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The Halifax District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disbanded at the end of the war.
- 1776-1783
- North Carolina militia
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.
Allen Jones (December 24, 1739 – November 10, 1798) was an American planter, American Revolution brigadier general of the Halifax District Brigade, and statesman from Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
The Halifax District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Halifax. Brigadier Allen Jones served as commander of the Halifax District Brigade from May 4, 1776, until after the war when he resigned his...
The Halifax District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disbanded at the end of the war.
On August 1, 1776, Cornelius Harnett, a prominent Halifax resident and Revolutionary patriot, was elected to give North Carolina’s first public reading of the Declaration of Independence to the town of Halifax.
Halifax County Regiment: Martin County Regiment* Nash County Regiment: Northampton County Regiment--Warren County Regiment * Martin County began in the Edenton District Brigade of Militia. It was transferred to the Halifax District Brigade of Militia in December of 1777.
