received voucher no. the birth dates of her family that was said to have been in the handwriting of Colonel
Virginia, who deserted from the 2d Georgia Battalion on 16 February 1777
County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
[North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5GQ4,
1765 when the birth and baptism of their children Matthew and Philemon were recorded in
Soldiers of Virginia (Supplement), 240, citing (Culpeper) Rev. However, there was no
388]. He served in the Revolutionary War and was
John Case, a "Mulatto" and brother of William Case, died
the Continental Line who assigned his right to 640 acres in Tennessee to Nicholas Long in
He may have been one of two
was head of a Gates County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:23], 9 in
certified that William Langston served for three years and was dead by February 1778. LVA]. rejected [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, LVA, Virginia Memory Collections]. Carolina Loyal Militia from 1 September 1780 to 6 October 1782 [Clark, Loyalists in the
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Johns, James, Digital Collection, LVA]. Accounts, IX:122, folio 3; http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. George Harmon was head of an Accomack County household of 9 "other
William Ampey was in the list of men in the service of the Amherst
He mustered for the war in Lytle's Company of the 10th North Carolina
Archives GASR Apr-June 1784, Box 3, location 3A-464]. David Handzer was listed in the account of the Sussex County estate of
colored" in 1820 [NC:218]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
Advertiser on 14 September 1782: James Songo, a mulatto, born in Kent County,
B5F16]. Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts,
[NARA, W.26156, M804-1396, frame 0486; https://www.fold3.com/image/24167148]. He had no one in his family but his elderly
Virginia Regiment under Captain Henry Pitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel David
free" in 1790 [NC:61], 7 in 1800 [NC:318], 8 in 1810 [NC:23], and 9 "free
frames 55, 62; https://www.fold3.com/image/21413416]. years and was entitled to bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia,
complained to the Halifax County, Virginia court that he had been treated as a slave. He was in a list of soldiers of the Virginia Line whose names were on the register but had
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.68)]. Hardy Milton was not found by the sheriff in Southampton County on 10
M246, Roll 113, frame 664 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9648376]. The Culpeper Classes, a 1781 militia list from Culpeper County, is available on microfilm and indexed at the link below. Adam Adams, a "free black citizen of Charles County,"
1775 [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347]. By Isaac Weare Hammond. free" in 1790 [NC:48]. June 1783 for service in the Revolution ["North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers,
Army Accounts, Journal "A", 141]. Mulatoe," bound out by the Bertie County court in May 1763. Creek in 1801 [PPTL, 1782-90, frame 562; 1791-1812, frames 243, 295, 351, 427, 461, 479,
for the family history of these soldiers. He was taxable in the
Soldiers of the South, 674]. In 1772 he was head of a household with Sarah Archer, possibly his wife, in the list of
1833 in order to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. related to Henry Orange who was head of a Hertford County household of 3 "other
certificate dated October 1787 from a justice of the peace in Goochland County, describing
Absolem Bibby was 7 years old in November 1771 when the Bute County
Aaron Peters was drafted from the Third Division of the
Charles Dobbins was living in Dinwiddie county when he enlisted in the
1787-92, 232]. the War Department confirmed that he had served five years [NARA, S.41699, M804, roll
discharge for three years service on 18 August 1780 from Captain Wm Spiller by
He was born in Louisa County, Virginia, and resided there until 1790. Warrants, frame 288 of 597 http://www.ancestry.com]. Frederick Demmery, born say 1738, served as a soldier in the infantry
"Being a Coloured
Tann [S.S. 460.1]. He received a discharge from Captain Machen Boswell on 8 April 1784 for serving three
Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:13]. Archives, 196, 607; NARA, M881, Roll 382, frame 1087 of 2309; https://www.fold3.com/image/16725573]. listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL, 1791-1828, frames 332, 345, 359, 433, 444,
Bowser, Moses Ash, Caroline Ash, Lydia Ash, Thomas Ash, and
his rights to the land to William Hill in November 1818 [North Carolina and Tennessee,
"Molato" in Archibald McKissak's Bladen County household in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen
On 6 September 1827 he received a
of St. John's Parish, Elizabeth City County, when he appeared in court on 25 October 1832
