Agreeable to order of the Honorable Major General Greene to Brigadier General Sumner to convene, as soon as may be, the Officers of the North Carolina Line, who were to arrange and form themselves into Regiments, Agreeable to Resolves of Congress of the 3rd and 21st October, 1780, Boards of the said Line were Assembled at Halifax the 23rd Jany., ’81, Camp Pon Pon S. Carolina, 6th Febry., ’82, Camp near Bacon’s Bridge, 30th March, and at Hillsborough, the 24th April, when the Arrangement was concluded to be just and fair, and the Regiments as follows:
The Reverend Adam Boyd, Chaplain, 1st June, 1778.
NO. |
NAMES. |
RANK. |
DATES OF COMMISSIONS. |
Thomas Clark |
Colonel. |
5th February, 1777. |
|
Hardy Murfree |
Lt. Colonel |
1st April, 1778. |
|
John Nelson |
Major. |
3rd February, 1778. |
|
1 |
Tilman Dixon |
Captain. |
5th February, 1777. |
2 |
Howel Tatum |
Resigned. |
3rd April, 1777. |
3 |
James Read |
8th July, 1777. |
|
4 |
John Summers |
10th July, 1778. |
|
5 |
Joshua Hadley |
13th June, 1779. |
|
6 |
Thomas Calendar |
8th August, 1780. |
|
7 |
William Walton |
8th September, 1781. |
|
8 |
Peter Bacot |
8th September, 1781. |
|
9 |
Samuel Jones |
11th September, 1781. |
|
1 |
James Pearl |
Lieutenant. |
26th October, 1777. |
2 |
William Bush |
1st February, 1779. |
|
3 |
Dixon Marshall |
4th July, 1779. |
|
4 |
Daniel Shaw |
1st October, 1779. |
|
5 |
Thomas Pasteur |
20th November, 1779. |
|
6 |
Robert Hays |
16th February, 1780. |
|
7 |
William Hargraves |
30th March, 1780. |
|
8 |
Abner Lamb |
1st June, 1781. |
|
9 |
James Moore |
1st July, 1781. |
|
10 |
Jesse Steed |
8th September, 1781. |
|
James West Greene |
Surgeon. |
7th December, 1779. |
|
Thomas Bull |
Surgeon’s Mate. |
22nd July, 1781. |
NO. |
NAMES. |
RANK. |
DATES OF COMMISSIONS. |
John Patten |
Colonel. |
22nd November, 1777. |
|
Henry Dixon |
Lt. Colonel. |
12th May, 1778. |
|
Reading Blount |
Major. |
12th May, 1778. |
|
1 |
Robert Raiford |
Captain. |
28th November, 1776. |
2 |
Clement Hall |
19th April, 1777. |
|
3 |
Benj. Coleman |
30th April, 1777. |
|
4 |
Robert Fenner |
20th May, 1777. |
|
5 |
John Ingles |
24th October, 1777. |
|
6 |
Thomas Armstrong |
25th October, 1777. |
|
7 |
John Craddock |
21st December, 1777. |
|
8 |
Benjamin Carter |
10th March, 1778. |
|
9 |
Charles Stuart |
18th May, 1781. |
|
1 |
Jesse Reed |
Lieutenant. |
25th October, 1777. |
2 |
Samuel Budd |
11th November, 1777. |
|
3 |
James Campen |
21st December, 1777. |
|
4 |
Charles Gerrard |
1st June, 1778. |
|
5 |
Richard Andrews |
10th May, 1780. |
|
6 |
Arthur Cotgraves |
26th March, 1778. |
|
7 |
Thomas Finney |
23rd January, 1781. |
|
8 |
Stephen Slade |
23rd January, 1781. |
|
9 |
Nath. Lawrence |
23rd January, 1781. |
|
10 |
Richard Fenner |
12th May, 1781. |
|
11 |
Anthony Croutcher |
18th May, 1781. |
|
12 |
Robert Bell |
