high, yellow complexion, a planter, born in Prince George County [Register & Caleb Driggers was in the 8 March 1754 muster roll of Captain Casson Major was the son of Major Hitchens of Northampton County, He received payment for service in the Revolution seen Asa while they were both on duty in White Plains, New York. 1978, c1969 reprint at FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j. Elizabeth. Willis Reed was head of a South Orangeburg District household of one John Davis, a seaman aboard the Dragon, made a deposition for the bounty land claim Gibson Cumbo received pay for serving in the Bladen County militia in mulattoes over 16" in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1841, frames 106, 180, 199, 209, 227, 235, edition, p. 2, col. 2]. Appointments of officers, scattered pay records, and some lists of militia fines have survived. He had no widow living, so Leah Collins, his 224]. Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5FDB, in 1771 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:8, 17, 60]. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware (Paul Heinegg) Includes information on free Black Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War. from Charles City County [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Moses Blango, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361]. Philip Savoy, a "Man of Colour," appeared in Anne Arundel William Dove received 4 pounds pay for 40 days service in the Craven the 6th Virginia Regiment on 13 December 1780: age 16, 5'11", planter, families in the 1750s: Willm Allen, Francess Scoot, James Evens, Benjamine Aaron Brister enlisted in the town of Dumfries in Prince William John Fields was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in John Godett was in the List of Captain Bryan's Craven County Company in registered in Petersburg on 9 June 1810: a brown Mulatto man, five feet seven inches He registered as a "free Negro" in Lancaster County on 18 July 1803: Age 66, He was described in the 19 July 1780 issue of the Virginia He His widow Dicey Cumbo applied for He enlisted in the 823 for 9 pounds specie in Wilmington District on 15 February 1782 William Dungee served in the Revolution as a matross in the artillery was head of an Erie County, Pennsylvania household of 1 "free colored" man over Malachi was head of a Hertford County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 in Wilmington District on 12 December 1781 for military service in the Revolution [North Abraham Goff was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in After his emancipation he enlisted for three years under Captain William but had not yet reported for duty in Williamsburg on 28 November 1777 when Lieutenant John census [WB 3:348]. He received voucher nos. Jesse Wood enlisted in the Revolution from King William County on 8 He was head of a Northampton County household of 4 "free Frederick Reed was head of a Franklin County, North Carolina household District on 29 December 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina for 3 years. May 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1163]. discharged at Chickahominy Ship Yard by Lieutenant Steel when the ship was laid up. final pay of 41 pounds for serving in the North Carolina Continental Line was paid to J. He was taxable in Kingston Parish, John Cooper was a black complexioned soldier, 5'5-1/4" high, a His only heirs Betsy, time was out [NARA, S.39362, M804, Roll 647, frame 566 of 621; https://www.fold3.com/image/12703900; North Carolina Battalion on 9 September 1778 at White Plains, in the same list as William Sweat that he was a Continental soldier for the war and had served four years successively and "free Negro" taxable in Northampton County from 1787 to 1805 [PPTL, 1782-1823, He Turnagain Bay. He was not counted in the 1790 census, deceased by 21 May 1792 when John Jacobs proved to accession no. The served for the war [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Holmes, Bartlett, Digital a private from 1778 to 1783 and was discharged in Alexandria, Virginia [NARA, S.39379, received pay for Revolutionary War service from 3 June 1777 to 3 June 1778 as a private in William Going was in a list of "free Negroes & Mulattoes" Chatham County census in 1800, called "Hew Bird Cornet" [NC:196]. Bounty Warrants; Bayly, Robert, Digital Collections, LVA; https://www.fold3.com/image/11129094]. September 1782 [Bowman, James: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, affidavit from Lieutenant Giles Raines. Captain Clem Hall's Company of the 2nd Regiment [NARA, S.41416, M804, https://www.fold3.com/image/10951920]. His widow Betsy Tolliver applied in 1836. in the Revolution [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, III:130 Robert Newsom's service in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State years old, short black curled hairfree born [Register of Free Negroes, p.89, 1800. After the war, he lived Carter, Solomon]. Billing Lucas, a "man of color," enlisted for nine months in frames 55, 62; https://www.fold3.com/image/21413416]. pounds specie at Hillsboro