A Muster Roll of Capt. Richard B. Roberts' Company of the South Carolina Continental Corps of Artillery, Commanded by Col. Owen Roberts [Original MS.] HEAD QUARTERS, Purysburgh, March 19, 1779. ================================================================== COM. OFFICERS' NAMES. RANK. DATE OF COMM'N. REMARKS. ________________________________________________________________________ __ Richard B. Roberts, Captain, June 4, 1777, Present. John Gorgan, Capt.-Lieut., May 30, 1778, Do. Frederick Von Plater, 1st Lieutenant, October 28, 1778, Do. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ ================================================================== NON COMMISSIONED AND DATE OF PRIVATE NAMES. ENLISTMENT. TIME OF SERVICE. REMARKS. ________________________________________________________________________ __ John Smith, Sergeant, June 3, 1777, 3 years, Absent on Guard. Brice Mathews, do., Nov. 21, 1777, 3 years, Present. Joseph Hull, Corporal, June 25, 1777, The war, Do. John Sessions, do., June 29, 1778, 3 years, On Detachment. Edward Conner, do., June 29, 1778, 3 years, Present. Robert Goodall, Gunner, Sept. 17, 1777, The war, Do. Benjamin Williams, do., June 2, 1777, 3 years, Do. Alexander McMullan, do., Feb. 3, 1779, 16 months, Do. Aaron Baroth, do., June 3, 1777, 3 years, Absent on Duty. MATROSSES. David Cunningham, June 3, 1777, 3 years, Present. John Driver, July 14, 1778, 3 years, Do. Joseph Johnson, June 2, 1777, The war, Do. John Causey, Sept. 5, 1778, 3 years, Do. John Murrow, July 16, 1778, 3 years, Do. Samuel White, Sept. 25, 1777, The war, Do. Jacob Paul, June 2, 1777, The war, Do. John Porter, June 19, 1777, The war, Do. Aquilla Sing, July 18, 1778, 3 years, Sick in Fix Hospital. John Colby, Aug. 10, 1778, The war, Present. James Roe, July 22, 1778, The war, Do. Lewis Cornyorck, The war, Sick in Fix Hospital. Charles McIver, Aug. 2, 1778, 3 years, Present. James Hughes, June 1, 1777, 3 years, Do. John Conner, The war, Do. Nicholas Glossom, The war, Do. James Lewis, 3 years, Do. Michael Lewis, Sept. 17, 1778, The war, Do. Isaac Garrick, Feb. 16, 1779, 16 months, Do. Wm. Maloy, 3 years, Do. James Causey, Sept. 5, 1778, 3 years, Do. Denis Chaloque, The war, Deserted. Joseph Antonio, Sept. 17, 1778, The war, Do. Samuel Hickman, July 21, 1778, 3 years, On Detachment. Robert William, May 28, 1778, The war, Do. Hill Hewet, June 2, 1777, 3 years, Do. Nicholas Prince, Aug. 3, 1778, 3 years, Absent on Duty. Samuel Jefft, July 16, 1778, The war, Sick in Gen. Hospital. William Read, Drummer, Sept. 21, 1777, The war, Sick in Fix Hospital. Wm. Fleming, Fifer, The war, Present. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Present.-Captains, 1; Capt.-Lieutenants, 1; 1st Lieutenant, 1; Sergeant-Major, 1; Sergeants, 1; Corporals, 2; Fifers, 1; Gunners, 3; Matrosses, 19. Absent.-Sergeants, 1; Corporals, 1; Drummers, 1; Gunners, 1; Matrosses, 7. I do swear that the within Muster Roll is a true state of the Company, without fraud to the United States, or to any individual thereof, according to the best of my knowledge. R. B. ROBERTS, Capt. Artillery. Sworn before me this 19th March, 1779. J. Wise. Then mustered as certified by F. BREMAR, Deputy Muster Master. (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 2, p. 109) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 2, p. 109a Date: 3/19/1779 Send us your comments by e-mail Part of the www.SCHistory.org website. Copyright © 2000. South Carolina Historical Society. All rights reserved. Last modified: 7/10/03/CLN. URL: http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/archives-online/Gibbes__v__2__p__109a.html