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| ~ Bio - Corporal Paul Nelson ~ | |||||||
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Paul Nelson was born on June 8, 1755 in Suffield, Litchfield (now Hartford) County, Connecticut.
Immediately upon being discharged from Captain Conkey's Company, Paul enlisted as a Corporal in Captain John Warner's Company of Green Mountain Rangers, and served well after December 3, 1777, the date he was officially mustered out. At that time he was with a scouting party that had marched to Chimney Point now in Addison County, Vermont, crossed Lake Champlain and assisted in taking 22 prisoners, 20 to 30 head of cattle, and 100 horses at Gillelands Creek north of Crown Point, New York. He did not return to Pawlet, Bennington (now Rutland) County, Vermont, until the end of December 1777 or January 1778, where he received his discharge. In May 1782, Paul served in Captain Enoch Eastman's Company of the Sixth Regiment of Vermont Militia in the re-taking of Lieutenant William Blanchard of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont from the Tories. Paul moved to Hartford, Washington County, New York in 1805 and resided there until his death on June 10, 1839. He is buried in the Old Hartford Cemetery in Hartford next to his wife Hannah.
- Biographical information courtesy of Herman C. Brown
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In 1776, Paul resided in Rupert, Bennington County, Vermont. About mid-October 1776, he enlisted for nine months in Captain Joshua Conkey's Company of the Charlotte (now Washington) County, New York Regiment of Militia. He joined Conkey's Company at Salem (New Perth), Charlotte County, New York where he assisted in building a Picket-Fort. In the fall of 1776, he was one of a scouting party that went to Hebron the town just north of Salem; captured several Tories; and marched them as prisoners to Albany, New York. In the middle of June 1777, he was sent to Fort Ticonderoga arriving there about the first of July. On July 6, 1777, he retreated over Lake Champlain, crossed Mount Independence, and went to Hubbardton where he participated in the Battle of Hubbardton (a rear-guard action against General Burgoyne's combined British and Hessian Forces). He continued in the retreat to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont where he was discharged on July 20, 1777 having served out his term of enlistment.