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  • Author: Linn, John B. and William Henry Engle (ed.)
  • Publisher: Harrisburg 1890
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  • Text: Pg 106,107,108

    Papers Relating to the War of the Revolution 1777

    Petition of Capt. Brady's Company of Cumberland County

    To the Honorable the Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania, when meet in General Assembly, Sepr 3rd, 1777

    The Petition of Capt. Joseph Braday's Company of Militia, belonging to ye first Battalion of Cumberland County, Humbly sheweth:

    That Petitioners having been formed into a Company agreeable to the Militia Law now Existing in the State, accroding to the order of one of the Sub-lieutenants of this county, met for the purpose of being Divided into Classes. A Majority of the Compant there present, were of an opionion that such a Number as were the proper Quoto for a class agreeing to Go together according to their Lot should hapen by one Drawing for the whole, was agreeable to that part of the Melitia Law, which Respects Clasing. And accordingly several Clases were formed and lots Drawn, which fixed their Rank or place, as their lot hapened to be, from one to eight in Numerical order. A number in the Company Dissented from the mode of Classing, alledgeing it was proper for Those who had not been Formerly out in their Defence of the Country to go first. Then, agreeable to the order of the sub-lieutenant, The Company were Called together the Second time, were all who had not been Clased as above specified were by lot Distributed so as To fill up the whole of the Eight Lasses. Then the s'd Captain made Return of the same to the sub-lieutenant, and no Complaint was made untill the first Class of the Company was called out, then some of said Class made Complaint to said sub-lieutenant that the mode of Classing had not been proper, upon which the Company were again called Together By order of said sub-lieutenant, and an order Issued by him to the Capt. to Class the whole Company anew according to law. The Capt. proceeded accordingly and Classed the whole upon another plan, But your petitioners Remonstrated warmly against any Return being made of the last Classing, being firmly of opinion that What was formerly Done answered the Design of the law, and some of us are bound in Conscience not to Multiply lots, which are a sacred thing, without Necessity. No Return was, therefore, made of this last Clasing by the Captain. The matter thus standing, there appears no way by which in a legal manner the Quoto from our Company Can be Called out in Defence of our Country. We unanimously Declare not only our Willingness But Desire of Serving our Country, Especially as such a Crisis as this, as fully Disagreeable Case, We humbly and Earnestly Request the Honourable house of Representatives to take this matter into their Serius Consideration and as speedily as posable aply such Remedy as in your Wisdoms may apear adequet to the Case. And Your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall Ever pray.

    Joseph Brady,
    ...
    John Layson
    ...
    Robert Layson
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John LaysonNameJohn Layson [S143] [S194] [S255:169] [S1206:307] [S1223:106] [S1225:133] [S1226] [S1230:377] [S1233] [S1234] [S1239:128] [S1242] [S1244] [S1270:529] [S1502] [S1506] [S1766:127] [S2590:JL]
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John LaysonMilitarySep 3, 1777Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [S1223:106]
was listed along with his brother Robert, and several other residents of Hopewell Township, on a petition to the State House of Represenatatives by Capt. Brady's Company to resolve an issue with classing
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