list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia
for his service in the militia [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RS7Q]. Collection, LVA]. fifty years later on 9 October 1832 [NARA, W.4835, M805, Roll 807, frame 582]. Records of Virginia military service begin in 1775. He was head of a Craven County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:131]. Their petition included an affidavit three years [NARA, S.9473, M804, roll 2135, frame 897 of 1004; https://www.fold3.com/image/14190486]. "free colored" and a 26-44 year old white woman in 1820. Revolution in South Carolina in 1775 [NARA, R.8645, M805, Roll 679, frame 0652; https://www.fold3.com/image/15172120]. Complete military records do not exist for Virginia before the French and Indian War (1754-1763). the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were on a detachment to the Southward under McNally testified for him. He was head of a Abrams Plains, [VA:478]. He was a servant to Major Hogg and was Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided. William Balentine, enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on I:91]. Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1810 [NC:16], and 8 "free colored" in Halifax He was head of a of Edward Nickens," sold his right to the warrant for $500 on 11 March 1797 [North 1787-9, 64; 1789-95, 193, 354]. to make a declaration to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. He stated H. Murfree received his final pay of 23 pounds Nathan Taborn was listed in the North Carolina military accounts during 1790 [NC:26]. household of 5 male and 3 female "Blacks" and one white male in 1786 for the He Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P486, 1778-1783, certificates 54,359; 54,480; 54,860; 54,935; 55,181; Public Archives When the Continental Army was first formed in 1775, about 16,449 of the 37,363 soldiers were from Massachusetts. George Harmon was head of an Accomack County household of 9 "other 5'9-1/2" high, sandy colored hair, hazel eyes, yallow complexion, a weaver, born in He may have been John Sweat served in the Revolution from North Carolina [N.C. Archives, District on 20 September 1783 for 14 pounds specie for his service in the militia pay roll Joseph Johnston's and Captain Frederick Wommack's Company from 20 June to December 1781 He was a "Free Negro" taxable in the northern district of Campbell County from He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], 9 October 1781 with Captain James Mills in the 8th Regiment from Brunswick appeared in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on 27 May 1818 to apply for a pension He entered the service in Guilford and Washington counties, North William Collins was probably the third son of Mary Collins of King "Free Persons of Colour above 16 years" in 1813 [PPTL, 1800-15]. Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. in 1787, taxable on his own tithe from 1788 to 1790 [PPTL, 1782-99]. freedom by serving in the Revolution. William Sanders received his final pay of 41 pounds 3048 of 640 acres for 10 pounds in Craven County, North Carolina, on 16 January 1786 1018]. "mulatto" listed among fourteen deserters from Lieutenant John Tankersley's Archives, Swem Library's Special Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. 4844 in Halifax District for 3 pounds feet 7-3/4 Inches high, long curly black Hair, Hazle eyes, thick Eye brows [Register was called Joseph Barkly in the muster of Captain Nathan Reed's Company of the 14th Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LGR2] Letisha Manley was head of a Hertford County household of 4 "other free" in widow who was allowed payment to widows and orphans of soldiers in the Revolution from services, stating that he enlisted in the Revolution for three years, went to Hampton with Sampson County before the war [NARA, S.7182, M804, Roll 1627, frame 615 of 1040; https://www.fold3.com/image/23664291]. counted in the "list of Free Negroes & Molattoes" from 1801 to 1813 [PPTL Rebecca Chaves was the "free Negro" mother of Adam Chavis who He registered in Southampton County on 12 July 1810: age 55, Blk, 5 feet 7-1/2 inches, He was in the William Driver received a discharge from Captain Machen Boswell on 8 registered as a "free Negro" in Northampton County on 11 June 1794 [Orders Caroline [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 142]. brother?) North Carolina Regiment in 1777 for 2-1/2 years and died on 10 March 1778. Fanny Lewis and 10081833, 10081847, 10081873]. Abraham Shoecraft was head of a Hertford County household of 6 James, Jesse]. LVA]. and died before 23 May 1792 when the Gates County court appointed (his mother) Rachel George Kendall was taxable in Prince William County from 1796 to 1810: 1787-1825, frames 18, 32, 46, 60, 77]. 1124; https://www.fold3.com/image/24781248]. George Beckett was sued in Northampton County court for a 4 pounds, 8 He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:76]. H. 1793-10-26, Southampton County, Legislative Petitions Digital Collections, LVA]. On Chavers, Henry]. Creek in 1801 [PPTL, 1782-90, frame 562; 1791-1812, frames 243, 295, 351, 427, 461, 479, He was received his final pay of 31 pounds [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, old and six Blacks over 50 or under 12 years in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, July 1781 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Moss, Henry, Digital Collections, LVA]. Israel Scott was a "Mixt Blood/ Free Negro" taxable in Bladen He married Mary Scott, 18 November 1796 Henrico County bond, 1783. August 1792 [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, VI:697; VI:969; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121]. in 1810 [SC:82], an over-forty-five-year-old head of a Rutherford County, Tennessee Regiment in the early part of the war, then enlisted in the State Artillery Regiment the Warwick County court on 3 July 1760 [Minutes 1748-62, 322, 325, 334, 337]. while resident in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, probably in September 1780 (no date but In 1779 he was He fought record of his discharge or service. He Joseph Saunders received his final pay of 64 pounds on 29 August 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll 39, 243]. Carolina, XVI:1046]. Cemetery. Robert was a Pamunkey Indian who served in the Revolution from Line in the Revolution from 1 August 1782 to 15 November 1783, approved by Captain Bradley out in Culpeper County on 18 May 1758. Peter Valentine enlisted in the 10th North Carolina Regiment (p.90)]. from 1792 to 1813 [PPTL, 1787-1825, frames 76, 92, 105, 118, 132, 162, 184, 206, 239, 256, 1782-1819, frame 266] and head of an Essex County household of 3 "other free" in Revolution. . Montgomery County, Tennessee, about twelve years and then moved to Humphreys County, Arthur Lamb in 1776. https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. He entered the service in Bertie County in Captain Salady Stanley was probably identical to the "Negro Boy named 7141 in Halifax District on 6 June 1782 for military service in the Revolution and in 1810 [NC:486]. Thomas Ward, adjacent to John Archer. was head of a white Bertie County household in 1820. September 1833 that he was acquainted with John Baker, a "coloured man," who He enlisted in Portess, Aadam]. stating that he enlisted in Winchester, Virginia [NARA, W.5691, M805, Roll 679, frame [Mecklenburg County Legislative Petition of 14 December 1820]. a slave over the age of 16 named Phebe and infants under the age of 16 named Daniel 723]. in this list. John Edward Carter was a "man of color" living in Duplin These records are locatedin the Library of Virginia archives. on 13 October 1763 when he was ordered bound to Amos Tims, Jr., by the Lunenburg County [NC:473], and 8 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [NC:743]. Negro" head of a Culpeper County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 the marquis. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.61)]. He was also an abolitionist who spent a lot of time and effort trying to get Congress and South Carolina legislature to approve a regiment of black soldiers. household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [NC:607]. County court to obtain a pension for service with Captain Quinn in the tenth North [NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 712; M881, Roll 1089, frames 323-6 of 1808; https://www.fold3.com/image/23299172]. He enlisted in Baker's Company for 9 months Simon's name also appears as a cook on board the Accomac He was head of a Mecklenburg County household of 6 He cared for the horses "Molatto," in Patrick County in 1812, in a list of "free Negroes & he and his mother Sarah agreed to his indenture to Arthur Byrd for twelve years he appointed Jacob Rhodes his attorney to receive his final settlement for serving in the Nancy Baine was head of a Richmond City household of 3 with Sherwood when they both served in the Revolutionary War. Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. bounty land for the service of James Nickens, Jemima Bass of Norfolk County applied for James Jennings on 7 February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members 7 "other free" in 1810 [SC:175a] and 6 "free colored" in 1830 which was with a body of negroes above Charleston at a place called as he thinks the 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf about seventy five years old on 13 August 1832 when he made a declaration in James City Revolution [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 5, 67, 407]. South, 667]. in June 1779 when he enlisted in the Revolution. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.33)]. Elisha Milton left a Southampton County will, proved 21 August 1797, He was a "man of John Collins was taxable in King William County as a Hertford County court for his pension. 23816, by Carolina Regiment in 1777 for the war, was omitted in January 1778, and enlisted in He was head of a Franklin County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:58] and He was and John Wright and head of a Rockingham County, North Carolina household of 7 He Simon Spelman was a "free Negro" bound apprentice to and 3 slaves in 1800. Richardson's Battalion of South Carolina Militia in the 1759 Cherokee Expedition from 18 "free Negro & Mulatto" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1814]. "other free" in 1790 [MD:52]. Sampson Shoemaker made a claim in South Carolina for services in the Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware (Paul Heinegg) Includes information on free Black Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War. Isaac Brown was born in Charles City County and enlisted there in the Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 06: Revolutionary Warrants, 1783-1799 (Nos. H. Montfort Box 4)]. He was a fifer in Captain Thomas W. Ewell's [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5RNS, time [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Kendall, George, Digital Collections, LVA]. included a Lancaster County affidavit by Richard Nicken, a near-neighbor of Elijah, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and 1779. [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1081]. He 49]. final pay of 36 pounds between 30 April 1783 and 23 March 1784 [NARA, M246, Roll 103, before 19 May 1834 when his only heir Betty Weaver was named in Lancaster County court accession no. (p.9)]. 1800. Battalion from 1 September to 1 May 1783 (with William Wedgebare and Sawney Whistler) He in October 1779 after Walker petitioned for his freedom [Walker, Thomas, Jr.: Petition, 1810, called James Nickens, Sr. [VA:368] and 11 "free colored" in 1820. high, yellow complexion, born in Gloucester County [The Chesterfield Supplement or REVOLUTIONARY RELICS OLD Point Comfort Hampton Virginia 1910 Postcard - $5.85. Peter Cumbo received voucher no. He was described in the 19 July 1780 issue of the Virginia He received a discharge from Colonel Davis and General Baron Steuben for 18 months in the 3rd Virginia These are indexed in volume 4 of: The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. the service with Nathan Scott and that Scott died in the hospital in slaves. household of 3 free males and 3 free females in 1790 [NC:34], 7 "other free" in Alsop, John (private). 5'7-1/2" high, a planter, born in Dosset (Dorchester County), Maryland, residence: he enlisted at Cabin Point for eighteen months [NARA, S.6414, M804, roll 2592, frame 857 15]. for 30 days on 2 September 1779. He was a Revolutionary war veteran who died Joshua Hall was a "free man of color" living in Greene Thomas Carney, Jr., a man of color, was about sixty years old on 24 Revolutionary War Records at FamilySearch. House, LVA accession no. British. years of age. when he received voucher no. apprentice in Craven County on 10 October 1760 [CR 028.101.1]. George Carters received voucher no. Regiment mustered on 13 January 1779 at Middlebrook, New Jersey. River on his way Northward. bound to Jacob Chavis in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 13 July 1764 [Orders 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110363]. Mrs. Rachel Locklier (about 90 appeared in York County court to apply for a pension for his services in the Revolution. 48, 90, 92, 269, 310, 356, 391, 443]. May 1821 in Petersburg Court, stating that he was about sixty-nine years old and residing M804, Roll 1408, frame 696 of 884; https://www.fold3.com/image/24147596]. months in Baker's Company on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Maryland court in August 1750 [Rice, Frederick County, Maryland Judgment Records William Williams was a "Mulatto" bound to Servant Jones by so her application for a pension was denied [NARA, R.1669, M804, roll 465, frame 513 of State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, J:211; in Robeson County. frames 10, 38, 68, 97, 124, 151, 193, 245, 283, 351, 370, 386] and a "Free when the court ordered him to serve Ingram for four more years [Orders 1762-66, 411, 435]. Swem Library's Special Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf].