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| West Kent Militia; 2nd. Kent Militia: St. Clair Volunteers Pay List, 1838. |
The St. Clair Volunteers included men from Zone township. For John Hillman this is the right geographical area. In 1838 he was in Zone. An interesting footnote is that apparently he could not read or write. He made his mark !
2 comments:
This may just be my ignorance, but I thought that making your mark was done with an X. These marks look more like a +. Was that common, or was it just that the paper was turned toward the men at an angle?
First I have seen it as well. Could be any explanation. Could also be that whoever kept the record made the mark and then wrote the name in as well.
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