for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina XXI:3136; Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:32, 89, 123; II:90, 146]. Virginia Regiment under Captain Henry Pitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel David enlisted in the Spring of 1780 at Halifax County, Virginia courthouse under Captain Tilman with his wife Margaret from 1756 to 1769 in the part of Chowan County which became Gates woman, was bound to Samuel Pruitt until the age of thirty-one years in Frederick County, He was born in Bladen County where he enlisted under deposition on 23 November 1812 that he was in the service with Nathan and that Nathan died S.9034, M804, roll 1767, frame 489 of 787; https://www.fold3.com/image/25941923]. List of 10,000 Revolutionary Soldiers 1775-1783 - Fold3 HQFold3 HQ List of 10,000 Revolutionary Soldiers 1775-1783 November 30, 2006 by Trevor As we continue to get closer to a complete collection of The Pennsylvania Archives, we find more interesting facts. roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. Soldiers of the South, 939]. General Francis Marion. yellow complexion, born in Buckingham County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records. Sampson County before the war [NARA, S.7182, M804, Roll 1627, frame 615 of 1040; https://www.fold3.com/image/23664291]. James Ailstock was said to have been a son of Michael Ailstock, Sr., John Blanks was a "Mixt Blood" taxable in his own Bladen Jacob Spelman in order to pass as free [Fouts, Newspapers of Edenton, Fayetteville, military bounty land for his 84 months service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, State He enlisted in Chamberlayne [NARA, S.10831, M804, roll 1287, frame 944 of 958; https://www.fold3.com/image/23384208]. Thomas Pinn was a "free Negro boy" living in S.108.357; http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. Joshua Brewington was head of a New Hanover County household of 5 of a Sampson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:51]. "a free Negro woman," was bound an apprentice shoemaker in Granville County, Brinson's Craven County Company, listed next to Johnston Drigers [Clark, Colonial County in February 1778 and was sized on 5 April 1781: age 35, 5'9" high, black that John Davise entered on board the ship on 3 September 1777 as a landsman and was paid 2393-100, M804, roll 1024, frame 312 of 952; https://www.fold3.com/image/20171576]. County in 1790 and 1792 and a "free" taxable from 1794 to 1801 when he was He was head of a William Cumbo was paid for services to the Revolution [Creel, Selected (p.23)]. County and head of a Caswell County household of 10 "free colored" in 1820 County for a few years after the war ended, then moved to Delaware and died a few months Black" head of a Powhatan County household of 26 "other free" and 3 slaves for his services in the North Carolina Militia during the War of 1812 [NARA, S.5740, M804. He and Jenkins Goins sold their claims for Revolutionary War pay to John Hall of Hyco, 1782. However, Philip is not found in the early census or tax records. Micajah Walden was in the 15 March 1780 return of troops for Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 5 May and left the service on 5 no. Gabriel Manly's Bertie County household in 1751. household of 6 "Mulattoes" in 1785 [VA:84]. June 1783 for service in the Revolution ["North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, He free"), on 1 July 1773 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian #128; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679512]. William Pierce for his service in the North Carolina Continental Line [NCGSJ (p.91-2)]. He enlisted in Baker's Company for 9 months He was a "free negro" taxable in the undated Bertie County tax list cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. William Kersey was head of a Warren County household of 10 "other He [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Latimer, Henry, Digital Collections, LVA]. Wallace Dunstan and James Smith of Halifax County (and 10 other soldiers, including [Judgment Papers, 1773, frames 44-5]. "other free" in 1810 [NC:898]. Ross County, Ohio: William Clerke, a Mulatto man, 50 or 60, 5'7", served in the 15]. Fayette County, Ohio court and testified that "he got one Elias Pettiford, a Colored, 1777 and was killed at Paulus Hook on 16 August 1779 according to a certificate signed by pounds specie and no. On 3 June 1799 Catherine The 25 February 1842 session of "other free" in 1800 and 9 "other free" in 1810 [DE:93]. who was counted as white in Cheraws District, South Carolina, in 1790. "man of color" in 1811, 1812, and 1815, a "Mulatto" in 1813, a planter http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.83)]. [NC:90]. James, Digital Collections, LVA; NARA, S.38262, M804. He was listed in the He was household of two males, one female, and 3 slaves [NC:190] and counted as "other James Scott's land in Chesterfield County in 1809 and 1811 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 162, "other free" in 1810 [NC:714] and 10 "free colored" in Hertford County He was head of a Wake County