MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC - MILITARY - Samuel Parsons Military 
                                         Papers - 1770
**************************************************************
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free
information on the Internet, material may be freely used by 
non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on
all copied material AND permission is obtained from the 
contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be 
reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other
organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this
material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written
consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the 
submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof
of this consent.

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:
Eric Bruton  ericbruton@nccoast.net and 
Cathy Cranford  pastseeker@nc.rr.com
***************************************************************
Samuel Parsons Military Papers - 1770
From State Dept. of Archives and History
July 26, 1956
North Carolina, fc
By His Excellency Colonel
William Tryon, 
His Majesty’s Captain General, and Governor in Chief, in and 
over the said Providence.
To Samuel Parsons Esquire
I, Reposing special trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage 
and good Conduct, do by these presents constitute and appoint 
you, the said Samuel Parsons during my pleasure, to be Captain of 
the Anson Regiment of the Militia.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of 
Captain by exercising and well disciplining both the inferior 
Officers and Soldiers of that Company.  And I do hereby 
command them to obey you as their Captain and you are to 
observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to 
Time, as you shall receive from your Colonel, or any other your 
superior Officer, according to the Rules and Directions of military 
Discipline, and the Laws of this Providence.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the Said Providence, at 
New Bern, the Sixth Day of December  Anno Dom. 1770 and in 
the Eleventh Year of his Majesty’s Reign.