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Military Veterans Mentioned in Daniel D. Benedict's Diary

Daniel Davis Benedict was born in 1793 and 1866, aged 73 years. He was the first railroad station agent in Saratoga Springs and was prominent in Masonic circles. He kept a diary from 1819 to 1866 in which he noted incidents of local or general nature which interested him. Mr. Benedict's daughter, Mrs. Mary W. Robertson, entrusted the diary to the Saratoga Sentinel which published the entries in serial form. This version may be found on microfilm at the Saratoga Springs Public Library, and the scrapbook version of Benedict's Diary is available at the County Historian's Office. These diary entries were again serialized in several issues of our Heritage Hunters Newsletter.

[This paragraph was adapted from the article introducing the diary's publication in the Heritage Hunters Newsletter in the February-March 2000 issue (Vol. 8, No. 1) in which issue began the serialization of the diary entries.]

7 Aug 1820 Col. Sidney Burr, age 75, Northumberland [Surname should be spelled "Berry"]

25 Apr 1821 Major Ashel Porter, age 55, Greenf ield

29 May 1822 John Frederick Snyder, sailor

16 Sep 1822 Cpt. David Martin, age 53

20 Apr 1823 Col. Wm. Searing

24 Dec 1823 Capt. John Warren, age 69

5 Jan 1829 Col. Jabez Fitch, age 78

16 Aug 1830 Col. Jonathan Williams

17 Nov 1835 Capt. Darius Wright, age 51

2 Mar 1836 Elijah Chapman, age 85, drove Washington's baggage wagon

26 Jun 1837 Col. Wm. Searing

18 May 1838 Levi Benedict, age 77, Milton, Rev. soldier

10 Jan 1844 Lt. Col. Erasmus Darwin Swan Young

9 Feb 1841 Capt. John G. Barnard

1 May 1842 Anthony Glean, Old Saratoga, age 92, Lt. in Rev.

27 Jun 1842 Lt. Levi P. Davidson, Saratoga Springs, 1st. Reg. US Dragoons

20 Oct 1846 Sanbun Ford, Milton, age 95, Rev. soldier

9 Jan 1847 Gen. Earl Stimson, Broadalbin, Militia

5 Jul 1847 Lt. Col. A.L. Barlett

Major Wm. Searing

4 Jul 1848 Gen J.T. Blanchard

Col. Louis Paul

Lt. Col. A L. Barlett

Major Wm. Searing

Major R. H. Martin

23 Jul 1855 Gen. Halsey

28 May 1857 Gen. Joshua T. Blanchard

4 Nov 1857 Col. Samuel Young

27 Nov 1857 Capt. Daniel Starr, Ballston Spa, age 85

9 Jun 1859 Col. Henry D. Chapman

23 Mar 1861 Col. Hiram Rogers

12 Apr 1863 Capt. L.M. Wheeler, 77th Reg., funeral

26 May 1863 Peter Knickerbacker, 77th Reg., funeral

1 Jun 1863 Cpt. Bliven, Perry, Chrysler

19 Mar 1864 Major Isaac Sanford

6 May 1864 Col. Morris

Lewis Close, OLouisiana, 2d. Vet. Cavalry

26 May 1864 Capt. W. S. Schuyler, Washington

4 Apr 1865 Capt. Pierce, 77th Reg.

9 Sep 1865 Lt. Constant Williams, US Army

Dr. DeCamp, US Army