Officers in the Virginia Militia, 1777-1781 - Prince Edward Co. VA Officers appointed and commissioned in May, June , and July 1777. Captains Josiah Chambers David Walker John Bibb Andrew Baker Lieutenants Charles Allen John Dabney Jacob Woodson Sharpe Spencer Ensigns Benjamin Allen Richard Holland James Carter William Rice Second Lieutenants Robert Goode William Wooton Henry Young This is from and order dated July, 1777, that the following were Captains of Militia Companies Captains --------------Clarke --------------Owen -------------Ligon -------------Bigger Thomas Flournoy ---------Chambers William Bibb Appointed in 1778 Captains John Bibb George Carrington Lieutenants John Dupuy Thomas Lawson Ensigns Yancey Bailey --------Bigger, Jr. Appointed in 1779 Captains Williamson Bird (in place of Charles Venable, resigned) Richard Holland Sharpe Spencer Thomas Moore George Booker Samuel Venable Henry Walker David Walker Lieutenants Nicolas Davis Robert Veneable George Booker Jesse Watson William McGehee Ambrose Nelson John Langhorn Ensigns James Parks Drury Watson Thomas Watkins (Thomas Watkins recommended as Colonel of the Militia of the county and George Walker as Lieutenant-Colonel) Appointed in 1780 Captains Thomas Lawton Dick Holland Jacob Woodson Lieutenants Jesse Watson Drury Watson William Price, Jr. James Clark James Wright Joseph Parks Ensigns Stephen Pettus William Booker John Bell Appointed in 1781 Nominations John Nash County Lieutenant George Walker, Colonel Thomas Flournoy, Lieutenant-Colonel John Clark, Major Captains Stephen Neal James Clark Ambrose Nelson(in the stead of john Bibb) Lieutenants Nathaniel Allen John Richards George Foster George Pulliam William Woten James Parks John Clarke, Jr. John Bell Ensigns William Galespie Peyton Glenn Robert Walton Philip Mathew Submitted by Mike Hughes **************************************************************** USGENWEB 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. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************