Rhode Island Militia Units, August 1774
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The pre-war militia of Rhode island was documented first in August 1774, but has been noted as potentially having been a 'paper militia,' meaning one that had officers named, but did not meet or train.
Table 1 – Rhode Island Militia Regiments – August 1774 (see Fig 1, attached)
| Regiment | Town | Companies | Captain | Census (white males 16+) |
| Newport County | 3594 | |||
| Col Daniel Dunham | Troop of Horse | Benjamin Dayton | ||
| Newport | 1st Newport | Benjamin Dunham | 2100 | |
| " " | 2nd Newport | Elisha Lawton | ||
| " " | 3rd Newport | William Tripp | ||
| " " | 4th Newport | Henry Wyles | ||
| Portsmouth | 1st Portsmouth | George Lawton | 343 | |
| (inc. Prudence) | 2nd Portsmouth | James Allen 2nd | ||
| New Shoreham | New Shoreham Co. | John Sands | 109 | |
| Middletown | Middletown Co. | ?? unknown | 210 | |
| Jamestown | Jamestown Co | Samuel Slocum, Jr | 110 | |
| Tiverton | 1st Company | ??Unknown | 418 | |
| 2nd Company | ??Unknown | |||
| Little Compton | Little Compton Co. | David Hilyer | 304 | |
| Providence County | 4903 | |||
| Col James Angell | Troop of Horse | Daniel Manton | ||
| Providence | 1st Providence | Comfort Wheaton | 1219 | |
| "" | 2nd Providence | Elijah Bacon | ||
| Smithfield | 1st Smithfield | Joseph Jenckes | 742 | |
| "" | 2nd Smithfield | Israel Mowry | ||
| "" | 3rd Smithfield | Abraham Matthewson | ||
| Scituate | 1st Scituate | Joseph Knight | 909 | |
| "" | 2nd Scituate | Simeon Herrenden | ||
| "" | 3rd Scituate | John Pratt | ||
| "" | 4th Scituate | John Round | ||
| Gloucester | 1st Gloucester | David Burlingham | 743 | |
| "" | 2nd Gloucester | John Olney | ||
| "" | 3rd Gloucester | Abraham Winsor | ||
| Cranston | 1st Cranston | Nicholas Sheldon, jr | 455 | |
| "" | 2nd Cranston | Meshech Potter | ||
| "" | 3rd Cranston | Edward Knight | ||
| Johnston | Johnston Co | Israel Angell | 242 | |
| North Providence | 1st North Providence | Job Olney | 193 | |
| "" | 2nd North Providence | ??unknown | ||
| Cumberland | 1st Cumberland | ??unknown | 400 | |
| "" | 2nd Cumberland | ??unknown | ||
| Kent County | 1888 | |||
| Col John Waterman | Warwick | 1st Warwick | Benjamin Arnold, jr | 569 |
| "" | 2nd Warwick | ?? unknown | ||
| "" | 3rd Warwick | ?? unknown | ||
| East Greenwich | 1st East Greenwich | John Glazier | 416 | |
| "" | 2nd East Greenwich | Job Vaughan | ||
| West Greenwich | 1st West Greenwich | John Weathers | 429 | |
| "" | 2nd West Greenwich | Nathaniel Brown | ||
| "" | 3rd West Greenwich | Job Angell | ||
| Coventry | 1st Coventry | Edmund Johnston | 474 | |
| "" | 2nd Coventry | Stukely Hudson | ||
| Kings County | 2969 | |||
| Col Moses Barber | Westerly | 1st Westerly | Thomas Thompson | 421 |
| "" | 2nd Westerly | William Greene | ||
| North Kingstown | 1st North Kingstown | Joshua Davis | 538 | |
| "" | 2nd North Kingstown | John Congdon | ||
| "" | 3rd North Kingstown | James Cooper | ||
| South Kingstown | 1st South Kingstown | Ray Mumford | 550 | |
| "" | 2nd South Kingstown | Gardner Wm. Mumford | ||
| Charlestown | Charlestown Co. | Thomas Sheffield | 312 | |
| Richmond | Richmond Co. | Thomas Kinyon | 286 | |
| Exeter | 1st Exeter | Christopher Champlin | 441 | |
| "" | 2nd Exeter | John Hoxsie | ||
| Hopkinton | 1st Hopkinton | Joshua Wells | 421 | |
| "" | 2nd Hopkinton | John Randall | ||
| Bristol County | 651 | |||
| Col. Simeon Potter | Bristol | Bristol Co | Jeremiah Ingaham | 272 |
| Warren | Warren Co. | ?? | 237 | |
| Barrington | Barrington Co. | Elkanah Humphry | 142 | |
| Total | 14,005 |
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