354 HISTORY OF COH ASSET. 



could be kept away on that day. One of the boys* of 

 that time who recently died, remembers the occasion when 

 he wore his little nankeen frock and was horrified by the 

 accident of a man's hand being blown off. 



Tftat was probably the last general muster ever held in 

 Cohasset, for on April 24, 1840, the State militia was all 

 reorganized, and at the present day there are but a half- 

 dozen Cohasset young men in the militia. 



A LIST OF COHASSET MEN WHO WERE COMMISSIONED IN THE 



STATE MILITIA SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOLUTION 



UP TO THE REORGANIZATION IN 1840. 



COLONEL. 

 Newcomb Bates. April 21, 1823 — April 26, 1825. Discharged. 



LIEUTENANT COLONEL. 

 Newcomb Bates. June 2, 1820 — April 21, 1823. Promoted. 



MAJORS. 

 Jonathan Bates. May 18, 1797 — 

 James Stoddard. May 27, 1789— 

 John Pratt, May 28, 1812— April 30, 1814. Discharged. 

 Job Cushing. July i, 1781 — 

 Newcomb Bates. May 11, 1819— June 2, 1820. Promoted. 



CAPTAINS. 



Levi Tower. October 7, 1789 — 



Jonathan Bates. May i6, 1796 — May 18, 1797. Promoted. 



Bela Bates. August 26, 1797 — 



John Pratt. April 9, 1806— May 28, 1812. Promoted. 



Nathaniel Nichols. July i, 1781 — 



Mar'J'in Lincoln. June 17, 1828— March 18, 1830. Discharged. 



David Tower. April 14, 1830 — May 4, 1832. Discharged. 



Levi Nichols. July 12, 1819— March 12, 1822. Discharged. 



Nichols Tower. March 25, 1822— April 24, 1823. Discharged. 



Abraham H. Tower. May 31, 1823— February 27, 1828. Discharged. 



Newcomb Bates. May 16, 1815— May ii, 1819. Promoted. 



Peter Lothrop. August 31, 1812— April 17, 1815. Discharged. 



LIEUTENANTS. 

 Bela Bates. May 16, 1796— August 26, 1797. Promoted. 

 Caleb Nichols. October 7, 1789— 

 John Pratt. August 26, 1797— April 9, 1806. Projnoted. 

 Jeorum Lincoln. July 1,1781 — 

 Samuel Bates. July i, 1781— 



•George Bates, born 1815. 



