Promotions & Appointments in the Military Establishment of the United States.
Document 1801Lists rank, name, state, promotion of cavalry, artillery, dates, resignations, engineers, deaths, infantry
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Promotions & Appointments in the Military Establishment of the United States.
Rank | Names | State | Prom.on or appt. | Vice &c &c | When appd | Date of Rank
Cavalry
Lieutenant | James V. Ball | | Captain | Van Rensselaer appointed Major | Feby 22. 1799 | 6 Feby 1799
2d Lieutenant | William Tharp | | 1st Lieutenant | Summens dismissed | Dect 31. 1800 | 12th Novr 1800
First Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers
Major | Henry Burbeck | | Lieut Coll Comd | Rochefontaine, dismissed | Feby 22. 1799 | 7th May, 1798
Captain | Mahlon Ford | | Major | Burbeck, promoted | |
Lieutenant | Percy S. Pope | | Captain | Mc Ree, resigned | | 24th April 1798
| Ebenezer Masny | | | Ford, promoted | | 7th May, 1798
| John Mc Clurkin | | | Pierce, deceased | | 24th July 1798
| Nehemiah Freeman | | | Mitchell | | 6th Augt 1798
| Samuel Fowle | Massachusetts | Lieutenant | Pope, promoted | Feby 23. 1799 | 22d Feby 1799
| James House | Pennsylvania | | Masny | |
| David Meredith | " | | Ford, resigned | — 22. |
| Ebenezer Beebe | Connecticut | | Fuimpe | |
| Italy Rutledge | St Carolina | | Mc Clurkin, promoted | |
| William Foley | New York | | Freeman | |
| Warham Shepard | Massachusetts | | Watkins, resigned | — 23. |
| James P. Heath | Delaware | | Vandyke | — 22. |
| Thomas Pinckney Junr | St Carolina | | Wilson | |
Lieutenant | James Sterritt | | Captain | Dennive, deceased | May, 14. 1800 | 24 Sept 1799
| George Izard | | | Pope | April 24. 1800 | 11 March 1799
| Robert Rowan | | | Mapsey | | 12th July 1799
Captain | Moses Porter | | Major | Toussard, promoted | 31 Decr 1800 | 3d Sept 1799
Lieutenant | Jonathan Robinson | | Captain | Rowan, deceased | | 20th May 1800
| Henry Muhlenberg | | | Porter, promoted | | 3 March 1800
| Theophiles Elmer | | | Littlefield, resigned | | 20th May 1800
| Robin Chamberlain | Maryland | Lieutenant | | | 29 July 1800
| | | | | | 27th May 1800
Second Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers
| George Waterhouse | Rhode Island | Lieutenant | Dickenson, declined | Feby 23. 1799 | 22 Feby 1799
| Robert Beaton Junr | New York | | Gates | 22. |
| David Evans Junr | North Carolina | | Webster | 23. |
| Leonard Williams | Vermont | | | 22. |
| William Jessup | New York | | Beaton, deceased | May 14. 1800 | 9 Sept 1799
Captain | Dennis Wadsworth | | Mayor | Brooks, deceased | April 24. 1800 | 9 Jany 1800
Lieutenant | Theodore [undecipherable: probable reading "Thremmenger"] | | Captain | Wadsworth, promoted | |
| William A. Barron | Massachusetts | | | | 8th May, 1800
Majr 1. Reg. | Lewis Toussard | | Lieut Col. Comd | | 31 Decemr 1800 | 28th May 1800
Captain | William Mc Rea | | Major | Troops, resigned | | 31 July 1800
Lieutenant | William Steele | | Captain | Cochran | | 26 June 1800
| Alexander D. Pope | | | Mc Rea, promoted | | 31 July 1800
| John W. Livingston | | | Bishop, dismissed | | 12 Nov. 1800
First Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant | Jacob Kriesner | | Captain | Harrison, resigned | March 3. 1800 | 1 June, 1798
| Daniel Biswell | | | Saines | | 1 January 1799
| Charles Hade | | | in pursuance of the Act of 16 July, 1798 | | 2d March 1799
| John Michael | | | ditto | |
