James Hogan of Halifax, North Carolina, was chosen to represent his
district in the Provincial Congress that assembled on the 4th of
April, 1776. Upon the organization of the North Carolina forces, he
was appointed paymaster of the Third Regiment. On the 17th of the same
month, he was transferred to the Edenton and Halifax Militia, with the
rank of major. His military services were confined to his own State,
though commissioned brigadier-general in the Continental army on the
9th of January, 1779.