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Listings of those who volunteered to join the militia between the
years 1798 to 1816...
Inverbervie Volunteers
The first pay sheet being for the period 25 December 1798 to 24 December
1799.
Captain - Joseph Stratton
Lieutenants - George Hudson, David Young
Sergeant on permanent pay* - James M'Intosh, Robert M'Vain, David
Laurence
Sergeants not on permanent pay - David Laurence (promoted), William
Gray, John Hudson, John Christie
Corporals - (during the year 1799) - Joseph Wright, William Youngson,
John Coutts, Hugh Loggan, George Milne
Drummers - James Ross (deserted), John Ross, Alexander Bowman
Fifers - Walter Burness, James Goodfellow
Privates
| James Andrew |
Robert Anderson |
| James Bain |
James Baird |
| John Beattie |
John Beddie |
| David Bisset |
Alexander Bowman |
| James Bowman |
Alexander Brown |
| James Brown (deserted) |
Peter Brand |
| Henry Burness |
James Burness |
| John Burness |
William Burness |
| Andrew Collison |
James Collison |
| Charles Carnegie |
John Davidson |
| David Douglas |
George Falconer (deserted and gone to
Militia) |
| David Gavine (arms taken from him for
non-attendance) |
William Glegg |
| Thomas Gorden |
Thomas Guthrie |
| William Graham |
John Grahame |
| David Gray |
George Harper |
| Alexander Henderson |
John Hutchison |
| Thomas Hogg |
John Inglis |
| Alexander Legg |
Andrew Legg |
| Alexander Linton |
James Linton |
| David Lindsay |
William Lindsay |
| David Longmuir |
David Lyall |
| George Milne |
John Milne |
| Joseph Milne |
John Moir |
| William Moncur (balloted to Militia) |
John Pirie (left the place and gone to
country for his health) |
| Robert Philip |
Alexander Stephen |
| James Stephen |
Charles Stewart |
| Joseph Stewart |
William Stewart |
| Joseph Tod |
Robert Valentine |
| Robert Walker |
John Watson |
| Andrew Watt |
Alexander Will |
| John Williamson |
Robert Williamson |
| Andrew Wyllie |
James Wyness |
| Peter Young |
William Youngson |
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Interesting
Fact
In a petition for the formation of the Inverbervie Volunteers it was
stated that, "many times without one military man in the county, a
coast from the pernicious practice of smuggling formerly carried on, but
now luckily done away, well known to our enemies."
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