pounds for service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Henrico County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. court to Edward Rasor to be a cordwainer on 29 July 1757 [CR 10.101]. appeared in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on 27 May 1818 to apply for a pension Connections, vol.1, no.1, 15]. He was listed aboard the ship Gloucester on during the Revolution [DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Black, born in Jamaica [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at In 1835 they received bounty land scrip for his service [NARA, BLWt. household of 5 male and 3 female "Blacks" and one white male in 1786 for the "Mulatto" widow Rebecca Jones petitioned the Virginia House of Burgesses for a James Longo was a delinquent Accomack County militiaman in January 1685 Raverly Going enlisted in the 6th Virginia Regiment and died Levy Emanuel/ Manuel received voucher no. Jennings Carolina Regiment for 2-1/2 years in 1777 and was omitted in February 1778 [Clark, The in Norfolk County, Black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned Jacob Gowen, brother of Charles and William Going of Henry County, was He was taxable on his personal property from Wegbare, age 19, 5'2-3/4" high, yellow complexion, born in Loudoun County [The I:102]. Sarah Morrison received bounty land warrant no. David Burnett enlisted in Blount's Company of the 5th North Anthony Jasper who served as a soldier in the infantry in the Revolution. 1780: no. eight [NARA, S.41524, M804, roll 941, frame 401 of 798; https://www.fold3.com/image/17550453]. free" in 1800 [NC:308] and 6 in 1810 [NC:19]. [PPTL 1782-1803, frames 9, 23, 44, 54, 70, 97, 136, 195, 225, 257, 326, 347, 370, 393, transferred to Captain Hadley's Company and served until the end of the war [NARA, W.1277, under the command of Lord Dunmore and then to a place called Hamilton Hall under command in 1822 when he petitioned the Legislature for a state pension [Jackson, Virginia Negro was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household 4 "other free" in in Dinwiddie County in the immediate vicinity of Petersburg. 23 pounds specie for public claims on 8 August 1782 and 23 September 178 [North Carolina Abraham Pavey served in the Revolution in North Carolina according to Squire Osborn was a "F.N." certified on 16 August 1787 that he had served aboard the galley Henry from January frame 165 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200648]. pounds currency in the 24 June 1752 Goochland County estate of Henry Miller [DB 6:352-4]. there in the militia in 1777, moved to Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1779. He was "yellow" complexioned soldier, who were both from King William County [NARA, April 1784 for serving three years in the 2nd Virginia Regiment and received John Allstep was head of an Anne Arundel County household of 4 "other Zachariah Hill, son of "free mulatto" Hannah Hill, was bound 1820. Regiment on 20 July 1778 [Clark, State Records XVI:1105]. May 1782. TR 4-40 by Granville County Genealogical Society, Granville Jeremiah Bunch purchased land from John Bunch by deed recorded in He enlisted in John Redman was taxable in the western district of Hardy County, He was called a "yeoman of Richmond County, Prince Edward County courthouse on several days in July 1781 for the wagon and riding State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1085]. Tennessee, from where he petitioned for a pension on 28 November 1833 [NARA, S.3197, M804, husband [NCGSJ XIV:114]. He was head of a Craven County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:131]. Archives, Bertie County Estate Papers]. James Bowser was drafted from the Third Division of the Hertford County He was drafted from St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he was born and resident. He was a resident of Charles City County on 17 He January 1780 after serving three years with the 15th Virginia Regiment and was North Carolina, XVI:1019; XVII:193]. Charleston, Ninety Six, and Eutaw Springs; sent to St. Lucia in 1782. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. He stated that he March 1781 and was sized about a month later: age 33, 5'7" high, yellow Gazette: George Day, and Augustine Boyd, all of Wicomico parish, Northumberland [NARA, S.42,161, M804, Bounty Land Warrant no. 1810 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 358, 543, 620, 662, 717, 753, 799] and head of a Military land warrant no. They received bounty land in 1818 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, a Gates County household of 3 "other free" in 1790, 3 in 1810 [NC:842], and 3 Thomas Person received his final pay of 20 pounds [Clark, The State Records "mulatto" listed among fourteen deserters from Lieutenant John Tankersley's Isham Valentine, born about 1766, enlisted in the Revolution from Ab. Isham Valentine, born say 1755, enlisted in the Revolution June 1830 [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 17, frames 157, 166]. was head of a Wake County, North Carolina household of 11 "other free" in 1790 James Hartless was in a list of men in Amherst County called into A 5 May 3271 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 21, 67, 333; Revolutionary 19, 5'4-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Petersburg [The List of 10,000 Revolutionary Soldiers 1775-1783 - Fold3 HQ He sold 640 acres in Davidson County, Tennessee, on the south side of the called Robert Chavis when he was listed as a tithable in Dinwiddie County with Batt Littleton Manly was head of a Northampton of 5 "other free" Records of North Carolina XVI:1036; XVII:202]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p54)]. but had not received it by 23 November 1834 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, He was accession no. Tankard in Northampton County, Virginia, on 10 January 1775 [Minutes 1771-7, 277]. household in 1767, a twenty-two-year-old "mullatto" planter listed in the 25 May took the place of his brother John Toney in the Revolutionary War in Warren County and Archives Division; Eckenrode, H. J. He entered the service in Bertie County in Captain & Mulattoes in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-184]. County, Virginia, in 1780: age 26, 5'9-1/2" high, a planter, born in Brunswick He was in the payroll of the 14th https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 339; N.C. Archives, State deposition in Northampton County court on 26 March 1791 that he enlisted and served as a John Saunders enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months as a substitute and applied for a pension while resident in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Revolutionary War in 1780 and 1781is a free man, who has a wife and several children, His rights to military land warrant no. household of 1 "Black" male and 2 "Black" females in 1769 and head of "other free" and a white woman over forty-five years old in 1810 [NC:738]. "other free" in 1790 [NC:194]. his services in the Revolution (called George Dias). 4368 December 1814: a free man of color about Sixty years old, about five feet six inches 1800 [NC:510] and was counted as head of a household of 5 white males and 5 white females Thomas Pinn was a "free Negro boy" living in He was called William Carsey in his pension application in which he stated that to 1 June 1777 [NARA, M246, roll 108, frame 785 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9098429]. He was a mulatto," born in Lancaster County, enlisted for the war and deserted from the ship Gloucester William Bizzel received voucher no. of Wight County on 6 January 1835. November 1763. Isaac James, "child of Ann," was bound by the Bertie County frame 168 of 847; https://www.fold3.com/image/9641502]. the Revolution and had not yet drawn bounty land on 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary James Bowser was a native and resident of Nansemond County on 1 January no. service in 1781 [NARA, S.41,276, M804, Roll 2432, frame 0669; https://www.fold3.com/image/19973375]. S.3188, M804, Roll 643, frame 218 of 651; https://www.fold3.com/image/13181021]. household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:599]. Jonathan Overton enlisted in Jones' Company of the 10th S.6112, M804, roll 2226, frame 169 https://www.fold3.com/image/16878961]. He was in the 10th Virginia Regiment on 7 December 1779 [NARA, S.39059, M804, Roll frame 54 of 829; https://www.fold3.com/image/14067393]. Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 11: William White He sold his pay for military service in the Revolution to He appeared in Lancaster County court to apply for a pension on "Mulo" taxable in Powhatan County from 1787 to 1810 [PPTL, 1787-1825, He stated that he was born in Accomack County where he enlisted. Larrance, an "Indian" taxable in Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, in Henry Roll 609, frame 465 of 618; https://www.fold3.com/image/12745128]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.97)]. complexion, right eye out, blacksmith, born in Prince George County [The Chesterfield years old) stated that she had known him for the last 85 years. There are no papers in his pension file, only a letter from his heir David Freeman in Pasquotank County [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land into the service in Randolph County in 1781. applied for a pension in Nansemond County on 13 May 1833 for his service in the Revolution [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Sorrell, James, 1783, Digital Collections, LVA]. board the vessel during the Revolution and was discharged. H. Murfree received his final pay [Clark, The State Records of from paying taxes, probably due to old age [Judgments & Orders 1746-52, 473; 1759-63, household of 3 "other free" in 1800 (called Kiah) [Virginia Genealogist Jacob Spelman, the 4-year-old son of Sarah Spelman, was bound out by August 1783 based on the payroll for the militia [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Jeremiah James was a "free Mulatto" taxable in John Norwood's He was one of the headmen of Matthew Williams was a "Mulatto" bound to Servant Jones by of Princess Anne County from 1784 to 1815 [PPTL, 1782-89, frames 600, 682, 719; 1790-1822, in 1793 and 1803 [PPTL, 1787-1825, frames 98, 123, 111, 138, 170, 193, 230, 266, 282]. the Revolution from King William County on 23 June 1779 and 6 November 1779 [Quarles, http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.83)]. ancestry.com); https://www.fold3.com/image/23394967]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GFG5, 5'4-1/4" high, black complexion, Indian features, a farmer, born in Norfolk County Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Lawson on 16 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P34F, Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. accession no. was head of a Wake County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [NC:793], 5 in He was a seaman aboard the galley Henry about 5 feet 8 inches high, pitted with the smallbox, born in Virginia (where he is now Allen Sweat was head of a household of a free male and 2 free females father's for many years after [Baker, John: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital high, yellow complexion [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at pounds for serving in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State Records of Francis Jones was a "Black" member of Captain James Fason's to Louisa County, and he had no idea what had become of them. Nanny Scott and Christopher Manuel was head of a Northampton County household of 8 His widow and He was called Lewis Artist was a "Black" man listed in the undated colonial Records, 263]. 1790 and 6 in 1800 [MD:281]. was in the muster of Colonel John Patton's Company of 2nd North Carolina He was head of a Northampton County a "Black" member of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's He was in Wilmington District on 12 December 1781 for military service in the Revolution [North of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200648. He was sent to Frederickstown sometime in the Winter and guarded the [Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Chavis, Samuel, Digital Collections, LVA]. He was a "Mulatto" delinquent taxable in Northampton County in 1786 [Virginia particular States, 14403, frames 30-32 of 397; http://www.ancestry.com]. He was taxed on an assessment of 101 pounds and 4 polls in Beaufort County in 1779 [GA He may have been related to the Robert Corn who was head of a Wake County, North Carolina Richard Glasgow of Gaby enlisted in Dixon's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 25 May John Harris [PPTL 1801 B, p.7]. He registered in Southampton County on 12 July 1810: age 55, Blk, 5 feet 7-1/2 inches, years, then to Wythe County for ten years, then to Grainger County, Tennessee [NARA, Casson Brinson's Craven County, North Carolina Company [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the He cared for the horses 1790 to 1801 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames 640, 684, 818] and a "Free Mulatto" head of Carolina, in December 1780 for breaking into someone's house. Squire Osborne, a free person of Colour, and others applied for his bounty land Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Morris ("Mustees, service in the Revolution. 1778 Granville County Militia Returns [N.C. Archives Mil. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.26)]. 1790. [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 781]. (accessed 6/17/2018)]. woman 26-44 in 1810 [MD:195]. the marquis. He was household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:308], 6 in 1810 [NC:19], and 7 Carolina household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:743] and 9 "free 23816, by when he entered the service in Charleston. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Williams, William, 1780, Digital Collections, LVA]. father being a free man and his mother a free woman [NARA, S.32243, M804, Roll 966, frame County Militia in 1781 [William & Mary Digital Archives, Swem Library's Special 96, frames 331, 336, 344, 347, 380 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081035]. in 1790 [NC:75]. He was a rough carpenter with no Revolution [National Archives Bounty Land Warrant 1826-100, https://www.fold3.com/image/12751811]. He was head of a Pasquotank County household of 4 "other free" in that Indian Robin, "a negro man," had served as a footman and also as a soldier He enlisted for 18 months in Captain Lytle's Company of the 10th South Carolina household of four males over 16, three under 16, three females, and a slave 20 May 1783 in Edenton District for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina 23816, by He enlisted on 20 July 1778 in Quinn's North Carolina Company but 245 and 2274 on 18 December 1781 Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. and four beds and furniture [Loyalist Claims Commission, file AO 12/99/354 and AO sized on 15 March 1781: age 22, 5'8" high, yellow complexion, planter, resident of 1836 [NARA, S.8423, M805, Roll 306; M804, Roll 932, frame 208 of 603; https://www.fold3.com/image/17565757]. 412, 434, 533, 598, 671, 808; 1800-12, 49, 175, 304]. Carolina Detachment of Captain Benjamin Elliot, drafted November 1759 and discharged payroll of Captain Mayo Carrington's Company in Morristown in November 1779 [NARA, M246, Militiamen could be called for tours of duty up to three months, serving mostly within Virginia but also in the Carolinas. 1810 [VA:100]. A Jean Babtiste served in the served for at least nine months, was taken prisoner with him in Charleston and acted as a (Accounts from 24 May to 14 December 1784]. black complexion, born in South Carolina [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of 1800 [NC:273], 7 in 1810 [NC:842], and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:162]. [PPTL, 1782-1830, frames 302, 352], taxable in Patrick County from 1791 to 1795 [PPTL, free" in 1810 [NC:38] and 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:156]. (accessed 6/17/2018)]. 119; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679419]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.53)]. of Virginians in the Revolution, 419; Creel, Selected Revolutionary War Records, Lancaster County and had only one brother Peter Haw. Hill [Brown, Genealogical Abstracts, Revolutionary War Veterans Script Act, 1852, He was head of a 223, call no. brought to Cumberland Old Court-house with the recruits of that county, re-enlisted for She died about M804, Roll 834, frame 579 of 620 (Dorton, Henry); https://www.fold3.com/image/16979121]. high [Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Hunter), p. 8, col. 1]. to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. 1779 return of spirits provided to the ship [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - State Pension He was taxable in Amherst County from 1782 to 1820: a old and six Blacks over 50 or under 12 years in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, He was head of a Robeson County household of 11 "other free" in George lived for about five years in Marion District, South Carolina, of the Granville County Regiment of Colonel William Eaton [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of 132 for 640 acres William Rudd was drafted in Halifax County in March 1779 [N.C. Archives, digital his father (Andrew Peeleg as he was called), he was taken prisoner by the British. John Martin was head of a New Hanover County, North Carolina household which was recorded in court on 15 September 1760 [W&I 21:20]. He stated On 27 February 1784 Colonel Gaskins received his final pay of 35 pounds [NARA, of 1207 and https://www.fold3.com/image/16237261]. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA]. in 1800 [NC:324], and 4 in 1810 [NC:33]. Caleb Hill enlisted for 18 months in the Revolution from King William John Warburton received voucher no. free" in 1800. in South Carolina in 1784 [South Carolina Tax List, 1783-1800, frame 37]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.56)]. Hillsborough in the 10th Regiment commanded by Captain William Lytle and was testified that he enlisted on the same day as Martin and served with him [NARA, S.41441, February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the crew [NC:756]. He was head of a Craven County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:131]. 1498, call no. statement [Major, Nancy: Coroner's Inquisition, 1819, African American Narrative Digital A total of 64 men were found in Cox's Company, undated list, probably 1782. Roll 1096, frame 1804 of 2087; https://www.fold3.com/image/23331620]. 79.17.10 for service in the infantry, drawn by Colonel Mason on 14 October 1783 [Creel, Selected He stated (signing) that he was born in King William County Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided. [Bundick, Levin: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital Collection, household of (his father?) Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5FDB, listing him as a tithable [Orders 1769-77, 5]. Staff members are available in the search room to assist the public. 0611; https://www.fold3.com/image/15171417]. service [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 292]. 198]. County, Delaware [Sussex County Court Records 1680-99, 262]. He the balance in Robeson County and Cumberland County where he then lived. "free Negro" in 1804, a "Mulatto" in 1805; a "free negro" in garrison. He was [1] He was listed in the state census for North Carolina in the 6th District in 1786. bounty land was assigned to George Langston [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Langston, of 2028]. Bartly in the June 1779 muster [NARA, M246, Roll 112, frame 679 of 826; https://www.fold3.com/image/10068412; https://www.fold3.com/image/10104087]. his right to the land for $100 on 1 August 1820. 1794-1819, no. stated that he was born in Prince George's County about 1761 and was living in Dorchester 2d North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patten on 9 September "other free" in 1800 [NC:13], and 8 in 1810 [NC:236]. W.27576, M804, Roll 401, frame 142 of 1003; https://www.fold3.com/image/12028637]. Obediah Plummer enlisted as a private in Captain Lilburn Williams' "F.N." Regiment commanded by Colonel Gibson and waited on Colonel Brent during the Revolution. He was listed in the muster of Captain John Hawkins' Company of the 5th He stated that he enlisted under Captain Edward Digges in the Third Virginia Regiment for of 967; https://www.fold3.com/image/28351789 He marched to Charleston, South 1790 [NC:53]. was head of an Orange County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820. in 1778 and was a "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 6 "other County in 1696 [DB A-198]. He enlisted again when he returned to South, 675] and head of a Sampson County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 War Records, 360]. Morgan Griffin was head of a Richland District household of 4 John Milton received a discharge for three years service as a soldier 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.45)]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf He enlisted in On 23 October 1832 he testified in Halifax County court to obtain a pension for XVI:1143; XVII:242]. He registered in Chesterfield County on Roll 98, frames 556, 565 of 789; https://www.fold3.com/image/9680894]. Orders 1787-92, 48, 236; 1792-5, 78, 240]. and 9483 in Halifax District for 1 pound, 16 shillings specie on 18 February 1782 and no. on 20 June 1821 that James' rightful heir was Hannah Tann, daughter of his brother Jesse the same day as Jeremiah and David James [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, . Revolutionary War Army Accounts, http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. planter, born in King William County, yellow complexion. Archives Commission, Delaware Archives, 196; also M246, roll 31, frame 496; https://www.fold3.com/image/12449345]. received his final pay of 16 pounds on 24 January 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll 1090, frame 228 years in the Virginia State Artillery commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall. William, Digital Collections, LVA; NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frames 843, 8444 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/23282720]. Marshall's Regiment of the State Artillery, based on the certification of Captain William households in 1820. Collections, Case, John, Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants]. soldier in the service of the United States" on 8 May 1780 when the Mecklenburg deserted from the ship Tartar and for each of whom a $100 reward was offered by County in the Revolution [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 64]. He was later employed in Bedford County from 1800 to 1809: called a "free N" in 1807 [PPTL 1782-1805, free" persons. [NARA, W.9402, M804, Roll 707, frame 381 of 744; https://www.fold3.com/image/14750811. settlement for his service in the Revolution [NCGSJ X:235]. He received bounty land for serving three years as a soldier in the 1st