John F. Grimke military service rosters, 1775-1777

Enrollment of Capt. Grimke's Company of the SC Artillery Regiment (circa 1776) begins with a list of 79 soldiers that were once in Capt. Beckman's company, but apparently transferred to Grimke upon Beckman's promotion to Major. Each solider is numbered, with columns of information on length of enlistment; by whom enlisted; where enlisted (with no entries); date of attestation; trade; age in years; height in feet and inches; city, state or country of origin; description including complexion, color of eyes, hair, etc.; the date when joined the regiment; and casualties, with data on what happened when, recording desertions, death, exchange, etc.; with other notations on the document. With a roll (Sept. 16, 1776) of 28 noncommissioned soldiers in Grimke's artillery regiment, noting promotions, reductions, desertions, confinements, crimes, who presided at hearings on what date, the sentence given, or pardoned or part remitted, and furlough status. Financial records (February-September 1777, fragile and fragmentary) recapitulate expenses in two week periods, noting payment for individual soldiers, various ranks and occupations, the total number of troops, minus desertions, etc.