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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 (*).

Note to Users: This register is based on the best available information that the Society has been able to access, and is provided as a guide to further research. Users should consult the original sources cited, and make a determination as to whether those sources meet the user’s, or other organization’s or publication’s, requirements. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this register, errors in transcription are possible, even probable, and some sources may be of uncertain reliability. Our intent is to gather as much information as possible from all available sources and refine that information over time.

Please call any errors or omissions noted to our attention, providing details and the sources for that information.

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


pg. 2

Roxbury Company; Weymouth Company; Hingham Company (b,c) Suffolk Regiment: Major William Stoughton


(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



(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



1679-10-15 Hingham, Weymouth, and Hull Troop, Suffolk Regiment


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


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



(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




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



1674-10-07 1st (East) Salem Company, Essex Regiment



(a) 1674-10-07 (b) 1677-10-22 reorganization into 2nd and 3rd Salem Companies

2nd (West) Salem Company, Essex Regiment



1677-10-22 created from the 2nd Salem Company

3rd (Salem Farms/Village) Salem Company, Essex Regiment


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



(a) 1652-10-19 (b) 1662-05-07 force reorganization

Essex Troop, Essex Regiment:


Massachusetts (Bay Colony): (a) Ipswich,

(a) 1662-05-07 formed from Essex Troop

(a) 1st Essex Troop, Essex Regiment: (b) 1st (?) Essex Troop,


pg. 4

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


1683-05-16 formed from 1st Essex Troop

Andover and Topsfield Troop, Essex Regiment probably 2nd Essex Regiment



1683-05-16 formed from 1st Essex Troop

Newbury and Rowley Troop, Essex Regiment probably 2nd Essex Regiment


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



1677-10-22 formed from 2nd Essex Troop

Lynn Troop, Essex Regiment



1683-05-16 formed from 2nd Essex Troop

Beverly and Wenham Troop, Essex Regiment probably 1st Essex Regiment


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


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


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


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


2nd Essex Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.

Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Newbury, Salisbury, Haverhill, Andover, Amesbury, Bradford


3rd Essex Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.


(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




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


Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Lynn, Redding, Rumly Marsh

1658-05-26 Three County Troop Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.


(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


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


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


Massachusetts (Bay Colony): Concord,

1669-10-12 2nd Middlesex Troop (Upper or Western Troop)


pg. 7

Chelmsford, Billerica, Lancaster, Groton


(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



(a) 1656-10-14 (b) 1679/80-02-04 disbanded

Norfolk Troop, Norfolk Regiment:



1671-05-31 York Regiment Wright “Massachusetts Militia Roots”.


1671-05-31 Hampshire Regiment: Sergeant Major John Pynchon; Hampshire Troop



1662-10-08 Hampshire Troop, Hampshire Regiment



1674-10-07 Devonshire County Separate Companies



1680-10-13 Force reorganization



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



1680-10-13 Force reorganization from Suffolk Regiment

Captain Thomas Brattle’s Troop of Horse, Boston Regiment probably same troop as Boston Troop



1638/39-03-13 chartered

The Military Company of the Massachusetts also referred to as The Artillery Company and


pg. 8

later The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company


1645-05-14 chartered

The Militaary Company of Salem and Lynn




The Military Company of Ipswich, Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury, and Hampton




The Military Company of Middlesex


UNITS - PEQUOT WAR



Block Island Expedition: 1635

Massachusetts Bay Colony Forces: Captain John Endicott; Captain John Underhill; Captain Nathaniel Turner

3 Captains 120 men


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


Windsor Militia: Captain John Mason



Shepard Connecticut Soldiers, p. 5, 20-21; Mason A Brief History, p. v


Weathersfield Militia: Lieutenant Robert Seeley, Ensign William Goodrich



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


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


Maryland 1675-09-26 Maryland Militia: Major Thomas Truman; Captain John Coode

Rice Tales from a Revolution, pp. 6, 20.

UNITS –VIRGINIA 1646-1676


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


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


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.


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.


Charles City County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel John Smith; Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hill

Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 110, 260, 280, 282.


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


Henrico County Regiment: Colonel and Major General Abraham Wood

Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 186.


Isle of Wight County Regiment: Colonel Charles Moryson; Major John Powell

Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, pp. 236, 238.


James City County Regiment: Major Theophilus Hone; Captain John Armistead

Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 63, 71.


Middlesex County: Colonel Matthew Kemp; Captain Walter Whitaker



Nansemond County Regiment: Colonel John Lear; Major David Lear



New Kent County Regiment: Colonel John West



Rappahannock County Regiment: Major Lawrence Smith



Surry County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel George Jordan



Westmoreland County Regiment: Colonel Nicholas Spencer; Major Richard Leigh

Oberg Samuel Wiseman’s Book of Record, p. 187, 279, 280.


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


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


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


Virginia 1699 Isle of Wight County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Bridger,

1 Lieutenant Colonel 1 Major


pg. 15

Commander in Chief; Major Henry Baker

Virginia 1699 Nansemond County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel George Norsworthy, Commander in Chief; Major Thomas Swann



Virginia 1699 Princess Anne County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Lawson, Commander in Chief; Major John Thoroughgood



Virginia 1699 Norfolk County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Mason, Commander in Chief; Major James Wilson



Virginia 1699 Elizabeth City County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel William Wilson, Commander in Chief; Major Anthony Armistead



Virginia 1699 Warwick County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel Miles Cary, Commander in Chief; Major William Cary



Virginia 1699 James City County Regiment: Colonel Philip Ludwell, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Duke


Colonel


Virginia 1699 York County Regiment: Colonel Edmund Jenings, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ballard;


Colonel 1 Major


pg. 16

Major William Buckner

Virginia 1699 New Kent County Regiment: Colonel John Lightfoot, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Foster; Major William Bassett


Colonel 1 Major


Virginia 1699 King and Queen County Regiment: Colonel William Leigh, Commander in Chief; Major Joshua Story

1 Colonel 1 Major


Virginia 1699 Gloucester County Regiment: Colonel Matthew Page, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel James Ransom; Major Peter Beverley


Colonel 1 Major


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.


Colonel 1 Major


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


Colonel 1 Major


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.


Colonel


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.


Colonel 1 Major


Virginia 1699 Westmoreland County Regiment: Colonel Richard Lee, Commander in Chief; Lieutenant Colonel Willowby Allerton; Major Francis Wright Westmoreland and Richmond are the one


Colonel 1 Major


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.


Colonel 1 Major


Virginia 1699 Stafford County Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel George Mason, Commander in Chief; Major Thomas Owsley



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


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


Colonel 1 Major


pg. 19

UNITS - TUSCARORA WAR 1711-1714


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


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


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


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


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


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.


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


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


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



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


Onslow County Regiment: Colonel Cray; 1 company

(c) 5 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Captain, 1


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


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


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



Volunteers from Duplin County formed as a Light Horse Troop: Major Clynton This may be the same


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


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


Mecklenburg County Regiment: probably 2 companies

7 officers (1 Colonel, 2 Captains, 2

Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns) 2 clerks

76 enlisted men



Rowan County Regiment: probably 2 companies

6 officers (2 Captains, 2

Lieutenants, 2 Ensigns) 2 clerks

81 enlisted men


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



Artillery Company 4 officers (1 Colonel, 1 Captain, 2

Lieutenants) 1 clerk

35 enlisted men



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


pg. 28

UNITS – LORD DUNMORES WAR 1774


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”.


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”.


Garrison at Maiden Springs Station Fort, Upper Clinch River Forts: Sergeant Robert Brown; Sergeant Henry Willis; Sergeant Joseph Cravens


Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”. Hamilton “Frontier Forts of Southwest Virginia”.


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”.


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


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)


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)


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)


Captain William Herbert’s Company, Augusta County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Herbert


Virginia (Augusta County)


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



Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.

Virginia Lord Botetourt County McAllister “The Battle

pg. 32


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)


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



pg. 33

Taylor; Sergeant John Larken; Sergeant Barney Voyls; Sergeant Moses Coiler; Sergeant John Simpson



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 Ensign 3 Sergeants 1 Drummer 27 Privates




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 Ensign 5 Sergeants 1 Drummer

1 Fifer 66 Privates




Captain John Stewart’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain John Stewart; Sergeant Charles

1 Captain 3 Sergeants 33 privates


pg. 34

O’Hara; Sergeant Skidir. Harriman



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




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





Captain William Campbell’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Campbell

1 Captain 15 Privates

Fragmentary roll


Virginia Lord Captain William 1 Captain Crump “Soldiers at the

pg. 35


Russell’s Company, Botetourt County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain William Russell

73 Privates Battle of Point Pleasant”.

Virginia (Fincastle County)


Fincastle County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Colonel William Christian; Captain Daniel Smith’s Company; Captain Evan Shelby’s Company


Virginia (Fincastle County)


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


2 Ensigns 25 Privates


Virginia (Fincastle County) (Holstein Settlement)


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)


Captain James Harrod’s Company, attached to Fincastle County Regiment, General Andrew Lewis’s Army: Captain James Harrod



Virginia (Culpepper County)

Lord Dunmore’s War:

Independent Volunteer Company, General Andrew Lewis’s Army:


pg. 36

1774 Colonel John Field

Virginia (Bedford County)


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



McAllister “The Battle of Point Pleasant”, p. 405. Crump “Soldiers at the Battle of Point Pleasant”.


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




UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR - GEORGIA


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)


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 Ensign 3 Sergeants 2 Corporals 56 Privates

Carroll and Rambin

pg. 38



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 Cornet 1 Marechal

de Logis 1 Brigadier 1 Under-Brigadier

36 Privates 5 Couriers

(Free Men of Color)

Carroll and Rambin



Natchitoches Militia Cannon Company: Sergeant Gilhaume Le Brun

1 Sergeant 7 Privates

Carroll and Rambin

UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – MASSACHUSETTS


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


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


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


pg. 40

1777-11 This company may be a company of Colonel Robinson’s Regiment.

UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – NEW JERSEY


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


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


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;


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



2nd Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain John Davis; 1st Lieutenant Abraham Vedder; 2nd Lieutenant Jacob Simon



3rd Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Robert Yates; 1st Lieutenant Cobus Cromwell; 2nd Lieutenant Peter Yates; Ensign Hendrick Lewis


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”.


5th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Samuel Pettingell; Lieutenant Thomas Caine; Ensign Samuel Barnhard, Jr.



6th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Abner French; Lieutenant David McMaster; Ensign Peter VanderLenden



7th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Lewis Crout; 1st Lieutenant Jeremiah Swarts; 2nd Lieutenant Christian Carnest; Ensign Emanuel DeGraff



8th Company, 3rd Regiment, Tryon County Militia: Captain Abraham Hodges; 1st Lieutenant Joseph Yeamans; 2nd Lieutenant Abel Hunt; Ensign Amos Bennet


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



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


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


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.


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


force Established

by the Provincial

Congress of North

Carolina


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


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.


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.


Second Battalion, Salisbury District Minute Men: Colonel Thomas Polk; Lieutenant Colonel Adam Alexander; Major Charles Maclaine



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


force Established

by the Provincial

Congress of North

Carolina


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


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.


Captain Jesse Cobb’s Company (Dobbs County), New Bern District Minute Men: Captain Jesse Cobb; Lieutenant William Cobb; Ensign Richard Caswell, Jr.


1 Ensign



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


Colonel 1 Major

10 Companies

County companies


force Established

by the Provincial

Congress of North

Carolina


pg. 48


Currituck County Regiment: Colonel Samuel Jarvis; Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Dauge; First Major Taylor Jones; Second Major John Nicholson


Colonel 2 Majors



Pasquotank County Regiment: Colonel John Lowery; Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Gregory; First Major Demsey Burgess; Second Major Joshua Campbell


Colonel 2 Majors



Perquimons County Regiment: Colonel Miles Harvey; Lieutenant Colonel William Skinner; First Major Thomas Harvey; Second Major Richard Clayton


Colonel 2 Majors



Chowan County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Bonner; Lieutenant Colonel James Blount; First Major Thomas Benbury; Second Major Jacob Hunter


Colonel 2 Majors



Bertie County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Whitmill; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Pugh; First Major James Moore; Second Major Arthur


Colonel 2 Majors


pg. 49

Brown


Hartford County Regiment: Colonel Benjamin Wynns; Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Brickle; First Major Lawrence Baker; Second Major George Lyttle


Colonel 2 Majors



Tyrrell County Regiment: Colonel Edward Buncombe; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Blount; First Major James Long; Second Major Joseph Spruill


Colonel 2 Majors



Martin County Regiment: Colonel William Williams; Lieutenant Colonel Whitmill Hill; First Major Thomas Wiggins; Second Major Kenneth McKinzie


Colonel 2 Majors



Halifax County Regiment: Colonel John Bradford; Lieutenant Colonel William Alston; First Major David Sumner; Second Major Egbert Haywood


Colonel 2 Majors



Northampton County Regiment: Colonel Allen Jones; Lieutenant Colonel William Eaton; First Major Jeptha Atherton;


Colonel 2 Majors


pg. 50

Second Major Howell Edmunds


Edgecombe County Regiment: Colonel William Haywood; Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Haywood; First Major Joseph Moore; Second Major Henry Horne


Colonel 2 Majors



Bute County Regiment: Colonel William Person; Lieutenant Colonel Phil. Hawkins; First Major William Alston; Second Major Thomas Sherwood


Colonel 2 Majors



Anson County Regiment: Colonel Samuel Spencer; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Medlock; First Major James Auld; Second Major David Love


Colonel 2 Majors



Mecklenburg County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Polk; Lieutenant Colonel Adam Alexander; First Major John Phifer; Second Major John Davidson


Colonel 2 Majors



Guilford County Regiment: Colonel Ransom Sutherland; Lieutenant Colonel James Martin; First Major John Paisley;


Colonel 2 Majors


pg. 51

Second Major John Tate


Tryon County Regiment: Colonel William Graham; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Maclaine; First Major Thomas Beaty; Second Major Frederick Hambright


Colonel 2 Majors



Surry County Regiment: Colonel Martin Armstrong; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Williams; First Major William Hall; Second Major Joseph Winston


Colonel 2 Majors



Rowan County Regiment: Colonel Griffith Rutherford; Lieutenant Colonel Francis Locke; First Major John Dobbin; Second Major James Brandon


Colonel 2 Majors



Craven County Regiment: Colonel Joseph Leech; Lieutenant Colonel John Bryan; First Major John Benners; Second Major Frederick Becton



Carteret County Regiment: Colonel William Thomson; Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Shepherd;


pg. 52

First Major Thomas Chadwick; Second Major Malichi Bell


Beaufort County Regiment: Colonel James Bomer; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bomer; First Major Roger Ormond; Second Major William Brown



Hyde County Regiment: Colonel Rotheas Latham; Lieutenant Colonel Benja Parmerlin; First Major William Russell; Second Major Thomas Jones



Johnston County Regiment: Colonel Needham Bryan; Lieutenant Colonel William Bryan; First Major John Smith; Second Major Samuel Smith



Dobbs County Regiment: Colonel Abraham Sheppard;, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Torrans; First Major Martin Caswell; Second Major William McKinnie



Pitt County Regiment: Colonel John Simpson; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Salter; First Major George


pg. 53

Evans; Second Major James Armstrong


Brunswick County Regiment: Colonel John Davis; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Davis; First Major Richard Quince, Jr.; Second Major Parker Quince



Onslow County Regiment: Colonel William Cray; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Rhodes; First Major Thomas Johnston; Second Major James Howard



Duplin County Regiment: Colonel James Kenan; Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clinton; First Major Thomas Routledge; Second Major James Moore



Cumberland County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Rutherford; Lieutenant Colonel Alexander McAllister; First Major Duncan McNeill; Second Major Alexander McDonald



New Hanover County Regiment: Colonel William Purviance; Lieutenant Colonel Sampson Moseley;


pg. 54

First Major William Moseley; Second Major John Devane


Bladen County Regiment: Colonel Thomas Robeson, Jr.; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown; First Major Thomas Owens; Second Major James Richardson


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.


Captain William Williams’s Company, Orange County Regiment: Captain William Williams


Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 759-760.


Granville County Regiment: Colonel Joseph Taylor; Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Eaton; First Major Samuel Smith; Second Major William Williams



Wake County Regiment: Colonel John Hintpn; Lieutenant Colonel Theophilus Hunter;


Colonel 2 Majors


pg. 55

First Major John Hinton, Jr.; Second Major Thomas Hines


Chatham County Regiment: Colonel Ambrose Ramsey; Lieutenant Colonel Jeduthan Harper; First Major Mial Scurlock; Second Major Elisha Cain


Colonel 2 Majors


UNITS – CHEROKEE WAR OF 1776 – NORTH CAROLINA


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


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


2 Sergeants 2 Corporals 1 Drummer

Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Vol. 10, pp. 753-754.

UNITS – REVOLUTIONARY WAR – PENNSYLVANIA


Pennsylvania (Bucks County)

Revolutionary War: 1775-08-10

Bedminster Township Company of Associators: Captain Robert Robinson

“Bucks County Revolutionary War Associators”



Bensalem Township Company of Associators: Captain John Jarvis




Bristol Township Company of Associators: Major Joseph McIlvain



Revolutionary War:

Buckingham Township Company of

“Bucks County Revolutionary War

pg. 57

1775-08 Associators Associators”



Buckingham and Wrightstown Company of Associators: Captain John Lacey




Falls Township Company of Associators: Captain Thomas Harvey



Revolutionary War: 1775-08

Hilltown Township Company of Associators




Lower Makefield Township Company of Associators: Captain Peter Vansant




Middletown Township Company of Associators: Captain Augustin Willet



Revolutionary War: 1775-08

New Britain Township Company of Associators




Newtown Township Company of Associators: Captain Francis Murray




Northampton Township Company of Associators: Captain Henry Lott



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



Plumstead Township Company of Associators: Captain William McCalla




Solebury Township Company of Associators: Captain George Wall




Southampton Township Company of Associators: Captain John Folwell




Upper Makefield Township Company of Associators



Revolutionary War: 1775-08 possible

Warminster Township Company of Associators: Major ___ Beatty possibly John Beatty




Warrington Township Company of Associators




Warwick Township Company of Associators


UNITS – REVOLUTIONARY WAR – RHODE ISLAND


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


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


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


Rhode Island Revolutionary War:

2nd Providence County Regiment, Providence


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


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


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


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;


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


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


Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1779-05

3rd Kings County Regiment, Kings County Regiments: Colonel Thomas Potter


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


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


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


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


Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1778-07

Captain Isaac Cook’s Company: Captain Isaac Cook


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



Senior Class Regiment, Bristol County, Newport and Bristol Regiments: (a) Major Jonathan Peck; (b) Major Robert Carr


Rhode Island Revolutionary War:

Kent County Regiments, Rhode


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


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



Kent County Senior Class Regiment, Kent County Regiments: (a) Major Samuel Wall (b) Major Isaac Johnson


Rhode Island Revolutionary War: 1778

Kingston Reds Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.


Kentish Guards Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.


