Person:James Corse (4)

"… James (Corse) was born in 1694, and … settled at Green River. He was the historic hunter, trapper, and scout, a fit subject for the author of the Leatherstocking tales. His common hunting ground covered the Deerfield, Green and Fall River valleys, up into southern Vermont. His traps were marked with three hacks, and he generally kept two chained together. One was found early in the nineteenth century, near the old Indian spring opposite the house of Mrs. Luke Ballard. This spring was a favorite resort for game, almost equalling the southern licks. Willard says that it was currently asserted by some that James Corse received bounty on wolves amounting to £600, by others said to be $600, and that some said that he had killed nine hundred wolves, but 'at any rate he realized a snug fortune for those days.' He served under Captain Kellogg of Deerfield in Father Rasle's War, and through the French and Indian wars of 1743-63. … Under the passport of Governor Dummer, Mr. Corse made a journey to Canada in 1730 in search of his sister, … He died September 20, 1783, aged ninety years. He was the father of thirteen children. Gad and Asher, his sons, were soldiers in the French wars. None of the name now reside in Greenfield, although there are descendants in the female line still having their residence in town."

"Corse, … James, s. of James and Elisabeth, [born] Mar. 20, 1693-4."

"Corss, … James, [died] Sept. 27, 1783, in 90th y., (gravestone record, Federal Street Cemetery) [Cors, (private record, from the diary of Rev. Roger Newton, D.D., of Greenfield, Communicated by Hon. Francis M. Thompson of Greenfield)]"