Oliver Arnold (1746 - 1834)

Born 22 Jun 1746 in Pawtuxet, Providence County, Rhode Island

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Died 9 Jan 1834 at age 87 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Private Oliver Arnold served with Col. Peter Olcott's Regiment, Vermont Republic Militia during the American Revolution.

Oliver Arnold is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A003299.

Oliver Arnold came with his brother Stephen and father-in-law, Captain Randall Rice, from Rhode Island to Clarendon, Vermont. After the Battle of Bennington, when the British started on retreat, they forced Oliver, with his oxen, to carry their supplies north for several days, but he finally escaped from them by a forged pass and returned home. He was called the sailor farmer, as having been a sailor his way of cutting down trees was to climb to the top and cut the limbs before cutting down the tree.

The Vermont Revolutionary Rolls mention him on several pages. He was in Captain Abe Saulsbury's Company October 17, 1777 (pg. 58); In Captain Thomas Sawyer's Company November 1778 (page 96); In Captain Ichabod Robinson's Company in 1780 (page 331); in the same Company in 1781 (page 585); Scout four days (page 645); Captain Saulsbury's Company was formed by the towns of Wallingford, Clarendon, Rutland and Pittsford, Vermont, on being alarmed by the enemy's coming to Pittsford, taking some prisoners and plundering some houses.

He built a store in Danby, Vermont, in 1803.

He was granted a pension on June 1832, in the Vermont Militia of $61.55 yearly.^[1]

Oliver died in 1834. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, Elisha Stephen. The Arnold Memorial, William Arnold of Providence and Pawtucket 1587-1675 and a Genealogy of his Descendants. The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc, Rutland, Vermont, 1935, Pages 129-130.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/6516510?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22444f49323942536978665847357677755a592f6e73705936445a336f384e56684a4b4c723563572f7366773d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

• Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Name: Oliver Arnold

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1750

Birth Place: Exeter, Rhode Island

Father Name: Joseph Arnold

Mother Name: Hannah Arnold

• Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland County, Vermont
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70079125/oliver-arnold: accessed 19 July 2023), memorial page for Oliver Arnold (unknown–9 Jan 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70079125, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Jen Snoots (contributor 4661415).
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 20, 2020), "Record of Arnold, Oliver", Ancestor # A003299.

Acknowledgements

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