He
duration of the war from Charles City County: age 17, 5'2" high, planter, born
May muster at Valley Forge [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frames 291, 300, 303 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9641918]. & relations resided in this County. Andrew Ferguson and Peter McNelly/
Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. February 1785 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1148; XVII:242]. County court to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he
was head of a Lancaster County household of 9 "Blacks" in 1783 [VA:55]. served in the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American
1784 to 1789 [PPTL, 1782-99] and head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household of 2
J. Hopkins and
James Coley born in Charles City County, Virginia, served in the
William Haws, brother of Peter Haws, was a seaman aboard the Dragon
accounts at Hillsborough for the wages that were due the deceased in the amount of $94.69
He registered in Nottoway County on 5 November 1818 and again in Botetourt
April 1781. Kesterson also stated that a
Negro" head of a Culpeper County household of 5 "other free" in 1810
bounty land for the service of James Nickens, Jemima Bass of Norfolk County applied
These records are locatedin the Library of Virginia archives. head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" and 2
Thomas (1747 SC - 1811 GA) Lieutenant Liberty County Georgia Militia. no. Jacob Gowen, brother of Charles and William Going of Henry County, was
apparently identical to Valentine Murrin who was one of four "Black Persons being
He was a
He enlisted in the
Joseph
[PPTL, 1791-1828, frames 442, 487]. granted administration on his estate on 6 August 1792 with 500 pounds security [Haun, Bertie
Service records exist for most Continental Line soldiers in the form of payrolls and muster rolls of their units. He stated that he served as a seaman
John was taxable in New Kent County from 1787 to 1814: called a
that he was a Continental soldier for the war and had served four years successively and
They were forcibly rescued by the
When he was eighteen years old, he volunteered in Guilford County and
8, 13, 71, 217]. 5'6-2/4" high, yellow complexion, a planter [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
William Stewart was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina
He
ordered bound apprentice to John Davis to be a house carpenter by the Craven County court
665; 1811-22, frames 59, 103, 147] and head of a Fluvanna County household of 8
He was in Clement County, Ohio, on 2 November 1809 when he
order of Lieutenant Colonel Edmunds. David James was ordered bound as an apprentice to Arthur Williams by
[PPTL 1783-7; 1788-1814] and taxable on 200 acres from 1782 to 1793 [Land Tax List,
George Kendall was taxable in Prince William County from 1796 to 1810:
pension [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Nickens, James, Digital Collections, LVA;
Shadrack Chavis enlisted in the Revolution on 1 August 1778 for 3 years
North Carolina, XVI:1019; XVII:193]. (p.13)]. List of Known Maryland 400 Soldiers On Aug. 27, 1776, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Brooklyn, N.Y. He was taxable in Amherst County from 1782 to 1820: a
from York County [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 34], but Jackson did not cite
which was recorded in court on 15 September 1760 [W&I 21:20]. with Sherwood when they both served in the Revolutionary War. [NC:35]. Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary Army Accounts, Tabor, John: IX,
George Williams was a soldier from Richmond County in the French and
126 for 12 pounds specie by the
Cumberland County in 1781: age 50, 5'10" high, yellow complexion [The
Archives Division, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). He was
He was tended by Doctor Harris and Doctor
a seaman aboard the galley Page until 30 March 1778, then aboard the Dragon
drafted in Lunenburg County. Chesterfield County on 10 October 1767. [NARA, S.42023, M804, Roll 2254, frame 590 of 818; https://www.fold3.com/image/13712617;
Roll 609, frame 465 of 618; https://www.fold3.com/image/12745128]. Morgan Griffin, and Drury Harris [NARA, M246, roll 89, frame 194, 196, 198; https://www.fold3.com/image/21741226]. He was described in a 1849 newspaper account as: a colored man, a soldier in the
31:41]. planter [Mil. "Molato" taxable in Bladen County in 1768 and taxable on 2 "Molatoes"
Holt Richeson in the 7th Virginia Regiment [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants,
1809 to 1811 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 323, 331, 352, 368, 382, 396, 412, 426, 447, 479,
Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 15: William Hill Warrants,
Peter Beckett, was a "Negro" about 25 years and seven months
Docias Conner received voucher nos. his warrant no. on 17 May 1782. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
but had not yet reported for duty in Williamsburg on 28 November 1777 when Lieutenant John
1849]. Her husband John, the slave of Thomas Cowls was in the habit of beating his wife
[Deeds, 1792-99, 344-6]. Jonathan Roberts received 18 shillings, 8 pence pay for 7 days service
for his service in the militia [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RS7Q]. service. Register of St. Peter's, 162]. And he may have been the James Boon whose heirs
William Chavis died while serving from North Carolina in the
in Davis' regiment, certified that Isham was inducted on 12 September 1777 for three years
services prior to January 1782 according to an Auditor's certificate [NARA, B.LWt. him as a "molatto Free man," which was to be used as a pass to travel to North
He registered in Lancaster County on 17 October 1803: Age 52, Color mulattoborn
Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Warrants, 1783-1843, N.C. frames 212, 224, 226, 237, 243 of 752; https://www.fold3.com/image/9640342]. Papers, Southern Historical Collection, UNC Chapel Hill, NC]. On 27 October 1784 William Gatewood received his
]. William Richardson received voucher no. Caswell District of Caswell County, listed adjacent to "Mulattoes" Arthur Toney
high, yellow complexion, a planter, born in Chesterfield County [Register &
1755 [T.O. These county records have been collected in: For a list of white loyalists in Williamsburg during the Revolution, see: The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.See the Wiki article, Virginia in the War of 1812, for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant websites, etc. Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Black" head of a Powhatan County household of 26 "other free" and 3 slaves
Chavers, Henry]. James Bowser was a native and resident of Nansemond County on 1 January
They
5th Virginia Regiment in 1778 and served for the length of the war according to
In May 1792 he received voucher no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.35)]. Henry Butler was head of a Charles County household of 8 "other
70, 214-8]. taxable in Richmond City from 1791 to 1797 [PPTL 1787-1799]. delinquent in 1789, a "Negro" taxable on a cow and a calf in 1797 [Levy List
"other free" in 1790 [SC:33 (microfilm of original)], a Lincoln County, North
State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1179]. Colonel Marshall's Regiment of Artillery on 23 August 1780 from Captain William Spiller
He
He appeared in Wake County, North Carolina
North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of
for the war and deserted from the ship Gloucester near Warwick with William Smith,
Caleb Archer was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County
Artillery, was discharged on 12 September 1780, and received bounty land [Revolutionary
service in the Revolution. Spotsylvania County household of 1 "other free" in 1810. cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. Tilman Dixon's Company on 8 September 1778 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 70 of 323, https://www.fold3.com/image/10198780]. Revolution [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 133, frame 328; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. 1820. Mason, went north with him, and served for three years [Broadfield, Charles: Revolutionary
He was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "other
George Sweat received 27 pounds as his final pay for serving in the
1-3]. Roll 630 of 1213; https://www.fold3.com/image/25389006] He
Caleb Overton enlisted in Moore's Company of the 10th North
James Pompey was a "Negro planter" from Sussex County,
head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790
David Robertson enlisted for 18 months on 22 September 1780: age 19,
Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GTYR,
household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:853]. Hawley, Ben]. substitute in the Revolution in Maryland for 3 years on 18 May 1778, listed as dead or
Charles Proctor died while serving in the Revolutionary War [Archives
He was head of a Worcester
M881, Roll 1090, frames 327-30 of 2028; https://www.fold3.com/image/23344857]. was head of a Polk County, Missouri household of 4 "free colored" in 1840. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.25)]. He was also
He
service on 16 June 1783, voucher no. Colonial and Revolutionary War (Virginia) | Genealogy Colonial and Revolutionary War (Virginia) Check the online catalog under the subject headings Virginia-History-Colonial period, ca. He made a declaration in Robeson County court
Richard Nickens, "heir
Carolina on 17 February 1824 for Gabriel's service in the Revolution [North Carolina and
He and John Godwin were imprisoned for
the Southward under immediate command of Colonel David Mason in 1779 [Elliott, Katherine, Revolutionary
Allen, William. He was living alone in Robeson County, counted
Solomon Byrd was called Solomon Burd of Northampton County in August
