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Revolutionary War
Among the early settlers of Roxbury were doubtless several who served during the Revolutionary War, but just what number it is impossible to determine. Samuel Richardson, the first settler in the westerly part of this town, was a veteran of that war, having served one-half the time during the entire contest. He came to Roxbury in 1790! Mr. Richardson was born at Stafford, Conn., June 15, 1750, and died at Roxbury, in 1822.
Capt. Benjamin Samson, who came here in 1810, was also a Revolutionary soldier, and participated in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. He rang the church bell to arouse the minute men on Lexington green, on the memorable 19th of April, 1775.
Battle of Plattsburg
On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 10, 1814, a company, consisting of all the able-bodied men in town, under command of Capt. Samuel M. Orcutt, left Roxbury for the purpose of assisting in repelling the British invasion of our Northern borders. All the following Sunday those who were left at home heard the distant roar of cannon, and supposed that their loved ones were engaged in battle with the foreign foe. But the men of Roxbury did not arrive at Plattsburg until Monday evening, Sept. 12, and the fighting was then over. They returned to their homes Friday, September 16, 1814.
Roxbury Company for Plattsburg
Field and Staff
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Capt. Samuel M. Orcutt Lieut. Gilbert R. Spalding Ensign Billa Woodard Sergeant Joel Hildreth Sergeant Enos Young Sergeant Jonathan Cram Sergeant Charles Samson |
Corporal James Woolfe Corporal Philip Cram Corporal Dan Lord Corporal John Paine Drummer Jonathan Nutting Fifer Bezalleel Spalding |
Privates
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Benj. Samson Darius Spalding Robert Cram Samuel Ford Aiding Loomis Ambrose Hutchinson John Baldwin Truman Peterson John M. Spalding Gideon Flint |
Peter S. P. Staples Abraham Z. Haynes John Wilcox Timothy Emerson Joseph Hixon Samuel Robertson Darius Spalding Elisha Wilcox Elijah Ellis |
There is on file in the Adjutant's General's office at Montpelier an affidavit made by the captain and ensign of said company, March 6, 1850, stating the main facts in regard to the company going to Plattsburg, and also that parties from other towns joined their company, and that none of the officers or men of said company ever, to the knowledge of the said captain or ensign, received any compensation for their services on that occasion. Of this company of men only one is now living (Feb. 6, 1882), that one being Philip Cram, who resides in Brookfield.
Source: History of Washington County Vermont, Collated and Published by Abby Maria Hemenway, 1882.
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