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Orange County Regiment. 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.
Northern Orange County Regiment: Hillsborough District Brigade 1776 1777 Col James Saunders: Orange County Regiment: Hillsborough District Brigade 1775 1783 Col John Hogan: Randolph County Regiment: Hillsborough District Brigade 1779 1783 Col Andrew Balfour: Wake County Regiment: Hillsborough District Brigade 1775 1783
Caswell County Regiment, 1777–1783; Chatham County Regiment, 1775–1783; Granville County Regiment, 1775–1783; Mounted Volunteers Regiment, 1780-1780; Northern Orange County Regiment, 1776–1777; Orange County Regiment, 1775–1783; Randolph County Regiment, 1779–1783; Wake County Regiment, 1775–1783
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.
Colonel over the Orange County Regiment of Militia - 1777-1780 Commissary General for the State of NC, with the rank of Brigadier General - 1780-83 On 4/22/1776, Alexander Mebane was commissioned a Colonel in the Southern Orange County Regiment of Militia along with Col. John Butler, who commanded.
Colonel John Hathorn's Fourth Orange County Regiment militia unit met up with Meeker and Tusten's units somewhere near Sparrowbush, New York and joined forces. Hathorn assumed command and marched for the Delaware River with a force of about 120 militiamen. Indian raid marker.
Brief History of the Regiment: On April 22, 1776, the original Orange County Regiment was split into two separate and distinct regiments - this, the Northern Orange County Regiment, and the Southern Orange County Regiment, which retained most of the officers of the original Orange County Regiment.
