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The Edenton 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.
The Edenton District Brigade was a brigade of the North Carolina militia which served as a centralised command over the regiments close to the city of Wilmington. Edward Vail, Sr. was commissioned as the first commander of the Edenton District Brigade on May 4, 1776.
The units included military district brigades established in 1776, county regiments, four battalions, and one independent corps of light horse. Four regiments were located in counties that became part of the Southwest Territory in 1790 and later Tennessee in 1796.
William Skinner (December 25, 1728 – January 26, 1798) was a Province of North Carolina official, planter and brigadier general in Edenton District Brigade of the North Carolina militia during the American Revolution.
Brig. Gen. Isaac Gregory led the Edenton District Brigade of Militia at the battles of Little Lynches Creek, SC (8/11/1780) and Camden, SC (8/16/1780), where he was severely wounded after his horse fell and he was bayonetted twice.
Somtime during December of 1777, the NC General Assembly transferred the Martin County Regiment out of the Edenton District Brigade of Militia into the Halifax District Brigade of Militia. There were now 41 counties and 41 regiments of Militia within the State.
On December 20, 1777, the NC General Assembly appointed William Skinner as Brigadier General over the Edenton District Brigade of Militia, finally replacing Brig. Gen. Edward Vail, Sr., who had died on June 5, 1777.