8th September, 1781. |
|
Wm. McClure |
Surgeon. |
1st May, 1776. |
|
James Fergus |
Surgeon’s Mate. |
21st February, 1782. |
NO. |
NAMES. |
RANK. |
DATES OF COMMISSIONS. |
Selby Harney |
Lt. Colonel. |
22nd November, 1777. |
|
Thomas Hogg |
Major. |
19th October, ’77. |
|
Griffith Jno. McRee |
Major. |
1st March, ’79 |
|
1 |
William Armstrong |
Captain. |
1st October, 1777. |
2 |
Kedar Ballard |
4th October, ’77. |
|
3 |
Gee Bradley |
19th September, ’78. |
|
4 |
Joseph Monfort |
9th January, ’79. |
|
5 |
Edward Yarborough |
10th May, ’79. |
|
6 |
Alex. Brevard |
20th October, ’80. |
|
7 |
William Fawn |
1st June, ’81. |
|
8 |
Benjamin Bailey |
8th September, ’81. |
|
9 |
John Daves |
8th September, ’81. |
|
1 |
John McNees |
Lieutenant. |
20th November, 1777. |
2 |
John Clendennen |
23rd December, ’77. |
|
3 |
Reuben Wilkinson |
9th January, ’79, |
|
4 |
Francis Graves |
14th July, ’79. |
|
5 |
James Tatum |
14th December, ’79. |
|
6 |
John Ford |
29th March, ’80. |
|
7 |
Samuel Ashe |
23rd January, ’81. |
|
8 |
Thomas Dudley |
10th March, ’81. |
|
9 |
Hardy Holmes |
3rd July, ’81. |
|
10 |
Joseph Brevard |
1st August, ’81. |
|
Jonathan Loomis |
Surgeon. |
26th November, 1776. |
NO. |
NAMES. |
RANK. |
DATE OF COMMISSIONS. |
Archibald Lytle |
Lt. Colonel. |
26th January, 1777. |
|
John Armstrong |
Major. |
4th October, 1777. |
|
Thomas Donoho |
Major. |
13th October, 1781. |
|
1 |
George Doherty |
Captain. |
28th October, 1776. |
2 |
Joseph Thos. Rhodes |
1st August, 1777. |
|
3 |
Antony Sharpe |
24th August, 1777. |
|
4 |
James Mills |
9th January, 1779. |
|
5 |
William Lytle |
28th January, 1779. |
|
6 |
Samuel Chapman |
5th April, 1779. |
|
7 |
Thomas Evans |
1st July, 1781. |
|
8 |
William Ferreby |
1st August, 1781. |
|
9 |
Elijah Moore |
13th October, 1781. |
|
1 |
Curtis Ivey |
Lieutenant. |
1st February. 1779. |
2 |
Charles Dixon |
8th February, 1779. |
|
3 |
William Sanders |
8th February, 1779. |
|
4 |
Thomas Clarke |
10th February, 1779. |
|
5 |
John Campbell |
5th April, 1779. |
|
6 |
Nathl. Williams |
23rd January, 1781. |
|
7 |
Wynne Dixon |
5th July, 1781. |
|
8 |
John Hill |
8th July, 1781. |
|
9 |
Willm. Alexander |
8th September, 1781. |
|
10 |
James Scurlock |
11th September, 1781 |
|
Joseph Blythe |
Surgeon. |
As it appears to the Board, there were four Field Officers and two Captains more than Would Complete the Establishment, they are of Opinion that Colonel James Armstrong of the Fifth, Colonel Gideon Lamb of the Sixth, Lieutenant Colonel James Thackston of the Fourth, Lieutenant Colonel William Lee Davidson of the First, and Captain Micajah Lewis of the Fourth Regiments be permitted, at their Own Request, to retire on half pay; Also Captain Francis Childs of the Third Regiment, in Consequence of his Infirmity, as settled by the Board at Halifax, 23d Day of Jany., 1781.