JOSIAH CARVIL HALL, Capt.		Edward Hall,
William Young, 1st Lieut.		Edward Carvil Tolley
John Beadle Hall, 2d Lieut		John Patterson
Thomas Hall, Ensign		Thos. Peregrine Frisby
James Webster		Richard Ruff,
Freeborn Brown,		Richard Wilmott, Jr.,
Michael Gilbert, Jr.,		Garrett Garrettson,
George, Young,		Phil Henderson,

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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 several 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 chose a captain, two lieutenants, an ensign, four sergeants, four corporals and a drummer for each company.  In compliance therewith and agreeable thereunto, a sufficient number being inhabitants of Maryland, in Harford county, adjacent to the Lower

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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 enrollment:

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

JOHN ARCHER, Captain		John Perkins,
Edward Prall, 1st 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,		John Curry,
Jonathan White,		Michael Donel,
Jacob Slack,		William Hassett,
Robert Criswell,		John McCann,
James Walker,		George Vandegrift,
Andrew Harriot,		Archer Hays,

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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, 1st Lieut.		Micaja Mitchell,
Nathan Bayles, 2d Lieut.		Richard White,
Michael Gilbert, Ensign.		Richards Rutter,
Parker Gilbert,		John Carroll,
James Pritchard,		Thomas Shearer,
William Boner,		Samuel Gilbert,
Harmon Pritchard,		John Williams,
Ephraim Byard,		James Barns,
Benjamin Smith,		Gorrell, Thomas,
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,		Abraham Robinson,
Benjamin Bayles,		Robert West,
John Cooley,		Alexander Hanna,
Samuel Bayles,		Thomas Gallion,
Joseph McFadden,		Joshua Wood,
Daniel Anderson,		Ephraim Cole,
James Byard,		Abadiah Pritchard,

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James Cole,		Brannon, William
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, 1st Lieut.		Benjamin Chauncey,
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,		Edward Horton Brucebanks,
John Brown,
John Hall Hughes		John Cowin
Henry Vansickle		Thomas Woodward
Hollis Hanson		Joseph Johnson
Zebedee Bennett		George Capeland
John Whitacre		Archibald Johnson
Hezekiah Whitacre		George Drew
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
John Beck		Robert Brown
William Smith		James Kimble, Jr.
Jonas Stevenson		Thomas Sutton
Joseph Smith		James McCarty

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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, 1st Lieut.		Joseph Montgomery,
James Giles, 2d Lieut and Adjt.		John Cosgrove
Matthew Alexander, Ensign.		William Wise,
Daniel McPhail, Sergeant		Samuel Beach,
Thomas Gash, Sergeant		David Deaver,
William Welsh, Sergeant		Belcher Michael
Archibald Beaty, Sergeant		William Mitchell, Jr.,
William Williams, Corporal		James Mitchell,
Samuel Howell, Corporal		William Evitt,
David Thompson, Corporal,		Patrick McDonald,
Alexander Burns, Corporal		James Edwards,
John Orr, Drummer.		Francis Faust,
James Hurley, Fifer.		Richard Watts,
Thomas West,		Archibald McCurdy,
Peter Fort,		William Vantworth,
John Singleton,		John Lovell,
Jonathan Grant,		James Ward,
Jackson Laverty,		William Hill,
Robert Hunt,		Thomas Walker,
Philip McDonald,		John Porter,

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John Walker,		Thomas Boyle,
Walter Taylor,		William Cantler,
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 desiring the clerk of the said company to write their names for them professing at the same time in form as their own acting 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 wisdom will be pleas'd to fall upon some method to furnish the above with a few arms and we the officers thereof bind ourselves answerable to the committee, 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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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 Howard,		Daniel Tredwell,
Benjamin Scarff,		Clement Lewis,
William Reed,		William Copeland Goldsmith,
James Price,		Richard Wooden,
Jonathan W. Lewis		Zep. Tolley,
John Day, Jr.		Thomas Cole,
George Gouldsmith Presbury,		William Osborn,
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,
James Adams,		John Clark,
John Huston,		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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CAPTAIN JOHN TAYLOR'S COMPANY - No. 7.
Witness our hands and seals this 9th day of September, 1775:

JOHN TAYLOR, Captain		Robert Travis
Samuel Caldwell, Lieut.		Samuel Richmand
Thomas Hutchins, 2d Lt.		Thomas Hutchins,
Vincent Richardson, Ensign.		John Quinn
		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,		Torrance Flannagan,
William Sargent, Jr.,		James Moore,
George Garrettson,		John Corbet,
William Marret,		David Calwell,
Thomas Freeman,		William Byfoot,
Charles HErbert,		Vincent Richardson,
Nathaniel Shepherd Armstrong,		William Richardson,
Stephen Fell,		Moses McComas,
Daniel Thomas,		John Norris of James,
William Bayd,		Charley Riley,
John Cooper,		John Wilson,
Charles Gillaspsey,		Charles O'Close,
Robert Conn,		Daniel Norris,
James Camp,		Thomas Ford,
		Abel Green,

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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 Oct. 31, 1775.

GREENBERRY DORSEY, Captain
John Wood, 1st Lieut.
William Barnes, 2d Lieut.
Cyrus Osborn, Ensign
Nathaniel Swain, James Deaver, Joseph Everist, John Howell, Sergeants
Lloyd Mash, Joseph Fields, Baltus Fie, Thomas Ayres, Corporals.
James Taylor, Jr., Clerk.
PRIVATES -
James McCracken,		Stephen Kimble,
Isaac Toulson,		Isaac Dulany,
Frisby Dorsey,		Richard Berry,
Ashberry Cord,		Thomas Lancaster,
John Kimble,		James Ford,
Samuel Pritchard,		Samuel Collins,
Obadiah Pritchard,		James Kelly,
Charles Pritchard,		Samuel Thompson,
Thomas Pritchard,		Samuel Tush,
William Pritchard,		Richard Harrison,
George Dougherty,		Gabriel Swain,
John Gordon,		Patrick McClain,
John Everist,		Josias Kimble,
Utey Combest,		James Fitzgerald,
Asa Taylor,		Benjamin Everist,
John Collins		Isaac Collins,
Israel Combest,		Harmon Hill,
Jacob Combest,		Edward Evans,
George Childs,		John Clark
Stephen Taylor		Alexander Gordon,
Robert Taylor,		Amasa Taylor,
Mosey Loney,		Roger Sheedy
Thomas Simpers,

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John Connolly,		Jacob Collins,
John Connolly, Jr.,		John Lovatt,
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 lieutenant;
John Ware, second lieutenant;
Jesse Pritchard, ensign;
privates, 65.

CAPTAIN JOHN LOVE'S COMPANY - No. 10
Witness our hands this 14th day of September, 1775:

JOHN LOVE, Captain		Corporals -
Grafton Preston, Lieut.		Walter Billingslea, first;
Job Key, 2d Lieut.		Forgert Clark, second;
Nathaniel West, Ensign.		James Preston, third;
James Scot, 1st Sergeant		John Thomas, fourth.
James Munday, 2d Sergt.
Stephen Hill, 3rd Sergt.
Thos. Sheredin, 4th Sergt.

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Privates -		Thomas Rhoades,
William Miles,		Thomas Johnston,
Matthew Sweany,		John 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,		Leonard Green of Benjamin
David Clark,		William Fulton,
Robert Taylor,		William Baggot,
Edward Bussey,		Jonathan West,
Leonard Green,		Bartholomew Savage
James Whitaker,		Martin Preston,
Thomas Wheeler,		John Carr
John Woodward,		Barnet Preston,
Vincent Goldsmith,		Isaac Pinnick,
William Clark,		Barnet Pain,
John Wild,		Isaac Arkwright.
Edward Freeman,
Philip McGuire

CAPTAIN JACOB BOND'S COMPANY - No. 11.
Witness our hands this 9th day of December, 1775:

Jacob Bond, Captain	Martin Preston, Ensign.
Thos. Johnson, 1st Lieut.	William McMath,
Jas. McComas, 2d Lieut.	Aquila Scott of James,

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Patrick Hughes,	Nathaniel Smithson,
Joseph Barnes,	John Pain,
Samuel McMath,	Henry Greer,
John Barnes,	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 Bonds,	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,
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,
James Amoss of James,	William Smithson,
Isaac Rose,	James Bond,
Jacob Bull,	James Bridge,
Edmund Bull,	Francis Williams
Jacob Bull, Jr.

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ALEXANDER RIGDON'S COMPANY - No. 12.
Witness our hands this 2d day of December, 1775:

ALEXANDER RIGDON, Captain
Daniel Carter, 1st Lieut.
Richard Deaver, Jr., 2d Lt.
William Jones, Ensign.
Seargeants -
Joseph Wilson,
Charles Johnson,
Walter Denny,
John Flat.
Corporals -
Christopher Fort,
William Rose,
Joseph Kerns,
Samuel Peacock.
Privates -
William Smith,	John Roberts,
William Jenkins,	William Roberts,
Thomas Burke,	Robert Kennedy,
Thomas Miles,	John Kearns,
George Johnston,	William Gibson,
Jeremiah Hawkins,	Samuel Morgan,
John Donehay,	William Rigdon,
John Whiteford,	Walter Lewis,
John Johnson,	Aquila Deaver,
William Brakenridge,	Seaborn Tucker,
William Eken,	Jacob Jones,
John Brakenridge,	James Deaver,
John Frost,	Stephen Rigdon,
John Hudson,	William Clark,
Jesse Kent,	John McClain,
John Bullock,	Benjamin Jones, Jr.,
Gregory Hawkins,	James Delong,
Samuel Hill,	Joseph Smith,
Philip Crail,	Thomas Johnson,
Robert Hawkins,	Robert Clark, Jr.
James Frost,	Isaac Jones,
James Queen	John Watkins,
Joshua Ward,	Isaac Jones of William,
Luke Peacock,	John Catherwood,
James Ward,	James Benson,
John McGaw,	James Leakin,
Benjamin McCreary,	William Betts,
Thomas Jones,	Joseph Gibbons.
Thomas Hudson,

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CAPT. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S COMPANY - No. 13.
Witness our hands this 30th day of September, 1775:

WILLIAM BRADFORD, Capt.	Aaron McComas,
Joseph Rose, 1st Lieut.	John Pool,
Hugh Kirkpatrick, 2d Lieut.	Alexander McComas,
Edward McComas, Ensign	Thomas Cunningham,
Samuel Vance	Edward Hanson,
John Jones	Zachariah Smith,
Michael Mather,	William Yoe,
William Gail,	Isaac Fryer,
William McComas,	George Cunningham,
Benjamin Rickets,	Abraham Andrew,
Samuel Power,	John Bull,
Isaac Wheeler,	William May,
Thomas Mather,	James Kelly,
Alexander Crawford,	Reuben Ross,
Solomon McComas,	John Vance,
Daniel Lynch,	Basil Smith,
Robert Braser,	William Eadin,
William Norris,	Benjamin McComas,
Joseph Stiles	Wiliam Saunders,
Richard Bull,	John Ellis,
James Carroll,	Samuel Wiggins,
John Kitely,	John Brooks,
Thomas Yeaman,	John Morris,
John Power,	John McComas of William
Samuel Stallins,	Stephen White,
James Nower,	Thomas Mason,
Alexander McComas, Jr.,	James Dobbins,
William Boyer,	William Goddin,
Edward McKinsey,	Aaron Goddin,
John Kean,	Tayman Byfoot,
	William Ross.

CHARLES BAKER'S COMPANY - No. 15.
At Josiah Hitchcock's Jr., in Harford county, 27th January, 1776.
Elected by ballot:

CHARLES BAKER, Captain

Moses Johnson, 1st Lieut.

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Richard Hutchins, 2d Lieut.	Thomas Slade,
Nicholas Amoss, Ensign.	Richard Perkins,
Sergants for the Jarrettsburg Company of Militia -	Henry Scharff,
Timothy Tate,	Richard Everett,
Martin Parker,	Daniel Pocock,
William Brittain,	John Warrick,
Mordecai Amoss,	William Warrick,
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,
Edward Gatheridge,	Joseph Jones,
Aquila Clark,	Thomas Conner,
Charles Rockhold,	James Richardson,
Andrew Crayan,	George Chalk,
William Hitchcock,	John Chalk,
Josias Hitchcock,	James Turk,
Henry Hitchcock,	Nicholas Day,
John Evans,	Henry Day,
Edward Robinson,	Peter Carroll,
Jas. Scott,	Henry Enlows,
William Bosley,	Matthew Creswell,
Aquila Miles,	James Hunt,
Richard Shipley,	Abram, Rutledge,
Thomas Rutledge,	Robert Clark,
Jonathan Cunningham,	John Corbett,
Thomas Thomas,	Lewis Corbett,
James Everett,	Peter Miller,
Samuel Foster,	William Baldwin,
Morris Baker,	Underwood Guyton,
James Donnelly,	Morris Lane
Jacob Davis,

