Name is Darkes on her headstone.31

A veteran of the War of1812, his name appears as Captain on a muster roll of Captain Oliver Scott's Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Artillery of State of New York, attached to the 55th Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Anthony Sprague. Feb. 28-Mar. 17, 1813. Stationed at Sackets Harbor.31

Moved to Jefferson county, NY and settled near Woodville in 1804. At the time almost the entire country was an unbroken wilderness; Sackets Harbor had only two houses, and between the harbor and Mr. Scott’s residence a distance of about fourteen miles, there was not a single house. The nearest grist mill was in Brownville and grain had to be carried to this place on horseback, as wagon roads were almost unknown at that time. Later a grist mill was built on the south side of the creek at Woodville, and those living on the north side, until a bridge could be built, were obliged to swim the stream on horseback, the bag of grain being laid lengthwise upon the horse to prevent wetting.598