Lewis, J.D. "Maturin Colvill". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved September 5, 2019., Bladen County Regiment, 1775-1776, a Captain under Col. Thomas Robeson, Jr. Soon after the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, he was discharged, suspected of being a Loyalist. He was, and soon became a Colonel for the Loyalists. Later captured and killed.