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Virginia Colonial Soldiers

Listing of over 6000 men who served in the colonial militia of Virginia

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Since the first settlers landed in Jamestown in 1607, Virginia was largely a military colony and remained such for many years. This database is a listing of men who served in the colonial militia from those early years as a mere settlement up until the early 1770s. It was compiled in 1913 from sources available to the author in the Virginia State Library. Researchers will find the name of soldier and the reference in the original work where the record was found. Containing the names of over 6000 men, it can be an extremely helpful resource for those seeking colonial Virginia ancestors.

Extended Description

List of references used in this database:
Adam Stephen Ps.: Adam Stephen Papers. (Manuscript collection in the Library of Congress.)
Aug. Rec.: Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County. By Lyman Chalkley. 3 vols. Rosslyn, Virginia, 1912.
D.W.: R.G. Thwaites's Dunmore's War. Madison, Wisconsin, 1905.
F.I.B.W.: French and Indian Bounty Warrants. 2 manuscript volumes. Copied from the loose applications for land bounties in the Virginia land office. (In the Virginia Historical Society Library.)
H.B.: Journals of the House of Burgesses. Successive volumes from 1740 to 1776. Published by the Virginia State Library.
H.D.M. (followed by year): Journal of the House of Delegates, May session, from 1776 on.
H.D.O. (followed by year): Journal of the House of Delegates, October session, from 1776 on.
Hist. of Frederick: History of Frederick County. (T.K. Cartmell's Shenandoah Valley Pioneer and their Descendants. Winchester, 1909.)
Hist. Orange: W.W. Scott's History of Orange County, Virginia. Richmond, 1907.
Hist. Rockingham: J.W. Wayland's History of Rockingham County. Dayton, Virginia, 1912.
Historic Shepherdstown: Danske Dandridge's Historic Shepherdstown. Charlottesville, 1910.
H.S.: Hening's Statutes at Large.
J.: Collection of manuscripts referred to by this numeral and consisting of pay accounts. (In the Virginia State Library.)
J.C. May, 1776: Journal of the Convention of May, 1776.
L. to Wash.: Letters to Washington. 3 vol. Boston and New York, 1898.
V.C.M.: W.A. Crozier's Virginia Colonial Militia. New York, 1905.
V.H.C.: Virginia Historical Collections.
Va. Mag.: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 21 vols.
Wash. Mss.: Washington Manuscripts. The great collection of letters and papers of Washington in the Library of Congress, consisting of a number of volumes referred to usually by folios but not always.

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