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Rolls, War of 1812
MUSTER ROLLS
SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812
DETACHED FROM
THE MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA
1812 AND 1814
PUBLISHED
IN PURSUANCE OF THE RESOLUTIONS OF
THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF JANUARY 28, 1851 AND
THE RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
FEBRUARY 29, 1871.
UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
RALEIGH
STONE AND UZZELL
STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS
1873
COPIED AND INDEXED BY:
WILLIAM R. NAVEY
P. O. BOX 251
HOLLY RIDGE, NC 28445-0251
910 329-9191
RESOLUTIONS DIRECTING THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
TO PUBLISH COPIES
OF THE MUSTER ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE
WAR OF 1812.
RESOLVED:
THAT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL BE AND IS HEREBY
DIRECTED TO HAVE
PUBLISHED A HUNDRED COPIES, DULY CERTIFIED,
OF THE MUSTER ROLLS
OF THE WAR OF 1812, WHICH ARE ON FILE IN HIS
DEPARTMENT, AND
THAT ONE COPY BE SENT TO THE CLERK OF COURT
IN EACH COUNTY OF
THIS STATE.
RESOLVED FURTHER:
THAT WHEN IT SHALL BE MADE TO APPEAR TO THE
TREASURER THAT
THE REQUIRMENTS OF THE ABOVE RESOLUTION HAVE
BEEN COMPLIED
WITH, HE SHALL PAY TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL,
AS A COMPENSATION
FOR HIS SERVICES, OUT OF ANY MONEY NOT OTHERWISE
APPROPRIATED,
THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
READ THREE TIMES AND RATIFIED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
THIS
28TH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1851.
J. C. DOBBINS, S. H. C.
W. N. EDWARDS, S. S.
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MUSTER ROLL
OF THE INFANTRY DETACHED FROM THE MILITA OF
NORTH CAROLINA
IN PURSURANCE OF A REQUISITION OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED
STATES IN VIRTURE OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS OF
THE 10TH OF APRIL, 1812.
DIVISION
THOMAS BROWN
MAJOR GENERAL
COMMANDING
FIRST BRIGADE
DETACHED FROM THE 1ST, 13TH, 2ND, 3RD, 12TH,
5TH, 4TH, AND
14TH BRIGADES OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA OF
THE STATE.
THOMAS DAVIS
BRIGADER GENERAL
COMMANDING
FIRST REGIMENT
SECOND COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE CURRITUCK REGIMENT
HILLIARY BELL
CAPTAIN
JOSHUA BAXTER
LIEUTENANT
MARK HARRIS
FIRST REGIMENT
SIXTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE CHOWAN REGIMENT
JOHN MEQUIRE
CAPTAIN
THOMAS TAPPING
LIEUTENANT
WELCH FULLERTON
ENSIGN
THOS. TARKTIN
1ST SERGEANT
A. HOLLOWAY
2ND SERGEANT
L. HOLLOWAY
3RD SERGEANT
G. MEREDITH
4TH SERGEANT
JOB PERKINS
1ST CORPORAL
JULIUS BUNCH
2ND CORPORAL
NEIL SHERWOOD
3RD CORPORAL
JOSEPH PAIN
4TH CORPORAL
DANIEL HARRIS
THIRD REGIMENT
FIRST COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST HALIFAX REGIMENT
JAMES OVERSTREE
CAPTAIN
WIL. C. WHITAKER
LIEUTENANT
MOSES GRIMMER
ENSIGN
RINCHEN HARRISS
THIRD REGIMENT
SECOND COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE SECOND HALIFAX REGIMENT
ISHAM MATTHEWS
CAPTAIN
THOMAS NICHILSON
LIEUTENANT
JOHN ALSTON
ENSIGN
DAVID HARRIS
THIRD REGIMENT
THIRD COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE NORTHAMPTON REGIMENT
JAS. C. HARRISON
CAPTAIN
STERLING MILTON
LIEUTENANT
WHITMEL RULLAND
ENSIGN
BYNUM HARRISS
THIRD REGIMENT
EIGHTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FRANKLIN REGIMENT
MARMA. M. JEFFREYS CAPTAIN
BENJ. STEWART
LIEUTENANT
NATHANIEL HUNT
2ND LIEUTENANT
JAMES HARRISON
ENSIGN
R. NELLSMALL
1ST SERGEANT
JOSEPH C. HARRIS
