Le, the militia unit rosters have not been reserved. The militia men were drafted for 3 months and after that the unit does not exist. If another battle was looming, a second draft was issued and likely most would be new people or different people. They did not just serve in the county but went mostly south to SC or GA as well as across NC. Just like the NC Line but with less training and shorter tours. The NC Line men were in for 9 months or more and had better records. These were like the regular army troops. However, no clear record of the units are now available. But Pension Applications give good detail and some unit ID. State Records and letters in these records give some details. NC Regiments with battles are constructed and posted online. Pay vouchers are mostly preserved but not 100%. These also are online. General Greene's papers are published but are not in any small libraries. I know the public library in Greensboro has a set of his books. The Duplin Militia may have had a few units in 1781 (a critical year in NC) but I have never read a reference to a militia unit number. North Carolina had a militia flag, and all units may have used this flag. Flags and units were much more important in the Civil War. In the Civil War, there was no 3 month enlistment. Jerome Tew Jerome Tew jdtew@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.

Jerome, Thank you for that most informative explanation regarding military service during the Revolutionary War. I could tell from the pension applications and pay vouchers that there was a difference, but I didn't know exactly what it was. One more question please. Was there any specific term regarding the service of those who supplied food and other goods for the troops? Did they receive pay for these goods? Thanks for helping to educate us, Lura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Tew" <jdtew@earthlink.net> To: <NCSAMPSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:03 AM Subject: Revolutionary War Militia Le, the militia unit rosters have not been reserved. The militia men were drafted for 3 months and after that the unit does not exist. If another battle was looming, a second draft was issued and likely most would be new people or different people. They did not just serve in the county but went mostly south to SC or GA as well as across NC. Just like the NC Line but with less training and shorter tours. The NC Line men were in for 9 months or more and had better records. These were like the regular army troops. However, no clear record of the units are now available. But Pension Applications give good detail and some unit ID. State Records and letters in these records give some details. NC Regiments with battles are constructed and posted online. Pay vouchers are mostly preserved but not 100%. These also are online. General Greene's papers are published but are not in any small libraries. I know the public library in Greensboro has a set of his books. The Duplin Militia may have had a few units in 1781 (a critical year in NC) but I have never read a reference to a militia unit number. North Carolina had a militia flag, and all units may have used this flag. Flags and units were much more important in the Civil War. In the Civil War, there was no 3 month enlistment. Jerome Tew Jerome Tew jdtew@earthlink.net