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




The American Revolution in North Carolina

Edgecombe County Regiment of Militia
Date Established:	Colonels:	Original Officers:
September 9, 1775	Col. William Haywood Col. Exum Lewis Col. Jonas Johnston Col. Joseph J. Clinch	Col. William Haywood Lt. Col. Sherwood Haywood 1st Maj. Joseph Moore 2nd Maj. Henry Horne, Jr.
Known Lt. Colonels:	Known Majors:	Known Adjutants:
Lt. Col. Sherwood Haywood Lt. Col. John Eaton Lt. Col. Simon Gray Lt. Col. Henry Hart Lt. Col. Benjamin Phillips Lt. Col. Isaac Sessoms Lt. Col. Thomas Sessoms	1st Maj. Joseph Moore 2nd Maj. Henry Horne, Jr. Maj. Frederick Bell Maj. Joseph J. Clinch Maj. Robert Hill Maj. Thomas Hunter Maj. Jonas Johnston Maj. John Lowry 1st Maj. Etheldred Phillips Maj. James Shepherd Maj. Jacob Taylor 2nd Maj. James Wilson	Micajah Pettaway
Miscellaneous Players:
Robert Diggs - Commissary	Edward Hall/Hill - Commissary	John Henry Hall - Commissary
-	Willoughby Williams - QM	-
Known Captains:
? Baker	James Barrow	Thomas Barrow
Randall Bass	John Batts	Frederick Bell
John Bell	Solomon Carpenter	Edward Clinch
Gresham Coffield	John DeCoin	John Goodman
James Gray	Edward Hall	John Harris
Tyre Harris	? Hart	Alexander Harvey
John Jones	Simon Lee	Hezekiah Mann
Malachi Mann	William Meady	Malachai Moore
? Northington	? Pender	Etheldred Phillips
Exum Phillips	? Randolph	Henry Scarborough
James Scarborough	Griswold Schofield	John Shipp
Richard Shipp	Jacob Taylor	Theophilus Thomas
William Wartis	John Weathers	? White
-	James Wilson	-
Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown:
James Adkinson	George Avery	Etheldred Dance
John Denson	-	Thomas Pitman
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 Edgecombe 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)
6/20/1780	Ramseur's Mill
3/28-5/12/1780	Siege of Charleston 1780 (SC)
8/16/1780	Camden (SC)
12/4/1780	Rugeley's Mills #2
3/15/1781	Guilford Court House
4/25/1781	Hobkirk's Hill (SC)
8/2/1781	Rockfish Creek
9/8/1781	Eutaw Springs (SC)
9/12/1781	Hillsborough