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From: "Mike, Kate and Tyler Hughes" <>
Subject: Virginia Militia in the Revolution: Prince Edward County, Virginia
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 09:43:55 -0500

It has been brought to my attention that by taking this information out the
book and sharing it I may be in violation of a copyright law. However, I
appreciate the input and believe that these records are public documents
worth sharing. So I will site the source each time.

Enjoy!

2. History of Prince Edward County, Virginia, From its Foundation in 1753 to
the Present; Charles Edward Burrell, 1922; p57

Virginia Militia in the Revolution: Prince Edward County, Virginia

The list herein given is from a list, which was contributed by Alfred J.
Morrision, in the "Virginia Magazine of History,: April, 1913, taken by him
from the records .

Officers appointed and commissioned in May, June , and July 1777.

Captains
Josiah ChambersDavid Walker
John BibbAndrew Baker

Lieutenants
Charles AllenJohn Dabney
Jacob Woodson Sharpe Spencer

Ensigns
Benjamin AllenRichard Holland
James CarterWilliam Rice

Second Lieutenants
Robert GoodeWilliam Wooton
Henry Young

This is from and order dated July, 1777, that the following were Captains of
Militia Companies

Captains

--------------Clarke
--------------Owen
-------------Ligon
-------------Bigger
Thomas Flournoy
---------Chambers
William Bibb

Appointed in 1778
Captains

John Bibb
George Carrington

Lieutenants

John Dupuy
Thomas Lawson

Ensigns

Yancey Bailey
--------Bigger, Jr.

Appointed in 1779

Captains
Williamson Bird (in place of Charles Venable, resigned)
Richard Holland
Sharpe Spencer
Thomas Moore
George Booker
Samuel Venable
Henry Walker
David Walker

Lieutenants
Nicolas Davis
Robert Veneable
George Booker
Jesse Watson
William McGehee
Ambrose Nelson
John Langhorn

Ensigns
James Parks
Drury Watson
Thomas Watkins
(Thomas Watkins recommended as Colonel of the Militia of the county and
George Walker as Lieutenant-Colonel)

Appointed in 1780

Captains
Thomas Lawton
Dick Holland
Jacob Woodson

Lieutenants
Jesse Watson
Drury Watson
William Price, Jr.
James Clark
James Wright
Joseph Parks

Ensigns
Stephen Pettus
William Booker
John Bell

Appointed in 1781

Nominations
John Nash County Lieutenant
George Walker, Colonel
Thomas Flournoy, Lieutenant-Colonel
John Clark, Major

Captains
Stephen Neal
James Clark
Ambrose Nelson(in the stead of john Bibb)

Lieutenants
Nathaniel Allen
John Richards
George Foster
George Pulliam
William Woten
James Parks
John Clarke, Jr.
John Bell

Ensigns
William Galespie
Peyton Glenn
Robert Walton
Philip Mathew

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