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Historical Register of Units of the Militia, Associators, and Minutemen
from 1607 to 1861
Compiler and editor – Walter G. Green III, Ph.D.
Copyright 2015 by the Society of Descendants of Militia Officers. All rights reserved.
2016-06-03
Note: This register is currently in an editing process to convert all entries to a standard style. Red type indicates entries which have been edited to the style. We expect the conversion process to be completed by 1 April. In that process information that may require further validation is marked by an asterisk (*).
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UNITS – MASSACHUSETTS 1629-1680
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1641-06-01 Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia: Sergeant Major General John Humphrey
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (c) Dorchester, Roxbury, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Braintree, Medfield, Hull, Milton, probably Wrentham, Hingham
(a) 1636/7-03-09 (b) 1643-09-07 Redesignated (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization
(a) South Regiment: Colonel John Winthrop, Sr.; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dudley; Mustermaster Captain John Underhill; Captain John Underhill’s Company (Boston); Captain Israel Stoughton’s Company (Dorchester);
(a) 1 Colonel
1 Lieutenant Colonel
1 Mustermaster 5 Companies
(b) 2 Troops of
Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
pg. 2
Roxbury Company; Weymouth Company; Hingham Company (b,c) Suffolk Regiment: Major William Stoughton
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) prior to 1652-05-26 (b) date unknown (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization transferred to Boston Regiment
(a) Suffolk Troop, Suffolk Regiment (b) renamed Boston Troop may be same troop as Captain Thomas Brattle’s Troop
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) prior to 1680-10-13 (b) transferred to Boston Regiment 1680-10-13
Captain Thomas Brattle’s Troop of Horse, Suffolk Regiment: Captain Thomas Brattle may be same troop as Boston Troop
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1679-10-15 Hingham, Weymouth, and Hull Troop, Suffolk Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Boston and Roxbury
(a) 1631-04-12 (b) 1635 (c) 1652-10-19
(a, b) Captain John Underhill’s Company, South Regiment: Captain John Underhill
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Dorchester
(a) 1631-04-12 (b) 1635
(a) Captain Richard Southcot’s Company : Captain Richard Southcot (b) Captain John Mason’s Company: Captain John Mason
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) 1636/7-03-09 (b) 1643-09-07 redesignated (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization, divided into 1st
(a) East Regiment: Colonel John Endecott; Lieutenant Colonel John Winthrop, Jr.; Mustermaster Captain William Trask; Captain William Trask’s Company (Salem)
(a) 1 Colonel
1 Lieutenant Colonel
1 Mustermaster 4 Companies
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
pg. 3
and 2nd Essex Regiments
Captain Daniel Patrick’s Company (Saugus renamed Lynn 1637); Captain Daniel Dennison’s Company (Ipswich); Captain John Spencer’s Company (Newberry) (b) Essex Regiment
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem
(a) 1629-04-17 (b) 1631-04-12 (c) 1635 (d) 1674-10-07 reorganization into 1st and 2nd Salem Companies
(a, b) Salem Company or Captain John Endecott’s Company, East Regiment: Captain John Endecott (c) Captain William Trask’s Company, East Regiment: Captain William Trask
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem
1674-10-07 1st (East) Salem Company, Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem
(a) 1674-10-07 (b) 1677-10-22 reorganization into 2nd and 3rd Salem Companies
2nd (West) Salem Company, Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem
1677-10-22 created from the 2nd Salem Company
3rd (Salem Farms/Village) Salem Company, Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Saugus renamed Lynn 1637
(a) 1635 (b) by 1636/7-03-09
(a) Captain Nathaniel Turner’s Company: Captain Nathaniel Turner (b) Captain Daniel Patrick’s Company: Captain Daniel Patrick
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) 1652-10-19 (b) 1662-05-07 force reorganization
Essex Troop, Essex Regiment:
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (a) Ipswich,
(a) 1662-05-07 formed from Essex Troop
(a) 1st Essex Troop, Essex Regiment: (b) 1st (?) Essex Troop,
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
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Rowley, Newbury, Andover, Topsfield (b) Ipswich only
(b) 1680-10-13 (c) 1683-05-16 force reorganization
Regiment unknown (c) 1st Essex Troop, probably 1st Essex Regiment
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1683-05-16 formed from 1st Essex Troop
Andover and Topsfield Troop, Essex Regiment probably 2nd Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1683-05-16 formed from 1st Essex Troop
Newbury and Rowley Troop, Essex Regiment probably 2nd Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (a) Salem, Manchester, Lynn, River Head (d) Salem only
(a) 1662-05-07 Formed from Essex Troop (b) 1677-06-01 disbanded (c) 1678-05-09 reorganized (d) 1678-10-07
2nd Essex Troop, Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1677-10-22 formed from 2nd Essex Troop
Lynn Troop, Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1683-05-16 formed from 2nd Essex Troop
Beverly and Wenham Troop, Essex Regiment probably 1st Essex Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Ipswich, Gloucester, Wenham, Salem Village
(a) 1680-10-13 formed from Essex Regiment (b) 1689 force reorganization into 3 regiments
1st (South) Essex Regiment: Major General Dennison; 3 Ipswich Companies; 1st Essex Troop of Horse; Beverly and Wenham Troop of Horse
1 Major General
10 companies 2 Troops of
Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, Haverhill, Andover, Topsfield, Amesbury,
(a) 1680-10-13 formed from Essex Regiment (b) 1689 force reorganization into 3 regiments
2nd (North ) Essex Regiment: Major Nathaniel Saltonstall; 2 Newbury Companies; probably Andover and Topsfield Troop of Horse; probably Newbury and
1 Major 9 Companies
of Foot 3 Troops of
Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
pg. 5
Bradford Rowley Troop of Horse; Salisbury, Haverhill, and Amesbury Troop of Horse
Massachusetts (Bay Colony):
1681-05-27 Salisbury, Haverhill, and Amesbury Troop
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Salem, Lynn, Marblehead, Beverly, Manchester
1689 force reorganization
1st Essex Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Ipswich, Gloucester, Rowley, Wenham, Topsfield, Boxford
1689 force reorganization
2nd Essex Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Newbury, Salisbury, Haverhill, Andover, Amesbury, Bradford
1689 force reorganization
3rd Essex Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) 1636/7-03-09 (b) 1643-09-07 Redesignated (c) 1680-10-13 force reorganization divided into 1st and 2nd Middlesex Regiments
(a) North Regiment: Colonel John Haynes; Lieutenant Colonel Roger Herlakenden; Mustermaster Captain Daniel Patrick; Captain Robert Sedgwick’s Company (Charleston); Captain William Jennison’s Company (Watertown); Captain George Cooke’s Company (Newtown renamed Cambridge 1637-09); Lieutenant Simon Willard (Concord);
(a) 1 Colonel
1 Lieutenant Colonel
1 Mustermaster 5 Companies
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
pg. 6
___ Company (Dedham) (b,c) Middlesex Regiment
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Watertown, Medford, Newton
(a) 1631-04-12 (b) 1635 (c) by 1636/7-03-09
(a, b) Captain Daniel Patrick’s Company, North Regiment: Captain Daniel Patrick (c) split into two companies raised in Watertown and Newtown
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Lynn, Redding, Rumly Marsh
1658-05-26 Three County Troop Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) Prior to 1662-05-07 (b) 1680-10-13
(a) Middlesex Troop, Middlesex Regiment (b) assigned to 1st Middlesex Regiment, may be same troop as Captain Thomas Prentice’s Troop of Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Watertown, Charleston, Cambridge, Cambridge Village and Woburn, Reading, Malden
1680-10-13 formed from Middlesex Regiment
1st (Lower, Eastern) Middlesex Regiment: Major Daniel Gookin; 2 Charleston Companies; Captain Thomas Prentice’s Troop of Horse may be same troop as Middlesex Troop
1 Major 7 Companies
of Foot 1 Troop of
Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Concord, Sudbury, Lancaster, Groton, Billerica, Chelmsford, Marlborough, Dunstable
1680-10-13 formed from Middlesex Regiment
2nd (Upper, Western) Middlesex Regiment: Major Peter Bulkley; Captain Thomas Hinchman’s Troop of Horse, may be same troop as 2nd Middlesex Troop
1 Major 8 Companies
of Foot 1 Troop of
Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Concord,
1669-10-12 2nd Middlesex Troop (Upper or Western Troop)
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
pg. 7
Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Groton
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) 1670-05-31 (b) 1679/80-02-04 disestablished on transfer of territory to new colony of New Hampshire
(a,b) Norfolk Regiment: Sergeant Major Captain Robert Pike
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
(a) 1656-10-14 (b) 1679/80-02-04 disbanded
Norfolk Troop, Norfolk Regiment:
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1671-05-31 York Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1671-05-31 Hampshire Regiment: Sergeant Major John Pynchon; Hampshire Troop
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1662-10-08 Hampshire Troop, Hampshire Regiment
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1674-10-07 Devonshire County Separate Companies
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1680-10-13 Force reorganization
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1680-10-13 Force reorganization from Suffolk Regiment
Boston Regiment: Major Thomas Clark; 8 Boston companies; Captain Thomas Brattle’s Troop of Horse
1 Major 8 Companies
of Foot; 1 Troop of
Horse
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1680-10-13 Force reorganization from Suffolk Regiment
Captain Thomas Brattle’s Troop of Horse, Boston Regiment probably same troop as Boston Troop
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1638/39-03-13 chartered
The Military Company of the Massachusetts also referred to as The Artillery Company and
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
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later The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1645-05-14 chartered
The Militaary Company of Salem and Lynn
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1645-05-14 chartered
The Military Company of Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, and Hampton
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
1645-05-14 chartered
The Military Company of Middlesex
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
UNITS - PEQUOT WAR
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
Block Island Expedition: 1635
Massachusetts Bay Colony Forces: Captain John Endicott; Captain John Underhill; Captain Nathaniel Turner
3 Captains 120 men
Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
Connecticut Pequot War: 1637-06-26
Connecticut Forces: Captain John Mason; Hartford Militia; Windsor Militia; Weathersfield Militia
130 men Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, pp. 5, 14, 20-21, 26; Mason A Brief History, pp. v, 8
Connecticut Pequot War: (a) 1637-05-01 (b) 1637-06-02 (c) 1637-06-26
Hartford Militia: Captain John Cullick
(a) levy 42 Privates
(b) levy 14 Privates (c) levy 5 Privates
Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, pp. 5, 14
Connecticut Pequot War: (a) 1637-05-01 (b) 1637-06-02 (c) 1637-06-26
Windsor Militia: Captain John Mason
(a) levy 30 Privates
(b) levy 10 Privates (c) levy 3 Privates
Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, p. 5, 20-21; Mason A Brief History, p. v
Connecticut Pequot War: (a) 1637-05-01 (b) 1637-06-02 (c) 1637-06-26
Weathersfield Militia: Lieutenant Robert Seeley, Ensign William Goodrich
(a) levy 18 Privates
(b) levy 6 Privates (c) levy 2 Privates
Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, pp. 5, 17, 26
Connecticut Pequot War: Unknown units: Mason A Brief History,
pg. 9
1637 Lieutenant Thomas Bull p. 8
Connecticut and Saybrook Colony
Pequot War: 1637
Saybrook Fort: Lieutenant Lyon Gardener
Mason A Brief History, p. 25
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
Pequot War: 1637
Massachusetts Bay Colony Forces: Captain John Endicott; Captain John Underhill; Captain Israel Stoughton; Captain Daniel Patrick, Captain William Traske, Ensign Richard Davenport; Sergeant ___ Palmer; Sergeant ___ Davis; Sergeant ___ Jeffries
5 Captains 1 Ensign
3 Sergeants 120 men
Mason A Brief History, pp. ix, 13, 16, 27. Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.
UNITS – MARYLAND 1646-1676
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Maryland 1675-09-26 Maryland Militia: Major Thomas Truman; Captain John Coode
Rice Tales from a Revolution, pp. 6, 20.
UNITS –VIRGINIA 1646-1676
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia (Charles City County)
1657-06-24 Militia of Merchants Hope: Colonel Abraham Wood; Major William Harris; Captain Henry Pery; Captain Rich. Tye; Colonel’s Company
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 10, p. 79.
Virginia (Charles City County)
1657-06-24 Colonel’s Company, Militia of Merchants Hope: Captain Peter Jones commanding
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 10, p. 79.
Virginia 1661-07-04 1661-07-12
Henrico and Charles City County Regiment:
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 11, pp.
pg. 10
Colonel Abraham Wood; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Drewe; Major Wm Harris; Captain-Lieutenant of the Regiment Captain John Woodleife; Colonel’s Company; Lieutenant Colonel’s Company; Major’s Company; Captain John Epes’s Company; Captain William Ffarrars’s Company; Captain Peter Jones’s Company; Captain Edward Hill, Jr.’s Company; Captain Ffrancis Grey’s Company; Captain Thomas Stegge’s Troop of Horse; Captain Thomas Harris’s Trayned Band Company; Captain Ffrancis Epes’s Trayned Band Company; Captain John Wall’s Trayned Band Company
99-100, 101, 102, 103.
Virginia 1661-07-12 Colonel’s Company, Henrico and Charles City County Regiment: Captain-Lieutenant of the Regiment Captain John Woodleife commanding
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 11, pp. 99-100, 101, 102, 103.
Virginia 1675 Stafford County Regiment: Colonel George Mason; Captain George Brent
Rice Tales from a Revolution, p. 6.
Virgina 1675-09-26 County Militias of Rice Tales from a
pg. 11
Northern Virginia in an Expedition to attack the Susquehannocks: John Washington in command, rank unknown; Isaac Allerton, Jr. in command, rank unknown
Revolution, p. 19.
UNITS – FIRST ESOPUS WAR 1659-1660
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
New York (Dutch Colony)
First Esopus War: 1660-03-29
Company at the Esopus:* Ensign Dirck Schmitt; Sergeant Paulus Jansen; Sergeant Cristiaen Nissen; Corporal Jan Pierssen; Corporal Jonas Rantzaw; Corporal Godfried Cleutz; Corporal Urbanus die Graeff; Lancepesade Noel Reyss; Lancepesade Joris Metzer; Lancepesade Marcus Jentzen; Lancepesade Jellis Buttein; Cadet Jelliss die Neecker
1 Ensign 2 Sergeants 4 Corporals
4 Lancepesades
1 Cadet 63 Privates
Genealogy Quest “Muster Roll of the Company at the Esopus”.
UNITS – BACON’S REBELLION 1676
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Governor Berkeley’s Forces: Officers whose
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 83, 84-85,
pg. 12
assignment is unknown: Major General John Custis; Colonel Nathaniel Bacon the Elder; Colonel Joseph Bridger; Colonel William Claiborne the Elder; Colonel William Cole; Colonel Philip Ludwell; Colonel Francis Morrison; Colonel Christopher Wormely; Major Robery Beverly; Major Robert Bristoll; Major John Burnham; Major John Lewis; Major John Page; Captain William Diggs; Captain Robert Sorrell; Captain Ralph Wormley; Henry Whitinge officer, rank unknown
162, 165, 186, 187, 230, 235, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 286. Tyler Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 1, p. 135.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Accomack County Regiment: Colonel John Stringer; Colonel Southy Littleton; Major John West; Captain William Whittington; Captain Daniel Jenifer
Bockstruck Virginia’s Colonial Soldiers, p. 1. Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 285.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Charles City County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel John Smith; Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hill
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 110, 260, 280, 282.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Gloucester County Regiment: Colonel Augustine Warner; Lieutenant Colonel
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 247, 278, 283.
pg. 13
John Smith; Major Robert Beverly; Philip Lightfoote officer, rank unknown
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Henrico County Regiment: Colonel and Major General Abraham Wood
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 186.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Isle of Wight County Regiment: Colonel Charles Moryson; Major John Powell
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 236, 238.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
James City County Regiment: Major Theophilus Hone; Captain John Armistead
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 63, 71.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Middlesex County: Colonel Matthew Kemp; Captain Walter Whitaker
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 280, 281.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Nansemond County Regiment: Colonel John Lear; Major David Lear
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 254, 283.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
New Kent County Regiment: Colonel John West
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 282.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Rappahannock County Regiment: Major Lawrence Smith
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 282.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Surry County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel George Jordan
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 96.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Westmoreland County Regiment: Colonel Nicholas Spencer; Major Richard Leigh
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 187, 279, 280.
Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
York County Regiment: Captain Otho Thorp; Captain John Tiplady
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 72, 156, 258, 281.
pg. 14
Virginia (Bacon’s Forces)
Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676-1677
Nathaniel Bacon’s Army: Nathaniel Bacon commissioned by duress; Thomas Hansford officer, rank unknown; Colonel Thomas Ballard; Colonel ___ Brent; Colonel John Farrar; Colonel Thomas Swann; Captain James Crews (Henrico County); Captain Charles Scarburgh
Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 63, 117, 146, 152, 158, 194, 244, 267, 280, 284.
UNITS – VIRGINIA 1680-1702
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia 1699 Henrico County Regiment: Colonel William Byrd, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel William Randolph; Major Peter Field
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 105
Virginia 1699 Charles City County Regiment: Colonel Edward Hill, Commander in Chief, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hill, Jr.; Major Charles Goodrich
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 10.
Virginia 1699 Surrey County Regiment: Colonel Benjamin Harrison, Commander in Chief; Major Henry Tooker
1 Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 105.
Virginia 1699 Isle of Wight County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Bridger,
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 105
pg. 15
Commander in Chief; Major Henry Baker
Virginia 1699 Nansemond County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel George Norsworthy, Commander in Chief; Major Thomas Swann
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 105.
Virginia 1699 Princess Anne County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Lawson, Commander in Chief; Major John Thoroughgood
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 105.
Virginia 1699 Norfolk County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Mason, Commander in Chief; Major James Wilson
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 105.
Virginia 1699 Elizabeth City County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel William Wilson, Commander in Chief; Major Anthony Armistead
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia 1699 Warwick County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Miles Cary, Commander in Chief; Major William Cary
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia 1699 James City County Regiment: Colonel Philip Ludwell, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Duke
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia 1699 York County Regiment: Colonel Edmund Jenings, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ballard;
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
pg. 16
Major William Buckner
Virginia 1699 New Kent County Regiment: Colonel John Lightfoot, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Foster; Major William Bassett
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106
Virginia 1699 King and Queen County Regiment: Colonel William Leigh, Commander in Chief; Major Joshua Story
1 Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106
Virginia 1699 Gloucester County Regiment: Colonel Matthew Page, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel James Ransom; Major Peter Beverley
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106
Virginia 1699 Middlesex County Regiment: Colonel Ralph Wormeley, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Kemp; Major Robert Dudley Middlesex and Essex are the one of three pairs of County Regiments that share the same Colonel and Commander in Chief. The two counties share a border.
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106
Virginia 1699 Essex County Regiment: Colonel Ralph Wormeley, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel William Moseley; Major John Catlett Middlesex and Essex are the one of three
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
pg. 17
pairs of County Regiments that share the same Colonel and Commander in Chief. The two counties share a border.
Virginia 1699 Lancaster County Regiment: Colonel Robert Carter, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Ball Lancaster and Northumberland are the one of three pairs of County Regiments that share the same Colonel and Commander in Chief. The two counties share a border.
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia 1699 Northumberland County Regiment: Colonel Robert Carter, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel George Cowper; Major Rodham Kenner Lancaster and Northumberland are the one of three pairs of County Regiments that share the same Colonel and Commander in Chief. The two counties share a border.
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia 1699 Westmoreland County Regiment: Colonel Richard Lee, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Willowby Allerton; Major Francis Wright Westmoreland and Richmond are the one
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
pg. 18
of three pairs of County Regiments that share the same Colonel and Commander in Chief. The two counties share a border.
Virginia 1699 Richmond County Regiment: Colonel Richard Lee, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel George Taylor; Major Thomas Lloyd Westmoreland and Richmond are the one of three pairs of County Regiments that share the same Colonel and Commander in Chief. The two counties share a border.
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia 1699 Stafford County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel George Mason, Commander in Chief; Major Thomas Owsley
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 106.
Virginia (a) 1680 (b)1699
Accomack County Regiment: (a) Lieutenant Colonel Cadwalladar Jones (b)Colonel Charles Scarborough, Commander in Chief; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Scarborough; (b) Major Richard Bayley
(b) 1 Colonel
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier Virginia Colonial Militia, p. 107. Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 217.
Virginia 1699 Northampton County Regiment: Colonel John Custis, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Littleton; Major William Waters
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
Genealogy Quest “Militia Officers in Virginia”. Crozier, p. 107.
pg. 19
UNITS - TUSCARORA WAR 1711-1714
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina Tuscarora War: 1711-10
Albemarle County Regiment
150 La Vere, p. 88
North Carolina Tuscarora War: (a) 1711-10-12 Battle of Catechna (b) 1711 attack on the Bear River Indians
Bath County Regiment (a) 50 to 60 (a) La Vere, p. 88 (b) La Vere, p. 92
UNITS - FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR – NORTH CAROLINA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina French and Indian War: 1754-11-25
Chowan County Regiment: Captain James Farlee’s Company
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, p. 356-359
North Carolina French and Indian War: 1754-11-25
Captain James Farlee’s Company, Chowan County Regiment: Captain James Farlee (deceased as of this date)
1 Captain (deceased) 189 men
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, p. 356-359
UNITS – FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - VIRGINIA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia French and Indian War: Immediately prior to 1755-07-18
Orange County Regiment: Colonel George Taylor
Brook, Vol II, p. 104.
UNITS – 1765-1774
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Massachusetts (Maine) (Windham)
1774-11-07 Officers elected to provide military training in Windham: Captain Richard Mayberry;
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign
Dole Windham in the Past, p. 201.
pg. 20
Lieutenant David Barker; Ensign Edward Anderson
UNITS – WAR OF THE REGULATION 1768-1771
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1768-04-13
Orange County Regiment: Colonel Edmund Fanning; Lieutenant Colonel John Grey; Major Lloyd; Adjutant Francis Nash; Captain Thomas Hart’s Company; Captain Thomson’s Company; Captain King’s Company; Captain Mebane’s Company; Captain Michael Holt’s Company; Captain Lytle’s Company; Captain Thackston’s Company
Not above 120 Colonial Records of NC, (Series 2) Vol. IX, pp. 593-597. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 07, p. 707
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-01 (b) 1771-05-03 (c) 1771-05-16 (d) detached 1771-05-09 (e) joined the army 1771-05-20
Governor Tryon’s Army: (a-e) Governor and Captain-General Tryon; (a) (b, c) Captain Malcolm, Aide de Camp; (1771-05-15) Captain Wiley Jones, and Captain Thomas Clark, Aides de Camp (c) Lieutenant Dawes, Commander of the
96 officers: 9 Colonels,
2 Lieutenant Colonels, 2 Majors,
24 Captains, 24 Lieutenants,
22 Ensigns, 11 Adjutants,
2 Quartermasters
22 Clerks 28 Sergeants 3 Musicians
18 Drummers
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 08, pp. 576, 580, 667, 677, Vol. 19, p. 838-854
pg. 21
Camp Colour Men (1771-05-15) Surgeon’s Mates Drs. Matthewson and Powers (b, c) Beaufort County Regiment; (b, c) Carteret County Regiment; (b, c) Craven County Regiment; (e) Cumberland County Regiment designated Corps of Light Infantry (b, c) Dobbs County Regiment; (b, c) Johnston County Regiment; (b, c) New Hanover County Regiment; (b, c) Onslow County Regiment; (c) Orange County Regiment; (b) Pitt County Regiment; (d) Wake County Regiment; (c) Troop of Light Horse; (1771-05-18) Troop of Light Horse volunteers from Duplin County- may be same as Troop of Light Horse (b, c) Corps of Artillery augmented from the Pitt County Regiment; (1771-05-11) Company of Pioneers formed from a Surry County Detachment; Officers assigned to command unidentified
1017 Privates
pg. 22
detachments: Lieutenant Colonel Richard Cogdell, Major Francis McKelweane; Officers whose assignments are unidentified: Lieutenant Colonel Nash
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance
Beaufort County Regiment: Captain Patton’s Company
See Captain Patton’s Compay
Powell, pp. 19-21; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-01 (b) 1771-05-25
Bute County Regiment: (a) Colonel Johnston discharged 1771-05-25 for failing to raise his regiment (b) Colonel Thomas Eaton
Did not participate in the campaign
for lack of volunteers from
the County militia
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677,
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance
Captain Patton’s Company, Beaufort County Regiment
(c) 4 officers (1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 Adjutant)
2 Sergeants 1 Drummer 35 Privates
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Carteret County Regiment: Colonel Thompson; 1 company
(c) 5 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 Adjutant)
1 Clerk 2 Sergeants 1 Drummer 53 Privates
Powell, pp. 19-21, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review
Craven County Regiment: Colonel Leach; 3 companies;
(c) 13 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 3
Powell, pp. 19-21; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p.
pg. 23
(b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Captain Neale’s Company of Rangers
Captains, 3 Lieutenants, 3
Ensigns, 1 Adjutant, 1
Quartermaster) 3 Clerks
6 Sergeants 3 Drummers 144 Privates
677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-20 joined the Army
Cumberland County Regiment: 1 Company – designated as a Corps of Light Infantry independent of the Line: Captain Farquhar Campbell
4 officers (1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1
Ensign, 1 Adjutant)
1 clerk 1 Musician 2 Sergeants 54 Privates
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 846.
