Artis [NARA, R.4812, M804, roll 1263, frame 437; https://www.fold3.com/image/22996357]. He was taxable in Powhatan County on 2 horses from 1787 to 1788, a "M" taxable
the source for this. 1619 for 640 acres for his service in the Revolution
Legislative Petitions, 23 November 1784]. (p.70)]. 1790 [NC:42]. Goode stated that John and his brother Anthony Chavis
It is not noted on the
County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:990]. Portsmouth, Virginia, for 18 months until January 1782 [NARA, S.41415, M805, Roll 25,
M881, Roll 1096, frame 818 of 2087]. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Royal Crown 1776 Revolutionary Green Mountain Ranger War Soldier Military Statue at the best online prices at eBay! 1 May 1781 [NARA, M246, Roll 114, frame 128 of 492; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946836],
He
He was
may have been the Frederick Reed who received voucher no. Army Accounts, vol.II, Book 2, 280]. 1790 [NC:72]. He was head of a Buckingham County household 6 "other free"
He was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax
He grew up in Guilford County, North
Archives Mil. delinquent "Negroe" taxable in Duck Creek Hundred in 1780, 1781, 1788,
Albemarle County, Virginia, on 18 September 1780 and was sized at Chesterfield County
he gave power of attorney to Samuel Warren, an attorney, to receive the final settlement
On 16 June 1783 he
Benjamin Bartlett, born about 1755, was a "poor
before December 1781 when he was sized: age 31, 5'9-1/4" high, black complexion, a
He and his wife Elizabeth, "Boath free mulattoes," registered the
Bounty land was issued to Lawrence Mason
He was described as "a coloured man - apparently of Indian Origin and is a
while living in Franklin County. War Bounty Warrants, Olvis, Emanuel, Digital Collections, LVA]. appeared in Robeson County court to petition for a pension for service in the Revolution. The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. XVI:1040]. 9483 for 5 pounds on 16 December 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North
He was
artillery [NARA, M881, Roll 1090, frame 575 of 2028; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702693]. War Records, Virginia, 336]. received his final pay of 61 pounds on 11 October 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 680
North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patton at White Plains on 9 September
Carolina, about 1792. S.S. are the Secretary of State
Francis Locus(t) received voucher no. old, was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, and lived in Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
He was entitled to but had not received bounty land by 1835 [Brumbaugh,
Joseph Tann died before 1792 when his heirs received 640 acres for his
He appeared in
in the American Revolution, 404], was paid 9 pounds for service in the Continental
regiment of Colonel William Eaton, Granville County, Captain John Sallis's Company [Clark,
Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 5 May and left the service on 5
Jones, James]. S. 38171, M804, Roll 1615,
Alsop, John (private). muster rolls on 11 May 1777 but was listed as a deserter on 10 January 1778; enlisted
https://www.fold3.com/image/286702752]. Morris's Company of the 9th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel George Matthews in May
Charles Going/ Gowens was taxable in Henry County from 1783 to 1790
Orange County on 27 May 1820 [NARA, S.41659, M804, Roll 1320, frames 70-78; https://www.fold3.com/image/23390416]. enlisted in the Revolution on 28 August 1777. State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1013]. Jacob Going was head of a Stokes County household of 6 "other
North Carolina Regiment in 1777 and died before September 1778 [Clark, The State
Records of Mexican War veterans might exist in a state where the veteran later resided. September 1780: age 19, 5"3-1/4" high, a planter, born in Amelia County,
On 16 September 1783 he received
In 1843 Jacob
He was taxable in Prince Edward County in 1784 and 1785 [PPTL 1782-1809, frames 130, 145]
court saying he was a soldier with them. "Molato" boy of Nan Norwood, a "Molato" woman, ordered bound to Keziah
M246, roll 30, frame 283 of 532, roll 31, frame 495 of 658; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110883;
Law directs" on 10 November 1778 [Minutes 1773-83, 142]. free" and a white woman in 1800 [NC:383], and 2 "other free" in Edgecombe
Revolution [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 5, 67, 407]. From the expiration of her service with said
He was a
"other free" in 1810 [VA:996]. join Colonel Green [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
pounds for serving in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State Records of
for three years. James Jones, born say 1716, was a soldier who enlisted in the
from Bute County who volunteered for nine months [Militia Returns, NCGSJ XV:109]. https://www.fold3.com/image/10068453. of 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:193]. He was a "Mulatto" head of
Richard Glasgow of
appeared in Cumberland County, Virginia court to apply for a pension for his services in
brought him to Rhode Island where he joined the regiment under Colonel Patterson. S.9034, M804, roll 1767, frame 489 of 787; https://www.fold3.com/image/25941923]. Captain George Burroughs deposed that he knew Shadrack in the service
man," he acted as a cook for Colonel Porterfield and guarded prisoners. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 588]. John Womble was a carpenter who enlisted in the 10th North
Tony Spelman, the two-year-old son of Sarah Spelman, was bound
enlisted as a substitute for Francis Speight and had been a resident of Nansemond County
Nace Fifer, entered 1776 for the War, dischd in 1783 [NARA, R.1549, M804, Roll
He
a Free Town, Brunswick County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:770], 2
town of Columbia in 1820 [SC:16]. Thomas Tann, Dennis Garner, John Goff and Abraham Goff
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
Pryor received his final pay of 19 pounds on 11 February 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1092,
as a substitute: age 23, 5'9-3/4" high, blk hair, blk eyes, blk Complection, born
These certificates are also filmed by number on FS Library films 29635-7. 1777 and served for 3 years [NARA, S.41248, M804, Roll 2367, frame 416 of 858; https://www.fold3.com/image/18729500]. The records of these land grants are described in United States Land and Property. County in 1802 and 1803 when he was counted in the "List of free Negroes &
Ezekiel Archer was taxable in Hertford County in District 5 on 3 cattle
African Americans in the Revolutionary War - Wikipedia by midshipman Scarborough Bloxam [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Bayly, Robert,
until 20 January 1779. [William & Mary Digital Archives, Swem Library's Special Collections, Cabell Papers
of 6 "other free" and a white woman in 1790. Joseph Johnston's and Captain Frederick Wommack's Company from 20 June to December 1781
[NARA, M246, roll 79, frames 115, 122 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200094]. 460.1, 460.2, 460.3, 460.12]. marched to Valley Forge under Captain Callohill Minnis, entered the company under the
2670 of 640 acres for his service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives S.S. file
World War II United States Military Records provides additional information. He was called James Jones of Jones County when he
1778-1875 5.5 Applications for Bounty Land He received bounty land based on his discharge by Lieutenant D. Mann which stated that he
Henry Williams was a "man of color" from Anne Arundel County
Captain John Thomas of the galley Protector, stating that he enlisted on 12 October
among whose slaves she had a number of relations [Windley, Runaway Slave Advertisements,
He received 11 pounds for
He was in Valley Forge and
He was head of a Granville County household of 4 "other free" in
1779-84, 47b]. Jinncy was head of an
1820 and 19 January 1836, LVA]. infantry [Babtiste, Jean: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital
Baker Hazard, a "mulatto man," ran away from John Scott's
Henry Cockran was sick at White Plains on 8 September 1778, on the pay
Benjamin Brewington enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th
North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patton at White Plains on 9 September
He was head of a Rockingham County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free"
Captain Wilson in Culpeper County, Virginia, where he was then resident and was marched to
[Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions, McCoy, George, 1822, Digital Collection, LVA]. Oliver Griffin enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute from
Collection, LVA]. of the 1st Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel James Hendricks from November
1805. War Accounts, Vol I:45 folio 2; XI:48, folio 2]. Godfrey Richardson enlisted in the Revolution from Stafford County for
Hawley, Ben]. register but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
a tour of duty for six months, and received a discharge in Portsmouth from his commanding
5'10" height, complexion: Negro, paid 8 pounds bounty [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame
woman 26-44 in 1810 [MD:195]. service in the Revolution [NARA, S.34911, M805, Roll 399; M804, Roll 1192, frame 297 of
Scott was the legal representative of John Scott, a soldier who died in the service of the
He enlisted in
Gazette [Virginia Genealogist 4:136]. Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P5Q1,
on 4 November 1777 when the Keeper of the Public Store was ordered to deliver them
[NC:103] and 4 in 1800 [NC:791]. Captain Clem Hall's Company of the 2nd Regiment [NARA, S.41416, M804, https://www.fold3.com/image/10951920]. pension [NARA, W.16, M804, Roll 2332, frame 15 of 1164; https://www.fold3.com/image/18323695]. Virginia, on 24 November 1777 [Tithables, 1753-1782, frame 824, LVA microfilm no. Continental Line on 9 May 1781 and was discharged on 9 May 1782 [The State Records of
3271 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 21, 67, 333; Revolutionary
James Kersey was listed in the Militia Returns for Bladen County in
Virginia, 8, 68]. the James Macklin who received bounty land based on his discharge by Lieutenant Colonel W.
