John BOLTON ~ VERMONT REV. WAR 1779+ ~ Lookup Reply
-
In reply to:
Re: Boltons, Shirley MA ca Revol. War
Jean Sanders 6/19/02
Hi Jean,
Could this solider below have been related to your Vermont Vt. family?Jan
[333]
A Payroll of Capt. John Patterson's Company in Col. Lyon's Regiment, for services done in the Western Alarm, in consequence of the Captain-General's orders, being from the 16th to the 19th of December, 1781, inclusive.
Name:
John Boulton
Days 3
Amt. pay 4.0
Miles 22
Total 0.11.4 [11 shillings, 4 pence].
Treasurer's Office, Sunderland, June 24, 1785.Recd. of Ira Allen, Esq., Treasurer, the contents of the above order, ... in behalf of Capt. John Patterson.Levi Patterson.
==================================
[141]
Payroll of Capt. Thomas Sawyer's Company of Militia, raised for the defence of the Northern Frontiers of America-August, 1779.
NAME
John Bolton
Entered Aug. 15
Discharged Oct. 15
Time of service 2 months 0 days
Wages per month and subsistence 5
Travel 30 m. 5
Total 9.19.0 [9 pounds, 19 shillings].
Recd, Tinmouth, June 17, 1780, of Noah Smith, Paymaster, ..., the full amount of the above payroll in behalf of Capt. Thomas Sawyer.Parish Coburn.
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, pages 202 and 360.
Transcribed by Jan