8th Virginia Regiment (Revolutionary War)

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Brief History
The 8th Regiment was formed in February, March, and April of 1776 at Suffolk County Courthouse. Companies recruited men from Frederick, Dunmore (Shenandoah), Berkeley, Augusta, Hampshire, Fincastle, and Culpeper Counties and West Augusta District. Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel Abraham Bowman, Lt. Colonel John Markham, Major Jonathan Clark, and Major Alexander Morgan.

Colonels

 * 1776-1777 - Colonel Peter Muhlenberg
 * 1777-? - Colonel Abraham Bowman
 * 1777-1778 - Colonel John Neville
 * 1778-1783 - Colonel James Wood

Companies

 * Company - Captain Jonathan Clark


 * Company - Captain David Stephenson


 * Company - Captain Thomas Berry


 * Company - Captain Robert Higgins


 * Company - Captain William Grogham


 * Company - Captain John Steed


 * Company - Captain Abraham Kirkpatrick


 * Company - Captain Abel Westfall


 * Company - Captain Isaac Israel


 * Company - 1st Lieutenant John Graves


 * The information above is from 8th Virginia Regiment at Valley Forge Legacy: The Muster Roll Project.


 * Rosters Companies 1-8

A list of soldiers furnished by Augusta County for the 8th Virginia Regiment was published in 1886.

Other Officers

 * Captain Thomas Bowyer of Augusta County, killed at King's Mountain.
 * Captain William Brisco of Albemarle County, sworn in 8 May 1783
 * Captain Thomas Buckner
 * Captain Robert Gamble of Augusta County.
 * Captain Abraham Hite
 * Captain Hezekiah Morton
 * Captain Presley Nevill
 * Captain Sigismund Stribling
 * Captain Joseph Swearingen . Captain Josiah Swearingen sworn in at Berkeley County in 1781.
 * Captain Andrew Wallace of Augusta County, killed at King's Mountain.
 * Captain William White
 * Ensign John Key of Albemarle County.
 * Lieutenant John McDowell of Augusta County.
 * Lieutenant Henry Bowyer of Augusta County.