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1778 Granville County Militia Enlistment Returns |
| State of North Carolina |
| Granville County |
| May 25, 1778 |
| A Descriptive List of the 4 men raised under the present Act of Assembly in Captain Richard Taylor's Company No. 1: |
| John BEAVOR - 22 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high; dark hair; Shoemaker by trade |
| John WILLIAMS - 21 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high; black hair; a Planter by trade |
| Jeffery GARNS - 20 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, a black man; a Planter by trade, in the room of William Edwards Cock |
| Edmund KELLY - 21 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high, brownish colour'd hair; a Planter by trade |
| 6 men in Capt'n Saml. Fowler's Company No. 2: |
| John SMITH - about 25 years of age, 6 feet high, red complexion; a Planter |
| Charles FLOID - 30 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high; of a red complexion; a Planter |
| John LANGFORD - 33 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high; dark complexion & thin virage; a Planter |
| Jesse LANGFORD - about 20 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; brown hair; a Planter |
| Henry HAYS - about 18 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high; of a red complexion; a Planter |
| Corben HECKMAN- 18 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high; of a brown complexion; a Planter |
| 5 men in Captain John Rust's Company No. 3: |
| Abraham JONES - a molatto about 44 years of age; 5 feet 10 inches high |
| Jonathan JONES - a molatto 17 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high |
| Bird DRIVER - 17 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches; light complexion black or dark hair |
| Isaac ANDERSON - 24 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high; dark skin & dark hair; well made; a Planter |
| Jenkins GOWEN - a molatto about 17 years of age; 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high |
| 4 men in Captain Abraham Potter's Company No. 4: |
| James GALLEMORE - 17 years of age; 5 feet 7 inches high; of a ruddy complexion; well made; a Planter |
| Luke SEARSEY - 17 years old, 5 feet 3 inches high; dark skin'd black hair; a Planter |
| Henry NOWLIN - about 20 years of age; 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high; slim made & of a pale looke; a Planter |
| John KING in the care of Colo. Lytle in the room of Joseph Okey |
| 6 men in Captain Samuel Walker's Company No. 5: |
| George WOODLIFF - 17 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high, light complexion; a Planter |
| David HUNT - a black man, 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high; a Planter |
| Gibson HARRIS - 17 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high; a black man; a Planter |
| David HATCHER - 16 years of age, an half Indian 5 feet 7 inches high; well made; a Planter |
| Tolbert TUCKER - 40 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; of a sandy complexion; professes several trades |
| John KENNEDY - about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; thick made, a Planter by trade |
| 5 men in Captain Benjamine Wade's Company No. 6: |
| Drury COOK - about 30 years of age; 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, looks pale and has two remarkable moles on the under part of his face; a Planter |
| John EMERY - 22 years of age; 5 feet 9 inches high; pale looking with brown hair, walks a little stooping; a Planter |
| Edmund EMERY - 19 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, dark hair and a swarthy complexion; a Planter |
| John TAYLOR - 26 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high; dark hair and looks pleasant; a Planter |
| 4 men in Captain James Langston's Company No. 7: |
| William LANGSTON- 16 years of age, 5 feet 9 3/4 inches high; dark hair of a rudy complexion - Planter |
| Thomas MERRYWEATHER - 23 years old, 5 feet 10 inches high; of a ruddy complexion, dark hair & slim made - Planter |
| Thomas BRESSIE - 21 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high; dark hair of a ruddy complexion, thick made; Planter |
| George REAVES - 29 years old, 6 feet high, thick made; of a ruddy complexion & dark hair; a Planter |
| 4 men in Captain Bartlet Searsey's Company No. 8: |
| Benjamine HESTER - 18 years old, 5 feet 8 1/2 inches high; of a fair complexion, redish hair; a Planter |
| Francis STAINBACK - 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; fair complexion, well looking & brown hair; cardmaker by trade |
| William BEAVER - 16 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high; black hair; a Planter |
| Thomas MINER - 18 years of age, 5 feet 7 3/4 inches high, light hair about the middle size; a Planter |
| 4 men in Captain William Gill's Company No. 9: |
