In 1771 , Governor William Tryon named Eaton a colonel in the Bute County militia during the War of the Regulation , which organization supported the governor against the agrarian uprising in the piedmont region of North Carolina .
In 1771 , Governor William Tryon named Eaton a colonel in the Bute County militia during the War of the Regulation . 
 The militia organization supported the governor against the agrarian uprising in the piedmont region of North Carolina .