MONTGOMERY COUNTY NY MILITARY INDEX PAGE

Our popular "Where the Boys Were" section outgrew its spot on our main page long ago. A special feature of this section, the Military Roll of Honor. If your ancestor or relative was born, raised or lived in Montgomery County, NY, send us their name, town and the war they served in for inclusion on the Military Honor Roll. Of special interest are Herkimer/Montgomery veterans who moved on and served in other states.

Military Roll of Honor

sent in by our visitors:

NOTE: Many email addresses of these submissions are very old and not up to date. If you find that an email address no longer works, please advise us. However, we're unable to assist you in tracking down a researcher. If we knew a researcher's current email address, the address posted would have been updated.

• Herkimer/Montgomery Counties Military Roll of Honor: profiles of and tributes to ancestors who lived in Herkimer and Montgomery, sent in by our visitors.
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• Herkimer/Montgomery Counties Memorial Day 1997 Roll of Honor: a large listing of ancestors from Herkimer and Montgomery, submitted by site visitors in 1997!. So successful that we created a year-round Roll of Honor (above).

published or other lists:

• Fort Hunter Soldiers Memorial: WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam
• Hagaman Mills Cemetery Veterans Burials
• Randall, NY Soldiers Plaque

Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War Service or Pension Records:

• Leonard Ackler
• Abraham Covenhoven
• Isaac Covenhoven
• Marcus Duesler
• Henry and Jacob Flanders
• Nicholas Hill
• Benjamin Kneeland
• Men of the Lighthall Surname
• Daniel McGraw
• John McMartin
• Jacob Ratnour/Rattenauer
• Abel Scribner
• Henry Wiles

Revolutionary War Widow's Pension Applications:

• Anna Moyer/Myers
• Nelly Putman
• Elisabeth Suts

Pension lists:

• 1835 Revolutionary War Pensioners
• 1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

Unit Rosters:

• 1st Regiment of the Tryon County Militia
• 3rd Regiment of the Tryon County Militia
• 4th Regiment of the Tryon County Militia
• Rangers of the Tryon County Militia
• New York State Privateers and Seamen of the Revolutionary War
• Tryon County Militia - Minutemen and Associated Exempts

Letters, Biographies, Historical Accounts and Memorabilia:

• Revolutionary Postcards of Johnstown, N.Y.
• The Two Sides of Joseph Brant
• Letters of Walter and John Butler
• "Fort Hunter" and "The Massacre of German Flats": French & Indian War
• French Attack on the German Flatts: French & Indian War
• W. Max Reid's "The Story of Old Fort Johnson"
• Sir William Johnson
• John McGraw Enlists, Town of Florida
• The Adventures of John Pettit, Soldier of the American Revolution
• The Tragic Death of John Shew
• The Shews of Fish House
• The Loss-Claim of Johannes Veeder
• Early Life of Sir William Johnson

The Other Side:

• Land Owners of the Mecklenburg District (Ontario, Canada), 1790
• Mohawk Valley Loyalist Claims
• Short Bios of Mohawk Valley Loyalists

War of 1812

• Appointed Officers of the Local Militia, 1808-1817
• Soldiers of the War of 1812 Still Living in 1878
• War of 1812 Pension of Leslie Walsh/Welch
• Montgomery and Fulton County 1812 Veterans Claims

NYS Militia

• Officers of the 40th Regt. in 1859

Civil War

Transcripts from the 1890 U.S. Surviving Veterans and Widows Census:

• Town of Amsterdam
• Town of Charleston
• Town of Florida, a second transcription
• Town of Minden
• Town of Mohawk
• Town of Root
• Town of St. Johnsville
• 1890 Veterans and Widows Census - Montgomery County Jail and Almshouse

Rosters:

• Montgomery County Members of the 1st NY Artillery, Company K
• Montgomery County Members of the 13th NY Heavy Artillery, Companies E, F and G
• Herkimer/Montgomery Counties Members of the 14th NY Volunteer Infantry
• Civil War Soldiers of the 14th NY Artillery
• Montgomery County Members of the 16th NY Artillery, Companies F and H
• Montgomery County Members of the 32nd NY Volunteer Infantry, Companies B and D
• Montgomery County Members of the 43rd NY Volunteer Infantry
• Montgomery County Members of the 115th NY Volunteer Infantry, and it's Officers, and Companies A, B, D, E, G, H, I, and K
• Montgomery County Members of the 153rd NY Infantry, Companies B, C, E, F and G

Pensions and Service Records:

• Montgomery County Soldiers Serving in Other Regiments
• More Civil War "Strays" of Herkimer/Montgomery Counties
• Civil War Soldiers Originally from Schoharie County, NY
• Montgomery County Pensioners on the Roll, Jan. 1, 1883
• Civil War Pension Abstract of Martin Minch

Diaries, Biographies, Historical Accounts and Memorabilia:

• Obituary & Diary of Jerome E. Bliss, 97th New York Volunteers, Dolgeville, Montgomery County
• Obituary and Photos of Imogene C. Bliss, Widow, Dolgeville, Montgomery County
  
