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A Muster Roll of Capt Wm James Company of Battomen in the service of the United States of America & Engaged until the thirty first of December 1778

Appointed April the first 1778 Capt Wm James On command


No

Time Inlisted

Mens Name

Remarks

1

23 April

Wm Quin

 

2

Ditto

Robt McGinnes

 

3

Ditto

Thomas Swords

With Commissary

4

Ditto

Peter Warren Kain

6 [sic]

Ditto

Matt Forrest

on bord [sic] Capt. Tenike's Sloop

7

Do

Saml Kennedy

 

8

Do

John Kennedy

 

9

Do

Henry Kennedy

With Colo Hay

10

Do

Wm Flangsburg

On Comd at Whoppine Creek

11

Do

James Hambleton

On Comd at Whoppine Creek

12

Do

Henry Frank

 

13

Ditto

Frans Peterson

On Comd to Albany

14

Do

John Little

 

15

Do

Nail McKelvins

Sick in the Hospital Albany

16

23 Apr

John Dance

Sick in Albany Hospital

17

Ditto

James Boyse

Sick in Albany Hospital

18

Do

James Murrow

On Comd with Capt Dixon Albany

19

Ditto

Peter McMickkin

Sick in Albany Hospital

20

Ditto

Isaack Arnett

On Comd with Capt Dixson

21

Do

John Bowman

On Comd with Capt Dixson

22

Do

Henry Cartwright

On Comd wh Capt Dixson

23 l

Do

Thos Little

Taking Care of Tarridge

24

Do

Geo McWilliams

On Comd to Albany

25

Do

Daniel Steward

On Comd to Albany

In all

Do

Daniel Steward

On Comd to Albany [sic]

Fish Kill Landing Decr 23, 1778 Muster’d Capt William James Company as specified in the Above Role.
Henry Rutgers Junr Dy QM
Proof of Effectives

 

Capt

Present

Present

 

7

Absent

1

18

Total

1

25

I Do Certify that the within [Mentisioned is crossed out] Muster Rolle is a true State of the Company without Fraud to these United States or to Aney Individual –According to the best of my knowledge.  Wm. Quin in behalfe of Capt William James.
SOURCE: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Series M246, Roll 122, Quartermasters Dept., National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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