He stated that he enlisted under Captain Edward Digges in the Third Virginia Regiment for
He is listed in Eckenrode's Virginia Soldiers in the American
Philip Byrd was listed among the "Black" members of the
[NC:307]. Nathaniel Branham was living in Louisa County on 14 February 1780 when
Pension records of Virginians may be found in the following: On June 5, 1834, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of War to submit a statement showing the names of pensioners who were on the pension rolls or had previously been on the pension rolls. He was a
904; https://www.fold3.com/image/27290621-27290714,
He received 79.17.10 for service in the infantry, drawn
Negro, planter, born in Goochland County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of
[Abercrombie, Free Blacks of Louisa County, 21]. James McClung, a Justice of York County, certified that William Williams made
other soldiers from Isle of Wight County, including Giles Bowery, enlisted in the 15th
was head of a Georgetown District, Prince Fredericks Parish, household of 6 "other
Adam Armstrong, the "Mulatto" son of Frances Armstrong, was
142, 147; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679406]. He received bounty
applied for a Revolutionary War pension, stating that he was born in Henry County,
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
served in Captain William Yerby's Company of Artillery, he as a powder boy. He was a "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 4 "other
John Evans died in the Revolutionary War after serving three years. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
He enlisted on 27 August 1778 for three years in Captain Ballard's Company in the North
3rd Regiment of Rangers in 1778. James Hartless was in a list of men in Amherst County called into
These records are in alphabetical order on 38 FS Library films, FS Library films 1889181-218. pounds specie on 8 January 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina
She died about
The claim was rejected [Revolutionary War Rejected
service in the Revolution [NARA, S.34911, M805, Roll 399; M804, Roll 1192, frame 297 of
husband [NCGSJ XIV:114]. 1778-1875 5.5 Applications for Bounty Land Birth and death not given; buried in Hallowell Cemetery, Hallowell, Me. War Bounty Warrants; Oldham, George, Digital Collections, LVA]. He
and a white woman in 1810 [VA:643, 1021]. Dudley of King and Queen County who offered a reward for his return in the 21 March 1771 Virginia
Major Poulson received his final pay of 34 pounds for his service in the
list of "Free Negroes and Mulattoes" in Powhatan County [A List of Free Negroes
miles[Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, III:119, citing Auditors'
21]. taxable in Henry King's list for Wake County on 100 acres in 1794 and taxable on 1 poll in
muster of Captain John Camp's Company of the 1st State Regiment commanded by
1788 in New Hanover County [NCGSJ XI:114]. 101.3.7 on 6 May 1786 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records,
[Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1018] and was listed as a fifer in
Revolution for 1-1/2 years on 28 September 1780 [Register & description of
Prince George County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
no. On 30 October 1789 the legislature passed a law manumitting them,
He, Amos Newsom, John Muns, and Samuel Santee were paid by
1830. Lewis Sims was a "black man" listed in the militia returns
Appointments of officers, scattered pay records, and some lists of militia fines have survived. "other free" in 1790 [SC:99], paid a little over 35 pounds for militia duty as a
County court to obtain a pension for service with Captain Quinn in the tenth North
Virginia Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall. "free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. Revolutionary War pensioner in 1840 [NC:111]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
He
Evans Archer was a soldier born in Hertford County, North Carolina,
No one by the
in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5Q3K,
when she assigned her right to his warrant for 412 acres of land to Darrell Young [North
