> Did every county have an enlistment "office",


Early on in the Revolution, many men did indeed enlist in their home county.
However, by 1781 (Yorktown Campaign), there were a number of primary
recruiting offices across the state, including (but not limited to)
Cumberland, Albemarle, Winchester, and Fredericksburg.

I would also point out that pension applications were made when these
soldiers were quite old...their memories were failing. It was hard enough
for them to remember what company officers they served under (they usually
got the colonel right, however), much less where exactly they enlisted.
Examples of these inconsistencies may be found by looking at pension
applications at:
http://www.virginiacampaign.org/gaskins/org.html

Scott Smith
Gaskins' Virga. Battalion of 1781
www.virginiacampaign.org/gaskins

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