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The State Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina, are assembled to pay a tribute of respect and affection to the memory of the Hon. JAMES SIMONS, late President.
Our President was endeared to the menibers of the Society by no ordinary ties of affectionate regard, and not only through the love which his brother members entertained for him, but from his integrity, manly character and dignified deportment, earned and commanded their respect and pride.
It was characteristic of him thus to gain the cordial regard of those with whom he was associated, and to preserve and maintain their respect.
Gen. Simons was not an ordinary man. From earliest youth, until the close of life, his standards were high, his ambitions laudable, and his conscientiousness in preparing himself for the position which he aspired to fill, remarkable. Studious and diligent as a boy, the same features marked all the years of his manhood. At school, at college, upon his admission to the Bar, he stood first among his fellow students, bearing off in all these competitions well deserved laurels, earned by
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most systematic and careful preparation. At the Bar, none surpassed him in his careful attention to every matter confided to his care, and few equalled him in his knowledge of the principles of pleading and practice. In the midst of the drudgery of his profession, and with his office filled with work, he yet systematically devoted a part of his time to hard study, not only of those subjects connected with his daily avocations, but to such as keep him current with the sciences and literature of the day. He stood, therefore, as one of the leaders of the Bar at which he practiced, and as one well pre- pared to consult and advise with in the matters in which the community was interested.
For twelve years he filled the honorable position of Speaker of the House of Representatives of South Carolina. This office had, at different times, been filled by men eminent in the annals of the State for learning, character and dignity. In the discharge of the duties of Speaker, he has never been sur- passed. With the immediate rules by which the House was to be governed, he was so intimately acquainted, as never to falter or hesitate in a prompt and proper application of such rules. But his conscientiousness in preparing himself for the position he desired to fill, was eminently shewn in the thorough knowledge he had acquired of the principles of par- liamentary law, before he became a candidate for this position. No decision or ruling made by him while Speaker was ever reversed. His learning upon these principles was so well known, as to lead to frequent references to him from other presiding officers. It was not, however, by his knowledge of parliamentary practice alone that he earned his high distinc- tion as a peer of the eminent men who preceded him. His dignified deportment, and respectful, courteous and kindly consideration for the members over whom he presided, at- tracted the admiration of all who visited the Hall in which he sat. The youngest and most inexperienced Legislator at once appreciated that his errors or mistakes would be glossed and corrected in such manner as was most considerate and kindly.
Admitted to membership in the State Society of the Cin- cinnati of South Carolina about 1835, in representation of his father, the late James Simons, Esq., who as a cornet under Col. William Washington, had been twice wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs, our late President at once evinced a deep interest in its affairs. Such interest never flagged, and the last business or official act of his life was on 19th April, 1879, when at the quarterly meeting in commemoration of the bat-
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tle of Lexington, he presided over its deliberations. On 4th July, 1839, he was elected Secretary, and held the office until 4th July, 1848, when he declined a re-election. While filling this office, with characteristic diligence, he thoroughly indexed the volume of proceedings, with full rubrical notes, making the journal easy of access and deeply interesting. This inval- uable record was destroyed at the burning of Columbia in February, 1865. On 4th July, 1859, he was elected Vice- President ; and on 4th July, 1866, he was unanimously elected President. During his term of office he has never been absent from any stated meeting of the Society, unless absent from the city, or prevented by illness from attending. By his courte- ous, genial, considerate attention to every member, including the young gentlemen who are permitted to participate in the anniversary dinner, he became not merely the President of the Society, but the friend of each and every one who attended. Well, then, may we say of him, that he possessed our affec- tionate regard, and commanded our respect.
Repeatedly a delegate to the Triennial Meetings of the So- ciety General, he had taken such position in that body as to be elected Vice-President General on 30th May, 1872. Among the distinguished gentlemen who were wont to assemble from the Old Thirteen States at these Triennial Meetings, he stood among the foremost, and already have the cordial and respect- ful sympathies of our sister Societies commenced to be expressed. Holding such position, and so honored, the ex- pression may well be used, that we also regarded him with pride.
A tedious illness and long protracted ill health, had not had the effect of souring his disposition or producing cap- tiousness. None who were assembled with him on that last act of his official and business life will forget the genial cor- diality with which he met his fellow members, nor his kindly affectionate, and cheerful good-night.
