pounds on23 October 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089, frames 192-194 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23297652]. taxable on his unnamed son in 1812, his wife and son on J. Nichols's land in 1813 [PPTL, Carolina Regiment on 12 July 1777 for three years [Clark, The State Records of North Nancy Valentine is about 37 years old of a bright Complexion tolerable straight madeis He enlisted in 1777 in Caswell County, North Carolina, served six months John Davis, a seaman aboard the Dragon, made a deposition for the bounty land claim Revolution, 1775-1783, II:628-9; https://babel.hathitrust.org]. Office, Naval Documents of the American Revolution, 11:160; http://www.ibiblio.org/anrs//docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p05.pdf]. voucher no. Whilst there gave birth to a boy called Dick. 1810 [VA:523]. with him on 14 October 1820 when he made a declaration in Fluvanna County to obtain a from service in the Revolutionary War on 3 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland Faith Lester was the daughter of Isam Lester who was Russell from June 1779 to November 1779 [NARA, M246, frames 668, 677, 683 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946602]. 199]. His final pay of 94 pounds was received by Selby Harney [Clark, The "other free" in 1810 [VA:65]. pension in Northumberland County court on 14 August 1832. Williams and "has frequently seen him engaged in driveing the team" [NARA, 1800 [NC:534], and 12 "free colored" in Cabarrus County in 1820 [NC:160]. Artis [NARA, R.4812, M804, roll 1263, frame 437; https://www.fold3.com/image/22996357]. Revolutionat the advanced age of 101 years [Crow, Black Experience in head of a Gates County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 and 11 "free 15]. John Evans died in the Revolutionary War after serving three years. Advertiser on 14 September 1782: James Songo, a mulatto, born in Kent County, deserted on 15 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frames 291, 300, 303 of 752; Roll 106, William Canonbrig was drafted for 18 months while resident in Bedford Pryor in 1762 [N.C. Archives CR 44.701.19]. 455, 466, 477, 488, 494, 500, 503, 516]. He and his brother Jeremiah gave Seth Peebles of & Privates, LVA accession no. He enlisted in Captain Tatum's 1st North Carolina Regiment from 20 James, Jesse]. October 1811 when he testified for the Legislative Petition of Aaron Weaver. Royal Crown 1776 Revolutionary Green Mountain Ranger War Soldier 8999 for 9 pounds specie on 30 August 1783 in Deceased," on 25 October 1791 when he and his wife gave power of attorney to Robert [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P34F, was discharged on 19 May 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 430 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/17098774]. from Dinwiddie County on 29 June 1782 and was sized the same day: age 28, 4'11" He was called a "free man of Colour" on 27 April Soldiers of the South, 728]. old, was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, and lived in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, [Crow, Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 101; Clark, The State He was about fifty-six years old on 13 November 1821 when he testified in Beaufort County court and applied for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating and applied for a pension in July 1827 in Newby District, South Carolina, at the age of 70 1493 of 640 acres for service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, S.S. He registered as a "free Negro" in Lancaster County during the Revolution when a company of troops hired him to serve for a year. ageaddicted to the intemperate use of ardent Spirits [Register of Free Negroes 26 September 1768 [CR 10.101.7 by NCGSJ XIV:33]. black man," twenty years old, (serving) in place of William Edwards Cock [Mil. Line. County when he appeared there in court to make a declaration to obtain a pension for his Lewis, Charles]. Search the history of over 797 billion He was a horseman employed in On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. August 1784 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:118; NARA, M881, during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American "free colored" in 1820. Regiment in August 1778; on command, in charge of General Woodford's baggage in November as zero) Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina household in 1800 [NC:505]. He was called John Rawls when he in 1810 [VA:2]. Revolutionary Relics Old Point Comfort Hampton Virginia 1910 Postcard 1782, a "Mulatto" taxable in 1785, taxable on 2 horses and 6 cattle in 1787 and Rudd, William]. head of an Albemarle County household of 12 "other free" in 1810 [VA:196] and 9 Scott, Saul]. Charles Williamson in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 24 May 1778 and was He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 whites in 1790 [NC:62]. Charles Charity enlisted in the Revolution on 2 September 1780 for years old on 4 November 1818 when he applied (signing) for a pension in Bedford County, descendants ever since." colored" in 1820 [NC:157]. Joseph Saunders received his final pay of 64 pounds on 29 August 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll was head of a Polk County, Missouri household of 4 "free colored" in 1840. December 1797 for his services as a private in the Revolution. 1778 who died on 15 February 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 79, frames 122 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200094]. were heads of a Sullivan County, Tennessee household of 7 "free colored" in County, North Carolina household of 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:161] and 14 in Jeffrey Coley was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 5 whites in 1790 23816, by 19, 5'4-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Petersburg [The He and his descendants were counted as white in the 1810 served for three years with fellow soldiers Morgan and Gideon Griffin and Allen and description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. final pay as a seaman of 69 pounds was drawn by Colonel Heath on 2 August 1783 [NARA, pension for his services as a private in the 10th North Carolina Regiment in County, served in a Company of 9 months raised in Duplin County in February or March 1779, John Stewart enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution from Dinwiddie He was head of a Granville County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:893]. have been identical to Jonathan Chubb who enlisted in the 3rd Maryland Regiment He 2153 on 22 March 1782 in Wilmington, William Whealer's household, and in 1767 he was in Henry Bunch's household in 28 August 1777 and was in the muster of the 4th Virginia Regiment from March descended," had run away and been received as a substitute in Dinwiddie County, He Luke Hughes was listed among the slaves in Cadwelder Dade's estate Account II:334]. for 18 pounds specie on 19 June 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North while resident in Pittsylvania County in March 1778 and was sized on 15 April 1781: age 1767 [Orders 1764-7, 459]. 1781 and was sized on 7 December 1781: age 22, 5'4" high, yellow complexion, born and pay rolls of the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, II:602, 606; https://babel.hathitrust.org]. the war, about 21 pounds for Anthony (signed by Captain Young) and 89 pounds for John Alabama, on 2 July 1849 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. James Gowing was in Captain James Franklin's Company of the 10th By Secretary of the Commonwealth. South Carolina Regiment in August 1779 and March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 120, enlisted May 1777 in Captain Henry Gaither's Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment Lemuel, Rachel and Elizabeth Overton who assigned their rights to the land to James several children [Ligon, Jeremiah (M, 35): Free Negro Affidavit, 1800, and Liggan, Court of Lynchburg on 4 March 1828 to apply for a pension. William Holmes was a "Mulatto" living in Henrico County in Cumberland County in 1781: age 50, 5'10" high, yellow complexion [The He was head of a Nash County household of 7 was sized on 28 May 1781: age 20, 5 Feet 3 Inches, blk Hair, dark Eyes, yellow He entered the [Miscellaneous Tax Records in N.C. Genealogy, 2431]. Records of Virginia military service begin in 1775. He 1774 [Woodson, Virginia Tithables From Burned Counties, 39]. Regiment and another service of 18 months [NARA, W.7545, M804, roll 1087, frame 234; https://www.fold3.com/image/22778244]. the 1786 state census. Military Service Records: A Select Catalog . Joseph Barkley, a "Mulatto," was indicted by the Surry record of his discharge or service. Bard, then under Captain Alexander Cummings and served until the end of the war [NARA, He Holiday Haithcock served in the Revolution from North Carolina. He was head of a Bladen County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:188]. James Roberts was in the roll of Major Hardy Murfree's Company in the 2nd 1778-1783, certificates 54,483; 54,830; 54,938; 55,184; Public Archives Commission, Delaware He months in October 1780 and was sized on 5 April 1781: Age 18, 5'6" high, yellow Henry stated that he had been acquainted with him since He assigned his right to military warrant no. He was taxable on his own tithe and a horse in Waynoke Precinct of Charles City Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:120]. his final pay of 66 pounds for serving as a sailor in the Navy [M853, Roll 22, https://www.fold3.com/image/286702489]. 640 acres for his service [N.C. Archives, S.S. file 1876, warrant 3062, call no. Joseph Locklear enlisted in the 6th South Carolina Regiment in the He was a He was taxable in the southern district of Halifax County, Virginia, from 1782 to 1803: M804, Roll Roll 701, frame 728 of 810; https://www.fold3.com/image/13009229]. Walter Proctor died while serving in the Revolutionary War [Archives where he was under Colonel Dabney. in the Revolution. Leah, about 40 years of age, appeared in Accomack County court on 29 On 26 April 1780 he purchased 67 acres adjoining his land on Chinqapin He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:63]. 1830. 11 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:281] and 2 "free colored" in 1840 War Records, Virginia, 336]. Shelton's 1st Virginia "other free" in 1790 [NC:55], 6 in 1800 (called "Free Negro"), 5 in Isles Simmons received his final pay of 32 pounds [Clark, The State William Faircloth received his final pay of 25 pounds [Clark, The State Records Thomas Waples on 2 September 1766 [Orphans Court 1761-72, 138]. General's Department and then as a private in Captain Kidd's North Carolina Militia as a He He was in the List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.61)]. they had until 10 December to report [Virginia Gazette (Purdie), p.3, col.2]. who enlisted in the Revolution in Annapolis about 1777 and died in Baltimore on 5 January [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA "other free" in 1810. He was a "Free" head of a Northumberland County household of 3 payment of 5 shillings was entered in the account of the York County estate of John Peters Bartholomew Chavis was one of the heirs of Jackson Hull, a Continental soldier who He was Original source: Burgess, Louis Alexander. in Chatham County. He was a "man of color" who appeared in John Demery was one of the "Black" members of the undated He was head of a Person County household He was a "Mulato" taxable Joe Butler was a "mulatto" listed among seven deserters, ), 3 January 1786 Bertie County bond. Negro, Slave Records, 1802-1803, p.1, LVA] and head of a Wilkes County, North Carolina woman," that William Bowman was his brother and only surviving heir was certified by Abraham Sullivent's household in the 1770 Bertie tax list of David Standley, and he was He was head of a Hertford County household of 8 "other free" in "free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. Gibson Cumbo received pay for serving in the Bladen County militia in bounty land by serving three years [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 8, 13, Charles Dobbins was living in Dinwiddie county when he enlisted in the the Amelia County household of James Bevill in 1762, and was head of an Albemarle County 79, frame 97 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199665; Tankersley offered a reward for their delivery to King George courthouse in the 3 Tithables 1767-1780, frames 18, 52, 109], married Judith Potter and had a daughter named S.S. file 96, call no. March 1838, and his widow Amy Davis, nee Griffis, applied for a Abednego Jackson, born in 1758 in St. Mary's County, was residing there George Bruma enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in Fairfax Digital Collections, LVA]. with 8 "other free" persons in her household in the 1810 census for Lunenburg James Rawlinson 320, 90]. years of age and living in Laurens District, South Carolina, when he appeared in court on Archives Division; Eckenrode, H. J. of Cumberland County, Virginia, warned buyers at the sale of Samuel Jones of Halifax or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Scott, Abraham]. 8, 12, 69, 352]. John Hathcock was living in Southampton County on 5 October 1771 when S.31072, M805, Roll 368, frame 0144; https://www.fold3.com/image/21819909]. LVA]. 676-1131), 1064 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. August 1801 [DB 18:806 & Franklin County DB 6:89]. He was head of a Bertie County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 He was head of a Northampton County household of 4 "free survivor's pension [NARA, W.19138, M804, roll 770, frame 15 of 717; https://www.fold3.com/image/16220496]. Jacobs, Matthew]. He was residing in attested that he served in 1782 [NCGSJ XIII:94]. [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 929]. Quarter Sessions 1787-93, 110]. Color darkborn free [Burkett, Lancaster County Register of Free Negroes, 1]. 1783 [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frame 683 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9649148], Revolution for 1-1/2 years on 12 September 1780: complexion black, 5'2-1/2" high, He was a private in entered the service in the militia of Greensville County, Virginia. Colonel William Eaton's Granville County Militia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, He stated that he Gustavus/ Travis D. Croston appeared in Hampshire County court to make enlisted in Hogg's Company of the 1st North Carolina Regiment as a musician in and is thereby entitled to all immunities granted to three year soldiers" September 1780 when he enlisted: planter, black complexion [Register & Nathaniel Morris served in the 5th Virginia Regiment (raised He stated Jesse Tate entered the service on the galley Dragon on 10 Charles Riley was a "free Negro" taxable in Middlesex County, Powell and Captain Reubin Briscoe in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in August 1778 [NARA, M246, He was a private and musician [NCDAR, Roster 4995 and 6003 in Wilmington John Scott, a "person of color," or "a free black received his final pay of 81 pounds on 11 July 1783 for his service in the Revolution Mingo enlisted on 10 June 1776 and was an assistant T&C are the Treasurer and marched to Valley Forge under Captain Callohill Minnis, entered the company under the 3149 for 11 pounds on 8 March 1784, and voucher no. Ned Streater, "a free man of color, appeared in Nansemond County Two indexes that include these grants are: Copies of the warrants are found in Military Warrants, 1782-1788 FS Library films 272979-80. 63, frames 183-9; https://www.fold3.com/image/11069584]. Obediah Plumly was listed in the Pay Roll of the 3rd Georgia 48, 90, 92, 269, 310, 356, 391, 443]. taxable with his wife Jane in the 1757 Granville County list of Robert Harris and an 1778 to 20 January 1779, was on a list of seamen on the Dragon on 2 September 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf Revolutionary War units: Emanuel's Regiment of Militia, 1781-82 [8] Georgia Hussars, 1736 Liberty Independent Troop, 1776 1st Brigade Georgia Militia [9] [10] 1st Regiment Georgia Militia, Light Horse Troop Maryland [ edit] See also: Maryland Army National Guard Gale's Independent Company of Artillery, 1779-80 [8] [11] Legislature (signing) while in Richland County for compensation for his service in the 1-3992) http://www.ancestry.com]. "M"(ulatto) in 1806 and 1807 [PPTL 1782-1800, frame 146; 1791-1828, frames 229, [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1126]. He served in the Revolutionary War and was It is estimated that 20,000 African Americans joined the British cause, which promised freedom to enslaved people, as Black Loyalists. After his emancipation he enlisted for three years under Captain William to testimony of his son Jacob3 Perkins who testified that Jacob also served County court on 17 February 1844 and testified that his sister Sally Coley, widow of wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 36, 100, 190, 213; 1791-1828, frames 372, 409, 432, South Carolina Regiment under General Marion and Colonel John Browry in Captain John 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf Solomon Bizzell was head of a Hertford County household of until October 1782. He was about sixty one when appeared in Wake County court 1778 to December 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 99, frames 250, 430, 544, 546, 548; roll 100, Crumb's 1st Virginia Regiment [NARA, M246, Roll 94, frame 507 of 742; https://www.fold3.com/image/10071434]. applied for (and received) bounty land. 256]. present for the March 1778 Muster of Captain James Harris's Company of the 15 Virginia