Men and women from Bozrah served during the Revolutionary War era and the War of 1812 era in defense of freedom and liberty, and those remembered for that service include Revolutionary War era veterans Simeon Abell, Ozias Backus, Benjamin Bill, Nathan Bingham, Jabez Crocker, William Crocker, Uriah Downer, William Durkee, Roswell Fox, Jabez Hough, Jr., Ward Hough, Elijah Huntington, Daniel Harris, Gibson Harris, Peter Harris, Ebenezer Johnson, James Lamb, Andrew Lathro, Joshua Maples, Jonathan Murdock, Stephen Post, Zerubabell Wrightsman, and Asa Woodworth, and War of 1812 veterans Elijah Abell, Joseph Bailey, Joseph Bailey, Jr., David Bates, William Brewster, Champlin Gardner, Gurdon Gifford, John R. Harris, William Hough, Ezra Hyde, Dea Simeon Lathrop, and Marvin Leffingwell.