John's parents are Isaac Daratt (b. 20 Apr 1782 in Saratoga County, NY d. 1 Feb 1857 in Cayuga County, NY) and Joanna Ladue (b. 1791 d. 1851 married 16 Sep 1804)..John enlisted as a Private on 22 Feb 1862 at Auburn, Cayuga County, NY in the Civil War. Mustered in Battery A, 3rd Regiment, N.Y. Light Artillery on 15 Mar 1862. Mustered out of Battery A as a Sergeant on 22 Aug 1862 at New Berne, North Carolina, with a discharge from New Berne hospital due to a disability... NOTE: Battery K appears on his gravestone as Battery A was later assigned to Battery K, 3rd Regiment, N.Y. Light Artillery. NOTE: Census data has his date of birth about 1808 with being born in Chenango County, New York. However, his Civil War records have him born on 1 Aug 1807 in Brutus, Cayuga County, NY. John had 3 known marriages: 1st W Lucena Cowell ; 2d W Ardilla Barnes; and 3rd W Weltha Mills Hoffman. John and Ardilla had a daughter Sally A. Daratt, born about 1839 in Cayuga County, NY.. John's other siblings are James Daratt b. 22 Jul 1805 d. 4 Jul 1831 W Mary Ann Rockwell; Ambrose Daratt b. 9 Sep 1809 d. 14 Aug 1863 W Minerva Brooks; Sally Daratt b. 27 Apr 1817 H Hugh Hunter; Bethena Daratt b. 20 May 1822 d. 15 Sep 1848 H John Switser Wilson; Moses Daratt b. 4 Aug 1824 d. 6 Nov 1825; and Cecelia Daratt b. 11 Dec 1827 d. 1892 H John W. Smith. NOTE: John was also married to Lucena Cowell b. 2 Oct 1809 Spencer, Tioga Co., NY d. 9 Apr 1835 and they had a daughter Olive A Daratt b. 26 Jan 1834 d. 16 May 1913 1st H Charles Rhoades 2d H Joseph Rooker. John was also married to Weltha Mills (b. 1822 d. unk 1st H Peter Hoffman) about 1856 and they had 2 children: Mary Daratt b. 1857 and Franklin Daratt b. 1859.