Military Personnel Extracted From
Pioneer History of Camden
Oneida County, New York
1897

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]

Soldiers of the War of the Revolution, 1812, Mexican, and the Rebellion of 1861, who went from Camden, or are buried there. Revolutionary War Elijah BAILEY was in the 6th Reg't of the Connecticut Line of 1777 to 1877, under Col. Wm. DOUGLAS and Major Ely LEAVENWORTH. Enlisted from Milford as private, 23 Febuary, for three years, discharged 2 Dec 1780. Pensioner in New York 1818, died 1838. Jonathan BARNES was in Sandford's Company, 5th Reg't, CL of 1777-1781, 18 Mar 1781. He was drummer under Col. Philip Burr BRADLEY. He is buried in Florence not far from the line of Camden. Zophar BARNES was in the war of 1776. Died in Camden 1842. David BROWN went from Durham, Conn. Enlisted 1 Jan 1780, taken prisoner near Fort George, New York. He was born in 1760. Ichabod BROWN went as private in Capt. Edward ROGER's Company, Second Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, Col. GAY's Regiment from Cornwall, raised in June to reinforce Washington at New York, recruits from Farmington, Simsbury, Windsor, Hartford, Conn. Enlistment from June to 25 Dec 1776. Died 1850. John CAIN in Col. Marinus WILLET New York Reg't, Capt. GARRET, Putnam's Co. Enlisted Jul 1780, discharged at Fort Plain on or about 1 Apr 1781. He then re-enlisted in the same company and regiment and served as Sergeant. Died 1840. Abel COLLINS. In the 3d Reg't, CL, 1777 to 1778. Capt. JUDD's Company. Enlisted from Hartford, Conn., 4 Mar 1778, discharged 8 Aug 1788; he was a wagoner. He camped at White Plains with Washington's army, Col. SHELDON's Reg't. Died 1838. Oliver COOK. Enlisted at Litchfield in 1776 for four months, afterwards re-enlisted at Harwinton under Capt. Ard BUELL and Col. SHELDON's Reg't. Died 1838. Serajah COMSTOCK enlisted 1 Jan 1781 to 31 Dec 1781, in the 3rd Reg't, CL, under Samuel B. WEBB. Capt. PARSON's Company. Pensioner in 1818; d. in Williamstown 1826. Benjamin CURTIS. In Col. Elisha SHELDON's Light Dragoon, 1777 to 1783. He was in the 6th Troop. Enlisted 6 Mar 1777; was a farmer from Salisbury. Pensioner in 1818, d. 1823. Jesse CURTISS. In 1774 when Congress resolved on non-intercourse with Great Britain, he was appointed with two others as committee to see that no tea, molasses, sugar, coffee, spices, &c., were brought into town, and sold in Waterbury, Conn. He went to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 for 25 days. May 1775, he went as Captain until December next as Major for a regiment formed in Waterbury, Conn. Died 1821. Daniel DEAN. Enlisted in the Continental Reg't, 5th Company, from 8 May to 18 Dec 1775. Re-enlisted in Gen. Erastus WOLCOTT's Brigade from March to Jun 1777 at Peekskill. In Col. HOOKER's Reg't, Capt. BRAY's Co., from 3 Apr to 10 May 1778. Joel DUNBAR enlisted and went as drummer 25 Nov 1775, in the Continental Regiment of Connecticut. re-enlisted in 1776 in Col. ELMORE's Reg't at German Flats. Died, 1827, at Camden. John ELDEN was a Britisher. He deserted and joined our army, and remained there until honorably discharged. Died 1828. Eliphalet JOHNSON was in the militia at Saratoga. Enlisted 29 Aug 1777; discharged 23 Oct. They were ordered to reinforce Gen. GATES at Saratoga in 1777. He was in two battles, 19 Sep & 9 Oct. Upon their dismissal after the surrender of BURGOYNE, Gen. GATES spoke of