• Authorized on January 8, 1777 in the Continental Army as 2 independent Virginia Companies to garrison Fort Pitt and Fort Randolph, Pennsylvania.
• Organized between February 12- April 4, 1777 in Yohogania and Botetourt Counties., respectively.
• Assigned on April 9, 1777 to the Western Department.
• Consolidated on November 21, 1779 and redesignated as Heth's Independent Company.
• Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at Fort Pitt.

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

• Delaware 1778
• Delaware 1779