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| State ↕ | First ↕ | Last ↑ | Rank ↕ | Regiment ↕ | From ↕ | To | Notes | Battles |
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| NC | Henry | Albright | Sergeant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Sergeant under Capt. James Trousdale. POW at the battle of Hillsborough, held 11 months. Born on 5/4/1759 in PA. | Hillsborough | |
| NC | William | Allen | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. James Trousdale. From Orange County. POW at the battle of Hillsborough on 9/12/1781. | Hillsborough |
| NC | Jesse | Basey | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Captain under Col. James Read. From Randolph County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) |
| NC | Asa | Bryan | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Was a Lieutenant. 1781, a Captain under Col. James Read. From Johnston County. Brother of Captain John Bryan and Private/ Sergeant William Bryan. Born 1750. aka Asel Briant, Asa Briant. | New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | John | Burford | Sergeant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Was a Private. 1781, a Sergeant under Capt. Dudley Reynolds. From Orange County. | ||
| NC | Walter | Campbell | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. William Hicks and Col. James Read. From Granville County. Borin in August of 1752 in Brunswick County, VA. | ||
| NC | Joel | Cohoon | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. James Read, Captain not named. 1781, also a Private under Capt. James Wilson and Lt. Col. Henry Hart (Edgecombe County Regiment). From Nash County. Born on 7/9/1763 in Edgecombe County, NC. aka Joel Calhoun, Joel Cahoon. | ||
| NC | William | Collier | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. James Williamson and Col. James Read. From Northampton County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Henry Casper. Born in 1762 in Granville County, VA. | ||
| NC | Samuel | Crowell | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Captain under Col. James Read. From Halifax County. | New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Thompson | Curry | Ensign | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, an Ensign under Capt. Asa Bryan. From Johnston County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Jonathan | Curtis | Sergeant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Was a Private, then in GA unit. 1781, a Sergeant under Capt. Thomas Thompson. From Burke County. | Guilford Court House | |
| NC | Guilford | Dudley | Colonel | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1782 | Was a Major and a Lt. Colonel. 5/22/1781, a Colonel commissioned by BG John Butler (Hillsborough District Brigade). In the NC Light Horse Regiment. Took over when Col. James Read had to return home on 4/26/1781. |
Sawney's Creek (SC), Legat's Bridge |
| NC | Guilford | Dudley | Lt Col | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | Was a Major. 1781, a Lt. Colonel under Col. James Read. 1781, a full Colonel. From Halifax County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) |
| NC | Guilford | Dudley | Major | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 3/22/1781, commissioned a Major in the NC Light Horse Regiment. Later a Lt. Colonel and a Colonel. From Halifax County. |
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| NC | William | Dunn | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Captain under Col. James Read. Mid-1781, a Captain under Lt. Col. Richard Nixon in the recreated NC State Regiment. From Craven County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | James | Evans | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Feb. 1781, a Captain under Col. James Read. 1781, also a Captain under Col. Whitmell Hill (Martin County Regiment). | Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Roland | Harris | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Captain under Col. Guilford Dudley. From Randolph County. aka Rolin Harris. | ||
| NC | Benjamin | Hill | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Asa Bryan and Col. James Read. Lived in Chatham County. Born on 12/13/1761. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Nicholas | Hofner | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Samuel Espey and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Lincoln County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. James Lytle, first attached to Col. Francis Locke (Rowan County Regiment) (got sick), then attached to Col. Francois DeMalmedy (NC Light Dragoons). Born in 1756 in Anson (what became Mecklenburg then Tryon) County, NC. aka Nicholas Hoffner, Nicholas Hovner. | Eutaw Springs (SC) |
| NC | Benjamin | Johnson | Lieutenant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Lieutenant under Capt. Asa Bryant. From Johnston County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Willie | Jones | Lt Col | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | A Lt. Colonel under Col. James Read after the battle of Guilford Court House. | ||
| NC | Thomas | Keats | Cornet | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Cornet under Capt. John Elliott. | |
| NC | Robert | Kincaid | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Samuel Espey and Lt. Col. Guilford Dudley. Lived in Lincoln County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. James Jack and Col. Robert Irwin (Mecklenburg County Regiment). Fall of 1781, a Private under Capt. Peter Forney and Col. Robert Smith in the newly-created NC State Legion, and in the Wilmington Expedition, no named engagements. 1781, also a Private under Capt. John Weir and Col. Joseph Dickson. Brother of James Kincaid. Born in 1764 in Prince Edward County, VA. |
Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | James | Lindsey | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Thomas Thompson and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Orange County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Edward Gwinn and Col. John Peasley (Guilford County Regiment). Oct. 1781, a Corporal in the NC Continental Line. Born in 1765 in PA. | |
| NC | Joseph | Martin | Lieutenant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Lieutenant under Capt. William Dunn. From Craven County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Thomas | McGee | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | First in MD and GA units. 1781, a Private under Capt. Joel Lewis and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Wilkes County. Born on 2/17/1749 in what is now Randolph County, NC. | Guilford Court House | |
