the year 1775, Amos Benedict en listed with Capt. Joseph Smith's com pany, in Col. Waterbury's regiment, Connecticut line, for seven months, and served a part of the tune. He waa then . discharged because of iUness, In the year 1778, in iSIay, at Sheffield, Mass., Benedict again cast hia lot with the patriots, enlisting in Capt. Stone's com pany. Brewer's regiment aud" Paterson's brigade, Massachusetts line. His en listment was for ten months and he served a part of that season in that corps, and a part of hia enUstment, in a - "flying camp" in Handley's com pany, as he believes, and in Brew er's regiment, and was again re turned to Stone's company, and then discharged at the end of his ten months' service. Benedict was a black smith by trade, and said he was 62 years old in November, 1819. Benedict's wife Polly was theu 52, and his chUdren were Alonzo, Daniel, PoUy, Ira and Anna. The division of Benedict's assets and liabUities w-as startlingly uneven. His property was adjudged to be. worth $126.86, while his debts amounted to $1,000. The sad story of hard times was told in the simple Une: "Proceedings of ejectment have been commenced againat me to put me off the farm, as it has been sold on execution." Benedict claimed that there had been a fraud in the loss of his farm. The History of the Pompey Reunion shows that in 1806. Benedict had a blacksmith's shop two miles north from Delphi. DANIEL BUNCE— " . • "When Daniel Bunce appeared before the court in 1820, he said ''^-i^^^ '^^ ysara of age. In the year .Xl a he enliated in Captain Miller's com pany in the First Massachusetts regi ment. He continued aa a soldier in this regiment untU liaci, the close of the. war, when he was discharged at New- ' burg, N. Y. The value of his property was found to crowd hia debts pretty cloaely, the former being figtired at S41.- 36, and the latter at $50. His family then consisted of his wife, aged 45, and of a most delicate constitution, and three chUdren, the oldest 12. He said that for four or five years previoua he had been unable to w-ork at all because of asthma. LEMUEL COOK— The name of this revolutionary soldier occurs often in the his tory of Poinpey. For two. years and six months' he served in the colonial army; from December, 1780, to June, 1783. He enlisted, to serve during the war in , Colonel Sheldon's regiment of light dragoons, in Captain Stanton's company of light infantry, and continued to serve in the same corps during the whole term and was regularly dis charged. The value of his property was placed at §24.19. Hia wife, Hannah, gives her age at that time, 1820, aa 51, whUe Mr. Cook aaid he was 55. They had one daughter,' Hannah, and two sons, Gilbert aud Selah. By reason bf injuries received during the war, the soldier said he was unable to labor suf ficiently to support himself and family. In the reunion and history of Pompey, Mr. Cook "is found in 1810, su'oscribing for the erectioii' of the since famous Pompey . academy, $25, or just 81 cents more than all his property was consid ered to be worth in 1820. His signature is also found as one of the incorporators of the Pompey academy. ^ . HEZEKt-AH CLARK— ' • This affidavit is made by Daniel GUbert of Salina, as a committee for Hezekiah Clark, who was at that time, the 29th of November, 1S22, a lunatic. It waa a sad ending for one of the eariiest phyai- , clans. of the town of Pompey. The com mittee, aays -that Clark was late a sur geon's mate in the army, _ and that he then resided with his aon, John H. Clark in Pompey, where he had resided for sev enteen- years. Previous to that time he ; resided in. Lanesboro, Mass., the affi- ¦ davit said, and he was about £5 years of age;. His family consisted of his wife and. Lucy, John H., Moses B. and Theo dore B'. Clark,' his children. Recorded history, however, shows that he had three-mother children aUve at that time. While a schedule of his asaets ahows an estate of but $30, his liabilities are said to have been quite large. He owed among others, Jamea Jackson of Manlius, Dan iel Tibbals, Victory Birdseye, Buel & Stanton and Thomas Marsh of Pompey. Hezekiah Clark was appointed by Gov- , ernor Trumbull, surgeon's mate in the Third Connecticut regiment.- He was in the service two years, and by reason of protracted illness left the, army. After ward, when Fort Griswold was captured . by the British under the traitor Arnold, he went to the awful scene and gave pro fessional, aid. Three of the men ¦\vhom he succored at that time, visited Pompey thirty years later in oi^der to thank him. J.EKIEL FOOT— The service of Jekiel Foot was for two years and two months, from April, 1781, to June, 1783. He said in his affidavit of September. 1820,. that he was 60 yeslrs of age. He enliated to aerve during the war and joined the' Second Massachusetts regiment, commanded by ' Colonel Ebenezer Sprout, on the 22d of- AprU, 1781. He at ' first served under Capt. Drew, and, after Drew's promo- - tion, under Capt. Cooper. At that time Mr. Foot's wife,Lucr'etia, was 45; and hia three children, Elizabeth, 23; Dorothy, 7, and Lucinda, 5, lived with him, while his four other children were providing, for themselves away from home. They we're Benjamin, Catharine, Samuel A. anu Sally. He figured the total .Value of, his property at $71.10, and his- debts- at $55.67. The "property" included a broken bake kettle, three salt barrels, a candle mold, flail and a hundred sheaves of wheat at $2. Foot said he had a debt from Stephen DelamateT_of $6 which he considered bad. He owed Azariah - Smith, Asaph TeaU, Starr & Taylor, Cranston & Gardner and others. The census of ¦ IS-tO showed Foot still alive at the ripe age of 80, despite the i- infirmities which he said he possessed - ih 1820. ¦ ¦ . ¦;".'•-.'¦-*' ;-•-=¦''; ENOS GREENFIELD— " '" ¦ ' When Enos Greenfield swore to liis services in the Revolution, before, the, court in 1820, he aaid. he was 71 years . of age. He said that he enlisted in No vember or December, 1775, for one year, at New London, Conn., in Col. Charles-- Webb's regiment, Connecticut line... He- served until about January 1, 1777, when he was discharged at FishkiU. Green field waa in the battles of White Plains, and Flatbush, on Long Island. Green field had no family dependent on him for support, at that time, and he lived with his son-in-law at Pompey. His estate he valued at ifS7.25. In this sum there was a cow figured at $11. a pair of plough irons at $3, and seven old drag teeth at $2.50. Besides he had a note against Thomas Dyer for $4, and one against one Ha.mlin, who had absconded. SAMUEL HUMPHREYS— Samuel Humphreys made his affidavit of pervice in the Revolutionary war in prder that he might testify for and assist John Wilcox to obtain a pension. He said he was 63 years of age and a resident of Pompey. He was of that part of the tow-n w-hich was taken to form Lafayette in 1S25. He said that in the year 1777 he enlisted with a com pany of artificers commanded by Capt. Pigeon or Peon, (neither name is given . in the army lists), "and while the com pany was,-.aftervi'ards commanded by Capt. Moses Cook of Col. Hughes' regi ment, the- quartermaster's department, whether of the Massachusetts line or Connecticut line, deponent, cannot posi tively say. Pigeon was a Massachusetts man, but Cook a Connecticut man, and the chief part of the company Connecti cut men." Mr. Humphreys then gave his rfecoUection of AVilcox, his affidavit being taken before Victory Birdseye. He said hewas brought up in the same neighborhood with Wilcox, Simsbury, Connecticut^ In the- census of 1840, Humpreys is stUl found to be living at the age of S4, a resident of the town of Lafayette and a pensioner. FRANCIS HALE— -In 1820 Francis Hale made affidavit that he was then 64 years of age, and that he enlisted in .Tames Buckstou's company, and was transferred to Oliver Rouse's company of infantry. Col. Jack- ¦ son's ¦ regiment, First brigade, and re mained, until the close of the war. He said that the- total value of his propertv . was but $33.99. while he owed $81.37. He possessed what few of the Revolu tionary soldiers seemed- to poss'ess in their lists^ of properties, a turkey. W^ith .- him lived nis wife, aged 57, aud a daugh ter aged IS and a .son of 13, , Said he;. "I am infirm and have been lame ever since the war, occasioned by misplacing the knee pan of my left knee while in service, and my left hip is partially perished in consequence of rheumatism." The history of Oran ahows that Hale in lSf>2 purchased lot 12 of Judge Butler and settled upon it. SAMUEL JOHNSON— At the time of making his affidavit in 1820, Samuel John son was 68 years of age. He served in Capt. Starr's company, iu Col. Hunting ton's regiment, Connecticut Une. He took oath that he had not income or property of any kind whatever, and his occupation was that of a common la borer. He said: "I have no family and I reside in the family of Adolphus Sweet and I depend on his charity for my daily support, except the amount of my pen sion." This is further evidenced by Adolphus Sweets' receipt for, Johnson's pension certificate, found among the pa pers. .' , ¦ JEREMIAH JACKSON— This pensioner w-aa undoubtedly the son of Col. Jeremiah .Tackson w-ho served as captain in the Revolutionary war, and was an early settler of this county. Jere miah Jackson said that he enlisted ih Col. WiUiam Shepard's regiment in the Massachusetts line and served for three years. He was quite wealthy for the average Revolutionary soldier of the time, as his entire property w.ts valued ¦at .$1,806.72. The bulk of this sum was made up of the value of realty, as he possessed eighty acres worth $1,600. In his schedule of property is also to be found numerous articles quite rare to the other Usts of pensioners, such as a two-pint bottle and a three and a half pint bottle, two wine glasses and a de canter. Besides he had two fire shovels, twp pair of fire dogs and two pair of tong-s. Hia own age was theu 60, hia wife, waa 55, and they had two boys, 14 and 19. Jackson owed $100. PHINEAS MEIGS— xYt the time Phineas Meigs made his affidavit, upon the 27th of Novemher, 1820, he was 64 years old. He enlisted and served in the company of Capt. ¦ Samuel Barker, in Col. Meigs' regiment, of the Connecticut line, for three years.' H*- prvssesspil p. hoiif^p. n,n<^ «, li;||f ff^p^f of land which he valued at $100. This with other property brought the total amount of hia possessions to $139.92, and to offset this he figured up debts amounting to $219.55. He had one son, 16 years old, and'his wife, living with him. ISAAC MOORE— Isaac Moore must have been but a mere lad when he enlisted in Capt. Isaac Hubble'a company. Col. Lamb's artillei;y reginient,, for the war for independence, as, he w-as but 56 years of age wheu he ¦signed his application in 1820. He placed . the value of all his property at ^131, and among those debts which were owr ing him was one from the -old settler, .James DePuy. • ¦ :, MOSES MOULTIfROP— ' ¦ ; Or Mosea Moullrup, as his name is in one place spelled, was also quite young" whea he enlisted, as he gave his age as --,56 in'lS2f>. He served for two years . -and seven months, from April, 1781, till ,;the fall of 1783, in Col. Sw-ift's regiment, Connecticut troop, aud in Capt. Petei> ' Robertson's company. He w-as in this ¦ corps the entire period of his service. ^ ,He enlisted fpr three years, but was dis- ¦1 charged- a few months before that time -'expirefL T'he total v.alue of his- prop- ^erty Moulthrop_ put at $9, and he said 'the debts he ow-ed 'amounted to $100. He said his wife Anna was 60 years old. and his son Charles was 20. At that time he waa a farmer aud lived - with his son-in-law. By the census of 1840 Moulthrop was still shown to be up on the, pension rolls, and his age was 76. ..At that time he lived by himself. • JOSEPH, McMILLEN— >• In making his affidavit on the 31st of .;, May, ^1821, .Joseph HcMUlen said that he served by sea and' land the greater - part, of the time during the Revolution,- ary war; that he seized pn board the j. frigate' Warren, "rising of one year," ' under Commodore Hopkins, commenc- '. ing" in September, 1777, and ending late ^'in the fall of 1778.- He gave his 'age as £^63, and said that he owned 25 acres of -f-land in the town of, Pompe.v, worth $12 ;¦ an- acrej. with a mortgage of $428 upon ^it,:-'and no means of paying it off. He ftwas a gardener by pccupation,-and his ' 'entire -property was considered worth "$25.50, without counting any loss upon s the -.land. His wife was nol; living.. Joseph >IcMiUen also made an affidavit as to his brother Peter's service upon the Warren frigate, then one of the ahips of war of the United States. He said that he served with him during that time, having entered on board with him, and both receiving their discharge at , the same time. Among the early settlers of Lafayette, then Pompey, were James, Asa and .Joseph JIcMUlen, brothers, who were carpenters and joiners. Jo seph and .Tames McMillen built the first framed hotel in the village of Lafayette, of which Stoughton Morse was landlord.. PETER McMILLEN— ' .. .' In hi.s affidavit of the same date as his , brother, Peter McMillen said he was 71 years of age.' In the fall of '77 he en-' tered on board the Warren frigate and sen-ed on board her until late in the fall of '78. He said that he served' more than a year and his brother Joseph could prove the service. He said he was supported by the overseers of the town of Pompey, and he had been so supported since August, 1819. His w-ife was theu 6.5 years old and had lived with him 49^ years. They had no chUdren, only kin- di-ed. H!is total property he figured at $40.S7 and the articles in the hst typical of his sailor life were a sea chest ,.and a transit. ' . ,...,-¦¦ •' -, JOHN NEARING— . ' The pensioner served in Captain Aaron , Austin's company, in Col.: Charles Bur- rail's regiment , of Connecticut troop, aud was in the same company and regi ment when discharged. His age was^ given as 67., A value of $212.70^ was put upon his property, which included ¦ debts owing him by I. Nearing, Abner Hamblin, Henry Lyman, Chester Chad-^ wick and David Case. Nearing s.aid that his- health was very feeble then, and his wife was 64 years of age. • -; , - v-^'i*: JOHN SPOOR-^ - \:'i:-'"-^ ^ It was upon the 3d da.t of March, 1821J- that John Spoor made his application. , He v/as then 71 yeara of age, and he- said- his service was as foUows: That he- enlisted in Capt. Thomas , De-witt's , company, in - Col. Peter Gansevoort's. regiment, New York line, in- 1776, and- served four years. He waa appointed au ensign in 1776, and continued so nntil discharged. He said he owned "nineteen, acres of very poor land in Ponipey worth not over $5 per acre;" • Enumerate^ witb IO his property, which was aU valued at $265.81, was a pair of "old andirons -with the fe<^t off." He owed §200. His wife, aged en, and daughter, Uved with him. BENJ.IMIN SUTTON— : . - ., For three years' service Benjamm out- ton enUsted on the 1st of January, 1777, untu the 1st of January, 17S0, and was duly discharged. His whole time was spent in Col. Seth Warner's regiment of Ught infantry, and in Col. Jeremiah Bur roughs' regiment. . Upon the 1st of Sep tember, 1S20, he said he was 75 years old, and that aU his property was valued -at $21.37. He had no family, but Uved •with his sons, BosweU and Moses Sut ton. At that time Sutton was nearly 'bUnd. Sutton was a resident of Onon daga in ISOO. AMBROSE SQUIRES— When Ambrose Squires enlisted m the Massachusetts line he conld have been ; bnt 15 years of age, as he said he was but .54 years old in 1820. He served in ;.the company commanded by Captain 'Pray, in CoL. Joseph Vose's regiment, from 1781 to the fall of 1783, when he was duly discharged. In qualifying for reUef under the pension act, he aaid that the total value of his property was but $.52.50, and that he had debts amount ing to $17. His cow he valued at $10; two hogs and a pig at §4.20, a three-paU kettle and a "porage" pot at $1.50, whUe , Garret Van Hoosen, jr., of TuUy, owed him $3. Among other creditors of Squires were Thomas Abbott and Schuyler King. Squires was a common laborer, and he had a wife and, three children U-ving at home. RICHARD TCWNSEND— , "When he made his appUcation on the ' 1st of March, 1822, Richard Townsend ''was 63 years of age. In the- year li iS, £Townsend said he resided in Charmont. -:now the county- of Green, and in April ^or May, at Esopus, Ulster, he enUsted aa 7a private in the ' regiment of the New VTork Une of Col. Gansevoort, company "of Captain Johnson. Townsend contin- I ued in the service until the spring of -¦1780, at which time he left the regiment ¥by the. written consent and permission of f Col. Gansevoort. and went as waiter to ;¦ Robert R. Livingston, Member of Con- '- gress, in which capacity he serveii nntir vthe close of the war. He also aweara ' '.that he enUsted for and during the Revo lutionary war. His schedtile of property showed "barely enough to get victuals on the table," and had a total value of $18.46. Hia wife was 59 years of age, and had been blind for four years. DA"VTD "WATKINS— David Watkins was a young man when he enUsted in the Second Massachusetts re,siment. He had reached the age of 5S in 1820. He said that he served for three years, from June, 1<(7, to the 4th of June, 1780, his regiment being com manded first by Col. John Bailey, and af terwards by Lieutenant-Colonel Bad lam, ' by whom he was discharged, in Capt. Hugh Maxwell's company. This service was continued, except for one season, when Watkins- volunteered into the light infantry under Captain Alden. -While Watkins was the possessor at just that time of 50 acres of laud on thc town lot in Pompey, his excuse for uot placing a value upon it was sufficient. It was subject to a mortgage of $4-50, and neariy four years' interest, at least S1.30 of which was in judgment, and one and one-half years interest, or $48 more, not in judgment He thought this was at least the the whole value of the land, which he said he bought with the hope of paying for it out of his pension. His entire property w-as adjudged to be worth $227.95, whUe he figured up debts of .'5226. Among those whom Watkins owed was the eariy settler, .Azariah Smith, who imdoubtedly had taken up Wat kins' case as ,evidenced by a note from him to D. Moseley, of the date of Au gust 6th, 1821. "Please send me the re turns and memorandum from the war office in the cases of Asa MerriU. David Watkins and Stephen Leonard, pension- -ers. Also, please send me David Wat kins' original schedule, which I shall re turn in two or three days." Watkins' famUy at that time consisted of nine persons Inclnding himself. There was his wife, Betsey W.. 37 years old; liis daughter Polly, aged 22; Lewis and Polly Neely. aged 10 and 12. children of hia wife; his sons, Stuart, David W., and- Thomas Watkins, aged 6 and 4 years, and 5 months, and Sally. 3 years old. the daughter of PoUy. - Watkins said he was a cordwainer, and" "toleral-iy: healthy." He then drew a pension of $8 a month. II JOHN WILCOXt- The papers of John Wilcox, credited in many histories with being the first white settler in the town of Pompey, are in teresting in showing bis Revolutionary record. He came out to Onondaga in the apring of 1789, with an Indian chief from Oneida, for the purpose of explor ing the country. He selected the lot near the Indian orchard, two mUes north of Lafayette viUage, where the Indian - settlement had been abandoned in con sequence of the destruction of the corn > fields and a part of the great orchard, by Col. Van Schaick's expedition teu years before. When WUcox made his affidavit in 1820, he said he w-as 59 years :;^,of age, and that the entire value of ,'his. property was but $55.31. Bjr an affidavit sworn to before Sylvanus Tons- ley on AprU 15, 1818, he said that on the 12th of December, 1777, he enlisted .vat Simsbury, Conn., and joined a cont •pany of artificers commanded by Captain "Pigeon or Peon. . He went to West Point, and was to serve thirteen months, -,'and 'he thought the company was at- ¦ tached to Col. Hughes' regiment of the ^ Massachi,setts Une. Wilcox served out ^ Ms term with the exception of a few days and was discharged on account of illness. He received no w-ritten dis- : charge. Then follows a tale of crooked ness in even those "good old days." WU lcox made the statement that, although : he enUsted for" thirteen months, he was returned by Captain Pigeon for thiee ":,'years and his enlistment ante-dated, and^ that Pigeon fraudulently obtained some 'months' extra pay, for whieh, among other things, Pigeon was tried by a court 'marshal and cashiered; Wilcox said that -'he was in indigent circumstances and needed the assistance of hia country. ', But his papera were aent back witb that ;, fateful word "rejected" upon them, aa ' artificers had not been provided for by •-the act of Match 18, 1818. Upon the F28th of February," 1821,' WUcox made f another affidavit for a^ pension. He said s that in April, 1781," he enlisted at Sims- ¦ bury; Conn., in the company of Captain -JAbner Granger,, regiment of CoL Samuel '' Campbell," and that he joined the com- f pany near Stamford.'on the 15th of May, '^.1781, and that he continued, in aervice i until the 1st of April, 1782,- when he was discharged at Stsmford. While Wilcox's property was then valuod at ouly $32.64, he still possessed a punch bowL He owed then $.5.5.31, among his creditors being Ansel Judd and Henry A^'illiams.EBENEZER WOOD— Teu months was the revolutionary ser vice of Ebenezer Wood. He enlisted in Captain Samuel Sloan's company, in Col. Paterson's regiment, and served in that corps for the vifhole period. He was discharged at Trenton, N. J., on the 1st of .January, 1777. At that time, Septem ber, 1820, Wood said he waa 66 years. old,- and thfit he owned oue and one- quarter acres, with a building upon it, in Pompey. He placed a value of $300 upon this property, and with his other property he thought himself possessed of, $367.93 worth. To offset this he owed $452.75. ' Wood w-as a cooper by trade, - and his wife and a son,, a cripple 21' years of age, lived with Mm. -. -- .- In assembUng the patriots of Pom pey, histories, records and census re-; turns show the following; — - ' " -*• CONR-ADT BUSH— -^ -" ¦ " . In the Revolution Conradt Bush waa a matross, a name now almost obsolete in the United States army. He drew military lot 47 in the town of Pompey, - and when he came to settle upon it he found a man and his nine grown-up sons there before him. He ejected them. Bush was at the battle of Long island, .in,' a company of the Pennsylvania liue. He was also at the battles of Trenton and Princeton, aud at the taking of Corn waUis. He became a pensioner, and in 1840 gave his age aa 84. In 1848, he'' and Thomas Dixon ,of Lafayette, Levi Bishop of Manlius and Jeiihtha Lee of Ithaca are mentioned as the only sur,-,, vivors of Col. Lamb's regiment of ar tUlery Clark's history - makes ^- the' point that Bush was one soldier. "who S resides- on the lot for which he served.T Yet the County Clerk's record showsi that .six years after- receiving- hia deedi- from the State, Bush sold his ; lot tii.: EUas Jackson for £450. -.:_. "', ¦ ' V.niri..-'"- STLVAJsrUS BISHOP-^ "-¦ -' 'I'-'T-^ In 1793 Sylvanus Bishop was one 6£^ six brothers vyho settled in Pompey.'- Hef; came from Kinderbrook," Columbia coun-: is ty, N; y., having previously served in the Revolutionary war. After about twenty years' residence in Pompey bh moved to Oswego, and lived to the age of 95. He was the father of Rev. Artemas Bi.shop. EBENEZER BUTLER, SR.— ¦ Having seen service iu the 1' ranch and Indian war, with the Connecticut troop, Ebenezeir Butler, sr., was fitted for the hardships of the Revolution. After his service in the Revolution, he was in a detachment called out to sup press Shay's Rebellion. He died in 1829 at the age of 96. Butler was a resident ""of Onondaga in ISOO. ¦'EBENEZER BUTLER, JR.— The first white settler of Pompey Hill, and within the limits of the present township, Ebenezer Butler, jr., was born in Harwinton, Conn., in 1761. During his aervice in the Revolutionary war, he was taken prisoner and suffered many -hardships upon a prison ship in New ;.York harbor. At the olose of the war J^he returned to Connecticut, whence he ; emigrated to OuMidaga.. Butler's name "is found iu the Onondaga census of asoo. ''¦=••-•';':,' ' ¦-.----¦ DAVID BEARD^ ' - ' ^,The United States census of Revolu tionary soldiers in. 1840 shows David Beard of the town of Pompey, a pension er, and aged So years. '.'''- - JAMBS BOOKHUNT— ¦, When the census of pensioners was taken on June 1, 18-10, James Bookhunt -was 79 years of age, and resided with , his own family. ¦¦,. -; - .. ,';- „ PAUL CLAPP— '¦' The life of Paul- Clapp, w-ho was a. peusioner, would. have formed a generous • groundwork for a border romance. Many ''of his descendants now live in Syracuse Cand the county. 'While a soldier during ':the war of the Revolution, he was a member of 'an expedition through the ^northern wilderness, which made au ag- ¦'gressive war upon the Indians and To- ^riea, and was taken prisoner, carried to iCanada, and suffered- great hardships. [He took np a large tract of land in Pom- i-pey, and waa- a- farmer, until his death i^ in 1845,. upon the land which he had re- iclaimed froth the 'wilderness. ...f.: ^WILLIAM COOK— - ¦ ^ ¦ ' J: V The pension census of 1840 gives -Will- sjfam Cook as a' pensioner, alive at that .jdate at the, age of 79. At that time he was Uving with Albert Cook. In the early history of Pompey the name of WilUam Cook is often mentioned. At the town meeting in April, 1796, he was made an assessor of the tovvn, and in the buUding of the early Pompey acad emy his name is found as subscribed and as petitioner to the Regents. In 1813 Cook was chosen Supervisor. ADONIJAH COLE— The pensioner, Adonijah Cole, made his residence with Chauncey Cooper in 1840, according to the Revolutionary cen sus. He was then 83 years of age. JEREMIAH CRANDAL— Jeremiah Crandal was a pensioner whose age in 1840 was 84. The census shows that he then Uved with Elanson Watkins. THOMAS DIXON— -¦ ¦- ¦ , ^¦ The balloting book of the military tract shows that Thomas "Dixson" drew lot No. 4 in the town of Pompey, and -Clark's history says that in 1S4S he -was one of the last four and only sur vivor's of Colonel Lamb's regiment of artillery. His residence w-aa then given a.; Lafayette. His lot was situated just over the line from that town, and no early transfer is recorded, "transfers" being a habit that had become quite gen eral with the military lot owners. The census of 1840 show-s ''Di.xan'' a pension er, and his age SO years. - ' CALEB GREEN— : , ' It is thought probable from the Green family records, that Caleb Green was ' with one of the expeditious which marched to the relief of Fort Schuyler, in the summer of 1777, and that he did much other service during the continu ance of the war. He came to Lafayette from Easton, Washington county, in 1S06. Green died on the 29th of March, 1817, at the age of 63 years. j , JACOB GOODRICH— "- The Revolutionary pensioner, Jacob Goodrich, was a resident of the Lafay ette eud of -Pompey in 1840, and waa then 86 years of age. He resided with Elijah Goodrich. . ,, NATHANIEL GAGE— ' ' "' According to the census of- 1840, Na thaniel Gage was 77 years of age at that time, a penaioner of the govern ment, and resided with Amoa Gage. -.-'.. i3 HDYT- In Clayton's history, the father of Charles W. Hoyt, born in Pompey, in 1804, is given as a captain in the Revo lutionary war. It ia also said that he came to this . country in 1798. The reg ister of officers of the revolution shows no person by the name of Hoyt in the ¦ record of James Midler, who is given a* ¦ 14 a revolutionary soldier, who settled here about 1800. CHRISTOPHER MEDLER— With Jaraes Midler came his brothers. Christopher and PhiUp. Iu the drawing of military lots for Pompey, the ballot ing book shows that Christopher "Med ler" drew lot 32. Several deeds theu passed, and, in 1796, is found the award of the Onondaga commissioners giving the 600 acres to the heirs of "C. Med dler."ZENj\.S NORTHWAY— . Among the early settlers of the west ern part of the town were Zenas North- way and Ozias Northway, who kept a tavern near the postoffice of Lafayette. Both were Revolutionary soldiers, and pensioners. Zenas was alive in 1S40, at the age of. 75. .HEZEKIAH OLCOTT— ¦j While upon the work of surveying the State road from Cazenovia to ¦Skaneateles, in 1S04, Col. Hezekiah Ol- ,'cott, a resident of Pompey and an offi cer of the Revolution, was taken ill with a fever and died at Pompey West HilL He was buried with military honors. Many high ' tributes were paid to the ^memory of Col. Olcott. The record of Col. "Olcutt," as it is spelled in the Revo lutionary Register, is that of sergeant of Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regi ment (Conn.). 1st of October, 1777, and second lieutenant, 12th of November, 1779, in which he served to the close of the war. TIMOTHY SWEET— ' The enlistment of Timothy Sweet was uuder Col. Seth Warren, and he was at the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. In 1775 he was captured in the e.xpedition, against St^ Johns, Canada, rtaken to Halifax, afterwards to New- York, and placed in the Sugar House ¦prison. He was iraprisoned for a long .whUe and then enlisted into the British ;army as a servant of Capt. Miles, and- escaped to. Connecticut. He came to Pompey about 1794. , ¦ ,,. ,',. ;ZADOCK SEYMOUR— 'T . i'' The name of Zadock Seymonr occurs several times in early Pompey records, especially with reference to the, building of the academy, and it occurs again- as ' "one of the heroes of the Revolution. In 1840 he was a pensioner, at the age pf 83, and then Uving with Eliza Seymour. RALi-H "WHEELOCK— ' At the age of 81 years in 1840, Ralph Wheelock was still a pensioner for his services in the Revolutionary war. He then lived with Gershom B. Wheelock in the town of Pompey. BENJAMIN "WEBB— The age of the pensioner Benjamin Webb was 84 in 1840. He lived with Hiram Leonard in the town of Lafay ette. JEDEDIAH WINCHELL— According to the census of 1840, Jedediah Winchell had reached the age of 88 years. He then lived in the town of Lafayette, at the home of Jacob Win cheU. ;- ' ' -r OiioiiUauu. At least thirty-seven soldiers of the Revolutionary war, have at some time taken up their homes and drawn life from the town of Onondaga. This list includes tie first permanent w-hite settlers of the county, — the names of whom have be come the familiars of local history. Of the actual incidents of the Revolution which took place on this territory much can be conjectured but littie vvritten with truth at this late day. It is knonn that several Tories took refuge with the In dians in this tow-n, but who they were and how- long they stayed is a matter of speculation. In oue little note J. V. H. Clark opened up a chapter of romantic surmi.se. Said he: "In the spring of 1815, on the farm of Deacon Joseph For man, at Onondaga HoUow, on oaken pail was plowed up containing about four quarts of leaden bullets, supposed to have been buried during the Revolution-, ary war." However fit subjects these small facts may be for the imagination, the rgcords of oaths taken show mauy Revolutionary heroes who called the town of Onondaga home. The records ave given as foUowa: — ¦ , •- - 'WILLIAM ABBE— When he came into court in 1820 to make oath to his revolutionary service, William Abbe said he was 52 years of age. He said that he served in CoL .John Durkee's regiment, company, of Capt. John Reyes, Connecticut line, and was 15 regularly discharged. His property was adjudged, to be worth $68.75, and his indebtedness placed at $12. In his fam ily were his wife, aged 62; daughter Isabel, aged 22; daughter Lizzie, aged 20; one grandchUd, Reane Abbe, and one aon, Nathan Abbe, 33 years old, "all of which I provide for and support be sidea myself who have not done a day's work this twelve years past on account of infirmity," concluded the patriot. ' JOHN BALCH— The enUstment of John Balch was in a company commanded by Capt. Benja min Throop, in Colonel Huntington's regiment, Connecticut troop. He said that he afterward served in Capt. Ezra Selden's company, in Colonel Starr's regiment, from which he was discharged. He held pension certificate No. 722, and in 1820 was 61 years of age. Balch was a hotisejoiner by occupation, but was un able to labor by reason of a difficulty in breathing and rheumatis-m. His wife was named Lucy Balch, aged 58, and they had one son, Daniel, 15 years old. At that time Balch said that all the property he had was only worth $27.73, and his debts amounted to $15. By the census of 1840, Balch's residence is giv en as MarceUus, and his age as 80 years JESSE BANNISTER , Said Jesse Bannister in 1820 when des cribing hia Revolutionary service: "I was engaged in the battle on the 26th of December, 1776, at Trenton, in the tak ing of the Hessians; also at the battle of Princetown, and as a volunteer in the engagement at Stillwater, under General Gates, " -with Burgoyne." Bannister en- - listed with the company of Capt. Peter Harwood, Col. Ebenezer Larned's regi ment, Massachusetts line, on the 24th of April, 1775. He was discharged on the 1st of January, 1776, and, on that same day, enlisted for one year with the com- - pany of Capt. Asa Danforth, in the same regiment, which was afterwards commanded by Lieut. CoL WUliam Shep- ¦ ard. However. Bannister says he stayed six months longer in the service, upon the request of General Washington. The total assets -of Bannister only footed up $26.75 J among which was "half a pew in the -meeting house at Windsor, Vt," of: the value of $23, The debts of the pen sioner were only $500. He was a farmer and 66 years of age. , RICHARD CATON— There were three ways given to the spelling of Bichard Caton's name iu his papers, the other two being with an "i" and "e" in the final syllable. Caton en listed in Capt. Christopher Woodbridge's company, in Col. John Greaton's Third regiment of the Massachusetts line. This was in the year 1781, and Caton served untu the close of the war. . A second af- . fidavit gives the further record that Ca ton "also enUsted in 1781," in the com pany of Capt. G. Michael Houdin, in the , Fifth Massachusetts regiment command ed by Rufus Putnam, and that he aft erwards served iu Captain Mills' com- ; pany, commanded by Col. Joseph Vose- in the First Massachusetts regiment. In , 1821 Caton was 56 years of age, and his-' wife^ Rebecca, 66. He valued all his property at $61.62. Evidently he, waa considered too wealthy to receive a pen--, sion, for he made a second affidavit be-.-^ fore the court a year later that all his property was , worth $42.38. This con sisted of stock and very scanty fumiture. Among the early settlers to whom Caton was indebted were Grove Lawrence and Liberty Kimberiy. .Tames McKellops owed him $2. Caton was. a farmer, and able to labor but little, because of a wound received at the taking of Little York in Upper Canada. In 1840, Caton was still alive and a pensioner. He was then 77 years old, and lived with Leonard Cat.on. " ' -. , . -.• r,r i'j^-.^ ..pBENEZER COVIL— -- ./.'.":.;.+ vy Upon the 26th of January, 1829. Eben^ ' ezer Covil' of the town of Onondaga made an application to be restored to;- the pension list of the War of the Revo lution. He then said that be was 79, years of age and that at the age of,2o he enlisted for one year, at -the town Of ' Farmington, Hartford county, , Conn. ; This was in Deceraber, 1775, and he'- enlisted in the company of Capt. Tiino-?- thy Percival, regiment of Col. .Tedediab.^ Huntington, Connecticut line. He joinedi' his company on the 1st of January, 1776,':' served the full term of his enlistment.; and untu the 1st of Pebruary, 1777,;'. when he waa discharged at Ramapo,.; New Jersey. The papers state that hisr* napie had previously begn .placed upoii^ i6 the pension list but was dropped there from on account of propcUy. lue ac count of his property and family is in teresting. He said he had a farm in Onondaga of eighty acres, about fifty acres of which was under improvement Upon this land there was a mortgage to the State for part of the purchase price, with $150 due. The annual pro«-_ uct of the farm he considered worth but $50. But it was in the description of ,his property that Patriot Covil , was especially interesting, as he had been dropped from the roll once because of ! his wealth. Everything which he pos sessed he said was either old, worn out 'or small, with the exception of his Bible. that w-as large. The value of all his property he placed at $105. Unable to ^rwork, he boarded with his two sons, -Edw-ard and Nelson. They worked and mauaged the .farm and had the use and profits in part pay for the support of .himself and his daughter, Anna. Up to ~"date Covil said the profits had not been "sufficient to pay the board. The law re- ;-qnited that he should account for all the 'property he had disposed of since 1818. In 18'24 he said he sold oue old horse to 'Constant Fenn for $20, which was paid ' in lumber and. boards, and in 1S25, an- "-. other old horse to. one CorneU for $50, _paid for by a lumber wagon worth $40, : a |)air of boots at $.5 and $5 remaining. --but Cornell had absconded without pay- jug it. A small amount of stock had "; also been sold '. ¦ :. SOLOMON HUNTLEY— In 1820,. Solomon Huntley of Onon- - daga, said he was 66 years oid. In the . war of independence, he enlisted in Col. Starr's regiment, Connecticut line, in ; 1777, in Capt. Throop's company,^ for ' three years, and served during that time. - He was discharged at Morristown in New ,_ .Jersey. One of his most valuable earth- "ly possessions was a five-pail kettie. He * had il wife and four children. He con- "sidered the.sum total of all hia proper- - ty, $42.24' -.^.V. - • --.r •:¦ "ebenezer MOORE— '. . When a very, young man Ebenezer ' Moore enlisted iit Col. Olney's regiment f of the Rhode Taland line. He served to ''Xthe close of the war, taking an active ', part in the gaUant struggle for about >^ three years. CBut in 1820, then at the the age of 60 years, he had ouly proper ty worth $2.55 that he could. caU his ow-n. His wife was then 42 years old and he had one child, Ebenezer, aged 7. Ebenezer Moore had reached the age of 81 in 1840. He then lived with Al mira Wilson in the town of Onondaga, and drew a pension for his services from the United States government. WILLIAM McCRAKEN— Toward the close of the Revolution, William McCracken enlisted in Capt. Jo seph McCracken's company, in Col. Van ' Schaick's regiment. New York line, and served three years and three months. At the time he appUed for pension in 1820 he was 57 years old, and he valued his whole property at $"24.87. His debts amounted to $100 and he had $15 owing , him. In his family were three sons and a daughter of his own, and two daugh ters of his wife. -• , OZIAS NORTHWAY— "" ' "' Among the earlier settlers of the 'west ern part of Lafayette,- where he kept a tavern near the postoffice, Ozias North- way had become a resident of the town of Onondaga by 1820. At least he g.ave that place as his home when he .gave'the record that he enlisted in November, 1775, in the company of Cap:aiu Petti bone, in the regiment of Colonel MiUis.- He said that he. was then 02 years old, and that he was in the battle at Long . Island, and retreat of the army out of New York. He was discharged in Janu ary, 1777. In his schedule of property, which he considered .worth $50, there were eight of those purely American "birds"— turkeys. His ivife, he said, had three or four gowns and one bonnet— an outfit worth $15. His UabiUties eonsist ed of judgments in favor of John Huk- ings and John Clark for $'20 iind $10<>; - one note being prosecuted of $90, and .another in execution of $129. He had a son of 18 and a daughter of 3. GIDEON PITTS— . - - At the age of 63, Gideon Pitts' stiid his , entire property was worth but $?4.49, while his debts amounted to $50.. He served in the Massachusetts regiment of Colonel Shepherd, and was-dischurged . from the~ company of Captain Arnold. His wife was aUve in 1820 at the age of 57, and he had one son, ,Samuel, aged , 1^- . ^ - , ' - .. ¦ " -- ¦ I ^^ -" . - 17 RICH_ARD REED— ^ Richard Reed, otherwise called "Duke," had a varied service in the Rev olution. He was in "Captain Ely's com pany in Colonel Meig's regiment, and in Colonel WyUys' regiment in the com pany commanded by Lieutenant Heath, and in Spalding's company in the regi ment . commanded by Colonel Durkee, and which was commanded part of the time br 'Lieutenant Sanderson, all in the Connecticut line." His sole proper ty, and he was then 63 years old, con sisted of an axe worth. $2 and a debt due him of .$5. He had no occupation. He said that "from my wound received at the battle of Monmouth" and rheu- . matic pains he was unable to support himself. He had no wife nor children. BENJ.4.MIN ROBINSON— ;At the age of 64 Benjamin Robinson s-aid he. was unable to subsist without charity. ;He enlisted in Colonel Durkee'a regiment of the Connecticut line, and served for one jear. His entire proper ty, was appraised at $46.57, and includ ed was a set. of shoemaker's tools- at $5, and a gun, steel traps and , other paraphernalia of a iunter. \ SIMEON SMITH— ¦ " ' At the age of 16, Simeon Smith enlist- . ed in the year 1776 in Captain Soule'a company, regiment of Colonel Tappan; Massachusetts line, as a drummer. 'This enlistment was for three years, and then he enlisted for during the war and served until i)eace. He~ was discharged at Newburg, N. Y. His possessions are interesting. They were: "One cow, 6 cups and saucers, 1 dozen plates, 1 tea pot,' 1 sugar bowl, 1 cream pot, 1. dish kettle, 1 tea kettle, 1 spider, 1 bake pan, 1 razor, meat barrel and trowel, and a Wife aged 40 years and 5 children." It is very evident that if the Smiths had ¦ company the children had to "wait." All of Smith's property was valued at $24.89, ' and he owed Ira Smith of Wolcott, Sene; ca county, $50. . - v, SAMUEL STONE— ,. .,' ' The service of Sa,muel Stone was in the regiment of Colonel Meigs,' Hum- rphrey's- company. Colonel- Scammel's regiment, and Samuel B. Webb's "regi ment of Connecticut 'troop. He was .regularly discharged, 9.nd said , in 1820- that he was 56 years old.. His property, worth $1,224.62, consisted of 30 acres of land, with about 22 acres improved, and a smaU house and barn, stocky etc. He owed Jacob Lawrence and ' Joseph Moore small amounts, while James Al bro owed him. He had a wife and tw-o children.JOHN "WALTER— - :'" John Walter gave his age- as 63. He. said th.at he enlisted in Col. Heman Swift's regiment bf the Connecticut line, - and seryed three yeara. He was unable to support himself without the assistance • of public or private charity. His entire property was only -worth $33. - ^, , ".- , ELISHA WATERS— . ,' --'-";¦?", The enlistment of Elisha Waters was ii4 Darius Wilcox's company, in Maj. ¦.- EUsha Painter's battalion, Connecticut ', 5-iic, in the year' 1777. He was after- '¦ wards transferred into Colonel Bald- ^ win's regiment, Massachusetts Une; and/ he was discharged from service in Bald- ' win's regiment in 1780. ' All the proper-;^ ! ty that Waters had, one cow, one old . horse and wagon," wis valued at $78. His son, Melaucton S. Waters, was tien ,-¦ 17 aud Uved with him. His other chil dren were not under age. His own age w-as 63 and his wife's 60. He, too, was obliged to say that he received public and private charity. Upon the taking out of his second papers. Waters' proper- " tv had been reduced to one cow worth r $10.^ ' ¦ .- - , ¦„- ;;.;¦:-. The records of other Revolutionary'- heroes are assembled in the folio wing:-^- '/. C-APT. JAMES BEEBE- " " '••";"' During the Revolutionary war- James , Beebe w-as a captain in the Connecticut," line. A short sketch of his service Jhe- writer had from a descendant. Captain ' Beebe Uved in the town of Danbury, - Conn., at the time the British,. expedi-. tion came up from New York and des-^^^ troyed the atorea. He married Mehitable ; Fairchild in Danbury, and immediately- left for the American armjr with ar cotri-'. pany that he had raised. He- was in % the battles of Brandywine and Mon-^ raouth, being wounded in the latter,bat- ' ;tle. • He carried the bullet- under hiS' shoulder blade as long as he lived.- He -^ was with the American armyat Yalley Forge, and Mrs. Beebe rode to New Jer sey on horseback from Connecticut, and spent the winter with him — practically this was their honeymoon, as Captain Beebe had forsaken his bride at the altar for the army. The sufferings of Valley Forge dampened sadly their honeymoon. In 1793, Captain Beebe emigrated to Solon. Chenango county, Uving there two years. • Then he came to the town of Pompey, ana settled about three mile.'? ¦ east of Pompey HiU. In a few years he sold his farm to Titus Marsh and went to Onondaga HUl to live. ^That farm has been in the possession of the Marsh family for 100 years. In the early part of this century, Beebe became well known in Onondaga. He owned and kept the public house near the Court house, which was at a later date kept by Judge Jonathan Stanley. He was also ijaUer of the County jail. In the war ^of 1812, Captain Beebe was keeper of the arsenal at Onondaga Valley. Dur ing that war he had to supply troops go- ' ing to the frontier — to Oswego and to Buffalo, — with equipments and other sup- ipUes. In this work Jasper Hopper acted as deputy, as Beebe lived some distance- from the arsenal. Along in the latter part of August or the first of Septem ber, 1812, Hopper equipped a company of soldiers going to Oswego, and failed to take a receipt from the captain for the articles furnished. So it was that Beebe found it necessary to go to Oswe go and get a receipt from the officer. He procured a sailboat at Salt Point, not withstanding the owner's warnings that the rigging was defective, and saUed to Oswego. He secured the receipt and started for home. At a place in Lysan der, where the captain stopped for din ner, he was last seen alive. His body was found on the shore of the river. He had been drowned. At the time of Bee- he's funeral, while about everybody in the village was attending the services. two or three prisoners who were held -for debt escaped. The Beebe family had to pay the debts for which the pris- .oners were held, as it was afterwards claimed that through their carelessness the escapes occurred. Captain Beebe had ^five chUdren, Hepsibah, Lewis, Electa, (who married Victory Birdseye), Bet sey and another daughter. JOSEPH W. BREWSTER— The Revolutionary soldier. Dr. .Joseph W. Brewster, was born in 1764 aud died at Onondaga Valley September 4, 1849, in his S6th year. At the age of 16 he joined the Revolutionary army, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.. October 19, 17S1. Then the soldier took up the study of medicine, and it was in the spring of ISLS that he came to Onondaga VaUey. JONATHAN" BELDING— According to the census of 1840. .Tona than Belding. a pensioner of the Revolu tion, was living in the town of Onon daga, then at the age of 80 years. GEORGE CLARKE— In 1840 George Clarke, who had served in the Revolution, was 82 years of age. and lived w-ith David D. Fellows. JABEZ COLE— The pensioner, .Tabez Cole, was SO years of age according to the census ot 1S40, and lived at that time with Ster- , ling Cole. JONATHAN CONKLING— Also upon the Usts of the Pension office of 1S40. is found the name of .Tonathan Conkling, a Revolutionary resident of Onondaga. His age was given as SO years. GEN. ASA DANFORTH— Littie can be said that is new of one so well known to local historians as Gen eral Asa Danforth. He was born in Worcester. JIass.,- July 6. 1746. At the commencement of the Revolution he joined the regiment of CoL Danforth Keys, and was engaged in the battle of Lexington, Danforth entered the serv ice at the instance of General- Put nam, and served through the war with the rank and commission of major. He settled a little south of Ontjudaga Hol low May 22, 1788. "WILLIAM EVANS— •; At the, age of SO years, and a pen- -- sioner of the Revolution. William Evans - resided with Noah Evans in 1840. JOHN ELLIS— - At the age of 14, John Ellis ran away from hia home in Pittsfield, Mass.. and began his service in the Continental "'- army. He served throughout the war. -- H^ became Colonel EUis in the war of 1S12, and upon his death in 1820 was 19 Major-General. He first settled in Man lius. and later at Ououdaga HiU. EPHRAIM H-ALL— The pensioner, Ephraim HaU, was very young wheu he eulisted in the war. He w-as but 79 years of age in 1840, w-hen he was placed in the census list of Revolutionary soldiers. JUSTUS JOHNSON— .Iustus Johnson of Onondaga w-as 84 years of agS when his record w-as given in 1840. He was pensioner of the town of Onondaga, and lived with his family. DAVID LAWRENCE— Among the records of Revolutionary soldiers buried in South Onondaga ceme tery, is found the name of ilajor David Lawrence. . There are throe soldiers of the Continental army buried iu that cem etery.C.4-LEB POTTER— Another young Revolutionary soldier who lived to enjoy his pension to a ripe old age was Caleb Potter. He gave his age in 1S40 as 78. He still kept house with hia family at that time. SIMEON PHARES— Simeon Phares, who located in Onon daga in 1803, wes a soldier of the Kevo lution. He was a brother of Andrew, who settled in Salina. Simeon built a log house upon the site of the Lake Shore house in Geddes. and lived there until his death in 1820. D.ANIEL PECK— The age of Daniel Peck, the Revolu tionary pensioner, was given as 82 in 1S40. His name is upou the census rolls for that' year. BENONY REYNOLDS— '' The grave of the veteran, Benony Reynolds, is found in the cemetery at South Onondaga. He lived longer than any other pei-son buried in that pretty " spot, dying in his 100th year. JACOB SAMMONS— - The veteran Jacob Sammons lived in that part of Onondaga, which was taken to make the town of ' Geddes in 184S. He came to Onondaga in the early part of the. century, aud died in 1815, His son. Thomas, died in .1876. GIDEON SEELY— , - A name often met in the early history of Onondaga is that of the veteran, Gid eon Seely. He assisted John Cantine in the summer of 1796, in the survey of the Onondaga reservation. That same year he and Comfort Tyler bid in twenty-one' lots atthe Albany sales, and he is cred ited with building the Beebe road to tho south Une of the towi. Seely is buried in the cemeteiT at South Onondaga. COMFORT TYLER— Much has been written of CoL Com fort Tyler. He was born in Ashford, Conn., on the 22d of February, 1764, and at the age of 14 entered the army. He - performed a short period of service,' mostiy on duty in and abcut the fortress at West Point. PETER TENBROECK- The services of Peter Tenbioeck seem to have been in the department of Quar termaster General Timothy ' Pickering at about the close of the war. Ten broeck settied at. Onondaga HoUow. EPHR-\IM WEBSTER— Tlie first permanent settler . of Onon daga county and town, Ephraim Web- ster, was a Revolutionary hero. He served until the close of the war, and . was again employed by the government from 1788_ to 1794 in gaining informa tion as to* the conduct aud purposes of the Western Indians. In Manlius, old town, which included' the present tow-n of Dewitt, no less than forty-three patiiots of the struggle for independence made their homes. Many had already risen to high honor in their glorious service while others did the ear nest yeoman work which counted so heavily in that war, and to those honora . was added that of the building up a most prosperous town aud county. In the town itself, perhaps the Deep Spring, situated near the Seneca turnpike on the - county Une, has become the most historic. - spot of Revolutionary days.- According- to the Clark annals, it was often related-; by an Oneida Indian called Peter, that . in the time of the war, a small party of Indians surprised six white men at this-v: spring, who had descended into the deep-; cavity to drink. They are supposed 'to--^ "have been a scouting party from : Port ¦ Schuyler. They were much frightened at:. the appearance of the Indians, who ¦= 20 fonnd them perfectly defenseless, having left their arms on the bank above. As the Indians also came there to drink, aud neither mistrusted the presence of the other, -both parties were at first not a little surprised. The Indians, however, having eveiy advantage, instantly re covered themselves, and, giving a terri fic yell, encircled the brink of the springs. Then as the terrified soldiers at tempted to pass them, they were struck down with tomahaw-ks aud afterward scalped. This butchery had such an ef fect upon the mind of the Indian Peter, wbo was one of the party, that it seemed to haunt him, and he often said that it was the only deed w-hich he had ever committed which the Great Spirit had never forgiven him. At the time Peter said that he felt so much remorse that he bnripd his shirt, which had been sprinkled with the blood of one of his victims. There is also another tradi-- "tion that a shai-p battle was fought at the spring bet\veen the w-hites and In dians during the Revolution. StiU other traditions of battles are to be found, es pecially during the Sullivan campaign, but locations were not carefully marked in the old days. Of the failures and suc- ces.ses of tho early settlers of the town, which until lS;j5 included Dewitt, much has been written. The records of the .soldiers among those settlers have been neglected until now. The stories told by the affidavits in the Court of Common Pleas in the early 'twenties are first given: — LEVI C-\RR— -¦it the age of .59, Levi Carr came into court in 1.S20 to take the oath which would assi.st him to a reward from his country for his services. His ser-vice was iu the company of Captain Zebulon Kin,g, Colonel Brooks' regi'ment of in- -fantry, in Patterson's brigade, and was in the same ¦company when he received his discharge. He said he had $174.64 worth of property, but it was overbal anced to the point of ruin with debts amounting to .$409.80. His property in cluded a loom, shuttle, warping bands, reeds and a set of coopering tools. He also owned a "shaving knife." His wife, aged 55, son aged 16, daughter aged 14, and two grandchildren were all dependent on him for support. Carr was still a pensioner in 1840, at the age of 78. JOfcX COCICLEY— .Tohn Coekley w-as one of the 'few sol diers of the New York line w-ho settled in Onondaga, the couuty being princi pally attractive to New- England soldiers. His patriotic service w-as for eight .years, from .Iuly. 177.5, to .Tune, 17S3, the en tire period of the w-ar. At first he was in Colonel Goose Van Schaick's regi ment, aud afterwards in Colonel Nichol- soa's regiment. In February, 1777, Ci-ickley enUsted to serve during the war in Colonel Van Schaick's New York troop, in Captain McKean's company, and afterwards in other companies in the .-lame regiment until the close of the war. The entire value of his property. Mr. Coekley said, was just $2.37. This included a pair of spectacles,, a tobacco box and two dollars in cash. Mr. Cock- ley was then 64 years of age, a farmer, and Uved with and was dependent upou his son, Cornelius Coekley. SAMUEL CL.-^EK- It was upon the 29th of May, 1827, that Samuel Clark came to court to take the neces.=;ary oath iu order to secure a pension. He was then 71 years of age, and had served in Captain Caleb Carr's company of Colonel Archibald Crary's regiment, brigade of General Ezekiel CornwaU, under General Sullivan, for more than nine mouths. He was dis- chai-.ged from service the last of March, 1779, at Howland's Ferry, R. I. His property was described in this laconical w-ay; "Real estate none and never had any. Personal estate none, except my w-earing apparel, consisting of one suit of home-made clothes, one spare shirt and an old great coat." He had uo fam ily for w-hich he provided. BENJAMIN DARLING— Benjamin Darling of Manlius went be fore the court twice within three years, and made affidavits which agreed as to service, but were. strangely contradictory as to property. His enlistment was in Captain Andrew Moodie's company, in Colonel Lamb's regiment of the New ¦ York State line, and served for nine months in the year 17S2. In the first affidavit, Mr. Darling said he was 54, and the^. valine nf hi< tirQpei±y,^_glI7^37. 21 His second was made at the age of 57. Hia property was then valued at $270.37, whUe his debts footed up $715.37. He had 49 acres of land, a loom, a quilt and wheel and pair of swifts. He owed Judge Miller $600 with $111 interest due on it. His wife was 60 years of age, and his two sous, Ezra and Alexander, 17 and 13. In 1840 Mr. Darling gave his age as 78. He was still a resident of Manlius and a pensioner at that time. GEORGE EAGER— At the time he took his oath in court, September 2, 1820, Dr. George Eager said he was 74 years old. He served as a surgeon in Colonel Timothy Bedel's regiment of rangers in the State of New Hampshire. He said that he served dur ing the war and lost his property there. According to the schedule of his proper ty, Dr. Eager was one of the wealthiest of the Revolutionary pensioners of his 'time. The total value of his property was placed at $1,173 with debts of $500. His possessions included a half right be tween eighty and eighty-five acres on' lot 94, Manlius, and toward the original pur chase price ' he had "paid short $300." In his bam was a mare seven years of age, "one old sleigh, but no harness," all of the value of $45. But when it came to describing hia household furniture, the old surgeon of the New Hampshire rangers grew sarcastic. To use his own words, he had "one spare bed and bed ding, ohe bedstead, crockery barely suf ficient to ihake the family decently com fortable, ironware and other articles of household fumiture barely sufficient to be comfortable, article? of provisions likewise," all worth $.52. Again he says that perhaps he "may have an honest claim to two swine, nine geese and per haps six barnyard fowls," worth $11. He waa then a cripple jn his left arm and un able to labor and too old to pursue his former profession. His family consisted of one son, Samuel Eager, 26 years of age; one grandson named Charles Heath, 17 years of age, and his wife, about 51 years old,' and her two children, Dulcene and Eunice Hammond, aged 18 and 12, all able to eam their living except, per haps, the youngest. ,.--,- EPHRAIM EATON— ,' I'hc KoTt'"'''""nrv aeryicp of Ephriam -Eaton was in the Seventh regiment of Colonel Michael Jackson, and in Captain Mills' corapany after transference; in the Massachusetts line. His age in IS'20 was 65, and the total value of his proi>- erty was but $15.36," w-ith debts of more than twice that amouut. He only had dishes for two, while there were four people of his famUy: William, his son, aged 10„Hester Ann, his daughter;- aged 7. and his wife, Catharine,^ aged'46..-_ - GEORGE GRINNELL— . . " ,'. ^,, '.;.--' In the Rhode Island Une, Captain'Ar-; nold's company. Colonel Lippitt'g . regi ment, George Grinnell served during the- war of the Revolution, and reached 64 years of age iu 1820, with but $48.25- worth of property in the world and $4:7 of debts. Of his entire assets $40 waV invested in a colt. He owed the money tb those pioneers of earlier Onondaga; Azariah Smith, John JVIeeker, M. Hull & Co., James Q. Wattles and -Elijah Rhoades. Grinnell was then a common laborer, and had three daughters, I^olly, Hannah and Lucy, aged 28, 24 and 2'2,- and one son, George P., GrinneU,; 17 years old. ¦' - -' ¦ ; --'v.:, HENDRICK HIGBEE— ¦' " 4-'V:^ Hendrick Higbee, the blacksmith of Manlius, served in the company com manded by Captain John Polhemus, First regiment of New Jersey troop, for one year, and was discharged at Ticon deroga. In his list of property, which w-as valued at $62.09, Higbee put down his cow- as worth $12, two pigs at $6, and seven sheep and four lambs at $11: For his table he hau $2 worth of- tin dishes and ladles. But hia library 'was more extensive than those Usually, found' In the soldiera' homea. He owned a Bible and three other booka, WaUace' a "Balm" of Gilead," "Life of . .loseph,',"^ ^^ and "Western Gazetteer.". " Patriot- HigbeeC didn't think much of his creditors.. Joh.'-; athan Russell of Salina, owed . him $20,- but he said that he was insolvent,* and" John Sparling pwed him $9, and he.: was . unable to pay. -The pensioner owed. John; and Daniel Higbee' $12., With hird lived his .wife, aged 62, and one grandson'- of 10 or 12, whose father and mother were' dead. At tb.at time, 1820, Higbee was" 61 years old, lame and almost blind.;--,;;; 22 JOSEPH HENNIGAN- The enlistment of Joseph Hennigan w as in the New York line, in Colonel Wynkoop's regiment, for one year. Then he enUsted in the same company, in the regiment of Colonel Jloses Hazen, for three years, and was discharged at Fish kill, the year before the peace. The en tire property of Hennigan was worth $162.72, and he had debts of, $110.25. Among .those to whora he owed money were WiUiam H. Sabin, Dr. Gordon Needham and Amasa Martin of Manli us. The patriot's age in 1820 was 61. DA"V[D HOLBROOK- It was not untu November 26th, 1820, that David Holbrook applied for a pen- rsion. He said then that he did not aiv ply until he positively had to by reason of the sickness of himseif and wife. Hol brook was then 69 years of age. He en listed as a private for nine mouths oh or about the 1st of July, 1779, iu the tow-n of Adams, county, of Berkshire, Mass., in a company under the command of Lieutenant Philord (Captain Smart having been sent to Boston to get cloth- , ing and supplies for the army.) This " was in the Thirteenth regiment of in fantry, coramauded by Colonel Spraut, General Glover's brigade, JIassachusetts liue. Holbrook joined his corapany on the 12th of July, at Lower Saline, New , Vdik, and served until April 20, 17S0, wlen he was discharged on the High lands, three railes east of West Point, by Colonel Smith, then commandant of the Thirteenth regiment. Holbrook car- - ried his discharge to his father's house, .aud he said it was probably burned. His personal property, which included some old medical books and surgical instru ments, was valued at $27.25. Then fol lows the story of the loss of his farm. The patriot s.ays that he did own fifty , acres on lot 92 in Manlius, worth $iOO, with an annual product of .$45 and en- <" cumbered by a mortgage to Moses D. -Rose and William- Eager. But he had made a bargain with his son Henry. upon his agreeing to support the pen- ¦¦ sioner aud his- wife for life, to give him the farm.- It was only a verbal agree ment, and the father did not take-any security. In July, 1823, Henry deeded the land to the youngest son, Hiram P. '¦- Holbrook, who was a minor, and left the county and State. Upon the Sth of October, 1826, the patriot's wife died, and in 1829 he lived with his son-in- law, Conrad G. Hotaling. URIAH KEELER— The service of Uriah Keeler of Man lius. who was 66 years old in 1820, was iu the Connecticut liue, and for almost the entire period from the time the first blow was struck to the declaration of peace. In the year 1776, Keeler served for nine mouths in Captain Northrop's corapany, and in April, 1777, he enlisted into Captain Corastock's company, in Colonel Chandler's regiment, for the period of the war. He was afterwards transferred to Captain Munson's com pany in Colonel Sherman's regiment aud General Wayne's brigade of light in fantry, to the close of the war, and was duly discharged. Keeler was in the bat tle at Flatbush, Long Island, and in the retreat from New York shortly after; both the engagements at White Plains,' at Richfield, Conn., soon after the burn ing of Danbury; also iu the battles of Redbank, at Germantown. and in the storming and taking of Stony Point. Mr. Keeler was a farmer of Manlius and his family dependent upon him con- ¦ sisted of his wife, aged 53, and .i daugh ter of 12- Six other children were not dependent upon him. His property was valued at .$43.83, and he had debts to the amount of $245. His possessions in- eluded " a cherry bureau, two old Wind sor chairs, a small lanthorn, a Bible. Prayer Book and Catechism." PHINEAS KELLOGG At the age of 64, Phineas Kellogg came into court and said he had prop erty that was worth $700.20, and debts to the amount of $305.13. His farm of 25 1-2 acres, with house and barn wjis w-orth .$54 years old in 1820, and a laborer. His wife Sarah w-as 64 years old, and they had a little girl aged 9. LOUIS BAKER— The pensioner Louis Baker was a vet eran of the Massachusetts line. He served in Col. Michael .Tackson's regi ment. Capt. Cogswell's conip.any. Baker was .58 years old in l'-;20, and possessed .5!) acres valued at $10 an acre, some stock and a potash kettle. To offset his assets of -$'245.21 there were debts of $4.5.5. Baker had two sons and a daugh ter. Elisha, a.ged 9. Thomas. 19, and Huldah, 16. Baker resided with Will iam Baker in 1.S40. JOSEPH COY— From the 1st of December. 1775. to the 3d of January, 1777, the soldier. Joseph Coy, served iu Capt. Jedediah Waterman's company. Col. .Tohn Dur kee's regiment. He w-as 79 years old in 1S20. and had property worth $100.03, and debts of $56.87. Coy was formerly a shoemaker. NEHEMIAH CLEA5'ELAND— Upon the 27th of Jauuary, 1829, tiie Revolutionary veteran Nehemiah Cleave- laud said that his age was "75 past." He enlisted for oue year iu the early part of 1776, at Hampshire, Mass., in the conipany of Capt. Jonathan .\llen, regiment of Coi. Jonathan Ward. Cleave land joined the army at Dorchester soon after, and w-ent to New- York, where he ' served his full tirae and was discharged in li77 at Peekskill. The veteran w-as ill the battle ou Long Island and on York Island. He had a lease on 30 acres on lot 36 duriug life, and his personal prop erty w-as worth $.50. Cleaveland had a wife and two children. In 1840 the vet eran was alive at the age of 87, and Uved wiUi Louis W. Cleaveland in Skaneat eles. REUBEN FARNH.\M— The veteran Reuben Farnham was 71 years old in 1820. He had served for one year, in 1776, in Capta'in Thomas Grosvenor's company, CoL John Dur kee's regiment. Tweutieth Continental infantry. In putting the value of his property at $100, the veteran's schedule is interesting in his evident desire to let the government know -why his values V tre sold. He said he had "one mare. ring-boned, $10; one old eow, hipped. $5; oue small calf, $1..50; two small hoggs. $3; shoveL tnT..^^s tW",/?'d , chairs, ete," 29 Farnham w-as a mason by trade, and among the firms he owed, for his debts amounted to $145.81, were Day & Hicox, aud HaU & Fynch, NOBLE GUNN— Iu the company of Captain Jenkins, regiment of Col. Samuel Brewer, and brigade of General Patterson, the vet eran Noble Gunn served for three years. lie was 58 years old iu 1820, and had liroperty valued at $44, with debts of .$.50. Said he: "I am a miUer, and have been lame ever since the w-ar in conse quence of having had my knee broken in the service of the Revolution, and am not able to labor much." His sous were King Gunn. aged 18; Burrell, age not given; Westill, aged 12, and Orin, aged 7. There was also a daughter, Martha Ann Gunn. STEPHEN HAGAR— In the company of Captain Job Sumner and Col. William Hull's regiment, Ste- plen Hagar served duriug the Revolu tionaiy war. He had property worth $34.02, which includeil a Bible, Hymn Book and "Saint's Rest," books seldom found in the schedules of the soldiers. His debts amounted to $35. Hagar was 60 years old in 1820, his w-ife 50, and they had daughtera aged 23, 17, 13 and 15. JONATHAN HOWARD— Upou the 5th of Februaiy, 1823, the soldier, Jonathan Howard, said that he was 70 years old. Early iu the spring of 1770, he was enlisted by Major Van Buren, in a conipany at Rensselaer, N. Y., oigauized under Captain Bentley. Howard said in his affidavit: "I em barked at Albauy for West Point, where I served part of the time as an artillery man at the eleven-gun battery in Fort Constitution, and was discharged De cember 1, by Moses B. Van Vranken, lieutenant, and JNIajor Van Buren said it was for nine mouths, -ilso, early in the spring following 1777, I was called out in the service of the State of New York, to the northward, under General Schuyler, and after retreating before General Bur- gojne to Fort Edward, General Schuy ler proposed to the troop whose tirae of service w^as about to end, that all those who should enter the service to continue during the campaign, should be made equal in compensation with tho Conti nental troop for the w-hole time of ser vice. Accordingly I volunteered and served until the surrender of Burgoyne, and I was in the battle of Saratoga, and was at the storniiug of the enemy's breastworks under General Aruold, be sides performing mauy tours of service." The proijerty of Howard was worth just $30.50. ZEBULON MOFFETT— The service of Zebulon Moffet was in the company conimauded by Capt. Jo seph Hinds, ill CoL Jaraes Reed's regi ment. New Hampshire Une, for one year. The total property of Moffett w-as worth but $1(;.13, and he had debts of $55.-50, which included $4..50 for a coffin. Mof fett was 72 years old iu 1820, and hia wife 67. WILLIAM MILES— The veteran WiUiam Miles of Marcel lus, was chief gunner in Col. John Crane's regiment, which was the Third artiUery of Massachusetts. He was iu Capt. William Treadwell's company, and was discharged in 1781. At the age of 63 iu 1820, he had no landed property, and all his goods were worth but $41.60, with debts of $40. Miles had three child ren, a boy of 21, and two girls, 16 and 14. EPHRAIM MARBLE— In the company of Captain Sloan, in Colonel Paterson's regiment of Massa chusetts troop, Ephriam Marble served for the terra of ten months. Then he \ as in the company of Captain Ashli-y of thc same regiment for six w-ecks- Hi.s P'l-.pert} was worth but $61.15, n-hile he had debts of $46.75. The vetei-an Mar ble was 68 years old in 1S"20, and his wite, Hannah, 56. His daughter, Rach el, was 15, and his son, Jonas, 11. PPJUEMAN NORTON— Freeman Norton was a mariner ou board the frigate Warren in the navy for twelve months during the Revolu tionary war. In 1820 he w-as 66 years old, and offset his property worth $11.50 with debts of .$29.50. He had a wife aud five children dependent on him for supjwi-t DAVID NORTHRUP— Tho Revolutionary soldier D.avid Northrup said that he first enlisted in 30 Captain Lewis' company. Colonel Chris topher Greene's regiment, ou the 1st of .Tauuiir.v, 1780, and served in that .7.5. while he had debts that amount ed to $10L He said that he ownad fift.v acres on lot 37, Camillus, fifteen acres of which was under im provement, with only an old log huuso ou it that was fifteen ytars old. An iu- cident of his ownership -i^ as au ejectment suit against the patriot, and he consid ered the title so doubtful ns not to be of auy value. Ainong his chattels was a cow which he believeli Thorapson's company, Col. Nixon's regi ment, Massachusetts troop, in 1770, and remained uutil duly discharged. The old patriot's property, for he was 64 iu 1820, was considered worth $120.03. This included a note of Peter Warner, be sides "seven old hens" which were val ued at 44 cents. The debts of Moseley amounted to $53.50. He was a shoe maker by trade, and infirm from rheu matism and old age. His wife. Pru dence, was 61 years old, and tfccy de pended on their son for spuuort. ROBERT PAIN— Robert Pain was 73 years of age in 1820. He enlisted at West Point iu 1780, aud was in the Fourth Massachu setts regiment NICHOLAS PICKARD— In April, 1776, Nicholas Pickard en listed in Capt. McKean's company. Col. Van Schaick's regiment. New York line, and served six months. In the fall of 1777 he enlisted in Capt. John Van An- gleii's conipany. Col. Ogden'a regiment. New Jersey Une, for three years. In 1778, he says he was taken out of his corps and sent to Jersey to make shoes for the army. Next, he enlisted in the .Jersey line of troop as George Augustin. He was in the battles at Whiteraarsh and Monmouth, and iu the skirmish at Elizabethtown, when the attack was made by the British under Col. Sterling. He was also iu the engagement of Gon. Lincoln with the British and Indians at Chemung. Pickard was 67 years old in 1820. He possessed 25 acres in Ca millus -worth $200, but believed he would lose it. The total property of the pa triot, who -R-as a skin dresser and glove and shoe maker, was adjudged to amount to $250. His wife, Mary, was then 56 yeara old. STEPHEN ROBINSON— The service of the Revolutionary sol- 34 rt.cr, Stephen Robinson, was in tho in fantry commanded first by Lieutenant .Tames Fairlie, aud afterwards by Lieu teuant Spalding, in the regiment of Col. Philip Van Cortlandt, the Secund New York. Robinson was 57 years old in 1S20; had property valued at .$33.98. and a w-ife and four children. FREELOVE ROBERTS— . The patriot, Freelove Roberts, swore in court in 1820, that he w-as 63 years old, and eulisted in Col. Sheldon's regi ment, Connecticut line, aud served until the close of the war, a period of six ye.ars and oue month. His w-ife w-as 60 years of ago. His property, which included teu dollars in cash, was worth $93.20, and he had $90 worth of debts to offset it JOHN SCOTT— The soldier, John Scott, third, said that he enlisted in Captain Hinckley's conipany. Col. Sherman's regiment, Con necticut line, in the year 1777. His ser vice w-as for three years. Scott wns 59 years old in 1820, and had property val ued at $36.92. He had oue steiison, Lewis Scott, aged 9, and a stepdaughter. His wife was 52 years old. ELIJAH WARD— -it the age of 61 iu 1820, Elijah Ward made affidavit that he served in Col. Thomas Nixon's regiment, in Captain Ilu'j;h Twogood's company, after-wards iu Captain Haywood's conipany, and was discharged in Captain Poter Clois' coiii- pauy. He had no landed property, and all his pots, tea-kettles, andirons, tungs and so ou were only w-orth $16.35- He was unable to work, and had oue daugh ter, Almira, aged 15. CALVIN WATERMAN— It was on the 31st of May, 1827, that Calvin Waterraan told of ,his Revolu tionary service in court. He saijl that htj enlisted as a private in Captain Brews ter's company of infantry, in the fall of 1775, for one year, and joined the regi ment commanded by CoL Jedediah Hunt ington, Connecticut line. He served un til August 27, 1776, when he was taken at the battle of Long Island, by the Brit ish, and so reraained a prisoner until the spring of 1777, when he was sent to New London, Conn., aud exchanged and discharged. He had twenty acres of Camillus land, w-orth not exceeding $15 an acre, and his property footed up $.->(j0.Sl 1-2. W.aternian w-as a farmer and shoemaker, and amon,g the people he owed w-ere Charlotte Ware, Julin Patch, Otis Bigelow-. .