A transcript of the court held to discharge citizens from 
military duty due to age and infirmity.  The record begins 
on Page 1 with an introduction then continues in the first 
paragraph of page 2 wherein John Vinson (d. 1787) was dis-
charged from serving during the American Revolution due to 
age.


[PAGE 1]
     The proceedings of a Court Martial begun and held 
     in the County of Johnston at the Court House in the Town of 
     Smithfield on the fifteenth day of August 1777


[PAGE 2]
     Ordered that the aged and infirm persons in Capt. Arthur 
     Bryans Company be called & heard and Examined concerning 
     their age & infirmity, & being called there appeared, James 
     Buttler [sic], William Eason, Matthew Durham, William Wood Sen. 
     Nicholas Ferrell, Robert Adams, Joseph Lawhon, John 
     Vinson, John Norris Sen. John Brady, James Arrendal 
     who were heard and Examined and on account of their age and 
     infirmitys [sic] were dischared [sic] from the Militia Service of this County 
     and Sworn agreeable to the Act of Assembly
     Richard Williby at the same time was discharged on acct 
     of his present infirmity, untill [sic] he is able to serve again and 
     not sworn
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