He died at an age when men's faculties are usually at the prime; and until stricken with the disease which eventually terminated his life, he was in full, vigorous, laborious profes- sional life, daily adding to the well earned reputation for learning, diligence and faithful discharge of duty.
Be it Resolved-
I. That in the death of the Hon. JAMES SIMONS, the State Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina, has lost one of its most zealous supporters and members, and one of the most efficient and able of officers.
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2. That by his death the Society has been deprived of a President, endeared to each and every member by acts of per- sonal kindness and consideration, and for whom the members entertained the highest respect, of whom they were justly proud, and for whom they sincerely mourn.
3. That as Vice-President General, the General Society has lost the services of an officer wise and moderate in counsel, conciliating in disposition, dignified in deportment.
4. That a copy of the Preamble and Resolutions be for- warded to the President General, with a request that he will lay the same before the Society General at its next Triennial Meeting.
5. That copies be forwarded to the Secretary General, with a request that a copy be sent to each State Society.
6. That a copy be forwarded by the Secretary of this meet- ing to the Secretary of each of the State Societies, with a request that the same be laid before such Societies at their next regular meeting.
7. That a page upon the journals of the Society be inscribed with the name of the Hon. James Simons, the dates of his birth and death, of his admission, the offices which he held and the respective dates, and the office he held in the Society General, and its date.
8. That the respectful and affectionate sympathies of the members of this Society be expressed to the widow and fam- ily of our deceased President, and the Vice-President and Secretary of this meeting be directed to carry out this resolu- tion, enclosing therewith a copy of the foregoing Preamble and resolutions.
9. That during the ensuing year, at each meeting of the Society, members will wear crape upon the left arm, and the decoration upon crape.
WILMOT G. DESAUSSURE, Vice-President.
THOMAS PINCKNEY LOWNDES,
Treasurer and Acting Secretary.
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At the same meeting, the following telegraphic dispatches were read and ordered to be entered on the minutes :
To JAMES SIMONS,
Secretary South Carolina Cincinnati :
The Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati learn with pro- found regret of Vice-President General Simons' decease, and tender to the South Carolina Society affectionate sympathy.
NATHANIEL GREENE, President. H. E. TURNER, Secretary. A. B. GARDNER, Assistant Secretary.
H. E. TURNER,
Secretary Rhode Island Socicty Cincinnati :
South Carolina Society Cincinnati appreciates the sympa- thies extended to it on the death of its President, the Vice- President General. Official notice will be promptly commu- nicated to the other Societies.
WILMOT G. DESAUSSURE, Vice-President.
1879.
GEN. WILMOT G. DESAUSSURE . President.
REV. CHARLES C. PINCKNEY.
Vice-President.
JAMES SIMONS . Secretary.
T. PINCKNEY LOWNDES.
Treasurer.
S. WRAGG SIMONS.
MAHAM HAIG.
Stewards.
Standing Committee :
Evan Edwards,
Hopson Pinckney,
Dr. H. W. DeSaussure,
B. H. Read,
H. M. Haig,
R. Q. Pinckney,
W. L. Campbell.
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At the meeting 4th July, 1879, the following letter was read and ordered to be entered on the minutes :
GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, MAY 3, 1879. }
The President General announces with deep regret the death of the Hon. JAMES SIMONS of South Carolina, Vice- President General of the Society, who died in Charleston on the 26th day of April last.
A gentleman of the highest tone ; a scholar of varied and extended reading ; a lawyer of learning and of eloquence ; a citizen pure, faithful, spotless ; a friend, kind, generous and true. Mr. Simons, for a quarter of a century has represented the Society of his State in the General Meetings of the Cin- cinnati. Ever efficient, wise and courteous, he was chosen in 1872 Vice-President General, and held this position to the date of his death. In his native State he filled with conspic- uous honor and ability, various public trusts, among them for many years, that of Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State.
In the melancholy event hereby announced the General So- ciety of the Cincinnati experience a sad affliction in the death of a dearly cherished companion, and a serious loss in the withdrawal of his wise and conservative counsels.
HAMILTON FISH, President-General.
GEORGE W. HARRIS,
Secretary-General.
The following Preamble and Resolutions were also unani- mously adopted :
In the midst of mourning for our lamented President, death has again stricken from the roll of the Cincinnati Society a member whose fame as a soldier extends from ocean to ocean. A veteran has passed away: the name of Lieut .- General RICHARD H. ANDERSON is now a part of the history of the Confederate war.
He was a graduate of West Point, and served in the United States army : During the war with Mexico, he distinguished himself as a soldier, and in the appreciation thereof, the Legis- lature of South Carolina presented him with a sword. In 1861, when his native State determined to assert her sover- eignty and re-establish those principles which were declared one hundred and three years ago by the Declaration of Inde-
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pendence, Richard H. Anderson resigned his commission in the United States army and tendered his services to South Carolina. From that time forward he devoted himself to duty, first in South Carolina, then in Pensacola, from whence he was called to Virginia.
There he distinguished himself in many a hard-fought bat- tle, and gained the soubriquet of "Fighting Dick Anderson." He was relied on in every emergency by his great comman- der, Gen. Robert E. Lee, who made him one of the right arms of his grand army.
Our friend has fought the battle of life and won the victory ; his name is enshrined in the heart of every soldier of the Army of Northern Virginia; and his fame as a soldier is inscribed on the roll of honor. As a member of this Society we mourn his loss: Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That in the death of Lieut .- General RICHARD H. ANDERSON, the Cincinnati Society have lost an eminent mem- ber, and the State, one of her most distinguished sons.
Resolved, That a page on the minute book be inscribed with his name, rank, birth and death, and a list of the battles in Mexico, and elsewhere, where he most distinguished himself.
Resolved, That the respectful sympathies of the members of this Society, be tendered to his bereaved family.
Resolved, That a copy of this Preamble and Resolutions be sent to his family.
Resolved, That this Preamble and Resolutions be published in the News and Courier.
1880,
GEN. WILMOT G. DESAUSSURE. . President.
REV. CHARLES C. PINCKNEY
Vice-President.
JAMES SIMONS . Secretary.
T. PINCKNEY LOWNDES
Treasurer.
S. WRAGG SIMONS.
Stewards.
MAHAM HAIG.
Standing Committee :
Evan Edwards, Hopson Pinckney,
Dr. Henry W. DeSaussure, B. H. Read,
R. Q. Pinckney, H. M. Haig,
W. L. Campbell.
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On 4th July, 1880, the President submitted to the Society a circular from Hon. W. A. Courtenay, Chairman of a Com- mittee of Citizens of South Carolina, relative to the Centen- nial Celebration of the Battle of Cowpens, and the proposed erection of a monument upon the battle ground. He also submitted a copy of his circular letter to the Presidents of the several other Cincinnati Societies upon this subject.
LIST OF OFFICERS
Commissioned by the State of South Carolina, in the Regular Regiments raised for the Revolutionary War, and which Reg- iments subsequently became a part of the Continental troops.
The list is taken from the journals of the Council of Safety as published by the Historical Society of South Carolina.
The A. A. 28th March, 1778, 4th Stat. at Large, 410, reads : " Whereas, a regard for our own welfare, and the interests of America, renders it indispensably necessary that the six regi- ments of this State on the Continental establishment should be completed without delay," &c.
See also Gibbes' Documentary Hist. So. Ca., vol. I, p. 6.
In Ramsay's Revolution, v. 2, p. IOI, is given an account of the Continental troops in South Carolina. He says : " The officers very readily agreed to exchange their Provincial for Continental commissions, and were in consequence thereof considered as a part of the army of the United States.
General George Washington's Order, 4th July, 1775 :
" The Continental Congress having now taken all the troops of the several Colonies, which have been raised, or may be hereafter raised, for the support and defence of the liberties of America, into their pay and service, they are now the troops of the United Provinces of North America," etc.
The six regiments referred to in A. A., 1778, appear to : have been the following, to wit :
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First Regiment of Foot, Col. Christopher Gadsden. Second Regiment of Foot, Col. William Moultrie. Regiment of Rangers,* Col. William Thomson. Regiment of Artillery, Col. Owen Roberts.
First Regiment of Riflemen, Col. Isaac Huger. Second Regiment of Riflemen, Col. Thomas Sumter.
*The Regiment of Rangers is given as above, because it was raised cotemporaneously with the First and Second Regi- ments of Foot ; because, as appears in Gen. Moultrie's Order Book, Col. Thomson commanded the Third Regiment, and James Mayson, the Major of the Regiment of Rangers, is found in the same Order Book as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Third Regiment; and also because several officers of the Third Regiment are found as among the earliest members of the Cincinnati Society of South Carolina. In Dr. Johnson's Reminiscences, this Regiment is repeatedly called the third.
