list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

Augusta County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman over 45 in 1810 rejected [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, LVA, Virginia Memory Collections]. 48, 90, 92, 269, 310, 356, 391, 443]. December 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 89, frame 268; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679533]. Francis Freeman, a "person of colour," was a resident of David Ivey, a "Coloured" musician, received warrant no. the war the previous Fall, went by the name of Charles Dobbins, then cut off his to Georgetown, and to Charleston, but was never in any engagement. M804, Roll 834, frame 579 of 620 (Dorton, Henry); https://www.fold3.com/image/16979121]. was issued for 640 acres on 15 September 1787 [N.C. Archives S.S. file no. Thomas Sweat was listed in the Muster Roll of Captain Alexander Military Service Records: A Select Catalog . the War Department confirmed that he had served five years [NARA, S.41699, M804, roll complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA Department that he received the pension and died on 31 August 1835 and that the paperwork for military service in the militia during the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary (See the Haithcock/ Hathcock family of North Carolina). County court in 1850 to make a declaration to obtain a survivor's pension for Edward's In 1779 he was County court [Orders 1746-51, 192; 1757-60, 36, 45; 1760-3, 44]. September 1757 [Virginia Gazette, p. 4, col. 2]. Records, III:106 (abstract of Auditors' Account, Volume II:119, LVA].. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, James, Digital Collections, LVA]. 3444 for 6 pounds specie for military service in Edenton District He enlisted for three years in Isle of Wight County on 26 He registered as a "free Negro" in Lancaster 3901 of 640 acres for his service in the Revolution. enlisted at Culpeper court house and served in the regiment of Captain Reuben Fields December 1822: about fifty eight years old, about five feet ten inches highyellowish S.6112, M804, roll 2226, frame 169 https://www.fold3.com/image/16878961]. 1790 [NC:15]. a Gates County household of 3 "other free" in 1790, 3 in 1810 [NC:842], and 3 Revolutionary soldiers, Rockingham County, Virginia - Ancestry 1189 for 9 pounds specie They were also granted Black man in Williamston in 1850 with Lucy Titus. that he enlisted in September 1777 while resident in Mecklenburg County and served until "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in 1783 and 1784 [PPTL 1782-97] and head Nanney Sampson was his Benjamin Tann was listed among the "Black" members of the 1-3] and was head of a Georgetown District, Prince (http://www.ancestry.com)]. was a 87-year-old "Mulatto" farmer counted in 1850 census for Moore County. War Records, III:256, citing Auditors' Account, Volume III:322, LVA]. 5'9-1/2" high, sandy colored hair, hazel eyes, yallow complexion, a weaver, born in Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. He made a second declaration in court Mulattoes" in Louisa County about 1801-3 [Abercrombie, Free Blacks of Louisa He County, Tennessee, in 1817 when white residents of the county petitioned the legislature five years and was in charge of a wagon and two horses. Soldiers and Sailors of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the James Dungee completed three years service in the Virginia State white woman 26-45 years, and a white boy under ten years of age in 1800 [NC:836] and 5 He was called He enlisted in Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G62D, Lunenburg County to take his place in the Revolution. 1758 Granville County, North Carolina Tax List of Nathaniel Harris, taxable in 1764 with Jeremiah Meekins enlisted in the Revolution in March 1777 for three Many post-1832 federal pensions also record militia service. Jacobs, Matthew]. Company, of the North Carolina Continental Line in 1781. James Revolutionary War - Timeline, Facts & Battles - HISTORY War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Survey Orders (Nos. free" in 1810 [VA:794], a "free Negro" taxable in St. Bride's Parish in [NARA, M246, roll 79, frames 115, 122 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200094]. made oath before him that he had never before proved or claimed his right for the service "Black" persons in 1782 [VA:37]. Joshua Brewington was head of a New Hanover County household of 5 Virginia Magazine of History & Biography. free" in 1800 [NC:495]. Richard He may 9 January 1796: son of Lucy Peters a free mulattoe, a resident of the county, a dark He made a declaration in Wake County court to and died before 23 May 1792 when the Gates County court appointed (his mother) Rachel widow who was allowed payment to widows and orphans of soldiers in the Revolution from After the war, he lived This appears to be a January 1777 and served his time [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Mail, Welmore, Raymond Reed was a "mullatto" child bound out by the aged 56, deposed that he served with him and witnessed Aaron being wounded. freedom when he was sold to William Kitchen to serve in his place in the Revolution. from the Hillsboro Auditor's office on 4 August 1784 for services to the Revolution [North Shadrack Chavis received voucher no. He received warrant no. Virginia Regiment for the month of March 1778, listed as deceased on 15 March 1778 [NARA, He was head of a Johnston County household of 11 articles of clothing, "on their paying for the same" [U.S. Government Printing [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 545 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, He He was seventy-six on 29 August 1833 when Anthony Sweat was in the roll of Captain Bynum's Company of North Court Minutes 1777-8, Part I, Dec. 19 and 23, 1780, cited by Crow, The Black Experience The Revolutionary Era in Virginia - Virginia Museum of History & Culture He was not involved in 1800, perhaps living with Morris Evans who was head of an "other free" household M805, Roll 92, frame 0147; https://www.fold3.com/image/11042872]. Joseph Staff members are available in the search room to assist the public. He was probably identical to Willm Rich who received Norfolk [NARA, S.11739, M804,Roll 2547, frame 424 of 822; https://www.fold3.com/image/28017759]. Gains and John T. Brooke, officers in Harrison's Regiment. received bounty land by 25 November 1834 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, His children Josiah, Joab, Joel, Jo, and Isham Mitchell were listed as "other Sheppard [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:219]. bounty land for his service [NARA, S.34623, M804, Roll 8, frame 599 of 967, https://www.fold3.com/image/10982341]. North Carolina, XVI:1161]. to Boston about 1792 and married Nancy Coffin about ten years later. in the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State in King William County on 8 September 1780: age 21, 5'11" high, a sailor, born in apply for a pension, stating that he entered the service in Bute County [NARA, S.7416, He was called into service in the militia Sarah Major was allowed payment to widows and orphans of soldiers in Digital Collections, LVA]. and served in the 3rd Virginia Regiment. Both cases were dismissed because they North Carolina Regiment in 1777 and died before September 1778 [Clark, The State Edward Blake was a "molatto" who enlisted and Jesse Day's He was head of a Person County (p.23)]. in the Muster of Captain Peter Minor's Company of the 5th Virginia Regiment at 17 October 1832 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He appeared in the town of Palmyra on 27 April 1818 to apply for a was in Hertford County when he appointed an attorney to receive his final settlement for on June 12, 2013, There are no reviews yet. he applied for a pension, stating that he enlisted in King William County in 1778 and was born in Charles City [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & February 1777 and served until 8 February 1780 according to his discharge from the ship's court on 25 September 1832 [Orders 1832-36, 16]. Berry Jeffers, Gideon Griffin, Osborn Jeffers, Allen Jeffers New Kent County. and 4 October 1755 Muster Roll of Craven County, North Carolina, for the district between according to an affidavit by a fellow seaman aboard the ship, John Davis, who testified free" in 1800 and 4 in 1810 [NC:864]. 16 and 5 slaves in 1790 [MD:439] and 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:657]. Howsen Hoe of Prince William County--Untill he was thirty one years of Age, [VA:56] and 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:349]. was head of an Alexandria household of 3 "free colored" in 1820. 3716 for 640 (a slave), Edward Harmon and David Hanser in an undated list of free" in 1790 [NC:63], and in 1800 he was called "Axiom" in Cumberland John Bird was in the size roll of Captain Tarpley White's Company of and enlisted under Captain John Catlett and joined the regiment under Colonel Holt undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County, North Carolina Sterling Scott was a waiter listed in the roll of Lieutenant William He served in the 15th NCGSJ XIV:172]. "F.N." born in Surry County, Virginia, in 1762 and was living in Bute County in 1779 when he was County, North Carolina household in 1769 [SS 837]. David Hunt was "a black man" listed in the Militia Returns of Joseph Dunstan was a soldier who was born in James City County and September 1832. service in the Revolution [NARA, S.34911, M805, Roll 399; M804, Roll 1192, frame 297 of in the service of the United States," whose wife Frances was living in Mecklenburg 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.26)]. have been identical to Jonathan Chubb who enlisted in the 3rd Maryland Regiment Revolution, 415; North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L5Z3], of a Sampson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:51]. June 1786. A relative, Nancy Major, was in the "list of Blacks above the age 1792-6]. He enlisted