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The Halifax District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disbanded at the end of the war.
MG Richard Caswell, New Bern District Brigade and North Carolina Militia commander [note 1] MG William Smallwood, 2nd North Carolina Militia commander [note 2] BG Allen Jones, Halifax District Brigade commander Col William Richardson Davie, Independent Corps of Light Horse commander Col Robert Howe, Brunswick County Regiment commander Col James Kenan, Duplin County Regiment commander Col John ...
It was disbanded on April 10, 1776 in favor of Halifax District Brigade of militia. Colonel Long went on to become the Deputy Quartermaster General of the North Carolina Line. [3] The Hillsborough District Minuteman Battalion was created by the Continental Congress on September 9, 1775 for six months duration. The battalion was commanded by ...
Halifax District Brigade, 1776–1783 [104] 1st Battalion of Volunteers, ... Salisbury District Brigade, 1776–1783 [104] Anson County Regiment, 1775–1783 [104]
Brigadier General over the Halifax District Brigade of North Carolina militia (1776–1783) He also served in the State senate 1777 to 1779, 1783, 1784, and 1787; and as a Member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780. Jones was a delegate at the state convention that rejected the proposed Constitution of the United States at Halifax, in ...
Hardin took part in Rutherford's Cherokee Expedition into the Washington District late the following year, under Captain William Moore. [14] Beginning in 1777, Hardin carried a captain's commission in Locke's 2nd Battalion of Volunteers (part of General Allen Jones' Halifax District Brigade) seeing action against Britain and its Native American ...
Colonel Thomas Eaton (1776-1779); After the regiment was disestablished, he was assigned the command of the Warren County Regiment (1779-1783) and acting commander (Brigadier General Pro Tempore) of the Halifax District Brigade in 1779 and 1781 [4]
In November 1779, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by the North Carolina Assembly. On March 15, 1781, Eaton commanded the Halifax District Brigade of the North Carolina militia at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, where he was positioned beside the Hillsborough District Brigade of militia under Brigadier General John Butler. [1]