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




The American Revolution in North Carolina

Guilford County Regiment of Militia
Date Established:	Colonels:	Original Officers:
September 9, 1775	Col. Ransom Sutherland Col. James Martin Col. Risdel Moore Col. John Peasley Col. Samuel Isaacs	Col. Ransom Sutherland Lt. Col. James Martin 1st Maj. John Peasley 2nd Maj. John Tate
Known Lt. Colonels:	Known Majors:	Known Adjutants:
Lt. Col. James Martin Lt. Col. John Humphreys Lt. Col. James Hunter Lt. Col. Thomas Owen Lt. Col. John Peasley Lt. Col. Robert Ralston	1st Maj. John Peasley 2nd Maj. John Tate Maj. Thomas Blair Maj. William Blair Maj. James Campbell Maj. Stephen Coleman Maj. John Dabney Maj. John Gillespie Maj. John Goode Maj. James Hunter Maj. ? Kennedy Maj. Robert Martin Maj. John Nelson Maj. Peter O'Neal Maj. Thomas Owen Maj. Abraham Phillips Maj. Robert Ralston Maj. Anthony Sharpe Maj. James White	Robert Martin John McBride
Miscellaneous Players:
David Allison - Commissary	John Clark - Commissary	Ralph Gorrell - Commissary
James Hunter - Pack Master General (and Major)	Francis McNary - Commissary	John Rutherford - QM
John White - Commissary	-	William Wright - Commissary
Known Captains:
William Albright	Thomas Archer	Thomas Barnett
? Basil	William Beatty	Robert Bell
William Bethel	Thomas Blair	Asa Brashears
David Brower	? Buff	? Bush
John Buster	Archibald Campbell	Joseph Chapman
Ralph Chapman	Jacob Clapp	? Clark
Thomas Clark	John Collier	Henry Connelly
John Conner	John Cook	Thomas Cook
John Craig	? Dalton	Enoch Davis
John Davis	William Dent	William Dent
John Donnell	Thomas Dougan	John Elms
Hugh Fabush	? Ferguson	Thomas Flack
Arthur Forbis	John Forbis	James Frost
Jonas Frost	Josiah Gates	Daniel Gillespie
John Gillespie	William Glenn	Ben Graham
? Guilford	Edward Gwinn	William Gwinn
John Haley	John Hall	George Hamilton
John Hamilton	Thomas Hamilton	Landon Harris
Obadiah Harris	Joseph Hoskins	Alexander Hunter
Thomas Jenkins	? Johnson	John Leak
George Lemmon	Ralph Lowe	John May
John McAdow	Thomas McCrory	Robert McLane
John McRea	Robert Mebane	Redden Moore
Smith Moore	William Morrow	John Nelson
Eli Newland	James O'Neal	Peter O'Neal
? Owens	Robert Paisley	George Pearce
George Peay	Nathaniel Peoples	Abraham Phillips
William Pierce	? Priestly	Isaac Ralston
James Robinson	William Hargrove Searcey	Samuel Sharp
William Sharp	? Small	George Stewart
Daniel Sutherland	Cook Tate	Zephariah Tate
? Tatum	Richard Vernon	? West
? White	Henry Whitesell	Tobias Whitesell
Isaac Williams	Jacob Williams	Nathaniel Williams
Andrew Wilson	William Wilson	James Woods
-	Joseph Young	-
Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown:
Joseph Alexander	John Allen	Jacob Anderson
William Bell	Joseph Brown, Jr.	Robert Brown
William Doak	Edward Gilbert	Robert Hall
John Hannah	Robert Hannah	John Hardin
James Jenkins	James Johnston	John McAden
John Moore	Robert Morrow	Aaron Phipps
William Ross	Edward Sharp	Benjamin Thomas
James Thompson	Edward Tournborough	Frederick Williams
Jacob Williams	-	Andrew Witty
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 Guilford 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
8/1-11/1/1776	Cherokee Expedition 1776
7/1778	Salisbury
3/1779	Haw Fields
3/3/1779	Briar Creek (GA)
6/20/1779	Stono Ferry (SC)
3/28-5/12/1780	Siege of Charleston 1780 (SC)
4/14/1780	Moncks Corner #1 (SC)
7/21/1780	Colson's Mill
8/11/1780	Little Lynches Creek (SC)
8/16/1780	Camden (SC)
9/1780	McAlpine Creek
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
3/15/1781	New Garden Meeting House
3/15/1781	Guilford Court House
5/21-6/19/1781	Siege of Ninety-Six 1781 (SC)
9/8/1781	Eutaw Springs (SC)
9/13/1781	Lindley's Mill
9/1781	Brown Marsh
10/15/1781	Raft Swamp
11/15/1781	Brick House