Prisoners of War-Forbay Ship Prison -1781


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List of North Carolina and South Carolina Militia Prisoners of War

Forbay Prison Ship, Charles Town, Harbour, 18th May, 1781.
Roll of the Militia Prisoners on board said Ship

Volume 17, Pages 1044-1046

Axson, Williams, Junr.,
Ash, Samuel,
Arthur, George,
Anthony, John,
Atmore, Ralph,
Barnwell, John, Major,
Baddily, John, Do.,
Barnwell, Edward, Capt.,
Bonnethean, Peter, Capt., Lt.,
Bembridge, Henry,
Black, John, Lieut.,
Branford, William,
Ball, Joseph,
Barnwell, Robert,
Blumdell, Nath'l,
Bricken, James,
Bailey, Francis,
Basqum, William,
Clarke, Jonathan,
Cockran, Thomas,
Cooke, Thomas,
Calhoone, John, (protection)
Cray, Jos., Capt. 16 Aug., '80,
Conyers, Norwood,
Cox, James,
Commius, Richard,
Cohen, Jacobs,
Dewar, Robert,
Dessaussure, William,
Dorsius, John,
Dunlap, Joseph,
Edmunds, Rever,
Eveliegh, Thomas,
Edwards, John, Junr.,
Edwards, John Warren,
Elliott, Thomas, Senr.,

Elliott, Joseph, Junr.,
Evans, John,
Eberly, John,
Ezan, John, (protection),
Elliott, William,
Guerard, Benjamin,
Gibbons, John,
Grayson, Thomas,
Guerard, Peter,
Graves, William,
Geir, Christian,
Gadsden, Phillip,
Graves, John,
Glover, Joseph,
Grott, Francis,
George, Mitchel,
Harvey, Wm., Lieut.,
Henry, Jacobs,
Holmes, William,
Hamilton, David,
Hughes, Thomas,
Holmes, John B.,
Heward, James,
Harris, Thomas,
Hornby, William,
Jones, George,
Jacobs, Daniel,
Kent, Charles,
Kain, John,
Lockhart, S., Capt. 16 Aug. '80,
Libby, Nathaniel,

Liston, Thomas,
Lee, Stephen, Lieut.,
Legare, Thomas,
Lessesne, John,
Legbert, Henry,
Meyers, Phillip,
Michl, John,
Minott, John, Senr.,
Moncrieff, John,
Magdalen, Charles,
Minott, John, Junr., (Protection, 61 years of age does Miller Samuel, not mean to be exchanged.)
Moore, St'n, Col. 16 Aug, '80,
Murphy, William,
Monks, George,
Morgan, Jonathan,
Moss, George, Doct.,
Marriett, Abraham,
Miller, Solomon, Lieut.,
Neufville, John, Jun.,
Neufville, William,
Owen, John,
Prioleau, Samuel, Senr.,
Prioleau, Phillips,
Pinkney, Charles, Junr.,
Pogas, James,
Palmer, Job,
Robinson, Joseph,
Revin, Thomas,
Rhodes, Daniel,
Righton, Joseph,
Scott, John, Senr.,
Snelling, William,
Stephenson, John, Junr.,
Stephens, Daniel,
Snyder, Paul,
Smith, Samuel,
Seavers, Abraham,
Singleton, Rippily,
Scotton, Samuel,

Sayle, William,
Shrewsbury, Stephen,
Tousiger, James,
Tandirs, John,
Tayloe, Paul,
White, Sime., Lieut.,
Wigg, William,
Williams, James,
Warham, Charles, Adj't.,
Waring, Thomas, Sen'r,
Waring, Richard,
White, Isaac,
Welch, George,
Wheeler, Benjamin,
Waties, John, Jun'r,
Wilcocks, William,
Warham, David,
Wilkie, William,
You, Thomas,
Yeadon, Richard,

[Note.—These were doubtless prisoners mostly of the battle of Camden, Aug., 1780. Those of the two States cannot be separated, but the list is of interest in itself.—Ed.]

Source: Colonial & State Records of North Carolina,

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