in 1748 [Winfree, The Laws of Virginia, 416-7]. Neale's 1754 and 1755 Craven Muster Roll [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South,
Collections, LVA]. She was head of a Mecklenburg County, Virginia
George Williams was a soldier from Richmond County in the French and
his power of attorney to receive his final settlement certificate for his services in the
http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.83)]. Purdie's edition, p.3, col. 3]. He was called Neale
Tim Jones was about eighty-six years old on 15 July 1833 when he
Regiment, recruited Jesse to serve in the Revolution. 1792-1806, frames 51, 74, 155, 181, 280, 330, 392]. He was a "FN" taxable in Nansemond County in 1815 [PPTL, 1815-37, frame 26]. 154, 157, 160, 178, 180 of 756; https://www.fold3.com/image/9563516]. T.R. had determined never to have a husband in the continental army, and supposed this
three years and was entitled to bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
Louisa County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield
Willis Boon enlisted in William's Company of the 5th North
His heirs Samuel, Lemuel, Rachel and
House, LVA accession no. Cambell, then Quebeck but lost his discharge in a sea wreck soon after the war. He was a "colored man" who was
10 December 1778 to 10 April 1779. Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
Saunders Burnet of Johnston County when he received voucher no. at the Battle of Yorktown, and died about thirty years previous [Revolutionary War
He was deceased on 21 September 1833 when Anselm Bailey of
Anne Arundel County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 1 "free
321 for 10 pounds specie
Richardson [NARA, S.11699, M804, Roll 2616, frame 485 of 1296 https://www.fold3.com/image/283262798]. declaration in Hardy County court to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution,
Carolina, in 1800 [NC:544] and 10 in 1810 [NC:956]. of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson from
District in 1800 [SC:62], and 9 in Abbeville District in 1810 [SC:84]. Source is Stryker's Official Register published in 1872. He was
Warrants, Hopson, John, Digital Collection, LVA]. John DeBaptist was said to have served in the Revolution as a seaman
Anthony Sweat was in the roll of Captain Bynum's Company of North
1781. Revolution in Northumberland County for two years on 16 June 1782 and was sized the same
James Smith was a "mulatto" from Halifax County, Virginia,
Jacob Copes was a "free Negro" listed in the muster roll of
Journal and Baltimore Advertiser which stated that she had run away, perhaps to her
XIV:230]. On 4 August 1792 in Gates County she gave her son
children whose births were recorded in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County [NSCDA, Parish
He made a second declaration on 18
taxable in Northumberland County from 1785 to 1813 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 283, 603, 621,
Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. was born in Caroline County, moved to Amherst County when he was twenty-three years old,
(p.21)], perhaps identical to George1 McCoy who also served in the Revolution. 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frames 163, 190, 311, 376, 405, 568, 650, 803; 1810-32, 139]. Kingston Parish, Gloucester County household of 3 free persons in 1783 [VA:53], taxable in
in that county. made while living in Halifax County, North Carolina [NARA, R.10,820, M805, Roll 820, frame
listed as a cooper in the same district (Braddock Goodwyn's) as another "free"
months on 6 June 1782 and was sized on 26 June: age 22, 5'6-3/4" high, black
7141 in Halifax District on 6 June 1782 for military service in the Revolution and
Cumberland County his attorney to receive his payment for services in the Continental line
from Cecil County in May 1781 but listed among those who absconded [NARA, M246, roll 34,
State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1082]. He received military land
Isaac Chavis enlisted in the Revolution on 3 February 1777, a pioneer
Hill, NC]. year and a waggoner until 1783 when he was discharged at Hillsborough, North Carolina
He enlisted in the Revolution in 1780 under Captain Thomas Downing of
was head of a St. Mary's County, Maryland household of 3 "other free' in 1800
have his pension paid there [NARA, S.10374, M805, Roll 85, frame 0372; https://www.fold3.com/image/11261593]. 120 for 4 pounds on 1 June 1781, endorsed
Ephraim Emanuel was listed in the muster roll of Captain Elisha
Nathan Byrd received voucher no. 7252 for the
May 1816: This day Robert Sears appeared and made Oath before me that Charles Lucas a
He was taxable in New Kent County from
World War II United States Military Records provides additional information. Gibby was head of a Robeson County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50],
Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173, XVII:252]. a Culpeper County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:18]. [Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions, McCoy, George, 1822, Digital Collection, LVA]. Jack Knight and William Boush were two "negro slaves"
that Peter Haws' name was on the army register as receiving 60 pounds, 10 shillings as the
Company of the North Carolina Continental Line on 16 May 1777. the October 1760 Craven County court [Minutes 1758-61, 85a]. lived in King William County on or near the Pamunkey Indian Reservation. Links. County household in the 1761 list of John Hill. 1832 to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. volunteers for nine months service as a Continental soldier from Bute County on 3
374 in Halifax District for 10
in 1840. He was
delinquent in 1789, a "Negro" taxable on a cow and a calf in 1797 [Levy List
North Carolina, XVI:1133]. Joseph Hawley enlisted for 3 years as a private in Sharp's Company of
However, Massachusetts soldiers continued to make up the bulk of the . complexion, some of his fingers off, a planter or waiter (in another list), born in
Nathaniel (ca1748 SC -1807 GA) Captain South Carolina Militia. lower end of New Kent County on the south side of Warrenny Road from 1782 to 1815: taxable
1782: residence: Montgomery County, age 24, 5'7" height, complexion: yellow Molato
sixteen years old when drafted [NARA, R.4167, M805, Roll 362, frames 14-24; https://www.fold3.com/image/22046834]. On 30 October 1789 the legislature passed a law manumitting them,
Virginia Regiment on 24 March 1777 and died 10 July 1777 [NARA, M246, Roll 103, frames
free" and a white woman in 1800 [NC:383], and 2 "other free" in Edgecombe
North Carolina Regiment [NARA, W.17665, M805, Roll 219, frame 0072; M804, frame Roll 650,
Archibald Artis, born say 1753, was paid for serving in the militia in
140]. He stated that he
The lists usually contain name, rank, state of residence, and regiment. He was listed aboard the ship Gloucester on
Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Morris ("Mustees,
from 1787 to 1807, listed the same day as Peter Hacket, Jr., in 1807 [PPTL, 1785-1814,
He was in the payroll of the 14th Virginia Regiment in March 1778, sick
in Benjamin Williams' Company of the 2nd North Carolina Battalion commanded by
"negroes" Peter, Murray and Joe [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables 1766-80,
M881, Roll 1096, frame 687 of 2087; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702885]. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Chesterfield County from 1798 to
James Bowser was born in Nansemond County and enlisted in the
Davidson's North Carolina Company in the Revolution on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79,
James Nickins and others drew
Likewise, when two Negro men Pass and Cambridge
York Waters, "a negroe," was in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 10
Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173; T&C Rev. He was head of a Wake County household of 6
S. 38171, M804, Roll 1615,
Betsy Weaver, and Polly the wife of Armstead Nicken were named in court [Orders
Cumberland County in 1777 and served for three years. There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. in the Third Division commanded by Major George Little [TR B5F20]. Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Benjamin power of attorney to settle the balance of his army wages from 20 November 1778
He stated that he was born in
Hy Williams received his final pay of 55 pounds on 20 December 1784 [NARA, M881,
He was entitled to bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War
and served as a militia soldier in the year 1780 and part of 1781 [NARA, W.4061, M804,
served for a time under Lieutenant Samuel Jones [NARA, S.34926, M804, roll 1313, frame 102
edition, p. 3, col. 2]. received bounty land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Frank, Mulatto, Digital
XIII:522; XVI:1142]. land in 1811, exempt in 1815 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frames 157, 184, 227, 349, 367, 626, 698;
Malachi Nickens was living in Hertford County on 19 May 1781 when he
Captain George Burroughs deposed that he knew Shadrack in the service
He was apparently
The Puckhams
Joshua Perkins was a seaman in the Revolution. 281 of 1237; https://www.fold3.com/image/25980528]. free" in 1790. Peter Hedgepeth enlisted in Yarboro's Company in the 10th
Nickens was placed before the North Carolina General Assembly [LP 117 by NCGSJ
County in 1779 [N.C. Archives file CR 24.701.2]. 2028, 2342, and 2705 for 12
https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. [3] He enlisted in 1781 for a year in Captain Yarborough's Company
He appeared in Sumter District court on 12 June 1818 to apply for a pension, stating
form of hair: wool [ M246, roll 34, frame 433 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007204;
T&C are the Treasurer and
in January 1776. Edward Harris was head of a Richland District, South Carolina household
on 4 December 1786 which he recorded in Fauquier County on 29 April 1806. was taxable in York County from 1784 to 1814: taxable on 3 horses and 9 cattle in 1784,
234, 237, 241 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679504]. wife?) "Black" members of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's
enlisted in the Revolution on 28 August 1777. Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F37, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/651/rec/162]. He was twelve years old on 29 January 1771 when the court bound him to William Topping to
He
____ Phillips was a black complexioned soldier, born in Fauquier
free" in 1810. 4814
He was a "Black" tithable in Nottoway County from 1791 to 1812 (called Buck
Virginia Regiment on 3 February 1778 next to Abram Goff in the same list as Daniel Goff,
He was a taxable head of his own "Black" Craven
Isham Milton/ Melton received a discharge for three years' service in
from the ship Tartar and for each of whom a $100 reward was offered by Thomas Grant
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.39)]. William Underwood was head of a Wilkes County, North Carolina household of and 9
375, call no. 1 "other free" in 1810 [NC:825]. [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 430 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/17098774]. County with Charles Lewis on 5 April 1771. during the Revolution [NARA, S.7364, M805, Roll 678, frame 0148; https://www.fold3.com/image/14120863]. 1830 [NC:322]. He
John was listed as a private aboard the Dragon on 2 September 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
He was a
North Carolina, XVII:193]. muster of Colonel Eaton, called Joseph Halley, next to Lawrence Pettiford [Clark, Colonial
complexion, born in New Kent County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of
the year 1778 and was placed on guard at a place called Sandy Point on the Potomac River
He stated that he volunteered in a
Mulattas," registered the ___ 1766 birth of their son Thomas in Bruton Parish [Bruton
horseman from 15 April 1781 to 15 February 1782 [South Carolina Archives, Accounts Audited
Soldiers of the South, 722]. was head of a Queen Anne's County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 (called
husband or to the plantation of her former master Colonel George Mason or to Mrs. Cumberland courthouse, remained there some time and was then placed under Captain Drury
Bertie County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 (Cezar Chevat) [NC:12]. of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession no. read) [McKey, Jessey: Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Digital Collection, LVA]. He was a taxable "free negro" on the east side of
Sherwood Harris was head of a Wake County household of 6 "other
Dean) [MD:3]. He
"Mulatto" planter near Charles Watkins' Shop in 1804, living on Joseph Woodson's
(blackman) taxable in Augusta County in 1796 and 1797 [PPTL 1796-1810,
John Carter was a "free Negro," listed in the 4 October 1754
Spotsylvania County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:100] and 4
was sized at the Powhatan County court house on 27 April 1781 [The Chesterfield Supplement
County in 1802 and 1803 when he was counted in the "List of free Negroes &
John Chavis enlisted in the 5th Virginia Regiment in
free" in 1790 [NC:144], 7 "other free" and a white woman over the age of 45
He enlisted from the part of Berkeley County, Virginia, that
specie in Washington County in June 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North
5518, 5592, and 7743 for a total of
Daniel Strother, another pensioner, visited him in the hospital in Charlotte
listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL, 1791-1828, frames 332, 345, 359, 433, 444,
House, LVA accession no. Jeffrey Garnes was a six-year-old bound by the Lunenburg County court
He was about fifty-six years old on 13 November 1821 when he testified in
which was waiting for provisions on 2 September 1779, listed as entitled to bounty land,
1135; https://www.fold3.com/image/24631742]. He was head of a Craven County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:134]. 1780 and resided there until 1808 when he moved to Orange County. He was listed among the
in the Virginia Line in the last war [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers]. April 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1112]. frames 32, 69] and a "free Negro" or "Melatto" taxable in Rockingham
household of 6 "Mulattoes" in 1785 [VA:84]. 108, frames 755, 797, 801 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9098496]. He was head of a Sampson County household of 12 "other free" in 1800 [NC:501]. Morgan Lewis made a declaration in Halifax County court to obtain a
fifty-eight years old on 19 February 1819 when he made a deposition before one of the
appeared in Wake County court on 13 May 1818 to apply for a pension for his service in the
David Ivey, a "Coloured" musician, received warrant no. South, 989]. 2046 for 4 pounds specie on 12 December 1783 for militia duty during the
Court Minutes 1820 and 1821, 125-6, 262-3, by NCGSJ XV:33]. (himself and William Horn) and two slaves (Dick and Quash) in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen
muster. a soldier in the North Carolina Line [N.C. Genealogy XVI:2580]. and 5 slaves in 1790 [NC:73] and 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:477] and 8 in 1810. received his final pay of 61 pounds on 11 October 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 680
Jacob Francis, a "coloured man," about sixty years of
two horses until the end of the war. He was a "free Negro" head of a
After his discharge he moved to South Carolina, and served in the militia [NARA, S.39064,
Toney, John]. Roll of Captain Samuel Hawes' Company in the 2nd Virginia Regiment in July 1777
Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837, no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.45)]. Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F35, http://digital..gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/648/rec/165]. age, five feet six and three quarters highand resembles an Indian from whom he is
He was paid for serving in the militia in
the Revolution in an undated list before 8 April 1778. 419, 431, 479, 534]. that Edward had wounds: in his knee apparently from a bullet and one in his abdomen,
his own land in Westmoreland County in 1801 ["A List of Free Mulattoes & Negroes
Frederick County court to apply for the survivors' pension of their father James Nickens
in the rear at the battle of Eutaw Springs, in charge of baggage belonging to Fleming
boy, was bound by the Chowan County court to Lydia Herron to be a sawyer in January 1764. Accounts [N.C. Archives, State Treasurer Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary Army
register but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
16" in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 368, 398; 1791-1816, 17, 169, 271, 384, 462, 574,
bond. Carter Nickens was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford
Joshua Scott enlisted in Captain Henry Gaither's Company of the 1st
Halifax County household of 5 in 1800 [NC:328], 7 in 1810 [NC:36], and 7 "free
taxable on 2 free males in 1809; listed as a "Person of Colour" with his unnamed
about 78 years old on 12 June 1818 when he applied for a pension in Craven County, stating
M804, Roll 1573, frame 0042 (frame 56 of 1389 on ancestry.com); https://www.fold3.com/image/27253533]. frames 85, 119, 331, 459, 697]. one fourth his pay [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5NSX]. He was taxable in Simon Gillett's York County household in 1784 and 1786
September 1764 in Northumberland County court. for the Revolutionary War in the Elizabeth Town District of Frederick County on 6 January
He was head of a
Peter Beckett, was a "Negro" about 25 years and seven months
from 1777 until 1781, and he had received a Virginia Military Land Warrant for 100 acres
Burrell Artis was born in Southampton County and was living there in
County" when he received voucher no. He served in the 15th
property of Mr. Willis Cowper of Suffolk, not as seamen [Virginia Gazette (Purdie),
Peter Jones' Company of the 14th Virginia Regiment, sick at Lancaster in
18 months on 3 September 1780: age 26, 5'5-1/2" high, a groom, born in Hanover
County court as a vagrant and "delivered to a Continental Officer and to serve as the
and Isham Chavis in 1788, called Robert Walden in 1789 [PPTL, 1782-90 (1788 B,
David Wilson, "a man of Colour," was about sixty-four years
William Anderson appeared in Lebanon, Ohio court, to apply for a
Pate [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Day, Thomas, Seaman, Voucher 1785, Digital
April muster roll of Lieutenant Colonel Wm L. Davidson's Company [NARA, M246,
Charles Wiggins enlisted in the Revolution from Isle of Wight County,
Lemon /Lamentation Land was a waiter in the roll of Lieutenant William
a cordwainer on 29 July 1757 [CR 10.101]. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. George Dice) [MD:509] and 2 "free colored" males in the Middle Ward of
Navy [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Morrison, Anthony, Digital Collections, LVA]. services in the Revolution while resident in Barnwell District, South Carolina. His age was estimated at fifteen
Abner Neale's Craven County, North Carolina Company between the head of Slocomb's Creek
the American Revolution, 150, 546]. He was listed as a fifer when he was paid $22 in 1783 and as soldier in the infantry on 5
Northampton County, North Carolina court that Jacob was a soldier in a company of new
Collections, LVA]. He was head of a Bertie County household of 4 "other free" in
LVA]. box 13]. Robert was born 1758 in Augusta County, Virginia. He was born in St. Kitts in the West Indies and moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia. for 9 pounds specie in Wilmington District on 22 September 1783 for service in the militia
"free colored" in 1830. Tearel (Terrell), George Tearel, Reuben Ross and his wife Sally, and Jonathan Ross and his
On 23 July 1782 he was listed as a silversmith in the size roll as
Robert Howell and his wife Mary were the parents of several "Free
He was "a man of
Regiment as a substitute for Christopher Carlton. 1734 for 9 pounds specie on 3
Blood" taxable in Hertford County in
Company in the Revolutionary War on 1 October 1776, having served a month and seventeen
born" about 1759 in Brunswick County, Virginia, according to his Revolutionary War
City County in 1783 [PPTL, 1783]. County Militia under Major John Tillman in an expedition to Wilmington [Haun, Revolutionary
February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the crew who served
the smallbox, born in Virginia (where he is now supposed to be) and waited on Mr. Gill of
and 8 cattle in 1782 and 1784, taxable in Ware Parish in 1785 and 1786, taxable on 3
in Lancaster County on 11 May 1751 [Orders 1762-5, 227]. Salady Stanley was probably identical to the "Negro Boy named
Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P9BQ,
out in Culpeper County on 18 May 1758. Most volunteer regiments were from southern states.