File contains a photocopied printed extract from Belden's Atlas (1878) reprinted in The City of Belleville History (1943) by W.C, Mikel, concerning the organization of the Hastings County militia in 1799.

File contains a typescript list of the officers of the 1st regiment of the Hastings Militia by rank, 1804-1815.

File contains typescript and manuscript muster rolls for Thurlow and Sidney Townships, by rank, July 2, 1812.

File contains a photocopied printed and manuscript discharge certificate from military duty for Sergeant Robert Warren, Marmora who served from 1812 to 1819 in the Seventy Sixty regiment. Also present is a photocopied manuscript list of standing committees of the Hastings County Council, 1857.

File contains a photocopied printed extract entitled "Pensioners of the War of 1812," listing soldiers of the Prince Edward Militia killed in action or deceased through illness in the War of 1812, and their heirs and survivors.

File contains typescript and manuscript lists of veterans (pensioners) of the War of 1812, surviving in 1875. Also includes an original printed and manuscript Canadian Registration Board registration card for William Edgar Harvey, Trenton, 1918.

File contains printed and manuscript lists of officers and other militia members of the Regiment of Hastings Militia serving in the War of 1812.

File contains typescript and manuscript muster roll and pay list of officers and militia members of the 1st Hastings Regiment, at Point Henry, March 25-April 24, 1814.

File contains a manuscript letter from Lt. Col. Charles Willard, Belleville to Captain William Robertson, 2nd Hastings Militia ordering the assembly of the 2nd regiment of the Hastings Militia at Rawdon on June 4, 1832, with a list of unit officers included.

File contains typescript list of members of the 1st Regiment of Hastings Militia assembled in Shannonville on 18 October 1834 under Captain George Bleecker.

File contains typescript list of members of the Hastings Militia from Hungerford Township from 1834.

File contains typescript of Hastings Militia returns from 1834 in Huntingdon Township.

File contains typescript of Hastings Militia returns from 1834 in Shannonville.

File contains a reproduction from a scrapbook that announces the anniversary of the foundation of the Rifle Company by J. Noseworthy in Belleville 47 years prior in 1837.

File contains two copies of a reproduction of an affidavit by James Whiteman regarding his service as a volunteer in the militia during 1837-8. He volunteered in Shannonville, attempted to search for Hayden, arrested Joseph Canniff, and marched as far as Napanee on his way to Prescott before being discharged. He was 76 when he made the declaration. The original document was owned by Clarence Whiteman of Albert Street inn Belleville, James' great nephew.

File contains a manuscript account of the experiences of John O'Carroll, a Roman Catholic citizen of Belleville, who was unjustly accused of encouraging people to join the 1837 Rebellion.

File contains a photocopied manuscript Hastings Militia roll from 9 October 1830.

File contains manuscript notes by Fred Bradley on the militia called out by Lt Col Bonnycastle in Hastings totaling 1668 men and 108 officers divided into the Mohawks 1 st Hastings Light Dragoons, 2nd and 3rd Prince Edward (Infantry), Belleville Rifles (Infantry), and the 2nd Hastings.

Two typescript transcripts of a letter from the commanding officer in Belleville, Warren, to Colonel Halkeet, the Assistant Military Secretary in Toronto concerning the loyalty of local residents during the period of upheaval in 1838 as a result of the rebellion