-Vlexander Russu, Brockway &: Kimberly, Elijah and Har old White, Miles W. Bennett & Co., Nathaniel Tompkins, .Tohn Norton, Dav id ''J'illoLson and Isaac Earll. The pen sioner's wife was 60 years old. Water man was alive in 1.840, at the age of 85. DENISON WHEDON— For some reason, Denison Whedon found it itecs.sary to make two affidavits of his service in the Revolution in 18'25- He was then 65 years old, aud said that he served in Capt. Malachi Henry's cum- Itany. Col. David Brewer's regiment of infantry, Massachusetts line, for eight months in the year 1775- In 1776 he en listed and served for oue year in Capt. Warham Park's conipany. Col. Learued's regiment, Massachusetts lino, and was iu the same company w-heu discharged. The second affidavit is more specific in giving the first enlistment at Westfield, Mass., in May, 1775, and the second at Roxbury, Mass. The latter service was eleven months in duration, and Whedon was discharged by Gen. Glo-/er at East Chester, N. Y. Whedon w.-^is a farmer, and had property worth $123.21. He had a wife and one son, .Samuel. Tho Ust of Revolutionary soldiers, be sides that given in court ailidavits is aug mented materiaUy by tho naines of those taken from the printed records, whivdi follow : — N.ATH.AN BETTS— One of thc soldier residents of Vau Buren was Nathan Betts. His uame is now found upon the monument at Bald- w-insville. MILES BENNET- The census records of 1840, give the fact of the Revolutionary soldier. Miles Bennet being a lesident of Cauiillus. Ho gave his age as 74. His name iu upon the BaldwinsviUe mounment. HENRY BECKER— As a soldier of the Revolution, Henry Becker is given credit vipon the Eald- wiu-sville soldiers' monument. JOHN CUNNINGH.AIVt— The soldier, John Cunningham, was the only one out of the 34 soldiers of the New York line drawing military lots iu 35 the present tow-n of Van Buren, to set tle upon his claim. Even in this case it appears that ho sold his title and theu repurchased it. He was a bombardier, and drew lot 38. Cunningham was a soldier in Capt. Machin's corapany of an artillery roginieut. His company took part in the expeilition against the Onon dagas in 1779. Cunningham came to Van Buren in 1808. aud died about 1820. EENJ.-VMIN DEPUY— The Baldwinsville soldiers' monument comuiomorates the name of Benjamin Dei-iiy as a hero of the Revolution. JOHN DILL— Upon the breaking out of the Revolu tionary w-ar. .Tohii Dill entered w-hat was then termed the five months' service as a volunteer orderly sergeant in the conipany of Capt. .Tohn Graham, Col. Paulding's regiment, under Gen. .Alex ander McDougall. and was in oue of the battles in the vicinity of New York. In October, 1777, he was stationed at Fort Montgomery, in that portion called Fort Clinton. A .small creek separates tho two. At this time it was taken by the British, and tho battle continued until late at night, which enabled those at Fort CUnton to escape. DUl, with others, swam the creek, passing under the w-all of Fort JMontgomory. He afterwards went up the North River with the Americans in pursuit of the British fleet to Esoi>u3, now- Kingston, w-hich the British burned. .-Vfter the surrender of Burgoyne Dill returned to the array as an artificer. He was a member of tlie company of Capt. .Tames "i'oung, after- w-ards commanded by .Tames Sheppard. Ho was discharged in 1780, and took a place on the staff of Col. Christopher Ming, and was later in Gen. Pickering's department. Dill died at Camillus on the 21st of September, 1S46, in the SSth year of his age. His name was given as a pen.sioner of the govemment in the cen sus of 1S40, and he lived with Samuel Dill. GEORGE FRAVER— The name of George Fraver has been placed in the honorable list of Revolu- tionaiT heroes on the BaldwinsviUe monument.THOiVIAS FARRINGTON— . Tli<. name of Thomas Farrington is .also placed in the same list upon tho soldiers' memorial at Baldwinsville. SAMUEL GILBERT- Iu the Revolutionary service records Samuel Gilbert is pl.aced, and his name finds space upou the Baldwinsville monuiueiit. JOHN HERRICK— The soldier. Tohn Herrick has his name pei-potuated as u Revolutionary veteran ution the raonument at B.ildwinsville. TnOM.AS INGERSOLL- Tlie Baldwiusville memorial Ukewise gives the narae of Thomas Ingersoll ;is .a Revolutionary patriot. SQUIRE MANRO— 'The Revolutionary soldier. Squire Man ro, and he spelled his narae with an "a," too, caine from Now- England, and set tled near the place where the vUlage of Elbridge now stands. Mr. Manro kept the first tavern in the place. JOHN M'HARRIE— .Tohn McHarrie is given as the first perraanent settler in the northern part of the tow-n of Van Buren. He was a Revolutionary veteran and moved -with his family from Maryland to tho Seneca country, locating his cabin on lot 7 al>out 1792. He died November 20, 1807, at the age of 55 years. GILL MALLORY The census of 1S40 gives the record of Gill Mallory, the Revolutionary veter.an. He was then 85 years of age, and re sided with Joel Mallory, in Elbridge. THOMAS MARVIN— The Baldwinsville monument records the name of Thomas Marvin as a Revo lutionary soldier. STEPHEN PRATT— The Revolutionary soldier, Stephen Pratt, lived in Elbridge in 1S40. He then gave his age as (9, and resided with Mary Tilly. SILAS SCOFIELD— Silas Scofield's name is placed upon that honorable list of Revolutionary sol diers found upon the Baldwinsville me morial. DOUW SMITH— Perhaps the oldest veteran of the Rev olution in the county, was Douw Smith of Van Buren. The census of 1840 gave his age at that time as 105. He then lived with Augustus Smith. Smith set- 36 tied on lot 20, and his death occurred in IS 41. AUSTIN SMITH— The name of Austin Smith, as a Revo lutionary hero, is found upon the Bald winsville raonuraent. JOHN TAPPAN— Tho service of John Tappan, a pioneer of Vau Buren, was iu New .Tersey troop during the Revolution. He carae to Van r.ui-en in llOii, and settled west of Ionia, Tappan was born in New .Tersey in 1756, and died on November 22, 181S. ENOCH 5VOOD— The census of 1840 gives the recoi'd ot Enoch Wood of Camillus, as a Revo lutionary soldier. He theu lived w-ith . his family in that tow-n. JOSEPH WHITE— The Revolutionary soldier, .Toseph White, came to Camillus in 1S04, from West Springfield, Mass., and bought a farm just north of the bridge over Nine Mile creek at Amboy. White w-as a sur veyor, aud died iu 18-30, aged 81 years. GEORGE WAGONER— Tlie uame of George Wagoner, as a soldier of the Revolutiou, is found upon the Baldwinsville monument. The old tow-n of Cicero in 1820. includ ed the present town of Clay, which w-as set off in 1.S27. Some nine Revolutionary soldiers are found to have made their residence in the old town, but oue of w-liom. Cap tain .Tohn Shepherd, settled upon the lot w-hich w-as draw-n fov his services at the time of the peril of the colonies. Anent the records of Revolutionary people, there is one of a resident of the eastern part of the town w-hich can hjirdly be placed in the list of patriots. The ree ord is that of "Tory" Foster, as he was familiarly called. He is said to have frequently boasted of his cruelties to- w-ards his countrymen during the Revo lutionary war. He was under Sir .Tohn .Iohnson and Brant at the Cherry Val ley and Wyoming massacres, and in their nuraerous incursions into the Mohawk country. In Clark's relations it is said that people became so exasperated with hira. on account of his boastings, that he had frequently to flee and hide in the woods for several days at a tirae, to escape the vengeance of his neighbors. He one day went into the blacksmith shop of .Tudge Tousley at Manlius. and <-omiiienced relating his cruelties and ex- riloits against the .4mericans in the Rev- olntionar.v war. The judge, then at the anvil w-ith sledge in hand, listened pa- tientl.v for some tirae; at length his pa tience became exhausted and he seized a heavy bar of iron and struck at him with his full strength- Fortunately, the force of the blow- was arrested by the iron striking a beara overhead, and Fos ter instantly left the shop. Both of "Tory" Foster's ears had been cropped oft' before he carae to the tow-ii, and ho wore his hair long to hide the disgrace. Eut the gallant records of those whn fought in the colonial line is more in teresting. From the affidavits made in tho Court of Common Pleas, these ex tracts are made:— JOHN CALDWELL— It was a record of suffering and ira prisonment that Veteran John Caldwell of Cicero swore to on the 29th of May, 1827. He enlisted in May, 1778 or 1779, for nine months, at Colerain, Mass., in the company of Captain K_nth. regi ment of Colonel Jackson, and General Jackson, and General Larned's brigade of the Massachusetts line. Caldwell served until March, 1779, or 1780,— he was not iKisitive as to the year. He was discharged from service at West Point, N. Y., and was employed in quartermas ter's service, under Udnej' Hay, esq., most of the time of this service. In the September following this discharge, CaldweU again took up arms for the struggling colony. He enlisted in Cap tain Adiel Sherwood's company, Liv ingston's regiment. New York troop, aud w-as stationed at Fort Ann. After a mouth's seivice he w-as taken prison er with the others of the garrison, and sent to Montreal, where he was detained untu November, 1782, when he was sent round by water to Boston and ex changed. Caldw-eU said that he was in actual service under his first enlistraent nine months, and under his second, iu- cluding his imprisonment, more than tvvo years. The pensioner waa 07 years of age in 1827, and his property consisted of four acres in Oxford coun^j .Ohio, 37 worth $40, "also one common hoe and garden hoe, valued at nine shillings." CaldweU was a farmer, without family, and for two yeai-s had beeu living with Eben T. Dennis of Ciceio. HENRY DESBROW— Upon tlie 20th of February, 1821, Henry Desbrow- said he was 67 years old. He enUsted in the spring of 1777 in the company of Captain Chapman, in Colonel Swift's regiment, Connecticut line. He was in the battles of Mon mouth aud Gerraantown, and was dis charged in New- Jersey in 1780. The total property of Desbrow, which seemed to be in notes for sraall araounts, was adjudged to be worth $67.81. He owned a note against Gershom Tilly for fifty salt barrels, for $12-.50, and notes against Elisha Pierce, Nathan Allen, Jonathan Pierce, Moses Pierce and Rufus Prine. He himself owed Smith Desbrow $-50. His family consisted of his wife aged 50, anil two children, Polly aged 13, and Clarissa, aged 7. ISR.AEL HOOKER—' The service of Israel Hooker was in Jacob Head's company, in Colonel .Tames Reid's regiment, for the year 1776, and he was duly discharged. While the property of Hooker, who was 62 years old in 1820, waa valued at $71.98, he had debts that amounted to $100. He had the occupation of eighteen acres of land duriug his natural life; of this but four acres was under improvement while the remainder was in a state of nature. Hooker said that he was a comraon la borer, "but unable to labor as he had but one eye and one arm." His wife, Mary C. Hooker, was 63 years old, and his son, Israel, was 25. ELIJAH LOOMIS— The pensioner, Elijah Loomis, went be fore the court on the 10th of September, 1830, and gave a description of his prop erty. He said that he had a lease for his natural life of 25 acres in the town of Cicero. All his property waa worth $146.63, and included an old clock and quite a number of kettles. Loomis was the first settler at South Bay, on the lake shore, in 1804. The Revolutionary soldier and his wife, after having lived together 64 years, were alive and re sided on the same property upon which they settled at the time J. V. H. Clark wrote his "Onondaga" in 1847. He was theu SG years of age. JOHN SHEPHERD— Captain .Iohn Shepherd of Shepherd's Point, Oneida lake, went before the court ou February 27th, 1821, to make the affidavit which should give him a pen sion for his services. He w-as then 64 years of age, and said that he enlisted in the spring of 1777, in the company ol Capt. Jauies Youug, CoL Udney Hay's regiment, iu the quartermaster general's department. Shepherd waa in the bat tle of Stony Point. The same com pany was in 1779 annexed to Bald win's regiment, aud Shepherd received a coramission from the Board of War to command the comijany. The commis sion. Shepherd said, he sent to Albany in 1802, in order to draw his bounty land and it was never returned. Captain Shepherd left the army by leave of Colo nel Baldwin, on account of ill-health, in the fall of I'TSl, aud never after did duty in the array. At the time df his appli cation. Captain Shepherd said that he had no realty, w'hile his personal prop erty was worth but $66.96. This includ ed a debt of $17 that Samnel Heiuen- way owed him, while he owed Dr. Gor don Needham $16. His w-ifo was 60 years old. According to .T. V. H. Clark, Captain Shepherd was the only raan >n the town of Cicero who occupied a lot for which he served. He drew lot No. 11, and with his family lived upon it until his death in 18-24. jV-mong the records of Revolutionary patriots not found in the court entries, who belonged to the old town of Cicero and the new town of Clay, were the fol lowing: — SAMUEL BRAGDEN— According to the census of 1840, Sam uel Bragdon lived with Thoraas Bragden in the town of Clay, aud -was 78 years of age. JOHN LYNN— At the age of SS years, in 1S40, .Tohn L.vnn, the pensioner, was a resident of the town of Clay. He was one of the early settlers of the town. PATRICK McGEE— The patriot Patrick McGee is general ly accredited with being the first white settier within the territory which now 38 belongs to the town of Clay, which was then. 179.3. within the town of Lysander. Tlie circurastances under which McGee first saw- 'J'hree-River Point, where he afterwards si'ttled. are peculiarly inter esting, not to say romantic. It w-as in 17.SII, and McGee w-as a prisoner in the hands of the liritisli, on his way to Fort Oswego and Canada. There was an ex tensive clearing at this point, handsiuuely laid in grass, without a shrub or tree for sonietliiiig like a mile or more along the banks of each river. Then it was that Mc(!ee vowed that if he ever obtained his liberty he would settle on that beau tiful spot He fiilrilled his vow by set tling at Thre'e-River Point iu 179.'L He evei-ted the fir.st framo house in the town iu l.SK.S or 1809. Two years previous to 1793, he came to Brewerton. JAMES SMITH— .lames Smith is given in the war rec ords at Washington as a soldier of the Reviiliitioii. He w-as a pensioner of the goveinmeut, and w.