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1776 - Pvt. Robt White, Capt
Samuel Hopkins Company, 6th Virginia Regt., Weedon's Brigade, Stirlings Division
Enlisted Feb 1776 to Feb 20, 1778 -
Reenlisted for 3 Years Feb 21, 1778 to Dec 1, 1780. This unit started
as a
Militia unit before being approved by Congress into the Continental
Army, for how long Robt. may
have
served, if he did, with this Militia unit, is currently unknown. 6th
soldiers recruited from bordering
counties of Virginia with North Carolina.
NO DATE -
Muster Roll 6th VA Regt.
Robert White
listed.
1776 -
Sept 1776 till 31th of May 1777, Muster
Roll of Capt Saml. Hopkins Company,
Robert White listed as Present.
1776 -
Nov 11th: Robert's
son William White is born. Robert enlisted in February 1776. Time to
conceive Wm.
1777 - Battle of
Princeton Jan 03, 1777. 6th VA Regt was at this battle.
1777 - Muster Roll
NOT DATED Year of 1777 - 6th VA Regt.
Robert White Term listed as Feby 1778.
1777
-
Muster roll taken Mar 31 to 30th Jun 1777
6th VA, Robert White listed as sick part of this period.
Sick - Click to view
1777 - Pay Roll Capt
Frances Taylor Co 2nd VA Regt, 28 March to 1st May 1777.
Robert White Listed.
1777 - Muster Roll
of Capt Francis Taylor Company May 11, 1777.
Robert White
Listed 'at hospital'.
1777 - Pay Roll Capt
Samuel Hopkins Company 6th VA Regt. June 1777.
Robert
White Listed.
1777 - Pay Roll Capt
Frances Taylor Co 2nd VA Regt,
Robert White 1 May to 1
June 1777.
1777
- Pay Roll of Capt Francis Taylor Company 2nd VA Regt for the Month
of June 1777
Robert White Listed.
1777 - Battle of
Brandywine Sep 11, 1777. 6th VA Regt was at this battle.
1777 - Battle of Germantown Oct 4, 1777. 6th VA Regt
was at this battle.
1777 - Dec - Muster Roll
Capt Samuel Hopkins 6th VA Regt.,
Robert White Reenlisted Dec 1st.
1777 - Battle of
Valley Forge from Dec 19, 1777 to Jun 19, 1778, 6th VA Regt was
at this battle.
1777 - Muster Roll
of Capt Francis Taylor's Company 2nd VA Regt for month of Dec 1777.
Robert White Listed.
1778 -
Feb 8th: Robt's son John is born
- Robt.'s first known Payroll Recorded Apr 1777.
Time to conceive Son John.
1778 - Muster roll taken Feb 21,
1778 says Robt. has 3 years left and currently on Furlough. (Winter at the Forge).
1778
- Pay Roll of Capt Francis Taylor Company 2nd VA Regt for the Month
of Feby 1778
Robert White Listed.
1778
- Muster roll taken Mar 1st,
1778 says Robt. on Furlough. (Winter at the Forge).
1778 - March - Listed on the
6th's Muster roster, Robert is listed as "On Furlough".
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1778 - March - Robt also listed
on the 2nd VA Payroll List - "Deserted when on Furlough.
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1778 - March - Robt also listed
on the 2nd VA Payroll List - "Deserted when on Furlough.
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1778
- Muster roll taken Apr 5th, 1778 says Robt. on Furlough. (Spring).
1778 - Note on Muster Roll:
"Deserted when on Furlough, Apparently, in Apr 1778,
"(Rejoined
his Regiment in Oct 1778, however)". This was common during
the
war,
men on Furlough would desert to plant and harvest crops and protect
their
families from Tories, and in most cases rejoining their units,
didn't have same meaning as today...
1778 - May -
Robert on Furlough.
Granville NC 1778 a Robert White, Wm Whitehead take
"Oath of
Allegiance".
1778
- Muster roll taken Jun 03, 1778 says Robt. on Furlough.
(Spring).
1778 - June - Pay Roll Col
Gibson's Regiment No unit name shown, 2nd or 6th?
Robert White
Listed.
1778 - Battle of
Monmouth Jun 28, 1778. 6th Regt was at this battle.
1778
- 6th Regt has left the Forge and Muster Rolls now shows "Brunswick
- June and dated July 06, 1778".
Robert
shows paid for June as he does for every month the 6th was at Valley
Forge, $6.2/3 Cents.
I
believe this 'Brunswick', is
"New Brunswick NJ", where a battle took place during the war.
1778
-
Muster Roll for Samuel Hopkins Company 6th VA Regt. July 1778.
Robert White listed 3yrs.
1778
- 6th Regt has left Brunswick, now showing at "WHITE PLAINS", July
and dated Aug 03, 1778. Robert Present & Paid.
(There had
been a Battle of White Plains (NY) a years earlier here Oct 28, 1776)
1778
-
Muster Roll
Several Companies 6th VA Regt Cmd. by
Col John Gibson Aug 1778.
Robert White
Listed.
1778
- 6th Regt still at WHITE PLAINS, Muster Roll Aug and dated Sep 01,
1778, Robt showing "Wagoner", Present and Paid.
(Blacksmith'also
referred to has Woggoner's - Travelled with units to repair weapons,
horse shoe's etc.)