January 15, 1760, inclusive " [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 892]. was head of a Wake County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [NC:793], 5 in
James Smith was a "mulatto" from Halifax County, Virginia,
Gazette that he had deserted. William Lowry was head of a Bladen County household of 5 "other
Adam Adams, a "free black citizen of Charles County,"
Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 2438 for 7 pounds specie in
He
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.9)]. Roll 1320, frames 644-672; https://www.fold3.com/image/23390522]. Regiment of Artillery under Colonel Charles Harrison [NARA, S.38262, M804, Roll 1820,
1790 [NC:25], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:186]. who enlisted in Captain Samuel Walker's Granville County, North Carolina Militia on 25 May
for 18 pounds specie on 19 June 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North
warrant no. colored" in 1820 [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants,
His colonel was killed by the
Revolutionary War Soldiers | Facts, Information & History 5943 for nine pounds specie in
when he made a declaration to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. George Lahea enlisted in Quenoult's Company of the Delaware Militia on
transferred to the 1st Regiment at Valley Forge. He
Joseph Hawley enlisted for 3 years as a private in Sharp's Company of
Ross County, Ohio: William Clerke, a Mulatto man, 50 or 60, 5'7", served in the
head of a York County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:876]. North Carolina Regiment for nine months on 20 July 1778. 28, 5'6-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in Charlestown, Bk Hair, Blk Eyes, Yellow
142-3]. Last Updated: 27 August 2018 Moore) [NC:9]. County in 1790 and 1792 and a "free" taxable from 1794 to 1801 when he was
for Revolutionary War Service, AA 6309]. North Carolina Regiment on 25 April 1781 and left the service on 25 April 1782 [Clark, The
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.9)]. and pay rolls of the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, II:600-1, 604; https://babel.hathitrust.org]. and wishes to visit his mother in law in Frederick Co., at Charles Carter's place. specie on 22 December 1781 in Wilmington District for services in the militia [North
of the French troops, testified that he knew William Anderson, a "black man,"
[NARA, W.26156, M804-1396, frame 0486; https://www.fold3.com/image/24167148]. Randall Locklear was in the Muster Roll of Captain Smith's Company of
frames 32, 69] and a "free Negro" or "Melatto" taxable in Rockingham
free" and a slave in 1810 [VA:111a]. Jacob Anderson testified that he lived near him in Granville
1772-7, 134, 213]. Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 101; DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North
1769, and he and Joseph Jeffreys were insolvent taxpayers in Bute County in 1769
His nephew Daniel Laws received $730 as bounty for his service
Clement Bunch enlisted in Lytle's Company of the 10th North
Andrew Ferguson and Peter McNelly/
1 "other free" in 1810 [NC:825]. frame 544]. warrant no. He
his warrant no. 1800 to 1805 [PPTL, 1785-1814, frames 484, 544, 622]. 22-387), 120 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. "free Negro" taxable in Dinwiddie County in 1801 and a "free" taxable
19:288]. received his final pay of 16 pounds on 24 January 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll 1090, frame 228
"other free" [NC:316]. enlisted as an "artifiler" (artificer?) XVI:1166]. S.35119, M804, Roll 2605, frame 97 of 874; https://www.fold3.com/image/2835736]. He was
Heights in New York as well as the battles of Trenton and Princeton. James Smith enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution from Bedford
of Princess Anne County, Virginia, and then enlisted in Essex County in Captain Andrew
1782-99; 1800-15]. in 1757-1758: age 28, 6 feet high, Charles City, Va., no trade, Mulatto [Clark, Colonial
Jesse Tate entered the service on the galley Dragon on 10
David Hatcher was a sixteen-year-old "half Indian" planter
which had a testimonial by William Bryan, a Justice of the Peace: ..This affiant
He appeared in Caroline County court and stated that he
John Braveboy was a "Black" tithable in Tyrrell County in
Milly Alvis was head of a household of 1 "free Negro &
Charles City County bound his orphan daughter Mourning Cumbo to George Hubbard until the
Bibliography disbanded near Charleston [NARA, S.41960, M804, roll 1759; https://www.fold3.com/image/27213692]. He petitioned the legislature for a pension for his services in the
Nathaniel Nickens died leaving no wife or child; the nearest relative he
free" in 1790 [NC:26]. Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 04, frames 105-6
was discharged on 19 May 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina,
412, 434, 533, 598, 671, 808; 1800-12, 49, 175, 304]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other
He
[NC:322]. Bedford County from 1800 to 1809: called a "free N" in 1807 [PPTL 1782-1805,
He was probably the Edward Brown who was drafted out of Charles City County
high, a farmer, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned