Revolutionary War Soldiers Database

A record of NC & SC soldiers who served in the cause of American Independence, 1775–1783

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Total: 1,497
State ↕ First ↕ Last ↓ Rank ↕ Regiment ↕ From ↕ To Notes Battles
SC Thomas Thomson Major Kershaw Regiment 1781 - 6/22/1781, a Major under Lt. Col. Frederick Kimball and Col. James Postell. Aka Thomas Thompson.
SC William Russell Thomson Major Orangeburgh District Regiment 1781 1781 1781, a Brigade Major under Col. William Henderson. Promoted to Lt. Colonel 7/12/1781 under Col. Richard Hampton.
SC James Thomson Lt Col 1781 1782 46 days as a Lt. Colonel in Militia from 11/15/1781 to 1/1/1782, regiment unknown.
SC William Thomson Lt Col SC 3rd Regiment 1775 1776 From Orangeburgh District. Commissioned 6/18/1775. Promoted to Colonel 5/16/1776. POW at the Fall of Charleston. On parole till end of war.
SC William Russell Thomson Lt Col Orangeburgh District Regiment 1781 1782 1781, a Brigade Major under Col. William Henderson. Promoted to Lt. Colonel 7/12/1781 under Col. William Henderson. From what is now Calhoun County.
SC William Thomson Colonel SC 3rd Regiment 1776 1780 Early 1775, Colonel and Commander of the Orangeburgh District Regiment. Commander of SC 3rd Regiment at first as a Lt. Colonel. Promoted to Colonel 5/16/1776. POW at the Fall of Charleston. On parole till end of war.
SC James Thompson Lt Col Colleton County Regiment 1777 1779 Was a Captain.
SC John Jr. Thomas Major Spartan Regiment 1777 1779 Captain, Major, Lt. Colonel, and Colonel. Commander of 1st Spartan Regiment Feb 1779 after his father was captured. 1781, in Sumter's Brigade.
SC Tristram Thomas Major Upper Craven County Regiment 1780 1782 From Marlboro District. A Major under Col. George Hicks. POW at the Fall of Charleston. 4/28/1781, a Major under Col. Lemuel Benton (Cheraws District Regiment) in Marion's Brigade. Then a Major under Col. James Postell in the Kershaw Regiment. May have made it to Lt. Colonel.
SC John Jr. Thomas Lt Col 1st Spartan Regiment 1778 1779 Captain, Major, Lt. Colonel, and Colonel. Commander of 1st Spartan Regiment Feb 1779 when his father was captured. 1781-1782, in Sumter's Brigade.
SC John Sr. Thomas Colonel Spartan Regiment 1775 1779 1777, Commander of 1st Spartan Regiment. POW for 14 months beginning Feb. 1779.
SC John Jr. Thomas Colonel 1st Spartan Regiment 1778 1783 Captain, Major, Lt. Colonel, and Colonel. Commander of 1st Spartan Regiment 10/23/1778. 1781, in Sumter's Brigade. One source asserts his regiment became State Troops (Light Dragoons) during 1781, but few sources support this assertion.
SC Jeremiah Terry Major Lower District Regiment 1775 1775 Major in Militia during 1775 under Col. Robert Starke.
SC William Terrell Major - - Major in Light Dragoons under BG Thomas Sumter. Nothing more known.
SC Samuel Taylor Major SC 6th Regiment 1779 1781 1778, a Captain. 1779, a Major in the SC 6th Regiment. After the Fall of Charleston, a Major under Col. James Williams (Little River District Regiment) and Col. Andrew Pickens (Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment).
SC Thomas Taylor Colonel Camden District Regiment 1780 1783 From Richland District. A Colonel 1780 under BG Thomas Sumter. 1782, under BG William Henderson. Captured at the battle of Fishing Creek on 8/18/1780. Escaped and went to NC. Returned to fight again.
SC Daniel Tateman Major Orangeburgh District Regiment 1780 1780 1780, a Captain and a Major under Lt. Col. Charles Heatley. A Captain under Lt. Col. Henry Hampton (Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons) 5/1/1781 to 8/1/1782.