1778
- 6th Regt (place not listed), Muster Roll dated Sep 08, 1778, shows
Robt's time left as 1 Dec 1780, Waggoner - Paid.
1778
-
Muster Roll
Several Companies 6th VA Regt Cmd. by
Col John Gibson Sept 1778.
Robert White Listed.
1778 - September - Robert
listed on 6th VA Quarter Roll, Enlistedment Date and job title
listed.
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1778
- 6th Regt now showing at "New Ark" (Newark NJ) Muster Roll
Sep 1778 roll dated Oct 28, 1778,
again shows
Robt as Wagoner and term of service left 1 Dec 1777 , 3 yrs. Present
and Paid.
(Battle took
place at Cooch's Bridge Sep 03, 1777, Robert's unit was still at
Valley Forge.)
1778 -
Robert's last recorded
Payroll/Muster Roll was recorded Sept 1778, with the 6th VA
Regiment.
1778
- Pay Roll of Capt Stokes Company 2nd VA Regt for the Month of
November
1778
Robert White Listed.
1778
- Pay Roll of Capt Stokes Company 2nd VA Regt for the Month of Dec
1778
Robert White Listed.
1778/1779 - Records
gap between Oct 1778 and Apr 1779.
1779 - The 6th VA was merged into the 2nd VA Regt., and then the 2nd VA
Brigade, May 12, 1779 & assigned to
the 1st VA Brigade, in the Southern Department, the 2nd VA Regt. fought at the
Siege of Charleston SC.
1779 -
May 1779 - Robert White is recorded on his 1st payroll, with the
2nd Regiment.
Robert is recorded on
the Payroll
of the 2nd Regiment Jun 1779, then a GAP between July to Oct, then
his last time, Nov 1779.
1780 - Apr
12th: Birth of daughter
Susan White, my belief, in the absence of a
record, was that
Robert was on Furlough during the GAP/Transition period, between
July & Oct 1780, sometime
during this transition period
from the 6th VA Regt to the
2nd VA Regt, and before they
departed
for Charleston South Carolina, this provided plenty of time
to conceive his daughter Susan.
1780 - Battle Siege of Charleston SC,
May 12, 1780 - Unit Captured/Surrendered, at this battle, it included all the men
and officers of the 6th VA Regt.
Lt Col Hopkins, in his letter below, verifies that Robert had been captured
at
Charles Town, as the letter is in poor
condition, I believe it says something about Robt being released
June 1780??
Just cannot make it out... However,
he would have had to be released by mid 1781 as dau.
Jane
was born March 1782. Robert is on the Caswell Co NC Tax rolls in
1781.
1781 - Feb 12th: The Captured Officers were exchanged & released, they
might have also released their men?
1781 - Our Robert
White appears on his first Poll Tax, with father-in-law, Wm Whitehead - Caswell
District of
Caswell County NC, on the border
with VA, just below Pittsylvania & Halifax Counties VA, I'd guess he
was released, Feb 12th,
1781? It is possibly, Mr Whitehead and the White Families merged with each other
or
lived and cared for each other during the period of the War. The British
knew this area well, Dan River,
Roanoke
River area, when in Robt's obituary it stated "...the family suffered from the
depredations of the
Tories...", meaning the families and children were all affected by the war,
while Robert Sr was away fighting the war.
1782
-
Mar 28th: Daughter Jane is
born, thus, Robert was home at
least by later June or early July 1781, to conceive Jane.
The war ended
Sep 03, 1783, she was the last child of Robert & Milly to be born
during the war.
1783
- End of the war September 03, 1783.
Notes:
As in all War's, most times
only the major battles are recorded in history, as I can personally
attest to, my father
was in the 82nd Airborne during WWII, and was always frustrated that
everyone concentrated, for example,
on the Battle of the Bulge, etc, though he was in that battle, he
stated 'all the smaller battles, to us soldiers, were
just as violent, as the major battles, and we lost many soldiers, in
our unit, at these smaller battles". This is to
say, that the 6th VA Regt's battle history doesn't include the
smaller battles and skirmishes, that are lost in history.
Robert White was present, at most of the Battles recorded with the 6th
Regt and later the 2nd Regt, 2nd/1st Brigades,
Captured at Charleston, and released possibly by Feb 12th 1781.
The War lasted from Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 03, 1783.
It is unknown if Robert returned to service after his release from
capture. as we know, his last reenlistment ended in
Dec 1,
1780, I suspect, that after his release, he returned home.
Capt then later Lt Col Samuel Hopkins
verifies that Pvt Robert
White had served with him from in the 6th
and 2nd Regiments, in the letter below.
Common sense would tell me
that "Furloughs" were issued between Military Campaigns, as Robert
and other soldiers were
given Furlough's around the battle events. The Muster Rolls issued
about every 2 to 3 months, and list several months on one
Roll, do not specify the dates the soldiers was on Furlough, so we
do not know, if they were gone the whole 2/3 months or
for a shorter time.
I can only imagine what could have happened to our Robert had he
remained the entire Winter at Valley
Forge...
It is well known that many of the soldiers who remained encamped, at
the Forge, over the winter, went hungry and
died
of sickness, one solution, since they weren't fighting, during most
of the
winter, would be to 'Furlough' as many soldiers
as reasonable.
Furloughs were common, to plant and harvest crops, and protect their
families from the local Tory militia's. |
This would be the 6th, 10th VA Regt's,
