The American Revolution in South Carolina - The SC Second Brigade of Militia




The American Revolution in South Carolina

The SC Second Brigade of Militia
Month & Year Established:	Commander:	Other Brigade Officers:
August 1780	Col./BG Francis Marion	Lt. Col./Col. Hugh Ervin Maj. Keating Simons James Freeman - QM James Willson - QM
Regiments That Joined:
Beaufort District Regiment*	Charles Town District Regiment	Cheraws District Regiment
Georgetown District Regiment	Berkeley County Regiment	Upper Craven County Regiment
Lower Craven County Regiment	Colleton County Regiment*	Upper Granville County Regiment*
Lower Granville County Regiment*	Kingstree Regiment	Kershaw Regiment
Maham's Light Dragoons	Horry's Regiment	SC 3rd Regiment of State Dragoons
SC 4th Regiment of State Dragoons	-	Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons
*Transferred to the SC 4th Brigade of Militia in September 1781.
Many references "hint" that the Orangeburgh District Regiment left Sumter's Brigade at some time and joined up with Marion's Brigade, yet nothing definitive has been uncovered so far.
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