Autographs
1785 General "Sam Safford" Autograph Document Signed Twice as Chief Judge of the Bennington County Court, VT.
GENERAL SAMUEL SAFFORD (1737-1813). Revolutionary War Member of the "Green Mountain Boys", early Settler of Bennington (VT.), in 1781 appointed General of the Militia, elected State Councillor, and was Chief Judge of the Bennington County Court.
February 26, 1785-Dated Autograph Document Signed Twice, "Sam Safford", Bennington, VT, 6" x 8", Choice Very Fine. This is a handwritten statement by Lt. Col. (later General) Samuel Safford to "certify that Martin Amon inlisted himself a soldier in Col. Seth Warners Regiment the 26th of December 1779 to serve During war. He was taken prisoner the 11th Octr. 1780, he inlisted hem self for, and was returned to the State of Connecticut as one of the States Quota. He returned from his captivity to this town the 23d of August 1784. Attest. Saml Safford Lt. Col. of said Regiment. N.B. the above Martin Amon received no part of his pay while in the regiment. Safford was commissioned a major in the regiment of Seth Warner (Ethan Allen's cousin) when the Green Mountain Boys joined the American Revolution with Washington's Continental Army. The Samuel Safford Inn is today a bed and breakfast in Bennington. A scarce autograph of a Revolutionary War Member of the "Green Mountain Boys"
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Safford was born at Norwich, Conn., Apr. 14, 1737, and was one of the early settlers of Bennington. He took an active part in the land title controversy with New York, and on several occasions represented the town in conventions of the settlers for defence against the Yorkers, and also for forming the territory into a separate state.



When the committees of the several towns met at Dorset in July, 1775 to nominate officers for the battalion of Green Mountain Boys recommended by Congress, he was named as Major, under Warner as Lieut. Colonel, and served in the corps with him in Canada. And when Warner's Continental Regiment was raised in 1776, he was commissioned by Congress as Lieut. Colonel, and served as such in the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington and throughout the war.



In 1781 he became a General of the Militia. He was a representative of the town in 1781 and 1782, and in 1783 was elected a State Councillor and served as such for 19 years in succession and for 26 successive years, ending in 1807, he was Chief Judge of the County Court for Bennington Co. He was an upright and intelligent man of sound judgment, and universally respected.



He died at Bennington, March 3, 1813, and some of his descendants are now inhabitants of this town.