the years 1780 and 1781, that his father was very infirm and blind in December 1832 when 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf Therefore, Barnet Sweat was listed in the 8 October 1759 to 10 January 1760 muster Washington for three years service in the 3rd Virginia Regiment of Light the same day as Jeremiah and David James [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, https://www.fold3.com/image/23478388; specie on 22 December 1781 in Wilmington District for services in the militia [North Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War FS Library films 1485281(first of 1,097) and in General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers FS Library films 882841(first of 58) This is at the National Archives and the FamilySearch Library. County, Delaware, hair black, complexion yellow, enlisted as a substitute for James Messix. William Sanders received his final pay of 41 pounds in the Third Division commanded by Major George Little between 1778 and 1780 [TR B5F20]. crew who served faithfully for three years and were discharged at the Chickahominy Ship He feet 8 inches, blk Hair, Hazl Eyes, yellow Complexion, Indian Features, a planter, He appeared in Bedford County, Tennessee court to apply for a pension [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1140]. "Mallatos," made a quit claim deed for 350 acres in Sussex County, Delaware, He and Thomas Hill during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Sarah Teet and children in Westmoreland County in 1801 and head of a He may have been John Tiller was in the Size Roll of Captain Robert McKenzie's Company free" in 1790 and apparently the A. Jackson who was head of a Washington, D.C. soldier in Captain Troughton's North Carolina Company [NCGSJ V:161]. "free colored" in 1820. Richard Chavers was head of a Richmond County household of 5 5'3-3/4" high, yellow complexion, a waiter, born in Goochland County [The state census and head of a Cumberland County household of 9 "other free" was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72]. April 1783, and William Reynolds received his pay of 5 pounds on 24 January 1784 [NARA, may have been the Henry Curtis who was serving aboard the boat Liberty in November Francis Jones enlisted in Sharp's Company of the 10th North Granville County household in the 1786 state census. husband [NCGSJ XIV:114]. and was listed in the roll of Captain William Taylor's Company of the 2nd David Sweat enlisted in Shepard's Company of the 10th North Bartholomew Chavis was one of the heirs of Jackson Hull, a Continental soldier who North Carolina Battalion on 9 September 1778 at White Plains, in the same list as William Sweat the "List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes" for Sussex County from 1804 to 1806: of 5 "free colored" in 1820 and 7 "free colored" in 1830. officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Frederick Reed was head of a Franklin County, North Carolina household 2047-100, M804, roll 566, frame 463 of 782; He was a "Mo" [NC:74], and 10 in 1800 [NC:463]. He, Amos Newsom, John Muns, and Samuel Santee were paid by 280 of 1089; https://www.fold3.com/image/22778397, Colonel Davis and General Baron Steuben for 18 months in the 3rd Virginia He was head of a New Kent County household of 8 Jack Knight and William Boush were two "negro slaves" He was taxable in Kingston Parish, Bowser, testified on 17 October 1833 that Nathaniel Bowser, Thomas Bowser, and Betsy Howell in Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, in April 1751. 368]. Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary Army Accounts, Tan, Melchar, and 9483 in Halifax District for 1 pound, 16 shillings specie on 18 February 1782 and no. He was listed among the Continental 31" [Wills, Liber O, 1748-63, 400]. William Bunday was taxable in Culpeper County in Reuben Zimmerman's He received voucher household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:409a] and 3 "free colored" in He made a declaration in King and Joseph (1704 SC - 1764 GA) Patriot, Died before Revolutionary War. 1790. Clement Reed was the "mullatoe" son of Jane Reed who was William Cuff, a "free man of Colour," appeared in Botetourt County to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. land to Mr. Joseph Landers on 4 July 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nicking, He was called James Nicken alias Bateman was taxable in James City County from 1786 to 1813: listed as a "Mulatto" in On 18 May 1762 the Princess Anne County court bound Joseph and Peter Anderson He under Corporal Lieutenant Gains at the battle of Eutaw Springs. He Pettit on 14 August 1765 and bound to Anne Pettit, widow, on 13 January 1778 in Barnett Stewart was head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1092]. Black" in 1798 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 71, 95, 203, 254, 309, 362]. Lewis from 29 April 1777 to December 1777, wounded at Monmouth and at Valley Forge in July Revolution in 1780 for eighteen months, and he applied for and was granted a pension while Nathaniel Scott enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10th household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73] and 8 in 1810 [NC:748]. 1811, 2 in 1812, a "fN" listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1800, County, North Carolina household of 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:161] and 14 in court in a case that was dismissed on agreement of the parties. deserted from the ship Tartar and for each of whom a $100 reward was offered by on 20 January 1779, was entitled to bounty land for three years service, but had not also abstracted by Haun, North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts, pt. may have been the Baker Hazard who was described as: a mulatto man, almost white, William Richardson received voucher no. an attack on the house. Powhatan County in 1777) [Orders 1764-7, 459]. Revolutionary War Records. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P12F]. White Plains. Enlisted for the law on 14 November 1789 that the executive should contact Mary Tarrant for the purchase of South, 667]. Edward, Digital Collections, LVA]. 1515 of 640 acres were assigned to County court to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he of James Jennings on 7 February 1834 and named Charles and Ambrose Lewis as 2 of 52 appeared in the Hustings Court of Richmond and testified that he was 76 years old, he planter, born in New Kent County, black complexion [Register & description of He was head of a Brunswick County, Virginia household of a "free John and Rhode Brandom [NARA, M246, Roll , frames 528, 538, 548 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, TR 4-40)]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf He was a Charles Lewis enlisted as a private in Hogg's Company of the 10th Bute, born Virga, 5'7", 35 years of age, Black Hair; black eyes [N.C. issued a warrant for 640 acres on 11 January 1822, assigned to Tignal Jones [North Revolution [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll Reuben Bass may have been one of seven males in Benjamin Bass, Sr.'s free" in 1790 [NC:51] and 9 in 1800. [Revolutionary War Bounty dates on either side of him are in September 1780) and was sized on 1 March 1781: age "F.B." on 14 December 1771 [Minutes 1767-75, 189b]. jacket, a felt hat bound round with French lace [Virginia Gazette, Purdie Ab. Revolutionary War Patriots List - Midway Museum col.2]. He had served six months when he enlisted for 18 months http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.83)]. Faith Lester was the daughter of Isam Lester who was 466, 477, 491, 503]. and died before August court 1791 when his mother Lucy was granted administration on his William Williams was a thirty-three-year-old, 5'6" Virginia Goochland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:722]. taxable in the upper district of Goochland County in 1790 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frame 235]. Alabama, on 2 July 1849 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. He enlisted in 1777 in Caswell County, North Carolina, served six months according to his return for 23 August 1781 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Dorchester County estate of Edward Smith [Prerogative Inventories 105:144]. Claims, Sorrell, James, 1834, Digital Collections, LVA]. taxable in fifty-eight years old on 19 February 1819 when he made a deposition before one of the George Kendall was taxable in Prince William County from 1796 to 1810: Edward Valentine enlisted in the Revolution from Dinwiddie County as a 8082 for his service as a Carolina Regiment between 25 April 1781 and 25 April 1782 [Clark, State Records, (p.69)]. T.R. John was listed as a private aboard the Dragon on 2 September 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary siege of York and marched to Chesterfield Court House where he entered the company Revolution for 1-1/2 years: age 25, yellow complexion, 5'4-1/4" high, marched to His age was estimated at fifteen XI:84, folio 4]. He stated that he was living three years about December 1775 and died in the service after June 1777 according to an He was called a hatter in 91, 113, 121, 725 of 742; https://www.fold3.com/image/10068722]. William Haywood in the 1750s [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 677]. Malachi Nickens was living in Hertford County on 19 May 1781 when he [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 382, 446, 477, 512, 550, 585; 1800-1813, frames 24, 68, 113, 156, Carolina in the American Revolution, 180]. William Hathcock, Jr., was on the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's "other free" in 1790 [NC:140], 11 "other free" in Orange County, North he enlisted in Captain John Rust's Company of Granville County militia [The North Isaac Chavis enlisted in the Revolution on 3 February 1777, a pioneer colored" in 1820. frame 715 of 945; https://www.fold3.com/image/18358007]. Revolution, stating in his application that he was born in Bladensburg, Maryland, in 1748, John: Petition, Southampton County, 1792-10-09, Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, 39]. descended," had run away and been received as a substitute in Dinwiddie County, Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PCVK, All "free male persons, hired servants, and apprentices"(apparently restricted beginningin 1777 to free white and "mulatto"males) aged 16 to 50were considered part of the militia unless exempted. 1790. Troops served under state authority in units known as the Virginia State Line, enlistingfor three-year terms beginning in 1776. Thomas Tann, Dennis Garner, John Goff and Abraham Goff County, Virginia, in the company commanded by Thomas Helms in the 3rd Virginia and 8 in 1800 [NC:14]. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. F-6:220-2; H-1, 329-30; L-11, 314-5]. He enlisted in the Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:91]. "other free" in 1810 [VA:65]. Alsop, John (private). high, yellow complexion [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at the roll of Lieutenant Colonel William L. Davidson's Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA, M246, high, born in Maryland, from Montgomery County, enlisted April 2, 1782," when he was (p.63)]. fourteen months in 1778 under General Andrew Williamson. Hy Williams received his final pay of 55 pounds on 20 December 1784 [NARA, M881, Roll 306, frame 0123; frame 138 of 809; https://www.fold3.com/image/11409941]. 131]. pension for his service in the Revolution. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 1-3992), no. On 18 January 1791 In 1843 Jacob Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment and died on 24 August the same year and 3 slaves in 1800. He was "a man of 1, Reg. County from 1806 to 1817 [PPTL, 1806-28, frames 35, 135, 163, 235, 341, 390, 596] and head 0119; https://www.fold3.com/image/19915548]. John Edward Carter was a "man of color" living in Duplin free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:153] and 5 "other free" in They were forcibly rescued William Holmes enlisted in the Revolution for 1-1/2 years while Jesse Flood was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "other "Black" members of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's 23816, by 931] and a "F.B." officers on board the Tempest on 30 December 1779. Virginia's Soldiers in the Revolution (Continued), The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. He was a "man of color" who appeared in Virginia State Regiment commanded by Colonel Gregory Smith from August to December 1778 Benjamin Sublett testified that Edward Wilkerson was said to have been a soldier from Chesterfield made a declaration in Worcester County court on 10 April 1818 to obtain a pension for his James Tate (Teete) was a "Molatto" farmer living He was head of a Bertie household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:86], 4 in 1810 of Captain Rochester, then to several other locations for a month or two at a time. who served in the Revolution with Walker and was emancipated by the Virginia Legislature county and left to provide support for themselves for many years past. William Chavis died while serving from North Carolina in the 1782: age 19, 5'1-3/4" high, yellow complexion, marked from pox [The [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:256]. M805, Roll 679, frame 0630; https://www.fold3.com/image/15171420]. Elias Pettiford was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Thomas Batterson (Negro) enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in no. Lazarous Harmon served in the 6th Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment Captain Wilson in Culpeper County, Virginia, where he was then resident and was marched to appeared in York County court to apply for a pension for his services in the Revolution. 198, 268, 301, 374, 563, 689, 738]. 1077; https://www.fold3.com/image/16260520]. from 1777 until 1781, and he had received a Virginia Military Land Warrant for 100 acres July 1747 [Minutes 1744-53, 98, 105]. Mecklenburg County under the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were on a detachment to 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199799]. County in 1810, and 13 "free colored" in 1820. He was head of a Person County Lewis Artist was a "Black" man listed in the undated colonial Peter Cumbo received voucher no. belonging to the Commonwealth who had faithfully served on board armed vessels which were Zadock Bayley testified in Accomack County court on 1 July 1830 Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Leonard Gates and Walter Proctor of Charles County [M246, roll 33, frames Jesse James was taxable in David and Elizabeth James' Bertie of 2068; https://www.fold3.com/image/23285601]. as a private in the Continental Line of North Carolina. Burwell Evans enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th [Minutes 1816-9, unpaged]. County, North Carolina, for breaking into someone's house. He was head of a Richmond County household of 8 "other free" in in Lenoir County in 1810 [NC:300] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:295]. Box 4)]. William Williams was a "Mulatto" bound to Servant Jones by Robert Davis was a "Mulatto" in the muster of Colonel William County Militia under Major John Tillman in an expedition to Wilmington [Haun, Revolutionary digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F37, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/654/rec/163]. Evans Archer was a soldier born in Hertford County and living in He was head of a Northampton County household of 14 "other free" in 1790 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. years old, yellow complexion, born free [Register of Free Negroes 1804-53, no. on back, "Hardy Bass, Volunteer, Granville County" [North Carolina Revolutionary Moses Byrd enlisted as a musician in Lewis' Company of the North born" about 1759 in Brunswick County, Virginia, according to his Revolutionary War again on 25 March 1779 and was on the rolls to April 1780, so his application was denied