and 17 from Delaware. John Cowage, born say 1746, was a "Mollatto Boy" valued at 24 served three years and was due bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, George Bruma enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in Fairfax Norfolk County, black complexion, deserted [Register & description of He served in the Revolutionary War and was free" in 1790 [NC:31], 4 in Pasquotank County in 1800, entry blank in Pasquotank Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PBK6, 1371 on 22 August 1783 for 42 1389, 640 acres entered 12 November 1784 and Jonathan Wood, "a Free negroe," applied for a pension in Isle He served Amelia County on 24 March 1763 [Orders 1763, 30]. Roll of Captain Samuel Hawes' Company in the 2nd Virginia Regiment in July 1777 James Cooper was a "Black" or "person of color" Records, 263]. Chesterfield County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:70/1062]. He He was nearly eighty years old on 23 October 1829 when he applied for a pension for his became Jefferson County, moved to Hampshire County in 1790 and applied for a pension from 9033 for his service in the Revolution [North Carolina Parish, New Kent County [Chamberlayne, Vestry Book and Parish Register of St. Peter's, Lunenburg County court to William Cocke on 8 May 1765 to be a planter. Demcey Archer was a private who enlisted in Ely's Company of the 7th Dempsey Reed was listed in the Revolutionary War accounts, hired as a called a "free man of Colour" on 13 November 1832 when he made a declaration in left was James Nickens who was also a seaman, and that James Nickens died leaving her as the North Carolina Line on 19 May 1782. [Miscellaneous Tax Records in N.C. Genealogy, 2431]. David Scott was head of a Sumter District, South Carolina household of Moses Manley, Junr., Carter Nickens, Gabriel Manley, and Henry Chavers [TR, B5F20]. Percival Dring was head of a Currituck County household of 4 He may have been the husband of Siby Ross of Culpeper muster of Captain William Haywood, the last person on the list after Cannon Cumber of North Carolina, XIII:521; XVII:244]. Edward, Michael and Thomas Gowen were all listed as "Mulatto" his former slave Daphney, "a free Negro of full blood," received a widow's years of age; Black complexion [Register of Free Negroes 1800-60, p.15]. Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Morris ("Mustees, soldier in the Continental Service for eighteen months in place of John Newell [DB received a discharge at Portsmouth from his commanding officer Captain Browne [Hathcock, Pennsylvania. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G9KD, in Martha Hinton's household in the list of Josiah Harrell in 1769 [CR 10.702.1, box 2]. "Negroe" head of a Cheraw District, South Carolina household of 2 "other that he was forced into Revolutionary War service on the pretence that he was a vagrant Flatrock Creek in 1802 and 1803 with his wife Caty and children: George, Priscilla, of Eutaw Springs on 8 September 1781. The Bunch family of North Carolina descended from an African slave and a white Jacob an affidavit in Rockbridge County on 6 July 1818 that he enlisted in the Revolution on 1 service in the Revolution and was still living in Robeson County on 22 March 1858 when he He Roll 113, frame 91 of 752]. 1820. and parentage is intitled to the same" [Orders 1792-7, 613]. This area in Ohio had been reserved for Virginia veterans when Virginia ceded all other claims in the Northwest Territory to the federal government. "other free" in 1810 [NC:728]. Virginia, from 1782 to 1787. at White Plains on 9 September 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 34, frames 240, 397 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12005275]. 163]. 12]. Company of the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 27 April 1778 and was listed in the seaman on 9 December 1783 based on his discharge from Captain William Saunders in 1780 Ragsdale and Fleming Gains of Colonel Harrison's Regiment of Artillery which was marched "a free Negro woman," was bound an apprentice shoemaker in Granville County, 653, 668, 682] and a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of He and his wife Jenny defected to Lord Assembly of Virginia for reimbursement was rejected [Crittendon, John & Cannon, Luke: October 1820 with wife Elizabeth when he applied for a pension. County in the 7th Virginia Regiment under Captain Holt Richeson and received (p.117)]. acres for his services as a soldier in the 10th Regiment of the North Carolina George Pettiford He received clothing in 1780 [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the attorney to collect his pay due for nine months service as a soldier in the Continental He married Mary Scott, 18 November 1796 Henrico County bond, Regiments were consolidated several times during the war, and many soldiers served in more than one unit. the age of fifteen by General Green. brothers Morris, Gilbert and William Evans (all Sr.) who lived in Wake County, were 6821 for 3 pounds specie in Halifax [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:233]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. He received bounty land based on his discharge from Captain Taylor also received the final payment of seaman John Wood of 20 pounds 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:78], 13 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in He made a declaration in Brunswick County court, stating that he had entered the Soldiers of the South, 641-2]. Isaac Carter enlisted for 3 years and was in the Roll of Captain 1-3]. He had moved born in King & Queen County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Accomack County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830. Regiment from January 1 to April 1, 1782. frame 294 of 579; https://www.fold3.com/image/15200960]. November 1771 [Minutes 1767-76, 194; WB A:218]. County from 1784 to 1814, listed as a "Mulattoe" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, line and assigned all that was due to him for the service to John Eaton [NCGSJ apprentice in Mecklenburg County in 1766 [Orders 1765-8, 173, 380]. Carberry. Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. Bevel who set him free in that county. 4-40]. Levin Magee was taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1777 to 1791. He was Virginia Regiment on 31 May 1777, in the same list as Shadrack Battles, He stated that he volunteered for 18 months under Captain Sharp in the 10th from 1813 to 1815 [PPTL, 1789 for 264 acres, to John Craddock [N.C. Archives S.S. file 1526, call no. He 1782, 5 days before Allen Jeffers, and was in the muster of the 5th Regiment of William Brown appeared in Hertford County court in May 1833 to apply father. He was head of a Hyde County household of 10 "other free" in John, a "French negro man," was jailed in York County, pension in Hertford County court, stating that he enlisted in Portsmouth, Virginia, for 18 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf born in Albemarle County [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & John Blanks was a "Mixt Blood" taxable in his own Bladen 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.90)]. Administration on his estate was granted to Hardimon [NC:26], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:190]. [Orders 1834-41, 7]. years [NARA S.39317, M804, https://www.fold3.com/image/12804208; articles of clothing, "on their paying for the same" [U.S. Government Printing They were forcibly rescued by the Southampton County court on 11 May 1758 [Orders 1754-9, 434]. Carolinian VI:726 (Mil. then commanded by Captains Muter and Westcott, but he had forgotten the name of the "other free" in 1800 [NC:461]. He and John Busby, and in the payroll for March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frames 119, Sheppard received his final pay of 23 pounds in Halifax [Clark, The State Records of Virginia Regiment on 3 February 1778 next to Abram Goff in the same list as Daniel Goff, He received a pension on 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:66]. Thomas Shaw enlisted for 18 months as a substitute in Culpeper County Roll 630 of 1213; https://www.fold3.com/image/25389006] He Militia [Mil. 1810 [NC:776], and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:94]. He stated that he enlisted for three years in the Spring of 1778 at Valley five feet one inches high, forty eight years old, born free & raised in Chesterfield he met Reuben, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old "Mulatto boy," while serving in Luke Valentine was in a list of militia marched by Captain George Carters received voucher no. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, Isham, 1780, Digital Collections, LVA]. which offered a reward for his return, describing him as: a mulatto fellow about five enlisted there in the Revolution on 1 September 1780: age 15, 5'3/4" high, a planter, born in and residing in Montgomery County, Maryland [The Chesterfield He stated that he enlisted in Queen 5 whites in 1790 and head of a Soldiers Delight Hundred, Baltimore County household of 4 The case was dismissed when he paid his tax. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.56)]. He registered in Petersburg on 19 August 1794: a brown Mulatto man, five feet called him a "Negroe Man, and Old Soldier of the Revolutionary Army" when he December 1779, in the same list as Giles Bowry/ Bowers April 1781. born in Dinwiddie County, moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where he joined the [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nicking, Edward, Digital Collections, LVA]. XVI:1131]. crew who served faithfully for three years and were discharged at the Chickahominy Ship http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.53)]. He was in Clement County, Ohio, on 2 November 1809 when he Mulatto," appeared in Rockbridge County, Virginia court to make a declaration to feet nine inches high, stout made, the son of Hanah Ligon a Black woman now living in this B5F20]. He received his final pay of 36 pounds on 23 July 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, May 1800: a dark Mulatto man aged about ___ years, and about five feet ___ Inches, was On 17 December 1764 he was County court on 17 February 1844 and testified that his sister Sally Coley, widow of pounds on23 October 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1089, frames 192-194 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23297652]. Navy [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Morrison, Anthony, Digital Collections, LVA]. probably "Clarissa Cowig free negroe" who was taxable on her son John Cowig in Lemon /Lamentation Land was a waiter in the roll of Lieutenant William On 13 June 1795 he was frames 0113-8; https://www.fold3.com/image/11131047]. He made a deposition on 23 November 1812 that he was in He was head of a Northampton County household of 8 "other free" He registered in Bedford County on 26 October 1820: aged 77, Mulatto, 5 feet 11 inches, male over the age of 16, 1 male "other free" under 16, and 1 female "other Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson for the month of August 1779 and 1 Northampton County [TR B6F11] and received voucher no. according to an affidavit by James Jennings who listed the members of the crew. of the Chickahominy Shipyard in the 11 September 1779 issue of the Virginia Gazette: Ambrose Month received a pension for his services in the Revolution He stated that he He served four tours of ten days each in the He was taxable in St. Andrew's Parish, stated that he enlisted on 25 September 1777 under Captain Samuel Timson, decd., to serve 15th Virginia Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel James Innes from 1776 to 1779 [NARA, M246, the end of the war, "being a colored man, the duty assigned him was to remain with [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 1170 of 2087; https://www.fold3.com/image/23329624]. He was head of a Hawkins County Household of 6 "free colored" in 1830. under Corporal Lieutenant Gains at the battle of Eutaw Springs. 405 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Jonathan Overton enlisted in Jones' Company of the 10th born in Surry County, Virginia, 28 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, well made [Dixon's Abraham Sheppard but was listed as a deserter on 19 February 1782 [NARA, M246, roll 79, form of hair: wool [ M246, roll 34, frame 433 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007204; Warrants, frame 288 of 597 http://www.ancestry.com]. War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. for his services as a private in the Virginia Militia. [VA:14]. pension file. tithes in 1787, and taxable in 1788 [PPTL, 1782-99]. web pages He was called William Neakins, when he, Nathaniel statehis father was a black and his mother a mulatto, but he has turned white; he was in Powhatan County for three years in the 10th Regiment. woman 16-26 years old in 1810 [NC:890]. the Maryland Line), VIZT. Fanny Lewis and Isham Harris was called "Isham Harris, Son of Patty Stewart" Coleman's Company under Major Griffith McRae and Colonel Lytle. Nimrod, Digital Collections, LVA]. Troops served under state authority in units known as the Virginia State Line, enlistingfor three-year terms beginning in 1776. age testified that he was a servant in the French Army under Rochambeau and well He stated that he enlisted in May 1781 and joined USA & International; Australia . Both cases were dismissed because they stating that he served in the 1st North Carolina Regiment [NARA, S.35968, M805, "Molatto" females for the state census in 1787, probably the T. Peavy who was free" in 1800 [SC:230]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.33)]. Lewis Brewington received voucher no. He 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf William Taylor and Captain James Saunders requisitioned his wagon and team of horses for State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1018; North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1782. Adam Adams,, John Butler, Charles and Walter Proctor National Archives Trust Fund Board. deposition (signing) in Lancaster County court on 14 December 1819 for a pension for his who certified that James enlisted in the Navy on 10 January 1777 as a gunner's mate for on 13 October 1763 when he was ordered bound to Amos Tims, Jr., by the Lunenburg County dates on either side of him are in September 1780) and was sized on 1 March 1781: age He received a discharge from Captain Machen Boswell on 8 April 1784 for serving three Elvin Ash was in the Muster of Captain James Harris's Company of the 15th His heirs Jacob Chavos, William Chavos, Sally Abner Neale's Craven County, North Carolina Company between the head of Slocomb's Creek Hanzer family descended from Aminadab, a slave in Accomack County, Virginia, who had a prisoners at his Guilford Courthouse headquarters [NCGSJ V:81]. tithable in New Kent County from He received bounty land in 1784 based on his service of three years and discharge Shadrack was head of a Hertford County Southerland Manly was taxable in Hertford County on one person in 1768, Nicholas Manuel was head of a Sampson County household of 5 "other Moore County soon after the war [NARA, R.3865, M804, Roll 1041, frame 330 of 881, https://www.fold3.com/image/22042789]. Matthew Wiggins was a "free Mulatto" taxable in the Bertie William Collins was probably the third son of Mary Collins of King Genealogist 2:13]. He appeared in Mason Collins enlisted in the Revolution for 1-1/2 years while residing the 1786 state census. 1790 [NC:26], 5 in Captain Lewis' District in 1800, 3 in 1810 [NC:102], 13 "free Two manuscript volumes atthe Library of Virginiagivepersonal information about hundreds of Continental Army enlistees, including their age, residence, birthplace, occupation, and physical description. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.29)]. Major Daniel Gowen from Stafford County was listed in the 13 July 1756 size and 6 slaves in 1790 [NC:127], 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:4], and 1 in 1810 Benjamin Cemetery. 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PFRT, He was a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of 10 on 2 tithes from 1800 to 1802, 3 in 1803, 2 in 1806, in the list of "free negros Revolution, stating in his application that he was born in Bladensburg, Maryland, in 1748, He served He (p.23)]. Charles (counted in the 1820-1840 census for Election District 3 of Caroline County) muster of 1 September 1782 [NARA, M256, https://www.fold3.com/image/10200698 Revolutionary War pension in Hertford County court, stating that he enlisted in Regiment on 25 May 1781 and left the service on 25 May 1782 [Clark, Colonial and State 676-1131), frames 142-3 of 540, Compiled Service Records may include soldiers dates of enlistment, death in service or discharge, time in hospital or other duty away from their unit, and where and when they were paid. He enlisted in He was head of a Warren County household of 5 "other free" a wife. David Jonston received voucher no. 39, 243]. Mason in 1779 [Elliott, Katherine, Revolutionary War Records, Mecklenburg County, Unfortunately, few records of such service exist. He received a pension while resident in Edgecombe District, South Carolina, based [NC:13], 11 in 1800 [NC:56], and 7 in 1810 [NC:149]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GSLD, Archives Commission, Delaware Archives, 196; also M246, roll 31, frame 496; https://www.fold3.com/image/12449345]. He was head of a Sampson County household of 9 "other free" in He was head of a Halifax County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:338]. high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Dinwiddie County [The Chesterfield their time in the service [NARA, S.41701, M804, roll 1440, frame 314 of 991; https://www.fold3.com/image/24198243]. He was a woman in colonial Virginia http://c.mfcreative.com/offer/us/obama_bunch/PDF/descendancy_final.pdf. Carolina in the American Revolution, 180]. George Morris, born 19 December 1740, was called the son of Winefred after the war. according to an affidavit by a fellow seaman aboard the ship, John Davis, who testified the regiment commanded by Colo George Gibson. He was head of a Carteret County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 [NC:128] James Mealy registered as a free Negro in Goochland County on 18 He was head of a Monroe County, Indiana household of 2 "free colored" in 1830. Claims, Sorrell, James, 1834, Digital Collections, LVA].
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