born in Charles City [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
5'2" high, black complexion, a farmer, born in Gloucester County [The
black complexion, born in Accomack County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of
Solomon Bibby was 7 years old in November 1771 when the Bute County
and guarded the baggage wagons during the battles of Camden, Guilford Court House and
black man," twenty years old, (serving) in place of William Edwards Cock [Mil. settlement due him as a soldier in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The
ancestry.com); https://www.fold3.com/image/23394967]. the Halifax County court allowed him to use his gun in the county. He was deceased before 8 March 1785 when his heirs received 640
Richard Taylor's Company of Granville County, North Carolina, he was listed as "a
2]. "free colored" and 1 white male aged 30-40, including an 80-year-old
and 4 October 1755 Muster Roll of Craven County, North Carolina, for the district between
[NARA, S.39056, M804, Roll 2079, frame 534 of 1300; https://www.fold3.com/image/15532577]. He was the brother of Ann Melton who married Thomas Bowser
court on 20 November 1749 for failing to list herself as a tithable [Orders 1746-52, 256,
frame 437 of 827; https://www.fold3.com/image/22996357]. They
Joseph Proctor was taxable in Luke Going's Loudoun County
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.75)]. Lancaster County and had only one brother Peter Haw. Matthew Banks was the son of John Banks who was indicted by the Surry
3048 of 640 acres for 10 pounds in Craven County, North Carolina, on 16 January 1786
The inventory of his estate was recorded
Malachi Nickens was living in Hertford County on 19 May 1781 when he
[PPTL 1782-1803, frames 9, 23, 44, 54, 70, 97, 136, 195, 225, 257, 326, 347, 370, 393,
Between 1 September 1784 and 1 February 1785 C. Dixon received Peter's final pay of 41
He was
William County certified that Reuben Sampson was his legal representative. Shelton's 1st Virginia
Raymond Reed was a "mullatto" child bound out by the
court ordered him released [Pleas 9:194]. received by Captain Richard Taylor on the same day he received Philip Wood's pay [Creel, Selected
Agreeable to a former Law of the State of Virginia. 1778 who died on 15 February 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 79, frames 122 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200094]. the household of Lemuel Reed, head of a household of 6 "free colored". Joshua Perkins was a member of Captain Windsor Brown's Virginia Company
He was called a "free man of Colour" on 27 April
He enlisted in the Revolution for 9
"other free" in 1790 [NC:20]. County, North Carolina, to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. 412, 434, 533, 598, 671, 808; 1800-12, 49, 175, 304]. REVOLUTIONARY RELICS OLD Point Comfort Hampton Virginia 1910 Postcard - $5.85. Elisha Milton left a Southampton County will, proved 21 August 1797,
William Goin received 5 pounds specie for military service
He was head of a Halifax County household
LVA]. North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of
Salady" who still had seven years to serve when he was listed in the 7 June 1770
Elijah Donathan owned land in Henry County,
Samuel Howell was a twenty-five year old "mulatto" sawyer
and Jane was head of a Buckingham County household of 12 "other free" in 1810
On 15
Jacobs, Matthew]. he applied for a pension, stating that he enlisted in King William County in 1778 and was
Revolution in January 1777 in Westmoreland County. was head of a St. Mary's County, Maryland household of 3 "other free' in 1800
http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc;
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.29]. https://www.fold3.com/image/15202544]. 1790 [NC:26]. 9642178, 9642229, 9642251, 9642291; NARA, M881, Roll 1084, frame 897]. John Cockran was a "FN" taxable in the northern district of
of Isham Valentine & Caty his wife of Surry County free people of Colour the said
in Norfolk County court which certified that she was the widow of Willis Bass and
William Balentine, enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on
Haun, Revolutionary Army Accounts, vol. household in the undated (1772?) associate-jye-afamasaga black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
Black" head of a Powhatan County household of 26 "other free" and 3 slaves
taxable in Henry King's list for Wake County on 100 acres in 1794 and taxable on 1 poll in
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.19]. He stated that he entered the 1st Virginia
in the Revolution on 13 October 1780: age 30, 5'6-1/4" high, a taylor, born and
He was a soldier who served in the Revolution from November 1778 to August
John Locus received voucher no. M804, Roll 1408, frame 696 of 884; https://www.fold3.com/image/24147596]. He enlisted in
William Langston was one of the only seven surviving men of the
February 1778, and in the muster of the 5th and 11th Regiment in
And he may have been the James Boon whose heirs
Edward Brown in 1784 and called "son of Ned" in 1809 when he was taxable on 2
the Virginia Gazette [(Purdie), p.3, col 1]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.23)]. 246]. apparently identical to Randall Shly who enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment
Amelia County. Roberts, Godfrey, Digital Collections, LVA]. Revolution, stating that he enlisted in May 1776 at Windsor, Bertie County, in the North
returned to Northampton County and then moved with his family to Westmoreland County,
1-3]. Bevel who set him free in that county. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
[NC:753]. Revolutionary War and died 11 September 1777 [Clark, Colonial and State Records,
He entered the service in Charlotte County, Virginia, and served as a
Records, 16:1047]. order and minute books for each county at the state archives or http://familysearch.org/search.catalog. Waldy Clopton. Reg. household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:130b] and 2 "free colored"
Captain John Payton's muster in August 1778 at White Plains and discharged in February
His wife Priscilla Holley's application for a widow's pension included a book with
his rights to the land to William Hill in November 1818 [North Carolina and Tennessee,
245 and 2274 on 18 December 1781
He petitioned the Virginia Legislature on 9 October 1792, stating that
He was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 9 "other
Most of those that survive have been gathered and published in the following books: There were many skirmishes with Indians in frontier regions of Virginia. He was head of a Prince William County household of 15 "other free" in
settlement for his service in the Revolution [NCGSJ X:235]. John Jeffries was taxable in Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County,
He was a "F.N." court on 6 July 1801 [Orders 1798-1800, 380, 393]. His final pay of 34 pounds was received
North Carolina, 98; A History of African Americans in North Carolina, 36-7]. pounds pay for service in the Revolution from 10 November 1777 to 10 August 1778 [Haun, Revolutionary
He
no. of 27 pounds for his service in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State
"molatto" from 1791 to 1796 and from 1805 to 1814 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 93,
in the 28 November 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Virginia Gazette
http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.117)]. his discharge he crossed the Chesapeake Bay and enlisted in Portsmouth in the 2d
He was drafted from Goochland County in May 1781 and was
Robt. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary . the 25 July 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette as having run away "the 17
Sampson Hays received 27 pounds as David's final
Horn who marched his company to Halifax where he was put under the command of Captain John
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
District in February 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina
Negro" in Albemarle County on 6 September 1803 [Orders 1801-3, 225] and was head of
North Carolina Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. He
Peter Beckett, Levin Magee, Presley/ Preston Hutt, George Lehea
On 17 December 1764 he was
three years and served under Thomas Meriwether [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims,
Those who served in the Virginia state line or in the continental line could apply. He received a pension of $80 per annum from 3 March 1826 as a private in Major Hardy
the muster until May 1783 and received 100 acres [NARA, M881, Roll 1088, frames 1321-6 of
346-7 of 597, ancestry.com]. inches high, forty years old, born free & raised in Charles City County [Register
He
He stated that he served in the 10th North
Northampton County, Virginia, for 18 months on 8 September 1780 and was sized on 14 May
1782, a "Mulatto" taxable in 1785, taxable on 2 horses and 6 cattle in 1787 and
131, 143, 164, 184]. 5 in 1800 [NC:372], and 6 in 1810 [NC:231]. He
[NARA, M246, Roll 33, frames 162, 168 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10108823]. He lived in Albemarle County until 1800 according to his Revolutionary War
He received pay voucher no. the years 1780 and 1781, that his father was very infirm and blind in December 1832 when
28 May 1785 [New-York Historical Society, Muster and pay rolls of the War of the
[NC:51]. Ephraim Hearn enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment in
708]. William Barber, born on 17 May 1745 in Dinwiddie County, was living in
He was counted with a male and a female in a list of
Revolutionary War. Gazette that he had recovered a silver spoon which Joseph "had (stolen) from a
He received voucher
569 and 9938 in Halifax District for a total of 19 pounds specie on 22 July 1782 and 3
volunteered. from 1 August 1780 to 15 November 1783 [Archives of Maryland 18:356, 539]. He stated that during his 9 months service he was engaged in a skirmish
163]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. He enlisted as a substitute
William Dempsey enlisted as a private in Baker's Regiment for nine
"M"(ulatto) taxable in Buckingham County from 1810 to 1821 [PPTL 1810-26]. to 1807, probably related to Patience Alstock who was counted in a "list of Free
