Titel: SV: Help with birth record
Skrivet av: Kalle Birgersson skrivet 2020-04-04, 18:54
Some farms together were responsibel for providing one soldier and all his equipment. Often some large farms and a few smaller. Together they were called a "rote". For a parish like Torpa there might have been around five "rotar", each with one soldier.
In both 1717 and 1721 muster rolls the text describes what clothes the soldier has got. In 1728 it starts with his weaponry, he has got a musket, a bayonet and a small sword. After that they list some clothes again. The last column says "är åldrig och siuklig får afsked", is aged and sick, gets discharge. I don't know why there are several farms listed that year, probably that´s all farms in the "rote". Normal years only the main farm is listed even if there are many.