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The Dobbs County Regiment was a unit of the North Carolina militia that served during the American Revolution. The regiment was one of thirty-five existing county militias that were authorized by the North Carolina Provincial Congress to be organized on September 9, 1775.
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- North Carolina militia
The Dobbs County Regiment was a unit of the North Carolina militia that served during the American Revolution. The regiment was one of thirty-five existing county militias that were authorized by the North Carolina Provincial Congress to be organized on September 9, 1775.
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 ...
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Abraham's ancestors were from Surry County, Virginia, where he may have been born. The date of his birth is not known for sure but could be about 1730. Abraham Sheppard was a merchant-planter and owned a plantation, Contentnea, in Dobbs County, North Carolina. He had at least three sons (Benjamin, Abraham Jr., and John), and four daughters, one of ...
Sheppard served during the American Revolution: 1. 1777-1778, Dobbs County Regiment 2. September 9, 1775, promoted to Colonel in the North Carolina Militia. 3. November 23, 1776, Colonel/ Commandant of the newly-created 1st Battalion of Volunteers, which was disbanded on 4/10/1777. 4. April 17, 1777, Colonel/ Commandant of the 10th North Carolina R...
Fred A. Berg, Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units (1972)John L. Cheney Jr., ed., North Carolina Government, 1585–1974 (1975).Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 11–13, 16, 22 (1896–1907).Talmage Johnson and Charles R. Holloman, The Story of Kinston and Lenoir County (1954).- c. 1730, possibly Surry County, Virginia
The Dobbs County Regiment was a unit of the North Carolina militia that served during the American Revolution. The regiment was one of thirty-five existing county militias that were authorized by the North Carolina Provincial Congress to be organized on September 9, 1775.
The Dobbs County Regiment was active until the end of the war. Units of this regiment were known to have participated in the following known battles/skirmishes: Date(s): Known Battles / Skirmishes: 2/27/1776: Moore's Creek Bridge: 3/3/1779: Briar Creek (GA) 6/20/1779: Stono Ferry (SC) 3/28-5/12/1780
Colonel over the 10th NC Regiment - 1777-1778. On 9/9/1775, Abraham Sheppard was commissioned as the Colonel/Commandant over the Dobbs County Regiment of Militia. He led the Dobbs County Regiment of Militia at the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776.
