Captain Robert Gamble's Orderly Book (transcript) has an entry as follows: <<A Return of the Men of Captain Gamble's Company when Stony Point was taken from the Enemy, 15th July, 1779. Robert Gamble, Captain. David Williams, Lieutenant. William Spencer, Sergeant Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. George Grimes, Sergeant First State Volunteer [sic] Reg't. Richard Piles, Sergeant Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. Randolph Death, Corporal Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. Samuel Glen, Corporal Seventh Volunteer [sic] Regiment. Jesse Page, Corporal Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. John Farrell, Drummer Seventh Volunteer [sic] Regiment. [9] Belonging to the Seventh Virginia Regiment. [19] Joshua Haycraft, William Gibbs Mathias Martin, William Hinds Alexander Dresdal Daniel Rich John Malvin, Aaron Redmond Peter Sherriden Thomas Miller Joseph Fox, William Campbell Daniel Burcher, Moses Plain Thomas Roberts, Peter Barret Sylvester Hurly, Alexander Strickling Charles Steward. Belonging to the Eighth Virginia Regiment: [22] George Ward, Michael Moore John Bray, James L. Masters James Balls Richard Barlow Henry Denny Steven Smythers Henry Normond John Bland Jacob Roads Marshall Burton William McCollum, Peter Warren Henry Denny, John O'Harroh John Trotter, Patrick Lyons George Sell, William Stewart John Hanson. James Flanherty, Sergeant-Major, ought to have been included in the company. Lieutenant Lind will have him put in the field and staff.>> ______________ Added together the privates equal 40 or one less than the authorized 41 of rank and file of a light Infantry company. Leadership were the officers (2), Sgts (3), Corps (3) and a drummer (1). GAmble's company served in the 1st L. I. Regiment (Febiger's) I'm not sure of the role of the Sgt-Major. Was he in the company or on the regimental staff. If in the company he was the senior of the other Sgts. I think the use of the word "Volunteer" is a transcribing error and should read "Virginia" to be consistent with the whole report. What is peculiar is that the above company was made up of men from the 7th and 8th VA Regts while the General Order organizing the Virginia component of the Corps of Light Infantry clearly states that the 8th VA was to furnish no men, and the 7th VA and the 3d VA were to furnish one light Infantry company. Given the evidence of Gamble's company roster, the roster has to prevail as the actual composition. In actual fact the 7th (Morgan's) and 8th (Wood's) VA Regiments furnished the men for Gamble's LI Company. After the LI Corps and its regiments were disestablished in Dec 1779, Captain Robert Gamble served in the 8th VA in SC during the 1780 campaign there. From this I presume he had come from the 8th VA when he joined the Corps of LI (not proved yet). The roster above is a good source for genealogy buffs. Best regards, Hugh <[email protected]>

Hugh and All: This is the kind of information that tickles me pink. Thank you for the posting. Question: Have you posted this information on a genweb site so that a google search will pick up the information for later researchers? Tree Mother Captain Robert Gamble's Orderly Book (transcript) has an entry as follows: > > <<A Return of the Men of Captain Gamble's Company when Stony Point was > taken > from the Enemy, 15th July, 1779. > > Robert Gamble, Captain. > David Williams, Lieutenant. > William Spencer, Sergeant Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. > George Grimes, Sergeant First State Volunteer [sic] Reg't. > Richard Piles, Sergeant Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. > Randolph Death, Corporal Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. > Samuel Glen, Corporal Seventh Volunteer [sic] Regiment. > Jesse Page, Corporal Eighth Volunteer [sic] Regiment. > John Farrell, Drummer Seventh Volunteer [sic] Regiment. > [9] > > Belonging to the Seventh Virginia Regiment. [19] > Joshua Haycraft, William Gibbs > Mathias Martin, William Hinds > Alexander Dresdal Daniel Rich > John Malvin, Aaron Redmond > Peter Sherriden Thomas Miller > Joseph Fox, William Campbell > Daniel Burcher, Moses Plain > Thomas Roberts, Peter Barret > Sylvester Hurly, Alexander Strickling > Charles Steward. > > Belonging to the Eighth Virginia Regiment: [22] > George Ward, Michael Moore > John Bray, James L. Masters > James Balls Richard Barlow > Henry Denny Steven Smythers > Henry Normond John Bland > Jacob Roads Marshall Burton > William McCollum, Peter Warren > Henry Denny, John O'Harroh > John Trotter, Patrick Lyons > George Sell, William Stewart > John Hanson. James Flanherty, Sergeant-Major, ought to have been > included in the company. Lieutenant Lind will have him put in the field > and staff.>> > ______________ > Added together the privates equal 40 or one less than the authorized 41 of > rank and file of a light Infantry company. Leadership were the officers > (2), > Sgts (3), Corps (3) and a drummer (1). GAmble's company served in the 1st > L. I. > Regiment (Febiger's) > > I'm not sure of the role of the Sgt-Major. Was he in the company or on > the > regimental staff. If in the company he was the senior of the other Sgts. > > I think the use of the word "Volunteer" is a transcribing error and should > read "Virginia" to be consistent with the whole report. > > What is peculiar is that the above company was made up of men from the 7th > and 8th VA Regts while the General Order organizing the Virginia component > of > the Corps of Light Infantry clearly states that the 8th VA was to furnish > no > men, and the 7th VA and the 3d VA were to furnish one light Infantry > company. > Given the evidence of Gamble's company roster, the roster has to prevail > as the > actual composition. In actual fact the 7th (Morgan's) and 8th (Wood's) VA > Regiments furnished the men for Gamble's LI Company. After the LI Corps > and its > regiments were disestablished in Dec 1779, Captain Robert Gamble served in > the > 8th VA in SC during the 1780 campaign there. From this I presume he had > come > from the 8th VA when he joined the Corps of LI (not proved yet). > > The roster above is a good source for genealogy buffs. > > Best regards, > Hugh > <[email protected]> > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command > "unsubscribe" to > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >