Barre Town Cemeteries - Veterans Wilson Cemetery Veterans’ Service Information Page 1 of 64 GENERAL NOTES 1. Several sources have been consulted in an effort to provide known information concerning the veterans listed below. Most sources can be found at the Vermont Historical Society Library in Barre, VT. Other sources that can be used, however, are paid websites such as Ancestry.com. Sources are given for each veteran where information is presented by an abbreviated title of the following: A. Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War – Vermont, 2nd Edition, Maj. Gen. Carleton Edward Fisher & Sue Gray Fisher, Picton Press, March 1998. B. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War C. New Hampshire State Papers D. Rolls of Vermont Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783, published under direction of Maj. Gen. Martha T. Rainville, the Adjutant General Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, two volumes E. State of Vermont, Roster of Soldiers in the War of 1812-14, published under direction of Herbert T. Johnson, the Adjutant General, 1933 F. Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Volume 4, Hemenway, Abby Marie, 1884 G. Roster of Vermonters who served in the Civil War 1861-1866, published under direction of Martha T. Rainville, the Adjutant General Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998 H. Vermonters in the Spanish American War 1898, published under direction of Maj. Gen. Martha T. Rainville, the Adjutant General Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998 I. the Vermont Civil War website J. Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the Military and Naval Service of the United States and Allies, World War I, published under direction of Maj. Gen. Martha T. Rainville, the Adjutant General Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, three volumes K. Roster of Vermonters in Uniformed Service of the United States During the Second World War, 1941-1945, Assembled under the direction of MG Reginald M. Cram, The Adjutant General, et. al., 1972. Two volumes and an Additions and Changes volume. L. Roster of Vermonters who served in the Korean War 1950-1955, published under direction of Reginald M. Cram, the Adjutant General Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1978 M. Roster of Vermonters who served in the Vietnam War 1964-1975, published under direction of Donald E. Edwards, the Adjutant General Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1986 N. The Barre MontpelierTimes Argus, Barre, VT, various editions Other sources, such as family histories, are listed by title and shown where used. Please note that not all of the veterans had information that could be found. Perhaps the veteran’s service has been credited to a state other than Vermont. The cemetery commission did not do an in - depth search, those wishing further information may be able to find it through their own search. Also, see the article concerning graveside markers on the Barre Town webpage. Be advised that privacy issues will enter your search for family information. The more recent the data you seek, the more likely it will be protected. World War II information is getting easier to obtain, you still are likely to encounter privacy issues, data older than that era may have little to no restrictions, more recent data certainly will. Barre Town Cemeteries - Veterans Wilson Cemetery Veterans’ Service Information Page 2 of 64 Should family members and their descendants wish to contribute information about their veterans, they may do so via the Town Clerk’s webpage. The cemetery commission reserves the right not to publish the information subject to their review of the contents. Other abbreviations included: DAR Daughters of the American Revolution FFV Flags For Veterans, Barre, VT NARA National Archives and Records Administration NSDAR National Society Daughters of the American Revolution BLW Bounty Land Warrant The commission wishes to thank Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Jarvis of the Flags for Veterans organization for his support in identifying Barre Town veterans. Barre Town Cemeteries - Veterans Wilson Cemetery Veterans’ Service Information Page 3 of 64 REVOUTIONARY WAR (1775 – 1783) Adams, Job (Section OY3 – 1.03) died Oct 1, 1804 @ 39 years [1765] Born Suffield, CT in 1765. Served in Captain Warren’s Company in 1782. (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont, by Fisher and Fisher) An article on Findagrave.com acknowledges his service with Captain Warren at age 17, and also stated Adams served with Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys. Boutwell, Asa (Section OY3 – 6.02) died Jun 14, 1868 @ 88 years [1780] New Hampshire; Captain Emerson’s Company; 1777. Resident of Barre in 1818.; 1(S41452); 15, 14:600. (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont, by Fisher and Fisher) Also found in a list of pensioners for 1820: Revolutionary War Pension and Boundary – Land Warrant Application Files, NARA M804, 2670 rolls; and the Ledgers of Payment, 1818 – 1872 to U.S. Pensioners, NARA Publication T718, 23 rolls. Ellis, Warren (Section OY3 – 1.08) May 24, 1777 – Jun 10, 1842 Service not identified, resident of Barre; found in OS-106, p. 41. [Refer to his military service during the War of 1812.] (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont, by Fisher and Fisher) In Volume 4 of her history, Abby Hemingway wrote that the “honorable Warren Ellis” came to Barre from Claremont, NH about 1803. The index card for his death identified him as a veteran of the War of 1812. Harrington, Nathan (Section OY3 – 3.03) died Jul 30, 1828 @ 71 years [1757] Sergeant., Massachusetts, born 1757; resident of Holden, MA; Capt Wilson’s co 1777; resident of Barre 1790; died 1828; buried Websterville; married Elizabeth; 1(W24402); 9; CL-41; OS-106, pp27-8. (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont, by Fisher and Fisher) Gravesite listed by the DAR. (research pension files, W24402?) Nathan Harrington of Holden, has been listed as a member of Captain Francis Willson’s Co., Colonel Danforth Keyes’ Regiment, engaged July 2, 1777, service to Dec 31, 1777, 5 mos. 28 days, at Rhode Island. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution.) In Volume 4 of her history, Abby Hemingway referred to Harrington as a Major and the sixth settler of Barre. He came to Barre from Holden, MA about 1790. Nichols, Jonas (Section OY4 – 2.02) died Aug 26, 1841 @ 96 years [1745] Massachusetts; born Reading, MA, 1745; resident of Worcester, MA; Captain Hubbard’s Company 1775; resident of Ward, MA; Barre 1791, 1840; 1(S23824); 9; 26, p 64. (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont, by Fisher and Fisher) Grave listed by the DAR. On a certificate dated at Cambridge, June 18, 1775, signed by Lieutenant William Gates, in behalf of Captain Hubbard, certifying that said Nichols and others belonging to Captain Hubbard’s Company, General Ward’s Regiment, were in need of cartridge boxes or bullet pouches; also, Captain Johan Hubbard’s Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward’s Regiment; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Nichols and others, Barre Town Cemeteries - Veterans Wilson Cemetery Veterans’ Service Information Page 4 of 64 dated June, – 1775; also Private, same company and regiment; company return dated Dorchester, Oct 7, 1775. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution.) Nichols, Thomas (Section OY3 – 7.17) 1756 - 1800 Sergeant. Massachusetts; born, 1756 enlisted at Worcester, MA; in service 1775; died at Barre 1800; married to Dolly; 1(W19221); CL-41. (Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Vermont, by Fisher and Fisher) Perhaps he is the Thomas Nichols found in the roster of Captain Jonas Hubbard’s company of Colonel Jonathan Ward’s Regiment. The company returned to Dorchester on October 7, 1775, he also reported “on command to Quebec.” (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution.) Sherman, Asaph (Section OY3 – 1.02) died 13 Feb 1835 @ 59 years [1776] SAR Patriots Index, 47245, membership applications 1889 – 1970: born 6 Mar 1741 at Grafton, MA, died 21 Jul 1810 at Barre, VT. Served as First Lieutenant in Captain Luke Drury’s Company that marched to the Lexington Alarm and served with honor during the Revolution. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution shows an Asaph Sherman in a return of officers to be commissioned in said regiment Capt Luke Drury’s company, General Artemas Ward’s regiment, and dated May 24, 1775. Legislators resolved in the provincial congress at Watertown on May 25, 1775, that said officers be commissioned. In “The Sherman Genealogy,” by Thomas T. Sherman, 1920, Thomas listed Asaph and Nathaniel – below – as brothers. Additionally, in “New England Shermans,” published in 1974, Roy V. Sherman wrote the following: “when about 18 year of age he volunteered to defend the northern border in the French and Indian war; was sent up into the northern border of Vermont, taken prisoner by the French who were in command of Lake Champlain; confined on a sloop all summer; in the fall was exchanged and taken with fever; found nearly dead by his father, tied to a horse and made their way through the forest to Massachusetts.” Also, “he emigrated to Barre with his family of two sons and several daughters; settled upon a farm on East Hill. He was a 1st Lt in the revolution.” Sherman, Nathaniel, Captain (Section OY3 – 1.04) died 3 Jan 1812 @ 79 yrs [1733] Details not available, not in the VT Adjutant General’s Roster for the Revolutionary War, or Fisher. His grave is listed by the DAR and he can be found at “Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots,” Vol. 4, p. __; Serial 11304: Volume 3. One possible description of Nathaniel’s service showed him to be a 1st Lieutenant in Captain Luke Drury’s Company of General J. Ward’s regiment in 1775.