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State of Service: NH
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service / Civil Service
Birth: 24 Nov 1730 Billerica / Middlesex / MA Death: 15 Oct 1793 Amherst / Hillsborough / NH
Qualifying Service Description:
1775, served as a Captain of a company of Minutemen. Later that year, he served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed
1777, served as a Private in the company of Captain Stephan Peabody's Company, commanded by Colonel Moses Nichol
1778, commissioned Captain in the regiment of Colonel Moses Nichol
1776-1777, served as a member of the Committee of Safety
1775, 1777, served as a town Selectman
1777, 1779, served as a Moderator
1781, member of the Constitutional Committee
1783; Surveyor of Highways, 1783
Additional References:
Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1873, Washington DC: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914, pg 179
DAR cites: Hammond, Isaac W.The State of New Hampshire, Rolls of the Soldiers of the Rev War, 1775 to May 1777, New Hampshire. Concord: Parson B. Cogswell State Printer, 1885:
Vol 14, pg 38, 78, 102
Vol 15, pg 520
DAR cites: New Hampshire, Amherst Town Records, Vol 1, pg 247, 260, 268-69, 275, 306, 333, 392, 422, microfilm roll 15061, FamilySearch
Upright stone, contemporary with the death of the Patriot with a DAR Plaque and stake marker.
There is a second Find-A-Grave entry (# 141618998) with the note: "CENOTAPH - Capt Josiah Crosby is interred at the Elm St. Cemetery in Milford, NH.
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