FOURTH REGIMENT
TENTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE RICHMOND REGIMENT
JOHN BLUE CAPTAIN
WILLIAM HARRIS
FIFTH REGIMENT
SECOND COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST ORANGE REGIMENT
ROBERT THOMPSON
CAPTAIN
SAMUEL STRAHORN
LIEUTENANT
WM. BRADSHAW
ENSIGN
WILLIAM HARRISS
FIFTH REGIMENT
FOURTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE RANDOLPH REGIMENT
JOSHUA CRAVEN
CAPTAIN
ADAM WINNINGHAM LIEUTENANT
JACOB WORTHINGTON ENSIGN
RALEY SPINKS
1ST SERGEANT
PETER KIVET
2ND SERGEANT
MARMA. SWEAN
3RD SERGEANT
FRED BROWN
4TH SERGEANT
ABSOLOM HARPER
1ST CORPORAL
WM. PATTERSON
2ND CORPORAL
DANIEL JACKSON
3RD CORPORAL
HENRY JOHNSTON
4TH CORPORAL
JAMES McMASTERS DRUMMER
JAMES CUDE
FIFER
JAMES HARRIS
ISHAM HARRIS
FIFTH REGIMENT
FIFTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE CHATHAM REGIMENT
CARNEY COTTON
CAPTAIN
DANIEL SMITH
1ST LIEUTENANT
JOHN M. GEE
2ND LIEUTENANT
RIDDICK BURNS
ENSIGN
HENRY HARRIS
SAMUEL HARRIS
FIFTH REGIMENT
SIXTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE WAKE REGIMENT
WILLIAM McCULLERS
CAPTAIN
JOHN WALTON
LIEUTENANT
CRITTON SANDERS
ENSIGN
NOEL HARRIS
SIXTH REGIMENT
SECOND COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST GUILFORD REGIMENT
SAMUEL HUNTER
CAPTAIN
ABRAHAM RIPPLES 1ST
LIEUTENANT
JOHN MOORE
2ND LIEUTENANT
THOMAS BEVILL
ENSIGN
NICHOLAS OGBORN 1ST
SERGEANT
LEVY ROSS
2ND SERGEANT
THO. L. MOODY
3RD SERGEANT
MIAT. CARTER
3TH SERGEANT
ALEX. BEVILL
4TH SERGEANT
PHILLIP BEVILL
1ND CORPORAL
JAMES COLE
2ND CORPORAL
NOEL PARISH
3RD CORPORAL
ALFRED BRANNER
4TH CORPORAL
CHARLES H. HARRIS
SIXTH REGIMENT
SIXTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST STOKES REGIMENT
WILLIAM GOODE
CAPTAIN
DAVID DALTON
LIEUTENANT
SAMUEL MARTIN
ENSIGN
WILLIAM HARRIS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
FIFTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE IREDELL REGIMENT
JOHN MOODY
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM CARSON
LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM MOODY
ENSIGN
THOS. PRATHER
1ST SERGEANT
CALEB COMBEY
2ND SERGEANT
JOS. DEPORSTER
3RD SERGEANT
SAMUEL HAYES
4TH SERGEANT
HENRY MARSHALL
1ST CORPORAL
MILUS PRIVITT
2ND CORPORAL
DAVID FOX
3RD CORPORAL
RICHARD PRIVITT 4TH
CORPORAL
RICHARD COOK
DRUMMER
HARRSI SWIVIT
FIFER
GREENBURY HAIRE
SAKE (?) HARRIS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
SEVENTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST MECKLENBURG REGIMENT
JOS. DOUGLAS
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM M. KARY LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM WALKER
ENSIGN
HAM. BREVARD
1ST SERGEANT
DAVID GIBONY
2ND SERGEANT
SAMUEL BROWN
3RD SERGEANT
WM. M. BARRETT
4TH SERGEANT
THOS. ALLEN
1ST CORPORAL
JOHN SOLON
2ND CORPORAL
ISAAC V. PITT
3RD CORPORAL
R. DUCKWORTH
4TH CORPORAL
HUGH HARRIS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
NINTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE SECOND MECKLENBURG REGIMENT
JOHN GARRETSON
CAPTAIN
ISAAC WILEY
LIEUTENANT
NATHEIL SIMS
ENSIGN
ARCH. SAWYER
1ST SERGEANT
IRE B. DIXON
2ND SERGEANT
WILLIAM SMITH
3RD SERGEANT
JORO KIMMONS
4TH SERGEANT
WILLIAM MAYS
1ST CORPORAL
JOHN HOLBROOKS
2ND CORPORAL
FREDERICK KISER 3RD
CORPORAL
A. M. GRADY
4TH CORPORAL
GEORGE KENTY
DRUMMER
JOHN JACCOUR
FIFER
SAML. H. HARRIS
HOUSTON HARRIS
ISAAC HARRIS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
TENTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE MONTGOMERY REGIMENT
ELIJAH HATTAM
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM MOOR
LIEUTENANT
HARDY MORGAN
ENSIGN
WEST HARRIS,JR.
GREEN HARRIS
WILLIAM HARRIS, SON OF K.
ELI HARRIS, SON OF J.
WILEY HARRIS
EIGHTH REGIMENT
SECOND COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE SECOND SURRY REGIMENT
SAMUEL SPEER
CAPTAIN
THOS. D. KELLY
1ST LIEUTENANT
BOWEN WHITLOCK
ENSIGN
JOHN KELLY JR.
CADET
JAMES HARRIS
EIGHTH REGIMENT
EIGHTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE SECOND LINCOLN REGIMENT
GEORGE HOFFMAN
CAPTAIN
DAVID BAILEY
LIEUTENANT
DANIEL CLINE
ENSIGN
JOHN JARRATT
1ST SERGEANT
JACOB CONNER
2ND SERGEANT
THOMAS BANDY
3RD SERGEANT
R. H. SIMPSON
4TH SERGEANT
PHILIP FRY
1ST CORPORAL
THOS. SAMPSON
2ND CORPORAL
JOHN NORMAN
3RD CORPORAL
CHRIS. ACER
4TH CORPORAL
WILEY HARRIS
EIGHTH REGIMENT
THIRTEENTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE SECOND AND PART OF THE
FIRST BURKE REGIMENTS.
CLINTON HARTHY
CAPTAIN
BENJAMIN PARKS
LIEUTENANT
MATTHEW COX
ENSIGN
ISAAC HARRIS
EIGHTH REGIMENT
FIFTEENTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND BUNCOMBE
REGIMENTS.
THOMAS RHODES
CAPTAIN
ELI MERRILL
LIEUTENANT
THOMAS MOORE
ENSIGN
JOHN HARRIS
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MUSTER ROLL OF THE ARTILLERY
DETACHED FROM THE MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA,
IN PURSUANCE
OF A REQUISITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES BY
VIRTUE OF AN ACT IN CONGRESS 10TH APRIL ,
1812.
ARTILLERY
SECOND COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE EDGECOMBE REGIMENT
JOHN THOMAS CAPTAIN
LAT. VINS
1ST LIEUTENANT
THOMAS AMOSIN 2ND LIEUTENANT
JOHN BRIDGES ENSIGN
THEO. THOMAS 1ST SERGEANT
BENJ. SHARP 2ND SERGEANT
WM. O. CARTER 3RD SERGEANT
WM. WILLIAMS 4TH SERGEANT
H. C. KNIGHT 1ST CORPORAL
JAMES PENDER 2ND CORPORAL
ITHIEL EASON 3RD CORPORAL
WILLIAM WHITE 4TH CORPORAL
JAMES COBB DRUMMER
MAY MOORE
FIFER
TIMOTHY HARRIS
ARTILLERY
FIFTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE BRUNSWICK REGIMENT
JOHN SULLIVAN
2ND LIEUTENANT
RICHARD HARRIS
SAMUEL HARRIS
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ROLL OF THE RIFLEMEN
DETACHED FROM THE MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA,
IN PURSUANCE
OF A REQUISITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES,
BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED 10
APRIL , 1812.
