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.