Men from the town of Afton who fought in the Revolutionary War included Aaron Emmons, Eli Seely, Zebulon Cable, Benjamin Carpenter, William Churchill, Samuel Cornwell, Jacob Hammond, William Johnson, Isaiah Landers, Levi Pratt, Seth Stone, Joseph Jennings, William Newton, Paul Nichols, Matthew Long, John Somes, Jeremiah Boyington, Capt. Enos Cornwell, Oliver Easton, Samuel Johnson, Ebenezer Landers, Martin Luther, Silas Wright, Thaddeus Newton, James Nichols, Israel Stowell, and Lieut. Willam Beatman.