George Dartt 
(15 July 1836 - 4 October 1863)
George Dartt|b. 15 Jul 1836\nd. 4 Oct 1863|p347.htm|Nathaniel Nelson Dartt|b. 2 Oct 1808\nd. 13 Dec 1877|p344.htm|Ruth Knowlton Perkins|b. 30 Mar 1811\nd. 19 Feb 1856|p345.htm|Daniel Dartt|b. 23 Aug 1774\nd. 26 Jan 1830|p429.htm|Parthena Olcott|b. 22 Sep 1781\nd. 27 Feb 1870|p432.htm|Zaavan Perkins|b. 25 Apr 1787\nd. 1855|p445.htm|Margaret Knowlton|b. 25 Oct 1781\nd. 28 Nov 1838|p446.htm|
Great-great-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
George was born probably in Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, on 15 July 1836.1,2 He was the son of Nathaniel Nelson Dartt and Ruth Knowlton Perkins. George was probably age under 5 in Nathaniel Nelson Dartt's household in the 1840 Census taken in Weathersfield. He was a resident in the household of Nathaniel Nelson Dartt in the 21 August 1850 census taken in Weathersfield a student age 14.3 George died "of disease" on 4 October 1863 probably in Yorktown, York County, Virginia, at age 27.4 He was buried in the northeast part of the Plain Cemetery in Weathersfield. His gravestone reads: "Geo. Dartt Co. D 9th Vt. Inf., July 15, 1836 - October 4, 1863".5
First Lieutenant Joel C. Baker of the 9th Vermont later wrote, "After the failure of the attempt to capture Richmond in the absence of its defenders [in 1863, with Lee off to Pennsylvania], Wistar's brigade lay at Yorktown from July to October, languishing with all kinds of miasmatic diseases and writing home dismal letters ... In the latter part of October, through the personal efforts of Senator Solomon Foot and Gov. J. Gregory Smith, an order was procured from the secretary of War to remove the regiment to a healthier location." October 24, the 9th was sent to occupy Newport Barracks, in North Carolina, but the move came too late to save Private George Dartt of Weathersfield.
First Lieutenant Joel C. Baker of the 9th Vermont later wrote, "After the failure of the attempt to capture Richmond in the absence of its defenders [in 1863, with Lee off to Pennsylvania], Wistar's brigade lay at Yorktown from July to October, languishing with all kinds of miasmatic diseases and writing home dismal letters ... In the latter part of October, through the personal efforts of Senator Solomon Foot and Gov. J. Gregory Smith, an order was procured from the secretary of War to remove the regiment to a healthier location." October 24, the 9th was sent to occupy Newport Barracks, in North Carolina, but the move came too late to save Private George Dartt of Weathersfield.
Cited documentation
- [S40] Dart, Nathaniel N., 1850 US Census, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont; NARA M432 Roll 931, pg. 215A, age 14 b. "Vt."
- [S45] Ernest Warren Butterfield., The Weathersfield Burying Grounds, Weathersfield, Vermont (Reprinted 1989: The Weathersfield Historical Society), "July 15, 1836-- ..." probably buried next to his sister Emily and his mother Ruth.
- [S40] Dart, Nathaniel N., 1850 Census Weathersfield, VT, Nathaniel's age of 40 is clearly written, but an error.
- [S45] Ernest Warren Butterfield, The Weathersfield Burying Grounds, Weathersfield, Vermont, "... --October 4, 1863."
- [S45] Ernest Warren Butterfield, The Weathersfield Burying Grounds, Weathersfield, Vermont.