Elisha Sheldon (March 6, 1740 - March 11, 1805) was a Colonel in the American Revolution who served under General George Washington.
Born in Lyme, Connecticut,John C. Fredriksen, Revolutionary War Almanac (2006), p. 628. Sheldon joined the Continental Army at the outbreak of hostilities, and served under the command of General George Washington, who requested that Congress commission Sheldon to raise a cavalry regiment. The 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, which he commanded, came to be known as "Sheldon's Horse", and "served with distinction throughout the Revolutionary War".Colonel Elisha Sheldon - Sheldon at Waymarking.com.
Shortly after the end of the war, he moved to Franklin County, Vermont, where he had a grant of land.Reuben Hyde Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, Vol. 2, Part 1 (1864), p. 847.
He died in Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, and was buried next to his wife, Sarah Bellows. The town of Sheldon, Vermont was named for him, and the Elisha Sheldon House is part of the Litchfield Historic District.
Elisha Sheldon was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut.Davenport, Robert R., Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938, 2008, p. 315.
References
External links WCHS McDonald Interviews, subject: Elisha Sheldon at Westchester County Archives Digital Collections Our Past: Second Continental Light Dragoons Society of the Cincinnati