Militia & Associated Companies of Bucks County Pennsylvania
Officers
Commissioned
1748
Battle's, The History of Bucks County, lists the following officers as receiving commissions from the governor on February 12, 1748:
Captains | Lieutenants | Ensigns |
Alexander GRAYDON Joseph INSLEE Langhorne BILES George BENNETT Richard WALKER |
Anthony DENORMANDIE Anthony TREAT Garret VANSANT Garret WYNKOOP Robert WALKER |
James BARBER David LOWELL John SEVERNS Ralph DUNN William DAVIS |
On March 29, 1748, Pennsylvania's Provincial Council approved commissions for the following return of officers:
Colonel |
Lieutenant Colonel |
Major |
Alexander GRAYDON | Mathew HUGHES | John DENORMANDIE |
Captains |
Lieutenants |
Ensigns |
Simon BUTLER | James MEREDITH | Benjamin BUTLER |
James HHUSTON | Archibald FINLEY | William WALKER |
Henry CORSON | Isaiah VANZANT | Joseph HART |
Griffith OWEN | Thomas KELLY | William WILLIAMS |
Alexander HUNTER | James MARTIN | John MILLER |
William CRAIG | George GRAY | Thomas ARMSTRONG |
George HUGHES | James BOGART | Barnet VANHORNE |
William RAMSEY | Hugh MILLER | James ADAMS |
Click here to view the Provincial Council minutes recording the above commissions.
On May 25, 1748, Pennsylvania's Provincial Council approved commissions for the following return of officers:
Captains |
Lieutenants |
Ensigns |
Charles STEWART | James HART | William HART |
Anthony WRIGHT | Lewis RUE | Richard VANHORNE |
Robert JEMMISON | John BEARD | Samuel MARTIN |
James McLOUGLIN | James DAVIS | John HALL |
John WILSON | Thomas BLAIR | George OVERPACK |
Bernard VANHORNE, Jr.* | Robert CUMMINGS* | Ralph DUNN* |
* Unbeknownst to the Provincial Council, these officers had withdrawn from the Captain Bennet's Northampton Township Company, and forming another Company to which the above commissions applied. Subsequent to receiving these commissions Colonel GRAYDON notified the Council, which investigated the matter and withdrew the commissions.
Click here to view the Provincial Council minutes regarding the above commissions.
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