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Elisha Raymond
(1761-1842) was born on November 9, 1761, in Gloucester, Rhode Island. He
enlisted in the Rhode Island militia in the latter part of February 1776 and
served several tours of duty as follows: three months in Captain Burlingame’s
Company of Colonel Kimball’s Regiment; one month under Captain Stephen Winsor as
a substitute for his brother, Thomas Raymond; two months under Captain Whipple;
one month as a substitute for his father, William Raymond. In July 1777 Elisha
enlisted and served three months as a private under Captain Caleb Sheldon in
Colonel Chad Brown’s Regiment. He enlisted again in 1781 and served one year as
a private under Captain Wilmorth; when that tour of duty expired, he enlisted in
March 1782 and served nine months in Captain Holden’s Company of Colonel Olney’s
Regiment. Raymond received his final discharge in December 1782. Elisha Raymond resided in Rhode Island and Vermont until around 1835, when he moved to Racine County , Wisconsin. He died June 11, 1842, and is buried in Mound Cemetery , Section 17E, Town of Mt. Pleasant, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.[1] The Mound is located on West Boulevard at Washington Avenue, Racine.[2] [1]The Racine DAR Chapter marked his grave in 1928. [2]Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin, page 127. (Reprinted from Solders of the American Revolution Buried in Wisconsin by Robert G. Carroon, who was Curator of Research Collections for the Milwaukee Country Historical Society in 1975.) Resource: Wisconsin Society - Sons of the American Revolution www.wissar.org --Submitted by Deborah Crowell Link to the Elisha Raymond Chapter - Sons of the American Revolution
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