George Turnbull (soldier)

George Turnbull
Born Scotland
Died New York City
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
 Turnbull was commissioned as a lieutenant in the British army in February 1756 and rose to captain of the 60th Regiment of Foot in November 1765, but he sold his commission and left the army between 1774 and 1776, settling in New York. As a captain in the Loyal American Regiment, Turnbull participated in the capture of Fort Montgomery in October 1777, and he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel a few days later. He remained in command of the New York Volunteers until the end of the war. Gen. Henry Clinton’s after-orders at 9 p.m. on 23 Aug. directed the New York Volunteers and the British 15th and 46th Regiments to march to New Utrecht on the morning of 24 Aug., but new orders at 3 p.m. on that date directed that the two British regiments “return again to their former Encampments as soon as convenient”[1]

Turnbull raised and commanded the New York Volunteers in January 1776; this regiment was renumbered in May 1779 as the 3rd American Regiment.[2][3] He was based at Rocky Mount, North Carolina[4] and commanded at the Battle of Rocky Mount, Lancaster County, South Carolina on August 1, 1780.[5]

George Turnbull was born at Blackadder Mains in the county of Berwickshire (close to the Scottish/English border) in 1729. He served as a soldier mostly in North America for some 60 years, initially for some 10 years in Colonel Majoribanks' Regiment of Scots. His will is dated 16 February 1809. He died in New York City in 1810.[6]

Captain Christian Huck of Huck’s Defeat (July 12, 1780) served under Turnbull's command. In early July of 1780 Turnbull ordered Christian Huck, to find the rebel Patriot Whig leaders and persuade other area residents to swear allegiance to the king.[7]

References

  1. ↑ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-16-02-0419
  2. ↑ http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums/kingsmen_02
  3. ↑ Gordon, John W. (2003). South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Battlefield History. Columbia SC: Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-57003-480-0.
  4. ↑ US Army Center of Military History - The Battle of Kings Mountain
  5. ↑ "The Battle of Rocky Mount". revolutionarywar101.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  6. ↑ George Turnbull (civil engineer) autobiography page 387 held in The British Library, London
  7. ↑ http://scssar.org/south-carolina-state-society-of-the-sons-of-the-american-revolution-rendered-honors-at-the-236th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-hucks-defeat/
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