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Green Mt. Boys
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Green
Mountain Boys' Rosters
The
Continental Congress passed 5 July 1775 the
following Resolution:
Resolved that
a regiment be raised out of the officers who
served in Canada,on the same terms on which
the regiment, to be commanded by Colonel
Dubois is
to be raised;
and that the following
be appointed officers
of the said
regiment:
Seth
Warner, Colonel
Samuel Safford, Lieutenant Colonel
Elisha Painter, Major
Captains:
Wait Hopkins
John Grant
Gideon Brownson
Abiather Angel
Simeon Smith
Joshua Stanton
Abner Seely
Jacob Vorsboroug |
First
Lieutenants:
John Allen
John Fasset, Jr.
Ebenezer Walbridge
William Deane
James Gold
_______Sill?
Ebenezer Hyde
Gamaliel Painter
Ebenezer
Beaumont, Adjutant
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Journals
of Congress 1776 V. II p. 234
From the
Haldimand Manuscript in the British Museum,
vol 21,
p. 842;
came through B. F. DeCosta of NYC to H. D.
Hopkins
of St.
Albans:
"They belong
to the State of Vermont, commonly called
Green Mountain Boys
and
have been
the most cruel and inveterate people from
the beginning of the
Rebellion,
for after the affair at Bennington in 1777,
the women insulted and
abused
some
of our prisoners more than the men."
A List of the
Field Officers, Captains and part of the
Lieutenants
of the Regiment of Green Mountain Boys,
consisting of seven companies.
July 4,
1775 Colonel
Allen's royal list of loyal Officers.
Ethan
Allen, Field Officer
Seth
Warner, Field Officer
Captains
Remember Baker
Robert Cochran
Michael Veal (Vail)
Peleg Sutherling
Gideon Warren
Wait Hopkins
Heman Allen
Levi
Allen, Adjutant
Elijah
Babcock, Comissary
Jonas Fay,
Doctor & Surgeon
Ordered that
in consequence of a recommendation from the
Continental
Congress a Body of Troops not exceeding five
hundred men,
officers included, be
forthwith raised of
those called
Green Mountain Boys, that they elect all
their own
officers except Field Officers. That Major
General
Schuyler be requested to forward
this order
to them &
receive from them a list of such officers as
they shall
elect
to be communicated to this Congress
and
that General Schuyler be further
requested,
without delay to procure the sense of thos
troops concerning the
persons
who
will be most agreeable to them for Field
Officers, and
to make other inquiry
& upon the whole
advise this Congress, what persons will be
most proper
to be
appointed as Field Officers to lead to
Command
these troops.
That the said troops,
when raised, be
considered as
an Independent Body, their Field Officers
taking rank
after the Field Officers of the other Troops
to be raised
by this Colony for the
Continental Service.
That their
Corps of Officers consist of one Lieutenant
Colonel, one
Major, seven
Captains and fourteen
lieutenants and that the General be
furnished with Blank
Warrants to be filled
up by him, agreeable to such election
as above
mentioned.
Die Martis, 9 ho. A.M. 15th
Augt.1775.
A letter from
General Schuyler of the 31st of July last
was read and
filed and is in
the words following:
"Ticonderoga, July 31, 1775
Gentlemen:
I do myself
the honor to enclose you a copy of a
letter and
paper I have received
from the people called
Green
Mountain Boys, together with a copy of my
letter|
in answer. I am apprehensive that the
controversy, that
has arisen
amongst them,
relative to Field Officers,
will
cause delay in the levies.
Whilst at New
York and even after my arrival here, on
convening
with Allen and
Warner, I did not conceive
there
would have been any contest between them, or
that a third
person would
have been recommended by the People as a
Field
Officer; on that supposition and believing
the
people unanimous in their favor I
should not
have hesitated to have recommended them."
The several
papers referred to in the proceeding letter
from General
Schuyler were
respectively read and filed
and are in
the words following:
"May it
please your Honour.
In compliance
with the Orders of Congress as well
as
your
recommendation, I enclose the proceedings of
our
Committee on the New
Hampshire Grants, upon
due notice
to the Towns
in General - all which is humbly
submitted
to your
wisdom, not doubting but the warrants will
issue
agreeable to our
wishes. We are, etc etc.
Nathan
Clark, Chairman
Dorset,
July 28th 1775
To the
Hon'ble Gen'l Schuyler."
At a
Meeting of the Committees of the several
Townships
on the New
Hampshire
Grants. West of the Range of Green
Mountains,
convened at the house of Mr.
Cephas Kents
in
the Township
of Dorset, July 27th, 1775 - Voted as
follows, to wit:
1st Chose
Mr. Nathan Clark, Chairman
2d Chose John Fasset, Clerk
3d The motion being made and seconded
Whether
this Convention shall prosecute in choosing
Field and other Officers, according to the
Provincial Congress and your Honour's
directions.
