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Champion

Birth Date

1760/04/04

Ackley

Death Date

1883/08

Burial Place

Bronson Hill Cemetery, Avon, NY

First Service

Enlistment Date

1778/02/13

Discharge Date

1780/01/01

Rank

Private

Brigade

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Regiment

6th

Company

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Regiment Officer

Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs

Company Officer

Captain Martin Kirkland

Other Officer

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Second Service

Enlistment Date

1781/01/01

Discharge Date

1781/12/31

Rank

Corporal

Brigade

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Regiment

CT Light Infantry

Company

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Regiment Officer

Major John P. Wylly

Company Officer

Captain Samuel Augustus Barker

Other Officer

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Third Service

Enlistment Date

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Discharge Date

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Rank

​

Brigade

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Regiment

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Company

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Regiment Officer

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Company Officer

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Other Officer

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Notes

Made Corporal 1781/01/01. Captain Barker's Company was part of Colonel Zebulon Butler's 4th Reg. CT Line; From Feb. to Nov. 1781 this Company was commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette in Virginia. Born in Hadlyme; Listed as from Salisbury?

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