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Bertie County Regiment. The Bertie 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 Whitmell (commander 1775–1778)
- 1776-1783
- North Carolina
- Brigade
- North Carolina militia
Bertie County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1775 1783 Col Thomas Witmell: Camden County Regiment: Edenton District Brigade 1777 1783 Col Isaac Gregory: 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
UnitSubordinationEstablishedDisbandedNorth Carolina Militia and State Troops ...17781783North Carolina Militia Command17761783Edenton District Brigade17801780Edenton District Brigade17801780People also ask
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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.
- 1775–1783
- North Carolina
- State Troops
- Major General John Ashe, Sr.
Bertie County Regiment listing. Lincoln County Regiment listing. Orange County Regiment. Rowan County Regiment. Surry County Regiment listing. Wilkes County Regiment listing. Brigades. Salisbury District Brigade listing. Wiki page on North Carolina Militia - 1775 to 1785 in North Carolina.
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 . History. Edward Vail, Sr. was commissioned as the first commander of the Edenton District Brigade on May 4, 1776.
Edenton District. Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Tyrrell. Halifax Distrcit. Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Martin, Nash, Northampton, and Warren. Hillsborough District. Caswell, Chatham, Granville, Orange, Randolph and Wake. New Bern District.
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.
