The greatest Difficulty with me at present Seems that it is to be doubted that Some many of the properest men for these Subaltern Commissions will go neer to refuse unless they knew who were to be their Captain. He warned the governor not to appoint subordinate officers until Carter could determine who could be effective leaders in those counties: 1 Robert Carter was appointed to command the militia in Lancaster and Northumberland counties in 1720. The men required to be part of the militia were reluctant to leave their chores to perform military duty county lieutenants needed to be respected in order to assemble and lead the militia.
The militia was organized by county, and the governor relied upon local leaders to identify who should serve as a county lieutenant. They appointed county lieutenants and subordinate officers to manage military affairs. After the creation of counties in 1634, the governor and his Governor's Council appointed county court justices of the peace to handle civil affairs. The General Assembly began to meet in 1619, and it soon began to assign responsibility to local officials to serve as military leaders. Opposition to a standing army mirrored the Whig perspective in England. Plantation owners also welcomed their independence, and opposed the centralized control that a Royal Governor could exert through a standing army.
The Virginians were not wealthy enough to afford full-time soldiers. Nearly everyone was engaged in agriculture, and needed to plant in the spring and harvest in the fall. Source: National Park Service, New Archeological Discoveries at Moores Creek National BattlefieldĬolonial Virginia relied upon the militia for defense, and did not maintain a standing army. Colonial Militia in Virginia Colonial Militia in VirginiaĬolonial militia were local defense forces, often used to respond to Native American attacks
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