Copy of the Affidavit of Samuel Cherry of Paris, New York, Recounting the Military Service of William Scott and the Wounds He Received During the Revolutionary War, Sworn Before Adam Comstock
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I Samuel Cherry now of the County of Oneida Town of Paris + State of New York, late a Captn[superscript n line double quotes]  in the American Revolutionary War,  do hereby certify that I was acquainted with William Scott of the Town of Greenfield County of Saratoga + State afforesaid, during the greatest part of the contest with Great Britain, we were together on Hog Island near Boston under the command of General Putnam we crossed from that to Nodleys Island + brought off a number of Cattle and horses from under the enemies fire-and on the same evening a British armed Schooner having been out to anoy us was so harrassed by the fire of our musquitry that they quit the Decks + she drifted upon the ways of Winnisemet Ferry the British barges being sent out to extricate her, the said William Scott there a Captn[superscript n line double quotes] in Colo[superscript o line double quotes] Starks Regiment with a party of soldiers under his command proceeded into the Water and Mud under a brisk fire from the enemy, and set her on fire whereby she was burned down to the water-I was knowing to his being at the Battle of Breeds Hill-In 1776 he was reappointed a Captn [superscript n line double quotes] in the New Hampshire line and was in the retreat from Tyconderoga, That on the nineteenth of Sept the same year in the battle with Gen Burgoyne at Beamu[illegible] heights Captn[superscript n line double quotes] Scott became entitled to the rank of Major by the fall of Lieut Colol[ol superscript line then double quotes] Adams and Colburn who were both killed and command of the right wing of the Regiment devolved upon him, in the course of the day he received a wound by a ball passing through his left hand from near the thumb to just above the little finger, cutting off in its passage the small bones + sinews of his hand, which occasioned an amputation of his little finger and rendered that hand very [dierped?]-That upon our return from
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The plains of Monmouth he in endeavoring to quell a mutiny was stabbed by a Soldier of the Pennsylvania line, the offender (McGonnegal) was sentenced by a Court martial to suffer death, but was pardoned by his excellency Genl Washington, upon the application of request of Major Scott That upon the western expedition under the the command of Genl Sullivan, he as Majr[r superscript line double quotes] of the first New Hampshire Regiment went through the expedition with honor-And during the whole course of the War he was esteemed and intrepid + merritorious [sic] officer

Albany Feby 26th. Sam.Cherry
1807
Sworn the 26th day of February AD. 1807 Before me Adam Comstock Commissioner of the the Evidence in the care of William Scot claiming to be placed on the pension list of the United States
A Copy compared by me Adam Comstock Commissioner as aforesaid

Saml Cherry[perpendicular to above text]
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A copy of David Johnson Affidavit