The American Revolution in North Carolina - Caswell County Regiment of Militia




The American Revolution in North Carolina

Caswell County Regiment of Militia*
Date Established:	Colonels:	Original Officers:
May 9, 1777 (Formerly the Northern Orange County Regiment)	Col. James Saunders Col. William Moore Col. George Oldham	Col. James Saunders Col. William Moore Lt. Col. Israel Folsome Lt. Col. Henry Williams 1st Maj. Thomas Harrison 1st Maj. James Moore 2nd Maj. Bailey 2nd Maj. Butler
Known Lt. Colonels:	Known Majors:	Known Adjutants:
Lt. Col. Israel Folsome Lt. Col. Hugh Inman Lt. Col. Dempsey Moore Lt. Col. Stephen Moore Lt. Col. Archibald Murphy Lt. Col. Adam Saunders Lt. Col. William Watkins Lt. Col. Henry Williams Lt. Col. John Williams	1st Maj. Thomas Harrison 1st Maj. James Moore 2nd Maj. Bailey Maj. Bilfield 2nd Maj. Butler Maj. Charles Dixon Maj. Thomas Harmon Maj. John McClary Maj. Dempsey Moore Maj. Elijah Moore Maj. George Moore Maj. Archibald Murphy Maj. George Oldham Maj. Robert Park Maj. John Reed Maj. Dudley Reynolds Maj. Richard Saunders	Edward Douglas Samuel Johnston Micajah Parker Jeremiah Samuel William Saunders
Miscellaneous Players:
Pleasant Henderson - Paymaster	Launcelot Johnston - Surgeon	Thomas Neely - Commissary
Known Captains:
George Adams	John Atkinson	Robert Burton
Henry Cobb	Josiah Cole	Spillsby Coleman
John Cunningham	James Currie	Hugh Currie
Archibald Deacon	Frederick Debow	Matthew DeWitt
David Dickerson	Nathaniel Dickerson	Wynn Dixon
Benjamin Douglas	John Douglas	William Douglas
Frederick DuBois	Richard Edwards	James Falker
James Falls	James Farquhar	John Faulkner
? Fernoy	Mason Foley	Dudley Gatewood
Meshack Gentry	John Herndon Graves	James Greenwood
Herndon Haralson	William Harden	Frederick Hargis
Shadrack Hargis	Thomas Hargis	Aaron Harrell
Vincent Harrison	? Holmes	William Hubbard
Samuel Johnson	Samuel Jones	Matthew Jouett
John Land	F. Lawson	Gabriel Lee
George Lee	Arthur Loving	John McClary
Daniel McFarland	David McFarland	James McFarland
John McMullen	David Mitchell	Benjamin Moore
Dempsey Moore	George Moore	John Moore
Robert Moore	? Morehead	William Murray
John Nelson	Willis Nichols	Daniel Odom
George Oldham	John Oldham	Robert Park
Solomon Park	William Payne	Andrew Perney
? Porter	Dudley Reynolds	? Rhodes
William Richmond	David Roberts	? Russell
William Rutherford	George Samuel	Adam Sanders
William Sanders	? Sargent	Richard Saunders
Wadell Tate	Olin Terry	Berryman Turner
Meshack Turner	? Wallace	William White
William Williams	Jeremiah Williamson	James Wilson
-	William Witcher	-
Known Lieutenants - Captain Unknown:
Francis Brackey	Wynn Dixon	Daniel McFarland
Known Ensigns - Captain Unknown:
John McMemamy	-	Thomas Neely
Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown:
Jonathan Allen	Samuel Arnal	Jesse Ashlock
Jonathan Atkinson	William Berry	J. Bird
Robert Blackwell	David Bloodworth	Samuel Borden/Boudin
Emanuel Bowser	Jonah Boyce	Archibald Carmichael
Duncan Carmichael	Francis Caton	William Chrisall
Thomas Clarke	Nathaniel Comer	John Conaway
Lewis Corbitt	Eli Crockett	William Culbertson
Hezekiah Duest	Enos Enver / Ewer	Joseph Ervin
Richard Erwin	Gabriel Ferral	John Flinn
George Fuller	Zack Gallop	Mill Gids
William Going	Simon Goslin	Thomas Graham
Daniel Gwyn	Anthony Hainey	John Hainey
Abraham Hargis	Jordin Harral	Nathaniel Hart
Henry Howard	Ambrose Hudgens	Berry Hunt
John Ingram	David Johnson	Francis Jones
Thomas Jones	Joshua Kerney	William Kersey
John Kimbrough	James Lea	Richard Martin
Robert Martin	Patrick Mason	William McClammy
Andrew McKnight	John McMullin	William Mooney
Levi Newton	James Persons	William Powell
Burton Pride	Peter Provott	James Ray
Jeptha Rice	James Riddell	Thomas Robinson
Andrew Samuel	Archibald Samuel	Jeremiah Samuel
William Sawyers	Josiah Shoemaker	Peter Skeen
Thomas Slade	Cam Smith	Francis Smith
Peter Smith	Thomas Smith	Richard Smithey
Daniel Spivy	Thomas Stephens	David Stokes
John Sweaney	William Tanksly	John Taylor
William Thaxton	Thomas Tiffen	Woodard Tucker
James Warton	Thomas Weeks	Charles Whithers
Thomas Wiley	Zachariah Williamson	Jacob Wright
-	William Wright	-
Brief History of Regiment:
*This unit started out on April 22, 1776 as the Northern Orange County Regiment. On May 9, 1777, Caswell County was established and the Northern Orange County Regiment was renamed as the Caswell County Regiment. The Caswell County Regiment was active until the end of the war. Units of this regiment were known to have participated in the following known battles/skirmishes:
Date(s):	Known Battles / Skirmishes:
3/3/1779	Briar Creek (GA)
6/20/1779	Stono Ferry (SC)
3/28-5/12/1780	Siege of Charleston 1780 (SC)
8/11/1780	Little Lynches Creek (SC)
8/16/1780	Camden (SC)
8/18/1780	Fishing Creek (SC)
10/7/1780	Kings Mountain (SC)
10/14/1780	Shallow Ford
12/4/1780	Rugeley's Mills #2 (SC)
1/17/1781	Cowpens (SC)
2/1/1781	Cowan's Ford
2/1/1781	Tarrant's Tavern
2/25/1781	Haw River
3/4/1781	Clapp's Mill #1
3/6/1781	Whitesell's Mill
3/7/1781	Reedy Fork
3/15/1781	Guilford Court House
4/25/1781	Hobkirk's Hill (SC)
5/21-6/19/1781	Siege of Ninety-Six 1781 (SC)
9/8/1781	Eutaw Springs (SC)
9/13/1781	Lindley's Mill
9/23/1781	Livingston's Creek
9/1781	Brown Marsh
10/1781	Brush Creek
12/10/1781	Cox's Mill #3
3/13-3/14/1782	Randolph County Court House