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




The American Revolution in North Carolina

Cumberland County Regiment of Militia
Date Established:	Colonels:	Original Officers:
September 9, 1775	Col. Thomas Rutherford Col. Alexander McAllister Col. Ebenezer Folsome Col. Thomas Matthews Col. David Smith Col. Robert Rowan Col. Philip Alston Col. James Emmett	Col. Thomas Rutherford Lt. Col. Alexander McAllister 1st Maj. Duncan McNeill 2nd Maj. Alexander McDonald
Known Lt. Colonels:	Known Majors:	Known Adjutants:
Lt. Col. Alexander McAllister Lt. Col. Ebenezer Folsome Lt. Col. David Smith Lt. Col. Gibson Lt. Col. Philip Alston Lt. Col. Thomas Armstrong	1st Maj. Duncan McNeill 2nd Maj. Alexander McDonald Maj. Philip Alston Maj. John Armstrong Maj. Cassaway Maj. James Emmett Maj. Simon Hadley Maj. Nathaniel King Maj. Walter Murray Maj. David Smith Maj. Edward Winslow	Charles Akins
Miscellaneous Players:
George Fletcher - Commissary	Henry Gifford - Commissary	W.H. Mackay - Surgeon
-	Daniel Mallett - Commissary	-
Known Captains:
Isaac Adkins	Thomas Ard	Ira Atkins
Alexander Avera	Daniel Buie	James Campbell
John Carroll	David Cogdell	Arthur Council
John Cox	William Cox	Charles Crawford
John Fletcher	Ebenezer Folsome	Israel Folsome
Henry Gaster	Hugh Gilmore	Samuel Gilmore
Joshua Guess	Joshua Hadley	Simon Hadley
Thomas Hadley	Armstrong Heard	Philemon Hodges
John Honeycutt	Nathaniel King	Neil McCrany
Robert Rowan	William Seal	? Singleton
Archibald Smith	Patrick Smith	? Spruill
-	Patrick Travis	-
Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown:
Archibald Henry	William Jackson	Thomas Landrum
Robert Lowe	Seth Manis	James McCracken
Hugh McDonald	Daniel McNeill	William Smith
Daniel Treadway	-	John Wilkins
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 Cumberland 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)
8/16/1780	Camden (SC)
3/15/1781	Guilford Court House
3/27/1781	Barbeque Church
5/13/1781	Legat's Bridge
7/1781	Ray's Mill Creek
7/26/1781	Stewart's Creek #2
7/29/1781	House in the Horseshoe
8/14/1781	Cumberland County Court House
9/13/1781	Lindley's Mill
12/1781	Big Juniper Creek