Beaufort County NcArchives Military Records.....Palmer Appointment, William 1772
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Commission to appoint William Palmer as Colonel of the Beaufort County Militia
Martin, Josiah, 1737-1786
October 10, 1772 
Volume 09, Pages 345-346

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

North Carolina—Ss.

By his Excellency Josiah Martin, Esq. His Majesty's Captain General, and 
Governor in Chief, in and over the said Province.

To William Palmer Esquire

I, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good 
Conduct, do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said William 
Palmer during my Pleasure, to be Colonel of the Beaufort Regiment of Militia. 
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Colonel by 
exercising and well disciplining both the inferior Officers and Soldiers of 
that Regiment. And I do hereby command them to obey you as their Colonel and 
you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, 
as you shall receive from me, as Captain General, or any other your superior 
Officer, according to the Rules and Directions of military Discipline, and the 
Laws of this Province.

Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the said Province, at New Bern the Tenth 
Day of October Anno Dom. 1772 and the Twelfth Year of his Majestys Reign.

JO. MARTIN
By His Excellency's Command
James Parratt D. Sec.

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