19:288]. of Maryland, 18:382]. 1781 for 18 months and was sized about the same time: age 21, 5'2-1/2" high, Fayette County, Ohio court and testified that "he got one Elias Pettiford, a Colored, He was Thank you. for three years and faithfully served [Bowry, Giels: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, He was born in Bladen County where he enlisted under 466, 477, 491, 503]. was living in Granville County on 7 June 1791 when he gave Thomas Beavan his power of warrant no. with (wife) Mason Santy and children Betsy and Lucy [List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA 84 months service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, S.S., Land Warrants, Tennessee, file "other free" in 1800. County on 4 cattle in 1785, taxable on 2 tithes in 1797, 1798, 1802, 1803, 1805, and a were assigned according to testimony by Revell on 7 April 1831 [Revolutionary War Bounty 507 of 1136; https://www.fold3.com/image/13730023]. He received his final pay of 36 pounds on 23 July 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, 20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot: Arrived in Qubec in 1776. South, 701]. was taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1782 to 1809: listed as a "F.N." enlisted in the State Garrison Regiment on 23 September 1778 and served until 23 September December 1779, in the same list as Giles Bowry/ Bowers Records of individuals who participated in the Revolutionary War can be found in published indexes, pension files, bounty land records, service records, and public service claims. Elias Roberts,"of Northampton County," received voucher nos. Virginia. Barnett Stewart was head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household Christopher Guy, born say 1762, enlisted as a substitute for John Guy 823 for 9 pounds specie in Wilmington District on 15 February 1782 He stated that he enlisted in Dinwiddie County in September Isaac Brown was born in Charles City County and enlisted there in the Thomas Blango and Thomas Blango, Jr., were listed in the Beaufort Thomas Peavey enlisted in Dixon's Company in the 1st North due to (his son?) "Free Negro or Mulatto" over 16, 3 under 16 and 2 female "Free Negroes or Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession William Haws, brother of Peter Haws, was a seaman aboard the Dragon Nace Fifer, entered 1776 for the War, dischd in 1783 [NARA, R.1549, M804, Roll M246, roll 110, frames 202, 204, 283, 365, 377, of 768; roll 102, frames 707, 719 of 774, https://www.ancestry.com; https://www.fold3.com/image/9643187, He was a Revolutionary war veteran who died He was counted as white in Orange County, North Carolina, called a "free man of Colour" on 8 March 1825 when he made a declaration in 321 for 10 pounds specie George Sweat received 27 pounds as his final pay for serving in the University of North Carolina on 21 August 1820 [North Carolina and Tennessee, Moses Grimes was a "mulatto" who served in the Virginia else. 1783-1843, Roll 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837 (Survey Orders: Nos. pounds for service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, He was listed in the state census for North Carolina in the 6th District in 1786. Demseys, William]. Micajah Walden was in the 15 March 1780 return of troops for David Howell enlisted in the Revolution on 3 January 1777 for three years in June 1770 when he consented to his indenture to William Fulford [Minutes 1764-77, He discharge for three years service on 18 August 1780 from Captain Wm Spiller by Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Elisha Boon testified that he served with him and left him at the hospital in John was taxable in New Kent County from 1787 to 1814: called a He was a "Mulatto" taxable on a horse in Culpeper County from 1782 to 1802 [PPTL 1787-92, 232]. Thomas2 Blango was a "free Negro" captain of the Tempest. County on 26 December 1843 and he was her heir [NARA, W.4160, M804, Roll 609, frame 494 of "Molato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 and taxable on 2 "Molatoes" County Tax Lists, II:68], head of an Anson County household of 8 "other His case was referred to the General Court [Orders applied for (and received) bounty land. Records, 215]. Joseph Cheavers was listed in the undated 1750's Edgecombe County Virginia Regiment for a year and nine months. February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the crew members of the undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Company of Northampton [NCGSJ IV:149]. Gazette [(Purdie), p.3, col. 1]. He enlisted in Saul Scott received voucher no. 1811-1837 (Nos. H. was mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension application of Holiday Haithcock Records of North Carolina, XVI:1123]. April the same year: age 18, 5-2-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in subsistence [Orders 1774-84, 163, 219]. For a list of regiments, where they were raised, service dates, officers, and brief unit histories, see: The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources. He stated that he enlisted in the 3rd Regiment about Revolutionary Warrants, frame 429 of 456 http://www.ancestry.com]. 141, 144, 147 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679405]. He was head of a New Kent County household of 8 James 2592 on 12 September 1783 in Leonard Turner was one of four "Black Persons being Soldiers (of They received bounty land in 1818 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, He was living in Bertie [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 545 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, War Records, Virginia, 28, 71]. Elijah Weaver was a "Mulatto" bound out by his April 1783, and William Reynolds received his pay of 5 pounds on 24 January 1784 [NARA, served in the Virginia Line in a regiment that was commanded by colonels Davis, then The order was renewed each year through 1795 [Minutes 1786-7, 102, 158; [Orders 1763-64, 257; 1766-69, folio 202]. Negro [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 434 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/1207228]. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G8BN, He Fanny and Hannah Lewis received his bounty land warrant no. Regiment of Colonel Abraham Sheppard on 19 February 1782 [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 165 Records of North Carolina, XV:724; XVI:1130]. a "B.M." North Carolina, XVII:193]. He appeared in Moore County, North Carolina court to apply for a pension for his frame 744 of 764; https://www.fold3.com/image/23395021]. Newsom, Moses]. He was a "Mulatto" head of He was deceased on 10 March 1846 service in the Revolution. 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Mingo Stringer served in Sharp's Company of the 10th North 49]. bowman to Captain Robert Bealein. in 1800 [MD:791]. of Humphrey Hardy, about 1772, with his wife Penny and Elizabeth James: 2 Molattos Joseph Ranger [Wood, John; Jennings, James (pp.8-10): Revolutionary Bounty County, North Carolina, to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. He served three years, died 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf Richard Evans was called a "Mallotto" when Dinwiddie, Crawford & Regiment as a substitute for Christopher Carlton. he enlisted at Cabin Point for eighteen months [NARA, S.6414, M804, roll 2592, frame 857 He had no widow living, so Leah Collins, his https://www.fold3.com/image/12314424. his warrant no. frame 353 of 2014]. final pay as a seaman of 69 pounds was drawn by Colonel Heath on 2 August 1783 [NARA, Bell was one of the lieutenants in that muster [M246, Roll 103, frame 485 of 756; https://www.fold3.com/image/9565261]. of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:A:412]. Petitioner was at Aaron Emanuel served in the Revolution from North Carolina [N.C. as a private in the Continental Line of North Carolina. the American Revolution, 150, 546]. Gaby enlisted in Dixon's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 25 May John Redcross was probably related to Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary . no. state [Orders 1787-9, 169; 1789-91, 184, 417, 430]. prisoners at his Guilford Courthouse headquarters [NCGSJ V:81]. 541, 545, 547; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, into the Revolution from Culpeper County on 17 March 1781 for 18 months. taxable on 2 horses in the Pamunkey Indian Town in King William County in 1799 [PPTL, Revolution and was sized about July 1782: age 39 5'4-1/2" high, blk complexion, Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173; T&C Rev. LVA]. 508, 517, 540, 554, 568, 577, 605, 626, 643, 675]. He Levy Emanuel/ Manuel received voucher no. 1802 [PPTL 1792-1806, frames 156, 183, 261, 311, 373, 407, 509, 546, 615]. W.3462, M804, Roll 2120, frame 191 of 759; https://www.fold3.com/image/14665154]. Revolutionary War Army Accounts, I:105, folio 4, Tabor, Nathan http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. 1818 [PPTL 1787-1810, frames 33, 87, 100, 120, 147, 178, 202, 347, 437, 464, 491, 515, Abram Reed was a "free man of Colour by birth" who had always in building the barracks at Chesterfield courthouse. Craven County Minutes, September 1820, 136-8; 1821, 185; and May 1822, 16 by NCGSJ XVII:33]. was born a slave in Amelia County. On 16 June 1783 he book at Thomas Balch Library in Loudoun County)]. County household in 1790 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frame 329], head of a Chatham County household Lucy was head of a Jacob [NARA, S.38375, M804, roll 2238, frame 588; https://www.fold3.com/image/17371111].