Archives of Maryland
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John Gorden
MSA SC 3520-17274

Sources:

Archival Sources:

1st Register of Balances due to comissioned officers and privates of the Maryland Line in Apr. 1783, no. 1., p. 24, folder 35, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, National Archives, NARA M246, Record Group 93, Roll 0034, from Fold3.com.

Council of Safety, Census of 1776, Census for Broad Creek Hundred, MdHR 4646-2-12 [MSA S961-13, 1/4/5/56]

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, Bill and receipt for thread, Sept. 28, 1779, MdHR 11970-03-08/19 [MSA S997-3-946, 1/7/3/9].

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

Pension of Thomas McKeel. The National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land-Warrant Application Files. NARA M804 S34977, from Fold3.com.

Return of the First Regiment of Maryland Regulars in the sevice of the United Colonies Commanded by William Smallwood, Oct. 11, 1776, p. 92-93, National Archives, NARA M804, Record Group 93, Roll 0034, folder 35, from Fold3.com.

Return of the six Independent Companies and First Regiment of Maryland Regulars, in the service of the United Colonies, commanded by Colonel Smallwood, National Archives, NARA M804, Record Group 93, Roll 0034, from Fold3.com.

Published Sources:

Alexander, Arthur. How Maryland Tried to Raise Her Continential Quotas. Maryland Historical Magazine 42, no. 3 (1947): 184-196.

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

Doughan, George C. Revolution on the Hudson: New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the American War of Independence New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register and Dictionary of the U.S. Army Vol 1, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903.

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

Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland, 1774-1776, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 78.

Tacyn, Mark Andrew. "'To The End:' The First Maryland Regiment and the American Revolution." PhD Dissertation, University of Maryland College Park, 1999.

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