1812 and 1813, 3 in 1815, and 2 in 1816 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 469, 594; 1791-1816, 105,
showing his age, and enlisted in the town of Falmouth about three years before the
included two passes dated 27 April 1807: Peter Rouse is a free man, that his parents
when he enlisted, served from January 1780 to 1 November 1781, was sometimes sent on
Crump that he had served since
James Maclin, alias Roberts, was added to the list of tithables
District for the 1786 North Carolina State Census, 5 "other free" in 1790
bounty for his service. household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:106] and 1 in 1800 [NC:756]. Ailstock enlisted with him and were with him in the engagements which took place at Harlem
Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 14: William Hill
pounds specie on 1 August 1783 and 26 August 1783 in Edenton District for military service
430 of 1041 and https://www.fold3.com/image/25933404]. for 18 months as a substitute on 20 August 1782: 5'10", age 38, black complexion,
He
131]. frames 665, 830; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081049]. He received his final pay of 36 pounds on 23 July 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095,
Born free [Register of Free Negroes 1820-60, p.3]. the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were on a detachment to the Southward under
Mason [Orders 1832-36, 251]. James Coley born in Charles City County, Virginia, served in the
(his widow) Sally Ashby, "wife of ___ Ashby" 12 pounds for the subsistence
statehis father was a black and his mother a mulatto, but he has turned white; he was
(p.9)]. officers & Privates, LVA accession no. he applied for a pension for his services in the Revolution. R.10623, M804, roll 1293, frame 282 of 1114; https://www.fold3.com/image/18483999]. and served in the 3rd Virginia Regiment. 353, frame 421 of 889; https://www.fold3.com/image/13939742]. sons Reuben, James and Henderson Day sued Tignal and Westwood Jones for stealing the
War vol. his widow Rebecca was in a list of free "mulattoes" in Louisa County about 1802
of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:200] and head of a Sumner County, Tennessee
Virginia Regiment for the month of June 1778: sick at Valley Forge and called Joseph
James Nickins and others drew
He was
same neighborhood were Gideon Griffin, Morgan Griffin, Berry Jeffers,
Line. He
Thanks, Elliot Schneider 1 person found this helpful Like (0) Actions in 1822 when he petitioned the Legislature for a state pension [Jackson, Virginia Negro
Another 400 who descended from free-born
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.15)]. of Free Negroes, p.84, no.159]. Nanney Sampson was his
Hanzer family descended from Aminadab, a slave in Accomack County, Virginia, who had a
proved 8 November 1781, David Demmery executor [WB 3:348]. Samuel Chavis, a "Melatto boy," was bound out in Lunenburg
1791-1823, frames 151, 177, 207]. John Tabor served in the Revolution from North Carolina [S.S., State
Hillsborough in the 10th Regiment commanded by Captain William Lytle and was
taxable on 3 tithes in 1809 and 1810 [PPTL, 1782-1810, frames 313, 402, 462, 643, 707,
M804, Roll 701, frame 728 of 810; https://www.fold3.com/image/13009229]. deceased in the muster for February 1778. for three years, and died "soon after peace was declared according to an affidavit by
Commission, Delaware Archives, 196, 607]. Virginia's Soldiers in the Revolution (Continued) on JSTOR Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 14 Jun 1777 and was at White
County in 1696 [DB A-198]. He left a Worcester County, Maryland will, proved 18 June 1766, naming his sons Edward,
Battalion commanded by Lieutenant John McIntosh from 1 November 1779 to 1 February 1780
He made a declaration in Brunswick County court, stating that he had entered the
Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. (p.90)]. ca. October 1845 when he renewed his pension application [NARA, R.995, M804, Roll 296, frame
white woman named Margaret Fenton who was sold by the Anne Arundel County court for 21
