Hyde County Regiment

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Hyde County Regiment
Active1775–1783
Allegiance Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg North Carolina
Branch North Carolina militia
Type Militia
EngagementsSkirmish on Cape Hatteras, Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. Rotheas Latham
Col. Abraham Jones
Col. William Russel
Col. Burridge H. Selby

The Hyde County Regiment was a unit of the North Carolina militia that served during the American Revolution. Hyde County, formed in 1705, had a militia in colonial times that was used to defend the coast of the Province of North Carolina. The North Carolina General Assembly authorized the Hyde County Regiment on September 9, 1775, along with 34 other county regiments. The officers were appointed and commissioned by the Governor of North Carolina. The regiment was subordinated to the New Bern District Brigade of North Carolina militia on May 4, 1776. The regiment was disbanded at the end of the war. [1] [2]

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Officers

The following listings show the known commanders, officers, staff, and soldiers of the Wayne County regiment [3]

Rotheas Latham was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1725. His parents were Thomas Latham and Deborah Hardin. He was a descendant of Pilgrim James Chilton. His family moved to Hyde County, North Carolina before 1750, where he was a prominent landowner and active in business and political affairs. He owned a mill and was appointed by Governor Arthur Dobbs to serve as justice of the peace in Hyde County. In 1773, he represented Hyde County in the North Carolina General Assembly in New Bern. On August 25, 1774, he again represented Hyde County in the Provincial Congress in New Bern. He represented Hyde County in the Provincial Congress of August 1775 in Hillsboro. He was appointed a colonel in the Hyde County Minutemen in 1775 and was also colonel of the unit when it became the Hyde County Regiment in September 1775. He again represented Hyde County in the Provincial Congress of April 1776 in Halifax. He was member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1780 and 1781. He died in 1784 in Hyde County. [4] [5]

William Russel served in the senate of the North Carolina Legislature from 1777 to 1783. [6]

Known engagements

The Hyde County Regiment was involved in two known engagements: skirmish on Cape Hatteras on June 27, 1779 and the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, J.D. "Hyde County Regiment". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. "Hyde County Militia" . Retrieved April 9, 2018., N. C. Department of Archives & History, Hyde County Miscellaneous Records (1735–1908), Militia Papers, 1755, 1853 and no date. C.R. 053.928.3; High Tides, Volume XV, Number 1, Spring, 1994, p. 41; "Henry Gibbs, Jur. Militia List of Arrowmaskeet, 1755."
  3. Graves, William. "Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters" . Retrieved February 16, 2019., various pension applications and rosters
  4. 1 2 "Washington County Genealogical Society Journal". NCGenWeb Project. August 1, 1996. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. Wheeler, John Hill (1851). Historical Sketches of North Carolina: From 1584 to 1851. Lippincott, Grambo and Company. p.  212 via Internet Archive. Rotheas Latham.
  6. "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina". 1874. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

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