Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-25
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
SOME GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS.

Interesting Historical Facts Recalled
by the Old Cemetery in the West Wiz
IRge.
The Improvements about the old ceme-
terry in the meadow below Mrs. Bigelow's
and the Stedman homestead at West Brat
tleboro awaken interest in those buried
there. In the records of the New York
provincial congress, at New York, under
date: ode Veneris, 8 no., A. NJ. July 81,
| 1775," is this entry: "a letter from Elisha
Benedict was read and filed and is in the
words following, to wit:
"ALBANY, July H. ms
Sir, According TO your instructions | went
into Cumberland County to deliver copy to the
Lieutenant Samuel Fletcher, who was appointed
the First Lieutenant, and is with the army at
Cambridge. | took the advice of the leading
men there and they nominated William McCune
in his place and he Is enlisting OF men Alex.
ander Brink the second Lieutenant lives in the
upper part OF the County. sent man with his
instructions. have enlisted forty men, and IL
had the money to pay the men a small matter my
company would he full in two or three days
~ am your humble servant
49,, ELISHA BENEDICT.
president New York Provincial Congress
N. b. should be glad II Mr.. Mcclure might be
the First Lieutenant IN place of Mr. Fletcher"
Elisha Benedict was raising company
of Green Mountain Boys of which he was
to be captain. Cumberland was one of
the counties of the province of New York,
and included then about what Windsor
and Windham counties in Vermont do
now. Samuel Fletcher lived up the hill
from the Farwell place this side of West
Townshend, and was great grandfather
of Samuel p. Miller, Esq, of Newfane,
and became General Samuel Fletcher.
William McCune had come from Scotland
to this country, and came to Brattleboro
in or about 1867 with his wife and his son
Isaac, then about II, and lived next north-I
west of the old cemetery on meeting housed
hill above Centreville. Under date: Did
Martis, 8 no. A. NJ Aug. l, 1775," lettef
was received by the same Congress enclosI
ing the warrant to Samuel Fletcher anP
requesting a warrant to William Mcclure
of Cumberland county in his stead, and IL
was "Ordered that warrant issue 10
William McCune" Ethan Allen was *
pected to be colonel of the Green Mou NJ
ain Boys, but only lieutenant colonfrs
was organized, of which SIeth
Warner was made lieutenant colonel and
Samuel Stafford major.
Under date Aug. 10, 1915, the same
Congress "Resolved that when the Gh reen
Mountain Boys are raised each shall be
furnished with a coat and that Mr.. Heter
I. Curtenius be requested to pur{ chase
coarse green cloth for that nnrbo.J and
ed cloth sufficient TO face the coatJ,', and
o have two hundred and twenty-five coats
If large size made of the said * 10th"
Lieut.. McCune became a captain / "a Col:
Warmers regiment Sept l6, l77.6, and
erved as such till Nov. Is, 1878, w. hen he
vas discharged and maid p36 .. o I'd. He
lied Dec. 81, 1907, aged rs and wa buried
n this cemetery. BY some oversic mt he is
ot named among the soldiers of The Rev
luton from this town in the Vermont
iazetteer. He was grandfathe 'r OF the
ate William p. Cune, great grs- 'ndtather
{ Mrs. c. f. Thompson, and grA-andiather
{ one of the grandfatbers of M,efs. Fanny
lice and her brothers and sisterlps, and was
n ancestor of many other perso ems.