SC Samuel Tate Lt Col Hill's Regiment of Light Dragoons 1781 1782 Was a Captain. A Major and a Lt. Colonel under Col. William Hill. Then, a Lt. Colonel in Orangeburgh District Regiment. Promoted to Lt. Colonel 1781. Wounded at Battle of Guilford Court House (NC).
SC Samuel Tate Major Hill's Regiment of Light Dragoons 1780 1781 Was a Captain. A Major and a Lt. Colonel under Col. William Hill. Then, a Lt. Colonel in Orangeburgh District Regiment.
SC Tarling Lt Col 1777 1778 A Lt. Colonel in Militia 1777-1778, regiment unknown.
SC Alexander Swinton Lt Col Georgetown District Militia 1780 1781 1780, a Lt. Colonel under Col. Robert Herriott. After the Fall of Charleston, in Marion's Brigade. Wounded at Quinby's Bridge.
SC Alexander Swinton Major Georgetown District Regiment 1780 1780 Major in Britton's Neck Regiment under Col. John Ervin. In Marion's Brigade. Lt. Colonel 1780-1781.
SC Thomas Sumter Lt Col SC 6th Regiment 1776 1778 First under Col. Richard Richardson. Lt. Colonel 2/29/1776, commander of SC 6th Regiment. Promoted to Colonel sometime in 1778. Resigned 9/23/1778. Sat at home until May 1780. Created Sumter's Brigade in early Summer of 1780 acting as Colonel, which he may have been elected to. His men voted him as Brigadier General in June 1780, recognized by Gov. Rutledge in Oct. 1780. Resigned again in Jan. 1782 after being elected to State Legislature.
SC Thomas Sumter General SC 1st Brigade of Militia/State Troops 1780 1782 First under Col. Richard Richardson. Lt. Colonel 2/29/1776, commander of SC 6th Regiment. Promoted to Colonel (?) Resigned 9/23/1778. Sat at home until May 1780. Created Sumter's Brigade in early Summer of 1780. His men voted him as Brigadier General in June 1780, recognized by Gov. John Rutledge on October 6, 1780. Resigned on August 1781 and again in January 1782.
SC Thomas Sumter Colonel SC 6th Regiment 1778 1780 First under Col. Richard Richardson. Lt. Colonel 2/29/1776, commander of SC 6th Regiment. Promoted to Colonel sometime in 1778. Resigned 9/23/1778. Sat at home until May 1780. Created Sumter's Brigade in early Summer of 1780 acting as Colonel, which he may have been elected to. His men voted him as Brigadier General in June 1780, recognized by Gov. Rutledge in Oct. 1780. Resigned again in Jan. 1782 after being elected to State Legislature.
SC John Stewart Colonel SC 5th Regiment 1779 1779 Commander of SC 5th Regiment after Isaac Huger promoted to Brigadier General.
SC Charles Augustus Steward Lt Col Cheraws District Regiment 1775 1775 Lt. Colonel under Col. George Gabriel Powell. Left SC in late 1775 for England. Returned and accused of being a traitor, but was eventually accepted back into the community.
SC Gideon Steen Lt Col 2nd Spartan Regiment - - Lt. Colonel of Militia. Dates unknown.
SC James Steen Lt Col Camden District Regiment 1778 1781 Previously a Captain in the Spartan Regiment. 1778-1779, a Lt. Colonel under Col. Joseph Kershaw. 1780-1781, a Lt. Colonel under Col. Thomas Brandon (2nd Spartan Regiment) Killed Summer of 1781 in Rowan County, NC. aka James Stein.
SC Robert Starke Colonel Forks of Saluda District Regiment 1775 1776 Organized his militia in early 1775, probably around March. Late 1775, his location started being called the Lower District (aka Dutch Fork). Apparently POW at the Fall of Charleston. Imprisoned at the Provost Building, then in the Old Post Office. British ordered him out of Charleston on 4/28/1782. aka Robert Stark.
SC Robert Stark Lt Col Fairfield Regiment - - A Lt. Colonel under Col. Richard Winn. Dates unknown.
