It was based in Fluvanna County, Virginia for the majority of the war and only saw action near the end of the conflict, in 1781.
Six companies are listed as the station of Revolutionary War forces in local documents.
It is known that Thomas Jefferson asked for one quarter of the county's militia, 65 men, to fight at Green Spring, West Virginia in 1781, near the end of the war.
[2] What is known is that Fluvanna was the site of Point of Fork Arsenal, a major center of arms manufacturing for the Virginia government during the Revolution.
In order to join the militia, men were required to take a "Test Oath" renouncing King George III and pledging themselves to defend the Commonwealth.