them as two excellent regiments from Connecticut. They were commanded by Col. John LATIMER of New London, and Thaddeus COOK of Wallingford, Connecticut. Died 1818. Joseph JOHNSON, brother of Eliphalet, was in the Lexington Alarm, 19 Apr 1777. He was from the town of Windham; served four days. He enlisted 6 May 1775; discharged 18 Dec, in Gen. WOOSTER's Reg't, Capt. Benedict ARNOLD, 5th Company. Joseph JOHNSON, Connecticut Line, 1777 to 1781, recruited mainly in Windham & New London counties. Col. John DURKEE 4th Reg't. Private in Capt. WEBB's Company. Enlisted from Canterbury, 23 Feb 1778, for the war. Appointed Corporal 1 Mar 1778, discharged 1 Mar 1780. He died 1830; buried in Mexico Street Cemetery. Levi MUNSON. Was in the Lexington Alarm, April 1775. 1 Sep 1775, he enlisted in the Quebec Expedition, under Benedict Arnold, New Haven, Connecticut; discharged 21 Jun 1776. He re-enlisted 1 Jan 1777; commissioned 2d Lieutenant; he resigned 8 Sep 1780; d. 1814 Bartholomew POND first belonged to the minute men and volunteers, afterwards he enlisted for one year, 1 Apr 1776, in Col ELMORE's Reg't; died 1836 Beriah POND enlisted for one year in Col. ELMORE's Reg't, 1776. Re-enlisted in Capt. WILCOX Company in the corps of artificers, 1777 to 1783; d. 1836. Ira POND was in Jesse CURTISS' Company, Gen. HOOKER's Reg't; stationed at Peekskill from 5 Apr to 25 May 1777. Jesse PENFIELD. First under Gen. WOOSTER in the 1st Reg't, 8th Co. of Capt. Phineas PORTER. He enlisted 28 Nov 1775, in the Continentals. Afterwards in Col. Elisha SHELDON's Light Dragoon, 1777 to 1783. He re-enlisted 15 Feb 1778, and was in the army until the close of the war; pensioner in 1818; d. 1834. Daniel PARKE. In the Lexington Alarm from the town of Chatham. Enlisted in Col. PARSON's 6th Reg't, first call for troops, from April 1775 to April 1776. He was also at Valley Forge; d. 1836. Aaron RICE. In Bradley Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, under Co. Philip Burr BRADLEY, in Capt. COUCH's Company. This company was ordered to be raised May 1776, for the general defense of New York State at Fort Washington. He was taken prisoner with the whole garrison 16 November. Jonah SANDFORD in Col. HOOKER's Reg't, Capt. Jesse CURTISS' Company; enlisted as private 24 Jun 1776; re-enlisted in the Miscellaneous Roll, Lemuel & Samuel STEADMAN in Capt. BRAY's Company, under Gen. GATES in the vicinity of Ticonderoga from July to November 1776. Wm. STEVENS enlisted in 1775 in the 6th Reg't under Col. PARSONS. He was in the 9th Company; re-enlisted from 1 Jul to 18 Dec in the Continental Regiment 1777 to 1781. Capt. John WILSON enlisted in Col. Seth WARNER Reg't, 2 Jan 1779, which was raised at Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. 1839 Samuel WOODS. In 5th Reg't under Col. WATERBURY in 1775; re-enlisted in the 8th Company, Capt. Joseph SMITH; enlisted 8 May, discharged 2 Nov; d. 1837 Timothy WOOD enlisted for three months 29 Jun 1778, in Col. ENOS' Reg't on the Hudson in Capt. BISSEL Company; d. 1835. Theophilus WHALEY enlisted near Lake George; d. in 1827. Ashbel UPSON, Sen., enlisted at Plymouth, Connecticut, served two years under Col. BALDWIN & Capt. WILCOX; d. 1831. Jonathan HARVEY was 16 years of age at the time of his first enlistment in 1777; he served 8 months as private in the Connecticut State Troops. In 1780 he enlisted in the same State for 9 months, serving as corporal. He