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Index Of the Contents of PRO 30/11 (Cornwallis Papers)
With Respect To Lt Colonel Banastre Tarleton Of The British Legion

May 1781 To August 1781: In Virginia

Prepared by Don Gara - Florida

Printed In1 Reel Folio Date From To Location Brief Description Indicated on PRO Web Site
-- 6 39-40 May 3, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Gray's Plantation Reports his position -- supplies avlb -- vague intelligence
PRO (C) 6 41-42 May 4, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Davis Mill Reports his situation -- moving to Cobbs Mill
-- 6 46-47 May 5, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Cobbs Mill Calls for supplies
PRO (C) 6 48-49 May 5, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Cobbs Mill Mention of supplies -- his own movements in imm.future
Tarleton, p330 (C) 86 7-8 May 5, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Nahunta Creek Expresses confidence in Tarleton -- urges awareness
Tarleton, p330 (C) 86 9-10 May 5, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Nahunta Creek Tarleton may go to Halifax if Cobbs Mill can grind at a certain rate and if Phillips is near enough
-- 86 11-12 May 5, 1781 Haldane Tarleton -- Instructions for cipher correspondence with Phillips
PRO (C) 6 56 May 6, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Williams Situation report -- supplies
-- 86 15-16 May 6, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Nahunty Creek Cannot advance beyond Cobbs Mill till he hears from Tarleton because of shortage of supplies
-- 86 17-18 May 6, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Cobbs Mill Butcher reports British troops near Halifax- the Guards & Brigade expected on the 8th.
PRO (C) 6 60-61 May 7, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Halifax Reports position -- must have support
PRO (C) 6 69 May 8, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Near Halifax Gives account of arms and rum captured
Tarleton, p332 (C) 86 22 May 8, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Crowell's Plantation Light Company of Guards will proceed at once and Cornwallis will follow. Tarleton to secure the opposite bank when Sutherland arrives.
Tarleton, p331 (C) 86 23-24 May 8, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Crowell's Plantation Cannot proceed without news of Phillips or the situation in Virginia. Tarleton may stay at Halifax if he wishes. Join Cornwallis if there is no news of Phillips
-- 86 31-32 May 14, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Halifax Tarleton to decide whether to wait or join Cornwallis -- Lafayette is on opposite side of the Appomattox, opposite Petersburg in considerable force
-- 6 66 May 15, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Hies Ford Awaits orders -- expects support
Tarleton, p333 (E) 86 33-34 May 15, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Jones's Plantation Hopes to be at the Nottoway on Friday evening -- wants Tarleton to proceed there, keeping near Simcoe's Queens Ranger infantry -- Arnold to meet Cornwallis on the Nottoway
Tarleton, p342 (C) -- -- May 25, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Bird's Plantation You will patrol toward the Appomattox & procure intelligence.2
-- 5 1-2 [Jun 1781?] -- -- -- A sort of journal of military operations apparently of a raiding party operating on the James River -- Tarleton near Petersburg.
-- 61 7-8 Jun 3, 1781 Clinton [Cornwallis] -- Answers to several queries and memorandums relative to the command in Carolina. Colonel Tarleton's account for cavalry mounts is to be settled.
  Jun 4, 1781   Charlottesville Raid, Va.3
-- 93 12 Jun 4, 1781 Tarleton -- -- Parole of Dudley Digges
-- 93 13 Jun 4, 1781 Tarleton -- -- Parole of Robert Nelson of Virginia
-- 93 14 [Jun 4, 1781] Tarleton -- -- Parole of Wm. Nelson of Virginia
-- 93 15 Jun 4, 1781 Tarleton -- -- Parole of Peter Lyons, Justice of the Supreme Court
-- 93 17 Jun 4, 1781 Tarleton -- -- Parole of Col. John Syms
Tarleton, p344 (C) 87 5-6 Jun 9, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Jefferson's Orders to proceed before daybreak the next day to Old Albermarle Court House to destroy stores, cross the Fluvanna to strike at Baron Steuben whose corps is the foundation for the body of 18 month men voted by Virginia.
Tarleton, p345 (C) -- -- Jun 13, 1781 Tarleton Cornwallis Adam's Plantation I believe that Lafayette passed the South Anna River or Pamunkey this morning. He lay at Bird's Mill yesterday morning.2
Tarleton, p346 (C) -- -- Jun 14, 1781 Haldane Tarleton -- Cornwallis proposes moving tomorrow to Westham and desires you to take post at Fork of Pounces and 3 Noched Road.2
-- 93 18-19 Jun 15, 1781 Syms Tarleton Louisa County Wants limits of parole extended
-- 71 23-24 Jun 18, 1781 Amherst Cornwallis Whitehall King agrees to promote Tarleton
Cornwallis, p118 74 18a-21 Jun 30, 1781 Cornwallis Clinton Williamsburg Tarleton & Simcoe raid on Charlottesville
Tarleton, p402 (C) 88 7-8 Jul 7, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Cobham Orders to march the next day to Prince Edward Court house and so to New London in Bedford County, searching for ammunition, clothing and stores for the enemy and destroying them- is to commandeer wagons.
  Jul 9-24, 1781   Raiding Around Virginia3
-- 74 41-42 Jul 17, 1781 Cornwallis -- Suffolk Tarleton to destroy rebel magazines bt James & Dan
Ross, 1:107 88 42-43 Jul 20, 1781 Cornwallis Leslie Suffolk Cornwallis cannot move till Tarleton joins him. Leslie to remain in Hampton Road
-- 90 17-18 Jul 23, 1781 Nelson Cornwallis Richmond Wants release of a prisoner taken by Tarleton
Ross, 1:112 (E) 89 1-2 Aug 2, 1781 Cornwallis O'Hara Yorktown After a passage of 4 days landed at Yorktown and Gloucester without opposition, his situation bad and he asks for certain regiments as well as the Legion
-- 89 3-4 Aug 2, 1781 Cornwallis Hudson Yorktown Desires to hasten evacuation of Portsmouth & move troops to Yorktown- asks for boats to bring away O'Hara's troops- horse vessels should hurry to Portsmouth to move the Legion
-- 89 5 Aug 4, 1781 Cornwallis O'Hara Yorktown Has given Tarleton instructions for joining O'Hara -- is uneasy about the post at Gloucester and shortage of negro workers -- horse vessels will require 3 trips -- Tarleton could save time by coming by Hampton.
Tarleton, p411 (C) 89 6 Aug 4, 1781 Cornwallis Tarleton Yorktown Landed after 4 days. Lafayette said to be approaching the Pamunkey and Cornwallis is uneasy about Gloucester. Tarleton had best land at Old Point Comfort and march by Hampton to Yorktown.
-- 70 12-13 Aug 5, 1781 O'Hara Cornwallis Portsmouth Will land the Legion at Hampton
-- 74 64-65 Aug 12, 1781 Cornwallis -- York Legion and other troops at York
-- 89 21-22 Aug 14, 1781 Cornwallis O'Hara Yorktown Tarleton's prisoners to be put on parole but all prisoners charged with heinous offenses are to be detained.
  Sep 28 - Oct 19, 1781   Yorktown, Va.3

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Notes:

1 The entries in this column indicate a published source for a transcript of the document, and an indication of whether the transcript is a copy (C), extract (E) or summary (S), if this is known. Please note that in some cases these identifications have been made solely from the document descriptions in the PRO catalogue, and so may be subject to error. Referenced documents are:

          
Bass Bass, Robert D. The Green Dragoon; The Lives of Banastre Tarleton and Mary Robinson. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957
Clark Clark, Walter, ed. The State Records of North Carolina. 26 vols. [30 vols. with index.] Goldsboro, N. C.: Nash Brothers, 1886-1907.
Cornwallis Cornwallis, Charles, Earl. An Answer to that Part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. which Relates to the Conduct of Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis During the Campaign in North America in the Year 1781. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1783.
Greene Greene, Nathanael. The Papers of General Nathanael Greene. Ed. Richard K. Showman, Dennis M. Conrad et al. 11+ vols. Chapel Hill, N.C. and London: The University of North Carolina Press for the Rhode Island Historical Society, c1976-.
PRO Transcribed from copies of PRO documents. Some of the photocopies I have to work from are wretched quality, and I'm not particularly good at deciphering 18thC handwriting. As a result, there are missing words and likely, I fear, more than a few errors. These are mine (Marg's) not Don's. Needless to say, help with fill-ins and corrections are always warmly welcomed.
Ross Cornwallis, Charles, Marquis. The Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis. 2d ed. Ed. Charles Derek Ross. 3 vols. London: J. Murray, 1859.
Stevens Stevens, Benjamin Franklin. The Campaign in Virginia, 1781.2 vols. London, 1888.
Tarleton Tarleton, Banastre. A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1787.

2 Letters displayed in bold face appear in Tarleton's Campaigns, but are not on the PRO/30/11 list. They have been added to this list for reference.

3 Highlighted line items are skirmishes involving the Legion. These are included as reference points.

 
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