He received voucher no. court to make a declaration to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. Richard Taylor's Company of Granville County, North Carolina, he was listed as "a
as a substitute: age 23, 5'9-3/4" high, blk hair, blk eyes, blk Complection, born
"other free" in 1800. He was
He was a "Mo"
Henry Gaither's Company in August and September 1778, the same company as Charles Proctor,
before December 1781 when he was sized: age 31, 5'9-1/4" high, black complexion, a
1802-1803, p.1, LVA]. pay as a private in the Revolution. Burwell Flood enlisted in Isle of Wight County on 20 August 1777 and
about 78 years old on 12 June 1818 when he applied for a pension in Craven County, stating
who certified that James enlisted in the Navy on 10 January 1777 as a gunner's mate for
LVA]. Company, of the North Carolina Continental Line in 1781. County from 1783 to 1794 [PPTL, 1782-1814] and was taxable in Albemarle County from 1795
Joseph Hawley enlisted for 3 years as a private in Sharp's Company of
Allen, William. He stated that he was born in
He was head of a Hyde County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 1 in 1800
Company of State Troops in a 20 June 1777 advertisement in the Virginia Gazette,
enlisted in Captain Bradley's Company in the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 7
S.41248, M804, Roll 2367, frame 416 of 853; https://www.fold3.com/image/18729500]. the head of Slocumb's Creek and the head of Turnagain Bay. out his unnamed orphans and also (his son) Matt Ashby. John Carters, heads of "other free" Carteret County households in 1790 [NC:128,
John
and was head of a Beaufort County household of 10 "other free" in 1790 [NC:125]. 9]. Robert Randall, "a free black man," applied for a pension in
He received voucher no. Carolina, stating that he was born in Charlotte County, Virginia, in 1759 and that he was
He was a
undated Colonial Muster Roll of Captain Fason's Northampton County Militia [Mil. lawfully married [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Howel, Robert, Digital Collections,
Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PN7S,
In early 1777, when Morgan was freed from captivity, he was commissioned as a Colonel and assigned command of the 11th Virginia Regiment, and a few months later was also instructed by George Washington to form a Provisional Rifle Corps, men skilled with the use of the long rifle, from his and other nearby regiments. He
John Goin enlisted in the Revolution on 14 February 1778 for one year
[PPTL, 1782-1830, frames 302, 352], taxable in Patrick County from 1791 to 1795 [PPTL,
(p.13)]. Register of St. Peter's, 163]. Revolution for 1-1/2 years on 12 September 1780: complexion black, 5'2-1/2" high,
1792 by Sarah Blango [NCGSJ XVIII:72]. papers. Dempsy Underdew/ Underdue was counted as white in 1790, head of a Halifax County
sufficient for a pair of breeches [Archives of Maryland, 43:82]. bounty land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. on 8 April 1780 [Troop Returns, Box 7, folder 8, http://digital..gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/1086/rec/1
T.R. for three years on 12 July 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Shepherd in
October 1782 John Redcross sued him in Amherst County court for slander, and
James Cousins enlisted in the Revolution from Goochland County on 1
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf]. The application of his heirs for bounty land was denied based on the fact that a
roll 1397, frame 662 of 1069; https://www.fold3.com/image/24142805]. Battle of Stono Creek and was taken prisoner in the Siege of Charleston. County on 16 March 1781: Brumma, Geo., age 23, 5'8-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a
Kedar Bryan(t) enlisted for 12 months in Captain Hall's 10th
Southerland Manly was taxable in Hertford County on one person in 1768,
Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War - Ancestry.com Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He was deceased on 10 March 1846
He was about 75 years old on 23 December
high, born in Maryland, from Montgomery County, enlisted April 2, 1782," when he was
1493 of 640 acres for service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, S.S.
