PENSION: Veniah Fox; Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., NY


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FOX, VENIAH--Born at New Hartford, Conn., 1763. Died at Pomfret, Chautauqua 
County, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1851. Grave in Fredonia Cemetery. Enlisted at East 
Hartford, Conn., with Connecticut troops and was at the battle of Rhode
Island, West Chester County, Springfield, N. J., Jamestown, Va., and was
present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He married Sarah Cadwell
March 23, 1784. She was born 1764 and died June 21, 1840. He is mentioned in
the Pension List of 1840.

Veniah Fox, (1763-1851), served as private and sergeant. In 1818 he was
allowed a pension for service in the Connecticut line. He was body guard to
Lafayette in 1825 when he visited Fredonia He was born in New Hartford, Conn.;
died in Pomfret, N. Y.