Wayne County, NC - Goldsboro Rifles, 1875 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goldsboro Messenger, September 16, 1875 Goldsboro Rifles At a meeting held Tuesday night, Sept. 14th for the purpose of organizing a Military Company, Jno. R. Morris was called to the chair, and B.E. Smith requested to act as Secretary. A suitable name being first in order, it was resolved that this Company be known as the Goldsboro Rifles: on motion, an election was gone into with the following result: Captain – T.B. Hyman 1st Lieutenant – H.P. Dortch 2d Lieutenant – S.K. Royall Jr. 2d Lieutenant – O.F. Worrell O. Sgt. – B.E. Smith 2d Sgt. – O.L. Baker 3d Sgt. – Arnold Borden 4th Sgt. – W.T. Hollowell 1st Corporal – F.L. Castex 2d Corporal – Chas. Dewey 3d Corporal – E.W. Powell 4th Corporal – Junius Slocumb Color Sgt. – M.M. Merritt On motion, the chair appointed the following committees: Executive Committee – C. Dewey, I.F. Dortch, M. Hollowell, S.K. Royall and B.E. Smith Committee on By-Laws – J.R. Morris, T.B. Hyman and I.F. Dortch Committee to Solicit Subscription – T.B. Hyman, with A.J. Galloway, Esq., to assist. The Executive Committee was instructed to order two or three kinds of Guns as samples for the inspection of the Company before purchasing. The meeting then adjourned, to meet again Wednesday night, the 22d inst. J.R. Morris, Chm. B.E. Smith, Sec. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts ___________________________________________________________________