History of Harford County, Maryland : from 1608 (the year of Smith's expedition) to the close of the War of 1812, Part 7

Author: Preston, Walter Wilkes, 1863-
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Press of Sun Book Office
Number of Pages: 416


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James Webster, Richard Ruff,


Freeborn Brown, Richard Wilmott, Jr.,


Michael Gilbert, Jr., Garrett Garrettson,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


George Young,


Phil Henderson,


Aquila Paca, Jr.,


George Presbury,


Francis Holland,


Joshua Browne,


Benedict Edward Hall,


Robert Stokes,


Thomas Giles,


Daniel Richardson,


William Smith, Jr.,


William Hollis, Jr.,


John Copeland,


William Hall,


John Diemer,


Thaddeus Jewett,


Bennet Mathews,


James Paca,


Josias Hall,


William Bradford, Jr.,


James White Hall,


Larkin Hammond,


Gabriel Christie,


Roger Mathews,


John Rumsey,


John Carlisle,


Samuel Gover,


Joseph Wheeler,


James Holmes,


Parker Lee,


William Annin,


Bennett Wheeler,


Arthur McCann,


Henry Neill,


James Mathews,


Alex. Lawson Smith,


Joseph Butler,


John Matthews,


John Lee Webster,


William Hall of Aquila,


Aquila Hall, Jr.,


Josias Wheeler,


William Loney,


Thomas Orr,


Joseph Finley,


James Perkins,


James Osborn, Jr.,


William Young,


Robert Morgan,


JOHN ARCHER, CAPTAIN .- No. 2.


At a meeting of the deputies appointed by the sev- eral counties of the province of Maryland at the city of Annapolis, by adjournment on the 8th day of December, 1774, and continuing till the 12th day of the same month, it was resolved that the freeholders and others and freemen from fifteen to sixty years of age should form themselves into companies of sixty- eight men, to choose a captain, two lieutenants, an ensign, four sergeants, four corporals and a drummer for each company. In compliance therewith and agree- able thereunto, a sufficient number being inhabitants of Maryland, in Harford county, adjacent to the Lower


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


Cross Roads, having enrolled themselves, and on the 26th day of December, 1774, met and made choice of their several officers, in which position said company continued mustering once a week until the 16th day of September, 1775, at which time said company having met, subscribed their names to the following enroll- ment :


A list of the names of the Lower Cross Roads Militia Company as enrolled :


JOHN ARCHER, Captain.


John Perkins,


Edward Prall, Ist Lieut.


William Martin,


James Allison, 2d Lieut.


Robert Hart,


Samuel Smith, Ensign.


Robert McGloughlan,


John Archer,


Edward Thompson,


Edward Prall,


Daniel Clarke,


James Allison,


John Mills,


George Barclay,


Patrick Heany,


William Boardsman,


Robert Smith,


John Stevenson,


Hugh Diver,


Samuel Smith,


John Croesen,


Charles Moore,


John Jamison, farmer,


William Grimes,


Richard Croesen,


John Tinny,


John Jamison, innkeeper,


John Welch,


John Townsley,


John Monahon,


John Townsley, Jr.,


John Jebb,


John Blackburn, Jr.,


Ralph Smith,


James Lee,


Peter Laughlin,


Joseph Shaghnassey,


George Tollenger,


James Sheredine,


Arthur Monahon,


Andrew Wilson,


John Smith,


Patrick Cretin,


George McGlaughlan,


William Harrison,


John Hawthorn,


Joseph Jervis,


Alexander Jeffrey, Jonathan White,


Michael Donel,


Jacob Slack,


William Hassett,


Robert Criswell,


John McCann,


James Walker,


George Vandegrift,


Archer Hays,


Andrew Harriot,


John Curry,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


William Williams,


James Harris,


John Davidson,


David Dickson,


James Moore,


Talbot Odle,


Samuel Doherty,


Daniel Price,


Isaac Guyton,


Ralph Smith,


Thomas Rowntree, Edward Short,


James Hews, Thomas Hill,


George Butler,


Matthew McClintock,


William McClure,


James May,


Joseph Brownley,


Nevin Kerr,


James Cain,


Ezekiel Vanhorn.


CHARLES ANDERSON, CAPTAIN .-- No. 3.


Witness our hands this 23d day of September, 1775 :


CHARLES ANDERSON, Capt. Robert Cluver,


Geo. Patterson, Ist Lieut. Micaja Mitchell,


Nathan Bayles, 2d Lieut. Richard White,


Michael Gilbert, Ensign. Richard Rutter,


Parker Gilbert,


John Carroll,


James Pritchard,


Thomas Shearer,


William Boner,


Samuel Gilbert,


Harmon Pritchard,


John Williams,


Ephraim Byard,


James Barns,


Benjamin Smith,


Thomas Gorrell,


Daniel Dunahoo,


Samuel Swart,


Joseph Harris,


William Jarvice,


Philip Donavin,


Aquila Gilbert,


Daniel Bayles,


John Cummins,


James Hanna,


Dennis Dunham,


William Donavin,


Andrew Ferguson,


Eleazer Pritchard,


Robert Small,


Isaac Johnson,


Ichabod Smith,


Pat. Fowler, Benjamin Bayles, John Cooley,


Robert West, --


Alexander Hanna,


Samuel Bayles,


Thomas Gallion,


Joseph McFadden,


Joshua Wood,


Daniel Anderson,


Ephraim Cole,


Abadiah Pritchard,


James Byard,


Abraham Robinson,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


James Cole,


William Brannon,


Benjamin Silver,


Jonas Bayles,


William Silver,


John Gallion,


James Wood,


Charles Baley,


Andrew Ramsay,


Benjamin Culver,


Robert Nixon,


David Smith,


Robert Carswell,


James Boner of Barney.


AQUILA HALL, CAPTAIN .- No. 4.


Witness our hands the 9th day of September, 1775 :


AQUILA HALL, Captain. Thos Cowley,


Samuel Griffith, Ist Lieut. Benjamin Chancey,


Jacob Forwood, 2d Lieut. Edward Morris,


John Chancey, Ensign.


James Steward,


Levin Mathews,


Thos. Barrett,


Caleb Beck,


William Mooberry,


John Adams,


John Mathews,


Samuel Hanson,


James Redman,


John Major,


John Casseldine,


George Little,


William Murphy,


John Clarke,


John Brown,


John Hall Hughes,


Thomas Woodward,


Hollis Hanson,


Joseph Johnson,


Zebedee Bennett,


George Capeland,


John Whitacre,


Archibald Johnson,


Robert Faulkner,


Jacob Combest,


Jesse Manly,


George Chancey,


Nehemiah Barnes,


John Ruff,


William Jones,


James Chancey,


Abraham Bennett,


Francis Pitt,


Thomas Hanson,


James Oliver,


John Dorrah,


John Johnson, Robert Brown,


William Smith,


James Kimble, Jr.,


Jonas Stevenson,


Thomas Sutton,


Joseph Smith,


James McCarty,


John Beck,


George Drew,


Hezekiah Whitacre,


Edward Horton Bruce- banks, John Cowin,


Henry Vansickle,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


Peter Lovell,


Wiliam Osborne,


Thomas Brown,


William Redding,


Stephen Crouch,


Edward Ward,


William Rice,


James Lenagin,


John Manly,


Samuel Dooley,


James Phillips,


John Biggs,


James Jones,


Thomas Blackiston,


Michael Kennard,


Thomas Browning,


Francis Garland,


John Hanson,


Amos Hollis,


Benjamin Bennett,


Michael Connoway,


William Johnson,


Benjamin Osborne,


Robert McGaw,


Nathan Gallion,


James Drew.


Garrett Garrettson,


John McBride,


CAPTAIN JOHN RODGERS .--- NO. 5.


Witness our hands this 15th day of September, 1775 : JOHN RODGERS, Captain. John Marshall, Wm. Godsgrace, Ist Lieut. Joseph Montgomery,


James Giles, 2d Lieut and John Calgrove, Adjt. William Wise,


Matthew Alexander, En- Samuel Beach, sign. David Deaver,


Daniel McPhail, Thomas Belcher Michael,


Gash, William Welsh, William Mitchell, Jr.,


Archibald Beaty, Ser- James Mitchell, geants. William Evitt,


William Williams, Samuel Patrick McDonald, Howell, David Thomp- James Edwards, son, Alexander Burns, Francis Faust, Corporals. Richard Watts,


John Orr, Drummer. Thomas West,


James Hurley, Fifer.


Archibald McCurdy, William Vantworth,


Peter Fort, John Singleton, John Lovell, Jonathan Grant, James Ward,


William Hill,


Jackson Laverty, Robert Hunt, Thomas Walker,


Philip McDonald,


John Porter,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


John Walker,


Thomas Boyle, William Cantler,


Walter Taylor,


Samuel Fowler,


James Seale, Jr.,


William Murphy,


Samuel Richardson,


William Perry Fowler,


Ozwain Sutton,


Hugh Munroe,


Michael West,


John Mitchell,


Joseph Steel,


William Coen, Jr.,


Daniel Williams,


James McKnight,


John Williams,


Daniel Deaver,


Jonathan Knight,


Stephen Hargrass,


Samuel Pritchard,


John Osborn,


William Shy,


Andrew Evitt,


Thomas Knight,


George Veach,


Samuel Durbin,


Ralph Platt,


The above are a true copy of the names of every person, officers, subalterns and privates belonging to the above company who separately and severally desir- ing the clerk of the said company to write their names for them professing at the same time in form as their own actual signing.


DANIEL McPHAIL, Clk.


Attested : JOHN RODGERS, Capt. WM. GODSGRACE, Lieut.


To the Committee of Harford County:


GENTLEMEN-Further it's desired you in your wis- dom will be pleas'd to fall upon some method to furnish the above with a few arms and we the offi- cers thereof bind ourselves answerable to the commit- tee, convention or whom else soever it doth concern to return the said arms or the full value thereof when this unhappy contest shall subside.


JOHN RODGERS, WM. GODSGRACE.


N. B,-The company is young but enrolling daily.


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY. BENJAMIN RUMSEY, CAPTAIN .- No. 6.


Witness our hands this 16th day of September, 1775:


Benjamin Rumsey, John Devin,


Alexander Cowan, Isaac Hall,


John Beale Howard,


John Gray,


Isaiah Linton,


Richard Holloway,


Thomas Gassaway How- Daniel Tredwell, ard,


Benjamin Scarff,


Clement Lewis,


William Reed,


William Copeland Gold- James Price, smith,


Richard Wooden,


Jonathan W. Lewis,


Zep. Tolley,


John Day, Jr.


Thomas Cole,


George Gouldsmith Pres- William Osborn, bury, Moses Haslet,


John Hammond Dorsey,


John Robert Harrison,


Roger Boyce,


Nicholas Eckson,


Benjamin Wilson,


John Wilson, doctor,


Samuel G. Osborn,


Joseph Finley,


John Allender, Jr.,


Thomas Taylor,


James Bailey,


Walter James,


John Sewell,


John Mitchell,


Joseph Cromwell,


Thomas Stocksdale,


Henry Garrett,


Joshua France,


James Arnold,


Robert Stewart,


Otho French,


James Foster,


William Price,


Hugh Stewart,


James Maxwell, Jr.,


John Thompson,


William Branan,


Levin Ingram,


John Christie,


John Huston,


James Adams,


John Clark,


Henry Hays,


John Phips,


William Allender,


John Woolen,


Josias Smith,


Major Woolen,


Edward Day, Sr.,


Richard Hackett,


Joseph Hewett,


John Stewart,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY. CAPTAIN JOHN TAYLOR'S COMPANY .- NO. 7.


Witness our hands and seals this 9th day of Septem- ber, 1775 :


JOHN TAYLOR, Captain. Robert Travis,


Samuel Caldwell, Lieut. Samuel Richman,


Thomas Hutchins, 2d Lt. Thomas Hutchins,


Vincent Richardson, En- John Quinn, sign. Samuel Standiford, Jr.,


Jonathan Ady,


Edward Norris of Joshua,


Greenbury Chaney,


Thomas Richardson, Jr.,


John Carson,


James McCurty,


John Armstrong,


Andrew Bay,


Stephen White,


James Everett of Samuel,


John Saunders,


William Handersides,


William Jenkins,


John Gillaspey,


James Cox,


Robert Wilson,


Barnard Riely,


Samuel Brown,


William Ewing,


Israel Taylor,


William Norris of Joshua, John Larramore, James Walker, Peter Bond,


Aquila Norris of Thomas, Nathaniel Yardley,


David Harry,


Moulden Amos,


Hugh Bay,


William Robinson,


William Sargent, Sr.,


William Ady,


John Allen, William Sargent, Jr.,


Torrance Flannagan,


James Moore,


George Garrettson,


John Corbet,


William Marret, Thomas Freeman,


William Byfoot,


Charles Herbert,


Vincent Richardson,


Nathaniel Shepherd Arm- William Richardson, strong, Moses McComas,


Stephen Fell,


John Norris of James,


Daniel Thomas,


Charley Riley, John Wilson,


William Bayd, John Cooper,


Charles O'Close,


Charles Gillaspey,


Daniel Norris,


Robert Conn,


Thomas Ford,


Abel Green,


James Camp,


David Calwell,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


Andreas Hughes,


Richard Noland,


John Brown,


John Conn,


Joseph Pearson,


Richard Mckinley,


Amos Jones,


Daniel Fraley,


Walter Martin,


John Buckley,


Thomas Robinson,


James Huggins.


John Kennedy,


CAPTAIN GREENBERRY DORSEY'S COMPANY .- No. 8.


Enrolled October 31, 1775.


GREENBERRY DORSEY, Cap- Israel Combest, tain.


Jacob Combest,


John Wood, Ist Lieut.


George Childs,


William Barnes, 2d Lieut. Stephen Taylor,


Cyrus Osborn, Ensign.


Robert Taylor,


Nathaniel Swain, James Mosey Loney,


Deaver, Joseph Everist, Thomas Simpers, John Howell, Sergeants. Stephen Kimble,


Lloyd Mash, Joseph Fields, Isaac Dulany,


Baltus Fie, Thomas Richard Berry,


Ayres, Corporals.


Thomas Lancaster,


James Taylor, Jr., Clerk. Privates-


James Ford,


Samuel Collins,


James McCracken,


James Kelly,


Isaac Toulson,


Samuel Thompson,


Frisby Dorsey,


Samuel Tush,


Ashberry Cord,


Richard Harrison,


John Kimble,


Gabriel Swain,


Samuel Pritchard,


Patrick McClain,


Obadiah Pritchard,


Josias Kimble,


Charles Pritchard,


James Fitzgerald,


Thomas Pritchard,


Benjamin Everist,


William Pritchard,


Isaac Collins,


George Dougherty,


Harmon Hill,


John Gordon,


Edward Evans,


John Everist,


John Clark ,


Alexander Gordon,


Utey Combest, Asa Taylor,


Amasa Taylor,


John Collins,


Roger Sheedy,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


John Connolly,


Jacob Collins, John Lovatt,


John Connolly, Jr.,


William Collins,


John McComas,


John Deaver,


Samuel Gallion,


Reuben Sutton,


Moses Collins,


William Daugherty,


Freeborn Garrettson,


John Lee,


William Gray Duzan


Michael Melanhy,


John Giant,


Charles Hipkins,


Samuel Jenkins,


Michael Carey,


Charles White,


Roland Kimble,


Giles Kimble,


Evan Evans,


Thomas Chrisholm,


Isaac Duzent,


James Denison,


John Morris,


Abraham Taylor,


Horatio Harrison,


Hugh Orr,


Thomas Deaver,


John Atkinson, Jr.,


Micajah Deaver,


William Evans,


Benjamin Ford,


William Evans, Jr.,


John Kirk,


John Barnes,


James Kimble,


Richard Pearce,


George Williamson,


John Bruce,


John Walker,


Daniel Campbell,


William Wraine,


Jacob Duzart.


Usher Tracey,


CAPTAIN JAMES STEWART'S COMPANY .- No. 9.


James Stewart, captain; James Talbott, first lieu- tenant ; John Ware, second lieutenant ; Jesse Pritchard, ensign ; privates, 65.


CAPTAIN JOHN LOVE'S COMPANY .- NO. 10.


Grafton Preston, Lieut. Job Key, 2d Lieut. Nathaniel West, Ensign. James Scott, Ist Sergeant. James Munday, 2d Sergt. Stephen Hill, 3rd Sergt.


Witness our hands this 14th day of September, 1775 : JOHN LOVE, Captain. Thos. Sheredin, 4th Sergt. Corporals - Walter Bil- lingslea, first; Robert Clark, second; James Preston, third; John Thomas, fourth.


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


Privates-


Thomas Rhoades,


William Miles,


Thomas Johnston,


Matthew Sweany,


Jolın Paine,


Thomas Able,


James Thomas,


Michael Lorden,


William West,


George Rydon,


Henry Thomas,


James Rigdon,


Jacob Bull,


Peter Henley,


James Craton,


John Callinder,


John Craton,


Henry Green,


Thomas Thompson,


Hugh Pugh,


David Thomas,


Bernard Johnson,


Josias Wheeler,


Edmund Bull,


William McMullin,


James Deale,


Thomas Hill,


Alexander Huston,


James Allen,


Benjamin Rhoades,


Ralph Pyle,


Thomas Pennick,


John Welsh,


Jacob Johnson,


William Cooper,


Patrick Campbell,


John Ruckman,


Lemuel Howard,


William Strowd,


Thomas Thurston,


David Clark,


Leonard Green of Benja- min,


Robert Taylor,


William Fulton,


Edward Bussey,


William Baggot,


Leonard Green,


Jonathan West,


James Whitaker,


Bartholomew Savage,


Thomas Wheeler,


Martin Preston,


John Woodward,


John Carr,


Vincent Goldsmith,


Barnet Preston,


William Clark,


Isaac Pinnick,


John Wild,


Barnet Pain,


Edward Freeman,


Isaac Arkwright.


Philip McGuire,


CAPTAIN JACOB BOND'S COMPANY .- NO. II.


Witness our hands this 9th day of December, 1775: JACOB BOND, Captain. Martin Preston, Ensign. Thos. Johnson, Ist Lieut. William McMath, Jas. McComas, 2d Lieut. Aquila Scott of James,


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Patrick Hughes,


Nathaniel Smithson,


John Pain,


Joseph Barns, Samuel McMath, John Barnes,


Henry Greer,


James Deal,


William Anderson,


John Price,


James Curry,


John Ruckman,


William Barnes,


John Lewis,


James Steel,


Patrick Campbell,


Benjamin Scott,


William Stephens,


Elijah Joice,


Moses Ruth, Jr.,


Buckler Bond,


William McMillan,


Joseph Saunders,


Robert Fremble,


Thomas Smith,


Samuel Durham,


John Drennen,


Aquila Durham,


Roderick Mckenzie,


Peter Potee,


Edward Hamilton,


Mordecai Durham,


Daniel Scott of Aquila,


John Durham of Joshua,


Aquila Scott of Aquila,


Samuel McMillan,


Thomas Pendegast,


William Bond of Joshua,


James Moriarty,


James Kelly,


William King,


Robert Johnson,


Michael Carr,


William Johnson,


Samuel Wilmott,


Benjamin Preston,


William Brown,


James Moores, tanner,


Christopher Clemens,


James Moores of John,


Thomas Knight,


Henry Ruff, Jr.,


William Smith,


James Hanna,


James Jarvis,


Patrick Reid,


Andrew Warwick,


Isaac Whitacre,


John Norris of Benjamin, Jacob Bond, Jr.,


William Cuthbert,


Thomas Hinks, William Smithson,


Isaac Rose,


James Bond,


Jacob Bull, Edmund Bull,


James Bridge,


Francis Williams.


Jacob Bull, Jr.,


!


James Amoss of James,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


ALEXANDER RIGDON'S COMPANY .- NO. 12.


Witness our hands this 2d day of December, 1775 :


ALEXANDER RIGDON, Cap- tain.


Daniel Carter, Ist Lieut.


Richard Deaver, Jr., 2d Lt. William Jones, Ensign.


Sergeants-Joseph Wilson,


Charles Johnson, Walter Denny, John Flat.


Corporals - Christopher Fort, William Rose, Jo- seph Kerns, Samuel Pea- cock.


Privates-


Samuel Morgan,


William Smith,


William Rigdon,


William Jenkins,


Walter Lewis,


Thomas Burke,


Aquila Deaver,


Thomas Miles,


Seaborn Tucker,


George Johnston,


Jacob Jones,


Jeremiah Hawkins,


James Deaver,


John Donehay,


Stephen Rigdon,


John Whiteford,


William Clark,


John Johnson,


John McClain,


William Brakenridge,


Benjamin Jones, Jr.,


William Eken,


James Delong,


John Brakenridge,


Joseph Smith,


John Frost,


Thomas Johnson,


John Hudson,


Robert Clark, Jr.,


Jesse Kent,


Isaac Jones,


John Bullock,


John Watkins,


Gregory Hawkins,


Isaac Jones of William,


Samuel Hill,


John Catherwood,


Philip Crail,


James Benson,


Robert Hawkins,


James Leakin,


James Frost,


William Betts,


Joseph Gibbons.


James Queen,


Joshua Ward, Luke Peacock,


James Ward,


John McGaw,


Benjamin McCreary,


Thomas Jones,


Thomas Hudson,


John Roberts, William Roberts,


Robert Kennedy,


John Kearns,


William Gibson,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


CAPT. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S COMPANY .- NO. 13.


Witness our hands this 30th day of September, 1775 : WILLIAM BRADFORD, Capt. Aaron McComas,


Joseph Rose, Ist Lieut. John Pool, Hugh Kirkpatrick, 2d Lieut. Alexander McComas,


Edward McComas, En- Thomas Cunningham, sign. Edward Hanson,


Samuel Vance,


Zachariah Smith,


John Jones,


William Yoe,


Michael Mather,


Isaac Fryer,


William Gail,


George Cunningham,


William McComas,


Abraham Andrew,


Benjamin Rickets,


John Bull,


Samuel Power,


William May,


Isaac Wheeler,


James Kelly,


Thomas Mather,


Reuben Ross,


Alexander Crawford,


John Vance,


Solomon McComas,


Basil Smith,


Daniel Lynch,


William Eadin,


David Vance,


Benjamin McComas,


Robert Braser,


William Saunders,


William Norris,


John Ellis,


Joseph Stiles,


Samuel Wiggins,


Richard Bull,


John Brooks,


James Carroll,


John Morris,


John Kitely,


John McComas of Wil- liam,


Thomas Yeaman,


John Power,


Stephen White,


Samuel Stallins,


Thomas Mason,


James Nower,


James Dobbins,


Alexander McComas, Jr.,


William Goddin,


William Boyer,


Aaron Goddin,


Edward Mckinsey,


Tayman Byfoot,


John Kean,


William Ross.


CHARLES BAKER'S COMPANY .- NO. 15.


At Josias Hitchcock's, Jr., in Harford county, 27th January, 1776.


Elected by ballot : CHARLES BAKER, Captain. Moses Johnson, Ist Lieut.


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


Richard Hutchins, 2d James Donnelly, Lieut. Jacob Davis,


Nicholas Amoss, Ensign. Thomas Slade,


Sergeants for the Jarretts- Richard Perkins,


burg Company of Militia- Henry Scharff,


Timothy Tate,


Richard Everett,


Martin Parker,


Daniel Pocock,


William Brittain,


John Warrick,


William Warrick,


Mordecai Amoss, Rank and File-


William Barton,


James Garrettson,


James Campbell,


Richard Robinson,


Andrew Thompson,


William Parker,


Thomas Cunningham,


Bennettt Green,


Thomas James, Jr.,


Samson Eagon,


James Currey,


Henry Scarff,


John Davis,


John Rockhold,


Walter Rice,


Michael Rutledge,


Joseph Jones,


Edward Gatheridge,


Thomas Conner.


