Monday, July 9, 2007

OLIVER ROOT MILITARY HISTORY

MAY 4, 1777 HE WAS AMONG A GROUP OF MEN WHO MARCHED FROM PITTSFIELD TO KINDERHOOK AFTER INIMICAL PERSONS UNDER COMMAND OF CAPT JOHN STRONG
DISMISSED MAY 11, 1777
JULY 8, 1777PRIVATE IN CAPT WILLIAM FRANCIS'S CO, MAJOR CALEB HYDE'S DETACHMENT OF MILITIA
DISMISSED AUG 26, 1777
AUG 17, 1777 PRIVATE IN LT JAMES HUBBARD'S CO, LT COL DAVID ROSITER'S DETACTMENT OF MILITIA. AMRCHED ON AN ALARM
DISCHARGED AUG 19,1777
AUG 19, 1777 UNDER COMMAND OF LT JAMES HUBBARD MARCHED FROM PITTSFIELD TO BENNINGTON
DISMISSED AUG 24, 1777
WAS MADE COL IN LATER YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE

ALSO SHOWS A OLIVER ROOT SERVED IN CAPT. MCKENSIE'S COMPANY IN THE WAR OF 1812

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