1. Addington, Luther F. and Emory L. Hamilton. He
He was taken
He was about 72 years old on and residing in St. George's Dorchester on 13
Dorchester, South Carolina, and was wounded in the leg at Guilford Courthouse [NARA,
1748-65, 49]. Benjamin Sublett testified that
He was called "Pavey" in the 1755 New Hanover
shown) [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA
He and John Redcross were sued for a debt of 40 pounds on 3 May
He was head of a Botetourt County household of 9
He enlisted in the Revolution for 9
and aide-de-camp to Lord Sterling. a reward for their return in the 8 August 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette,
W.10163, M804, Roll 1478, frame 78 of 1326; https://www.fold3.com/image/24200551]. in the Revolution. age 25, 5'10" [Virginia Gazette, p. 3, cols. was taxable in Mattopony Hundred of Worcester County in 1783. 17 October 1832 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. William Sweat was listed in Captain Robert Lide's Company of Volunteer
"other free" in 1800 [NC:461]. Orders 1787-92, 48, 236; 1792-5, 78, 240]. He was
He was listed in the Company of Captain William Cherry in the 4th Virginia Regiment
See the Vietnam War wiki article for information on records and their availability. of St. Luke's Parish to bind him and Aaron Heathcock, "poor children," and on 11
Samuel (1708 SC - 1770 GA) Patriot, Died before Revolutionary War. household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:485] and 6 "free colored" in
4th Virginia Regiment [NARA, M881, Roll 972, frame 1581 of 2184; https://www.fold3.com/image/22717393]. Regiment in the early part of the war, then enlisted in the State Artillery Regiment
John Allstep was head of an Anne Arundel County household of 4 "other
He was taxable in York
John Laurens was a soldier and a diplomat in the Revolutionary War. enlisted on 21 December 1776 and served for three years and a certificate from Captain
1785 [Haun, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Journal A, I:9, VII: 931]. John Weaver petitioned the Lancaster County court on 19 October 1786
service as a seaman aboard the Dragon [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
He was head of a Hampshire County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:833],
for three years and faithfully served [Bowry, Giels: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants,
Osborne Jeffers. Parish, Amelia County, on 28 June 1759 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind
service on 16 June 1783, voucher no. He was in Valley Forge and
roll 4, 1785-1798, frame 184], head of a Mispillion, Kent County household of 6
person of color" he was first employed as a servant to the officers before being
William Ailstock was a "free" taxable in Richmond City in
as one of the seamen aboard the galley Dragon during the Revolution, received pay
oath before him that he had never before proved his right to land for his military service
The papers stated that Thomas Archie had resided in Chatham County for
(p.21)], perhaps identical to George1 McCoy who also served in the Revolution. William was listed as a draft from Hertford County on 5 November 1778 [N.C. Archives,
Carolina Regiment for 3 years on 1 January 1777. On 7 June 1792 he appointed James Carraway of
[Elliott, Katherine, Revolutionary War Records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
3]. 721 of 2087]. free" in 1800 [NC:483]. Bertie County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 (Cezar Chevat) [NC:12]. courthouse where he joined the 2nd Regiment under Colonel Richardson (Holt
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were on a detachment to the Southward under
1790 [NC:62]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P12F]. court and applied for a pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was
He enlisted in
James Bateman and James, Edward and Hezekiah Nicken were serving aboard the Gloucester
585, 622, 717]. John Chubb enlisted in the Revolution in Loudoun County, Virginia, on
[Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 718]. [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 130 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199799],
John Braveboy was a "free Mulatto" tithable in
John Caine enlisted for 18 months on 23 September 1780: age 23,
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L51X,
Colonel Richeson then marched to "Marben Hills"
and John Adams," who were arrested by the local authorities in Orange County, North
Ephraim Emanuel received pay in Wilmington, New Hanover County, for
28, Sherod Charaty, age 36, 5"7-1/2", a Shomaker, engaged 9 Oct 80,
Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. was probably with the Treasury Department [NARA, 1828, M804, roll 1159, frame 732 of 1009;
[Owen, Granville County Notes, vol. Abednego Jackson, born in 1758 in St. Mary's County, was residing there
Accounts, IX:122, folio 3; http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. Joseph Locklear enlisted in the 6th South Carolina Regiment in the
sixty nine. Solomon Bibby was 7 years old in November 1771 when the Bute County
1096, frame 1179 of 2087]. Thomas Day enlisted as a mariner in the Virginia Navy on 7 July 1777
I:12, 40, 51; II:169; 1784 Bladen County Tax List, 13]. There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. Revolution at the age of eighty-four years on 8 August 1843 in Rutherford County, North
He enlisted again when he returned to
[NC:50], 15 in 1800 [NC:415], and 14 in Chatham County in 1810 [NC:195]. General Morgan received his final pay of 87 pounds on 7 April 1783 [NARA, M881,
churchwardens of Meherrin Parish, Brunswick County, on 24 January 1785 [Orders 1784-8, 59,
while serving in the Revolution according to the 11 June 1807 deposition of John Cropper,
He received a pension and 50 acres of
Nanney Sampson was his
1790 [NC:51]. (p.66)]. John Adams was listed in the muster of Captain
He was a Revolutionary War soldier from Franklin County, Virginia, who enlisted in 1776 and served until the end of the War. He was a soldier in the
He was head of a
six inches high, about forty one years old, who served in the American Army during the
North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of
"other free" in 1800 [NC:367] and 7 in 1810 [NC:147]. high, a farmer, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned
Researching Revolutionary War Virginians - Colonial Williamsburg in the Virginia Line in the last war [Headley, 18th Century Newspapers]. Norward when he enlisted for three years in Carteret County in September 1778 [N.C.
