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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 ...
- 1775-1783
- North Carolina militia
- North Carolina
- infantry Militia
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 ...
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 ...
Colonel in the Orange County Regiment of Militia - 1779-1783. On 9/9/1775, Hugh Tinnen was commissioned as a Captain under Col. James Thackston in the Hillsborough District Minutemen. This unit was too late for the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge on 2/27/1776. All Minutemen regiments were disbanded on 4/10/1776.
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 ...
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Dec 13, 2023 · There are compiled published lists of Hathorn's Fourth Orange County Regiment of Militia, drawn from various sources. One source is "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State". The lists reflected the fact that the militia was a fluid unit--- even from the beginning, it was drawn from lower Orange County as well as some areas of northern ...
John Butler was Sheriff of Orange County 1770-1772. He was elected to represent Orange County in the House of Commons in 1777, 1778, and 1784. He was elected to represent Orange County in the State Senate during 1781. He was elected to the Council of State 1781-1782. He was also elected again to the House of Commons in 1786, but he died before ...
