PADDYTOWN COMPANY BATTALION
(This article was taken from "The History of Keyser, WV 1737 - 1913" by William W. Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe served as the local historian and genealogist for local residents, past and present. )

The Paddytown Company Battalion of the 77th Regiment and 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia held drills and muster days in Keyser. A favorite place for these was a large grove of trees, in which was a spring, where St. Francis School stands today. The actual drilling was in a Mosley field where the B&O RR machine shops were later situated. These muster days were holiday outings much like picnics, whole families attending. the local name of this militia was the "Buck Tails"and the "Paddytown Buck Tails".
One of the Muster Rolls of the Buck Tails has survived and is as follows:

"Muster Roll of the Paddytown Company for 1843. Date of Commission 25th August 1830. The Paddytown company Battalion, 77th Regiment and 3rd Division Virginia Militia, April 1843."

Maredeth Adams	Henry Fleek	Joseph Perkins
Samuel Arnold	Jacob Fleek, Jr.	James Powell
Richard Baker	Peter Fleek	William H. Rafter
John Baley	John Fridley	Edward Ravenscraft
William Boley	Edward Gilpin	Harmon Ravenscraft
Lawrence Burns	Moses Greenwade	James Ravenscraft
Samuel Byser	John Haggerty	John Ravenscraft
Amos Culp	Jacob Hart	Nicholas Ravenscraft
James Culp	John T. Hart	James Rogers
Sephns Culp	Thomas I. Hooper	John S. Rogers
Thomas Daniels	Michael Hull	John T. Shingleton
James Davis	Thomas Hull	John Spencer
James H. Dawson	Noah James	Othey Spencer
William Dawson	William James	Peter Umstot
Wileby Dean	Silas Lees	Simon Umstot
Johnson Dobbins	Sheldon Long	John Urice
Thomas Dobbins	Francis Martin	Soloman Urice
Vans Dobbins	Joseph Martin	William Urice
Soloman Ellifritz	David Miller	John T. Ward
Arthur Fleek	Jacob Miller	John Waxler
Edward Fleek	William H. Nesbit	John Wineour

Special thanks to Mr. Robert L. Smith for allowing us to use Mr. Wolfe's work on the Mineral County Site.