Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-09-26
FORT eoRTlTuDE.
interesting Records of the Pioneer
Military Posts at Bethel and

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Barnard.
DIR. Gardner Cox of Holyoke. Mass, has
sent the COURIER a copy Of the pay roll OF
the soldiers in the Bethel fort known as
Fort Fortitude) in the fall of 1850. These
soldiers we're the same that followed the
Indians up the Tunbridge branch after the
burning Of Royalton. Local historians
have not been able to discover much about
this fort and even its location has not
been definitely fixed Old residents have
been questioned but seem to disagree
somewhat, though all agree that it was
located in the vicinity OF the present
freight depot in Bethel village. The edi-
tor Of the COURIER would be glad to re-
ceive any definite information ON this sub
ject that the site may be definitely located
for future generations. The exact location
of the fort that was built on the farm now
occupied by James Caldwell in Barnard is
desired.
The history of this pay roll is interest
ing The original document fell into the
hands of Mr.. Stevens of London, Eng.
Mr.. Stevens belongs to the famous Stevens
family of Barnet, VT, and was a famous
publisher. He had gathered a large num-
Der of manuscripts concerning the early
history of the colonies and the state OF
New York paid a large sum for the coll
lection and the same are now published in
Vol. 18th of the archives OF that state.
Among them were the pay rolls OF the six
companies that belonged to the cast side
of the state. These soldiers were all paid
in wheat and each town sent from one to
four or five men. Pomfret paid her two
men u bushels of wheat per month. Bar
nard paid her two men 80 bushels for
three months service. They manned the
forts during the fall but trusted 70 the
drifts for protection in the winter. II is
supposed that the Barnard ana Bethel
forts were garrisoned by detachments Of
the second regiment of Rangers, drawn
from the towns between Rochester and
Norwich. There We're three regiments
raised in IT'S and the second regiment
covered that ground.
The following are the lists of the sol |
diers in the two forts. Fort Fortitude:
Officers, Capt. Jesse Stafford, Lieut.. Zeb- !
ulon Lyon, Ensign and Sergt Clifford |
Chaffee, Sergt. Barnabas Strong, Sergt |
John Woods, Sergt. Reuben Spaulding, 1
sergt. Abel Payne, Cor. Rufus Root, Cor 1
Charles Rice, Cor. Herman Durkee. Cor |
Benz. Sessions, Experience Tricott, Drum
mer, William Bennett, Fifer. Daniel /
Stearns; Privates Jonathan Benton, Syl-
vester Buggy, William BOSNIAN. James
Cooper, Calvin Dyke, Tim Durkee, Amos
Ihropp, John Gould, Seth Could Isaac
stowell Isaiah Grover. John Heraden.
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doisington, Nespatian Hoisington. DirioS
oxford, Asa Horton. Daniel Lumbard,
Luke Lamphier, Stephen Marcy, Cyprian
Morgan, Stephen Powell Jabez Park
lurst Asa Percival, Artemus Robinson,
1lmeriah Roundy, Simeon Root Tim
Ebenezer Squire, Ebenezer
'tearns, Joreham Sawens. Sylvester Smith,
Aikens, William Strong, Nicho-
as Smith, John w. Throop, samuel Tired
lobn fpifma L. 4
h Virginia, John Wilcox, John Williams,
3ennet Williams, Josiah Williams,
ampson Marble, Caleb Horton, Josiah
Goodrich. |,
"Pay Book for the Year $780, manu-
cript paper, was found among the YER
mont papers collected by the late Henry |
tevens of London, England, and pur-
hased by the state of New York. Stew
ms was Vermont boy and always signed
is name sc. M. b." Green Mountain '
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Officers and members of Capt. Benjamin
'ox's rangers at Fort Defiance during the {
Ill OF 1850 were: Capt. BENJAMIN Cox, | I
lieut.. Beriah Greene, Sergt. Adam How
I'd, sergt. John Foster, Cor. Edward r
lark, Cor. Robert Burch, Cor. John Ellis, !,
ifer, Daniel Perkins: Privates Jonathan =
arpenter, Asa Cal, Samuel Dycke, John
trong, Robert Greene, James Howe, Amos
arker, Jacob SALISBURY, Ruben Smith
lkanah sprague, Lathrop Thompson, Asa T.
wooster, Benz. Cox, Jr., Line Hoisington.
eremiah Bishop, Abraham Taylor. Daniel
artell, Matthew Smith, Andrew Stevens.
oseph Lull.
There were the following soldiers whose
ames do not appear on the New York
st as they were hired from the different !
owns around and they came and went i
list as they were hired to stay-John Fos- !
II; Timothy Knox, Daniel Spencer, JOS
uller, Nathan Bowman.