There are additonal reasons that could explain a change of rank within a short time period. After holding the rank in the VA militia of Lt. Col. (which he was given by the Botetourt Co. VA county commissioners after the battle at Guilford Courthouse), Thomas Rowland, resigned his rank due to a feud with Lt. Horse Harry Lee, who looked down on the militia. A month or so later, Thomas was named a Major; then, following a courtmartial where his reputation was restored, he was again named as a Lt. Col. All this within 18 months. There are also many cases where the members of a company elected their own officers on a TEMPORARY basis. You are right to wait for more information before jumping to conclusions. Joanne Frostfreedet@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 11/21/2006 3:03:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, Hugh writes: > It is inconsistent to show the same man as a Captain at VF in 1778 and as a Lieut. at Stony Point in 1779. Thus there must be two Thomas BOUDEs< I did not follow what Regiment Lt. Thomas was in at Stony Point. If he was in the same one as Capt. Boude was, if you follow the Muster Rolls they should tell the story. There was a relative-rank issue betwen the Militia, State Troops and Continentals, so that if a Militia Captain joined the Continentals he would not carry his 'seniority' forward and might have to take a rank reduction (say, Captain to 2d Lieut.). This was a problem for the upper ranks as well, when occasionally a Col. was denied promotion to General, although as Col. he was often doing the same job as Regiment commander. But this doesn't appear to have been a factor in this case. Your conclusion appears sound, awaiting more detailed data from the rolls. Good hunting, Judy List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com