5. APPENDIX, No. 5.
Military Organization of the County.
It may be of interest to many to be informed in regard to the
military force of the county, the bodies of which it was composed,
and their officers, during the period extending from 1794 to 1802.
Forty-Seventh Regiment, South of the Three Notched Road.
Colonels.
Wilson C. Nicholas Samuel Murrell
1st Battalion.
Majors.
Samuel Murrell James Lewis
1ST COMPANY.
| Captain. |
Lieut. |
Ensign. |
| Benj. Lacy |
Thos. Hamner |
Mart. Davenport |
| Edward Garland |
Mart. Davenport |
Edward Garland |
| Joseph Wingfield |
Charles Lacy |
Stephen Lacy |
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|
Joseph Wingfield |
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|
Francis Wingfield |
2ND COMPANY.
| Cornelius Schenk |
Christopher Wingfield |
R. H. Allen |
|
Thomas Carr Jr. |
Thomas Carr Jr. |
|
John T. Hawkins |
Charles Jouett |
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|
Thomas Wells Jr. |
3RD COMPANY.
| William Leake |
Walter Leake |
Walter Coles |
| Walter Leake |
George Wharton |
George Wharton |
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|
Edward Thomas |
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|
Samuel Leake |
4TH COMPANY.
| William Tompkins |
Clifton Garland |
John Scott Jr. |
| William Hopkins |
Samuel Hopkins |
Samuel Hopkins |
| John Staples |
Charles A. Scott |
Turner Moon |
|
William Moon Jr. |
William Moon Jr. |
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|
William Hamner |
LIGHT INFANTRY.
| Samuel Shelton |
Lewis Nicholas |
James Ming |
| Richard Pollard |
William Davenport |
Joseph Bishop |
| John S. Farrar |
John S. Farrar |
Joseph Coleman |
|
Walter Lacy |
N. A. Thompson |
CAVALRY.
| Samuel Carr |
Thomas Divers |
George Gilmer |
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|
Cornet |
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|
Dabney Minor |
2nd Battalion.
Majors.
John Jordon Edward Garland
1ST COMPANY.
| Captain. |
Lieut. |
Ensign. |
| George Martin |
William Wharton |
Schuyler Harris |
| William Wharton |
Abraham Martin |
Bez. Maxwell Jr. |
|
James Watson |
Thomas Key |
2ND COMPANY.
| Menan Mills |
Francis Montgomery |
John Piper |
| William Wood Jr. |
William Wood Jr. |
Clifton Rodes |
|
John Field |
Jesse Wood Jr. |
3RD COMPANY.
| James Brooks |
Rice Garland |
Michael Woods |
| Charles Yancey |
Michael Woods |
Charles Yancey |
|
Jechonias Yancey |
Ephraim Musick |
4TH COMPANY.
| James Lewis |
Tarleton Woodson |
Richard Harrison |
| Micajah Woods |
Benj. Buster |
Micajah Woods |
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|
Tipton Lewis |
LIGHT INFANTRY.
| Howell Lewis |
Robert Garland |
John R. Kerr |
| Robert Garland |
William Woods |
William Woods |
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|
John Gilliam |
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|
John P. Watson |
LIGHT HORSE.
| Clifton Garland |
John Clarkson |
Weatherston Shelton |
| Charles Hudson |
Walter Coles |
Cornet |
Eighty-Eighth Regiment, North of the Three Notched Road.
Colonels.
Thomas Bell Francis Walker
1ST BATTALION.
Majors.
Robert Jouett James Simms
Francis Walker Robert Warner Lewis
1ST COMPANY.
| Captain. |
Lieut. |
Ensign. |
| James Simms |
Achilles Douglass |
Samuel Brockman |
| Achilles Douglass |
Samuel Brockman |
William Simms Jr. |
| Samuel Brockman |
Ambrose Brockman |
Ambrose Brockman |
|
John Douglass |
John Douglass |
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|
William Smith |
2ND COMPANY.
| Joshua Key |
Micajah Carr |
Drury Wood |
| Micajah Carr |
Drury Wood |
George Gilmer |
| Drury Wood |
John Sandridge |
John Sandridge |
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|
Thomas Travillian |
3RD COMPANY.
| Wm. D. Meriwether |
Charles B. Hunton |
John Rogers |
| Charles B. Hunton |
James B. Lindsay |
James G. Waddell |
| James B. Lindsay |
Thomas Hunton |
Thomas Hunton |
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|
Matthew Maury |
4TH COMPANY.
| Edward Moore |
William Crenshaw |
John Henderson |
| David Anderson |
John Henderson |
David Anderson |
|
Kemp Catlett |
Kemp Catlett |
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|
George W. Catlett |
LIGHT INFANTRY.
| Francis Walker |
David Clarkson |
Thomas Walker Jr. |
| David Clarkson |
William Wirt |
Robert W. Lewis |
| Nimrod Bramham |
Nimrod Bramham |
Ludlow Bramham |
|
Madison Breedlove |
Madison Breedlove |
|
George Martin |
George Martin |
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|
Reuben Herndon |
RIFLEMEN.
| Thomas S. Buster |
Reuben Lewis |
Garland Brown |
2ND BATTALION.
| Majors. |
| Henry Burke |
John Wood |
Horsley Goodman |
1ST COMPANY.
| Captain. |
Lieut. |
Ensign. |
| Wyatt Mills |
Thomas Fretwell |
Parmenas Rogers |
| Parmenas Rogers |
Parmenas Rogers |
Matthew P. Walton |
|
Edmund Davis |
|
2ND COMPANY.
| John Wood |
David Wood |
David Michie |
| David Wood |
John Crenshaw |
Joseph Edmondson |
|
Thomas Wood |
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3RD COMPANY.
| William Jarman |
Brightberry Brown |
John Rodes Jr. |
| Brightberry Brown |
John Rodes Jr. |
Robert T. Brown |
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|
James Harris |
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|
Charles Brown |
4TH COMPANY.
| Horsley Goodman |
Thomas Garth Jr. |
Joseph Goodman |
| Thomas Garth Jr. |
Joseph Goodman |
John A. Michie |
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|
Alexander Garrett |
LIGHT INFANTRY.
| Matthew Rodes |
Elijah Garth |
Nathan Harris |
| Elijah Garth |
Swanny Ferguson |
Swanny Ferguson |
|
William Thompson |
William Thompson |
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|
James Ballard |
LIGHT HORSE.
| Thos. M. Randolph |
Peter Carr |
William Love, Cornet |
Robert Jouett, Col. Artillery, 2nd Division
Subsequent Colonels.
FORTY-SEVENTH.
| Colonels. |
Lieut. Colonels. |
| Charles Yancey, 1806 |
John Coles |
| John S. Farrar, 1815 |
George W. Kinsolving |
| William Woods, S. 1817 |
Michael Johnson |
| Joseph Coffman, 1828 |
John R. Jones |
| George W. Kinsolving, 1830 |
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| David Hays, 1832 |
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| William H. Brown, 1839 |
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| John H. Timberlake, 1860. |
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH.
| Colonels. |
Lieut. Colonels. |
| Nimrod Bramham, 1806 |
Jesse W. Garth |
| Thomas W. Wood, 1814 |
Isaac Simms |
| David Carr, 1828 |
David Carr |
| James O. Carr, 1829 |
Thomas Durrett |
| John J. Bowcock, 1839 |
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