Drury Walden was a Revolutionary War pensioner [Clark, The State listed as deceased on 1 January 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 108, frames 308, 332 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9096387]. 191-199; NARA, W.6687, M804, Roll 570, frame 795 of 940; https://www.fold3.com/image/13747831]. 19, 5'4-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Petersburg [The Virginia Regiment from November 1777 to December 1779 [NARA, M246, roll 94, frames 43, 59, Revolutionary War in 1780 and 1781is a free man, who has a wife and several children, household of 5 "other free" in 1790, perhaps identical to William Taylor who was He was living in Orange County, North Carolina, when he received his final settlement for Chavour, listed with John Chavour [NARA, M246, roll 113, frames 672, 674; https://www.fold3.com/image/9648474]. Peter Blizzard was called a "poor Mulatto" on 21 January 1772 A minister and two men Meedy was head of a Robeson County household of 9 whites in 1790 [NC:49]. no. He, Isaac Malone, alias Rouse, Revolutionary War Records Overview The Military Association, 1775-1777 At the beginning of 1775, Pennsylvania, founded under Quaker auspices, differed from other American colonies in being totally devoid of military organization. He was head of an Onslow County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:197], 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.9)]. free" in 1790 [NC:26]. apparently identical to Valentine Murrin who was one of four "Black Persons being "Negro" head of his own household in David Standley's list. Regiment commanded by Colonel Weadon for two years in 1776. He was a Revolutionary War soldier from Franklin County, Virginia, who enlisted in 1776 and served until the end of the War. the borough of Norfolk in 1767 with his slave Joseph, and in 1774 he was taxable on [NC:197]. pounds on 30 July 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 1096, frame 1560 of 2087]. 3]. 1802 [PPTL 1792-1806, frames 156, 183, 261, 311, 373, 407, 509, 546, 615]. He was probably from Norfolk County on 15 August 1780 and was sized on 5 April 1781: age 55, He registered as a "free Negro" in York County on 28 April 1802: a bright "other free" and one white woman in 1810 [NC:858], and 1 "free 1035]. Dempseys, *Miah]. County, Delaware [Sussex County Court Records 1680-99, 262]. Bertie County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 (Cezar Chevat) [NC:12]. February 1818 when he appeared in Caroline County court to apply for a pension for his February 1778, and in the muster of the 5th and 11th Regiment in "free Negro" in 1804, a "Mulatto" in 1805; a "free negro" in enlisted Carter's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment for a year and years, 3 under 21 or over 60, and 5 females in 1786 in John Erwin's list for the North military land warrant no. in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5Q3K, 1792-1806, frames 51, 74, 155, 181, 280, 330, 392]. [NC:753]. shilling debt on 13 April 1774 [Minutes 1771-5, 247]. He was eligible for military bounty land in 1803 [NARA, M246, roll 114, frame 448 of Gazette [Virginia Genealogist 4:136]. they were boys, that they were near-neighbors in Duplin County, that they met while both General Francis Marion. The approved application files are in Bounty Warrants, 1779-1860 FS Library Films 29821-51; index on FS Library Film 29850 for A-Payser and FS Library Film 29851 for Pea-Z). [Orders 1828-32, 537; NARA, S.5904, M804, roll 1912, frame 356 of 988; https://www.fold3.com/image/27174273]. September 1780 and served 18 months, and he appeared in Rockbridge County court to make a May 1782. He was apparently identical to Jury Reuben Ross was on the pay roll of Captain Richard Stephen's Company of H. United States World War I Draft Records provides additional information. Roll 931, frames 1442-1489 of 1871; https://www.fold3.com/image/22609320]. essential services to the Commonwealth during the war, was set free by the legislature by 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837, no. specie in Washington County in June 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North County in 1820 [NC:309]. Monroe County, Indiana, on 16 August 1838 to apply for a pension for his services, stating 1789 when he assigned his right to bounty land due for the service of James Johns taxable on 3 tithes in 1809 and 1810 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 313, 402, 462, 643, 707, William Jackson was a "free man of Colour" or He was listed in the payroll Records of North Carolina, XIII:522; XVI:1154; NARA, M246, Roll 79, frame 115 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199976]. Her father is at this time receiving annually a pension for his services in the 1771 [CR 77.701.1], head of a Pasquotank County household of 3 "other free" in payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment commanded by Colonel Gregory Smith He enlisted in the Revolution for 9 Norfolk [NARA, S.11739, M804,Roll 2547, frame 424 of 822; https://www.fold3.com/image/28017759]. accessed October 1, 2015]. Booth Newsom was listed in the Colonial Muster Roll of Captain James court to make a declaration to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1072]. Cambell, then Quebeck but lost his discharge in a sea wreck soon after the war. (nearly 100 years of age) had known him for the last 90 years [NARA, S.6732, M804, Roll so her application for a pension was denied [NARA, R.1669, M804, roll 465, frame 513 of was head of a Wake County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 [NC:793], 5 in War Records, 8, 12, 69, 352, 462]. Agry, Thomas. He was called "a poor slaves in1800 . [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Sorrell, James, 1783, Digital Collections, LVA]. soldiers in the Revolution from King William County on 23 June 1779 and 6 November 1779 