23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.99)]. He was taxable in Mecklenburg County in 1785 and 1786 [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 99, 127,
also abstracted in Haun, North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts, pt. was head of a Lancaster County household of 9 "Blacks" in 1783 [VA:55]. [NC:378]. 23816, by
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GKPH,
Roll 1627, frame 648 of 1040; https://www.fold3.com/image/23664341]. He made a second declaration in court
Regiment in March 1780 [M246, Roll 89, frame 196 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679460]. https://www.fold3.com/image/10068453. in 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers,
529 for 640 acres was
Carolina and Georgia. Carolina Detachment of Captain Benjamin Elliot, drafted November 1759 and discharged
Lamb, Arthur]. Source is Stryker's Official Register published in 1872. received his final pay of 67 pounds on 27 October 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089, frames
He was counted as white in Wilkes County, North Carolina, in 1790 [NC:122]. Captain Baker and Colonel Culp for 11 months in August 1777. 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers): Arrived in Qubec in 1776. Edward Chavis was "a free Negro Boy" bound out by the Amelia
M246, roll 79, frame 115 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/21860617]. from Charles City County, Virginia, listed in the 1757 size roll of Captain Robert
Joseph (1704 SC - 1764 GA) Patriot, Died before Revolutionary War. Virginia, 8, 68]. He was a
He was
frames 200, 490, 598, 640]. 4 "other free" in 1790 and 3 "other free" and a white woman aged 26-45
He was head of a Gloucester County
County in 1810 [NC:771]. He was called Kiah Stringer in 1800, head of a New Hanover County household of 5
Charles Valentine was listed in a 13 March 1779 offer of a reward in
free" and 4 slaves in 1800 [MD:530] and 9 "other free" and a slave in 1810
498, 504; https://www.fold3.com/image/12449368]. Regiment on 5 April 1781 and left the service on 5 April 1782 [Clark, The State Records
Gates County in May 1806 [Fouts, Minutes of Gates County, IV:1001; III:499]. "man of color" in 1811, 1812, and 1815, a "Mulatto" in 1813, a planter
He appeared in Westmoreland County
James Gowing was in Captain James Franklin's Company of the 10th
Delaware Regiment on 3 February 1776 and was listed in the muster in the barracks at Lewes
Elliott's pay roll for the galley Safeguard from 1 March 1777 to 16 June 1777 and
Samuel Braveboy received voucher no. with his wife Margaret from 1756 to 1769 in the part of Chowan County which became Gates
Nanny Scott and
He
was listed in the 1840 census for Westmoreland County as an 80-year-old pensioner,
Bertie County tax list of Humphrey Nichols [CR 10.702.1,
August 1783 based on the payroll for the militia [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay
William Whealer's household, and in 1767 he was in Henry Bunch's household in
brothers Morris, Gilbert and William Evans (all Sr.) who lived in Wake County, were
1781 [William & Mary Digital Archives, Swem Library's Special Collections, Cabell
Morris, a "free Mullatto," when his birth was registered in Christ Church
Over four million men and women served from the United States. 1, Reg. He stated that he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Regiment under Captain
pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was born in Caroline County,
was a "Mulatto" taxable in the upper district of Goochland County from 1804 to
Regiment in July and August 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frame 171; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679437], head
Cherokees from 11 October 1759 to 15 January 1760, in the same list as Winslow Driggers
Peter Blizzard was called a "poor Mulatto" on 21 January 1772
[NC:126]. River on his way Northward. He and his wife Elizabeth, "Boath free mulattoes," registered the
son Thomas was head of an Orange County household of 9 "other free" in 1810
from service in the Revolutionary War on 3 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland
William Barber, born on 17 May 1745 in Dinwiddie County, was living in
of the French troops, testified that he knew William Anderson, a "black man,"
at Valley Forge in the same list as Edward and Isaac Chavous in June 1778, in the payroll
from 1782 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames 23, 83, 195, 336, 417, 496, 609, 693, 823, 867]
In 1765 he and wife Sarah were "Black" tithables in Granville County,
263]. was discharged on 3 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland 48:11]. County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers
October 1776 when the York County court ordered the churchwardens of Bruton Parish to bind
James Maclin, alias Roberts, was added to the list of tithables
in October 1779 after Walker petitioned for his freedom [Walker, Thomas, Jr.: Petition,
He was head of an Amherst County household of 5 persons in 1783 [VA:48]. [Mecklenburg County Legislative Petition of 14 December 1820]. James Carter was a six-year-old "negro" bound to Thomas
He was
He stated that he was living
(p.35)]. William Sampson was living in King William County when he and Gideon Langston
(p.23)]. 6817 in Halifax District on 4 June
free" persons. in the 2nd Virginia Regiment in June 1777, re-enlisted in 1779 and served for
South Carolina Regiment in August 1779 and March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 120,
On 4 October 1832 William Whicker appeared in
his discharge" [Archives of Maryland 48:11; NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 446 of
Isaac Perkins
George Kendall was taxable in Prince William County from 1796 to 1810:
He was a "coloured man," aged about sixty eight or nine on 2 June 1823, and
"free colored" in 1830. He received payment for military service
He was probably the John Cotanch who was listed in
These county records have been collected in: For a list of white loyalists in Williamsburg during the Revolution, see: The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.See the Wiki article, Virginia in the War of 1812, for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant websites, etc. pension in Wake County court on 27 July 1820 [NARA, S.32233, M804, Roll 916, frame 0427; https://www.fold3.com/image/17122960]. Benjamin Payne enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute from
brothers, Sherwood and Solomon Harris, made a similar deposition confirming Gibson's
received warrant no. registered in Petersburg on 9 June 1810: a brown Mulatto man, five feet seven inches
https://www.fold3.com/image/12804208]. He was a "Mulato" taxable
p.5), (1789 A, p.21)], apparently identical to Robert W. Chavers who received
Benjamin Tann was listed among the "Black" members of the
9033 for his service in the Revolution [North Carolina
length of the war while resident in Henrico County on 28 March 1781 and was sized on 27
Roll 2038, frame 0533; https://www.fold3.com/image/14161295]. "free man of Color" residing in Patrick County, Virginia, when he appeared in
description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. free" in 1800 [NC:483]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
final pay of 83 pounds on 24 May 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nickins,
He enlisted as Southey Manley
register but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
courthouse, was marched by Nicholas Currell to he headquarters of Baron Steuben at
about seventy years of age and living in Vermillion County, Illinois, on 7 June 1832 when
King William County on 23 June 1779 and 6 November 1779 [Quarles, John: Petition,
Peter Beckett, was a "Negro" about 25 years and seven months
September 1784 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P8L4,
Drury Scott and Nanny Scott testified in Henrico County court on 4 February 1788 that Axom
Henrico County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. Raverly Going enlisted in the 6th Virginia Regiment and died
"free colored" in 1830 [VA:344]. Fishing Creek District, Granville County, North Carolina, in 1762 [CR 044.701.19]. his wife Catherine and daughter in Samuel Benton's list and a "Mulo"
called a "free person of Color" on 18 June 1841 when he applied for a pension
the 15 March 1780 return of troops for Northampton County [TR B6F11] and received voucher
Berry Jeffers, Gideon Griffin, Osborn Jeffers, Allen Jeffers
born in Surry County, Virginia, 28 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, well made [Dixon's
taxable in Northumberland County from 1785 to 1813 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 283, 603, 621,
He was head of an Amherst County household of 13 persons in 1783
August 1757: 22 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the
109, 141, 159, 180, 202; 1791-1828, frames 264, 279, 293, 304, 317, 328, 341, 353, 367,
Granville County and Abram Gregory of Person County testified on 12 June 1827 that they
County [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PY4B]. acres for his services as a soldier in the 10th Regiment of the North Carolina
Colonel William Eaton's Granville County Militia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South,
Buford in Frankfurt, Kentucky, on 7 November 1802 that Robert Owls, a yellow man, then a
estate of Jacob Reid on 22 May 1792 [Fouts, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and
colonial Northampton County, North Carolina Militia [N.C. Archives Troop Returns, 1-3]. 30 July 1840 by his widow Mary Butler, aged seventy-six, who was residing in the 1st
Benjamin Tann was listed among the "Black" members of the
He was head of a Richmond County household of 8 "other free" in
the Virginia Gazette [(Purdie), p.3, col 1]. North Carolina, Husband of Delaney Order (alias Harden), wife of Peter Order,
554 for ten pounds, being a fourth of his pay which
was head of a Petersburg household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:121b]. County in Captain Snead's Company of Colonel Campbell's 3rd Virginia regiment
James Nicken sued Edward Ingram for freedom from his indenture on 11
planter, born in King William County, yellow complexion. and a white woman in 1810 [VA:643, 1021]. When he returned in 1782, he moved
County in August 1780 for 18 months and was sized on 15 April 1781: age 22,
There was a record of his enlistment but no record of service. He
Isles Simmons received his final pay of 32 pounds [Clark, The State
He was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in
saddler hired for three months in Halifax by Colonel Nicholas Long, Deputy Quartermaster
household of 7 persons in 1783 [VA:47], and 8 "Mulattos" in 1785 [VA:84]. their time in the service [NARA, S.41701, M804, roll 1440, frame 314 of 991; https://www.fold3.com/image/24198243]. Moses Newsom received State of North Carolina warrant no. the age of fifteen by General Green. spot," from 25 August 1756 to 24 October 1756 [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the
1831 according to the survivor's pension application of his son Peter [NARA, R.1889-1/2,
living in Sampson County, North Carolina, in February 1782 when he volunteered in Captain
He
[Orders 1755-8, 191]. William Morgan was a "Mulatto" head of an Edgecombe County
Thanks, Elliot Schneider 1 person found this helpful Like (0) Actions frame 0115; https://www.fold3.com/image/21817288]. April the same year: age 18, 5-2-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in
Froman, Temple, 1818, Digital Collection, LVA]. [Bruton Parish Register, 28]. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Joseph Hawkins was a saddler hired for twelve months in Halifax by
Soldiers of the South, 641-2]. James Bartlett was listed in Muster of Lieutenant Gibbs of the 15th
Revolutionary soldiers, Rockingham County, Virginia [database on-line]. 2 October 1779 when Cuthbert Bullitt of Dumfries, Virginia, placed an ad in the Maryland
Revolution, I:129, citing Auditors Account XVIII:534]. On 28 April 1835 John Blake, a
muster of Captain William Haywood, the last person on the list after Cannon Cumber
Parish, James City and York counties [Bruton Parish Register, 27]. Johnston, Jeremiah]. :accessed 17 October 2016), Zachariah Archer]. Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:108]. 1782-1830]. [MD:551] and 8 "free colored" in 1830. called a "free man of Colour" on 13 November 1832 when he made a declaration in
in 1810 [VA:625]. remarkably tall man [NARA, S.41808, M804, Roll 1627, fame 629 of 1040; https://www.fold3.com/image/23664315]. land for his service [N.C. Archives, S.S. file no.