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Nancy,
'Service records' do not give date of birth or name of spouse (if any when in service). On very rare occasions for State Troops and Continental Regiments a 'Size Roll' survives that could give age, in addition to height, occupation and County of residence (occasionally a more specific area). These were created so that in event of desertion a description could be circulated or advertised to help recover the deserter.
In this period the records of service were mainly muster rolls and pay rolls, arranged by Company within regiment/battalion.
It can require a lot of work to connect a name on such a list with a specific individual.
All able-bodied white males were considered to be members of their County militia. Not all militiamen had active-duty service, although many militia rosters survive that were made at the time of regular militia musters. Records of these were made at the County level and sometimes also some records can be found in Town records.
The organizations more likely to have active duty were the State Troops and Continental Regiments.
In general, County Militia served within the County, State Troops in the State, and Continentals anywhere.
Good hunting,
Jade
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