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Revolutionary War Military Service
This database provides military and genealogical information on individuals who were associated to Fairfax County, Virginia and served in the Revolutionary War. Information in the database was researched, compiled, and coordinated by David Whitman, Project Coordinator. Please direct any additions, corrections, updates, and questions to him at dwtoo2@yahoo.com.
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Muster Lists
The muster list transcriptions below come from the following source:
- Craig R. Scott, The 1st and the 10th: A Fairfax County Revolutionary War Unit
Northern Virginia Genealogy (Vol. 3, No. 2), January 1997.
A Muster Roll of Captain Thomas West's Company of the 10th Continental Virga Regiment Commanded by Colo Edward Stevens for the Month of September 1777.
| Commissioned | |||
| Thomas West | Captain | 10 November 1776 | |
| Charles Broadwater | 1st Lieut | Do | |
| John Coffer | 2nd Lieut | sick in hosp | Do. |
| Thomas Pearson | Ensign | Do. | |
| Sergeants | |||
| Robert Brown | |||
| Willison Rose | |||
| Joseph Farguson | |||
| Thomas Clark | |||
| Privates | |||
| John Matthews | sick in hospital | ||
| Isaac Rose | |||
| John Byrn | |||
| Peter Gorie | |||
| John Anthony | with Capt. Doughly Artillery | ||
| John Clalham | |||
| Samuel Straton | sick with baggage at Bethleham | ||
| Thomas Devaugh | sick Morristown | ||
| John Powell | Sick Genl. Hosp. | ||
| Jesse Spencer | Sick in Do. | ||
| Thomas Nelson | |||
| James Conner | Sick in Do. | ||
| Richard Harzling | Deserted | ||
| John Jacob | Missing at Germantown | 4th October 1777 | |
| Josiah Jenkins | Sick in Genl. Hosp | ||
| Spencer Simpson | Wounded at Brandywine | 11 Sept 1777 | |
| Walter Davis | |||
| William Johnston | Sick in Hosp. | ||
| Pattrick Fitzgivens | Deserted | ||
| John Fisher | |||
| Wm. Henderson | Sick Hosp. | ||
| Sampson Henderson | Sick Do. | ||
| James Peters | |||
| Nathan Blandall | |||
| Farrell Israel | Recruited since the last | ||
| James Bears | Do. | ||
| William Athey | Do. | ||
| Simon Adam | Do. | ||
| George Francis | |||
| Davis Ratcliff | |||
| Charles Potter | |||
| Sabrit Gray | |||
| John Andrews | Recruited since the last. | ||
A Muster Roll of Captain Thomas West Compy of the 10th Continental Virginia Regiment and now in the Service of the United States Commanded by Col. John Green Dated at Camp Valley Forge [May 2]
| Thomas West | Captain | ||
| Charles L. Broadwater | 1st Lieut | Disch | 25 April 78 |
| John Coffer | 2nd Lieut | Do. | |
| Thomas Pearson | Ensign | Do. |
| Thomas Clark | Sergt. | on account of his wounds dischd. | 21 April 1778 |
| James Connear | Sergt. | ||
| Thomas Devaughn | Sergt. |
| John Powell | Corp | ||
| Isaac Ross | Corp |
| Danniel Deskins | Drummer & Fifer |
| John Anthony | Private | ||
| John Byrn | |||
| William Johnson | |||
| William Athey | |||
| Samson Henderson | |||
| James Tasker | |||
| Simon Adams | |||
| Peter Gorce | |||
| Davis Rattcliff | |||
| James Deacon | |||
| George Young | |||
| Thomas Connal | |||
| Bazzell Russell | |||
| Spencer Simpson | |||
| Walter Davis | |||
| James DeBears | on comd | ||
| Farril Oneal | furlow | ||
| John Fisher | |||
| William Henderson | dischd | 21 Apr last | |
| Charles Potter | died | 9 April 1778 | |
| John Chalham | Bethleham Hosp |
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