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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 02 Nov 1719 Dover / Strafford / NH Death: aft 1809 Cherryfield / Washington / ME
Author: Albert E. Myers
Samuel Corson (or Colson) enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Lieutenant Thomas Parrat's Detachment, which was drafted from the Militia. Samuel served six (6) days at Machias, ME and was discharged on June 30, 1777. (MA Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. IV, publ. Wright & Potter, Boston, MA)(The Descendants of Cornelius Cursonwhit of Dover, NH, Vol. I, Pg. 156, by D. H. & S. D. Colson, 1991) December 19, 1778 - Samuel Corson re-enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Lieutenant John Bohanon's Detachment, Colonel Foster's Lincoln County Regiment. The Detachmant was called out by order of Lieutenant Colonel Campbell in defense of the State stores on board the Ship Merrysheet from Boston, which, according to the Roll dated at Narraguagus, was bound to the garrison at Machias. He was discharged on January 01, 1779, after fourteen (14) days service. February 08, 1779 - Samuel Coson was one of the twenty-four (24) signers of the Petition to the General Court of Massachusetts by the inhabitants of the Narraguagus Valley settlements requesting relief from the enemy (British) invasion of the coast, which cut off needed supplies and trade. They asked that the government send armed vessels, and sufficient land troops for fortification, and some needed supplies, to protect land and inhabitants. August 07, 1779 - Samuel Corson again re-enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Captain John Hall's Company, Colonel Foster's Lincoln County Regiment. He served from August 07, 1779 to September 07, 1779 for a one month's expedition to Majorbagaduce (Castine) area by order of General Lovell, upon the Roll certified at Boston, Massachusetts. He was born 2 Nov 1719 in Dover, New Hampshire and died after 1809 in Cherryfield, Maine.
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