Thanks for the help. Was looking at very old militia records lots of abbreviations and military terms I didn't recognize On 3/24/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's also a book called The Soldier's of America's First Army 1791 by > Richard M. Lytle that mentions this group. > > Here's the Google book reference for the book: > > http://tinyurl.com/2v4cr3 > > Stubby Tate > Marietta GA > > > Kenneth Shelton <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.answers.com/topic/levy?cat=biz-fin > > This says that "Levy" was an archaic term for "drafted serviceman" -- a > conscript. > > levy: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com > v. -ies, -ied 1. archaic enlist (someone) for military service: he sought > to levy one man from each ... See the Introduction , Abbreviations and > Pronunciation for further details. > > As opposed to other organizations that are listed as the "Xth Company / > Reg., {State} Volunteers". > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: brenda parker > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 12:23:56 PM > Subject: [TNSMITH] term I need help with > > I have several records that list someone as serving Darke's Co 1st Reg US > Levy > > Anyone know what the Levies was??? > -- > Remember :Everyone seems normal til you get to know them > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Remember :Everyone seems normal til you get to know them