Hello Jan, I would appreciate a look-up of the two following men who served in the Rev. War.... Joseph Riford, born 1758 b. 1758 Braintree, MA; d. 1803 Braintree, VT, buried in Lower Branch Cemetery, Braintree, VT Seth Mann, b. Dec 3, 1747 Braintree, MA; d. Dec. 20, 1845, Braintree, VT and buried Braintree Hill Cemetery Braintree, VT Thank you so much for these look-ups and for the others you have provided.....really appreciate.... Phyllis Hawley phawley@sover.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan J." <jnrose@webtv.net> To: <VTORANGE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 4:09 PM Subject: [VTORA] E. Blood, Smith, Olcutt Rev. War > "[187] A Payroll of Capt. Samuel Smith of Fairlee in the Alarms in > October, 1781 [1780?] and March, 1781, going to Newbury and Royalton, > etc. > Name: Elijah BLOOD > Days: 10 > Wages due: 13.4 > Miles: 28 > Amount travel: 0.9.4. > Bennington, June 21, 1781... > June 23, 1781. Received of I. Allen, Treasurer, the contents of this > order. Samuel Smith." > page 340 > > "[105] A Payroll of a party of men belonging to Col. Peter Olcott's > Regiment, under the command of Lieut. Nathaniel White, employed as > Scouting Parties for one month by Col. Olcott's order, in the month of > March, 1781. > Name: Elijah Blood > When engaged: 1st March > For what term: 1 month > Time of service: 30 days > Dollars per month: 6 2/3 > Total 2.0.0. > Pay Table Office, Bennington, 27th Feb. 1781... > Treasurer's Office, Windsor, June 18, 1782. Received of I. Allen, > Treasurer, the contents of this order for Lieut. White. Bildad Andros." > pages 349-350 > > "[477] [A Scouting Party] > We, and each of us do acknowledge that we have received of the State of > Vermont, forty shillings, being for one month's scouting, which we did > in the month of March 1781 by order of > Col. Olcut: Dated at Moretown, Aug. 19, 1782. > Robert JOHNSTON Samuel MILLER > John JACOBY Samuel BAWNAT > Nathan SPAFFORD Levi COLLINS > John GOT Elijah BLOOD." > pages 725 and 726 > > Source is "ROLLS OF VERMONT SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR > 1775-1783", prepared and published under the direction of Major General > Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General, Vermont, Camp Johnson, > Colchester, Vermont, 1998, Volumes 1 and 2. > Transcribed by Jan Jordan > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VTORANGE Mailing List ==== > You may contradict any idea or fact expressed on this list as > vigorously as you like, just be polite and don't get personal. > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/