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




The American Revolution in North Carolina

Craven County Regiment of Militia
Date Established:	Colonels:	Original Officers (9/9/1775):
June 8, 1775	Col. Joseph Leech Col. John Bryan, Sr. Col. Christopher Neale Col. John Sitgreaves Col. John Tilman	Col. Joseph Leech Lt. Col. John Bryan, Sr. 1st Maj. John Benners 2nd Maj. Frederick Becton
Known Lt. Colonels:	Known Majors:	Known Adjutants:
Lt. Col. John Bryan Lt. Col. Lemuel Hatch Lt. Col. Basil Smith Lt. Col. Richard Dobbs Spaight Lt. Col. Benjamin Stiles	1st Maj. John Benners 2nd Maj. Frederick Becton Maj. John Allen Maj. David Barrow Maj. Bonner Maj. John Bryan, Jr. Maj. Samuel Campbell Maj. John Tilman	Charles Johnson George Rankin
Known Captains:
John Allen	Joseph Allen	Shadrack Allen
Aaron Arnold	? Battle	John Blanks
William Blanks	? Bledsoe	Jesse Bryan
John Council Bryan	Nathaniel Bryan	Henry Cannon
John Coleman	John Daly	Levi Dawson
Frank Delaware	Hardy Gatlin	Farniford Green
James Green	Frederick Hargett	Edmund Hatch
Thomas Hyre	S. L. Ives	Lewis Jones
? Leith	? Maston	James Mayo
Archelaus Meeks	John Moye	Christopher Neale
John Nelson	Richard Nixon	James Pearce
James Perkins	Charles Roach	David Roach
Thomas Shine	Henry Smith	Thomas Stephenson
John Stevenson	Silas Stevenson	Thomas Tyre
John Vance	Archibald Weeks	Rickerson Weeks
Joshua Windham	-	William Windham
Known Lieutenants - Captain Unknown:
Jesse Bryan	Church Caraway	William Dawson
-	Shadrack Fulcher	-
Known Ensigns - Captain Unknown:
Gideon Carraway	-	Daniel West
Known Sergeants - Captain Unknown:
-	John Dew	-
Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown:
Richard Carter	Jacob Cole	John Davis
Swain Davis	? Ebenezer	Thomas A. Green
Joseph Hodges	George Hooper	Jonathan Mason
Waxel Perry	Joseph Seburn/Soburn	J. Wallace
-	Burrell Whitington	-
Brief History of the Regiment:
On September 9, 1775, the Provincial Congress authorized thirty-five (35) existing county Militias to be organized. All officers were appointed and commissioned by the Provincial Congress. The Craven 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:
2/27/1776	Moore's Creek Bridge
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)
4/25/1781	Hobkirk's Hill (SC)
7/8/1781	New Bern #1
8/2/1781	Rockfish Creek
4/4-4/17/1782	Beaufort