Account XXII:70 (Accounts from 24 May 1784 to 14 December 1784)]. Colonel Elbert's Regiment against the Creek Indians as a drummer until he was taken as a
1783 to 1803 and from 1807 to 1814: taxable in 1785 on a slave named Sally who was called
18 months on 3 September 1780: age 26, 5'5-1/2" high, a groom, born in Hanover
1077; https://www.fold3.com/image/16260520]. accession no. District on 2 October 1783 and 26 January 1785 each for 9 pounds allowed him for his
"other free" in 1800. 1775. He assigned his right to all his claims and
His heir Baker
During the spring of 1775, Virginia committed herself to the cause of American Independence. September 1833 that he was acquainted with John Baker, a "coloured man," who
2047-100, M804, roll 566, frame 463 of 782;
taxable on 2 tithes from 1803 to 1805, listed as a "M"(ulatto) in 1806 and 1807
(abstract of Auditors' Account, Volume II:228, LVA]. Thomas Thompson, Leonard Turner, Valentine Murrin, and John
1-3]. He was
Returns, digital collection, B3F26; http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/471/rec/161]. Mecklenburg County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. of a Prince George Parish household of 6 "other free" in 1790 and 1 in Liberty
He was taxable in Norfolk County, Virginia, in 1786 and 1787 [PPTL, 1782-91,
He was a Revolutionary War veteran who died intestate in Lancaster County before 15
services, stating that he enlisted in the Revolution for three years, went to Hampton with
Wythe County household of 8 "other free" in 1810. He served in the Virginia
George Kersey was listed in Captain Hardy Cone's Company of Edgecombe
George Pettiford was about 63 years old on 10 February 1821 when he
27 pounds in Halifax District between 11 February and 23 July 1782 for military service in
William Kersey were presented by the court for failing to list themselves as
1803, and that she was 70 years old in 1853 [NARA, W.8263, M804, Roll 1589, frame 455 of
[NARA, R.8628, M805, Roll 678, frame 0166; https://www.fold3.com/image/14121021]. Joshua Perkins was a seaman in the Revolution. Frederick Demmery, born say 1738, served as a soldier in the infantry
1790 [NC:61]. [NARA, M881, Roll 1093, frames 1135, 1136 of 2068]. officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Joshua Johnston was in the list of men in the Beaufort County Regiment
1800 [NC:513]. Records, 263]. He
from 1813 to 1815 [PPTL,
1779-84, 47b]. 30 July 1840 by his widow Mary Butler, aged seventy-six, who was residing in the 1st
on board the Dragon. He was listed in the
Virginia also created a State Navy with personnel enlisted for three-year terms. in Northumberland County in 1850. Russell from June 1779 to November 1779 [NARA, M246, frames 668, 677, 683 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946602]. pension for his service in the Revolution. John Grimes of Ripley County, Indiana, testified for him
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, Robeson, Thomas, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GNGV]. carpenter by the Fauquier County court on 28 August 1769 [Minutes 1768-73, 132, 141]. Localear, Robert]. absence from the 1st North Carolina Regiment until his final discharge [NCGSJ
Johnston County court that his son Stephen, aged about eighteen or nineteen years old,
Levin Magee was taxable in Little Creek Hundred from 1777 to 1791. He may have been the Francis King
He was taxable in the lower district of
County [Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 767;
19, 5'5-1/2" high, yellow complexion, born in Cumberland County, former service: 11th
Newsletter 6:10-14, citing Auditors' Account XVIII:558-9, LVA]. He was listed among the seamen entitled to bounty land for three years
He
Bartlet Tyler complained to the Granville County court on 5 August 1778
1789 for 264 acres, to John Craddock [N.C. Archives S.S. file 1526, call no. from 1787 to 1807, listed the same day as Peter Hacket, Jr., in 1807 [PPTL, 1785-1814,
the Revolution, from August 1777 to December 1777, reported as sick on most rosters and
County bond with William Roberson bondsman. Wright [Orders 1778-84, 247]. as a private in the Pay Roll of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment on 1 November
15]. Thomas Howell and his wife Lucy Howell were the parents of several
and 4 October 1755 Muster Roll of Craven County, North Carolina, for the district between
August 1777, and describing him as: a stout well formed Mulatto, about 5 feet 10 inches
Militia who signed a petition to the Council of Safety of South Carolina on 9 October
born in Albemarle County [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
Military Service Records: A Select Catalog . 3048 of 640 acres for 10 pounds in Craven County, North Carolina, on 16 January 1786
the service with Nathan Scott and that Scott died in the hospital in
On 4 August 1792 in Gates County she gave her son
months on 20 July 1778 and deserted on 30 August 1778 [Clark, State Records of North
