Name/Title
Military Roll of Warren, RI Soldiers and Their Substitutes (1777)Entry/Object ID
2025.02.11.02Tags
MilitaryDescription
“A true list of all the soldiers in the Town of Warren”Context
Notable for listing names of Warren residents. Roll also lists names of substitute soldiers from surrounding towns.Made/Created
Date made
1777Time Period
18th CenturyPlace
City
WarrenState/Province
Rhode IslandRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
A true list of all the soldiers in the Town of Warren both in the Alarm & Militia lists who were drafted the 28th day of September AD. 1777. To serve one month from the first day of October [beginning] the date above in my Company under the command of the Honorable Major General Spencer.
{|
| Mens Names Drafted
| Their Substitutes
| Where the Substitutes Belonged
|-
|1. Martin Luther
| Jeremiah Jolles
| Bristol
|-
| 2. Sylvester Child
|Joshua Turner
|Palmers River
|-
| 3. Benjamin Cole
| Willim Mee[ker?]
| Rehoboth
|-
| 4. John Mason
| John Woodmansee
| Swansey [Swansea]
|-
| 5. Benjamin Diman
| Ebenezer Blanding
| Palmers River
|-
| 6. Shubal Burr
| Samuel Viall
| Barrington
|-
| 7. Bannard Miller
| Job Miller
| Warren
|-
| 8. Daniel Cole
| Esquire Pearse
| Rehoboth
|-
| 9. [scratched out] James Miller
|
|
|-
| 10. James Child Second
|
|
|-
| 11. John Child Second
| James Brown
| Barrington
|-
| 12. Shubal [?]
| Daniel Bullock
| Rehoboth
|-
| 13. Marmaduke Mason
| Joseph Mason
| Warren
|-
| 14. William Barton
| Christopher Bowen
| Palmers River
|-
| 15. Benjamin Barton
| Grindal Chafee
| Swansey [Swansea]
|-
| 16. Edward Gardner
| Joseph Thayer
| Mendon
|}
{| Warren Militia who were Added to my Company
| Their Substitutes
| Whence the Substitutes Belonged
|-
| 1. Ichabod Cole
|
|
|-
| 2. Edward Mason
|
|
|-
| 3. James Child
| James Bowen
| Warren
|-
| 4. Gardner Mason
| Rufus Chase
| Swansey [Swansea]
|-
| 5. William Lewis
| Joseph Allen
| Barrington
|-
| 6. Benjamin Cole 2nd
|
|
|-
| 7. Edward Eddy
| Peter McMillion
| Warren
|-
| 8. [?] Baher
| Elisha Mason
| Palmers River
|-
| 9. James Mannelle
| Nathaniel Cole
| Swansey [Swansea]
|-
| 10. Nathan Haile
| George Briggs
| Norton
|-
| 11. James Short
|
|
|-
| 12. Nathaniel B. Whitting
| Peter Richards
| Newport
|-
| 13. John Child 3rd
| Joseph McMillion
| Warren
|-
| 14. Richard Barton
| Ephraim Cole
| Swansey [Swansea]
|-
| 15. Richard Haile Jr.
|
|
|-
| 16. Elisha Finney
| Henry Piche
| Rehoboth
|-
| 17. Thomas Burden
| Thomas Stevens
| Newport
|-
| 18. Bennajah Cole
| Entered the eleventh of the month
|
|-
| 19. Jonathan Sisson
| sick and [illegible] Alman Baker 15 day
|
|-
| 20. Cromwel Child the 2nd
| James Case
| Swansey [Swansea]
|-
| 21. Samuel Miller
|
|
|- 22. Samuel Burr
| John Bowen
| Warren
|-
| 23. Hezekiah Butterworth
| Anthon Thrasher
| Warren
|}
N.B. all those with a long stroke did their own tour of duty
Witness Daniel Bradford Captain AlarmNotes
Side of note indicates it was sent to William T. Miller.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Roll, MusterNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Record, MilitaryNomenclature Primary Object Term
Record, ExecutiveNomenclature Sub-Class
Government RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
military personnel, muster rollsLocation
Location
Area
Revolutionary DisplayDate
April 17, 2025Location
Cabinet
Display Case 10Room
Charles Whipple Greene Historical CollectionBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
April 17, 2025Location
Box
Document Box 11Area
Museum Floor LandingBuilding
George Hail Free LibraryDate
February 18, 2025Condition
Overall Condition
Very GoodNotes
Item is encased in protective plasticRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Benjamin Cole, Daniel ColeRelated Places
Place
City
Warren, BarringtonState/Province
Rhode Island, MassachusettsRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaExhibition
Warren During the Revolutionary WarCreate Date
February 11, 2025Update Date
August 13, 2025
