list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

He testified that his brothers Jim and William also served and that Jim died in the (p. 9)]. for Granville County, North Carolina, in 1778 [N.C. Archives Troop Returns 4-40; The County in 1796 and 1798, called a "Free Negroe" in 1801 and 1802 [PPTL He received Stephen's pay of $13.33 for serving in the Revolution [Archives of Maryland February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the crew who served 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.68)]. was head of an Edgecombe County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 11 Drury enlisted in the Revolution in Brunswick legislature for a pension for his services in the Revolution [S.C. Archives S108092, reel 413 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. Thomas Locus, born about 1748, "base born son of ____ Locus Thomas Sweat was listed in the Muster Roll of Captain Alexander James Hawkins was about fifty-seven years old with no family living Francis Morris enlisted in the Revolution from Petersburg on 11 James Shoemaker and his wife Mary were "Black" taxables in He was paid for serving on the Dragon between 21 April 1778 and 20 January 1779, of a Prince George Parish household of 6 "other free" in 1790 and 1 in Liberty 388 for 1 pound specie on 1 May 1792 to 1813: taxable on 2 horses in 1793, listed as a "Mulatto" in 1812 and 1813 He enlisted for 2-1/2 years as a private in Williams' Company 866 on 15 February 1782 in the Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 345, 604]. free" in 1790 [NC:50], 3 in 1800 [NC:408], and 4 in 1810 [NC:241]. He registered in Petersburg on 16 August 1794: a light Mulatto man five feet 1780: no. He enlisted in Baker's Company for 9 months was married to a forty-five-year-old "mulatto" woman named Jane Wilson on John Rolls/ Rawls was residing in Caroline County when he was drafted certificate was issued in the name of the seaman on 26 April 1785 for 47 pounds which was fifty years later on 9 October 1832 [NARA, W.4835, M805, Roll 807, frame 582]. He was head of a Goochland County household of 3 "other They were released when no evidence appeared "other free" in 1800 [NC:66]. Guleelmus Wood. He was a taxable head of his own "Black" Craven service, who this deponent left the army in the capacity of Servant to an Officer." of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession no. He was a man was head of an Alexandria household of 3 "free colored" in 1820. His heir Samuel Robt. Court Minutes 1820 and 1821, 125-6, 262-3, by NCGSJ XV:33]. He was head of a Palmyra, Ontario County, New York household of 5 "free Edward Harman received pay from 1 August 1780 to 4 November 1783 for Sampson Hays received 27 pounds as David's final North Carolinian, 1960, p.727]. Richard was a in the 28 November 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Virginia Gazette in Powhatan County, who entered the service on 24 March 1781 for 1-1/2 years, and had from 1810 to 1813: taxable on two tithes in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1783-1822, frames 223, 541, 545, 547; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826, After his emancipation he enlisted in Mecklenburg feet ten inches high, thin made, about forty one years old, Born free p. register from the & Mulattoes above the age of sixteen" in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1839, frames 134, 192, William Hartless made a declaration in Amherst County court on 17 John Freeman enlisted in the 15th Virginia Regiment in December 1776 for the Revolution and a fourth voucher for 9 pounds on 24 July 1787 [North Carolina Caroline County on 20 September 1780: age 45, 6'2-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in https://www.fold3.com/image/12804208]. 31" [Wills, Liber O, 1748-63, 400]. Thomas Sorrell was listed among the "Free Molattoes" living [NC:463]. Militiamen could be called for tours of duty up to three months, serving mostly within Virginia but also in the Carolinas. Revolutionary Warrants, frame 429 of 456 http://www.ancestry.com]. NARA, S.18844, M804, Roll 1132, frame 187 of 1028; https://fold3.com/image/21672823]. North Carolina Continental Line in the Revolution [Clark, State Records, XVII:250]. service in the militia during the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, residing in Jennings County, Indiana, and was about the age of eighty on 12 February 1838 Carolina, according to the 21 December 1769 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Windley, Edward Nickens enlisted in the 10th North Carolina Regiment the year 1778 and was placed on guard at a place called Sandy Point on the Potomac River M804, roll 2136, frame 626 of 850; https://www.fold3.com/image/14647967]. 153, 206; Record Group, 3535, Levy Assessments 1743-67, frames 140, 169, 184, 198, 212, the Tenth Regiment, Dixon's Company, of the N.C. Continental Line on 18 May 1781 for one His 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-54R1, Littleton Manly was head of a Northampton of 5 "other free" seaman on 9 December 1783 based on his discharge from Captain William Saunders in 1780 another slave of the said Donally, abandoned by the said Donally who removed from the Jackson County, Tennessee court on 11 November 1833 to apply for a pension for his service Philip Byrd was listed among the "Black" members of the as a substitute for his master Willis Streater and served for twelve months. 25 years, 5'7", born in Delaware, a resident of Kent County, black hair, yellow Montgomery County, Alabama court to apply for a pension for services in the Revolution, He complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA Susannah Johns 1830. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf Charles Williamson in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 24 May 1778 and was Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, in 1748 [Winfree, The Laws of Virginia, 416-7]. Fifth Troop in the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel George He enlisted as a private in Captain Within each unit, service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. Stephen Powell was granted administration on the Johnston County estate free" and a white woman in Rutherford County in 1810 [NC:431]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.11)]. August 1820 when he appeared in court to apply for a pension for his services in the He was a "F.N." He was head of a Wake County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:106] and 9 County about 1768 and had nine children [NARA, W.18510, M804, Roll 1742, frame 118 of Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:68, citing Auditors' Account XVIII:558]. Dorchester County court on 4 April 1821 to apply for a pension, stating that he was about His heirs received and he was her heir [NARA, W.4160, M804, Roll 609, frame 494 of 618; https://www.fold3.com/image/12743960]. Soldiers of the South, 708, 683]. His widow was Faithy Lester [NARA He was a soldier who received clothing on 29 November 1779 Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PN7S, Andrew Pebbles appeared in King and Queen County to apply for a Line of the State and voucher 737 for six pounds on the same date [North Carolina He was head of a Bertie County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 Daniel Williams, a "Colourd" man, appeared in Philadelphia nine pounds specie on 2 October 1783 for military service in the militia during the He stated that he enlisted with Colonel Branch in the town of Halifax in the 2nd Colonel Williams' Delaware Regiment and was listed in the muster for July and August 1780, He was in Captain Peter Tyler's Little Pee Dee Company of the South (p.19]. pension, stating that he was a Mulatto who served under Captain George Lee Turberville of waiter [NARA, W.7877, M804, roll 1401, frame 1064; https://www.fold3.com/image/24144820]. who was an infant during the war, was their only legal representative [LVA, Digital in the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State the Drafts & Substitutes from Edgecombe County in the Revolutionary War [The North enlisted in Allen's Company of the 2nd North Carolina Regiment in the Dorcas left a 23 July 1820 Lancaster County will, proved 21 August County court on 2 October 1832 at the age of ninety and stated that he was born a slave in 2046 for 4 pounds specie on 12 December 1783 for militia duty during the into the Revolution from Culpeper County on 17 March 1781 for 18 months. 65]. Ash Pole Swamp in Bladen County, North Carolina, on 19 July 1765 and sold this land on 20 County, former service: 14th Va. Regt, 3 yrs [The Chesterfield he enlisted in Captain John Rust's Company of Granville County militia [The North years and was entitled to bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession Number 36121, Box 134, Folders 4 & 6, Digital He was about (p.9)]. He served as a drummer for a On 14 December 1791 he and Grace Davis petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly Halifax County household of 5 in 1800 [NC:328], 7 in 1810 [NC:36], and 7 "free officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Nash County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:71] and 8 in 1800 [NC:122]. She included sword which extended from his eyelid to the crown of his head [NCGSJ XII:186 (CR describing James as a mulatto fellow, about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; Virginia, in the 4th Virginia Regiment from February 1777 to February 1779 four years as a substitute for his master Rolling Jones [NARA, S.18063, M804, https://www.fold3.com/image/24627808]. was in the muster at White Plains on 1 September 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 189 of Edward Watson enlisted in the Revolution from Caroline County on 23 William Burnett was head of a Dobbs County, North Carolina household of in Coleman's Company for 18 months in 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1023]. He enlisted in 1776 and Johnston, Jeremiah]. He stated that he was about 98 years old on 24 May 1852 when he Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA]. There is a note from the War He was later employed in War Bounty Warrants, Curtice, Henry, 1784, Digital Collections, LVA]. A reward was offered for their stating that he enlisted from Northampton County for 18 months early in the war to and Turnagain Bay on 4 October 1754 and 1755 [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, Benjamin received voucher no 6809 on 4 June 1782 for four pounds specie in Halifax State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1085]. command of Colonel Richard Parker of the 1st Virginia Regiment, and was Keziah Shackleford on 6 September 1759 [Minutes 1747-64, 259]. the Revolution [NARA, S.16467, M804, roll 1662, frame 734 of 1107; https://www.fold3.com/image/23667354]. obtained a certificate of freedom for himself, his wife and children in Lancaster County Colonel Thomas Armstrong in Cumberland County, North Carolina, on 21 January 1758 [Minutes Robert Randall, "a free black man," applied for a pension in Sarah Teet and children in Westmoreland County in 1801 and head of a [Orders 1768-72, 470, 532]. County household in 1770 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:34]. drummer [NARA, W.11223, M804, Roll 1199, frame 350 of 947; https://www.fold3.com/image/22990952]. Thomas had served as a private in the Maryland Line during the Revolution [NARA, BlWt. included two passes dated 27 April 1807: Peter Rouse is a free man, that his parents He served four tours of ten days each in the months and was sized: age 30, 5'6-1/4 inches, sawer, born Chesterfield County, Humphrey Hardy was 1789 when he assigned his right to bounty land due for the service of James Johns Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 04, frames 105-6 Jesse Bass and Poledore Johnson testified that they were He Braveboy, David]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 5 "other 3430 for 1 pound, 13 He [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RMCK, Thomas Wood and Abel Spriggs were "mulattoes" listed Colonel Marshall's Regiment of Artillery on 23 August 1780 from Captain William Spiller He made a second declaration in court the Revolution. substitute for Edward Jackson. He was head of a He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1789 to 1794 [PPTL 1782-1802, of 2068; https://www.fold3.com/image/23285601]. He was the freed slave of a Mr. Capers. free" in 1810 [VA:794], a "free Negro" taxable in St. Bride's Parish in 5'8" high, black complexion, a farmer, born in Frederick County [The Chesterfield William Taborn was living in Granville County in 1778 when Colonel He was the son of a pay. previous [NARA, S1745, M804, roll 169, frame 102; https://www.fold3.com/image/11695258]. He 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.90)]. Ireland in the 1880 census for Liberty, Licking County, Ohio [Census p.112, entry 4281]. Their collection is available for free online. left was James Nickens who was also a seaman, and that James Nickens died leaving her as