Includes muster rolls and payrolls, 1776-1779, for the 8th Virginia and for companies of the Illinois Regiment; Croghan's diaries (1779-1780, 1781, 1784) concerning his regiment's march from New Jersey to South Carolina and his participation in the Siege of Charleston (1780), social activities in Virginia, and a trip from Louisville to Nashville (1784), including notes and land surveys; and a notebook and diary (1776-1777) of Richard McCarty, a sergeant in Croghan's regiment, concerning New Jersey and Pennsylvania campaigns. Also includes correspondence concerning land business, administration of the Illinois grant, and Croghan's son George's command of Ft. Stephenson during the War of 1812. Correspondents include Arthur Campbell, Abraham Chapline, John Dodge, William Henry Harrison, and Robert Todd.
