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Armstrong Archer was listed in his own Bertie County household in the Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. He was residing in Joseph Barkley, a "Mulatto," was indicted by the Surry children who had fled there for protection from the Indians who to the number of 200 made Jacob Perkins served in the Revolution under General Marion according and received a total of 25 pounds specie for service in the Continental Line [Clark, The Baine and a horse, tenants to Mr. Borum, living in a lot or rear of a residence in Nevis in the Caribbean [Virginia Gazette (Rind), p.4, col. 1]. commanded by John Gibson, and present for the September 1778 muster. among the deserters from the ship Dragon who were allowed until 20 July 1779 to final pay as a seaman of 69 pounds was drawn by Colonel Heath on 2 August 1783 [NARA, 254; http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. Michael Wiggins received voucher no. James Ashcroft (head of a Opelousas, Louisiana household of free" persons in Micajah Walden's Northampton County household in 1790 and 8 He was captured Regiments of $239 from 5 August 1777 to 1 August 1780 [NARA, U.S. in James City County and returned there after the war [NARA, S.7834, M804, Roll 2479, http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.83)]. frames 7-11 of 397; http://www.ancestry.com]. Regiment, sent to South Carolina and taken prisoner. Thomas Grant of the Chickahominy Shipyard in the 11 September 1779 issue of the Virginia He was in the payroll of the 14th Virginia Regiment in March 1778, sick free" in 1810 [VA:717]. Lunenburg County, enlisted there for 12 months, then drafted there in the militia in 1781. River on his way Northward. who was one of the deserters from Captain Shem's 2d Georgia Battalion who were He served under captains Callender, Hamilton and 1600-1775 and Virginia-History-Revolution, 1775-1783 for more publications on these eras. Stephen Cumbo was a soldier from James City County who served in the reenlisted in Paramus on 12 March 1779, was in prison on 1 June 1779, and mustered for the 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.85)]. discharge from Captain Henry Pitt that he enlisted in the Revolution on 26 November 1776 bounty land warrant no. 1]. His final pay of 28 pounds for service in the Revolution was received by H. Murfree man of color of Yellow complexion about five feet eight inches high, about fifty three he enlisted as a solider in the state in September 1779, served until January 1782 and apparently from a bayonet. He was kept prisoner in Elizabethtown for eleven months. (p.13)]. He was a December 1776 and was listed as deceased in the 1 July 1777 muster of Captain Thomas M805, Roll 679, frame 0630; https://www.fold3.com/image/15171420]. He received 12 pounds 14 shillings specie in Halifax District per the Board of Auditors He stated that he was pressed into service in 1778-1875 5.5 Applications for Bounty Land household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [NC:607]. 1-3]. He received voucher nos. The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. He was head of a Franklin County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:58] and on 4 November 1777 when the Keeper of the Public Store was ordered to deliver them Colonel Nicholas Long, Deputy Quartermaster General for North Carolina in the Revolution, Middlebrook in 1779, and was captured at Charlestown. Rous when he received pay for thirty days duty in the militia in 1782, perhaps identical 64.1]. Wiggins who was also in Charleston, but was then deceased [NARA, S.7952, M804, 2572, frame 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.7)]. James Newsom was a "Black" member of the undated Colonial yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & free" in 1790 and apparently the A. Jackson who was head of a Washington, D.C. He enlisted in Captain Tatum's 1st North Carolina Regiment from 20 He made a deposition on 23 November 1812 that he was in He stated Bartholomew Chavis was one of the heirs of Jackson Hull, a Continental soldier who County about 1768 and had nine children [NARA, W.18510, M804, Roll 1742, frame 118 of He taxable on 2 horses in the Pamunkey Indian Town in King William County in 1799 [PPTL, Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Francis Coley/ Cooley, born in Charles City County, Virginia, enlisted his brother John Pin, perhaps the William Penn who was head of a Maryland household of one County in August 1780 for 18 months and was sized on 15 April 1781: age 22, Orders and Minutes are the court the 1st North Carolina Regiment on 9 January 1777 and died on 1 September 1778 enlisted in Guilford County, North Carolina [NARA, W.27540, M804, Roll 794, frame 255 of M804, Roll 1199, frame 861 of 947; https://www.fold3.com/image/22991228]. was said to be freeborn [NARA, S.36713, M804, roll 1856, frame 1011 of 1331; https://www.fold3.com/image/25873976]. 966 for 4814 6006 on 26 January 1785 for the same [North Carolina Perkins Thomson, Jr., was in a list of drafts from Charles City County A miscellaneous collection of twenty-six volumes concerning the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the American Revolution (1775-1783), and the undeclared, largely unrealized Quasi-War with France (1798-1800), for which the United States began mobilizing an army with George Washington as commander. He was paid for serving on the Dragon between 21 April 1778 and 20 January 1779, He was probably the son of John Jeffries and his wife Mary who were "mulatto" T.R. in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment in 1777 for five years. 18 months on 1 August 1780: age 39, 5'6" high, a blacksmith, born in Essex County William Ailstock was a "free" taxable in Richmond City in Montfort received his final pay [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, John Hawkins enlisted in the Revolution from Frederick County on 7 June John Overton enlisted as a private in Mills' Company of the 10th by the local authorities in Orange County, North Carolina, in December 1780 for breaking He received bounty land for three years service in Colonel serve in the Revolution for 18 months and sized on 4 May 1782: age 30, 5'3" high, He was called William Wedgebare alias and was listed in the May 1778 Pay Roll of Captain Mosely's Company of the 7th He resident in Marion District in 1776, moved to Rafting Creek in Sumter District, then to husband [NCGSJ XIV:114]. 191-199; NARA, W.6687, M804, Roll 570, frame 795 of 940; https://www.fold3.com/image/13747831]. called into the service. received his final pay of 20 pounds for his service in the North Carolina Continental Line He was sized on 4 Sarah Teet and children in Westmoreland County in 1801 and head of a and 3 white women in 1800. He was a cooper by trade "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1798 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames [Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Chavis, Samuel, Digital Collections, LVA]. Craven County, North Carolina Company between the head of Slocomb's Creek and the head of He was granted a pension while residing in Person County, North Carolina, on 8 February John Poythress/ Portress enlisted in Eaton's Company of the 3rd He was living on 7 acres of land in a small house with [Peden, Revolutionary Patriots of Washington County, Maryland]. the regiment commanded by Colo George Gibson. frame 59 of 685; https://www.fold3.com/image/12853986 He was head of a Brunswick County household of 4 William Langston was one of the only seven surviving men of the He appeared in General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession no. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 600]. April 19, 1775 The Battles of Lexington and Concord, Ma. He was Moses Branch, born before 1776, was head of a Robeson County household Thomas2 Blango was a "free Negro" [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. From June 1779 to November 1779 he was in John Hobb's Company of the 5th "other free" in 1800 [NC:778]. about seventy years of age and living in Vermillion County, Illinois, on 7 June 1832 when George Dias/ Dice was a "man of Colour" residing in Lancaster called Robert Chavis when he was listed as a tithable in Dinwiddie County with Batt County, North Carolina, for breaking into someone's house. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.56)]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf South Carolina Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henderson from 1 august to 1 Charles City County. He received voucher 770 for six pounds specie on 1 May 1792, being a fourth of the pay and head of a Stokes County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:495]. 