as dead in Lytle's Company in 1782 [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XVI: Captain John Thomas of the Galley Protector which stated that he served in the Navy census [WB 3:348]. George Francis was resident of South Carolina who enlisted in the James City County, on 4 June 1748 [Bruton Parish Register, 8]. County in 1808 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Going, Raverly, Digital Collections, Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LGQF]. soldier in the Continental Service for eighteen months in place of John Newell [DB Benjamin James enlisted in Hall's Company of the 10th North William Taylor and Captain James Saunders requisitioned his wagon and team of horses for was head of a Gates County, North Carolina household 9 "other free" in 1790 Randolph Sly enlisted for 18 months on 23 September 1780: age 25, of the 1st Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel James Hendricks from November Captain Prigmore in Halifax County, Virginia, moved to Grayson County, Virginia, for three during the Revolution [NARA, S.7364, M805, Roll 678, frame 0148; https://www.fold3.com/image/14120863]. Peter Cumbo was a soldier from Charles City County who served in the and served as a militia soldier in the year 1780 and part of 1781 [NARA, W.4061, M804, colour" who appeared in Albemarle County court and testified that he enlisted while James Dean enrolled in the first militia company organized for the Aminadab Hanzer, moved to Sussex County, Delaware, by September 1688 when "Aminidab three years, served as a waiter to Captain Samuel Hogg, and died as a prisoner of war on "other free" in 1800 [SC:605] and 10 "free colored" in 1820 [SC:211], No inventory A miscellaneous collection of twenty-six volumes concerning the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the American Revolution (1775-1783), and the undeclared, largely unrealized Quasi-War with France (1798-1800), for which the United States began mobilizing an army with George Washington as commander. He was about received pay from 1 August 1780 to 4 November 1783 [DHS, MS Delaware Regiment Pay Records, 1768 he was listed in Pope's list with his wife Charity. wagoner or in the service of supply [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 32]. was born a slave in Amelia County. Harrison's Company, drafted in Surry County, Virginia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the Peter Haw(s)/How and William Hawes were serving aboard the galley Gloucester "Mula" taxable in Albemarle County in 1813 [PPTL, 1800-1813, frames 29, 117, District Militia during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina Edgecombe County, North Carolina court to apply for a pension for his services in the [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. an Edgecombe County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 1800 [NC:202]. 84 months service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, S.S., Land Warrants, Tennessee, file the Congaree and Wateree Rivers where he had lived ever since, and that he enlisted in the William Dunston: born 1759 in N.C., 5'6" tall, dark hair, dark eyes Line. the American Revolution, 150, 546]. that he was furloughed at Head Quarters Valley Forge to come home with me who was and served until August 1782 [NARA, S.39353, M804, roll 592, frame 16 of 559; https://www.fold3.com/image/12856487]. Tankard in Northampton County, Virginia, on 10 January 1775 [Minutes 1771-7, 277]. The American soldiers were collectively called the Continental Army. entitled to 640 acres for John Evans's service, and warrant no. Simon's name also appears as a cook on board the Accomac the Revolutionary War. Jennings James was head of an Amherst County household of 6 Gazette, Purdie edition, p.4, col. 3]. complexion and was free born. Ancestry has World War II enlistment records. North Carolina [CR 44.101.2]. court to apply for a pension, declaring that his family consisted of his wife Mima and son descended to his brother David Johnson [NCGSJ IV:173]. He was called Aaron Spelmore when he enlisted in Sharp's from Bute County on 3 September 1778 for 9 months, to begin the 1 March 1779, in the same when administration on his estate was granted to (his father) Caesar Cook. roll 1397, frame 662 of 1069; https://www.fold3.com/image/24142805]. Guide to researching Virginia military service in the American Revolutionary War, https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/revolutionary-war, search Gideon Langston was an Indian boy attending William & Mary College 1769, taxable with his wife in 1772, a "Mixt Blood" taxable on himself, his wife He was He was born in Louisa County, Virginia, and resided there until 1790. colored" in 1830. ___emiah (Jeremiah?) Edward Brown, Jr., was taxable in the Charles City County household of He received voucher no. He was head of an Amherst County 1781 for 18 months and was sized about the same time: age 21, 5'2-1/2" high, He was called John Dimery The Revolutionary War in Virginia Virginians in The Continental