Served in the Commander in Chief Guard during the Revolutionary War.
Laban Landon, son of William and Mercy Landon, was born at what is now Hackettstown in old Hardwick Township Jan. 13, 1759.
He enlisted for five months in 1776 as Private in the New Jersey State Troops. Later he enlisted at "Smith's Clove", near the line between New York and New Jersey, and served in Capt. James Hallet's Company. His pension application states that in the latter part of 1777 he enlisted in Capt. William Helm's Company, Second New Jersey Regiment, but other records indicate that he enlisted at Hardwick, April 29, 1777, for three years in Capt. Nathaniel Tomm's Company, from which he was transferred at Valley Forge, Pa., Feb. 1, 1778, to Capt. Henry Luse's Company in the Second New Jersey Regiment, and again at Valley Forge, March 19, 1778, to Commander-in-Chief Washington's Guard under Capt. Caleb Gibbs and later Capt. William Colfax. He served as guard to George Washington until he was furloughed at Newburgh, N. Y., in June 1783, pending the ratification of the definite Treaty of Peace, and he was finally discharged Nov. 3, 1783, with two badges of merit. During his service he was in the battles of White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 1776; Brandywine, Del., Sept. 1777; Germantown, Pa., Oct. 1777; Monmouth, N. J., June 28, 1778; was sick at Quaker Hill Hospital Nov. 26, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779; at battles of Connecticut Farms, N. J., June 7, 1780; King's Bridge, N. Y., July 3, 1781; and Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered, and in which engagement he was wounded in both arms.
He was married March 15, 1784, to Elizabeth Gilless, of Newburgh, N. Y., who was born Aug. 20, 1765. 13 children were born to this union, 11 of whom lived to adulthood. His application for a pension, May 9, 1818, gives the complete record of his family. It states that he was then living in Canton Township, Bradford County, Pa., in which county he had lived about eighteen years, having previously lived in Lycoming County. Laban's occupations were listed as both a doctor and a farmer.
Laban Landon, son of William and Mercy Landon, was born at what is now Hackettstown in old Hardwick Township Jan. 13, 1759.
He enlisted for five months in 1776 as Private in the New Jersey State Troops. Later he enlisted at "Smith's Clove", near the line between New York and New Jersey, and served in Capt. James Hallet's Company. His pension application states that in the latter part of 1777 he enlisted in Capt. William Helm's Company, Second New Jersey Regiment, but other records indicate that he enlisted at Hardwick, April 29, 1777, for three years in Capt. Nathaniel Tomm's Company, from which he was transferred at Valley Forge, Pa., Feb. 1, 1778, to Capt. Henry Luse's Company in the Second New Jersey Regiment, and again at Valley Forge, March 19, 1778, to Commander-in-Chief Washington's Guard under Capt. Caleb Gibbs and later Capt. William Colfax. He served as guard to George Washington until he was furloughed at Newburgh, N. Y., in June 1783, pending the ratification of the definite Treaty of Peace, and he was finally discharged Nov. 3, 1783, with two badges of merit. During his service he was in the battles of White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 1776; Brandywine, Del., Sept. 1777; Germantown, Pa., Oct. 1777; Monmouth, N. J., June 28, 1778; was sick at Quaker Hill Hospital Nov. 26, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779; at battles of Connecticut Farms, N. J., June 7, 1780; King's Bridge, N. Y., July 3, 1781; and Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered, and in which engagement he was wounded in both arms.
He was married March 15, 1784, to Elizabeth Gilless, of Newburgh, N. Y., who was born Aug. 20, 1765. 13 children were born to this union, 11 of whom lived to adulthood. His application for a pension, May 9, 1818, gives the complete record of his family. It states that he was then living in Canton Township, Bradford County, Pa., in which county he had lived about eighteen years, having previously lived in Lycoming County. Laban's occupations were listed as both a doctor and a farmer.
Served in the Commander in Chief Guard during the Revolutionary War.
Laban Landon, son of William and Mercy Landon, was born at what is now Hackettstown in old Hardwick Township Jan. 13, 1759.
He enlisted for five months in 1776 as Private in the New Jersey State Troops. Later he enlisted at "Smith's Clove", near the line between New York and New Jersey, and served in Capt. James Hallet's Company. His pension application states that in the latter part of 1777 he enlisted in Capt. William Helm's Company, Second New Jersey Regiment, but other records indicate that he enlisted at Hardwick, April 29, 1777, for three years in Capt. Nathaniel Tomm's Company, from which he was transferred at Valley Forge, Pa., Feb. 1, 1778, to Capt. Henry Luse's Company in the Second New Jersey Regiment, and again at Valley Forge, March 19, 1778, to Commander-in-Chief Washington's Guard under Capt. Caleb Gibbs and later Capt. William Colfax. He served as guard to George Washington until he was furloughed at Newburgh, N. Y., in June 1783, pending the ratification of the definite Treaty of Peace, and he was finally discharged Nov. 3, 1783, with two badges of merit. During his service he was in the battles of White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 1776; Brandywine, Del., Sept. 1777; Germantown, Pa., Oct. 1777; Monmouth, N. J., June 28, 1778; was sick at Quaker Hill Hospital Nov. 26, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779; at battles of Connecticut Farms, N. J., June 7, 1780; King's Bridge, N. Y., July 3, 1781; and Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered, and in which engagement he was wounded in both arms.
He was married March 15, 1784, to Elizabeth Gilless, of Newburgh, N. Y., who was born Aug. 20, 1765. 13 children were born to this union, 11 of whom lived to adulthood. His application for a pension, May 9, 1818, gives the complete record of his family. It states that he was then living in Canton Township, Bradford County, Pa., in which county he had lived about eighteen years, having previously lived in Lycoming County. Laban's occupations were listed as both a doctor and a farmer.
Laban Landon, son of William and Mercy Landon, was born at what is now Hackettstown in old Hardwick Township Jan. 13, 1759.
He enlisted for five months in 1776 as Private in the New Jersey State Troops. Later he enlisted at "Smith's Clove", near the line between New York and New Jersey, and served in Capt. James Hallet's Company. His pension application states that in the latter part of 1777 he enlisted in Capt. William Helm's Company, Second New Jersey Regiment, but other records indicate that he enlisted at Hardwick, April 29, 1777, for three years in Capt. Nathaniel Tomm's Company, from which he was transferred at Valley Forge, Pa., Feb. 1, 1778, to Capt. Henry Luse's Company in the Second New Jersey Regiment, and again at Valley Forge, March 19, 1778, to Commander-in-Chief Washington's Guard under Capt. Caleb Gibbs and later Capt. William Colfax. He served as guard to George Washington until he was furloughed at Newburgh, N. Y., in June 1783, pending the ratification of the definite Treaty of Peace, and he was finally discharged Nov. 3, 1783, with two badges of merit. During his service he was in the battles of White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 1776; Brandywine, Del., Sept. 1777; Germantown, Pa., Oct. 1777; Monmouth, N. J., June 28, 1778; was sick at Quaker Hill Hospital Nov. 26, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779; at battles of Connecticut Farms, N. J., June 7, 1780; King's Bridge, N. Y., July 3, 1781; and Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis surrendered, and in which engagement he was wounded in both arms.
He was married March 15, 1784, to Elizabeth Gilless, of Newburgh, N. Y., who was born Aug. 20, 1765. 13 children were born to this union, 11 of whom lived to adulthood. His application for a pension, May 9, 1818, gives the complete record of his family. It states that he was then living in Canton Township, Bradford County, Pa., in which county he had lived about eighteen years, having previously lived in Lycoming County. Laban's occupations were listed as both a doctor and a farmer.
Inscription
LABAN
LANDON,
died June 29,
1828, AE. 68
Y. 5 M. & 16 D.
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