• Authorized on September 16, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 8th North Carolina Regiment and assigned to the Southern Department.
• Organized in spring 1776 at Halifax to consist of 8 companies from Newbern and Wilmington Districts.
• Relieved on February 5, 1777 from the Southern Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army.
• Assigned on July 8, 1777 to the North Carolina Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army.
• Disbanded on June 1, 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Lineage taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright

• The North Carolina Continentals by Hugh F. Rankin
• A Time of Terror: The Story of Colonel Jacob Klock's Regiment And The People They Protected, 1774-1783 (Paperback) by AJ Berry

• Defense of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia - Monmouth

The 8th North Carolina Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at Halifax, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The saw action at the Battle of Brandywine and Battle of Germantown. The regiment was disbanded on June 1, 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.