Muster Roll Data Sheet

Personal ID:  VA28739                 
LName:  KENTON                               FName:  MARK                        Suffix:                  
Ethnicity:                    Rank:  CORPORAL               Rank Type:  NCO                 
State:  VA          
Regiment:  1 VA                       Division:  5TH DIVISION                       
Brigade:  1ST VA BRIGADE                        Company: COLONEL THEO BLAND                               

Monthly Status Data 

 

December 1777: FIT FOR DUTY
    January 1778: FIT FOR DUTY
  February 1778: FIT FOR DUTY
March 1778: FIT FOR DUTY
April 1778:
May 1778:
June 1778:

  • First Light Brigade (Dragoons)
  • Muster Roll Data Sheet
    Mark Kenton, Jr.
    was a Sergeant under
    Light Horse Harry Lee
    
    Together they fought at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Guilford Court House and he was present at the Hanging of Major Andre. Probably other battles as well.

    Sergeant documentation

    http://www.wlu.edu/~omcguire/guilford.html http://www.harwich.edu/depts/history/HHJ/ngreenej.html http://www.army.mil/CMH-pg/books/RevWar/KM-Cpns/AWC-KM-FM.htm http://www.nps.gov/cowp/Timeline.htm http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/revwar/timeline.html http://www.ukans.edu/~ibetext/rev/index.html 1ST DRAGOONS DIVISION: SUPPORT BRIGADE: CALVARY ( PULASKI'S) HISTORY: ORGANIZED JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1776 AT WILLIAMSBURG, VA FROM RECRUITS FROM EASTERN AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA. ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 136 MEN ASSIGNED AND 115 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT THE SAME MONTH WITH THE SAME NUMBERS. PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, DEFENSE OF PHILADELPHIA. Staff Officers Colonel THEODORIK BLAND Lt. Colonel BENJAMIN TEMPLE Major JOHN JAMESON Company Officers Captain JOHN BELFIELD Captain RICHARD CALL Captain ALEXANDER DENDRIDGE Captain GUTHBERET HARRISON Captain LEWELLEN JONES Captain HENRY LEE Staff Officers Chaplain THOMAS DAVIS Quartermaster JOHN HUGHES Adjutant ANDREW NIXON Paymaster CHRISTIAN BRAYMAN /BARRYMAN GREEN Surgeon ROSE Surgeon Mate PATRICK CARNE Quartermaster Sergeant Sergeant Major JOHN GORDON Drum Major JOHN MCLEAN Fife Major