also served one term in the militia and two months as sergeant. He is buried just over the line in the town of Vienna, in the family lot. He was grand-father of the late E. A. HARVEY. Soldiers of 1812 -- And Date of Their Death Isaac ALLEN, 1848 Mr. BECKWITH, ---- Isaac BARNES, 183- John BRYAN, 1858 Solon COOK, 1876 Nathaniel CHAPMAN, 1884 Clark CRAWFORD, 1875 Charles CURTISS, 1854 Lyman CURTISS, 1868 Ibri CURTISS, 1840 Seth DUNBAR, 1850 Ebenezer DOTEN, 1856 Honuel GIFFORD, 1882 Elijah GAYLORD, 1891 James HARRIS, 1881 Gilbert HYATT, 1887 David JOHNSON, 1872 Calvin JOHNSON, 1844 Street BARNES, 1853 Nathaniel KEELER, 1873 Abel MUNSON, 1831 Jacob PARK, 1827 Eleazer PECK, 1848 Fowler PENFIELD, 1857 Benjamin PHELPS, 1840 Rosetter PRESTON, 1876 Dr. Joel RATHBURN, 1820 Seth RICE, 1886 James ROWELL, ---- Alvero MATHEWS, 1885 Col. Israel STODDARD, 1859 Capt. John SMITH, 1860 Garret SMITH, 1883 Martin SMITH, 1875 Hiram SMITH, 1860 Sala SANDFORD, 1866 Ephraim SANDFORD, 1860 Linus SANDFORD, 1842 John SKINNER, ---- Wright SKINNER, 1830 Elijah PERKINS, 1833 Erastus UPSON, 1850 James WHALEY, ---- Junius WOODS, 1865 Leonard WEST, 1888 Capt. Samuel T. WOODS, 1824 Reuben WHALEY, 1850 The War With Mexico Luther SKINNER, d. 1897 Leonard WOODS, d. 1875 Newell PANGBORN, d. ---- The War of the Rebellion - 1861 Soldiers from Camden together with their Regiment, and date of their death. ADAMS, Earl S., 117th, 1862 ADAMS, Charles, 117th ADAMS, Marcus M., 117th ADAMS, Augustus, 14th, 1875 ALLEN, Henry B., 117th ALLEN, F. Fairbanks ALDEN, Rev. James, 1864 ASHPOLE, John, 1864 ALLEN, Albert B., 22 months in rebel prison BARNES, Henry, 117th BARNES, A., 81st BARNES< Marshall, 32d BARNES, D. Potter, 22d, 1874 BECKER, Van V., 146th, 1863 BEEBE, Jacob, 117th, 1862 BEEBE, Nathan, 15th BEEBE, Charles, 32d BEEMAN, Richard, 183d BETSON, Thomas, 32d, 1862 BELKNAP, Seth BLAKESLEE, George BRISTOL, Joseph, 117th BROSMER, William, 2d Art. BROWN, Thomas Jr., 146th BRODOCK, Peter, 2d, 1864 BRODOCK, Moses, 117th, 1894 BURTON, Delos, 50th BURNHAM, Richard BURNHAM, William, 146th, 1863 BURNHAM, Addison, 93d BURNHAM, Harrison, 93d BUTLER, O., 15th CAIN, Frederick, 15th CAIN, Hiram J., 8th Cav. CARLTON, Henry, 15th CASWELL, Henry, 146th CLEVELAND, John, 15th CLIFFORD, Robert, 117th, 1865 COOK, George W., 117th COE, F., 15th COE, Wallace, 93d COON, Jarius, 2d COREY, Norman, 15th COLLINS, John, 15th COLLINS, Anthony COBB, Frederick, 117th, 1865 COBB, Allen, 15th COOK, Elijah, 32d, 1864 COLE, Richard, U.S.N., 1865 COLE, James, U.S.N., 1863 CONANT, Francis E., 108th, 1862 COY, Henry, 1895 CHAMBERLAIN, J. CHRISHAM, John, 146th CRAIG, James, 117th CRAIG, Alexander, 32d, 1882 CRAIG, David, 3d CRAIG, A. W., 146th, 1863 CRAWFORD, George, 146th CRANDALL, F., 15th CURTISS, Elhanan, 146th COSTELLO, Edward DANA, Alfred, 81st DAVIDSON, William, 61st DIMOND, Frederick, 146th, 1864 DIMOND, Lawrence, 32d, 1862 DEXTER, John, 117th DRISCOLL, William, 194th DROUGHT, Arthur, 2d Art. DUNBAR, Delancy, 8th DRURY, William H., 15th, 1873 DIMOND, Adam, 15th DROUGHT, George, 2d DROUGHT, John, (unreadable) ELDEN, Bronson, 146th EMPEY, Lafayette, 1864 EVANS, Henry, 146th ELDEN, Walter W., 14th EATON, William H., 15th FARLEY, William C. FRITZ, Alexander, 2d FOSKETT, Eldridge, 117th FENTON, William, 117th, 1863 FORD, Jabez, 15th FALKNER, William R., 146th FRAZEE, Hiram, 2d Art. GROSBECK, John H., 14th GODFREY, George, 15th GAYLORD, David