Original Members
Culpeper Minute Men Battalion
1775
| OFFICERS: | RANK | COUNTY | REMARKS (*partial genealogy found) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBOUR, James | Lieutenant | Culpeper | d. 1775 He was LT in Culpeper Country Militia at the time of forming the Battalion, assisted chief recruiter John Green in securing men. |
| BLACKWELL, John, | Captain | Fauquier | d. before 1783; 1777, served in Cpt John Chilton's Co. at Brandywine; recommended for rank LT Col. While serving in 2nd Bn Fauquier Militia; as Lt Col commanded 1st Bn Fauquier Militia after oath Sep 1778 |
| BLACKWELL, William | Captain | Fauquier | Mar. 2 Mar 1795 Ann Edwards in Culpeper Co. |
| BUFORD, Abraham | Captain | Culpeper | |
| CARTER, Thomas Neale | Battalion surgeon | ||
| CHILTON, John | Captain | Fauquier | b. 1739; 29 Apr 1776, in 3rd VA Regt Continental Line (CL); Killed at Brandywine 11 Sep 1777 |
| EDMONDS, Elias | Captain | Fauquier | 1776-7 in Fauquier Militia; was Lt Col in 1st VA State Regt of Artillery; served as Colonel in Fauquier Militia |
| FIELD, Henry | Culpeper | Battalion paymaster; served in Cpt George Slaughter's Co, attached to 8th Regt, CL; died of sickness during war* | |
| GREEN, John | Captain | Culpeper | Formed as separate Rifle Company with the Battalion and served with the Minute Men units at Hampton, VA, Nov 1775. The company became part of the VA Regt of Foot; died in service unmarried; not to be confused with Col John Green who died 18 Nov 1793 * |
| JAMESON, John | Captain | Culpeper | b. 1751, d 20 Nov 1810, buried ìcedar Groveî, Culpeper; 13 Jun 1776, 3rd Troop of Horse; 31 Mar 1777, promoted to Maj while in 1st Cont. Dragoons; 2 Apr 1777, transferred to 2d Cont Dragoons; 21 Jule 1778, wounded at Valley Forge; 1 Aug 1770, promoted to Lt Col; 1780 stationed in NY; Clerk of Culpeper County 1772-1880; Captured British spy, John Andre' who had msg from Benedict Arnold betraying American cause; member of VA Society of Cincinnati |
| JOHNSON, George | Captain | Fauquier | |
| KIETH, Isham | Ensign | Fauquier | b. 1735 d. 1787; in Cpt William Pickett's Co; Mar 1776, was 2nd Lt 3rd VA Regt; Jan 1777 was 1st Lt 3rd VA Regt CL; resigned Apr 1778 because of eye damage caused by smallpox |
| MARSHALL, John | Lieutenant | Fauquier | Initially was body servant and drill master. Was son of Major Thomas Marshall. Promoted to Lieutenant in Cpt William Pickett's Co; Jul 1776, 1st Lt, 3rd VA Regt CL; Dec 1776 Lt/Cpt 15th VA Regt, CL (Morgan's Rifle Regt); 30 Nov 1777, Deputy Judge Advocate; Jul 1778 promoted to Cpt; Sep 1778 transferred to 7th VA Regt, CL; 12 Feb 1781 resigned |
| MARSHALL, Thomas | Major | Fauquier | b. 1730 d. 1802; 13 Feb 1776, 3rd VA Regt CL; 13 Aug 1776, Lt Col; 21 Feb 1777, Colonel; Nov 1777, 1st VA State Regt of Artillery; served to end of war |
| McCLANACHAN, William | Captain | Culpeper | b. 1730 d. 1802; Raised Company from among his parishioners Called "Fighting Baptistsî After term of service with Minute Men returned as Justice of Peace and minister of Upper Carter's Run Church |
| NELSON, William | Lieutenant | Fauquier | d. Feb 1777; was in Cpt William Blackwell's Co; Feb 1776, Cpt John Ashby's Co, 3rd VA Regt, CL; died in battle at Brandywine * |
| PAYNE, William | Captain | Fauquier | Probably not the Cpt William Payne that had the Falmouth Blues that fought at Yorktown and died in Fauquier County nor the Pvt William Payne in Cpt William Pickett's Co. |
| PICKETT, William | Captain | Fauquier | b. 1742, d. 1814; 1778-9, served as Major in 2nd Fauquier Militia; Mar 1778 recommended but not promoted to Lt Col; daughter married Cpt William Helm |
| POLLARD, Robert | Culpeper | b. 3 Jul 1756, d. 10 Oct 1842, son of Richard & Elizabeth (Coleman) Pollard, mar. 10 Jul 1774 Joel Underwood, Battalion Quartermaster | |
| SCOTT, James | Captain | Culpeper | His Company with a detail of horseman drove British from Suffolk, VA in Nov 1775 |
| SLAUGHTER, James | Captain | Culpeper | d. 17 Nov 1833; Mar 1776, was Quartermaster for the CMM Battalion; later was Lt Col * |
| Spencer, Joseph | Captain | Orange | b. abt 1744, mar. ? Moore, daug of Frances Moore; was Baptist preacher; was Cpt in 7th VA Regt; Lt Col in VA militia |
| STEVENS, Edward | Lt. Colonel | Culpeper | b. 1744 d. 17 Aug 1820; Mar 1776, commanded 5 Co of CMM Battalion in the field; was in the battles of Brandywine, Camden, Guilford Courthouse and the siege at Yorktown. Promoted to Col before 4 Feb 1777; became General; buried Culpeper Masonic Cemetery |
| TALIAFERRO, Lawrence | Colonel | Orange | b. 9 Dec 1734 Orange county, son of Francis & Elizabeth (Hay) Taliaferro; Commander of the Battalion |
| TALIAFERRO, William | Captain | Orange | His company was transferred to Col William Woolford's 1st VA Regt; 1777, promoted to Col; 1777, captured and died as POW |
| TRIPLETT, Francis | Captain | Fauquier | 1777, was Adjutant Fauquier Militia; Mar 1778, served as Cpt Fauquier Milita in place of Cpt William Ball, promoted Sept 1778; Dec 1780, was serving as Maj in Fauquier Militia at Cowpens; Jun 1781 appointed Col and served in Morgan's VA State Regt; served to end of war |
| Williams, John | Captain | Orange | 7 June 1776, promoted to Battalion Major; married 5 Mar 1778, Orange county |
| MEN: | RANK | COUNTY | REMARKS (*partial genealogy found) |
| ALLAN, Moses | Sergeant | Culpeper | Cpt John Blackwell's Co |
| ALLEN, James | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| Anderson, Spencer | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| ARNOLD, Benjamin | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| ASBERRY, William | Private | Fauquier | b. 1724, d. Sep 1793 Fauquier County, Son of Henry & Hannah (Hardwick) Asbury; was in Cpt Blackwell's Co according to his widow, Jean Ankrum |
| ASHER, John | Private | Culpeper | |
| ATKINS, Ambrose | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co.; b. abt 1754, Orange Co; son of James and Elizabeth Smith Atkins; 1776 was in Capt John Scott's Co; 1777 moved to Culpeper Co. and in Capt. John Slaughter's Co.; 1781 drafted but substitute obtained; mar. Frances Mansfield daug. of Jacob & Mary Mansfield |
| ATKINS, Edwards | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co. |
| BAKER, Samuel S. | Private | Fauquier | Cpt Blackwell's Co. |
| BALLARD, Phillip | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co. |
| BARKER, Peter | Corporal | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| BLACKWELL, David | Fauquier | b. 1753 d. 1841; Cpt John Chilton's Co; 1777, Fauquier Militia; Sep 1780, Commissary, Cpt John Brett;s Co, Lee's Legion | |
| BLACKWELL, Joseph | Private | Fauquier | b. 1755 d. 1826 (brother was Cpt John Blackwell); Cpt William Blackwell's Co; 1776, Cadet, Cpt John Ashby's Co., 3rd VA Regt; Feb 1777, 2nd Lt, Cpt Thomas Blackwell's Co, 10 VA Regt; Nov 1777, 1st Lt; May 1780, prisoner of war at Charleston, exchanged Jun 1781; 1779, was appointed Captain and Co Comdr when Cpt John Chilton was killed at Brandywine; Jan 1783 retired * |
| BLISS, William | Fauquier | Drummer, Cpt william Pickett;s Co; deserted | |
