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Pvt James Gault

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Pvt James Gault

Birth
Death
10 Aug 1842 (aged 85–86)
Burial
Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY, Monday, April 12, 1976, Page 5, Column 2

JAMES GAULT:

Service:
James Gault served in the Revolution as a private. He enlisted in 1776 and served two campaigns, one in the South and one in the North under Capt. John Wells. Was first in Mass. near Coleran, later lived in the town of Hallefax, N.Y. Marched through Northampton to White Plains, where he stayed three months, at which time the Battle of White Plains was fought. Returned to Hallefax, N.Y and enlisted again and marched through Pittsfield, Greenbush, Albany, Saratoga, Fort Edward, Fort Ann to Ticonderoga. In the Co. of Capt. Wells for four months. Served in Hugh McClellan's Co., Col. Moseley's Regt. in Penn.
Source:
Veterans Administration, Washington D. C. S.C. 15134
He says in his application for a pension that he came from Kean, Pennsylvania to be with his daughter September 30, 1834 and that he had lived in Pennsylvania from September 1833 to October 14, 1834. His pension was paid in the New York Agency December 5, 1834.

Born: 1756
Died: August 10, 1842 in town of Ellisburgh, N.Y.


Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY, Monday, April 12, 1976, Page 5, Column 2

JAMES GAULT:

Service:
James Gault served in the Revolution as a private. He enlisted in 1776 and served two campaigns, one in the South and one in the North under Capt. John Wells. Was first in Mass. near Coleran, later lived in the town of Hallefax, N.Y. Marched through Northampton to White Plains, where he stayed three months, at which time the Battle of White Plains was fought. Returned to Hallefax, N.Y and enlisted again and marched through Pittsfield, Greenbush, Albany, Saratoga, Fort Edward, Fort Ann to Ticonderoga. In the Co. of Capt. Wells for four months. Served in Hugh McClellan's Co., Col. Moseley's Regt. in Penn.
Source:
Veterans Administration, Washington D. C. S.C. 15134
He says in his application for a pension that he came from Kean, Pennsylvania to be with his daughter September 30, 1834 and that he had lived in Pennsylvania from September 1833 to October 14, 1834. His pension was paid in the New York Agency December 5, 1834.

Born: 1756
Died: August 10, 1842 in town of Ellisburgh, N.Y.




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  • Maintained by: Bruce Coyne
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Sep 17, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76640287/james-gault: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt James Gault (1756–10 Aug 1842), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76640287, citing Saxe Cemetery, Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA; Maintained by Bruce Coyne (contributor 47569362).