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




The American Revolution in North Carolina

Surry County Regiment of Militia
Date Established:	Colonels:	Original Officers (9/9/1775):
August 26, 1775	Col. Martin Armstrong Col. Joseph Williams	Col. Martin Armstrong Lt. Col. Joseph Williams 1st Maj. William Hall 2nd Maj. Joseph Winston
Known Lt. Colonels:	Known Majors:	Known Adjutants:
Lt. Col. Joseph Williams Lt. Col. Robert Lanier Lt. Col. David Looney Lt. Col. John "Jack" Martin Lt. Col. Joseph Phillips Lt. Col. Joseph Winston	1st Maj. William Hall 2nd Maj. Joseph Winston Maj. Micajah Lewis Maj. Richardson Owens Maj. John Shepherd Maj. Henry Smith Maj. Joseph Vincent Maj. Jesse Walton Maj. Gibson Wooldridge	James Armstrong Patrick McGibboney William Queery
Miscellaneous Players:
Ambrose Blackburn - Commissary	Matthew Brooks - QM	David Graves - Surgeon
Gabriel Jones - Commissary	Edward Loving - QM	William McLean - Surgeon
John Meredith - QM	Matthew Piggs - Surgeon	William Pinter - Commisary
William Shepherd - Commissary	-	John Wells - Asst. Commissary
Known Captains:
John Armstrong	Martin Armstrong	? Ayres
John Beverly	Adam Binkley	Peter Binkley
Ambrose Blackburn	Absalom Bostick	John Bostick
William Bostick	James Brevard	Adam Brinkley
John Bruce	Arthur Campbell	Jacob Camplin
Joshua Case	Micajah Clark	Benjamin Cleveland
John Cleveland	Robert Cleveland	Joseph Cloud
William Cloud	Abiel Cobb	Obadiah Cobb
John Colbert	William Collins	John Cox
Joshua Cox	Collin Crouse	John Crouse
Stephen Crowder	George Deathridge	George Dickey
William Dobson	James Doke	Joseph Dotson
? Duling	Samuel Dyer	? Edwards
Thomas Evans	Gaines Falker	Jacob Free
James Freeman	James Gains	James Giddings
Thompson Glenn	Richard Goode	John Halbert
John Hamlin	Andrew Hampton	Henry Hampton
Samuel Hampton	William Hardin	Francis Hargrove
Jonathan Hawley	John Hays	Pleasant Henderson
Joseph Herndon	Edwin Hickman	William Hickman
Robert Hill	John Hogan	John Horn
William Thrift Hughlett	Benjamin Humphreys	David Humphreys
John Humphreys	Samuel Hunter	Elijah Isaacs
? James	Jabez Jarvis	Samuel Johnson
John Litten Jones	? Kilgore	John Kimmins
? Kirby	William Lenoir	Joel Lewis
William Terrell Lewis	Edward Lovell	John Magibury
John Martin	Joseph Martin	Salathiel Martin
Charles McAnally	Sam McDowell	William Meredith
Matthew Moore	William Morely	John Morgan
Samuel Moseby	Harrison Murray	Benjamin Parks
Paul Patrick	John Phillips	Joseph Phillips
Peter Pinckney	Thomas Poindexter	? Reed
David Roark	John Roberts	Edmund Sams
James Sanders	Arthur Scott	James Shepherd
William Shepherd	Allison Smith	Henry Smith
Minor Smith	John Sparks	Henry Speer
James Taylor	William Underwood	? Venable
Jesse Walton	Whitfield Williams	? Willis
Whitfield Wilson	Richard Woodfork	Gibson Wooldridge
-	Daniel Wright	-
Known Lieutenants - Captain Unknown:
Adonirum Allen	Daniel Chandler	Jonathan Clark
Martin Davenport	-	William Haghlett
Known Sergeants - Captain Unknown:
-	Jacob Nall	-
Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers, etc. - Captain Unknown:
William Bailey	Edmund Ball	? Benge
Jasper Billings	Adam Binkley	David Blackwell
Jacob Carter	Joseph Cox	Joshua Cox
Jonathan Davis	Claiborn Lawrance	John Miller
Joseph Overton	Elias Pea	Peter Pinkley
Sim Southern	John Spencer	Joseph Thomas
-	Richard Varnald	-
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 Surry 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
8/1-12/28/1776	Cherokee Expedition 1776 (TN)
10/1776	French Broad River
3/3/1779	Briar Creek (GA)
4/10-4/20/1779	Chickamauga Towns (TN)
6/20/1779	Stono Ferry (SC)
9/16-10/18/1779	Siege of Savannah (GA)
3/28-5/12/1780	Siege of Charleston 1780 (SC)
6/20/1780	Ramseur's Mill
7/21/1780	Colson's Mill
8/6/1780	Hanging Rock (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)
10/8/1780	Richmond Town #2
10/14/1780	Shallow Ford
1/17/1781	Cowpens (SC)
2/1781	Chestnut Mountain
2/1/1781	Cowan's Ford
2/1/1781	Tarrant's Tavern
2/7/1781	Shallow Fords of the Yadkin River (?)
2/17/1781	Hart's Mill
2/25/1781	Haw River
2/26/1781	Dickey's Farm
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
9/8/1781	Eutaw Springs (SC)
10/15/1781	Raft Swamp
11/15/1781	Brick House
6/1-10/31/1782	Cherokee Expedition 1782