The 1st South Carolina Regiment of the South Carolina State Troops consisting of ten companies from the eastern part of the state organized in 1775 at Charleston, South Carolina, and were adopted into the Continental Army on 27 February 1776. On 23 November 1776 the regiment was assigned to the 1st South Carolina Brigade, an element of the Southern Department. Stationed at Ft. Moultrie then to a barracks in Charleston on 6 January 1778, the regiment was reassigned in 1779. Roger Parker Saunders (occasionally spelled Sanders) was a captain in this regiment from 1775 until 1778. Saunders, a plantation owner from St. Paul's Parish and Charleston, was a South Carolina State Representative.
From the description of Regimental order book of Captain Saunders, 1777-1783, (bulk 1777-1778) (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141633
