I believe these militia lists were lists of men in the district who were of age for militia duty, and those listed did not necessarily take part im militia drill or action. --- Dan Treadway P. O. Box 72, Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 Crowcope@aol.com wrote: > Hi List, here is what Iam finding out about the Quakers and War which we all > know they were Passivists when it came to War. > On the Frederick CO VA milita lists and find most of the Quakers there were > in the Militia and I find many of them later still listed in the Quaker MMs in > Frederick CO VA.

I think militias were often only lists of various "companies" of all adult males in an area since all were required to participate by law, mostly to build roads and defensive forts against any Indian uprising. They were mostly defensive, and usually not involved in military campaigns, except in times of emergency. Gerry Parchman

Where can I obtain a list of the militia who served from Frederick Co., VA in the 1770s and 1780s? Thanks. Millie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Parchman" <lib2uus@comcast.net> To: <OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] Quakers and War > I think militias were often only lists of various "companies" of all adult > males in an area since all were required to participate by law, mostly to > build roads and defensive forts against any Indian uprising. They were > mostly defensive, and usually not involved in military campaigns, except in > times of emergency. > > Gerry Parchman > > > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA LIST ADMINISTRATOR > Old-Frederick-Co-Va-Admin@RootsWeb.com > > ============================== > 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