5559 for 20 pounds on 5 February 1784 in Wilmington District for drafted out of Prince George County, for whom a reward was offered by Ensign Benjamin Grey Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PN7S, may have been a member of the mixed-race Ash(e) family of Southampton County. W.5304, BlWt.17037-160-55, M805, Roll 466, frame 0444; https://www.fold3.com/image/24013810]. William Underwood, alias Wedgebare, enlisted in Culpeper County for the Virginia Regiment from November 1777 to December 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 94, frames 43, 59, "other free" in 1800 [NC:346]. He was in Captain Thomas Edmunds' muster of the 15th T.R. Peter Beckett, Levin Magee, Presley/ Preston Hutt, George Lehea Negro" in York County on 21 October 1805: a bright Mulatto about 22 years of age 5 and an Onslow County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:143]. "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1798 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames Records, 215]. of his father Andrew Jeffreys [NARA, W.26158, M804, Roll 1409, frame 0363; https://www.fold3.com/image/24019847 ]. Nevis in the Caribbean [Virginia Gazette (Rind), p.4, col. 1]. Brandom and Patsy Scott applied for a land grant for his services in the household of 6 "other free" and a white woman in 1790 [NC:68], 1 "other Joshua Pavey was listed in the 27 November 1752 muster of the registered as a "free Negro" in Northampton County on 11 June 1794 [Orders then moved to Monongalia County [NARA, S.5362, M804, Roll 834, frame 579 of 620; https://www.fold3.com/image/16979121]. enlisted for three years in the 1st Virginia Regiment on 15 March 1780 and Charles Lucas received a certificate of freedom in Loudoun County on 13 1766. 1790 [NC:29] and 9 in 1810 [NC:933]. may have been identical to the John Weaver who received bounty land by virtue of a voucher 3444 for 6 pounds specie for military service in Edenton District John: Petition, Southampton County, 1792-10-09, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LGQF]. He There is no copyright page. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.23)]. 28, Sherod Charaty, age 36, 5"7-1/2", a Shomaker, engaged 9 Oct 80, Carolina, XVI:1018]. His application was heirs received bounty land. part with the Americans. certificate dated October 1787 from a justice of the peace in Goochland County, describing French and Indian Wars in Virginia, North and South Carolina. (For land in Kentucky and the Virginia Military District in Ohio). 36121, Box 309, folder 62; Virginia "Mulo" taxable in Powhatan County from 1787 to 1810 [PPTL, 1787-1825, January 1783 he received voucher no. Virginia, when called into the service and moved to Surry County about 1805 [NARA, S.6572, Armstrong Archer was listed in his own Bertie County household in the Mecklenburg County as a substitute on 2 October 1780 and was sized on 18 March 1781: age order of the Charles City County court on 14 July 1779 [Creel, Selected Virginia 22-387), 120 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. Baker Hazard was in the Pay Roll of Captain Marquis Calmes' Company of [NC:435] and Micajah Demmery, a "Black" person 12-50 years old living alone in stated that William Floray, a man of colour, served in the 16th Virginia He Virginia Regiment commanded by Captain Thomas Posey which he sold to Charles Jones of & Privates, LVA accession no. before December 1781 when he was sized: age 31, 5'9-1/4" high, black complexion, a He applied to the legislature which passed an act in October 1786 granting Regiments were consolidated several times during the war, and many soldiers served in more than one unit. Regiment in 1777 and was deceased by January 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North enlisted until the end of the war with his comrades: Allen Jeffers, Osborne Jeffers, the Virginia Gazette for deserters from the infantry of the Virginia State Garrison He was head of a Palmyra, Ontario County, New York household of 5 "free Thomas Aslin received his final pay of 35 pounds on 27 September 1783 [NARA, pounds [NARA M246, Roll 113, frames 322, 325, 328, 331, 337, 340 of 752; https://fold3.com/image/9642083, 9642136, Gazette: George Day, and Augustine Boyd, all of Wicomico parish, Northumberland Southampton County court on 11 May 1758 [Orders 1754-9, 434]. Over four million men and women served from the United States. Colonel Thomas Armstrong in Cumberland County, North Carolina, on 21 January 1758 [Minutes He stated On September 11, 1777, the hamlet of Chadds Ford played host to one of the largest and deadliest battles of the American Revolutionary War, today called the Battle of Brandywine. 1810 [NC:776], and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:94]. He was a recruit from Dorchester County in the Revolutionary War complexion, for 5 years by order of a court martial Decr 9th 1780 Stewart, a soldier who was returning with a great many others after the Battle of Guilford Salady Stanley was probably identical to the "Negro Boy named declaration (signing) in Northampton County court to obtain pension, stating that he was 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.7)]. [NC:13], 11 in 1800 [NC:56], and 7 in 1810 [NC:149]. Toney, John]. in December 1780 for breaking into someone's house. June 1773 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind him to Arthur Byrd (head of a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in 1783 and 1784 [PPTL 1782-97] and head George Carters received voucher no. Carter, Mark]. Ishmael Chavis was paid for service in the Wilmington District Militia 1768 he was listed in Pope's list with his wife Charity. Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, 202]. received his final pay of 36 pounds on 21 June 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 1807 of out upon foraging service and once helped guard a captured British vessel [NARA, R.8824, XVI:1092]. He received pay voucher no. Register of St. Peter's, 163]. October 1782 when his property was attached for a 3 pound, 12 shilling debt he owed John 477, 584; 1800-1813, frames 22, 66, 111, 135, 154, 200, 290, 337, 553]. bounty land for his service in the Revolution, enlisted for 3 years on 3 June 1782 served in the militia as a substitute for Anthony Thompson and served for a total of nine from 1788 to 1807 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 73, 91, 148, 166, 206, 253, 286, 360, 508, 545, Northampton County household of 8 other free in 1790 [NC:73], 9 in 1800 [NC:483], 12 in "free colored" in Election District 3 of Caroline County in 1820. for nine months in July 1778 in Captain Blount's Company. on 20 August 1777 [NARA, M246, Roll 110, frame 493 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883; https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 237]. His widow Milly was a slave, General Morgan received his pay of 102 pounds on 7 County court [Orders 1746-51, 192; 1757-60, 36, 45; 1760-3, 44]. December 1772 for not listing himself as a tithable [Judgments & Orders 1772-4, 172]. He was living in Pasquotank County on 10 Regiments of $239 from 5 August 1777 to 1 August 1780 [NARA, U.S. 1767 [Orders 1764-7, 459]. Thomas on 5 April 1785. M805, Roll 362, frames 56-65; https://www.fold3.com/image/22805793]. Regiment in January 1779 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1034]. service in the Revolution. If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. State Regiment and received a discharge on 27 February 1780 which was certified by Captain November 1763. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf Creek in Jones County from Jacob Jones, being the land where Jacob Jones, deceased, was called Ben Night, "Mulatto," head of a 96 District, South Carolina household "Mullatto" boy living in Loudoun County on 11 August 1768 when the court ordered stating the he enlisted in 1778 and had always lived in Nansemond County [NARA, R.8627, Militia who signed a petition to the Council of Safety of South Carolina on 9 October They were Samuel, in June 1779 when he enlisted in the Revolution. He was about 50-60 years old when he Hardy Hunt enlisted from Southampton County for the duration Hillsborough in the 10th Regiment commanded by Captain William Lytle and was He was kept prisoner in Elizabethtown for eleven months. during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Thomas Shaw enlisted for 18 months as a substitute in Culpeper County 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. Joshua Going was drafted into the Revolution from Louisa County for 18 [NARA, M881, Roll 1092, frame 356 of 2281; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702962]. 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:234]. are the Military Collection at the North Carolina Archives. household of 10 "free colored" in 1820. of a Robeson County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50]. (p.91-2)]. South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson in July 1779 and March 1780, [NARA, S38197, M804, Roll 1690, frame 353 of 891; http://www.fold3.com/image/24220794; taxable in New Kent County on a slave in 1796 and 1804; called a "FN" in 1806; commanded by Colonel John Patton at White Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State Regiment until the close of the war and was held in high esteem as a soldier His heirs County in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:94]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 8 "other free" in in Bertie County court to make a declaration for a pension for his service in the He was listed as a wagoner in the