Corporal David Corbin - Wilcox Cemetery - North Collins, NY
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jiggs11
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All-but-forgotten gravesite of David Corbin, a Revolutionary War soldier.
Waymark Code: WMMVP9
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2014
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Revolutionary War gravesite in a sadly neglected, all-but-abandoned Friends cemetery near North Collins, NY.
Records indicate he enlisted in New Fairfield CT 22 April, 1777, then re-enlisted at Pawling NY in 1778. Served as a Scout under Lafayette
and left the Continental Army in 1782.
Birth: Nov. 19, 1757
Ferrisburg
Addison County
Vermont, USA
Death: Sep. 1, 1846
Collins
Erie County
New York, USA
The cemetery is accessible from US 62 South of North Collins, then East on Wilcox Road.
Location type: Section of a Cemetery/Mass Grave
Date of Birth: 19 November, 1757
Date of Death: 1 September, 1846
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
DAVID CORBIN
1757 - 1846
Erected by Buffalo Chapter
N.S.D.A.R.
Ranks:
Corporal
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Visit Instructions:PLEASE NOTE: This category is for American Revolutionary War Veterans only. Veterans of other revolutions are not part of this category.
I have allowed one entry for a grave of British solders, but it was an exception. Please only list graves for Colonial soldiers.
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