The Richmond County Regiment was authorized on October 30, 1779 by the
North Carolina General Assembly of 1779. It was created at the same time that
Richmond County, North Carolina was created. Officers were appointed and commissioned by the Governor. The regiment was engaged in battles and skirmishes against the British during the
American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...
in North Carolina and South Carolina between 1780 and 1781. It was active until the end of the war.
Officers
Commandants and colonels:
* Colonel
Henry William Harrington
Henry William Harrington (September 12, 1825 – March 20, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1863 to 1865.
Biography
Born near Cooperstown, New York, Harrington attended ...
(1779-1780, 2nd colonel): In 1776-1776, he was a Captain in the South Carolina Cheraws District Regiment of militia. In 1777-1779, he was a Captain in the
Anson County Regiment
The Anson County Regiment was authorized on September 9, 1775 by the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress. The regiment was engaged in battles and skirmishes against the British and Cherokee during the American Revolution in North Carolina, S ...
. From July to December, he was Brigadier General Pro Tempore and acting commander of the
Salisbury District Brigade.
* Colonel Charles Medlock (1779-1783, commander)
* Colonel Thomas Crawford (1780-1783, 2nd colonel)
See also
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List of American Revolutionary War battles
*
Salisbury District Brigade
*
Southern Campaigns: Pension Transactions for a description of the transcription effort by Will Graves
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Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
References
Bibliography
* Arthur, John Preston, ''Western North Carolina; a history (1730-1913)'', National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina. Edward Buncombe Chapter, Asheville, North Carolina, Publication date 1914
Link accessed Jan 29, 2019
* Hunter, C.L.; ''Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographical : illustrating principally the Revolutionary period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln, and adjoining counties, accompanied with miscellaneous information, much of it never before published'', Raleigh : Raleigh News Steam Job Print, 1877; pages 166-183
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North Carolina militia
Richmond County, North Carolina