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Lincoln County Regiment, North Carolina militia 1779-1783; 9/9/1775, a major under Col. William Graham in the Tryon County Regiment (North Carolina) June 1776, back to captain. 1779, a lieutenant colonel of Riflemen under Col. Andrew Hampton (Rutherford County Regiment). May have been at the Battle of Stono Ferry in South Carolina
The earliest English attempt at colonization was the Roanoke Colony in 1585, the famed "Lost Colony" of Sir Walter Raleigh. The Province of Carolina would come about in 1629, however it was not an official province until 1663. It would later split in 1712, helping form the Province of North Carolina.
MG William Smallwood, 2nd North Carolina Militia commander [note 2] BG Allen Jones, Halifax District Brigade commander. Col William Richardson Davie, Independent Corps of Light Horse commander. Col Robert Howe, Brunswick County Regiment commander. Col James Kenan, Duplin County Regiment commander. Col John Sevier, 3rd commander of the ...
4th North Carolina Regiment. The 4th North Carolina Regiment was authorized on January 16, 1776 and established on April 15, 1776 at Wilmington, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army Southern Department under the command of Thomas Polk. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth ...
On February 8, 1779, the Tryon County Regiment was abolished, and the existing units were placed into the newly-created Lincoln County Regiment and Rutherford County Regiment, with new field officers over each of the two new regiments. Therefore, the Tryon County Regiment of Militia ceased to exist. Interestingly, Loyalists in the area refused ...
The 10th Regiment was organized in the Summer and Fall of 1777 at Kintson, North Carolina. It included eight companies of volunteers from the northwestern part of North Carolina. It was assigned to the North Carolina Brigade, an element of the Northern Department of the Continental Army, on 8 July 1777. Two companies started marching north in ...
The North Carolina Light Dragoons Regiment was raised on April 13, 1775 at Wilmington, North Carolina, first as provincial troops, then as state troops, then for service with the Continental Army, and finally returned as a State Troop Regiment. On April 16, 1776, the General Assembly authorized the creation of three companies of NC Light Dragoons.
