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Hezekiah Barker

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Hezekiah Barker Veteran

Birth
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
5 Jul 1834 (aged 77)
Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Burial
Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4433361, Longitude: -79.3265
Plot
1276
Memorial ID
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Revoluntionary War Soldier.

Married Sarah Wood on Nov. 27, 1783 in Little Crompton, RI.

Enlisted in Little Crompton, RI. and saw ten months of actual service.

After that he followed Gen. Washington, at his request.

He carried important dispatches, ran through the lines as a cow boy, and did great services.

He bought 400 acres of land in the center of the village of Fredonia. He gave the parks in the center of the village of Fredonia to the town of Pomfret.

He gave land known as the old cemetery to the village of Fredonia and the land where the city hall now stands.
Revoluntionary War Soldier.

Married Sarah Wood on Nov. 27, 1783 in Little Crompton, RI.

Enlisted in Little Crompton, RI. and saw ten months of actual service.

After that he followed Gen. Washington, at his request.

He carried important dispatches, ran through the lines as a cow boy, and did great services.

He bought 400 acres of land in the center of the village of Fredonia. He gave the parks in the center of the village of Fredonia to the town of Pomfret.

He gave land known as the old cemetery to the village of Fredonia and the land where the city hall now stands.


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