GAYLORD, George M., 114th, 1864 GIBSON, Alonzo, 146th GIBSON, Orson, 146th GOODRICH, Henry, 117th GOODRICH, Peter, 93d Inf., 1892 GOODRICH, Ephraim, U.S. Artillery GIFFORD, James H., 14th GLENN, James, 147th HOWD, Frank HARRINGTON, Truman, 1891 HARRINGTON, Irvine, 117th HARRINGTON, Myron, 146th, 3d N.Y. HOUGHTON, John, 146th HOWLAND, Philip, 15th HUGHES, John HENDERSON, Lester, 2d Art. HART, James, 32d HUNGERFORD, A. HUNT, W. HINKLEY, Briggs T., 14th IRVINE, D.N., 14th Inf. JOHNSON, Bradford, 3d JONES, George, 3d Art., 1865 JOHNSON, George, 1870 JOHNSON, Robert, 1883 JOHNSON, Lucius, 1862 JEFFRY, H., 117th JONES, George W. KNIFFEN, Daniel, 146th KILLIPS, James, 146th KING, John, 146th KELLY, Charles, 15th KENT, John, 7th Art. KELLY, William T., 15th, 1864 KINNIE, Orlando, 14th LAMBIE, Capt. Gavin, 146th, 1863 LITTLER, John, 8th N.Y. McGOWEN, Francis, 2d McGRAW, Nelson, 15th MORSE, Edwin, 146th MORSE, Orson, 117th McINTYRE, Bruce, 117th, 1872 MILLER, Smith, 81st, 1885 MILLER, Perry B., 117th MABIE, Edmond, 117th MORSE, John, 146th MERGANDOLLER, John, 15th, 1885 MYERS, George, 15th McLAUGHLIN, W. H., 14th MURPHY, Millard, 2d NISBIT, Archibald, 32d ORTH, John M., 117th, 1887 OSBORN, John, 110th, 162 OLMSTEAD, Fayette O'ROURKE, John, 110th O'ROURKE, Henry, Oswego R. OSBORN, Ambrose, 110th OSBORN, Chester PARKS, Franklin H. PLATTER, Matthew, 50th PILKINGTON, William H., 146th PATCHEN, Daniel N., 146th PARSONS, Albert W., 117th PARKS, William S., 146th, 1865 PECK, Reuben W., 117th, 1864 PARSONS, Hiram, 32d Inf., 1862 PARKE, Ranney T., 15th PODD, Nicholas, 146th PORTER, Benjamin, 146th POND, Capt. A. P., 14th, 1894 PETERSON, A. R., 1892 PHALEN, Patrick, 117th PERKINS, Joseph QUANCE, Gilbert, 157th REDMOND, Nathaniel, 117th RUSCOE, Edwin, 146th ROBOTHAN, Robert, 117th ROGERS, Henry, 146th RAY, Charles H., 189th, 1887 REMORE, James, 32d RAE, Matthew, 14th SHAW, Melvin SANDERS, Sylvester, 1864 SANDERS, Harvey, 117th SMITH, Thomas, 14th SNOW, E. N., 97th, 1865 SNOW, Ebenezer, 81st SKINNER, John N., 117th SKINNER, Robert, 117th, 1863 SKINNER, Luther, 145th, 1897 SKINNER, Alva, 146th, 1864 SKINNER, James, 32d SKINNER, W.W., 2d SCOVILLE, Joseph, 15th, 1895 STEADMAN, Benson, 32d STEWART, James, 15th, 1873 SHEPHARD, Nathaniel, 93d SCOVILLE, James, 97th SPERRY, William F., 117th SEYMOUR, James, 81st STANTON, E., 50th SANDFORD, Charles, 81st SANDFORD, Raphael, 81st SECOR, Francis, 146th, 1864 SECOR, James, 146th SWANSON, James, 146th, 1864 SWANSON, John, 146th STARKWEATHER, L., 146th, 1864 SMITH, Solon, 117th SPENCER, George, 117th SIMMONS, Theodore, 517th SULLIVAN, Orrin, 146th STEPHENS, George, 117th STONE, Capt. J. Parsons, 117th, 1864 SIMMONS, W., 1st. N. Y. H. STARKWEATHER, C. W., 117th SCHOFIELD, S., 146th SWEET, Horace, 8th SOPER, Capt. AMOS, 189th SEARS, H. SNOW, P. SCOVILLE, Albert, 146th, 1864 SANDERS, Stephen, 146th, 1864 TRASK, Francis, 146th TUTTLE, William, 117th, 1864 TALLMAN, Jacob, 146th TYE, George, 1888 TRACY, Samuel, 81st TIPPLE, George TYE, Henry, 1889 TEACHOUT, S., 117th TROWBRIDGE, Henry, Mass. Reg. VOORHEES, Albert, 146th, 1864 WORDEN, B. J., 117th WOLCOTT, John F., 50th, 1894 WOOD, Dewitt, 117th WOODS, Orson C., 146th WILLES, Wm. B., 117th, 1864 WILKENS, Andrew, 117th WILSON, John, 32d, 1862 WHEELER, Joseph, 146th WALDRON, Joseph, 117th WILSON, Joseph, 149th, 1864 WOODRUFF, Theo. M., 15th WILSON, John W., 15th WALDRON, Martin, 15th WILSON, Leonard WARD, James NY INDEX