Here is a list of the local men whose names went into the ballot for the militia in 1797. All should be between ages 18 and 45. The information is transcribed as recorded in the original record.
| Nicol Mercer | Shoemaker | Melrose |
| George Ronaldson Junior | Mason | Melrose |
| George Sword | Servant | Melrose |
| Walter Hilson | Weaver | Melrose |
| James Pringle Junior | Mason | Melrose |
| John Pringle | Weaver | Melrose |
| John Halton | Taylor | Melrose |
| Robert Henderson | Shoemaker | Melrose |
| William Kyle | Clock | Melrose |
| Thomas Douglas | Servant | Melrose |
| James Miller | Labourer | Melrose |
| John Blackie | Watchmaker | Melrose |
| Andrew Lumsdean Junr | Millwright | Newstead |
| John Mein | Labourer | Newstead |
| Robert Pringle | Mason | Newstead |
| George Ronaldson | Mason | Darnwick |
| Thomas Ballantyne | Weaver | Darnwick |
| William Fanett | Mason | Darnwick |
| James Vair | Weaver | Darnwick |
| Thomas Vair | Weaver | Darnwick |
| Alexander Harper | Labourer | Darnwick |
| James Mercer | Mason – £10 | Darnwick |
| George Usher | Farmer | Toftfield |
| Alexander Paterson | Weaver | Bridgend |
| John Williamson | in | Darnwick |
| Richard Mil | Labourer | Newtoun |
| John Lambert | Weaver | Newtoun |
| Thomas Mather | Wright | Newtoun |
| Thomas Rae | Weaver | Newtoun |
| Robert Fairbairn | Servant | Whitehill |
| James Lockie | Farmer – £10 | Old Melrose |
| William Scott | Labourer | Darnwick |
| Alexander Hay | Farmer | Sunnyside |
| James Williamson | Mason | Gattonside |
| Andrew Cunningham | Labourer | Gattonside |
| James Kirkwood | Taylor | Gattonside |
| Robert Dalgleish | Weaver | Gattonside |
| Robert Crosby | Smith – ??? Unfit | Gattonside |
| George Blackie | son of ___ Blackie Portioner | Langhaugh |
| William Murray | Student | Buckham |
| John Murray Junr | son to John Murray farmer ??? | [Buckham?] |
| John Lees | Cloathier | Buckhamside |
| William Lees | Cloathier | Buckhamside |
| George Robert | Cloathier | Buckhamside |
| John Thomson | Wright – Subt. | Darlingshaugh |
| John Mercer | Cloathier | Wildearhaugh |
| Thomas Mercer | Cloathier – Subt. | Wildearhaugh |
| Alexander Chennie | Cloathier | Darlingshaugh |
| Robert Walker Junior | Cloathier | Buckhamside |
| Robert McLeod | Manufacturer | Darlingshaugh |
| John Clark | Weaver | Darlingshaugh |
| Alexander Broomfield Junr | Farmer – Subt. | Bluecairn |
| Robert Bertram | Labourer | Sorrowlessfield |
| Robert Walker | Weaver | Nether Craigsford |
| Thomas Hope | Servant | Over Craigsford |
| James Scott | Servant | Blainslie |
| Thos Laidlaw | Labourer | Blainslie |
| James Bold | Servant | Langhaugh |
| William Scott | in | Darlingshaugh |
| John Amos | Darlingshaugh | |
| George Craig | Darlingshaugh | |
| Thomas Gray | Servant | Easterlonglee |
| James Ormiston | Servant | Westerlonglee |
| Robert Wilson | Servant | Blainslie |
| _____ | Servant to ___ Elliot farmer | New Blainslie |
| John Duncan | in | Darnwick |
| John Mein | in | Darnwick |
| James Polwart | Servant | Westerlonglee |
| George Burnet Junior | Mason | Newstead |
Melrose One-Place Study 