| Buckner ROOKS - 21 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high; fair complexion with a down look, a Carpenter |
| Joseph ALLAN - a well made molatto, 22 years of age; 5 feet 6 inches high, short hair & dark eyes; a Planter |
| John GLAZE - 18 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high; red hair & eyebrows, fair skin very freckley; a Planter |
| Francis WILKERSON - 16 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high; dark complected, dark eyes and black short hair; a Planter |
| 4 men in Capt'n Thomas Bradford's Company No. 10: |
| Salkens NANTZ - 20 years old, 5 feet 4 inches high; of a fair complection with dark hair well made; a Planter |
| Elisha LUNCEFORD - of a fair complexion, 5 feet 8 inches high; light colour'd hair 19 years old well made |
| John HOOKER - dark skin black hair black eyes; 5 foot 6 inches high, well made 17 years old |
| William PETTEFORD - a black man, slim made, 5 feet 6 inches high; 17 years old then visage - Thomas Bradford |
| 4 men in Captain Richard Searseys Company No. 11: |
| Alsa SEARSEY - 16 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high well made with a good complexion; a Planter |
| David HARRIS - 17 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, well made and well complected, a Planter |
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Oswell SEARSEY - 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; darkish brown hair, well complected; a Carpenter by trade |
| Lewis SIMMS - a black man, 33 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, well made; a Planter |
| 5 men in Captain William Knight's Company No. 12: |
| John MARTIN - about 19 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; well made of a swarthy complection with a drawn look by trade a Wheelwright - for Col. Samuel Smith |
| Futrill HALL - 18 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, well complected brown hair; a Planter - for John Hunt |
| David ALLEN - 41 years of age; 5 feet 10 inches high; dark hair mixed with gray, dark complected - for James Downey |
| James BRAVER - 20 years old; 5 feet 11 inches high; of swarthy complexion well made with dark colour'd hair; a Planter- for William Webb |
| 5 men in Captain James Currins' Company No. 13: |
| John HOPKINS - 24 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high; of a swarthy complexion with grey eyes; a Planter, for Barnet Pullam |
| George BRISTOE - 25 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high of a redish complexion with red hair, a Planter by trade |
| Aaron SPRINGFIELD- 17 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high; fresh colour'd with light hair; a Blacksmith by trade |
| Alexr. HAMILTON - 27 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high; pail colour'd with black hair; a Blacksmith by trade |
| John HUDSON - 17 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high; fresh colour'd with black hair; a Planter by trade |
| 6 men in Captain Thomas Saterwhite's Company No. 14: |
| John PHAROAH - 24 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high; dark colour'd hair; redish complected; a Carpenter |
| Arthur MARCUM- 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; darkis colour'd hair and complexion; well set, a Carpenter by trade |
| Charles REGAN - 20 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; darkesh colour'd hair and of a redish complexion; a Planter |
| Thomas MULLET - 20 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; dark colour'd hair & complexion; a Planter |
| Richard EDWARDS - 21 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high; darkish colour'd hair & rather dark complected; a Blacksmith by trade |
| William TABOR - 19 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high; darkish colour'd hair & complexion; a Planter |
| 4 men in Cap'n. James Jones' Company No. 15: |
| William COX - 25 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high; black hair, dark complexion; a Planter |
| Himpton WHITE - 21 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high; lightly coloured hair; whitely complected; a Planter |
| James JONES - 25 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high; black hair; dark complected; a Planter |
| Joshua GREENWITCH - 18 years old, 5 feet 6 inches high; dark colour'd hair; well complected; a Planter |
| All of the above list of enlistees for 1778 were received and signed by Ralph Williams, Capt., 9 N. B. |
| (Thanks to Sue Ashby for her generous contribution of this list) |
© 2010 by Deloris Williams for the NCGenWeb Project. No portion of any document appearing on this site is to be used for other than personal research. Any republication or reposting is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the owner. Last updated 11/14/2020 |
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