Dobbs County, NC, Dobbs Militia - 1781 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Grace Williamson Turner Transcribed and posted by Lori Price Cobb (jhcobb@iquest.net) __________________________________________________________________________ A Discriptive List of the men raised in the Dobbs Regt of Militia to serve Twelve months in the Continental service agreeable to an Act of the General Assembly passed at Halifax February 1781 No Mens Names Age Size Complexion Occupation Company from 1 Hugh Stevenson 45 5-6 Dark planter 2 Wyatt Warwick 25 5-10 do do Capt. Davis 3 William Williams 30 5-10 light do 4 Pool Poope 25 5-8 dark do 5 Walter Allin 25 5-6 Fair do Capt. Hodges 6 Robert Witherington 35 5-5 Dark do 7 James Jones 19 5-4 fair do 8 John Diamond 21 5-5 do do 9 Thos Shute 22 5-4 dark do Capt. Loftin 10 William Belk 35 5-5 Red do 11 Edward Woodham 35 5-6 dark do 12 Jonathan Benton 30 6-2 light do 13 John Harrison 30 5-9 do BSmith Capt. Parker 14 Evan Griffin 28 5-8 do planter 15 John Benson 30 5-8 Black do 16 Armwell Kerron 40 5-7 light do 17 Robert Gilthanton 30 5-6 Fresh do Capt. Speight 18 John Wilson 35 6- Red do 19 John Wallston 35 5-5 fresh do 20 Charles Harris 19 5-9 dark do 21 William Hix 28 6- fresh do 22 John Smith 30 5-6 dark Sawyer Capt. Granger 23 Rowland Williams 25 5-6 red planter 24 Richard Standley 18 5-2 fair do 25 John Perry 20 5-6 light do Capt Johnston 26 Daniel Quellin 22 5-6 do do 27 John Sanders 18 6- dark do 28 John Murphrey 34 5-5 Dark planter 29 Georg Linton 24 5-8 do do Capt. Ormond 30 Drury Griffin 23 5-7 do do 31 Zachariah Turnage 17 5-3 light do 32 Dempsey Womble 18 4-8 dark do 33 Aron freeman 26 5-5 fair do Capt. Taylor 34 John Potter 35 5-5 dark do 35 William Bennet 23 5-4 Black do 36 William Caven 28 5-10 fair do 37 Thomas Aldridge 18 5-5 dark do Capt. Kennedy 38 Paul Hartsfield 23 5-4 do do 39 Lewis Linder 20 5-6 do do 40 James Walker 33 5-6 do do Capt. Lassetor 41 Mathew Newby 25 5-5 do do County ___ors From: Military Collection, Troop Returns, Enl. & Drafts. Mil.Tr.6-22, Dobbs Co Submitted by Grace Turner, Copied as closely as possible from the original __________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. __________________________________________________________________________