Passed in the
affirmative: Then proceeded as follows:
4th Chose
Mr. Seth Warner Lieutenant Colonel for the
Regiment of Green Mountain
Boys, by a
majority of forty-one to
five.
5th Chose
Mr. Samuel Spafford Major for
said Regiment
by a majority of twenty
to
seventeen
Then
proceeded and chose seven Captains and
fourteen
Lieutenants
by a great majority, viz:
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Captains
Weight Hopkins
Oliver Potter
John Grant
William Fitch
Gideon Brownson
Micah Vail
Heman Allen |
First
Lieutenants
John Fassett
Eben'r Allen
Barnebas Barnam
David Galusha
Jille Bleaksley
Ira Allen
Gideon Warren
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Second
Lieutenants
Johan Noble
James Claghorn
John Chipman
Philo Hard
Nathan Smith
Jesse Sawyer
Joshua Stanton |
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Nathan
Clark, Chairman
Head Quarters
- Ticonderoga July 31, 1775
Sir:
Your letter
dated July 28th has been delivered me
by Captain
Fitch, together with all the votes, that
were
enclosed. The choice of the Captains and
Lieutenants being left
unconditional
to the people, those chosen will receive
their
Warrants as soon as they come to my hands.
And
that the levying of the men may not be
retarded, you
will signify
to them that I hereby empower them
immediatly to proceed to that business
without waiting for the
Warrants.
The votes I
shall immediately transmit to Congress, that
they may
approve of the Field Officers or appoint
others
out of your Body as they may think proper. I
am, Sir, etc
etc Ph.
Schuyler"
To Mr.
Nathan Clark
Ordered, that
Blank Warrants be sent to General
Schuyler for the seven Captains &
fourteen Lieutenants
of the Troops
to be raised by this Colony from among
those called
Green Mountain Boys, when such a number
are raised as
(in his opinion) shall make it necessary.
Resolved,
that when the Green Mountain Boys are
raised each
of them shall be furnished with a Coat and
that Mr.
Peter T. Curtenius be requested to
purchase
coarse green
Cloth for that purpose and red Cloth
sufficient to face those Coats and to have
two hundred and
twenty-five
coats of a large size made of the said
Cloth.
p. 827
March 31, 1776
As the Green
Mountain Boys were organized under authority
of New York, The
Editor
has
considered it advisable to give the
information in regard to them as
found in
the New York
Records on pages 16, 27 and 28 preceding.
Having since
been
placed
in charge of the Vermont Papers, collected
by the late Henry Stevens of
London,
and purchased
by the State of New York, the editor is
enabled to give the
following
returns and names of Vermont soldiers:
March 31,
1776 Before Quebec - John Grant, Captain.
[Archives,
XV., Appendix 584]
p.828
Weekly
Return of Colonel Seth Warner's
Regiment of Foot in the United
States of
America,
Manchester, August 3, 1777
Samuel
Safford, Lieut. Colonel
Companies
Capt. Hopkins
Capt. Brownson
Capt. Smith
Capt. Sealy
Capt. McCune
Capt. Burroughs
Capt. Wolcott
p.829
Pay Book
This is a
manuscript volume found among the before
mentioned Vermont Papers,
but without
further
indications as to what State or Regiment the
six companies belonged
to. A
comparison of the names contained in it with
the names of the U.S.
Pension Rolls
has
convinced the Editor that these troops were
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Officers
Capt. Jessee Safford
Lieut. Zebulon Lyon
Lieut. Moses Evans
Ensign or Sgt Cleafford Chaffee
Sergt. Barnabas Strong
Sergt. John Woods
Sergt Reuben Spalding
Sergt. Abel Payne
Corpl. Rufus Root
Corpl. Charles Rice
Corpl. Benj. Sessions
Corpl. Experience Triscott
Drummer William Bennet
Fifer Daniel Stearns |
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Privates
Jonathan Benton
Sylvester Bugby
Wm. Bootman
James Cooper
Calvin Dyke
Tim Durkee
Amos Throop
John Gould
Seth Gould
Isaac Stowell
Isaiah Grover
John Haradan
James Hoton
Jerom Hutchinson
Vespasian Hoisington
Dirick Oxford
Asa Horton
David Lombard
Luke Lamphier
Stephen March
Cyprian Morgan
Stephen Powell
Jabex Parkhurst
Asa Persivel |
Privates
Artemas Robinson
Elmeriah Roundy
Simeon Root
Tim Richardson
Simeon Root
Tim Richardson
Eben'r Squire
Eben'r P. Stearns
Joreham Sawens
Sylvester Smith
Nath'l Akins
Wm. Strong
Nich's Smith
John W. Throop
Sam'l Tredway
John Titus
Aaron Trusdell
Jere'h Virginia
John Wilcox
John Williams
Bennet Williams
Josiah Williams
Sampson Marble
Caleb Hoton
Josiah Goodrich |
Officers
Capt. Benj. Cox
Lieut. Beriah Green
Sergt. Adam Howard
Sergt. Eben'r Clark
Corpl. Edw. Church
Corpl. Robt Burch
Corpl. John Ellis
Fifer
Dan'l Perkins |
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Privates
Jon'n Carpenter
Asa Call
Nathan Dvcke
John Strong
James Howe
Amos Parker
Jacob Salisbury
Reuben Smith
Elkanah Sprague |
Privates
Lathrop Thompson
Asa Wooster
Benj. Cox, Jr.
