The American Revolution in South Carolina - The Kershaw Regiment of Militia




The American Revolution in South Carolina

The Kershaw Regiment of Militia
Month & Year Established:	Commander:	Known Adjutants:
June 1780	Col. James Postell	William Barnet, Jr. Benjamin Griffin
Known Lt. Colonels:		Known Majors:
Joseph Brown David Hopkins Frederick Kimball Joseph Kirkland	John Marshall John Pearson John Robertson	Robert Crawford Stephen Muller John Pearson Tristram Thomas Thomas Thomson

Known Quarter Masters:
Daniel Ayers	John Baird	Andrew Foster
Henry Foster	Robert McIlwain	Samuel Moberly


Known Captains:
Thomas Ballard	Andrew Barnett	William Barnett
William Beason	John Brown	Zachariah Bullock
James Cannada	Andrew Carson	William Charnock
John Chesnut	James Clark	Hugh Coffee
Henry Coffey	James Davis	Ransom Davis
Joseph Dawson	William Deason	George Dunlap
Josiah Evans	James Farr	Robert Frost
Charles Gee	Thomas Glaze	William Gleason
Robert Gordon	John Graham	Jack Gray
Benjamin Haile	Amos Horton	William Hughes
Thomas Humphrey	William Ingram	Marshall James
Marshall Jones	James Kennedy	Arramanos Liles
John Love	Benjamin May	John McKinney
James Meek	William Nettles	William Nisbett
Thomas Parrott, Sr.	John Pearson	Luke Petty
William Simpson	John Singleton	Richard Singleton
Douglas Starke	James Stevenson	Daniel Stewart
John Watts	-	Hugh White

Known Lieutenants - Captain Unknown:
Henry Bates	Francis Boykin	Josiah Cantey
Henry Cato	James Courson	John Dinning
Thomas Elliott	Andrew Foster	John Foster
Thomas Frizel	John Gayden	John Guyton
William Hail	Henry Hampton	Thomas Humphrey
John Love	Zachariah Nettles	William Nisbett
John Powell	Richmond Terril	Thomas Thomson
John Tomlinson	John Watts	-

Known Sergeants - Captain Unknown:
Daniel Clark	Charles Geridot	John Hicklin
Samuel Hunter	-	William Pringle

Known Corporals - Captain Unknown:
NONE

Known Privates / Fifers / Drummers / Etc. - Captain Unknown:
Thomas Ammons	John Ballard	Jacob Barker
Robert Barkley	Michael Barnett	Burwell Boykin
Charles Brooks	Josiah Cantey	Zachariah Cantey
Philip Combs	Robert Cook	James Courson
James Cousart	James Cousary	Micajah Crenshaw
Gilbert Crosswell	George Davidson	Joseph Davie
Hugh Davison	Enoch Deason	Quillar Deason
William Deason	Alexander Douglas	James Dunlap
John Dunlap	Henry Eady	Richard Featherston
Alexander Fleming	John Fletcher	Albert Fort
John Gale Frisell	William Gallaway	Alexander Galloway
William Bayley Gary	Thomas Gaston	Charles Geridot
John Giles	Henry Grains	Benjamin Griffin
Farnafall Griffin	Ferguson Hail	Archibald Hood
James Hood	James Hood	Matthew Hood
Edmund Hoole	James Howard	Alexander Ingram
John Ingram	William Ingram	John Johnson
Barnet Johnston	John Jones	William Jones, Jr.
Samuel Kelly	John Kennington	George King
John Knight	Isaac Knox	Benjamin Ladd
Robert Marshall	Samuel Mathis	William McGarrar
Thomas McKee	Hugh Mellone	William Mellone
Micajah Mobley	Daniel Monaghan	Alexander Montgomery
Norman Montgomery, Jr.	Henry Muckelween	Edward Narramore
John Neallns	William Neallns	John Nealy
John Nisbett	Henry Peebles	Benjamin Perry
James Pratt	Aaron Prescot	Aaron Prescott
John Rasberry	James Ritchie, Jr.	John Roberson
Walter Rowe	William Runnalds	James Simpson
Isaac Steele	George Taff	Richmond Terril
Peter Thompson	Jesse Tillman	Robert Welch
Elisha White	Moses White	Edward Williams
James Williams	John Williams	Robert Williams
-	William Williams	-

Brief History of Regiment:

Date(s):	Known Battles / Skirmishes:
Jul. 30, 1780	Rocky Mount
Aug. 6, 1780	Hanging Rock
Aug. 16, 1780	Camden
Aug. 16, 1780	Rugeley's Mill
Aug. 18, 1780	Fishing Creek
Nov. 9, 1780	Fish Dam Ford
Nov. 20, 1780	Blackstocks
Dec. 12, 1780	Halfway Swamp
Jan. 24, 1781	Georgetown
Feb. 1, 1781	Manigault's Ferry
Mar. 6, 1781	Wiboo Swamp
Mar. 6, 1781	Radcliffe's Bridge
Apr. 3, 1781	Witherspoon's Ferry
Apr. 15-23, 1781	Fort Watson
Apr. 25, 1781	Hobkirk's Hill
May 12, 1781	Fort Motte
May 15, 1781	Fort Granby
Jul. 15, 1781	St. James Goose Creek Church
Jul. 15, 1781	Quarter House
Jul. 17, 1781	Quinby's Bridge
Jul. 17, 1781	Shubrick's Plantation
Jul. 25, 1781	Orangeburgh
Aug. 31, 1781	Parker's Ferry
Sep. 8, 1781	Eutaw Springs
Dec. 1, 1781	Fort Dorchester