Thomas Hunter, commissioner for Martin County on 1 September 1782 [North Carolina
Carolina Loyal Militia from 1 September 1780 to 6 October 1782 [Clark, Loyalists in the
Spencer Bolton was head of a Georgetown District, Prince George's
___ F___n enlisted in the Revolution in Prince William County in 1781
Regiment in January 1779 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1034]. He was
28 May 1785 [New-York Historical Society, Muster and pay rolls of the War of the
old and six Blacks over 50 or under 12 years in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists,
Edward Valentine enlisted in the Revolution from Dinwiddie County as a
Moses Branch, born before 1776, was head of a Robeson County household
Carolina Regiment for 9 months on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North
woman, was bound to Samuel Pruitt until the age of thirty-one years in Frederick County,
Sidney. members of the undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Company of Northampton
of 891 and https://www.fold3.com/image/24220878]. Robert Mursh/ Mush, born about 1758, was apparently the descendant of
freedom when he was sold to William Kitchen to serve in his place in the Revolution. 5'9-1/4" high, yellow complexion, born in Powhatan County [The Chesterfield
service on 16 June 1783, voucher no. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Adams, George Capt. and Love and a "Free Negro" taxable in the Lower Western Shore Precinct (the
M805, Roll 92, frame 0147; https://www.fold3.com/image/11042872]. Hill [Brown, Genealogical Abstracts, Revolutionary War Veterans Script Act, 1852,
Levi Locklier and Elias Paul
Solomon James, Jr., was a "Molato" head of household in
County, Missouri, on 1 May 1837 to apply for a pension of his service in the Revolution. Halifax District for military services in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay
He and William Samson were living in King William County in 1818
State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, XI:35,
Samuel Wedge, born of a white servant woman in 1738, was bound out until the age of
Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L2QX,
free" in 1810 [VA:973]. The Mexican War was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. White Clay Creek when he appeared in New Castle County, Delaware court on 1 July 1818 to
Elijah Smith enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution for 18 months
National Archives Trust Fund Board. 931] and a "F.B." Jacob Archer received voucher nos. 142, 147; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679406]. John Punch Moore was head of a Beaufort County household of 5
He claimed that he enlisted for nine months in the Tenth
Edward Bibby was a "Malatoe Child" bound apprentice to
a Creole born in Barbados, according to an advertisement in the 2 August 1780 issue of the
He was
old, was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, and lived in Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
Virginia Battalion from 1 December 1782 to 1 May 1783 and received 100 acres bounty land
from Colonel W. Brent in May 1780 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Roberts, Hezekiah,
taxable in the southern district of Halifax County, Virginia, in 1794 [PPTL, 1782-1799,
http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.67)]. Drury Scott and Nanny Scott testified in Henrico County court on 4 February 1788 that Axom
born in Charles City County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
1783 for service in the Revolution and was called John Locas of Nash County on 8 June 1786
Virginia court for his freedom in 1734 [Orders 1734-5, 285]. John Thomas was drafted into the Revolution for the length of the war
sixteen years old when drafted [NARA, R.4167, M805, Roll 362, frames 14-24; https://www.fold3.com/image/22046834]. the counties of Anson, Montgomery and Richmond on 4 September 1782 for military service in
Charles Riley was a "free Negro" taxable in Middlesex County,
Richard Weaver was an indentured servant who ran away from Robert
Indians in Kentucky [NARA, S.32152, M804, roll 413, frame 436 of 548; https://www.fold3.com/image/12033024. free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:153] and 5 "other free" in
Jacob Jeffries enlisted in Donoho's Company of the 10th
He was a seaman aboard the Tempest
10079300]. State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1131]. Regiments were consolidated several times during the war, and many soldiers served in more than one unit. 419, 450, 479; 1804-23, frames 21, 62, 103, 144, 165, 188, 209, 230, 253, 326, 403, 537,
State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1094]. 1 April to 1 September 1782, served in Captain Clough Shelton's Company of the 1st
He was probably identical to
John Chubb enlisted in the Revolution in Loudoun County, Virginia, on
and 2 horses in 1779 [GA 30.1]. He was a resident of
He may have been one of two
1800 [NC:15], 6 in 1810 (as Giles Moore) [NC:118], and head of a Beaufort County household
Edward Sorrell was 79 years old when he applied for a Revolutionary War
stated that he was born in 1759 or 1760 in the part of Duplin County that became Sampson
7252 for the
February 1785 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1148; XVII:242]. Allen Jeffers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 13 August
