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Military unit
The Lincoln County Regiment was a local militia in
Lincoln County, North Carolina during the
American Revolutionary . It was created by the
North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 on February 8, 1779 at the same time that Lincoln County was created from part of
Tryon County . The Tryon County Regiment from which the Lincoln County Regiment was created was abolished upon creation of the Lincoln County Regiment. The Lincoln County Regiment was initially subordinate to the
Salisbury District Brigade . It was re-subordinated to the newly created
Morgan District Brigade in may of 1782, where it was active till the end of the war.
[1]
[2]
Officers
The following were the officers in the Lincoln County Regiment:
[1]
Commanders:
Known Lt Colonels:
Lt. Col. William Erwin
Lt. Col. Frederick Hambright
Lt. Col. John Barber
Lt. Col. William Davenport
Lt. Col. Daniel McKisick
Lt. Col. Robert Smith
Known Majors:
Maj. Joseph Dickson
Maj. Francis McCorkle
Maj. John Barber
Maj. John Carruth
Maj. William Chronicle
Maj. Joseph Graham
Maj. Jonathan Gullick
Maj. James Johnson
Maj. Daniel McKisick
Maj. Tutt
Known Commissaries:
Joseph Henry, Commisasry and Wagon Master
Thomas McGee, Assistant Commissary
Adolph Reep, Commissary
Known Captains
Robert Alexander
William Armstrong
James Baird
John Baldridge
John Barber
James Blackwell
Hugh Blair
Samuel Caldwell
William Caldwell
John Carruth
William Chronicle
John Clark
Joseph Collins
John Cook
John Culbertson
John Philip Dellinger
James Duff
Samuel Espey
Abraham Forney
Peter Forney
Nicholas Friday
William Frisal
John Garrett
William Graham
John Hardin Hambright
John Hazzleburger
Malcolm Henry
James Holland
William Hutchison
James Johnson
William Johnston
Thomas Lofton
Frank Long
James Lytle
Josiah Martin
Samuel Martin
Charles Mattocks
John Mattocks
Francis McCorkle
Joseph McDonnell
Thomas McGee
Daniel McKisick
John Mills
Jacob Mooney
John Moore
William Moore
James Morrison
John Murray
Joseph Neal
Benjamin Newton
Ephraim Perkins
Adam Reep
Taylor W. Richardson
John Robinson
William Sherrill
Martin Shuford from Family Genealogy Records
Peter Sides
George Smith
William Stewart
William Tabor
Lee Taylor
John Walker
John Weir
Isaac White
Thomas White
Henry Whitener
John Work
History
Known engagements during the American Revolution include:
[1]
[5]
Date
Battles/Skirmishes
State
March 3, 1779
Battle of Briar Creek
GA
April 10, 1779
Battle of Chickamauga (Towns)
TN
April 29, 1779
Skirmish at
Purrysburg
SC
June 20, 1779
Battle of Stono Ferry
SC
March 28, 1780 -May 12, 1780
Siege of Charleston (1780)
SC
Jun 20, 1780
Battle of Ramseur's Mill
NC
July 21, 1780
Battle of Colson's Mill
NC
July 26, 1780
Battle of Thicketty Fort
[6]
SC
July 30, 1780
Battle of Rocky Mount
SC
August 8, 1780
Battle of Wofford's Iron Works
[7]
SC
August 11, 1780
Battle of Little Lynches Creek
SC
August 16, 1780
Battle of Camden
SC
August 16, 1780
Battle of Rugeley's Mills #1
SC
August 18, 1780
Battle of Fishing Creek
SC
September 1, 1780
Battle of Graham's Fort
NC
October 7, 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain
SC
December 4, 1780
Battle of Rugeley's Mills #2
SC
January 17, 1781
Battle of Cowpens
SC
February 1, 1781
Battle of Cowan's Ford
NC
February 1, 1781
Battle of Torrant's/Tarrant's Tavern
NC
February 25, 1781
Battle of Haw River
NC
March 6, 1781
Battle of Whitesell's Mill
NC
March 7, 1781
Battle of Reedy Fork
NC
March 15, 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House
NC
April 25, 1781
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
SC
May 21, 1781 -June 19, 1781
Siege of Ninety-Six 1781
SC
September 8, 1781
Battle of Eutaw Springs
SC
June 1, 1782 -October 31, 1782
Cherokee Expedition 1782
NC/TN
See also
References
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a
b
c
d J.D. Lewis.
"Lincoln County Regiment" . Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
^ Holloman, Charles R. (1979).
"William Chronicle" . NCPEDIA .
^ Hunter, Cyrus L. (1877).
"Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical" . The Raleigh news steam job print. Retrieved October 21, 2014 .
^ Hunter, Cyrus L. (1877).
"Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical" . The Raleigh news steam job print. Retrieved October 21, 2014 .
^ Graves, William.
"Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters" . Retrieved February 16, 2019 . , various pension applications and rosters
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"Thickety Fort, Anderson South Carolina" . Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
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"The Revolutionary War Battle of Wofford's Iron Works" . Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
Sherrill, William Lander (1935).
"Sherrill's History of Lincoln County, North Carolina" . Retrieved February 13, 2019 . , Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Hunter, Cyrus Lee (1877).
Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical: Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln, and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of it Never Before Published . Raleigh News Steam Job Print. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
Parker, Hershel (2014).
"Journal of the American Revolution; The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and Their Association" . Retrieved February 13, 2019 .