It was organized in the following months at Ninety Six among other places and ultimately consisted of nine companies recruited in the western part of the state.
Known Majors include Lewis Golsan Jr., Charles S. Myddleton (not to be confused with Hugh T. Middleton), Thomas Pearman, John Purvis, unknown Speers, and Samuel Wise.
It fought in engagements in the Piedmont and transferred to the 2nd South Carolina Brigade on 26 August 1778.
[1] The regiment fought in the Siege of Savannah from 16 September 1779 to 18 October 1779 and was reduced back to nine companies on 11 February 1780.
Between March and May it participated in the Siege of Charleston, and surrendered to the British Army there on 12 May 1780, together with the rest of the Southern Department.