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Located behind the old Fluvanna Church, on the curve, now The Fluvanna Church Youth Center.
Author: Jim W. Faulkinbury
Samuel Hoard was one of the nine children of Edward Hoar and Martha Cole. He stated in his pension file (R.5069) that he was born in Scituate, Rhode Island on 25 February 1758. He and three of his brothers, Simon, David, and Isaac, served in the 4th Regiment of the Albany County, New York militia under Col. Killian Van Rensselaer. According to his affidavit for a pension under the Act of 1832 Samuel served on several short tours of duty. At the start of the Revolution, he was living in the town of Little Hoosick, Albany County, New York which, by 1832, had become the part of town of Berlin in Rensselaer County. Rensselaer County formed from Albany County in 1791. No court, probate, marriage, or deed records were found regarding him or his siblings in Albany or Rensselaer Counties, however, his residence as a mortgagee was found in the private records of the Van Rensselaer family from whom he, his father, and siblings had leased land in the Van Rensselaer Manor before the War. His pension affidavit indicates that he first served about one month in October 1776 under Capt. James Dennison during a general alarm and they were sent to go to Fort Ticonderoga but on the way learned that the Fort had fallen to the British so they went to Fort George on Lake George for garrison duty instead. He served two more tours under Capt. Dennison, in one of which his regiment retreated from Fort Edward to Stillwater before the advance of Gen. Burgoyne. He recounts different tours under Capt. Turner, Capt. Woodworth at Schoharie Capt. Daniel Schemerhorn at Schoharie, Capt. Stephen Niles on the Mohawk River when the enemy burnt the inhabitant’s buildings, and again under Capt. Niles at the Battle of Saratoga. He also made an affidavit for the pension request of his brother Simeon Hoard (S.16156) who had been in the same 4th Albany Regiment. They were frequently were called out for a month of service at the same time. About 1782, Samuel married Lucy Gates, daughter of Joshua Gates. Samuel and Lucy had nine children. Hezekiah, Anna, Samuel Jr., Ezra, Sally, Ashahel, Gideon, Louisa, and Lucy. His wife Lucy predeceased him but the date and place of her death is unknown. Several of his sons by Lucy served in the New York militia during the War of 1812. He married second to Susannah Harrington of Fluvanna, New York. There were no children by this marriage. Samuel moved from Rensselaer County to Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York where he died 16 June 1848. He was buried in the Fluvanna Cemetery in Chautauqua County.
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