The American Revolution-Let's Not Forget
Two friends of mine Charles and Dan have been on a project to renovate an fix the gravsites in the Presbyterian Burial Ground in Hackettstown, N.J. In this cemetery there are buried 29 men who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
They are: Ezekiel Ayers,- Died August 5,1796 Listed in Stryker pages 494&448, Ensign, Militia,Sussex; Obadiah Ayers,- Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker Page 494; Conover Bowne, - Born 1766- Died November 17, 1849 Listed in New York in the Revolution - Vol. l, page 332- Lt Clyde Regiment, Brown Company; Rev. Joseph Campbell, -
Died September 6, 1810 - Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the-First Battalion, Second Establishment-also Militia; Robert Caskey, - Died March 23, 1800 Listed in Pennsylvania Archives in Vol. l, page 180 -Enlisted January 29, 1776; John Clark, -Born 1763- Died March 24, 1846 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the by Stryker, page 168. Second Battalion,Second Establishment,Captain Hendry's Company,Second Regiment-also Militia; Col. James Cook, Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Wm. S. Stryker page 551, Morris County; Edward Dunlop, Listed in History of Sussex and Warren Counties page 68 Paymaster in the Revolution; John Hance,- Died November 26, 1816 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker- page 207 First Battalion,Second Establishment Captain Forman's Company, First Regiment; John Hockenbery, Died Feb. 23, 1810 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker -page 213 Captain Ballard's Company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment-also Militia; Gershon Hull ,Died Sept. 27, 1812 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker - page 396 Captain Fourth Regiment, Hunterdon; John Kemple, Died May 21, 1823- Listed in New York in the Revolution, Vol l-Page 407. Private, Graham Regiment, Hermance Company;
William Lawrence, Died March 2,1816 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Wm Stryker page 662 Essex also Matross, Captain Neil's Eastern company Artillery, State Troops; William Morgan, Born 1749 - Died October 21, 1810 Listed in Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 13 page 166, Member of Capt. Helm's 9th Company, 2nd Regiment of N.J. Line; John Patrick, Listed in New York in the Revolution. Vol l, page 443 Private, Crane Regiment, Lockwood Company; Jeremiah Pool ,Died October 19, 1818; Jacob Phillips, Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker page 265, Captain Martin's Company, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment; John Robertson, Died July 11, 1817 Listed in Officers and Men of the Revolution by Stryker page 756, Morris; John Schenck, Born 1754 Died 1841 Listed in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties History, page83. John W. Schenck, Lieutenant, Third Regiment, Promoted to Captain; Jacob Sharp, Died March 21,1843 Listed in New York in the Revolution, Vol. l page 468 Private, Fisher Regiment, Snook Company; Isaac Smith ,Born 1753 Died February 7, 1825 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 757, Colonel, First Regiment, Hunterdon. Resigned February 15, 1777 to accept appointment as Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey; William Stewart, Died February 17, 1810 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in Revolution by Stryker, page 768 Sussex also Continental Army. Private in Captain Bond's Co., 4th Battalion. Taken prisoner near Woodbrige, N.J. April 15, 1777, listed as W.S. of Sussex Co. N.J. Listed in Danbridge American Prisoner; Samuel Stewart, Died June 30.1847 Listed in New York in the Revolution, Vol. l page 482. Private, McCrea Regiment, Doty Company August 26 to November 23, 1779, A.P. 15-244; John Stewart, died August 31, 1831 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 291 and 471. Sergent, eastern Battalion, Morris; Archibald Stewart, Died 1795 Listed in Soldiers in the Revolution in New York Vol. l page 482, Webster Regiment, Company Long; Robert stewart, Corp in Captain Bond Co.; Joseph Sutton, Died February 24, 1836 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 766, Third Regiment, Hunterdon. Also State Troops.; Major John Vliet, Died August 13, 1804. Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 370 Major, First Battalion, Somerset; William Wire, Died December 28, 1816.
To many people, this may seem far removed and they may be indifferent to what I am writing, but, this country seems to be loosing site of what we have and how we obtained it in the first place. These 29 men stood for us when we first started as a nation. There are many of them in cemeteries falling apart on the eastern coast of the United States. What they fought for we presently have in The Declaration of Independance and above all the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution should be the foundation of American Society, but, the way international relations are heading I question what it will mean in the next generation.
They are: Ezekiel Ayers,- Died August 5,1796 Listed in Stryker pages 494&448, Ensign, Militia,Sussex; Obadiah Ayers,- Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker Page 494; Conover Bowne, - Born 1766- Died November 17, 1849 Listed in New York in the Revolution - Vol. l, page 332- Lt Clyde Regiment, Brown Company; Rev. Joseph Campbell, -
Died September 6, 1810 - Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the-First Battalion, Second Establishment-also Militia; Robert Caskey, - Died March 23, 1800 Listed in Pennsylvania Archives in Vol. l, page 180 -Enlisted January 29, 1776; John Clark, -Born 1763- Died March 24, 1846 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the by Stryker, page 168. Second Battalion,Second Establishment,Captain Hendry's Company,Second Regiment-also Militia; Col. James Cook, Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Wm. S. Stryker page 551, Morris County; Edward Dunlop, Listed in History of Sussex and Warren Counties page 68 Paymaster in the Revolution; John Hance,- Died November 26, 1816 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker- page 207 First Battalion,Second Establishment Captain Forman's Company, First Regiment; John Hockenbery, Died Feb. 23, 1810 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker -page 213 Captain Ballard's Company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment-also Militia; Gershon Hull ,Died Sept. 27, 1812 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker - page 396 Captain Fourth Regiment, Hunterdon; John Kemple, Died May 21, 1823- Listed in New York in the Revolution, Vol l-Page 407. Private, Graham Regiment, Hermance Company;
William Lawrence, Died March 2,1816 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Wm Stryker page 662 Essex also Matross, Captain Neil's Eastern company Artillery, State Troops; William Morgan, Born 1749 - Died October 21, 1810 Listed in Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 13 page 166, Member of Capt. Helm's 9th Company, 2nd Regiment of N.J. Line; John Patrick, Listed in New York in the Revolution. Vol l, page 443 Private, Crane Regiment, Lockwood Company; Jeremiah Pool ,Died October 19, 1818; Jacob Phillips, Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker page 265, Captain Martin's Company, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment; John Robertson, Died July 11, 1817 Listed in Officers and Men of the Revolution by Stryker page 756, Morris; John Schenck, Born 1754 Died 1841 Listed in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties History, page83. John W. Schenck, Lieutenant, Third Regiment, Promoted to Captain; Jacob Sharp, Died March 21,1843 Listed in New York in the Revolution, Vol. l page 468 Private, Fisher Regiment, Snook Company; Isaac Smith ,Born 1753 Died February 7, 1825 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 757, Colonel, First Regiment, Hunterdon. Resigned February 15, 1777 to accept appointment as Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey; William Stewart, Died February 17, 1810 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in Revolution by Stryker, page 768 Sussex also Continental Army. Private in Captain Bond's Co., 4th Battalion. Taken prisoner near Woodbrige, N.J. April 15, 1777, listed as W.S. of Sussex Co. N.J. Listed in Danbridge American Prisoner; Samuel Stewart, Died June 30.1847 Listed in New York in the Revolution, Vol. l page 482. Private, McCrea Regiment, Doty Company August 26 to November 23, 1779, A.P. 15-244; John Stewart, died August 31, 1831 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 291 and 471. Sergent, eastern Battalion, Morris; Archibald Stewart, Died 1795 Listed in Soldiers in the Revolution in New York Vol. l page 482, Webster Regiment, Company Long; Robert stewart, Corp in Captain Bond Co.; Joseph Sutton, Died February 24, 1836 Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 766, Third Regiment, Hunterdon. Also State Troops.; Major John Vliet, Died August 13, 1804. Listed in Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution by Stryker, page 370 Major, First Battalion, Somerset; William Wire, Died December 28, 1816.
To many people, this may seem far removed and they may be indifferent to what I am writing, but, this country seems to be loosing site of what we have and how we obtained it in the first place. These 29 men stood for us when we first started as a nation. There are many of them in cemeteries falling apart on the eastern coast of the United States. What they fought for we presently have in The Declaration of Independance and above all the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution should be the foundation of American Society, but, the way international relations are heading I question what it will mean in the next generation.
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