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Dobbs County Regiment: Colonel Caswell; Captain Simon Bright probably; 4 companies
(c) 16 Officers (1 Colonel, 1 Major, 4
Captains, 4 Lieutenants, 4
Ensigns, 1 Adjutant, 1
Quartermaster) 4 Clerks
8 Sergeants 1 Musician
2 Drummers 160 Privates
Powell, pp. 19-21; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, pp. 587 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Johnston County Regiment: Colonel Bryan; 2 companies
(c) 8 officers (1 Colonel, 2 Captains, 2
Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 1 Adjutant) 1 Chaplain 2 Surgeons 2 Surgeons
Mates 2 Clerks
4 Sergeants 1 Drummer 54 Privates
Powell, pp. 19-21; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the New Hanover County (c) 8 officers (1 Powell, pp. 19-21;
pg. 24
Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Regiment: Colonel Ashe; 2 companies; Lieutenant Ashe; 1 Artillery Company
Colonel, 2 Captains, 2
Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns, 1 Adjutant) 2 Clerks
4 Sergeants 1 Musician
2 Drummers 81 Privates
Not including artillery
company
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Artillery Company; New Hanover County Regiment: Colonel Moore
(c) 8 officers (1 Colonel, 2 Captains, 3
Lieutenants, 1 Ensign, 1 Adjutant) 2 Clerks
6 Sergeants 2 Drummers 110 Privates
Original strength
augmented possibly from
the Carteret and Craven County
Regiments
Powell, pp. 19-21; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 666, 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-03 Review (b) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (c) 1771-05-22
Onslow County Regiment: Colonel Cray; 1 company
(c) 5 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 Adjutant)
1 Clerk 2 Sergeants 1 Drummer 42 Privates
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (b) 1771-05-22
Orange County Regiment; Colonel Edmund Fanning; 2 companies initially joined by
(b) 17 officers (1Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major, 4
Captains, 4
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 842. Menius.
pg. 25
2 companies after they had recruited up to strength; Captain James Thackston’s Company
Lieutenant, 4 Ensigns, 2 Adjutants)
4 Clerks 8 Sergeants 3 Drummers 162 Privates
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance
Captain James Thackston’s Company, Orange County Regiment
62 men Menius
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-03 Review
Pitt County Regiment: Captain Salter’s Company
unknown Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-03 Review
Captain Salter’s Company, Pitt County Regiment: Captain Salter
unknown Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 19, p. 838
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-06 muster in Wake County (b) 1771-05-08 detached to maintain order in Wake County (c) 1771-05-20 rejoined the Army
Wake County Regiment: Colonel Hinton; 1 company Possibly commanded by Captain Moore
(a) 400 men at muster
(b) 50 men (c) 4 officers (1 Colonel, 1
Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1
Ensign) 1 Clerk
2 Sergeants 1 Drummer 46 Privates
Powell, pp. 19-21; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, pp. 838-839, 846
North Carolina War of the Regulation: (a) 1771-05-16 Battle of Alamance (b) 1771-05-22
Troop of Light Horse: (a) Captain Bullock (b) Captain Hawkins
1 officer 22 gentlemen
volunteers
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 677, Vol. 19, p. 840
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-18
Volunteers from Duplin County formed as a Light Horse Troop: Major Clynton This may be the same
unknown Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 586
pg. 26
unit as Captain Bullock’s Troop of Light Horse
North Carolina War of the Regulation 1771-05-11
Company of Pioneers formed from a Surry County Detachment: Ensign Gallaspie Sergeant Wright
1 Ensign 1 Sergeant 9 Privates
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 680
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-05
General Waddell’s Army: General Waddell; Colonel Spencer; Colonel Harris; Colonel Neill; Colonel Schaw; Colonel Lindsay; Anson County Regiment; Mecklenburg County Regiment; Rowan County Regiment; Tryon County Regiment; Artillery Company
28 officers (1 General, 6 Colonels, 7 Captains,
8 Lieutenants, 6 Ensigns) 7 Clerks
5 Drummers 12 Sergeants 236 Privates
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 607, Vol. 19, p. 838-854
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-06 General Waddell at the Yadkin River
Anson County Regiment: probably 1 company
4 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 1 Ensign) 1 clerk
18 enlisted men
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 607
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-06 General Waddell at the Yadkin River
Mecklenburg County Regiment: probably 2 companies
7 officers (1 Colonel, 2 Captains, 2
Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns) 2 clerks
76 enlisted men
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 607
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-06 General Waddell at the Yadkin River
Rowan County Regiment: probably 2 companies
6 officers (2 Captains, 2
Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns) 2 clerks
81 enlisted men
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 607
North Carolina War of the Tryon County 4 officers (1 Powell, pp. 19-21.
pg. 27
Regulation: 1771-05-06
Regiment: probably 1 company
Colonel, 1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 1 Ensign) 1 clerk
43 enlisted men
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 607
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-05-11
Artillery Company 4 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Captain, 2
Lieutenants) 1 clerk
35 enlisted men
Powell, pp. 19-21. Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 607
North Carolina War of the Regulation: 1771-06-08
General Waddell’s Expedition to gain submission of the Western Counties: General Waddell; Colonel Moore, Commander of Artillery; Surgeon General Richards; Lieutenant Colonel Alexander, Commissary; Captain Thomas Polk, Commissary; Anson County Regiment; Rowan County Regiment; Orange County Regiment; Mecklenburg County Regiment; Tryon County Regiment; Corps of Light Infantry; Corps of Artillery; Captain Walker’s Company of Artillery
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 8, p. 674
pg. 28
UNITS – LORD DUNMORES WAR 1774
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Upper Clinch River Forts: Captain Daniel Smith; Elk Garden Fort; Maiden Springs Station Fort; Fort Witten (Big Crab Orchard Fort, Upper Station Fort)
Stanton “Fort Elk Garden”. Hamilton “Frontier Forts of Southwest Virginia”.
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Garrison at Elk Garden Fort, Upper Clinch River Forts: Sergeant Robert Brown; Sergeant Richard Price; Built by Captain John Kinkead
2 Sergeants 19 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”. Stanton “Fort Elk Garden”. Hamilton “Frontier Forts of Southwest Virginia”.
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Garrison at Maiden Springs Station Fort, Upper Clinch River Forts: Sergeant Robert Brown; Sergeant Henry Willis; Sergeant Joseph Cravens
3 Sergeants 16 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”. Hamilton “Frontier Forts of Southwest Virginia”.
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Garrison at Fort Witten (Big Crab Orchard Fort, Upper Station Fort, Upper Clinch River Forts: Ensign John Campbell; Sergeant Isaac Spratt; Sergeant Thomas Whitten, Sr.
1 Ensign 2 Sergeants 43 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”. Hamilton “Frontier Forts of Southwest Virginia”.
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Lord Dunmore’s Army: Captain General John Murray, Earl of Dunmore; Berkeley County Regiment; Hampshire County Regiment;
Sturm “Battle of Point Pleasant”.
pg. 29
Frederick County Regiment
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
General Andrew Lewis’s Army: General Andrew Lewis; Commissary General Thomas Posey; Augusta County Regiment; Botetourt County Regiment; Fincastle County Regiment; Independent Volunteer Company; Captain Buford’s Company; Captain Robert Doak’s Company; Captain John Morrison’s Company. Officers whose assignment is unknown: Captain William Christian; Captain John Field; Captain Samuel McDowell; Captain Paulin; Captain John Skidmore; Captain William Shelby; Captain I. Skidmore; Captain Slaughter; Captain Charles Ward; Lieutenant Hugh Allen; Lieutenant John Draper; Lieutenant Lard; Lieutenant James Robison; Lieutenant Tate; Ensign Matt Brakin
approximately 1100 officers
and men
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, pp. 396, 404-405. Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia Lord Augusta County McAllister “The Battle
pg. 30
Dunmore’s War: 1774
Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Colonel Charles Lewis; Captain Alexander McClenachan’s Company; Captain John Dickinson’s Company; Captain John Lewis’s Company; Captain Benjamin Harrison’s Company; Captain William Paul’s Company; Captain Joseph Haynes’s Company; Captain Samuel Wilson’s Company; Captain George Moffet’s Company; Captain George Mathews’s Company; Captain William Herbert’s Company; Captain William Nalle’s Company of Volunteers. Officers whose assignment is unknown: Captain Andrew Lockridge
of Point Pleasant”, pp. 404-405. Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Staunton, Augusta County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Alexander McClenachan’s Company, Augusta County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Alexander McClenachan; Lieutenant William McCutcheon; Ensign Joseph Long
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 404.
Virginia (Cowpasture River)
Lord Dunmore’s War:
Captain John Dickinson’s Company, Augusta County
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 404-405
pg. 31
1774 Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain John Dickinson
Virginia (Warm Springs, Augusta County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain John Lewis’s Company, Augusta County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain John Lewis 2nd; Lieutenant Samuel Vance; Ensign Jacob Warwick
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 404-405. Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Staunton, Augusta County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain George Mathews Company, Augusta County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain George Mathews; 1st Lieutenant William Robertson; 2nd Lieutenant George Gibson
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 404-405.
Virginia (Holstein Settlement)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain William Herbert’s Company, Augusta County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Herbert
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 405.
Virginia (Augusta County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain William Nalle’s Company of Volunteers, Augusta County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Nalle; Lieutenant Martin Nalle; Ensign Jacob Pence; Sergeant William Bush; Sergeant Bernard Crawford; Sergeant John Bush
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 3 Sergeants 48 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia Lord Botetourt County McAllister “The Battle
pg. 32
Dunmore’s War: 1774
Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Colonel William Fleming; Captain Matthew Arbuckle’s Company; Captain John Murray’s Company; Captain John Lewis’s Company; Captain (Major?) James Robertson’s Company; Captain Robert McClenachan’s Company; Captain James Ward’s Company; Captain John Stewart’s (Stuart?) Company; Captain Philip Love’s Company; Captain Henry Pauling’s Company; Captain William Russell’s Company; Captain McKee’s Company (this may be the same Company as Captain John Murray’s); Captain William Campbell’s Company.
of Point Pleasant”, p. 404-405. Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Botetourt County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain John Murray’s Company of Volunteers, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain John Murray; Lieutenant Samuel Wallace; Lieutenant William McKee; Ensign Adam Wallace; Sergeant William
1 Captain 2 Lieutenants
1 Ensign 5 Sergeants 69 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
pg. 33
Taylor; Sergeant John Larken; Sergeant Barney Voyls; Sergeant Moses Coiler; Sergeant John Simpson
Virginia (Botetourt County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Robert McClenachan ‘s Company of Volunteers, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Robert McClenachan; Lieutenant William McCoy; Ensign William Bracken; Sergeant Thomas Williams; Sergeant William Craig; Sergeant Samuel Clark
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 3 Sergeants 1 Drummer 27 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Botetourt County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain John Lewis’s Company of Volunteers, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain John Lewis; Lieutenant John Henderson; Ensign Robert Elliot; Sergeant Samuel Glass; Sergeant Peter Huff; Sergeant Samuel Estil, Sergeant William Bryans; Sergeant William Wilson
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 5 Sergeants 1 Drummer
1 Fifer 66 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Botetourt County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain John Stewart’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain John Stewart; Sergeant Charles
1 Captain 3 Sergeants 33 privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
pg. 34
O’Hara; Sergeant Skidir. Harriman
Virginia (Botetourt County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Philip Love’s Company of Volunteers, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Philip Love; Captain John Mills; Lieutenant Francis McElhaney; Ensign Daniel McNeil; Quarter Master William Ewing; Sergeant Major Sieltor Taylor; Sergeant James Alexander; Sergeant John Craford; Sergeant Robert Owen; Cadet John Jones; Cadet John Todd
2 Captains 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 1 Quarter
Master 1 Sergeant
Major 3 Sergeants 39 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Botetourt County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Henry Pauling’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Henry Pauling; Lieutenant Edward Gouldman; Ensign Samuel Baker; Sergeant Robert Findley; Sergeant Obediah H. Treat; Sergeant James Woods
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 3 Sergeants 46 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain William Campbell’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Campbell
1 Captain 15 Privates
Fragmentary roll
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia Lord Captain William 1 Captain Crump “Soldiers at the
pg. 35
Dunmore’s War: 1774
Russell’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Russell
73 Privates Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Fincastle County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Fincastle County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Colonel William Christian; Captain Daniel Smith’s Company; Captain Evan Shelby’s Company
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Fincastle County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Daniel Smith’s Company, Fincastle County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Daniel Smith; Lieutenant Thomas Dooley; Ensign David Ward; Ensign John Kinkeid
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
2 Ensigns 25 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Fincastle County) (Holstein Settlement)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Evan Shelby’s Company, Fincastle County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Evan Shelby; Lieutenant Isaac Shelby; Sergeant James Robertson; Sergeant Valentine Sevier
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant 2 Sergeants 44 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”. McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 405.
Virginia (Harrod’s Kentucky Settlement)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain James Harrod’s Company, attached to Fincastle County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain James Harrod
1 Captain 22 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia (Culpepper County)
Lord Dunmore’s War:
Independent Volunteer Company, General Andrew Lewis’s Army:
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 405.
pg. 36
1774 Colonel John Field
Virginia (Bedford County)
Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Thomas Buford’s Company, Bedford County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Thomas Buford; Lieutenant Thomas Dooley Ensign Jonathan Cundiff; Sergeant Nicholas Mead; Sergeant John Fields; Sergeant Thomas Fliping; Sergeant William Kennedy
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 4 Sergeants 50 Privates
McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 405. Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
Virginia Lord Dunmore’s War: 1774
Captain Robert Doak’s Company, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain Robert Doak; Lieutenant John Stephens; Ensign Andrew Thompson; Sergeant William Ward; Sergeant William Meek; Sergeant William Doack; Sergeant James Downy
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 4 Sergeants 114 Privates
Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR - GEORGIA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Georgia Revolutionary War: 1779-09-24 Siege of Savannah
Burke County 105 O’Kelley Vol. I, p. 314.
Georgia Revolutionary War:
Upper Richmond County
59 O’Kelley Vol. I, p. 314.
pg. 37
1779-09-24 Siege of Savannah
Georgia Revolutionary War: 1779-09-24 Siege of Savannah
Wilkes County 116 O’Kelley Vol. I, p. 314.
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – LOUISIANA (SPANISH COLONY)
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Louisiana (Spanish colony)
Revolutionary War: 1776-04-15 Muster
Opelousas Militia: Major Donato Bello; Captain don Estevan Roberto de la Morandier; Lieutenant Le Melle; Ensign Noel Soileau; Sergeant Mondan; Sergeant Casse; Sergeant St. Germain; Corporal Baptiste Fonteneau; Coporal Amable Bertrand; Corporal Henry Fonteneau
1 Major 1 Captain
1 Lieutenant 1 Ensign
3 Sergeants 3 Corporals 87 Privates
Coombs
Louisiana (Spanish Colony)
Revolutionary War: 1780
Natchitoches Militia Infantry Company: Captain Louis Borme; Lieutenant Ste. Anne; Ensign Joseph Pavie; Sergeant Pierre La Cour; Sergeant Paul Marcolay; Sergeant Antoine Rambin; Corporal Guilhaume Lestage; Corporal Mathieu Plaisance; Corporal Francois Rambin
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 3 Sergeants 2 Corporals 56 Privates
Carroll and Rambin
pg. 38
Louisiana (Spanish Colony)
Revolutionary War: 1780
Natchitoches Militia Cavalry Company: Captain Louis Charles De Blanc; Lieutenant Bernard D’Ortolan; Cornet Jean Lacques David; Marechal de Logis Pierre Metoyer; Brigadier Francois Grappe; Under-Brigadier Louis Armant
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Cornet 1 Marechal
de Logis 1 Brigadier 1 Under-Brigadier
36 Privates 5 Couriers
(Free Men of Color)
Carroll and Rambin
Louisiana (Spanish Colony)
Revolutionary War: 1780
Natchitoches Militia Cannon Company: Sergeant Gilhaume Le Brun
1 Sergeant 7 Privates
Carroll and Rambin
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – MASSACHUSETTS
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Massachusetts Revolutionary War: 1775-04-19
Captain Underwood’s Westford Minute Company: Captain Timothy Underwood; 1st Lieutenant Thomas Cummings; 2nd Lieutenant Philip Robbins; Sergeant Joshua Parker; Sergeant Jonas Fletcher; Sergeant Timothy Spaulding; Sergeant John Wright; Corporal Jonas Proctor; Corporal Willard Fletcher; Corporal Amaziah Hildreth
1 Captain 1 First
Lieutenant 1 Second
Lieutenant 4 Sergeants 3 Corporals
1 Fifer 1 Drummer 46 Privates
“Westford Colonial Minutemen”
Massachusetts Revolutionary War:
Captain Bates’s First Foot Company of
1 Captain 1 First
“Westford Colonial Minutemen”
pg. 39
1775-04-19 Westford Militia: Captain Oliver Bates; 1st Lieutenant David Goodhue; 2nd Lieutenant John Abbot; Sergeant Thomas Rogers; Sergeant Solomon Spaulding; Corporal Joseph Prescot; Corporal Daniel Goodhue; Corporal John Prescot
Lieutenant 1 Second
Lieutenant 2 Sergeants 3 Corporals 1 Drummer 27 Privates
Massachusetts Revolutionary War: 1775-04-19
Captain Minot’s Second Foot Company of Westford Militia: Captain Jonathan Minot; 1st Lieutenant Zaccheus Right; 2nd Lieutenant Leonard Proctor; Sergeant Aaron Parker, Jr.; Sergeant Gershom Fletcher; Sergeant William Hildreth; Sergeant Samuel White; Corporal Nehemiah Green; Corporal Hosea Hildreth; Corporal Amos Wright
1 Captain 1 First
Lieutenant 1 Second
Lieutenant 4 Sergeants 3 Corporals 1 Drummer 25 Privates
“Westford Colonial Minutemen”
Massachusetts Revolutionary War: 1777-11
Colonel Robinson’s Regiment: Colonel John Robinson; Captain Samuel Potter’s Company*; Captain ___ Larkin’s Company
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Massachusetts Revolutionary War:
Captain Samuel Potter’s Company
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 40
1777-11 This company may be a company of Colonel Robinson’s Regiment.
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – NEW JERSEY
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
New Jersey Revolutionary War: (a) 1777 (b) 1779-04-10
Bergen County Regiment: Colonel Theunis Dey (a, b) Captain John Outwater’s Company
Vallis. Outwater’s Militia, The Official Roster of Outwater’s Company, The History of Outwater’s Company
New Jersey Revolutionary War: (a) 1777, (b) 1779-04-10
Captain John Outwater’s Company, Bergen County Regiment: (a, b) Captain John Outwater (a) Lieutenant Adam Boyd * (b) Lieutenant Abraham Post * (a) Ensign Abraham Allen *
(a) 3 officers (b) 2 officers 43 enlisted
men
Outwater’s Militia, The Official Roster of Outwater’s Company, The History of Outwater’s Company.
UNITS – REVOLUTIONARY WAR – NEW YORK
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
New York Revolutionary War: (a) 1775-08-22 (b) 1776-10-05 (c) 1779 (d) 1780-03-20 (e) 1781
(a) combined Brigade of Tryon County and Albany County Militia (b) Brigade of Militia of Tryon County: Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer (c) combined with the Albany County Militia (d) brigade of Militia including the Tryon County Militia: Brigadier General Robert Van Rensselaer (e) Tryon County Militia:
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”. Heitman Historical Register, pp. 286, 557, 593.
pg. 41
Colonel Marinus Willett
New York Revolutionary War: (a) 1775 (b) 1775 to unknown (c) to 1777-08-06
1st Regiment (Battalion), Tryon County Militia (Canajoharie District): (a) Colonel Hendrick Frey (Loyalist); (b) Colonel Samuel Campbell; (c) Colonel Ebenezer Cox;
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: (a) 1775 (b) 1775 (c) to 1777-08-06 (d) after 1777-08-06
2nd Regiment (Battalion), Tryon County Militia (Palatine District): (a) Colonel Daniel Claus (Loyalist); (b) Colonel Jacob Klock; (c) Captain Henry Divendorf’s Company; (d) Captain Jacob Dievendorf’s Company Same Company as Captain Henry Divendorf’s Company
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: (a) 1775 (b) 1775 (c) 1775-08-26
3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia Mohawk District): (a) Colonel Sir John Johnson (Loyalist); (b) Colonel Frederick Visscher; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Adam Fonda; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Volkert Veeder; (b) Major John Bliven; (b) Major John Nukerk; (b) Adjutant Robert Yates; (b) Adjutant Peter Conyn; (b) Adjutant John G. Lansingh, Jr.; (b) Adjutant Gideon Marlett;
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
pg. 42
(b) Quarter Master Theodorus F. Romine; (b) Quarter Master Abraham Van Horn; (b) Quarter Master Simon Veeder; (b) Surgeon John George Folke; (b) Surgeon William Petry; (c) 1st Company; (c) 2nd Company (c) 3rd Company (c) 4th Company (c) 5th Company (c) 6th Company (c) 7th Company (c) 8th Company
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
1st Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Jacob Gardinier; 1st Lieutenant Abraham D. Quackenbus; 2nd Lieutenant William Hall; Ensign Gideon Marlat
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
2nd Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain John Davis; 1st Lieutenant Abraham Vedder; 2nd Lieutenant Jacob Simon
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
3rd Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Robert Yates; 1st Lieutenant Cobus Cromwell; 2nd Lieutenant Peter Yates; Ensign Hendrick Lewis
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary 4th Company, 3rd Wikipedia “Tryon
pg. 43
War: 1775-08-26
Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain John Fisher; 1st Lieutenant John Wemple; 2nd Lieutenant Mindert W. Quackenbush; Ensign Gerrit Gysbertse VanBrocklin
County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
5th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Samuel Pettingell; Lieutenant Thomas Caine; Ensign Samuel Barnhard, Jr.
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
6th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Abner French; Lieutenant David McMaster; Ensign Peter VanderLenden
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
7th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Lewis Crout; 1st Lieutenant Jeremiah Swarts; 2nd Lieutenant Christian Carnest; Ensign Emanuel DeGraff
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1775-08-26
8th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Abraham Hodges; 1st Lieutenant Joseph Yeamans; 2nd Lieutenant Abel Hunt; Ensign Amos Bennet
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
pg. 44
New York Revolutionary War: (a) 1775 (b) 1775
4th Regiment, Tryon County Militia (German Flats and Kingsland Districts): (a) Colonel Guy Johnson (Loyalist); (b) Colonel Hansyoot Herkimer; (b) Lieutenant Colonel then Colonel Peter Bellinger
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: 1780-03-03
5th Regiment, Tryon County Militia (Harpersfield area): Colonel John Harper; Captain Alexander Harper’s Company; Captain Daniel McGillevrey’s Company; Captain Lodwick Breakman’s Company
Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: Probably 1775-1776
Tryon County Battalion of Minutemen: Colonel Samuel Campbell; Captain Francis Utt; Lieutenant Jacob Matthias; Lieutenant Adam Lipe; Ensign William Surer
1 Colonel 1 Captain
2 Lieutenants
1 Ensign 60 Privates
Magill “The Tryon County Militia Project”. Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
New York Revolutionary War: Probably 1775-1776
Tryon County Militia Associated Exempts: Captain Jellis Fonda; Lieutenant Zepheniah Battcheller; Lieutenant Abraham Garrason; Ensign Samson Sammon; Ensign ___ Lawrance
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 2 Ensigns 129 men Served as
home guard.
Magill “The Tryon County Militia Project”. Wikipedia “Tryon County Militia”.
pg. 45
UNITS – REVOLUTIONARY WAR – NORTH CAROLINA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Edenton District Minute Men: Colonel Edward Vail; Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Knox; Major Caleb Nash; 2 Bertie County Companies; 2 Chowan County Companies; Currituck County Company; Hertford County Company; Martin County Company; Pasquotank County Company; Perquimans County Company; Tyrrell County Company
County companies
listed are the objective
force Established
by the Provincial
Congress of North
Carolina
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 204, 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Halifax District Minute Men: Colonel Nicholas Long; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Irvin; Major Jethro Sumner; 2 Bute County Companies; 3 Edgecombe County Companies; 3 Halifax County Companies; 2 Northampton County Companies
County companies
listed are the objective
force Established
by the Provincial
Congress of North
Carolina
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 204, 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: (a) 1775-09-09 (b) 1775-12-21
Salisbury District Minute Men: (a) Colonel Thomas Wade; (a) Lieutenant Adlai Osburn; (a) Major Joseph
County companies
listed are the objective
force Established
by the
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 204, 207, 355.
pg. 46
Hardin; (b) First Battalion; (b) Second Battalion; (a) 2 Anson County Companies; (a) Guilford County Company; (a) 2 Mecklenburg County Companies; (a) 2 Rowan County Companies; (a) Surry County Company; (a) 2 Tryon County Companies
Provincial Congress of
North Carolina. The assignment
of Companies to the two
Battalions is not known.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-12-21
First Battalion, Salisbury District Minute Men: Colonel Griffith Rutherford; Lieutenant Colonel John Phifer; Major John Paisley
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 355.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-12-21
Second Battalion, Salisbury District Minute Men: Colonel Thomas Polk; Lieutenant Colonel Adam Alexander; Major Charles Maclaine
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 355.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Hillsboro District Minute Men: Colonel Jones Thackston; Lieutenant Colonel John Williams; Major James Moore; 3 Orange County Companies; 3 Granville County Companies; 2 Wake County Companies; 2 Chatham County Companies
County companies
listed are the objective
force Established
by the Provincial
Congress of North
Carolina
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 205, 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary New Bern District 1 Colonel Colonial and State
pg. 47
War: 1775-09-09
Minute Men: Colonel Richard Caswell; Lieutenant Colonel William Bryan; Major Jones Gorham; 2 Craven County Companies; Carteret County Company; Beaufort County Company; Hyde County Company; Johnston County Company; 3 Dobbs County Companies; Pitt County Company
1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major
9 Companies County
companies listed are the
objective force
Established by the
Provincial Congress of
North Carolina
Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 205, 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-23
Captain Jesse Cobb’s Company (Dobbs County), New Bern District Minute Men: Captain Jesse Cobb; Lieutenant William Cobb; Ensign Richard Caswell, Jr.
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, p. 485.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Wilmington District Minute Men: Colonel Alexander Lillington; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ellis; Major Samuel Swann; Brunswick County Company; 2 Onslow County Companies; 2 Duplin County Companies; Cumberland County Company; 2 New Hanover County Companies; 2 Bladen County Companies
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Major
10 Companies
County companies
listed are the objective
force Established
by the Provincial
Congress of North
Carolina
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 205, 207.
pg. 48
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Currituck County Regiment: Colonel Samuel Jarvis; Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Dauge; First Major Taylor Jones; Second Major John Nicholson
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Pasquotank County Regiment: Colonel John Lowery; Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Gregory; First Major Demsey Burgess; Second Major Joshua Campbell
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Perquimons County Regiment: Colonel Miles Harvey; Lieutenant Colonel William Skinner; First Major Thomas Harvey; Second Major Richard Clayton
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Chowan County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Bonner; Lieutenant Colonel James Blount; First Major Thomas Benbury; Second Major Jacob Hunter
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Bertie County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Whitmill; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Pugh; First Major James Moore; Second Major Arthur
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
pg. 49
Brown
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Hartford County Regiment: Colonel Benjamin Wynns; Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Brickle; First Major Lawrence Baker; Second Major George Lyttle
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Tyrrell County Regiment: Colonel Edward Buncombe; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Blount; First Major James Long; Second Major Joseph Spruill
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Martin County Regiment: Colonel William Williams; Lieutenant Colonel Whitmill Hill; First Major Thomas Wiggins; Second Major Kenneth McKinzie
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Halifax County Regiment: Colonel John Bradford; Lieutenant Colonel William Alston; First Major David Sumner; Second Major Egbert Haywood
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Northampton County Regiment: Colonel Allen Jones; Lieutenant Colonel William Eaton; First Major Jeptha Atherton;
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
pg. 50
Second Major Howell Edmunds
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Edgecombe County Regiment: Colonel William Haywood; Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Haywood; First Major Joseph Moore; Second Major Henry Horne
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Bute County Regiment: Colonel William Person; Lieutenant Colonel Phil. Hawkins; First Major William Alston; Second Major Thomas Sherwood
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Anson County Regiment: Colonel Samuel Spencer; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Medlock; First Major James Auld; Second Major David Love
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 205.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Mecklenburg County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Polk; Lieutenant Colonel Adam Alexander; First Major John Phifer; Second Major John Davidson
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Guilford County Regiment: Colonel Ransom Sutherland; Lieutenant Colonel James Martin; First Major John Paisley;
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
pg. 51
Second Major John Tate
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Tryon County Regiment: Colonel William Graham; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Maclaine; First Major Thomas Beaty; Second Major Frederick Hambright
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Surry County Regiment: Colonel Martin Armstrong; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Williams; First Major William Hall; Second Major Joseph Winston
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Rowan County Regiment: Colonel Griffith Rutherford; Lieutenant Colonel Francis Locke; First Major John Dobbin; Second Major James Brandon
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Craven County Regiment: Colonel Joseph Leech; Lieutenant Colonel John Bryan; First Major John Benners; Second Major Frederick Becton
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Carteret County Regiment: Colonel William Thomson; Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Shepherd;
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
pg. 52
First Major Thomas Chadwick; Second Major Malichi Bell
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Beaufort County Regiment: Colonel James Bomer; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bomer; First Major Roger Ormond; Second Major William Brown
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Hyde County Regiment: Colonel Rotheas Latham; Lieutenant Colonel Benja Parmerlin; First Major William Russell; Second Major Thomas Jones
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Johnston County Regiment: Colonel Needham Bryan; Lieutenant Colonel William Bryan; First Major John Smith; Second Major Samuel Smith
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Dobbs County Regiment: Colonel Abraham Sheppard;, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Torrans; First Major Martin Caswell; Second Major William McKinnie
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Pitt County Regiment: Colonel John Simpson; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Salter; First Major George
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
pg. 53
Evans; Second Major James Armstrong
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Brunswick County Regiment: Colonel John Davis; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Davis; First Major Richard Quince, Jr.; Second Major Parker Quince
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Onslow County Regiment: Colonel William Cray; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Rhodes; First Major Thomas Johnston; Second Major James Howard
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Duplin County Regiment: Colonel James Kenan; Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clinton; First Major Thomas Routledge; Second Major James Moore
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 206.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Cumberland County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Rutherford; Lieutenant Colonel Alexander McAllister; First Major Duncan McNeill; Second Major Alexander McDonald
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
New Hanover County Regiment: Colonel William Purviance; Lieutenant Colonel Sampson Moseley;
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 207.
pg. 54
First Major William Moseley; Second Major John Devane
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Bladen County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Robeson, Jr.; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown; First Major Thomas Owens; Second Major James Richardson
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: (a) 1775-09-09 (b) 1776-08-22
Orange County Regiment: Colonel John Hogan; Lieutenant Colonel John Butler; First Major William Moore; Second Major Nathaniel Rochester; (b) Captain William Williams’s Company
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 207, 759-760.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-08-22
Captain William Williams’s Company, Orange County Regiment: Captain William Williams
1 Captain 49 Privates
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 759-760.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Granville County Regiment: Colonel Joseph Taylor; Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Eaton; First Major Samuel Smith; Second Major William Williams
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 207.
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Wake County Regiment: Colonel John Hintpn; Lieutenant Colonel Theophilus Hunter;
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 207.
pg. 55
First Major John Hinton, Jr.; Second Major Thomas Hines
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1775-09-09
Chatham County Regiment: Colonel Ambrose Ramsey; Lieutenant Colonel Jeduthan Harper; First Major Mial Scurlock; Second Major Elisha Cain
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 207.
UNITS – CHEROKEE WAR OF 1776 – NORTH CAROLINA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina Cherokee War of 1776: Believed to be 1776-08 based on dated muster roll of Captain William Williams’s Company
North Carolina Detached Militia: Colonel Ambrose Ramsey; Detached Militia, First Battalion (Southern Battalion), Orange County Regiment
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 753-754, 759-760.
North Carolina Cherokee War of 1776: Believed to be 1776-08 based on dated muster roll of Captain William Williams’s Company
Detached Militia, First Battalion (Southern Battalion), Orange County Regiment: Major Hugh Tinnian; Captain William Williams’s Company; Captain William Murray’s Company; Officers assignment unknown, probably to the two companies: Lieutenant Joseph Thompson; Lieutenant Peter O’Neal; Ensign Edward Gwin;
1 Colonel 1 Major
2 Captains 2
Lieutenants 2 Ensigns
2 Sergeants 2 Corporals 1 Drummer 46 Privates It appears
that none of the men of
Captain Williams Company
mustered on
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 753-754, 759-760.
pg. 56
Ensign Elias Powell 1776-08-22 were
detached
Cherokee War of 1776: Believed to be 1776-08 based on dated muster roll of Captain William Williams’s Company
Captain William Williams’s Company, Detached Militia, First Battalion (Southern Battalion), Orange County Regiment:
1 Captain probably
1 Lieutenant 1 Ensign
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 753-754, 759-760. Muster roll of Captain William William’s Company appears to be contemporary with the expedition, based on his inclusion in both rolls.
Cherokee War of 1776: Believed to be 1776-08 based on dated muster roll of Captain William Williams’s Company
Captain William Murray’s Company, Detached Militia, First Battalion (Southern Battalion), Orange County Regiment: Captain William Murray; Sergeant John Murray; Sergeant Robert Powell; Corporal George Holt; Corporal John Williams
1 Captain probably
1 Lieutenant 1 Ensign
2 Sergeants 2 Corporals 1 Drummer
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 753-754.
UNITS – REVOLUTIONARY WAR – PENNSYLVANIA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-10
Bedminster Township Company of Associators: Captain Robert Robinson
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Bensalem Township Company of Associators: Captain John Jarvis
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-10-09
Bristol Township Company of Associators: Major Joseph McIlvain
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War:
Buckingham Township Company of
“Bucks County Revolutionary War
pg. 57
1775-08 Associators Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-21
Buckingham and Wrightstown Company of Associators: Captain John Lacey
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-21
Falls Township Company of Associators: Captain Thomas Harvey
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08
Hilltown Township Company of Associators
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Lower Makefield Township Company of Associators: Captain Peter Vansant
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-21
Middletown Township Company of Associators: Captain Augustin Willet
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08
New Britain Township Company of Associators
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-21
Newtown Township Company of Associators: Captain Francis Murray
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Northampton Township Company of Associators: Captain Henry Lott
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
1775 probable
Nockamixon Company of Associators: Captain Jacob Schoupe; 1st Lieutenant Nicholas Custort; 2nd Lieutenant Solomon Litcheay; Ensign ___ Overbeck; Sergeant Deanis Prusle; Sergeant Jacob Burstrusser; Sergeant George Adams; Sergeant William Custort;
1 Captain 1 First
Lieutenant 1 Second
Lieutenant 1 Ensign
4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 79 Privates
Janyszeski
pg. 58
Corporal Jacob Rufe; Corporal Ralph Sevele; Corporal Richard Trouer; Corporal Godfrey Millen
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-21
Plumstead Township Company of Associators: Captain William McCalla
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Solebury Township Company of Associators: Captain George Wall
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Southampton Township Company of Associators: Captain John Folwell
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Upper Makefield Township Company of Associators
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08 possible
Warminster Township Company of Associators: Major ___ Beatty possibly John Beatty
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-19
Warrington Township Company of Associators
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Revolutionary War: 1775-08-21
Warwick Township Company of Associators
“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”
UNITS – REVOLUTIONARY WAR – RHODE ISLAND
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1775-06 (b) 1775-10 (c) 1776-12 (d) 1779-05
Rhode Island Militia: (a) Major General William Bradford; (b) Major General Joshua Babcock; (c) Major General Joseph Nightingale; (d) Major General
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 59
James M. Varnum; Providence County Regiments; Kings County Regiments; Newport and Bristol Regiments; Kent County Regiments; Independent Local Companies
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) prior to 1776-05 (c) prior to 1780-05 (d) prior to 1776-05
Providence County Regiments, Rhode Island Militia: (a) Brigadier General Christopher Lippitt; (b) 1st Providence County Regiment; (c) 2nd Providence County Regiment; (d) 3rd Providence County Regiment; (a) 4th Providence County Regiment; (a) Senior Class Regiment of Providence County
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1776-05 (b) 1776-05 (c) 1778-05 (d) 1779-09 (e) 1780-05 (f) 1781-05 (g) 1782-05
1st Providence County Regiment, Providence County Regiments: (a) Colonel James Angell; (b) Colonel Jabez Bowen; (c) Colonel John Mathewson; (d) Colonel Amos Atwell; (e) Lieutenant Colonel Eleazar Jenckes (f) Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Almy (g) Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Olney
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War:
2nd Providence County Regiment, Providence
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 60
(a) prior to 1780-05 (b) 1780-05 (c) 1780-06 (g) 1781-05
County Regiments: (a) Colonel Chad Brown; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Edward Thompson (c) Lieutenant Colonel Peleg Arnold (d) Lieutenant Colonel George Peck
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1776-05 (b) 1776-05 (c) by 1779-05
3rd Providence County Regiment, Providence County Regiments: (a) Colonel Christopher Lippitt; (b) Colonel William West; (c) Colonel Stephen Kimball
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) 1781-05 (c) 1782-05
4th Providence County Regiment, Providence County Regiments: (a) Colonel Chad Brown; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Asa Kimball (c) Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Winsor
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) 1783-05
Senior Class Regiment of Providence County, Providence County Regiments: (a) Lieutenant Colonel Amos Atwell; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Simeon Thayer
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) prior to 1779-05 (c) prior to 1776-05 (d) 1779-05
Kings County Regiments, Rhode Island Militia: (a) Brigadier General Joseph Stanton, Jr.; (b) 1st Kings County Regiment; (c) 2nd Kings County Regiment;
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 61
(d) 3rd Kings County Regiment; (a) Senor Class Regiment of Kings County
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1779-05 (b) 1779-05 (c) 1780-05
1st Kings County Regiment, Kings County Regiments: (a) Colonel Joseph Noyes; (b) Colonel Joseph Stanton, Jr.; (c) Lieutenant Colonel Jesse Maxson
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1776-05 (b) 1776-05
2nd Kings County Regiment, Kings County Regiments: (a) Colonel Robert Brown; (b) Col Charles Dyre
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1779-05
3rd Kings County Regiment, Kings County Regiments: Colonel Thomas Potter
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) 1781-05 (c) 1782-05
Senior Class Regiment of Kings County, Kings County Regiments: (a) Lieutenant Colonel Gideon Hoxsie; (b) Lieutenant Colonel Sylvester Gardner; (c) Lieutenant Colonel George Thurston
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) prior to 1776-05 (c) prior to 1776-05 (d) prior to 1775-05
Newport and Bristol Regiments, Rhode Island Militia: (a) Brigadier General Nathan Miller; (b) 1st Newport County Regiment; (c) 2nd Newport County Regiment; (d) Bristol County Regiment; (a) Senior Class Regiment, Bristol
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 62
County
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1776-05 (b) 1776-05
1st Newport County Regiment, Newport and Bristol Regiments: (a) Colonel John Malbone; (b) Colonel George Irish
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1776-05 (b) 1776-05 (c) 1778-07 (d) 1780-05 (e) 1781-05
2nd Newport County Regiment, Newport and Bristol Regiments: (a) Colonel Joseph Belcher; (b) Colonel John Cooke; (d) Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Church; (e) Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Bailey; (c) Captain Isaac Cook’s Company
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1778-07
Captain Isaac Cook’s Company: Captain Isaac Cook
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1777-05 (b) 1777-05 (c) 1778 (d) 1780-05 (e) 1783-05
(a) Bristol County Regiment, Newport and Bristol Regiments: Colonel Nathaniel Martin. (b) 3rd Regiment Newport and Bristol Militia (retitled): Colonel Nathan Miller. (c) Bristol County Regiment (retitled): (d) Lieutenant Colonel Peter Church; (e) Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Allen
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) 1781-05
Senior Class Regiment, Bristol County, Newport and Bristol Regiments: (a) Major Jonathan Peck; (b) Major Robert Carr
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War:
Kent County Regiments, Rhode
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 63
(a) 1780-05 (b) prior to 1778-05 (c) prior to 1776-12 (d) 1780-05
Island Militia: (a) Brigadier General Thomas Holden; (b) 1st Kent County Regiment; (c) 2nd Kent County Regiment; (d) Kent County Senior Class Regiment
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1778-05 (b) 1778-05 (c) 1780-05 (d) 1783-05
1st Kent County Regiment, Kent County Regiments: (a) Colonel John Waterman (b) Colonel Thomas Holden (c) Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Tillinghast (d) Lieutenant Colonel Job Pierce
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) prior to 1776-12 (b) 1776-12 (c) 1778-05
2nd Kent County Regiment, Kent County Regiments: (a) Colonel Stephen Potter (b) Colonel Nathaniel Brown (c ) Colonel Archibald Kasson
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: (a) 1780-05 (b) 1781-05
Kent County Senior Class Regiment, Kent County Regiments: (a) Major Samuel Wall (b) Major Isaac Johnson
Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1778
Kingston Reds Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1778
Kentish Guards Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1778
Pawtuxet Rangers Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.
pg. 64
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – VIRGINIA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia Revolutionary War: 1781-10-01
Henrico County Militia: Captain John Price; Captain John Turpin; 1st Lieutenant Richard Adams; 1st Lieutenant Nathaniel Hollman; 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Johnson 2nd Lieutenant Sugley Turpin; Ensign William Giles; Ensign Hezekiah Hondle;
McAllister, p. 208.
Virginia Revolutionary War: 1781-06-21
Prince Edward County Militia: Captain John Morton’s Company
McAllister, pp. 226-227
Virginia Revolutionary War: 1781-06-21
Captain John Morton’s Company, Prince Edward County Militia: Captain John Morton; 1st Lieutenant John Holcomb; 2nd Lieutenant Obadiah Woodson; Ensign Edward Wood
4 officers 81 enlisted
men
McAllister, pp. 226-227
Virginia (Kentucky)
Revolutionary War: 1782-08-18 Battle of Blue Licks
Bryan Station Relief: Colonel John Todd; Fayette County Militia; Lincoln County Militia; Reinforcing column of Lincoln County Militia
1 Colonel Approximately
182 men
Sympson “The Strategic Battle of Blue Licks”.
Virginia (Kentucky)
Revolutionary War: 1782-08-18 Battle of Blue Licks
Fayette County Militia, Bryan Station Relief: Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Boone
1 Lieutenant Colonel 50 men
Sympson “The Strategic Battle of Blue Licks”.
Virginia (Kentucky)
Revolutionary War: 1782-08-18 Battle of Blue Licks
Lincoln County Militia, Bryan Station Relief: Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Trigg; Major Hugh McGary;
1 Lieutenant Colonel
2 Majors 1 Captain 130 men
Sympson “The Strategic Battle of Blue Licks”. Genealogy Trails History Group “Battle at Blue Licks”.
pg. 65
Major Silas Harlan; Captain John Bulger
Virginia (Kentucky)
Revolutionary War: 1782-08-18 Battle of Blue Licks
Reinforcing Column of Lincoln County Militia, Bryan Station Relief: Colonel Benjamin Logan
1 Colonel Sympson “The Strategic Battle of Blue Licks”.
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – LOYALIST (NORTH CAROLINA)
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Brigadier General McDonald’s Provincial Army: Brigadier General Donald McDonald commanding; Lieutenant Francis Frasier, Adjutant; James Hepburn, Secretary
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 595-596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, pp. 17, 35
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Anson County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Major Samuel Snead; Captain James MacDonald’s Company, Captain John MacDonald’s Company; Captain Alexander McLeod’s Company; Captain Murdoch McAskell’s Company; Captain Lewis Lowrey’s Company
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain James MacDonald’s Company, Anson County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain James MacDonald
25 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 36
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek
Captain John MacDonald’s Company, Anson County Loyalist Militia Regiment:
40 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The
pg. 66
Bridge campaign
Captain John MacDonald
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 37
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Alexander McLeod’s Company, Anson County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Alexander McLeod
32 (Moss cites
44)
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 595; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 46
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Murdoch McAskell’s Company, Anson County Loyalist Militia Battalion: Captain Murdoch McAskell
34 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 29
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Lewis Lowrey’s Company, Anson County Loyalist Militia Battalion: Captain Lewis Lowrey
unknown Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss p. 25
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Colonel Thomas Rutherford commanding; Major Alexander (Condrach) McDonald; Captain Alexander McKay’s Company; Captain Alexander Morrison’s Company; Captain Alexander McLeod’s Company; Captain Neill McArthur’s Company
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 595-596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Alexander McKay’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Alexander McKay
38 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 595; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek
Captain Alexander Morrison’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia
35 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 595; J. D. Lewis The
pg. 67
Bridge campaign
Regiment: Captain Alexander Morrison
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Alexander McLeod’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Alexander McLeod (probably Alexander McLeod Sr.)
16 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 45
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Angus MacDonald’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Angus MacDonald
30 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 34
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Neill McArthur’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Neill McArthur
55 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 28
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Alexander Legate’s Company, Bladen County: Captain Alexander Legate
80 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 595; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain Jacob Pope’s Company, Bladen County: Captain Jacob Pope
49 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 65
North Carolina Revolutionary War: 1776-02 Moores Creek Bridge campaign
Captain James Mews Company of Light Horse: Captain James Mews (this unit may have been a Company of the Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment or an independent unit)
54 Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, p. 596; J. D. Lewis The Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge; Moss, p. 58
pg. 68
UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – LOYALIST (SOUTH CAROLINA)
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
South Carolina Revolutionary War: 1880-06-13 to 1780-12-14
Colonel William Vernon Turner’s Regiment of Camden Rocky Mount Militia: Colonel William Vernon Turner; Major John Owens; Captain William Ballentine; Lieutenant John Dowry; Sergeant Gasper Rogers
1 Colonel 1 Major
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant 1 Sergeant 17 Privates
The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies “South Carolina Militia, William Vernon Turner’s Regiment”
South Carolina Revolutionary War: 1781-07-01 to 1781-11
Colonel Pearson’s Corps of Ninety Six Militia: Colonel Thomas Pearson; Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Cunningham; Captain David Turner; Lieutenant Edward Turner; Sergeant William Elmour
1 Colonel 1 Lieutenant
Colonel 1 Captain
1 Lieutenant 1 Sergeant 15 Privates
The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies “South Carolina Militia, Thomas Pearson’s Corps”
South Carolina Revolutionary War: 1782-04-08 to 1782-07-08
Major William Young’s Troop of Militia Dragoons: Major William Young; Captain James Robins; Lieutenant Joseph Robins; Ensign Isaac Mills; Sergeant Robert Alexander; Sergeant William Griffin
1 Major 1 Captain
1 Lieutenant 1 Ensign
2 Sergeants 39 Privates
The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies “South Carolina Militia, William Young’s Troop”
South Carolina Revolutionary War: 1782-04-08 to 1782-07-08
Major William Cunningham’s Troop of Mounted Militia: Major William Cunningham; Captain John Hood;
1 Major 1 Captain
1 Lieutenant 1 Ensign
2 Sergeants 40 Privates
The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies “South Carolina Militia, William Cunningham’s Troop”
pg. 69
Lieutenant Joshua Nunn; Ensign George Madden; Sergeant Lewis Banton Sergeant James Dormant
UNITS – STATE (REPUBLIC) OF FRANKLIN (FRANKLAND) 1784-1788
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina (State of Franklin, Tennessee)
1788-02-27 State of Franklin Militia: General John Sevier; Colonel ___ Conway
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, p. 714.
North Carolina (State of Franklin, Tennessee)
Approximately 1788
Sevier County Militia, State of Franklin Militia: Colonel James Naubert; Colonel Samuel Wear; Major James White; Major Neal McGuire
2 Colonels 2 Majors
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 22, p. 719.
UNITS – 1800-1812
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Maryland 1807-07 First Company of Maryland Pikemen: Captain Robert Goodloe Harper
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
North Carolina 1805 Person County Regiment: Captain Woodson Hubbard’s Company; Captain William Morrow’s Company; Captain Thomas Paine’s Company; Captain Moses Street’s Company; Captain ___ Malone’s Company; Captain Richard
Ancestry.com “Person County, North Carolina Compilations, 1792-1823”
pg. 70
Atkinson’s Company; Captain ___ Sargent’s Company; Captain William Pennick’s Company
UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
District of Columbia
1813 1st Legion Militia Gurganus
District of Columbia
1813 3rd Battalion, 1st Legion Militia
Gurganus
District of Columbia
1813 First Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Legion Militia: Captain Richard S. Briscoe Lieutenant John Ross Ensign Christian Hines Sergeant Matthew Hines Sergeant Samuel Johnson Sergeant Isaac Randolph Sergeant James Shaw Corporal Josiah Tally
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 4 Sergeants 1 Corporal 92 Privates
Gurganus
UNITS – WAR OF 1812 - KENTCKY
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Kentucky 1811-10-16 to 1811-11-24
Battalion Kentucky Light Dragoons: Major Samuel Wells; Adjutant James Hunter; Captain Peter Funk’s Company Kentucky Light Dragoons; Captain Frederick Greiger’s Company Kentucky Mounted Riflemen
1 Major 2 Captains
2 Lieutenants 1 Cornet 1 Ensign
8 Sergeants 5 Corporal
2 Trumpeter 1 Farrier
71 Privates
American Wars, “Battalion Kentucky Light Dragoons”
pg. 71
Kentucky 1811-10-16 to 1811-11-24
Captain Peter Funk’s Company Kentucky Light Dragoons, Battalion Kentucky Light Dragoons: Captain Peter Funk; Lieutenant Lewis Hite; Cornet Samuel Kelly; Sergeant Adam L. Mills; Sergeant James Martin; Sergeant Henry Canning; Sergeant Lee White; Corporal Elliott Wilson
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Cornet 4 Sergeants 1 corporal
1 Trumpeter 1 Farrier
20 Privates
American Wars, “Battalion Kentucky Light Dragoons”
Kentucky 1811-10-16 to 1811-11-24
Captain Frederick Greiger’s Company Kentucky Mounted Riflemen, Battalion Kentucky Light Dragoons: Captain Frederick Greiger; Lieutenant Presley Ross; Ensign William Edwards; Sergeant Robert McIntire; Sergeant Robert Edwards; Sergeant Daniel McClellan; Sergeant John Jackson; Corporal Stephen Mars; Corporal John Hicks; Corporal John Nash; Corporal Henry Waltz
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 1 Trumpeter 51 Privates
American Wars, “Battalion Kentucky Light Dragoons”
pg. 72
UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – MARYLAND
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Maryland 1813 Baltimore city guards: City Guards; The Deptford Guards; 1st Ward City Guards Volunteer companies formed by initiative of individuals exempt from Militia duties.
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland 1813-03-27 City Guards, Baltimore city guards: Captain Thomas C. Jenkins; 1st Lieutenant John Hollins; 2nd Lieutenant Peter Levering
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland 1814-08/11 3rd Division of Maryland Militia: Major General Samuel Smith; Aide-de-Camp Isaac McKim; Aide-de-Camp Edward Patterson; Division Inspector Jonathan Meredith; Assistant Adjutant General William Bates; Assistant Division Inspector Robert Patterson; Division Quarter Master Jeremiah Sullivan; Volunteer Aid John Smith; Special Judge Advocate Nicholas Price; Secretary to the General Robert Holland; 1st Brigade (Hartford and Cecil County)
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
pg. 73
3rd Brigade (Baltimore City); 11th Brigade (Baltimore County; Regiments, Battalions, and Companies (Brigade unattributed): 5th Maryland Regiment; 27th Maryland Regiment; 39th Maryland Regiment; 51st Maryland Regiment; 1st Baltimore Sharpshooters (1st Rifle Battalion); Baltimore Union Artillery; Independent Blues; Union Volunteers
Maryland (Hartford and Cecil County)
War of 1812: 1814-08/11
1st Brigade, 3rd Division of Maryland Militia: Brigadier General Thomas M. Forman
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland (Baltimore City)
War of 1812: 1814-08/11
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division of Maryland Militia: Brigadier General John Stricker; Aide-de-Camp Robert Goodloe Harper
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland (Baltimore County)
War of 1812: 1814-08/11
11th Brigade, 3rd Division of Maryland Militia: Brigadier General Tobias E. Stansbury
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08/11
5th Maryland Regiment: Independent Company; Patriot Company; United Volunteers Company; Light Blue Company;
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
pg. 74
Mechanical Company;
Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08/11
27th Maryland Regiment: Captain Pinney’s Company; Captain Kennedy’s Company; Captain Edes’s Company; Captain Dillon’s Company; Captain Schwartzour’s Company
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08/11
39th Maryland Regiment: Captain Dobbins’s Company
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08/11
51st Maryland Regiment: Captain Deem’s Company; Captain Rogers’s Company; Captain Peters’s Company; Captain Smith’s Company
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08
1st Baltimore Sharpshooters (1st Rifle Battalion): Major William Pickney, Sr.
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland (Eastern Shore)
War of 1812: 1814-08
9th Cavalry District: Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lloyd
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
Maryland (District of Columbia to the Rappahannock River)
War of 1812: 1814-08
10th Military District: Brigadier General William Henry Winder
Sheads “Maryland in the War of 1812”
pg. 75
UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – MASSACHUSETTS
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Massachusetts (Maine) (Windham)
War of 1812: 1814-09-14
Captain Gould’s Company: Captain Nathan Gould; Lieutenant Noah J. Senter; Ensign William Legrow; Sergeant Elias Baker; Sergeant Nathaniel Knight; Sergeant John Crague, Jr.; Sergeant John Brown; Corporal Isaac Powers; Corporal Ezra Anderson; Corporal Benjamin Baker; Corporal Elijah Long
1 Captain 1 Lieutenant
1 Ensign 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals
1 Fifer 64 Privates
Dole Windham in the Past, p. 224.
UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – NORTH CAROLINA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
North Carolina War of 1812: 1812-04
North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Major General Thomas Brown; Frist Brigade
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 3.
North Carolina War of 1812: 1812-04
First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Brigadier General Thomas Davis; First Regiment. Detached from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Brigades of the Organized Militia of the State.
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 3.
North Carolina 1812-04 First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division:
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 3.
pg. 76
Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Flowers, commanding; First Major Caleb Etheridge; Second Major John M. Cotter; First Company; Second Company; Third Company. Detached from the 1st and 13th Brigades of the Organized Militia of the State.
North Carolina 1812-04 First Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain John Ship; 1st Lieutenant Cornelius Jones; 2nd Lieutenant Amburrus Walston; Ensign Gideon Bonney. Detached from the Currituck Regiment.
4 officers 59 enlisted
men
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 3.
North Carolina 1812-04 Second Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain Hillary Bell; Lieutenant Joshua Baxter. Detached from the Currituck Regiment.
2 officers 56 enlisted
men
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 4.
North Carolina 1812-04 Third Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain James S. Garling; 1st Lieutenant Baley Barco;
4 officers 69 enlisted
men
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 4-5.
pg. 77
2nd Lieutenant Willis Wilson; Ensign Wilson Webster. Detached from the Camden Regiment.
North Carolina 1812-04 Fourth Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain William Spence; Lieutenant Richard Muse; Ensign Joseph Sutton. Detached from the Pasquotank Regiment.
3 officers 81 enlisted
men
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 5.
North Carolina 1812-04 Fifth Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain Thomas Myers; Lieutenant Matthew Jordan; Ensign Willis Roberts. Detached from the Perquimans Regiment.
3 officers 77 enlisted
men
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 6.
North Carolina 1812-04 Sixth Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain John Meguire; Lieutenant Thomas Tapping; Ensign Welch Fullerton. Detached from the Camden Regiment.
3 officers 54 enlisted
men
The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 6-7.
pg. 78
WAR OF 1812 and CREEK INDIAN WAR – TENNESSEE
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Tennessee (Robertson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-01 to 1814-05
2nd Regiment of Tennessee Militia: Colonel Archer Cheatham; Captain Richard Benson’s Company; Captain Hugh Birdwell’s Company; Captain Robert Carson’s Company; Captain George C. Chapman’s Company; Captain William Creel’s Company; Captain James Giddens’s Company; Captain Chares Johnson’s Company; Captain William Smith’s Company
520 men Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Overton, Smith, Wilson, Franklin, Warren, Bedford, and Lincoln Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-01 to 1814-05
3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia: Colonel Stephen Copeland; Captain John Biler’s Company; Captain John Dawson’s Company; Captain William Douglass’s Company; Captain William Evans’s Company; Captain Solomon George’s Company; Captain William Hodges’s Company; Captain John Holshouser’s Company; Captain Alexander Provine’s Company; Captain Richard Sharp’s Company;
approximately 660 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 79
Captain George W. Still’s Company; Captain James Tait’s Company; Captain Moses Thompson’s Company; Captain Allen Wilkinson’s Company; Captain David Williams’s Company;
Tennessee (Knox, Sevier, Blount, Washington, Anderson, Campbell, Carter, and Jefferson Counties)
War of 1812: 1813-09 to 1813-12
1st Regiment East Tennessee Volunteer Militia: Colonel Samuel Wear; Captain John Bayless’s Company; Captain Samuel Bowman’s Company; Captain Joseph Calloway’s Company; Captain John Chiles’s Company; Captain Jesse Cole’s Company; Captain Robert Doak’s Company; Captain James Gillespie’s Company; Captain William Mitchell’s Company; Captain Rufus Morgan’s Company; Captain Simeon Perry’s Company; Captain Daniel Price’s Company; Captain Jehu Stephens’s Company; Captain James Tedford’s Company
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Greene, Sullivan, Washington, Carter, and Hawkins Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-01 to 1814-05
1st Regiment of East Tennessee Militia: Colonel Ewen Allison; Captain Joseph Everett’s Company; Captain John
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 80
Hampton’s Company; Captain Jacob Hoyal’s Company; Captain William King’s Company; Captain Jonas Loughmiller’s Company; Captain Henry McCray’s Company; Captain Thomas Wilson’s Company; Captain Adam Winsell’s Company
Tennessee (Greene, Jefferson, Sullivan, Cocke, Hawkins, and Washington Counties)
War of 1812: 1813-10 to 1814-02
2nd Regiment of East Tennessee Volunteer Militia: Colonel William Lillard; Captain George Argenbright’s Company; Captain Zacheus Copeland’s Company; Captain Captain Jacob Dyke’s Company; Captain William Gillenwater’s Company; Ensign Abraham Gregg’s Company; Captain William Hamilton’s Company; Captain Jacob Hartsell’s Company; Captain George Keys’s Company; Captain Benjamin H. Kings’s Company; Captain James Lillard’s Company; Captain Robert Maloney’s Company; Captain Hugh Martin’s Company; Captain Robert McAlpin’s Company;
approximately 700 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 81
Captain Thomas McCuiston’s Company; Captain William McLinn’s Company; Captain John Neatherton’s Company; Captain John Roper’s Company; Captain Thomas Sharp’s Company
Tennessee (Knox, Claiborne, Greene, Jefferson, Anderson, Blount, Carter, Cocke, Grainger, Hawkins, Rhea, Roane, and Sevier Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-09 to 1815-05
3rd Regiment of East Tennessee Militia: Colonel William Johnson; Captain Christopher Cook’s Company; Captain Henry Hunter’s Company; Captain Joseph Kirk’s Company; Captain Andrew Lawson’s Company; Captain Elihu Milikin’s Company; Captain David McKamy’s Company; Captain Benjamin Powell’s Company; Captain James R. Roger’s Company; Captain Joseph Scott’s Company; Captain James Stewart’s Company; Captain James Tunnell’s Company;
approximately 900 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee War of 1812: 1814-09 to 1815-05
Captain Joseph Scott’s Company, 3rd Regiment of East Tennessee Militia: Captain Joseph Scott
104 men on final muster
(31 sick)
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Washington, Jefferson, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke,
War of 1812: 1814-11 to 1815-05
4th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia: Colonel Samuel Bayless;
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 82
Grainger, Greene, and Sullivan Counties)
Captain Joseph Bacon’s Company; Captain John Brock’s Company; Captain James Churchman’s Company; Captain Joseph Goodson’s Company; Captain Joseph Hale’s Company; Captain Solomon Hendrick’s Company; Captain Branch Jones’s Company; Captain James Landen’s Company; Captain Joseph Rich’s Company; Captain Jonathan Waddle’s Company
Tennessee (Knox, Blount, Sevier, Anderson, Bledsoe, Hawkins, Rhea, and Roane Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-11 to 1815-05
5th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia: Colonel Edwin Booth; Captain Alexander Bigg’s Company; Captain John Lewis’s Company; Captain Wilson Maples’s Company; Captain Richard Marshall’s Company; Captain John McKamy’s Company; Captain John Porter’s Company; Captain Miles Vernon’s Company; Captain John Sharp’s Company; Captain John Slatton’s Company; Captain Samuel Thompson’s Company; Captain George Winton’s Company
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 83
Tennessee (Roane, Bledsoe, and Rhea Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-01 to 1814-07
Battalion of East Tennessee Militia: Major Thomas C. Clark; Captain Allen S. Bacon’s Company; Captain James Berry’s Company; Captain John Hankins’s Company; Lieutenant John Hixson’s Company; Captain Thomas Walker’s Company;
approximately 300 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Wilson, Jackson, Robertson, Bedford, Lincoln, Montgomery, Robertson, Sumner, and White Counties)
War of 1812: 1813-10 to 1814-01
1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel John K. Wynn; Captain Bailey Butler’s Company; Captain Robert Braden’s Company; Captain William Carothers’s Company; Captain James Cole’s Company; Captain James Holleman’s Company; Captain William McCall’s Company; Captain Bayless E. Prince’s Company; Captain John Porter’s Company; Captain John Spink’s Company; Captain William Wilson’s Company; Captain Daniel Bradford’s Carroll’s Life Guard
approximately 417 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Maury, Dickson, Montgomery, Sumner, Giles, and Stewart Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-01 to 1814-05
1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel Richard C. Napier; Captain Drury Adkins‘s Company; Captain Abraham
approximately 500 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 84
Allen‘s Company; Captain Samuel Ashmore‘s Company; Captain Early Benson‘s Company; Captain John Chism‘s Company; Captain Thomas Gray‘s Company; Captain Andrew McCarty‘s Company; Captain James McMurry‘s Company; Captain Edward Neblett‘s Company; Captain Thomas Preston‘s Company
Tennessee (Robertson, Williamson, Davidson, Giles, Hickman, Maury, Sumner, and Wilson Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-06 to 1814-12
1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel Philip Pipkin; Captain James Blakemore‘s Company; Captain Ebenezer Kilpatrick‘s Company; Captain William Mackay‘s Company; Captain George Mebane‘s Company; Captain Henry M. Newlin‘s Company; Captain John Robertson‘s Company; Captain Peter Searcy‘s Company; Captain John Strother‘s Company; Captain David Smythe‘s Company
approximately 960 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Davidson, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Maury, Warren, and Giles Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-11 to 1815-05
1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel William Metcalf; Lieutenant Colonel James Henderson; Captain John Barnhart‘s Company;
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 85
Captain Daniel M. Bradford‘s Company; Captain Barbe Collins‘s Company; Captain John Cunningham‘s Company; Captain Lewis Dillahunty‘s Company; Captain Alexander Hill‘s Company; Captain Bird S. Hurt‘s Company; Captain John Jackson‘s Company; Captain Thomas Marks‘s Company; Captain William Mullen‘s Company; Captain Andrew Patterson‘s Company; Captain William Sitton‘s Company; Captain Obidiah Waller‘s Company
Tennessee (Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties)
War of 1812: 1813-10 to 1814-01
2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel Thomas McCrory; Regimental Chaplain Gideon Blackburn; Captain William Dooley‘s Company; Captain Thomas K. Gordon‘s Company; Captain Samuel B. McKnight‘s Company; Captain Anthony Metcalf‘s Company; Captain Isaac Patton‘s Company; Captain John Reynold‘s Company; Captain James Shannon‘s Company; Captain Abel Willis‘s
Average Company
strength 50 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 86
Company
Tennessee (Williamson County)
War of 1812: 1813-10 to 1814-01
Captain James Shannon’s Company, 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Captain James Shannon
29 men Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Overton County)
War of 1812: 1813-10 to 1814-01
Captain Abel Willis‘s Company, 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Captain Abel Willis
Captain Abel Willis and 19
men remained in service at
General Jackson’s
request after their
enlistment period expired
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Davidson, Warren, Humphreys, Lincoln, Maury, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, White, and Williamson Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-09 to 1815-04
2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel Alexander Loury; Lieutenant Colonel Leroy Hammons; Captain James Craig‘s Company; Captain Thomas Delaney‘s Company; Captain James Kincaid‘s Company; Captain John Looney‘s Company; Captain Gabriel Mastin‘s Company; Captain Asahel Rains‘s Company; Captain George Sarver‘s Company; Captain James Tubb‘s Company; Captain Thomas Wells‘s Company; Captain Joseph N. Williamson‘s Company;
Kanon Kanon lists two 2nd Regiments of West Tennessee Militia (Cocke’s and Loury’s) that served in overlapping time periods and drew from some of the same counties
Tennessee War of 1812: 1814-09 to
Captain Asahel Rains Company, 2nd
On 1815-01-06 reported
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee
pg. 87
1815-04 Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Captain Asahel Rains
27 men sick, 27 caring for
the sick, approximately
50% of the Company strength
Units”.
