Joshua Morrill was receiving a pension for service in the revolitionary war. He was found in Lamoille, Vermont, in 1840, aged 80, living with his son Aaron B. Morrill. [3]

Joshua Morrill volunteered for service in the Revolutionary War beginning in December 1776 at Salisbury where he resided at the time. He served for three months. He enlisted three more times and served through the year 1780. In the years after his service, he lived in Gilmanton New Hampshire and subsequently Stow Vermont. [4]

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 170.

[2]Salisbury VR (published) [note 1], 431.

[3]Murtie June Clark, The Pension Lists of 1792-1795 (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991).

[4]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Roll 599, File S18517.

[5]Gravestone inscription, Riverbank Cemetery, Stowe Vermont.

[6]Gravestone inscription, Riverbank Cemetery, Stowe Vermont.