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The Orange County Regiment was authorized on September 9, 1775 by the Province of North Carolina Congress. On April 22, 1776, the unit was split into the Northern Orange County Regiment and the Southern Orange County Regiment, which retained most of the original men. Both regiments were subordinated to the Hillsborough District Brigade of ...
3rd Orange County Militia (Goshen) Regiment. Colonel William Allison, February 26, 1777, promoted to Brigadier General, April 4, 1782 to Brigade Commander of the 1st, 3rd and 4th Orange County Militia Regiments Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Benjamin Thurston (Tusten), February 26, 1777; replaced by Moses Hatfield, March 12, 1783
MG William Smallwood, 2nd North Carolina Militia commander [note 2] BG Allen Jones, Halifax District Brigade commander. Col William Richardson Davie, Independent Corps of Light Horse commander. Col Robert Howe, Brunswick County Regiment commander. Col James Kenan, Duplin County Regiment commander. Col John Sevier, 3rd commander of the ...
Brigadier General Thomas Person was appointed the first commander of the Hillsborough District Brigade in 1776. During the 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, the Hillsborough District was commanded by John Butler. Each county supplied a regiment (Orange County supplied two regiments), which in turn was composed of various companies. Each ...
The Orange County Militia, First Regiment as found in the New York In The Revolution as Colony and State. A compilation of documents and records from The Office Of The State Comptroller.
On May 9, 1777, the Northern Orange County Regiment was renamed as the Caswell County Regiment, and this unit reverted back to its original name - the Orange County Regiment. On September 9, 1775, the Provincial Congress authorized thirty-five (35) existing county Militias to be organized. All officers were appointed and commissioned by the ...
Hathorn was a member from Orange County of the New York State Assembly in 1778, 1780, from 1782 to 1785, in 1795 and 1805, and served as Speaker in 1784. Hathorn's house in Warwick, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1786 to 1790 and from 1799 to 1803, and was a member of ...
