From the Village of Hebron, Illinois, site.
Continued from April 26, 2014.
In the War of 1812, Major Watson enlisted again and was captured at Ogdensburg, NY, and held a prisoner in a prisoner ship off Chatham, England, until 1815. He was discharged at Baltimore and was ill for eleven months before he returned home to St. Lawrence in New York.
According to the Sons of the American Revolution, many veterans came to Wisconsin because their $8 a month pension made them rich in the area as that was often the only money seen on the frontier. Therefore, the old men were greatly welcomed by relatives.
Major Watson died March 16, 1840, aged 100 years, 3 months and 16 days. The death took place at the home of a daughter, Clarissa, Mrs. Daniel Downs in southern Wisconsin.
The Hebron-Linn Cemetery is just south of the Wisconsin border in Illinois.
Who's have Thought a Revolutionary War Veteran Buried in McHenry County. --Cooter
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