County in 1800 [NC:569]. Augustine Boyd was among a group of Revolutionary War seamen who
Regiment at the courthouse in Northampton County, North Carolina. Parish, Richmond County, in May 1749 [King, Register of North Farnham Parish, 157;
was married to a forty-five-year-old "mulatto" woman named Jane Wilson on
1791-1823, frames 151, 177, 207]. He and Thomas Hill
1782-1832; Land Tax 1782-1811]. He was taxable on 200 acres in Bladen County in Captain Regan's District in
He was head of a Craven County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:131]. 2438 for 7 pounds specie in
He
(p66)]. Appointments of officers, scattered pay records, and some lists of militia fines have survived. to take his place in the Revolution [NARA, S.17194, M804, Roll 2547, frame 555 of 822; https://www.fold3.com/image/28017843]. He applied for a pension for services in the
April 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1112]. daughter Susannah Banks and son John Johns [DB 15:5]. He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 whites in 1790 [NC:62]. service in the Revolution [NARA, S.34911, M805, Roll 399; M804, Roll 1192, frame 297 of
He was taxable in King George County from 1786 to 1793, called "free Jim Lucas"
Folio 4, Tyler, Bartlett]. Jacob Teague was head of an Accomack County household of 7 "other
1790 [NC:26]. planter, born in King William County, yellow complexion. 1779-1782," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LT39
Voucher no. by midshipman Scarborough Bloxam [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Bayly, Robert,
Sampson Hays received 27 pounds as David's final
the roll of Lieutenant Colonel William L. Davidson's Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA, M246,
On 17 December 1764 he was
on 18 July 1820, stating that he enlisted in Newport (Charles County), Maryland, served as
colored" in 1820 [NC:218]. [Orders 1763-64, 257; 1766-69, folio 202]. 1783-7], head of a Charles City County household of 10 "other free" in 1810
frames 64, 125, 207, 345, 408, 447, 467, 530]. C. Dixon received his final pay of 41 pounds for
Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. XVII:214]. was counted as white in the 1800 Delaware census. He and his brother Jeremiah gave Seth Peebles of
declaration in Halifax County court to obtain a Revolutionary War pension on 16 November
Albemarle County court to apply for a pension for 3 years service in the 14th
Son of Dorcas Jackson a free Mulato born free &
Isaac Perkins
Job Buley enlisted in the 3d Maryland Regiment on 8 April
He received bounty land based on his discharge from
John Collins was taxable in King William County as a
He was about fifty-two years old on 29 February 1792 when he made a deposition in
1790. (p.41)]. He enlisted in 1777 in Caswell County, North Carolina, served six months
John Freeman enlisted in the 15th Virginia Regiment in December 1776 for
services in the Revolution. He had lived in Wake County since the war [NARA, R.10160, M804, roll 2291,
North Carolina Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. He was the brother of Ann Melton who married Thomas Bowser
Between 1 September 1784 and 1 February 1785 he received the final pay for his own and
Revolutionary service before he and Holladay Revell reached the regiment to which they
records, Troop Returns, B3F40, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/510/rec/176]. He was a "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in
He may have been the James Boon who enlisted for
William Sweat was listed in Captain Robert Lide's Company of Volunteer
immediate command of Colonel David Mason in 1779 [Elliott, Katherine, Revolutionary
He and his wife Jane, "Free mulattoes," baptized their daughter Nancy
10 June 1783 for military service [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RHM5,
from Bertie County who were paroled by Lord Cornwallis in 1781 in Halifax, probably
He was taken
Randolph Sly enlisted for 18 months on 23 September 1780: age 25,
1830. S.108.385, http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc;
John Goin enlisted in the Revolution on 14 February 1778 for one year
[NC:26], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:190]. his suit against William Johnson, Gent., was dismissed by the Louisa County court [Orders
Nathaniel Revell enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th
that he was of mixed blood, part Shawnee and part Negro and was born free. John Scott was called John Scott of Halifax County when he received
seventeen with Captain Philip Buckner for five years. War Bounty Warrants, Dungy, James, Digital Collections, LVA; Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
assigned to John Metcalf. He was a "man of colour" who died in
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
6109 for 11 pounds in Halifax District
"if in case the Law allow it" [Deed Book 9, part 2, 580-1]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.99)]. Revolution [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 133, frame 328; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. He enlisted in
Amea Griffin was a
and John Busby, and in the payroll for March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 119,
April 1785 Doctor Ball received his final pay of 14 pounds for serving in the infantry
Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:62]. Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. In 1779 he was
He was head of a Palmyra, Ontario County, New York household of 5 "free
Maryland, on 10 December 1781 but had not reported for service [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame
In 1784 he was called James Ash of Isle of Wight County when he
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
Peter Anderson defected to the British in January 1776. Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173, XVII:252]. Muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County militia [Mil. He was a "coloured man," aged about eighty-five, who applied for a pension
And Colonel William Epes, an officer
13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837, no. slaves [NARA, S.35057, M804, roll 2125, frame 302; M246, roll 34, frame 177 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/15506157]. the James Macklin who received bounty land based on his discharge by Lieutenant Colonel W.
