PHINEAS NORTON

Norton, Phineas. Private, Capt. Zenas Wheeler’s co.. Col. Hopkins’s (Berkshire Co.) regt.; entered service July 15, 1776; discharged Aug. 4,1776: service, 20 days ; company marched to the Highlands, N. Y., on an alarm ; (also, Capt. John Collar’s co., Col. John Ashley’s (Berkshire Co.) regt. ; entered service Oct. 14, 1780; discharged Oct. 16, 1780; service, 6 days, including travel (3 days) home; company ordered out hy Gen. Fellows on an alarm in Berkshire; also, Capt. Simon Adams’s Co., Col. John Collar’s regt., Gen. Fellows’s brigade ; entered service Oct. 13, 1781 ; discharged Oct. 20, 1781 ; service, 12 days, including 4 days (84 miles) travel home; company ordered out by Col. John Ashley on the alarm at the Northward of Oct. 13, 1781. Source: MS&SRA Vol 11 pg 534/542

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