Virginia court to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he
September 1778: Asea Tyner, Place of Abode Bute County, born N.C., 5'8", 34 years
that William and John had no wives or children, and Betty Case, "of this county"
County, North Carolina. Roll 102, frames 545, 548, 552 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946464]. or "M" taxable in
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
private in Captain Raiford's Company from 17 May 1781 to 15 April 1782 [NARA, M804, roll
Captain Mayo Carrington, in a bounty warrant
Bedford County to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. He was head of a Hyde County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman in
County in the Third Division commanded by Major George Little between 1778 and 1780 [TR
He was head of a Palmyra, Ontario County, New York household of 5 "free
Revolution, stating in his application that he was born in Bladensburg, Maryland, in 1748,
John Marshall received his final pay of 27 pounds for service in
to receive the wages due him for three years service as a Continental soldier [NCGSJ
Dennis Garner enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months from Isle of
high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Dinwiddie County [The Chesterfield
Revolution. entered the war in 1780 or 1781 at Amherst Court House and served for three years as a
A John Cumbo was the servant of Colonel Lamb of the 2d New York Regiment
[Owen, Granville County Notes, vol. Bounty Warrants, Bundy, Francis, Digital Collections, LVA]. Captain Blount's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 1 July 1779 and
Captain George Burroughs deposed that he knew Shadrack in the service
A total of 41 names were found on Cox . a farmer [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA
He stated that he was drafted into the militia from
DNA testing indicates that all members of the Hathcock family from North Carolina and
being claimed" [Delaware Archives, III:1150]. He was taxable in York County from 1803 to 1814 [Personal
Ephraim Emanuel received pay in Wilmington, New Hanover County, for
March 1779 to March 1780, listed with James Sweat [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 119,
These certificates are also filmed by number on FS Library films 29635-7. North Carolina) [NARA, R.8105, M804, Roll 1911, frame 285 of 1034; https://www.fold3.com/image/25580287]. He
in James City County and returned there after the war [NARA, S.7834, M804, Roll 2479,
applied for a pension in Nansemond County on 13 May 1833 for his service in the Revolution
And a Charles Dobbins was listed as sick and
and moved to Mecklenburg County after the Revolution [NARA, W.4643, M804, roll 323, frame
December 1779, in the same list as Giles Bowry/ Bowers
Virginia Battalion from 1 December 1782 to 1 May 1783 and received 100 acres bounty land
for his service in the Revolution. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Southampton County in
inches high 67 years of age Sep. 1815. seen a "Negro man" named Indian Robin as a soldier on horseback and armed for
Denham. and their brother Hezekiah Nickens, a seaman in the Virginia State Navy who died during
1800 [NC:60], and 6 in 1810 [NC:615]. Records of North Carolina, XXII:91]. "free colored" in Fayetteville in 1820 (Cader Briant) [NC:189]. Abel Spriggs and Thomas Wood were "mulattoes" listed among
William Baley was head of a Hertford County, North Carolina household
He received voucher nos. Gazette as a mulatto man, almost white, about 5 feet 8 inches high, pitted with
of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. pension for his Revolutionary War service as a private in the Tenth Regiment, Yarborough's
his own land in Westmoreland County in 1801 ["A List of Free Mulattoes & Negroes
County in 1808 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Going, Raverly, Digital Collections,
County, Pennsylvania, on 5 May 1818 when he appeared in court to apply for a pension for
He was
Uriah Portee was the son of John Portee, Sr., who was taxable on the
He applied for a pension in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1831. Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PM58,
Thomas Carney, Jr., a man of color, was about sixty years old on 24
18 months in March 1781 in Captain Bohannon's Company of Colonel Davis' Virginia Regiment
deceased in the muster for February 1778. Revolutionary War materials which are not included in this list, especially for states not contiguous to West Virginia. black man," twenty years old, (serving) in place of William Edwards Cock [Mil. 7252 for his
was listed in the Muster of the Independent Company of Foot raised for the safe guard of
"Black" members of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's
He stated that he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Regiment under Captain
Richmond, VA, USA: Richmond Press, 1927. 1796 [N.C. Archives S.S. 1096, call no. may have been a member of the mixed-race Ash(e) family of Southampton County. (The original tax lists have not survived). Richard Roberts was head of a Northampton County, North
services in the Revolution. man," served with him [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Morris, Nathaniel, Digital
Scott was the legal representative of John Scott, a soldier who died in the service of the
in Charles City County on 22 September 1780: age 21, 5'7" high, a planter, yellow
"other free" and a slave in 1800, but in her 1807 Northampton County will she
& Hillsborough, 10]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.91)]. Sheppard received his final pay of 23 pounds in Halifax [Clark, The State Records of
Amos Hathcock apparently died in the service as his heirs received
618; https://www.fold3.com/image/12743960]. 2153 on 22 March 1782 in Wilmington,
on 13 February 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary
He enlisted in the 3d
tithable [Orders 1757-64, 135]. His children were mentioned in the survivor's pension
He was about sixty four years old on 1 August 1820 when he applied for a
His widow Mildred Cumbo received 60 pounds for support of herself and her two children by
the year 1778 and was placed on guard at a place called Sandy Point on the Potomac River
no. churchwardens of Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, on 24 January 1785 [Orders 1784-8, 59,
And he was a "Mulatto" taxable in Gloucester County from 1801 to
332 for military
1783-1843, Roll 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837 (Survey Orders: Nos. William Wynn was a taxable "Mulatto" in King William County
Six months after
from Dinwiddie County on 29 June 1782 and was sized the same day: age 28, 4'11"
James Carter in 1776, head of a Bladen County household of one
had served as an artilleryman in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, GASR Dec. 1791-Jan. 1792,
On 18 May 1762 the Princess Anne County court bound Joseph and Peter Anderson
Records of individuals who participated in the Revolutionary War can be found in published indexes, pension files, bounty land records, service records, and public service claims. 5'4-1/2" high, yellow complexion, hasel eyes [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
apparently from a bayonet. from Caroline County on 26 March 1781 and was sized on 14 May 1781: age 30,
which offered a reward for his return, describing him as: a mulatto fellow about five
He received voucher no. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 5 May 1781 and served until 5
He enlisted for 18 months in Evans' Company of the 10th North
1026 for twenty pounds for service in the Continental Line in
Continental Army infantry. S.108.360]. "mulatto" listed among fourteen deserters from Lieutenant John Tankersley's
He received pension no. He was about seventy six years old on 26 March 1831 when he appeared in Davis County,
904; https://www.fold3.com/image/27290621-27290714,
North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill to give him his freedom on 15 May 1784 [NC
July 1781 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Moss, Henry, Digital Collections, LVA]. [NC:304]. His widow and
Revolution in January 1777 in Westmoreland County. Jennings on 7 February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the
according to testimony by James Jennings, listed before Philip and Thomas Wood and after
received a military land warrant for 640 acres for 84 months service as a fifer [N.C.
North Carolina Regiment, enlisted on 3 June 1777 and was omitted as a casualty in June
of Pennsylvania, Duck Creek Monthly Meeting, Deed of Manumission of Slaves, 1774-1792,
James Coley born in Charles City County, Virginia, served in the
He was head of a Surry
Richard
Accomack County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830. ca. Applications for Virginia bounty land warrants are at the Library of Virginia and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 61)]. There are no papers in his pension file, only a letter from his heir David
from Lieutenant Samuel Baskerville and General P. Muhlenberg at Winchester Barracks on 11
1794-1819, no. He enlisted in the Revolution on 28 August
attorney to Thomas Nuse to receive his final settlement for service in the Continental
Halifax District for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay
He assigned his rights to the warrant to Jones Allen in
Michael Ailstock, Sr.'s race was never indicated in the records, but
Abstracts of many Virginia Revolutionary War pension records and unit rosters are available on the website Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. Henry and Moses
Robert Mackey was in the 3 September 1778 list of new levies from Hyde
(accessed 6/17/2018)]. Regiment in August 1778; on command, in charge of General Woodford's baggage in November