The Regiment of Light Dragoons, mentioned in Ramsay's Revolution, appears to have been raised after Gen. Prevost's invasion in the spring of 1779; possibly, after the capitula- tion of Charleston, in May, 1780. From the correspondence which appears in Gibbes' Documentary History of South Carolina, it is very doubtful whether this Regiment was ever upon the Continental establishment.
By the correspondence in Gibbes' Documentary History of South Carolina, there appears to have been a Second Regi- ment of Light Dragoons, of which Hezekiah Maham was Colonel.
From the same correspondence, Col. Wade Hampton ap- pears to have raised four Companies of Cavalry under A. A., 1782 (Jacksonborough Assembly), authorizing the raising of 1,300 men for Continental service.
Christopher Gadsden.
| Colonel.
Ist Regiment Foot.| 16th June, 1775.
Isaac Huger
Lieut .- Colonel ..
Owen Roberts.
Major.
16
66
16
William Moultrie
Colonel.
2nd
17th
Isaac Motte
Lieut .- Colonel.
Alexander McIntosh
Major
Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney
Captain
Barnard Elliott
60
66
William Cattell ..
Peter Horry
Daniel Horry.
Adam McDonald
....
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
....
William Scott.
...
+
.
.. .. ..
66
16
66
Francis Marion
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John Barnwell
Captain
|17th June, 1775.
Michael Eveleigh
James McDonald
60
66
Isaac Harleston
Thomas Pinckney
Francis Huger.
William Mason
66
66
Edward Hyrne
66
....
Roger G. Saunders.
..
The appointments of Captains and Lieutenants of this date did not designate the Regiments ; probably the officers drew.
Benjamin Cattell
Captain.
17th June, 1775.
Charles Motte ..
Anthony Ashby
Lieutenant.
James Ladson
John Vanderhorst.
66
John Mowatt
66
Thomas Elliott.
* William Oliphant.
66
66
Glen Drayton.
Joseph Ioor
Robert Armstrong.
John Blake.
.. ..
Alexander McQueen
James Peronneau
Richard Shubrick.
66
Richard Fuller.
....
Richard Singleton
66
John Allen Walter
66
Benjamin Dickenson
66
William Charnock.
16
66
Thomas Leses
Thomas Moultrie.
66
66
Andrew D'Ellient
John Sandford Dart
Paymaster.
Ist
2nd
66
66
Henry Hughes.
66
Press Smith
66
Philip Neyle
66
Joseph Elliott
Joseph Jenkins.
66
William Hext.
Daniel Mazyck
2nd
66
66
John Farr.
66
Thomas Dunbar.
George Eveleigh ..
66
William Moultrie, Son of Gen. M.
Thomas Hall.
66
Henry Gray.
66
Isaac Dubose ..
..
Ist Regiment Foot.
20th
16
2nd
18th
George Turner
Second Lieutenant
Ist
Ephraim Mitchell ...
66
Simeon Theus
66
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66
66
Jacob Shubrick
66
66
"
6
66
William Massey ..
Adjutant ..
Thomas Evance
.....
66
66
66
66.
* See Garden's Anecdotes, First Series, p. 372, as to this officer's forfeiture of claim.
66
66
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James Fowler Baker
Surgeon
Ist Regiment Foot. | 10th July,
1775.
Adrian Prevaux.
Second Lieutenant
Ist December, " "
66
William Partridge.
2 5th
Charles Lining
Second Lieutenant Ist
26th
George Gray ..
66
"
66
27th
Allard Belin
7th Feb'y, 1776.
John Heard ...
Lieut. Fireworker. Major
66
Riflemen : 25th
George Cogdell.
Captain
Benjamin Tutt
John Bowie
66
66
William Richardson
66
.
Ist
Foot
23d
66
William Valentine.
Second Lieutenant
66
24th
Gabriel Marion, Jr. Budd.
Surgeon
Regiment Artillery 2d Regiment Foot
2d July, 1775.
Dr. John Cleiland ..
Surgeon's Mate.
66
George Nixon.
Adjutant ...
Regiment Artillery 29th Dec., "
Richard Brook Roberts
Second Lieutenant
16
9th Jan'y, 1776.
William Mitchell .
Lieut. Fireworker.
66
Paul Townsend
Paymaster
66
Regiment Artillery
Benjamin Huger.