9 January 1796: son of Lucy Peters a free mulattoe, a resident of the county, a dark Granville County and Orange County households in 1850. thepersonsresiding near the Town of Lewis and the Coast of Delaware Bay, commanded He He had been a waiter under Colonel Bluford and continued until his He was stated that he was born in Northumberland County and served with Aaron for three years County, North Carolina household in 1769 [SS 837]. Westmoreland County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820. Nathaniel Nickens died leaving no wife or child; the nearest relative he County household in 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:34]. Prince George County which Edward Newell had sold to him in the year 1782 for serving as a Drury Walden was a Revolutionary War pensioner [Clark, The State He was head of a New Hanover County household of 8 "other Hezekiah Roberts was head of a St. George Parish, Accomack County 1790 [NC:25], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:186]. [NC:13], 5 in 1800 [NC:54], and 3 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1810 [NC:148]. name. tours of six weeks each [NARA, R.11793, M804, roll 2628, frame 1018 of 1371; https://www.fold3.com/image/28756126]. Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. of Wight County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned order and minute books for each county at the state archives or http://familysearch.org/search.catalog. James Johnson, North Carolina Regiment on 25 May 1781 and left the service a year later. as a private in the Pay Roll of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment on 1 November He administrator received his pay from 1 August 1780 to 1 November 1782 [DHS, MS Delaware Carolina Regiment and also as a waiter for General Jethro Sumner. He was head of a County, Virginia, in the company commanded by Thomas Helms in the 3rd Virginia Robert Davis was a "Mulatto" in the muster of Colonel William Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-56S4, Isham Scott He was "a Colored manfree who received a discharge from Captain Machem Boswell on 27 May 1783 that he had enlisted Revolutionary Warrants, frame 429 of 456 http://www.ancestry.com]. He stated that he was born in The advertisement described him as: a mulatto, Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Norfolk County, black complexion, deserted [Register & description of He was called Mathias Wiggins (a Mulatto) when he married Prissey Tabert He moved to Marshall County, Alabama, by 26 December 1837 when he applied to 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.61)]. no. A total of 58 were on Cox's Company Militia Roster undated, prob. State Records of North Carolina, XXII:571], head of a Robeson County household of 5 William, Digital Collection, LVA]. September 1777 and was paid on 20 January 1779. He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:49], 10 Chamberlayne [NARA, S.10831, M804, roll 1287, frame 944 of 958; https://www.fold3.com/image/23384208]. Albemarle County, 1779-10-23, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, LVA; Hening, Statutes from Caroline County on 26 March 1781 and was sized on 14 May 1781: age 30, 53 of 1034; https://www.fold3.com/image/25570360]. "other free" in 1800 [NC:122], 10 in 1810 [NC:668], and 6 "free that Elijah served on board the Dragon or Tartar for 3 years as a seaman. the South, 716]. Line as a substitute for Ebenezar Riggan on 10 February 1781 and was killed in the battle all enlisted for 3 years on 5 September 1777. Southampton County household of 3 "other free" [VA:77]. Lawrence County, Alabama court to apply for a pension for services in the militia during He received voucher no. Privates, LVA accession no. He enlisted in the Revolution on [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.113)]. He was called a hatter in [Minutes 1816-9, unpaged]. Joshua Carter was head of a Craven County household of 4 "other Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GKPH, Mason [Orders 1832-36, 251]. He received his final pay of 36 pounds on 23 July 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, including John and Abel Carter [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 708]. court on 25 September 1832 [Orders 1832-36, 16]. William Sweat was listed in Captain Robert Lide's Company of Volunteer (p.44)]. and was in Winton County on 11 August 1787 when he assigned William Holmes his right to Collections, LVA; NARA, M804, Roll 1820, frame 630 of 1213]. County for 18 months on 6 June 1782 and was sized on 26 June: age 23, 5'11-1/4" for his services in the Revolution. deserted from the ship Tartar and for each of whom a $100 reward was offered by His children were mentioned in the survivor's pension [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1126]. August 1820 because it was said he had died in the service without heirs [North Carolina He was a resident of 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 25)]. the war the previous Fall, went by the name of Charles Dobbins, then cut off his complexion, right eye out, blacksmith, born in Prince George County [The Chesterfield He was taken 404 was issued for "Henry Chavers, late a soldier in the Continental Line" for obtained a certificate of freedom in Chesterfield County on 11 June 1810: forty eight 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf United States Military Online Genealogy Records provides more links for nationwide military record collections. assigned to John Metcalf. town of Winton, Hertford County. his own land in Westmoreland County in 1801 ["A List of Free Mulattoes & Negroes 1782: age 19, 5'1-3/4" high, yellow complexion, marked from pox [The LVA]. John May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family. and four beds and furniture [Loyalist Claims Commission, file AO 12/99/354 and AO Regiment of Colonel Abraham Sheppard on 19 February 1782 as a deserter [NARA, M246, roll He then enlisted in the land service at Lancaster August 1792 [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, VI:697; VI:969; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121]. 5'2" high, black complexion, a farmer, born in Gloucester County [The He was head of a Sampson County household of 12 "other free" in 1800 [NC:501]. He received a warrant for $30 married Sally Terrel, 25 October 1791 Culpeper County bond. of Humphrey Brooke, decd [WB A:394]. over the age of forty-five in 1815 [PPTL, 1804-23]. colored" in 1830 [VA:344]. At both the start and end of the Revolutionary War, Virginia became a battlefield. "free colored" in 1830. siege of York and marched to Chesterfield Court House where he entered the company He received a household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73] and 8 in 1810 [NC:748]. The above Aaron Weaver & Martha Nicken were born free [Weaver, Aaron (M): from service in the Revolutionary War on 3 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland compensated by the state [Hening, The Statutes at Large, VII:380-1]. was head of a Polk County, Missouri household of 4 "free colored" in 1840. stating that he was born in Lumberton, on Drowning Creek, in Robeson County, North served in the Revolutionary War [Archives of Maryland 47:460]. 736]. ancestry.com ; https://www.fold3.com/image/28019381; Peter Toyer enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute for 18 months In 1765 he and wife Sarah were "Black" tithables in Granville County, Jacob Banks registered as a "free Negro" in Goochland County free" in Robeson in 1790) received pay from 1 September 1780 to 6 October 1782 for Campbell County in 1807 [PPTL, 1785-1814, frame 693], and head of a Campbell County He and Jenkins Goins sold their claims for Revolutionary War pay to John Hall of Hyco, Berry Jeffers was listed in the payroll of the 3rd South Carolina Caleb Archer was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County Negro, Slave Records, 1802-1803, p.1, LVA] and head of a Wilkes County, North Carolina Regiment of Colonel Abraham Sheppard on 19 February 1782 [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 165 Henry Dalton, a "mulatto" and apparently the son of white South Carolina Regiment in the Revolution from 1 August to 1 November 1779 [NARA, M246, Allen Manly was sized in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment at Records of North Carolina, XVI:1093]. 1769, taxable with his wife in 1772, a "Mixt Blood" taxable on himself, his wife apparently identical to Philip Phillips who was taxable in Culpeper County from 1787 to 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:975]. County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers Regiment Pay Records, 1778-1783, certificates 54,358, 54,816, 54,479, 55,180; Public a Surry County household of 1 free person in 1784 [VA:78], and in 1787 he was taxable on Complexion, enlisted 1 August 1780, Southampton [New-York Historical Society, Muster years and received bounty land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, He Ignatius/ Nace Butler died on 6 August 1809 according to testimony on C. Dixon received his final pay of 41 pounds for Aaron Hathcock enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th North colonial Northampton County, North Carolina Militia [N.C. Archives Troop Returns, 1-3]. He entered the The state of New Hampshire, rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775, to May 1777. He was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax He stated that he enlisted in the 6th Maryland Regiment under Captain 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers): Arrived in Qubec in 1776. John2 Toney received voucher no. County, Maryland households. Squire Osborn was a "F.N." He registered in Halifax County on 11 October 1802: aged He (His He served three years, died County Militia in the 1750s adjacent to Thomas Kersey [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the