| Record
Group: |
Department
of Defense |
| Subgroup: |
Adjutant General's Office |
| Series: |
Commission
and Appointment Certificates, 1745-1901 |
| Accession
#: |
1995.017,
1995.061 and unknown |
| Series
#: |
SDEA0002 |
| Guide
Date: |
3/1995 (JK) |
| Volume: |
0.11
c.f. [11 items] |
Contents
Content
Note
This
series consists of original military commission and appointment
certificates dating from the colonial period to the present century.
They were issued by the following: Gov. Lewis Morris, the Provincial
Congress (Hendrick Fisher and Samuel Tucker, Presidents), state
governors, and the Adjutant General's Office.
|
| 1. |
Henry
Cock, Ensign of company for the middle part of Bethlehem, Col. Joseph
Stout's Regiment, Hunterdon County Foot Militia, Kingsberry, 18 March
1745. |
| 2. |
Edward
Hunt, Captain of company for the westerly part of Lebanon, Col. Joseph
Stout's Regiment, Hunterdon County Foot Militia, Kingsberry, 18 March
1745. |
| 3. |
Petitions
to the Provincial Congress requesting military commissions for Benjamin
Brearly of Maidenhead, William Chambers of Hunterdon County, and George
Cottnam of Trenton, [no place], ca. 1775-1776 [3 items; Accession
#1982.16/1989.36]. |
| 4. |
William
Gamble, Captain of a company, First (Col. Joseph Borden's) Regiment,
Burlington County Foot Militia, [no place], 30 August 1775. |
| 5. |
Ruben
Sayre, Captain of a company in Elsinborough, Eastern (Col. John Holmes')
Battalion, Salem County Foot Militia, [no place], 14 May 1776. |
| 6. |
Abner
Rieves, Ensign of the Eighth Company, Western (Col. John Munson's)
Regiment, Morris County Militia, Morristown, 30 July 1777 [Accession
#1995.061]. |
| 7. |
Benjamin
Laing Jr., Captain of the Eighth Company, Col. Moses Jaques' Regiment,
Essex County Militia, Morristown, 10 April 1780. |
| 8. |
John
Munn, Captain of the Third Company, Col. Philip Van Cortlandt's Regiment,
Essex County Militia, [no place], ca. 1781-1790. |
| 9. |
Thomas
Kelly, Major of the First Battalion, Fourth Regiment, Salem County
Militia, Trenton, 26 November 1794 [2243 AM]. |
| 10. |
Joseph
D. Price, Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Essex County Militia, Trenton,
26 February 1830. |
| 11. |
John
J. Behan, Corporal of Company E, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, New Jersey
National Guard, effective 30 April 1901, Trenton, NJ, 6 May 1901 [Accession
#1995.017]. |
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