Line Hoisington
Jere'h Bishop
Abr'm Taylor
Math. Smith
And. Stevens
Joseph Lull. |
Officers
Capt. Jos. Tyler
Lieut. Jon'n Parks
Ensign Isaac Wheeler
Sergt. Seth Hudson
Sergt. David Williams
Sergt David Kyes
Sergt. David Heaton
Corpl. Eph. Barnes
Corpl. Thos. Haskell
Corpl. Rufus Shepard
Corpl. Jon'n Pike |
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Privates
Asher Alvord
Peter Atkins
Jon'n Whitney
Sam'l Parker
Appolos Haild
Moses Church
Sam'l Laughton
Joel Knight
Abel Haven
John Patterson
Aroh'd McCormick
Jon'n Clayton
Joshua Briggs
Elias Rice |
Privates
Jas. Ball
Sam'l Woodward
Albert Pratt
Nath'l Bartlett
Eph. Bruce
John Miller
David Laughton
Abel Butler
Abr'm Rugg
John Montgomery
Aaron Blanchard
Abner Moore
Arastus Mather
Eleazer Harris |
Privates
John Green
Dana Hyde
Seth Stowe
Charles Peirce
Philemon Holden
Benoni Patten
Nath. Foster
Henry Balcom
Amaziah Taft
Daniel Sweers |
Officers
Capt. Wm Dyre
Lieut. Gideon Spencer
Ensign Solomon Safford
Sergt Moses Hurd
Sergt. Simeon Prentice
Sergt Jed. Durfee
Corpl. Moses Ellis
Corpl. Stephen Holmes
Corpl. James Bates |
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Drummer, Luther Toplift, alias Dan.
Howlitt
Fifer, Stephen Fuller. |
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Privates
John Ripley
Levi Buck
Sol. Fuller
Walter Bates
Nathan Sherman
John Weeks
Silas Walbridge
Jos. Norton
Erastus Hathaway
Thomas Buck
Joab Lawrence
Phin's Meiggs
Dan'l Smith
James Burnit
John Bradford
Thomas Starkweather |
Privates
Sam'l Harvey
Gale Ferman
Sam'l Chapins
John Holmes
Fran Storey
Benj. Lamb
Jonas Safford
Chester Derby
Fran. Matteson
Geo. Briggs
Phin's Ward
Isaac Mathews
John Heeling
David Fay
John Davis |
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Officers
Capt. Sam'l Allen
Lieut. Isaac Martin
Lieut. Lemuel Roberts
Sergt. David Parkhill
Sergt. Asa Jackson
Sergt. Jethro Jackson
Sergt. Sylvanus Brown
Corpl. Eben'r Charley
Corpl. Weight Wright
Corpl. Jonah Ives
Corpl. Reuben Post
Fifer, Jere'h Dewey |
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Privates
Jere'h Briggs
Edm. Bacon
Here report is so badly damaged
it isn't legible & many names
missing
Nath'l Hamilton
Here report again damaged and
isn't legible - many names missing
Charles Roys |
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Officers
Capt. Clarke Parker
Lieut. Tim. Abbott
Lieut. Ez'l Parker
Sergt Jon'n Griswould
Sergt. John Cummins
Sergt. Cyprian Herrick
Corpl. Jos. Potter
Corpl. Nath'l Wood
Corpl. Wm. Popple
Drummer, Eln. Hunt |
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Privates
Benj. Herwood
Levi Morgan
Thos. Card
Henry Matterson
Caleb Matterson
Salmon Wheeler
Wm. Herrington
Stephen Olin
Rich's Herrington
Stephen Olin
Rich'd Herrington
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Privates
Jos. Willebar
Jac. Barnheart
Coon Reynolds
Paul Gammet
Caleb Clark
Roger Kinsley
Henry Walbridge
Samuel Haynes
Nth'l Graves
Wm. Roberts
Eph. Potter
Sam'l Welch |
Privates
Levi Wheeler
Abner Nobles
Josiah Bates
Moses Barber
Caleb Morgan
Fred Jewett
Reuben Bennit
Abr. Dunning
Isaac Grover
Wm. Potter
Eben'r Ayre. |
Killed in Action
Lee, John, Pvt.
