"[187] A Payroll of Capt. Samuel Smith of Fairlee in the Alarms in October, 1781 [1780?] and March, 1781, going to Newbury and Royalton, etc. Name: Elijah BLOOD Days: 10 Wages due: 13.4 Miles: 28 Amount travel: 0.9.4. Bennington, June 21, 1781... June 23, 1781. Received of I. Allen, Treasurer, the contents of this order. Samuel Smith." page 340 "[105] A Payroll of a party of men belonging to Col. Peter Olcott's Regiment, under the command of Lieut. Nathaniel White, employed as Scouting Parties for one month by Col. Olcott's order, in the month of March, 1781. Name: Elijah Blood When engaged: 1st March For what term: 1 month Time of service: 30 days Dollars per month: 6 2/3 Total 2.0.0. Pay Table Office, Bennington, 27th Feb. 1781... Treasurer's Office, Windsor, June 18, 1782. Received of I. Allen, Treasurer, the contents of this order for Lieut. White. Bildad Andros." pages 349-350 "[477] [A Scouting Party] We, and each of us do acknowledge that we have received of the State of Vermont, forty shillings, being for one month's scouting, which we did in the month of March 1781 by order of Col. Olcut: Dated at Moretown, Aug. 19, 1782. Robert JOHNSTON Samuel MILLER John JACOBY Samuel BAWNAT Nathan SPAFFORD Levi COLLINS John GOT Elijah BLOOD." pages 725 and 726 Source is "ROLLS OF VERMONT SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775-1783", prepared and published under the direction of Major General Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General, Vermont, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, Volumes 1 and 2. Transcribed by Jan Jordan