June 6, 1775 – The Regiment was authorized in the South Carolina State Troops as the South Carolina Regiment of Horse Rangers. Summer 1775 – Organized at Ninety-Six Court House to consist of nine companies from western South Carolina. November 12, 1775 – Re-designated as the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. July 24, 1776 – Adopted on into the Continental Army and assigned to the Southern Department; Capt. Ezekiel Polk’s Independent Company (organized in summer 1775 in western South Carolina) concurrently re-designated as the 10th Company, 3rd South Carolina Regiment. November 23, 1776 – It was assigned to the 1st South Carolina Brigade, an element of the Southern Department. Reorganized on February 11, 1780 to consist of nine companies. Captured on May 12, 1780 at Charleston by the British Army. Disbanded on January 1, 1781.