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 General William Eaton was an officer in the United States Army who first served as a sergeant in the Continental Army from 1780 to 1783. He subsequently graduated from Dartmouth College in 1790. Following his academic achievements, Eaton held the position of Clerk for the Vermont House of Representatives during 1791‚Äì1792. He returned to military service as a captain in 1792, serving until 1799. Appointed Consul General in Tunis, Eaton was unable to halt tribute payments for American vessels. However, he later played a pivotal role in leading an expedition to reinstate Tripoli’s  deposed ruler, successfully capturing Derna and contributing to the cessation of U.S. tribute payments. For his efforts, Eaton was recognized as a hero and awarded land in Massachusetts. He further served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1807 to 1808.
-Eaton became involved in the Burr affair when Aaron Burr allegedly attempted to recruit him for his political endeavors. Eaton’s  testimony provided details regarding Burr’s  purported revolutionary aims and personal offers made to him. Nevertheless, no act of treason transpired, and the combination of a lack of evidence and Eaton’s  diminished reputation at the time resulted in Burr’s  acquittal.
+Eaton became involved in the Burr affair when [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr|Aaron Burr]] allegedly attempted to recruit him for his political endeavors. Eaton’s  testimony provided details regarding Burr’s  purported revolutionary aims and personal offers made to him. Nevertheless, no act of treason transpired, and the combination of a lack of evidence and Eaton’s  diminished reputation at the time resulted in Burr’s  acquittal.
 The town of Eaton, New York, bears his name in recognition of his legacy.
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 //Source: Trip Through The Piney Woods, PDF pp. 38‚Äì39.//
-===== Samuel Ellis =====
-//Manuscript heading: Colonel Samuel Ellis//
-  * **Born:** 17 Dec 1792, Monticello, Jasper Co, GA
-  * **Died:** 13 July 1841 Ellisville Jones Co, MS
-Samuel Burton Ellis Jr born in Jasper County, GA was married to Jane Tresa Sims in Twiggs, GA. He was in Perry County in 1823 where a son was born and in Jones County in 1825 when a daughter was born. He is also on the 1830 census for Jones County. Ellis had an obituary in The Weekly Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi) 13 August 1841
-‚ÄúSamuel Ellis died at his residence in Jones county on Tuesday evening the 13th . Colonel Samuel Ellis age about 45 years, after an illness of eight days. Mr. Ellis was one of the early pioneers of Mississippi and represented the county of Jones in the Legislature for nearly 14 years; and owing to his upright and honest deportment, few exercised a greater influence. Unostentatious in his manners, rigidly honest in his intercourse with his fellow-man, warm-hearted and generous among his friends and neighbors, he was emphatically the idol of the section of country in which he lived. During a long public life, he never once lost the favor of his constituents, but was always triumphantly elected to every office to which he aspired. He was followed to his grave by a large concourse of neighbors and friends, who deeply and sincerely deplore his loss
-//Source: Trip Through The Piney Woods, PDF p. 41.//