Regiment for February 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 44, 286, 289; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679302]. He was sized on 4
John was listed as a private aboard the Dragon on 2 September 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
Bertie County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 (Cezar Chevat) [NC:12]. He was head of a Nash County household of 8 "other free" in
Chatham County census in 1800, called "Hew Bird Cornet" [NC:196]. one years when John Crittendon and Luke Cannon, officers of the 15th Virginia
He was a
Benjamin Bartlett, born about 1755, was a "poor
He was about 60 years old on 27 September 1820 when he appeared in Robeson County court
Vital Records, Book 2:126; 3:42]. residence Cumberland County, hair Black, Eyes Black, Complexion Swathy [Register &
He testified that he enlisted
sixty nine. Samuel Overton was a "Molatto" Perquimans County taxable in
October 1820 [NARA, S.38723, M804, Roll 1050, frame 940; https://www.fold3.com/image/20879404]. Timothy Laws was a gunner who served on the Tempest and died in
Moses Blango, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361]. Petition, 1791-10-26, Legislative Petitions, Digital Collections, LVA]. seaman on 9 December 1783 based on his discharge from Captain William Saunders in 1780
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC,
dates on either side of him are in September 1780) and was sized on 1 March 1781: age
the 1st Delaware Company. 7251 for his service and no. Abner Neale's Craven County, North Carolina Company between the head of Slocomb's Creek
the infantry commanded by Colonel Hogan in Captain G. Bradly's Company [NARA, S. 41766,
Dempsey Reed was listed in the Revolutionary War accounts, hired as a
Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. for Virginia. about six feet high [Register of Free Negroes, p.152]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.117)]. intermarrying with a "mulatoe" woman [Orders 1742-8, 402-3, 422, 429, 445, 457]. a sergeant) a pardon if they returned [Virginia Gazette, Purdie edition, p.3, col.
Moses Skipper/ Scipper, received voucher no. taxable on a horse in the Eastern Branch Precinct
John Hawkins enlisted in the Revolution from Frederick County on 7 June
according to testimony by James Jennings, listed before Philip and Thomas Wood and after
and aide-de-camp to Lord Sterling. Ishmael Titus was a slave belonging to Lawrence Ross who served as a
County [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 767;
Norfolk [NARA, S.11739, M804,Roll 2547, frame 424 of 822; https://www.fold3.com/image/28017759]. Office, Naval Documents of the American Revolution, 11:160; http://www.ibiblio.org/anrs//docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p05.pdf]. He was head of a Surry
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G56J,
in 1778. He was living in
was head of a Spotsylvania County household of 1 "other free" and 6 slaves in
Robert Walden enlisted for four years as a substitute in the Revolution
Stafford County on 16 August 1820, when he repeated much of what he had stated in his 27
162 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10108848]. University of North Carolina on 21 August 1820 [North Carolina and Tennessee,
service in the Revolution: age 23, 5'8", Black complexion, a planter [Troop
22 April 1782: residence: Anne Arundel County, age 25, 5'8-3/4" height,
Major Brown was a "Negro" who was drafted in the Revolution
James2 Doyal/ Dial, born say 1740, purchased 100 acres near
Peter Haw(s)/How and William Hawes were serving aboard the galley Gloucester
Ambrose Month received a pension for his services in the Revolution
[NARA, M881, Roll 1093, frames 1135, 1136 of 2068]. free" in 1790 [NC:25], 4 in Captain Moore's District in 1800, and 11 "free
of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He was head of a Granville County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:893]. McNally testified for him. Revolution on 26 June 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 501 of 2087; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702883]. He registered in Nottoway County on 5 November 1818 and again in Botetourt
Charles Lewis enlisted as a private in Hogg's Company of the 10th
April 19, 1775 The Battles of Lexington and Concord, Ma. 1780 when he received a warrant for 14 pounds [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary
He was
He was taxable in the
Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Major
Creek near the Savannah River in Granville County, South Carolina, on 3 January 1771
D-7:224]. in Gates County court on 20 February 1794 [Fouts, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and
service in 1781 [NARA, S.41,276, M804, Roll 2432, frame 0669; https://www.fold3.com/image/19973375]. Henry Cockran was sick at White Plains on 8 September 1778, on the pay
appointed an attorney to receive his warrant. by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. For example,
County Court on 21 November 1758 for not listing his wife as a tithable [Orders 1757-64,
in Surry County as a free Negro on 11 April 1799: a free born - mulatto man of a bright
William Lowry was head of a Bladen County household of 5 "other
Robert Cook enlisted in Blount's 10th North Carolina
Listed in this same muster roll were "free Negro" Peter George,
"free Negro," received five pounds on 21 September 1744 for the services of her
of a Sampson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:51]. He was residing in
in Roanoke. for his service in the North Carolina Continental Line between 1 September 1784 and 1
James Hathcock was counted as white in the 1830 Chatham County census. April 1762 Craven County court. also abstracted in Haun, North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts, pt. John Redcross was in the list of men in the service of the Amherst
281 of 1237; https://www.fold3.com/image/25980528]. (15) and Edward (12) at home and two children who lived at a distance from her [NARA,
Day, George; Sailor, 1780, Digital Collection, LVA]. He received Virginia State pension no. Charles City County bound his orphan daughter Mourning Cumbo to George Hubbard until the
fifty years later on 9 October 1832 [NARA, W.4835, M805, Roll 807, frame 582]. pension [NARA, W.16, M804, Roll 2332, frame 15 of 1164; https://www.fold3.com/image/18323695]. Another John
for nine months in July 1778 in Captain Blount's Company. complexion, a gardner, born in Accomack County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:193,
Complexion, enlisted 1 August 1780, Southampton [New-York Historical Society, Muster
list for 1784 [VA:74]. in the Northampton County, North Carolina Militia under Colonel Allen Jones in 1775-1776
August 1779 and March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 119, 149; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679416]. https://www.fold3.com/image/12832321]. Charles Fenton enlisted in the Revolution on 20 July 1776 [Archives
Randal Bowser/ Bowers was listed in the pay roll of Captain William
Spencer Thomas served in the Virginia Battalion of Northumberland
He was counted in the
to purchase his freedom after his master Alexander McKensie moved to England. on 20 August 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay
1810 [VA:29]. a declaration to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. Godfrey Roberts was taxable in York County from 1788 to 1814: a
on a slave named Roger in 1785; taxable on a slave in 1792; removed to Richmond in 1794;
feet nine inches high, stout made, the son of Hanah Ligon a Black woman now living in this
He was head of a Caroline County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [MD:219]. man," served with him [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Morris, Nathaniel, Digital
Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, http://www.revwarapps.org. William Langston was one of the only seven surviving men of the
Finley from 1 December 1782 to 1 May 1783. Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. he enlisted in Captain John Rust's Company of Granville County militia [The North
December 1772 for not listing himself as a tithable [Judgments & Orders 1772-4, 172]. He registered in Halifax County on 11 October 1802: aged
accession no. H. Montfort
[NC:598] and 11 in 1810. He registered in Princess Anne County on 27 September 1800: Aaron
and was head of a Fayetteville, Cumberland County household of 5 "other free" in
and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 13, William Hill Warrants,
serve in the Revolution for 18 months and sized on 4 May 1782: age 30, 5'3" high,
an affidavit in Rockbridge County on 6 July 1818 that he enlisted in the Revolution on 1
Parker Bailey received his final pay of 66 pounds on 7 December 1784 [NARA, M246,
He received pension no. 23816, by
of Humphrey Brooke, decd [WB A:394]. household in the 1761 list of Robert Harris. board in the bridge to prevent the British from attacking his retreating comrades
yallow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
On 23 July 1782 he was listed as a silversmith in the size roll as
1772-4, 322]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.75)]. Westmoreland County in 1801 with two children of the Locus family in their
He was a seaman from
in 1800 [MD:791]. was head of an Orange County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820. William Grace may have been the William Grace who enlisted for 9 months
He was in Northampton County when he gave Presly Prichard
pension for his services in the Revolution. He was a seaman aboard the galley Henry
or "M" taxable in
Leah, about 40 years of age, appeared in Accomack County court on 29
January 1778. He may have been the Isaac Jackson who received a discharge
John Sholer, Jr., in an untitled Bertie tax list for 1765. 8845 in Halifax District on 29 August
John Goin enlisted in the Revolution on 14 February 1778 for one year
He was paid for serving on the Dragon between 21 April 1778 and 20 January 1779,
IV:174]. of a Fluvanna County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:493]. S.8560, M805, Roll 355, frame 0409; https://www.fold3.com/image/21420952]. during the Revolution in Virginia. He enlisted in the Revolution at Hampton, Virginia, was discharged in Winchester,
List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. to Cornelius Rose who was listed in the payroll of the 4th Company of the 3rd
"Free Negro or Mulatto" over 16, 3 under 16 and 2 female "Free Negroes or
He and his wife Jenny defected to Lord
received a military land warrant for 640 acres for 84 months service as a fifer [N.C.
They were listed on board the Gloucester shortly before it was dismantled on 5 July
with (his wife?) seventeen-year-old "black man" [The North Carolinian VI:726 citing N.C.
(For land in Kentucky and the Virginia Military District in Ohio). colored" in 1820 [NC:445]. Henry Gaither's Company in August and September 1778, the same company as Charles Proctor,
County Militia in the 1750s adjacent to Thomas Kersey [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the
Demcey Archer was a private who enlisted in Ely's Company of the 7th
Note,
Jesse Peters registered as a "free Negro" in Surry County on
Thomas had served as a private in the Maryland Line during the Revolution [NARA, BlWt. "A", 22]. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. served for three years [NARA, S.35203, M804, roll 473, frame 552; https://www.fold3.com/image/12831332]. August 1820 when he appeared in court to apply for a pension for his services in the
1787-92, 232]. in the rear at the battle of Eutaw Springs, in charge of baggage belonging to Fleming
Arthur Toney was born about 1764 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. General Morgan received his final pay of 87 pounds on 7 April 1783 [NARA, M881,
bounty land for his service [NARA, S.34623, M804, Roll 8, frame 599 of 967, https://www.fold3.com/image/10982341]. Son of Dorcas Jackson a free Mulato born free &
was head of an Accomack County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830. in Powhatan County, who entered the service on 24 March 1781 for 1-1/2 years, and had
Moses Newsom was listed among the "Black" members of the
[NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 430 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/17098774]. 25 years, 5'7", born in Delaware, a resident of Kent County, black hair, yellow
He
Percival Dring was head of a Currituck County household of 4
3048 of 640 acres for 10 pounds in Craven County, North Carolina, on 16 January 1786
commanded by Colonel George Stubblefield until August 1780 when he was wounded at the
County, residing in Dinwiddie County, 5'3-1/2" high, grey hair, yellow complexion, a
he met Reuben, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old "Mulatto boy," while serving in
in Charles City County on 22 September 1780: age 21, 5'7" high, a planter, yellow
He received bounty land based on his discharge on 1 March 1780 by Colonel Porterfield
"free Negro" taxable in the upper district of Henrico County from 1811 to 1814:
Henry Hawkins enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10th
He was
form of hair: wool [ M246, roll 34, frame 433 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007204;
John Baker was called "a Mulatto by a White Woman" when the
the war. Virginia, when called into the service and moved to Surry County about 1805 [NARA, S.6572,
Myrick. in this list. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 1810-32, frames 87, 270]. North Carolina Regiment, was mustered in January 1778 and died 15 February 1778 [Clark, The
Acknowledgement: Thanks to
and that he was acting as bowman to Captain John P. Harrison of the 2nd
Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, Roberson, Joseph https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GDKH],
James; https://www.fold3.com/image/18352288]. County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48]. He was a
in Davidson County, Tennessee, to James Robertson [N.C. Archives, S.S. Military Papers,
He was granted a pension for his service in the
February 1785 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1148; XVII:242]. His heirs received bounty land in 1831 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants,
were assigned according to testimony by Revell on 7 April 1831 [Revolutionary War Bounty
Swett, knows he served in the 15th Regimentleft the said Swett in the said
"Mullatto" boy living in Loudoun County on 11 August 1768 when the court ordered
He was head of a Craven County
Shadrack Chavis received voucher no. Marshall's Regiment of the State Artillery, based on the certification of Captain William
On 20 August 1781 William Roberts sold him 130 acres in Culpeper County for only 5.6
orphans Stephen, Amos, and Mary brought to court to be bound out [Haun, Johnston County
the Virginia Gazette for deserters from the infantry of the Virginia State Garrison
woman 16-26 years old in 1810 [NC:890]. age testified that he was a servant in the French Army under Rochambeau and well
Northampton County power of attorney to obtain settlement of their Revolutionary War
He was listed as one of the men
Lewis from 29 April 1777 to December 1777, wounded at Monmouth and at Valley Forge in July
Revolution. lawfully married [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Howel, Robert, Digital Collections,
Revolutionary Warrants, frame 429 of 456 http://www.ancestry.com]. served three years as a soldier in the Revolution. 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110235]. Revolution [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll
M246, roll 93, frame 565]. "F.N." Moses Grimes was a "mulatto" who served in the Virginia
Papers, Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill, NC]. A total of 41 names were found on Cox . He enlisted again when he returned to
Revolution and was sized about July 1782: age 39 5'4-1/2" high, blk complexion,
Statutes at Large, XIII:619]. ageaddicted to the intemperate use of ardent Spirits [Register of Free Negroes
listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL, 1791-1828, frames 332, 345, 359, 433, 444,
41 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. Fanny Harmon
William Jacobs served in the Revolution and died before 1796
North Carolina Regiment on 25 April 1781 and left the service on 25 April 1782 [Clark, The
in 1757-1758: age 28, 6 feet high, Charles City, Va., no trade, Mulatto [Clark, Colonial
On
Digital Collection, LVA]. 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]. Original data: Burgess, Louis Alexander. and a white woman in 1810 [VA:643, 1021]. Amos Hathcock apparently died in the service as his heirs received
Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Yard [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Jennings, James (p.9), Digital Collection, LVA]. He and his father
commanded by Colonel John Patton at White Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State
He was head of a Chowan County household of 5 "other free" in Edenton in 1790, 9
Online: HathiTrust Digital Library "Eldest Brother & heir at law to Edward Harris decd.," gave power of
(accessed 6/17/2018)]. service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PYVQ,
"other free" in 1790 [NC:73]. in Lenoir County in 1810 [NC:300] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:295]. 2654 of 640 acres for his service as a private in the Continental
Jack Stewart, a "mulatto," was listed among 7 deserters
bind him and his brother Ambrose Lewis to William Buckham [Orders 1766-90, 158]. were heads of a Sullivan County, Tennessee household of 7 "free colored" in
when administration on his estate was granted to (his father) Caesar Cook. He and his wife Amea were "Molattoes" farming in
James Weaver received voucher no. on 8 April 1783: age 14, 5'9-1/2" high, black complexion Mulatto, born in Fairfax
228, 244, 264, 269, 305, 315, 383; Brewer, Kent County Guardian Accounts, Houston to
Carolina state census; called Thomas Roberson in 1800, head of a New Hanover County
in that county. Anne County 2 pounds, 15 shillings on 25 November 1773 [Princess Anne County Loose Papers,
F. Dixon [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1163; XVII:247]. Virginia Regiment at Valley Forge and the December 1778 Pay Roll of the 5th
was then in service [Bowser, James: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection,
He, Asa, and Jacob Spelman
from 1788 to 1792 when he was taxable on 2 horses [PPTL, 1782-1841, frames 69, 92, 109,
in James City County and returned there after the war [NARA, S.7834, M804, Roll 2479,
certified that Priscilla and Jane Beverly were his only heirs. complexion, for 5 years by order of a court martial Decr 9th 1780
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