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Guilford County: A muster roll of the militia officers, subalterns, and rank and file

Title: Guilford County: A muster roll of the militia officers, subalterns, and rank and file
Hosted By: State Archives of North Carolina
Capture Tools: Zeutschel Book Scanner
Digital Format: image/jpg
Identifier: MilColl_Troop_Returns_B3F39_Guilford_Militia_officers_and_alterns
Digital Collections: Troop Returns
MARS ID: 5864 (Record Group)
Local Call Number: TRPR
Source Collections: Troop Returns. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina
Language: English
Rights: The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.
Metadata Creator: Carlisle, Olivia
Format: Military records, Muster rolls
Description: A muster roll of the Guilford County militia officers, subalterns, and rank and file on March 26, 1779, commanded by Colonel James Martin. 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.
Time Period: (1763-1789) American Revolution
Place: Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Index Terms: Martin, James
Subject: North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, United States--Militia, Armed Forces--Officers
Date: D:26 M:03 Y:1779
Creator: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History.
Physical Characteristics: 2 pages
Type: Text
Subjects-Troop Returns: North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, United States--Militia, Armed Forces--Officers
Source: Militia. Troop Returns. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina
Digital Characteristics: 2 pages
Digital Creator: Carlisle, Olivia
Repository: State Archives of North Carolina
Resolution: 150 dpi
Notes Public: This item has been transcribed by volunteers through TranscribeNC, the State Archives of North Carolina’s transcription program, to provide increased access and searchability. There may be errors in the transcription.

IIIF manifest: https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/ncdcr/iiif/92bd16ab-da1d-4598-afdc-80f521d15f8a/manifest

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