-is alive iu 1.S40, at the age of ,S(> years. At that time lip liveil with Ijeonard Smith in Clay. l.ya>ait(ier. Tw-elve of the heroes of the Revolu tion added to the life of the early town of Lysander. It was oue of the original eleven tow-iis of tho county, and boasted of several soldiers of the New York lino, who settled upon their lots. But thirty- tliiee of the original lots were taken to form the town of Hannibal when Oswe go county was erected, and that reduces the list of Revolutionary soldiers be longing to this town, as this record is formed only uf the soldiers within the present limits of Onondaga county. The records of throe soldiers found in the court reports of Onondaga are first given: JOSEPH DELONG— Wheu the veteran, Joseph Delong. came into court on the 1st of Septem ber, 1S20, he said he was 50 years old. He said also that ho enlisted in Cap tain Swarthout's corapany. Colonel liamb's regiment, in 17.82, for three years. Besides serving in that company, he was iu the company of Captain Bliss until the close of the war. Theu he was ordered on to Springfield, Mass., and served there in a conipany commanded by Captain Bryant, iu the service of the United States, uutil the expiration of lii.s term of three years. He went to West Point, and w-as there discharged by Captain .Iohnson. who had belungeil to the same regiment in the New- York liue. Before he received his pension. De long said he was not worth $lf>. and his property, w-hich iuventiiried $li:!.60, was bought with pension money. His family then consisted of his w-ife, n.ged 40, and four childreu. LOAM NB. ARING— At the age of ii'.i, in 1.S'20. Loam Near ing came to court to ask for a pension. He enlisted iu June. 1776, iu the regi raent of Colonel lliiiitingtou in the Con necticut liue. Nearing was in the bat tle ou Long Island, iu which his regi ment w-as neariy all cut off'. Nearing had property worth $47.61. aud debts that aiiiuunted to $25.93. He was then supported by his .son. WILLIAM JOHNSON, SR.— In the company of Capt. William King, regiment of Colonel Ward ot tho Massachu.setts troop, William .Tuhnsim served in tho Revolutionary war, aud he was in that coiupauy w-heu ciscliarged. Ill 1.S20 he was 64 years old and his wife aud two childreu, Betsey and .Tenney. a.ged 12 and S, lived w-ith him. lu 1S4<'), .Tohn.son ',;:\\i' his a.ge as •'^S, aud said be was a pensioner of the governiiieut. Other records besides those of the court .uivo the foUow-ing resident Revolu- tiimavy soldiers of Lysander: — WILLIAM FOSTER— According to the census of 1840, the Revolutionary pensioner William Foster was a resident of tho town of Lysander. At that time ho w-as 88 years old and lived w-ith Ira Foster. STILES FREEMAN- The census of 1840 givea tho resi dence of StUes Freeman as Lysander. His record as a Revolutionary soldier is comuiemorated on tho Baldwinsville niimuiuent. ISRAEL HOOKER— The veteran I-srael Hooker had reached the age of S2 in 1840. Ho w-as a pensioner and his family Uved with him. 39 JACOB NORTHROP— _The pensioner of the Revolution, Jacob Northrop, lived iu Lysander, and his name is now found upou the Baldwins ville muiiument. His record is also fiiuiid iu thc pension department at Washiugton. His pension was drawn in 1.S40 by .Abigail Northrop, who was then S8 years of age. JONATHAN PALMER— The first settler within the present lim its pf the town of Lysander, Jonathan I'alnier, w-as a soldier of the AVar of the Revolutiou. He was in the New York line, and drew- lot 36. .Tonathan served in the war with his six brothers. Pal mer located in Lysander in 1793. NATHANIEL PALMER— The soldior, Nathaniel Palmer, was a brother of Jonathan. He was also iu the New York line, and, while stationed ou the Hudson duriug the Revolution, as sisted in drawing a chain across that river to intercept the progress of the Biitish. SHUBAL PRESTON— Shubal Prestou was a pensioner of the Revolution.ary war. He had reached the age of 82 when the census of 1840 was taken, .'lud Uved with Shubal Piestuu, jr. NATH-ANIEL ROOT— The peiisiouor of the Revolutiou, Na thaniel Root, gave his age as 73 in 1.8-tO. He lived vvith his family in tho town of Lysauder at that time. JOHN SLAUSON— .Tuhii Slauson, a veteran of the war of '76, said to the census taker of J840 that he was 76 years old, aud resided with his own family in Lysander. .^iilill A. There aro many incideut.s of. the Revo lutiou reputed to the old towu of Salina, which was erected iu 1809. Nine sol diers uf the continental line are known to have been actual residents of this town and their names are here given. An iiiterestiug anecdote of oue whom it is difficult to locate has also been re lated. It occurred during Lafayette's visit to Syracuse in 1.S25. Under him there had served during the Revolution a private named Moore, who, from the size of his head, had been nicknamed hy his soldier comrades "Cabbagelioad" Jloore. After tho Revolution he moved to Saliua, und upon the visit ot General I.iafayette pushed forw-ard to ask: "Du you know me. General';" "Know you"?'' vvas the iinswer, "huw^ coidd I ever forget old Cabbagehead ¦/" Harbor Brook in the old town of Salina is associated with many Revidiitionaiy reminiscuuce.s. Sir ¦John Johnson iu 1779, with his Tories and Indian allies, raade au incursion into the Mohawk valley. The expedition went from Niagara along Lake Ontario tl) Oswego and thence to Onondaga lake. Fur fear of discovery if their boats were left ou the lake shore they ran them up this small stream aniong the thick brushes and brakes.. A party was seut from Fort Schuyler to destroy them, but did not succeed iu ascertaining where thoy were concealed, ^ and, during the so.irch, they were surprised aud takeu prisoners to Canada. Patrick McGee wu's one of those prisoners. It is said that from this incident Harbor Brook took its name- In the court reports of Ououdaga, there are but two Revolu tionary soldier records found. They are of AVilliam Conuer aud .ilbert Van de AVerker. WILLIAM CO.VNER— In 1821) AVilliam Conner of the town of Salina, made affidavit that he was 62 years of age; that he enlisted early in the stu-ing of 1775, in the regiment of Colonel A'an Cortlandt, and joined the army at A'alley I'orge. He was in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged ill I'lsti-r cou:ity about the 1st of Feb ruaiy, 1779. Exce[it his clothing, his en tire property cuusisted of a iiair of spec tacles, which he valued at .50 cents, and a tobacco box of like value. At that time he w-as very much disabled by age and iuHrinitie.s. .ALBERT VAN DE WERKER— .V lieutenant's coramission was held by .Vlbert A^an dc AVerker in the war of the Revolutiou. His service was in the New York liue, in CorneUus D. AVynkoop's regiment, coiuuianded by Ijieutenaiit Col onel Cortland, und he was a lieuteuant ill Cantain Robert McKean's coiupauy. At the age of 75, in 1820, when he ap peared iu court. Lieutenant Van de AVerker said that he possessed no landed property, aud that his total persoual 4° proiierty amounted to but $20.6'2. A'an do Worker's company was discharged at .rohnstown in the latter part of the .VL^ar 1776. The naines of Revolutionary heroes found iu pviuted histories are as follows: DENNISON AVERY— One ot tho Oldest residents of the town. uf Saliua iu 1.840 was a soldier of the Revolution. He was the peusioner, Deii- uisou .-Vvery, and was 90 years of age. VINE COY— At the age of 74, iu 1840, A'ino Coy was a pensioner for services iu the Rev olutiou. He lived with AA'illiara Ranger. HOBART— AVhen J. A^ H. Clark referred to the old military road, cut through Geddes by a party of 20*> seut from Fort Sehuy ler by General Sullivan iu 1779, during the Indian campaign, he brought for w-ard the proof uf several Revolutionary soldiers of the fact, "and particularly a Mr. Hobart, late of Salina, who was one of the expedition." SOLOMON HUNTLEY— III 1840 the Revolutionary soldier, Solomon Huntley, was still alive at the age of 86- He was a pensioner. LEWIS SWEETING— 'I'he pension records of 1840 show- Lewis Sweeting of Salina a pensioner of the Revolution. He was then 88 vears old. CALVIN TRIPP— The pensiouer, Calvin Tripp, was an other old Revolutionary resident iu 1840. He lived with Elijah Tripp iu Saliua, and was 82 years old. JOSEPH WILSON— In 1840 Joseph AVilson lived with ¦Tonas JIann. He was a peusioner of the Revolution and 81 years of age. Kob'ii*. Settlement of the tow-n of Fabius was uot uutil a much later period than that of Pompey and Manlius. AVhile many Revolutionary soldiers took up an early residence in this town, division aud re- division ascribes their names at this date to other territory. In 1803 the tow-n of Tully was formed from Fabius, and in 1808 a large portion was taken for Cortland county. So, at this late day, but twelve veterans of the struggle for freedom h;ive been found who mad" their rosideuce within the limits of the present town. Those whose affidavits are in the records of tho Court of Common Pleas of 1820 and later dates, are first given. JONATHAN BROOKS— AVheu .Tonathan Brooks .appeared be fore the court iu 1820 to make state- iiieut as to his condition in life, he said he was 56 years old. His service in the war had curamonced in Captain Houdiu's company. Col. Putnam's Fifth Massa chusetts regiment. He enlisted in 1781. Afterwards he was in Capt. Mills' com oany, in the First Massachusetts legi- lueut, under Col. A'ose. His property was adjud.ged to be worth $66.74, and he idacod his debts at $74- He was a farmer, and had living with him three daughters and a son, jllfred Bronks, aged 17, and a daughter of his wife, Mariette Pope, aged 2. His daughters w-ere Betsej-, Gemima and Eunice. His wife. Mary Anne, was then 35 years of age. HEARTWELL BARNES— The service of Heartwell Barnes was in the coiupauy of Captain .Tudd, regi ment of Col. Samuel AVyllys, General Parson's brigade, Connecticut line. He was duly discharged at tho end of the war. His age was given as 72 in 1820. His schedule of property, w-hich gave a total of $32.50, was interesting as show ing broom corn grow-ing that w-as worth $2. a butcher knife, needle, tobacco box, penknife, and four cents in money. His was a hard lot. He was a laborer, but lie said he was only able to work ono day in seven. He was h.ard of hearing and subject to cramps, convulsions aud fits occasioned by fatigue in the Revolu tion. His wife w-as 55 ye.ars of age, and she w-as also subject to cramps and to rheumatisra. It is safe to say he re ceived the pension. Barnes had one son, Elias Jefferson Barnes, aged 19, aud one daughter. Lydia Clark Barnes, aged 17 — all depending upou the charity of the son for support. The pensioner owed $20. JOHN CADWELL— Tho pension papers of John Cadwell are not with those of the other Revolu- 41 tionary soldiers, but there is au affidavit sworn to the day after his death. The affidavit is that of Denison Belding aud Olive Belding. It states that Olive was the daughter and Denison the son-in- law- of John Cadwell, who w-as a pensiouer under the law of Congress of January 7, 1832, and that he died on the 3d of March, 1834, at his home in Fabius, and that the deponents were present at the time. The affidavit goes on to state that the pensioner left a widow resid ing in the town, "Annar" Cadwell, aged 71, with whom the deceased lived and brought up a family of childreu. George Petit took the deposition and both the husband and wife signed their names as "Belding." WILLIAM CLARK— The service of AVUUam Clark in the war for independence was extended and included actual work in mauy historic battles. When he made his first application in 1820 he said he was 59 years of age. The rec ords show ttat on the 25th of Novem ber, 1823, he again went before the court with an application to be restored to the pension list. Clark enUsted upon the 1st of May, 1777, in the town of AVeathersfield, Conn., in a company of dragoons commanded by Captain TaU madge, in the regiment of Col. EUsha Sheldon, Connecticut line. Clark said that he continued in that corps until .Tune or July, 1782, when he was dis charged in Danbury, Conn. During his service of five years and two months. (jlark was in the battle at White Plains and at Round Ridge, and was with Tall madge on an expedition to the east end of Long Island. In another affidavit. Clark aaid that he was in Webb's com pany when discharged, same regiment. To show that the Revolutionary soldier was of heroic mold, he swears that "three years ago this faU (1820), I mar ried Widow Cluff who had sis children." The ages of the children, the affidavit said, ran from 11 to 26, but happily, the two oldest were married off. In the second affidavit the name of the w-idow is spelled Clough, and her given name was Esther. At that time, 1823, she was 58 vears of age, and her daughter, Sally. tJji^lived with them, Abel Clough, the widow's first husband, died in posses sion of los acres, which her son, Abel, jr., worked ou shaies. In 1820, Clark figured his total property as worth $19, with debts of .$400. By 1823 the pen sioner's assets had shruiik to $4.37 1-2. Ainong those he ow-ed were .iaron Ben edict, Daniel Hills and Seyraour & JIarsh. He had one son, Lewis Clark, w-ho w-as then "put out to a trade." DANIEL CONNER— "In the year 1775, at the time of the alarum at Lexington," Daniel Conner enlisted for six months in a company commanded by WiUiam King, and served out that time. Then he again eulisted into the sarae company, which was in Colonel Wood's regiment in the Massachusetts line. This six months' service, however, was iu Colonel Fel- low-s' regiment in the same line, and he served out the full period of his enlist ment. After that time had expired he again enlisted, this time for three years in Captain AA'arren's corapany, Colonel Bailey's Second Massachusetts regiment, and he served out the full period of that enlistment. Theu Conner enlisted for and duriug the war in Captain Bradford's company, Colonel Sprout's regiment, Alassachusetts line, serving out the full period, being discharged at the close of the war at New Windsor, iu June or July, 1783. Here was a complete reeord of Revolutionary service from the night of Paul Revere's historic ride to the close of the struggle. In 1820, Conner said he was 67 years old, and that all the property he owned in the world was only worth $56. His occupation was that of a laborer, and he said that taking one day with another he waa only able to do about a half a day's work on the aver age. His wife waa 56 years old, and hc had three daughtera, aged 21, 1-4 and 12. His list of domestic utensils showed only enough cups, saucers, chairs, etc., for the family. There was no provision made for "company." NATH.AN GOODALE— At the age of 16, Nathan Goodale en listed on the 1st of January, 1777, in Captain Robert Oliver's company. Third JIassachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel Greaton. The company was af terwards commanded by Captfiin Thos, 42 Pritchard. Goodale served in that com pany uutil June, 1783. As to his prop erty, Goodale said in 18'20, that he had 30 acres upou lot 11, in Fabius, which he considered worth $1.50, and a yoke of three-year-old steers worth $29- The total value of his property he placed at $212.25. Among the numerous ones that Goodale w-as indebted to were AA'iU iam Goodale, Jauies Sanford, Frauds' Miner, John MiUer, Elijah Miles, Bacou & Wilson, Noah Goodrich, and Rodney Starkweather. Jabez Morgan owed Goodale, but he didn't seem to have mueh faith in his being paid. Goodale was a farraer, but by reason of an injury from a fall of a tree he was unable to labor. With him in 1820, lived his wife, aged 41; his mother, Eunice Goodale. aged S3; one son, Henry, aged 1.3. and two daughters, Sarah and Julia, aged 9 and 4. JOHN rVBS— In the year 1777, John Ives enlisted in Captain Strong's corapany. in Col. Brad ley's regiment iu the Connecticut line. He continued in this service during thir teen months and six days, and he was then transferred into General Washing ton's life guard, under the command of Capt. Colfax, and continued in the serv ice three years. He w-as discharged at Morristown, N. .1. The amount of Ives' property w-as $14.37 1-2 and his debts footed up $4..37 1-2. Among his posse.s sions was a broken fire pail kettle w-hich he considered worth a dollar. He said that in 1816 he bargained for eight acres of land and paid $80 of the purchase money. But in 1820 the man from whom he purchased the land becanie involved and w-ent to Ohio without g-iv- ing him a deed or security of any de acription. His age in 1820 he said was 58, and his wife was 57 years old. The other Revolutionary residents of Fabius are found in the records at AVashington. RUFUS CARTER— At the age of 75 Rufus Carter was aUve at the time of the taking uf the census in 1840. His family lived with him on his farm. Et'.ENEZER FOOT— The pensioner, Ebeuezer Foot, was 87 years of a.ge. accoidiug to the census of 18-10. -It that time ho lived with Thoraas .1. Boden. AMBROSE GRON— Accoidiug to the census, .Ambrose Grou was .83 years of age iu 1.S40. He lived upou a property with his family at that time. DANIEL HILLS— The pensioner, Daniel Hills, must have been quite youug when hc enUsted in the war of the Revolution. His age in 1840 w-as but 78. MANUEL TRUAIR— The ancestor of the Truairs of Fa bius, Manuel Truair, a veteran of the war of the Revolution aud a peusioner, was alive iu 1840 and resided with .Tohn Truair. . Tully. The Revolutionary soldiers who made the town of Tully their horae, were, with few exceptions, veterans who had enlisted from New England and came here after the granting of the military tract to the soldiers of New York, and its subsequent sale to land sharks. The records of but six of these Revolution ary settlers are to be found to-day. JAMES FULLER— Upon the 23d of May, 1825, wheu the veteran .Tames Fuller first appeared in court to apply for a pension, he gave his residence as Otisco, but he later made his home in TuUy and was a resident of that town at the time of his second application, Slarch 1, 1S31. There are some discrepancies between the wav records w-hich Fuller sw-ore to in his affidavits. In 1825 he said that he en listed iu 17S1, at Barrington, Mass., under Captain John Nash, and joined the Sixth Massachusetts regiment, re cruited at AVest Point in the summer of that year. He enlisted for three years and served until January, 1784, when he w-as discharged at AVest Point, under General Knox. His service w-as principally in New York, and for some time in New Jersey. The record of 1831 says that FuUer enlisted for three years, in the town of Great Bar rington. Berkshire county, Mass., in .Vpril, 1780, in the company of one 43 Frost, regiment of one Colonel Smith, of the Massachusetts Une. Fuller then said that he joined the army in June. 1780, and was discharged in January. 1783, on the Highlands opposite AA'est Point. The reason for two affidavits was very sim ple, although the discrepancies in records are not so easily solvable. Fuller had been believed to be too wealthy. In 1S25 he placed a value upon his projierty of $95.81. Mr. FuUer lived with his son. and had two daughters living with him, Hannah, aged 20, and Mary, aged 18. In 1831, the veteran said that his personal property araounted to just $4.3.42 1-2. In 1825 he had sold his farm upon lot 6, to Olive .Tones, for $•500, in order to support himself. His family then consisted of himself and wife, and they had been supported since 1825 by their sons. In 1825 Fuller gave his age as 63, and in 1831 as 67. OLFVER HYDE— Upon the 22d of November. 1822, at the age of 67, Oliver Hyde went before the Court of Common Pleas to ask as sistance from the government and give a record of brave service. In the .spring of 1777. at Lebanon, Conn., he enlisted for thre.e years in Captain Brigham's company, in Colonel Put nam's regiment, Connecticut line. The veteran served out his time, and w-as discharged whUe in New Jersey. He w-as at the battles of Germantown and Mud Island Fort, and in the battle of Monmouth and at the taking of Stony Point His property, which included a "yearling bull that had had his feet frozen off," was adjudged to be worth $47, while his debts amounted to $300. His wife and daughter, both iU, made up his entire family. JEDEDIAH WINCHELL— The service of Jedediah Winchell was for two years. He enlisted in the com pany of Noah Allen, Colonel Wiggels- worth'a regiment, in 1777. After two years, WincheU employed Benjamin Cole to aupply his place. Winchell's property was valued at $20.97, the bed and bed ding being worth half that amount. His wife resided with him, and neither was able to work. HENRY "WHITE— In Isaac Warren's company, Bailey's regiment and Larned's brigade of Massa chusetts troop, Henry AVhite enUsted and was discharged after completing his service. Upon the 1st of September, 1820, he said in court before Judge Wat tles that he waa 67 yeara old. His prop erty was valued at $36.80, with debts of $49..50. The entire list of his "effects" is interesting: One cow, $12.50; 11 sheep, $11.00; 1 wooden paU, $1.39; iron kettle, $3; 1 small kettle, $.37; 9 earthen- w-ave plates, $.40; 6 knives and forks, $.-25;_ 1 table, $1.50; 2 pails, $.50; 2 bowls, $1; 3 wooden bowls, $.75; 2 hogs, $4; 1 frying pan, $.75, and 4 chairs, $.50. AA'hite was indebted to Baker & Brooks in the sum of $21; G. Van Hensen, jr., $10; L. and S. King, $12.50, and Pelig Babcock, $6. In closing, AVhite said: "I have a wife aged 64 years who is an invalid, and a son aged 21 yeara, who ia incapable of maintaining himself, both depending on me for support. I am not able to do a day's work and am a farm er by profession." The records taken from other sources than court entries are as follows: — ¦ ENOCH BAILY— According to the census of the govern ment made in 1840, Enoch Baily of Tul ly w-as still alive and a pensioner of the Revolution. MICHAEL CHRISTIAN— It w-as after the veteran of the Revolu tion, Michael Christian, that pretty Christian Hollow was nametl. Clark says that he was one of the few who enjoyed the fruits of their suffering and toil, by taking pos session of the land for which they served. He drew lot No. 18 in the township of Tully. The soldier first aettled in Chris tian HoUow in 1792. ' Otisco. There were some staunch old Revolu tionary soldiera that took up their resi-. dence in the town of Otisco, and some who served through the war for inde pendence with especial honor. The records of eight have been found for this work. Included are five records from the court reports of the Common Pleas, as foUow-s: — 44 l.E.VVKTl' BILLINGS- The -service of the veteran Leavett killings was in the company commanded by Captain Haines, in Colonel Wig,gles- worth's regiment of the Massachusetts line. He served for three years, and re ceived an honorable discharge. In 1S20 he said that he was 67 years old, his wife 66, and th.at his entire property was valued at $73.32, while he had debts to the amount of $55.49. Billings w-as a common laborer. EBENEZER FRENCH— In Capt. .Jonathan Allen's company, CoL .\rtemas Ward's regiment, in the Massachusetts troop, Ebenezer French served for one year. He topped off his property w-orth $221.60, with debts of S247-35. The soldier's wife w-as 52 years old in 1820, he was 63, and their sol. A'incent, 9. French w-as a farmer. French was among the first settlers of the town of Otisco. coming soon after 1802.JOHN LADOW— The soldier John Ladow- served in the company commanded by Captain Will iams of the New York line, and after wards in Captain Gray's company, in the regiraent coramauded by Colonel Weis- enfeldts. Ladow was a farmer in 1820, 63 .vears old, and had propertv worth $42.69, and debts of $26-75- Mrs. La dow- was 63 years old, and their daugh ters 15 and 10, and a son 6 years old- CHRISTOPHER MONK— The soldier Christopher Monk enlisted at Stoughton, Mass.. in Colonel Shep- pard's regiment' of the Massachusetts line. Captain Webb's company, for nine months, and was discharged upon the highlands opposite West Point, by Major BaU, the commandant. Monk came in to court on the 24th of ilay, 1825. to make affidavit ns to his service. He said that he was 67 years old, and his property was worth but $86.12. He had a mortgage against .Jonathan B. Nichols for $369, but Jonathan was insolvent and on the "gaol limits," and the laud had been sold on a judgment that was .-ihead of the mortgage. Monk's wife was then 66 years old. .\t tho age of 73 in 1831, Monk again came into court and asked for a pension. He then had property of $46.90, and since 1824 he said he had been supported by his two sons, Joseph and Benjamin. In 1840, the soldier was still alive at the age of 82, and resided with .^nua Alouk. ELON NORTON— The service of Elon Norton was in Capt. .Stephen HaU's company, in CoL Heman Sw-ift's regiment of the Connec ticut troop, from JNIarch, 1777, until the end of the Revolutionary war, wheu he was discharged at West Point. Norton said that he had property w-orth $30.49; that he owed $823, and he "didn't know that anyone was indebted to him one cent." Norton was a carpenter by trade, and had lost all the fingers from his left hand, but the little finger. He was 62 years old in 1820, and his wife . the same age. The other names of Revolutionary sol diers of the town of Otisco, coUected from printed histories and records, are as follow-s:— CHAUNCEY ATKINS— In 1840 the veteran Chauncey Atkins gave his age as 77 years. He was a Densioner and lived with Hirair. Perkins. ELIAKIM CLARK— The father of AVillis and Lewis Gay lord Clark was Eliakim Clark, a soldier of the Revolution. Clark was an etirly resident of Otisco. APPOLLOS KING— In 1.840 the pensioner Appollos King w-as a resident of the town of Otisco. He lived with his family, and was 70 years old. Spafford. In the town of Spaff'ord, which was not erected until 1811, six Rexolutionary soldiers are found to have made their home, — in fact the first settler was a Revolutionary patriot. The settlement of Spafford territory was alow compared with that of other towns in the county. Soriie of the aoldiers who first settled among its hills, afterw-ard took up their residence in other tovvns and their names are found in the records for those towns. The veterans who came before the court iu 1820 and made affidavit as to their services, are as follows: — 45 THOMt>SON BURDICK— Three applications were made b> Thompson Burdick for a pension, and each time gave a record of his services. In 1S20, at the age of 68, Burdick first applied, but he ovvned up to too much wealth for the provisions of the act. .-i-gain was appUcation made in 1822, and the third time in 1S23. In May or .Tune, 1775, Burdick eulisted at AA'ester- ly, R. I., in the company of Captain Samuel AVard, regiment of Colonel A''ar- nura. General Green's brigade of the Rhode Island line. This was at the be ginning of the war, and the enlistment vvas for only eight months. But the clouds grew- darker and the struggle fiercer, and early in 1776, the soldier thought it was in February, he again enlisted for his country. The period of enlistment was for a year this time. Burdick's regiment was at Prospect Hill, Boston, when his first discharge was given him, and he re-eulisted in the com pany of Captain Elijah Lewis in the same regiment. Upon the 1st of Jan uary, 1777, Burdick was discharged at Croswick's meeting house. Pa. Burdick was iu the battles of Long Island, White Plains and Trenton. In the battle at White Plains he was woundod, having been shot through the left knee with a musket ball. Upon the last two appli cations before the court, Elijah Cran dall and Cary Clark carae forward to testify as to Burdick's service. In 1S20 Burdick said that his property, which included thirty acres of land at $150, was worth $2.37.68, whUe his debts amounted to $191.11. In 1822 the land had been sold upon a judgraent, and the assets had shrunk to $35.55, while io 1823 the entire property of Burdick was considered worth only $23.81. Burdick's family was made up of his wife, Tabi tha, aged 64. whom he said was "very fleshy, troubled with asthma, and not able to cook a meal of victuals," a chUd. Sophia, and two grandchildren, .^.very aud Arrilla. All Mrs. Burdick could do was to "spin. a little now and then on a small wheel." D-ANIEL OWEN— The service of Daniel Owen was in the company of Captain WUliam Hall, re!,.3^ Bi-iEfil, Allen -to Brev/ster, .Tea. W.18 l-!ristoI, .John 28 Bi-lttin, .Iohn 32 Blocks. .Tno 40 Bunce, Daniel 6 Bun lick. Thomp'n.4.T Burke, Silas 26 Bush, Conradt U BniJer, Eben'r, sr.l2 Butier, Eben'r, ]r-12 Cadwell. John 40 Caldwell. John.... 36 Carr. Levi 20 Carter. Rutus 42 Caton, Richard ifi Christian, Mioh'I..43 Clapp. Paul 12 Clark. Eliakim.... 44 Clark, Hezekiah.. 7 Clark, John 32 Clark. Reuben 32 Clark. Samuel 2fj Clark. Wm 41 Clarke, Geo ,18 Cleaveland, Nehe.l'S Cleveland. Ros'ell.2B Coekley, .Tohn 20 Cule. ..Vdonijah 12 Cole, .Tabez 18 Cole, John 26 Conkling, Jno... ...18 C'oTiner, Daniel 41 Conner, 'Wm 39 Cook, Lemuel 7 Cook. Wm 12 Covil, Ehenezer.. .15 Coy, Jos 28 Coy, AMpe « (.'randal. .Ierem*h.l2 (;!unninshani. Jno-34 Curtis, Chappell- -32 Dalliba, John 31 Danferth. .Asa lb Dai-ling, Benj 20 Dean, Wm 46 I'l^lons. -Ios 38 Depuy. Benj 35 Desbrow. Henry. -37 mu, John 36 Dixon, Thos 12 Dorche.ster, Reii'b.31 Dunham, .Jas 32 lOagtr. i Smith, Simeon 17 Sparhng, John 25 .Spoor. John 9 Squires, .Ambrose. 10 Staples, Isaac 30 Stevens, VVm 47 Stone. Samuel 17 Sutton, Benj ...10 Sweet, Timothy.. .14 Sweetlnj;-, Lewis. --40 j-'aiipan, John 36 Teague- Jesse 46 Teail. Timothy-. .-26 Tenbroeck, Peter-19 Townsend, Rich'd-10 Tripp. r'al\-iii -10 Truair, Manuel-. .,42 Tyler, Comfort 19 ^¦an de Werker, A.39 Vermiljea. \S'm...2. Wa^ontr, Geo 36 Walsh, John 30 Walter, J.:ihn 17 Walter, Jacob 47 Walter, Martin.. ..47 AVard. Elijah 34 Waters. Elisha 17 Waterman, Cal'ln.34 Watkin.?, David.. .10 Watson, Major 27 Webb. Benj 14 Webber. Wm 30 Webster, Eph'im,.19 Wel.sh. David 31 Whedon. Denlsou.34 Wheelock. Ralph. .14 Whipple, Thos 25 White, Henrv-... 43 Whitii, ,Jos..." JJK Wilcox, John II Wlleox, Samuel.. .27 Wilkins. -Xmos 25 Wilkinson, J., sr 31 Williams. David.. 27 Williams, Joseph 27 Wilson. Joseph... -10 'Wilson. Robert.. .27 W'inchell- Jeded'ti.ll A'Vood, f"'3benez*'r-.."li Wood. Enoch "jt; Yarrington, W"m. 25 -JUume—JLohn 27 YALE UNIVERSITY i3900: