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MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Box No. Contents 1 Board of War, 1780‐1781 Account of John Haywood, secretary Journal Correspondence 2 Commissary Correspondence, 1779‐1781 3 Commissary Correspondence, 1782‐1783 Orders to the Commissary General Commissary General's Letter Book 4 British and Loyalist Papers "A British Orderly Book, 1780‐1781" (sometimes called the Cornwallis Orderly Book) British Soldiers' Account Book, 1776‐1778 "Observations on the War in Carolina" by Colonel Robert Gray, officer of provincial troops Loyalist discharge, 1783 [MISSING] 5 Miscellaneous Papers, 1776‐1789 1776‐court martial of Captain Aaron Hill 1776‐depositions on treason of James Childs 1777‐Recruiting Instructions 1778‐depositions on James Davis' assault on Colonel Cheriol 1778‐Pay abstract of Captain Samuel Ash’s Troop of Light Dragoons. 1778‐Major Dixon's criticism of officers' attitudes and list of garrison court martial sentences 1778‐court of inquiry into certain enlistments: Abraham Smith, Jacob Ford, John Row, Josiah Lasiter, Benjamin Smith 1778‐court‐martial of Captain Nicholas Edmonds 1778‐1779‐depositions in inquiry on drafting of troops in Anson County 1779‐regimental court martial of Francis Madcalf 1779‐drum head court martial of George Gilbert 1779‐Tory recruiting in Wilkes County MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Box No. Contents 5 (cont.)1779‐depositions on privateers lying off Knotts Is. [1779]John Williams' account of efforts to exchange prisoners in New York under a flag of truce 1780‐prisoner of war's parole from the British 1780‐prisoners held in the Bahama Islands to seek exchange in North Carolina 1780‐inquest on the shooting of Curlen Woodard, believed to be a deserter 1780‐trial of Charles Robinson, Richmond County 1780‐court martial of Colonel Joseph Spruill, Tyrrell County 1781‐court of reference in dispute between Captain Hearndon and Captain Lanor 1781‐General Washington's regulations on uniforms 1781‐Request for Provisions [August 7, 1781] 1782‐Wilkes County list of officers of the court martial 1782‐inquiry into the shooting of Robert Grissom by Lt. Steven Shackleford, Onslow County 1782‐Board of Officers meeting on continuation in service 1782‐Nash County court martial: list of exemptions from service 1783‐Inspection return, lst N.C. Regiment 1789‐deposition on public stores destroyed by the enemy at Wilmington in 1781 Declarations for United States pensions: David Bagwell, John Wyatt Non‐Revolutionary War fragment of an unidentified newspaper [mentions casualties of the Battle of Bunker Hill]. 6 Miscellaneous Papers "An original Orderly Book of a Portion of the American Army, during the War of the Revolution, covering a period from February 7, 1777, to August 13, 1777, at various points, viz.: Hadril's Point, Wilmington, Halifax, Roanoke, Georgetown, Philadelphia, Trenton." MAY NOT BE COPIED. MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION [ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE JOHN HAY LIBRARY, BROWN UNIVERSITY] Box No. Contents 6 (cont.) Plan du Combat du 16 Aout 1780 . .; and Relation du Combat pour l’intelligence du plan ci‐contre. [Previously accessioned as Map Collection, M.C. 21‐G]. Jeffrey Coltrane Jr. Collection Contains pamphlet titled, North Carolina Troops in the Continental Line, A Register of Officers, with Dates of Commissions, Made up under Direction of the Secretary of State from Records in His Office, October, 1884. Box No. Contents 7 – 14 Declaration of Service to Accompany U.S. Pension Applications Negative photostats from county court minutes and xerox copies from county miscellaneous papers of declarations of service by Revolutionary War veterans intending to apply for pensions, under various acts of the U.S. Congress. The originals from which these copies were made were searched by Betty Camin. Arrangement is alphabetical by the name of the veteran. The 86 files marked with an asterisk(*) in the following list represent declarations for which no files exist, presumably in the Revolutionary War Pension Applications at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. List prepared by Betty Camin (as a volunteer service to the North Carolina State Archives) DEPONENT DATE COUNTY MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Adams, Henry 1810 Franklin Adams, James 1832 Wake Adams, Jeremiah 1791 Lincoln Adams, Jeremiah 1827 Mecklenburg Agle (Eagle), Phillip 1819 Rowan Allen, Bartlett 1832 Wake Allen, Benjamin 1821 Pasquotank Allen, Samuel 1832 Orange Allison, James 1832 Orange Alphin, William 1827 Duplin Ashe, John Baptista 1783 T & C Atkinson, James 1825 Stokes Avery, Robert 1824 Pasquotank Babb, Christopher 1832 Wake Bachelor, Susanna 1845 Orange Baily, Manoah 1820 Stokes Baily, Stephen 1819 Rowan Balthrop, Augustine 1842 Warren Banks, Joseph 1824 