3RD NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

3RD NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT

Lafayette’s Division | North Carolina Brigade | 3rd North Carolina Regiment

History

Organized spring 1775 at Wilmington from Halifax, Edenton, and Hillsborough Districts.

Entered Valley Forge in December 1777. See Brigade Figures.

Previous engagements: Charleston 1776, Florida, Defense of Philadelphia, Philadelphia-Monmouth

Field Officers

  • Colonel Jethro Sumner
  • Lt. Colonel Lott Brewster
  • Lt. Colonel William Davidson
  • Major Henry Dixon

Company Commanders

  • Captain William Brinkley
  • Captain James Bradley
  • Captain Gee Bradley
  • Captain James Emmet
  • Captain Daniel Jones
  • Captain Mathew Wood
  • Captain Joseph Montford
  • Captain Edward Yarborough
  • Captain James Cook
  • Captain John Gray
  • Captain John Rochel
  • 1st Lieutenant John Clendenning

Regimental Staff

  • Quartermaster Charles Coleman
  • Quartermaster Whitfield Wilson
  • Adjutant Alvery Hodgton
  • Paymaster William Blunt
  • Paymaster Richard Bradley
  • Surgeon Robert Hall