Cornelius Nieukirk

Birth:
2 September 1733

Death:
8 November 1795

Veteran of:
American Revolution

Branch of Service: Colonial Militia
Rank: Colonel
Occupational Specialty:
Dates of Service: prior to December 13, 1776 – after 6 November 1794
Unit: Salem County New Jersey Militia
Locations: Battle of Princeton, New Jersey

Additional Information:

A good citizen and ardent patriot he was in service in the Revolution as Captain, Second Regiment, Salem County, New Jersey Militia, prior to December 13, 1776; was with other militia troops at Mt. Holley at the time of the Battle of Princeton; served at Gloucester under Colonel Benjamin Holme, May 1777; commanded his Company of forty men at Billingsport, under Lieut. Col Josiah Hillman, July and August 1777, and probably saw General Washington when he visited the fortification, August 1, of that year; in service October 1777; the Class Rolls of his Company, date Oct 2, are given on succeeding pages as is the payroll of his Company at Haddonfield; commanded his Company at Haddonfield under Colonel Jacob Ellis, Feb 4, to March 9, 1778; ;in service Mary 1778; and during invasion of enemy at Swedesboro, April 4 1778; and in July 1778,

[Salem County in the Revolution, by Frank H Stewart.]

Without doubt he saw later service. His military sword, worn during the Revolution, and that of his Great Grandson James P Nieukirk of the Civil War, have been presented to the Salem County Historical Society.

Records in the Adjutant General’s Office at Trenton show that he was commissioned Lieutenant-colonel of Second Battalion of Salem County Militia, November 7 1786; commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of First Salem Regiment, June 5, 1793, and resigned as Lieutenant-Colonel of Fourth Salem Regiment of Militia, November 6, 1794.

[Letter from Adjutant General R Beber Breintnall, under date of July 23, 1906, to Adamson B Newkirk of Los Angeles, CA]

PID: KJC2-CT7
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