Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William McMillan (1756-1839)
MSA SC 3520-16767

Archival Sources:

Harford County Committee of Observation, Proceedings, Notes from the Harford County Committee of Observation Meetings, 1775-1777 [MSA C946-1, 01/05/04/003].

Pension of Samuel McMillan and Widow's Pension of Esther Parsell. The National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. NARA M804, W 1908, from Fold3.com.

Pension of William McMillan. National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. NARA M804, S 2806, from Fold3.com.

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, William McMillan, receipt for pay, 6 October 1778, box 3, no. 3-11, MdHR 19970-3-3/11 [MSA S997-3-42, 1/7/3/9].

Service Record of Samuel McMillan. National Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. NARA M881 0092, from Fold3.com.

Service Record of William McMillan (Maryland). National Archives. Compiled Service Records. NARA M881 0092, from Fold3.com.

Service Record of William McMillan (Massachusetts). National Archives. Compiled Service Records. NARA M881 0092, from Fold3.com.

Published Sources:

Clements, S. Eugene and F. Edward Wright. The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War. Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1987.

Dobson, David. Scottish Emigration to Colonial America , 1607—1785. Athens , Georgia : University of Georgia Press , 2004.

“Extract of a Letter from New York: Account of the Battle on Long Island,” American Archives, series 5, vol. 2, 107-108.

Fischer, David Hackett. Washington's Crossing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

"Harford County, Maryland: Historical Chronology," Maryland Manual Online.

"Meeting of the Inhabitant of Harford County," 11 June 1774. American Archives, Fourth series, vol. 1, pps. 402-403.

Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 18.

"Plan of the Attack on the Provincial Army, on Long Island , August 27th, 1776. With the Draughts of New York Island , Staten Island , and the Adjacent Part of the Continent." Map printed for J. Bowles in London, 1776. Library of Congress.

"Resolution in favour of Menonists and German Baptists, Resolutions in answer to the Resolves of the Virginia Convention, of May 31, respecting the case of Governour Eden, 1776-07-06," American Archives, series 4, vol. 6, 1504.

Sarson, Steven. "Landlessness and Tenancy in Early National Prince George’s County, Maryland ." The William and Mary Quarterly Third Series, vol. 57, no. 3 (July 2000), 569-598. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2674226.

Steuart, Rieman. A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Towson: Metropolitan Press, 1969.

Truitt, Jeffrey W. "Animated by the Spirit of ’76?" The Motivations and Aspirations of the Revolutionary War's Common Soldiers. Undergraduate thesis, Washington College, 2014.

Wright, Jr., Robert K. The Continental Army. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1983.

Newspapers:

"Whitehall, October 10, 1776," The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser (London), 11 October 1776.

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