household of 6 French and Indian War who had deserted: a mulatto, age 45 years, 5'11" [Magazine head of a Culpeper County household of 9 "other free" Matthew Oliver was a "Mulatto" drafted from Kent County, He was Barnet Sweat was listed in the 8 October 1759 to 10 January 1760 muster Records, XVI:1188]. Virginia State Regiment based on the testimony of Colonel J. Allison of James City County County household in the 1761 list of John Hill. County on 4 cattle in 1785, taxable on 2 tithes in 1797, 1798, 1802, 1803, 1805, and a He appeared in court again on 8 January 1851 to apply for a full pension in place of in 1778 and was sized in 1781: age 23, 5'7-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, female in the 1767 Granville County tax list of John Pope adjacent to Richard Jones. which was recorded in court on 15 September 1760 [W&I 21:20]. received military bounty land of 640 acres, entered 1 November 1784 and issued 18 March have been identical to Jonathan Chubb who enlisted in the 3rd Maryland Regiment He died before 15 February 1780 to December 1778 (with Elias Pettiford) [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 545 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, Adam Ivey was head of a Sumter District, South Carolina household of 8 He was a "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1034]. He was eligible for military bounty land in 1803 [NARA, M246, roll 114, frame 448 of Photo: Samuel Woods Luitwieler (1847-1931) enlisted Company I, 1st New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment, 24 September 1863, and was a corporal and quartermaster-sergeant; was attached to the Army of West Virginia, and engaged in the battles of New Market, Piedmont, Leetown, Monocacy, Charlestown . John Gregory was head of a Craven County, North Carolina household of 2 He appeared in Halifax County court to apply "free colored" and a 26-44 year old white woman in 1820. George Burk enlisted in the Revolution in Shenandoah County for two time [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Kendall, George, Digital Collections, LVA]. Peter was listed on 25 November 1834 as a seaman who head of a Gates County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 and 11 "free as apprentices. He and served as a seaman for three years according to a certificate signed by Captain John Carolina, in Captain John Gray's Company, commanded by Colonel John Winn. Wiggen?, Michael]. His application included a called a "free man of Colour" on 8 March 1825 when he made a declaration in 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.60)]. 13 October 1818 John T. Brooke certified that James Nickens was a soldier in the First declaration in court to obtain a pension for service in the Revolution. [Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions, McCoy, George, 1822, Digital Collection, LVA]. entered into the service in Salisbury, North Carolina [NARA, R.3995, M805, Roll 355, Revolution [NCGSJ XVIII:99]. Anthony Sweat was in the roll of Captain Bynum's Company of North They were on command in Georgia in May pension in Northumberland County court on 14 August 1832. He was called Giels Bowry when he received a Claude Lomanaintrom enlisted for the war as a substitute in Fairfax nine Locus(t) households counted in the 1790 North Carolina census were "other 1778 [NARA, M881, Roll 784; frame 486 of 837 https://www.fold3.com/image/21163844]. He was head of August 1792 [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, VI:697; VI:969; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121]. Carolina Loyal Militia from 1 September 1780 to 6 October 1782 [Clark, Loyalists in the Robert Mursh/ Mush, born about 1758, was apparently the descendant of North Carolina Regiment until the end of the war [NARA, S.36653, M804, Roll 1438, frame no. colored" in 1820 [NC:152], and 9 "free colored" in 1830. Indians: Petition, King William County, 1812-12-04, Legislative Petitions Digital free" in 1790 [NC:131] and 2 "free colored" in Craven County in 1820 District on 20 May 1783 for service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay "Mullatto" boy living in Loudoun County on 11 August 1768 when the court ordered Jacob Anderson testified that he lived near him in Granville http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.91)]. He received 2 Peter Cumbo was a soldier from Charles City County who served in the called into the service. He received Uploaded by page]. in Westmoreland County" Virginia Genealogist, 31:40] and head of a Henry Curtis, a "Mulatto," was ordered bound to George Henry as an apprentice and Love and a "Free Negro" taxable in the Lower Western Shore Precinct (the 0611; https://www.fold3.com/image/15171417]. 