taxable in Goochland County from 1787 to 1807: called a "Mulatto" in 1793, a
Jack Morris, an orphan, no race indicated, was bound apprentice in
He was born in 1757 in Bertie
XVI:1066]. 138 rolls. 4666 on 30 November 1818. 48 pounds specie in Hillsboro on 1 May 1792 for military services in the Revolution [North
sons Reuben, James and Henderson Day sued Tignal and Westwood Jones for stealing the
Evan Payne was taxable in Fauquier County from 1802 to 1806: a
County, Tennessee, in 1817 when white residents of the county petitioned the legislature
[NC:186]. For additional information please see About the Revolutionary War Virginia State Pensions Database 1778-1783, certificates 54,359; 54,480; 54,860; 54,935; 55,181; Public Archives
Source is Stryker's Official Register published in 1872. John Santee was head of a Northampton County, Pennsylvania household of
in 1810 [VA:810]. 1772 [GA 11.1] and head of a New Hanover County household of 6 "other free" in
Revolution in Dorchester County, appeared in Dorchester County court at the age of 72
708]. Dempsy Underdew/ Underdue was counted as white in 1790, head of a Halifax County
Negro Absolom was drafted from Prince George's County in 1781 [Archives
Clement Reed was the "mullatoe" son of Jane Reed who was
Edward Sorrell was 79 years old when he applied for a Revolutionary War
George
of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson from
Sarah Teet and children in Westmoreland County in 1801 and head of a
Philip Jones was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other
He received voucher no. specie on 22 December 1781 in Wilmington District for services in the militia [North
"pioneer" in the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's Company in the Revolution
IV:174]. undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's Company [Mil. M805, Roll 706, frame 0545; https://www.fold3.com/image/15535547]. Black man in Williamston in 1850 with Lucy Titus. Virginia, when called into the service and moved to Surry County about 1805 [NARA, S.6572,
children [WB 1:10]. Edward Harris registered in Chesterfield County on 9 January 1809: color
M805, Roll 679, frame 0630; https://www.fold3.com/image/15171420]. and 1776 under Captain James Council [Haun, Revolutionary Army Accounts, Journal
He was a "FN" taxable in Pittsylvania
Blount's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment and died 5 September 1779
Joseph Bartlet was a "M"(ulatto) tavern keeper with Mary Bartlet on Tanner's
living in Jennings County, Indiana, when he applied for a pension [NARA, W.25781, M804,
Robert Locklear enlisted in the 6th South Carolina Regiment
Charles Charity enlisted in the Revolution on 2 September 1780 for
Priscilla was head of a Buckingham County household of 1 "other free" in 1810
He was listed in the state census for North Carolina in the 6th District in 1786. 90]. Samuel Overton was a "Molatto" Perquimans County taxable in
no. for failing to list his wife as a tithable, and on 18 June 1787 the court discharged him
[Register of Free Persons 1785-1799, no.12]. (p.47)]. received a discharge at Portsmouth from his commanding officer Captain Browne [Hathcock,
Matthew Wiggins was a "free Mulatto" taxable in the Bertie
1779-11-06 and 1779-11-23, Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865,
Continental soldier in one of the Isle of Wight County divisions [Virginia State Library
2:160]. John Walden was a taxable "Molato" in John Hutson's Bladen
He stated that he
court on 25 September 1832 [Orders 1832-36, 16]. He was a private and musician [NCDAR, Roster
Courthouse and "ran home and was taken and made to serve to the end of the war"
He appeared in Sumter District court on 12 June 1818 to apply for a pension, stating
337 for service in the Virginia State Line [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
State Government Records Collection. He received voucher no. He enlisted in the
Barnett, William]. He was listed in the payroll
and served as a seaman for three years according to a certificate signed by Captain John
Presley Hutt received pay for service in the Delaware Regiment in the
Genealogical Society Journal. County from 1806 to 1817 [PPTL, 1806-28, frames 35, 135, 163, 235, 341, 390, 596] and head
September 1777 and was paid on 20 January 1779. Hezekiah Stringer enlisted for 12 months in Sharp's Company of the 10th
He was a "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LGR2]
He was head of a York County household
He
head of a Brunswick County, North Carolina household of 4 "other free" in 1810
James Ailstock was said to have been a son of Michael Ailstock, Sr.,
April 1781 for 1-1/2 years [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
He
no. "Mullatto" boy living in Loudoun County on 11 August 1768 when the court ordered
1769, and he and Joseph Jeffreys were insolvent taxpayers in Bute County in 1769
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