Jethro Sumner Papers, 1775-1791 (bulk 1781-1782)

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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Baron Friedrich von Steuben; Prussian military officer; reformed and disciplined the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, subsequently regarded as one of the fathers of the United States Army. Steuben took part in several battles in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), rose to the rank of captain, and became aide-de-camp to Prussian King Frederick the Great, abruptly discharged from the army in 1763. Awarded title Baron in 1771 from his service to Hollenzollern-Hechingen earned him...

Ashe, John Baptista, 1748-1802

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John Baptista Ashe (1748 – November 27, 1802) was a slave owner, U.S. Congressman, and Continental Army officer from Halifax, North Carolina. Born in the Rocky Point District of the Province of North Carolina, Ashe was privately tutored at home before engaging in agricultural pursuits. He served as a lieutenant in the Province of North Carolina New Hanover County militia during the time of the Regulator uprising in 1771. Later, during the American Revolutionary War, he served as a minuteman i...

Jones, Willie, 1741-1801

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Willie Jones (May 25, 1741 – June 18, 1801) was an American planter and statesman from Halifax County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780. In 1774, 1775 and 1776, Jones was elected to represent either the county of Halifax or the town of Halifax in the North Carolina Provincial Congress. For a brief time in 1776, as the head of North Carolina's centralized Council of Safety, he was the head of the state's revolutionary government. R...

Burke, Thomas, c. 1747-1783

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Thomas Burke (c. 1747 – December 2, 1783) was an Irish physician, lawyer, and statesman who lived in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress and was the third Governor of the state. Born in Tiaquin, County Galway, in the Kingdom of Ireland around 1747, he had emigrated to Virginia by 1764, practicing medicine in Accomack County for a number of years. He then studied law and began its practice in Norfolk, Virginia. He became an earl...

Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779

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Joseph Hewes (July 9, 1730 – November 10, 1779) was an American Founding Father, a signer of the Continental Association and U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. Hewes's parents were members of the Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers. On his mother's side, Joseph Hewes was a 3rd generation resident of New Jersey. He was the 4th generation of the Hewes family to live in New Jersey. Hewes attended Princeton but there is no ev...

Tatum, Howell, 1753-1822

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Howell Tatum (1753-1822) was an officer in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. He was also a merchant, engineer, and lawyer, and served as attorney general and superior court judge in Tennessee. In the American Revolution Tatum fought with the First Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line, rising to the rank of major. He was charter member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati. Tatum migrated to Tennessee around 1788. Between 1793-1812 he engaged in general merchandisi...

Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819

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Williamson was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence and a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention from North Carolina. From the description of ALS, 1800 November 29 : New York, to James McHenry, Baltimore. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14198321 Williamson was an American politician, born in Pennsylvania, who moved to North Carolina after completing his education and represented North Carolina in U.S. Constitutional Convention. He wa...

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Seawell, Benjamin, 1741-1821

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Benjamin Seawell, sometimes spelled "Sewell" (1741 or 1742- 1821) was officer in the American Revolutionary War and member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He served in the militia as a lieutenant, a captain, and finally a colonel, receiving commendation from General Jethro Sumner. Seawell was born in St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick County, Va., resided in Bute County, N.C. (in the part that later became Franklin County, N.C.), and died in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn....

Blount, Reading, 1757-1807

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Reading Blount (1757-1807) was major in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, serving under General Jethro Sumner in the Fifth Regiment, N.C. Continental Troops. ...

Lillington, John A.

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John Alexander Lillington (1725-1786) was a Patriot general from North Carolina who served in the Revolutionary War. From the description of John A. Lillington letters, 1780-1782 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24040665 From the guide to the John A. Lillington Letters, ., 1780-1782, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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Continental Army officer, collector of customs for the port of Boston; from Hingham (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1778-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903396 Benjamin Lincoln was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. From the description of Benjamin Lincoln collection, 1775-1782. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712651132 ...

Armstrong, Martin, -1808

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Mountflorence, James C.

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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820

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William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) was a lawyer, state legislator, Revolutionary officer, member of the United States Constitutional Convention, Federalist governor of North Carolina, and peace commissioner to France, and was influential in the founding of the University of North Carolina. He moved from Halifax County, N.C., to Lancaster District, S.C., in 1805. From the guide to the William Richardson Davie Papers, 1758-1819, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. ...

Eaton, Thomas

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Long, Nicholas Trott

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Revolutionary war officer. From the description of Autograph invoice signed : Halifax, 1781 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590120 Deputy Quartermaster General in the Continental Army. From the description of Papers, 1750-1797. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36200128 ...

Christmas, William, active 1653

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Martin, Alexander, 1738-1807

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Alexander Martin (1738-1807) was a merchant, lawyer, delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. senator, and governor of North Carolina, and army officer. ...

Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785

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U.S. Continental army officer. From the description of Letter and note of Jethro Sumner, 1780-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064689 Brigadier General of the Continental Army. From the description of ALS, 1780 January 28 : Halifax Town, to Governor Richard Caswell. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13911082 Jethro Sumner (1733?-1785) was a brigadier general in the Contintental Army. Sumner served in the Virginia militia, 1755...