John Nichols - Dry Creek Cemetery, Moravia, Ny
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 42° 42.083 W 076° 25.006
18T E 383963 N 4728627
This is a new stone in a veterans area in an old cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMT1W8
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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Dry Creek was Moravia's town cemetery until there were flooding problems. The town moved their cemetery to a hill east of town. Some of the graves were moved, some stayed. The graves are from the 1800s. One edge has the veterans' section with a flagpole and individual flags.
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"In the course of the war, 27 infantry regiments were assigned to the Connecticut Line. This included the eight provincial regiments of 1775, Wooster's Provisional Regiment (formed by consolidation of the remnants of the original 1st, 4th, and 5th Regiments), the five numbered Continental regiments of 1776, the eight Connecticut regiments of 1777, S.B. Webb's Additional Continental Regiment, which later became the 9th Connecticut Regiment, and four new regiments created by consolidation in 1781...Early in 1777, Washington offered command of one of these additional regiments to Samuel Blatchley Webb, who accepted. Webb had formerly served as one of Washington’s personal aides. Webb’s Regiment was allotted to the Connecticut Line on July 24, 1780, and officially designated the 9th Connecticut Regiment. The 9th Connecticut Regiment was consolidated with the 2d Connecticut Regiment on January 1, 1781."
Location type: Section of a Cemetery/Mass Grave

Date of Birth: 1755

Date of Death: 1840

Cause of death: Died Later

Grave Marker Text:
John Nichols 9 Regt Conn Militia Rev War 1755 1840


Ranks: Not listed

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