The New York herald., 1863-10-19
the OLD aDu Of FAME.
The Patriots of the Revolu-
ton of '78.
skEruHEs OF THE sWRylvoRs,

lna h very small and the N~v b DOT lar d'sssst "heh
the last Of noble bapi ~ patriots and heroes WIN
have passed. the eartav u Is matter 81 unVers"
Interest te who OF ~ patriotic band are stu ~
,g aud It must know something OF
the part which they fc duy took in that groai ssrus
gle Inch resulted ~ sy.e creation OF Ssksop.
An examination OF the rolls aud documents
Of the Pension omce shows that tAe nan
Der of tho surviving psrx4pans IN tbas
srsssie pys smaller than aas been generally sup
posed The Sssthcfn rebellion hes preveoed tho pay
SDea ~ tbo-scceded Sases for the st
two year sSabe hail. add OF oosse there have beee 20
Tetsrns frox agoncies sn.ory csssting tn those
Ststos March 4, 1851 Tho following f'st shcre
se AchaA those such Saates who we're radeo that
tc andN,ho not knows 10 have smcc diet7 st -
pro haN 81 those are now dead AZ So
yeral OF chem were over buntred years OLD al that
time There twelve OF these pensioners m The 90
ocded es whose arc here recorded uf these
Virginia, tso ln North Carolina, four IN Ten
pessee and four ! Georgia
Tbsre living tho loyal staos on The 4th o.
March last twelve Revolutionary pensioners, OF whori
SIX were IN New Yors Massachusetts, one IN
Nnne one Ohio IN Wt oonsis, enc III M'ssourrapd
one in Dd,.ua uauecI the Rev. Nathaniel Amos
tao resided 1t Raclso, WISCONSIN, has since died upon
the 3oth D: Juy August 'nt--sn,cn not certainly
aslowD.
Of the whole number living or whose deaths arc
known 10 have sscunei the Yuagos ninety three
years Gid three nireiy seven, n1nctv une
three hups.rcJ fesir hupdroj aid one,
three husircd and two, " bIodrod and
three three n hoosired ard tour; two bun
dTed and five years eSd, and William Cogsirs, OF
CeWgia sti wing, 10 ms hand et AID ninth
the whose ages reported bunded ard
Ave years each were, residents Of Eorh taora.
short statement Of The part taken in Tho Rcvou.
uonary war Of each OF these whose names are com.
prised In hisat has hoeu ccmped together with such
other personal norma, age, rcsdonce &c, s
thought 70 be OF interest.
BENZ xsiIN MILLER
born Springfield Massachusetts in 1863 lie 0rst
entered The IN 1870, when he but sixteen
years Old, having enlisted she CT Bimac'd Mass,
where be then iiyn under Captain John Carpon,er,
Tor three months. During this Of the ccm
pany 10 which he was attached was employed in guarding
the InAed States Armory Springfield, Mass and he
did not any active service In October 0 the
yoar no again enlisted for 1hree months private,
under Capt Caleb Keep the Massachusetts militia and
marched to Albany where after month Of service,
the company discharged and be returned home again.
In juno. l7s0, no again volunteered in the militia at
Brrp0ed, for three months, and marched 70 West
Point, Now York. At this time, Con. Benedict Arnold
Commander Chief West Point, and during
his that vicinity, the month OF September,
that Arnclds treason, which iuficting
deadly injury upon the American cause developed.
which he beIngod was sent down the river 70 Kings
Ferry He recollecs the British ship vnure coming up
thc river and anchoring of place called Tyer's Point
He, with party Of others ordered 10 take 6eid
piece and two howit2ers and go down on tho
roiDt and aack her. which they did, opening upon
her just the rcveilo beaten board tho ship.
The firing upon continued until
swo hours bisb by which time shc had gos her anchor
mp and been towed out Of range BY her boats. 1t
this place that communications held between
the bcgerents by flags Of truce and he recoects that
at time tho instead Of separating snd going
dYcrcnt directions usual, both went board the
British vosse which mad continued In eight since
she had been driven of from Tyers Point and he alter
wards understood and believes that Arnold this
boat, and went hoard at this time. He lay
at Kings Ferry the I'd OF October, at the
time MAJOR Andre was hung, which circumstance be well
remembers Soon after this his time OF enlistment hav
ing expired he marched back 10 West Point and dis
charged from the service, and did not again enter IL
during the lie lives at Laurens Otseeo county,
New York Pension granted August H. ls4o, under tho
act Of June &, 1892.
LEMuEL COOK.
This pensoner in l766 but his place Of ma
tvdy Is not stated. Early in the year 1871 he
enlisted at Hatfield, Massachusetts,, to during
The He enlisted for the Second Light Dragons Col
ebeldon but Capt. Sauntons company
f infantry and continued that company and tho
aA the termination of tho war. discharged at Danbury,
Conn lie lives Onondaga county, N. Y. CcrtiH
cate Of pension issued sert 25, 1878, under tho act OF
March Is, 1918.
SAMUEL DOWNING
born I7G6, but place Of birth recorded lie enlisted
for the In July, 17s0, at naistown, ". IT,. 4,
In tho Second New Hampshire regiment, commanded
by Colonel Reed. lie did participate In any OF the
battles Of the war, having been principally employed In
Ia. Al he Ia
nhaon Of the he discharged, eithor in June
July, 17s3 st Newburg, N. Y. Ho resides Ia Saratoga
county, Y. Pension granted July 27 1910, under tho
oct OF March 10, 1918.
JOHN pErTINeiLL,
born at wndham, Conn. November 30, 1863. 10
tered the military service Of the country windham
Conn August, 1850, as a substitIc, In tho company
OF Captain Smith, the regiment Of Connecticut troops
commanded by Colonel Wells aai, having served three
months was discharged at Michigan, Conn.,, November,
i1so In March, 1851, he again enlisted at wlndnam,
aprvaie for ono year, Ia Ciptau james Dnna's oompa
ny which was attached 10 Gen. waterburys brigade OF
Connecticut troops lie not eny general engage.
men,, but participated number OF skirmshes with
the British and AZ theend OF the year he was
discharged at siamord Conn., and did again onter
thc service during the Is living at Henderson,
New York rension granted under the act q June 7,
1882
ALEXANDER MApoHEy
born 1I70 but have his native place
Hc by his father, Florence Maroney. enlisted M
drummer boy In Captain Grahams company, OF the First
Now York regiment at Laxo George New York served
IN that capacity until June, 1885, whom he discbars
sd, the having terminated. he was very young a,
the time be entered the service and does
scty how long ho in H. but thinks for three four
ycars. lie s living IN Ccrtandt county, New York
His certificate OF pension ssued November 1919,
under the &C, Of March Is, ISIS.
REV. DANIEL WALDO
WAS born at wndbam Connecticut Sept TO- 11o2, anil is
aow consequently In his hundred and second year
tic entered the service April l7To having been drafted
INTO company Of Connecticut militia, under Captain
VIM Howard, and served month at New London. In
APRIL l7'9 Accompany Of Connecticut State troops was
formed 10 Wlndham, under CAptan Wales mn