Private
Richard C. Swearingen

1779, a Private under Capt. West Harris, attached to Col. Thomas Wade (Anson County Regiment). 1780, a Private under a Capt. Taylor and Lt. Col. Drury Ledbetter. 1780, also a Private under a Capt. Brevard and Col. William Lee Davidson (Mecklenburg County Regiment). 1781, a Private under a Capt. Pilcher, then under a Capt. Jarrinds, both under Col. William Lofton. Fall of 1781, a Private under a Capt. Lilly and Col. Robert Smith in the newly-created NC State Legion, and in the Wilmington Expedition. 1781, a Private under Maj. Buckner Kimbrell and Col. William Lofton. Born in 1760 in Edgecombe County, NC.