I believe it. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some foreign mercenaries, also.
If the federal government wanted to take their weapons, do you believe the U.S. Supreme Court would have ruled back then that Negroes and foreigners had second amendment protection?
Moot point. I was referring to the Militia Act of 1792, and it said nothing about non-whites.
Moot point notwithstanding, the Supremes at that time would NOT have recognized foreigners or blacks as protected by the BoR. But, the intention of the 2nd Amendment was to allow citizens (”the people”) to keep and bear arms...we just define citizens differently today.