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Tyrrell County Regiment. The Tyrrell County Regiment was one of the 35 existing county militias to be authorized as a regiment of the North Carolina militia by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on September 9, 1775. It was active until the end of the war. The colonels included: Colonel Edward Buncombe (1775–1776)
The Tyrrell County Regiment of Militia was a regiment in the North Carolina militia, under the authority of the Edenton District Brigade. The regiment recruited out of Tyrrell County, of which it shares its name. The Tyrrell County Regiment was one of the 35 existing county militias to be authorized as a regiment of the North Carolina militia by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on ...
The units included military district brigades established in 1776, county regiments, four battalions, and one independent corps of light horse. Four regiments were located in counties that became part of the Southwest Territory in 1790 and later Tennessee in 1796.
UnitSubordinationEstablishedDisbandedNorth Carolina Militia and State Troops ...17781783North Carolina Militia Command17761783Edenton District Brigade17801780Edenton District Brigade17801780The Edenton District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Wilmington. Edward Vail, Sr. was commissioned as the first commander of the Edenton District Brigade on May 4, 1776.
There were eight known companies in the battalion, including one headed by Captain John Pugh Williams, who would later be acting commander of the Edenton District Brigade. The battalion was engaged only once, a skirmish at Great Bridge, Virginia on December 9, 1775.
These districts were each comprised of a number of counties surrounding a significant town and corresponded with existing judicial districts: Edenton, Halifax, Hillsborough, New Bern, Salisbury, and Wilmington.
Categories: North Carolina Militia, American Revolution | Edenton District Brigade, North Carolina Militia, American Revolution. This category contains profiles of those who served in the Tyrrell County Regiment. See Tyrrell County Regiment by J.D. Lewis for details about this unit.
