Spanish Attack on Town of Beaufort

Spanish Attack on the Town of Beaufort

Early on the Spanish posed a threat to the nearly defenseless Carolina coastline. In 1741 and 1744 Spanish Privateers harrassed the coastline, especially off of Ocracoke Inlet. Then in 1747 they entered Beaufort Harbor threatening the town. Militia troops were hurriedly gathered under the command of Major Enoch Ward and held the Spanish until August 26th when they captured the town. However, Colonel Thomas Lovick and Captain Charles Cogdell gathered sufficient troops to force the Spanish from the town by early September. This was not the end to the Spanish forays along the coast, the next year they threatened the Lower Cape Fear and in September 1748 Brunswick was captured. The following are soldiers in Col. Lovick's Regiment who responded to the alarms of attacks and expected attacks by the Spanish on the city of Beaufort and it's harbor.

June 14th, 1747 - Spanish ships lay in the bay, taking several ships.

Captain Cogdell, Charles
Private Gibble, Dederick	Rgt. Clerk Read, George
Private Lewis, Peter	Private Austin, Thomas Sr.
	Private Negus, Samuel	Private Bell, Newell
Private Neithercott, George	Private Cole, William
Private Rees, Daniel	Private Dennis, William
Private Shepard, David	Private Everett, Daniel

August 26, 1747 - Men on duty when Beaufort was taken.

Major Ward, Enoch
Private Jones, Ambrose	Lieutenant Fuller, Edward
Private McDowell, John	Ensign Cogdell, Richard
Private Merryhew, Timothy	Ensign Shackleford, John
Private Neithercott, George	Rgt. Clerk Read, George
Private Nelson, Elias	Sergeant Bell, George
Private Nelson, John	Sergeant Canaday, Thomas
Private Owen, William	Sergeant Moriss, Joseph
Private Piver, Peter	Private Adams, Andrew
Private Polk, Robert	Private Arthur, John
Private Roberts, William	Private Austin, Thomas Jr
Private Ross, Daniel	Private Bell, John
Private Shackleford, John	Private Bell, Newell
Private Shepard, Edward	Private Bell, Ross
Private Simpson, Cornelius	Private Bowen, William
Private Simpson, Edward	Private Canaday, Cornel
Private Simpson, John	Private Canaday, Richard
Private Simpson, Joshua	Private Cole, William
Private Thompson, Richard	Private Davis, Joseph
Private Waldron, Resolve	Private Fulford, Joseph
Private Ward, Richard	Private Fulford, Joseph Jr
Private Ward, Valentine	Private Gabriel, Richard
Private Weeks, Jonas	Private Gibble, Dederick
Private Welsh, Lewis	Private Gillikin, Thomas
Private Whitehurst, Samuel	Private Gillikin, Thomas Jr
Private Williamson, John	Private Guthrie, Benjamin
Private Williamson, Richard	Private Hancock, Benjamin
Private Williston, John	Private Hancock, Nathaniel
Private Willistons, Thomas	Private Howland, Samuel
Private Dennis, William

September 1st, 1747

Major Ward, Enoch	Captain, Cogdell, Charles
Private Dennis, William	Private Fulford, Joseph Jr
Ensign Cogdell, Richard	Private Gibble, Dederick
Rgt Clerk Read, George	Private Merryhew, Timothy
Private Bell, John	Private Neithercott, George
Private Bell, Newell	Private Pacquinett, Nicholas
Private Burn, William	Private Rees, Daniel
Private Cogdell, George	Private Shepard, Edward
Private Cole, William	Private Thompson, Richard

September 10th, 1747

Captain Cogdell, Charles
Private Howland, Samuel	Lieutenant Fuller, Edward
Private Jones, Ambrose	Ensign Cogdell, Richard
Private Lewis, David	Rgt. Clerk Read, George
Private Love, Thomas	Sergeant Canaday, Thomas
Private McDowell, John	Sergeant Morris, Joseph
Private Meders, Jobe	Sergeant Williston, John
Private Merryhew, Timothy	Private Adams, Andrew
Private Nash, Joshua	Private Austin, Thomas Sr
Private Negus, Samuel	Private Austin, Thomas
Private Owen, William	Private Bell, James Jr
Private Parker, Isaac	Private Bell, John
Private Piver, Peter	Private Bell, Newell
Private Potts, Robert	Private Bell, Ross
Private Quin, Laughlin	Private Beven, William
Private Rees, Daniel	Private Brown, John
Private Roberts, John	Private Canaday, Richard
Private Roberts, William	Private Catholick, Daniel
Private Shepard, Edward	Private Chadwick, Ephraim
Private Shepard, David	Private Cogdell, George
Private Simpson, Cornelius	Private Cogdell, John
Private Simpson, Edward	Private Cole, William
Private Simpson, Joshua	Private Davis, Joseph
Private Small, Benjamin and son	Private Dennis, William
Private Taylor, William	Private Everitt, Daniel
Private Thompson, Richard	Private Fulford, Joseph
Private Ward, Richard	Private Gabriel, Richard
Private Ward, Valentine	Private Gibble, Dederick
Private Weeks, Jonas	Private Gillikin, Thomas
Private Wharton, Maddock	Private Gillikin, Thomas Jr
Private Whitehurst, Samuel	Private Guthrie, Benjamin
Private Williamson, Richard	Private Hancock, Benjamin
Private Williston, Thomas	Private Hancock, Nathaniel
Private Woodland, James	Private Hicks, David

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