Revolutionary War. He was a drummer with Washington at Valley Forge
JOHN BALCH, I died Nov. 10, \ 1845, \ aged 86 years. I A Revolutionary soldier, I A patriot gone, on earth no more I To fight the battles red with gore. I LUCY, I wife of I John Balch, I Died I Nov. 10, 1849. I Ae. 88 yrs. I Her ,vearisome head is at rest, \ Its thinkings and acheings are o'er, I Her quiet immoveable breast, l Is heaved by affliction no more. I Amber cemetery. In 1840 this pensioner, living in l\iiarcellus, was said to be 80 years old, and was from Connecticut as a pensioner. He was born in Mansfield, Ct., Sept. 2, 1759, and married Lucy Bowen of Lebanon, April 6, '85. Their children were all born in Conn.-Balch. Gen. Reg. 71. 130-1. He enlisted from Mansfield in 1st Conn. Line, April 26, '77, was at Stony Point, and served three years. His pension application was made in April, 1818.
From Onondaga Historical Association's: Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, N.Y.
With Supplementary List of Possible Veterans
Based on a Pension List of Franklin H. Chase, Syracuse, N. Y.
Revolutionary War. He was a drummer with Washington at Valley Forge
JOHN BALCH, I died Nov. 10, \ 1845, \ aged 86 years. I A Revolutionary soldier, I A patriot gone, on earth no more I To fight the battles red with gore. I LUCY, I wife of I John Balch, I Died I Nov. 10, 1849. I Ae. 88 yrs. I Her ,vearisome head is at rest, \ Its thinkings and acheings are o'er, I Her quiet immoveable breast, l Is heaved by affliction no more. I Amber cemetery. In 1840 this pensioner, living in l\iiarcellus, was said to be 80 years old, and was from Connecticut as a pensioner. He was born in Mansfield, Ct., Sept. 2, 1759, and married Lucy Bowen of Lebanon, April 6, '85. Their children were all born in Conn.-Balch. Gen. Reg. 71. 130-1. He enlisted from Mansfield in 1st Conn. Line, April 26, '77, was at Stony Point, and served three years. His pension application was made in April, 1818.
From Onondaga Historical Association's: Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, N.Y.
With Supplementary List of Possible Veterans
Based on a Pension List of Franklin H. Chase, Syracuse, N. Y.
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