This is pretty interesting! It’s a descriptive list of men raised for the militia in Dobbs County per a bill passed February 1781.
It not only lists the men, but it provides their size (height), their hair color (complexion), and their profession.
The original can be seen here:
Dobbs County Militia Raised
A Descriptive List of the men raised in the Dobbs Regt of Militia to serve Twelve months in the Continental service agreeable to an Act of the General Assembly passed at Halifax February 1781
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No |
Mens Names |
Age |
Size |
Complexion |
Occupation |
The Company From |
|
1 |
Hugh Stevenson |
45 |
5-6 |
Dark |
Planter |
Capt Davis |
|
2 |
Wyatt Warwick |
25 |
5-10 |
do |
do |
Capt Davis |
|
3 |
William Williams |
30 |
5-10 |
light |
do |
Capt Davis |
|
4 |
Pool Pope |
25 |
5-8 |
dark |
do |
Capt Davis |
|
5 |
Walter Allen |
25 |
5-6 |
Fair |
do |
Capt Hodges |
|
6 |
Robert Witherington |
35 |
5-5 |
Dark |
do |
Capt Hodges |
|
7 |
James Jones |
19 |
5-4 |
fair |
do |
Capt Hodges |
|
8 |
John Diamond |
21 |
5-5 |
do |
do |
Capt Hodges |
|
9 |
Thos Shute |
22 |
5-4 |
dark |
do |
Capt Loftin |
|
10 |
William Belk |
35 |
5-5 |
Red |
do |
Capt Loftin |
|
11 |
Edward Woodham |
35 |
5-6 |
dark |
do |
Capt Loftin |
|
12 |
Jonathan Benton |
30 |
6-2 |
light |
do |
Capt Loftin |
|
13 |
John Harrison |
30 |
5-9 |
do |
Blacksmith |
Capt Parker |
|
14 |
Evan Griffin |
28 |
5-8 |
do |
Planter |
Capt Parker |
|
15 |
John Benson |
30 |
5-8 |
Black |
do |
Capt Parker |
|
16 |
Armwell Herron? |
40 |
5-7 |
light |
do |
Capt Parker |
|
17 |
Robert Gilthanton |
30 |
5-6 |
Fresh? |
do |
Capt Speight |
|
18 |
John Willson (Wilson) |
35 |
6- |
Red |
do |
Capt Speight |
|
19 |
John Wallston |
35 |
5-5 |
frush |
do |
Capt Speight |
|
20 |
Charles Harris |
19 |
5-9 |
dark |
do |
Capt Speight |
|
21 |
William Hix |
28 |
6- |
fresh |
do |
Capt Speight |
|
22 |
John Smith |
30 |
5-6 |
dark |
Sawyer |
Capt Granger |
|
23 |
Rowland Williams |
25 |
5-6 |
red |
Planter |
Capt Granger |
|
24 |
Richard Handley (or Standley?) |
18 |
5-2 |
fair |
do |
Capt Granger |
|
25 |
John Perry |
20 |
5-6 |
light |
do |
Capt Johnston |
|
26 |
Daniel Quillin |
22 |
5-6 |
do |
do |
Capt Johnston |
|
27 |
John Sanders |
18 |
6- |
dark |
do |
Capt Johnston |
|
28 |
John Murphey |
34 |
5-5 |
Dark |
Planter |
Capt Ormond |
|
29 |
Georg Linton |
24 |
5-8 |
do |
do |
Capt Ormond |
|
30 |
Drury Griffin |
23 |
5-7 |
do |
do |
Capt Ormond |
|
31 |
Zachariah Turnage |
17 |
5-3 |
light |
do |
Capt Ormond |
|
32 |
Dempsey Womble |
18 |
4-8 |
dark |
do |
Capt Ormond |
|
33 |
Aron Freeman |
26 |
5-5 |
fair |
do |
Capt Taylor |
|
34 |
John Potter |
35 |
5-5 |
dark |
do |
Capt Taylor |
|
35 |
William Bennet (or Burnet?) |
23 |
5-4 |
Black |
do |
Capt Taylor |
|
36 |
William Caven |
28 |
5-10 |
fair |
do |
Capt Kennedy |
|
37 |
Thomas Aldridge |
19? |
5-5 |
dark |
do |
Capt Kennedy |
|
38 |
Paul Hartsfield |
23 |
5-4 |
do |
do |
Capt Kennedy |
|
39 |
Lewis Linder |
20 |
5-6 |
do |
do |
Capt Kennedy |
|
40 |
James Walker |
33 |
5-6 |
do |
do |
Capt Kennedy |
|
41 |
Mathew Newby |
25 |
5-5 |
do |
do |
Capt Lafsehr? |
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