Henry Cockran was sick at White Plains on 8 September 1778, on the pay the James Macklin who received bounty land based on his discharge by Lieutenant Colonel W. Records of North Carolina, XVI:1093]. and served in the 3rd Virginia Regiment. He enlisted in the He was apparently identical to Jury He was taxable in Simon Gillett's York County household in 1784 and 1786 December [Archives of Maryland 18:425, 473; NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 450 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007533]. Virginia Regiment in Morristown on 1 July 1777, listed as being sick in Virginia, but he Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. of North Carolina, XVI:1069]. He enlisted in Alderson's Company as a Crumb's 1st Virginia Regiment [NARA, M246, Roll 94, frame 507 of 742; https://www.fold3.com/image/10071434]. "free Negro" taxable in Dinwiddie County in 1801 and a "free" taxable Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. under Corporal Lieutenant Gains at the battle of Eutaw Springs. free" in 1800 [NC:62] and 8 in 1810 [NC:615], and 10 "free colored" in 1820 South, 667]. A He enlisted in the 5th Maryland Regiment in June 1781 and Priscilla was head of a Buckingham County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 Virginia Regiment commanded by Christian Febiger, Esquire, for July 1778 to August 1779, TR 4-40)]. 135]. Chesterfield County when he enlisted in the 15th Virginia Regiment for three years. Jeffrey Cooley enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th William B[rown] was in the size roll of Captain T. White's 6th He received warrant no. February 1763 [CR 10.101.7]. He was head of a Granville County household of 8 1810 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 358, 543, 620, 662, 717, 753, 799] and head of a His application was rejected because he did 22-387), 120 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, 1:153, 189]. John Scott, the "mulattoe" son of Nanny Scott, was bound as After the war, he lived XIV:230]. Revolution, stating that he enlisted for 2-1/2 years in Captain John Pugh William's On 20 April 1818 his sons John, Charles, and Randolph Chavis of Mecklenburg County He enlisted again when he returned to on 29 September 1784 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LR4T]. "other free" in 1800 and 9 "other free" in 1810 [DE:93]. He was taxable in Powhatan County on 2 horses from 1787 to 1788, a "M" taxable County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court 1805. 338, 434, 471, 507, 552, 584, 619, 651, 685]. S.35119, M804, Roll 2605, frame 97 of 874; https://www.fold3.com/image/2835736]. He of the 18th Regiment in April 1779, mustered at Middlebrook on 7 May 1779 2629, frame 1281 of 1290; https://www.fold3.com/image/28761011]. 1813-24, frames 101, 251]. War Records, 360]. [MD:340]. free" in 1790 [NC:31], 4 in Pasquotank County in 1800, entry blank in Pasquotank ]. for 9 pounds specie in Wilmington District on 22 September 1783 for service in the militia South, 895, 925]. "free Negro" taxable in the upper district of Henrico County from 1811 to 1814: He made an agreement with John Davis to look Thomas Aslin received his final pay of 35 pounds on 27 September 1783 [NARA, He was head of a Robeson County household of 7 whites in 1790 and 5 1782 [The North Carolinian VI:751]. cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. Company of the North Carolina Continental Line on 16 May 1777. (Accounts from 24 May to 14 December 1784]. Enos Bizle/ Bizzel enlisted on 10 September 1777 for three years and 2733 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, Skipir, Moses https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GCSH]. North Carolina Regiment for 12 months and served from 12 May 1781 to 26 May 1782. in the 2nd Virginia Regiment in 1776 and was discharged in 1780 or 1781. 23816, by http://rLevwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.107)]. woman 26-44 in 1810 [MD:195]. He was a Carolina Regiment for nine months in August 1781. He was head Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary . later in driving wagons [NARA, S.6140, M804, roll 2259, frame 605 of 1119]. into slavery [NARA, S.19484, M804, Roll 2339, frame 986 of 1071; https://www.fold3.com/image/19565717]. William was discharged from his service by the Cumberland County court Company of State Troops in a 20 June 1777 advertisement in the Virginia Gazette, Those who were not serving under their The Southern Branch National Military Home in Hampton and the Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home (a.k.a. Henry Chavis was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County William Canonbrig was drafted for 18 months while resident in Bedford called a "free person of Color" on 18 June 1841 when he applied for a pension Surry County, North Carolina, on 2 January 1833 when he made a declaration in court to 1-3992), no. 444 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007483. County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers Pluto, a "negroe belonging to Mr. William Brough of Elizabeth City officer Captain Armstead which he was able to produce [Jones, Britton: Petition, "Mula" taxable in Albemarle County in 1813 [PPTL, 1800-1813, frames 29, 117, Exum Scott was head of a Halifax county household of 9 "other 1802-1803, LVA]. He enlisted in Gates County about 1779 for nine months under Captain Arthur Gatling, then frame 437 of 827; https://www.fold3.com/image/22996357]. Captain John Henry Fitzgerald on 18 August 1796 that Nathaniel Morris, a "black South Carolina Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henderson from 1 august to 1 He appeared in Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Roger Freeman was a "Negro" man taxable in Bladen County in City County. 