Returns of Companies for Baltimore County, certified to the Committee of Safety

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The following Certificate was returned to the honourable Council of Safety:

These are to certify, that the following Returns of Companies of Militia in Baltimore County, have been made to this Committee, viz:

1. William Buchanan, Captain; John Smith, First Lieutenant; Robert Alexander, Second Lieutenant; George Woolsey, Ensign˙ Containing seventy-six men.

2. John Sterrett, Captain; Bernard Eichelberger, First Lieutenant; Hugh Young, Second Lieutenant; Daniel Bowly, Ensign˙ Containing eighty-two.

3. Henry Shaafe, Captain; Brittenham Dickenson, First Lieutenant; Robert Moore, Second Lieutenant; Caleb Shields, Ensign˙ Containing sixty-five.

4. William Galbraith, Captain; James Toole, First Lieutenant; John Deaver, Second Lieutenant; Joseph Gotroux, Ensign˙ Containing fifty-eight.

5. William Richardson, Captain; John McCabe, First Lieutenant; George Servile Douglas, Second Lieutenant; Fergus McIllroy, Ensign˙ Containing seventy-one.

6. George Wells, Captain; James Morgan, First Lieutenant; John Hayman, Second Lieutenant; James Foster, Ensign˙ Containing sixty-six.

The above Companies, with Captain Zachariah Mc Cabin' s and Captain James Cox' s, who have received commissions, we recommend to be formed into a Battalion.

We are, gentlemen, your most humble servants,

WILLIAM LUX, Deputy-Chairman.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN,
JOHN BOYD,
JOHN SMITH,
THOMAS HARRISON,
JOHN EAGER HOWARD,
JOHN STERRETT,
THOMAS SOLLERS,
WILLIAM AISQUITH,
JAMES CALHOUN.

Attested: GEORGE LUX, Secretary.