in the light horse service. United States World War I Draft Records provides additional information. Thomas Peavey enlisted in Dixon's Company in the 1st North
1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PJ16,
District on 2 October 1783 and 26 January 1785 each for 9 pounds allowed him for his
were in Captain John Bryan's Craven County Company in June 1778 [N.C. Archives, Troop
364-675), frame 286 of 568, ancestry.com]. Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 1 (Jan., 1914), pp. at the skirmish at Halifax [NARA, S.42004, M804, Roll 2136, frame 0433; https://www.fold3.com/image/14643787]. of Wight County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned
Isham Milton/ Melton received a discharge for three years' service in
Anne Arundel County [Archives of Maryland, 18:369]. yellow complexion, born in King George County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
David Fargus enlisted for the war in Chesterfield County in 1781: age
fifty-eight years old on 19 February 1819 when he made a deposition before one of the
He was taxable in York County on 2 tithables, 3 horses and 9 cattle
services in the Revolution. And James Nickins received warrant no. Fought in Burgoyne's Campaign (captured at Saratoga). Goode stated that John and his brother Anthony Chavis
the North Carolina Continental Line in 1786 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina,
Silvester Beverly and Abraham Goff [NARA, M246, Roll 94, frame 43 of 742;
He was listed in the North Carolina Revolutionary War Army
S.41248, M804, Roll 2367, frame 416 of 853; https://www.fold3.com/image/18729500]. XVI:1093; XVII:222]. Regiment Pay Records, 1778-1783, certificates 54,358, 54,816, 54,479, 55,180; Public
He served in the Virginia
He
Armstrong Archer was listed in his own Bertie County household in the
A John Driver was due bounty land for service in the Revolution as a
stated that he was born in 1759 or 1760 in the part of Duplin County that became Sampson
Hardy Hunt enlisted from Southampton County for the duration
for his services as a private in the Virginia Militia. land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Hern, Ephraim, Digital Collections, LVA]. [NARA, M246, roll 113, frames 709, 712; https://www.fold3.com/image/9649552]. being claimed" [Delaware Archives, III:1150]. left was James Nickens who was also a seaman, and that James Nickens died leaving her as
"other free" in 1800 and 9 "other free" in 1810 [DE:93]. same regiment. heirs received bounty land. [Eckenrode, Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:238, citing Auditors'
Vol. He
Collections, LVA]. 24:139]. was mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension application of Holiday Haithcock
Sheppard received his final pay of 23 pounds in Halifax [Clark, The State Records of
752; roll 110, frame 484 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/9639818;
Albemarle County, Virginia, on 18 September 1780 and was sized at Chesterfield County
twenty-one [Orders 1767-70, 110]. March 1781 and was sized about a month later: age 33, 5'7" high, yellow
65]. the 23 April 1779 muster. He may have been the John Scott who was a soldier that died in
1. County [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 767;
1800 [NC:273], 7 in 1810 [NC:842], and 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:162]. household of 1 "Black" male and 2 "Black" females in 1769 and head of
He
He may have married a member of the Chavis family because
Office that he had only received four months pay since 1 January 1782 [Revolutionary War
and a white woman in 1810 [VA:68]. Virginia court to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he
Samuel Overton was a "Molatto" Perquimans County taxable in
Benjamin James enlisted in Hall's Company of the 10th North
They did not return
town of Winton, Hertford County. Company of the 10th Virginia Regiment from March 1777 to August 1778, at Valley
He was in
http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 43)]. Levy Emanuel/ Manuel received voucher no. "other free" females in 1790 [SC:358], 15 "other free" in Barnwell
Williams and "has frequently seen him engaged in driveing the team" [NARA,
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 41)]. forefinger in order to marry a free woman, near Fine Creek Mill in Powhatan County, who
He was at the time
He was head of a Northampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 15
Thomas Sweat was listed in the Muster Roll of Captain Alexander
in 1790 [NC:73], 11 in 1800 [NC:473], and 15 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1810
County [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PY4B]. Robert Mursh/ Mush, born about 1758, was apparently the descendant of
Henry Welch enlisted in the Revolution from Culpeper County for 18
lived there until 1797, then moved to Kentucky and moved to Gallatin in 1815 [NARA,
1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1092, frame 2049 of 2281]. He was a "Mulatto" or
District on 20 September 1783 for 14 pounds specie for his service in the militia pay roll
Revolution, I:129, citing Auditors Account XVIII:534]. John Haithcock testified that he served together with
19, 5'4-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Petersburg [The
He was the freed slave of a Mr. Capers. white woman 26-45 years, and a white boy under ten years of age in 1800 [NC:836] and 5
form of hair: wool [ M246, roll 34, frame 433 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007204;
June 1778 [TR B3F26]. Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:120]. 1074 for 274 acres
