Armstrong Archives — New York Genealogy

Militia of Charlotte County, New York, 1775-1781

Charlotte County, Military Records, Revolutionary War, Warren County, Washington County / Armstrong, Avarill, Backus, Baker, Barber, Bartlet, Bartlett, Barttler, Bateman, Battey, Beatty, Bell, Bellows, Blackley, Boges, Bothell, Boyd, Bradshaw, Brown, Brundage, Buell, Cady, Cambe, Campbell, Chambers, Childs, Christie, Clark, Cleaveland, Collins, Colvr, Conkey, Cook, Cool, Covel, Crighton, Crookshank, Crookshanks, Croset, Crosset, Crouch, Dibell, Doan, Dune, Durkee, Eaton, Edgar, Evens, Fitch, Foster, Fowler, Fuller, Gelt, Getty, Gilbert, Gilchrist, Gilles, Gillespy, Graeer, Graham, Gray, Grayams, Grayham, Griffethe, Grimes, Grott, Grover, Gutrey, Hamilton, Hanna, Harnden, Harow, Harris, Harsha, Henderson, Herrinton, Higbe, Hopkins, Hoy, Hugans, Hunsdon, Hunter, Jerrel, King, Lamen, Law, Lindsay, Little, Livingston, Long, Lyon, Lytle, Martin, Mathews, Matterson, Mattison, McArter, McCallister, McCarter, McClaughry, McCleary, McClothery, McCoy, McCraken, McDanold, McFarland, McGinnis, McKnight, McMichel, McMillan, McMurray, McNaughton, McNees, McNeil, McNight, McNish, McNitt, McNorsh, McWelthy, McWethy, McWhorter, Moncief, Moncrief, Moor, Moore, Morrison, Mount, Muncreff, Munson, Nellson, Nelson, Nevins, Olds, Orcutt, Osgood, Page, Paig, Parker, Parrish, Pattengill, Patterson, Pattison, Peck, Pennell, Perrise, Peterson, Powers, Ramag, Ramage, Randles, Reid, Reynolds, Rice, Roge, Rogers, Rowan, Rowen, Rumage, Russell, Savage, Sawyer, Seely, Shapley, Shaw, Shepard, Sheperd, Sherwood, Simpson, Simson, Skinner, Slarrow, Smith, Steel, Stevenson, Steward, Stewart, Stocking, Stone, Stuart, Tackee, Tackels, Taner, Tanner, Teller, Terril, Terrill, Thomas, Thompson, Tinkee, Tinkey, Tomb, Tombs, Tozer, Tucker, Turner, Tyrel, Vanduee, Walker, Wallace, Warrin, Webb, Webster, Welch, Whedon, Wheedon, Wheeler, Williams, Willson, Wilson, Wright

This is a list of men who served in the Revolutionary War from Charlotte County, present-day Warren and Washington counties, New York. Many of the original pay lists from this period have been lost. These records are taken from both muster rolls and land bounty records.

Washington County, NY Book of Forfeitures, 1784

Land Records, Washington County / Adams, Agar, Andrews, Armstrong, Atwood, Baker, Bartholomew, Bartlett, Beatey, Beaty, Bell, Bigelo, Biggelow, Blakely, Blanchard, Bothrel, Boyd, Brown, Brundige, Brush, Burroughs, Canada, Carswell, Carter, Cheney, Clark, Cleveland, Corsner, Craig, Crookshanks, Crossett, Earl, Farnsworth, Farren, Fitch, Fuller, Gault, Getty, Gibson, Gleason, Gould, Griffin, Hannah, Harris, Harrow, Harsha, Hart, Harvey, Henderson, Henry, Herrington, Higgins, Hopkins, Hoy, Hulbart, Hunsdon, Hynmin, Johnson, Jones, Kanada, Killmore, King, Litle, Little, Long, Lush, Lyon, Lytle, Manvillle, Martin, Matthews, Mc Cleary, Mc Collister, Mc Cracken, Mc Crea, Mc Elvrey, Mc Farland, Mc Kinley, Mc Koy, Mc Michael, Mc Mullen, Mc Murray, Mc Night, Mc Nit, Melcher, Mills, Mitchell, Moor, Morey, Morgan, Murdock, Neilson, Noble, Nolls, Osgood, Oswald, Pettit, Platt, Powers, Proudfit, Qua, Quackenboss, Ramage, Rogers, Rowan, Russell, Savage, Scott, Searls, Seelye, Sherwood, Simpson, Smith, Squires, Steel, Stephenson, Stewart, Stockwell, Stone, Stow, Stringham, Sturdivant, Sturdivent, Taylor, Terrel, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tomb, Towzer, Tubbs, Turner, Tyler, Van Rensselaer, Vine, Warford, Webb, Wilde, Williams, Willson, Wray, Wright

The Book of Forfeitures is located in the Washington County Archives, Washington County Clerk’s Office, Fort Edward, NY. It contains the list and description of Loyalist properties that were seized and sold. The names given here are the purchasers of the properties.

