Private, NH; "Was out in Revolutionary War three years, served as a butcher, not of men, but animals for them to eat" Hist of Sanbornton, NH: "a young Continental Soldier" "He used to dress his beef without hanging up and cut up the hides to prevent the Indians from appropriating them" Was with the army at Burgoyne's surrender. S45647, NH Line, appl 8 April 1818 Strafford Cty NH aged 61, res of Sanbornton, sol enl at Canterbury in Rockingham Cty NH. In 1820 sol had a wife aged 59 & children; Ascenith aged 23 & McKinney or Mckinsey aged 20. Pension papers say he was at the Battle of Saratoga
Resided in Sanbornton, NH
Died age 92 years 2 months and was a Lieut.
There is a Lt John Durgin buried in Tilton at Arch Hill Cem: d. 16 October 1848, ae 92 y 2 m? Colonial Gravetone Inscriptions in the State of NH, compiled by Mrs Charles Carpenter Goss