State of the Virginia Forces, [2 May 1780]
State of the Virginia Forces
[2 May 1780]
| State of the Virginia Forces State of the Virginia forces in Continental service, including the rank & file & Non-commissioned officers only | Temporary enlistments not expiring before Sep. 30, 1780. |
Enlistments for terms not specified in the returns |
Enlistments for the War. |
Total counted as of our Quota |
Enlistments expiring between dates of returns & Sep. 30. & therefore not counted as of our Quota |
| Infantry with the main army, including the 1st & 2d. state regiments, as by return from Genl. Washington of Dec. 26. 1779. | 181. | 1456 | 1637. | 1377 | |
| Colo. Gist’s regiment; as by Colo. Cabell’s return of Oct. 1779. | 53 | 70 | 123. | 99. | |
| Recruits sent to the Southward under Genl. Scott, as by his return Nov. 18. 1779. | 1002. | 1002. | |||
| Colo. Porterfeild’s detachment of Infantry to South Carolina, as by his return May 2. 1780. | 134. | 84. | 218. | *1711 | |
| Colo. Harrison’s regiment of artillery, as by Genl. Washington’s return Dec. 26. 1779.2 | 4. | 81. | 85. | 129. | |
| Colo. Hazen’s regiment, as by return from Continentl. War office Feb. 23. 1780. | 12 | 12 | |||
| Majr. Caleb Gibbs’s corps of guards, as by return of War office Feb. 23. 1780. | 37 | 37 | |||
| Virginia troops at Fort Pitt as by return from Genl. Washington Nov. 1779. | 308 | 308 | 100 | ||
| Colo. Taylor’s regiment of guards to the Convention troops, enlisted during the stay of those troops in Albemarle | 297. | 297. | |||
| Colo. Moylan’s horse, as by letter from Genl. Washington of Feb. 16. 1780. | 63 | 63 | |||
| Reid’s troop of Majr. Nelson’s horse on service with the Convention troops Albemarle | 29 | 29. | |||
| Two troops of Majr. Nelson’s horse detached to S. Carolina undr Colo. Porterfeild, return, May 2. 1780. | 23 | 41. | 64. | ||
| Colo. Baylor’s horse (exclusive of those in Carolina at the date of the return) as by return Oct. 13. 1779. | 138. | 138 | |||
| Colo. Bland’s horse, no return: but said by the commanding officer to be about | 140 | 140. | |||
| Majr. Lee’s horse as by letter from Genl. Washington Mar. 9. 17803 | 52 | 52. | |||
| 395. | 1781.4 | 2029 | 4205 | 1876. |
MS (DLC); entirely in TJ’s hand.
This memorandum could not have been completed before 2 May 1780 (see the fourth and twelfth entries). In DLC: TJ Papers, 5: 723, is “A General Return of the Southern Detachment of State Troops under the comd. [of] Lt Colo. Porterfield, Specifying the expiration of their service, May 2nd 1780,” signed “Cs. Porterfield” and directed to “His Excelcy. Thomas Jefferson.” The total there given is 433.
1. Below this column is a corresponding asterisk followed by a note reading: “these enlistments do not expire till Aug. & Sep. 1780.”
2. At this point occurs a marginal note which applies to the first five entries in the table: “Marched, or or[dere]d to South Carolina.”
3. At this point occurs a marginal note which applies to the last four entries in the table: “[M]ar[ched t]o S. Carolina.”
4. Below this column appears the following note: “Scott’s brigade serve through the campaign of 1780. The cavalry is increased in numbers. Reid’s troop is for the war.”