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    Cumberland County Revolutionary War Militia

    1st Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. James Dunlap

    6th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. James Dunlap
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Fannett Township1st Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Askey (Askins)
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Askey (Askins)
    Newton Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Robert Shannon
    • Capt. Samuel Fenton
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Fenton
    Fannett Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. Noah Abraham
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Noah Abraham
    Hopewell Township4th Company:
    • Capt. Alexander Peebles (Peoples)
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Alexander Peebles (Peoples)
    Newton Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Patrick Jack
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. John Hodge
    Lurgan Township6th Company:
    • Capt. John Campbell
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. William Strain
    Hopewell Township7th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Brady
    • Capt. William Moorhead
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. William Moorhead
    Lurgan Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Charles Maclay
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Isaac Miller (James?)

    2nd Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. John Davis

    2nd Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Thomas Gisson
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Middleton Township1st Company:
    • Capt. Matthew Gregg
    • Capt. James Douglass
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. James Douglass
    West Pennsborough Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Kennedy
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. James McFarlane
    West Pennsborough Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. William Donaldson
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. William Donaldson
    • Capt. William Swansea
    Carlisle4th Company:
    • Capt. Andrew McKee
    • Capt. Asa Hill
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Asa (Isaiah) Hill
    West Pennsborough Township5th Company:
    • Capt. William McClure
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. John Carothers
    Carlisle6th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Gisson
    • Capt. John Jordon
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. John Jordon (Gordon)
    West Pennsborough Township7th Company:
    • Capt. William Denny
    • Capt. William Moor
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. William Moor
    West Pennsborough Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Charles Leeper
    • Capt. Walter Denny
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. James Irwin

    3rd Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. William Chambers

    3rd Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Samuel Irvine
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Allen Township1st Company:
    • Capt. John Mateer
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Laird
    East Pennsborough Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Trindle
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. John Carothers
    • Capt. Samuel Agnew
    Middleton (South) Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. James Laird
    • Capt. James Floyd
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. James Floyd
    • Capt. David White
    Allen Township4th Company:
    • Capt. John Lamb
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. John Lamb
    Allen Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Wallace
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. James McCurdy
    East Pennsborough Township6th Company:
    • Capt. James Semple
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. John McCormick
    East Pennsborough Township7th Company:
    • Capt. James Wood
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. James Bell
    Middleton (South) Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Robert Sanderson
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Stewart
    • Capt. William Drennon

    4th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Samuel Lyon

    7th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. James Purdy
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Milford Township1st Company:
    • Capt. John Williams
    		8th Company?:
    • Capt. James Harrell
    Greenwood Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Foutz
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. David Boal (Bole)
    Milford Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. John Elliott
    		6th Company?:
    • Capt. Daniel McClelland
    Greenwood Township4th Company:
    • Capt. Philip Mathews
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Philip Mathews
    Fermanagh Township5th Company:
    • Capt. John Hamilton
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. John Taylor
    Lack Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Jonathan Robison
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. William Campbell
    Lack Township7th Company:
    • Capt. James McConnell
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. Andrew Farrier
    Fermanagh8th Company:
    • Capt. Robert McTeer
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Hugh McAlister

    5th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Arthur Buchanan

    8th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Alexander Brown
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Derry Township1st Company:
    • Capt. Alexander McCoy
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. William Lamb
    Armagh Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. William Wilson
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. William Wilson
    Armagh Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. Henry Taylor
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. John Fleming
    Derry Township4th Company:
    • Capt. James Adams
    • Capt. Richard Coulter?
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Robert Samuels
    Derry Township5th Company:
    • Capt.Samuel Holliday
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Holliday
    Armagh Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Thompson
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Brown
    Armagh Township7th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Alexander
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Hugh McClellan
    Derry Township8th Company:
    • Capt. George Bell
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Robert Means

    6th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Samuel Gibertson

    4th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Samuel Culbertson
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Peters Township1st Company:
    • Capt. George Crawford
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. John Orbison
    Hamilton Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Patrick Jack
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Patrick Jack
    Hamilton Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Patton
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Patton
    Peters Township4th Company:
    • Capt. James Patton
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. James Patton
    • Capt. Robert Dickey
    Letterkenny Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Cultertson
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Culbertson
    Peters Township6th Company:
    • Capt. William Houston
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. William Houston
    Peters Township7th Company:
    • Capt. Robert McCoy
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Walter McKinney (McKinnley)
    Letterkenny Township8th Company:
    • Capt. John McConnell
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. John McConnell

    7th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Frederick Watts

    5th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. David Mitchell
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Tyrone Township1st Company:
    • Capt. James Fisher
    		1st Company:
    • Capt.James Fisher
    Rye Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. James Power
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. David Marshall
    Tyrone Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. William Sanderson
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. James Gass
    Toboyne Township4th Company:
    • Capt. William Blaine
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Lemon
    Rye Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Frederick Taylor
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Matthew McCoy
    Rye Township7th Company:
    • Capt. Edward Grimes (Graham)
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Edward Graham (Grimes)
    Tyrone Township7th Company:
    • Capt. John Buchanan
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. William Black
    Toboyne Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Clark
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. John Nelson

    8th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Abraham Smith

    1st Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. James Johnson
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Washington Township1st Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Royar
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. John Stitt
    Antrim Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Jack
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Johnston
    Antrim Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. James Poe
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. John Woods
    Guilford Township4th Company:
    • Capt. William Long
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Conrad Snider
    Guilford Township5th Company:
    • Capt. James Young
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. James Young
    • Capt. Terence Campbell
    Antrim6th Company:
    • Capt. Elias Davis
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. William Berryhill
    Washington Township7th Company:
    • Capt. William Finley
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Daniel Clapsadler
    Antrim Township8th Company:
    • Capt. John Ray (Rea)
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Rea (Ray)
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