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Valandingham, Michael, 8:144, 145

Valentine, Anne. See Vaughan, Anne Valentine

Valentine, Edward, 6:252, 256

Valentine, John, 6:266; 7:87; 9:89

Valentine, John, Sr., 7:87

Valentine, John (overseer), 9:89

Valentine, John (overseer; son of Joseph), 9:85, 89

Valentine, Joseph, 6:459; 7:76, 495; 8:230, 265, 457, 584; 9:21, 47, 63; and Custis estate, 6:203, 208, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 266, 268, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 320, 371; 7:83, 85, 302, 373; 8:197, 198, 199, 200, 202; 9:368; id., 6:203; 7:6; residence of, 6:219; goods for plantations, 6:348, 350, 414, 450, 472; 7:97, 130, 167, 199, 295, 326, 400, 409, 433, 458; 8:160; money paid by, 6:370, 465; 7:1, 370; and tobacco, 6:373, 376, 460, 473; 7:35, 50, 53, 54, 123, 142-43, 154, 317-18, 509; 8:231, 369, 506; accounts, 7:82, 87, 89-90, 104, 190, 191, 209, 213-14, 261, 262, 298, 299, 304, 305, 319, 335, 336, 342, 366, 410, 438, 469, 500; 8:82, 140, 143, 191, 267, 346, 453, 530, 585-86; inadequacies of, 7:82, 252; 8:575, 579; 9:27; instructions to, 7:153-54, 204; complains of useless hoes, 7:252, 456; and slaves, 7:407; 8:480, 583-84, 587-92; and overseers, 7:408; 8:481, 482; and sale of dower plantations, 7:497; and William Dandridge's bond, 7:507; sells wheat, 8:50; and rental of Custis house, 8:225; his table of crop yields, 8:421-23; denies he was drinking, 8:481; and John Stratton, 8:482; 9:72, 74, 86, 89; death of, 8:573; 9:115, 367; estate of, 8:574, 583, 584, 591; 9:48; family of, 8:574, 586; successor of, 8:574-76, 578, 579, 581; sells hogs, 8:582; purchases land for John Parke Custis, 9:33; bond with John Gizzage Frazer, 9:48; agreement with John Valentine, 9:85; letters from: to GW, 6:425-26, 426-27, 446-47; 7:142-43, 317-19, 320, 426-27, 462-64; 8:88-89, 105-6, 115-16, 118-19, 126, 130, 142-43, 225, 400-402, 480-82, 515-16, 519-21, 529; letters to: from GW, 6:441; 7:317, 461; 8:104

Valentine, Mary, 8:585, 586; 9:368

Valiant (horse), 6:406, 407

Valiant Tryall (horse), 7:479; 8:42

Vallescure, Stephen, 8:554

Van Braam, Jacob, 1:152, 191; 3:147; 9:117; and Fort Necessity campaign, 1:62, 67, 76, 78, 113, 133, 160, 163, 164, 167, 168, 171, 209, 349; 2:82; id., 1:80; as hostage, 1:166, 167, 202, 214; 6:102; Landon Carter comments on, 2:82; and Andrew Lewis, 6:101; rank of, 7:35-36; thanked by Burgesses, 7:36; military service, 7:36-37; and bounty lands, 8:451, 542, 544, 550-51, 555; 9:196, 359, 360, 364, 365, 421; 10:163, 201; his letter sent to GW, 10:285; letters to: from GW, 8:552-53; 9:421-23

Van Brugh, Sir John, 8:263

Vance, Alexander, 1:29; 5:334, 343

Vance, Andrew, 5:336

Vance, David, 5:336

Vance, James, 5:336

Vance, John, 1:26; 5:339

Vance, Joseph, 5:341

Vance, Samuel (1), 5:340

Vance, Samuel (2), 5:336

Vance, William, 2:73, 75, 94, 174; 5:342; letters to: from GW, 2:93

Vandalia colony, 9:125, 311, 445; 10:166; formation of, 8:368; 9:26, 27, 37, 56, 126, 128, 319, 331; boundaries of, 8:380, 391; and William Crawford, 8:404, 518; and George Mercer, 8:420; 9:303-4; George Croghan's connection with, 8:517-18; GW's interest in, 8:555; 9:482; Hillsborough disapproves of, 9:304; rumors regarding, 9:318, 404, 420, 438, 444; called Barretaria, 9:415; and George Croghan's grant, 10:88. See also Walpole (Grand Ohio) Company

Vanderpool, ----, 3:131, 133

Vanderpool, Abraham, 3:133

Vanderpool Gap, 3:133

Vanel, Claude, 6:290

Vanfagen (Vanfossin), John Frederick, 5:342

Vanlandingham (Valandigham), Michael, 7:383

Van Meter, Abraham, 5:337

Van Meter, Henry, 7:70

Van Meter, Henry (died c.1757), 2:73, 93, 265; 3:266; 5:341; and wagons, 1:141; id., 1:144, 176; 7:70; and supplies, 1:175; 2:133, 199; house of, 2:94; 3:140, 341; 7:69; troops at, 3:88, 92, 264; fort at his place, 3:141, 246; and militia, 3:146; orders to, 3:159, 393; 4:60, 62-63; as commissary, 3:299, 394; 4:60, 66; GW buys horse from, 4:404; letters to: from GW, 2:134; from John Ashby, 3:23-24. See also Errata

Van Meter, Isaac, 2:94; 3:53; 8:384

Van Meter, Jacob, 5:339; 10:91, 92

Van Meter, John, 3:53; 5:337; 8:384

Van Meter's fort. See Waggener's Lower Fort

Van Rensselaer, John, 8:163-64, 165-66

Vardill, John, 9:442; letters from: to GW, 9:326-27; letters to: from GW, 9:407-8

Vass, Reuben, 2:355; 3:11, 22, 253, 258; 4:276, 389; letters to: from George Mercer, 2:354

Vattel, Emerich de, 9:344, 345

Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, marquis de, 3:352; 6:470; 7:56; letters from: to Peirenc de Moras, 4:217

Vaughan, Abraham, 4:117, 118

Vaughan, Andrew, 3:253, 258; 4:276, 277; 5:270, 271, 409

Vaughan, Anne Valentine, 8:585

Vaughan, Elizabeth, 6:264, 328, 329; 9:109

Vaughan, Gist, 3:253, 259, 301, 302

Vaughan, Henry, 6:294

Vaughan, James, 4:42

Vaughan, Robert, 4:117, 118

Vaughan, Stanhope, 8:580, 584, 585; 9:140, 258

Vaughan, William, 8:585

Vaughton (Vaughan), Mary, 7:24, 195, 289, 295, 432, 475; 8:560; 9:63

Vause, ----, 3:260

Vause, Ephraim, 3:260, 321-23; 4:4, 123, 348; 5:102

Vause's fort, 3:361; attacks on, 3:260-61; 4:2, 13, 88, 92; 5:99, 101, 102, 277; dimensions of, 3:321-23; rebuilding of, 3:431, 432; 4:7, 11, 46, 47, 77, 111, 123, 326, 327, 348, 351, 394; proposals for, 4:10, 128, 154, 220-21; troops at, 5:67, 135; id., 5:194

Velestre. See Belestre, Picot de

Venango (Fort Machault, Fort Venango; Pennsylvania), 1:84, 326; 2:74; 6:18, 343, 346, 433, 470; 7:14

Venette, Nicholas, 6:296

Ventris, Hezekiah, 4:333

Venus (slave; New Kent County), 6:220

Venus (slave; Robert Burwell's), 7:315

Vernon, Edward, 1:7

Vernon, Richard: letters from: to GW, 5:310, 419-20

Vestal, John, 1:221; 5:339

Vestal, William, 5:423; 6:418

Vestal's ferry. See Keyes's ferry

Vestal's Gap. See Keyes's Gap

Vestal Virgin, 6:400

Vickers, Archibald, 4:42

Villiers, Louis Coulon de, 1:158-59, 163-65, 167-70, 172; 4:126; 5:49

Viney, Andrew, 1:20, 29, 36

Violet (Violette), Edward, 7:45, 139, 383; id., 5:75; 7:146; 9:93; account with, 7:4, 106, 178, 219, 229, 268, 295, 319, 331, 376, 393, 407, 441; as overseer, 7:45, 139; agreement with, 7:143-46; his wheat, 7:414

Violet (Violette), Elinor, 7:145, 268

Virgil, 6:400; 8:89

Virgin (slave; Samuel Washington's), 7:173

Virginia: and frontier defense, 1:51, 64, 356, 357; and French encroachment in Ohio country, 1:56, 57, 58-67; and GW's journey to French commandant, 1:58; bounty lands, 1:65, 67; 6:343, 345-46; and Canadian expedition, 1:104; taxes to support military forces, 1:175; Cartagena campaign, 1:176; pistole fee, 1:200-201; and intercolonial conferences, 1:217; 2:132, 133; and Braddock campaign, 1:270, 275, 300, 317, 318, 341; and funds for defense, 2:22, 346; and supplies for troops of other colonies, 2:172, 210, 211, 283, 291; paper money, 2:183, 193, 194, 201, 214, 277; recruits for Irish regiments in Braddock campaign, 2:203; and Acadians, 2:228; acting governor of, 3:32; 5:82; agent in London, 3:57; new governor, 3:127; 4:29; and postal service, 3:363-64; oyer and terminer court, 3:394; forces vacate Fort Cumberland, 5:60; arrival of new lieutenant governor, 5:82, 213-14, 221; Colonel Young rumored to be new governor, 5:91-92; takes Maryland forces into its pay, 5:182, 195-96, 207-8; conference at Conococheague, 5:207-8; treasury exhausted, 6:22; and payment of troops, 6:112; and construction of blockhouse at Redstone Creek, 6:162-63; and Governor Dinwiddie's proclamation, 6:343, 345-46; need to develop trade with Indians, 6:361; governor orders regiment to march against Cherokee, 7:20; and Cherokee campaign, 7:36; rebuked by Board of Trade for paper emissions, 7:217; boundary disputes with Pennsylvania, 8:30, 32, 39; 9:357, 415, 464-66; 10:43-44, 94, 260; issuing of licenses to trade with Indians, 8:41; commissioners to negotiate Indian treaties, 8:276, 308; petitions to governor for bounty lands under 1754 proclamation, 8:277-78, 533-40; 9:118-23; and nonimportation association, 8:330, 353, 489; appointment and duties of deputy king's attorney, 9:4; governor refuses to grant further patents, 9:327; and appointment of justices for Fort Pitt area, 9:414; Pennsylvania officers solicit Dunmore for surveys of bounty land, 9:416; attempts to reduce duty on rum, 9:453; only two grants made under 1763 proclamation, 9:511; law regarding seating of land, 9:515; District of West Augusta formed, 10:44; Virginia Conventions, 10:60, 143, 267, 307-9, 327, 364; court actions stopped by lack of Fee Bill, 10:97; dissolution of Burgesses leaves no defense except militia, 10:97; new elections ordered, 10:108; money voted for delegates to Continental Congress, 10:160; delegates to First Continental Congress, 10:174

• Acts of assembly: military acts, 1:64, 66-67, 74, 182-83, 192, 224, 357; 2:7, 22, 32, 66, 163, 173-74, 189, 202, 203, 279, 290, 293, 346, 356; 3:3-4, 178, 435; 6:23, 154-55, 178, 413; militia act, 1:67; for augmenting forces, 3:1; 5:115-16, 130-32, 135, 136, 196; for preventing mutiny and desertion, 4:144, 148, 250-51; for raising ranger companies, 5:21; regarding unclaimed strays, 5:453; raising 2d Virginia regiment, 6:22; preventing regiment from serving outside colony, 6:111-12, 124; to renew Virginia Regiment, 6:111-12, 124; to draft militia for frontier forts, 6:164-65; to break Virginia Regiment into ranging companies, 6:168-69; abolishing lieutenant colonel of regiment, 6:173, 175; placing tax on tobacco and land to finance war, 6:184; regarding wills and estates, 6:214-15; regarding prison bounds, 6:330; giving a year's pay to officers, 6:392; for relief of Fort Loudoun in Cherokee country, 6:420; raising frontier battalion, 6:433; barring hogs from Winchester streets, 7:6, 20; establishing town of Woodstock, 7:6, 20; regarding tax on imported slaves, 7:9; continuing regiment, 7:20; for establishing town of Strasburg, 7:97-98; for dissolution of regiment, 7:113; to raise a new regiment in 1762, 7:115; Two Penny Act, 7:299; for division of Truro Parish, 7:362-63, 425; regarding naming of new ministers by parishes, 7:429; to repair road from Warm Springs (Augusta) to Jennings Gap, 8:55; to repair roads from Alexandria and Colchester to gaps in Blue Ridge, 8:55; for opening road to Fort Pitt, 8:87; for division of Frederick Parish, 8:190-91; for compensating owners for executed slaves, 8:215; for docking entail on Daniel McCarty's land, 8:271; for Potomac navigation, 8:289, 294, 352; 10:244, 298-99; concerning water mills, 8:326; for regulation of ferries, 8:357; directing trial of slaves, 8:520-21; to enable William Manley to sell entailed land, 8:547; for improving Potomac navigation, 9:38; for better regulation of vestries, 9:38-39; for erecting lighthouse on Cape Henry, 9:38-39; for laying duties on liquor, 9:453; directing duty of surveyors, 9:515; for regulating tobacco warehouses, 10:27; regarding ships's registry and freedom, 10:42; to enlarge Alexandria, 10:62; to prevent hogs running loose in Alexandria, 10:62-63; Fee Bill, 10:158
• Council: appointment of members, 3:32; and chain of forts, 3:243-46; and Fort Cumberland, 4:67, 74; minutes of, 4:27-28, 54-55; 5:91-92; 6:163; and placement of troops, 4:50, 54-55, 244; and revenue from tobacco tax, 4:99, 101; and meeting of southern governors, 4:124-25; and supply bill, 4:175-76, 187; and peace with northern Indians, 5:109; and call to raise troops, 5:115; and clothing for troops, 5:221, 241; and writs of election, 5:263; 8:144; refuses to allow for brigade major, 5:443; and military bill, 6:80-82; orders clothing for soldiers, 6:163-64; and petitions of officers, 6:186-87; 7:119; and GW's petitions for bounty lands, 6:388-89; 8:278-79; 9:128, 364; and prohibition of grant of lands in Indian territory, 7:119; recommends against calling assembly into session, 7:238; and Dismal Swamp Company, 7:271-72, 273, 275; and grant of land on Powells River, 8:31; offers reward for killers of Indians, 8:243; rebukes House of Burgesses, 8:271; rejects bill docking entail on Daniel McCarty's land, 8:271; and list of all orders in council granting lands, 8:275-76; and petition to include later recruits in 1754 bounty grants, 8:276; and Thomas Bullitt's petition criticizing distribution of bounty lands, 8:280; recommendation to prohibit settlement on Indian lands, 8:308-9; confirms settlers beyond Allegheny Mountains do so at own risk, 8:309; order in council confirms Proclamation of 1754, 8:391; confirms limits on number of surveys under 1754 proclamation, 8:533-34, 541; settles amount of land to be allowed each rank under 1754 proclamation, 8:541, 552-53; disapproves vestry bill, 9:38-39; order in council regarding surveys, 9:118-19, 121; and 1754 bounty lands, 9:121-23, 128, 358-66; and 1763 bounty lands, 9:357; requires each soldier to apply personally for 1763 bounty lands, 9:364; declares surveys void, 9:365; approves appointment of justices in Fort Pitt area, 9:414; orders survey for every 1,000 acres of 1763 bounty land, 9:500, 503; petitions from Greenbrier and Loyal companies, 9:503
• General Assembly: and surrender of fort at Forks of the Ohio, 1:92; committee for supervising military expenditures, 1:128, 129; 2:7, 22, 34, 85, 105, 163-64, 172, 186, 200, 202, 226, 239, 245, 293, 303, 304, 329; 3:14, 64-65, 81, 84, 248, 323-33, 352, 353, 356, 357, 362, 364, 365-71, 374, 376, 377, 388, 398-99, 402, 407, 417; 4:38, 39, 62, 69, 75, 100, 147, 149, 156, 185, 201, 238, 249, 275, 284, 293; 5:68, 82; military plans, 1:183, 195; commendation of Fort Necessity officers, 1:209; increases military force, 1:357, 359; conscription from militia, 2:189; forbids conscription of servants, 2:189; dissolved, 2:192; 7:386; and defense of colony, 3:42, 65, 84, 85, 105, 163, 181, 320, 357, 368; and a chain of forts, 3:84; and military acts, 3:174; and refusal to send troops out of colony, 3:192, 327, 332, 453; acts for raising ranger companies, 3:320; and provision for the disabled soldiers, 3:329; 4:85-86; 5:394; and reward for apprehending deserters, 3:332; and signing of treasury notes, 3:368; and raising money to recruit for Royal American Regiment, 3:424-25, 426; extra pay for militia carpenters, 3:435; and funds for defense of frontiers, 4:74, 80, 81, 156, 175-76, 184, 187-88; and impressment of vagrants, 4:81, 91, 184; and duty on tobacco, 4:101; and Dinwiddie's address to, 4:155; and the reorganization of the Virginia Regiment, 4:155; and dispute over supply bill, 4:175-76, 187-88; and Indian trade, 4:188; and bounty for enlisting, 4:236-37; and bounty for scalps, 4:249, 251; new assembly prorogued, 5:242; and allowance of brigade major, 5:444; and appointment of brigade major, 6:22-23; governor's speech to, 6:22-23; and law regarding deserters, 6:27; to renew Virginia Regiment, 6:111-12, 124; annual levy on tithables to finance war, 6:184; and appointment of William Byrd to command regiment, 6:314; votes thanks to GW, 6:314; act giving a year's pay to officers, 6:392; 7:169; GW distributes money voted to private citizens, 7:11; and list of necessaries for regiment, 7:15, 16-19; and supplies for Cherokee campaign, 7:96; called into session, 7:113, 217; and memorial of officers, 7:171; private bills take up most of session, 8:353; Ohio Company petition to, 9:125-26
• General Court, 3:56, 375, 437; GW transfers Custis estate settlement to, 6:204; records destroyed, 6:204; 7:83; and Custis estate, 6:204-8, 209, 213, 215, 257, 259, 265; 7:61, 82-84, 86-93, 190, 191, 212-16, 284, 301-4, 368-71, 499-502; makes GW guardian of Custis children, 6:206, 265; 7:84; and Dunbar suit, 6:212, 322-23; 8:497, 526; and Clifton suit, 6:410, 423-24, 437; dates of sessions, 6:415; 7:467; clerk of, 7:10; and the Two Penny Act, 7:299; and the Savage affair, 7:505; 10:30; and GW's petition to rent dower lands, 8:195-97, 216; and GW's guardian accounts, 8:198-205, 455-63; and Fairfax-Hite land dispute, 8:383-84; appoints commissioners to supervise property of Custis children, 8:487; and Manley-Hollows land dispute, 8:547; trial of counterfeiters, 9:179; and permission to sell slave, 9:232; and George Mercer's estate, 10:28
• House of Burgesses: votes money to soldiers who killed Frenchman, 3:12; memorials of officers to, 3:12-13; 6:391-92; address to king on behalf of Virginia Regiment, 3:88, 188, 437-38; contested election, 3:97, 100; cut out GW's table allowance, 6:80; votes thanks to GW, 6:192; travel allowance for members, 6:406; 7:6, 108, 211, 262; and address to governor, 6:466; votes money for commissioners to settle militia and Indian accounts, 7:11; dissolved, 7:14, 384; 8:181, 246, 275, 571; 9:36; 10:50, 63, 96; commissioners named to settle military accounts, 7:15; rebuttal of Board of Trade's rebuke, 7:217; and settlement of accounts of militia, 7:337-40; and resolutions against Stamp Act, 7:384; protests Townshend Acts, 8:180; denounces taking colonists to trial in England, 8:181; meets at Raleigh Tavern, 8:181; 10:96; reasserts sole right to lay taxes, 8:181; and Virginia Association, 8:181, 187-90; 10:96, 99; members illegally elected, 8:246; asks for list of all petitions for land grants, 8:275-76; and negotiations for treaty with Indians, 8:390-91; prorogued, 8:571; expels member for fraud, 9:34; recommendation on monitoring conduct of clergy, 9:38-39; and an American episcopacy, 9:39; disapproves governor's action against counterfeiters, 9:179; petitions regarding duty on rum, 9:453; gives ball for Lady Dunmore, 10:42; petitions presented to, 10:60-64, 64-65; call for day of fasting in support of Boston, 10:98-99; call for First Convention, 10:99. See also House of Burgesses: letters to

The Virginia Almanac, 6:312; 7:168; 8:511, 532

Virginia Association, 10:99, 131, 139, 140

Virginia-Centinel No. X, 3:410, 411-12, 413, 435-37; 4:9, 19-20, 21, 22-23, 29, 110, 189

Virginia Company charter, 10:146

Virginia delegates to Second Continental Congress: letters from: to Thomas Lewis and Samuel McDowell, 10:000; letters to: from Thomas Lewis and Samuel McDowell, 10:000

Virginia Gazette, 6:474; 7:109, 299-300, 349, 352; 8:193

Virginia Justice, 8:222, 223, 249, 290

Virginia military forces: independent companies, 1:224, 226, 227, 236, 292, 316, 326, 336, 338, 339, 342; 3:227-29; 7:114; Adam Stephen and independent companies, 1:236; 7:115; commissaries, 1:312, 314; 5:1-2, 4, 6, 15, 162-63, 174, 210, 211, 420, 445; 6:14, 15, 27; contractors for, 5:1, 5, 29, 30-32, 46-47, 58, 397; 6:15; allowances for troops, 5:30; women accompanying, 5:30; 6:1; storehouses, 5:90-91, 150, 423, 445; and Forbes campaign, 5:102; and act of legislature, 5:115, 130, 135; disposition of forces, 5:157-58; 6:1-2, 3, 6, 24, 27-31; armorers, 5:236, 238, 240; discipline in, 5:238; horses in, 5:238-39; blacksmiths, 5:253; wagonmasters, 5:260; returns of, 5:275-76, 308, 309, 331-32, 345-46, 351-52, 369; 6:26-27; illnesses and medical services in, 5:307, 308, 331, 373; 6:1, 24, 167-68, 172-73; dual commissions in, 5:330, 362; casualties, 5:331; 6:15, 20, 26, 167-68; funds for, 5:373-74; 6:3, 25; orders and instructions to, 6:1, 6; liquor in, 6:1-2, 15, 81; accounts, 6:3; GW's clerk, 6:16, 27-30; officers in, 6:16; Governor Fauquier's support for, 6:22; money for exhausted, 6:22; work on fortifications, 6:25; extra working pay, 6:26; holding prisoners, 6:26; subsistence pay, 6:26; payrolls, 6:26-27; sutlers, 6:315 (see also Wodrow, Alexander); act raising frontier battalion, 6:433; commissioners to settle military accounts, 7:15; Virginia requested to raise more men for the Cherokee campaign, 7:36; deputy quartermaster general for, 7:44; troops not to be raised for Pontiac's War, 7:237, 238. See also Gentlemen Associators

• light horse, 2:77, 212, 279, 282-83, 306; 5:207; movements of, 1:292, 338; 5:199, 211, 216, 235, 283, 317, 325, 348, 363, 368-69, 375, 385, 389, 394; 6:93; orders to, 2:35, 36-37, 119, 169, 313; 3:71-72, 80-81, 94, 100-101, 112-13, 177, 191-92, 282-83, 297-98; 5:387; 6:55, 103, 108, 156-57; organization of, 2:36; misconduct in, 2:104; 3:207, 211-12, 214; recruiting, 2:169, 205-6; desertions in, 2:175, 344; 3:207, 209, 235; muster roll, 2:176; returns of, 2:176, 211; 3:81, 114, 193, 209, 237, 291, 297, 298; 5:330, 369; 6:130-31, 142-43; pay of, 2:202, 214; 3:80-81, 113, 263, 303, 359; 5:204; court-martials in, 3:80; mutiny in, 3:80, 214, 235; accounts of, 3:81, 113; 6:171; illnesses in, 3:100, 113, 235, 290-91, 303; supplies for, 3:100, 177, 178, 298; 5:325; 6:142; appointments and promotions in, 3:101, 251, 428; 4:208; 6:130-31; horses for, 3:113, 117, 207, 236, 298; size rolls, 3:114, 212, 303; 4:346, 361, 409, 410; ordnance for, 3:177, 178, 283; serve on foot, 3:200, 202, 313, 319, 359; noncommissioned officers in, 3:252, 257; 4:277; workmen in, 3:282; volunteers in, 4:426; formation of, 5:192, 198, 204, 236; carried on rolls of 2d Virginia Regiment, 5:198; as example to Pennsylvanians, 5:223; clothing and accoutrements for, 5:236; estimate of expense of, 5:236; arms for, 5:240; value of commission in, 5:248, 380; forage for, 5:256, 388; commander of, 5:313-14, 382; considered a distinct corps, 5:362; training, 6:55; as messengers, 6:90; sent ahead to take possession of Fort Duquesne, 6:157-58, 172; received no pay or allowance, 6:171; casualties, 6:372; provision made for maimed and wounded, 6:372; skirmishes, 6:372. See also Stewart, Robert
• militia, 4:250, 393; adjutancies of, 1:50, 51, 53, 55, 193, 194, 207, 208, 235; 2:28; 4:235; militia act, 1:67; drafts of, 2:30, 32, 44, 66, 122, 123, 174, 189, 355-56; 3:12, 43, 84, 104-5, 181, 202, 234, 362-63, 387; 4:81, 91, 148, 184, 203, 245; 5:139, 151-52; 6:164-65; 7:237; skirmishes with enemy, 2:73, 100-101, 174; 3:120, 313; 5:183, 194-97; 7:339; from Fairfax County, 2:83, 88, 101, 122, 123, 127, 161, 174, 250, 252; from Prince William County, 2:83, 87-88, 101, 174, 250, 252; regulation of, 2:84, 135, 138; 3:42, 431-34, 443; 4:4, 12-14, 24-25, 87-88, 147; orders to, 2:87-88, 93, 100-101, 105, 249, 250; 3:34, 80, 89, 91-92, 95, 109, 118, 121, 122, 123-24, 125, 135, 136, 138, 139-40, 141, 142-43, 144, 145, 147-48, 149, 150, 178, 197, 232, 260, 265, 277-78, 294-95, 386, 438; 4:244, 253-54, 262, 265, 268, 291, 395; 5:184-85, 191; 7:242, 338, 339; from Culpeper County, 2:88, 252; from Augusta County, 2:93, 105, 174, 250; from Frederick County, 2:95, 105, 250; ineffectiveness of, 2:101, 104, 211; discipline of, 2:102, 173-74; 3:1, 82; 4:262, 265, 306; from Louisa County, 2:110, 111; religious services for, 2:111; need for, 2:135, 138; 3:318, 380-81; relations with Virginia Regiment, 2:161, 250, 342; enlistment of, 2:172; from Maryland, 2:178-79; 3:382; 4:270; 5:428-29; misconduct of, 3:6, 12, 70, 96, 99, 108-9, 117-18, 228, 278, 294-95, 310, 313, 359, 405, 431-34; 4:265, 278, 304; 5:242; supplies for, 3:45, 46, 66, 82, 107, 111, 121, 136, 137, 139, 300, 367; 4:2, 12-13, 87-88, 236-37, 253, 261, 265, 269, 291, 403; 5:207-8, 229-30; memoranda respecting, 3:67-68, 71, 76, 88-89, 97, 99, 106, 111, 117, 119, 122, 127-28, 135, 137-38, 145-46, 151, 163, 166-67, 171; sent home, 3:84-85, 102, 104, 130, 165, 178, 232, 234, 263, 267, 278, 337, 339; to work on and man forts, 3:85, 213, 273-74, 292, 361; 5:115-16, 141-43, 152, 158, 216, 228, 230; desertions of, 3:97, 122-23, 137, 138, 145, 146, 150, 151, 160, 171, 178, 225, 234, 236, 248, 284, 315-17, 346-47, 360; artificers (carpenters) with, 3:119, 137, 138, 145, 233, 435; discontent of, 3:122, 225-26, 248; assignments of, 3:127, 137, 146, 159; 5:160; 6:75; council of war, 3:129-30; Quakers in, 3:225; pay of, 3:274, 275, 432, 433-34; 4:4, 7; 7:337-40; questionable drafts of, 3:315-17; punishment of, 3:316; agree to remain on frontier, 3:341, 373; Andrew Lewis appointed to regulate, 4:25, 26, 27; exemptions from draft, 4:81; not to serve outside colony, 4:243-44; officers in, 5:21, 58, 85, 99, 159, 160, 161, 185, 197, 215, 253, 277; 6:76; 7:338-40; 10:44, 91-92, 362; military service, 5:140, 147, 157, 184-85, 193, 195, 205, 219, 229, 444-45; militia refused as escort, 6:26; accounts, 7:11; commanders of, 7:237, 338; to be employed on frontier, 7:237, 242; used during Pontiac's Rebellion, 7:237, 242; use of in place of regiment, 7:242; and commissioners to settle militia accounts, 7:335, 337-40; appointments and promotions, 7:338-40; commandant at Pittsburgh, 10:43; in Dunmore's War, 10:43-44, 59, 90-92, 133, 135, 169-70, 182-84, 362; GW's servants taken into, 10:92
• rangers, 2:101, 104; 5:21, 393; in Braddock campaign, 1:316, 326, 338; acts for raising ranger companies, 1:318, 344, 345; 5:21; and Peter Hog, 2:18; 5:19, 22, 26; in Augusta County, 2:19; 3:315; forts of, 2:75, 137; 3:266, 295; establishment of, 2:90, 92, 109, 344, 345; 3:28, 266, 320; 4:157, 204, 245, 249, 422, 423; 5:1-2, 19, 39, 57, 135; instructions to, 2:90-92, 94, 100-101, 105, 107, 111-12, 133-34, 141-42, 240-42, 243; 3:34, 196, 335; 5:205, 238-39; military service, 2:92, 104, 133-34; 5:140-43, 157, 202, 205, 219, 239, 250-52, 254-55, 262, 306, 393, 445; 6:26-27, 75; misconduct in, 2:95, 241; 3:196; 4:254; 5:253; need for, 2:95, 105; 5:25, 43, 205; supplies for, 2:111-12, 133-34, 138, 142, 281-82; 3:75, 196, 416; 5:39, 91; on Patterson Creek, 2:135; returns of, 2:142; 3:196, 336; 5:308; and Sandy Creek expedition, 2:214; desertions in, 2:243; 3:418, 421; 5:393; casualties in, 3:11; 5:115, 155, 156, 160, 174; engagements with Indians, 3:23-24, 73-74, 77-78, 196, 197, 286; 5:99, 101; pay for, 3:75, 161, 315; 5:220, 229, 242; and Virginia Regiment, 3:200, 265, 266, 317, 320, 337, 360, 388, 394, 397, 404; 6:168-69; funds for, 3:266, 425; 4:6, 9, 61, 216; terms of enlistment, 3:295; 5:19, 21, 39, 57-58; criticism of, 3:360; 5:101; disbanded, 3:395, 397; 4:425; regulation of, 4:3-4, 14, 61; commissions in, 4:4, 14, 25; 5:8, 21, 22, 26, 39, 58, 91, 99, 156, 160, 205, 277, 334, 343; command of, 4:256; 5:91, 445; captured, 5:99; illnesses in, 5:305-6; plan to break Virginia Regiment into ranging companies, 6:168-69. See also Ashby, John; Cocks, William; Dickinson, John (of Augusta County); Hog, Peter; Preston, William; Rutherford, Robert; Smith, John (of Augusta County)
