Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Na farko da colonels daga majagaba mazauna kamar Colonel Daniel Boone iya zama wani daga waɗanda daga 1776-1793 ko watakila har 1895 a lokacin da take hukuma ya zama girmamawa, akwai daban-daban iri colonels a farkon Kentucky: akwai colonels da suke shugabannin yankuna; akwai colonels a lura da kamfanonin; a colonel iya zama shugaban wani 'yan bindiga shigarwa kamar wani sansanin soja; a colonel a lura da wani infantry umurnin; ritaya Revolutionary War colonels; wadanda da manyan ƙasar warrants; akwai colonels a ko'ina. Kiran wani a matsayin colonel a farkon Kentucky hanya ce mai daraja da girmamawa don nuna ikonsu. A shekara ta 1802, Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta amince da matsayi na colonel a wani matsayi mai kama da wadanda ke cikin Rundunar Sojan Amurka.
Sojojin Burtaniya, hadewar kanalan a cikin Sojojin Amurka sun sake bayyanawa kuma sun banbanta kanalan daga shugaban farar hula na wani yanki, kamfani ko 'yan bindiga banda zama shugaban rundunar sojoji (birgedi) tare da laftana daya da manyan mayaka hudu.