| NC | William | Merritt | Lieutenant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Lieutenant under Capt. Samuel Crowell. 1781, also a Lieutenant under Capt. Thomas Hunter (Martin County Regiment). From Nash County. | Guilford Court House | |
| NC | James | Mitchell | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. William Douglas and Lt. Col. Guilford Dudley in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Orange County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. John Taylor and Col. Francois DeMalmedy in the NC Light Dragoons. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Abraham Allen, attached to Maj. William Gholson (Chatham County Regiment). Born in December of 1765 in Orange County, NC. | Cox's Mill #1, Kirk's Farm | |
| NC | Edley | Morris | Ensign | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, an Ensign under Capt. Samuel Crowell. From Halifax County. | New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Edward | Nelson | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Jesse Bryan and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Craven County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Hardy Gatlin and Col. John Tilman. 1781, also a Private under Capt. William Fonveille and Lt. Col. Richard Nixon in the newly-recreated NC State Regiment (State Troops). | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) |
| NC | Richard Wyatt | Oates | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under a Capt. Robinson and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Wayne County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. John Grantham and Col. Benjamin Exum. Born on 7/26/1762 in Dobbs (what became Wayne) County, NC. | New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House |
| NC | ? | Randolph | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781 a Captain under Col. James Read. 1781, also attached to Lt. Col. William Thomas Linton (Nash County Regiment). From Edgecombe County. | New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House |
| NC | James | Read | Colonel | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1782 | Was an Ensign, a Lieutenant, and a Captain in the 1st NC Regiment. Jan. 30, 1781, given command of the new NC Light Horse Regiment, first as a Major, then a full Colonel. Some considered this unit to be Militia, some as State Troops. |
New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill (SC), Hillsborough (POW) |
| NC | Francis | Riggan | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Jordan Harris and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Warren County. Sick during the battle of Guilford Court House, guarded the baggage wagons. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Nathan Turner and Col. William Brickell (Franklin County Regiment). Born on 3/7/1764 in Bute (what became Warren) County, NC. | ||
| NC | William | Riley | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Thomas Thompson, then under Capt. James Evans, both under Lt. Col. Guilford Dudley. Lived in Orange County. Born on 5/31/1762 in Baltimore County, MD. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | ? | Robinson | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Feb. 1781, a Captain under Col. James Read. From Wayne County. |
New Garden Meeting House, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | ? | Rowell | Cornet | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Cornet under Capt. Gresham Coffield. From Halifax County. | ||
| NC | Calza | Rubison | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Col. James Read, Captain not named. Lived in Guilford County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Nathaniel Dickerson and Col. William Moore (Caswell County Regiment). Born on 11/19/1764 in Charlotte County, VA. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) | |
| NC | Robert | Scobey | Ensign | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, an Ensign under Capt. James Trousdale. From Orange County. | Hillsborough | |
| NC | Simon | Terrell | Lieutenant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Was a Private. 1781, a Lieutenant under Capt. Joseph Roper. From Chatham County. On his way home taken prisoner by British and Loyalists, exchanged in 1782. | ||
| NC | George | Thomason | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. William Hunter, Jr. and Col. Guilford Dudley. Lived in Wake County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Solomon Wood and Lt. Col. Hardy Sanders in the NC Light Dragoons. Born in 1749 in Johnston County, NC. | |
| NC | Drury | Thompson | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Jordan Harris and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Warren County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Nathan Turner and Col. William Brickell (Franklin County Regiment). aka Drewry Thompson. | Guilford Court House |
| NC | Samuel | Thompson | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Was an Ensign and a Lieutenant. 1781, a Private under Capt. Thomas Thompson, Lt. Col. Thomas Taylor, and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Orange County. Born on 6/23/1750 in Bucks County, PA. | Guilford Court House | |
| NC | Robert | Tinnen | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Thomas Thompson and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Orange County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. John Hinds and Lt. Col. Hardy Sanders in the NC Light Dragoons. Born on 12/8/1763 in Orange County, NC. | Guilford Court House |
| NC | Howell | Underwood | Private | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Private under Capt. Jordan Harris and Col. James Read in the newly-created NC Light Horse Regiment. Lived in Warren County. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Joel Wren and Col. Herbert Haynes. 1781, also a Private under Capt. Nathan Turner and Col. William Brickell (Franklin County Regiment). 1781, also a Private under Capt. John White and Col. Herbert Haynes. | Guilford Court House |
| NC | Thomas | Walker | Major | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1782 | 1782 | 1782, a Major under Col. James Read. | |
| NC | ? | Webb | Lt Col | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | Was a Major. 1781, a Lt. Colonel under Col. James Read. | ||
| NC | ? | Webb | Major | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781 | 1781, a Major under Col. James Read. Soon, a Lt. Colonel. From Halifax County. | |
| NC | ? | Wharton | Captain | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Captain under Col. Guilford Dudley. From Orange County. | ||
| NC | ? | Williamson | Lieutenant | NC Light Horse Regiment | 1781 | 1781, a Lieutenant under Capt. Jesse Bryant. From Craven County. | Hobkirk's Hill (SC) |