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{General} John Stark [?] 1810 The Hero of Bennington & Cincinnatus of America. He was born in Londonderry {New Hampshire} in 1728. at the age of 21 he was taken by the Indians & ransomed. He was a Lieutenant under Rogers, & afterwards commanded a Company of Rangers was with the American Army after the battle of Lexington & received a Colonel's Commission from Massachusetts. He was in the action of Bunker Hill. He held a Command in the North after the evacuation of Boston & was in the action of Trenton. He took {Colonel} Baum and his Hessians in August 1777 & after, was commanded in the action at Bennington.
