Hyde County, formed in 1705, had a militia in colonial times that was used to defend the coast of the Province of North Carolina.

[1][2] The following listings show the known commanders, officers, staff, and soldiers of the Wayne County regiment[3] Rotheas Latham was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1725.

His family moved to Hyde County, North Carolina before 1750, where he was a prominent landowner and active in business and political affairs.

He owned a mill and was appointed by Governor Arthur Dobbs to serve as justice of the peace in Hyde County.

[6] The Hyde County Regiment was involved in two known engagements: skirmish on Cape Hatteras on June 27, 1779 and the Battle of Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781.