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British colonies in North America have provided pensions for soldier's years prior to the Revolutionary War for more than a century. [1] It wasn't until the war broke out that the United States government provided three types of pensions for soldiers during the war: A disability pension was granted to a soldier who was injured in the line of duty, a service pension was granted to any veteran ...
He was a representative to the North Carolina General Assembly from Wilkes County in 1778, 1779, and 1780. He served as senator in the assembly in 1782 and 1783. In May 1778, he introduced a bill in the House of Commons to form Wilkes County, which was formed in 1779 from parts of Surry County and Washington District, North Carolina.
The North Carolina Regiments were for a time organized into a 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions (sometimes referred to as Brigades) early in the war and then consolidated as a North Carolina Battalion before October 1777. The 1st Battalion consisted of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Regiments and was under Brigadier General James Moore on April 10, 1776.
The North Carolina Department of War named this regiment the North Carolina Cavalry, West District Regiment. The regiment only lasted until late December 1780 or early January 1781, as the Board of War appointed Colonel Davie as Superintendent Commissary General of Provisions and Supplies for the state.
The Dobbs County Regiment was a unit of the North Carolina militia that served during the American Revolution.The regiment was one of thirty-five existing county militias that were authorized by the North Carolina Provincial Congress to be organized on September 9, 1775.
Adam Torrence Sr. (1732-June 20, 1780) was the owner of Torrence's Tavern in Rowan County, North Carolina before 1780. He was a soldier in the Mecklenburg County Regiment, North Carolina militia and killed at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill in Lincoln County, North Carolina during the American Revolution.
North Carolina in the Revolutionary War. Charlotte: Heritage Printers. OCLC 4888768. Saunders, William, ed. (1890). The Colonial Records of North Carolina. Vol. 10. Raleigh: Josephus Daniels – via Hathi Trust. Wheeler, Earl M. (July 1964). "Development and Organization of the North Carolina Militia". North Carolina Historical Review. 41 (3 ...
Bute County, North Carolina; Warren County, North Carolina; Franklin County, North Carolina; Warren County Regiment; Southern Campaigns: Pension Transactions for a description of the transcription effort by Will Graves; Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War; List of North Carolina militia units in the American Revolution