• Scouts (of Virginia Regiment), 2:328, 350; 4:276; and Christopher Gist, 2:98-99; organization of, 2:99; 3:252, 429; 4:152-53; 5:160; recruitment of, 2:99, 125, 129, 180, 235, 247-48; 3:8; 4:319, 336-39; activities of, 2:104; orders to, 2:125, 247-48; 3:35, 52, 297; returns, 2:154, 180; 3:209, 291, 297, 298; payrolls of, 3:156, 301; accounts, 3:161, 184, 301, 315, 325, 360; 4:421; soldiers in, 3:212, 263; 5:453; noncommissioned officers, 3:253, 259; deserters, 3:301; appointments and promotions, 4:61, 208; rank same as in Virginia Regiment, 4:61; reduction of, 4:152-53, 345; volunteers in, 4:298. See also Gist, Christopher
• Virginia regiments (Virginia Regiment of 1754, 1st Virginia Regiment, 2d Virginia Regiment): sutlers, 1:153; 3:157, 160, 245-46, 251, 256, 292; 4:181, 413; 6:32; hostages taken by French, 1:164, 167; 7:36; at Wills Creek, 1:181; orders and instructions to, 1:181, 206; 2:18, 19, 20, 24, 27-28, 36-37, 38-39, 40-42, 45-47, 48, 49-50, 53, 75-77, 78, 100, 112-13, 114, 118, 119, 122, 124, 130-31, 134-35, 136, 139-40, 142-44, 146-47, 148-50, 152-54, 162-63, 166-67, 168, 169, 170, 171-74, 175, 191, 223, 224, 225, 229-31, 233, 244-45, 247, 250-51, 252-53, 254, 256, 259-65, 269, 271, 281, 282, 283, 313-14, 331, 341, 344, 347, 348, 349-50, 354-55; 3:6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18-19, 21, 22, 23, 24-25, 29, 34, 35, 40-41, 44, 52, 53-54, 65, 67, 70, 71, 73-74, 75, 76, 77, 79-81, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98-99, 100-101, 107, 111-14, 118, 119, 123, 124, 128, 135-38, 140, 147, 150, 151, 153-54, 157-62, 164-65, 167, 169, 173, 174, 175, 177-78, 182, 188-89, 191, 194, 195, 198, 206, 207, 212, 213, 222, 226, 227, 230-31, 237, 238-41, 242-43, 250-55, 261-66, 268-83, 285, 291-92, 296, 297-98, 299-301, 305, 309, 311, 333-40, 344-45, 346, 348, 353, 355, 358, 372, 373-74, 378, 379, 382-84, 387-91, 392-93, 394-95, 401-2, 403, 408-9, 413, 419-20, 422-23, 427, 439, 440-44, 446, 453, 454, 456; 4:23-24, 26, 33, 40, 43, 47-48, 55-57, 59, 61, 69-70, 138, 178-82, 186-87, 221-22, 277-78, 284, 320, 341-45, 346-52, 362-64, 5:24, 38, 47, 143-45, 147, 188-89, 191-92, 193-94, 197-98, 211, 216, 237, 238-39, 245, 250-51, 271-72, 286-87, 289-91, 344-45, 364, 378, 384-86, 394-96, 421, 427-29, 430; 6:31-38, 48-52, 53-62, 63, 65-66, 70-73, 77-80, 83-86, 89-90, 95-98, 100-101, 107-24, 125-29, 131-33, 144-45, 146-54, 155-58; 7:14, 20, 46; pay, 1:182, 190, 199; 2:5, 84, 130-31, 139, 152-53, 154-55, 163-64, 171, 181, 188, 189-90, 191, 196-97, 223-24, 236, 239, 245, 262, 274, 288, 311, 349; 3:5-6, 42, 80-81, 83, 99, 100, 103, 113, 123, 132, 133, 135, 140, 154, 155, 156, 158, 160, 161, 180, 192, 193, 194, 203-4, 205, 213, 227, 228, 237, 254, 268, 269, 274, 275, 277, 282, 301, 302-3, 323, 324, 327, 328, 332, 348, 359, 366, 369, 372, 374, 376, 378, 388, 391, 394, 402, 429, 432, 453; 4:46, 66, 68-69, 75, 86, 129, 145, 148, 157, 169, 172, 181, 184, 249, 260, 274, 304, 342, 369; 5:4, 20-21, 40, 55-56, 59, 68, 103, 147, 192-93, 201, 203, 214-15, 249, 285, 289, 290, 392, 393, 442, 454-55; 6:4, 8, 22-23, 81, 99, 112, 134, 163; misconduct in, 1:183, 186; 2:35, 53, 64, 84, 85, 86-87, 95, 102, 116, 123, 135, 144, 147, 171, 176, 211, 212, 225, 231, 240, 253, 254-58, 272, 287, 289, 291, 311, 315, 329, 343, 351; 3:8, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 59, 61-62, 64-65, 75, 76, 77-78, 84, 85, 96-97, 103, 123, 136, 151, 152-53, 160, 164, 207, 211-12, 214, 237, 238, 240, 255, 261, 269, 271, 279, 285, 300, 355, 358, 379, 387, 388-90, 393, 395, 417; 4:40-41, 163, 175-76, 181, 202, 203, 207-8, 230-31, 301, 334, 352, 418-19, 423-26; 5:3, 8, 11-12, 20, 37-38, 84, 162-64, 187-88, 201, 327, 410; 6:136, 185, 189, 192, 314, 343-44, 346-47, 359-60, 412; 7:17; and Indians, 1:185, 187; 5:23-24, 45, 46-47, 270, 403; 6:71, 105, 136, 137-38, 144-46, 148, 157, 159, 466-67; desertion, 1:186, 190, 191, 192, 196; 5:244; 7:17; funds for, 1:186; 2:84, 85, 163-64, 218-19, 303; 3:1, 12, 156, 158, 323, 365, 367, 388; 4:6, 47, 62, 69, 72, 75, 79, 101, 184-85, 216, 244, 249, 266, 288, 290, 292, 293, 304, 311, 316, 352, 396-97, 408, 422; 5:47, 68, 82-83, 221-22; 6:75-76, 81-82, 134, 176, 314, 391-92; build forts, 1:188; 6:162-63, 360; 7:14, 56, 57; returns, 1:188; 2:5, 20, 31, 39-40, 41, 47, 51-53, 55, 57, 59, 60, 79, 80, 110, 111, 112, 136, 142, 145, 176, 177-78, 180, 181, 211, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 230, 231, 237, 247, 328, 330-31, 349; 3:9, 70, 75, 81, 114-15, 132, 134, 138, 154, 160, 162, 175, 184, 188, 191, 195, 200, 203, 204, 205, 209, 214, 215, 228, 230, 234, 237, 240-41, 254, 255, 261, 265-66, 268, 281, 285, 291, 298, 302-3, 309, 311, 333-34, 335, 336, 337, 341, 344-45, 346, 374, 391, 392, 393, 395, 402, 427, 428-29; 4:24, 33, 34, 37, 56, 63, 66-67, 72, 76-78, 104-5, 135, 168, 182, 183, 196, 197, 203, 210, 253, 256, 286, 296, 325-27, 343, 350, 351, 360, 361, 362, 363-64, 385, 387, 392, 394-95, 396, 405-6, 408, 410; 5:1, 4-5, 6-7, 66, 113-14, 122, 124-25, 131-32, 140, 155-56, 165, 177, 179, 199, 216, 220-21, 256-59, 266, 267-69, 279, 285-86, 293, 298, 300, 313, 321-22, 325-26, 348, 370-71, 377-78, 394, 407, 423-24, 442, 445, 447; 6:5, 7-8, 31, 32, 76-77, 89-90, 97, 99, 114-15, 117-18, 123-24, 127, 128, 129, 130-31, 134-35, 139-43, 149, 157, 171, 189; 7:57; state of, 1:189; appointments and promotions, 1:190, 191, 208; 2:17, 35, 40-43, 45-47, 48, 