Program

NYS Historic

Subject

People

Location

2419 NY-28, Wevertown, NY 12886, USA

Lat/Long

43.636657, -73.944719

Grant Recipient

Johnsburg Historical Society

Revolutionary War veteran, Andrus Wever (1758-1836) once lived in the hamlet in of Wevertown, NY. Born in Rhode Island in 1758, Wever eventually came to reside in Vermont. While living in Vermont the American Revolution began, and in 1776 Andrus Wever enlisted and served with Colonel Seth Warner’s Regiment, known as the Green Mountain Boys. During the war, he marched through the backwoods of the Vermont and New York, where he engaged in a military campaign against Loyalists, as well as Native Americans allied with the British. He was briefly stationed at Mount Independence, overlooking the enemy occupied Fort Ticonderoga, and fought at the Battle of Saratoga.

Wever was present when British General John Burgoyne and his army surrendered to the American Forces and describes the event in his 1832 pension application:

…after we accomplish the object, in stopping Burgoin[sic] retreat, we were marched down to our Grand Army, at Saratoga where I had the unspeakable pleasure to see Burgoin [sic] and his army Surrender as prisoners of War…

After the war, Wever moved from Vermont to New York State and in 1809 was appointed as a fence viewer for the Town of Johnsburgh. He also farmed to provide for his family. Unfortunately the rocky soil condition paired with the long winters of the Adirondack Mountain region made farming nearly impossible. This likely played a role in Wever’s decision in 1814 to move his family to Van Buren, New York, where he lived until his passing in 1836. He was laid to rest in Warners Village Cemetery.