RIFLEMEN
FOURTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE SEVENTH BRIGADE
FRANCIS YOUNG
CAPTAIN
DANIEL BROWN
LIEUTENANT
RICHARD HARRIS
RIFLEMEN
SIXTH COMPANY
DETACHED FROM THE ELEVENTH BRIGADE
MILTON HARRIS
CYRUS HARRIS
FIRST REGIMENT
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
JOHN F. WALKER
CAPTAIN
DARIUS PARKER
1ST LIEUTENANT
SOLOMON B. GOODSON 2ND LIEUTENANT
STERLING FINNIE 3RD
LIEUTENANT
JOHN C. WOOD
ENSIGN
WILLIAM HARRISS
ELIAS HARRIS
IRST REGIMENT
HALIFX COUNTY
SECOND REGIMENT
WILLIAM PRICE
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM BRINKLEY ENSIGN
ORREN HARRIS
FIRST REGIMENT
HALIFAX COUNTY
SECOND REGIMENT
JEPTH A. A. BARNS CAPTAIN
JOHN PEEBLES
1ST LIEUTENANT
JOHN BRADFORD
2ND LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM BRINKLEY ENSIGN
HENRY HARRIS
FIRST REGIMENT
NASH COUNTY
ISAAC WATKINS
CAPTAIN
JOSEPH VICK
LIEUTENANT
WILLIE RICK
ENSIGN
JOHN HARRIS
EDWIN HARRIS
SECOND REGIMENT
HYDE COUNTY
SETH. B. JORDAN
CAPTAIN
WYRIOTT WINDLEY
LIEUTENANT
CHRISTOPHER GASKINS
ENSIGN
ROBERT HARRIS
JOSIAH HARRIS
ECOND REGIMENT
BEAUFORT COUNTY
JOHN COX
CAPTAIN
HENRY WILLIAMS
1ST LIEUTENANT
SAMUEL TAYLOR
2ND LIEUTENANT
WILSON HODGES
ENSIGN
JAMES HARRIS
GEORGE HARRIS
SECOND REGIMENT
CARTERET COUNTY
NATHANIEL PINKMAN
CAPTAIN
D. A. WALLACE
1ST LIEUTENANT
THOMAS MARTIAL
2ND LIEUTENANT
JAMES CHADWICK
3RD LIEUTENANT
JACOB PAQUANETT
ENSIGN
JOHN PAQUANETT
1ST SERGEANT
JESSE PRESCOTT
2ND SERGEANT
ZEMERIAH HARRIS
SECOND REGIMENT
PITT COUNTY
GEORGE EASON
CAPTAIN
SUMMER ADAMS
1ST LIEUTENANT
SAM'L ALBRITTON 2ND
LIEUTENANT
GIDEON BRINDON
3RD LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM BRILLY
ENSIGN
SILVENUS HARRIS
JOHN HARRISS
NOAH HARRISS
SOLOMON HARRISS
FOURTH REGIMENT
WAKE COUNTY
SECOND REGIMENT
JOHN GREEN
CAPTAIN
WILLIS WHITAKER
1ST LIEUTENANT
JOSEPH BARBEE
2ND LIEUTENANT
JEPHTHAH TYRRELL
3RD LIEUTENANT
JOHN W. LEE
ENSIGN
WILLIAM HARRIS
SAMUEL HARRIS
FOURTH REGIMENT
FRANKLIN COUNTY
JONES COOK
CAPTAIN
SHERRED SANDERS
LIEUTENANT
BENJAMIN CARPENTER
ENSIGN
JOHN HARRIS
HENRY HARRIS
FOURTH REGIMENT
GRANVILLE COUNTY
FIRST REGIMENT
WILLIS JOHNSTON
CAPTAIN
WM. NAILING
LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM MANN
ENSIGN
MICAJAH HARRIS
RICHARD HARRIS
REUBEN HARRIS
FOURTH REGIMENT
PERSON COUNTY
JOHN BRADSHAW
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM BAGLEY
1ST LIEUTENANT
BRADSHAW FULLER 2ND
LIEUTENANT
JEREMIAH DIXON
ENSIGN
RICHARD HARRIS SR.
