He was about seventy three when he appeared in
were heads of a Sullivan County, Tennessee household of 7 "free colored" in
[NC:509], 5 in Robeson County in 1810 [NC:234], and 2 "free colored" in Robeson
were in some of the previous musters of the 15th Virginia Regiment [NARA, M246,
frames 32, 69] and a "free Negro" or "Melatto" taxable in Rockingham
David Jonston received voucher no. 320, 90]. The regiment was formally authorized as a unit of the Continental Army on September 16, 1776. horseman from 15 April 1781 to 15 February 1782 [South Carolina Archives, Accounts Audited
Isaac Morgan was a 16-year-old "Mulatto" listed in 1782 among
December 1784 that he had been a soldier in his regiment to the Northward, was at
web pages October 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Purdie edition, p. 3, col. 1]. that he was born in Henry County, Virginia, that he lived in Kentucky for about thirty
Mark Murray received voucher no. according to an affidavit by a fellow seaman aboard the ship, John Davis, who testified
He was described as "a coloured man - apparently of Indian Origin and is a
[NARA, S.39056, M804, Roll 2079, frame 534 of 1300; https://www.fold3.com/image/15532577]. of the 18th Regiment in April 1779, mustered at Middlebrook on 7 May 1779
listed in the roll and muster of Captain Claugh. Cumberland County in 1777 and served for three years. deserted from the ship Tartar and for each of whom a $100 reward was offered by
French and Indian War who had deserted: a mulatto, age 45 years, 5'11" [Magazine
271; https://www.fold3.com/image/10996056]. Obed Norwood, a "Molato" boy of Nan Norwood, was bound to
He married Mary Scott, 18 November 1796 Henrico County bond,
He was
Regiment from 14 June 1781 to 14 June 1782 [NARA, S.41952, M804, roll 1920, frame 152 of
Nathaniel Hall enlisted in the Revolution on 5 August 1779 in Blount's
Norfolk: Guide Quality Press, 1944. James Harris was head of a Charles City County household of 5
He was called Neale
Military Service Records: A Select Catalog . 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.113)]. Blood" taxable in Hertford County in
1766. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 184]. obtain a pension for his service. 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:991]. Benjamin Tann was listed among the "Black" members of the
He and his wife Caty were
Aaron Spelman was head of Craven County household of 3 "other
1811, 2 in 1812, a "fN" listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1800,
He was taxable in King George County from 1786 to 1793, called "free Jim Lucas"
Negro Benjamin enlisted as a musician in Armstrong's Company
man," he acted as a cook for Colonel Porterfield and guarded prisoners. Daniel Overton enlisted for three years as a private in Raiford's
Robert Mackey was in the 3 September 1778 list of new levies from Hyde
John White received his final pay of 17 pounds on 31 July 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089,
He was one of the drafts and substitutes from Charles County who were discharged
David Fargus enlisted for the war in Chesterfield County in 1781: age
wife?) II:67, 74; Bladen County Tax List (1763, 1784)]. Parish, Richmond County, in May 1749 [King, Register of North Farnham Parish, 157;
may have been the John Going who was taxable in Henry County from 1782 to 1790: taxable on
Soldiers of the South, 722]. The Library of Virginia and the FamilySearch Library have Virginia Land Office, Military Certificates, A-Z: July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876. Captain Mayo Carrington and presented by Samuel's brother Abraham Goff in Cumberland
Richard Davis was head of a Brunswick County, North Carolina household
Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 25)]. were in the service, and that he could not be mistaken about Jesse because he was such a
remembered seeing Edward Coleman in the South Carolina Regiment at Little York in Virginia
having been sentenced to serve 3 years and 3 months by a court martial [The Chesterfield
He was taxable in Louisa County from 1782 to 1814, listed as a
Elizabeth. County household in 1759. 757, Reports of Free Negroes and
[NC:798]. He stated that he enlisted in Jones County in 1778 in Captain John Taylor's
"Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1786 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames
79, frame 97 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199665;
FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS, COLONIAL MILITIAS. Gazette by Lieutenant John Dudley: Perkins Thomson, jun., who is twenty five years
was mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension application of Holiday Haithcock
He was
Callohill Mennis's Company in the 1st Virginia Regiment for the month of April
February 1778 for 3 years [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1132]
free" in 1810 [VA:450]. Mason, went north with him, and served for three years [Broadfield, Charles: Revolutionary
Virginia, from 1801 to 1819 [PPTL 1782-1819, frames 197, 217, 225, 272, 282, 313, 322,
was a "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 3 "other free"
died before 22 February 1796 when his heirs (brother and sisters: John Banks, Judy Charity,
July 1780 [Orders 1774-84, 127, 163, 219, 273]. when he enlisted for nine months in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 25 May 1778. In 1833 his heirs applied for bounty land
He was listed in the pay roll of the 3rd
war, but received no bounty. He received his discharge from the 1st Virginia Regiment on 6 July 1783
Michael Ailstock, Jr., was living in Louisa County on 9 March 1773 when
After the war he returned to Virginia and had resided there ever since. the words "Not Admitted" were written across the voucher. Soldiers of Virginia (Supplement), 240, citing (Culpeper) Rev. 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 99, frame 106 of 760; Roll 98, frame 244 of 789; https://www.fold3.com/image/22038275]. [NARA, M881, Roll 1090, frame 355 of 2028; https://www.fold3.com/image/23344935]. was allowed on 9 December 1833 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Tunnel, William,
"Black" members of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's
1947-1959, Virginia World War memorial records, county of New Kent, 1924-1958, Virginia World War memorial records, county of Russell, 1925-1965, Virginia World War memorial records, county of Smyth, 1926-1952, Virginia World War memorial records, county of York, 1925 - 1942, Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945, United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Image Browse), United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, World War II United States Military Records, Militia commission papers, Governor's Office, 1784-1856, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg, Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail, National Archives and Records Administration, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Virginia_Military_Records&oldid=5100736, Post at Fredericksburg -- Textual records of this fort, 1866-1869, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in, Johnston, Hugh Buckner and Ransom McBride. Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. 1477 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 360]. He applied to the legislature which passed an act in October 1786 granting
Peter Hedgepeth enlisted in Yarboro's Company in the 10th
Jesse Boothe, executor of Benjamin Tann's Nash County will, deposed in Nash County
He was head of a Bertie household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:86], 4 in 1810
Peter Rouse, a "free man of colour," was about fifty seven
Johnson in the 5th Maryland Regiment in the 1st Brigade under
at West Point and at Kings Ferry in Jersey. He was sized on 4
21 pounds was received by William King [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina,
(p.81)]. Westmoreland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:778]. Prince Edward County, Virginia. Markham of James Nickens, a seaman belonging to the ship Dragon, on 24(? (For land in Kentucky and the Virginia Military District in Ohio). was head of a York County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:882]. 323 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679714]. In 1772 he was head of a household with Sarah Archer, possibly his wife, in the list of
He enlisted in
during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American
accession no. Born free [Register of Free Negroes 1820-60, p.3]. two in 1769 and 1770 [Fouts, Tax Receipt Book, 54]. [VA:776]. served as a musician in Colonel Shepard's 10th North Carolina Regiment from 14
. household in 1787, a "Mulatto" taxable in 1793, 1796 and 1797 [PPTL 1782-1802,
Researchers are cautioned that service records of different individuals bearing the same name may be indexed together because it was not possible to further identify them. yellow complexion, a planter, born in Sussex County, served Colonel Buford for 1 year
received his final pay of 81 pounds on 11 July 1783 for his service in the Revolution
The Hartless family of Amherst County
618-100, Roll 808, frame 518 of 876; https://www.fold3.com/image/15490549]. stated that his father was born in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1733 (perhaps date in
[Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. age, five feet six and three quarters highand resembles an Indian from whom he is
___M920, Index to Compiled Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Served with the He was in
Mo." Roll 168; M804, Roll 492, frame 159 of 783; https://www.fold3.com/image/12758175]. frame 165 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200648]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 8
County of free parents [Register of Free Persons, no.36]. received voucher no. [Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions, McCoy, George, 1822, Digital Collection, LVA]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 9 "other free"
"Negroe" head of a Cheraw District, South Carolina household of 2 "other
He enlisted in 1781 for a year in Captain Yarborough's Company
specie in Washington County in June 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L51X,
Hill [Brown, Genealogical Abstracts, Revolutionary War Veterans Script Act, 1852,
]. a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was born in Hanover County
farmer, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers
John Pinn enlisted aboard the galley Protector as a mariner on 8
City County. was issued a warrant for 640 acres for his service and was in Wake County when he assigned
"free colored" in Sampson County in 1820 [NC:308]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.7)]. listed in the muster of the 14th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles
Luke Hughes was listed among the slaves in Cadwelder Dade's estate
fourth of his pay and interest to August 1783 for military service [North Carolina
North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of
listed in the Muster of the 5th Virginia Regiment in September 1782 [NARA,
in Bertie County court to make a declaration for a pension for his service in the
Edward Watson enlisted in the Revolution from Caroline County on 23