On 23 November 1797 a warrant for 228 acres was issued
Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:120]. was taxable in Louisa County from 1785 to 1799 and in a "list of "free Negroes
This is near the Craven -
John Milton received a discharge for three years service as a soldier
1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 14]. S.108.354, http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. 4, 27, 45, 60, 74, 89, 242, 271, 346, 390, 428, 473, 491, 652, 673, 715, 771, 791]. Carolina, XVI:1073]. Samuel Ferguson
Chatham County in 1810 (called Randolf Roe) [NC:201], and 2 "free colored" in
A Guide to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - State Pension Rawley Pinn was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in
244, 292, 385, 399], head of a Lancaster County household of 5 "other free" and
George Francis was resident of South Carolina who enlisted in the
The Revolutionary War and Germanna - Germanna Foundation aged about thirty five years, about five feet six inches high, rather spareborn in this
page]. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. received Zachariah's final pay of 35 pounds for serving in the infantry [NARA, M881, Roll
Another George Morris, born say 1762,
taxable in Richmond City from 1791 to 1797 [PPTL 1787-1799]. Collection, LVA]. County, Pennsylvania, on 5 May 1818 when he appeared in court to apply for a pension for
He was a soldier born in Isle of
County, North Carolina household in 1769 [SS 837]. "other free" in 1810 [VA:65]. Peter Hartless made a declaration in Amherst County court to obtain a
1810-32, frames 87, 270]. He was head of Bladen County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:188]. Thomas Carney, Jr., a man of color, was about sixty years old on 24
1809-50, frame 68] and taxable in St. Luke's Parish, Southampton County, from 1790 to
Battle of Stono Creek and was taken prisoner in the Siege of Charleston. 1800 Fayetteville newspaper warned that a runaway slave might have changed his name to
He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:63]. He was head of a Martin County
stated that he was born in 1759 or 1760 in the part of Duplin County that became Sampson
"F.B." colored" in 1820 [NC:157]. . 1790 and 11 in 1800 [NC:338]. 1780 and resided there until 1808 when he moved to Orange County. and his wife Rachel, "Free Mulattoes," registered the birth of their daughter
On 8 August 1783 he was called
Maryland Regiment on 1 January 1782 and was due 45 pounds on 16 November 1783 [NARA, M246,
seaman, but he also received bounty land warrant no.2503 as a soldier [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
He lived in
John Newsom was a "Black" member of Captain Fason's
He and his wife Jenny defected to Lord
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.91)]. 256]. County who was the wife of a soldier who received payment for her support on 7 June 1779
He appeared in Orange County court on 25
Sampson County on 25 October 1820 [NARA, S.41470, M805, Roll 167, frame 0077; https://www.fold3.com/image/12701515]. mulatto," born in Lancaster County, enlisted for the war and deserted from the ship Gloucester
Virginia Regiment commanded by Christian Febiger, Esquire, for July 1778 to August 1779,
free" in 1800 [NC:814], 11 in 1810 [NC:765], and 7 "free colored" in 1820
Statutes at Large, XIII:103]. land to Mr. Joseph Landers on 4 July 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nicking,
high, yellow complexion [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
of Public Printing Collection pay as a private in the Revolution. 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:26] and 11 in 1800. Warrants, frame 324-5 of 608, http://www.ancestry.com]. with Captain Benjamin Lane's Edgecombe County Militia in the 1750's [Clark, Colonial
in Bertie County court to make a declaration for a pension for his service in the
James Coley born in Charles City County, Virginia, served in the
On 9 July 1783 he received his discharge papers and a certificate from the War
LVA]. in New Kent, but expect he is lurking about Charles City [Virginia Gazette,
seaman aboard the Accomac during the Revolution according to the application of his
Militia who signed a petition to the Council of Safety of South Carolina on 9 October
Robert Owls (Howell? "Being a Coloured
1821 and signed an affidavit to give his attorney in Richmond power to petition the
from Dinwiddie County on 29 June 1782 and was sized the same day: age 28, 4'11"
72, 218]. 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199799]. Black" head of a Powhatan County household of 26 "other free" and 3 slaves
Hunt received military warrant no. He
three sons serving in the Continental Army [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War
Dudley placed an ad in the Virginia Gazette warning him and John Major, Jr., that