75-77, 99, 106, 108; 2:204; 3:3, 12, 18, 35, 43, 44, 53, 74, 90, 100, 109, 118, 125, 145, 162, 168, 170, 172-73, 190, 204, 224, 250-53, 255, 256-59, 276, 279, 280, 285, 292, 311, 313, 314, 317, 319, 340, 348, 446, 455, 456; 4:7, 24, 60, 65, 67, 69, 77, 100, 123, 149-51, 164, 177, 203-6, 208, 225, 255, 264, 273, 293, 294, 296, 297-98, 299, 300, 303, 310-11, 323, 359, 361, 364, 368, 386, 392, 397, 407, 408-9, 422, 423, 426; 5:2, 6, 15, 20, 24, 27, 39, 42, 43, 55, 65, 66-67, 85, 129-30, 135, 137, 145, 148, 159, 160-62, 163, 166, 167, 171, 180, 201, 204, 215, 216, 220-21, 248, 251, 295-96, 302, 309-10, 313-14, 328, 378, 381-82, 383, 394, 442; 6:5, 45, 93-94, 99, 102-3, 151, 188, 190, 468-70; 7:35, 46, 47, 52, 122; illnesses and medical services in, 1:191; 2:5, 13, 25, 44, 80, 107, 128, 139, 140, 143, 145, 164, 168-69, 217-18, 220, 223-24, 231, 232, 259, 272, 274, 275, 319, 327, 330; 3:100, 113, 132, 134, 190, 213, 235, 236, 261, 277, 278, 290-91, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299-300, 303, 309, 310, 311, 325, 331, 332-33, 337, 365, 369, 376, 382-83, 391, 439; 4:17, 102-3, 280, 281-82, 287, 322, 347-48, 362; 5:7-8, 10-11, 42, 46, 59, 64-65, 103, 174, 190, 192-93, 201, 202, 204, 206, 250, 253, 257, 258, 267, 289, 363-64, 370, 384, 393-94, 395-96, 398-99, 424, 425, 428, 433-34, 446; 6:2, 4, 20, 23-24, 60, 66, 98, 105, 114, 116-17, 121, 127-28, 151-52, 164-65, 169-70, 315, 412; 7:14, 17, 56-57, 114, 120, 170; recruiting and enlistments, 1:198; 2:169, 170, 189, 191, 247, 253; 3:14, 70, 151, 271, 272, 301, 313-14, 319, 324, 359, 388, 392, 395, 396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 404, 405, 406, 416, 417, 423, 453; 4:5, 15-16, 25-26, 43-45, 49, 52, 61-62, 63-64, 70, 71, 103, 104, 111, 141, 142; 5:40-41; 7:18, 56; disposition of troops, 1:206; 3:91-92, 93, 140, 141, 253-54, 265, 266, 310, 333, 334-35, 336-37, 341; 4:127-28, 131-32, 154-55; 5:2, 6-7, 9, 28, 47, 58, 61, 67, 91, 113-14, 122, 124-25, 135, 149-50, 155, 161, 192-93, 194, 198-99, 208-9, 211, 233, 235, 245, 257, 273, 275, 377, 379, 382-83, 384-85, 389-90, 398, 411, 429, 442, 446; 6:15, 32, 78, 80, 93, 98, 107, 117-18, 120, 127, 129, 133-34, 137-38, 146, 150-52; 7:41-42, 162, 169; provision for sick and wounded, 1:207; 3:329, 367; 4:85-86, 145-46, 164; 5:393-94; controversies over rank in, 1:212; 7:35-36, 37, 121; accounts, 1:221-23; 2:182; 3:14, 70, 81, 133, 155, 158, 228, 231, 276, 301, 315, 323-26, 331-32, 360, 362, 365-66, 368-71, 374, 376, 377, 388, 398-99, 401-2, 417, 425; 5:9, 53, 68, 82-83, 252, 285, 300-301; 6:76, 112, 134, 164, 165, 167, 176, 181-82, 193; 7:15, 171; reduced to independent companies, 1:224, 226, 227; letter books for, 1:237; paymasters, 1:254; 4:156; 5:13; 6:184, 470 (see also Boyd, Alexander; Peachey, William; Washington, George); brevet commissions, 1:286; 3:166; 7:52; artificers (carpenters or workmen), 1:326; 2:163, 237; 3:36, 44, 64, 112, 118, 119, 138, 153, 157, 161, 188, 189, 190, 198, 213, 226, 233, 291-92, 348; 4:50, 192, 225, 260, 264, 334, 405; 5:192-93, 199, 209, 211, 218, 233, 235, 268, 275, 286, 364, 367, 377, 411, 426; 6:32, 98, 118, 127, 128, 131, 147, 360; appointment of GW as colonel of, 2:1-8; military chest, 2:2, 6, 7, 44, 127, 163, 200, 202, 203, 213, 218, 280, 281, 303; organization of, 2:4-7, 40-43, 45-47, 259-63; allowances for deceased soldiers, 2:5, 60, 303-4; fifers and drummers, 2:5, 76, 79, 114, 119, 145, 147, 148, 153, 251, 264; 3:5, 80, 107, 118, 263, 279, 315, 396, 401, 404, 409, 429, 439, 444; 4:34, 211; 5:41, 158, 266, 268, 286, 300; 6:7, 32, 58, 117, 127-28, 347; commissaries, 2:6, 7, 21-26, 37, 55-56, 97, 106, 121, 129, 148, 153-54, 163, 164-65, 167-68, 171, 187, 193-94, 200, 204, 213, 224, 269-71, 275, 312, 341-42, 350; 3:15, 54, 66, 84, 130, 139, 143, 144, 151, 154, 162-63, 175, 177-78, 196, 200, 204, 228, 230, 240, 255, 290, 291, 299, 301, 311, 324, 332, 335, 394, 404-5, 420, 422; 4:6, 9, 26, 27, 31, 32, 39, 41, 57-58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 71, 94, 101, 104, 116, 146, 149, 154, 156, 292, 358, 360, 399, 413; 6:104, 156 (see also Chew, Colby; Dick, Charles; Hayton, ----; Hite, John; Kennedy, David; McCulley, John; Rutherford, Robert; Rutherford, Thomas; Steenbergen, Peter; Van Meter, Henry; Walker, Thomas); discipline in, 2:6, 24, 60, 102, 124, 172, 173-74, 203; 3:83, 99, 172, 198, 281, 389, 393; 4:284, 343, 344; 5:251; 6:31, 32-33, 36-38, 71-72, 96, 105; GW's military staff, 2:6, 8, 75, 106, 108, 201, 214, 216, 351, 352; 3:3, 68; 4:410; 5:37, 42; memoranda, 2:7-8, 14-15, 16-17, 20, 22, 28, 34-35, 39, 49, 54, 108, 109, 258, 305; 3:54, 120, 143, 145, 195-96, 238, 267, 278, 430; 4:45, 60, 184-85, 189-91, 201, 202, 211, 212, 220-21, 225, 256-57, 269, 272-73, 276, 283-84, 286-87, 339-40, 357, 403-4; 5:7, 214-15, 236-37; training of, 2:23-24, 27, 39, 57, 134-35, 136, 147, 149, 213, 239, 242-43, 278, 290, 310-11; 3:167, 198, 240, 241, 389, 393, 394; 4:114, 181, 193, 272, 284, 342-43, 344; 5:134, 189; 6:412; platoon exercising, 2:24; drafts for, 2:30, 32, 44, 66, 122, 123, 174, 189, 355-56; 3:2, 12, 37, 38, 42, 82, 84, 85, 102, 104-5, 129, 135, 136, 157-58, 174, 175, 178, 179, 181, 187, 188, 189-90, 192, 201, 202, 205, 212, 224, 226, 227, 232-33, 235, 241, 267, 312-13, 314, 318, 327, 356-57, 358-59, 362-63, 366, 378-79, 386-87, 396, 397, 404, 453; 4:5, 36, 145, 156, 184, 203-4, 274-76, 285, 288-89, 293, 304, 353, 359, 361, 368-69, 384, 405; court-martials, 2:35, 53, 59, 112, 116, 174, 257, 279, 293, 314, 340-41, 344; 3:8, 13, 25, 53, 67, 70, 71, 72-74, 75-76, 77-79, 80, 84, 95, 111, 118, 123, 135-36, 138, 151, 152-53, 167, 188-89, 195, 206, 213, 222, 230, 237, 238-39, 241, 254, 268, 285, 292, 300, 343, 355, 379, 384, 403, 409; 4:84-85, 93, 182, 208, 230-31, 295-97, 299, 311, 313-15, 329-34, 344, 360; 6:34, 36-37, 91-93, 95, 103, 105, 136; storehouses, 2:35, 36, 37, 38, 157, 158, 178, 185, 306; 4:32, 34, 53, 403; punishments in, 