When the Provincial Congress appointed officers for the Carteret County Regiment on September 9, 1775, William Thompson was selected as a colonel and Soloman Shepard as Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. The regiment was active until the end of the war.
When the Provincial Congress appointed officers for the Carteret County Regiment on September 9, 1775, William Thompson was chosen as a colonel and Soloman Shepard as Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. The regiment remained active until the conclusion of the war.