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Devon Militia Deserters 1803
Trewman's Exeter Flying Post Thursday, August 25, 1803;
Issue 2079 (Gale Document no Y3200648307)
Transcribed by
Lindsey Withers
| DEVON MILITIA | ||||||
| DESERTERS, DEFAULTERS, and ABSENTEES from the NORTH BATTALION | ||||||
| Names | Latest Residences | Occupations | Ages | Sizes | Remarks | |
| Feet | In. | |||||
| Thomas Williams | Plymouth | Cordwainer | 19 | 5 | 6 | Fair Complexion - light Hair |
| John Kemp | Northmolton | Miner | 34 | 5 | 8 | Dark Complexion - black Hair |
| James Hill | Colebrooke | Labourer | 40 | 5 | 5½ | Dark Complexion - black Hair |
| Robert Bell | Newton St. Cyres | Mason | 24 | 5 | 8½ | Fair Complexion - light Hair |
| John Colewell | Tavistock | Labourer | 21 | 5 | 7½ | Fair Complexion - light Hair |
| George Ellacott | Hatherleigh | Labourer | 22 | 5 | 7 | Fair Complexion - dark brown Hair |
| Charles Cornish | 30 | |||||
| DESERTERS, DEFAULTERS, and ABSENTEES from the SOUTH BATTALION. | ||||||
| Samuel Tucker | Plymouth Dock | ------------ | 24 | |||
| William Bastard | Ditto | ------------ | 26 | |||
| Charles Clayton | Plymouth | Coach Painter | 23 | Supposed to be in London | ||
| Isaac Hewett | Plymouth Dock | 28 | ||||
| Samuel Keys | Ditto | Hair Dresser | 20 | Supposed on Board a Man of War | ||
| John Pennington | Stoke Damerell | 30 | ||||
| Thomas Connor | Saltash, Cornwall | 32 | ||||
| Robert Conley | Plymouth Dock | Carpenter | 27 | |||
| Robert Ross | Ditto | Joiner | 29 | |||
| John Sampson | Beer Ferris | 21 | On Board a Man of War | |||
| William Maunder | Ashburton | Labourer | 20 | Supposed at Newfoundland | ||
| Edward Dinner | Buckfastleigh | Ditto | 22 | Supposed at Newfoundland | ||
| JohnSutton | South Brent | Ditto | 29 | Supposed at Newfoundland | ||
| John Wonnacott | Ashwater | Ditto | 21 | In the 18th Regiment of Foot | ||
| George Middlewood | Saint Saviour's | Cordwainer | 28 | |||
| Thomas Cooke | Stoke Fleming | Carpenter | 22 | |||
| Thomas Crawford | Exeter | Mason | ||||
| James Gray | Ditto | |||||
| John Pearse | 21 | |||||
| John Gilbert | 22 | |||||
| John Vincent | 27 | |||||
| William Buckler | ||||||
| Isaac Frost | ||||||
The above Men were enrolled at the several Subdivisions of the County, and have not joined the Battalion to which they respectively belong.
Whoever will apprehend, or cause to be apprehended, any or either of the above Absentees or Deserters, and secure him or them in any of His Majesty's Gaols of this Kingdom, will receive TWENTY SHILLINGS for each Offender, over and above the Money allowed by Act of Parliament, upon Application to Messrs. W. and J OGILVIE, of Saville-Row, London, for such as belong to the North Battalion; and to Messrs. DREWE and LOXHAM, No. 30 New Inn, London, for such as belong to the South Battalion; or to the respective Commanding Officers of each Battalion at Plymouth.
JAMES PEARSE
Southmolton, 1st Aug. 1803 Clerk of the General Meetings.