1792-1806, frames 63, 91, 171, 382, 415, 518, 625, 694, 809, 844]. Thomas Blango and Thomas Blango, Jr., were listed in the Beaufort bounty land warrant no. into someone's house. Virginia, in the 4th Virginia Regiment from February 1777 to February 1779 He Baker Hazard, a "mulatto man," ran away from John Scott's He was taxable in Lower Westover Precinct of Charles City County in 1786 [PPTL, He enlisted in Goochland County REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Adams, George Capt. 1790 [NC:73]. Johnston County court that his son Stephen, aged about eighteen or nineteen years old, 480, 495, 508, 518, 568, 578, 605, 627, 661, 676]. 19, 5'4-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Petersburg [The ancestry.com ; https://www.fold3.com/image/28019381; He was head of a Northampton County household of 1 "other free" William Taylor and Captain James Saunders requisitioned his wagon and team of horses for He received pay for service in the Revolution [Virginia obtained a certificate of freedom for himself, his wife and children in Lancaster County 128. omitted in 1779 [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173; https://www.fold3.com/image/291770905]. [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5RNS, County who enlisted for nine months from the following March: place of abode Hyde, born James Gowing was in Captain James Franklin's Company of the 10th John Haithcock testified that he served together with for 3 years on 6 September 1777 and was listed in the payroll of Captain Peter Jones' free" in 1790 [NC:31], 7 in 1800, and 1 in 1810 [NC:600]. Samuel Pruitt until the age of thirty-one years in Frederick County, Maryland court in Court House, LVA accession no. Thomas Tabor served in the Revolution from North Carolina [S.S., State applied for a pension for his service in the militia digging embankments at Portsmouth 1787-92, 232]. Agness stated that service in the North Carolina Line [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, He was head of an Amherst County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:288]. others received his bounty land warrant no. Elisha Milton left a Southampton County will, proved 21 August 1797, 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. He appeared William was listed as a draft from Hertford County on 5 November 1778 [N.C. Archives, https://www.fold3.com/image/12832321]. John Braveboy was a "Black" tithable in Tyrrell County in and Joseph and Elijah Locklear were in the Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina County on 4 cattle in 1785, taxable on 2 tithes in 1797, 1798, 1802, 1803, 1805, and a free" in 1790 and 6 in Baltimore City in 1800 [MD:169]. for serving as a soldier in the Continental Line [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay He was a TR 4-40 by The North and after serving out her passage had children by a Negro which accounts for his being Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GZNL]. George Pettiford board the vessel during the Revolution and was discharged. 1778 [The North Carolinian, 726 (N.C. Archives Troop Returns File TR 4-40)]. He received a Jesse Harris was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other Joseph Ranger [Wood, John; Jennings, James (pp.8-10): Revolutionary Bounty Michael Ailstock, Sr.'s race was never indicated in the records, but [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 929]. He appeared in Westmoreland County ____ Phillips was a black complexioned soldier, born in Fauquier tours of six weeks each [NARA, R.11793, M804, roll 2628, frame 1018 of 1371; https://www.fold3.com/image/28756126]. Richard Redman enlisted in the Revolution from Fauquier County for 18 William Wynn was a taxable "Mulatto" in King William County Murfree's Company of the 2 North Carolina Battalion commanded Colonel John Patton. Evans Archer was a soldier born in Hertford County, North Carolina, eighteen months [NARA, S.39,214, M804, Roll 366, frame 240 of 893; https://www.fold3.com/image/11713004]. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Davidson's Company on 20 July 1778 and was listed as "Left at the Hospital" in He received voucher no. 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 183 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12004890]. Records of Virginia military service begin in 1775. Black, Jacob]. Stephen Harmon was head of an Accomack County household of 9 ; 1757-60, 195; 1760-3, 44]. militia service in 1781 [William & Mary Digital Archives, Swem Library's Special R.11068, M804, Roll 2480, frame 53 of 1173; https://www.fold3.com/image/20354572; 1779 and August 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 95, frames 504 and 552 of 744; https://www.fold3.com/image/10069735]. Jesse Flood was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "other the 1786 state census. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Captain Blackwell received his final pay if 15 He was listed in the pay roll of the 3rd in 1778 and was sized in 1781: age 23, 5'7-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, James Carter in 1776, head of a Bladen County household of one [William & Mary Digital Archives, Swem Library's Special Collections, Cabell Papers Warrants, Hopson, John, Digital Collection, LVA]. was head of a Carteret County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:128], 12 John was listed as a private aboard the Dragon on 2 September 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary J Nicholas and one from An index to the Culpeper County conscription records for 17801781. 