66
66
66
66
16
William Mouatt.
2nd ‘‘
Dr. Hugh Rose.
Surgeon.
..
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Basil Jackson.
Ist
66
66
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LIST OF OFFICERS
Whose names appear, from time to time, during 1778 and 1779, in an old Order Book of troops under Generals Moultrie, Howe and Lincoln.
Few of these names, if any, appear in the list taken from the journals of the Council of Safety. The book is a copy, and is among the records of the Historical Society of South Carolina. It begins in Charleston, 3d June, 1778, and ends at Camp Galphin's, Ist May, 1779 :
Capt. David Hopkins
Lieut. Louis DeSaussure,
Lieut. Robert Gaston.
Lieut. Isaac Crowther
Lieut. James Robeson
Lieut. Benjamin Newsom.
Capt. Uriah Goodwyn ..
Lieut. Richard Jones.
Lieut. David Edmunds.
Lieut. Benjamin Hodges ...
Lieut. William Fitzpatrick
Lieut .- Col James Mayson
Capt. Oliver Towles.
Lieut. John Davis.
Lieut. William Taggart
Lieut. John Goodwyn.
Col. William Thomson
Capt. Richard Brown
Lieut. William Goodwyn ..
Lieut. Luke Mason.
Capt. Robert Lyell
Capt Felix Warley
Capt. John C. Smith
Lieut. Henry Ramsay
Capt. Joseph Warley
Capt. - Donaldson.
Lieut. Cato West.
Lieut. Henry Peronneau
Col. Motte's Regiment.
Major - Horry.
Major - DeBraham.
Lieut. Paul Warley.
Capt. - Caldwell.
Col. N Eveleigh.
Lieut. George Liddell
Capt. Joseph Harthhorn
Gen. - Howe ..
Gen Lincoln
Lieut Aaron Smith
Col. Sumter.
Sixth Regiment.
Lieut. Joel Hardaway
Capt. Coit
Sixth Regiment.
Capt. Doggatt
Third Regiment. Col Thomson's Regiment.
Third Regiment. Col. Thomson's Regiment.
Col. Thomson's Regiment.
Col. Thomson's Regiment. South Car- olina Continental Troops. 1
Engineer Corps. Col. Motte's Regiment.
Dep. Adjutant General. Third Regiment, Col Thomson. Sixth Regiment, South Carolina.
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Capt. - Boyes ..
Lieut. - - Lacy.
Lieut. Buchanan
Lieut. - Baker.
Major John Faucherand Grimke
Lieut. Field Farrar.
Lieut. - Thomson
Capt. Hart
Lieut. John Hennenton
John Knapp.
Capt. - Donaldson.
Lieut. Roux,
Stephen Drayton
Lieut. John Jones.
Lieut. - Caddett.
Lieut. Charles McGinnes
Lieut. George Liddell.
Major Samuel Wise.
Lieut. John Daniel
Capt. - Keith
Col. Joseph Vannet.
Capt. Felix Warley
Capt. Richard Brown
Capt. David Hopkins
Capt. John C. Smith
Capt. Joseph Warley.
Capt. Uriah Goodwyn
Capt William Caldwell
Capt. Oliver Towles
Capt. Field Farrar
Capt George Liddell.
Ist Lieut. John Hennenton ..
Ist Lieut. Louis DeSaussure ..
Ist Lieut. Joel Hardaway ..
Ist Lieut. Richard Jones
Ist Lieut. Luke Mayson
Ist Lieut. John Davis.
Ist Lieut. John Goodwyn.
Ist Lieut. John Jones.
Ist Lieut. William Taggart.
Ist Lieut. John Knapp ..
2d Lieut. James Robeson
2d Lieut. Robert Gaston 2d Lieut. Aaron Smith.
2d Lieut. Benjamin Newsom.
Capt. -- Devaux
Col. - Elbert
Col. Robert Field.
Col. -- Richardson
Lieut .- Col. Henderson. James Martin ..
Major William Armstrong Capt. - Rayford. Lieut. Charles Alexander. Henry Dixon. Brigade Inspector. First Continental Regiment, So. Ca.
Major - Easton
Lieut. George Petrie.
Major - Harleston
Dep. Adjutant General.
Sixth Regiment. Adjutant.
Col. Motte's Regiment. Dep. Adjutant-General.
Third Regiment.