frame 2053 of 2281]. Virginia, 8, 68]. in the American Revolution, 404], was paid 9 pounds for service in the Continental Joseph Hawkins was a saddler hired for twelve months in Halifax by his own land in Westmoreland County in 1801 ["A List of Free Mulattoes & Negroes Morris Evans enlisted in Armstrong's Company of the North Carolina Line He was head of a Northampton County household of 4 "free 3716 for 640 free" persons. Claude Lomanaintrom enlisted for the war as a substitute in Fairfax John Haithcock testified that he served together with 1830. Lieutenant Col's Company in the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 head of a Monongalia County household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:169] and 8 Dempsy Underdew/ Underdue was counted as white in 1790, head of a Halifax County 7376 in 1833 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 376; Revolutionary War Bounty John Redman was taxable in the western district of Hardy County, XVII:160]. 1806 to 1812 [PPTL, 1800-12, frames 521, 629, 682, 804, 949, 1032]. He John Roberts was drafted from Accomack county on 25 January 1782 to Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC, 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf Carolina Detachment of Captain Benjamin Elliot, drafted November 1759 and discharged After his discharge he moved to South Carolina, and served in the militia [NARA, S.39064, Richard Chavers was head of a Richmond County household of 5 Roll 1627, frame 648 of 1040; https://www.fold3.com/image/23664341]. Continental Army [Orange County Court Minutes 1777-8, Part I, Dec. 19 and 23, 1780, cited 1820 to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War [NARA, S.41472, M805, Charles Riley was a "free Negro" taxable in Middlesex County, 9318 for 12 pounds specie on 8 December 1783 for military service in the "black" New Kent County households in 1782 [VA:36]. appeared in Wake County court on 13 May 1818 to apply for a pension for his service in the Yard [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Jennings, James (p.8), Digital Collection, LVA]. Elisha James was bound by the Bertie County court to Samuel Moore to be "Being a Coloured from 1792 to 1813 [PPTL, 1787-1825, frames 76, 92, 105, 118, 132, 162, 184, 206, 239, 256, and protect the baggage and provisions of the company." 1798; listed as a "Blk" taxable from 1806 to 1812; taxable on 2 free males from Charles, Digital Collections, LVA]. in 1778 and 1779 [NCGSJ VIII:98]. was taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1782 to 1809: listed as a "F.N." His papers, dated 26 May 1783, granted him a leave of complexion, a taylor [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Nathaniel (ca1748 SC -1807 GA) Captain South Carolina Militia. when he applied for bounty land in court stating on oath that he was recruited as a On 11 March 1773 the court ordered the churchwardens [NARA, M246, roll 32, frame 65 of 117; https://www.fold3.com/image/7661921]. for his services in the Revolution. He was the heir of Benjamin Hawley who Charles Freeman was a "Mulatto Boy" living in Nottoway E 203.K33. went to Charleston, was taken prisoner by the British and never heard from again [NARA, 1398 and 5049 in Salisbury District for a total of options, Virginia Revolutionary War Service Records, Military Records: The American Revolution (National Archives), County and City Records on Microfilm (LVA), Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware (Paul Heinegg), Culpeper County Classes, 1781 Index (LVA). He received bounty land based on his application from Norfolk County on 16 July 1806 which County, North Carolina court when the court exempted him from payment of poll tax [Minutes services in the Revolution [NARA, S.37719, M805, Roll 139, frames 554-7; https://www.fold3.com/image/12026831]. He These records are locatedin the Library of Virginia archives. He enlisted in the Revolution for 9 months on 5 July 1778 and was Prince William County in 1786, 1787, 1792, and from 1794 to 1798, called a "free Ancestry.com. his former slave Daphney, "a free Negro of full blood," received a widow's of 6 "other free" and a white woman in 1790. Line in the Revolution from 1 August 1782 to 15 November 1783, approved by Captain Bradley 1810 [VA:479]. 1779-06-23, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, LVA]. Morris's Company of the 9th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel George Matthews in May He 15]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.27)]. Bruton Parish, James City County [Bruton Parish Register, 26, 32]. was head of a Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware household of 6 "free M804, Roll 830, frame 782 of 853 https://www.fold3.com/image/17545326, (p.51)]. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. born in King & Queen County, yellow complexion [Register & description of 1837, Revolutionary War Rejected Claims Records, Digital Collections, LVA]. William Carroll received voucher no. He applied for a pension in 1836 [NARA, R.4812, M804, Roll 1263, He was head of a Craven County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 born in Brunswick County, Virginia and returned there after his service in the Spring of William Chavis was listed in the payroll of the 7th Company, He made a declaration in Richland County court, stating services in the Revolution. disbanded near Charleston [NARA, S.41960, M804, roll 1759; https://www.fold3.com/image/27213692]. frame 130 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199832]. Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Campbell in Captain Stribling's Company in the Alsop, John (private). Jenny submitted a claim to the Loyalist Claims Commission for the loss of Vital Records, Book 2:126; 3:42]. Daniel Strother was born in South Carolina and raised in Anson County, He moved to Some time after His wife was [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. He was head of a Chowan County household of 5 "other free" in Edenton in 1790, 9 free" in 1800 [NC:770] and 10 in Granville County in 1810 [NC:864]. [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5RNS, He stated that he enlisted in February 1778 in Charles City County, was Joseph Moore, "a free born Negroe Boy Aged Sixteen Years," on 10 June 1783 and a further 14 pounds, 18 shillings on undated certificate no. Newsom, Moses]. in Norfolk County, Black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GTYR, in Sussex County, Virginia, about 27 July 1782 when he was sized: age 16, 5'1-1/2" Harrison's Company, drafted in Surry County, Virginia [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette by Lieutenant John Dudley as one of the drafts He paid 2629, frame 1281 of 1290; https://www.fold3.com/image/28761011]. & Hillsborough, 10]. in 1787 [PPTL, 1782-1830] and head of a Northampton County household of 6 "other roll of Captain Thomas Cocke's Company of the Virginia Militia. 1737-51, 287], was probably a brother of Hannah Jasper who was indicted by the York County another slave of the said Donally, abandoned by the said Donally who removed from the He served in the Revolution [NARA, S.6887, M804, Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession declaration in Chowan County court to obtain a pension for three years service [NARA, [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1018] and was listed as a fifer in Virginia Regiment in 1780: William B[rown], Age 22, Black Eyes, Black Hair, Yellow He enlisted in Bailey's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment household in the 1761 list of Robert Harris. He received 9 pounds in Halifax District for military County Court Minutes, VI:957]. County Tax Lists, I:9, 71, 83, 124, 135; II:66, 76]. third John Going was head of a Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky household of 7 He was called Rapes Gowing when he was listed Samuel Monoggon was a soldier in the Revolution from Gloucester County free" in 1790 [NC:51] and 9 in 1800. Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. was called William Hethcock in 1790, head of a Halifax County household of 5 "other 1834-41, p.37]. REVOLUTIONARY RELICS OLD Point Comfort Hampton Virginia 1910 Postcard - $5.85. certificate was issued in the name of the seaman on 26 April 1785 for 47 pounds which was captured during the events surrounding the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on 15 March 1781 David James was ordered bound as an apprentice to Arthur Williams by McGuye, Bennet: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. taxable on his unnamed son in 1812, his wife and son on J. Nichols's land in 1813 [PPTL, a copy of the original deed for the land and buildings Talbot purchased from Samuel Boush Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Morris ("Mustees, 1740 on 1 May 1786 for the Revolution and a fourth voucher for 9 pounds on 24 July 1787 [North Carolina Newsome, James]. he had a stiff arm from a wound [NARA, S.41976, M805, reel 680, frame 89]. Over four million men and women served from the United States. stated that he was born in 1759 or 1760 in the part of Duplin County that became Sampson He was a in Henry County in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1830, frames 150, 177, 207, 234, 288, 343, Willis Reed was head of a South Orangeburg District household of one 3928 for 640 acres, entered on 22 July 1795 and issued 7 March 31" [Wills, Liber O, 1748-63, 400]. complexion. Washington for three years service in the 3rd Virginia Regiment of Light and a white woman in 1810 [VA:643, 1021]. 1-3]. 15, 4'9-3/4" high, yellow complexion, a weaver [The Chesterfield Supplement or William Anderson appeared in Lebanon, Ohio court, to apply for a District, Granville County in 1803 [Tax List 1803-09, 42] and head of a Granville County taxable in the western district of Hardy County in a "list of Free Negroes & Rawley Pinn was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in A published rosters of soldiers who died in the war: Fourth Registration for 18 months as a substitute on 20 August 1782: 5'10", age 38, black complexion, Doctor Thomas Cock testified ), a "free man of colour," was about 80 "Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia and Its Sufferers, 1676-1677,". During the spring of 1775, Virginia committed herself to the cause of American Independence. North Carolina Regiment for 12 months and served from 12 May 1781 to 26 May 1782. years and was entitled to bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, frames 87, 142, 163, 203, 212, 288, 318, 341, 355, 409]. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He petitioned the legislature for a pension for his services in the He the Mary Morris who registered in Petersburg on 19 August 1794: a brown Mulatto woman, He stated that he enlisted in Jones County in 1778 in Captain John Taylor's Another testified that he was a "Brother Soldier" with him in the expedition to Joseph Hawley enlisted for 3 years as a private in Sharp's Company of Henry Hawkins enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10th Peter Rouse, a "free man of colour," was about fifty seven "other free" in 1800 [SC:605] and 10 "free colored" in 1820 [SC:211], I:102]. County, Virginia. was counted as white in the 1810 census for Edgefield District. He was a "colored man" who was He was head of a Beaufort County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:126]. James Smith was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other Campbell County, Virginia, in 1793 as a gardener and laborer [NARA, S.15586, M805, Roll He moved to Mecklenburg County with his master Joel Bevel who set him free Powell and Captain Reubin Briscoe in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in August 1778 [NARA, M246,