This information contains information on several WOOTEN family members. Martha More info from another researcher. Belinda Melton Hughes Tuesday, April 16th, 1776 - The Congress met according to adjournment. The several districts, by direction of the Congress, having nominated sundry person as officers to the battalions directed to be raised in this Province; the House taking the same in consideration, Resolved, That the persons be, and they are hereby appointed accordingly, to wit: Newbern Simon Alderson Captain William Groves 1st Lieut. John Custis 2nd Lieut. James McKinnie Ensign John Enloe Captain George Suggs 1st Lieut Henry Cannon 2nd Lieut Shadrach Wooten Ensign William Caswell Captain Henry Darnell 1st Lieut John Sitgreaves 2nd Lieut John Bush Ensign Reading Blount Captain Benjamin Coleman 1st Lieut John Allen 2nd Lieut Thomas Blount Ensign Benjamin Stedman Captain Robert Turner 1st Lieut John Eborn 2nd Lieut Charles Stewart Ensign (The Colonial Records of NC Vol X by William L Saunders, pp.517-518) The History of Greene County, [NC] Two regiments of five hundred men were raised by Order of the Congress. The County of Dobbs (Greene a part of) fell into the Second Regiment, and the following officers were appointed: Robert Howe, Colonel; John Patton, Major; Alexander Martin, Lieutenant Colonel; Dr. John White, Captain; and Adjutant; Captains John Blount, John Armstrong, Charles Crawford, Hardy Murfree, Henry Irwin Toole, Nathan Keais, Simon Bright, Michael Payne, John Walker; Lieutenants John Gringer, Robert Smith, John Heritage, Clement Hall, Edward Vail Jr., Joseph Tate, William Genner, John Williams, James Gee, Benjamin Willimas; Ensigns Henry Vipon, Whitmel Pugh, John Oliver, Philip Lowe, William Gardner, Benjamin Cleveland, James Cook, John Woodhouse, William Caswell, Joseph Clinch; and Dr. William Partin the Chirurgeon. Four more regiments in addition ot the others already raised were created, the officers of the battalions from Dobbs County were: Simon Alderson and John Enloe, Captains; William Graves and George Suggs, First Lieutenants; Mark McLainy and John McCan, Second Lieutenants; James McKenny and Shadrach Wooten, Ensigns; William Caswell and Reading Blount, Captains; Henry Darnell and Benjamin Coleman, First Lieutenants; John Sitgreaves and John Allen, Second Lieutenants; John Bush and Thomas Blount, Ensigns; Benjamin Stedman, Captain; Robert Turner, First Lieutenant; John Eborn, Second Lieutenant; Charles Stewart, Ensign. The Field Officers for each county were appointed . . . from Dobbs County they were Lieutenant Colonel Martin Caswell, First Major William McKinnie; and Second Major James Glasgow. Dobbs County quickly raised three companies of 68 men and four officers each. Company “A” with officers Captain Jese Cobb, Lt. William Cobb, and Ensign Richard Caswell the Younger, presented themselves for services on September 23, 1775. Company “B” under Captain George Miller, Lt. Benjmain Exum, and Ensign David Jernigan were formed September 28, 1775; and Company “C” organized with Captain John Garland, Lt. William Kilpatrick, and Ensign John Grainger as officers entered service on October 4, 1775. North Carolina with its organized forces sacrificed in defense of its southern neighbors, its resources exhausted, and its people dispirited and alarmed, would have been powerless to resist invasion if it had come then. But Cornwallis, perhaps overconfident, delayed the invasion of NC until the fall, and then again until the summer of 1780. His delay gave NC time to organize its resistance. The General Assembly resolved that it would defend the state to the last extremity, and of February 7, 1780, appointed Richard Caswell Major General of the entire state militia. (History of Greene Co., by James M. Creech, Rev. War Dobbs Co, p.192) Lenior county was formed in 1791. Dobbs county was formed from Johnston, in 1758, in honor of Arthur Dobbs, then the royal Governor of the Province. In 1791, Dobbs was divided into Lenoir and Glasgow; the latter, in 1799, was changed into Greene. It was called in honor of Gen. Willima Lenoir, of Wilkes County, who was distinguished for his revolutionary and civil service. It is situated in the eastern part of the state, and bounded on the north by Greene, east by Pitt and Jones, south by Duplin and Jones, and west by Duplin and Wayne Counties. Its capitol is Kingston, distant eighty miles east of Raleigh. Members of the General Assembly from Lenoir County, from the formation of the County to 1851. Years Senate House of Commons 1796 William White Shadrach Wooten, Robert Collier 1801 Simon Bruton Shadrach Wooten, Benj. Witherington 1808 Simon Bruton John Wooten, Wm. Branton 1809 Simon Bruton John Wooten, Lazarus Pierce 1829 Wm. D. Moseley Allen W. Wooten, Council Wooten 1830 Wm. D. Moseley Allen W. Wooten, Council Wooten 1831 Wm. D. Moseley Council Wooten, A. W. Wooten 1832 Wm. D. Moseley Council Wooten, A. W. Wooten 1835 Wm. D. Moseley Windall Davis, Council Wooten 1848 Edwin G Speight Council Wooten (Historical Sketches of NC by John H Wheeler, pp. 223-224) Thirty Third Regiment - Company G Officers: Robert Wooten, Captain; cm. November 1st, ‘61; Cumberland Co; r. July 2d ‘62 John W Wooten, 2d Lieut.; cm. July 2d, ‘63; Cumberland Co.; p. from Corporal. (The Story of Fayetteville, by John A Oates, p. 385) 405. Oliver, Sarah (CR.035.801.9) - 8 Oct 1836 - Jul Term 1838 - son Francis five Shillings; heirs at law of Zilpha Kornegay one eighth part of my estate; heirs at law of Sarah Wooten Viz. March byrd five cents, Oliver Wooten on sixteenth part of my estate; heirs at law of Lucretia Morris five shillings; Ann Willson one eight part of my estate; dau. Rebecca Morris five shillings; son Benjmain one eighth part of my estate; son John all the balance of my estate. Extrs: Son Benjamin, John Carr. Wit: Danile Glisson, Wilson Bourden, signed Sarah Oliver (Gen Abstracts Duplin Co. Wills 1730-1860, William L Murphy, p.130)