History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

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ing I780. Marched July, 1870; discharged December, 1780; service five
months; discharged at West Point.
Also Hooper Bishop, private Capt. Abel King's company, Col. Sear's
regiment; enlisted August 20, 1781; discharged November 26, I78I;
service three months at Saratoga.
Children: (I.) Prudence, b. September 3, I794.
(II.) Sally, b. February 26, 1797; d. February 4, 1858.
(III.) Levi, b. June 8, I799; d. October I8, I870, Novi, Oakland
county, Mich.
(IV.) William, b. November 21, I802.
DERRICK HULICK
Derrick Hulick was born May 5, 1759, Montgomery township, Somerset county, New Jersey. At the time of his enlistment he was still a
resident of that county. He served as a private from June i, I776, for
seven months in Capt. William Baird's company, Col. Quick's and Henry
VanDike's regiment; also under Capt. Rynear Staats and Col. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. Reenlisted, 1777, for eight months in John
Baird's company, Col. Webster's regiment; again in April, 1778, for two
months under Capts. Joakim Gulick and John Bair in Col. VanDike's
regiment. Also January or February I779, for six months and I780
for one month in the same company. September 3, 1832, he applied for
and was allowed a pension and at the time lived in Oxford township,
Warren county, New Jersey. In I839 he resided with his son-in-law,
Dennis Snyder, in the township of Addison, Oakland county. He died
in 1843 and was the first person buried in the Lakeville cemetery. He
is said also to have served in the War of I812.
CALEB PRATT
Obituary from Pontiac Jacksonian, June 13, 1843: "Departed
this life on the 24th ult. Caleb Pratt, Esq., aged eighty-three years and
seven months, at the residence of his son, Capt. John W. Pratt, Springfield, Oakland county, Michigan.
"Mr. Pratt was a soldier of the Revolution. He was a volunteer
under the brave Stark at Bennington, and there fought shoulder to
shoulder with his compatriots and contributed to the successful issue of
that eventful day.
"The deceased in the course of his long and active life was frequently
called by his fellow citizens to fill offices, both civil and military, and he
discharged the duties thereof with honor to himself and satisfaction to
the public."
SOLOMON JONES
Solomon Jones came to Michigan in the fall of 1843 and first stopped
in Springfield where his wife died. He lived five years afterward with
his son, Jesse, in Groveland, and then went back to New York where he
stayed some time and finally returned to Michigan and lived with Jesse
until June 1865, when he died at the extreme age of one hundred and