Estimate of Militia Strength, [ca. 4 September 1780]

Estimate of Militia Strength

[ca. 4 September 1780]

before called on	No. of Militia	No. called for	Delinquents
Pittsylva.	725	97	45
Bedford	1535	202	137
Halifx.	1139	141	31
Charlotte	656	89	30
Mecklbg.	975	128	45
Pr. Edwd.	560	75	19
Amelia	1125	154	21
Lunbg.	620	83	30
Dinwiddie	750	100	39
Brunsw.	1200	161	118
Buckingh.	625	84	37
Amherst	600	135	84
Powhatan	350	47
Cumbld.	486	61	0
Chestfd.	850	114	17
Goochld.	550	75	22
Louisa	700	94	37
Henrico	624	83	14
Hanover	1000	135	13
Fluvanna	296	40	17
Caroline	957	128	27
Spotsylva.	675	92	9
Orange	600	80	35
Henry	800	108	54
	18398	2506	881
Counties betw. Allegany & Bl. R.	No. of Militia	- 1/15	No. called for
Frederick	1196	1116	112
			-30
Berkeley	1100	1027	103
			-30
Hampshire	1031	962	96
			-30
Shenandoah	925	863	86
			-26
Rockingh.	800	747	75
			-23
Augusta	1525	1423	142
			-35
Gr. Briar	550	514	51
			-16

Rockbridge	625	583	58
			-18
Botett.	781	729	73
Montgom.	625	583	58
Washington	965	900	90
			944
Counties between Bl. ridge & ti. waters.1
Loudon	1900	1774	177
Fauquier	1125	1050	105
Culpeper	1728	1613	161
			443
On tide waters not exposed
K. George	416	388	39
Stafford	725	677	68
Pr. William	781	728	73
Fairfax	800	747	75
			255
where Conventioners
Albemarle	900	840	84
Counties on tidewaters, exposed
Accomack	1200	1120	112
Northampt.	500	467	47
			159
Lancaster	232	217	21
Northumbld.	703	656	66
Westmoreld.	481	449	45
Richmond	520	485	48
			180
Gloster	850	794	79
Middlesx.	220	205	20
Essex	630	588	59
K. & Queen	575	537	54
K. Wm.	475	443	44
			256
Eliz. City	162	151	15
Warwick	121	113	11
York	225	210	21
Wmsbgh.	150	140	14
Jas. city	188	176	18

Chas. City	310	290	29
New Kent	410	383	38
			146
Pr. George	420	392	39
Sussex	682	637	64
Southampt.	842	786	79
Surry	390	364	36
I. of Wight	650	607	61
Nansemond	750	700	70
Norfolk	905	845	84
Princss. Ann	600	560	56
			489
Delinquents			990
Between Allegany & Bl. ridge			944
Between Bl. ridge and tide wat.			443
On tide waters, not exposed			255
County where Conventioners are			840
On tide waters exposed. East. shore			159
betw. Patowm. & Rappahan.			180
betw. Rappahan. & York			256
betw. York & James river			146
betw. Jas. riv. & Carolina			489

Tabular MS (DLC); entirely in TJ’s hand. Without date.

These calculations of Virginia’s militia strength were obviously drawn up in preparation for the Advice of Council assigned to this date (preceding) and the letters to the County Lieutenants (following), for the data in all these documents closely correspond where they overlap. In DLC: TJ Papers, 6: 1069–70, are two other lists of the Virginia counties in TJ’s hand, apparently preliminary to the present paper, with the total militia strength of each county entered and containing numerous corrections; one of these tabulates the counties alphabetically and the other classifies them by location.

1. The following (and also Albemarle, below) are merely the counties between Tidewater and the Blue Ridge not previously called on for militia in the southern campaign. In the second (or classified) preliminary list referred to above, Loudoun, Fauquier, Culpeper, and Albemarle are listed, together with all the counties from Pittsylvania to Henry in the list here printed, as “Between the Blue-ridge and Tide-waters.”

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Title: Estimate of Militia Strength, [ca. 4 September 1780]
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 4 September 1780

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Cite as: “Estimate of Militia Strength, [ca. 4 September 1780],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-03-02-0697. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 3, 18 June 1779 – 30 September 1780, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, pp. 599–601.]