1. Peter Olcott was a Vermont public official and military officer who served as a brigadier general in the colonial militia, the sixth lieutenant governor of the Vermont Republic, and the first lieutenant governor of the state of Vermont.
10 Facts About Peter Olcott
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Peter Olcott served as Sequestration Commissioner for Tory Property in 1777 and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1778.
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Peter Olcott was a colonel in the Vermont militia, and his regiment took part in the Battles of Bennington and Saratoga.
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From 1781 to 1788 Peter Olcott was commander of the Vermont militia's Third Brigade with the rank of brigadier general.
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Peter Olcott was a member of the Governor's Council in 1779, and again from 1781 to 1790.
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Peter Olcott served on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1782 to 1784.
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Peter Olcott was Vermont's lieutenant governor from 1790 to 1794, and served in the Vermont House again in 1801.
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Peter Olcott was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1788 until his death.
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Peter Olcott died in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, on September 12,1808.
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Peter Olcott is interred at Meeting House Hill Cemetery, Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont.