Samuel Martin – Captain of Militia, Tyron County, NC
Alexander Norton – Virginia Line
Military Heritage of the Martin-Haile Family
Samuel Martin – Captain of Militia, Tyron County, NC
Alexander Norton – Virginia Line
LINEAGE [Wright, Continental Army, pp. 283-285] Authorized 21 August 1775 in the Virginia State Troops as the 2d Virginia Regiment Organized 21 October 1775 at Williamsburg to consist of seven companies Adopted 1 November 1775 into the Continental Army Reorganized 11 January 1776 to consist of ten companies Assigned 27…
(1781) Despite the fact the Battle of Guilford Court House is a tactile draw, it remains a victory for the Americans as the British have been worn down so much that they will make a fateful retreat to Yorktown, Virginia. The tide of the war in the South has turned…
Samuel Martin
Captain of Militia, Tyron County, NC
Alexander Norton
Virginia Line