| BOHON, Benjamin | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co. |
| BOHAN, John | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co. |
| BRANDON, Francis | Private | Culpeper | |
| BRONAUGH, William | Private | Fauquier | b. 21 Feb 1767, Fauquier County; mar. Lucy Bryan 12 Mar 1792; was in Cpt William Pickett's Co. |
| BROWN, Jeremiah | Private | Fauquier | b. 1757 d. after 1833; Cpt William Blackwell's Co; 1777, drafted Cpt Samuel Blackwell's Co, Fauquier Militia, Col William Edmonds Regt.; 1781, drafted Cpt Thomas Helm's CO., Fauquier Militia; hired Joseph Brown as a substitute when he became sick at Williamsburg. |
| BROWN, Jonathan | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| BROWN, William | Private | Culpeper | Married in Culpeper 9 Feb 1786, Lucy Campbell |
| BURK, Samuel | Private | Fauquier | b. 1757 d. 1841; Cpt william McClanahan's Co; transferred to Cpt Abraham Buford's Co; 1777, Private in Cpt Rucker's Co to Delaware Forts; 1781, Pvt in Cpt John Ball's Co, Fauquier Militia |
| BURNLEY, Garland | unk | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co., may have been a LT |
| BURTON, William | Sergeant | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co. |
| CAMP, Thomas | Culpeper | b. 1753, Culpeper, d. 1801, son of Ambrose & Ann (Marshall) Camp, spouse-Elizabeth Pollard | |
| CAMPBELL, Owen | Private | Culpeper | There were two by this name, one married Jemima Lear, 1787 |
| CHATTERBOX, James | Private | Culpeper | Supposedly drummer boy for the Battalion. |
| CONWAY, Peter | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Blackwell's Co. |
| CRUMP, Travis | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| DARNALL, Rawley (Rolley) | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co; mar. 5 Apr 1788-Winifred Brown |
| DULIN, John | Private | Fauquier | b. 1743 d. after 1827; Cpt william Pickett's Co; Apr 1776, Enlisted in Cpt John Chilton's Co, 3rd VA Regt; Bef Jun 1776 in Cpt John Ashby's Co; Sep 1777, discharged after Brandywine from Cpt Ashby's Co by Col Thomas Marshall |
| FEWELL, Henry | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| FILBART, Fewel | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co. |
| FINCHAM, John | Culpeper | ||
| GARNER, Jonas | Private | Fauquier | b. abt 1740 Fauquier County, d. 1830; son of Vincent & Jemima (Williams) Garner, spouse-Elizabeth; was in Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| GRANT, Daniel | Private | Fauquier | b. 2 Jan 1759, d. 21 Feb 1831; Cpt William Pickett's Co; after 1775, Pvt in Cpt Gabriel Long's Co, Morgan's Rifle Regt.; Service Certificate issued by Brig Gen. William Woolford * |
| Grant, John | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1 Jun 1777, Pvt in Cpt William Blackwell's Co, (#6), 11th VA Regt |
| GRESPY, Martin | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| JAMESON, David | Culpeper | b. 19 Aug 1752, d. 2 Oct 1831 at his home at "Redwood"; commissioned Aug 1780; marched to Carolinas; served as Lt Col in Brigade of Col Stevens; obituary Star Exponent, also article 21 Oct 1898, buried in Culpeper Masonic Cemetery | |
| JENKINS, Richard | Private | Culpeper | (The younger) married daughter of the older |
| JENKINS, Richard | Private | Culpeper | (The older) married Rachel Sisk |
| JENKINS, Richard | Private | Culpeper | Nicknamed "Jaw Dick", marched prisoners to Winchester. His pension file explains the nickname: ". . .being very much pressed by hunger, as the company was passing along a road which bordered on a large turnip patch, he reached down and pulled up a turnip but did not break the ranks, for which offence Maj. Welsh of our Regiment gave him a blow which broke his jaw bone, that the blow was inflicted with a large seasoned grape vine. . .he has lost a part of his jaw bone which proceeded from the before mentioned blow, and has suffered much from it. . . " |
