. Historical sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne Co., THE OLD EANSOBI HOUSE. 1 durkef/b and ransoms companies. 165 DLirku(5; but Mr. Jarnos Ilurvoy, IiIh grandson, in-forms me this is a mistake, that he was a memberof Caj)tain Eansoms cojnpany. The roll, as we now liave it, contains but fifty-fivenames. If we give riymouth the credit of one-thirdof the full complement of eighty-four men, then itwould appear that the town furnished iK^t less thanthirty-five men in the two companies in tlie Revolu-tionary establishment. The name of Benjamin Bidlack does not appearon either of the rolls, when i
. Historical sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne Co., THE OLD EANSOBI HOUSE. 1 durkef/b and ransoms companies. 165 DLirku(5; but Mr. Jarnos Ilurvoy, IiIh grandson, in-forms me this is a mistake, that he was a memberof Caj)tain Eansoms cojnpany. The roll, as we now liave it, contains but fifty-fivenames. If we give riymouth the credit of one-thirdof the full complement of eighty-four men, then itwould appear that the town furnished iK^t less thanthirty-five men in the two companies in tlie Revolu-tionary establishment. The name of Benjamin Bidlack does not appearon either of the rolls, when it is a fact tljat he servedthroughout the whole seven years of the war. Itdoes not appear either from any records how manyof the men were from Plymouth, enlisted by Wisnerand Strong, who recruited previously in the valley. If we put down the whole number at forty, weshould probably fail to do justice to the early settlersof the town. There is one undeniable, positive fact, however,which does not admit of dispute or cavil, and that is,that the people o
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