Revolutionary War Pension Application:
Declaration of John Backus: When I first entered the service I resided in Hancock in the Bay state.
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| Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusets (LOC) |
Says the militia were called for to go to Ticonderoga…
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| Plan Of Carillon Or Ticonderoga (LOC) |
. ...the orderly sergeants name was Bacon and heard he was afterwards killed at the battle of Bennington. Col. [Benjamin] Simons of Williams Town commanded the regt. He was an old man, understood he has been taken prisoner in the French war… The regt marched to Albany and was there at Christmas and New Years day and then went from there to Ticonderoga has been then but a short time when he was placed in a redout a short distance from the main fort as an artillerist together with others of the same regiment.
See a reference to Colonel Simons below:
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