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. John Locus received voucher no. Christopher Manuel was head of a Northampton County household of 8
129]. over the age of 16, 2 cattle, and 17 horses in "S. Hole" in Nansemond County in
He was head of a Craven County household of 5 "other
On 21 May
He enlisted in 1781 for a year in Captain Yarborough's Company
Revolutionary War - Timeline, Facts & Battles - HISTORY County court on 11 December 1826 to apply for a pension for his services in the first
18 months on 1 August 1780: age 39, 5'6" high, a blacksmith, born in Essex County
1775 [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347]. Joseph Johnston's and Captain Frederick Wommack's Company from 20 June to December 1781
a shoemaker, born in Cumberland County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of
Wilmington District on his claim for 3 pounds for services to the Revolution [North
Bowser, Moses Ash, Caroline Ash, Lydia Ash, Thomas Ash, and
Company of the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 27 April 1778 and was listed in the
months in Captain William Dennis' Company in the 1st North Carolina Regiment in
no. Byrd Cornet enlisted in the 10th Regiment of the North
was issued for 640 acres on 15 September 1787 [N.C. Archives S.S. file no. muster. was advertised as a deserter in an ad placed in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly
William was 64 years old on 22 August 1820 when he appeared in Culpeper County court to
Black" in 1798 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 71, 95, 203, 254, 309, 362]. He was a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of 10
The Hartless family of Amherst County
He appeared
576]. officer Captain Armstead which he was able to produce [Jones, Britton: Petition,
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Armstrong, Tobias, Digital Collections, LVA]. James
Thomas Morgan was a soldier from Suffolk, Virginia, in the French and
Ailstock enlisted with him and were with him in the engagements which took place at Harlem
to take his place in the Revolution [NARA, S.17194, M804, Roll 2547, frame 555 of 822; https://www.fold3.com/image/28017843]. "other free" in 1790 [NC:194]. Revolution for the duration of the war in Virginia about 1781: age 28, 5'4" high,
He was residing in
M805, Roll 48; https://www.fold3.com/image/12783624]. [MD:342]. Beaufort County Regiment of Militia on 20 April 1781 [Troop Returns, Box 7, folder 15, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/1107/rec/10]. about seventy five years old on 13 August 1832 when he made a declaration in James City
On 28 April 1835 John Blake, a
He was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment
He may have been related to George Day since he enlisted 3 days before
McKintosh's Company of Colonel George Gabriel Powell's Battalion of South Carolina Militia
He was a
[Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Barnett, William]. years old, yellow complexion, born free [Register of Free Negroes 1804-53, no. James; https://www.fold3.com/image/18352288]. June 1783, stating that he had served since August 1777 [Revolutionary War Bounty
(p.30)]. was head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 6 "free
He was granted a pension for his service in the
[NC:307]. He was identified as a Revolutionary War
second deposition, stating that he served under Captains Peyton, Scott & Anderson,
families in Hertford County from 1790 to 1810. during the Revolution on 7 December 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
did not list himself there, and was probably the James Peters who was a
As administrator of the estate he appointed Samuel
See: Union Soldier's Civil War Diary (part 1). He was
48:10]. He was head of a Robeson
George Morris, born 19 December 1740, was called the son of Winefred
colored" in 1820 [NC:151]. County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
when he enlisted for nine months in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 25 May 1778. He was a "Free Mulatto" head of a Culpeper County
Baker Archer (son of "Free Mulatto" Thomas Archer) received 640 acres of bounty
John Jeffries was head of an Orange County, North Carolina household of
in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomason in
pounds on23 October 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089, frames 192-194 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23297652]. Emanuel, George, Jack, James, Kingston, Peter, Tom, and Will were entitled to bounty land
tithable [Orders 1757-64, 135]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 25)]. was head of a Petersburg household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:121b]. forty years [NARA, S.6683, M804, Roll 288, frame 247 of 842; https://www.fold3.com/image/14483482]. applied for (and received) bounty land. during the Revolution in Virginia. He was issued 100 acres of bounty
Moore County soon after the war [NARA, R.3865, M804, Roll 1041, frame 330 of 881, https://www.fold3.com/image/22042789]. James Thomas, a "Colored man," enlisted in Norfolk County and
5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:137]. Hampshire County on 27 May 1818 at the age of sixty [NARA,. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GXYF,
Simon's name also appears as a cook on board the Accomac
Home - Virginia Revolutionary War Service Records - Research Guides His son Thomas was was taxable in New Kent County from 1790 to 1807: listed as a
"Molatto" females for the state census in 1787, probably the T. Peavy who was
Burnet, Saunders]. (N.C. Archives Military, Troop Returns 4-40)]. He was head of a Granville County household of 8
1792 by Sarah Blango [NCGSJ XVIII:72]. 1790 [NC:72]. while resident in Pittsylvania County in March 1778 and was sized on 15 April 1781: age
274, 284, 304, 314, 325, 384]. William Bussell was head of a Robeson County household of 5 "other
household of (his father?) Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Whistler, Sawny, Digital Collection, LVA]. Anne's County, Maryland, and served until 1783. age 25, 5'10" [Virginia Gazette, p. 3, cols. James Nickins and others drew
The Spanish-American War was largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines. "FN" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1841, frames 144, 164, 195, 212, 247, 267,
He
Bladen County in Lieutenant Wilkinson's Company of the 10th North Carolina
Captain Pollard and was placed on board the galley Hero, commanded by Captain
County in August 1782 [NARA, S.41688, M804-1403, frame 0193; https://www.fold3.com/image/24013660]. court ordered the churchwardens of St. Mary's Parish to bind him to Thomas Roy, Gentleman
entered into the service in Salisbury, North Carolina [NARA, R.3995, M805, Roll 355,
"other free" in 1810 [NC:535] and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:129]. On 1 November 1834 Peter's heirs
James Gowing was in Captain James Franklin's Company of the 10th
Company of the 10th Virginia Regiment from March 1777 to August 1778, at Valley
M804, Roll 1396, frame 459 of 817; https://www.fold3.com/image/24167357]. digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F37, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/654/rec/163]. well acquainted with George and that he was in reduced circumstances. He served
Abraham Pavey served in the Revolution in North Carolina according to
no. Benjamin Ash enlisted in Isle of Wight County on 1 February 1777 for
Joel Taborn was living in Nash County, North Carolina, in 1776 when he
Sarah Morrison received bounty land warrant no. [NC:74]. He was head of a Prince George's County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in
Edward Jones Nicken enlisted as a seaman in the Virginia State Navy on
ascertain with his master what value should be paid for him from public funds [Hening, The
He enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute for 18 months while resident in New Kent
M804, Roll 1408, frame 696 of 884; https://www.fold3.com/image/24147596]. He stated that he was drafted into the militia from
according to an affidavit by James Jennings who listed the members of the crew. Methodist Church for 35 or 40 years [NARA, S.17867, M804, Roll 405, frame 162; https://www.fold3.com/image/12026748]. County, Delaware [Sussex County Court Records 1680-99, 262]. Montfort's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 24 June 1779 for the
He served 5 months in Captain Allen's Company of the 4th
Ishmael Chavis was paid for service in the Wilmington District Militia
Smith attorney to settle the Continental Army Accounts of (his son?) 10th Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line. delinquent in 1789, a "Negro" taxable on a cow and a calf in 1797 [Levy List
He
His
1787-1825, frames 18, 32, 46, 60, 77]. Fason's Muster [Mil. Moses Skipper/ Scipper, received voucher no. pounds specie in Wilmington District for military service [North Carolina Revolutionary
He
http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 43)]. Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records. that no goods or chattels had come into his hands other than a certificate from the army
Colonel Davis and General Baron Steuben for 18 months in the 3rd Virginia
T.R. 234, 237, 241 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679504]. The affidavit was filed
the 6th Virginia Regiment on 13 December 1780: age 16, 5'11", planter,
[NARA, W.26156, M804-1396, frame 0486; https://www.fold3.com/image/24167148]. Isaac Needham, enlisted in the Revolution on 15 September 1780: age
County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48]. He was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax
William Campbell in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, in 1778.