[Cover endorsement, rotated:] [Cushing [undecipherable] of A. [undecipherable] September [undecipherable] Sect. 6 Compt [undecipherable] 2 Cr. 1 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1797] [Thomas H. Cushing [undecipherable]] Sir D'Etroit 1^st August 1797. I have the honor to enclose you a list of absentees who have been struck from the roles of the troops of the United States at the late muster, agreeable to the General order of the 12^th of May, (the copy of which is endorsed on the back of the list.) It is far from being so accurate as I could wish, but the broken and dispersed situation of the companies heretofore, has put it out of the power of the Officers to keep regular accounts, and the absence of many Officers with the old Company books and papers if any were kept, adds to the difficulty already mentioned. None of the persons included are in this country, except one, W^m John Burnette an infirm old Man who could not be removed from Greeneville; he was supposed to be nearly expiring when the muster was made and was therefore struck off the role without being discharged, as in the latter case the Pay Master of the 4^th Regiment would have been obliged to make a tour from the Ohio to Greeneville or the man could not have been paid. As the case now stands, if the man lives there will be a partial Muster [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] of him, and he will then be discharged, but the probability is that he will never leave Greeneville. I am Sir your Most Obed Ser^t. The accountant T. Cushing Major of the War Department 1 Reg^t. & Inspector A List of Absentees struck from the Muster Roles of the Troops of the United States pursuant to the General Order of the 12^th May 1797. D'Etroit 31 July 1797. [Table with columns: No. | Names | Rank | Companies | Regiment or Corps | [pay columns] | Date of Enlistment | Expiration of Enlistment | When Struck from the Roles | Clothing: Hats | Coats | Vests | Linen Overalls | [Woolen?] | Shirts | Shoes | Stocks & Clasps | Blankets | [?] | Remarks] 1 | Henry Carney | Pvt | Jones | [arty] | [undecipherable] | 21 May 95 | 21 May 98 | 24 May 97 | 1.1.1.4.2.6.6.1.-.1 | Absent on com[man]d with Capt. Elliot 2 | Tho. Brown | " | Kingsbury | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 13 [Nov?] 94 | 13 [Jun?] 97 | 13 June - | no acc[ount] in the comp[any] book | This man was put on the role by the late adj. Jun 3 old 76 3 | Hugh Glays | " | [Armstrong?] | [undecipherable] | 10 [Aug?] 95 | 10 May 98 | 18 " | " | Ditto | Ditto | No comp[any] book present | Mem[o] on furlough [with?] Lieu[tenant] Drake 4 | Wm. [undecipherable] | " | [Dymont?] | [2 yr?] | 31 Dec[em?] 95 | 10 [Aug?] | 10 [Aug?] | 22 July " | no comp[any] book present | [Mem?] on furlough [with?] Lieu[tenant] Shoemaker 5 | David Jones | " | Mullen | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [blank] | 22 July " | no acc[ount] in the comp book | Ditto [with?] Lieu[tenant] Shoemaker 6 | John [Peily?] | " | - | - | 30 April 96 | 24 May 95 | 24 May 98 | " | - | No comp[any] book present | Ditto with Lieu[tenant] [Marchback?] 7 | Jn. Lucksen | " | Sedgewick | - | not paid | 3 Aug 96 | 3 Aug 1801 | - | no acc[ount] in the Comp[any] Book | Left in Phil[adelphia] by the Com[mander] in Chief, [undecipherable] to join Capt. Elliot 8 | Mathew Hughley | " | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | not known | 2 June 95 | 2 June 98 | 24 May 97 | Ditto | Ditto | In the same situation as Brown of Kingsbury Comp[any] 9 | [undecipherable] | - | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 1 [Aug?] 97 | 1 July | 1 July | 1 [Aug?] | [undecipherable] | no acc[ount] | [undecipherable] with Maj[or] [undecipherable] 10 | Jno. Burnette | " | Brook | [Pvt?] | 28 April | 28 April | - | 27 May | - | 3.3.3.0.5.8.6.3.3.2.1 | Infirm [?] Senior left at Greenville 11 | Wm. Bryan | " | " | [undecipherable] | 23 Feb 96 | 23 Feb 99 | " | [undecipherable] | - | 3.3.3.6.6.12.[?].6.3.3.1 | Went on furlough with Capt. Brook 12 | Sam[ue]l Colvin | " | " | " | 17 Aug 95 | 17 Aug 98 | - | - | - | 3.3.3.6.7.[?].[?].6.3.1.- | Ditto with Major [Haskell?] 13 | Peter McIntee | " | " | " | 8 [Nov?] 94 | 8 [Nov?] 97 | - | - | - | 2.2.2.4.7.5.2.2.2.- | Went to Knoxville with Capt. [Sparks?] 14 | Jno. M[c]Curley | " | " | " | 19 [Nov?] - | 19 [Nov?] - | - | - | - | 2.2.2.2.5.5.6.[?].2.2.[blank] | D[itto] 15 | Lott [?] [Pounds?] | " | " | " | 1 July - | 1 July - | - | - | - | 1.1.1.4.2.6.6.2.1.1.1 | Went recruiting with Capt. [Preston?] 16 | Jno. [Serjeant?] | " | " | " | 26 April 95 | 26 June 98 | - | - | - | 2.2.2.4.2.6.6.2.2.2.1 | Went with [Lieut?] Major [Haskell?] 17 | Roger Barnett | Corpl | [Gilsons?] | - | 19 June - | 19 June - | - | - | - | [undecipherable].2.[undecipherable].2.2.[undecipherable].[undecipherable].[undecipherable].[undecipherable] | Said to be in Virginia 18 | [undecipherable] Taylor | Pvt | [undecipherable] | - | 20 April - | 20 April - | - | - | 2.1.4.3.2.3.3.2.1.1 | went on furlough [with?] Capt. [Cook?] 19 | James [undecipherable] | " | [undecipherable] | - | 15 Aug 96 | 15 Aug 1801 | - | no acc[ount] in the Co[mpany] book | Left D'Etroit with the late Gen. Wayne 20 | Jn. R. [undecipherable] | " | [Thomson?] | - | 18 May - | 18 May 99 | - | Ditto | Ditto | Went from the army with the Capt. [Preston?] 21 | Jno. [Joudice?] | " | [Birch?] | - | 1 April 99 | 1 Dec[ember] 95 | 1 Dec[ember] 98 | - | 2.2.2.4.5.8.7.4.2.2.- | taken by one authority [at?] [Pitts?] 25 [Aug?] 97 22 | Jno. [Wyard?] | " | " | - | - | - | 28 Feb 97 | 20 Feb 1802 | - | - | 1.1.1.-.2.2.1.2.1.1.- | D[itto] D[itto] D[itto] 23 l[?] Note Jno. [Joudice?] deposited [his?] Pay [for?] [undecipherable] July [undecipherable] with [Mr.?] [undecipherable] at [Pittsb?] and one has [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with Capt. [Birch?] [undecipherable] Jno. [Wyard?] deposited [his?] pay [for?] [undecipherable] and pay [of?] July with [Ditto?] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] T. Cushing Major 1 Rg^t. & Inspector [Extract from General Orders endorsed on the back of the list:] Extract from General Orders Head Quarters Fort Washington 12 May 1797 The Inspector [now?] [transmit?] to the accountant of the War Department and will furnish the Pay Masters [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] bearing the names and date of [Inlistment?] of the absentees who may be struck from the roles, with the statement of the accounts of each individual, for which he is to call on the proper Officers.