Hezekiah Barnes

Major General Hezekiah Barnes (c. 1760–1813) was an American military officer of the United States Militia, tavern proprietor, and politician from Charlotte, Vermont.

He also served as an officer during the American War of Independence, alongside his father, Colonel Asa Barnes, and built the Stagecoach Tavern.

[1][2] His father fought in the American Revolutionary War, being Colonel of a Berkshire County regiment.

[3] Barnes served as an officer during the American War of Independence, and moved to Charlotte, Vermont, becoming an early settler of this territory, along with his father and other men.

The meeting on 27 March would be held at Hezekiah Barnes's house, today named the Stagecoach Inn.

Harrington of the Continental Army founded a distillery business in the city, supplying Barnes's trading post.

[7] He became wealthy with his tavern, as Charlotte became a fast-growing city with its lakefront location and fertile agricultural land.

[4] Barnes was Major-General, along with Brigadier General John Newell, Oliver Hubbell as Quartermaster-sergeant, Nathaniel Newell as Captain of Cavalry, David H. Griswold as Lieutenant, and with his cousin Lyman Yale as captain, the grandfather of inventor Caroline Ardelia Yale.

Saratoga campaign , Barnes was an officer in the Continental Army during this campaign, would become Major General of the Vermont militia
Army uniforms of the War of 1812 , Barnes was Major General at that time
Stagecoach Tavern , home of Maj. Gen. Barnes, now the Shelburne Museum