Certifying the Service of Major Finley
Document 1791Lebiger certifies that when he took command of the troops at Cumberland Courthouse after the surrender of Yorktown, he directed Major Finley, then posted at Penn's Tavern in Amherst County, to join with his detachment. Finley was Major at the post until March 1782 when he marched with the battalion under command of Lieutenant Colonel Rawlings to join the southern army under General Green and continued in service until the end of the war.
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Colonel Febiger's
Certificate relative to
the Services of Major Hurley
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Lebiger certifies that when he took command of the troops at Cumberland Courthouse after the surrender of Yorktown, he directed Major Finley, then posted at Penn's Tavern in Amherst County, to join with his detachment. Finley was Major at the post until March 1782 when he marched with the battalion under command of Lieutenant Colonel Rawlings to join the southern army under General Green and continued in service until the end of the war.
Date
05/11/1791
Author
Recipient
Document number
1791051121101
Page start
8
Note
Partially illegible.
Enclosed in Howell to Wolcott 05/13/1791
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Office of Army Accounts