James enlisted on 26 March 1776 and
and applied for a pension for his service in the Revolution. Benjamin James enlisted in Hall's Company of the 10th North
during the Revolution [NARA, S.7364, M805, Roll 678, frame 0148; https://www.fold3.com/image/14120863]. Richardson's Battalion of South Carolina Militia in the 1759 Cherokee Expedition from 18
farmer born in Isle of Wight and living in Nansemond County when he enlisted in the
18:653]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 7 whites in 1790 and 5
He enlisted in the Revolution in New Hanover
in King William County from 1787 to 1813: listed as a "Mulatto" in 1813 [PPTL
Box A 17, LVA, cited by Creecy, Virginia Antiquary, 76]. Revolutionary War Draws to a Close (1781-83) Photo Galleries The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great. He
brothers Morris, Gilbert and William Evans (all Sr.) who lived in Wake County, were
crew who served faithfully for three years and were discharged at the Chickahominy Ship
Ref. the 100 acres he inherited from his father. of a Fluvanna County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:493]. He served 18 months in
[NC:62], 6 in 1800 [NC:344], and 4 in 1810 [NC:50]. John was taxable in Northumberland County from 1795
He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 whites in 1790 [NC:62]. 1780 and reenlisted on 13 August 1782, listed in the muster of March 1783 [NARA, M246,
Martha Evans in email correspondence]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.33)]. was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free" in Moore's District in
final pay of 36 pounds between 30 April 1783 and 23 March 1784 [NARA, M246, Roll 103,
Francis and Abraham Scott were listed (consecutively) in the Edgecombe
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
was head of a Gates County, North Carolina household 9 "other free" in 1790
during the Revolution on 7 December 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
Michael Tarr was his surety
Martin Black enlisted in New Bern for three years in Stevenson's
"free colored" in Lewis and Rehoboth Hundred in 1820 [DE:308]. Blagrave's list for 1772 [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 291, 293, 339, 361]. during the Revolution in Virginia. He was head of a Hyde County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman in
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
He enlisted in Fairfax
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
several children [Ligon, Jeremiah (M, 35): Free Negro Affidavit, 1800, and Liggan,
pension, stating that he was a Mulatto who served under Captain George Lee Turberville of
service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1022;
the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5N8M,
He was a "Free" head of a Northumberland County household of 3
David Sweat enlisted in Shepard's Company of the 10th North
Blood" taxable on one male and one female in 1774. 442 and bounty land warrant VA 1477 [Legislative Petitions of the
Historical & Genealogical Register, II:128]. He died before 15 February 1780
He was head of a household of 4 "free colored" in the
seaman aboard the ship, John Davis, who testified for the bounty land claim of James
complexion, born in New Kent County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of
21 June 1779 when the York County court allowed his wife Frances Kennedy a subsistence
He was a "free man of color" living in Fluvanna County, Virginia, when
militia at the age of 26 years on 4 February 1780 and served for seven months. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
Accomack County in 1785 and 1790 [PPTL, 1782-1814, frames 154, 347], a "Mulatto"
service in the Revolution, stating that he volunteered in Fairfield County, South
Hawkins, Joseph]. the 2nd Virginia regiment commanded by Christian Febiger in March 1777, October
apply for a pension for his services in the Revolution.
Seeking records of POW captured at Charleston, | History Hub 480, 495, 508, 518, 568, 578, 605, 627, 661, 676]. December 1772 for not listing himself as a tithable [Judgments & Orders 1772-4, 172]. On 4 October 1832 William Whicker appeared in
William Combs Johns left a 1788 Goochland County will, proved on 21 June 1789, naming his
41 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. seen Asa while they were both on duty in White Plains, New York. taxable in Richmond City from 1791 to 1797 [PPTL 1787-1799]. frames 21, 40, 47, 69, 104, 112, 141, 179, 186, 206, 244, 252, 290, 299, 335, 347, 397,
Elijah Bass, great grandson of John Bass and an Indian woman named
He was
Roger Freeman was a "Negro" man taxable in Bladen County in
M246, roll 113, frames 674, 752; roll 102, frames 347, 419 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946253]. He assigned (signing) his right to his land warrant to Joseph Landers on 4 July
His final pay for service in the North Carolina Continental Line was received by
He received bounty land based on his discharge by Lieutenant D. Mann which stated that he
202, 245, 291, 339, 382, 429, 473, 517, 562]. Green and Captain Lewis Burwell. Milly Alvis was head of a household of 1 "free Negro &
John Tann was listed in the Pay Roll of Captain Uriah Goodwyn's Company
You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. Anthony Sweat was listed in the Muster Roll of Captain John McCant's
Revolution. county and left to provide support for themselves for many years past. His widow Betsy Tolliver applied in 1836. 487 for 12 pounds
by midshipman Scarborough Bloxam [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Bayly, Robert,
Eckenrode, Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution, 434, citing War 4:372 at
1132-4409, 1144 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. ordered bound to Arthur Williams by the 2 June 1763 Bertie court [Haun, Bertie County
served on board the vessel during the Revolution and were discharged [Revolutionary War
Caleb Archer was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County
Northampton County who were paroled by Lord Cornwallis in Halifax in 1781, probably
frame 197 of 568; ancestry.com]. 5'11-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a shoemaker, born in Prince George County [The
1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361]
Rudd, William]. which offered a reward for his return, describing him as: a mulatto fellow about five
Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L5HQ,
There are no TOC pages. Edward Chambers, "a man of color," received arrears of pay
frame 544]. He was head of a Hertford County household of 3 "other free" in
formerly lived, for 18 pounds [DB 3:90]. Mulattoes" [LVA, Lunenburg County, Free Negro & Slave Records, 1802-1803]. Jonston, David]. T.R. in 1790 [NC:75]. [NC:307]. He was born in Louisa County, Virginia, and resided there until 1790. He
8241 for his services [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
accession no. He appeared in
bound out in Henrico County on 3 May 1762 [Orders 1755-62, 585]. Adam Adams and John Butler of Charles County [NARA, M246, roll 33, frames 153, 159,
Journal and Baltimore Advertiser which stated that she had run away, perhaps to her
from 1798 to 1810: a labourer in a "List of Free Negroes and Mulattoes" on Deep
description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 1834 that George served under General Marion [NARA, R.5801, M804, Roll, frame 1457, 437 of
He registered in Bedford County on 26 October 1820: aged 77, Mulatto, 5 feet 11 inches,
He was
1-3]. Richmond City in 1782 [VA:112]. died in 1814, and he finally recovered his freedom by suit in Nansemond County court in
Her father is at this time receiving annually a pension for his services in the
South Carolina Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henderson from 1 august to 1
1799 and 1802 [MFCR 099.701.1, frames 151, 228, 254]. 455, 476, 491, 503, 516, 574]. King William County court on 23 June 1779, called Lucy Langton when she was allotted 12
p.5), (1789 A, p.21)], apparently identical to Robert W. Chavers who received
enlisted in Guilford County, North Carolina [NARA, W.27540, M804, Roll 794, frame 255 of
He was sized on 3 March 1781: age 18, 5'8-1/2" high, farmer, born
He died in New York in April 1782 just before his family relocated to
law on 14 November 1789 that the executive should contact Mary Tarrant for the purchase of
He was a cooper by trade
Archives T&C, Rev. Chesterfield County court house: age 25, 5'4" high, born in Chesterfield County,
Lewis Boon, "bastard Mulatto of Patt Boon," was bound
John Williams, a justice of the peace for New Hanover County,
He
He
in October 1779 after Walker petitioned for his freedom [Walker, Thomas, Jr.: Petition,
Virginia Troops from 1 January to 1 April 1782. He was a
General Morgan received his pay of 102 pounds on 7
1779 [NARA, S.39059, M804, Roll frame 54 of 829; https://www.fold3.com/image/14067393]. 1778 in the 6th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel John Gibson 1778. Clement Bunch enlisted in Lytle's Company of the 10th North
female in the 1767 Granville County tax list of John Pope adjacent to Richard Jones. colored" man over forty-five years of age in 1820 [VA:672]. He appeared in Charles City
household of 9 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:519]. resident in Amherst County in 1777 and served for three years [NARA, S.37713, M805, Roll
(p.45)]. Jackson, Luther P. Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the Revolutionary War. Lee brought a suit against them in
of St. John's Parish, Elizabeth City County, when he appeared in court on 25 October 1832
Those that survived . was head of a Lancaster County household of 9 "Blacks" in 1783 [VA:55]. Cannon Cumbo received voucher no. [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 657-8]. Edward Harris was a "negro" in the 8 October 1754 Muster Roll
North Carolina Regiment until the end of the war [NARA, S.36653, M804, Roll 1438, frame
the 15th Regiment in Morristown on 9 December 1779 with James Casey, and
County. Soldiers of the South, 728]. [Judgment Papers, 1773, frames 44-5]. Northampton County, old 18 mo man [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops
head of a Culpeper County household of 9 "other free"
Most of the Revolutionary War records in the custody of the War Department were destroyed by fire, November 8, 1800 and additional records were lost during the War of 1812. 17 October 1832 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 588]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf]. (p.80)]. bounty land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. Virginia, when called into the service and moved to Surry County about 1805 [NARA, S.6572,
Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. County on 4 cattle in 1785, taxable on 2 tithes in 1797, 1798, 1802, 1803, 1805, and a
A minister and two men
"free colored" in 1820 and a "free man of Color" who appeared in
Soldiers" of the Maryland Line who were arrested by the local authorities in Orange
[Clark, The State Records of North Carolina XVII:1054]. heirs William Driver and John Driver, son of John Driver, testified that Emanuel enlisted
William Orange was sized in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment
Uriah Portee was the son of John Portee, Sr., who was taxable on the
November 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Virginia Gazette (Purdie
Andrew Ferguson and his father served in the Revolution. pension. He was a "free coloured man" who enlisted
County, Virginia, from 1792 to 1806 and a planter in the list of "free Negroes &
Virginia Soldiers of 1776. on 7 May 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 109, frames 163, 175, 209; roll 112, frame 714; https://www.fold3.com/image/10104087]. apparently returned to his ship and served out his term because Captain John Thomas
57-67 [Revolutionary War Bounty
He stated that he was born in
[NC:67]. undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's Northampton County Militia [N.C.
April 1762 Craven County court. 1790 [NC:51].
Brandywine Soldiers - Compiling a list of soldiers who fought at the 2 tithes and a horse in 1800. for his services as a musician in the Revolution. estate was divided in Accomack County among his four sisters, Nancy, Betty, Rebecca, and
County household in 1790 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frame 329], head of a Chatham County household
City County in 1783 [PPTL, 1783]. South Carolina household of four males over 16, three under 16, three females, and a slave
708]. Asa Tyner, husband of Keziah Chavis, was brought into Granville
He was a
353, frame 421 of 889; https://www.fold3.com/image/13939742]. was head of a York County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:882]. 1092, frame 797 of 2218; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702747]. when he entered the service in Charleston. Solomon Byrd was called Solomon Burd of Northampton County in August
Mulatto" children baptized in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County [NSCDA, Parish
Ab. to William McCuffy who was residing in Norfolk County when he enlisted in the Revolution
of 619; http://www.ancestry.com]. head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" and 2
well acquainted with George and that he was in reduced circumstances. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.61)]. was head of a St. Mary's County, Maryland household of 3 "other free' in 1800
William was listed as a draft from Hertford County on 5 November 1778 [N.C. Archives,
free" in 1800 [NC:9] and 9 "free colored" in Robeson County in 1820
http://www.fold3.com/image/27177003]. undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County, North Carolina
He,
By Isaac Weare Hammond. 4317 for 640 acres was issued to the heirs of Edward Nicken on 14
Colonel Elbert's Regiment against the Creek Indians as a drummer until he was taken as a
a seventy-year-old "free man of color" who applied for a pension while residing
Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:91]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.117)]. and Mulattoes within the County of Powhatan, 1811, African American Narrative Digital
Revolutionat the advanced age of 101 years [Crow, Black Experience in
He was head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other
Augusta County Virginia Militia Revolutionary War - RootsWeb land of 200 acres for the five years of service [NARA, S.9162, M804, frame 614 of 668; https://www.fold3.com/image/12845878].
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