Original Members
Culpeper Minute Men Battalion
1775
Culpeper Minute Battalion Officers and Men
for Whom There Is Clear Documentary Evidence
37 officers, 114 men
OFFICERS: RANK COUNTY
Field and Staff
TALIAFERRO, Lawrence Colonel Orange
STEVENS, Edward Lt. Colonel Culpeper
MARSHALL, Thomas Major Fauquier
POLLARD, Robert Adjutant Culpeper
POLLARD,Benjamin Deputy Adjutant (volunteer w/o pay) Culpeper
SLAUGHTER, James Quartermaster, Captain, Culpeper
TAYLOR, Charles Surgeon’s Mate Culpeper
Culpeper Co. Companies
BUFORD, Abraham Captain Culpeper
KIRTLEY, Elijah Lieutenant Culpeper
GILLISON, John Ensign, Lieutenant Culpeper
JAMESON, John Captain Culpeper
LONG, Gabriel Lieutenant Culpeper
JAMESON, David Ensign Culpeper
McCLANAHAN, William Captain Culpeper
FERGUSON, Samuel Lieutenant Culpeper
GILLISON, John Ensign, Lieutenant Culpeper
ROBERTS, John Ensign Culpeper
NALLE, ________ Ensign Culpeper
WILLIAMS, John Captain Culpeper
JETT, ------------ Ensign Culpeper
Fauquier Co. Companies
BLACKWELL, William Captain Fauquier
NELSON, William Lieutenant Fauquier
CONWAY, Peter Lieutenant Fauquier
CHILTON, John Captain Fauquier
KEITH, John Lieutenant Fauquier
PICKETT, William Captain Fauquier
MARSHALL, John Lieutenant Fauquier
KEITH, Isham Ensign Fauquier
SCOTT, James Captain Fauquier
Orange Co. Companies
BRUCE, ____________ Captain (appointed but did Orange
Not serve due to sickness)
PAYNE, William Captain Orange
BURNLEY, Garland Lieutenant Orange
SPENCER, Joseph Captain, Quartermaster Orange
MADISON, Ambrose Lieutenant Orange
WELCH, Nathaniel Ensign Orange
Later Companies (1776), possibly crossing county lines
EDMONDS, Elias Captain Fauquier
NASH, James Lieutenant, Captain Orange
MEN: RANK COUNTY
ADAMS, Littleton Private Fauquier
ALLAN (ALLEN), James Private Fauquier
ALLAN(ALLEN), Moses Corporal Fauquier
ALLEN, Vincent Private Culpeper
ALLEN, William Private Fauquier
ANDERSON, Spencer Private Fauquier
ARNOLD, Benjamin Private Fauquier
ASBERRY, William Private Fauquier
ATKINS, Ambrose Private Orange
ATKINS (ADKINS), Edward Private Orange
AYLOR, Jacob Private Culpeper
BAAR, Issac Private Fauquier
BAKER, Samuel S. Private Fauquier
BALLARD, Phillip Private Orange
BARKER, Peter Corporal Fauquier
BLACKWELL, David Private Fauquier
BLACKWELL, Joseph Private Fauquier
BLISS, William Drummer Fauquier
BOHON, Benjamin Private Orange
BOHON, John Private Orange
BOHON, William Private Orange
BOLING, Jesse Orange
BOLING, William Orange
BRONAUGH, William Private Fauquier
BROWN, Jeremiah Private Fauquier
BROWN, Jonathan Private Fauquier
BROWN, William Private Culpeper
BUFORD, Simeon Private Culpeper
BURK, Samuel Private Fauquier
BURTON, William Sergeant Orange
BUTLER/BUTLAR, William Private Culpeper
CAMPBELL, William Private Orange
CORBIN, Lewis Private Culpeper
COWHERD, Jonathan Private Culpeper
CRUMP, Travis Private Fauquier
DARNALL, Rawley/Rolley Private Fauquier
DICKERSON,John Private Fauquier
DULIN, John Private Fauquier
FAYN, William Private Fauquier
FEWELL/FEWEL/FUEL, Henry Private Fauquier
FILBERT, Fewel Private Fauquier
FINNILL, John Orange
GAINES, Richard Private Culpeper
GRANT, Daniel Private Fauquier
GRANT, John Private Fauquier
GRESPY, Martin Private Fauquier
HAMRICK, Benjamin Private Fauquier
HAMRICK, Siars/Siras/Silas Private Fauquier
JENNINGS, Berryman Private Culpeper
JESSOPS, Jacob Private Fauquier
JETT, Thomas Private Fauquier
JOHNSON, Yellis/Kelles Private Fauquier
JONES, Charles Private Fauquier
JONES, John Private Fauquier
JONES, Henry Private Fauquier
JONES, William Private Fauquier
KERWIN, Andrew Private Fauquier
LANTER, Thomas Private Orange
LAWLER/LAWBER, Thomas Private Fauquier
LEE, William Private Fauquier
LINTON, Michael Private Fauquier
LONG, Richard Private Culpeper
LONG, Robert Private Culpeper
LUCAS, Francis Private Culpeper
MADDOX, Ezekiel Private Fauquier
MADDOX, Henry Private Fauquier
MADDOX, John Private Fauquier
MARSHALL, Thomas Jr. Private Fauquier
MARTIN, Benjamin Private Fauquier
McQUEEN, Alexander Private Culpeper
MILES, Charles Private Culpeper
MILLER, William Private Fauquier
MINOR, Jeremiah Private Orange
MOFFETT, Henry Private Fauquier
MONDAY, George Private Fauquier
MONROE, James Private Fauquier
NICHOLAS, Samuel Private Fauquier
NORMAN, Hugh Private Fauquier
O’BANNON, Andrew Private, Wagon Master Fauquier
O’REAR, Daniel Private Fauquier
PAYNE, William Private Fauquier
PRICE, John Private Orange
RICE, William Private Fauquier
RIDDLE, William Private Fauquier
SEATON, George Private Fauquier
SIMS, Reuben Private Culpeper
SINCLAIR, John Private Fauquier
SLAUGHTER, Phillip Private Culpeper
SMITH, Gerrard/Jared/Garret/,Garnett Private Fauquier
SMITH, Spencer Private Fauquier
SMITH, William Private Fauquier
SMITHER, William Private Orange
SOUTHARD/SOUTHERD,William Private Fauquier
STIVER(S), Reuben Private Orange
TAYLOR, Francis Private Orange
TAYLOR, Thornton Private Culpeper
TAYLOR, William Private Culpeper
TAYLOR, William Private Orange
TILMAN, Thomas Private Orange
TOMLINSON, George/Ambrose Private Orange
TWISDALE, William Private Orange
UTTERBACK, Harmon Private Fauquier
WALLS, Reuben Private Culpeper
WATKINS, Benjamin Fauquier
WEALEY, Daniel Private Fauquier
WHITE, William Private Fauquier
WHITECOTTON, Axton Private Fauquier
WILLIAMS, James Culpeper
WINFIELD/WINKFIELD,William Private Fauquier
WITHERS, James Sergeant Fauquier
WITHERS, William Private Fauquier
WITHERS, William Sergeant Fauquier
WITHERS, William Private Fauquier
WITHERS, William Ramblin/Hamblin Private Fauquier
Capt. John Green’s Co., 1st Va. Regt. Officers and Men
for Whom There Is Clear Documentary Evidence
4 Officers, 15 Men
GREEN, John Capt. Culpeper
TAYLOR, Richard 1st Lt. Orange
EUSTACE, John 2nd Lt. Prob. Culpeper
LEE, John Ensign Fauquier
ALLEN, John Private Culpeper
BARBEE, Daniel Private Culpeper
BLACKWELL, Thomas Private or Sergeant
COLVIN, John Private Culpeper
FIELD, Henry (III) Private Prob. Culpeper
FREEMAN, John Private Culpeper
GIBBS, Churchill Private Culpeper
GIBBS, Julius Private Culpeper
GREEN, Robert Culpeper
McCLANAHAN, Thomas Private Fauquier
MOTHERSHEAD, Nathaniel Orange
REED, John Private Culpeper
SAUNDERS, Joseph Culpeper
TRIPLETT, George Private Culpeper
WARD, John Private Culpeper
Men Associated with but Not in the Culpeper Minute Battalion
Other Revolutionary Services Proven
ASHBY, John Express Rider Fauquier
BARBOUR, James County Lieutenant of Culpeper Culpeper
CAMP, Thomas Wagon Master (Civilian) Culpeper
FIELD(S), Henry Jr. Paymaster (Civil Position) Culpeper
MADISON, James (Jr.) County Lieutenant of Orange Orange
Also a member of the Orange Independent Co.
Men in Other Military Service
Sometimes Confused with Culpeper Minute Battalion Services
GRAVES, Thomas Private, Culpeper Independent Co. Culpeper
Marched to Fredericksburg at the Powder Alarm
JOHNSON, George Captain, 2nd Virginia Regiment Fairfax
SPICER, William Private, Dunmore’s War (1774) Culpeper
TALIAFERRO, William Captain, 2nd Virginia Regiment Caroline
Additional Men of Interest
Documentary Evidence Is Not Clear Regarding
Culpeper Minute Battalion Service
BLACKWELL, John, Captain Fauquier
Definitely in Williamsburg and associated with the CMM. Likely a subaltern under
Chilton, under whom he served as Lt. in 3rd Va. Regt., but probabably not a captain.
CARTER, Thomas Neale Battalion Surgeon Williamsburg
A Dr. Carter was reimbursed for medicines provided to the CMM, but Scribner and Tarter say he
was James. Evidence that a Dr. Carter was in the battalion has not been found.
TRIPLETT, Francis Captain Fauquier
Fauquier militia major. Asserted by secondary sources to have been a Battalion Captain. Evidence
that he was in the Culpeper Minute Battalion has not been found.
DILLIARD, William Signed (‘X’) Williamsburg Public
Store Day Book for Culpeper Minute Battalion.
GAINES, James Asserted on the Web to have been Culpeper
a minuteman
NORRIS, William Signed Wmsburg Public Store Fauquier
Day Book for Capt. Scott. Likely a subaltern.
PENDLETON, .Henry Asserted on the Web to have been a Culpeper
minuteman. Was in Williamsburg
associated with CMM.
PENDLETON, Nathaniel Asserted on the Web to have Culpeper
been a minuteman.
PENDLETON, William Asserted on the Web to have Culpeper
been a minuteman
ROBERTSON, William Signed Williamsburg Public Store Day Book
for Capt. Williams
SLAUGHTER, Thomas Signed Williamsburg Public Store Day
book for Culpeper Minute Battalion.
TAYLOR, Thornton Appears to have been resident of Caroline Co. at
Time of this minute service.
TEASONS, William Took delivery on fabric from the Williamsburg Public Store
for which Capt. Williams signed.
WALDEN, Ambrose Appears to have been resident of Caroline Co. at
time of his minute service.
