Gloucester County Militia

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Gloucester County Militia
Eastern District
First Battalion of 1829
With their headquarters in Bathurst

Lieutenant Colonel: was Hon. J. Ferguson
Major: Christopher McManus
Captains: James Paul, John Chalmers, Theophilus DesBrisay, James G. Dick, John Miller, John T. Carter, Samuel Miller, rufus C. Cole, Benjamin W. Weldon, Henry A. McCullough, James Buttimer

Lieutenants: Joseph Morrison, James Chalmers, Robert Hendry, James Hickson, Francis Meahan, William T. Baldwin, Kennedy F. Burns, Robert Armstrong

Ensigns: Samuel H. Napier, Albert T. Carter, Richard White, Gideon Duncan, John Moloughney, Richard Miller, Alexander R. Ferguson, John McLeod, Patrick Flannery, John Ferguson, Jr., John E. Baldwin, William T. Armstrong, Robert Ferguson Jr.,

Adjutant: Captain D. G. McLaughlin

Paymaster: Captain H. W. Baldwin

Quartermaster: John McKenna

Surgeon: William W. Gordon, M.D.

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Gloucester County Militia
Eastern District
Second Battalion of 1829
With their headquarters in Caraquet

Lieutenant Colonel: John MacIntosh

Captains: Joseph Sewell, Robert Young, Pascal Landry, Matthew Parrot, Andrew d'Arcy, William Ferguson, John Young.

Lieutenants: James Kerr, Richard Dawson Jr., Docile Robichaud, Barnabie Sewell, Adam Sutherland, Juste Hache, W.J.Richey, Robert C. Caie, James G. Henry, James Campbell, Michael Reardon, Thomas Kerr, William Taylor, John Kerr, Alexander Campbell, David Ferguson.

Ensigns: William Drysdale, William Eddy, Sr., John MacIntosh, Francis Dumaresque, Richard Young, Valentine Gibbs.

Adjutant: Captain William A. MacIntosh

Quartermaster: John Richey

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County Militia promotions, July 12/1847

William Boyd and J. Ferguson became Captains

John Baird, William Deacon, Theophilus DesBrisay, John Woolner, Anthony Rainnie became Lieutenants

Albert Wood, Thomas Carman and John Miller Jr., became Ensigns

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Promotions June 27/1848

To be Captains: William Taylor and John Kerr, James G.C. Blackhall and James Walsh

To be Lieutenants: William Nixon, James Kerr, Richard Dawson Jr., Richard Forbes, Paschal Landry, Stanislas Legere, John Lewis Blanchard, Charles Delagarde, Howard D. Frost, Docite Robichaud and James Scott.

To be Ensigns: Edward Nixon, William Kerr, William Eddy, Israel Farie, Stephen Doucette Jr., Eugene Landry, Tranquil Blanchard and Adam Sutherland.

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Promotions 1850

To be Captain: Joseph Doucet and Christopher McManus and John Morrison

To be Lieutenants: Thomas H. Carman, John Miller Jr., John T. Carter and Charles J. Wolhaupter

To be Ensigns : John McKenna, George Smith, Horatio J. Lea, John O;Brien and Joseph Morrison

To be Paymaster: Matthew Carruthers

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MILITIA GENERAL ORDERS
Fredericton June 27/1848, 2nd Battalion Gloucester Militia.
TO BE CAPTAIN:
Lieut. William Taylor, Lieut. John Kerr, Lieut. James J.C.Blackhall, Lieut. James Walsh

TO BE LIEUTENANTS:
William Nixon, James Kerr, Richard Dawson Jr., Richard Forbes, Pashcal Landry, Stanislaus Legere, John Lewis Blanchard, Charles DelaGarde, Howard Frost, Docite Robichaud, James Scott, Barnabie Sewell.

TO BE ENSIGNS:
Edward Hixon, William Kerr, William Eddy Sr., Israel Theriault, Stephen Doucet Jr., Eugene Landry, Tranquil Blanchard, Adam Sutherland.

TO BE ASSISTANT-SURGEON:
Thomas S. Baldwin

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