| Description | Contains details regarding the division of the County into twenty districts, comprising towns and parishes, the names of appointed Commissioners and the numbers of men raised (apparently 165) for Colonel Leighton's Regiment. The volume ends with the county being divided again to raise a second round of men for the militia.
Also includes information regarding certain individual militiamen, such as age, height, occupation and marital status (sometimes of those deemed unfit to serve also). The volume dates from 21 December 1756 - 15 November 1757.
See the Archive's website for an index of cases in this Minute Book: https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/aberdeen-city-and-aberdeenshire-archives/catalogues-and-indexes/aberdeen-county-militia-records |