Pasquotank Banks, Peter 1832 Craven Camin’s “Declarations of Service” List (cont.) DEPONENT DATE COUNTY Bankston, Andrew 1834 Rutherford Banner, Ephraim, dec'd 1838 Stokes Barham, Hartwell 1846 Stokes Barnet, Peter 1820 Person Barr, Isaac 1820 Stokes Barrington, Joseph B. 1828 Edgecombe Barthalomew, John 1824 Franklin Bartlett, Hasten 1830 Person Bates, Isaac 1798 Buncombe Bennett, Benjamin Clifton1841 Warren Bennett, John 1832 Rutherford Berry, John 1818 Camden‐Perquimans Bilbury, John 1816 Columbus Black, Martin 1820 Craven MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Blalock, David 1834 Rutherford Bledsoe, Jacob 1828 Orange Blum, John Henry 1822 Stokes Bone, Archibald 1820 Cumberland Boone, Elisha 1821 Wake Bower, John B. 1824 Orange Bradford, Susanah 1849 Caldwell Bradley, George W.(dec'd)1832 Rutherford Bramble, William (Hacket)1820 Cumberland Branch, Burrill 1832 Duplin Brandon, Thomas 1801 Buncombe Brooks, William 1833 Rutherford Broughton, John 1832 Caswell Brown, James 1832 Wake Brown, William 1841 Warren Brown, William 1821 Perquimans Browning, Levi 1832 Halifax Bryant, Jesse 1832 Wake Bullin, Isaac 1825‐1846 Stokes Cameron, John (Jane) 1848 Cumberland Campbell, Capt. James(dec'd)1820 Cumberland Campbell, James 1821 Stokes Camperlane, Jacob, Capt. 1798 Stokes Cannon Furney (dec'd) 1853 Craven Capps, William 1828 Johnston Camin’s “Declarations of Service” List (cont.) DEPONENT DATE COUNTY Chappel[e], Samuel 1825 Granville Chatham, John 1820 Person Carlisle, David (dec'd) 1823 Chatham Carmack, John 1832 Guilford Carmichael, Duncan 1821 Stokes Carpenter, Benjamin(dec'd)1838 Wake Carrol, John 1852 Chatham Carter, Henry 1828 Stokes Carter, John 1820 Craven Carter, James 1832 Orange MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Carter, Landon 1825 Stokes Carter, Zachariah 1832 Duplin Chapman, William 1820 Rowan Cheek, James 1832 Orange Church, William 1836 Davidson Clarey, John ‐‐ Warren Clements, Benjamin 1858 Stokes Clements, Cornelius 1834 Rutherford Clifton, William 1838 Lincoln Cobb, David 1838 Lincoln Cock, Charles 1832 Caswell Collins, Jeremiah 1826 Stokes Collins, Matthew 1790 T & C Cook, Edward 1832 Rutherford Coulter, Martin 1853 Lincoln Cowan, Joseph 1826 Haywood Cox, James 1847 Stokes Cox, John 1820 Craven Cox, Joshua (dec'd) 1837 Stokes Craddock, John (dec'd) 1837 Craven Crump, Conrad 1844 Burke Cuthbertson, Rachel [William] 1844 Burke Dallay, John 1833 Orange Dalton, Thomas 1834 Rutherford Dalton, William 1830 Rutherford Dameron, George 1824 Lincoln Dance, Etheldred 1820 Nash Daniel, Christopher 1832 Orange Davis, Cyrus 1820 Granville Camin’s “Declarations of Service” List (cont.) DEPONENT DATE COUNTY Davis, Cyrus, Sr. 1828 Granville Davis, John, Sr. 1830 Rutherford Davis, Richard 1828 Orange Davis, Samuel 1820 Rowan Davis. Samuel 1820 Stokes Davis, Simon 1835 Rutherford MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Davis, William 1834 Pasquotank Dawson, Levi, Co. (dec'd)1838 Craven Denton, John 1827 Rutherford DePriest, William 1832 Rutherford Devane, James 1832 New Hanover Devaney, Aaron 1834 Rutherford Dicken, William 1832 Halifax Dickins (ens), Thomas 1823 Chatham Dickey, Anthony 1832 Rutherford Dickin, John 1823 Chatham Dickson, Joseph 1821 Lincoln Dill, John 1832 Caswell Dishon, Lewis (dec'd) 1844 Chowan Dobbins, James 1832 Rutherford Dodd, Robert 1820 Wake Dollar, Jonathan 1833 Orange Downey, Patrick 1832 Rutherford Drury, Henry (Pen.) 1820 Nash Dubberly, Sacker 1832 Craven Dudley, George 1823 Chatham Duhron, George 1821 Lincoln Duncan, George 1821 Person Dunn, George 1818 Rowan Durden, Miles, P. 1823 Person Eason, Jacob 1820 New Hanover East, Isham (dec'd) 1843 Stokes Eaton, William 1821 Stokes Edwards, John (dec'd) 1834 Surry Edwards, Pumfret 1821 Wake Elland, John 1832 Orange Ellis, Michael 1832 Orange Ellison, Charles 1802 Rowan Ellison, John 1832 Rutherford Epperson, William (dec'd)1838 Stokes Camin’s “Declarations of Service” List (cont.) DEPONENT DATE COUNTY Evans, Reuben 1830 Wake Fagg, Joseph 1820 Warren MILITARY COLLECTION V. WAR OF THE REVOLUTION Falkener, Hardy (dec'd) 1838 Warren Farwell, James 1820 Lincoln Faucett, Robert 1818 Rowan Fennell. Maurice 1823 Sampson Findley, John 1832 Guilford Fink, David 1818 Cabarrus and Rowan Flinn, John (dec'd) 1821 Stokes Folk, William 1819 Rowan Foster, Edmund 1827 Rutherford Francis, Micajah 1831 Stokes Franch, Sifford 1832 Rutherford Frazer, Lowell 1834 Stokes Frazer, Thomas 1820 Johnston Gattin, Jesse 1821 Randolph Gattis, Alexander 1832 Orange Gerock, Samuel 1829 Craven Gibbs, John 1844 Burke Glandon, Major 1827 ]Nash Gordon, Charles C. 1826 Guilford Gordon, Solomon 1824 Warren Gouch, Robin 1832 Wake Graham, James (dec'd) 1834 Rowan Graham, William 1832 Rutherford Green, George 1832 Halifax Green, John 1832 Wake Gregory, Abraham 1820 Person Gregory, John 1832 Craven
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