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM WEBB'S COMPANY - No. 16.
Witness our hands this 14th day of October, 1775:

WILLIAM WEBB, Captain.	Benjamin Thomas,
Ignatius Wheeler, Jr., 1st Lieut.	Nathaniel Smith,
William Fisher, Jr., 2d Lieut.	William Sparks,
John Webb, Jr., Ensign	BAker Rigdon,
Richard James	John Smith,
George Rogers,	James Lewis,
William Whiteford,	Robert McNEar,
Robert Gilchrist,	James Phillips,
Michael  Daugherty,	John Jackson,
William Crooks, Jr.,	Stophel Penchieff,
Hugh Whiteford,	William Hart,
Robert McCradey,	Francis King,
John Beaver,	William King,
Gilbert Crockett	Godfrey Fye,
Thomas Jones,	John Morrow,
Samuel Crockett,	Edmund Callahan,
Andrew Lindsay,	Hugh McGough,
Archibald Ingram,	Thomas Crooke,
James Clark,	John Taylor,
James Anderson,	John McFaden,
James Linam	James Hutcheson,
John Beshang,	Joseph  Wilson,
Thomas Brown,	Robert Griffin,
Michael Sivers,	John Beaven,
Stephen Marford,	Levi Low,
Philip Albert	William Thoriman,
Patrick Halfpenny,	John Barnhouse,
Ralph Ellison,	William More,
Thomas Duff,	John Smiith, Jr.
Simon Jordon,	Thomas Ellett,
Charles Beaver,	Samuel Ellett,
Thomas Beaver,	William Smith,
Enclidus Scarborough,	William Lytle,
Francis Jenkins,	Jonas Gilbert,
James King,	William Murdock,
	Daniel More,
	Thomas Gallion

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JOHN PATRICK, CAPTAIN - No. 17.
Witness our hands this 1st April, 1776:

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COMPANIES OF THE FLYING CAMP.

CAPTAIN ROBERT HARRIS' COMPANY OF HARFORD RIFLES.
Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1776.

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     The two last named companies were attached to the army after the defeat at Fort Washington, and performed 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:
SERGEANT:
David Smith, 4th	America
DRUMMER:
Thomas Cole	England
FIFER:
Frances Herd (a servant)	America
PRIVATES:
William Appleby	America
William Price	England
Edward Murphey	Ireland
Richard Hackett	England
Nicholas Rylie (Reiley)	Ireland
Hugh Deiver (Devier)	America
William Rice	England
Michael Meloy	Ireland
Robert Stevenson	America
Lawrence Connoway (Conaway)	Ireland
Patrick Tiarny	Ireland
Patrick Fowler	Ireland
James Hannah (Hanna)	Ireland
Peter Donnavon (Donavan)	Ireland
William King	America
Joseph Whitefeatt	England
James Smith	England
Charles O'Neale	Ireland

Records of Maryland Troops in the Continental Service During the War of the American Revolution, 1775-83.

HARFORD COUNTY.

Captain, Aquila Paca.	Captain, Bennet Bussey.
1st Lieut., John Beedle Hall.	1st lieut., Joshua Miles.
2d Lieut., Michael Gilbert.	Ensign, Aquila Amos *

Enrolled by Captain Paca.  Reviewd and passed by Jos. Carvil Hall, July 24, 1776

Isaac Johnson,	Cornelius Akins,
James Thomas,	Thomas Younger,
Thomas Stevenson,	Isaac Giant,
Barney Haney,	Jonathan Walker,
Jas. Allen,	Thomas Welsh,
Job Bennington,	John Clarke,
Joseph Glyn,	Thomas Dusft, or Dufft,
Aquila Lee Jones,	Thomas McDaniel,
William Robinson,	John Loney,
Jacob Dozens,	Alexander Nolstone,
Isaac Dozens,	Michael Barry,
Wm. Gray Dozens,	William Duly,
Ephraim Collins,	John O'Neal,
Reese Jones,	Amatio Taylor,
Edward Morris,	William Durham,
William Saunders,	Alexander Admiston,
John Morris,	Jas. Willson,
John Collins,	Michael Morris,
Wm. Brucebanks,	Matthew Snodey.

