384 Records of Maryland Troops in the Continental Service

    A Return of Draughts and Substitutes sent from St Mary's Co.
under the Act of May Session to join the Troops at Annapolis.

				SUBSTITUTES.
James Adams	Substituted 28 July ‘81		Edward Harley  Substituted 1 Aug ‘81
John Jennings		    31   "    "		Igns. Griffin		   2   "  "
Joseph Kerby		    31   "    "		Walter Buckler		   5   "  "
Igns. Adams		    23   "    "		Barnard Pain		   31 July ‘81
William Kirkpartrick	    26   "    "		Moses Adams		   31  "   "
Thos. Curtis		    26   "    "		Peter Jarbo		   31  "   "
Joseph Wimsott		    27   "    "		Edwd. Hasil		   1 Aug.'81
Igns. Pain		    28	 "    "		Joseph Brown		   2   "   "
John Madox		    28   "    "		William Pike		   2   "   "
Joseph Reswick		    28   "    "		John Norris		   2   "   "
John Dent Suit		    28   "    "		John Greenwell		   2   "   "
Baptis Gough		    29   "    "		Thos. Wise		   5   "   "
Elisha Burrowes		    30   "    "		Cuthb. Jones		   12  "   "

   		DRAUGHTS.- All draughted 27 July, ‘81.

Joseph Newton		Charles Attwood			Nicholas Goldsbury
Henry Briscoe		Jeremiah Hazel			Igns. Brion
Edward Monark		Solomon Dixon			William Adams
Jeremiah Herbert	Henry Norris			Bennet Anderson
Struton Edwards		Robert Jarboe			Igns. Mattingly
Igns. Howard		John King			William Pratt
Arnold Norris		Charles Tawney			Nathaniel Kahil
Zacha. Newton		Charles Cole


					Caroline County, 13th Aug., 1781.
Your Excellency & Honours:
    Inclosed you have a list of our Recruits and Drafts those that are
excused are marked and likewise those that have run, which I shall
send forward as soon as we can Ketch them: I thought it most expe
dient to send these forward and not to wait for those that have
deserted. There is five enlisted for three years which Compleats our
Quota of the last Springs Drafts, whose inlistments I have sent forward.
 		 I am your Excellency & Honours
   			Most Obedt. Humble Servt.
				William Whiteley.
P.S.
    If you are in want of Officers for the Drafts, there is a young man
amongst them by the name of George Dawson, if you think him Capable