months [NARA, S.5750, M804, Roll 1692, frame 809 of 914; https://www.fold3.com/image/24327054]. 1787-1810, frames 243, 309, 394, 426]. on 20 January 1779, was entitled to bounty land for three years service, but had not
Adam Adams and John Butler of Charles County [NARA, M246, roll 33, frames 153, 159,
Solomon James, Jr., was a "Molato" head of household in
He was
"Mulatto" Frank served as a seaman in the Virginia Navy and
muster of Colonel Eaton, called Joseph Halley, next to Lawrence Pettiford [Clark, Colonial
Revolution in Virginia and then enlisted in Halifax County, North Carolina. on 4 December 1786 which he recorded in Fauquier County on 29 April 1806. On 13 October 1828 he made a declaration in Hertford County court, stating that he
the Warwick County court on 3 July 1760 [Minutes 1748-62, 322, 325, 334, 337]. James
28, 5'6-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in Charlestown, Bk Hair, Blk Eyes, Yellow
687, 781, 820, 865] and a "free Mulatto" head of a Culpeper County household of
M804, roll 288, frame 409 of 842; https://www.fold3.com/image/14438694]. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He was
court and applied for a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was
He was called John Dimery
759]. he met Reuben, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old "Mulatto boy," while serving in
may have been the brother of Bartlett Bowles who was taxable in Louisa County in 1782 and
soldier [NCGSJ VIII:213]. Brutus Johnston enlisted as a musician in Major's Company of the 10th
Wiggen?, Michael]. Her father is at this time receiving annually a pension for his services in the
County, North Carolina, and marched to West Point and Valley Forge. Troops served under state authority in units known as the Virginia State Line, enlistingfor three-year terms beginning in 1776. The affidavit was filed
He marched to Charleston, South
on back, "Hardy Bass, Volunteer, Granville County" [North Carolina Revolutionary
He was called William Carsey in his pension application in which he stated that
[Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. [Orders 1834-41, 7]. [The Chesterfield Supplement or
Regiment of Colonel Abraham Sheppard on 19 February 1782 as a deserter [NARA, M246, roll
Soldiers, 30; LVA petition dated 25 February 1823, reel 235, box 296, folder 103]. List of 10,000 Revolutionary Soldiers 1775-1783 - Fold3 HQ Jacob Going was head of a Stokes County household of 6 "other
Court Minutes 1820 and 1821, 125-6, 262-3, by NCGSJ XV:33]. May 1780. 39, 5'8" high, a blacksmith, born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, residing in
Joseph and James Proctor listed next to each other on a list of arrears paid, but there
the 2nd Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line on 1 August 1782 according to the
966 for
The followingvolumes index records of individual service in Virginia units, including some militia service, held by the Library of Virginia and the National Archives. He was head of a Northampton County household of 8
planter [Mil. April 1784 for serving three years in the 2nd Virginia Regiment and received
LVA]. XVII:214]. County when he enlisted on 6 June 1782 for 3 years in the Revolution: age 21,
List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia, special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1911 by Virginia State Library. "black" New Kent County households in 1782 [VA:36]. William Chavers was "Negro" in the 8 October 1754 Muster Roll
On 4 October 1832 William Whicker appeared in
648; M804, Roll 1920, frame 76 of 1326; https://www.fold3.com/image/27179368]. South Carolina Regiment from March 1779 to March 1780 [M246, roll 89, frames 121, 138,
delinquent "Negroe" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1780, 1781, 1788,
139; Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution]. Revolution, stating that he enlisted in May 1776 at Windsor, Bertie County, in the North
1806 to 1812 [PPTL, 1800-12, frames 521, 629, 682, 804, 949, 1032]. Rol 113, frame 439 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/22938237]. Henry Proctor was counted in the Constable's Census for Charles County
tax lists for Wake County in 1799 and 1802 [CR 099.701.1] but not listed in the census for
William Stewart was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina
He was living in Bertie
Mo." "severely and frequently" according to a statement made by witness Agness Langston
pension, stating that he had enlisted in the company of Captain Goodwin in the 4th North
Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1040]. roll 97, frame 79 of 720; M881, Roll 946, frames 2509-2528 of 2864; https://www.fold3.com/image/23017945]. On 22
William Rudd was drafted in Halifax County in March 1779 [N.C. Archives, digital
4814
and served until the end of the War. [NC:156]. Squire Osborn was a "F.N." 1779. Around 9,000 African Americans became Black Patriots. He was head of a Goochland County household of 3 "other
James City County, on 4 June 1748 [Bruton Parish Register, 8]. He was also an abolitionist who spent a lot of time and effort trying to get Congress and South Carolina legislature to approve a regiment of black soldiers. Elijah Donathan was most likely the son of William Donathan, a
He was a "F.N." a soldier in the North Carolina Line [N.C. Genealogy XVI:2580]. enlisted in Fredericksburg but served his time with Mr. Thomas Bell of Orange County [Virginia
Farnham Parish to bind him out to William Downman, the same man Robert Pinn was bound to
Queen County court to obtain a pension for his services in the 11th Virginia Regiment. on 20 August 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay
McCulloch drew his final pay [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, 17:190,
William County certified that Reuben Sampson was his legal representative. 10081833, 10081873]. 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1092, frame 2049 of 2281]. Revolutionary War Records, I:202]. 199]. Revolutionary War
He marched to Wilmington,
high, born in Maryland, from Montgomery County, enlisted April 2, 1782," when he was
Burrell Taborn was a resident of Nash County in 1781 when he enlisted
who had served in the Revolution but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835
10 cattle in 1783 and 1786, called a "free Negro" in 1785, a "Mulatto"
by Captain William Pary [NARA, M246, roll 31, frame 322 of 658; https://www.fold3.com/image/12448884]. 388 for 1 pound specie on 1 May 1792
1-3]. M880, Roll 4; https://www.fold3.com/image/286914564]. He
feet 8 inches, blk Hair, Hazl Eyes, yellow Complexion, Indian Features, a planter,
deceased. of 1089; https://www.fold3.com/image/22780909]. household of 7 free persons in 1784 [VA:68] and a a "mulatto" taxable in
320, 90]. "other free" in 1810. 19 March 1781 and was sized on 28 May: age 23, 5'5-1/2" high, black complexion,
James Gowing was in Captain James Franklin's Company of the 10th
and 6 slaves in 1790 [NC:127], 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:4], and 1 in 1810
discharged on 3 April 1779 [Archives of Maryland, 18:156, 327]. him for failing to list himself as a tithable [Orders 1768-70, 508; 1770-2, 25, 336]. South, 701]. Jane Collins, a free woman of Colour, testified on 14
a private from 1778 to 1783 and was discharged in Alexandria, Virginia [NARA, S.39379,
He was a
Zachariah Hill, son of "free mulatto" Hannah Hill, was bound
S.S. are the Secretary of State
"molatto" from 1791 to 1796 and from 1805 to 1814 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 93,
He entered the
He was a "Mulatto" sailor, born in Northumberland County, drafted there on 21
of troops in Williamsburg when Brown advertised in the 6 June 1777 issue of the Virginia
apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he enlisted in Amelia
He was a
Doctor Thomas Cock testified
John Roberts was drafted from Accomack county on 25 January 1782 to
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.27)]. of 1437; https://www.fold3.com/image/28761628]. On 26 February 1787 John Henderson received his final pay for serving as a wagoner [NARA,
39]. (abstract of Auditors' Account, Volume II:228, LVA]. Goochland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:722]. He
Surry County, Virginia, in 1776 and served several tours of six weeks each. Edward Griffin, a man of "mixed blood," was promised his
United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors He was taxable in the southern district of Halifax County, Virginia, from 1782 to 1803:
He was head of a Currituck County household of 4
"Molotto Boy" on 12 October 1772 when the court ordered him bound to someone
was counted as white in the 1790 census for Wake County, listed near Morris Evans who was
Charles and Ambrose Franklin, sons of Martha Walden, wife of
Fifth Troop in the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel George
Hanzer family descended from Aminadab, a slave in Accomack County, Virginia, who had a
stated that he was born in Prince George's County about 1761 and was living in Dorchester
was mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension application of Holiday Haithcock
His heir Joseph Hawley
John Redman was taxable in the western district of Hardy County,
Ephraim and Gideon Bunch were in the Berkeley County, South Carolina
Continental Soldiers in the Revolutionary War - History of a declaration to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 99, frame 106 of 760; Roll 98, frame 244 of 789; https://www.fold3.com/image/22038275]. according to an affidavit by Colonel Mennis on 22 March 1796 when Ephraim received bounty
Mr. Norvells received his final pay of 20 pounds on 18 June 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1091,
"other free" in 1800. Lewis Brewington received voucher no. John Tabor served in the Revolution from North Carolina [S.S., State
& Hillsborough, 10]. Docias Conner received voucher nos. He
He was a taxable head of his own "Black" Craven
free" in 1790 [NC:134] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:72]. February 1780 when the Maryland Council ordered the commissary to deliver him cloth
Jacob Black received voucher no. Stephen Puckham enlisted in Colonel David Hall's Company in the
head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790
He stated that he enlisted in Jones County in 1778 in Captain John Taylor's
in Lancaster County on 11 May 1751 [Orders 1762-5, 227]. into the Revolution from Culpeper County on 17 March 1781 for 18 months. Revolutionary War - Timeline, Facts & Battles - HISTORY until 15 April 1779 and then as a soldier in the 2nd Virginia Regiment
November 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1013]. He was head of a Hampshire County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:833],
received his final pay of 28 pounds on 15 December 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1093, frame 146
Virginia, in the 4th Virginia Regiment from February 1777 to February 1779
Adderson Moore enlisted in the Revolution from Chesterfield County in
on 20 July 1778 [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1080]. M804, Roll Roll 701, frame 728 of 810; https://www.fold3.com/image/13009229]. He was the apprentice of John Bateman of Chowan County when he entered the
5943 for nine pounds specie in
Warrants, (1800-1811), no. of 619; http://www.ancestry.com]. He was born in St. Kitts in the West Indies and moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia. James Thomas, a "Colored man," enlisted in Norfolk County and
reported as being sick at Lancaster in the 9 September 1778 muster of Murfree's Company in
Wallace's Regiment commanded by Colonel Abram Buford. 32; Bell, Charles Parish Registers, 106]. free" in 1790 [NC:61], 7 in 1800 [NC:318], 8 in 1810 [NC:23], and 9 "free
court to apply for a pension, declaring that his family consisted of his wife Mima and son
]. He was head of a Surry County, North
He
John
District for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay
Evans Archer was a soldier born in Hertford County and living in
Joseph Allen was a "Mullatto" taxable in William Allen's
Charles Cuffee was called the son of "free Negro" Sarah Coffe
The Holt family
Abram Reed was a "free man of Colour by birth" who had always
household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [NC:858]. Tilman Dixon was assigned Peter's right to military land warrant no. He stated that he was born in
David Dennum/ Denham was head of a Claiborne County, Tennessee
Virginia Regiment according to the 21 November 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette
2-3]. yellow complexion, a planter, born in Sussex County, served Colonel Buford for 1 year
for three years. Lazarous Harmon served in the 6th Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment
(http://www.ancestry.com)]. Matthew Jacobs received voucher no. Thomas Mason was head of a Louisa County household of 6 "other
Bibliography Brunswick County court house where Colonel Davie accepted him as a substitute. the Maryland regiment of light dragoons until he was taken prisoner last summer [Virginia
obtain a pension for his service under Captain Sharpe in the Tenth North Carolina Regiment
Revolution on 20 May 1776 [NARA, M853, https://www.fold3.com/image/291771927]. 1800. when he appeared in court to apply for a pension for his services in the Revolution,
County, Delaware. farmer [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
years of age and living in Laurens District, South Carolina, when he appeared in court on
1790 [NC:194], 10 in 1800 [NC:313], 5 in Richland District, South Carolina, in 1810
Carter, Solomon]. He was also
colored" man over forty-five years of age in 1820 [VA:672]. married Sally Terrel, 25 October 1791 Culpeper County bond. He was living on 7 acres of land in a small house with
William Barber, born on 17 May 1745 in Dinwiddie County, was living in
Regiment in January 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1082]. He was called a "yeoman of Richmond County,
heirs on 29 August 1820 [North Carolina Archives SS Military papers, folio 355 cited by
shilling specie in January 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina
with his wife Margaret from 1756 to 1769 in the part of Chowan County which became Gates
120 for 4 pounds on 1 June 1781, endorsed
He was head of a New Hanover County household of 5 "other free"
Staff members are available in the search room to assist the public. Parish, Richmond County, in May 1749 [King, Register of North Farnham Parish, 157;
1778 [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 183 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12004890]. He was taxable in Lower Westover Precinct of Charles City County in 1786 [PPTL,
[MD:381]. "other free" and 4 slaves in 1810 [MD:878]. taxable in King and Queen County from 1804 to 1820: taxable on 2 tithables from 1807 to
Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RSDX,
The assembly enacted a
He served in the 15th
He stated that he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Regiment under Captain
served in the 6th Virginia Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Posey from
Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Reuben was
Kaminkow, Marion J. Mariners of the American Revolution . and ship Tartar and was wounded. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
three sons serving in the Continental Army [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War
months in January 1779 in the Hertford County Militia under Captain Harris, marched to
He was seventy-six on 29 August 1833 when
North Carolina, XVI:1079; XVII:217]. North Carolina [CR 44.701.20]. Carolina Continental Line for nine months on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records of
taxable on an assessment of 243 pounds in District 6, Martin County [GA 30.1]. John Hathcock was living in Southampton County on 5 October 1771 when
Abraham Pavey served in the Revolution in North Carolina according to
Timothy was
Roll , Roll 1031; frame 596 of 1051; https://www.fold3.com/image/22758110]. was taxable in Meherrin Parish, Greensville County, Virginia, in 1788 [PPTL 1782-1807;
for March to June 1779 [Delaware Archives, Military I:539]. County, North Carolina household of 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:161] and 14 in
sold his Northampton County land on 15 February 1778 [DB 6:227]. in that county. Jonathan Case was on the payroll of Captain Alexander Whitehall's
years service in the Revolution on 24 June 1780. Northampton County power of attorney to obtain settlement of their Revolutionary War
Simon Moore was living in Beaufort County when he and (his brother?) Norfolk County, Virginia, enlisted in 1778 and had moved to Bedford County thirteen years
He was head of a Richmond County household of 8 "other free" in
He received clothing in 1780 [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the
free" in 1800 [NC:495]. George lived for about five years in Marion District, South Carolina,
[NC:26], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:190]. for bounty land for his service [NARA, B.L.Wt. accession no. Bladen County in April 1782 and served in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment. Bartlet Tyler complained to the Granville County court on 5 August 1778
David Braveboy was a taxable "Mulato" in Bladen County in
David Wilson, "a man of Colour," was about sixty-four years
S.8788, M804, Roll 1477; frame 16 of 1201; https://www.fold3.com/image/25012774]. In 1774 he was a
and living in Norfolk County on 23 September 1780 when he enlisted in the
1779-1782," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LLZ9
Regiment on 20 July 1778 [Clark, State Records XVI:1105]. Nevis in the Caribbean [Virginia Gazette (Rind), p.4, col. 1]. Gazette [Virginia Genealogist 4:136]. He received voucher
He was eighty years old and owned 126 acres of land
to Louisa County, and he had no idea what had become of them. Norfolk County, black complexion, deserted [Register & description of
175 in
enlisted in the Spring of 1780 at Halifax County, Virginia courthouse under Captain Tilman
He was counted as white in 1790, head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina
Isham Hathcock enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th
He applied for a pension while
He was head of a Brunswick County household of 4
Girl," bound out in Charles City County in 1750. 1790 [NC:42]. Edward Coleman, born about 1764, a "coloured man," appeared
Negro Absolom was drafted from Prince George's County in 1781 [Archives
He was sent to Williamsburg for further trial where he
10081833, 10081847, 10081873]. LVA]. free" in 1810 [NC:27] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:151]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], 9
He received a
and 1 Black tithe [N.C. Archives CR 10.702.1, Box 13]. Norfolk, VA: Guide Quality Press, 1944. He was head of a Robeson County household of 7 whites in 1790 and 5
S.108.388, http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. He was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax
free" in 1800 [NC:814], 11 in 1810 [NC:765], and 7 "free colored" in 1820
He stated that he was drafted into the militia
Revolution. was head of a Granville County household of 3 "other free" in 1800, 3
& Privates, LVA accession no. declared that he had traveled north as bowman to an officer named Holt Richeson in 1777
He stated that he was living
forefinger in order to marry a free woman, near Fine Creek Mill in Powhatan County, who
Colonel William Eaton's Granville County Militia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South,
1790 [NC:76], 11 in 1800 [NC:469] and 3 in 1810 [NC:739]. granted pension certificate no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.29]. CR. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC,
as a substitute: age 23, 5'9-3/4" high, blk hair, blk eyes, blk Complection, born
on 8 April 1783: age 14, 5'9-1/2" high, black complexion Mulatto, born in Fairfax
Bevel who set him free in that county. Elisha Heathcock was among a group of soldiers from Brunswick County,
Journal of the American Revolution; The Rise of Virginia's Independent Militia (September 18, 2014) Prince George County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
He received final pay of 27
Revolutionary War from 1 August 1780 to 4 November 1783 [DHS, MS Delaware Regiment Pay
He and William Samson were living in King William County in 1818
(Taborn? Henry Lattimore enlisted in the Revolution in Fairfax County and was
the marquis. the Revolution under Colonel Nicholas Long and was paid 9 pounds on 30 August 1783 and 23
[VA:48] and 12 in 1785 [VA:83]. may have been the Peter Cumbo who was listed as "runaway" in the 1783 tax list
Carolina, and moved to Marion District, South Carolina, near Marrs Bluff at the age of
They did not return
the Revolution and a fourth voucher for 9 pounds on 24 July 1787 [North Carolina
He was head of a York County household of 4 "other free" and
298, 312; 1763-5, 320; 1772-4, 437; 1784-7, 468]. He was a drummer in Hazen's Regiment in a list of men
Virginia Military Records FamilySearch household of 2 "free colored" in 1830. pounds on23 October 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089, frames 192-194 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23297652]. He married Mary Mitchell, 22 July 1779 Granville
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GZKT]. He may have been the John Moore who gave Thomas Armstrong his power of