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But few of the rolls of Companies which participated in the battle of Point
Pleasant, or which arrived on the field that evening with Colonel William
Christian, are known to be in existence. Far the greater number have been lost
in the shades of oblivion. It is possible that some others, in addition to those
we now have, may yet be found, among the musty and dusty documents of public
record offices and libraries; but this is not probable. There were eleven
companies in the Augusta Regiment, under Colonel Charles Lewis; eight companies
in the Botetourt Regiment, under Colonel William Fleming; and seven companies in
the Fincastle Battalion, under Colonel William Christian. In addition thereto,
there was one company of Minute Men from Culpeper county, under Colonel John
Field, ( acting Captain); a company of Volunteers from Dunmore (now Shenandoah)
county, commanded by Captain Thomas Slaughter; a company of Riflemen from
Bedford county, at the head of which was Captain Thomas Buford; and a company of
Kentucky Pioneers, led on by Captain James Harrod. Of the rolls of these
companies- thirty in numbers-only the following eleven are known to exist. We
print them by permission of the copyright proprietors, the originals being in
the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
From the foregoing official rosters it will
be seen that they contain five hundred and
thirty-one names. If to these we add those of
the captains, of the nineteen companies, whose
names are known, but of which we have no
rosters, we shall have a total of five hundred
and fifty names of the men who were with the
Southern Division, or left wing of Dunmore's
Army, commanded by General Lewis.
Note - The "Documentary History of
Dunmore's War" is the chief and by far the
most reliable source from which to obtain
rosters of the companies engaged in the battle
of Point Pleasant, and we print there-from all
of those which participated in that struggle.
In addition to these, that work contains rolls
or lists of men engaged in defending the
frontier in 1774. These included the companies
of:
