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Luther

Birth Date

1757/03/04

Barney

Death Date

1844/09/20

Burial Place

Ellery, Chautauqua County, NY

First Service

Enlistment Date

1775/05/10

Discharge Date

1775/12/17

Rank

Private

Brigade

Gen. Joseph Spencer

Regiment

2nd

Company

1st

Regiment Officer

Colonel Joseph Spencer

Company Officer

Captain John Willey

Other Officer

2nd Lieut. Daniel Cone

Second Service

Enlistment Date

1776

Discharge Date

Rank

Private

Brigade

Gen. Wadsworth

Regiment

4th Battalion

Company

6th

Regiment Officer

Colonel Samuel Selden

Company Officer

Captain Joshua Huntington

Other Officer

Third Service

Enlistment Date

Discharge Date

Rank

Brigade

Regiment

Company

Regiment Officer

Company Officer

Other Officer

Notes

Also served in Navy. Taken prisoner on a prison ship. Released through intervention of Lafayette. Was a privateer under Capt. Thomas Allen on the "Gen. Putman" of CT and under Capt. Buddington on the brig "Favourite" of Mass. 6/29/23. Ancestry records indicate Luther was born in Norwich and died in Upstate New York.

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