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Minutes of a meeting of the officers of the North Carolina Brigade of the Continental Army
United States. Continental Army. North Carolina Brigade
March 30, 1782
Volume 16, Pages 575-577

RE-ARRANGEMENT OF OFFICERS.

Camp near Bacon’s Bridge, March 30th, 1782.

Proceedings of a Board of Officers of the North Carolina Line, held by the order of the Honorable Brigadier Genl. Sumner to Regiment the Officers of said Line, Agreeable to the Resolves of Congress of the 3rd & 21st of October, 1780.

Lieut. Col. Hardy Murfree, President.
Lieut. Col. Dixon, Member.
Majors Armstrong, Member.
McRee, Member.
Donoho, Member.
Capts. Doherty, Member.
Raiford, Member.
Dixon, Member.
Hall, Member.
Coleman, Member.
Rhodes, Member.
Sharp, Member.
Armstrong, Member.
Carter, Member.
Mills, Member.
Lytle, Member.
Brevard, Member.
Walton, Member.
Bailey, Member.
Moore. Member.
Lieuts. Pearl, Member.
Rush, Member.
Ivey, Member.
Sanders, Member.
Pasteur, Member.
Graves, Member.
Slade, Member.
Williams, Member.
Ashe, Member.
Fenner, Member.
Holmes, Member.
Dixon, Member.
Brevard, Member.
Alexander, Member.
Bell, Member.
Scurlock. Member.

The Board proceeded and made the following arrangement:

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The Reverend Adam Boyd, Chaplain, 1st June, 1778.

FIRST REGIMENT.
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 20 May, ’82)
3rd April, ’77.
3
James Read
8th July, ’77.
4
Joshua Hadley
13th June, ’79.
5
John Summers
10th July, ’78.
6
Thomas Calendar
8th August, ’80.
7
William Walton
8th September, ’81.
8
Peter Bacot
8th September, ’81.
9
Sam Jones
11th September, ’81.
1
James Pearl
Lieutenant.
26th October, 1777.
2
William Bush
1st February, ’79.
3
Dixon Marshall
4th July, ’79.
4
Daniel Shaw
1st October, ’79.
5
Thomas Pasteur
20th November, ’79.
6
Robert Hays
16th February, ’80.
7
William Hargrave
30th March, ’80.
8
Abner Lamb
1st June, ’81.
9
James Moore
1st July, ’81.
10
Jesse Steed
8th September, ’81.
1
James W. Green
Surgeon.
7th December, ’79.
1
Thomas Bull
Surgeon’s Mate.
22nd July, ’81.
SECOND REGIMENT.
NO.
NAMES.
RANK.
DATES OF COMMISSIONS.
John Patten
Colonel.
22nd November, 1777.
H. Dixon, died 17 J’ly, ’82
Lt. Colonel.
12th May, ’78.
Reading Blount
Major.
12th May, ’78.
1
Robert Raiford
Captain.
28th November, 1776.
2
Clement Hall
19th April, ’77.
3
Benj. Coleman
30th April, ’77.
4
Robert Fenner
20th May, ’77.
5
John Ingles
24th October, ’77.
6
Thomas Armstrong
25th October, ’77.
7
John Craddock
21st December, ’77.
8
Benj. Carter
10th March, ’78.
9
Charles Stewart
18th May, ’81.
1
Jesse Reed
Lieutenant.
25th October, ’77.
2
Samuel Budd
11th November, ’77.
3
James Campen
21st December, ’77.
4
Charles Gerrerd
1st June, ’78.
5
Richard Andrews
Resigned 18 Aug., ’82.
10th May, ’80.
6
Arthur Cotgrave
Resigned 1 Oct., ’81.
26th March, ’78.
7
Thomas Finney
23rd January, ’81.
8
Stephen Slade
23rd January, ’81.
9
Nath. Lawrence
23rd January, ’81.
10
Richard Fenner
12th May, ’81.
11
Anthony Croutchor
18th May, ’81.
12
Robert Bell
8th September, ’81.
1
Wm. McClure
Surgeon.
1st May, 1776.
1
James Fergus
Surgeon’s Mate.
21st February, 1782.
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THIRD REGIMENT.
NO.
NAMES.
RANK.
DATES OF COMMISSIONS.
Shelby Harney
Lt. Colonel.
22nd November, 1777.
Thomas Hogg
Major.
19th October, ’77.
Griffith J. 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 Munford
9th January, ’79.
5
Edward Yarborough
10th May, ’79.
6
William Fawn
1st June, ’81.
7
Benjamin Baley
8th September, ’81.
8
Alex. Brevard
20th October, ’80.
9
John Davis
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 January, ’81.
9
Hardy Holmes
3rd July, ’81.
10
Joseph Brevard
1st August, ’81.
1
Jonathan Loomis
Surgeon.
26th November, 1776.