2:53, 64, 124, 135, 174, 231, 242, 310, 311, 347, 350; 3:70, 79-80, 84, 97, 103, 105-6, 153, 154, 158, 171-72, 178-79, 188-89, 206, 213, 222, 226, 232, 238, 239, 240, 279, 294, 305, 316, 337, 339, 382-83, 390; 4:6, 9, 18, 40-41, 48-49, 52-53, 57, 64, 93, 103-4, 182, 230-31, 254-55, 306, 360, 368-69, 385-86; 5:11, 40; 6:36-37, 103, 136; criticism of, 2:68, 121, 144, 171, 176, 178, 185, 197, 343-44; 3:12, 13-14, 15-17, 30-31, 33, 36-37, 38, 48, 59, 61-62, 64-65, 85, 185-86, 188, 199, 271, 387, 410; 4:163, 175-76, 255, 319, 336, 383; 5:54, 140, 185-86, 232, 247, 398-99; 6:7; regimental uniform, 2:76; intelligence for, 2:89, 95, 104; 3:10, 304; 4:212-19, 241, 245-46, 257, 258, 264, 294-95; 5:154-56, 407, 409, 411, 412, 417, 433, 440-41; blacksmiths, 2:112-13, 237; 6:3, 4-5, 25; orderly books, 2:124, 149; 6:27-31, 176; volunteers (cadets), 2:128, 279, 280, 319-20; 3:18, 205, 224, 391, 455, 456; 4:123-24, 162, 164, 191, 205-6, 208, 243, 296, 298, 300, 426; 5:24, 129, 145, 153, 159, 161, 168, 185-86, 221; 6:45, 102; "beat the general," 2:135; grand rounds, 2:135; enlistment of apprentices, 2:169, 170, 191, 247; blacks in, 2:189; Indians in, 2:189; mulattoes in, 2:189; 3:276; dispute over command, 2:204; 3:14, 15, 16, 17, 37; 6:173-74; terms of discharge, 2:225; 4:102, 211, 318-19, 338; courts of inquiry, 2:231, 232, 240, 253, 254-56, 256-58, 289, 298, 328; 3:230, 374, 387; 4:204, 207-8, 424-26; 5:3, 10, 121, 162-64; 6:103, 343-44, 347, 360; play produced at Fort Cumberland, 2:234; hatchetmen and camp colormen, 2:236; 5:249; prisoners of, 2:242-43; 4:208-9, 215-16, 217, 232-34, 239-40; 6:121, 158 reorganization of, 2:260, 263, 264; 3:1-2, 4-5, 7, 50, 51, 56, 172-73, 179-80, 200, 201, 224, 225, 232; payrolls, 2:265, 319, 328; 3:156-57; women accompanying, 2:270; 3:339; 4:176, 181, 342; 5:4, 300; 6:60, 128; attempts to put on British establishment, 2:326; 3:166, 437-38; 4:89, 92-93, 303; 7:160-61, 162; augmentation of, 3:1, 12, 45; 4:187-88; 6:433; skirmishes, 3:1, 12, 17-18, 20, 34, 46, 72-74, 81-82, 84, 182-83, 184-85, 197, 237-38, 241, 243, 351, 421, 422; 4:27, 48, 83, 114, 135-36, 162-63, 195-96, 200, 208-9, 215-16, 217, 288; 5:2, 9-10, 12, 151-52, 155-56, 180-81, 249, 282-83, 363, 383, 409; 6:5, 10, 38-42, 44, 121-23, 346-47, 412-13; batmen, 3:5, 6, 134, 253; 4:176; 5:249; 6:129, 149, 155, 167, 432; memorial of officers to House of Burgesses, 3:12, 13, 56; casualties, 3:18, 43, 74, 165, 182-83, 185, 255, 256, 358; 4:48, 60, 83, 121, 124, 135-56, 162-64, 208, 261, 288, 295; 5:53, 54, 85, 129-30, 161, 180-81, 189, 249, 282-83, 363, 383, 409; 6:5, 10, 39-41, 44, 45, 46-48, 52-53, 74, 87, 88, 91, 96, 101-2, 118, 122, 176, 344, 346-47, 412; 7:17, 52; sergeant-majors, 3:22, 292, 321, 383; councils of war, 3:25-26, 38-39, 129-30, 243-46, 340, 342, 447-52; 4:135, 136-38, 219-20; 5:109, 111, 141-44, 170-71; 6:119-20; adjutants, 3:35, 118, 157, 212, 281, 301, 311, 312, 383, 428; 4:204, 429; 5:49, 258, 290, 348; 6:5, 32, 35, 50, 55, 56, 59, 60, 63, 65, 71, 72, 77, 91, 98, 113, 117, 118, 119, 412; 7:47 (see also Hubbard, Edward; Hughes, William); and chain of forts, 3:48-51, 243-46, 309, 334, 342, 358, 415-16; 4:82; necessary rolls, 3:75; 4:345-46; mutinies, 3:80, 214, 235; 4:93, 103-4, 254; terms of service, 3:98, 111, 124, 132-33, 134, 190, 194, 195-96, 202-3, 222, 278, 348; 5:103, 186, 187, 441; resignations, 3:111, 143-44, 250, 255, 256, 272, 319; 5:6, 10-11, 94, 129-30, 201, 216, 296, 298; 6:170, 174-75, 177, 181, 189; size rolls, 3:114, 184, 212-13, 233, 242, 250, 256-59, 263, 298, 302-3, 306-7, 312, 313, 318, 335, 345, 374, 392; 4:278, 312, 345-46, 359, 361, 363-64, 368, 385, 389-91, 392, 394, 409, 410; 5:104; armorers, 3:134; 4:292, 294; 5:178-79, 195-96; 6:113, 175; 7:19 (see also Baker, Joshua); drum major, 3:147; masons, 3:157, 161, 198, 226, 292; officers of, 3:158, 293-94, 347, 385; 5:5, 14-15, 16, 17, 41, 49, 54-55, 63, 70-71, 77, 85, 91, 94, 109, 115, 124, 126, 135, 137, 153-54, 166-68, 171-72, 173, 186-87, 218; 6:5, 8, 13, 32, 35, 38-42, 44, 46-47, 74, 83, 87, 88, 91, 93, 96, 102-3, 118, 127-28, 132, 139-41, 142-43, 146, 150, 176, 180-81, 185, 190, 345-46, 364, 413, 468-69, 470; 7:14, 15, 35-37, 44, 47, 57, 116, 121, 122, 162, 171, 237, 314, 340; 10:1-2, 161 (see also individual names); muster master, 3:205-6, 242, 376; 4:305; allowances for, 3:240, 241-42, 332, 374; 4:16, 70, 147, 156, 176, 193, 197, 216, 245-46, 254, 291, 312; 5:200, 203-4, 209, 211, 272, 321, 325, 428; religion in, 3:295, 409, 417, 419-20, 425, 427, 446, 456; 4:6, 9, 16, 23, 26, 31, 204, 255, 335-36; 5:130, 258; 6:15, 55 (see also Virginia regiments: chaplains); questionable enlistments of militia, 3:315-17; and declaration of war, 3:353-54, 362, 373; convicts in, 3:359; leaves of absence, 3:362, 374, 392; 4:65, 70, 150, 186, 206, 286, 343, 407; 5:47, 59, 62-63, 103; 6:176; 7:12, 46, 71, 112, 161, 180; reduction of, 3:366-67, 399; 4:110, 145, 153-55, 162, 167, 276, 359, 362, 368; 6:345, 470; liquor in, 3:383-84; 5:251, 253, 268, 321; 6:105; and Virginia-Centinel No. X, 3:410, 411-12, 412-13, 435-37; 4:18-23, 28-29, 110; billeting of, 3:414; 4:16, 84; celebrate king's birthday, 3:456; 6:118; pay scale, 4:4, 7, 197; payment for enlistment of servants, 4:5, 70, 158, 164-65, 347; reconstitution of, 4:7; settlement of accounts, 4:30, 32, 37-38, 44, 46, 47, 69, 96, 102, 103, 145, 147-48, 155, 185, 199, 201, 238, 244, 273-75, 284, 289, 290, 316, 325-27, 329, 342, 347, 414; list of draftees discharged, 4:41-43; "Pioneers march," 4:48; "Prisoners march," 4:48; disputes among officers, 4:61, 110-11, 122-23, 202; severity of duty in, 4:65; grievances stated to Lord Loudoun, 4:79-90; pay for Fort Necessity campaign, 4:80-81; prohibited from marching out of colony, 4:81, 145, 148; 6:80, 111-12, 124; contractors for, 4:96, 311, 396-98, 409, 413, 414, 421 (see also Ramsay, William); 5:310; extraordinary pay for soldiers working on public works, 4:99; incorporation of Richard Pearis's men into, 4:105; petition of officers for redress of grievances, 4:112-15, 120-21; differences from provincial troops, 4:114; sent to South Carolina, 4:127, 128-30, 158, 159, 163, 175, 176, 372-75; 5:40-43, 90, 92, 114, 122, 136, 148, 155-56, 158; disallowance of GW's commission for settling and paying accounts, 4:148, 149, 156; allowance for GW's table and expenses, 4:149, 156; 6:80, 166; quartermasters, 4:151, 152, 423-26; 5:3-4, 8-9, 49, 174, 237, 281; 6:32, 117, 127, 389 7:52; (see also Kennedy, David); John Stanwix as commanding officer, 4:160; monument erected to missing soldiers, 4:163; lists and ranking of officers, 4:166-67, 203, 205, 297-98, 340, 432; strength of, 4:216, 220-21; quarrel between officers and Indian agent, 4:232-34, 239; bounty for draftees and volunteers, 4:236-37, 267, 268, 274-75, 279, 281, 290, 304; martial law for draftees, 4:255, 304; draftees rendezvous at Fredericksburg, 4:265; need for more officers, 4:265; marking of names and company on clothing, etc., 4:272; list of sergeants, 4:276-77; treatment of draftees and volunteers, 4:277-78; Andrew Lewis to command troops on southern frontier, 4:303-4; officers order Philadelphia newspapers, 4:388, 399-400; fort majors, 5:10, 71, 204; post commanders, 5:46-47, 85, 111, 128, 145, 204; guides for, 5:61; 6:137, 149; kill James Cox and John Lane, 5:62, 120-21, 129-30; surgeons in, 5:65, 289, 298, 300; 6:32, 83, 117, 127, 165; 7:71; "A State of the Strength of Each Company & where Station'd," 5:67; praised, 5:71, 198, 279; 6:105, 110; and quarrel with John Baylis, 5:83-85, 95-97; GW resumes command of, 5:102, 118; acts continuing regiments, 5:115-16, 135; 6:49, 65, 80-82, 87-88, 111-12, 124, 154-55, 418-20, 470; 7:20, 113, 115; replacement of, 5:115-16, 139, 141-42, 152, 157-58, 185, 193, 216, 219, 228-30; William Byrd commands, 5:118; 6:175, 190, 314; chaplains, 5:130-31, 130-31, 298; 6:32, 117, 127; acts raising, 5:135; 6:22, 22-23; 7:115; proposed exchange of officers, 5:140, 141; sergeants made officers in Carolina regiment, 5:158; comparisons of two regiments, 5:186, 200, 204; discharges in, 5:216, 392-93; use Maryland arms, 5:236; work on roads, 5:247, 280-82, 296, 311, 318, 345, 346, 365; 6:103, 107, 128, 129, 131-33, 135-36, 138, 141, 150, 152-54; 7:57; scouting parties, 5:291; brigade majors, 5:309-10, 313-14, 362, 442-44; 6:114, 151 (see also Steuart, Walter; Stewart, Robert); equipment, 5:382, 392; celebrations of, 5:429, 455; conflict between Adam Stephen and John St. Clair, 5:454-55; 6:7, 17; soldiers in, 6:4-5, 26, 36-37, 46-47, 64, 96, 102-3, 118, 136, 167, 372; 7:14, 47, 171, 314; military staff, 6:13, 32; act limits commissions in, 6:22; brigaded, 6:30, 125-27; pardons in, 6:37; heroism in, 6:39, 42, 44-45, 46; GW's report on the guards, 6:58; on scout, 6:58, 141-42; court-martial commission, 6:62; staff officers disallowed, 6:80, 166, 173-75; effects of dead officers sold, 6:97; number of noncommissioned officers allowed, 6:102; gunsmiths, 6:113; bakers for, 6:114; food rations, 6:120, 151, 152; Virginia troops fire on each other, 6:121-23; staff officers, 6:127; 7:35, 44; brigade subdivided, 6:129, 146-47, 149-50; scouts for, 6:140; subalterns to march at rear of platoons, 6:147; platoons never to be separated, 6:151; and king's commissary, 6:155-56; dogs to be disposed of, 6:156; orders of march and battle, 6:156-57; at capture of Fort Duquesne, 6:158; poor condition of, 6:159, 162-63, 165, 171, 175-76, 412; 7:16-17, 18-19; to be supplied out of Indian goods, 6:163-64; to be broken up into ranger companies, 6:168-69; dual commissions held by officers, 6:169, 188, 190, 468; 7:36, 71-72; GW's recruiting from 2d Virginia Regiment for 1st Virginia Regiment, 6:171; dislike of Adam Stephen, 6:174, 189; conditions in regiment at end of 1758, 6:175-76; GW's clerk, 6:176; address of officers to GW, 6:177-81; dispute with Adam Hoops, 6:185; address to governor and council, 6:186-87; GW's reply to address of officers, 6:186-87; Adam Stephen commands, 6:314, 433; 7:115; Thomas Waggener seeks promotion, 6:345, 363; memorial concerning land, 6:389; half-pay scheme for officers, 6:391-92, 419; take scalp, 6:412; part of regiment to remain on Virginia frontier, 6:413, 433; expedition to Fort Loudoun (Cherokee fort), 6:420, 431-33, 467, 470; to repair Braddock Road, 6:432; act for augmentation of forces, 6:433; frontier battalion, 6:433, 469, 470; refortify Venango, 6:433, 454, 470; officers seeks commissions in British army, 6:455; officers paid salary for doing duty of missing officers, 6:468-70; allowed to act with British forces outside Virginia, 6:470; campaign against Cherokee, 7:20, 35, 36, 48, 56, 57; army to consist of raw recruits, 7:35; need for adjutant general, 7:35; movements of, 7:46, 47, 51, 56, 57, 237; William Byrd resigns from regiment, 7:58; Burgesses vote down extension of, 7:112; Jeffery Amherst opposed to dissolution of, 7:113; disbanded, 7:114, 115, 120, 170; raising of new regiment, 7:115; petition to the king, 7:117-19, 169-70, 171; Jeffery Amherst requests new regiment, 7:121; and dispatch of representative to London, 7:160; "riot and Drunkenness" of disbanded soldiers, 7:169; money voted for disbanded officers by Burgesses, 7:169-70; roll of officers and soldiers in the Virginia Regiment of 1754, 8:451-52. See also Clothing; Desertion; Impressment; Military law; Ordnance; Provision and supply; Recruiting; Servants; Tents

Virginian (ship), 7:21, 22, 74, 359, 386, 387, 388; 8:100

Virginia Society for the Advancement of Useful Knowledge, 9:355, 356; 10:76, 79, 141

The visions of purgatory, 6:294; 7:347

Vobe, Jane, 7:2, 7, 262, 314; 8:83, 453; 9:116, 117, 260; 10:76, 78, 219

Vobe's tavern, 7:7

Voltaire, 8:341

A Voyage Round the World, 6:300; 7:345, 349; 9:116, 118

Vulcan (slave; Thomas Walker's), 7:315

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