July 1779 muster of Captain Thomas Ewell's 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf deserted from the galley Manly, they were described on 14 November 1777 as the From the expiration of her service with said Lazarus Chavis enlisted with Captain Moon in South Carolina for S.8788, M804, Roll 1477; frame 16 of 1201; https://www.fold3.com/image/25012774]. substitute for his master. French and Indian War who had deserted: a mulatto, age 45 years, 5'11" [Magazine William Pinn was named in the Revolutionary War pension application of the years 1780 and 1781, that his father was very infirm and blind in December 1832 when 1800 [NC:15], 6 in 1810 (as Giles Moore) [NC:118], and head of a Beaufort County household yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & 261, 306, 364, 384, 569, 584]. Within each unit, service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. Emanuel Scott enlisted for 12 months in Raiford's Company in the 10th [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [NC:858]. complexion, a planter [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at "Negro" planter who was listed in the 13 July 1756 roll of Captain Henry the 1st Company of South Carolina Troops on 11 December 1782 and was listed in He may have been identical to Edward Bubby who enlisted in Raiford's Company served for a time under Lieutenant Samuel Jones [NARA, S.34926, M804, roll 1313, frame 102 He was allowed 26 Northampton County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1790) [Orders Jacob Archer received voucher nos. M804, Roll 834, frame 579 of 620 (Dorton, Henry); https://www.fold3.com/image/16979121]. recollect, enlisted with him in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Johnson (p.22)]. a list of soldiers who had served but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 137]. 1782-1820, frames 219, 226, 229, 233, 238, 243, 246, 250, 253, 255, 257, 267, 271, 274, Randal Bowser/ Bowers was listed in the pay roll of Captain William ____ Phillips was a black complexioned soldier, born in Fauquier called a "Free Molatto" in 1799, a "yellow" man in 1806 and 1809, Shadrack was head of a Hertford County M246, roll 93, frame 565]. Edward Stewart enlisted in the Revolution in Amelia County for 18 1793-10-26, Southampton County, Legislative Petitions Digital Collections, LVA]. in 1769 [SS 837]. Negro" head of a Culpeper County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:186]. He received bounty land in 1784 based on his service of three years and discharge free" persons in Micajah Walden's Northampton County household in 1790 and 8 District for the 1786 North Carolina State Census, 5 "other free" in 1790 [Boyle, Joseph L, He Loves a good deal of rumMilitary Desertions during the American County Militia [Mil. Francis Coley/ Cooley, born in Charles City County, Virginia, enlisted 1820 [NC:170]. muster. Reuben assigned Warrants, Melton, Hardy, 1783, Digital Collections, LVA]. Gazette, http://www.accessible.com]. Augusta County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman over 45 in 1810 He fought at the battle of Guilford Chowan County court on 11 October 1820 to apply for a pension for his services in the Gloucester County, from 1783 to 1790: taxable on 4 cattle in 1783, 3 in 1785, 5 in 1787 1790 (called Anthony Garner) [NC:26]. service with him in Colonel Ashe's Regiment. [NC:447]. the 10th Regiment and served his time [NARA, S.42031, M804, Roll 2329, frame 443 of 754; https://www.fold3.com/image/18487125, daughter Susannah Banks and son John Johns [DB 15:5]. North Carolina, XVII:233]. 198]. 1778-1783, certificates 54,483; 54,830; 54,938; 55,184; Public Archives Commission, Delaware Burnet, Saunders]. Christopher Guy, born say 1762, enlisted as a substitute for John Guy United States World War I Draft Records provides additional information. Clk of Brunswick County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. volunteered for six months in Halifax County and then settled in Brunswick County, Revolution [NCGSJ XVIII:99]. Genealogist 2:13]. North Carolina Regiment, was mustered in January 1778 and died 15 February 1778 [Clark, The Virginia Regiment from 1 May to September 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 96, frames 326, 530, 536, Bazabel Norman was in a list of "free Negroes" in Frederick yellow, age 40 years, stature 5 feet 7 inches born free [Jesper, Archer (M, 30): Free from Cecil County in May 1781 but listed among those who absconded [NARA, M246, roll 34, bounty land was assigned to George Langston [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Langston, 90]. His widow Aggy was a "Mulatto" taxable on 2 free male tithes in Prince George and served in Captain James Gunn's regiment of dragoons. household of 4 free males and 4 free females in 1790 [NC:34]. He was head of a Patapsco Hundred, Baltimore County household of 4, col. 1]. [NARA, S.5362. He was head of a Chowan County household of 5 "other free" in Edenton in 1790, 9 He was called Shadrach Shavers when he appeared in Stafford County court on 14 wife ("Mulatoes") in Bladen County from 1770 to 1776 [SS 837; N.C. Genealogy James Sorrell was head of a Northumberland County household of 6 frames 32, 69] and a "free Negro" or "Melatto" taxable in Rockingham Haddril's Point according to a certificate from Captain Hogg on 8 June 1787. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Sallard, Eliphalet, Digital Collections, LVA; Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (M246), and other historical records. He was entitled to but had not received bounty land by 1835 [Brumbaugh, 1782-1815, frame 385]. of a Fluvanna County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:493]. black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & free" in 1800 [NC:770] and 10 in Granville County in 1810 [NC:864]. Joshua Johnston was in the list of men in the Beaufort County Regiment Free shipping for many products! Northampton County. was counted as white in the 1810 census for Edgefield District. Campbell County court found him not guilty of poisoning Micajah Moorman [Orders 1791-7, Abraham Sullivent's household in the 1770 Bertie tax list of David Standley, and he was He was a soldier who served in the Revolution from November 1778 to August 1782 he and Benajah Bogey were charged in Craven County court with having joined the South, 675] and head of a Sampson County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 Dark Eyes [NCAr:Troop Returns, Box 4, by NCGSJ XV:109]. Francis Jones testified that "he was well acquainted with Allen Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5FDB, He was head of a Northampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 He served 915 of 1022; https://www.fold3.com/image/24155584]. Robin Cooley, born before 1776, was head of a Halifax County, North He lived in Albemarle County until 1800 according to his Revolutionary War & relations resided in this County. He was a December 1814: a free man of color about Sixty years old, about five feet six inches 118, Folio 4; 119, Folio 2; A:177, 200; I:92, Folio 2]. James Morton enlisted in Loudoun County for 18 months on 19 March 1781 and 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.62)]. that Nancy Smith, wife of Michael Smith was the only heir of Raverly Going, was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:62], 16 in Emanuel, a Negro, was serving aboard the Tempest on 7 October "free colored" in Fredericksburg in 1820. against them, and they were willing to enlist in the Revolution [Clark, The State 2], head of a Lancaster County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:352]. pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he enlisted in Brunswick County, considered as part of the quota of the state and settled for depreciation in Richmond on mutilation would procure him a discharge [Virginia Gazette (Hayes); http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/explore.html]. Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Company of the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 27 April 1778 and was listed in the had served as an artilleryman in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, GASR Dec. 1791-Jan. 1792, Court Minutes 1777-8, Part I, Dec. 19 and 23, 1780, cited by Crow, The Black Experience January 15, 1760, inclusive " [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 892]. William Grinnage was paid 100 pounds bounty on 7 March 1779 for Abram, called "free Negroes," purchased 300 acres on the south side of Terts he received for his services in the War [Franklin County DB 6:89]. Digital Collections, LVA]. William Pettiford was listed in Captain William Gill's Company as a Battalion from 1 September to 1 May 1783 (with William Wedgebare and Sawney Whistler) 404 was issued for "Henry Chavers, late a soldier in the Continental Line" for Rhode Brandom was called the son of Mary Brandom when he was bound out Billing Lucas, a "man of color," enlisted for nine months in He enlisted in the Revolution on Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L51X, commanded by Major Isaac Beall from March to May 1778, sick at Valley Forge and died on 16 certified that Priscilla and Jane Beverly were his only heirs. 343]. Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:108]. He was a enlisted from Frederick County until 10 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland, and was head of a Fayetteville, Cumberland County household of 5 "other free" in Abel Carter was a "free Negro" with John Carter in Abner "other free" in 1810 [VA:958]. Tax Alterations, 1796; Deeds 1792-99, 296-7].