Tennessee (Montgomery, Williamson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Rutherford, and Stewart Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-11 to 1815-05
2nd Regiment of West Tennessee Militia: Colonel John Cocke; Captain George Barnes’s Company; Captain Samuel Carothers’s Company; Captain Richard Crunk’s Company; Captain John Dalton’s Company; Captain Francis Ellis’s Company; Captain James Gault’s Company; Captain James Gray’s Company; Captain Bird Nance’s Company; Captain Joseph Price’s Company; Captain John Weakley’s Company
Kanon Kanon lists two 2nd Regiments of West Tennessee Militia (Cocke’s and Loury’s) that served in overlapping time periods and drew from some of the same counties
Tennessee (Jackson, Sumner, Wilson, Overton, Smith, and White Counties
War of 1812: 1814-11 to 1815-05
3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Colonel James Raulston; Captain James H. Black‘s Company; Captain Matthew Cowen‘s Company; Captain henry Hamilton‘s Company; Captain Elijah Haynie‘s Company; Captain Wiley Huddleston‘s Company; Captain Matthew
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 88
Neal‘s Company; Captain Daniel Newman‘s Company; Captain Edward Robinson‘s Company; Captain Charles Wade‘s Company; Captain Henry West‘s Company;
Tennessee (Jackson, White, Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, and Maury Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-01 to 1814-05
4th Regiment of West Tennessee Militia Infantry: Colonel Robert Steele; Captain James Bennett‘s Company; Captain Robert Campbell‘s Company; Captain John Chitwood‘s Company; Captain Samuel Maxwell‘s Company; Captain James Randals‘s Company; Captain Richard Ratton‘s Company; Captain James Shinault‘s Company
Approximately 450 men
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
Tennessee (Jackson, Wilson, Overton, Stewart, and Williamson Counties)
War of 1812: 1814-09 to 1815-03/04
Separate Battalion of West Tennessee Militia: Major William Woodfolk; Captain Abraham Dudney’s Company; Captain William McCulley’s Company; Captain James C. Neill’s Company; Captain Abner Pearce’s Company; Captain Ezekiel Bass’s Company; Captain John Sutton’s Company; Captain James Turner’s Company
Kanon “Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units”.
pg. 89
UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – VERMONT
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Vermont War of 1812: 1813-11-10
3rd Division: 3rd Brigade
“Vermont State Militia”
Vermont War of 1812: 1813-11-10
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division: Brigadier General Jacob Davis
“Vermont State Militia”
Vermont War of 1812: 1813-11-10
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Detached Militia in the Service of the United States: Lieutenant Colonel Luther Dixon; Major Elijah Dee; Major Josiah Grout; Captain Charles Bennett; Captain Jesse Post; Captain Elijah W. Wood; Captain Elijah Birge; Captain Martin D. Follet; Captain Amasa Mansfield; Captain Sanford Gadcomb; Captain Thomas Waterman; Lieutenant T. H. Campbell; Lieutenant G. O. Dixon; Lieutenant Francis Northway; Lieutenant Joshua Brush; Lieutenant Shepherd Beals; Lieutenant Benjamin Follet; Ensign Daniel Dodge; Quarter Master James Fullington; Surgeon John Fasset; Surgeon’s Mate Seth
“Vermont State Militia”
pg. 90
Clark, Jr.; Surgeon’s Mate Hira Hill
UNITS - MEXICAN TEXIAN MILITIA
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1823-02-18 Texas Regiment, Mexican National Militia
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico, at San Felipe de Austin
1824-06-22 Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: lineage from the Texas Regiment 1st Company; 2nd Company; 3rd Company; 4th Company; 5th Company
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1824-06-22 1st Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Andrew Robinson
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1824-06-22 2nd Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Horatio Chriesman
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1824-06-22 3rd Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Randal Jones
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1824-06-22 4th Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Jesse Burnam
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1824-06-22 5th Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Amos Rawls
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1828-06-23 Coahuila y Texas Militia
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st
pg. 91
Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1828-06-23 Austin Battalion, Coahuila y Texas Militia lineage from the Austin Colony Battalion of Militia
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1832-10-05 Militia of the Municipality Regiment
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Texas as a territory of Mexico
1832-10-05 2nd Battalion, Militia of the Municipality Regiment lineage from the Austin Battalion, Coahuila y Texas Militia
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
UNITS – SECOND SEMINOLE WAR
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Florida Second Seminole War: 1836-09-14
Brigade of Florida Militia: Colonel John C. Love commanding, 5th Regiment
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1836-09-14
5th Regiment, Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James C. Evans’s Company
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1836-09-14 ordered into service of the United States
Captain James C. Evans’s Company, 5th Regiment, Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James C. Evans; 2nd Lieutenant William T. Porter
45 Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War 1836-11-19
Mounted Florida Volunteer Militia: Captain Moses Curry’s Company
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1836-11-19 ordered into
Captain Moses Curry’s Company, Mounted Florida Militia: Captain Moses Curry
1 officer 14 enlisted
men
Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 3, p. 1
pg. 92
service of the United States
Florida Second Seminole War: 1837-01-27
2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: Colonel John Warren commanding, 1st Regiment
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1837-01-27
1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James Edwards’s Company
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1837-01-27 ordered into service of the United States
Captain James Edwards’s Company, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James Edwards
69 Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1838-05-07 ordered into service of the United States
5th Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: 1st Lieutenant Hugh Alexander’s Company
Florida Second Seminole War: 1838-05-07 ordered into service of the United States
1st Lieutenant Hugh Alexander’s Detachment, 5th Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: 1st Lieutenant Hugh Alexander
1 officer 31 enlisted
men
Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 5-6
Florida Seminole War: 1841-01-12
Brigade of Florida Mounted Militia: Colonel F. L. Dancey commanding, 1st Regiment 2nd Regiment
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1840-08-11
1st Regiment of Mounted Militia: Colonel W. J. Bailey commanding, Captain George W. Allbritton’s Company
Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 2, p. 7
Florida Second Seminole War: 1840-08-11
Captain George W. Allbritton’s Company, 1st Regiment of
3 offiers 77 enlisted
men
Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 7-8
pg. 93
ordered into service of the United States
Mounted Militia: Captain George W. Allbritton; 1st Lieutenant Daniel Pond
Florida Second Seminole War: 1841-01-12
2nd Regiment, Brigade of Florida Mounted Militia: Captain Thomas C. Ellis’s Company
Florida Department of Military Affairs
Florida Second Seminole War: 1841-01-12 ordered into service of the United States
Captain Thomas C. Ellis’s Company, 2nd Regiment, Brigade of Florida Mounted Militia
60 Florida Department of Military Affairs
Georgia (Lowndes County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-08-15 to 1838-10-15
Captain Levi Knight’s Independent Company: Captain Levi J. Knight; 1st Lieutenant Barzilla Staten; 2nd Lieutenant George Roberts; 1st Sergeant Martin Shaw; 2nd Sergeant William P. Roberts; 3rd Sergeant Abram Register; 4th Sergeant Reubin Roberts; 1st Corporal James Johnson; 2nd Corporal Mark Ratcliff; 3rd Corporal John Register; 4th Corporal Harmon Gaskins
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 75 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
Georgia (Lowndes County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-07-01 to 1838-10-15
Captain David R. Bryan’s Company: Captain David R. Bryan; 1st Lieutenant Moses Prescott; 2nd Lieutenant Henry P. Carter;
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 105 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
pg. 94
1st Sergeant Darling Prescott; 2nd Sergeant Jesse Prescott; 3rd Sergeant Jesse P. Prescott; 4th Sergeant Jesse Twilley; 1st Corporal George Bine; 2nd Corporal Daniel Carter; 3rd Corporal Samuel Prescott; 4th Corporal William Stephens
Georgia (Lowndes County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-07-01 to 1838-10-15
Captain Jesse Carter’s Company: Captain Jesse Carter; 1st Lieutenant Thomas Touchston; 2nd Lieutenant Isaac Carter, Sr.; 1st Sergeant Jesse W. Carter; 2nd Sergeant Isaac Carter, Jr.; 3rd Sergeant John Mathis; 4th Sergeant James Walker; 1st Corporal William S. Peters; 2nd Corporal Isaac D. Hutto
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 4 Sergeants 2 Corporals 35 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
Georgia (Ware County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-06-09 to 1838-08-19
Ware County Militia: Colonel Thomas Hilliard; Captain David J. Miller’s Company of Mounted Men; Captain Nathaniel J. Holton’s Company; Captain James A. Sweat’s Company; Captain James Walker’s
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
pg. 95
Company
Georgia (Ware County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-06-09 to 1838-08-19
Captain David J. Miller’s Company of Mounted Men, Ware County Militia: Captain David J. Miller; 1st Lieutenant Hampton Harris; 2nd Lieutenant Martin T. Miller; 1st Sergeant William A. McDonald; 2nd Sergeant John B. Cason; 3rd Sergeant William Van Zant 4th Sergeant Isham Peacock; 1st Corporal Allen Dixon; 2nd Corporal Benajah B. Morris; 3rd Corporal William Lee; 4th Corporal Daniel Byrd
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 86 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
Georgia (Ware County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-06-09 to 1838-08-19
Captain Nathaniel J. Holton’s Company, Ware County Militia: Captain Nathaniel J. Holton; 1st Lieutenant Solomon Kannady; 2nd Lieutenant John Johnson 1st Sergeant Daniel Smith; 2nd Sergeant William Roberson; 3rd Sergeant John A. Spence; 4th Sergeant Alex. Douglas; 1st Corporal Washington Dyal; 2nd Corporal James
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 1 Musician 76 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
pg. 96
Austin; 3rd Corporal William Nettles; 4th Corporal Benajah Smith
Georgia (Ware County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-06-09 to 1838-08-19
Captain James A. Sweat’s Company, Ware County Militia: Captain James A. Sweat; 1st Lieutenant Thomas Crawford; 2nd Lieutenant Berrien Henderson; 1st Sergeant Richard Bourne; 2nd Sergeant William Sweat; 3rd Sergeant John Minshew; 4th Sergeant William Crawford; 1st Corporal Arnold B. Fussell; 2nd Corporal George W. S. Waldron; 3rd Corporal Calloway Hing; 4th Corporal Gideon Crawford
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 63 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
Georgia (Ware County)
Second Seminole War: 1838-06-09 to 1838-08-19
Captain James Walker’s Company, Ware County Militia: Captain James Walker; 1st Lieutenant Joseph Lowther; 2nd Lieutenant Daniel Stokes; 1st Sergeant Elias Stewart; 2nd Sergeant James Griffin; 3rd Sergeant Henry Albritton; 1st Corporal William Griffin;
1 Captain 2
Lieutenants 3 Sergeants 4 Corporals 33 Privates
McKinney “Indian War Troops”
pg. 97
2nd Corporal James Highsmith; 3rd Corporal James Albritton; 4th Corporal Westberry Raulerson
UNITS - TEXAS REPUBLIC
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Republic of Texas 1836-12-06 Harrisburg County Regiment lineage from the Mexican 2nd Battalion, Militia of the Municipality Regiment
Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st Infantry Regiment
Republic of Texas, Houston
1838-03-09 Milam Guards: Captain Joseph Daniels; James Riley officer, rank unknown Peter W. Gray officer, rank unknown
Texas State Historical Association, “Milam Guards”
UNITS – THIRD SEMINOLE WAR
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Florida Third Seminole War: 1852-03-02
General Hopkins Division, Florida Troops: Major General Benjamin Hopkins, commanding; Colonel Oscar Hart, Adjutant General; Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Ginn, Quartermaster General; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Jones, Aide de Camp; Lieutenant Colonel John L. Hopkins, Aide de Camp;
10 officers 63 enlisted
men
Robertson, p. 10
pg. 98
Surgeon Algernon S. Spear; 1st Lieutenant John R. Hogans, Commissary; Captain Jernigan’s Company
Florida Third Seminole War: 1852-03-02
Captain Jernigan’s Company, General Hopkins Division, Florida Troops: Captain Aaron Jernigan 1st Lieutenant Isaac Jernigan 2nd Lieutenant Needham Yates
3 officers 63 enlisted
men
Robertson, p. 10
Florida Third Seminole War: 1856-04-07
Florida Mounted Volunteers: 1st Detachment
Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 1-4
Florida Third Seminole War: 1856-04-07
1st Detachment, Florida Mounted Volunteers: Lieutenant John Addison’s Company
Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 1-4
Florida Third Seminole War: 1856-04-07 ordered into service of the United States
Lieutenant John Addison’s Company, 1st Detachment, Florida Mounted Volunteers: 1st Lieutenant John Addison; 2nd Lieutenant John Conliff
(a) 2 officers 59 enlisted
men (b) 2 officers 60 enlisted
men
(a) Florida Department of Military Affairs, Vol. 2, pp. 1-4; (b) Robertson, pp. 27-28
UNITS – CONFEDERATE STATES – SOUTH CAROLINA 1861-1865
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
South Carolina (Confederate States of America)
Civil War: 1865-04-06
20th Regiment, South Carolina Militia: Colonel G. W. Lee; Captain F. M. Mellett; 1st Lieutenant T. D. Gerald; 2nd Lieutenant R. M. English; 3rd Lieutenant J. H. Huggins; 1st Sergeant J. D.
1 Colonel 1 Captain
3 Lieutenants 5 Sergeants 4 Corporals 100 privates
Parker “20th South Carolina Militia”.
pg. 99
Blanding; 2nd Sergeant R. B. Cain; 3rd Sergeant Wm. Lynam; 4th Sergeant J. H. Stuckey; 5th Sergeant E. A. Brown; 1st Corporal L. L. White; 2nd Corporal D. Chandler; 3rd Corporal E. T. Rembert; 4th Corporal J. Woodward
UNITS – CONFEDERATES STATES – VIRGINIA 1861-1865
Colony/State Date Unit Strength Reference
Virginia (Confederate States of America)
Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08
Richmond Home Guard; Colonel Thomas H. Ellis; Captain Robert M. Nimmo’s Company; Captain Michael Bowen’s Company; Captain George Bargamin’s Company
Civil War Richmond “The Richmond Home Guard”.
Virginia (Confederate States of America)
Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08
Captain Robert M. Nimmo’s Company, Richmond Home Guard: Captain Robert M. Nimmo
approximately 100 men
Civil War Richmond “The Richmond Home Guard”.
Virginia (Confederate States of America)
Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08
Captain Michael Bowen’s Company, Richmond Home Guard: Captain Michael Bowen
approximately 100 men
Civil War Richmond “The Richmond Home Guard”.
Virginia (Confederate States of
Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08
Captain George Bargamin’s Company, Richmond Home
approximately 100 men
Civil War Richmond “The Richmond Home Guard”.
pg. 100
America) Guard: Captain George Bargamin