free" in 1790. served for the war [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Holmes, Bartlett, Digital
North Carolina Regiment [NARA, W.17665, M805, Roll 219, frame 0072; M804, frame Roll 650,
in the Revolution on 13 October 1780: age 30, 5'6-1/4" high, a taylor, born and
Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He
"other free" in 1790 [NC:23]. John Evans enlisted in the Revolution from Cumberland County, Virginia,
His rank was that of a private with the Virginia Troops and he most . roll 4, 1785-1798, frame 184], head of a Mispillion, Kent County household of 6
Accounts, Blanks, John, VIII:37, Folio 4; W-1:12; IX:93, Folio 1; V:18, Folio 3; VI:29,
He was "a free man of Colour"
2427 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 14, 217]. household in the 1761 list of Robert Harris. Benjamin Grinnage served in the Revolution as a substitute from Queen
Records of North Carolina, XVI:1138]. County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 92, frame 553 of 715; https://www.fold3.com/image/9093719]. again on 25 March 1779 and was on the rolls to April 1780, so his application was denied
December 1797 for his services as a private in the Revolution. He registered in Middlesex County on 26 June 1805: born free; 40
cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. 8, 206]. (Purdie)]. Alexander Ewing on 17 January 1789 [N.C. Archives S.S. file 893, call no. services in the Revolution. By Isaac Weare Hammond. He gave his age
He enlisted as a private in Captain
137]. 708]. State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, J:211;
Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F42, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/699/rec/164]. at Halifax (no date): age 36, 5'9", Black Complexion, enlisted for 12 months in
10079300]. 1784 [Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Kertiller, Abra., Digital Collections, LVA]. Carolina Regiment on 1 August 1782 and was transferred on 27 December 1782 [Clark, The
[Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 718]. the regiment commanded by Colo George Gibson. "Negro" Seamen Abram, Bachus, Boston, Charles, Daniel,
He received a pension of $80 per annum from 3 March 1826 as a private in Major Hardy
[North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P34F,
William Gordon
complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA
2014]. 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110363]. Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the Revolutionary War. Hunt received military warrant no. Line on 9 September 1791. He
Farnham Parish to bind him out to William Downman, the same man Robert Pinn was bound to
not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
199]. 61, frame 18 and NARA, W.8877, M804, Roll 1131, frame 466 of 1121; https://www.fold3.com/image/1/21834694]. He was head of a Gloucester County
Sidney. 1780 [23 December 1819 Lunenburg County Legislative Petition, LVA]. among whose slaves she had a number of relations [Windley, Runaway Slave Advertisements,
Pompey Colless enlisted from Frederick County until 10 December 1781 [Archives
listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 664, 758, 823] and head of a
On 15
enlisted in the Revolution in Virginia in May 1779 and served for the war according to an
was a taxable "free negro" in the district between the Broad and Catawba rivers
court and applied for a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was
infantry [Babtiste, Jean: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital
Jack, both slaves [NARA, S.38166, M804, Roll 1615, frame 0568 (frame 580 of 764 on
He served
He
There is a note from the War
M880, Roll 4; https://www.fold3.com/image/286914564]. He was taxable in New Kent County from
1774 [Woodson, Virginia Tithables From Burned Counties], head of an Amherst County
woman over 45) [NC:118]. He was about 75 years old on 23 December
as a substitute for his master Willis Streater and served for twelve months. List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. He moved to Smith County,
Chesterfield County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned
Carolina, where he was taken prisoner along with Captain Bailey. and died before August court 1791 when his mother Lucy was granted administration on his
pension. And he was a "Mulatto" taxable in Gloucester County from 1801 to
Rous when he received pay for thirty days duty in the militia in 1782, perhaps identical
She received a land warrant for 640 acres for her uncle's service [S.S.
Nathan Sweat was listed in Captain Robert Lide's Company of Volunteer
He was head of a Robeson County household of 11 "other free" in
complexion, farmer, residing in King William County [The Chesterfield Supplement or
affidavit from Lieutenant N. Darby of the 1st Virginia Regiment on 30 June 1783
1781 he was drafted to go down to Yorktown for a total enlistment time of about fifteen
He
[Mecklenburg County Legislative Petitions of 14 December
(p.66)]. from Bertie County who were paroled by Lord Cornwallis in 1781 in Halifax, probably
William Haywood in the 1750s [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 677]. on 27 July 1772 [Orders 1770-2, 315]. for Virginia. additional land was released on 13 December 1805 when Micajah Walden presented the
head of a Wake County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:106] and 1 in 1800
He was living on 7 acres of land in a small house with
North Carolina, XVII:222]. John Overton enlisted as a private in Mills' Company of the 10th
Company of the 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel