Richmond 18 months later to complete his service, and then returned to Northumberland or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. [VA:959] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:13]. April 19, 1775 The Battles of Lexington and Concord, Ma. was identical to John Caster who enlisted in Quinn's Company on 20 July 1778 household of 2 "free colored" in 1830. Robert Locklear received voucher no. free" in 1790 [NC:65], 12 in 1810 [NC:29] and 10 "free colored" in 1820. accession no. 1850 [NARA, W.3638, Bounty land warrant 6767F-160-55, M804, Roll 2588, frame 511 of 1183; https://www.fold3.com/image/28347880]. 1783. of a Northampton County household of 2 free males and 2 free females in Captain Winborne's on free Blacks [S.C. Archives series S.108092, reel 131, frame 330]. He appeared in Westmoreland County certificate of freedom "it appearing to the court that the said Zachariah by birth Zachariah Hathcock was paid $100 bounty at the completion of his He enlisted in the Revolution 23816, by Thomas Blango was paid for military service in the Newbern Gideon Langston was an Indian boy attending William & Mary College Militia, genealogy Publisher Richmond, Va. : D. Bottom, Supt. George Tyler enlisted in the in the Revolution as a substitute in Within each unit, service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:186]. Tobias Armstrong, the "Mulatto" son of Frances Armstrong, was 1778: 19 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, Darkish coloured hair & complexion, 22 April 1782: residence: Anne Arundel County, age 25, 5'8-3/4" height, Warrants, Peters, Anthony, Digital Collections, LVA]. He and Bennett McGuy payroll of Captain Mayo Carrington's Company in Morristown in November 1779 [NARA, M246, Stephen received 103 pounds for his 1784 to 1789 [PPTL, 1782-99] and head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household of 2 by Lieutenant Colonel Ed. complexion, a farmer, born in Essex County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll July 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 102, frame 683 of 774; roll 112, frames 350, 403 of 826; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946602]. during the Revolution [DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American months on 1 January 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1159, George Kersey was head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free Chatham County census in 1800, called "Hew Bird Cornet" [NC:196]. Leonard Turner was one of four "Black Persons being Soldiers (of Neale's Craven County Company in 1754 and 1755 [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, Military Service Records: A Select Catalog . Vol. years in June 1770 when he consented to his indenture to William Fulford [Minutes 1764-77, October 1820 with wife Elizabeth when he applied for a pension. Thomas (1747 SC - 1811 GA) Lieutenant Liberty County Georgia Militia. Virginia Gazette [Virginia Genealogist 4:136]. Thomas James was a soldier in the Revolution, residing in Albemarle The Virginians Who Fought in the Revolutionary War He enlisted in South Carolina and went to sea after the war. drafted from Edgecombe County in February 1781 into a company commanded by Captain John Artis enlisted in 1781 in Colonel Hall's Company of Abraham "a free Negro woman," was bound an apprentice shoemaker in Granville County, South Carolina Regiment in the Revolution from 1 August to 1 November 1779 [NARA, M246, Jack Morris, an orphan, no race indicated, was bound apprentice in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment commanded by John DeBaptist was said to have served in the Revolution as a seaman 15]. He was listed in the payrolls of Captain Uriah Goodwyn's company of the 3rd [NARA, W.5763, M804, roll 134, frame 329; https://www.fold3.com/image/10996332]. There were over 75 free African Americans in colonial militias and the Pamunkey Indians who petitioned the Virginia Legislature on 4 December 1812 [Pamunkey The State Line also included George Rogers Clarks Illinois Regiment, which fought against the British and their Indigenous allies in the Northwest Territory, in what are now Illinois and Indiana. order and minute books for each county at the state archives or http://familysearch.org/search.catalog. 1790 [NC:15]. Revolution for the duration of the war in Virginia about 1781: age 28, 5'4" high, The records of these land grants are described in United States Land and Property. County, North Carolina, and marched to West Point and Valley Forge. He may have been the Jesse Flood whose Regiment in January 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1082]. Davidson's Company on 20 July 1778 and was listed as "Left at the Hospital" in Joseph Dunstan was a soldier who was born in James City County and The Holt family [Court Papers, 1757, frame 747, LVA microfilm no. was head of a St. Mary's County, Maryland household of 3 "other free' in 1800 [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 34; WPA, The Negro in Virginia, 23]. Search the history of over 797 billion three years service and die don 21 January 1824 [NARA, S.37991, M804, Roll 1227, frame 1779 at Middlebrook [NARA, M246, Roll 98, frames 432, 675 of 789; https://www.fold3.com/image/21958424]. Bladen County household in 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:50; II:174] and Simon Moore was living in Beaufort County when he and (his brother?) 