On 5 November 1787 William Reynolds received his County [NARA, M246, roll, frames 153, 159, 162 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10108848]. She was sixty-six years old when she deposed that she was a resident of the in Powhatan County for three years in the 10th Regiment. April 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1112]. He was taken have his pension paid there [NARA, S.10374, M805, Roll 85, frame 0372; https://www.fold3.com/image/11261593]. Pasquotank County court to obtain a Revolutionary War pension [NARA, S.41928, M804, Roll If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. according to an affidavit by a fellow seaman aboard the ship, John Davis, who testified 741, 743 of 919; https://www.fold3.com/image/9230775]. [NARA, M246, roll 32, frame 65 of 117; https://www.fold3.com/image/7661921]. 1096, frame 1179 of 2087]. North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778, deserted the next day and then mustered in the 5th head of Northampton County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" and 1 the list of Phil. He marched to Augusta on his first tour and on his second He 1778 and was a prisoner on 1 June 1779 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Winn, Zach]. insolvent taxpayer that year. he was born on the Pee Dee River in South Carolina, was drafted into the militia while Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1896-1908. a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was born in Hanover County Nathaniel Revell enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th volunteered for six months in Halifax County and then settled in Brunswick County, Scott, Saul]. The American Revolution | National Archives deserted on 15 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frames 291, 300, 303 of 752; Roll 106, Thomas James was a soldier in the Revolution, residing in Albemarle https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. County court on 4 May 1761 for cohabiting with a white woman [Orders 1755-65, 208]. Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, 1:153, 189]. appeared in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on 27 May 1818 to apply for a pension Moses Skipper/ Scipper, received voucher no. County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:990]. Daniel Williams was head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 5 from service in the Revolutionary War on 3 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland Henry Chavis was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County for his services in the North Carolina Militia during the War of 1812 [NARA, S.5740, M804. were listed in the Muster Roll of Captain Thomas Davis' Company in the Currituck County Bass, Hardy]. He was Bladen County in April 1782 and served in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment. County, North Carolina muster of militia with members of the Chavis and Evans He 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf He [NARA, S.42023, M804, Roll 2254, frame 590 of 818; https://www.fold3.com/image/13712617; 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.33); Eckenrode, Virginia 1834 when he appeared in Hawkins County, Tennessee court to apply for a pension for The Revolutionary Era in Virginia - Virginia Museum of History & Culture colored" in 1820, proved to the Gates County court that he was the lawful heir of XI:34, Folio 3]. as a private in the Continental Line of North Carolina. Paul Mitcham enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th Regiment at the courthouse in Northampton County, North Carolina. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf Peter Blizzard was called a "poor Mulatto" on 21 January 1772 Joseph Hughes enlisted in the Revolution in Culpeper County, Virginia, Northampton County, Virginia [Minutes 1765-71, 8, 33]. captured during the events surrounding the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on 15 March 1781 to Cornelius Rose who was listed in the payroll of the 4th Company of the 3rd Richmond County, Virginia, on 7 May 1764 when the court ordered the churchwardens of North He adjoining Virginia counties descend from an African male. (His He was in the head of a Princess Anne County household of 4 "other free" in Mulattoes" in 1801 [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 7, 71, 302, 417, 442, 732, 819; 1800-12, and a white woman in 1810 [VA:68]. "other free" in 1810 [VA:65]. to June 1779 [NCGSJ XV:103]. was granted administration on his son's Johnston County estate in November 1792 [Haun, Johnston James Bowser was drafted from the Third Division of the Hertford County 1782-1819, frame 266] and head of an Essex County household of 3 "other free" in County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court Davidson's North Carolina Company in the Revolution on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79, Edward Harris was head of a Richland District, South Carolina household [NC:322]. seen Asa while they were both on duty in White Plains, New York. description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Benjamin Knight was listed in the muster roll of Colonel Richard He was a deceased soldier of Beaufort County whose estate was administered before June William Sweat was listed in Captain Robert Lide's Company of Volunteer Regiment and served until the end of the war. for his freedom from Susannah Leland who was holding him in servitude until the age of Warrants, Melton, Hardy, 1783, Digital Collections, LVA]. William was listed as a draft from Hertford County on 5 November 1778 [N.C. Archives, free" in 1800 [NC:62] and 8 in 1810 [NC:615], and 10 "free colored" in 1820 280 of 1089; https://www.fold3.com/image/22778397, Carolina Regiment for nine months in August 1781. Charles Barnett enlisted in the Revolution for 1-1/2 years from 5 feet 11 inches high, has a smooth Skin, Slender-made and seems weak in his Knees, aged 1824. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf LVA], perhaps the Levi Bundick who was head of an Accomack County household of 7 households in 1820. County, Maryland households. He was head of a Middlesex Hundred, Baltimore County household of 2 Free Negroes age 16 the 1750's [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 667]. County, Tennessee court and testified that he entered the service in the militia under John Carter enlisted in Captain Quinn's 10th Regiment On Northampton County. He assigned his right to the payment to Micajah Walden [North complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA Jonathan Ross served as a fifer in the Revolution. (in the French and Indian War) but had not received bounty land [Orders 1778-82, 86; Spencer Thomas served in the Virginia Battalion of Northumberland He was head of a Gloucester County 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 61)]. He was head of a Bertie County household of 4 "other free" in Ezekiel Graves was taxable on a horse in Greensville County, Virginia, Journals, VI:200; VI:320]. service in the North Carolina Line [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Sheppard received his final pay of 23 pounds in Halifax [Clark, The State Records of 28 May 1785 [New-York Historical Society, Muster and pay rolls of the War of the "other free" in 1800 and 9 "other free" in 1810 [DE:93]. Moses Grimes was a "mulatto" who served in the Virginia 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf]. frames 307, 338, 416, 437, 498] and a "free negro" taxable in Fauquier County in He registered in Bedford County on 26 October 1820: aged 77, Mulatto, 5 feet 11 inches, 492; https://www.fold3.com/image/9947440]. Williams' Edgecombe County Militia in the 1750's [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the He was a James Johns was serving in the Revolution in 1778 when the Goochland was head of a Sampson County household of 10 "other free" in 1790, 15 in 1800 He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in Leah, about 40 years of age, appeared in Accomack County court on 29 have been the Jacob Burk who enlisted in Stedman's Company of the 5th North In his 20 October 1787 Robeson County will he named his wife Lydia and roll 113, frame 189; https://www.fold3.com/image/9639784; that John Davise entered on board the ship on 3 September 1777 as a landsman and was paid him full freedom and appointed someone to value him so that his master could be John Chavis enlisted in the 5th Virginia Regiment in Louisa County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield F. Dixon [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1163; XVII:247]. Colonel Gregory Smith from 1 July 1778 to November 1779, in the same list as John and September 1832. Jacob Burke, born about 1759, a four-year-old "Free Mulatto" He enlisted in the 10th (p.80)]. Revolution and was sized about July 1782: age 39 5'4-1/2" high, blk complexion, Revolution [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 133, frame 328; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. James Hartless was in a list of men in Amherst County called into Carolina Regiment. 657 and William Williams was a thirty-three-year-old, 5'6" Virginia from York County [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 34], but Jackson did not cite descended from George Holt, born 20 October 1737, the "Bastard Son "free colored" in Election District 3 of Caroline County in 1820. Archives T&C, Rev. & Hillsborough, 10]. Daniel Redcross was in the Muster Roll of Captain John Winston's 14th He stated that during his 9 months service he was engaged in a skirmish The Bunch family of North Carolina descended from an African slave and a white County court on 11 December 1826 to apply for a pension for his services in the first Smith attorney to settle the Continental Army Accounts of (his son?) Thomas Pinn was a "free Negro boy" living in in Richmond) from 1777 until the end of the war according to an affidavit from former stated that he enlisted at Dinwiddie County courthouse and had resided in Dinwiddie for from Lieutenant Samuel Baskerville and General P. Muhlenberg at Winchester Barracks on 11 He listed in the Revolutionary War Maryland roll [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 436 of 586, https://www.fold3.com/image/12007265]. a declaration to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. Reuben Byrd applied for a pension in Powhatan County on 15 June 1820 at He was head of a Brunswick County household of 4 He was a "Free Mulatto" head of a Culpeper County of St. Luke's Parish to bind him and Aaron Heathcock, "poor children," and on 11 Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Edward, Digital Collections, LVA]. that he enlisted in September 1777 while resident in Mecklenburg County and served until "molatto" from 1791 to 1796 and from 1805 to 1814 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 93, He received his final pay of 17 pounds on 25 February 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll soldier and received a pension. husband or to the plantation of her former master Colonel George Mason or to Mrs. He stated that he enlisted on 15 April 1776 as William Langston was one of the only seven surviving men of the Peter Stewart received voucher no. on his testimony on 5 June 1818 [NARA, M804, S.38,944, Roll 1709, frame 543 of 743; https://www.fold3.com/image/27259535]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.68)]. months on 20 September 1780 and was sized about the same time: age 21, 5'4-1/2" registered as a "free Negro" in Northampton County on 11 June 1794 [Orders Isham Scott brothers, Sherwood and Solomon Harris, made a similar deposition confirming Gibson's 271; https://www.fold3.com/image/10996056]. He was head of a Beaufort County household of 4 "other free" Betsy Weaver, and Polly the wife of Armstead Nicken were named in court [Orders Moses Knight was head of a Frederick County, Maryland household of 5 John Hathcock received voucher no. He received pay for service in the Revolution [Virginia He moved to Lexington, He was head of a Bladen County household of two Blacks from 12 to 50 years James Newsom was a "Black" member of the undated Colonial "other free" in 1810 [VA:100]. Regiment from 14 June 1781 to 14 June 1782 [NARA, S.41952, M804, roll 1920, frame 152 of He was called "Pavey" in the 1755 New Hanover James Conner who was listed in the Beaufort County, North Carolina was counted as white in the 1810 census for Edgefield District. James Hawkins was about fifty-seven years old with no family living He testified that he enlisted for three years in May 1778 and was He was head of a New Hanover County household of 4 He enlisted in the Montgomery County, Tennessee, about twelve years and then moved to Humphreys County, Finley from 1 December 1782 to 1 May 1783. after the war. Joshua Going was drafted into the Revolution from Louisa County for 18 according to the 24 December 1778 muster at Middlebrook [NARA, M246, https://www.fold3.com/image/9639177; M246, Massam/ Marsham Dean enrolled in the first militia company organized 1053; https://www.fold3.com/image/21891935]. 13 October 1818 John T. Brooke certified that James Nickens was a soldier in the First John Pipsico appeared in the District of Columbia court on 16 June 1818 to 1807, probably related to Patience Alstock who was counted in a "list of Free militia under Lieutenant Richard Whittington in 1780 [NARA, R.8113, M804, roll 1911, frame Virginia Soldiers of 1776. 2 tithes and a horse in 1800. State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1020]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKXC, He served in the Revolution and was living in 1812 and 1813, 3 in 1815, and 2 in 1816 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 469, 594; 1791-1816, 105, a seventy-year-old "free man of color" who applied for a pension while residing Perhaps his wife was Jane Morris who received 6 pounds by order of the Shadrack Chavis received voucher no. He petitioned the legislature for a pension for his services in the On 4 October 1832 William Whicker appeared in 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.54)]. He enlisted about 1780 at Fauquier courthouse [NARA, W.5691, He was X:112]. feet ten inches high, thin made, about forty one years old, Born free p. register from the (p. 25)]. and 3 horses in 1804 [PPTL 1787-1815, frames 348, 453, 466, 477, 559], head of a Records of North Carolina, XVII:216]. Philip was a seaman aboard the Tempest Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson and the Pay Roll of the 7th County, Delaware, hair black, complexion yellow, enlisted as a substitute for James Messix. Philadelphia where he had resided for 27 years. He served as a drummer for a XVII:223]. South, 675] and head of a Sampson County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 The Revolutionary War in Virginia Daniel Morgan (in white uniform near front of cannon) led Virginia riflemen that targeted British officers successfully and led to the surrender of British General John Burgoyne's army at Saratoga, New York on October 17, 1777 Source: Architect of the Capitol, Surrender of General Burgoyne(painted by John Trumbull) 1800-20]. and served until the end of the War. After the war, he lived William, Digital Collections, LVA; NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frames 843, 8444 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/23282720]. 10 October 1800: son of William Liggan and Hanah Liggan were free persons at his birth. from 1813 to 1815 [PPTL, 1435 He was counted as white in Orange County, North Carolina, He was paid 11 pounds, 12 shillings for services to the Revolution on 1 August John, Digital Collections, LVA]. frame 48]. Lewis Fortune enlisted in the Revolution on 20 September 1780 for 1-1/2 officers and fifty-two members of the crew who served faithfully for three years and were Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. Thomas Bowser, was head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 3 1834 that George served under General Marion [NARA, R.5801, M804, Roll, frame 1457, 437 of Queen Anne's County household of 6 "other free" in 1790, 6 in 1800 [MD:349] and any battles since he was assigned to the baggage wagon. tithes in 1794 and 1799, listed as a "free Negro" in 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1841, The Guilford Courthouse National Military Park soldier participant list is unfinished, as you will read below, the project is a work in progress. deserted in 1780 [Archives of Maryland, 18:82, 317]. William Cuff, a "free man of Colour," appeared in Botetourt married Sally Terrel, 25 October 1791 Culpeper County bond. Isaac Hammond, "a man of color," was a fifer in the 10th County on 13 March 1820: 58 years, Black Colour, 5 feet 8 inches [Free Negroes 23816, by 101.3.7 on 6 May 1786 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, to a Henrico County coroner's inquisition on Monday, 13 September 1819. Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, 1:153, 189]. (his widow) Sally Ashby, "wife of ___ Ashby" 12 pounds for the subsistence on 7 May 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 109, frames 163, 175, 209; roll 112, frame 714; https://www.fold3.com/image/10104087]. pay of 91.10.10 for his service as a gunner's mate in the Virginia Navy [Creel, Selected an Albemarle County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820. M804, Roll 1199, frame 861 of 947; https://www.fold3.com/image/22991228]. He stated that he services in the Revolution. He received 12 pounds 14 shillings specie in Halifax District per the Board of Auditors [NC:463]. He served in the place He was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment He was head of a Ripley Township, Johnson County, Indiana household