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The 1st Rowan County Regiment retained most of the original members of the original Rowan County Regiment. When the Salisbury District Brigade was created on May 4, 1776, the Rowan County Regiment was included in this brigade and Col Rutherford assumed command of the brigade. On May 9, 1777, the 2nd Rowan County Regiment was renamed as the ...
The Rowan County regiment was split on October 22, 1775 into two distinct regiment, the 1st Rowan County Regiment and the 2nd Rowan County Regiment. On December 22 that same year, the North Carolina Provincial Council split the Pasquotank County Regiment into two separate and distinct regiments, the 1st and 2nd Pasquotank County regiments.
On May 9, 1777, when the Burke County Regiment was created, the 1st Rowan County Regiment reverted to the Rowan County Regiment. On May 1, 1782, the Rowan County Regiment was split into the 1st and 2nd Rowan County regiments and Colonel Brandon was given command of the 2nd Rowan County Regiment. [1] Known engagements: [1] 1776, Cherokee Expedition
Campbell's Battalion of Militia (Tryon County Militia, 1st Regiment), 1776–82 [95] ... 2nd Rowan County Regiment, 1775–1777, 1782–1783 [104]
Griffith Rutherford was from Rowan County, North Carolina. He was commissioned as a Colonel and commandant of the Rowan County Regiment on September 9, 1775. On December 21, 1775, the North Carolina Provincial Congress split the Salisbury District into two separate regiments of minutemen —the 1st Battalion of Salisbury District Minutemen and ...
During the French and Indian Wars, Locke was made an ensign in a militia commanded by Rutherford (1759). He saw several battles during the Revolutionary War as well. Locke was a member of the 1775 "Snow Campaign", [1] and in 1776, commanded the Rowan County Regiment of militia as part of the Light Horse Expedition (August – November 1776) led by General Rutherford against the Cherokee on the ...
1st Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia led by Col. Francis Locke, Maj. Thomas McGuire, and Maj. James Rutherford, with fifteen known companies; 2nd Rowan County Regiment of the North Carolina militia led by Lt. Col. Frederick Hambright and Maj. William Stewart, with nine known companies
The 2nd Rowan County Regiment was initially established on October 22, 1775, as an off-shoot of the Rowan County Regiment when the 1st and 2nd Rowan County Regiments were established. Most of the original officers of the Rowan County Regiment were assigned to the 1st Rowan County Regiment.