Revolutionary War, Halifax County Militia, Maj. Jones Battalion, 1781, Posts Deserted *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************** Names of those who deserted their post Transcribe from copy of original document obtained from Virginia State Archives A list of the mens names belonging to Maj. Jones Battalion of Militia who have deserted, Distinguishing those who carried off their arms from those who did not, also those who deserted from their post. Cabin Point Feby. 23 1781 John Anderson Judfood Parrott John Pulliman Macajah Simms Ashwell Stone Isham Turner Elijah Parrott Thomas Watkin William Warmack William Young William Dye William Taylor Jacob Miller John Foster Thomas Whitlock Reubin Graves John Hall Thomas Brooks Joseph Peterson William Davis Moses Turner John Smithey Robert Wade Zacheriah Hill John Carter Charles Powell David Jones Note from transcriber: These are the 27 names of men from Halifax County on this list. The document is from the files of the Virginia State Archives. Charles Powell is listed as taking his gun, bayonet, cartridge box, flint, and cartridges. Everyone on the list is listed as deserting "From Post". We have only the first page of this list. We do not know the total number of pages. This page contains 41 names with others from Buckingham, Bedford and Mecklenburg County Military: Halifax County Militia, 1781: Halifax County, Virginia Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Fleta Aday