Return of Officers, 1779

Militia & Associated Companies of Bucks County Pennsylvania Return of Officers 1779

Index of Returns 7^th Company, 2^nd Battalion 4^th Battalion 5^th Battalion 2^nd Company, 2^nd Battalion Colonel McILVAINE's Battalion
Pennsylvania Archives, 2^nd Series, Vol. XIV.



7^th Company, 2^nd Battalion

Return of Militia Officers, Seventh Company, Second Battalion, received February 22, 1779.

Captain. Robert GIBSON, in place of William McCALLA, resigned March 9, 1779. First Lieutenant. David THOMAS, March 9, 1779. Second Lieutenant. James TEMPLE, March 9, 1779. Ensign. John SEES, March 9, 1779.

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4^th Battalion

Return of Officers of the Fourth Battalion of Bucks County Militia, commanded by Col. William ROBERTS, 1779.

Captains.
	William PUGH, for upper part of New Britain, broke by Court_Marshall and rechosen by the People, May 19, 1779. Paul KESTON, for upper part of Solebury, in place of William BENNET, not commissioned and removed from the Township, May 19, 1779. Jones INGHAM, for lower part of Solebury, in place of Thomas SEBRING, May 19, 1779.
Lieutenants.
	Samuel RAMSEY, for upper part of Solebury, in place of Peter DEWIT, first lieutenant, removed out of state, May, 10, 1779. William McBRIDE, for upper part of Solebury, in place of Thomas SEBRING, second lieutenant, resigned, May 10, 1779. John VANPELT, for the lower part of Solebury, in place of Jones INGHAM, second lieutenant, promoted, May 10, 1779. Ensign. Derrick Wassel TENBROEK, in the place of John MOFFERD, resigned, May 10, 1779.

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5^th Battalion*

Return of the choice of Officers in the Fifth Battalion of Bucks County Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph McILVAINE.

James LEDDEN, in place of John LYNE, resigned, September 10, 1779. First Lieutenant. John GREEN, in place of Thomas BRELSFORD, resigned, September 10, 1779. Ensign. Henry SHELLINGBERGER, in place of John GREEN, promoted, September 10, 1779.

* [Note: no rank is listed in this return for either James LEDDEN or John LYNE. John LYNE was, however, ranked captain in the 1777 return of the Fourth Company of Colonel McILVAINE's Fifth Battalion in its return of 1777; see, Return of Officers, 1777.]

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2^nd Company, 2^nd Battalion

Return of Election of Military Officers, Second Company, Second Battalion, received September 16, 1779.

Captain. Matthew GREER, September 13, 1779. Second Lieutenant. Thomas CAMPBELL, September 13, 1779. Ensign. Thomas NAIN, September 13, 1779.

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Colonel McILVAINE's Battalion**

Return of Colonel McILVAINE's Battalion, received November 12, 1779.

Captain. John GREGG, in place of Thomas MILLER, deceased, October 29, 1779. First Lieutenant. John DAVIDS, in place of Daniel MARTIN, resigned, October 29, 1779. Ensign. Michael WEASLEY, in place of John GREGG, Promoted, October 29, 1779.

** [Note: Colonel Joseph McILVAINE commanded the Fifth Battalion. This return is probably that of his Eighth Company, which ranked John GREGG, Thomas MILLER and Daniel MARTIN as officers in its return of 1777, see Return of Officers, 1777.]

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