He received voucher no. December 1772 for not listing himself as a tithable [Judgments & Orders 1772-4, 172]. time [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Kendall, George, Digital Collections, LVA]. Ross County, Ohio: William Clerke, a Mulatto man, 50 or 60, 5'7", served in the
Mecklenburg County under the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were on a detachment to
[Register of Free Negroes, p.106, no.221]. "other free" in 1790 [NC:46] and as "Bud" Chavers, a taxable
Jenny submitted a claim to the Loyalist Claims Commission for the loss of
He was head of a Hertford County household of 1 "other free" in
on his testimony on 5 June 1818 [NARA, M804, S.38,944, Roll 1709, frame 543 of 743; https://www.fold3.com/image/27259535]. Norfolk County on 23 September 1780: age 40, 5'8" high, a farmer, born in Norfolk
County court to apply for a pension, stating that he was born in Accomack County,
Froman, Temple, 1818, Digital Collection, LVA]. tithes in 1794 and 1799, listed as a "free Negro" in 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1841,
Charles Wood was taxable in Lancaster County from 1795 to 1814: taxable
280 of 1089; https://www.fold3.com/image/22778397,
(accessed 6/17/2018)]. on 20 May 1776 [NARA, M853, https://www.fold3.com/image/291771927]. in the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State
215 for his service [N.C. Archives S.S. file no. in building the barracks at Chesterfield courthouse. He was a
soldier and received a pension. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
Asa Tyner, husband of Keziah Chavis, was brought into Granville
Carolina household of 11 "other free" in 1800 [NC:900], and 4 "other
from Cecil County in May 1781 but listed among those who absconded [NARA, M246, roll 34,
was head of a York County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:882]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 41)]. 419, 450, 479; 1804-23, frames 21, 62, 103, 144, 165, 188, 209, 230, 253, 326, 403, 537,
County, 20]. His final pay for service in the North Carolina Continental Line was received by
Ishmael Titus was a slave belonging to Lawrence Ross who served as a
Captain Blount's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 1 July 1779 and
He may have been the Daniel Williams for whom Mr. Broadhead received final pay of 11
Barnet Sweat was listed in the 8 October 1759 to 10 January 1760 muster
1778-1875 5.5 Applications for Bounty Land of the 2nd North Carolina Battalion on 9 May 1776 and was discharged on 10
Soldiers (of the Maryland Line), VIZT. He
Weaver & Martha Nicken were married in the county of Northumberland the 7th February
Hathcock, Joel]. He
Virginia Soldiers of 1776 - Ancestry.com entitled to 640 acres for John Evans's service, and warrant no. adjoining Virginia counties descend from an African male. an apprentice blacksmith to Robert Moore in Cumberland County, Virginia court on 27 April
He registered in York County on 16 December 1822: a
Barnett Stewart was head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household
He was "a man of
"free Negro" in 1804, a "Mulatto" in 1805; a "free negro" in
His 14 July 1818 Orange County will left
Lydia in Bruton Parish, James City and York counties on 5 January 1783 [Bruton Parish
was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:62], 16 in
delinquent in 1789, a "Negro" taxable on a cow and a calf in 1797 [Levy List
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
free" in 1810 [NC:38] and 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:156]. Most of the Revolutionary War records in the custody of the War Department were destroyed by fire, November 8, 1800 and additional records were lost during the War of 1812. was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72]. He was about sixty one when appeared in Wake County court
his former slave Daphney, "a free Negro of full blood," received a widow's
September 1777 and was paid on 20 January 1779. [LVA, Auditor of Public Accounts inventory entry no. Ragsdale and Fleming Gains of Colonel Harrison's Regiment of Artillery which was marched
Berry Jeffers was listed in the payroll of the 3rd South Carolina
1132-4409, 1144 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. He was a resident of Culpeper County when he applied for a pension for his
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.68)]. He
He was counted with a male and a female in a list of
survivor's pension [NARA, W.19138, M804, roll 770, frame 15 of 717; https://www.fold3.com/image/16220496]. Reuben Bass may have been one of seven males in Benjamin Bass, Sr.'s
from 1788 to 1807 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 73, 91, 148, 166, 206, 253, 286, 360, 508, 545,
household of 7 in 1800 [NC:330], 10 in 1810 [NC:38], and 7 "free colored" in
Tennessee, where he appeared in court to apply for a pension on 18 September 1833 [NARA,
North Carolina, 98; A History of African Americans in North Carolina, 36-7]. forty-two years old on 1 July 1796 when he was described by the 1 July 1796 issue of a
Jacob Reed was 8 years old in April 1763 when the Chowan County court
District on 2 October 1783 and 26 January 1785 each for 9 pounds allowed him for his
served for two years. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 339; N.C. Archives, State
101.3.7 on 6 May 1786 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records,
S.108358;
[NC:64]. Burrell Artis was born in Southampton County and was living there in
Prince William County in 1786, 1787, 1792, and from 1794 to 1798, called a "free
Records, 16:1047]. the Revolutionary War. 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 89, frame 107 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679368]. "other free" in 1800. He was head of a Wake County household of 6
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
free"), on 1 July 1773 in Sussex County, Delaware [Records of the United Presbyterian
Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L5HQ,
State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, XI:35,
description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Nimrod, Digital Collections, LVA]. North Carolina Regiment on 25 April 1781 and left the service on 25 April 1782 [Clark, The
William Hughes enlisted in the Revolution from Caroline County on 26
Hardy Jones was head of a Jones County household of 5 "other
Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-54DN,
Peter Valentine enlisted in the 10th North Carolina Regiment
He was head of a Halifax County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:338]. Jones, James]. "Being a Coloured
black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &