of the Council of Maryland, 1777. 373

Commissions issued to Zadock Magruder appointed Col.
Francis Deakins Lieut Col Eneas Campbell Major, Solomon

Simpson Capt. William Blackmore first Lieu^t Michael Dow-
den second Lieutenant George Horskins Ensign, Richard
Smith Capt. Thomas Hayes first Lieut. John Sommers second
Lieut. Hezekiah Veach Ensign, William Vearse Capt. Charles
Gassaway first Lieut. Benjamin Sommers second Lieut. John
Watkins Ensign, John Walter Capt. George Walter first
Lieut. Samuel Watson second Lieut. David Walter Ensign,
Frederick Sprigg Capt. Thomas Kirk first Lieut. Charles Busy
second Lieut Howard Griffith Ensign, Thomas Sprigg Capt.
William Norris first Lieut. George Norris second Lieut John
Harris Ensign, Archibald Allen Capt. John Cartwright first
Lieut Samuel Blackmore second Lieut Thomas Chilton Ensign.
John Harwood Capt. John Moxley first Lieut Eneas Campbell
Jun^r second Lieut Carlton Belt Ensign, belonging to the
Upper Battalion in Montgomery County also to Richard
Brooke Col^o Henry Griffith Jun^r Lieut Col^o Gerrard Briscoe
Major Arch^d Orme Capt. Alexander Claggett first Lieut
Zephaniah Beall second Lieut Levin Beall Ensign, Amon
Riggs Capt. George Cullom first Lieut Brock Macbee second
Lieut. Nathan Linthecum Ensign, Nathaniel Pigman Captain
Benjamin Gaither first Lieut. William Gaither second Lieut.
John Dickerson Ensⁿ Samuel West Capt. John Ray first Lieut.
Nathaniel Crawford second Lieut Henry ONeal Ensign,
Robert Owen Capt. Edward Crow Jun^r first Lieut Nicholas
Ray second Lieut, Thomas Conner Ensign, Basil Gaither Capt
Greenbury Gaither first Lieut. John Suter second Lieut.
Charles Bruce Ensign John Bruce Capt. Hezekiah Griffith first
Lieut John Cook second Lieutenant Burgess Gaither Ensign,
Roger Brooke Capt. Paul Hoy first Lieut William Robertson
second Lieut. John Griffith Ensign of the Middle Battalion in
Montgomery County. John Murdock Col^o William Deakins
jun^r Lieut Col^o George Beall Major, Elias Harding Capt.
Allen Bowie first Lieut James Lackland second Lieut. Samuel
Swearengen Ensign, Alexander M^cFadon Capt John Peter
first Lieut. Peter Kirts second Lieut. William Carter Ensign
William Johnson Capt. Jesse WillCoxen first Lieut. Abraham
Young second Lieut. Samuel B. Magruder Ensign, Joseph
Macgruder Capt. Joseph White first Lieut. John Norris second
Lieut. Thomas Scott Ensign, Robert Beall Capt. Aaron Harris
First Lieut. Zadock Harris second Lieutenant Charles Phillips
Ensign John Gaither Capt Jeremiah Ducker first Lieut Zeph-
aniah Beall second Lieut John Sheckle Ensign, ihadeous
Beall Capt. Thomas Edmonston first Lieut. Edward Wheeler
second Lieut and Richard Beall Ensign, belonging to the
Lower Battalion of Militia in Montgomery County.

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