GLEANINGS AND NOTES.
RIDDELLS AND RIDDLES.
JOHN RIDDLE born in Morristown, N. J., in 1760. While residing in
Dutchess County, N. Y., he was drafted for six months, in May, 1778, under
Captain Dodge, in the regiment of Colonel Wisonpett, and marched in that
command from Fishkill to Newburgh, N. Y.; thence to Albany, where he
remained in garrison some time; thence fifteen miles up the Mohawk River;
thence to Johnston, where he was under the command of General Sulli-
van, in the battle of that place with Canadians and Indians. He then
returned to be stationed at Saratoga during the remainder of his service,
and was employed in erecting a block-house. In 1779 he re-entered for
three months, rendezvousing at Fishkill, under Colonel Stark, and remained
in garrison until the end of his term of service; he then re-enlisted for
and during the war under Captain Savage, and was conducted to New
Windsor, where he received a bounty of sixteen dollars in silver money.
He was now marched to West Point, where he was in garrison until the
end of the war, in 1783, attached to the artillery under Colonel Lamb;
the garrison was commanded by General Putnam. He went back to Mor-
ristown, N. J., after the war, where he lived only a few years, and removed
to the State of Pennsylvania; thence to Frederick County, Va., where he
resided two years; thence to Lexington, Ky., for one year, when he re-
turned to Morristown, N. J., where he lived eight years; thence to Shelby
and Henry Counties, Ky., and was living in the latter subsequent to 1816.
JOHN RIDDLE, born in Hanover County, Va., in 1762, enlisted in Gooch-
land County, in the fall of 1779, to guard the prisoners at Albemarle
barracks, in Albemarle County, Va. Served under Capt. Elisha Leake,
Capt. Josiah Leake, and Capt. Humphrey Parrish, about four months;
also one month in guarding prisoners from Goochland County to Win-
chester, under Capt. Elisha Leake; also three months under Capt. Stokely
Fowles, when Arnold burnt Manchester warehouses, and for a time at
Richmond, stationed at Morbin Hills, below the town. He also volun-
teered for six months under Capt. Jonathan Price, in command of Col.
Holt Richardson, and marched south, joining General Gates at the time
of his defeat, Aug. 16, 1780, and was then wounded in the foot; retreated to
Hillsborough, N. C., where, after remaining some time, he was discharged
by Col. Nathaniel Morris. He served in another tour under Capt.
Stokely Fowles, when Lord Cornwallis invaded Virginia, and was present
at his surrender; also guarded prisoners who were conveyed to Win-
