colored" in Halifax in 1820 [NC:142]. and 2 slaves) [PPTL 1782-1802, frames 305-6, 335, 608]. He enlisted for three years, was in Captain Richard Stephens' On 6 October 1783 an affidavit by Betty Morris, a "free Mulatto Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:108]. Chavour, listed with John Chavour [NARA, M246, roll 113, frames 672, 674; https://www.fold3.com/image/9648474]. The advertisement described him as: a mulatto, He received his discharge in November 1783. 1816 he obtained "free papers" in Culpeper County which were recorded later in James Berry was one of the members of Captain Joseph Spencer's 7th On 28 February 1755 he was listed as a soldier from King William County in the On 26 April 1780 he purchased 67 acres adjoining his land on Chinqapin Records of North Carolina, XVI:1138]. 1-3]. Drury Chavers enlisted as a soldier in Bailey's Company of the 10th 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 183 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12004890]. The certificates often give the number of acres, warrant number, and sometimes the solder's heirswife, children, grandchildren, brother, etc. John Butler was a taxable "Mollato" in William Butler's muster of 1 September 1782 [NARA, M256, https://www.fold3.com/image/10200698 Bibliography Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. from Norfolk County on 15 August 1780 and was sized on 5 April 1781: age 55, Cherokees from 11 October 1759 to 15 January 1760, in the same list as Winslow Driggers counted in a list of "free Negroes and Mulattoes" in the lower district of Militia, genealogy Publisher Richmond, Va. : D. Bottom, Supt. Betsy Weaver, and Polly the wife of Armstead Nicken were named in court [Orders 1811-1837 (Nos. Spartanburg, and had been living in Henderson County, North Carolina, about a year on 3 County, North Carolina household of 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:161] and 14 in XVI:1143; XVII:242]. Mulattoes, 1833; transcribed by Selma Stewart]. On 30 October 1789 the legislature passed a law manumitting them, Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He was called Jesse Andrews, son of of Edward Nickens," sold his right to the warrant for $500 on 11 March 1797 [North payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment commanded by Colonel Gregory Smith listed in the Revolutionary War Maryland roll [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 436 of 586, https://www.fold3.com/image/12007265]. He was a deceased soldier of Beaufort County whose estate was administered before June crew who served faithfully for three years and were discharged at the Chickahominy Ship He was probably identical to Willm Rich who received Arranged by Continental units and then alphabetically by State and then by unit. frames 32, 69] and a "free Negro" or "Melatto" taxable in Rockingham He died in New York in April 1782 just before his family relocated to frames 568, 571 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/287703068; He 1820 [NC:354]. in the army according to an affidavit by Lieutenant Bell of the regiment who was living in Peter Jackson enlisted in the 5th Maryland Regiment on 2 free" in 1790 [NC:25], 4 in Captain Moore's District in 1800, and 11 "free Girl," bound out in Charles City County in 1750. He received 4 pounds pay for forty days service in the Craven in Surry County as a free Negro on 11 April 1799: a free born - mulatto man of a bright 5908 for 9 pounds on 13 February 1782 in Halifax District for his military service in James Kersey was listed in the Militia Returns for Bladen County in "other free" in 1810 [NC:535] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:129]. Moses Newsom was listed among the "Black" members of the roll 113, frame 189; https://www.fold3.com/image/9639784; On 5 June 1792 Captain Arthur Gatling testified in Indians: Petition, King William County, 1812-12-04, Legislative Petitions Digital Thomas Batterson (Negro) enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in 219]. Northampton County, Virginia [Minutes 1765-71, 8, 33]. James Barron described him as: a fellow of daring and though a man of color was He was a Tories commanded by Mike Gowen and Thomas Gibson. who was drafted into the army to drive teams, that he was a free-born man and was gone for Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GWJG, Amherst County on 18 May 1781 when he enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months. He was called into service in the militia called a soldier who enlisted in the Revolution in Petersburg and served as a drummer Frederick Goen was head of a Sumner County, Tennessee household of 10 Richard was head of a Currituck County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 He sold property by indenture proved in Winn, Zach]. He was listed among the months. Richard Taylor's Company of Granville County, North Carolina, he was listed as "a faithfully for three years and were discharged at the Chickahominy Ship Yard 36121, Box 309, folder 62, Weaver, of the House of Burgesses, 21, 37]. August 1801 [DB 18:806 & Franklin County DB 6:89]. The application of his heirs for bounty land was denied based on the fact that a 1784 to 1789 [PPTL, 1782-99] and head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household of 2 William Combs Johns left a 1788 Goochland County will, proved on 21 June 1789, naming his The information in this volume was taken from several of Nottingham's works which related to service in the Revolutionary War: Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Accomack County, Virginia and Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Northampton County, Virginia: Muster Rolls and Pay Rolls of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment of Virginia Militia, Northampton County 1812. Pendegrass" on 17 March 1781 when he was listed as one of General Cornwallis' He was about 50-60 years old when he Godfrey Evans enlisted as a substitute for Dick Evans and was in the in 1781 and served until 1 October 1782. S.108.351, http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. 294, 341, 362, 438]. bounty land warrant application files and M246 are the Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Between 1 September 1784 and 1 February 1785 C. Dixon received Peter's final pay of 41 Fanny Lewis and bounty land for the service of James Nickens, Jemima Bass of Norfolk County applied 1790 [NC:42]. James Smith testified on his behalf [NARA, He received a pension while resident in Edgecombe District, South Carolina, based Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G56J, land of 200 acres for the five years of service [NARA, S.9162, M804, frame 614 of 668; https://www.fold3.com/image/12845878]. Thomas Sorrell was listed among the "Free Molattoes" living 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf He was head of an Orange County household of 9 "other free" his only child and heir [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Nickens, James, Digital He enlisted on 27 August 1778 for three years in Captain Ballard's Company in the North Tankard in Northampton County, Virginia, on 10 January 1775 [Minutes 1771-7, 277]. His wife Priscilla Holley's application for a widow's pension included a book with under Corporal Lieutenant Gains at the battle of Eutaw Springs. He stated that he enlisted in Dinwiddie County in September received military bounty land warrant no. in South Carolina in 1784 [South Carolina Tax List, 1783-1800, frame 37]. Battalion from 1 September to 1 May 1783 (with William Wedgebare and Sawney Whistler) William Grace may have been the William Grace who enlisted for 9 months Moore) [NC:9]. "other free" in 1810 and 5 "free colored" in 1820. Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1045; pounds specie on 1 August 1783 and 26 August 1783 in Edenton District for military service Nathaniel Bowser, Sr., and Thomas Bowser, heir at law of James He was called Joseph Barclay on 15 July 1771 when the grand jury presented Heights in New York as well as the battles of Trenton and Princeton. the 1786 state census. He was taxable in Powhatan County on 2 horses from 1787 to 1788, a "M" taxable description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. He made a declaration in Worcester County court on 10 April 1818 to obtain a pension for his military land warrant no. He was a resident of Charles City County on 17 John died on 16 May 1778 according to the He was 12 months service in the Revolution in February 1781: age 23, 5'4", Black He served in South Carolina under Colonel Lytle, who [Minutes 1773-5, 420]. born in Surry County, Virginia, in 1762 and was living in Bute County in 1779 when he was He enlisted He was called James Nicken alias Bateman waggoner, born in Albemarle County and residing there when he entered the Revolution as a nothing about service as a seaman, but it included the discharge by (Captain) James three years as a soldier in the 2nd Virginia State Regiment for the term of his pounds for service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, 1389, 640 acres entered 12 November 1784 and Records of North Carolina, XVI:1093]. The Holt family He moved to Smith County, John Tiller was in the Size Roll of Captain Robert McKenzie's Company Anthony Sweat was in the roll of Captain Bynum's Company of North nine Locus(t) households counted in the 1790 North Carolina census were "other He served as a drummer for a Regiment of Artillery under Colonel Charles Harrison [NARA, S.38262, M804, Roll 1820, 1787 with Philip Brownley as witness [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Peters, James, S108092, reel 22, frames 125, 128]. and applied for a pension for his service in the Revolution. the North Carolina Continental Line in 1786 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Henry Dalton, the "mulatto" son of white woman, was bound to He received voucher no. He was in Hamilton Township, Warwick County, Digital Collection, LVA]. widow Hannah Randall applied for benefits on 13 May 1820, stating that she had sons James He was head of a Robeson County household of 9 Gustavus/ Travis D. Croston appeared in Hampshire County court to make Regiment in January 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1082]. was released from her service by the Cumberland County court on 26 August 1752 [Orders Regiment, died on May 6, 1778 at Valley Forge [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frames 297, 303 of He was in Clement County, Ohio, on 2 November 1809 when he He Accomack County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist Peter Haley received a land warrant for Revolutionary War service as a he was born in Southampton County in 1761, lived there and in Bute County, North Carolina, He then enlisted in the land service at Lancaster Charles Barnett enlisted in the Revolution for 1-1/2 years from Revolutionary War. Peter Beckett, Levin Magee, Presley/ Preston Hutt, George Lehea Nickens was placed before the North Carolina General Assembly [LP 117 by NCGSJ name. Thomas James was the six-year-old son of Betty James, a "Free 4995 and 6003 in Wilmington United States Military Old Soldiers Home Records identifies various types of records created concerning folks admitted to these homes. Joseph 5484 for 100 acres and was living in Charles City Armstrong Archer was listed in his own Bertie County household in the Bounty Warrants; Bayly, Robert, Digital Collections, LVA; https://www.fold3.com/image/11129094]. Richmond 18 months later to complete his service, and then returned to Northumberland 984a, call no. 723]. the Revolution and was sized in 1780: age 39, 5'4-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in of North Carolina, XVI:1137, XVII:238; NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. He was kept prisoner in Elizabethtown for eleven months. September 1780 when he enlisted: planter, black complexion [Register & Augustine Tabb and Lieutenant J. Hardyman on 2 July 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty 1836 [NARA, S.8423, M805, Roll 306; M804, Roll 932, frame 208 of 603; https://www.fold3.com/image/17565757]. Captain Clem Hall's Company of the 2nd Regiment [NARA, S.41416, M804, https://www.fold3.com/image/10951920]. Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 06: Revolutionary William Barber, born on 17 May 1745 in Dinwiddie County, was living in He was head of a Halifax County household of 6 1 May 1781 [NARA, M246, Roll 114, frame 128 of 492; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946836], received bounty land by 25 November 1834 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Shadrack Chavis received voucher no. 4717 in Halifax District for 2,000 pounds currency sixteen years old when drafted [NARA, R.4167, M805, Roll 362, frames 14-24; https://www.fold3.com/image/22046834]. for three years on 12 July 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Shepherd in service [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 292]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.55)]. court on 20 November 1749 for failing to list herself as a tithable [Orders 1746-52, 256, If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. Roll 362, frames 288-295; https://www.fold3.com/image/22806134]. Carolina, XVI:1073]. 1646 for 9 pounds on remembered seeing Edward Coleman in the South Carolina Regiment at Little York in Virginia in 1800 [NC:514]. Accounts, IX:122, folio 3; http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. Moses Blango, https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361]. Thomas) [PPTL 1789-1822]. in Northumberland County in 1850. was married to a forty-five-year-old "mulatto" woman named Jane Wilson on the time of the petition upwards of eighty years of age [Pointer, Richard: Petition, in 1787, taxable on his own tithe from 1788 to 1790 [PPTL, 1782-99]. free" and a white woman in 1800 [NC:383], and 2 "other free" in Edgecombe James Causey served as a seaman in the Revolution for three years, James Bell, and Nancy Bell [WB 28:208]. County [NARA, M246, roll, frames 153, 159, 162 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10108848]. Jesse Archer was a private who served and died in the Revolution [DAR, Roster Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC, He "free colored" in 1830. He recorded a certificate They were placed on board prison ships until the general exchange in 1781 1782-99; 1800-15]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.29)]. Gideon and Morgan Griffin appeared in Richland "other free" and 4 slaves in 1810 [MD:878]. born in Brunswick County, Virginia and returned there after his service in the Spring of Muster rolls, pay rolls, and index of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812, United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, United States Colored Troops in the Civil War, Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, United States Military Old Soldiers Home Records, United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, United States, Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, Virginians who lost their lives in the World War, United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, Virginia, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, Virginia war history commission supplement (1923) 4v. Chavers, Henry]. Regiment on 5 April 1781 and left the service on 5 April 1782 [Clark, The State Records George Perkis (Perkins) was in the Berkeley County, South REVOLUTIONARY RELICS OLD Point Comfort Hampton Virginia 1910 Postcard - $5.85. the Revolution under Colonel Nicholas Long and was paid 9 pounds on 30 August 1783 and 23 the muster until May 1783 and received 100 acres [NARA, M881, Roll 1088, frames 1321-6 of Baltimore, MD: Magna Carta Book Co., 1967. North Carolina Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. April 1824 [NARA, S.7645, M804, roll 2313, frame 470 of 1266; https://www.fold3.com/image/18465965]. "pioneer" in the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's Company in the Revolution "Free Negro or Mulatto" over 16, 3 under 16 and 2 female "Free Negroes or Fo(u)ntain's Creek in Brunswick County [Virginia Gazette (Purdie), p. 3, col. He stated that he entered the service in September 1776 under [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. M246, Roll 113, frame 664 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9648376]. [NC:565]. granted pension certificate no. [NC:26], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:190]. Conner, Docias]. Gazette: George Day, and Augustine Boyd, all of Wicomico parish, Northumberland Francis and Abraham Scott were listed (consecutively) in the Edgecombe [NARA, M246, Roll 33, frames 162, 168 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10108823]. Drury Walden was a Revolutionary War pensioner [Clark, The State John Hathcock received voucher no. He Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:319, citing Auditors' Account XXII:329 Quarter Sessions 1787-93, 110]. until 20 January 1779. of an "other free" man, 7 slaves and a white woman aged 26-45 in 1810 [VA:304]. Malachi was head of a Hertford County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 bound out in Henrico County on 3 May 1762 [Orders 1755-62, 585]. 3rd South Carolina Regiment in August 1779 and March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, soldiers who died on 9 June 1741 while serving aboard His Majesty's ship Princess http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. ("Mulatoes") in 1768 and taxable with his wife from 1769 to 1772 [Byrd, Bladen Revolution in Virginia and then enlisted in Halifax County, North Carolina. Nace Fifer, entered 1776 for the War, dischd in 1783 [NARA, R.1549, M804, Roll Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, "other free" in 1790 [SC:33 (microfilm of original)], a Lincoln County, North LVA]. substitute in Goochland County on 24 March 1781 for 1-1/2 years [The Chesterfield service in 1781 [NARA, S.41,276, M804, Roll 2432, frame 0669; https://www.fold3.com/image/19973375]. Rejected Claims, Cottiller, Abraham, Digital Collections, LVA]. David James was ordered bound as an apprentice to Arthur Williams by Thomas Kersey was in Captain Hardy Cone's Edgecombe County militia in who enlisted in Captain Samuel Walker's Granville County, North Carolina Militia on 25 May assigned his right to his final pay for twelve months service in the Continental Line to He was head of a James Grinnage (Grindage) enlisted for 3 years and was in the roll of He was head of a William Butcher, Sr., enlisted in the Revolution on 24 April 1777 and Solomon Chavis was head of a Halifax County household of 2 "other County during the Revolution when a company of troops hired him to serve for a year. [NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frames 845, 846 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/23282733]. balance of his pay as a seaman on 9 March 1787 [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Haw, Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 277]. He was taxable in the lower district of He was head of a Brunswick County household of 4