moved 12 miles east into Montgomery County bought a farm and settled and here
I lived till I was 18 years old. There are but ^few^ instances in the early part of my
life that would be interesting, my paretns ware very strenuous believers in the
Universalian doctrine, strictly moral and perfectly honest, and if I have any
immorality about me it is not chargable to my parents I was strictly taught
to rise above all degridation and never to aspire to any thing that was above my
abilities. There is many instances in my life that will be to tegious to come into
this sketch I shall content myself for the preseant by saying that I was kept at
a common Country school till I was old enough to help support a numerous
family after this I continued to go to school some winters till I was sixteen
which left me with a very limted education but I must ^say^ in honer to my
parents that it was not their fault but it was their desire that I should go
to school longer, from the time I was old enough I took great interest in attending
meetings and many times felt seriously affected, but about the time I left
school I began to feel as many other youngsters do that the pleasures of this
life was about all I should ever get and if I missed of them I should miss
a good chance I was light minded fond of company and with all quite
fond of music and in order to keep up my end with the family and gratify
my feelings and not fall behind in my youthful career I besought my father
to let me go and work by the month, accordingly in the month of March after
I was sixteen I hired out for six months and worked it out manfully. I now
commenced a career a sixteenth part of which would be to much for this communicatio[n]
In the month of Sep 1813, I hired to a man to take his place in the militia
and go to Sacketts Harbor not being old enough to go for myself for which
I received $30$ a month after being there 14 days I was chosen as one of a guard
to escort 236 prisoners to greenbush three miles below Albany and 200 from
Sacketts Harbor where we delivered them in good order and returned as far
as Utica and ware honerably dismissed I having served just two months to a
day received my money and went home in good health and spirits although
but 17 years of age I began ^to^ think myself quite a man. I shall not mention
any particulars that transpired from this till the next Sep, although at this
time I was old enough to have went for myself yet as the truth is not to

moved 12 miles east into Montgomery County bought a farm and settled and here I lived till I was 18 years old. There are but few instances in the early part of my life that would be interesting, my paretns ware very strenuous believers in the Universalian doctrine, strictly moral and perfectly honest, and if I have any immorality about me it is not chargable to my parents I was strictly taught to rise above all degridation and never to aspire to any thing that was above my abilities. There is many instances in my life that will be to tegious to come into this sketch I shall content myself for the presant by saying that I was kept at a common Country school till I was old enough to help support a numerous family after this I continued to go to school some winters till I was sixteen which left me with a very limted education but I must say in honer to my parents that it was not their fault but it was their desire that I should go to school longer, from the time I was old enough I took great interest in attending meetings and many times felt seriously affected, but about the time I left school I began to feel as many other youngsters do that the pleasures of this life was about all I should ever get and if I missed of them I should miss a good chance I was light minded fond of company and with all quite fond of music and in order to keep up my end with the family and gratify my feelings and not fall behind in my youthful career I besought my father to let me go and work by the month, accordingly in the month of March after I was sixteen I hired out for six months and worked it out manfully. I now commenced a career a sixteenth part of which would be to much for this communication In the month of Sep 1813, I hired to a man to take his place in the militia and go to Sacketts Harbor not being old enough to go for myself for which I received $30 a month after being there 14 days I was chosen as one of a guard to escort 236 prisoners to greenbush three miles below Albany and 200 from Sacketts Harbor where we delivered them in good order and returned as far as Utica and ware honerably dismissed I having served just two months to a day received my money and went home in good health and spirits although but 17 years of age I began to think myself quite a man. I shall not mention any particulars that transpired from this till the next Sep, although at this time I was old enough to have went for myself yet as the truth is not to