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    Philadelphia County Revolutionary War Militia

    1st Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Daniel Hiester

    5th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Daniel Hiester
    • Lt. Col. Mathew Jones
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Towamensing Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Benjamin Weaver
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Daniel Springer
    Upper Salford Township (Lower District)3rd Company:
    • Capt. Philip Gable
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Philip Gable
    Skippack Township (Lower District)4th Company:
    • Capt. William Bull
    • Capt. John Smith
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Bernard Haines
    • Capt. Nicholas Nickum
    • Capt. John Markley
    Franconia Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Cope
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. John Cope
    Skippack Township (Upper District)5th Company:
    • Capt. Isaac Suhler
    • Capt. Casper Dull
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. John Harple
    Hatfield Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Andrew Morgan
    • Capt. John Sheive
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Philip Reed
    Upper Salford Township7th Company:
    • Capt. Peter Shryner
    • Capt. George Egert
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Henry Neeble
    Lower Salford Township1st Company:
    • Capt. William Tennis
    • Capt. Andrew Campbell
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Andrew Campbell

    2nd Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. John Moor
    • Co. Matthew Holgate

    7th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Matthew Holgate
    • Lt. Col. George Smith
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Germantown Township (Upper District)1st Company:
    • Capt. Gerhard Shlatter
    • Capt. James Irvine
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. James Irvine
    Springfield Township7th Company:
    • Capt. William Hicks (Hix)
    • Capt. Balser Heydrick
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Andrew Redhieffer
    Bristol Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Caleb Armitage
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Caleb Armitage
    Germantown Township5th Company:
    • Capt. James Haslet
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Noah Townsend
    Germantown Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. Christian Snyder
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. Jacob Hall
    Roxborough Township4th Company:
    • Capt. Matthew Holgate
    • Capt. John Holgate
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. John Levering
    Germantown Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Jacob Sommer
    • Capt. Peter Frailey
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Peter Frailey
    Germantown Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Matthew Genssel
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Daniel Beck

    3rd Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Benjamin McVeagh

    6th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Benjamin McVeagh
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Oxford Township(1st Company?):
    • Capt. (William Tobert?)
    		1st Company:
    • Capt.Benjamin Dungan
    Lower Dublin Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Jonathan Dungan
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Holms
    Byberry Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Marshall Edwards
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Jacob Roads
    Oxford Township8th Company:
    • Capt. William Harper
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Isaac Worrell
    Abington Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Dungan
    • Capt. Demas Worrel
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. Demas Worrell
    Cheltenham Township1st Company:
    • Capt. Jacob Leach
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. John McGloughlin
    Morland Township (Lower District)7th Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Swift
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Swift
    Lower Dublin Township(4th Company?):
    • Capt. (Jacob Laughlin?)
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Dearman

    4th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. William Dean

    1st Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. George Smith
    • Lt. Col. Benjamin McVeagh
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Gwynedth Hill1st Company:
    • Capt. Christian Dull
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. John Shelmire
    Morland Township2nd Company:
    • Capt.Joseph Hart
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Andrew van Buskirk
    Gwynedth Township' 3rd Company:
    • Capt. Stephen Bloom
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Stephen Bloom
    Montgomery Township4th Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Hines
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Hines
    Morland Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Folwell
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Folwell
    Horsham Township6th Company:
    • Capt. David Marpole
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. David Marpole
    • Capt. David Dowlin?
    Upper Dublin Township7th Company:
    • Capt. John Mann
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. John Mann
    Whitemarsh Township5th Battalion, 5th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph McClean
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph McClean

    Note: Captain Joseph McClean of 5th Company was transferred to 1st Battalion, 7th Company in 1780

    5th Battalion, 1777

    Commanding Officers:

    • Col. Robert Curry

    6th Battalion, 1780

    Commanding Officers:

    • Lt. Col. Robert Curry
    Company
     17771780
    Township (if known)Company
    Plymouth Township(1st Company ?):
    • (Capt. John Hamnleton?)
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Andrew Norry (Curry)
    Whitpain Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Abraham Wentz
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Abraham Wentz
    • Capt. George Walter (April 1782)
    Worcester Township 3rd Company:
    • Capt. John Lowry
    Providence Township (Upper District)4th Company:
    • Capt. Jacob Peterman
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Thomas Austin
    • Capt. Jacob Peterman
    Norriton Township7th Company:
    • Capt.Daniel Trump
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. John Wentz
    Whitemarsh Township6th Company:
    • Capt. William Johnson
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. William Johnson
    Providence Township (Middle District) 7th Company:
    • Capt. William Nelson
    Providence Township (Lower District)3rd Company:
    • Capt. Arnold Francis
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Arnold Francis

    6th Battalion, 1777

    COMMANDING OFFICERS:

    • Col. Frederick Antes

    4th Battalion, 1780

    COMMANDING OFFICERS:

    • Lt. Col. Anthony Bitting
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Upper Hanover Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. Peter Sower (Lower)
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Sigfried
    Limerick Township1st Company:
    • Capt. John Brooke
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. John Missimer
    Douglas Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Peter Richard
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Frederick Beiteman (Biddeman)
    New Hanover Township4th Company:
    • Capt. Philip Hawn
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. Benjamin Markly
    Marlborough Township7th Company:
    • Capt. Andrew Reed
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. John Schooler (Shuler)
    Frederick Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Michael Dotterer
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Henry Boyer
    • Capt. Michael Gougler
    Douglas Township8th Company:
    • Capt. Nathaniel Childs
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Jacob Witz
    Limerick Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Benjamin Brooke
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. Isaiah Davis

    7th Battalion, 1777

    COMMANDING OFFICERS:

    • Col. Isaac Warner

    3rd Battalion, 1780

    COMMANDING OFFICERS:

    • Lt. Col. James Barry
     17771780
    Township (if known)CompanyCompany
    Lower Merion Township1st Company:
    • Capt. Llewelyn
    		5th Company:
    • Capt. Ludwig Knolls
    • Capt. Lewis Knolls
    Lower Merion Township2nd Company:
    • Capt. Israel Jones
    		1st Company:
    • Capt. Israel Jones
    Lower Merion Township3rd Company:
    • Capt. Peter Richard
    		4th Company:
    • Capt. John Young
    Kingsessing Township4th Company:
    • Capt. Benjamin Eastburn
    		7th Company:
    • Capt. Charles Justice
    • Capt. Robert Gray
    Upper Merion Township5th Company:
    • Capt. Samuel Houlston
    • Capt. Amos Sturgis
    		2nd Company:
    • Capt. Amos Sturgis
    Blockley Township6th Company:
    • Capt. Edward Heston
    • Lt. William Warner
    		3rd Company:
    • Capt. Richard Roberts
    Upper Merion Township (Upper District)7th Company:
    • Capt. Charles Justice
    		6th Company:
    • Capt. Peter Holstein
     8th Company:
    • Capt. Joseph Jones
    		8th Company:
    • Capt. William Rose