Bennington

HERRICK, Samuel

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 176
(extracted from a section on the history of Bennington, Bennington County, 
Vermont)

Col. Samuel HERRICK was an active and prominent man in the early military 
affairs of Vermont. He came to Bennington [Bennington County, Vermont] prior 
to March 1769, at which time his name is found on the town records, but from 
what place and what had been his previous history, is not known. He left the 
town soon after the close of the Revolution, removing to Springfield, 
Montgomery County, New York, and in regard to him since that time, nothing 
has been ascertained. His residence here was in the west part of the town at 
what has lately been known as the DIMICK place. He served as Captain at the 
taking of Ticonderoga in 1775, and in the evacuation of that fort by St. 
CLAIR in 1777 he was appointed Colonel of a Regiment of Rangers raised by the 
Council of Safety of this state. At the head of these and of the militia of 
this town and vicinity as a separate detachment, he led the attack on the 
rear of BAUM's right in Bennington battle, and was distinguished for bravery 
and skill in both engagements of that day. Gordon in his history, in giving 
an account of the battle, speaks of the "superior military skill" of Cols. 
WARNER and HERRICK as being of great service to General STARK. Col. HERRICK 
was subsequently in command of the regiment of militia of this vicinity, and 
in that capacity as well as at the head of his corps of Rangers was in active 
service on several occasions during the war.

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