FOURTH REGIMENT
ORANGE COUNTY
THIRD REGIMENT
JAMES GRAHAM
CAPTAIN
WM. HOLT
LIEUTENANT
ABSALOM HARVEY
ENSIGN
SIMPSON HARRIS
FOURTH REGIMENT
CHATHAM COUNTY
AARON EVANS
CAPTAIN
RICHARD C. COTTEN
LIEUTENANT
ISAAC HEADEN
ENSIGN
MIAL RAMSEY
1ST SERGEANT
JOHN TAYLOR
2ND SERGEANT
WM. UNDERWOOD
3RD SERGEANT
WM. DUTY
4TH SERGEANT
THOMAS CRAVER
1ST CORPORAL
STEPHEN CRUCHFIELD
2ND CORPORAL
ASA STONE
3RD CORPORAL
RUFUS McMASTERS
4TH CORPORAL
ALEX BOYD
DRUMMER
HENRY HARRIS
FIFTH REGIMENT
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
GEO. W. BAKER
CAPTAIN
HOWELL HARRIS
1ST LIEUTENANT
DAVID SMITH
2ND LIEUTENANT
JAMES FEWELL
ENSIGN
SIXTH REGIMENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
FIRST REGIMENT
WILLIS HARRIS
CAPTAIN
WM. LILLY
2ND LIEUTENANT
JONATHAN HARRIS
JEPTHA HARRIS
SIXTH REGIMENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SECOND REGIMENT
DAVID GREEN
1ST LIEUTENANT
CHAS. CULPEPPER 2ND
LIEUTENANT
GEORGE LITTLE
ENSIGN
WILLIE HARRIS
SIXTH REGIMENT
CABARRUS COUNTY
EVEN S. WILLEY
CAPTAIN
GEORGE FOGLEMAN
LIEUTENANT
CHRISTOPHER MILKEN ENSIGN
ALEX. W. HARRIS
1ST SERGEANT
OZNI ROGERS
2ND SERGEANT
JOHN LONG
3RD SERGEANT
A. KEMMONS
4TH SERGEANT
PETER ALLEN
1ST CORPORAL
JOHN DRYE
2ND CORPORAL
DANIEL DRYE
3RD CORPORAL
ANDREW TRUMAN
4TH CORPORAL
SEVENTH REGIMENT
LINCOLN COUNTY
FIRST REGIMENT
JAMES FINLEY
CAPTAIN
WM. J. WILSON
1ST LIEUTENANT
RICHARD COWAN
2ND LIEUTENANT
ANDREW BARRY
3RD LIEUTENANT
JOHN BEARD
ENSIGN
ROBINSON HARRIS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
LINCOLN COUNTY
SECOND REGIMENT
DANIEL HOKE
CAPTAIN
JOHN B. HARRIS
1ST LIEUTENANT
GILBERT MILLIKEN 2ND LIEUTENANT
ISAAC MAUNEY
3RD LIEUTENANT
PETER HOKE
ENSIGN
SEVENTH REGIMENT
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FIRST REGIMENT
JOHN OLIVER
CAPTAIN
JOHN MOORE
1ST LIEUTENANT
JOSEPH TAYLOR
3RD LIEUTENANT
LINDSEY FORTUNE ENSIGN
ZEDEKIAH HARRIS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
BURKE COUNTY
SECOND REGIMENT
JOHN HARRISS
SEVENTH REGIMENT
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
THIRD REGIMENT
LEVI BAILEY
CAPTAIN
JOSEPH SHEPARD
1ST LIEUTENANT
DAVID HUGHEY
ENSIGN
MAXAMILIAN HARRIS
MEMORANDA
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE DETACHED MILITIA
OF 1814 WERE
CALLED INTO SERVICE AT NORFOLK, IN VIRGINIA,
BY ORDERS ISSUED IN
SEPTEMBER, 1814,TOWIT: GRANVILLE, WAKE, JOHNSON,
FRANKLIN, WARREN,
HALIFAX, SOUTHAMPTON, NASH, EDGECOMBE, MARTIN,
BERTIE, HERTFORD,
GATES, CHATHAM, ORANGE AND PERSON.