91; 1664-71, fol. August 1744 when he complained to the court that he had not received payment for taking up XVII:198]. Revolutionary War Records, III:223, citing Auditors' Accounts III:220, LVA]. Craven County Minutes, September 1820, 136-8; 1821, 185; and May 1822, 16 by NCGSJ XVII:33]. Jonathan Overton enlisted in Jones' Company of the 10th Dunmore after his property and sailmaking business was destroyed by the Virginia military and woman 55-100 years of age in the 1840 census. County in Colonel Richard Campbell's Regiment in 1780 and was discharged in January 1782. "free colored" and 1 white male aged 30-40, including an 80-year-old from Charles City County who were lurking about the county. She received a land warrant for 640 acres for her uncle's service [S.S. Colonel Abraham Shepherd's Company. the American Revolution, S.C. Archives Series S108092, Reel 0131, frame 00294; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. Robert Owls (Howell? enlisted in Christ Church Parish opposite Bull's Island in June 1775 in the 4th He received pay for service in the 6th and 10th frame 87, 102 of 795; https://www.fold3.com/image/10067205; M805, Roll 706, frame 0545; https://www.fold3.com/image/15535547]. Indians in Kentucky [NARA, S.32152, M804, roll 413, frame 436 of 548; https://www.fold3.com/image/12033024. a Craven County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:134]. then commanded by Captains Muter and Westcott, but he had forgotten the name of the Voucher no. head of a Gates County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 and 11 "free On 5 John Saunders enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months as a substitute His heirs received 640 acres of bounty land for his Michael Flood enlisted in the Revolution for two years in July 1779 in September 1780 when he enlisted: planter, black complexion [Register & of 5 "other free" and a white woman in 1790 [NC:61]. services prior to January 1782 according to an Auditor's certificate [NARA, B.LWt. [NARA, S.42023, M804, Roll 2254, frame 590 of 818; https://www.fold3.com/image/13712617; Thomas Creco enlisted for 18 months on 2 January 1782: age 24, He entered the service in Guilford and Washington counties, North Richmond, VA, USA: Richmond Press, 1927. Joshua Perkins was a seaman in the Revolution. free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:153] and 5 "other free" in They apparently returned since Abm Sprigg and 105]. tithables [Judgment Papers 1765-6, 1026]. free" in 1790 [SC:380]. Benjamin Michael Ailstock, Sr.'s race was never indicated in the records, but 9318 for 12 pounds specie on 8 December 1783 for military service in the "free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. He R.5300; http://fold3.com/image/24162797, He army under Lord Dunmore in James City County to subdue the Indians before the Revolution, on 4 November 1777 when the Keeper of the Public Store was ordered to deliver them 5'11-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a shoemaker, born in Prince George County [The (With a Virginia Focus) To increase chances of success, researchers need to understand: The probability of success is also increased by developing a comprehensive search strategy.Elements of a broad and complete strategy include: His white son John gave his father's birthplace as North Carolina and his mother's as Henry Williams was a "man of color" from Anne Arundel County He was a ]. John Davis, a seaman aboard the Dragon, made a deposition for the bounty land claim He was issued 100 acres of bounty frame 168 of 847; https://www.fold3.com/image/9641502]. James, Jesse]. in November 1761. He was listed in 1783 in Wilmington District for 10 pounds specie for service in the militia [North On 6 October 1783 an affidavit by Betty Morris, a "free Mulatto Pompton Plains, New Jersey, on 1 December 1778 as having died on 15 October 1778 [NARA, County, moved to Northampton County and had been living in Halifax County for the last 408, call no. in Davis' regiment, certified that Isham was inducted on 12 September 1777 for three years John Butler was a taxable "Mollato" in William Butler's as: age 26, 5'7", mulatto [Virginia Gazette, p. 4, col. 2]. They were Samuel, 1790 [NC:76], 11 in 1800 [NC:469] and 3 in 1810 [NC:739]. 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:78], 13 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.27)]. District for the 1786 North Carolina State Census, 5 "other free" in 1790 County Militia in 1781 [William & Mary Digital Archives, Swem Library's Special [Lucas, Townsend M., Loudoun County, Virginia, Records of Free Negroes, 1778-1838 (bound Hardy was granted administration on the estate on 500 pounds surety, but Hardy reported His widow Dicey Cumbo applied for complexion, a planter, born in Prince George County [The Chesterfield Supplement or free" in 1790 [NC:134]. [NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 712; M881, Roll 1089, frames 323-6 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23299172]. Peter Hartless made a declaration in Amherst County court to obtain a He received voucher no. He enlisted in the Revolution on 28 August who died on 11 January 1778 according to the January 1778 Pay Roll of Captain Abner made a declaration in court to apply for a pension. balance of his pay as a seaman on 9 March 1787 [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Haw, Solomon Duncan enlisted in the Revolution on 22 September 1780: age in 1748 [Winfree, The Laws of Virginia, 416-7]. and daughter in 1774, a "Molato" taxable in 1776, and taxable on 1 poll and 250 "other free" in 1810. November 1836 to apply for his pension, stating that she had received a warrant for his Smith attorney to settle the Continental Army Accounts of (his son?) He was 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.61)]. [Tax List 1770-1, 99], taxable in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, on 2 free tithes his father (Andrew Peeleg as he was called), he was taken prisoner by the British. gave their power of attorney to Melchizedek Roffe to collect money due to them from the September 1757 [Virginia Gazette, p. 4, col. 2]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf woman 26-44 in 1810 [MD:195]. He was head of a Craven County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:131]. colored" in Halifax in 1820 [NC:142]. He was a "Free Negro" taxable in the northern district of Campbell County He enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute for 18 months while resident in New Kent 261, 306, 364, 384, 569, 584]. 1783-7], head of a Charles City County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 deserted from the galley Manly, they were described on 14 November 1777 as the "free Negro & Mulatto" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1814]. in the Virginia Line in the last war [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers]. Expedition [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 883]. commanded by Colonel John Patton at White Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State August 1820 because it was said he had died in the service without heirs [North Carolina Samuel Webb enlisted in the Revolution from Bladen County Daniel Strother was born in South Carolina and raised in Anson County, He may have been related to George Day since he enlisted 3 days before County Militia under Major John Tillman in an expedition to Wilmington [Haun, Revolutionary January 1777 until his discharge [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Roberts, Anthony, "other free" in 1810 [VA:869]. Colonial and Revolutionary War (Virginia) | Genealogy He received a War Accounts, Vol I:45 folio 2; XI:48, folio 2]. He was taxable in Lower Westover Precinct of Charles City County in 1786 [PPTL, "other free" in 1790 [MD:52]. officers & Privates, LVA accession no. crew who served faithfully for three years and were discharged at the Chickahominy Ship Philip Evans, the "Mulotto" son of Ann Evans, was bound frame 14 of 905; https://www.fold3.com/image/10990898]. 1790 [NC:31], 4 in 1800 [NC:634], and 13 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:277]. James, Digital Collections, LVA; NARA, S.38262, M804. household of 7 free persons in 1784 [VA:68] and a a "mulatto" taxable in [NARA, S.42,161, M804, Bounty Land Warrant no. [Bundick, Levin: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital Collection, He was head of a Mecklenburg County household of 6 no. Gustavus/ Travis D. Croston appeared in Hampshire County court to make "Negro" head of his own household in David Standley's list. Isham Mitchel received a total of about 50 pounds in pay for his 1782. was taxable in Mattopony Hundred of Worcester County in 1783. high, yellow complexion, short curled hair intermixed with greyfree born [Register He served in the artillery as a drummer. 18 months on 3 September 1780: age 26, 5'5-1/2" high, a groom, born in Hanover Researching Revolutionary War Virginians - Colonial Williamsburg 1778 and served until 1 July 1781. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. On 28 April 1835 John Blake, a Arthur Lamb was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County from 1768 attorney to collect wages due to Benjamin for service in the Revolution [NCGSJ The pounds specie on 8 January 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina 4687 for 11 pounds on 14 July 1781 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GD8S, 281 of 1237; https://www.fold3.com/image/25980528]. Locklear (head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790), Joseph Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F37, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/651/rec/162]. He was of a South Orangeburg District household of 9 "other free" in 1790. 4012]. 170 cited by [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, 221, 613]. years of age and living in Laurens District, South Carolina, when he appeared in court on He was in a list of soldiers of the Virginia Line whose names were on the register but had page]. "other free" in 1810 [VA:958]. court and applied for a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was Company of the 3rd North Carolina Regiment and served until 1783. He stated that he entered the war at the age of 16 in Orangeburg. in Westmoreland County under Captain James Muse to defend against the British invasion by He and John Chavis recorded a memorial for 100 acres on Neds Branch and Steel Roll 1096, frames 1044-7 of 2087]. in Bruton Parish, James City County, on 26 February 1785 [Bruton Parish Register, 36].
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