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Halifax District Brigade: North Carolina Militia: 1776: 1783: Jones, Allen, B.G. 1st Battalion of Volunteers: Halifax: 1776: 1777: Sheppard, Abraham Sr, Col: 2nd Battalion of Volunteers: Halifax: 1776: 1777: Locke, Francis, Col: Bute County Regiment: Halifax: 1775: 1779: Person, William, Col: Edgecombe County Regiment: Halifax: 1775: 1783 ...
Halifax District Brigade: North Carolina Militia Command 1776 1783 BG Allen Jones: 1st Battalion of Volunteers: Halifax District Brigade 1776 1777 Col Abraham Sheppard, Sr: 2nd Battalion of Volunteers: Halifax District Brigade 1776 1777 Col Francis Locke: Bute County Regiment: Halifax District Brigade 1775 1779 Col William Person
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Halifax District Brigade of Militia: Date Established: Brigadier Generals: Known Brigade Majors: May 4, 1776: Allen Jones Thomas Eaton (Pro Tempore)-Date Disbanded: Known Aide-de-Camp: Known Adjutants: End of War--Regiments Assigned to this Brigade: 1st Battalion of Volunteers--2nd Battalion of Volunteers: Bute County Regiment
On November 23, 1776, the Provincial Congress authorized the creation of the 1st Battalion of Volunteers and the 2nd Battalion of Volunteers. These units were again hastily assembled and this time they were assigned to report to Brigadier General Allen Jones of the Halifax District Brigade of Militia.
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The hastily assembled 1st and 2nd Battalion of Volunteers were assigned to Brigadier General Allen Jones of the newly created Halifax District Brigade of the North Carolina militia. Colonel Abraham Sheppard commanded the 1st Battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Francis Locke commanded the 2nd Battalion.
There were eight known companies in the battalion, including one headed by Captain John Pugh Williams, who would later be acting commander of the Edenton District Brigade. The battalion was engaged only once, a skirmish at Great Bridge, Virginia on December 9, 1775. The Halifax District Minuteman Battalion was created by the Continental Congress on
