Records of Mexican War veterans might exist in a state where the veteran later resided. 636 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/23478607]. The Library of Virginia and the FamilySearch Library have Virginia Land Office, Military Certificates, A-Z: July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876. on his testimony on 5 June 1818 [NARA, M804, S.38,944, Roll 1709, frame 543 of 743; https://www.fold3.com/image/27259535]. free"), on 1 July 1773 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian
He made an
David Hatcher was a sixteen-year-old "half Indian" planter
Spotswood's Company in Fort Young [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 570]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in
County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:75], and a Halifax County
Records of North Carolina, XVI:1117], listed in the roll of Lieutenant William
for failing to list his wife as a tithable, and on 18 June 1787 the court discharged him
Indians in Kentucky [NARA, S.32152, M804, roll 413, frame 436 of 548; https://www.fold3.com/image/12033024. estate was divided in Accomack County among his four sisters, Nancy, Betty, Rebecca, and
deposed that he had served as an eighteen months soldier in the North Carolina Continental
Captain Blackwell received his final pay if 15
William Bowman, a "Mulatto," was charged with felony in
William Wynn was a taxable "Mulatto" in King William County
1781 he was drafted to go down to Yorktown for a total enlistment time of about fifteen
Box 4)]. 117, Micajah Thomas, Assignee of Joseph Tann (Military Warrant No. 1849]. for service in the Virginia Navy [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia,
of color who served in the Revolution Moss, Roster of South Carolina Patriots,
He enlisted in Carter's
Ref. John Allstep was head of an Anne Arundel County household of 4 "other
His heir Baker
soldiers from Bute County who enlisted for nine months on 3 September 1778: Edmon
He was a "Free" head of a Northumberland County household of 3
county and left to provide support for themselves for many years past. A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812. John White received his final pay of 17 pounds on 31 July 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089,
stated that his father was born in Halifax County, Virginia, in 1733 (perhaps date in
was head of a Carteret County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:128], 12
"other free" in 1810 [VA:959]. City County, black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers
William Haws, brother of Peter Haws, was a seaman aboard the Dragon
277]. He
Nathaniel Nickens died leaving no wife or child; the nearest relative he
He was head of a Bertie County household of 7 in 1800 [NC:40], 5 in
He served four tours of ten days each in the
County, black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
1839 on 16 March 1782 for 20
substitute on 6 June 1782 and was sized on 26 June: age 21, 5'6-1/4" high, black
on 21 February 1822 for his service in the Revolution [North Carolina and Tennessee,
private in November 1777, served as a musician in January and February 1778 and died on 26
by the churchwardens of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 11 August 1766 and called a
He
(his widow) Sally Ashby, "wife of ___ Ashby" 12 pounds for the subsistence
after three years service [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Armstrong, Adam, Digital
Records of North Carolina, XVII:235; DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in
Abraham Sweat served in Raiford's Company of the 10th North
M804, Roll 2459, frame 1260 of 1360; https://www.fold3.com/image/20125436]. He was a "Mulatto" who enlisted with the 10th Regiment in
Botetourt County from 1809 to 1820 [PPTL 1787-1810, frames 620, 653; 1811-1822, frames 13,
pounds currency in the 24 June 1752 Goochland County estate of Henry Miller [DB 6:352-4]. Henry Moss was ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Raleigh Parish
three years, served as a waiter to Captain Samuel Hogg, and died as a prisoner of war on
frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387],
Colonial Soldiers of the South, 723]. He was head of a Eastern District, Monongalia County census of 12
household in 1787, a "Mulatto" taxable in 1793, 1796 and 1797 [PPTL 1782-1802,
commanded by Colonel Gregory Smith from July to December 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frames
He was head of a Beaufort County household of 6 "other free" as Giles Punch in
County estate of Stephen Chilton [RB, 1766-70, 56-7]. private in Captain Raiford's Company from 17 May 1781 to 15 April 1782 [NARA, M804, roll
in 1790 [NC:76]. He stated
Captain Christopher Roane on 25 April 1783. complexion, a planter, born in Dinwiddie County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9461918]. Cambell, then Quebeck but lost his discharge in a sea wreck soon after the war. they had until 10 December to report [Virginia Gazette (Purdie), p.3, col.2]. He was head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other
He was born in Port Tobacco, Charles County. Halifax (no date): age 16, 5', Black Complexion, enlisted for 3 years in No
enlisted in 1778 under Captain John Hawkins of Queen Anne's County in the 5th
He
He may have been the Charles Wood who was a soldier in the infantry
Dudley Delks was listed as a deserter from the camp at Willamsburg on
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.33)]. Negro [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 434 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/1207228]. The
applied for a pension in Nansemond County on 13 May 1833 for his service in the Revolution
He
James Jones, born say 1716, was a soldier who enlisted in the
1783-1843, Roll 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837 (Survey Orders: Nos. 27 August 1799 Amherst County bond. He was head of a Fayetteville household of 4 "other free" in 1790
sold his Northampton County land on 15 February 1778 [DB 6:227]. Washington, D.C.: 1936. Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Survey Orders (Nos. [Minutes 1773-5, 420]. His
Rol 113, frame 439 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/22938237]. North Carolinian, 1960, p.727]. for a pension for his service in the Revolution [NARA, S.6899, M804, Roll 1087, frame 192
IV:174]. "free Negro" taxable in Northampton County from 1787 to 1805 [PPTL, 1782-1823,
II, Book 1, 273]. [NARA, M246, roll 32, frame 65 of 117; https://www.fold3.com/image/7661921]. In 1779 he was
court to make a declaration to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Johns, James, Digital Collection, LVA]. He stated that he enlisted
The above Aaron Weaver & Martha Nicken were born free [Weaver, Aaron (M):
declaration in Chowan County court to obtain a pension for three years service [NARA,
that Peter Haws' name was on the army register as receiving 60 pounds, 10 shillings as the
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.57)]. County from 1806 to 1817 [PPTL, 1806-28, frames 35, 135, 163, 235, 341, 390, 596] and head
1813-24, frames 101, 251]. months on 17 April 1781 and was sized on 14 May: age 28, 5'7-1/4" high, yellow
was counted as white in the 1790 census for Wake County, listed near Morris Evans who was
H.
Caesar Chavis was in Captain William Ashburn's Militia in Bertie County
to a Henrico County coroner's inquisition on Monday, 13 September 1819. War. List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia, special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1911 by Virginia State Library. of Southampton County [NARA, M246, Roll 110, frame 293 of 768; Roll 102, frame 651 of 774;
MIL. the Halifax County court allowed him to use his gun in the county. complexion, a gardner, born in Accomack County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
Gustavus/ Travis D. Croston appeared in Hampshire County court to make
Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. drafted out of Prince George County, Virginia, for whom a reward was offered in the 28
In February 1790 the Gates County court ordered his twelve-year-old orphan son Thomas Boon
Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Lawson on 16 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll
War vol. Sherwood Harris was head of a Wake County household of 6 "other
House, LVA accession no. He was about fifty-six years old on 13 November 1821 when he testified in
by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. head of a Charles County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 2 in 1800
Maryland court in August 1750 [Rice, Frederick County, Maryland Judgment Records
Samuel Wedge, born of a white servant woman in 1738, was bound out until the age of
1820. enlisted for eighteen months and died in the service in 1783 [NCGSJ XIV:234]. His only heir Sally Perkins applied for his pension in
M246, roll 30, frame 283 of 532, roll 31, frame 495 of 658; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110883;
in Wilmington District on 12 December 1781 for military service in the Revolution [North
on 20 August 1777 [NARA, M246, Roll 110, frame 493 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883; https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA
1790 and 11 in 1800 [NC:338]. cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. 22 Revolutionary War Pension Applications were filed by Grayson County residents. He was eighty years old and owned 126 acres of land
He
of Virginians in the Revolution, 419; Creel, Selected Revolutionary War Records,
He applied for a pension while living in Wilson County, Tennessee,
was released from her service by the Cumberland County court on 26 August 1752 [Orders
in the service of the United States," whose wife Frances was living in Mecklenburg
He was head of a Halifax County household of 9 "other free" in
have been identical to Jonathan Chubb who enlisted in the 3rd Maryland Regiment
Revolution. other soldiers from Isle of Wight County, including Giles Bowery, enlisted in the 15th
5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:342]. January 1777 until his discharge [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Roberts, Anthony,
Virginia newspaper as: born a free Negro in one of the lower Counties of this
He was a recruit from Dorchester County in the Revolutionary War
Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:743] and 9 "free
He stated
Regiment in 1777 and was deceased by January 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North
He
adjoining Virginia counties descend from an African male. colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County militia [Mil. 1096, frame 1179 of 2087]. the Amelia County household of James Bevill in 1762, and was head of an Albemarle County
320, 90]. He was about sixty one years old
He was drafted from Goochland County in May 1781 and was
Gabriel Manly, Jr., was taxable in his "Mulatto" father
In 1774 he was a
Elias Roberts,"of Northampton County," received voucher nos. Cemetery. Mr. Ford received his final pay of 48 pounds on 21 April
On 15 October 1783 Captain Thomas received his
The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. He was a resident of Northampton County
He enlisted for nine months in
Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G8BN,
William Clark, Raymond Reed and Joshua Perkins were in the same
198]. Fanny Harmon received bounty land warrant no. John
of an Accomack County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman in 1800 [Virginia
of North Carolina, XVI:1007]. called a soldier who enlisted in the Revolution in Petersburg and served as a drummer
He was about fifty-two years old on 29 February 1792 when he made a deposition in
19 March 1781 and was sized on 28 May: age 23, 5'5-1/2" high, black complexion,
On 25 September 1851 his widow Betsy
court ordered him bound an apprentice planter to John Pinnion [WB A:227]. and 3 slaves in 1800. His widow Susan Loughry applied in Robeson County court for a pension for his
Hamilton, Emory L., Jeffrey C. Weaver, John C. Mullins, and Betty R. Mullins. Online: HathiTrust Digital Library John Jeffries was taxable in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County,
I:218, Executive Communications, 178, loose manuscripts at the LVA]. 8299 in Halifax District