• Peter J. Keck of the 115th NY Volunteers
• Lanegar Family of Glen
• George and Martin Minch of the Towns of Root and Minden
• 1887 Reunion of the 32nd & 153rd NY Vols. Civil War Veterans
• Mont. Co. Delegates to 1917 GAR Encampment
• Montgomery County Military Burial Reports, 1920 & 1926
• Report of Supervisor of Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief and Burials, Amsterdam, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1931

Spanish-American War

• Mohawk Valley Men in the Spanish-American War
• Spanish-American War Veterans 2nd Regiment Company G Roster
• Report of Supervisor of Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief and Burials, Amsterdam, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1931

World War I

• Montgomery Boys Called: 23 Montgomery County Men Drafted into WWI
• Some WWI Soldier Deaths of Montgomery County
• The Lucky 13 of the 51st Pioneer Infantry, WWI
• Report of Supervisor of Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief and Burials, Amsterdam, N.Y., Nov. 1, 1931
• Private Wilbur Harold Shaft
• Private Harold Christian Thielking

World War II

• The Five Moran Brothers of Ft. Hunter
• Local WWII Vets from Clarkson College
• Boot Camp Photos and Memories of Roger Thielking, Montgomery County
• Co. 358, Radio Technician Company, Great Lakes Naval Training Center

Vietnam

• Vietnam Era Memorial Day Celebrations, Montgomery County

Images

• Memorial Day 2000 Postcard Gallery
  

Off Site Links

• NYS Military Museum - probably the best collection of information online for NYS in for the Civil War and includes some information about other wars as well.
   
• US Army Heritage & Education Center

Civil War

NYGenWeb's Civil War site, which includes the following pages with Montgomery County information:

• Memorial to the 32nd NY Vol. Infantry, Company B
• Roster of Co. G 153rd NY Volunteers : on NYGenWeb Site of the Civil War
• GAR Posts and their Namesakes
• See to the Flags!

121st NY Volunteer Infantry items - on the Otsego County, NYGenWeb site, includes:

• Brief Historical Sketch of the 121st NY Volunteer Infantry
• Photos of Reunions of the 121st
• Souvenir of Reunions, Ribbons and Badges of the 121st
• The Monument at Gettysburg - 121st NY Volunteer Infantry
• Rosters of Companies A - K, 121st NY Volunteer Infantry: including muster of the field and staff. Many Herkimer and Montgomery Counties residents.
• Tribute to the "Onesters": a poetic tribute to the 121st by John K. Tyler

New York State and the Civil War, includes:

• Montgomery County Grand Army of the Republic Posts

The National Park Service information on the Civil War, has many items, including:

• Search for Prisoners: Andersonville (Confederate) and Fort McHenry (Union)

Andersonville Prison

• The Andersonville Prison from the National Park Service
• Andersonville Prison Camp Information and Lookups (Civil War)
   
• Friends of the Florence Stockade, Florence, SC: the Florence Stockade was in operation for approximately 5 months during the time period of Sept 1864 through Feb 1865. During this time, as many as15-18,000 Union soldiers were held captive. Of these, 2,802 Union soldiers died; 2,300 of whom are buried as unknowns today. The Florence Stockade has not received the same notoriety as Andersonville, but the conditions were very much the same. Among the soldiers held at Florence were members of the 43rd NY Volunteer Infantry. This site is dedicated to both the memory of the prisoners and those who guarded them.
   
• 115th New York Volunteer Infantry
   
• Historical New York Times, 1851-present: use the search tool to find articles.
   
• Roots-L Resources: The Civil War

Other Military Links

• New York State Archives
• National Cemetery Administration: Gravesite Locator Search Engine
• Tryon County NYGenWeb
• The Oriskany Roster (1925)
• Fort Klock Historic Restoration
• Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York
• National DAR Library
• American Revolutionary War From 1776 to 1783: an online book by James Thacher, M.D., Late Surgeon in the American Army
• Counterintelligence - Revolution to WWII - an online book
• The On-line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies: lots of information here including muster rolls!
• Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), Mohawk: the story of Joseph Brant by Tom Penick.
• Butler's Rangers: a bio of Col. John Butler (1728 - 1796), early resident of Fonda, NY and Loyalist leader at the Battle of Oriskany.
• Story of Johanna Utter: A tip from Stephan G. Dennie: Johanna Utter was the wife of Martin Sleezer. Martin was a German pressed into service for the Hessian forces and brought to America to fight for the British.He defected and joined the American Army and later married Johanna.They were among the earliest settlers in Fish House along with the Shews.
• Valley Forge National Historic Park
• Valley Forge Muster Roll
• War of 1812
• Buffalo Barracks Historical Web Site: Search for military records of enlisted soldiers who served at The Buffalo Barracks between 1835 and 1846
• NY CW Soldiers Living in Michigan
• National WWI Museum and Memorial
• National WWII Museum
• The Korean War Veterans Memorial
• The Korean War Project: soldiers' remains are waiting to be claimed. See what you can do to help identify and arrangements can be made to bring them home for burials in their home state.
• The National Vietnam War Museum

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