SC William Standard Major Cheraws District Regiment 1778 1782 From Cheraws District. An Ensign and Captain in St. David's Parish Volunteer Company. Also served as a Lieutenant, Captain, and Major in Cheraws District Regiment under Col. Abel Kolb during 1779, then under Col. Lemuel Benton until 1782.
SC William Stafford Lt Col Lower Granville County Regiment 1780 1781 Captain, Lt. Colonel, and Colonel. Commander of the Lower Granville County Regiment in late 1781.
SC William Stafford Colonel Lower Granville County Regiment 1781 1782 Captain, Lt. Colonel, and Colonel. Commander of the Lower Granville County Regiment in late 1781.
SC John \Buck\""",Gowen,Spartan Regiment,1775,1781,A Captain under Col. John Thomas Sr. Captain then Col. Benjamin Roebuck (Roebuck's Battalion of Spartan Regiment) before and after the Fall of Charleston. Promoted to Major 1781." Cherokee Expedition 1776,
SC Speers Major SC 3rd Regiment - - A Major during 1776. Nothing more known.
SC William Clay Snipes Major Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons 1781 1781 Captain of the Horse Shoe Company. 1776-1780, a Captain in SC 2nd Regiment, then a Captain under Lt. Col. Peter Horry (Kingstree Regiment) in Marion's Brigade 1780-1781. Major under Lt. Col. William Polk during 1781. Raised his own regiment of SC State Troops, claiming OK by Sumter, but was not, and Marion didn't acknowledge it. Took men from Col. Abel Kolb. Pretty much \de facto\" for quite a while."""
SC Roger Moore Smith Lt Col Charles Town District Regiment - 1780 Lt. Colonel of 1st Battalion. POW at Fall of Charleston. Also member of SC First Provincial Congress.
SC Benjamin Smith Major Berkeley County Regiment 1780 - From Goose Creek. Was a Captain and a Lieutenant. 1780, a Major.
SC Garret Smith Major Little River District Regiment - - Captain and Major under Lt. Col./Col. Joseph Hayes. At Cowpens.
SC Jeorard Smith Major Little River District Regiment 1780 1782 Captain and Major before and after the Fall of Charleston. 1781-1782, Major under Lt. Col. Levi Casey.
SC William Smith Major 1st Spartan Regiment 1781 1782 1775, Lieutenant under Capt. Joseph Wofford, Col. John Thomas, Sr. 1776, a Lieutenant under Capt. John Thomas, Jr. 1777, a Captain under Col. John Thomas, Sr. 1778, a Captain under Col. LeRoy Hammond. Next, a Captain under Col. John Thomas, Jr. Also served as Major. 1781, commanded his own independent company of State Troops.
SC James Skirving Colonel Berkeley County Regiment 1779 1780 Was a Captain. Promoted to Colonel when Col. Joseph Maybank wounded at Hickory Hill in June 1779.
SC William Skirving Colonel Colleton County Regiment 1780 1782 Captain of the Willtown Company. Later, Colonel of the Colleton County Regiment early 1780. POW at the Fall of Charleston. On parole, formally exchanged in later 1780 or early 1781.
SC Matthew Singleton Lt Col Camden District Regiment 1778 1782 Captain of St. Mark's Parish Volunteer Company of Horse. Promoted to Lt. Colonel on 6/4/1778. Later, a Lt. Colonel in Marion's Brigade (Berkeley County Regiment).
SC Richard Singleton Lt Col Camden District Regiment 1778 1780 Earlier a Lieutenant in the SC Continental Line. 1778-1780, a Lt. Colonel in Camden District Regiment, St. Mark's Parish.
SC Richard Singleton Colonel Berkeley County Regiment 1775 1775 Organized his militia in early 1775, probably around March.
SC Keating Simons Lt Col Orangeburgh District Regiment 1781 - A Brigade Major in Marion's Brigade during 1781. Also a Lt. Colonel.
SC Maurice Simons Colonel Charles Town District Regiment 1778 1780 Colonel and Commandant 1778-1780. POW at the Fall of Charleston.
SC Keating Simons Major Orangeburgh District Regiment 1781 1781 A Brigade Major in Marion's Brigade during 1781. Also a Lt. Colonel.
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