CUMBERLAND COUNTY MILITIA. The returns of the earlier organizations are incomplete. The Committee of Safety commissioned the following officers for Cumberland on the 4th of January, 1776: Changes in the First (Lower) Regiment. Aug. 18, 1778 John Pennel, Captain Halifax Co.   <excerpt> ROLLS OF VERMONT SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1783 Volume 1, 1998, page 823. [My note: He was my maternal 6 great grandfather.] Transcribed by, Jan Jordan<jnrose@webtv.net>