1838 INDIAN REMOVAL NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS Contributed by WILLIAM R. NAVEY JR., P. O. BOX 251, HOLLY RIDGE, NC 28445 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING IN THE INDIAN REMOVAL 7 APRIL 1838 GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT INFORMED HIS SUPERIORS: I SHALL PROBABLY CALL FOR THE FOLLOWING DETACHMENTS OF MILITIA TO RENDEZVOUS AT THE PLACES MENTIONED, TWO REGIMENTS OF 1840 GEORGIANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT NEW ECHOTA, ONE REGIMENT OF 740 ALABAMIANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT BELFONT, ONE REGIMENT OF 740 NORTH CAROLINIANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT FRANKLIN, NC, ONE REGIMENT OF 740 TENNESSEANS TO RENDEZVOUS AT ROSS LANDING. 3700 TROOPS PLUS 2200 REGULARS. SUBSISTENCE FOR THE FOREGOING TROOPS AT THE PLACES MENTIONED, WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS, COMMENCING ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY. 3 MAY 1838 GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL HAS THIS MORNING REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT THE REGIMENT OF DETACHED MILITIA FOR THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IS COMPOSED OF ALL VOLUNTEERS, AS FOLLOWS, FROM RUTHERFORD THREE COMPANIES, WILKES, TWO, YANCEY, ONE, BURKE, THREE, AND BUNCOMBE ONE. YOU WILL LEARN BY MY LETTER OF THE 28TH THAT A COMPANY HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED BY COL. LINDSAY, AND A COMPANY HAS BEEN OFFERED FROM ASHE, FROM WHENCE NONE WAS ASKED OR ORDERED. COL. LINDSAY WAS POSTIVE IN HIS EXCEPTION TO RECEIVING TROOPS FROM COUNTIES CONTIQUOUS TO THE CHEROKEE DISTRICT. CONSEQUENTLY THE ORDER WAS PLACED TO THE NEXT ADJOINING AND MOST CONVENIENT COUNTIES TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE OF MARCH. IN THE END NORTH CAROLINA FURNISHED THIRTEEN VOLUNTEER COMPANIES COMPOSED OF APPROXIMATELY 824 MEN AND OFFICERS. ---------------------------------------------------------- 1838 INDIAN REMOVAL NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMPANY D - BURKE COUNTY VOLUNTEERS WILLIAM COLLINS NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMPANY G - RUTHERFORD COUNTY VOLUNTEERS JOHN COLLINS NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT COMPANY M - YANCEY COUNTY VOLUNTEERS WILLIAM W. COLLINS ADOLPHUS COLLINS USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Sherry Crawford COLLINS-DARBY-FOLEY-MCORMICK-WYATT-YEATTS