ERA OF FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
Companies of Rangers
1754 to 1763
Source:Crozier's "Virginia Colonial Militia"pp. 9-57
The following is a parctical lists of the Companies of Rangers employed
on the upper tributaries of the Potomac, and in the Greenbrier
River-West Virginia frontier- durning the era of the
French & Indian War.
Captain Andrew Lewis'Company of Rangers , in service 1754
OFFICERS:
Andew Lewis...................Captain
John Savage....................Lieutenant
William wright..............Ensign
John McKully................Sergeant
Robert Graham..............Sergeant
Thomas Stedman...........Corporal
David Wilkenson..........Drummer
PRIVATES
Abraham Mushaw James Milton Andrew Fowler
John Biddlecomb Jacob Gowen John Allen
Robert Murphy Henry Bailey Thomas King
Bartholomew Burns John Brown William Chaplain
James Fulham Henry Neagle John Davis
John Thuistan Benjamin Gauze Patrick McPike
Thomas Burney John Hart Michael McCannon
John Maston George Gibbons Matthew Jones
Terrance Swiney William Holland Thomas Pierce
John Smith John Gallihon Thomas Burras
Patrick Smith Casper Moreau Samuel Arsdale
John Mu'holland John Chapman George Malcom
James Cammack Samuel Hyden Philemon Waters
Charles Waddey William Dean John Campbell
James Smith Nicholas Morgan Fransis Rodges
William Stallions Barnaby Ryley Pledge Ward
Henry Bowman Nathaniel Deadman James Ford
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Captain William Preston's Company of Rangers,
Authorized by act of the House of Burgesses June 8, 1757
In service until May4, 1759, When it was abandoned.
OFFICERS
William Preston..............Captain
Charles Lewis..................Lieutenant
Archibald Buchanan.......Sergeant
Charles Smith..................Sergeant
William Davis...................Sergeant
Jousha Cummings...........Corporal
Thomas Saunders............Drummer
Dr. Thomas Lloyd............Surgeon
PRIVATES
John Davis Moses Fisher Solly Mulliear
James Hulman Bond Estle Gardner Adkins
Nicholas Smith John Miller Samuel Graham
John Johnston Thomas Kinkead John Estle
Frederick Fitzgerald William Stewart Thomas McGregor
David Graham Fransis Riley Robert Hall
William Anderson John Codare ohn Pryor
Willia, Hutcheson Lofftus Pullin John Kinkead
William Jackson William Black George Gwinn
John Carlistle Robert Graham Thomas Hicklin
John Vachob
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Captain William Phillips Company of Rangers in Service 1763
OFFICERS
William Phillips...................Captain
Joseph Bickley.....................Lieutenant
James Bullock.....................Ensign
William Hughes..................Ensign
Joseph Terry.......................Sergeant
Charles Barrett..................Sergeant
John Hall..............................Sergeant
William Hughes..................Surgeon
PRIVATES
William McGehee John Gilbert Chapman White
Nathaniel Branham William Bibbs James McGehee
Robert Hall James Ratcliff James Smith
James Twopence John McCoy John Sanders
Clabourne Routhwell John Lemay Robert Goodman
Phillip Cosby Zacheus Cosby William Brock
John Freeman Charles Hester Dabney Carr
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Captain John Dickinson's Company of Rangers,
In service 1757-59
OFFICERS
John Dickinson...................Captain
John Baller..........................Sergeant
Thomas Kelly.......................Corporal
Robert Gillispie.Sr.............Sergeant
Humphrey Madison............Ensign
PRIVATES
John Fulton William Shields David Galloway
James Johnston Edward McMullin John McMullin
Thomas Carpenter Jacob Parsinger Abraham Parsinger
Phillip Parsinger Patrick Carrigan Andrew Jameson
Solomon Carpenter Ezekiel Johnson Peter Wiley
Joseph Willis John Taylor William Davis
Peter Wiley John Wiley William Hamilton
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Captain Peter Hogg's Company of Rangers
In service from 1754 to 1758
OFFICERS
Peter Hogg.........................Captain
James Dunlap....................Lieutenant
James Taylor.....................Ensign
John Clark........................Sergeant
Samuel Powell...................Sergeant
William Vaughan.............Sergeant
William Armstrong..........Corporal
David Laird.........................Corporal
PRIVATES
Thomas Scott Thomas Galbreath Fransis Gibbs
William Smith James McMahon Daniel Grubb
John Johnson George Ehrmantrout James Riddle
John Fumace James Shaw John Pence
James Milligan Henry Shackleford
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Captain Samuel Overton's Company of Rangers,
In service in 1755 to 1756
OFFICERS
Samuel Overton..............Captain
Ansolem Clarkson.........Sergeant
PRIVATES
John Penix William Watson Richard Foster
Charles Jenkins James Ratcliff George Sims
Thomas Jones James Melton Edmond Foster
William Foster Peter Clarkson William Ahorn
John Shepperson
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Captain Robert Rutherford's Company of Rangers,
In Service 1758-1759
OFFICERS
Robert Rutherford.............................Captain
Edward Luce........................................Sergeant
John Rouse.........................................Sergeant
William Darke...................................Corporal
Jonathan Seaman..............................Corporal
PRIVATES
John Dastforan James Shirley Jacob Rush
Joseph Hedges Richard Bowen Alexander Lemon
Walter Shirley Jervice Sherly Robert Buckles ,Jr.
Thomas Bright
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Captain William Christian's Company of Rangers,
In Service in 1760 to 1764
OFFICERS
William Christian...................Captain
James Barnett..........................Sergeant
William Carvin........................Sergeant
PRIVATES
Thomas Miller John Collins John Tumley
William Melton Dumas Lane Nathan Gibson
James Ritchey James Twopance John Lea
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Other Companies of Rangers in service on the West Virginia frontier durning the French and Indian
War were those of Captains Christopher GRIST, John SMITH, Joseph FOX, John MCNEAL,
Charles LEWIS, Samuel MEREDITH, Archibald ALEXANDER, Christopher HUDSON,
Obediah WOODSON, Thomas FLEMING, Thomas BULLETT, James MCGAVOK,
John ANTHONY, Robert BRECKENRIDGE, William COX, Alenander SAYER,
John BRAGG, George BERLELY, _______TEMPLE, and _______HUBBARD.
Transcribed by Brenda Collins Dillon , March 2000
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