Enrolled by Lieut. J. B. Hall.  Passed by Aquila Hall, August 5, 1776.

Joab Murphy,	Nichlas Brady,
William Hart,	George Stewart,
Stephen Crouch,	Leven Dorsey,
William Logan,	Thomas Harrod,
John Breckenridge,	Edward Low,
James McKnight,	William Hassett,
John Ryan,	James Hurley,
Charles Williams,	John Walker,
Israel Combest,	Philip Peiken, or Pictern.
Michael Mullen,	Alexander Edmonston.

     Proceedings of the Convention of Maryland, pp. 177, 178.

Enrolled by Capt. Bennett Bussey.  Passed by Thos. Bond, July 20, 1776.

Grafton Preston,	Robt. Carlile (Carlisle),
John Clayton, (Clyton),	John Steel,
Robt. Ogle,	Thos. Able,
Edward Johnson,	Lawrence Hynds,
Wm. Greenhill (Green Hill),	Wm. Cooper,
John Toole,	Wm. Preston,
Bartho Finn, (Firm),	Isaac Akeright, (Aksright),
Arch. McNear,	James Cox,
James Matthews,	Godfrey Woolmore,
Michael Carr,	William Miles,
Thomas Hinks,	James Smith,
James Moore,	Benj. Rhoads,
Simon Howard, (Froward),	Edw. Freeman,
Denis Clancey,

Enrolled by Capt. Bennett Bussey.  Reviewed and passed by Thos. Jones, Second Major of the Baltimore Town Battalion of Militia.

Ambrose Timmons,

Thomas Lacy,

Enrolled by First Lieutenant Joshua Miles.  Passed July 27, '76.

Enrolled by Lieut. Asell Hitchcock, Jr.  Passed by Asell Hitchcock, July 25, 1776.

Enrolled by Ensign Aquila Amos.  Passed by Thos. Bond, July 25, 1776.

FOURTH REGIMENT.

    Muster roll of Capt. Alexander Lawson Smith's Company, including part of the companies belonging to the regiment of Lieut.-Col. Moses Rawlings, being a part of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan, Lieut.-Col. Febiger and Lieut. -Col. Nicholas during 1777, and afterward being a part of the Fourth Maryland Regiment, commanded bo Col. Josias Carvel Hall.
     From rolls for June, July, 1777, Col. Morgan; Sept., 1777, Lieutenant-Colonel Febiger; October, 1777, Lieutenant-Colonel Nicohlas; January, 1778, to January, 1779, inclusive, Colonel Hall.

Payroll of Capt. Robert Harris' Company for the Extra Month's Pay.

     A return of Recruits Enlisted in Harford County, 1780.

p. 131.

HARFORD COUNTY, December 11, 1781.

     Sir - Agreeable to Directions from the Lieut.  Enclosed I transmit your Excellency, A Return of Recruits, Drafts, & c., Agreeable to an Act Entitled an Act to procure Recruits, Also a Return of Substitutes & Draughts, Agreeable to an Act Entitled a Act to Raise Two Battalions of Militia - I should also have sent your Excellency an Account of the Balance due the State of the four Shilling Tax, but there is not yet as much Collected as has been paid to Recruits, and the Lieut. has thought it unnecessary to grant more Executions, as the Sheriff has not settled for, nor paid, what has been Already Granted, tho a long time in his hands.  I am your Excellency's very Humble Servant,

A. CRAWFORD, Eec'y L. H. County.

     To his Excellency, Thos. Sim Lee, Esq.