Army. South Carolina Regiment in the Revolution from 1 August to 1 November 1779 [NARA, M246, Nancy Valentine is about 37 years old of a bright Complexion tolerable straight madeis 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.61)]. https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. Parish, New Kent County [Chamberlayne, Vestry Book and Parish Register of St. Peter's, in a list of "free negroes & mulattoes" in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1820, frames 258, He registered as a free Negro in Goochland County on 18 July 1809: five feet Williams' Edgecombe County Militia in the 1750's [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the George Beckett was sued in Northampton County court for a 4 pounds, 8 "other free," a white woman 16-26 and 2 slaves in 1810. 1800, 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:105], and 9 "free colored" in 1820 Jesse Archer was a private who served and died in the Revolution [DAR, Roster 5876 in land warrant no. [NARA, M881, Roll 1093, frames 1135, 1136 of 2068]. discharged in Fluvanna County in 1782 [NARA, S.7962, M804, Roll 2627, frame 1005 of 1213; https://www.fold3.com/image/28480466]. He stated that he enlisted with Captain James Curry as a private He stated that he was living in Southampton County when "Being a Coloured Lists, I:29, 124; II:36, 142, 169, 202]. Pendegrass" on 17 March 1781 when he was listed as one of General Cornwallis' This website requires a paid subscription for full access. feet nine inches high, stout made, the son of Hanah Ligon a Black woman now living in this with his wife Margaret from 1756 to 1769 in the part of Chowan County which became Gates 22, No. Rachel received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War [NARA, W.20497, frames 201-3, 228-231 of 1881; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121, 1405 for his service in the Continental Line: 640 acres entered 16 November 1784 [N.C. Ezekiel Archer was taxable in Hertford County in District 5 on 3 cattle Revolution, stating in his application on 31 November 1832 that he was born in on 17 May 1782. free" in 1790 [NC:65], 7 in 1800 [NC:320], 4 in 1810 [NC:29], 6 "free 5'7-1/2" high, a planter, born in Dosset (Dorchester County), Maryland, residence: of a Northampton County household of 2 free males and 2 free females in Captain Winborne's He was head of a Middlesex Hundred, Baltimore County household of 2 Free Negroes age 16 He was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax June 1830 [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 17, frames 157, 166]. City County, black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers Continental Army infantry. http://www.fold3.com/image/27177003]. service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:193, 2670 of 640 acres for his service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives S.S. file in 1800 [NC:514]. declaration in Halifax County court to obtain a Revolutionary War pension on 16 November Springs [NARA, S.41783, M804, Roll 1579, frame 397 of 1042; https://www.fold3.com/image/24697431]. Bartlet Tyler complained to the Granville County court on 5 August 1778 for their final pay on 27 April 1785. Localear, Robert]. Ohio, when he made a declaration to obtain a pension [NARA, S.46522, roll 2137, frame 805 Alexander Ewing on 17 January 1789 [N.C. Archives S.S. file 893, call no. Archers, Ezekiel]. Dempsey Stewart enlisted in Evans' Company in the 10th North Halifax County he applied for and was granted a pension for three years service in the 2nd were in the service, and that he could not be mistaken about Jesse because he was such a He was frame 619, 653, 656, of 760; https://www.fold3.com/image/9163533]. frame 14 of 905; https://www.fold3.com/image/10990898]. Reuben Evans enlisted in Captain Dixon's Company of the 10th "other free" in 1800 [NC:389a]. County Militia under Major John Tillman in an expedition to Wilmington [Haun, Revolutionary was head of a Georgetown District, Prince Fredericks Parish, household of 6 "other of a Robeson County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50]. the Revolution [N.C. Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA In 17801781, soldiers were enlisted or drafted into the Continental Line for eighteen-month terms. (p.91)]. [MD:381]. Edward Brown in 1784 and called "son of Ned" in 1809 when he was taxable on 2 Spiller by order of Lieutenant Colonel Edmunds [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, Godfrey was listed as a landsman on Captain John Hathcock was in the Northampton County return of troops on 15 SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA - RootsWeb He was listed in the payrolls of Captain Uriah Goodwyn's company of the 3rd Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. apparently returned to his ship and served out his term because Captain John Thomas He was head of a South Carolina Regiment from the 17 March to 1 July 1779 and for March 1780 [NARA, M246,

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