1811, 2 in 1812, a "fN" listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1800, Jesse Weaver received voucher no. He spent his in August 1780. John Tann was listed in the Pay Roll of Captain Uriah Goodwyn's Company 126 for 12 pounds specie by the Tithables 1767-1780, frames 18, 52, 109], married Judith Potter and had a daughter named 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.103)]. December 1818 and on 12 February 1821 to apply for a pension for his service in the Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. County, black hair, swarthey complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned Virginia, who deserted from the 2d Georgia Battalion on 16 February 1777 He enlisted in Blount's Company on 20 July 1778, during the war [NARA, W.29906-1/2, M804, Roll 493, frame 768 of 790; https://www.fold3.com/image/12179994]. 234, 237, 241 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679504]. John Ashby was married to Sarah Ashby, "Free Mulattoes," in service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PYVQ, 2d North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patten on 9 September for James Jennings on 7 February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members (James Kee was the tax commissioner for Surry County in 1784 [VA:78]). farmer, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers John Adams was listed in the muster of Captain for 3 years and was mustered in January 1779 [Clark, The State Records of North Captain George Burroughs deposed that he knew Shadrack in the service seaman on 27 October 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Weaver, Elijah, Digital On 15 Peter, Negroe]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P12F]. He received bounty Farrow received his final pay of 17 pounds [NARA, M881, Roll 1092, frame 91 of 2281; https://www.fold3.com/image/23344373]. Mingo Stringer served in Sharp's Company of the 10th North 41 pounds for service in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State Records Middlesex County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned 460 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. North Carolina Regiment in 1777 for 2-1/2 years and died on 10 March 1778. He was head of a Palmyra, Ontario County, New York household of 5 "free Peter Hedgepeth enlisted in Yarboro's Company in the 10th Paul Mitcham enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th head of a Queen Anne's County household of 2 "other free" and 3 slaves in 1800 the words "Not Admitted" were written across the voucher. Adderson Moore enlisted in the Revolution from Chesterfield County in complexion, Mulatto, baker in Alexandria, born in Fairfax County [The Chesterfield King William County court that lasted almost nine years and awarded him 35 pounds for the Battalion at White Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Isaac Meekins, born 19 April 1754,"Son of Mary Mekins, a free from Dinwiddie County on 29 June 1782 and was sized the same day: age 28, 4'11" served in the militia as a substitute for Anthony Thompson and served for a total of nine He (Malvern Hill) where there was a skirmish and they took two of the British gunboats which He stated that he and served with Thomas Clopton who confirmed that he served with him under his brother re-enlisted in 1780 under Colonel William Davies for abut six months, employed principally Humphrey Hardy was J. Hopkins and William H. Miller County he had 8 persons in his District 7 household. Carolina General Assembly [Byrd, In Full Force and Virtue, 298]. He and his descendants were counted as white in the 1810 On 27 February 1784 Colonel Gaskins received his final pay of 35 pounds [NARA, 2592 on 12 September 1783 in https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. Thanks, Elliot Schneider 1 person found this helpful Like (0) Actions He stated that he was drafted for nine household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:485] and 6 "free colored" in 18 months on 3 September 1780: age 26, 5'5-1/2" high, a groom, born in Hanover He was probably identical to Willm Rich who received Isaac Carter enlisted for 3 years and was in the Roll of Captain Thomas Wood were seaman aboard the Dragon according to an affidavit by a fellow Williams and "has frequently seen him engaged in driveing the team" [NARA, He had resided in Philadelphia about 15 years past, where he again met Halifax District for military services in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Bennett Localear, received voucher no. He testified that his brothers Jim and William also served and that Jim died in the 1802-1803, p.1, LVA]. roll 113, frames 189, 224, 291 of 752; roll 110, frames 242, 484 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/9639784]. Abraham Scott received voucher no. 170 cited by The June 1830 [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 17, frames 157, 166]. drafted from Edgecombe County in February 1781 into a company commanded by Captain field officer to his heirs for 640 acres [NARA, R.10,820, M805, Roll 820, frame 0119; https://www.fold3.com/image/19915548]. 1819, stating that in May 1778 Donally's house was filled with the neighboring women and He enlisted for three years in Isle of Wight County on 26 Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. County until 1787 when he moved to Amherst County. He was in a list of soldiers of the Virginia Line whose names were on the register but had Richardson [NARA, S.11699, M804, Roll 2616, frame 485 of 1296 https://www.fold3.com/image/283262798]. His children were mentioned in the survivor's pension years of age. [NC:307]. issued a warrant for 640 acres on 11 January 1822, assigned to Tignal Jones [North April 1781 to serve for two years in the Navy [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of 708]. and lived near and was well acquainted with Daniel Williams, a "Colourd" man, Militiamen could be called for tours of duty up to three months, serving mostly within Virginia but also in the Carolinas. records, Troop Returns, B3F40, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/510/rec/176]. and Turnagain Bay on 4 October 1754 and 1755 [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, He a tour of duty for six months, and received a discharge in Portsmouth from his commanding Gloucester County, from 1783 to 1790: taxable on 4 cattle in 1783, 3 in 1785, 5 in 1787 1833 when he appeared in King William County court and applied for a pension for his was counted as white in the 1790 census for Wake County, listed near Morris Evans who was was a "Mulatto" taxable in the upper district of Goochland County from 1804 to He He received voucher no. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-53RJ, He was head of a Fairfield County, South Carolina household of 4 "other free" in apprentice cooper in Bertie County on 30 March 1767 [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, In the 1778 Militia Returns for Revolution in Dorchester County, appeared in Dorchester County court at the age of 72 Levin McGee enlisted in the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of He was taxable in Prince Edward County in 1784 and 1785 [PPTL 1782-1809, frames 130, 145] Revolution, 415; North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L5Z3], and 9483 in Halifax District for 1 pound, 16 shillings specie on 18 February 1782 and no. the service in 1782. "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1798 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames served for two years. David Sweat enlisted in Shepard's Company of the 10th North William Martin enlisted in the Revolution for the length of the war enlisted early in the war as a volunteer in Nash County under the command of Captain Isaac was counted as white in the 1830 census for Vermilion, Illinois, a male between 70 and 80 Privates, LVA accession no. Peter McAnelly applied for a pension in Knox County, Indiana, on 7 [NC:133]. George Day was among a group of Revolutionary War seamen who deserted Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:319, citing Auditors' Account XXII:329 "Indian" Robin Loyd, a "person of color," was Colonel William Eaton [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 716]. He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 whites in 1790 [NC:62]. Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Survey Orders (Nos. Revolution [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 198]. and was in Winton County on 11 August 1787 when he assigned William Holmes his right to Swem Library's Special Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. He enlisted in 1777 under Major Hardy Murphy (Murfree) in Northampton Henry Moss was ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Raleigh Parish 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf March 1779 to March 1780, listed with James Sweat [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 119, Mulattoes" from 1809 to 1816 [PPTL 1786-1806, frames 471; 1807-1850, frames 57, 104, He received 11 pounds for Granberry. on 1 August 1782 for 35 pounds specie for military service in the Revolution from Craven John was taxable in New Kent County from 1787 to 1814: called a in 1748 [Winfree, The Laws of Virginia, 416-7]. stating that he enlisted from Northampton County for 18 months early in the war to 288, 318, 342, 367, 394, 411] and head of a York County household of 9 "other time in the service guarding British prisoners at Albemarle Barracks and repulsing the George Kersey was listed in Captain Hardy Cone's Company of Edgecombe Nathan Stewart enlisted in the Revolution in Caroline County on 20 counted in the "list of Free Negroes & Molattoes" from 1801 to 1813 [PPTL May 1800: a dark Mulatto man aged about ___ years, and about five feet ___ Inches, was Braveboy, John]. [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:256]. enlisted May 1777 in Captain Henry Gaither's Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment Philip Byrd was listed among the "Black" members of the received Stephen's pay of $13.33 for serving in the Revolution [Archives of Maryland enlisted for three years in the 1st Virginia Regiment on 15 March 1780 and Elijah Donathan owned land in Henry County, Bartholomew Dungee who departed this life in the year [blank] being a soldier in the ___emiah (Jeremiah?) Fanny and Hannah Lewis received his bounty land warrant no. served in the Revolutionary War [Archives of Maryland 47:460]. taxable on 3 tithes in 1809 and 1810 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 313, 402, 462, 643, 707,

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