The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-21

at Annapolis, was comparatively small
body, appointed probably 10y the Provincial
Congress, Convention, or Assembly, Cor
hose three terms appear to have been often
used anonymously to act chiefly during the
absence of the latter body from the seat of
government,
List OF companies on the north side of
Deer Creek, in Hartford Co, formed and re-
turned to this committee, viz Wm Webb
captain, lgnatius Wheeler 1st lieutenant,
VIM. Fisher Cd lieutenant, Samuel Webb,
,lr, ensign, and seventy four privates. Date
ofenrolment 18th Oct, ITO John Patrick
Samuel Barley Barclay 2d lieutenant, Rich.
ard Ward ensign, and ffty-five privatcs
Date Of enrolment 1st April, 117G. John
Jolley captain, James Montgomery 1st lieu.
tenant James Wilson I'd lieutenant, James
Thomas ensign, and fifty. privates
Date of enrolment 10th March, 17TG.
THE foregoing companies are the only
| ones formed since the last returns We eX-
! pect company or two more will be formed,
which, with one or two more already enroll
! ed but not yet formed in battalion, will make
! SIX independent companies situated so rs they
may be formed in battalion, which we will
report as soon as they are enrolled.
am gentlemen,
Jul IllOSI HuIllDlG servant,
AMOS GARRETT,
Chairman of the Committee of Hartford Go.
Tothe Honorable Council of Safety of Mary
land.
Here follows, as part of Mr. CARROTS re-
port
"A memorandum of militia officers who
have not their commissions: Samuel Cald-
well captain, Thomas Hutchins 1st licutcn.
ant, Joseph Lewis I'd lieutenant James
McComas captain, Benjamin Scott 1st lieu
tenant, Martin Preston I'd lieutenant, James
Steel ensign. Robert Harris captain, VIM.
Coalc 1st lieutenant, VIM. Downs I'd lieu
tenant, Joseph Renshaw ensign. Bennett
Bussey captain, Joshua Miles 1st lieutenant,
Azacl Hitchcock, Jr, I'd lieutenant, Joshua
Amos tot James, ensign. Alex Cowan cap
tam, John Bcalc Howard LIST lieutenant,
Samuel Groomc Osborn Cd lieutenant, Lam
bc't Wilmer ensign. In Capt. VIM. McCo-
mass company James Sinclair is appointed
I'd lleutenant.-A. A."
Congress resolve, on the Sd June, 177G,
that flying camp be Immediately establish.
Ell III The middle colonies, to consist of ten
thousand men, Pennsylvania to furnish for
TINS purpose six thousand militia, MARYLAND
lhrcc thousand four hundred, and Delaware
six hundred; and that they be engaged until
lst Dec. next, unless sooner discharged
Also that three provincial brigadicr- generals
DC employed for the flying camp, two from
Pa, and one from Md, to be appointed by
those colonies. Hartford county contributed
several companies to flying camp l-J. G.
1t was resolved by Congress, June 27th,
lIl6, that six companies Of riilcmcn, in adj
ditlon to the three row at New York, be
raised, and the whole rcgimentcd; and that
a commission be granted to Capt Stevenson
to be Colonel of said regiment, to be enlisted
for three years unless sooner discharged, tho
men to he allowed bounty of ten dollars
and that Moses Rawlins be Lieut.. Colonel,
and Ohio Holland Williams Major of said
regiment; and that four companies of rifle
men for said regiment he raised in Virginia
and two in Maryand.--J. G. Fl think Col.
Stevenson was from Baltimore Town, or
county. One OF more of his companies were
raised in Hartford.
Congress resolved, July 4th, '76, (the day
the Declaration of Independence was signed)
that Delaware and Maryland be requested to
cmbody their militia for the flying camp
with all possible expedition, and to march
them without delay to the city of Phladc-
phia-J C.,
TO BE CONTINUED