[Williamsburg] Saturday July 20th 1776
Ordered, That Commissions issue appointing Eliezer Callender Esquire Captain of the Sloop Defiance William Green first Lieutenant Lewis Jones second Lieutenant Celey Saunders Esqr Captain of the first Row Galley2 Stafford Lightburn first Lieut Samuel Nealey second Lieutenant James Markham Esqr Captain of the second Row Galley3 John Lurty first Lieutenant Henry Lightbourn second Lieutenant William Saunders Captain of the Schooner Adventure Richard Lightbourn Lieutenant
1. McIlwaine, ed., Journals of the Virginia Council of Safety, I, 80.
2. Galley Lewis, Celey Saunders, commander.
3. Galley Page, James Markham, commander.