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Pvt. Ezekiel Perham Jr. (1764–1843)

Perrysburg has only a handful of direct links to the American Revolution, and Pvt. Ezekiel Perham Jr. is one of them. Born in 1764 in Pepperell, Massachusetts Bay Colony, he grew up in a Patriot town where the Revolution was not an idea but a daily reality. At just 15–16 years old, he entered military service in 1779 during the final years of the war, joining the ranks of young Massachusetts militiamen who guarded supply lines and reinforced Continental forces as the new nation fought for survival.

Enos Ludden (1761–1841)

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Life: Born in Braintree, Mass.; died Aug. 30, 1841, in Hinsdale, N.Y. Buried in Maplehurst Cemetery. His tombstone reads: "In freedom's cause he fought and bled, But now he's numbered with the dead.".

Service: Enlisted Dec. 1777; served under Major Proctor, Capt. Champney, and Capt. Burbank at Castle Island, Boston Harbor.

Reference: Bureau of Pensions (M.D.B.); D.A.R. marker placed July 23, 1925.

Ebenezer Leland (1737–1808)

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Life: Born in Mass.; lived in Worcester Co., Mass., in 1790; died in Hinsdale, Catt. Co., N.Y..

Reference: D.A.R. Nat. No. 169297.

Matthias Lane (1759–1850)

A Revolutionary War soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Life: Born May 19, 1759; died in Farmersville, Catt. Co., N.Y..

Service: Granted a pension on July 18, 1834, for service as a dragoon in the N.Y. Continental Troops; other records suggest New Jersey service.

Reference: Pension record (J.G.P.).

John Kimball (1760–1839)

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Service: Extensive service in Connecticut units (1776–1782) under Captains Green, Mosely, and Riley. He was notably engaged at the Siege of Yorktown.

Life: Born in CT; died in West Valley, NY. He was buried on his own farm, and his grave was marked with an inscribed stone.

Jedediah Hubbard

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Service: Private in Wadsworth’s Brigade of the Connecticut Militia in 1776.

Life: Received a pension in Cattaraugus Co. in September 1833 at age 74.

Jazaniah Howe (1752–1838)

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Background: Born in Massachusetts, he died in either Gowanda or Ellicottville, NY, in March 1838 and is buried in Pine Hill Cemetery in Gowanda, NY.

Military Service: Enlisted in 1781 and served until June 1783. He received an honorable discharge signed by General George Washington on June 11, 1783, while serving as a Sergeant in the Invalid Corps.

Family: Married Lois Stevens in Wells, VT, in 1798. His widow later received a pension based on his service. 

Oliver Holt

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Background: Very little is known of him, but he likely resided near Steamburg, NY.

Military Record: He migrated from Andover, VT, after 1800. His name is recorded on the 1840 pension list for Cattaraugus County, at which time he was 84 years old.

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Samuel Hoard

A Revolutionary War Soldier with ties to Cattaraugus County.

Life: Born in Rhode Island in 1758; died in Fluvanna, NY, in 1846. Lived in Conewango for a time.

Service: Private in Capt. Stephen Miles’ Co., Col. Killian Van Rensselaer’s Albany County Militia.

References

Official Lists: Federal Pension lists for Cattaraugus County (1833–34), pension records (J.G.P.), and the Pension list (M.D.B.).

Historical Publications: History of Cattaraugus County (1879, p. 455).