Wilkes County Regiment

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Wilkes County Regiment
Active	1777-1783
Allegiance	North Carolina
Branch	North Carolina militia
Type	Militia
Part of	Salisbury District Brigade
Commanders
Notable commanders	Col. Benjamin Cleveland Col. Elijah Isaacs Col. Benjamin Herndon

The Wilkes County Regiment was authorized on December 9, 1777 by the Province of North Carolina Congress at the same time that Wilkes County, North Carolina was created from Surry County, North Carolina and Washington District, North Carolina. The regiment was subordinate to the Salisbury District Brigade of militia. It was engaged in battles and skirmishes against the British and Cherokee during the American Revolution in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia between 1779 and 1782. It was active until the end of the war.^[1]

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The colonels and commanders of the regiment were:^[1]

Col. Benjamin Cleveland (commander, 1777-1782)^[2]
Col. Elijah Isaacs (2nd colonel, 1779-1783)
Col. Benjamin Herndon (2nd colonel, 1781-1783)

Known Lieutenant Colonels and Majors:

Lt. Col. Hardgrove
Lt. Col. John Herndon
Lt. Col. William Nash
Lt. Col. William Shepherd
1st Maj. John Brevard
2nd Maj. William Lewis
Maj. Josiah Branham
Maj. Jesse Hardin Franklin (later Governor of North Carolina, 1820-1821)^[3]^[4]
Maj. Nathaniel Gordon
Maj. Joseph Hardin Sr.
Maj. Francis Hardgrave
Maj. Benjamin Herndon
Maj. Joseph Herndon
Maj. Elijah Isaacs
Maj. William Lenoir
Maj. Joseph Lewis
Maj. James Smith
Maj. James Stevenson

The regiment had 78 known companies headed by captains. Companies consisted of lieutenants, ensigns, sergeants, corporals, privates, drummers and fifers. Notables captains and other troops included:^[1]

Capt Richard Allen (1778-1781, may have been Colonel of the regiment after the war^[5]
Private John Hammond under Captain Larkin Cleveland (the 2nd to last Revolutionary War Patriot to die, 1760-1868)^[6]
Captain and Major William Lenoir later went on to become a major general in the North Carolina militia after the war.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Lewis, J.D. "Wilkes County Regiment". Retrieved March 3, 2019.
^ Waugh, Betty Linney (1979). "Colonel Benjamin Cleveland". NCPedia.
^ McFarland, Daniel M. (1986). "Jesse Franklin". NCPedia.
^ Angley, Wilson, Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History (2005). "Governor Jesse Franklin". NCPedia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Cross, Jerry L. (1979). "Richard Allen". NCPedia.
^ Thompson, Lawrence S. (1988). "John Hammon". Retrieved April 19, 2019.

Bibliography

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Arthur, John Preston (1914). Western North Carolina; a history (1730-1913). National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina. Edward Buncombe Chapter, Asheville, North Carolina. Retrieved Jan 29, 2019.
Hunter, C.L. (1877). 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. p. 166-183.

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