A Roster of Officers, 14th December, 1778, probably of the Third Regiment, Col. Thomson.
Sixth Regiment. Surgeon, appointed 14th November, 1778.
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Gen.
Rutherford
Col. - Locke ...
Lieut .- Col.
Thackston.
Capt. - DeTreville.
Lieut. - Redmond
Lieut. - Hambleton.
Major Francis Moore Edward M. Hyrne ..
Dep. Adjutant-General.
Col.
Harris
Col.
Roberts
Lieut .- Col.
McIntosh
Of Georgia.
Major
Dellient
Col.
Scott
Major
Eaton
Capt. -
Ladson
Brigade Major, Col. Pinckney's Brigade.
GENERAL ORDERS, PURISBURG, 4th January, 1778.
" Gen. Moultrie's Brigade is to be composed of the Conti- nental troops of the First, Third, Fifth and Sixth Battalions of South Carolina, and the Continental troops belonging to Georgia."
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LIST OF OFFICERS
Whose names appear in Moultrie's Memoirs, and Ramsay's Revolution, some of which are not included in the previous lists :
Isaac Huger ..
Colonel
Ist Regt. Riflemen
Moultrie's M. & March, 1776, Ramsay's R.
Alexander McIntosh ..
Lieut -Colonel ..
Ist
Benjamin Huger.
Major,
Ist
66
Hezekiah Maham
Captain.
Ist
66
60
66
6
George Cogdell.
Ist
66
66
66
John Brown
Ist
66
Francis Prince
66
Ist
David Anderson.
Ist
יו
66
Thomas Potts.
Ist
66
Thomas Sumter.
Lieut .- Colonel
2nd
James Duff ..
Captain.
2nd
66
6
66
Rich'd Richardson, Jr.
2nd
66
60
Samuel Taylor
2nd
66
George Wage
2nd
William Brown.
2nd
Daniel Horry.
Colonel
Regt. Lt. Dragoons
1778. Ramsay's R.
Hezekiah Maham
Major
John Couturier
Captain
John Hampton ...
Benjamin Screven ..
60
Richard Gough
Thomas Giles
Captain
Regt. Lt. Dragoons
1778. Ramsay's R.
Isaac Dubose.
60
S.C. Cont'l Brigade
Fishburne
Lieutenant.
Pollard
66
William Washington.
Lieutenant-Col.
Cav 3d Regt Dra'ns
James Simons
Cornet ..
..
Watts.
Captain
4
66
Steward
Gordon
Finn ..
Capt. Lieutenant
Artillery ..
Carson
Lieutenant
Drew.
66
66
McGunie.
........
...
Manning
Legion Infantry
"
O. H. Williams.
Dep. Adjt .- Gen.
Richard Hampton
Lieutenant-Col. 66 66
Gibbes' Doc. History. Lossing, Moultrie, Ramsay, Gibbes
Wade Hampton.
..
Major
2nd
66
Benjamin Tutt.
Ist
William Richardson
Ist
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66
66
William Henderson
6
66
66
66
66
66
Paggett
King ..
Lieutenant.
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66
66
66
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LIST OF OFFICERS
Of Col. William Thomson's Regiment of Rangers, as well as can be ascertained from the Journals of the Council of Safety, from Moultrie's Memoirs and Ramsay's Revolution.
If this Regiment afterwards became the Third Regiment, as surmised on previous page, another list of officers will be found among the officers extracted from Moultrie's Order Book.
The list now given were those first commissioned :
William Thomson
| Lieut -Colonel . | Regt. of Rangers ..
18th June, 1775.
James Mayson
Major ..
«
Samuel Wise ..
Captain
6.
6:
Ezekiel Polk
John Caldwell
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66
Robert Goodwyn .. ..
Moses Kirkland.
66
...
66
61
66
Thomas Woodward
16
66
John L. P. Imhoff.
First Lieutenant
¥
66
66
66
Allan Cameron.
Richard Winn.
James Donaldson.
Hugh Middleton ..
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60
16
66
Lewis Dutarque.
66
66
66
Samuel Watson.
¥
66
66
66
John Chesnut
Paymaster.
66
14th July
66
John Esom
Adjutant.
1776.
...
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66
John Purvis.
Charles Heatley
66
16
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66
Francis Boykin.
2 Ist
Dr. Alexander Rogers Surgeon
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66
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66
Ely Kershaw ..
Edward Richardson ...
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