31" [Wills, Liber O, 1748-63, 400]. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 1-3]. Jesse Kelly was bound to serve Lewis lee as an apprentice for thirty
4, col. 1]. May 10, 1775 The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. June 6, 1775 The Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, Ma. Moses Watkins (son-in-law of James Nickens) served as a soldier in the
months. William Bowman, a "Mulatto," was charged with felony in
He was head of a Surry County, North Carolina
Tennessee, from where he petitioned for a pension on 28 November 1833 [NARA, S.3197, M804,
The Revolutionary War in Virginia Daniel Morgan (in white uniform near front of cannon) led Virginia riflemen that targeted British officers successfully and led to the surrender of British General John Burgoyne's army at Saratoga, New York on October 17, 1777 Source: Architect of the Capitol, Surrender of General Burgoyne(painted by John Trumbull) Alabama, on 2 July 1849 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. Joshua Pavey was listed in the 27 November 1752 muster of the
him for failing to list himself as a tithable [Orders 1768-70, 508; 1770-2, 25, 336]. [NC:197]. XXI:3136; Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:32, 89, 123; II:90, 146]. household of 2 "free colored" and 6 slaves in 1830. eighteen months on 29 August 1781 and was sized the same day: age 32, 5'4-1/4"
for services to the military in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers,
He
1778 for 12 pounds specie in Edenton
Lunenburg County, Virginia, on 17 July 1762 and lived in Union District when he
John Gregory was head of a Craven County, North Carolina household of 2
Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware (Paul Heinegg) Includes information on free Black Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War. Halifax County on 25 July 1795 [DB 17:810; https://www.fold3.com/image/10201165]. He was probably
2], head of a Lancaster County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:352]. Reg. wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 36, 100, 190, 213; 1791-1828, frames 372, 409, 432,
Martha Evans in email correspondence]. They raised
the counties of Anson, Montgomery and Richmond on 4 September 1782 for military service in
He was head of a household of 4 "free colored" in the
Virginia, in the 4th Virginia Regiment from February 1777 to February 1779
"Free Persons of Colour above 16 years" in James City County in 1813 [PPTL,
in 1790 [NC:75]. ancestry.com); https://www.fold3.com/image/17117544]. Purdie's edition, p.3, col. 3]. 4748 for three years service in the State Line which he assigned to Jones
Bartly in the June 1779 muster [NARA, M246, Roll 112, frame 679 of 826; https://www.fold3.com/image/10068412; https://www.fold3.com/image/10104087]. James Milton enlisted in the Revolution and died of smallpox at Bunker
H. Murfree received his final pay (and Moses Manley's) [Clark, The State Records of
He may have been the Thomas Pinn
He claimed that he enlisted for nine months in the Tenth
Continental Army infantry. certified that William Langston served for three years and was dead by February 1778. enlisted in the Revolution for 3 years on 9 January 1777 and was in the muster of Captain
Saul, the property of George Kelly of Norfolk County performed many
Captain Rust's Granville County Militia Returns adjacent to Abraham Jones [The North
Curtis Ash were the only heirs of James Bowser who had served in the Revolution in
household of 6 "other free" and a white woman in 1790 [NC:68], 1 "other
He was head of a Northampton County household of 9 "other free"
His application for a pension
Fish Kill Hospital later that month, present in March 1780, in the same list as Charles
Harrison's Company, drafted in Surry County, Virginia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the
compensated by the state [Hening, The Statutes at Large, VII:380-1]. T.R. County list of Cullen Pollock in 1769 and taxable as Matthias in the 1774 list of Samuel
Warrants; Bayly, Robert, Digital Collections, LVA]. no. North Carolina [NARA, S.13486, M804, Roll 1370, frame 0091; https://www.fold3.com/image/24189015; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200866]. Accomack County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830. He
On 25 November 1819 he petitioned the South Carolina
He was head of a Beaufort County household of 6 "other free" as Giles Punch in
T.R. Ignatius/ Nace Butler died on 6 August 1809 according to testimony on
He made a declaration in Union District court on 30 October
Army Accounts that wages due were settled at Halifax in the amount of 69 pounds [N.C.
[Bundick, Levin: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital Collection,
of Public Printing, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Virginia State Library. and enlisted while in the state of Pennsylvania [NARA, S.39355, M804, Roll 614, frame 373;
New Hanover County, for 1 pound specie for service in the militia [North Carolina
Israel Pierce was a "free colored" head of a Tyrrell County
"free Negro," received five pounds on 21 September 1744 for the services of her
Joshua Johnston was in the list of men in the Beaufort County Regiment
405 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. He was a seaman aboard the galley Henry
"pioneer" in the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's Company in the Revolution
Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War FS Library films 1485281(first of 1,097) and in General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers FS Library films 882841(first of 58) This is at the National Archives and the FamilySearch Library.
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