Record of Service of Connecticut Men 1775 to 1783 p. 207 6th Regiment of the Connecticut Line. Formation
of 1777-1781. Wintered '77-'78 at West Point. There they helped in construction of permanent fortifications- "Meigs"
redoubt. Summer of '78 they camped with the main army under Washington at White Plains. Wintered '78-79 at
Redding. Served an east side of Hudson in Heath's wing. Wintered '79-80 at Morristown huts, New  Jersey p. 341 4th
Regiment Connecticut Line - formation of 1781-83, Col.Zebulon Butler's Co., Corporal Champion Ackley paid from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 1781. p. 353 Connecticut Light Infantry - 1781 4th Conn. Regt., Capt. Barker's Co. under Marquis de Lafayette: At the siege of Yorktown saw action at the southward- the post of honor at the right of the investing line. They stormed the
enemy redoubts 14 oct 1781 hastening the surrender of the British. Half of the Conn. Light Infantry, Conn. Line, went to
Virginia in Feb 1781. Under Lafayette, the other half followed in Aug 1781.Corporal Champion Ackley was there.
Pension Application #W5197 Champion Ackley: Abstract of Samuel Woodworth's statements (Brother of Abigail)."
Champion was a soldier at the time of his marriage. He married Abigail during a furlough and returned to war after his
wedding. He had a "felon" on his hand which disabled him longer than he expected. He returned to West Point later on."

Public Papers of Daniel D. Tompkins, Gov. of NY, 1807-1818, Military-Vol. I, p. 423.General Order   Headquarters, Albany, NY, Nov. 13 1812 Whereas Nathan Grey and others, inhabitants of the Town of Avon in the County of Ontario, exempts from militia duty, have associated themselves together, pursuant to the 35th section of the Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, organizing the militia therof; Now, therefore, the Commander in Chief, in pursuance of  the authority invested in him by said act, does hereby organize said association as a company of artillary and brevets and assigns Champion Ackley as Captain, Samuel H. Helms as First Lt. and Elijah Gray as 2nd Lt., who are to be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of the Commander in Chief Anthony Lamb, Aid-de-Camp

Doty, L.R., History of the Genesee Country, p. 889.Col. Samuel Blakeslee fought in the War of 1812 and led a company from Avon and Batavia... called the Ontario Malitia. Blakeslle's troops fought at Black Rock. They took the center and fought against Capt. Gordon and his 400 Royal Scots. "...the Ontario Militia, brave as regulars, held back the foe with the determination of overwhelmed vererans, giving ground ony inch by inch as the pressure of the enemy compelled it."

Doty, L.R., History of Livingston Co., NY "In the War of 1812, Col. Samuel Blakeslee started for the front from
Avon with 33 exempts, which were augmented by volunteers in Batavia to 230. He and his men did hard fighting at Black Rock."