He
Dabney's Legion on 2 March 1786. He was head of a Mecklenburg
S.8915, M804, Roll 1854, frame 0788; https://www.fold3.com/image/25220765]. mutilation would procure him a discharge [Virginia Gazette (Hayes); http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/explore.html]. head of a Greenbrier County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820. Peter, Negroe]. in a list of "free negroes & mulattoes" in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1820, frames 258,
Guide to researching Virginia military service in the American Revolutionary War, https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/revolutionary-war, search John Overton enlisted as a private in Mills' Company of the 10th
length of the war in the Revolution on 19 March 1781 and was sized about a month later: William
taxable as a married man [GA 30.1]. 2393-100, M804, roll 1024, frame 312 of 952; https://www.fold3.com/image/20171576]. He was
in Dover on 13 June 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 29, frames 312, 393, 402, 495; https://www.fold3.com/image/12449735]. listed as deceased on 1 January 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 108, frames 308, 332 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9096387]. included a Lancaster County affidavit by Richard Nicken, a near-neighbor of Elijah,
pension [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Nickens, James, Digital Collections, LVA;
Gabriel Manly's Bertie County household in 1751. 2:129]. Nathaniel Branham was living in Louisa County on 14 February 1780 when
1782-1830]. State Records of North Carolina, XXII:571], head of a Robeson County household of 5
He was entitled to bounty land for his service as a seaman
[Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:256]. with Captain Lawrence Rowse for three
He died before 21
99, frame 749 of 760; https://www.fold3.com/image/9161780]. Jack Stewart, a "mulatto," was listed among 7 deserters
"other free" in 1810 [VA:361]. He
slaves. [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. "other free" in 1800 [NC:491]. His
Scarborough Bloxam, a midshipman aboard the Accomac
Localear, Bennett]. August 1820 because it was said he had died in the service without heirs [North Carolina
Dorchester County court on 4 April 1821 to apply for a pension, stating that he was about
He enlisted in Bailey's
Edward Stewart enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution in Dinwiddie
Abstracts of many Virginia Revolutionary War pension records and unit rosters are available on the website Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. Jeffrey Coley was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 5 whites in
William Flora was counted in a list of "free Negroes" as a
He
1800 [NC:60], and 6 in 1810 [NC:615]. Digital Collections, LVA]. He died before May 1788 when the Bertie court ordered his children bound
was called Joseph Barkly in the muster of Captain Nathan Reed's Company of the 14th
household of 7 in 1800 [NC:330], 10 in 1810 [NC:38], and 7 "free colored" in
Michael Ailstock, Jr., was living in Louisa County on 9 March 1773 when
pounds in 1783 or 1784 [NARA, W.5994, M804, roll 2136, frame 172 of 850; https://www.fold3.com/image/14643308]. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 1781 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Bane, Humphrey, 1783, Digital Collections, LVA]. of 6 "other free" in 1810 [SC:175a]. drummer [NARA, W.11223, M804, Roll 1199, frame 350 of 947; https://www.fold3.com/image/22990952]. Negro Absolom was drafted from Prince George's County in 1781 [Archives
Montfort received his final pay of 27 pounds [Clark, The State Records of North
The
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, James, Digital Collections, LVA]. 7252 for the
He made a declaration in Currituck County court on 10 May
court. of Wight County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned
Casson Brinson's Craven County, North Carolina Company [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the
1810 [VA:479]. Brutus Johnston enlisted as a musician in Major's Company of the 10th
South Carolina household of four males over 16, three under 16, three females, and a slave
Carolina Continental Line in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1776 and was omitted in
[North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 04:
Levy Goins was head of a Moore County household of 5 "other
of 2068; https://www.fold3.com/image/23285601]. Ishmael Titus was a slave belonging to Lawrence Ross who served as a
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
He may have been
He enlisted in Baker's Company for 9 months
1840, a "Black" farmer with Margaret Laws, age 37, and $400 worth of real estate
120 for 4 pounds on 1 June 1781, endorsed
Captain John Henry Fitzgerald on 18 August 1796 that Nathaniel Morris, a "black
service in the Revolution. He was head of a Wake County household of 6
of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Captain Dupree's District of Northampton County in 1786 for the North Carolina state
He was called a "free man of Colour" on 27 April
271, 283, 295, 315, 334, 342]. Godfrey was listed as a landsman on Captain
Charles Wood was taxable in Lancaster County from 1795 to 1814: taxable
Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P9BQ,
211]. "free colored" in 1830. Virginia Regiment commanded by Christian Febiger, Esquire, for July 1778 to August 1779,
obtain a pension for his service under Captain Sharpe in the Tenth North Carolina Regiment
omitted in 1779 [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173; https://www.fold3.com/image/291770905]. James; https://www.fold3.com/image/18352288]. He
323 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679714]. Perkins Thomson, Jr., was in a list of drafts from Charles City County
Charles Whitson enlisted for the war on 22 December 1782 and was sized
free" in 1810 [NC:13]. [North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Bertie County, Cone, Thomas-Davidson, James,
service in the Revolution. Captain
Soldiers of the South, 674]. 61, frame 18 and NARA, W.8877, M804, Roll 1131, frame 466 of 1121; https://www.fold3.com/image/1/21834694]. Roll 355, frame 0162; https://www.fold3.com/image/21414198]. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GXYF,
He was taxable in St. Andrew's Parish,
Talbot County on 30 August 1781 to serve until 10 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland,
Carolina Detachment of Captain Benjamin Elliot, drafted November 1759 and discharged
but had not received it by 23 November 1834 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
during the Revolution on 7 December 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records,
Regiment of Halifax [NCGSJ III]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
Dunmore after his property and sailmaking business was destroyed by the Virginia military
2014]. Jonathan Overton enlisted in Jones' Company of the 10th
the Halifax County court allowed him to use his gun in the county. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
perhaps the Josiah Artis who was in a list of men raised for the Continental Line [N.C.
Thomas Blango was paid for military service in the Newbern
Captain Christopher Roane on 25 April 1783. substitute in the Revolution in Maryland for 3 years on 18 May 1778, listed as dead or
After his discharge he moved to South Carolina, and served in the militia [NARA, S.39064,
North Carolina Regiment for nine months on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records of
On 25 November 1819 he petitioned the South Carolina
He may have been the Nicholas Scott who enlisted in the Revolution while resident in
Stephen Powell was granted administration on the Johnston County estate
A warrant for 640 acres was issued to the trustees of the University of North
He was head of a Craven County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:131]. Elizabeth Overton of Pasquotank County received 274 acres for his service in the
the Virginia Gazette [(Purdie), p.3, col 1]. He was head of a Lancaster County household of 3 "free
William B[rown] was in the size roll of Captain T. White's 6th
He applied for a pension for services in the
in 1777 [NARA, W.5429, M804, Roll 1825, frame 447 of 834; https://www.fold3.com/image/25355603]. Charles Lewis was a "Mulatto" child living in King George
He was head of a Hyde County household of 2 "other free" and a white woman in
M246, Roll 113, frame 297 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9641598]. Privates, LVA accession no. & Weever by trade. Gabriel Gray testified that Reuben served as "Boman"
"Mullatto," who petitioned the Spotsylvania County court for his freedom in 1734
On 18 January 1791
He was the freed slave of a Mr. Capers. Original data: Burgess, Louis Alexander. Edward Harris was head of a Richland District, South Carolina household
He was in Craven County on 20 March 1787 when he registered his furlough papers
William Carroll received voucher no. 8, 12, 69, 352]. William Rudd was drafted in Halifax County in March 1779 [N.C. Archives, digital
He was head of a
Archives GASR Apr-June 1784, Box 3, location 3A-464]. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and
His nephew Daniel Laws received $730 as bounty for his service
He
In June 1837 his widow
Johnson in the 5th Maryland Regiment in the 1st Brigade under
Caleb Driggers was in the 8 March 1754 muster roll of Captain Casson
157, 194, 336, 418, 435, 529, 567, 609, 693, 743, 867]. He stated that he was about 98 years old on 24 May 1852 when he
https://www.fold3.com/image/23478388;
Froman, Temple, 1818, Digital Collection, LVA]. services in the militia during the Revolution, returned in the pay rolls [North Carolina
free" in 1800 [NC:224]. John Butler was a taxable "Mollato" in William Butler's
T. Graves received his
court on 20 November 1749 for failing to list herself as a tithable [Orders 1746-52, 256,
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