Pawtuxet Rangers Stattler “Revolutionary War Military Records”.

pg. 64

UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – VIRGINIA


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.


Prince Edward County Militia: Captain John Morton’s Company

McAllister, pp. 226-227


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)


Fayette County Militia, Bryan Station Relief: Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Boone

1 Lieutenant Colonel 50 men

Sympson “The Strategic Battle of Blue Licks”.

Virginia (Kentucky)


Lincoln County Militia, Bryan Station Relief: Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Trigg; Major Hugh McGary;


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)


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)


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


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


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


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


Captain Murdoch McAskell’s Company, Anson County Loyalist Militia Battalion: Captain Murdoch McAskell



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


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


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


Captain Alexander McLeod’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Alexander McLeod (probably Alexander McLeod Sr.)



Captain Angus MacDonald’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Angus MacDonald



Captain Neill McArthur’s Company, Cumberland County Loyalist Militia Regiment: Captain Neill McArthur



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


Captain Jacob Pope’s Company, Bladen County: Captain Jacob Pope



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)


pg. 68

UNITS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR – LOYALIST (SOUTH CAROLINA)


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


Colonel 1 Captain

1 Lieutenant 1 Sergeant 15 Privates

The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies “South Carolina Militia, Thomas Pearson’s Corps”


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



The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies “South Carolina Militia, William Young’s Troop”


Major William Cunningham’s Troop of Mounted Militia: Major William Cunningham; Captain John Hood;

1 Major 1 Captain



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


North Carolina (State of Franklin, Tennessee)

1788-02-27 State of Franklin Militia: General John Sevier; Colonel ___ Conway


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


UNITS – 1800-1812


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


District of Columbia

1813 1st Legion Militia Gurganus


1813 3rd Battalion, 1st Legion Militia

Gurganus


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 Ensign 4 Sergeants 1 Corporal 92 Privates

Gurganus

UNITS – WAR OF 1812 - KENTCKY


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 Cornet 4 Sergeants 1 corporal

1 Trumpeter 1 Farrier

20 Privates


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 Ensign 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals 1 Trumpeter 51 Privates


pg. 72

UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – MARYLAND


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.


Maryland 1813-03-27 City Guards, Baltimore city guards: Captain Thomas C. Jenkins; 1st Lieutenant John Hollins; 2nd Lieutenant Peter Levering


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)


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


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


Maryland (Baltimore County)

War of 1812: 1814-08/11

11th Brigade, 3rd Division of Maryland Militia: Brigadier General Tobias E. Stansbury


Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08/11

5th Maryland Regiment: Independent Company; Patriot Company; United Volunteers Company; Light Blue Company;


pg. 74

Mechanical Company;


27th Maryland Regiment: Captain Pinney’s Company; Captain Kennedy’s Company; Captain Edes’s Company; Captain Dillon’s Company; Captain Schwartzour’s Company



39th Maryland Regiment: Captain Dobbins’s Company



51st Maryland Regiment: Captain Deem’s Company; Captain Rogers’s Company; Captain Peters’s Company; Captain Smith’s Company


Maryland War of 1812: 1814-08

1st Baltimore Sharpshooters (1st Rifle Battalion): Major William Pickney, Sr.


Maryland (Eastern Shore)

War of 1812: 1814-08

9th Cavalry District: Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lloyd


Maryland (District of Columbia to the Rappahannock River)

War of 1812: 1814-08

10th Military District: Brigadier General William Henry Winder


pg. 75

UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – MASSACHUSETTS


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 Ensign 4 Sergeants 4 Corporals

1 Fifer 64 Privates

Dole Windham in the Past, p. 224.

UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – NORTH CAROLINA


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.