Capt. McKnown
Col. S. Warner, July a5, 1779
Quackenbush, Jacobus, Corpl.
Col. S. Warner, July 15, 1779.
Flethcer, John, Corpl
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[Archives,
xv. 550.]
[The two
rolls which immediately follow are copied
from "New York in the Revolution as Colony
and State." These Records were discovered,
arranged and classified 1895-1898, by James
A. Roberts, Comptroller. The first edition
was issued in 1897. The second, enlarged,
edition of 1898 which is here followed,
contains forty-two additional names of
"Green Mountain Boys." The Line - Additional
Corps - Green Mountain Boys
[These muster
rolls are recorded as "Major Brown's
Detachment and that detachment is mentioned
as in "General Arnold's Regiment." (The only
mention of General Arnold found in our
records.)
The fact that
the "Green Mountain Boys" were at
Quebec in 1776; that this detachment was
also at Quebec in 1776; that two of the
officers on these rolls - Captain and
Commissary Elijah Babcock and Captain
Robert Cochran - are identical in name
and rank with those on a list handed to the
Provincial Congress in New York by Ethan
Allen and Seth Warner, on July 4,
1775, as officers for the Green Mountain
Boys; and the further fact that none of
the men are recorded in any other place, or
with any other organization, all confirm the
belief that the soldiers on its rolls
herewith were a part of that historic band.
Colonel
Ethan Allen
Adjutant William Satterlee
Colonel Seth Warner
Quartermaster Jonathan Capron
Major John Brown
Quartermaster Samuel McClund
Here the
report is completely damaged and nothing
else is available for my transcription of
the end of
p. 831.p.832
Enlisted
Men
Published
by Authority of the Legislature
Compiled
and Edited by John E. Goodrich
A Member
of the Vermont Historical Society
Rutland,
Vermont The Tuttle Company 1904
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Enlisted Men
Abbot, William
Alden, Felix
Allen, Abraham
Allen, Amos
Allen, Samuel
Ames, David
Andress, Jeremiah
Andrews, Moses
Averil, Ebenezer
Averill, Robert
Bamur, J.
Barker, Alexander
Barkley, Robert
Barlow, Samuel
Beach, Samuel
Beaman, Jery
Beder, John
Begar, Alexander
Beltheh, Stephen
Bennet, Isaac
Bennet, Nathan
Bheartwick, John
Bishop, Enos
Black, Primas
Blackmon, Epheram
Blanchard, Abner
Blanchard, Azriel
Blodget, Elijah
Boeron, M. |
Enlisted Men
Boggess, Thomas
Borow, Matthew
Brown, John
Buck, Isaac
Burk, Jonathan
Burris, Matthew
Burroughs, Matthew
Cannada, John
Capee, George
Capern, Thomas
Capron, Jonathan
Carley, Abraham
Caswell, Eliphalet
Chadock, Jonas
Chamberlin, Joseph
Chambers, Henry
Chesley, James
Chipman, Jessey
Church, John
Clark, Isaac
Clark, Jessey
Clarke, James
Cobb, John
Cochran, Samuel
Collins, William
Colter, Joseph
Comstock, Aaron
Connely, John |
Enlisted Men
Corbit, Eldad
Cross, John
Cross, Uriah
Cummins, Benjamin
Curtis, David
Curtis, Timothy
David, Abel
Davis, Abel
Dernim, Asa
Dernim, Reubin
Dickey, Elias
Doud, Jesse
Dressen, Jonathan
Drew, Samuel
Dunlap, Samuel
Dunn, Duncan
Eastman, Nathaniel
Eives, Jonah
Erwine, David
Fellows, William
Fitch, Jonathan
Fletcher, John
Flood, Moses
Flood, Timothy
Fone, Timothy
Foot, Jennor
Force, Timothy
Freeman, Elias
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Enlisted Men
Freeman, John
Freeman, Moody
Freeman, Richard
French, John
Fuller, Elijah
Fuller, William
Gamble, James
Garvin, Epheram
Gibson, James
Gilbert, Elisha
Goodcourage, John
Gordon, Alexander
Grant, Benoni
Grapes, Philipo
Gray, John
Griswell, Benjamin
Halet, John
Hand, Ira
Hand, Oliver
Hardy, James
Haselton, John
Hastens, Jonathan
Hawley, Ichabod
Haws, Edward
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Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
Green Mt. Boys
Part II

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