"PELEG Corey, died Oct. 6, 1847. aged 95 years.
MERCY Corey, died July 20, 1830 aged 76 years.
Corey family cemetery, south of Maple Grove. His name appears as boatman in an expedition to Rhode Island, Oct., '78, in Capt. Esek Eddy's Co. of Artificers, and in 1790 at North Kingston, R. I. It does not appear that he was a soldier, but was enrolled in public service as sailors were. The family history says he was born at North Kingston, July 12, 1754, and married Mercy Warner, differing from the stone in date.
Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County N.Y., By Rev. W.M. Beauchamp. S.T.D.
"PELEG Corey, died Oct. 6, 1847. aged 95 years.
MERCY Corey, died July 20, 1830 aged 76 years.
Corey family cemetery, south of Maple Grove. His name appears as boatman in an expedition to Rhode Island, Oct., '78, in Capt. Esek Eddy's Co. of Artificers, and in 1790 at North Kingston, R. I. It does not appear that he was a soldier, but was enrolled in public service as sailors were. The family history says he was born at North Kingston, July 12, 1754, and married Mercy Warner, differing from the stone in date.
Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County N.Y., By Rev. W.M. Beauchamp. S.T.D.
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