Guilford Militia

1772 Muster Roll of Guilford County, North Carolina
attested by Ralph Gorrell; from NC State Archives files

Captain William Chusick
Private John Forbes
Private Thomas Wiley
Private William Armstrong
Private Francis McBride
Private James Duky [Duck, Dick?]
Private Robert Nellson
Private John Stuart
Private William Gilmor
Private William Eakins
Private Alex’r Johnston (for John McClean)
Private Joseph Brown
Private Thomas Hambelton [Hamilton]
Private Hugh Wiley
Private James Calhoun
Private John Thom
Private David Russell
Private Findley Stuart
Private Andrew Findley Sen.
Private John Wiley

[contributed by Mona Sarratt Knight]

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Officers, Subalterns, Rank & File, 26 March 1779

Field Officers:
Colonel James Martin
Lieut. Col. John Paisly
Major Thomas Owen
Major Thomas Blair

Captain Arthur Forbes [Forbis]
1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 100 Rank & File

Captain James Frost
Lieut. Jonas Frost, Ensign Simeon Frost, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 43 Rank & File

Captain Samuel Sharp
Lieut. Joshua Young, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 80 Rank & File

Captain John Donald
Lieut. James Ross, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 55 Rank & File

Captain Asa Bashiers [Brashere]
Lieut. Samuel Rail [Rayl], Ensign James _____, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 54 Rank & File

Captain William Bethel
1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 60 Rank & File

Captain Robert Bell
Lieut. Rees Porter, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 82 Rank & File

Captain Henry Whitesel [Weitzel]
Lieut. Lodowick Clap[p], 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 60 Rank & File

Captain John Nelson
Lieut. Josiah Gates, Ensign George Oliver, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 50 Rank & File

Captain George Hamilton
Lieut. John Duff, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 102 Rank & File

Captain William Wood
Lieut. George Pierce, Ensign James McKamie, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 46 Rank & File

Captain Risdon Moore
Lieut. John Shelley, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 81 Rank & File

Captain John Davis
Lieut. Thomas Cook, Ensign Benjamin Cook, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 64 Rank & File

Captain Josiah Man
1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 54 Rank & File

Captain James Holderness
Lieut. William Lewis, Ensign Turbefield Barns, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 147 Rank & File

[source: Box 6, Miscellaneous Continental Line and County Militia Papers, NC Archives]