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Shaftsbury Vermont Cemetery Department

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Esq. Amos Huntington
Interred in Center Cemetery - Shaftsbury, Vermont: Section C / Lot 3 / Grave 1
For information regarding his family, children, and siblings, visit Find-A-Grave or the Town’s Cemify website.
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Amos Huntington was captain of a Shaftsbury infantry company of Vermont militia and was at Ticonderoga and at Hubbardton on July 7, 1777 where he was taken prisoner by Burgoyne and confined to a ship at Quebec and later in New York harbor. He was paroled after 4 years and 10 months of service and exchanged for a British captain. The HuntingtonHuntington Family in American: a Genealogical Memoir of the Known Descendants of Simon Huntington. (Huntington Family Association, Hartford,/ CT 1915.) pg. 100

According to a document dated Feb. 27,1782, the bill of Capt. Amos Huntington (returned home on parole) should be paid by the Continent. State of Vermont Rolls in the Revolutionary War 1775-1883, (J.E. Goodrich 1904) pg. 774




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This historical information was generously provided to the Shaftsbury Cemetery Department by the Shaftsbury Historical Society. We appreciate their contribution to preserving our community's history.