Adjutant General of North Carolina

This is a list of persons who have held the office of Adjutant General of North Carolina. The office was created by Chapter XVIII, Section 7 of the Laws of 1860).

• Benjamin Smith Brunswick County 1806-1807
• Edward Pasteur Craven County 1807-1808
• Calvin Jones Wake County 1808-1812
• Robert Williams Surry County 1812-1821
• Beverly Daniel Wake County 1821-1840
• Robert Williams Haywood Wake County 1840-1857
• Richard C. Cotten Chatham County 1857-1860
• John F. Hoke Lincoln County 1860-1861
• James G. Martin U.S. Army, formerly of Pasquotank County 1861-1863
• Daniel G. Fowle Wake County 1863
• Richard C. Gatlin U.S. Army, formerly of Lenoir County 1864-1865
• John A. Gilmer, Jr. Guilford County 1866-1868
• Abiel W. Fisher Bladen County 1868-1872
• John C. Gorman Wake County 1872-1877
• Johnstone Jones Wake County Jan. 1877 - Dec. 1888
• James Dodge Glenn Guilford County Jan. 1889
• Francis H. Cameron Wake County 1893-1896
• Andrew D. Cowles Iredell County Feb. 1897 - Dec. 1898
• Beverly S. Royster Granville County Dec. 1898 - Dec. 1904
• Thomas R. Robertson Mecklenburg County Jan. 1905 - Mar. 1909
• Joseph F. Armfield Iredell County Apr. 1909 - 0ct. 1910
• Roy L. Leinster Iredell County Nov. 1910 - Aug. 1912
• Gordon Smith Wake County Nov. 1912 - Jan. 1913
• Lawrence W. Young Buncombe County Jan. 1913 - Jun. 1916; Sep. 1917 - Aug. 1918
• Beverly S. Royster Granville County Jun. 1916 - Aug. 1917; Sep. 1918 - Jun. 1920
• J. Van B. Metts Wake County Jun. 1920 - Jul. 31, 1951
• Thomas B. Longest Wake County (formerly of Biscoe, Virginia) Aug. 1 - Sep. 30, 1951
• John Hall Manning Durham County Oct. 1, 1951 - Aug. 16, 1957
• Capus Waynick Guilford County Aug. 16, 1957 - Jan. 31, 1961
• Claude T. Bowers Halifax County Feb. 1, 1961 - Jan. 31, 1970
• Ferd L. Davis Lenoir County Feb. 1, 1970 - Feb. 16, 1973
• William M. Buck Robeson County Jun. 1, 1973 - Feb. 28, 1975
• Clarence B. Shimer Dare County Mar. 1, 1975 - Apr. 25, 1977
• William E. Ingram Pasquotank County (born Richmond, Virginia) Apr. 26, 1977 - Oct. 16, 1983
• Hubert M. Leonard Candor, Montgomery County Oct. 17, 1983 - Sep. 30, 1985
• Charles E. Scott Wake County Oct. 1, 1985 - Mar. 5, 1989
• Nathaniel H Robb Jr. Columbia, South Carolina Mar. 6, 1989 - Apr. 4 1993
• Gerald A. Rudisill, Jr. Badin, North Carolina|Badin]], Stanly County Apr. 5, 1993 - Jul. 15, 2001
• William E. Ingram Jr. Pasquotank County Jul. 16, 2001 - 2010

Updated by LTC Richard M Brown, JFHQ-NC Command Historian on 17 August 2010.