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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 ...
His parents were both Scots-Irish. His father died before 1763 when he moved with his mother and siblings to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He became a farmer and ironmonger. In 1814 he was a Councilor of State for North Carolina. Later in life, he was on the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina. [1] [3]
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.
Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell Jr. (February 15, 1756 – July 11, 1801) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from North Carolina.He was known as "Quaker Meadows Joe" to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell, who was also a legislator and American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina.
'The Great Man of the Settlement': North Carolina's John Legett at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia, 1783–1812., NCHR 67 "A History of The Royal North Carolina Regiment, Lt. Colonel John Hamilton's Corp, 1777–1784, The Recreated Royal North Carolina Regiment". DeMond, Robert O. (1979). The Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution.
Thomas Eaton (c. 1739 – June 1809) was a military officer in the North Carolina militia during the War of the Regulation in 1771 and American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1784. He was a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress and North Carolina House of Commons for several terms simultaneously with his military service.
The Salisbury District Brigade was an administrative division of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). This unit was established by the Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress on May 4, 1776, and disbanded at the end of the war.
The Rowan County Regiment was involved in 31 known engagements during the American Revolution from 1775 to 1782. They fought in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The battle of Torrence's Tavern was the only battle fought in what became Iredell County, North Carolina in 1788, where many of the regiment's soldiers resided after the war ...