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