Return of Recruits, Substitutes and Drafts raised in Harford County for the Two Battalions of Militia, Agreeable to an Act of Assembly, in the Year, 1781.
Names of Substitutes -

John Gordon,	John Usher
Nathan Strong,	John Morris,
John Curl,	John Shields,
Saml. Hodgkins,	Alex. Christie,
Barachius Coop,	Thos. Monahon,
William Bently,	John Miles,
Edward Fincham,	Anguis McCreary,
William Wright,	James Condren,
Griffith Evans,	Wm. Payne,
William Butler,	John Willard,
James Keys,	Thos. Ask,
Wm. Truss,	James Silk,
James Bond,	John Norris,
George Todd,	Robert Mitchell.
Peter Ratagan,	Names of Drafts -
John Sullivan,	William Condron,
Samuel Scarborough, deserted	George O'Keil,
William Smith,	Horatio Coop,
Jeremiah Williamson,	Nathan Price,
	John Offield.
John Dearmott,	taken ill with the flux.
Aaron Grace,	discharged, being poor and having a wife and five children.
David Deaer,	discharged, same having wife and seven children.
Negroe Tower,	discharged, save having wife and children.
Nathan Gallion,	infirm and sickly.
Edward Prigg,	id
Richard Greenland,	id
Richard Kenly,	id
Jona. West, poor;	a wife and children to support.
Joseph Johnson,	id
Thos. Rhoads,	id
Wm. Grafton,	id
Nathan Jones,	a Quaker and id., but did not appear.
Richard Johns,	id., son to the above.
Isaac Henry,	id., did not appear.
Robt. Jones,	never taken up.
Nathan Browley,	id.
Henry Russ,	id.
James McGaw,	id.
John McGaw,	id.
Wm. Major	id.
James Bevard,	id.
Joseph Aikens,	id.
Henry Harrod,	id.
Thos. Ely, Quaker,	id.
Wm. Judd,	kept out of the way.
Michael Rook,	run.
James Andrews,	id.
Wm. Gash,	id.
	A. CRAWFORD, Sec'y L. H. County.
December 11, 1781.

Return of Recruits, Substitutes and Drafts raised in Harford County, Agreeable to an Act Entitled An Act to Procure Recruits in the Year 1781.

Oliver Denny,	Neal McOwen,
Edward Appleton,	Wm. Coe.
John Oldham White,	James Caple,
MORE TO COME.....
	A. CRAWFORD, Sec'y. L. H. County.
December 11, 1781.

     Capt. Robt. Harris' Company of Flying Camp Militia. *

	PHILADELPHIA, 9th, Nov., 1776.
September 16:

     Archives of Maryland, Vol. XII., pages 435-6.

     The battle of the Revolution in which Harford took the most conspicuous part was that of Fort Washington, on the Hudson River, in the State of New York, on Nov. 16, 1776.  General Washington has intended this fort to be evacuated, but through a misunderstanding, General Greene, who was in immediate command in that section, sent reinforcements.  Among these were Col. Moses Rawlings' regiment of Maryland riflemen, the garrison in the fort after being reinforced, amounting to two thousand men.  The engagement was most sanguinary, but the Americans in the end were forced to retreat.  The battle lasted several hours, the loss on both sides being heavy.  The British lost nearly nine hundred men in killed and wounded, more than half of which was sustained in the attack upon Rawlings' riflemen.  Gordon, in his History of the American Revolution, says: "It cost Knyphauen near upon eight hundred men to force the ingle regiment of Rawlings back."
     G. W. Greene says: "Had Rawlings been supported, Knyphausen could not have gained the north lines; but he men refused to man them, and crowded into the redoubt, where they became a compact mark for the enemy's guns.  The defence on the east was still more irresolute, and there are questions connected with that on the south which will, it is probable, never be solved.  But had it been like that of Rawlings' riflemen it would well nigh crippled the enemy."*
     General Washington said of this engagement: "The enemy have suffered greatly on the north side of Fort Washington.  Colonel Rawlings' regiment (late Hugh Stephenson's) was posted there and behaved with great gallantry."
     The following is the roster of the Harford Company taking part in this battle:
     First Company of Maryland Rifles, under Lieutenant-Colonel Moses Rawlings - Alex. Lawson Smith, captain; William Bradford, lieutenant; John Tompson, sergeant; Matthew Alexander, sergeant; Joshua Saunders, sergeant; Isaac Rose, corporal; John Howe, corporal; Thoams Lively, fifer.
     Riflemen - William Andrews, Josias Kimball, Samuel Power, John Cooper, Patrick McCann, John DeBruler, Charles Baker, John Coltman, Thos. Smith, Abraham Watson, James Dennison, Henry Rolin, William Catterill, John Leviston, William Pritchard, John Irons, William Cooper, Jesse Corbitt, Thos. Dearmott, Reuben Ross, John Crockett, Patrick Quinn.
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*Scharf's History of Maryland.

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