Cherokee Expedition of 1776, Roster

On the first day of August, 1776, the Virginia Council ordered that a commission issue appointing William Christian, Esq., colonel of the first battalion and commander-in-chief of all the forces raised for nse in the expedition against the Cherokee Indians. It was decided to send two battalions of troops upon this expedition, which were officered as follows:

Commander-in-chief, William Christian
Colonel, first battalion, William Christian
Major, first battalion, Evan Shelby
Surgeon, first battalion, Joseph Starke
Colonel, second Battalion, Charles Lewis
Surgeon, second battalion, George Hart

Captain James Thompson and his company formed the life guard of Colonel Christian, the commander-in-chief, upon this expedition.

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Roster

Data Extracted from Thomas Berry Page, and alphabetized

Name	Rank	Casualties	Probable Person Article	Comment
John Adair	Private
John Adair	Private
Matthew Allison	Private
Jacob Anderson	Private
James Arnold	Private
James Beats	Private
William Bennett	Private
Thomas Berry	Private	wounded
George Berry	Private	wounded
James Berry	Private
James Berry	Private
Thomas Berry	Private
Isaac Bledsoe	Captain
Anthony Bledsoe	Private
Robert Boggs	Captain
James Bradley	Private
Adam Bransteter	Private			Clearly the same last name. Perhaps this is a father and son, and they left off the Jr. and Sr.
Adam Brazsteter	Private
Littleton Brooks	Private
William Brown	Private
James Buford	Private
Alexander Butler	Private
George Caldwell	Private
George Caldwell	Private
William Calvert	Private
James Cameron	Private
John Campbell	Captain
Robert Campbell	Private
James Campbell	Private
Robert Campbell	Private
Samuel Campbell	Private
Samuel Campbell	Private
Hanrist Carlock	Private		Person:Hanchrist Carlock (1)	Unusualness of name makes this identification fairly easy. Hanscrist lived in the Bakers Creek area
Onsby Carney	Private
William Carr	Private
David Carson	Private
William Christian	Col, First Battalionand Commander of Expedition
John Cochran	Private
William Cocke	Captain
Charles Cocke	Private
Jacob Cogor	Private
George Coon	Private
Andrew Cowan	Private		person:Andrew Cowan (22)	Son of person:David Cowan (1); Both of whom settled on Boyd's Creek, along line of March of Cherokee Expedition of 1776, and Cherokee Expedition of 1780.
Robert Cowden	Private
Abraham Crabtree	Private
John Craig	Private
John Craig	Private
John Crane	Private
Lewis Crane	Private
William Crawford	Private
James Daugherty	Private
James Deran	Private
Michael Dougherty	Private
Samuel Douglas	Private	wounded
Benjamin Drake	Private
? Duncan	Captain	killed
Ephraim Dunlap	Private
Jacob Early	Private
Samuel Eason	Private
Amos Eaton	Private
William Edmiston	Private			Presumably one of the Edmiston's of SW VA.
Nicholas Edwards	Private
Nicholas Edwards	Private
David English	Private
Samuel Ewin	Private
Samuel Ewing	Private
Samuel Fair	Private
Gideon Farris	Private
John Finley	Private
Robert Finley	Private
Thomas Fowler	Private
Michael Francisco	Private
Frederick Frasly	Private			Possibly Person:Frederick Fraley (1), and the surname is incorrectly. F transcribed. Fraley's surname appears in lots of variants (e.g., "Friley"), but this is pretty far off.
William Frogg	Private
John Furnham	Private
Robert Gambell	Private
Jacob Gardner	Private
Samuel Gay	Private
David Getgood	Private
John Gibson	Private
Miachael Gleaves	Private
John Goff	Private
Thomas Goldsby	Private
John Gordon	Private
Benjamin Gray	Captain
James Greer	Private
Francis Hamilton	Private
James Hamilton	Private
Robert Hardwicke	Private
John Harris Jr.	Private
John Harris Sr.	Private
James Harris	Private
George Hart	Surgeon, First Bat
William Haynes	Private
Leonard Helm	Private
Daniel Henderson	Private
William Henson	Private
Jesse Henson	Private
William Hicks	Private
Humphrey Higgins	Private
Thomas Hobbs	Private	wounded
Peter Hoff	Private
William Hogart	Private
Stephen Holston	Private
John Houzshel	Private
David Hunter	Private
William Ingram	Private
Samuel Ingram	Private
Christopher Irwin	Private
David Irwin	Private
Andrew Irwin	Private
Jonathon Jennings	Private
Cuthbert Jones	Private
Francis Katherine	Private
James Kelley	Private
Solomon Kendrick	Private
Daniel Kidd	Private
Lambert Lane	Private
William Lane	Private
William Lane	Private
John Latham	Private
Charles Lewis	Col., Second Battallion
Aaron Lewis	Captain
Isaac Lindsay	Private
Andrew Little	Private
valentine Little	Private
Benjamin Logan	Private
Thomas Logwood	Private
Philip Love	Private
Thomas Madison	Captain
William Markland	Private
Jonathon Martin	Private
Samuel Martin	Private
James Mason	Private
James McCain	Private
James McCarthy	Private
John McClanahan	Private
James McClern	Private
Daniel McCormack	Private
James McDonald	Private
Robert McElheney	Private
James McFarland	Private
John McFarland	Private
David McKenzie	Private
Robert McNutt	Private
Joseph McReynolds	Private
William Meade	Private
Ebenezer Meads	Private
George Miller	Private
William Milum	Private
William Mitchell	Private
John Montgomery	Captain			of Southwest Virginia ?
Samuel Montgomery	Private			of Southwest Virginia ?
Henley Moore	Private
Gideon Morris	Private
John Muldrough	Private
Philip Mulhey Jr.	Private
Philip Mulhey Sr.	Private
Jonathon Mulhey	Private
Patrick Murphy	Private
William Nettles	Private
James Newell	Private
George Newland	Private
Michael Ocheltree	Private
Michale Ohair	Private
Arthur Onsbey	Private
George Parker	Private
William Peoples	Private
Joseph Perrin	Private
Edward Piggett	Private
William Preston	Captain
Robert Preston	Private
Thomas Price	Private
Meredy Rains	Private
William Ramsey	Private
Thomas Ramsey	Private
John Reburn	Private
Joshua Renfro	Private
John Rice	Private
Benjamin Rice	Private
William Rice	Private
William Rice	Private
Charles Rice	Private
Henry Rice	Private
James Richardson	Private
Henry Richardson	Private
Isaac Riddle	Private
James Robinson	Private
Edward Ross	Private
William Ross	Private
David Rouncessal?	Private			There was a Long Hunter with approximately this surname
Isaac Rounceval	Private			There was a Long Hunter with approximately this surname
Michael Rowland	Private
Jeremiah Rush	Private
William Russell	Captain		Perhaps the sons of Brigadier General Russell of Castle's Woods
Joseph Russell	Private
James Sawyers	Private
Christina Schultz	Private
Matthew Scott	Private
George Scott	Private
John Sevier	Captain
Evan Shelby	Major, First Battalion
John Simpson	Private
Daniel Smith	Captain
David Smith	Private
Daniel Smith	Private
Thomas Smith	Private
James Smith	Private
Joab Springer	Private
Joseph Starke	Surgeon, First Battalion
Jacob Stearns	Private			Probably related t Frederick Starnes who settled on Bakers Creek in Castles Woods
James Steel	Private
Robert Stephenson	Private
Robert Stewart	Private
Isbea Talbert	Private
Benjamin Thomas	Private
Richard Thomas	Private
Isaac Thomas	Private
James Thompson	Captain
Peter Turney	Private
James Tuttle	Private
Jacob Vance	Private
John Walker	Private	<td	One of these is probably person:John Walker ( ) John Walker IV;
John Walker	Private
James Walker	Private
Andrew Wallace	Private			Possibly connected to the Michael Woods family
David Wallace	Private			Possibly connected to the Michael Woods family
Christopher Warren	Private
William White	Private
Henry Whitner	Private
Lewis Whitner	Private
Philip Williams	Private
James Williams	Private
Evan Williams	Private
William Wills	Private
Moses Winters	Private
Jacob Womack	Captain
J__ Womack	Private
John Wood	Private			Possibly connected to the Michael Woods family
Lance Woodward	Private
James Young	Private