Col. Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, NH from Revolutionary soldiers of Dublin, New Hampshire (1901)

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Surname: CILLEY
Source:  A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. by Samuel Carroll Derby, 
          Columbus, Ohio, 1901, page 21

Listed under Colonels:

JOSEPH CILLEY of Nottingham, b. 1735; d. 1799. He served, 1758, under Maj. John Rogers and was 
made sergeant; later he held a Captain's commission from the royal government. In the Revolution
he distinguished himself at Bemis's Heights, Stony Point and Monmouth, and made a brilliant 
record as a soldier. In 1786 he became the first Major General of the N. H. militia (see N.H.S.P.
XXI, 1790-94).