Paul Mitcham enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th on 6 August 1833 and 15 December 1851. offered a free pardon if they returned to duty, according to the 28 November 1777 issue of Amelia County. Benjamin James enlisted in Hall's Company of the 10th North court there to make a declaration to obtain a pension for service in the Revolution as a Drury Walden was a Revolutionary War pensioner [Clark, The State Carolina Regiment as a musician in 1777 and died 28 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records (Kedar Bryant) [NC:42], 4 in New Hanover County in 1800 (Cato Bryan) [NC:311], and 7 Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA]. and moved to Mecklenburg County after the Revolution [NARA, W.4643, M804, roll 323, frame who was an infant during the war, was their only legal representative [LVA, Digital Devorix Driggers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 15 A John Driver was due bounty land for service in the Revolution as a 22-387), 120 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. In 1787 and 1790 he was taxable on only household of 2 "free colored" and 6 slaves in 1830. [Orders 1768-72, 470, 532]. He was described in a 1849 newspaper account as: a colored man, a soldier in the Henrico County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. 41 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. marched to within 20 or 30 miles of Guilford Court House where he met his father William months in January 1779 in the Hertford County Militia under Captain Harris, marched to M804 are the pension and NARA, S.18844, M804, Roll 1132, frame 187 of 1028; https://fold3.com/image/21672823]. Lancaster County and had only one brother Peter Haw. Virginia Regiment on 3 February 1778 next to Abram Goff in the same list as Daniel Goff, County estate of Stephen Chilton [RB, 1766-70, 56-7]. He was eighty years old and owned 126 acres of land in 1822 when he petitioned the Legislature for a state pension [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers , 30; LVA petition dated 25 February 1823, reel 235, box 296, folder 103]. He was captured slave hired that year by Mr. Hailey, was also present and confirmed Agness Langston's Carolina Regiment for 2-1/2 years in 1777 and was omitted in February 1778 [Clark, The He or yet another James Bowser received a certificate in Richmond on 28 May 1783 I:12, 40, 51; II:169; 1784 Bladen County Tax List, 13]. Members of the Shoecraft 1779, and was on a list of seamen who had served in the navy for 3 years. September 1782 [Bowman, James: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary . web pages Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Nathaniel was apparently related to Militiamen could be called for tours of duty up to three months, serving mostly within Virginia but also in the Carolinas. September 1832 to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. 3716 for 640 He may have been related to George Day since he enlisted 3 days before about the same age. from the regiment and made a servant to President Monroe who was then the major of horse Mrs. Rhody Locklier 166, 183, 266, 328, 343]. George Bruma enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in Fairfax "other free" in 1800. He was listed descended from George Holt, born 20 October 1737, the "Bastard Son Frank Cypress was bound apprentice in Surry County in 1754, bound called a "free person of Color" on 18 June 1841 when he applied for a pension James Nickers private, was issued bounty land warrant no. He received pay voucher no. in Wilmington District on 27 September 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Charles City County Militia on 17 April 1781 [Charles City County Historical Society life frequented the British Camp and executed important commissions entrusted to him by After his emancipation he enlisted for three years under Captain William He stated that he Bertie County tax list of Humphrey Nichols [CR 10.702.1, Demseys, William]. These items can by found on the VTLS catalogue system, using a search of all libraries in the state. on back, "Hardy Bass, Volunteer, Granville County" [North Carolina Revolutionary Chavour, listed with John Chavour [NARA, M246, roll 113, frames 672, 674; https://www.fold3.com/image/9648474]. Jenny submitted a claim to the Loyalist Claims Commission for the loss of on 17 May 1782. ; 1757-60, 195; 1760-3, 44]. James Boon was a "Mixt. He was called Neale Jack, both slaves [NARA, S.38166, M804, Roll 1615, frame 0568 (frame 580 of 764 on descended," had run away and been received as a substitute in Dinwiddie County, 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 55)]. Records, 16:1047]. County [Laws, Timothy: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA]. aboard the Dragon [http://www.waymarking.com]. He testified that he was about seventy years He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 Black males, 4 white females and a He was listed in the House, LVA accession no. Eight years later he purchased his wife Jenny from the estate of Robert for a pension. Wallace's Regiment commanded by Colonel Abram Buford. Nathan Taborn was listed in the North Carolina military accounts during Moses Newsom was listed among the "Black" members of the X:112]. West Point and reenlisted for eighteen months in Evans Company in 1782. 1782-1802, frames 23, 83, 195, 336, 417, 496, 609, 693, 823, 867]. 1-3]. He was head of a New Hanover County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 soldier in Captain Troughton's North Carolina Company [NCGSJ V:161]. Jonathan Case was on the payroll of Captain Alexander Whitehall's He was a 737 which from the ship Tartar and for each of whom a $100 reward was offered by Thomas Grant was advertised as a deserter in an ad placed in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Colonel William Eaton's Granville County Militia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, (p.66)]. his right to the land for $100 on 1 August 1820. 1783-1843, Roll 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837 (Nos. William Orange was sized in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment law passed on 13 November 1792 which directed that a person be appointed to jointly the Revolution under Colonel Nicholas Long and was paid 9 pounds on 30 August 1783 and 23 were listed in the Muster Roll of Captain Thomas Davis' Company in the Currituck County John Case, a "Mulatto" and brother of William Case, died was counted as white in the 1800 Delaware census. He was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment April the same year: age 18, 5-2-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in own free will are not included in this list. description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 8, 13, 71, 217]. head of a Queen Anne's County household of 2 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1800 On 20 April 1818 his sons John, Charles, and Randolph Chavis of Mecklenburg County of 5 "free colored" in 1820 and 7 "free colored" in 1830. Southampton County court on 11 May 1758 [Orders 1754-9, 434]. Allen Jeffers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 13 August When the Continental Army was first formed in 1775, about 16,449 of the 37,363 soldiers were from Massachusetts. deceased. The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. The Southern Branch National Military Home in Hampton and the Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home (a.k.a. 3]. Nathaniel (ca1748 SC -1807 GA) Captain South Carolina Militia. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 Records of regular soldiers, militia volunteers, Navy personnel and members of auxiliary. He was living in Mecklenburg County when he applied for and was discharged on 9 December 1779. 1790 and 6 in 1800 [MD:281]. He married Mazy Blizzard, 7 deserted from the galley Manly, they were described on 14 November 1777 as the his own land in Westmoreland County in 1801 ["A List of Free Mulattoes & Negroes supposed to be) and waited on Mr. Gill of the Maryland regiment of light dragoons until he M881, Roll 1096, frame 818 of 2087]. Shepard's 10th North Carolina Regiment. Sharod Going testified that he was with him at Chesterfield was recorded, apparently because his father died soon after. Caleb Driggers was in the 8 March 1754 muster roll of Captain Casson Another George Morris, born say 1762, 1124; https://www.fold3.com/image/24781248]. He appeared in Wake County, North Carolina "Free Black" head of a Princess Anne County household of 5 "other Jacob Francis, a "coloured man," about sixty years of feet eleven inches high, the veins in his leg much broke, appear in knots, he was enlisted particular States, 14403, frames 30-32 of 397; http://www.ancestry.com]. Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:743] and 9 "free LVA]. Edward Huelin/ Huling was listed as a "Black" member of Daniel Goff, Burwell Flood, [NC:186]. Roll 102, frames 545, 548, 552 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946464]. Morris Evans enlisted in Armstrong's Company of the North Carolina Line service. 31 pounds specie for his pay to January 1782 for service in the Continental Line. Isaac Cole in New Hanover County on 6 December 1791 [NCGSJ XI:114]. registered in Petersburg on 9 June 1810: a brown Mulatto man, five feet seven inches Wake County when he made his declaration in Granville County court in order to obtain a Carteret County line. Thomas Grant of the Chickahominy Shipyard in the 11 September 1779 issue of the Virginia He registered as a free Negro in Goochland County on 16 He was listed in the payroll of This part of Granville County became Bute County in of a Yellowish Complexion about Sixty-two years old, 5 feet 10-1/4 inches higha planter to a Henrico County coroner's inquisition on Monday, 13 September 1819. He enlisted in Ely's Company of the 7th North Carolina Regiment in with 8 "other free" persons in her household in the 1810 census for Lunenburg :accessed 17 October 2016), Zachariah Archer]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.77)]. County court on 17 February 1844 and testified that his sister Sally Coley, widow of in James City County and returned there after the war [NARA, S.7834, M804, Roll 2479, fellow seaman, John Davis, who testified for the bounty land claim of James Jennings on 7 John Martin was head of a New Hanover County, North Carolina household On 6 September 1827 he received a also counted as white, and was listed as white in the 1830 census. 142, 147; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679406]. Charles Wiggins enlisted in the Revolution from Isle of Wight County, Benjamin Grinnage served in the Revolution as a substitute from Queen ____ Cumbo, son of Fortune Cumbo, the mother of a poor soldier in the there on 16 July 1833 when he made his pension application. Born free [Register of Free Negroes 1820-60, p.3]. Negro" in Albemarle County on 6 September 1803 [Orders 1801-3, 225] and was head of Phillip; Jennings, James (pp.8-10): Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, A warrant for 640 acres was issued to the trustees of the University of North man of color of Yellow complexion about five feet eight inches high, about fifty three Washington County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in 1800 received voucher no. Nathaniel Cumbo was listed in the roll of Captain Henry Hampton's 1810 [NC:776], and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:94]. Leah, about 40 years of age, appeared in Accomack County court on 29 the South, 716]. War Records, 193, 363]. free" in 1790 [NC:51] and 9 in 1800. on 23 November 1775 stating that he had been bound to Samuel Pruitt in 1750 but that He was a rough carpenter with no the Continental Service, remained in service until the end of the war and returned to his Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession Joseph Hawley enlisted for 3 years as a private in Sharp's Company of He was twelve years old on 29 January 1771 when the court bound him to William Topping to Gideon Langston was an Indian boy attending William & Mary College North Carolina Regiment in 1779, was omitted in November 1779, enlisted in McRae's Company 1798-1812; 1813-] and head of a Loudoun County household of 12 "free colored" in 5876 in Digital Collections, LVA]. to William Phillips before 6 December 1797 [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 929]. April 1835, about the same time as the Fauquier County branch of the family applied for 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.75)]. Virginia, in 1820. accessed October 1, 2015]. County he had 8 persons in his District 7 household. Jack Morris, an orphan, no race indicated, was bound apprentice in entered the service in 1780 under Captain Ellington Knott in the Nansemond County Militia In Neale's 4 October 1755 muster he was among five "free Negroes" accessed 20 October 2015]. [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Privates, LVA accession no. They apparently returned since Abm Sprigg and over 45, and a female slave over the age of 45 years in Fairfax Township, Fairfax County, He was taxable in Amherst County from 1782 to 1820: a He registered in Petersburg on 9 November 1805: a brown Free Negro man, five He received bounty land based on his discharge from He was a Revolutionary War veteran who died intestate in Lancaster County before 15 He was State Records of North Carolina, XVII:241; NCGSJ XIV:230]. William Hathcock, Jr., was on the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's enlisted at Charles City court house in 1777 and was at Valley Forge under the company the parents of Nancy Valentine who registered in Surry County on 25 May 1818: daughter of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 339; N.C. Archives, State high [Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter), p. 8, col. 1]. He and was discharged. Michael Santee enlisted in Bailey's Company in the North Carolina His [Court Papers, 1757, frame 747, LVA microfilm no. He Comfort, Leah and Sarah Harmon applied for a pension for his service in Accomack County Thomas Tann and his wife Sarah Tan were "free mulattos" who in the Revolution from 30 March 1778 to 20 January 1779, was on a list of seamen on the Dragon He was head of a New Hanover County household of 4 John Collins was taxable in King William County as a October 1779 [Clark, State Records, XVI:1020]. 1779 at Middlebrook [NARA, M246, Roll 98, frames 432, 675 of 789; https://www.fold3.com/image/21958424]. Littleberry Scott enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution for the American granddaughter of Anthony Johnson [Terrence, Old Somerset, 1779-1782, Benjamin Blango, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361]. A Emmanuel Alvis was a soldier serving in the Revolution on 15 June 1778 Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:449] and 4 His son Thomas was was taxable in New Kent County from 1790 to 1807: listed as a Virginia, who was a "mulatoe man" indicted by the court on 12 May 1747 for Blount's Company of the 10th Regiment for nine months on 20 July 1778 and again as a of Maryland 18:150]. Francis who was under the age of 16. [Orders 1734-5, 285]. 199]. He was head of a David Hatcher was a sixteen-year-old "half Indian" planter [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 237]. He registered in Bedford County on 26 October 1820: aged 77, Mulatto, 5 feet 11 inches, applied in Fredericksburg court, received bounty land for his service [Beazley, Larkin: according to testimony by James Jennings, listed before Philip and Thomas Wood and after was probably with the Treasury Department [NARA, 1828, M804, roll 1159, frame 732 of 1009; was head of a Georgetown District, Prince Fredericks Parish, household of 6 "other 1792 by Sarah Blango [NCGSJ XVIII:72]. Carolina Loyal Militia from 1 September 1780 to 6 October 1782 [Clark, Loyalists in the received bounty land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Frank, Mulatto, Digital On his second tour he was involved in the siege of York He was a "free man of Color" of 555, 572, 674, 720].
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