Edenton

Chowan County

 A List of the Field Officers and Captains in the Regiment Commanded by James Craven and the dates of their Several Commissions according to their Seniority
Officers Names Dare of their Commission A Description of the Districts
of each Company
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Payne The 3rd day of June 1751  
Major John Halsey The 8th day of June 1751  
Capt. James Farley I think this was the oldest date Dead I can give no description of his district nor date of his commission
Capt. John Sumner The 31st day of July 1741 Between the Virginia Line & Bennetts Creek
Capt. Charles King The 31st day of July 1741 From the Country line to Bennetts Creek & between Chowan River & the Country road that leads from Virginia to Edenton
Capt. Wm. Lewis The 31st day of July 1741 Bounded by the Long Bridge & Ballards Bridge
Capt. Edw. Vail The 2nd of May 1751 The limits are from Edenton down the sound to Yawss (?) River thence up the river a far as a Eggertons Mill from thence to Hoskins Mill near Edenton
Capt. Miles Gale The 22nd Aug 1751 From Edenton to Hoskins Mill bounding on Queen Anne Creek from thence to the Desart to Ineldings (?) Green Hall to the Long Bridge from thence down Mackacomack Creek to Edenton
Capt. James Alston The 22d Aug 1751 From Bennetts Creek Bridge along the Country Main Road to the Virginia Line then along the sd. line East to Bennetts Creek then down Bennetts Creek to the Bridge
Jas. Craven

Jas. Craven
Abstracted from the Original at the North Carolina Archives by