Adams Rural Cemetery – A Surnames

Cemetery Records, Jefferson County / Abby, Ackerman, Ackley, Ainsworth, Albertson, Aldrich, Allard, Allen, Allport, Anderson, Andrus, Angel, Angley, Annsbury, Ardor, Arms, Armsbury, Armstrong, Atkins, Ault

Adams Rural Cemetery is located on the west side of of South Main Street 1)NYS Route 3 at the southern edged of the Village of Adams. The cemetery is very well maintained. Stones, for the most part, are in excellent condition and readable. 2)Description of Rural Cemetery. Due to the large size of this cemetery I have had to spread it out over multiple pages. You can find the main page here: Adams Rural Cemetery – Includes Map Footnotes:[+] Footnotes: ↑1 NYS Route 3 ↑2 Description of Rural Cemetery.

Adams New York Biographies – Part 5

Biographies, Jefferson County / Andrus, Armstrong, Barritt, Bass, Collins, Cook, Cooley, Cooper, Copeland, Cornwell, Davis, Dealing, Doxtater, Dual, Enos, Fellows, Fletcher, Green, Grummons, Hammond, Harrington, Hart, Hock, Hull, Hunting, Irons, Jones, Keller, Maxon, McAuley, Mumery, Munson, Palmeter, Pease, Perrigo, Potter, Putnam, Rosa, Sargent, Shelding, Sidmore, Simmons, Smith, Spink, Stanley, Stillman, Taft, Thomas, Thomson, Tifft, Towle, Tucker, Turney, Vars, Wiles, York

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Abram Green; T. V. Maxon; Albert G. Thomas; John J. Stillman; Martin E. Dealing; Alfred H. York; Captain W. A. Collins; James Hammond; Gardner Towle; and Charles H. Andrus.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Adams Village, NY

Church Records, Jefferson County / Adams, Armstrong, Baker, Barnes, Bennett, Bingham, Blackstone, Brimmer, Bruce, Burlingame, Chapin, Cisco, Cooper, Dayan, Dikeman, Fish, Gary, Gorrie, Hare, Hawkins, Hewitt, Hoes, Hungerford, Hunt, Jacker, Jewell, Kilbourne, Kingsley, Kinney, Lawrence, Leet, Loveace, Mattison, McKee, Meredith, Ninde, Phelps, Ramsdell, Richey, Roney, Ross, Salisbury, Schram, Smith, Stanton, Stone, Tisdale, Vandercook, Whitcomb, Whitney, Woodruff, Wright, Wyatt, Younge

Members of Methodist Episcopal lived in the town at an early day and classes were formed in different localities prior to 1828; but in that year they were formed into a circuit, and there-after supplied with a regular preacher. The members living principally at Adams village. The First Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Adams was formed at that place October 24, 1828. The trustees elected were Laban Ross, Philip Younge, David Wright, Zephania Jacker, Chester McKee, Daniel Dikeman, and John Adams. This board was reorganized in 1838, when John C. Cooper, Timothy Lawrence, William E. Whitney, Andrew Blackstone, …

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Camp of 35th New York Volunteers, Jefferson County Regiment

Brownville Co. K 35th Regiment

Jefferson County / Alexander, Allen, Armstrong, Auldrich, Ault, Barnes, Bowers, Brinnan, Broadbent, Brown, Camp, Carpenter, Clark, Conden, Cook, Corninold, Countrymer, Dexter, Dirby, Douglass, Duke, Foster, Gardner, Graves, Hannah, Happ, Hare, Harlon, Harrison, Hart, Hoover, Jackson, Jeffrey, Johnson, Keenen, Lanclot, Long, Lord, Losie, Low, Maldron, Malone, McNeil, McWoyne, Miller, Mobb, O'Harra, Patrick, Phelps, Potter, Powers, Rafter, Rathburn, Reese, Russl, Sampier, Savage, See, Sheeley, Smith, Staplin, Stokes, Stout, Switzer, Thomlinson, Van Allen, Wait, Welch, Weller, Wescott, Wiley, Williams, Worthingham, Zimmerman

Organization and Roster of Company K, 35th NY Vols. On the occasion of the 1887 Reunion of the 35th, Col. Newton B. Lord, regimental commander during the war, wrote the following regarding how the regiment and Brownville’s Company K came to be organized. “The news came to Brownville, where I lived, that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon. In our little village a military company had been organized by me, which was called the Jefferson Greys. On the day of the arrival of the news that war had been declared by the south, I caused to be printed, on “Bill …

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