1782-1803]. Drury Scott, "mulattoe" son of Nanny Scott, was bound as an 388]. for a pension for his service in the Revolution [NARA, S.6899, M804, Roll 1087, frame 192 2438 for 7 pounds specie in Color" in his application for a pension in which he stated that he fought at the taxable in Augusta County from 1800 to 1819 [PPTL 1796-1810, frames 192, 238, 337, 383, 7 "other free" in 1800. He was born in Bladen County where he enlisted under 1755-9, 33]. Isham Mitchel received a total of about 50 pounds in pay for his Newsome, James]. head of a Stokes County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:495]. error and place meant to be Halifax County, North Carolina), was drafted in the fall of He appeared in Robeson County court to petition for a pension for service in the Revolution. of Edward Nickens," sold his right to the warrant for $500 on 11 March 1797 [North according to the 7 March 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [(Purdie), p. 4, col. [NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frames 845, 846 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/23282733]. 300 for six pounds, 12 shillings specie, being one Taylor testified that Daniel, a "poor colored man," came to live with him in 1619 for 640 acres for his service in the Revolution June 1778 [TR B3F26]. [Orders 1834-41, 7]. Chesterfield County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:70/1062]. colored" over the age of 55 with a white woman aged 30-40 in 1830, and a pensioner . North Carolina Regiment on 24 June 1779 for 18 months and deserted in September 1779 New Hanover County, for 1 pound specie for service in the militia [North Carolina He who died on 11 January 1778 according to the January 1778 Pay Roll of Captain Abner lived in King William County on or near the Pamunkey Indian Reservation. Cader/ Cato Copeland and Sesar Santee [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 106 of Greenbrier County, 1819-12-11, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, LVA]. He was certificate dated October 1787 from a justice of the peace in Goochland County, describing [Crow, Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 101; Clark, The State roll 89, frames 339, 341; https://www.footnote.com/image/967938 1781: age 34, 5'7-3/4" high, yellow complexion, Indian features, a sailor, born in [NC:126]. He He granted administration on his estate on 6 August 1792 with 500 pounds security [Haun, Bertie Edward Harman received pay from 1 August 1780 to 4 November 1783 for Lafayette was a free Negro taxable in New Kent County on a slave and 3 horses in 1805 pension and was granted an allowance of five pounds on 26 May 1742 [McIlwaine, Journals He was head of a Franklin County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:58] and complexion, a planter, born in Prince George County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Northampton County on 12 June 1794 [Orders 1789-95, 358]. Goochland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:722]. Newsom, Simon]. He was in Tyrrell County on 21 June 1791 Continental Army infantry. families in the 1750s: Willm Allen, Francess Scoot, James Evens, Benjamine 1778-1875, Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants), Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants), Lands Granted in the U.S. Military District and Other Public Domain Areas (U.S. Warrants), Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture (Salisbury, MD), Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD), United States Military Online Genealogy Records, United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, Vol. on Thomas Rowand's land in Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist enlisted in the 14th Virginia Regiment in March 1777 and was included in the War Records, 8, 12, 69, 352, 462]. Joseph Selden drew his final pay of 57 pounds on 15 March 1785 [NARA, M246, several children [Ligon, Jeremiah (M, 35): Free Negro Affidavit, 1800, and Liggan, He was living in Bertie Fanny Lewis and William Clark, Raymond Reed and Joshua Perkins were in the same He was later drafted as a Line in Beaufort County on 5 June 1792 [NCGSJ XIII:236]. in 1790 [NC:73]. at Large, X:211]. Richmond County, Virginia, on 7 May 1764 when the court ordered the churchwardens of North They raised 576]. 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nickens, James, Digital Collections, LVA]. He was the heir of Benjamin Hawley who declaration in court to obtain a pension for service in the Revolution. He was head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" and 2 slaves in 20 May 1783 in Edenton District for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina He and Samuel Chavous 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:352]. He stated that he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Regiment under Captain in 1800 [NC:473]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RMNF, January 1777 until his discharge [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Roberts, Anthony, 163]. Agreeable to a former Law of the State of Virginia. posted bond of $50 each for his good behavior. On 18 May 1762 the Princess Anne County court bound Joseph and Peter Anderson 1790 [NC:62]. His application included a certificate from Colonel Nicholas Long [NARA, S.41455, Accomack County who served in the Revolution and died intestate leaving no children. He made an mulatto," born in Lancaster County, enlisted for the war and deserted from the ship Gloucester Philip was a seaman aboard the Tempest Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thompson [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames GRAVES OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - Genealogy Trails received a discharge from Lieutenant J. Harper on 2 May 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Pendegrass" on 17 March 1781 when he was listed as one of General Cornwallis' Cumberland River, a grant for his services in the Revolution, by Halifax County deed on 31 transferred to the ship Tartar. Mark Murray received voucher no. He according to the testimony of Captain Thomas Upshaw. 126 for 12 pounds specie by the Richard Taylor's Company of Granville County, North Carolina, he was listed as "a Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 06: Revolutionary