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Contributed by Jim Gillgam This is a partial list of men of the Corps of North Carolina Light Dragoons. William Johnston (1735-98) served as private in Capt. Martin Pfefer's 2nd troop of Light Dragoons, North Carolina Line. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa.; died in Rowan County, N. C. Francis Seal - served as a private in the North Carolina Light Dragoons, Continental Line. He was paid 4 pounds on 25 Jan 1777 for "riding express". He waspaid 116 pounds, 27 shillings for 17 months service that included the entire year 1777. He received a land grant of 182 acres after the war. ?, Woodman, , North Carolina Light Dragoons James Howard, (1760-1820), served as a private in Capt. Martin Pfifer's 2nd troops, North Carolina Light Dragoons, 1777. He was born in North Carolina; died in Alabama— D.A.R. Lineage Book, Vol. 41, page 88. John Brewton, December 1778 became a member of Captain Samuel Ash's 1st Troop of the North Carolina Light Dragoons, Archibald Bristow, He served in the Revolutionary War as private under Capt. Samuel Ashe in the 1st North Carolina Light Dragoons. Sourcematerial: Lineage Book D.A.R. Vol 80 p 124,Natl No. 79338, Mrs Eleanor Bristow Troffler. He also served in War of 1812. James Bristow Jr. was born in 1751. ! Served in Revolutionary War. Private in Samuel Ashe's Company, First Troop of North Carolina, Light Dragoons, John Reaves (Reeves), private, North Carolina Light Dragoons. William Hardy, Paymaster, Battalion North Carolina Light Dragoons Samuel Ashe, Captain, 1st Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons Benjamin Mills, Captain, 1st Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons William June Buford, Jr. 1st Lt. 1stTroop, 2d Lieutenant 2d North Carolina, 15th May, 1777: 1st Lieutenant North Carolina Dragoons, 16th July, 1777; was a Captain in 1781; was wounded at Stono Ferry, 8th September, 1781, and served to close of war. (Died 1810.) ?, Hadley, North Carolina Light Dragoons Cosimo De Medici, (Italy) Major, 3rd Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons Hugh McCain, Jr. North Carolina Light Dragoons Armstrong, James Lieutenant, North Carolina Dragoons, October, 77, to January, 81. Ball Burgess, Coronet, 1st Troop, Ball, Burgess (Va). Sergeant in 5th Virginia, -—, 1775, to —, 1778; Cornet of Ashe's Company North Carolina Dragoons, —, 1778, to — November, 1781; wounded at Hobkirk's Hill 25th April, 1781. (Died 1800.) Edmund Gamble, Ensign, 1st North Carolina, 28th March, 1776; 2d Lieutenant, 7th July, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, 20th January, 1777; transferred to North Carolina Dragoons State Regiment, 1st June, 1778, and served to close of war. William Rushworm, Cornet, 3rd Troop, Lieutenant 3d North Carolina, 16th April, 1777; omitted 1st January, 1778; Cornet North Carolina Dragoons, 1778-1780. Robert Council, Captain, Appointed Ensign 1/4/1776, promoted 7/7/1776, resigned because of illness 9/10/1776, reappointed Ensign in 1777 in Capt Bowman's Co, 1st Regmt under Col Thomas Clarke, promoted to 1st Lieutenant 8/20/1777. He was Capt of a Co of NC Dragoons 8/1/1778 and served until the close of the war. (State Records of NC by Clarke, Vol 13, pp 474-475) (The Councils from VA to NC, The Robert Council Line, by Irma Ragan Holland, 1978) Martin Phifer, Jr., Captain, 2nd Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons Peter Forney, Captain, North Carolina Light Dragoons Alfred Moore, Captain, North Carolina Light Dragoons John Aspley, Sgt., 1st Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons John Brown, North Carolina Light Dragoons Thomas Summersett, North Carolina Light Dragoons William Spear, Private, 1st Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons Howard James, Private, 2nd Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons Gilbert Matthews, private, 2nd Troop, North Carolina Light Dragoons West Harris, 2nd Troop, Lieutenant 9th North Carolina, 28th November, 1776: Lieutenant North Carolina Dragoons. —, 1777, to January. 1780. Baxter King, Captain NC Dragoons Thomas H. Russell, North Carolina Light Dragoons Daniel Galaspie / Gillespie, Capt. , North Carolina Light Dragoons, Member of Provisional Congress 1776, Member of Assembly 1779 |