Williamsburg City-James City County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military Records.....1838 Williamsburg Light Infantry Company Of Volunteers, 1838 Roll Of The Williamsburg Light Infantry Company Of Volunteers February 1838 - Rosters Williamsburg Light Infantry Company of Volunteers ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Fran Florence hflorence2 July 29, 2008, 2:10 pm 1838 Williamsburg Light Infantry Company Of Volunteers Source: Southall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary From the Southall Papers, Folder 371 1838 Roll of the Williamsburg Light Infantry company of Volunteers. Capt. G. W. Southall, attached to the 68th Regiment of Virginia Militia For the year 1838 Rank Names February April Regimental July October Remarks ( Attendance was marked for Muster and Arms under each heading) Capt. George W. Southall 1st Lieut. Richard M. Bucktrout 1st Lieut. Lemuel J. Bowden 2nd Lieut. 2nd Lieut. 1st Sergt. Gideon Drake Elected 8 April 1837. 2nd 3rd 4th Higgison W. Lee 5th 1st Captain 2nd James M. Mahone 3rd Summersett Moore 4th Coleman Tillage In Troop. 5th 6th Privates James Ames Admitted 8 April 1837. James J. Brooks Admitted 18 April 1837. Francis Burnett Benjamin E. Bucktrout. William J. Bingley. John Busby Edward Bolton Richardson Brooks George F. Ball Samuel F. Bright Withdrawn Thomas Bowry Robert Barlow Henry H. Bowden Mansfield Brown Admitted 14 Oct. 1837 Archer Brooks Do Do Do William Brooks Admitted 16 Oct. 1837. Sherrod T. Bowman Admitted July 1838 John Bailey, Jr. Admitted May 1838 Thomas C. Charles Admitted May 1838. John Chadick Richard Chadick John S. Charles Thomas O. Cogbill Lewis Charles Thomas Clarke Has left Peter Clowes John Casey Admitted 15 April 1837. William H. Charles Admitted 14 Oct. 1837 David Cole “ 14 Oct. 1837 James J. Drake John A. Deneufville William W. Dodd Allen Davis Robert Durfey Admitted 14 Oct. 1837 Robert Freeman James Griffin John T. Gayle Remd John Hawth William A. Hubbard Holder Hudgins Admitted 14 Oct. 1837 William Jackson George Jackson John A. James Thomas James Admitted 14 Oct. 1837. Charles Lively John Henry Lee John Morriss John Mann John M. Maupin William Martin Remd John Page. dead Thomas G. Peachy John Pumphrey Remd William Rollinson Admitted 15 Apr. 1837. Jacob C. Sheldon Johnson Sands William R. Stroud Remd Henry R. Smith (Remd fr. July Roster) Re-admitted 3 Apr. 1837 Robert P. Shelburne Ludwell (?) Spraggins James Sullen (Remd from July Roster) Admitted 14 Oct. 1837 Henry Taylor Matthew Tinney Lawrence Turner Remd Samuel Wills Dead Robert Wilsford (Remd from July Roster) Robert Wilkins (Remd from July Roster) Admitted 8 April 1837 Paul Westley Mortal (Remd from July Roster) Admitted 14 April 1838 William T. Drewry (sp?) Admitted May 1838 Allen Walls Admitted May 1838 Edmund Harwood Admitted May 1838 Richardson Wright Admitted May 1838 Written on a paper folded over 5 times and notes taken in sections - First fold:. October 1838 October Muster 1838. 1st Sergt. Sherrod T. Bowman Berry Newsome- fifer attended - no drummer 2nd do. Hewth or Hawth (?) Election of non- commissioned officers 3rd do. Allen Davis 1st Corp.(?) James M. Mahone 4th do. Wm. G. Drewry 2nd do. John Busby 5th do. Thomas James 3rd do. John S. Charles 1st Corp. James M. Mahone 4th do. Lawrence Turner John Busby 5th do. Edmund C. Charles Five more listed–illegible and written 6th do. Allen Wall on the second fold: Allen_______, Turner, Charles, Wall, _____Newsome, fifer Next to the names of the five sergeants Next to the names of the 6 corporals is the notation: Where given (?) 23rd is the notation: 30th Dec. (?) Ct. Of Eng. Nov. Ct. Of Eng. (?) at Drummond’s (?) at Raleigh Tavern Wmsbg. Next York. 24th Ct. Of Eng. (?) at Burnt Parade 22 Feb. 1839 Ordinary On the second “fold” of the paper is written: “Muster Roll of the Wmsbg. Lt. Infantry Co. Capt. Geo. Southall 1838 On the third “fold” of the paper is written: 22nd Feb. 1838 Paraded Berry Newsome - fifer attended - No drummer. 14th April1838 Paraded Berry Newsome fifter George Christopher Drummer Paul W. Mortale admitted The following were listed grouped together with check marks in front of their names and the notation below their names: T. Bowman Allen Walls Edmund C. Charles John Bailey, jr. Wm T. Drewry Edward Harwood Richardson Wright recvd as members 12th May 1838 April Regimental Muster George Christopher drummer Berry Newsome fifter July Muster No Drummer Berry Newsome fifer File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/williamsburg/military//rosters/1838will439gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 6.2 Kb