| JENKINS, William | Private | Culpeper | |
| Jennings, Berryman | Private | Culpeper | Cpt William Picket's Co; Nov 1777 recommended for Ensign in Cpt thomas Bronaugh's Co, oath taken May 1778; died in service 1782 at Guilford Court house, NC; mar. 28 Sep 1779-Susanna Duff, son of Augustine & Hannah (Williams) Jennings |
| JESSOPS, Jacob | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| JETT, Thomas | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett;s Co; 1777, Pvt in Cpt Elias Edmond's Co, 1st VA Regt. Of Artillery |
| JOHNSON, Yellis | Private | Fauquier | b. 1 May 1754, Hunterdon, NJ; d. 24 Mar 1823; son of Tunis & Jeremiah (Fosre) Johnson, Mar. 6 Feb 1777-Nancy Jeffries; was in Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| JONES, Charles | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| JONES, Gabriel | Private | Culpeper | d. 1776 in service; 1776, served as Cpt in Col George Gibson's State Line Regt; 1776, joined State marines * |
| JONES, John | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co; Oct 1779, Sgt in Corps of Guards, service certified; mar. 2 Nov 1790 Sarah Berry |
| JONES, William | Private | Fauquier | b. 1759 d. 1834; Cpt William Pickett's Co; 20 Apr 1776, enlisted at Fauquier CH; May 1781, re-enlisted as Sgt in Cpt William Triplett's Cav Co of Col Francis Triplett's Regt; 15 Jul-17 Oct 1781, POW at Yorktown |
| KERWIN, Andrew | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| LAWLER, Thomas | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| LAWSON, Robert | Fauquier | ||
| LEE, William | Private | Fauquier | Cpt william Pickett's Co; mar. 15 Dec 1788 Molly Burns |
| LINTON, Michael | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| LONG, Robert | Private | Culpeper | b. abt 1754 Culpeper, d. 25 Feb 1828, Orange County; son of Benjamin & May (Bond) Long |
| MADDOX, John | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| MADISON, Ambrose | Orange | b. 27 Jan 1755 at Montpelier, d. 1793; son of Col James & Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison; served as Cpt in VA CL; was in Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co., may have been LT in Culpeper Minute Men Battalion* | |
| MADDUX, Ezekiel | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| MARSHALL, Thomas Jr. | Private | Fauquier | b. 1761 d. 1817; Cpt William Pickett's Co; Apr 1780, served as Cpt in 1st VA State Regt of Artillery; Feb 1781 Regt paymaster; May 1782, Supernumerary |
| MARTIN, Benjamin | Private | Fauquier | b. 1758 d. after 1833; Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1776 enlisted in Cpt James Winn's Co, Fauquier Militia; 1777 served as Cpl in Cpt Benjamin Harrison's Co, Fauquier Militia; 1780, served as substitute for James Kemper in Francis Triplett's Co; was Cpl in Cpt John Comb's Co at Cowpens; discharged 1781 |
| MILLER, William | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| MOFFETT, Henry | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1777, Sgt in 3rd VA Regt CL |
| MONDAY, George | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co; mar 6 Jun 1785 Isabel Myrtle |
