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Currituck County Regiment. The Currituck 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 Samuel Jarvis (1775-1783)
- 1776-1783
- North Carolina
- Brigade
- North Carolina militia
The Currituck County Regiment was a regiment in the North Carolina militia, under the authority of the Edenton District Brigade. The regiment recruited out of Currituck County, of which it shares its name. The Currituck County Regiment was one of the 35 existing county militias to be authorized...
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.
- 1775–1783
- North Carolina
- State Troops
- Major General John Ashe, Sr.
Currituck County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Samuel Jarvis: Gates County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1779 1783 Col Lawrence Baker: Hertford County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Benjamin Wynns: Martin County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade, Halifax District Brigade: 1775 1783
Regiments Assigned to this Brigade: 1st Regiment of NC Militia --2nd Regiment of NC Militia Bertie County Regiment: Camden County Regiment: Chowan County Regiment: Currituck County Regiment: Gates County Regiment: Hertford County Regiment: Martin County Regiment* 1st Pasquotank County Regiment: 2nd Pasquotank County Regiment
Only categorize to Edenton District Brigade if the militia unit is not known. For regiments within Edenton District, see: Edenton District Brigade of Militia by J.D. Lewis for details about this unit. This category is managed by the 1776 Project in association with the Categorization Project.
1st and 2nd Regiments. On June 2, 1780, the North Carolina Legislature authorized two new special regiments of Militia to be raised and led by Colonel Samuel Jarvis of the Currituck County Regiment and Colonel Benjamin Exum of the Wayne County Regiment.
