DOBBS COUNTY MILITIA REGIMENT ABSTRACT New England began the battle for freedom at a bridge at Concord. The South's first revolutionary action came at a bridge over Widow Moore's Creek in the North Carolina swamp on February 26, 1776. Captain Jesse Grainger's Company: This Company consisted of 24 officers and men. They served on the Expedition to Moore's Creek. Jesse Grainger, Captain. William Sasser, Lieutenant. William Radford, Ensign. Jacob Hooks, Adjutant. John Fellow, Sergeant. George Jernigan, Corporal. Benjamin Boyt, Drummer. Jesse Wiggs, Private. James Wite, Private. James Bouser, Private. Arthur Fenner, Private. John Toiler, Private. Stephen Sasser, Private. Jether Held, Private. John Walding, Private. Henry Wiggs, Private. Nehemiah Toler, Private. Joel Butter, Private. John Ch. S.W. Comb, Private. John Koonce, Chaplain and carried no designated rank. Warren Blount, Surgeon's Mate and carried no rank. John McNaughton, Commissary and carried no rank. Abraham Ellis, Company Clerk, carried no designated rank. John Core, Sergeant. Militia District --On the South side of Neuse River between present Goldsboro and the Dobbs County-Duplin County line. The district was bounded on the west by Johnston County line