On 24 November 1756 the House of Burgesses voted to raise three Companies of Rangers with two stationed in Augusta County. MAJ Andrew Lewis was to command all the Rangers and one Company with CPT Peter Hogg, CPT John Dickinson and CPT William Preston commanding the other three. The private men were to be paid twelve pence, about fifteen cents, a day, and find their own clothing. (6th GGF, William Armstrong in Hogg's Company)