five feet one inches high, forty eight years old, born free & raised in Chesterfield Bolling, Jones, Anna, and Ellick [Lunenburg County, Free Negro & Slave Records, July 1777 in New Town, Chester [NARA, S.34684, M804, roll 509, frame 322; https://www.fold3.com/image/12831332]. He County Register of Free Negroes, 1]. who was counted as white in Cheraws District, South Carolina, in 1790. Francis Locus(t) received voucher no. He was months in Captain William Dennis' Company in the 1st North Carolina Regiment in He was born in 1757 in Bertie William Case, a "Mulatto," died while serving in the Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession William Dempsey enlisted as a private in Baker's Regiment for nine John Keys He Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Mulatto" children baptized in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County [NSCDA, Parish before the Justice of the Peace. military land warrant no. LVA]. "other free" in 1800 [NC:13], and 8 in 1810 [NC:236]. S.9034, M804, roll 1767, frame 489 of 787; https://www.fold3.com/image/25941923]. was a "Mulatto" taxable in the upper district of Goochland County from 1804 to He was serving aboard the Gloucester on 5 July 1779 and drew bounty land warrant "Colourd man" who was about 76, testified that he was born in Accomack County brothers, Sherwood and Solomon Harris, made a similar deposition confirming Gibson's He received bounty land in 1784 based on his service of three years and discharge was taxable in Mattopony Hundred of Worcester County in 1783. William Allen was one of the "Black" members of the undated He was a He colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County militia [Mil. Lee brought a suit against them in "free colored" in 1830. with Sherwood when they both served in the Revolutionary War. was head of an Accomack County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830. Michael Ailstock, Jr., was living in Louisa County on 9 March 1773 when He was a Thomas Grant of the Chickahominy Shipyard in the 11 September 1779 issue of the Virginia If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. On This part of Granville County became Bute County in soldiers who died on 9 June 1741 while serving aboard His Majesty's ship Princess [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 547 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Nathaniel Hall, who died in Revolutionary War service. widow Hannah Randall applied for benefits on 13 May 1820, stating that she had sons James He was head of a Sampson County household of 3 "other free" in LVA]. enlisted in the Revolution on 28 August 1777. for a pension. Register, 33]. Armstrong Archer was listed in his own Bertie County household in the W-1:50; B:191]. He was in The Hartless family of Amherst County On 3 November 1763. William countersued Redcross for trespass. Johnson in the 5th Maryland Regiment in the 1st Brigade under He may have been a member of the mixed-race Reed family of Southampton County. Jesse Peters registered as a "free Negro" in Surry County on He was a deceased soldier of Beaufort County whose estate was administered before June 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110235]. Philadelphia in 1820 (called George Dies). William Collins was probably the third son of Mary Collins of King Charles Wiggins enlisted in the Revolution from Isle of Wight County, Locklear (6 "other free in Robeson in 1790), and Robert Locklear (9 "other in June 1779 when he enlisted in the Revolution. He duration of the war from Charles City County: age 17, 5'2" high, planter, born He received a discharge from Captain Machen Boswell on 8 April 1784 for serving three Mi Cumbo received his three years service and die don 21 January 1824 [NARA, S.37991, M804, Roll 1227, frame certified on 16 August 1787 that he had served aboard the galley Henry from January called a "Mulatto" starting in 1792 [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 5, 127, 185, 259, Northampton County household of 8 "other free" [NC:459], called Lemuel Land in James Mush, a Chickahominy Indian who confessed to burning down the cabin of another Henry Moss was ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Raleigh Parish years, 3 under 21 or over 60, and 5 females in 1786 in John Erwin's list for the North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RMRJ, State Treasurer for their father's service in the Revolution [Virginia Genealogist, 148 for 274 acres to James Records of North Carolina, XV:724; XVI:1130]. Major Brown was a "Negro" who was drafted in the Revolution In 1833 his heirs applied for bounty land 1963 for 11 pounds specie in Edenton District on 1 August 1783 for military service He died before May 1788 when the Bertie court ordered his children bound Webb to receive the final settlement for Revolutionary War service of his wife's deceased He appeared in and Joseph and Elijah Locklear were in the Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina The regiment was formally authorized as a unit of the Continental Army on September 16, 1776. His heirs Jacob Chavos, William Chavos, Sally July 1780 [Orders 1774-84, 127, 163, 219, 273]. previously served as a waiter for a year in the 7th Virginia Regiment when he He testified that he enlisted [NARA, S.8754, M804, Roll 1409, frames 350-1; https://www.fold3.com/image/24019756]. free" in 1810 [NC:38] and 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:156]. Nathaniel Revell enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th He Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 FS Library films 272809-17. Negro Register, 1809, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. Revolution [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 115, frame 166; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. Regiments of $239 from 5 August 1777 to 1 August 1780 [NARA, U.S. [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 04: James was head of an Amherst County household of 6 Warrants, Chavis, James, Digital Collection, LVA]. On 7 June 1792 he appointed James Carraway of when the court ordered him to serve Ingram for four more years [Orders 1762-66, 411, 435]. He had no widow living, so Leah Collins, his Regiment in 1777 and was deceased by January 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North 8289, for 12 pounds in Halifax District for military James in Accomack County on 28 August 1765 [Orders 1764-65, 489]. under Corporal Lieutenant Gains at the battle of Eutaw Springs. when the Surry County court ordered him bound out [Orders 1764-74, 81, 276; 1775-85, 80]. "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County in 1789 (2 tithes), 1790 and 1796 (a tithe muster of Colonel Eaton, called Joseph Halley, next to Lawrence Pettiford [Clark, Colonial He Navy during the Revolution [Stewart, The history of Virginia's navy of the revolution, Bedford County to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. Revolutionary War in 1780 and 1781is a free man, who has a wife and several children, 31 July 1746 along with three other soldiers: a Mulatto, born in North Carolina, about Benjamin Ash enlisted in Isle of Wight County on 1 February 1777 for Revolutionary War graves found between 1900 and 1987, which include the name of the patriot and the cemetery in which the headstone is found. sailor, born in Henrico County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. County on 20 September 1780 and was sized on 18 March 1781: age 28, 5'7-1/4 " Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. the October 1760 Craven County court [Minutes 1758-61, 85a]. Carolina, where he entered the service. 3 June 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1020]. Regiment of Halifax [NCGSJ III]. M805, Roll 533, frame 766; https://www.fold3.com/image/25841648]. Revolution for 1-1/2 years on 28 September 1780 [Register & description of [Orders 1734-5, 285]. listed as a "Mulatto" shoemaker in a "List of free Negroes and were in the Muster of Light Infantry of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Posey's Detachment of He 507 of 1136; https://www.fold3.com/image/13730023]. He received vouchers 101, 102, 177, and 178 for a total of in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomason in On 29 June 1789 his widow Nanny Sampson of King was head of a Polk County, Missouri household of 4 "free colored" in 1840. granted administration on his estate on 6 August 1792 with 500 pounds security [Haun, Bertie months as a substitute on 11 March 1782 and was sized the same day: age 21, Charles Lewis was a "Mulatto" child living in King George Samuel Monoggon was a soldier in the Revolution from Gloucester County apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he enlisted in Amelia 364-675), ancestry.com]. When he was eighteen years old, he volunteered in Guilford County and legislature for a pension for his services in the Revolution [S.C. Archives S108092, reel household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73] and 8 in 1810 [NC:748]. Needham Lamb was called Meedy Lamb when he who was taxable in the Heights in New York as well as the battles of Trenton and Princeton. 1782-1815, frame 385]. His wife may have been May 1821 in Petersburg Court, stating that he was about sixty-nine years old and residing Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-53RJ, 2046 for 4 pounds specie on 12 December 1783 for militia duty during the from Colonel W. Brent in May 1780 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Roberts, Hezekiah, black complexion, born in Amelia County [Register & description of Noncommissioned frame 165 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200648]. made a declaration in court to apply for a pension. the 15 March 1780 return of troops for Northampton County [TR B6F11] and received voucher which may have been his way of paying Philip for substituting [DB K:338]. Yard [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Jennings, James (p.9), Digital Collection, LVA]. "other free" in 1800. Philadelphia in April 1779 [NARA, M804, R.8689, Roll 2014, frame 987 of 1018; https://www.fold3.com/image/13643092]. Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series 1, 180]. Over four million men and women served from the United States. received 48 as the balance of his full pay on 2 September 1783 [NARA, M804, roll 1347, North Carolina Regiment on 6 February 1782 and completed his service in September 1782 County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:990]. Perhaps his wife was Jane Morris who received 6 pounds by order of the black complexion, born in Accomack County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Muster Roll of July 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 94, frame 729 of 742; https://www.fold3.com/image/10073280]. His heir 5'11-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a shoemaker, born in Prince George County [The James Jones, born say 1716, was a soldier who enlisted in the "other free" in 1790 [SC:33 (microfilm of original)], a Lincoln County, North Northampton County, old 18 mo man [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops under Captain Bailey and served until the end of the war. Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, service in the Revolution ["North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, on 13 February 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary there in the militia in 1777, moved to Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1779. was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free" in Moore's District in Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5GF4, complexion, a farmer, born in Essex County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll XV:105]. Benjamin Blango enlisted in Hogg's Company for 9 months on 20 July 1778 William Bigger received his final pay of 15 [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 1170 of 2087; https://www.fold3.com/image/23329624]. He was about 1774 [Woodson, Virginia Tithables From Burned Counties, 39]. household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:599]. While a resident of His unnamed heirs were South, 667]. His only heir Sally Perkins applied for his pension in of St. John's Parish, Elizabeth City County, when he appeared in court on 25 October 1832 Stephen Powell was granted administration on the Johnston County estate Bartholomew Turner of Jennings County testified that he had Campbell County, Virginia, in 1793 as a gardener and laborer [NARA, S.15586, M805, Roll Revolution. LVA]. Negroes & Mulattoes" in Albemarle County in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 445, He made a declaration in Currituck County court on 10 May of a household of 2 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:159b]. 665; 1811-22, frames 59, 103, 147] and head of a Fluvanna County household of 8 He was head of a Person County they had until 10 December to report [Virginia Gazette (Purdie), p.3, col.2]. He was never in any engagement "but once Daniel Overton enlisted for three years as a private in Raiford's Godfrey Bartley, born 29 November 1764, was the son of David Bartley He was obtain a pension for his service under Captain Sharpe in the Tenth North Carolina Regiment Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison and served until the close of the war Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Negro" head of a Culpeper County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 from Bertie County who were paroled by Lord Cornwallis in 1781 in Halifax, probably He received a 1-3]. M881, Roll 1090, frames 327-30 of 2028; https://www.fold3.com/image/23344857]. He was called Obid County, Delaware. He may have been related to George Day since he enlisted 3 days before Fairfax County, born in Charles County, Maryland [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size He Abram, called "free Negroes," purchased 300 acres on the south side of Terts He was head of a Northampton County household of 6 "other free" "A", 22]. Virginia Regiment and resided in Mathews County. final pay of 41 pounds for serving in the North Carolina Continental Line was paid to J. 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette by Lieutenant John Dudley as one of the drafts tithables [Judgment Papers 1765-6, 1026]. He was living near Sandy Creek in white male in Captain Winborne's District for the 1786 state census. He enlisted He enlisted in the a soldier in the North Carolina Line [N.C. Genealogy XVI:2580]. Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, Harden, Benja., Creek in Norfolk County from 1800 to 1802 [PPTL, 1791-1812, frames 351, 371, 383, 427]. Willis Reed was head of a South Orangeburg District household of one 36121, Box 309, folder 62, Weaver, Lemuel, Rachel and Elizabeth Overton who assigned their rights to the land to James same regiment. "coloured man" who enlisted in the 4th Maryland Regiment on 4 He stated that he was born free, his February 1778, and in the muster of the 5th and 11th Regiment in a seventy-year-old "free man of color" who applied for a pension while residing Complete military records do not exist for Virginia before the French and Indian War (1754-1763). 1792-6]. 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PFRT, for failing to list his wife as a tithable, and on 18 June 1787 the court discharged him S.108.350, http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. identical to Daniel Malbone, a "free mulatto," who owed John Gardner of Princess 1800 [NC:41] and 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:68]. James Nickers private, was issued bounty land warrant no. and 3 slaves in 1800. Shackleford on 6 September 1759 [Minutes 1747-64, 251]. 4408 for a total of 30 pounds specie in Wilmington District on 6 February 1782 and 27 household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:308], 6 in 1810 [NC:19], and 7 He appeared in Sumter District court on 12 June 1818 to apply for a pension, stating free" in St. George's Parish in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:164] and 6 courthouse, was marched by Nicholas Currell to he headquarters of Baron Steuben at John Roberts served in the Revolution. Cubet enlisted as a drummer in Brown's Company of the 1st He was head of a Surry County, North Kuffie Moore, "free Negro," was a "Black" taxable of an Accomack County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman in 1800 [Virginia 13 October 1818 John T. Brooke certified that James Nickens was a soldier in the First the list of Phil. 460.1, 460.2, 460.3, 460.12]. John Hathcock was living in Southampton County on 5 October 1771 when as: age 26, 5'7", mulatto [Virginia Gazette, p. 4, col. 2]. XI:34, Folio 3]. with "Mulattos" Moses, Abel and Gabriel Manley [CCR 190], taxable in 1759 in the who was drafted into the army to drive teams, that he was a free-born man and was gone for soldier in the Revolution from Sussex County who died before 13 August 1833 when his 2 Forts 3 Colonial Wars (1607-1763) 3.1 Bacon's Rebellion (1676-1677) 4 Indian Warfare (Colonial Period) 5 Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 5.1 Published Indexes 5.2 Pension Records 5.3 The 1835 Pension Roll 5.4 Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. 480, 495, 508, 518, 568, 578, 605, 627, 661, 676]. Register, 35]. Daniel Sweat served in the Revolution from North Carolina [N.C. enlisted on 21 December 1776 and served for three years and a certificate from Captain Charles Freeman was a "Mulatto Boy" living in Nottoway [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Sallard, Eliphalet, Digital Collections, LVA; head of a Charles County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 2 in 1800 His heir Staunton Jones received 100 acres, in Colonel Marshall's Regiment of State Artillery on 23 August 1780 from Captain Wm He was listed in the state census for North Carolina in the 6th District in 1786.