in the list of men in the Amherst County Militia in 1781 [William & Mary Digital
David Burnett enlisted in Blount's Company of the 5th North
Jeremiah Meekins enlisted in the Revolution in March 1777 for three
service pay [NCGSJ XI:114]. [Orders 1755-8, 191]. soldier in the Continental Service for eighteen months in place of John Newell [DB
8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:78], 13 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in
Hardy Hunt enlisted from Southampton County for the duration
1831 according to the survivor's pension application of his son Peter [NARA, R.1889-1/2,
Mulatto" children baptized in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County [NSCDA, Parish
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
1477 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 360]. from Bladen County in Lieutenant Wilkinson's Company of the 10th North Carolina
Joseph Longdon enlisted for the war on 12 September 1780: age 27,
carpenter by the Fauquier County court on 28 August 1769 [Minutes 1768-73, 132, 141]. Accomack County court to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution on 2 August
Negroes & Mulattoes above the age of 16" in 1813; taxable on 2 free tithes in
received a discharge at Portsmouth from his commanding officer Captain Browne [Hathcock,
remembered seeing Edward Coleman in the South Carolina Regiment at Little York in Virginia
He enlisted for a 3-year term in 1777 in the company commanded by Captain
James in Accomack County on 28 August 1765 [Orders 1764-65, 489]. Captain Eleazer Callender, commander of the ship Dragon, certified
He stated that he was a resident of Middlesex County
he enlisted in Captain John Rust's Company of Granville County militia [The North
Charles Dunston, son of Patience Dunston, was bound apprentice to John
M804, Roll 701, frame 728 of 810; https://www.fold3.com/image/13009229]. (Purdie)]. levies from Hyde County who enlisted for nine months from the following March: place of
A total of 64 men were found in Cox's Company, undated list, probably 1782. military service to 6 May 1779 [North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P9PC]. XIII: 518; XVII:216]. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. August 1779 and March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 119, 149; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679416]. He was
of Captain John Nicholas' 1st Virginia Regiment, in the same list with
receive a pension. the household of Lemuel Reed, head of a household of 6 "free colored". These county records have been collected in: For a list of white loyalists in Williamsburg during the Revolution, see: The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.See the Wiki article, Virginia in the War of 1812, for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant websites, etc. County in 1830. Virginia Regiment for nine months and at the expiration of the term enlisted for the war. He was listed in the state census for North Carolina in the 6th District in 1786. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. His heirs received warrant no. 5'8" high, black complexion, a farmer, born in Frederick County [The Chesterfield
He enlisted in
1812 and 1813 [PPTL, 1791-1812, frame 802; 1813-24, frame 11]. Nathaniel Cumbo was listed in the roll of Captain Henry Hampton's
Stephen Cumbo was a soldier from James City County who served in the
Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:153b]. pedlar living in Portsmouth, Norfolk County in 1801 [PPTL, 1782-91, frames 392, 485, 567,
"other free" in 1810 [VA:474]. one in his family but his wife who was a slave [NARA, S.35644, M804, Roll 2135, frame 994
Jer. he and his mother Sarah agreed to his indenture to Arthur Byrd for twelve years
Accounts [N.C. Archives, State Treasurer Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary Army
Jennings
Albemarle County, 1779-10-23, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, LVA; Hening, Statutes
household of 5 "other free" in 1790, perhaps identical to William Taylor who was
He assigned his rights to the land to William Reynolds on 21 June
"free colored" and 1 white male aged 30-40, including an 80-year-old
Joseph Lucas enlisted in the Revolution from Powhatan County for 18
County on 4 cattle in 1785, taxable on 2 tithes in 1797, 1798, 1802, 1803, 1805, and a
"Molatto," in Patrick County in 1812, in a list of "free Negroes &
Littleton Manly was head of a Northampton of 5 "other free"
Alabama, on 2 July 1849 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. Solomon Duncan enlisted in the Revolution on 22 September 1780: age
He
received a military warrant of 640 acres for his service [North Carolina and Tennessee,
white male from 21 to 60 and two white females in 1786. later in driving wagons [NARA, S.6140, M804, roll 2259, frame 605 of 1119; https://www.fold3.com/image/16982712]. Between 1 September 1784 and 1 February 1785 C. Dixon received Peter's final pay of 41
Birth and death not given; buried in Hallowell Cemetery, Hallowell, Me. He was a "Mulatto" who petitioned the Frederick County court
Haun, Revolutionary Army Accounts, vol. (p.117)]. December 1784 that he had been a soldier in his regiment to the Northward, was at
Cumberland courthouse, remained there some time and was then placed under Captain Drury
Accomack County in 1785 and 1790 [PPTL, 1782-1814, frames 154, 347], a "Mulatto"
He mustered for the war in Lytle's Company of the 10th North Carolina
July 1747 [Minutes 1744-53, 98, 105]. North Carolina Regiment for nine months on 20 July 1778. Wilmoth Rich was ordered bound by the churchwardens of North Farnham
colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County militia [Mil. Jesse Flood was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "other
County on 20 March 1781 for 18 months and was sized in April the same year: age 21,
Major and Caleb were paid for their services [NARA,
December 1782 and was sized on 8 April 1783: aged 19, 5'5-1/2" high, dark
He was head of a Craven County household of 2 "other free" in 1790
[NC:50], 15 in 1800 [NC:415], and 14 in Chatham County in 1810 [NC:195]. Negro" in Albemarle County on 6 September 1803 [Orders 1801-3, 225] and was head of
service in the Revolution: age 23, 5'8", Black complexion, a planter [Troop
four or five years. He
362, frame 97; https://www.fold3.com/image/22806017]. Jesse Day's
Military land warrant no. for Sherwood's 2-1/2 years of service [NARA, W.3984, M804, Roll 1202, frame 606 of 1071; https://www.fold3.com/image/21852568]. Roll 103, frames 485, 488, 491, 494, 497 of 756; M853, Roll 22, https://www.fold3.com/image/286702942]. On 3 August 1832 Abraham H. Davis, a
December 1759, "Mulattoes both" [Jones, The Douglas Register, 4]. John and Rhode Brandom [NARA, M246, Roll , frames 528, 538, 548 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826,
"free colored" in 1830. Commander John Thomas [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Pinn, John, Digital Collections,
178 for 13
"Black" members of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's
Saul, the property of George Kelly of Norfolk County performed many
Levin Magee was taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1777 to 1791. Virginia Soldiers of 1776. He was taxable in Mecklenburg County in 1785 and 1786 [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 99, 127,
the 2nd Virginia regiment commanded by Christian Febiger in March 1777, October
2005 for 12 pounds specie in
On 4 October 1832 William Whicker appeared in
The State Line also included George Rogers Clarks Illinois Regiment, which fought against the British and their Indigenous allies in the Northwest Territory, in what are now Illinois and Indiana. age of eighteen [DB 4:61]. October 1781 with Captain James Mills in the 8th Regiment from Brunswick
his discharge" [Archives of Maryland 48:11; NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 446 of
He was in the
based on his application from Knox County, Tennessee, on 7 January 1834, at the age of
descended," had run away and been received as a substitute in Dinwiddie County,
He may have been the William Barnett of Wayne County who received
Peter Cumbo received voucher no. Virginia, from 1801 to 1819 [PPTL 1782-1819, frames 197, 217, 225, 272, 282, 313, 322,
may have been the Henry Curtis who was serving aboard the boat Liberty in November
They were placed on board prison ships until the general exchange in 1781
II:232-3]. Bearer William Lucas being the son of the above must be born freeHenry Washington
soldier and father of Nancy, wife of Elias Roberts, in Elias' Chatham County free
XIII:102]. He was a "free negro" taxable in the undated Bertie County tax list
to Joel Bevill on 22 January 1756 [Orders 1755-7, 26], was listed as "Dick" in
Soldiers of the South, 728]. father to Westmoreland County when he was about eight years of age. Charlotte County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:68]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.56)]. [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 781]. The account of sales of the estate
Charles Ailstock was said to have been a son of Michael Ailstock, Sr.,
Benjamin Newell enlisted as a substitute while resident in Culpeper
was taken prisoner last summer according to the 19 July 1780 issue of the Virginia
pay for service in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State Records of
William Campbell of Orange County, Virginia on 15 September 1807: he and his parents
138 rolls. use as a baggage wagon for the soldiers. John died on 9
Spotsylvania County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:100] and 4
50 pounds of bacon for the support of herself and two children [Orders 1779-84, 34, 53]. He was about 72 years old on and residing in St. George's Dorchester on 13
He
Regiments of $239 from 5 August 1777 to 1 August 1780 [NARA, U.S. S.37992, M804, Roll 1198, frame 1017 of 1169; https://www.fold3.com/image/23204526]. He was head
November 1834 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 199]. 1779 return of spirits provided to the ship [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
Revolution on 20 May 1776 [NARA, M853, https://www.fold3.com/image/291771927]. taxable on 3 tithes in 1809 and 1810 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 313, 402, 462, 643, 707,
and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 13, William Hill Warrants,
He received voucher no. naming his daughter Ann Bowser and Randolph Milton [WB 5:2]. Wallace's Regiment commanded by Colonel Abram Buford. He apparently died in service since his heir David Bizzell
in Captain Hardy Murfree's Company of the 2nd North Carolina Regiment, served
]. T.R. head of a York County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:873]. and was in Winton County on 11 August 1787 when he assigned William Holmes his right to
Halifax County on 25 July 1795 [DB 17:810; https://www.fold3.com/image/10201165]. old on 27 January 1770 when Samuel Hanson of Kent County set him free [Historical Society
payment [Judgments & Orders 1763-5, 90, 126; 1768-70, 299; Orders 1774-84, 170, 219]. Robert Davis was a "Mulatto" in the muster of Colonel William
"other free" in 1800. Peter Rouse was listed in the muster of Captain Paul Demere's Company
He was head of a Abrams Plains,
He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County
the Revolution and had not yet drawn bounty land on 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
Baker Hazard, a "mulatto man," ran away from John Scott's
He was about sixty-eight years old in August 1832 when he appeared
Jacob Anderson testified that he lived near him in Granville
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GKPH,
On 10
of 5 "free colored" as Giles Moore in 1820 [NC:27]. Service records exist for most Continental Line soldiers in the form of payrolls and muster rolls of their units. Gazette [Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Nicholson)]. Randolph was head of a
Reeps Gowen was taxable in his father Edward Gowen's Granville County
in Wilmington District on 12 December 1781 for military service in the Revolution [North
to Cornelius Rose who was listed in the payroll of the 4th Company of the 3rd
colored" in Beaufort County in 1820 [NC:32]. His widow was Faithy Lester [NARA
1783 [Haun, Revolutionary Army Accounts, vol. Hezekiah Nickens was serving as a seaman aboard the Gloucester
Jacob Teague was head of an Accomack County household of 7 "other
He made a
He
756
"free colored" in 1830. Nathaniel Nickens was listed aboard the Tempest on a 7 December
He appeared
express between the troops in Middlesex, Gloucester, and Caroline counties, sometimes sent
In the American Revolution, gaining freedom was the strongest motive for Black enslaved people who joined the Patriot or British armies. He received
He made a deposition in Halifax County
Records of North Carolina, XV:724; XVI:1130]. Abraham Goff was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in
Simon Spelman was a "free Negro" bound apprentice to
[NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 712; M881, Roll 1089, frames 323-6 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23299172]. Brutus Johnston enlisted as a musician in Major's Company of the 10th
[Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 718]. no. He
1754-8, n.p. James Johns was serving in the Revolution in 1778 when the Goochland
February 1777 and served until 8 February 1780 according to his discharge from the ship's
free" in 1790 [NC:144], 7 "other free" and a white woman over the age of 45
Edward Harris was head of a Richland District, South Carolina household
when he was bound apprentice to Nathaniel Sikes in Norfolk County on 19 May 1763 [Orders
Alexr Shaw enlisted on 10 December 1776 in Captain Alexander
Revolution: age 15, 5'3-1/4" high, Mulattoe complexion, a farmer [Register
John, Digital Collections, LVA]. 3928 for 640 acres, entered on 22 July 1795 and issued 7 March
Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173, XVII:252]. black hair, black eyes, in Duprie's Company, occupation carpenter [N.C. Archives Troop
Manly, William]. Vol III:73, folio 3
1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 14]. when administration on his estate was granted to (his father) Caesar Cook. black man," twenty years old, (serving) in place of William Edwards Cock [Mil. 1779 or 1780 in the regiment commanded by Colonel Harris. J:211; VI:15, Folio 2]. Evans Archer was a soldier born in Hertford County, North Carolina,
[NC:67]. "other free" in 1800 (Moses Night) [MD:788] and 10 in 1810 (M. Knight) [MD:635]. received 34 pounds for serving as a soldier in the Revolution [NARA, M881, Roll 1091,
Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Carolina Regiment on 2 April 1776 for the war and was omitted in February 1778 (likely
Benjamin received voucher no 6809 on 4 June 1782 for four pounds specie in Halifax
Rhode Brandom was called the son of Mary Brandom when he was bound out
1790 [PPTL 1782-97] and head of a Botetourt County household of 5 "other free"
752; roll 110, frame 484 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/9639818;
Nathan Byrd received voucher no. Spotswood's Company in Fort Young [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 570]. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GR5T,
in the rear at the battle of Eutaw Springs, in charge of baggage belonging to Fleming
The
State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1082]. household of 7 in 1800 [NC:330], 10 in 1810 [NC:38], and 7 "free colored" in
War Bounty Warrants, Dungy, James, Digital Collections, LVA; Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
on 1 August 1782 for 35 pounds specie for military service in the Revolution from Craven
(p.45)]. Warrants, Hopson, John, Digital Collection, LVA]. County he had 8 persons in his District 7 household. Robert Cook enlisted in Blount's 10th North Carolina
1790 and 6 in 1800 [MD:281]. George Perkins was born in Liberty County (present-day Marion County),
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