===== Benjamin Osmun =====

  * **Born:** Hunterdon County, New Jersey
  * **Died:** June 1815, Natchez, Adams Co, Ms
  * **Buried:** Windy Hill Manor, Natchez, Adams Co, Ms

Benajah Osmun was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 17XX. He served in the Revolutionary War as a 2nd Lieutenant and Quartermaster. He was captured at Charleston in 1778 and exchanged. A Captain by brevet and served to the end of the war. He was an original member of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati. A prominate group of revolutionary war veterans

Osmun and another Federalist [[#lemuel_henry|Lemuel Henry]] posted sureties on the $10,000 bond posted to guarantee Aaron Burr. Appearance before a special section of the Territorial Supreme Court.

Figure 3 Founders Online, National Archives https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-020- 2224

//Source: Trip Through The Piney Woods, PDF p. 101.//