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A List of the Militia and Taxable Persons in the several Counties of the province of North Carolina.

Counties                                                       Taxables

                                                       Militia       Whites     Blacks                Total

Anson ...........................................790            810            60                     870

Beaufort .......................................680            771            567                   1383

Bertie ............................................902                                                      1876

Bladen ..........................................441            338           346                    684

Carteret ........................................230                                                       400

Chowan ........................................830                                                      1481

Craven ..........................................631           989           934                    1923

Cumberland........................................            302           74                      376

Currituck.......................................390            470           150                    620

Duplin ...........................................340           460           168                    628

Edgecomb...................................1317           1674         1091                  2765

Granville .......................................734            835           470                   1305

Hyde .............................................249           276           148                    424

Johnson ........................................894          1242          397                   1639

New Hanover ...............................508            396           1420                 1816

Northampton ...............................676             902            834                  1736

Onslow .........................................308            448           247                    695

Orange..........................................490                                                      1113

Pasquotank...................................581           563           366                     929

Perqimons ....................................357                                                      1176

Rowan ..........................................996          1116           54                      1176     12069

Tyrrell ...........................................438           477            335                    722

................................................. 12782         12,069                                   25737

                                        Horse

Bladen ................................33

Bertie ..................................44

Duplin .................................39

New Hanover ......................33

                                          12931

N.B. There is not half of the Militia arm'd.

An Account of the Quantity of Powder and Lead in the hands of the several Collectors for the several Ports of North Carolina.

                                                    Powder        Lead

                                                          lb.              lb.

Bath ..............................................150............. 600

Edenton ........................................556........... ..2075

Newbern........................................325............. 750

Cape Fear .....................................560...........  2100

                                                       1591           5525

North Carolina.
A List of the Militia & Tythables in the Province of North Carolina.

Received with Atr. Dobs Let. of 12 July 1756

Recd. 30 Sepr.
Read Novr. Oct. 2d. 1756.
C.112.