Re: Boydstone, Revolutionary War
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Boydston, Revolutionary War
Jody Amaranto 9/17/09
You refer to an unstated listing of a Montgomery Co., VA militia unit.
All able-bodied free white males aged roughly 16-60 (varies by time and place) were obligated to be available for militia duty for defense within the County in which they lived.
Not all that many militiamen saw active duty, which might include patrolling, guarding prisoners, or escorting supplies bound elsewhere.
Militia muster rolls almost always reflect the men who turned out for regular drill and nose-counting, which did not constitute active duty.
Capt. Cloyd was later promoted to Major in Col. William Preston's militia regiment, which was sent to relieve Continental Troops at Guilford Courthouse in 1781.The roster of this militia unit does not appear in the National Archives microfilms of "Revolutionary War Rolls," which sometimes includes some roster or other of militia involved in a Continental campaign (Micropublication 246).
Virginia records for the Continentals are highly incomplete due to capture of much of the Virginia Continental establishment at Charlestown in 1781.
There may be surviving rosters for the Montgomery County militia in the VA State Library, and it is possible that some roster has been transcribed and published.
You can find out with a web search, and by taking a look at the Library of Virginia's web site, scroll down to the Revolutionary War link here:
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/siteIndex.asphttp://www.lva.virginia.gov/siteIndex.asp
If you "need" the information, you can search the Montgomery County Court records in person, beginning at the VA State Library.You would be looking for any County accounts of pay owing to militiamen for active duty, or perhaps an application to the County Court by a wife for support while the husband was away on military duty.
The above web site also lists some of the LVA's holdings of County records, including those of the County Courts.The LVA does not loan microfilms by inter-library loan, but another possible avenue is the LDS' Family History Library.
You can search for the FHL's holdings of Montgomery County records by searching its catalog from the LDS web site, www.familysearch.org.You can then go through any local LDS Family History Stake Library or affiliated library that has access to FHL microfilms, to borrow microfilm to look at for a few dollars per microfilm roll.
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Re: Boydstone, Revolutionary War
Jody Amaranto 9/18/09
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Judy Longley 9/18/09
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