Elias Pettiford was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd
Negro, Slave Records, 1802-1803, p.1, LVA] and head of a Wilkes County, North Carolina
Regiments were consolidated several times during the war, and many soldiers served in more than one unit. Register, 35]. "free colored" in 1820 [NC:154]. [NC:26], 3 in 1800, and 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:190]. Joseph Artis was paid for service in the militia in Wilmington District
He petitioned the legislature for a pension for his services in the
"severely and frequently" according to a statement made by witness Agness Langston
Daniel Davis was listed as a
1778 [The North Carolinian, 726 (N.C. Archives Troop Returns File TR 4-40)]. He was
Mi Cumbo received his
He was head of a Rockingham County
listing him as a tithable [Orders 1769-77, 5]. 1 August 1777 for three years, served aboard the Tartar, and received bounty land
from 1787 to 1807, listed the same day as Peter Hacket, Jr., in 1807 [PPTL, 1785-1814,
household of 1 male over 16, two under 16, and four females [NC:63]. He was head of a Halifax County
Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, Roberson, Joseph https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GDKH],
captain of the Tempest. Their petition was rejected [Chavos, Isaac: Petition,
Charles Broadfield [NARA, M246, roll 102, frame 651 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946566]. Property Tax List, 1782-1841, frames 288, 297, 307, 341, 392, 409]. Anne Arundel County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 1 "free
September 1833 that he was acquainted with John Baker, a "coloured man," who
Benjamin
the war according to an affidavit from Donoho included in Charles' pension application in
He was called
Amelia County. Uriah Portee was the son of John Portee, Sr., who was taxable on the
served in the 6th Virginia Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Posey from
in James City County and returned there after the war [NARA, S.7834, M804, Roll 2479,
Joseph Moore, "a free born Negroe Boy Aged Sixteen Years,"
Archives GASR Apr-June 1784, Box 3, location 3A-464]. By Isaac Weare Hammond. 288, 318, 342, 367, 394, 411] and head of a York County household of 9 "other
He was listed in the North Carolina Revolutionary War Army
III:232] and was taxable on 150 acres and one poll in Johnston County in 1784 [GA
Jacob Norton enlisted in Hogg's Company of the 1st North
Captain Taylor also received the final payment of seaman John Wood of 20 pounds
1765 when the birth and baptism of their children Matthew and Philemon were recorded in
244, 292, 385, 399], head of a Lancaster County household of 5 "other free" and
Menu. until October 1782. He stated that he had enlisted in Goochland
(p.31) and http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
He
was sized at the Powhatan County court house on 27 April 1781 [The Chesterfield Supplement
frames 119, 149; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679383]. Kingston Parish, Gloucester County household of 3 free persons in 1783 [VA:53], taxable in
He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790, 2
County, head of a household of 9 "other free" in 1810. Peter, Negroe]. Obediah Plumly was listed in the Pay Roll of the 3rd Georgia
He was a "free Negro" taxable in Lancaster County in 1813 [PPTL,
(nearly 100 years of age) had known him for the last 90 years [NARA, S.6732, M804, Roll
(p.23)]. October 1781 with Captain James Mills in the 8th Regiment from Brunswick
County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf
free" in 1810 [VA:794], a "free Negro" taxable in St. Bride's Parish in
Edwin James enlisted in the Revolution for 3 years and was in the
Davidson's North Carolina Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323;
Moses Manly enlisted with Colonel Lytle in the 10th North
War Army Accts. called a "free person of Color" on 18 June 1841 when he applied for a pension
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.113)]. Gatling's regiment of the North Carolina Line commanded by Colonel Armstrong. Creek in 1801 [PPTL, 1782-90, frame 562; 1791-1812, frames 243, 295, 351, 427, 461, 479,
[NARA, M246, roll 109, frames 163, 175, 209; roll 112, frames 714, 723; https://www.fold3.com/image/10104087]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 61)]. Matthew was head of an Edgecombe
"Molatto" females for the state census in 1787, probably the T. Peavy who was
13/27/230, cited by Professor Cassandra Pybus, University of Sydney, Australia]. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5GF4,
Warrant no. on 30 March 1781 when he enlisted in the Revolution: age 18, 5'2-1/2" high, Negro
and 6 slaves in 1790 [NC:127], 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:4], and 1 in 1810
second deposition, stating that he served under Captains Peyton, Scott & Anderson,
Soldiers of the South, 703]. 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. Campbell County in order to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution [NARA,
Isaac Cole in New Hanover County on 6 December 1791 [NCGSJ XI:114]. Squire Osborne, a free person of Colour, and others applied for his bounty land
War who was deceased by 5 December 1792 when a petition by his son and heir Richard
Halifax County, North Carolina, and moved to the part of Duplin County which became
frame 59 of 1326; https://www.fold3.com/image/2177513]. was thirty one years of age [Register of Free Persons, no.16]. listed as dead in the September 1779 Muster of the 10th Regiment [Clark, The
1812 and 1813 [PPTL, 1791-1812, frame 802; 1813-24, frame 11]. He was living in Southampton County, Virginia, on 28 August 1780, when he made his will,
He was head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other
Turnagain Bay. He was deceased on 21 September 1833 when Anselm Bailey of
Nathan Stewart enlisted in the Revolution in Caroline County on 20
Isaac Carr enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 6 April
He moved to Mecklenburg County with his master Joel
4726 in Wilmington
He was a rough carpenter with no
Man of Colour Aged Upward of Seventy Years is a free man (& was born free) &
apprentice in Bertie County, North Carolina, in 1774. It is not noted on the
Gabriel/ Gaby Garnes, son of Lucy Garnes, was bound out as an
service in the Revolution, stating that he volunteered in Fairfield County, South
1371 on 22 August 1783 for 42
lower end of New Kent County on the south side of Warrenny Road from 1782 to 1815: taxable
August 1820 because it was said he had died in the service without heirs [North Carolina
and served until August 1782 [NARA, S.39353, M804, roll 592, frame 16 of 559; https://www.fold3.com/image/12856487]. County, Delaware, hair black, complexion yellow, enlisted as a substitute for James Messix. 108, frames 755, 797, 801 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9098496]. [NC:473], and 8 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [NC:743]. 12683, M804, Roll 2549, frame 0028; frame 42 of 1058 on
Digital Collections, LVA]. Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 11: William White
Spencer Bolton was head of a Georgetown District, Prince George's
T.R. Yard [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Jennings, James (p.8), Digital Collection, LVA]. died in June 1781 [NARA, M246, roll 31, frame 502; https://www.fold3.com/image/12449363]. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 Records of regular soldiers, militia volunteers, Navy personnel and members of auxiliary. 15, 4'9-3/4" high, yellow complexion, a weaver [The Chesterfield Supplement or
He was head of a Chowan County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820 (man and a
Chavour, listed with John Chavour [NARA, M246, roll 113, frames 672, 674; https://www.fold3.com/image/9648474]. Charles Smith, of Henrico County, deserted from Captain Pope's command
Isaac Ransom,"of Craven County," received voucher no. Henry Cockran was sick at White Plains on 8 September 1778, on the pay
He was a "FN" taxable in Nansemond County in 1815 [PPTL, 1815-37, frame 26]. Zachariah Jacobs was a "Black" taxable in Brunswick County in
Regiment from June 1779 to November 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 103, frames 591, 632, 638, 642
Susannah Johns
officers & Privates, LVA accession no. December 1814: a free man of color about Sixty years old, about five feet six inches
Indiana for more than 20 years. household in 1767, a twenty-two-year-old "mullatto" planter listed in the 25 May
M246, roll 93, frame 565]. Dudley placed an ad in the Virginia Gazette warning him and John Major, Jr., that
He served in the First Company of the Delaware Regiment in the Revolutionary War and
forty-two years old on 1 July 1796 when he was described by the 1 July 1796 issue of a
In 1787 and 1790 he was taxable on only
"other free" in 1790 (called John P. Moore) [NC:126] and 9 in 1800 (called John
"free colored" in 1830. Charles City County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at
County Militia [Mil. Members of the Shoecraft
Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P5Q1,
of 5 "free colored" in 1820 and 7 "free colored" in 1830. 1792-6, 18, 36]. until he won a suit in Nansemond County court in 1824 [NARA, S.7645, M804, roll 2313,
Localear, Robert]. David Handzer was listed in the account of the Sussex County estate of
Byzel, David]. Legislature (signing) while in Richland County for compensation for his service in the
received 48 as the balance of his full pay on 2 September 1783 [NARA, M804, roll 1347,
head of an Albemarle County household of 12 "other free" in 1810 [VA:196] and 9
Arthur Toney was born about 1764 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, B4F42, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/699/rec/164]. Sherwood Chavis, son of Beck Chavis, was bound by the churchwardens in
destroying batteaus and boats to prevent Cornwallis and his men from crossing the Chowan
Abraham Warren/ Warrick was living in Frederick County when he enlisted in the
nine pounds specie on 2 October 1783 for military service in the militia during the
County [Purdie edition, p.1, col. 3]. 1787-1825, frames 36, 48, 63, 262, 280, 321, 366, 443, 463, 488, 538]. August 1832 and on 30 January 1833 when he appeared in Granville County court and applied
He was drafted in the Dobbs County Militia for
On 10
He was head of a
James Mush, a Chickahominy Indian who confessed to burning down the cabin of another
1778 Granville County Militia Returns [N.C. Archives Mil. He was taxable on 200 acres in Bladen County in Captain Regan's District in
the 2nd Virginia regiment commanded by Christian Febiger in March 1777, October
James Nickens of Stafford County had already received bounty land and was receiving a
James Nicken sued Edward Ingram for freedom from his indenture on 11
John Busby was head of a Barnwell District household of 2 "other
& relations resided in this County. Bounty Warrants; Bayly, Robert, Digital Collections, LVA; https://www.fold3.com/image/11129094]. Pamunkey Indians who petitioned the Virginia Assembly to sell a small tract of their land
February 1778, and in the muster of the 5th and 11th Regiment in
Godfrey was listed as a landsman on Captain
He was listed among the
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and
His unnamed heirs received a warrant for 640 acres which they assigned
Methodist Church for 35 or 40 years [NARA, S.17867, M804, Roll 405, frame 162; https://www.fold3.com/image/12026748]. August 1780: age 16, 4'9" high, a planter, born in Chesterfield County, Yallow
into slavery [NARA, S.19484, M804, Roll 2339, frame 986 of 1071; https://www.fold3.com/image/19565717]. three years service and die don 21 January 1824 [NARA, S.37991, M804, Roll 1227, frame
Company and served until the Battle of Germantown when he was transferred to Polk's
Militia who signed a petition to the Council of Safety of South Carolina on 9 October
Mrs. Rachel Locklier (about 90
T&C are the Treasurer and
He was called Robin
on 23 May 1818 when he appeared in Westmoreland County and made an affidavit (signing) to
acres for 84 months service in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, State
Stephen received 103 pounds for his
[mentioned in Franklin County DB 6:89]. Tyler, ___lett]. Philip was a seaman aboard the Tempest
She was head of a Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 2: Revolutionary Warrants, 1783-1799
They were forcibly rescued
web pages Box 3, cited by Schweninger, Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series 1, 63; petition
Colonel Abraham Shepherd's Company. Anthony Garnes enlisted in the Revolution for 3 years on 14 January
1782, a "Mulatto" taxable in 1785, taxable on 2 horses and 6 cattle in 1787 and
https://www.fold3.com/image/23478388;
warrant and were awarded $650 and court costs [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records,
He left the service on 1 November 1782. Percival Dring was head of a Currituck County household of 4
He was head of a household of 4 "free colored" in the
He stated that he was living in Southampton County when
of North Carolina [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants,
2d North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patten on 9 September
mulatto with woolly hair high forehead5 feet 6-1/2 Inches highabout 45 years of
on 4 November 1777 when the Keeper of the Public Store was ordered to deliver them
in the Lower District of Lunenburg County" in March 1802 [Lunenburg County, Free
Tann [S.S. 460.1]. He was a soldier in the Revolution on 17 August 1778 and
He appeared in court again on 8 January 1851 to apply for a full pension in place of
County, who entered the Revolution in King George County as a substitute for three years
brothers Morris, Gilbert and William Evans (all Sr.) who lived in Wake County, were
household of 5 "other free" in 1790, perhaps identical to William Taylor who was
Applications for Virginia bounty land warrants are at the Library of Virginia and on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
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