The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 3: January, 1902 It will be remembered that when the Provincial Congress of South Carolina elected oficers for the regiment of Rangers in June 1775 Ezekiel Polk was elected one of the captains and Samuel Watson one of the lieutenants. They were both commissioned by the Council of Safety on June 18th. Captain Polk recruited acompany and joined Major Mayson's camp at Ninety Six on Sunday, July 23, 1775 (vol. I. Of this mag.. P. He remained in camp just a week, and on Satur day, July 29th, marched out of it. Sent his men to their homes and wrote Major Mayson a letter announcing that he had quit the sirvice (vol. P. For this he was dismissed from the service, but he explained his conduct satisfactorily to Wm. Henry Drayton. Special representative of the Council of Safety. And was reinstated by the Council to the command of his company independently of the 8d Regiment (rangers), but under the command of Col. Thomson (vol p. This is the first return of the company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.