{"id":935,"date":"2012-05-18T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/?page_id=935"},"modified":"2012-12-06T18:53:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T23:53:51","slug":"guilford-militia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/guilford\/guilford-militia\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilford Militia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1772 Muster Roll of Guilford County, North Carolina<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n attested by Ralph Gorrell; from NC State Archives files<\/span><\/p>\n

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

[contributed by Mona Sarratt Knight] <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Officers, Subalterns, Rank & File, 26 March 1779<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Field Officers<\/span>:
\nColonel James Martin
\nLieut. Col. John Paisly
\nMajor Thomas Owen
\nMajor Thomas Blair<\/p>\n

Captain Arthur Forbes [Forbis]<\/span>
\n1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 100 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain James Frost<\/span>
\nLieut. Jonas Frost, Ensign Simeon Frost, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 43 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain Samuel Sharp<\/span>
\nLieut. Joshua Young, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 80 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain John Donald<\/span>
\nLieut. James Ross, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 55 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain Asa Bashiers [Brashere]<\/span>
\nLieut. Samuel Rail [Rayl], Ensign James _____, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 54 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain William Bethel<\/span>
\n1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 60 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain Robert Bell<\/span>
\nLieut. Rees Porter, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 82 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain Henry Whitesel [Weitzel]<\/span>
\nLieut. Lodowick Clap[p], 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 60 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain John Nelson<\/span>
\nLieut. Josiah Gates, Ensign George Oliver, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 50 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain George Hamilton<\/span>
\nLieut. John Duff, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 102 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain William Wood<\/span>
\nLieut. George Pierce, Ensign James McKamie, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 46 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain Risdon Moore<\/span>
\nLieut. John Shelley, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 81 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain John Davis<\/span>
\nLieut. Thomas Cook, Ensign Benjamin Cook, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 64 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain Josiah Man<\/span>
\n1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 54 Rank & File<\/p>\n

Captain James Holderness<\/span>
\nLieut. William Lewis, Ensign Turbefield Barns, 2 Subalterns, 2 Corporals, 147 Rank & File<\/p>\n

[source: Box 6, Miscellaneous Continental Line and County Militia Papers, NC Archives]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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