Johnston County: Soldiers commanded by Captain Simon Herring

Title

Johnston County: Soldiers commanded by Captain Simon Herring

Date

October 07 1755

Creator

["North Carolina. Division of Archives and History."]

Place

["Johnston County, North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

TRPR

MARS ID

5864 (Record Group)

Document Details

Title

Johnston County: Soldiers commanded by Captain Simon Herring

Date

October 07 1755

Creator

["North Carolina. Division of Archives and History."]

Rights

The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.

Description

A list of the company of foot soldiers commanded by Captain Simon Herring, from Johnston County. Dated October 7, 1755. Troop Returns include lists, returns, records of prisoners, and records of draftees. Lists are usually pay or muster rolls. Most of the returns are field or general returns, and report the names of the officers and the number of enlisted men under their command (but not the names of each soldier). Prisoners records may be lists of British prisoners or of North Carolina Line officers captured by the British. Drafts and enlistments records give the names of enlisted men and sometimes take the form of descriptive lists that also include height, age, coloring, etc., of each soldier. Except for the drafts and enlistments, most of the Continental Line records are field and general returns; the militia records, on the other hand, generally record the names of both officers and soldiers.

Subject

["United States--Militia","North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"]

Index Terms

Herring, Simon

Local Call Number

TRPR

MARS ID

5864 (Record Group)

Place

["Johnston County, North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1600-1763) Colonial period"]

Digital Collections

["Troop Returns"]

Source Collections

["Troop Returns. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Physical Characteristics

2 pages

Format

["Military records","Rosters"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Identifier

MilColl_Troop_Returns_B2F6_Johnston_Soldiers_commanded_by_Capt_Simon_Herring

Johnston County: Soldiers commanded by Captain Simon Herring

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