Revolutionary War Soldiers Database

A record of NC & SC soldiers who served in the cause of American Independence, 1775–1783

SC

Joseph Kershaw

Colonel  ·  Fairfield Regiment

SC

Colonel

Fairfield Regiment

1775 – 1780

📜 Notes
Commander of Fairfield Regiment 1775-1778. Given command of Camden District Regiment on 3/25/1778 when Richard Richardson was promoted to Brigadier General. He was captured by the British and imprisoned at Camden Jail, then taken to the British Honduras and Bermuda for about a year and a half. From what became the Kershaw District.
Battles & Engagements
Stono Ferry