Aquila Clark,


James Richardson,


Charles Rockhold,


George Chalk,


Andrew Cravan,


John Chalk,


William Hitchcock,


James Turk,


Josias Hitchcock,


Nicholas Day,


Henry Hitchcock,


Henry Day,


John Evans,


Peter Carroll,


Edward Robinson,


Henry Enlows,


Jas. Scott,


Matthew Creswell, James Hunt,


Aquila Miles,


Abram Rutledge,


Richard Shipley,


Robert Clark,


Thomas Rutledge,


John Corbett,


Jonathan Cunningham, Thomas Thomas,


Peter Miller,


James Everett,


William Baldwin,


Samuel Foster,


Underwood Guyton,


Morris Baker,


Morris Lane,


William Bosley,


Lewis Corbett,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


CAPTAIN WILLIAM WEBB'S COMPANY .- NO. 16.


Witness our hands this 14th day of October, 1775 :


WILLIAM WEBB, Captain. Benjamin Thomas,


Ignatius Wheeler, Jr., Ist Lieut.


Nathaniel Smith, William Sparks,


William Fisher, Jr., 2d Baker Rigdon, Lieut.


John Smith,


John Webb, Jr., Ensign.


James Lewis,


Richard James,


Robert McNear,


George Rogers,


James Phillips,


William Whiteford,


John Jackson,


Robert Gilchrist,


Stophel Penchieff,


Michael Daugherty,


William Hart,


William Crooks, Jr.,


Francis King,


Hugh Whiteford,


William King, v


Robert McCradey,


Godfrey Fye,


John Beaver,


John Morrow,


Gilbert Crockett,


Edmund Callahan,


Thomas Jones,


Hugh McGough,


Samuel Crockett,


Thomas Crooke,


Andrew Lindsay,


John Taylor,


Archibald Ingram,


John McFaden,


James Clark,


James Hutcheson,


James Anderson,


Joseph Wilson,


James Linam,


Robert Griffin,


John Beshang,


John Beaven,


Thomas Brown,


Levi Low,


Michael Sivers,


William Thoriman,


Stephen Marford,


John Barnhouse,


Philip Albert,


William More,


Patrick Halfpenny,


John Smith, Jr.,


Ralph Ellison, Thomas Duff, Simon Jordon,


Thomas Ellett, Samuel Ellett,


William Smith,


Charles Beaver,


William Lytle,


Thomas Beaver,


Jonas Gilbert,


Enclidus Scarborough,


William Murdock,


Francis Jenkins,


Daniel More,


James King,


Thomas Gallion,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


James Alexander,


James McDaniel,


James Barnett, James Allen,


Robert Williamson,


Sedgwick James,


" James Garrettson, John Scarborough,


Daniel Lindsay,


John Woodward,


John Wright, Richard Trotter,


Archibald Wilson,


James Trotter,


George Patrick, James Jackson.


JOHN PATRICK, CAPTAIN .- No. 17.


Witness our hands this Ist April, 1776:


JOHN PATRICK, Captain. James Morris, Winston Dallam, First John Scantlin, Lieut. Thos. Stephenson,


Samuel Baylis, 2d Lieut. William Brannon,


Richard Ward, Ensign.


David Armstrong,


Samuel Hopkins,


Philip Warnock,


Chas. Worthington,


Samuel Hawkins,


Samuel Worthington,


Reuben Jones,


Barnet Daugherty,


William Scarborough,


Joseph Amoss,


Patrick McMurray,


Joseph Mckinney,


Michael Knight,


James Love,


William Silver,


Charles Bevard,


Robert Creswell, Sr.,


Jas. Bevard,


Robert Creswell, Jr.,


William Snodgrass,


Thomas Scarborough,


Job Barnes,


John Flynn,


John West,


Andrew Scott,


Thomas Armott,


Enclidus Scarborough, Sr.,


Robert James,


William McLaney,


William Husband,


Ezekiel Barnes,


George Carroll, Andrew Ramsay,


John Hilton,


William Ammott,


Richard Dallam,


John Reese,


Gideon Gover,


James Murfey,


Jonathan Sterrett,


Arthur Macken,


John Dallam,


Josiah Stapleton,


Hugh Deaver,


Robert Morgan, Jr.,


Thomas Stapleton,


Michael Norris.


123


HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY. COMPANIES OF THE FLYING CAMP. CAPTAIN ROBERT HARRIS' COMPANY OF HARFORD RIFLES.


Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1776.


Wm. Coale, Ist Lieut.


Francis Gibson,


Wm. Downs, 2d Lieut.


John Davidson,


Jos. Renshaw, Ensign.


David Armstrong,


James Cooper,


Barnet Rain,


Mathew McElhaney,


Thos. Roads,


Joshua James,


John Cook,


John Chance,


John Bush,


James Treno,


William Cook,


Levi Low,


Alexander Thompson,


William Feely,


Hugh Hutson,


Alexander Stevenson,


William Gordon,


Robert Hanna,


William Cuthbert,


Gregory White,


James Munday,


Robert Gordon,


Joseph Saunders,


Jas. Bull,


John Armstrong,


James Harris,


Jonathan Eddy,


William Hall,


John Baker,


Richard Hopkins,


John Latimore,


William Chambers,


Aquila Dunham,


Patrick Nowlan,


Edward Morgan,


William Crooks,


David Wavy,


James Watson,


John Haig,


Robert Armstrong,


Gykes Hodges,


Michael Dougherty,


James Rigdon,


James Donnelly,


Jas. Wilgus,


Matthew Creswell,


Benjamin Wailey,


Edward Dougherty,


Thomas Capen,


Jonathan Smith,


David McCullogh,


Zebedee Hicks,


Abel Green,


Horatio Coop,


Matthew Skell,


Richard Jordon,


Charles Anderson,


James Blaney,


David Campbell,


Christopher Fort,


Thomas Steuart,


William Latomore,


William Kirkpatrick,


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HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


Joseph Steel,


William Silver,


John Orr,


Frisby Dorsey,


John Patrick,


Hugh McIntosh,


John Paine,


William Loney,


John Taylor,


Obadiah Pritchard,


Joseph Dueberry,


Nathan Bailess,


James Miller,


Jonas Bailess,


Jesse Logan,


Benedict Edward Hall,


Robert Spencer,


Richard Dallam,


Griffith Evans.


Richard Wilmott,


FRANCIS HOLLAND, Capt. Elijah Davis,


John. Carlile, Ist Lieut.


Davis Smith,


Wm. Young, 2d Lieut.


Robert Renshaw,


Robert Morgan, Ensign.


Daniel Bailess,


Thomas Hall,


Nathan Swain,


Wm. Hall of Aquila,


Benjamin Osborn,


William Fell,


John Whitaker,


Daniel Richardson,


James Brown,


William Colter,


Aquila Paca, Jr.,


William Ross,


Josias Wheeler,


John Bull,


Samuel Gover,


John Barnes,


Thomas Wheeler,


James Paca,


John Hanson,


Edmund Callahan,


James Matthews,


Benjamin Cluver,


Joseph Wheeler,


Jarvis Gilbert,


Morgan Conney, mer ; Thomas Duke,


Archibald Ingram,


Robert Conn,


Thomas Giles,


John Mitchell,


Thomas Webster,


Michael Schrife,


William Hall, Sr.,


Samuel Gilbert,


George Young,


Andrew Ramsey,


Daniel Nutterwell,


John Cooley,


Robert Stokes,


Thomas Sutton,


Ralph Smith,


Francis Pitt,


David Thompson,


Negro Nora, captain's ser- vant.


Benjamin Barnes,


John Copeland, James Hall,


drum-


Samuel Elliott,


Roger Matthews,


125


HISTORY OF HARFORD COUNTY.


The two last named companies were attached to the army after the defeat at Fort Washington, and per- formed the usual camp and guard duties, but did not have an opportunity to take part in battle.


A List of Men Enrolled by Capt. James Young, Lieut. James Bond, Lieut. John Smith and Ensign James Tool. To Compose One Company in Col. Thomas Ewing's Battalion for the Flying Camp. August, 1776.


CADETS :


Stephen Dorsey America


Joshua Brown America


John Allinder . America


William Osborne (Osbourn) America


Thomas Goldsmith America


William Bunting. England


SERGEANT :


David Smith, 4th. America


DRUMMER :


Thomas Cole


England


FIFER :


Francis Herd (a servant) . America


PRIVATES :


William Appleby America


William Price. .




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