| MONROE, | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| NICHOLS, Samuel | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| NORMAN, Hugh | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| O'BANNON, Andrew | Private | Fauquier | d. 1813; Wagonmaster, Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1777, enlisted Cpt John Chilton's Co, 3rd VA Regt, CL as regimental wagonmaster; served at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth |
| O'REAR, Daniel | Private | Fauquier | b. 1759 d. 1834; Cpt William Blackwell's Co; enlisted in Cpt John Ashby's Co, 3rd VA Regt, CL; Sep 1779 enlisted Cpt Richard Allen's Co, Col Wade Hampton's Regt, SC Militia; Ordnance Sgt, Cpt John G Lowman's Co, Col William's Regt; May 1780, POW at Charleston, SC |
| PAYNE, William | Private | Fauquier | b. 1759 d. 1834; Cpt William Pickett's Co; Sep 1778, was Sgt in Cpt Hezekiah Turner's Co, Fauquier Militia; 1780-1781, Sgt in Cpt John O'Bannon's Co, Fauquier Militia |
| PRICE, John | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co; b. abt 1759 |
| SINCLAIR, John | Private | Fauquier | Cpt william Pickett's Co |
| SISK, Timothy | Private | Culpeper | |
| SLAUGHTER, Phillip | Private | Culpeper | b. 2 Dec 1758, d. 4 Dec 1849; Cpt John Jameson's Co; wrote diary of C.M.M. Battalion operations; 1776, LT in 11th VA Regt; Cpt, 7th VA Regt; 1777 served in Col Morgan's Rifle regt, was in Cpt Gabriel Long's Co., Joined Gen. Washington's Army in NY; Paymaster, VA CL; 1778 promoted to Cpt; * |
| SMITH, Gerrard | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| SMITH, Spencer | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| SMITH, William | Private | Culpeper | b. 1755, d.1850 Culpeper; in battle of Great Bridge; marched to Charleston, SC; in battle of Brandywine and at Valley Forge; 1799 with Col George Rodgers Clark to falls of Ohio for 2 yrs; mar. 20 Dec 1792 Dinah Yager |
| SOUTHARD, William | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| STIVERS, Reubin | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's Co. |
| TAYLOR, Francis | Private | Orange | Cpt Joseph Spencer's CO., Appointed Cpt of Orange Co. Militia |
| TOLIDER, Lawrence | Orange | ||
| UTTERBACK, Harmon | Private | Fauquier | b. 1755 d. 1854; Cpt William McClanahan's Co |
| WEALEY, Daniel | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| WHITECOTTON, Axton | Private | Fauquier | b. 3 Feb 1741, Stafford, d. aft 1832; son of George Whitecotton; was in Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| WINKFIELD, William | Private | Fauquier | Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| WITHERS, James | Private | Fauquier | b. 22 Sep 1757, d. 16 Oct 1836, Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1777-1778, Ensign Cpt John Lee's Co, Col George Gibson's 1st VA State Regt; 1779, served as LT in Cpt Winsor Brown's Co, Col Gibson's Regt; 1781 served as Pvt (sic) in Cpt Armstead White's Co, Culpeper Militia; served in battle of Long Bridge * |
| WITHERS, William | Private | Fauquier | b. 1754, son of Thomas, d. 1809; Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1781, Pvt in Cpt John Ball's Co, Fauquier Militia |
| Withers, William | Sergeant | Fauquier | Son of John; Cpt William Pickett's Co; Nov 1777 was recommended as 2nd Lt in CPt Thomas Bronough's Co, Fauquier Militia |
| WITHERS, William | Private | Fauquier | Son of Keene; Cpt William Pickett's Co |
| WITHERS, William Ramblin | Private | Fauquier | b. 1758; Cpt William Pickett's Co; 1776, Sgt in Cpt Peter Grant's Co, Grayson's Additional Continental Regt; 1779, was LT in Cpt James Winn's Co, Col William Crawford's Regt at Fort Pitt; 1781, was LT in Cpt Felix Worley's Co, Col Charles C. Pinckney's SC Regt |
