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| State ↕ | First ↕ | Last ↑ | Rank ↕ | Regiment ↕ | From ↕ | To | Notes | Battles |
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| NC | Thomas | Barron | Private | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Gresham Coffield. From Edgecombe County. Hired a substitute for second tour. Born on 5/15/1757 in Edgecombe County, NC. | ||
| NC | John Jr. | Beck | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | Was a Sergeant. 11/25/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. James Gillespie. Also in 1780. From Duplin County. | ||
| NC | Joel | Champion | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Gresham Coffield. From Edgecombe County. | ||
| NC | John | Champion | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1776 | Was an Ensign. 11/25/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Thomas Devane, Jr. (New Hanover County Regiment). From Halifax County. 12/3/1776, discharged or resigned. |
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| NC | Jesse | Cobb | Commissary | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/26/1776. Earlier and later, a Captain of Militia. | ||
| NC | James | Edmonson | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Abraham Sheppard, Jr. From Dobbs County. | ||
| NC | David | Evans | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Patrick Stewart (Bladen County Regiment). From Cumberland County. | ||
| NC | James | Gillespie | Captain | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1782 | Was a Lieutenant. 11/25/1776, a Captain under Col. Abraham Sheppard. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 1780-1781, a Captain of Light Horse under Col. James Kenan. 1782, a Captain under Lt. Col. Charles Ward. |
Heron's Bridge, Rockfish Creek, Tory Hole |
| NC | Hillary | Hooks | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, an Ensign under Capt. James Gillespie. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. From Duplin County. | ||
| NC | Albritton | Jones | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1777 | 11/28/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Gresham Coffield. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. Replaced Josiah Pearce. From Halifax County. | |
| NC | John | Lambert | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Thomas Devane, Jr. (New Hanover County Regiment). Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. From Onslow County. |
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| NC | Simon | Lee | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1778 | 11/25/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Gresham Coffield. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 1778, a Captain. From Edgecombe County. | |
| NC | John | Low | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Robert Peoples. 12/3/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Solomon Pace, who replaced Robert Peoples. From Northampton County. | ||
| NC | Matthew | McCauley | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1778 | 11/25/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Andrew Vanoy and Col. Abraham Sheppard. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 4/19/1777, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. James Wilson (10th NC Regiment) and Capt. Andrew Vanoy. Reprimanded for allowing a prisoner to escape. Dropped from the rolls in June 1778. 1778, a Captain in NC Militia. From Orange County, NC. aka Matthew McCalley, Matthew McColley. W17121. |
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| NC | Thomas | Mulford | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | Was an Ensign. 11/25/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Patrick Stewart. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 1780, a Lieutenant under Capt. Jared Irwin. From Bladen County. |
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| NC | Thomas | Mulford | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1776 | 6/11/1776, an Ensign under Capt. James Shipman. Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. Later in 1776, a Lieutenant. From Bladen County. | |
| NC | Amos | Nunnery | Private | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1783 | Nov. 1776, a Private under Capt. Gresham Coffield and Col. Abraham Sheppard in the newly-created 1st Battalion of Volunteers. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. Lived in Edgecombe County. 1778-1779, a Private under Capt. Edward Hall and Col. Jonas Johnston. Sick during the battle of Stono Ferry, SC. 1780, a Private under Capt. Henry Scarborough and Lt. Col. Henry Hart. 1782, a Private under Capt. John DeCoin and Col. Joseph J. Clinch. 1783, a Private under Capt. Randall Bass and Col. Exum Lewis. Born on 1/17/1762 in Edgecombe County, NC. | Rugeley's Mill #2 (SC) |
| NC | John | Oldham | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1780 | 11/25/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Wadell Tate (Guilford County Regiment). Unit disbanded on 8/13/1776. From Orange County. 1777, in Caswell County. 1777, an Ensign under Capt. Wadell Tate. 1780, a Lieutenant and a Captain. Born on 11/10/1757. | |
| NC | Solomon | Pace | Captain | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1777 | 12/3/1776, a Captain under Col. Abraham Shepperd, replacing Robert Peoples, who resigned. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. From Northampton County. | |
| NC | Josiah | Pearce | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Gresham Coffield (Edgecombe County Regiment). Resigned within a day or two. From Halifax County. aka Joseph Pearce. |
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| NC | Jeremiah | Poston | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1780 | 11/25/1776, a 2nd Lieutenant under Capt. Wadell Tate (Guilford County Regiment). From Orange (what soon became Caswell) County. 1780, an Ensign. | |
| NC | John | Roper | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Andrew Vanoy. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. From Orange County. Another source claims he was from Rowan County. | ||
| NC | Abraham Jr. | Sheppard | Captain | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1778 | Was a Private. 11/25/1776, a Captain under Col. Abraham Sheppard (his father). Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 4/19/1777, a Captain in the 10th NC Regiment. Unit disbanded in June 1778. 1780, a Major in NC Militia. aka Abram Sheppard, Jr. |
Brandywine Creek (PA), Germantown (PA) |
| NC | Patrick | Stewart | Captain | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a Captain under Col. Abraham Sheppard. Due to irregular behavior was ordered to resign on 11/27/1776. From Bladen County. |
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| NC | John | Tanner | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Robert Peoples. 12/3/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Solomon Pace, who replaced Robert Peoples. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. From Northampton County. | ||
| NC | George | Thomason | Private | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1781 | 1776, a Private under Capt. Andrew Vanoy and Col. Abraham Sheppard. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. Lived in Orange (what became Caswell County), moved to Surry (what became Stokes) County. 1778, a Private under Capt. James Shepherd, attached to Lt. Col. Hugh Brevard (Burke County Regiment). He claims he was not in the action at the battle of Briar Creek, GA, but most of his comrades claimed they were, indeed, in said battle. 1779, a Private under a Capt. James and Col. Joseph Williams, guarding the NC/VA State Line surveyors. 1780, a Private under Capt. Joseph Philips and Maj. Joseph WInston. 1781, a Private under Capt. Benjamin Humphreys and Lt. Col. Joseph Phillips. Fall of 1781, a Private under Capt. David Humphreys, attached to Col. James Martin (Guilford County Regiment), and in the Wilmington Expedition, no named engagements. Born in 1763 in Prince Edward County, VA. | Kings Mountain (SC) |
| NC | Andrew | Vanoy | Captain | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1778 | 11/25/1776, a Captain under Col. Abraham Sheppard. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 4/19/1777, a Captain in the 10th NC Regiment under Col. Abraham Sheppard. Retired on 6/1/1778. 1778, a Captain in the Rowan County Regiment under Col. Francis Locke. |
Brandywine Creek (PA), Germantown (PA) |
| NC | Samuel | Weldon | Lt Col | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 1778 | Was a Captain and a Major. 12/23/1776, a Lt. Colonel under Col. Abraham Sheppard in the newly-created 1st Battalion of Volunteers. This unit was disbanded on 4/10/1777. He returned to Halifax County and was a Lt. Colonel under Col. Willis Alston. April 1778, promoted to full Colonel when Willis Alston was dismissed. | |
| NC | Joseph | White | Ensign | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | Was a Private. 11/25/1776, an Ensign under Capt. Patrick Stewart. Unit disbanded on 4/10/1777. 1777, a Captain. From Bladen County. | ||
| NC | Jacob | Williams | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 12/3/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Thomas Devane, replacing John Champion. From New Hanover County. | ||
| NC | James | Wilson | Lieutenant | 1st Battalion of Volunteers | 1776 | 11/25/1776, a 1st Lieutenant under Capt. Andrew Vanoy. From Orange County. |