CAPTAIN ZACHARIAH P. TOWNSEND'S COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1814 |
The men on this early muster list were primarily recruited from the eastern Oneida County township of Paris and the bordering Town of Litchfield, Herkimer County. The source is "History of the Town of Paris and the Valley of the Sauquoit" by Henry C. Rogers, printed in Utica, NY in 1881 by White & Floyd, Printers. All spelling is as appeared in the book.
Commissioned Officers
- Zachariah P. Townsend, Captain
- Peter B. Casler, Lieutenant
- Zeba Corbet, Lieutenant
- James L. Campbel, Ensign
- Ethel Judd, Ensign
Non-commissioned Officers
- Richard Smith, Orderly Sergeant
- Luke Kieth, Sergeant (Sanford Main, substitute)
- George Hess, Sergeant
- Harry Rising, Sergeant
- John Truman, Sergeant
- Harry Runels, Corporal
- Amos Jonson, Corporal
- Abraham Mower, Corporal
- Jesse Turner, Corporal
- Daniel Wright, Corporal
- Artemas Ward, Corporal
Musicians
- Bartemas Hagerty, fifer (discharged Oct. 28, 1814)
- Henry Grants, drummer
Privates
- Richard Walrath
- John Buckdorf (discharged Oct. 8, 1814)
- John Kelmer
- Thomas Allen
- Rudolph Casler
- John Young
- John Whight
- Joseph Ruby
- William Ruby
- Isaac Hering
- Albert Tibets
- John F. Helmer
- Jacob Truman
- Mibehart Casler
- Alexander Forbes
- Ezekiel Lee
- Gardner C. West
- Archibald Caterlin
- George D. Williams
- George F. Chrisman
- Rusel Davis
- Peter Piper
- Lyman Bumpus
- Joseph Rider (discharged Oct. 3, 1814)
- Amos P. Randal
- Joseph Cole
- Oliver Wilcox
- Leonard Collings
- Adam Ackler
- Peter T. Murfey
- Peter Spoon
- John House
- Frederick Miller (sick, on furlough, Oct. 24, 1814)
- Andrew Miller (absent without leave, Sept. 24, 1814)
- Adam A. Staring (absent without leave, Sept. 24, 1814)
- Ira Williams
- Jesse Toms
- Mason Tilden
- Abial Hill
- Arnold Spencer
- Rusel S. Hall (died in hospital)
- Phinehas Davis
- Lawrence Ryan
- Daniel Waren
- Thomas Elmer
- John Raymond, Jr.
- Rufus Potter
- Jacob House (discharged Nov. 15, 1814)
- Godfrey Wall
- Randal King
- Jonah Rider
- James Wilks
- George Armstrong
- James Smith (discharged Nov. 15, 1814)
- Jacob C. Edick
- Henery Hess
- Arvry Hagerty
- James Truesdale (discharged Nov. 7, 1814)
- William Hagerty
- Conrad Countryman
- Jacob Buckdorf
- Adam Steel
- Richard Pangburn
- Charles W. Shaw
- Mark Staring
- Uriah Whightman (J.L. Campbell's substitute)
- John Castler
- Peter S. Woolly
- Ashel Alford
- Nathan Chapel
- Nicholas Harder
- Marcus F. Lee
- Amos Noble
- Daniel Miller
- Edmun Murdick
- Henry Sandy
- Nicholas Casler, waiter (not from the line) to Lieut. P.B. Casler
- Joseph Tenbroeck, waiter (not from the line) to Lieut-Col. C.P. Bellinger
Mustered by Ransom Rathbun, Brigade Major
(A large number of the company were recruited from Litchfield.) Captain Z.P. Townsend was commissioned May 23, 1812, by Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor State of New York.
GENERAL ORDERS
SIR: You are hereby requested to be and appear, and the Company under your command, at the house of Stutely Palmers in Gr. Flats, on the 13th day of this instant, at 8 o'clock A.M. for general review and inspection; and likewise you, and your Company under your command, are to meet at house of Reuben Reynotts, in Columbia, on the 12th day of this instant, at 8 o'clock A.M., for the purpose of battalion training. By order of
Lieut.-Col. CHRIST. P. BELLINGER,
DANIEL C. FOX, Adjutant.
Ger. flats, Sept. 6th, 1815
To Capt. Zachariah Townsend.
Captain Townsend resided in Litchfield in 1812, but afterward removed to Paris, and settled on the farm adjoining Baxter Gage's on the south, where he ever after resided, a man highly respected, a charter member of the Sauquoit Masonic Lodge, an active and worthy member of the Methodist Church. He lived to a ripe old age, being born Aug. 15, 1782; the veteran soldier passing away Oct. 28, 1874, aged 92 years. His grandson, Z. Townsend Wilcox, resides at Omaha, Nebraska.
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