Ensign | Robert Jennings | | Lieutenant | Kriesner, promoted | | 1 June 1792
| Elardus Clinton | | | Biswell | | 1 January 1799
| John W. Thompson | | | Hyde | | 8th March 1799
| Meredith Lewis | | | Michael | |
| John Alexander Davidson | | | in pursuance of the act of 16 July | |
| George Steele | | | ditto | |
| Philemon Chas. Blake | Maryland | Ensign | | |
| Moses Rock | Massachusetts | | | |
| Joseph Rawley Dwight | | | | |
| Joshua S. Ryng | Rhode Island | | | |
| Andrew Van Wort | New York | | | |
x | Thomas John Laurence | New Jersey | | | |
| Peter Robinson | Delaware | | | |
| Eli B. Clemson | Pennsylvania | | | |
| Samuel Clinton | Pennsylvania | Second Lieutenant | Lawrence, deceased | May 14. 1800 | 30 Novr 1799
Captain | Thomas Martin | | Mayor | Cushing, Division Qr Master | April 24. | 1 Novr 1799
1 Lieut | Ferdinana S. Claiborne | | Captain | Kreemer, Cashiered | 23d Oct. |
| Elijah Strong | | | Brill, deceased | |
| Nicholas Rosencrantz | | | Martin, promoted | | 1 Novr 1799
2d Lieut | Philemon C. Blake | | first Lieutenant | Claiborne, promoted | | 23d Oct. 1799
| Moses Rock | | | Strong, promoted | |
| Joseph R. Dwight | | | Semple, Adjutant | | 1 Novr 1799
| Joshua S. Rogey | | | Peyton, Pay Master | |
| Andrew Van Wort | | | Rosencrantz, promoted | |
| Peter Robinson | | | Rogey. Quarter Master | |
| Eli R. Clemson | | | Davidson, resigned | 31 Dect 1800 | 30 April 1800
| Samuel Clinton | | | Blake | | 4 May 1800
x | James Rhea | New Jersey | Second Lieutenant | | | 15 June 1800
2d Lieut | James Rhea | | 1st Lieutenant | Peyton, Resigned | | "
Second Regiment of Infantry
Lieutenant | Peter Shoemaker | | Captain | in pursuance of the act of 16 July 1798 | March 5. 1799 | 2 March 1799
| [undecipherable: probable reading "Iper"] Luberg | | | ditto | |
Ensign | James Richmond | | Lieutenant | Martin, resigned | | June 1798
| David Thompson | | | Shoemaker, promoted | | 2 March 1799
| John Mc Clary | | | Luberg | |
| Samuel Allison | | | in pursuance of the act of 16 July 98 | |
| John Callender | | | | |
x | Zebulon Mr Pike | New Jersey | Ensign | | |
| Nathan Heald | Massachusetts | | | |
| William Saiddle | New York | | | |
| John Wilson | Pennsylvania | | | |
| James Dill | | | | |
| Peter Shirez | | | | |
| Thomas Porter | | | | |
| Benjamin Buttet | | | | |
| Seymour Renick | Virginia | | | |
1 Lieut | Manning S. Visscher | | Captain | Turner Brigade Inspector | April 24. 1800 | 1 Novr 1799
2d Lieut | John [undecipherable] | | 1st Lieutenant | [undecipherable], resigned | | 2 March 1799
2d Lieut | John D. Glen | | 1st Lieutenant | Thompson, deceased | April 24. 1800 | 1 Sept 1799
x | Zebulon Mc Pike | | | Richmond, Adjutant | | 1 Novr 1799
| Nathan Heald | | | Whipple, Quart Master | | "
| William Saiddle | | | Visher, promoted | |
| John Wilson | | | Gray, promoted | |
| James Dill | | | Wilson, Pay Master | |
1st Lieut | Archibald Gray | | Captain | Shamburg, division Qr Master | 31 Dect. 1800 |
| [undecipherable: probable reading "Ruia"] Webster | | | Miller, resigned | | 10 Sept 1800
2d Lieut | Peter Shirez | | 1st Lieutenant | Allison, deceased | | 22d Novr 1799
| Thomas Porter | | | Webster, promoted | | 10 Sept 1800
Third Regiment of Infantry
Lieut | John Bowyer | | Captain | Thomas Lewis, resigned | March 3. 1799 | 14 Jany 1799
| Aaron Gregg | | | in pursuance of the act of 16 July 98 | | 2 March 1799
| John Steele | | | ditto | |
Ensign | David Fero | | Lieutenant | Shaahlen, Resigned | | 3 Oct. 1798
| George Strother | | | Bowyer, promoted | | 14 Jany [1799]
| William Scott | | | Gregg, promoted | | 2 March 1799
| William R. Boote | | | Steele, do | |
| Jacob Wilson | | | in pursuance of the act of 16 July 98 | |
| Peter P. Schuyler Jr | | | " | |
| Samuel Lane | Maryland | Ensign | | |
| Jonathan Freeman | New Hampshire | | | |
| Patrick Mc Carty | Virginia | | | |
| Matthew Arbuckle | | | | |
| John Bratton | Georgia | | | |
| John Saxon | St Carolina | | | |
| William Taylor | | | | |
| James Ryng | North Carolina | | | |
| Stephen S. Tubbs | Pennsylvania | 2d Lieutenant | | May 14. 1800 |
1 Lieut | Peter Marks | | Captain | Sison, Brigade Inspector | 24 April 1800 | 1 Novr 1799
2d Lieut | Hugh Mc Call | | first Lieutenant | Davidson, deceased | | 4 July 1792
| Samuel Lane | | | Strother, resigned | |
2d Lieut | James Love | | first Lieutenant | Lutheiser, promoted | 31 Dect. 1800 | 1 July 1800
| Thomas Eastland | | | Wellington | | 15 Novr 1800
| James Disha | | | Johnston | | "
| Samuel Davis | Pennsylvania | Surgeons Mate | | 14 May. 1800 |
Certified.
War Office, March 11. 1801.
Ino Newman
Chief Clerk Dept War
Type
Autograph Document Signed
Description
Lists rank, name, state, promotion of cavalry, artillery, dates, resignations, engineers, deaths, infantry
Date
03/10/1801
Author
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1801031015001
Page start
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Notable persons
John Newman
Lieutenant James V. Ball
Lieutenant William Sharp
Major Henry Burbeck
Captain Mapton Ford
Lieutenant Piercy Pope
Lieutenant Ebenezer Massey
John McCullen
Nehemia Freeman
Samuel Fowley
David Meredish
Ebenezer Babe
States Rutledge
William Tales
Wartham Shephard
James P. Hearth
Thomas Pinckney, Jr.
James Sterrett
George Izard
Robert Rowson
Captain Moses Porter
Lieutenant Jonathon Robeson
Henry Muhlenberg
Theophilus Elmer
Robins Chamberlain
George Waterhouse
Robert Heaton Lunt
David Evans Lunt
Leonard Williams
William Hassac
Decius Wadsworth
Theodore Memminger
William A. Barrior
Lewis Tousard
William McRae
William Steele
Alexander D. Pope
John W. Livingston
Jacob Kierner
Daniel Bissell
Charles Hyde
John Michael
Robert Tovins
Yelouton Peyton
John W. Thompson
Merriweather Lewis
John Alexander Davidson
George Still
Philemon Chat Blake
Moses Hook
Joseph Hawlery Dwight
Joshua S. Rogers
Andrew Van Wort
Thomas John Laurince
Peter Robinson
Eli B. Clemson
Samuel Clinton
Thomas Martin
Ferdinand L. Claiborne
Elijah Strong
Nicholas Rosencrantz
James Rhea
Peter Shoemaker
Jesse Lukens
James Richmond
David Thompson
John McClary
Samuel Allison
John Callender
Zebulon M. Pike
Nathan Heald
William Laidlie
John Wilson
James Dill
Peter Shiras
Thomas Porter
Benjamin Bullet
Seymour Resick
Manning I. Vischer
John Whipple
John V. Glen
Nathan Heald
John Wilson
James Dill
Archibald Gray
Reris Webster
Peter Shiras
Thomas Porter
John Bowyer
Aaron Gregg
John Steele
David Fers
George Strother
William Scott
William P. Booth
Jacob Wilson
Peter P. Schuyler
Samuel Lane
Jonathan Freeman
Patrick McCarty
Matthew Arbuckle
John Horton
John Saxon
William Taylor
James Ryan
Stephen S. Gibbs
Peter Marks
Hugh McCall
Samuel Lune
James Love
Thomas Eastland: James Disha
Samuel Davis
Notable locations
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
South Carolina
New York
Delaware
Maryland
Rhode Island
North Carolina
Vermont
New Jersey
Virginia
Georgia
New Hampshire
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