Muster rolls, 1776-1865 (inclusive), 1776-1802, 1807, 1824, 1828, 1861-1865 (bulk).

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Muster rolls, 1776-1865 (inclusive), 1776-1802, 1807, 1824, 1828, 1861-1865 (bulk).

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Muster rolls may contain such military records as size rolls, registers of furloughs, of men tried by Court Martials, of deaths, discharges, desertions and accounts of clothing, equipment and arms and ammunition. Lancaster County, 1776; Captain David Greer's Company at York, 1776; Bucks County, 1776-1802; Philadelphia County, 1777-1789; Billingsport, 1778; Captain John Davis' company, North Pennsylvania regiment at West Point, N.Y., 1778-1780; French army in America, 1778-1783; 1st and 2nd battalions of Philadelphia militia, 1778-1789; Captain Cox, 1781; 7th company, 5th battalion, Philadelphia militia, commanded by Lt. Col. John Shee, 1782; rolls of the six battalions of the city of Philadelphia, 1784; 1st battalion of Lancaster County, Captain John Wudhy, 1786; Pennsylvania troops commanded by Lt. Col. Josiah Harmar, headquarters at Vincennes, 1787; 69th regiment dragoons, Berks County, 1807; 7th company, 84th regiment, Philadelphia militia, Capt. Francis Asbury Dickins commanding, 1824; 1st brigade District of Columbia Militia, 1828; Berks County, 1861-1865; and Company C 118th Regiment of Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1862-1865.

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Shee, John, 1740-1808

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Lieutenant Colonel John Shee commanded the 7th Company, 5th Battalion of the Philadelphia Militia in 1782. From the description of Muster roll, 1782. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86138769 ...

Harmar, Josiah, 1753-1813

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Army officer. From the description of Orderly book of Josiah Harmar, 1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068546 Lieutenent Colonel Josiah Harmar commanded the Pennsylvania troops at Camp Port Vincennes. From the description of Muster roll, 1787. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625429 Soldier in American Revolution; brigadier-general, U.S. Army; adjutant-general of Pennsylvania. In 1790 he waged a campaign near Fort Wayne, ...

Dickins, Francis Asbury

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Davis, John, -1827

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Wudhy, John.

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Greer, David, 1937-....

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