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| State ↕ | First ↕ | Last ↑ | Rank ↕ | Regiment ↕ | From ↕ | To | Notes | Battles |
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| NC | John | Armstrong | Lt Col | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776 | 5/3/1776, a Lt. Colonel under Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. | |
| NC | Ephraim | Battle | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | 6/11/1776, a Captain under Col. Thomas Brown. 7/31/1776, had 70 men. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. Wounded by friendly fire at Lockwood's Folly (in Brunswick County), date unknown. 1777-1781, a Captain in the Onslow County Regiment of Militia. 1781, a Major. From Onslow County. |
Heron's Bridge |
| NC | Thomas | Brown | Colonel | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1782 | 5/3/1776, Colonel/Commandant of newly-created 1st Battalion of Militia. 750 men from Wilmington District and New Bern District in anticipation of a British invasion along the coast. (British went to SC). 1st Battalion disbanded 8/13/1776. Nov. '78, Colonel of Bladen County Regiment. Resigned 5/14/1782. |
Bear Swamp (SC), Heron's Bridge (wounded), Tory Hole |
| NC | ? | Brown | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776 | May 1776, a Captain under Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Bladen County. | |
| NC | Henry | Cannon | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1779 | Was a Lieutenant. 6/11/1776, a Captain under Col. Thomas Brown. 7/31/1776, had 61 men. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 1778-1779, a Captain under Col. William Caswell (Dobbs County Regiment). 1779, a Captain under Col. John Tilman. From Craven County. |
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| NC | Thomas Jr. | DeVane | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | Was a Lieutenant. 6/11/1776, a Captain under Col. Thomas Brown. 7/31/1776, had 62 men. Unit disbanded 8/13/1776. 11/25/1776, a Captain in the new 1st Battalion of Volunteers under Col. Abraham Sheppard. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 1777, a Captain under Col. Anthony Ward (New Hanover County Regiment). 6/1/1778, a Captain under Col. William Lord (Brunswick County Regiment), considered to be in the \New Levies\" of men from New Hanover and Brunswick Counties. 1780-1781 |
a Captain under Col. Edward Wingate (Brunswick County Regiment). From New Hanover County." |
| NC | Walter | Gibson | Commissary | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776 | 6/14/1776. Disbanded 8/13/1776. |
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| NC | Joshua | Guess | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | Was an Ensign. 7/31/1776, a known Captain with 36 men under Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 1781, a Captain under Lt. Col. Thomas Armstrong (Cumberland County Regiment). From Cumberland County. aka Joshua Guest, Joshua Gest, Joshua Gist. |
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| NC | Benjamin | Harrison | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1783 | 6/14/1776, a Captain of Infantry under Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 5/19/1778, a Captain under Lt. Col. Archibald Lytle (a Continental officer) in the \New Levies\" for nine months. 1779 | in Wayne County. 1780 |
| NC | Ezekiel | Hawes | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Thomas DeVane, Jr. and Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. Lived in New Hanover County, moved to Duplin County during the war. 1779, a Private under Capt. George Dougherty (4th NC Regiment) for nine months, recruited in Bladen County by Capt. James Morehead (5th NC Regiment). Discharged in August 1780 at Strawberry Ferry, SC. 1780-1781, a Private under Capt. William Vann and Col. James Kenan. Born on 2/2/1759 in New Hanover County, NC. R4760. | Heron's Bridge |
| NC | Armwell | Herron | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1777 | 1776, a Lieutenant under Capt. Joseph Green. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 1777, a Captain in the NC Continental Line. Later a Captain in NC Militia and State Troops. From Pitt County. aka Harmon Herrin. | |
| NC | Robert | Jennett | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 7/31/1776, a known Captain with 53 men under Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 1781, a Lt. Colonel. From Hyde County. aka Robert Gennetts. |
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| NC | James | Masterson | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1779 | Was a Private in the NC Continental Line. 1776, an Ensign under Capt. William Fellows. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Beaufort County. Dec. 1778, an Ensign under Capt. John Whitley (Johnston County Regiment). Moved to Kentucky. Born on 4/7/1752 in Fairfax County, VA. | |
| NC | John | McCullers | Captain | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776 | 7/31/1776, a known Captain with 46 men under Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Johnston County. aka John McCullores. | |
| NC | Malcolm | Munroe | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Joshua Guess and Col. Thomas Brown in the newly-created 1st Battalion of Militia. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 1779, a Private under Capt. Neil McCrany and Col. Philip Alston. 1781, a Private under Capt. Neil McCrany and Lt. Col. Thomas Armstrong. March of 1781, captured by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, paroled. July 1781, captured by Loyalists, escaped. Born in March of 1761 in Cumberland County, NC. aka Malcolm Monroe. |
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| NC | Robert | Raiford | Adjutant | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1780 | Was a Private. 6/6/1776, an Adjutant under Col. Thomas Brown. Later a Captain in NC Continental Line. 1780, a temporary Adjutant under Col. Thomas Brown again in the Bladen County Regiment of Militia. Then, back to NC Continental Line. |
Bear Swamp (SC) |
| NC | Robert | Rozar | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | 1776, a Private under a Capt. Brown and Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. Lived in Bladen County. 1777, a Drummer under a Capt. Sheppard and Col. Abraham Sheppard (Dobbs County Regiment). 1779, moved to Halifax County. 1779, a Private under Col. Nicholas Long (DQMG). Moved back to Bladen County. 1781, drafted, hired a substitute. 1782, joined a SC unit. Born in 1756 in Edgecombe (what became Halifax) County, NC. | |
| NC | William | Shaw | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 6/11/1776, a known Ensign under Capt. Ephraim Battle. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Onslow County. | ||
| NC | Joseph | Shepherd | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Ephraim Battle and Col. Thomas Brown. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Onslow County. Wounded by friendly fire at Lockwood's Folly in Brunswick County, date unknown. | ||
| NC | John | Smith | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 6/11/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Thomas DeVane, Jr. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1777. From New Hanover County. | ||
| NC | Samuel | Smith | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1781 | 6/11/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Henry Cannon. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. 1781, a Lieutenant. From Craven County. | |
| NC | Paul | Tucker | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Ephraim Battle and Col. Thomas Owen in the newly-created 1st Battalion of Militia. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. Lived in Onslow County. Wounded by friendly fire at Lockwood's Folly, in Brunswick County. | |
| NC | Richard | Whitehurst | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776, a Private under Capt. John Salter and Col. Thomas Brown in the newly-created 1st Battalion of Militia. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. Lived in Pitt County. Served two more tours, Captains and dates not identified. | ||
| NC | Richard | Willbanks | Private | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Benjamin Seawell and Col. Peter Dauge in the newly-created 1st Battalion of Militia. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Union District, SC, visiting a brother in Bute County where he volunteered. Back to SC and in a SC unit. Born in March of 1758 in VA. aka Richard Wilbanks. | |
| NC | Mark | Wood | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Militia | 1776 | 1776, a Lieutenant under Capt. John McCullers. From Johnston County. |