THE DETACHED MILITIA FROM THE COUNTIES OF
CHATHAM, ORANGE AND
PERSON WERE ORDERED TO RETURN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE
HOMES BEFORE THEY
ARRIVED AT GATES COURT HOUSE, THE PLACE OF RENDEZVOUS.
THE DETACHED MILITIA FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
WERE CALLED INTO
THE SERVICE AT WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA,
BY ORDERS ISSUED
SEPTEMBER 29, 1814, TOWIT: NEW HANOVER, BRUNSWICK,
BLADEN,
COLUMBUS, ROBESON, CUMBERLAND, DUPLIN AND
SAMPSON.
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE DETACHED MILITIA
WERE CALLED INTO
SERVICE AT NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, BY ORDERS
ISSUED SEPTEMBER 17,
1814, TOWIT: PITT, WAYNE, GREEN, JONES, LENOIR, CRAVEN, BEAUFORT.
THE DETACHED MILITIA FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
WERE CALLED TO
HILLSBOROUGH, THE PLACE OF RENDEZVEUS, ON
THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER,
1814, WHERE THEY WERE ORGANIZED, AND FROM
THENCE MARCHED TO
NORFOLK, IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES,
AGREEABLE TO A
REQUISITION MADE BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE GOVERNOR
OF THIS STATE,
THE COUNTIES, TO WIT:
ORANGE, CHATHAM, PERSON, CASWELL, ROCKINGHAM,
GUILFORD, RANDOLPH,
STOKES, SURRY AND WILKES.
THE OFFICERS OF THIS REGIMENT WERE:
RICHARD ATKERSON OF PERSON
LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMANDANT
SAMUEL HUNTER
OF GUILFORD LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JOSEPH WINSTON, JR OF STOKES
MAJOR
JAMES CAMPBELL
OF ROCKINGHAM MAJOR
A REQUISITION WAS MADE BY MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS
PICKNEY, FOR ONE
REGIMENT TO MARCH TO THE DEFENCED OF THE SOUTHERN
FRONTIER OF THE
SIXTH MILITARY DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES,
IN CONSEQUENCE OF
WHICH ORDERS WERE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE,
CALLING FORTH THE
DETACHED MILITIA FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES,
TOWIT: ANSON,
RICHMOND, MOORE, CABARRUS, TO RENDEZVOUS AT
WADESBOROUGH, ANSON
COUNTY, ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY, 1815, ALSO
TO ASHE, WILKES,BURKE,
RUTHERFORD, BUNCOMBE AND HAYWOOD TO RENDEZVOUS
AT WADESBOROUGH IN
ANSON COUNTY, ON WEDNESDAY, THE 1ST DAY OF
MARCH, 1815.
OF THIS REGIMENT THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS WERE
DESIGNATED TO THE
COMMAND.
ANDREW IRWIN
LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMANDANT
JOHN McGIMPSEY OF BURKE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JESSE ALLEN
OF WILKES
MAJOR
THOMAS LENOIR OF HAYWOOD
MAJOR
THE ORDERS FROM THIS OFFICE WERE DATED:
JANUARY 25, 1815.
ADJUTANTS GENERAL'S OFFICE
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH 22, 1851
I DO HEREBY CERIFY, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
AND BELIEF, THAT
THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE COPY OF THE NAMES
OF THE OFFICERS AND
SOLDIERS OF THE DETACHED MILITIA OF NORTH
CAROLINA, IN PURSUANCE
OF A REQUISITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, IN VIRTUE
OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED APRIL 10, 1812.
ROBERT W. HAYWOOD
ADJUTANT GENERAL
OF THE
MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH 6, 1872
I CERTIFY THAT THE FORGOING LIST OF OFFICERS
AND SOLDIERS OF THE
WAR OF 1812, IN THE DETACHED MILITIA OF NORTH
CAROLINA IS A TRUE
COPY OF THE RECORDS OF THIS OFFICE.
JOHN C. GORMAN
ADJUTANT GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA
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