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HISTORY OF C OH ASSET. 



The following records of Cohasset soldiers who reached 

 the rank of officers in the Continental army are taken from 

 Heitman's " Continental Officers " : — 



James Hall. Sergeant in Knox's Regiment Continental Artil- 

 lery, February to December, 1 766. Second Lieutenant in Third 

 Continental Artillery, January i, 1777. First Lieutenant in Third 

 Continental Artillery, September 12, 1777. Captain Lieutenant 

 in Continental Artillery, April 12, 1780. Served till June, 1783. 

 Died April 3, 181 9. 



Noah Nichols. Captain in Stevens' Battalion of Artillery, 

 December 16, 1776. Captain in Second Continental Artillery, 



1778. Resigned April 3, 1780. 



Bela Nichols. Quartermaster of Stevens' Battalion Third 

 Continental Artillery, July 11, 1777. First Lieutenant, March i, 



1779. Resigned April 7, 1780. Died November 18, 1831. 

 Nathaniel Nichols. First Lieutenant in Heath's Regiment, 



May to December, 1775. 



Benjamin Beal. Second Lieutenant in Heath's Regiment, 

 May, 1775. 



