The Kent County Brigade was formed as part of the Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolutionary War. The Brigade was composed of 3 Regiments of 19 Companies from the towns of Warwick, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, and Coventry.
The Regiments were commanded by:
1st Kent County Regiment (Warwick) under Col. John Waterman
Replaced by Col. Thomas Holden by May 1778
Under Lt. Col. Thomas Tillinghast, May 1780
No officers listed, May 1782
Under Lt. Col. Job Pierce, May 1783
2nd Kent County Regiment (West Greenwich) under Col. Stephen Potter
Replaced by Col. Nathaniel Brown, December 1776
Replaced by Lt. Col. Archibald Kasson by May 1778 to close of war.
Kent County Senior Class Regiment under Maj. Samuel Wall, formed May 1780
Under Maj. Isaac Johnson, May 1781
Composition of the Brigade under Brig. General Thomas Holden in the summer of 1780: The Kent County BrigadeBrig. Gen. Thomas HoldenRegimentCityCompanyCaptain1st Kent CountyWarwick1st WarwickJob RandallLt. Col. Thomas Tillinghast2nd WarwickSquire Millard3rd WarwickThomas RiceEast Greenwich1st East GreenwichMicah Whitmarsh2nd East GreenwichAllen JohnstonArtillery Co.Oliver GardnerHorse Co.Stukley Hudson2nd Kent CountyWest Greenwich1st West GreenwichSamuel HopkinsLt. Col. Archibald Kasson2nd West GreenwichBenjamin Gorton3rd West GreenwichJoseph DraperCoventry1st CoventryJoseph Brayton2nd CoventryWilliam Roy3rd CoventryLangford Weaver4th CoventryAsaph BennetArtillery Co.Edmund JohnstonHorse Co.??Kent County Senior Class BattalionWarwick/East GreenwichSenior Class Co.Robert RhodesCoventrySenior Class Co.Abel BennetWest GreenwichSenior Class Co.Joseph Hopkins
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