The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-03
Robert I'crry---A Rutland Eory.
WRITTEN by HIMSELF.

in the county of Bristol and Province of
massachusetts, bay, March, 18Th 1851.
Jennie Nashburn was born in AtlebOrough
in the county forcsadc the 30 of April 754
and ware married together March 10Th,
1719, in the May | x Shorcy went to Ortcr
Cn.k g. T.. Land, we did in Rutland
y state OF Newyork. The governor
Of Newhampshirc granted crate
Deal of Land out OF His Provence. And
Pepol bought # and sctcld on it's the
governor Of Ncwyork granted the same
Land and Pcopel Bought it & sctcld on it
the first part HID there Farms by mob
the other by Law. We bought our Land
the Newyork titel, cleared sum, blt house
with RUNS ON the | inc, & went after our
Families. Sot out 10 September i112
while we ware gone the Mob tore our
house Down, SO we ware obliged to bic the
llamshcar titel or not Live in Peace
WHARF Robert was Born Saturday 10 De
cember l112-Stade their and made crate
Improvements I'll tic OF May l7,7.
ment to hc Nurcl in the war, but was be-
trade by a false Brother, and had to run
for my life ii was very Dark Night, |
went s Miles & then to the Mountain WHARF
stadc $ Days d woman scportted me
who lived under the Mountain. thare was
II men came from Mention, and they ware
told of me So they stadc one day til
Friend could find me-And then we set out
for Cancday threw many Rivers & Swamps
we came to Shelborn WHARF was batto &
we sent men rs a spie they meat scout
which took them both we Sc tharc Boat on
the Lake
Then we went boldly g. ment to fight
our way 81 we took the Boat & went of in
a hurrey " the next day we got 20 Point a
Fare Il was kindly reccvd by the Come
dore Il the next day we got to st. ions &
then went to Montreal WHARF | was belated
2G Days-then | < one more set of as a
spie to Quahors * we Landed on the East
shore, then we went 6 days to the South
east over the green Mountains then we
came to the sediment and stole connuc
crost Conetccutc River went 10 Lime and
went TO Il friends house in the Night and
ware hid til the Next night then went down
the River Past the Collage the Next day
went the rode in Disguise for was not
known tharc 4 VIC went down 30 mlds got
what News We could & then came back
Il in this time ficonteroga Snls taken & the
name Army was gone to Skccnsbary which
was the head of Lake Shanplain & we
went Il made our Reforms & | rot Pass &
went home with joy IL my wife hada child
in my Absence d a crazy man cald her
Name Patience went to Skcnsboroug &
! went hcme Il intended to stay & went
to work & stade 4 Days made stalk of hay
the muse got to Conl Warner in Benning-
ton that & Equrc Spencer was at home
we lived 8 nilds apart Warner hired men
at 100 Dollars Il peas to kill us or bring lis
Prisoners & thay lay in Secret in order to
git Shot at us was on a stock in Plane
Sight the 4 was seen IN the C0rnfcld by a
child & she run & told mc-July 20 & |
run TO tie house got my gun & made my
escape & Eqr Spencer found out that thay
ware Lying in ambush for him II his
Askapc x we went to gather to the Army
and then we went to Fort edward & from
tharc we were sent 40 men under the
command of Capt. Frasurc that night we
crost the North River the Next day we Fell
on the Name gard on seprise kid and took
about 90 Il folod them to the Name army
4 then Run back we lost not Il man then
we went with General Burgyne to Scrctogy
threw crate deal Of danger Il fatige Il
then was sent with about 1000 men to Ben
ington-I was sent Back with Prisoners so
! was not in the batel-which was the
First defeat we had when we Returned
to the army was taken sick & when got
well the army Moved to saltwater & had
batel & got the better Of them & the .
Armes Lay about mild apart for sum
time til they rcinforst d had near ten to
one Of our Army then had general In
gagement q we rctrcaed to Serctoga &
then was ordered AS IA plate to take all
the old q sickly that was abel to walk &
had about 100 that set out & az forten Fa-
yered us Met Il gaus which ingaged to
Fort Jorge 4 after 3 days we got to
Fort Jorge Il then Drol days provi-
sions to go round Lake Jorge to III
conteroga suffered mnch hunger
tho we got there in four days and
whom | "A 'Hipnntap,.r,t I 10,
wife to take her choisc either to come to
Ticontcroga or go to her fathers about a
100 miles in the country she chose to come
to me, she and number more of women
sot out to come and went s mlds and thare
come great snow storm thay got onto a
house WHARF the Pepel had left the winders
all broken and thay had no man to
help them thay suffered Much and thay
heard we ware gone to canedy and they
had no way to git back at Last Brother
Daniel Woshburn come home and come
after her and she stadc with him all winter
and got sick and went before the army to
Canada and got went to work for . dollars
a month in May went with to fort an to
sc if we could hear from our wiefs and re-
formed and in June | and More sot out
agane and on the Lake we meat Ebenezer
Woshburn and then we heard from all and
WHARF the lnemy was and we went round
Rutland WHARF the Inemy was to Clarcn-
don and sent For my wife and she come
and | told her how to Proceede to git u
Pass and hire men to bring her to Crown
Point WHARF the gard ship was on board to