Three Rivers
Hudson~Mohawk~Schoharie
History From America's Most Famous Valleys
The
Frontiersmen of New York
by
Jeptha R. Simms
Albany, NY 1883
Volume I, Page 529
General Organization of the Tryon County Militia. --This took place August 26, 1775, through the action of its vigilance committee, Majors and Quartermasters being added to the field officers September 19th following. completed,* they were as follows:
FIRST BATTALION--CANAJOHARIE
Colonel,
Nicholas Herkimer, Esq.
Lieut.
Col., Ebenezer Cox.
First
Major, Robert Wells.
Second
Major, William Seeber
Quartermaster,
John Pickard.
Adjutant,
Samuel Clyde.
1st
Company
Capt. Samuel Clyde
1st Lieut., John Campbell, Jr.
2nd Lieut., James Cannon
2d
Company
Capt., Michael Grass
1st Lieut.,
Robert Campbell
2d Lieut., Peter Bowman
3d
Company Capt., Peter S. Dygert
1st Lieut., Henry Zimmerman
2d Lieut., Benj. Mackey
4th
Company
Capt., Jacob W. Seeber
1st Lieut., Francis Ute
2d Lieut., Adam Lipe
5th
Company
Capt., Henry Diefendorf
1st Lieut., Jacob Diefendorf
6th
Company
Capt., Abraham Copeman
1st Lieut., Jost House
2d Lieut., Jacob Resner
7th
Company
Capt., Reiner Van Evera
lst
Lieut., Martin C. Van Alstine
2d Lieut., James Guinall
8th
Company
Capt., jacob Miller
1st Lieut., Peter Sommer
2d Lieut., Matthias Brown
9th
Company
Capt., Nicholas Weser
1st Lieut., Henry Bradt
SECOND BATTALION--PALATINE
Colonel,
Jacob Clock
Lieut. Col., Peter Waggoner. +
*Calendar of Revolutionary Papers, Vol., 1 pp. 123, 149
+ A record of the Lutheran Church in Stone Arabia, copied for the family by Domine Wilhelm Domeier, says that John Peter Waggoner--known as Lieut Col. Peter Waggoner of the Revolution--was born January 18, 1722 and died May 23, 1813, in his 92d year. August 25, 1748, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of a company of Albany County Militia under Capt. Barnt Wemp (Barent Wemple), in a regiment commanded by Col. William Johnson. He was also one of the Tryon County committee of vigilance, was an active partisan officer, and a prominent citizen of Montgomery County. A grandson, named Nicholas, was also a Colonel of militia.
First
Major, Harmanus Van Slyck
Second Major, Henry Marckell, Jr.
Quartermaster, Jacob Ekert (now written Eacker).
Adjutant, Anthony Van Vechten.
1st
Company
Campt. William Fox, Jr.
1st Lieut., John Hess
2d Lieut., Peter Waggoner, Jr.
Ensign, Matthew Wormuth
2d
Company
Capt., Christoper P. Fox
1st Lieut., John Jas. Clock
2d Lieut., Jacob J. Clock
3d
Company
Capt., Christopher W. Fox
1st Lieut., Peter Loucks
2d Lieut., Henry Miller
Ensign, Samuel Van Etten
4th
Company
Capt., John Kayser, Jr.
1st Lieut., Andreas Dillenbeck
2d Lieut., Severinus Cook
Ensign, Richard Coppernoll
5th
Company
Capt., John Breadbake
1st Lieut., John Sieley
2d Lieut., Jacob Ekert
6th
Company
Capt., Nicholas Rechter
1st
Lieut., John Williams
2d Lieut., George Smith
Ensign, John Sholl
7th
Company
Capt., Christian House
1st Lieut., John Zimmerman
2d Lieut., John Bellinger, Jr.
THIRD BATTALION-MOHAWK
Colonel,
Frederick Visscher
Lieut. Col., Adam Fonda
First Major John Bliven
Second Major, John Newkirk
Quartermaster, Abraham Van Horne
Adjutant, Robert Yates
1st
Company
Capt. John Gardinier
1st Lieut., Abm. D. Quackinbush
2d Lieut., William Hall
Ensign, Gideon Marlatt
2d
Company
Capt., John Davis
1st Lieut., Abraham Vedder
2d Lieut., Jacob Sammons
3d
Company
Capt., Robert Yates
1st Lieut., Cobus Cromwell
2d Lieutl, Peter Yates
Ensign, Hendrick Lewis
4th
Company
Capt., John Visscher
1st Lieut., John Wemple
2d Lieut., M. W. Quackinbush
Ensign, Garret Van Brockler
5th
Company Capt., Samuel Pettingill
Lieut., Thomas Caine
Ensign, Smauel Barnhart, Jr.
6th
Company
Capt., Abner French
Lieut., David McMaster
Ensign, Peter Vander Lenden
7th
Company
Capt., Lewis Groat
1st Lieut., Jeremiah Swarts
2d Lieut., Christian Earnest
8th
Company
Capt., Abraham Hodges
1st Lieut., Joseph Yeomans
2d Lieut., Abel Hunt
Ensign, Amos Bennett
FOURTH BATTALION--GERMAN FLATTS AND KINGSLAND
Colonel,
Hanyost (Han Jost - John Joseph) Herkimer
Lieut., Col., Peter Bellinger
First
Major, Han Jost Shoemaker
Second Major, John
Eisenlord
Quartermaster,
Rudolph D. Staley
Adjutant, John Demooth.
1st
Company
Capt., Joh Eisenlord
1st Lieut., John Keyser
2d Lieut., Adam Bellinger
Ensign, John Smith
2d
Company
Capt., John Petry
1st Lieut., Han Jost Mx. Petry
2d Lieut., Han Jost H. Petry
Ensign, William Empie
3d
Company
Capt., Daniel Petry
1st Lieut., Peter Volts
2d Lieut., Marx Raspach
4th
Company
Capt., Frederick Bellinger
1st Lieut., Henry Harter
2d Lieut., John Demooth
Ensign, Peter Js. Weaver
5th
Company
Capt., Peter Bellinger
1st Lieut., Jacob Basehaust
2d Lieut., Nicholas Staring
Ensign, John P. Bellinger
6th
Company
Capt., Han Jost Herkimer
1st Lieut., Frederick Ahrendorf
2d Lieut., Tinus (Martin) Clapsaddle
7th
Company
Capt., Rudolph Shoemaker
1st Lieut., Died'ick Stale (Staley)
2d
Lieut., Frederick Shoemaker
8th
Company
Capt., George Herkimer
1st Lieut., Frederick Fox
2d Lieut., Archibald Armstrong
Ensign, Han Jost Dygert
9th
Company
Capt., William Dygert
1st Lieut., Jacob Volts (now Folts)
2d Lieut., George Wentz
Ensign, Frederick Frank
The Tryon County Committee, September 19, 1775, also sent the following as "Field officers of a battalion of minute-man:
George
Herkimer, Colonel
Samuel Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel
John Fonda, Major
Jacob Jas. Clock, Major
Samuel Gray, Adjutant
John Frank, Quartermaster
By order, NICHOLAS HERKIMER, Chairman