North Carolina 1812-04 First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division:


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.


men


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.


men


North Carolina 1812-04 Third Company, First Regiment, First Brigade, North Carolina Militia Infantry Division: Captain James S. Garling; 1st Lieutenant Baley Barco;


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.


men


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.


men


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.


men

The Adjutant General of North Carolina, p. 6-7.

pg. 78

WAR OF 1812 and CREEK INDIAN WAR – TENNESSEE


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


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


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;



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;



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)


Tennessee (Washington, Jefferson, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke,

War of 1812: 1814-11 to 1815-05

4th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia: Colonel Samuel Bayless;


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


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;



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



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



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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



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;


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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


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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


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


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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


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


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UNITS – WAR OF 1812 – VERMONT


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 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


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Clark, Jr.; Surgeon’s Mate Hira Hill

UNITS - MEXICAN TEXIAN MILITIA


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



1824-06-22 1st Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Andrew Robinson



1824-06-22 2nd Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Horatio Chriesman



1824-06-22 3rd Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Randal Jones



1824-06-22 4th Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Jesse Burnam



1824-06-22 5th Company, Austin Colony Battalion of Militia: Captain Amos Rawls



1828-06-23 Coahuila y Texas Militia

Department of the Army, Center for Military History, 141st

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Infantry Regiment


1828-06-23 Austin Battalion, Coahuila y Texas Militia lineage from the Austin Colony Battalion of Militia



1832-10-05 Militia of the Municipality Regiment



1832-10-05 2nd Battalion, Militia of the Municipality Regiment lineage from the Austin Battalion, Coahuila y Texas Militia


UNITS – SECOND SEMINOLE WAR


Florida Second Seminole War: 1836-09-14

Brigade of Florida Militia: Colonel John C. Love commanding, 5th Regiment

Florida Department of Military Affairs


5th Regiment, Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James C. Evans’s Company


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 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


2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: Colonel John Warren commanding, 1st Regiment



1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James Edwards’s Company



Captain James Edwards’s Company, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: Captain James Edwards



5th Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Florida Militia: 1st Lieutenant Hugh Alexander’s Company


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



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


Captain George W. Allbritton’s Company, 1st Regiment of

3 offiers 77 enlisted

men


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ordered into service of the United States

Mounted Militia: Captain George W. Allbritton; 1st Lieutenant Daniel Pond


2nd Regiment, Brigade of Florida Mounted Militia: Captain Thomas C. Ellis’s Company



Captain Thomas C. Ellis’s Company, 2nd Regiment, Brigade of Florida Mounted Militia


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”



Captain David R. Bryan’s Company: Captain David R. Bryan; 1st Lieutenant Moses Prescott; 2nd Lieutenant Henry P. Carter;

1 Captain 2



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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



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



Georgia (Ware County)


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


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Company



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





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


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Austin; 3rd Corporal William Nettles; 4th Corporal Benajah Smith



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





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



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2nd Corporal James Highsmith; 3rd Corporal James Albritton; 4th Corporal Westberry Raulerson

UNITS - TEXAS REPUBLIC


Republic of Texas 1836-12-06 Harrisburg County Regiment lineage from the Mexican 2nd Battalion, Militia of the Municipality 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


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;


men

Robertson, p. 10

pg. 98

Surgeon Algernon S. Spear; 1st Lieutenant John R. Hogans, Commissary; Captain Jernigan’s Company


Captain Jernigan’s Company, General Hopkins Division, Florida Troops: Captain Aaron Jernigan 1st Lieutenant Isaac Jernigan 2nd Lieutenant Needham Yates


men

Robertson, p. 10


Florida Mounted Volunteers: 1st Detachment



1st Detachment, Florida Mounted Volunteers: Lieutenant John Addison’s Company


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


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”.

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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


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”.


Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08

Captain Robert M. Nimmo’s Company, Richmond Home Guard: Captain Robert M. Nimmo




Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08

Captain Michael Bowen’s Company, Richmond Home Guard: Captain Michael Bowen



Virginia (Confederate States of

Civil War: 1861-04 to 1861-08

Captain George Bargamin’s Company, Richmond Home



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America) Guard: Captain George Bargamin

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