Like his ancestors, he took a lively interest in the military. At the young age of 15 he assisted his uncle, Capt. Joseph Barney, who was an aide in the quartermaster's dept of General Sullivan's army in the campaign against the British in Rhode Island, in the care and transportation of horses and forage. He later became a Capt of a military company in Rehoboth, as both his father and grandfather had been before him in Swansea.
Like his ancestors, he took a lively interest in the military. At the young age of 15 he assisted his uncle, Capt. Joseph Barney, who was an aide in the quartermaster's dept of General Sullivan's army in the campaign against the British in Rhode Island, in the care and transportation of horses and forage. He later became a Capt of a military company in Rehoboth, as both his father and grandfather had been before him in Swansea.
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