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Chowan County Regiment. The Chowan County Regiment was one of the 35 existing county militias to be authorized as a regiment of the North Carolina militia by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on September 9, 1775. It was active until the end of the war. The colonels included: Colonel Thomas Bonner (1775-1779)
Chowan County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Thomas Bonner: Currituck County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Samuel Jarvis: Gates County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1779 1783 Col Lawrence Baker: Hertford County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Benjamin Wynns: Martin County Regiment
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. William Skinner was...
Categories: North Carolina Militia, American Revolution | Edenton District Brigade, North Carolina Militia, American Revolution. This category contains profiles of those who served in the Chowan County Regiment. See Chowan County Regiment by J.D. Lewis for details about this unit.
Edenton District Brigade of Militia by J.D. Lewis for details about this unit. This category is managed by the 1776 Project in association with the Categorization Project . For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and 1776 .
Regiments Assigned to this Brigade: 1st Regiment of NC Militia --2nd Regiment of NC Militia Bertie County Regiment: Camden County Regiment: Chowan County Regiment: Currituck County Regiment: Gates County Regiment: Hertford County Regiment: Martin County Regiment* 1st Pasquotank County Regiment
The known regiments of the Edenton District Brigade were as follows: 1st and 2nd Regiments. On June 2, 1780, the North Carolina Legislature authorized two new special regiments of Militia to be raised and led by Colonel Samuel Jarvis of the Currituck County Regiment and Colonel Benjamin Exum of the Wayne County Regiment.