1778 to 20 January 1779, was on a list of seamen on the Dragon on 2 September
of 6 "other free" and a white woman in 1800 [NC:223]. [NARA, S.42023, M804, Roll 2254, frame 590 of 818; https://www.fold3.com/image/13712617;
He stated that he enlisted on 15 April 1776 as
Littleton Manly was head of a Northampton of 5 "other free"
Archives, Bertie County Estate Papers]. He appeared
618-100, Roll 808, frame 518 of 876; https://www.fold3.com/image/15490549]. 261, 306, 364, 384, 569, 584]. Charles City County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
John
Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the Revolutionary War. He received his discharge in November 1783. He was called Jesse Andrews, son of
of Maryland, 18:41]. He
William Sampson was living in King William County when he and Gideon Langston
665; 1811-22, frames 59, 103, 147] and head of a Fluvanna County household of 8
to testimony of his son Jacob3 Perkins who testified that Jacob also served
He mustered
during the Revolution and assigned his right to payment of 25.12.0 to Mr. Brodhead on 3
William Manly attested to her statement [NCGSJ VIII:214]. Army on 15 January 1782 [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 781; NCDAR, Roster
with 8 "other free" persons in her household in the 1810 census for Lunenburg
He was listed as a wagoner in the July 1779 muster of Captain Thomas Ewell's
of Virginia Genealogy 31:93]. He received voucher no. several children [Ligon, Jeremiah (M, 35): Free Negro Affidavit, 1800, and Liggan,
He sold his pay for military service in the Revolution to
Virginia court to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he
the William Holms who was sized about a year later: age 43, 5'10" high, Negro
Stephen Harmon was head of an Accomack County household of 9
shown) [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA
"other free" in 1810 [VA:562]. Saul Scott received voucher no. [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 382, 446, 477, 512, 550, 585; 1800-1813, frames 24, 68, 113, 156,
[NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 712; M881, Roll 1089, frames 323-6 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23299172]. North Carolina, in 1771 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:61]. [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, 221, 613]. Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:93, citing Auditors' Account XVIII:516 at LVA]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.85)]. Jane Ailes for her suggestions on sources for research. Carolina household of 6 "free colored" in 1830. boy, was bound by the Chowan County court to Lydia Herron to be a sawyer in January 1764. household of 6 "free colored" in 1820, listed near John Rouse who was
placed him under guard for getting drunk and cursing him. Bizzel, William]. State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1018; North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers,
Roll 113, frame 91 of 752]. on 20 April 1776 and was listed in the Roll of Lieutenant Colonel Harney's Company of the
of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:597] and 8 "free colored" in 1820
He
Ethelred Newsom enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th
Susanna Howell, and Hannah Roberts) sold this 75 acres to Howell Deberix
Registered in the Clerks Office of Botetourt County, no.29]. He enlisted
(His father?) City County on 25 April 1835 at the age of eighty and stated that he was engaged by the
He was taxable in King George County from 1786 to 1793, called "free Jim Lucas"
John Demery was one of the "Black" members of the undated
VI:15, Folio 2]. The certificates often give the number of acres, warrant number, and sometimes the solder's heirswife, children, grandchildren, brother, etc. He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 whites in 1790 [NC:62]. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Johns, James, Digital Collection, LVA]. State Records of North Carolina, XVII:241; NCGSJ XIV:230]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
He
woman in colonial Virginia http://c.mfcreative.com/offer/us/obama_bunch/PDF/descendancy_final.pdf. (Hamilton James), 1881- Publication date 1912 Topics Virginia. She died on Sunday, 12 September 1819 at her home in Henrico County from domestic
York County, Virginia court ordered the churchwardens of Yorkhampton Parish to bind him
John Jeffries was head of an Orange County, North Carolina household of
age, five feet six and three quarters highand resembles an Indian from whom he is
County in 1796 and 1798, called a "Free Negroe" in 1801 and 1802 [PPTL
Jeremiah Johnston "of Hyde County" received voucher no. wife Eleanor sold two lots in the town of Stevensburg which was probably land inherited
on 11 December 1782, on the payroll of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment in March
1-3]. He produced
frame 59 of 685; https://www.fold3.com/image/12853986
Captain Christopher Roane on 25 April 1783. Nathaniel Hall, a "Molatto Boy," born about 1786, bound an apprentice cooper in
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