There are lists of those who served in the Revolution in the printed Pa. Archives. Check at a university library or you can rent it from the Mormon Family History Library. Most libraries in Pa. have the printed Pa. Archives. The revolutionary war material is in the 5th and 6th series, the index to the 5th series is in the 6th series, the index to the 6th series is the 7th series. The Commonwealth of Pa. has some lists on their web page but this is only a very small fraction of the millions of names in the printed Pa. Archives. If you've already seen the material from the printed Pa. archives or know where your ancestor lived then check the county history for the county where he lived. People were organized in the militia by county and township. You need to pay attention to when he served, generally enlistments were for 2 months, what class he was in and when he served. The web page of the Conestoga Area Historical Society has background information on serving in the Revolutionary War from Pa. The url is; http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm choose the Revolutionary War menu and then the article on background information. Good luck. Jim Michele Vargo wrote: > > I am looking for any information on the 7th Co., 4th batt. Pa Militia. I > have a patriot ancestor who served in this company and would like any and > all information. Please help if you can. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to > all. > Michele Vargo > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Conestoga Area Historical Society Web Page =-= Stokes Family Web Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm =-= http://home.supernet.com/~jlstokes =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

<snip> . You need to pay attention to when he served, generally enlistments were for 2 months, what class he was in and when he served. ,snip> How very interesting! That is why I love this LIST so much. I learn something new every single day, but this is quite a bomb shell. I have never, ever read this before. Would one of you kind scholars please go into more depth on the "general time of enlistment", for me, please? Thank you, Warmest Regards, Margaret Grove Driskill mdriskill@att.net

Hi Margaret, That is one of the things that interested me about the American Revolution, it wasn't the American Revolution we learned about in elementary school or learned about through movies. In the Pennsylvania militia soldiers between 18 and 53 were drafted, they served about two months, militia units were organized by county and then township so soldiers fought with the people from their community so as to provide more cohesion within the units. Troops were organized in classes, then the state would call up the first class of the Lancaster County, Pa. militia (for example) and all the first class troops would muster in Lancaster and go where directed. If calling up the first class didn't gather up enough troops then the second class would be called up. There were 8 classes in all. The next time they needed troops they would call the next class in rotation. I think most of the states were organized in the same way, I think Congress offered suggestions on how to organize the militia. I was first made aware of this, especially the information on the draft by an article in the Pa. Genealogical Magazine by Hanna Benner Roach called "The Pennsylvania Militia in 1777". I was so amazed at how this varied from what I had been taught I found the Pennsylvania Gazette on microfilm for March 1777 and found the newspaper announcement and description of the new draft law. There is an article on the web page of the Conestoga Area Historical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm that provides a liitle more detail if your interested. Jim > Margaret Driskill wrote: > > <snip> > . You > need to pay attention to when he served, generally enlistments were > for 2 > months, what class he was in and when he served. ,snip> > > How very interesting! That is why I love this LIST so much. I learn > something new every single day, but this is quite a bomb shell. I > have never, ever read this before. Would one of you kind scholars > please go into more depth on the "general time of enlistment", for me, > please? > > Thank you, > Warmest Regards, > Margaret Grove Driskill > mdriskill@att.net > > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Conestoga Area Historical Society Web Page =-= Stokes Family Web Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm =-= http://home.supernet.com/~jlstokes =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-