Washington County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1790 and 5 in 1800
militia under Lieutenant Richard Whittington in 1780 [NARA, R.8113, M804, roll 1911, frame
On 15
541 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081813]. called a soldier who enlisted in the Revolution in Petersburg and served as a drummer
no. Vol. On 3 August 1832 Abraham H. Davis, a
pension, stating that he was a Mulatto who served under Captain George Lee Turberville of
M881, Roll 1091, frame 1641 of 2235; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702949]. born in James City, served in the 15th V.R. He was "a man of
Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Virginia State Regiment based on the testimony of Colonel J. Allison of James City County
Isaac Chavis enlisted in the Revolution on 3 February 1777, a pioneer
household in 1767, a twenty-two-year-old "mullatto" planter listed in the 25 May
Cumberland County his attorney to receive his payment for services in the Continental line
the war according to an affidavit from Donoho included in Charles' pension application in
land of 200 acres for the five years of service [NARA, S.9162, M804, frame 614 of 668; https://www.fold3.com/image/12845878]. named Rose and children John and Burdock who were emancipated by order of the North
stating that he enlisted in Winchester, Virginia [NARA, W.5691, M805, Roll 679, frame
Eckenrode, Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution, 434, citing War 4:372 at
He was head of a
"free colored" and 1 white male aged 30-40, including an 80-year-old
[NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 547 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826,
He and Jenkins Goins sold their claims for Revolutionary War pay to John Hall of Hyco,
children who had fled there for protection from the Indians who to the number of 200 made
1778, in the same list as Zachariah Hathcock who enlisted in 1777 [NARA, M246, Roll 79,
T.R. Virginia, as an overseer for one Othen (Owen?) On 30 September 1785 the heirs of Thomas Locust received
Moses Newsom received State of North Carolina warrant no. Company in the Revolutionary War on 1 October 1776, having served a month and seventeen
volunteered. Elizabeth. colored" in 1820, proved to the Gates County court that he was the lawful heir of
1734 for 9 pounds specie on 3
Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC,
posted bond of $100 and his securities James Going and Shadrack Battles
commanded by Major Samuel Finley from 1 September 1782 to 1 May 1783, called George
tithable in New Kent County from
178 at Hillsboro for 9 pounds specie on
was residing in Lenoir County in 1818 when he appeared in the county court to apply
"Free Man of colour" who appeared in Southampton County court to make a
Revolution, stating in his application that he was born in Bladensburg, Maryland, in 1748,
purchased 75 acres in Surry County on 1 February 1795 from Sampson Walden [Property
Day, George; Sailor, 1780, Digital Collection, LVA]. affidavit by Richard Barron on 19 January 1781 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Pluto,
"other free" in 1800. Muster rolls, pay rolls, and index of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812, United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, United States Colored Troops in the Civil War, Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, United States Military Old Soldiers Home Records, United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, United States, Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, Virginians who lost their lives in the World War, United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, Virginia, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, Virginia war history commission supplement (1923) 4v. Anthony Morrison was listed as a seaman aboard the ship Gloucester
free" in 1790 and 11 in 1810 [MD:315]. Squire Osborn was a "F.N." On 7 June 1792 he appointed James Carraway of
pension application [NARA, R.10173, M805, Roll 773, frame 400; https://www.fold3.com/image/18492028]. He
bound out in Henrico County on 3 May 1762 [Orders 1755-62, 585]. He was deceased on 21 September 1833 when Anselm Bailey of
Farnham Parish to bind him out to William Downman, the same man Robert Pinn was bound to
was counted as white in the 1800 Delaware census. Ann Gardner
complexionhas a bushy head of hair [Hudgins, Register of Free Negroes, 6]. Virginia, from 1782 to 1787. Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
Pate [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; Day, Thomas, Seaman, Voucher 1785, Digital
On 5 November 1787 William Reynolds received his
He received voucher
County, North Carolina, for breaking into someone's house. parents in Southampton [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1832, no. Child's Company of soldiers in the North Carolina Continental Line on 20 July 1778, listed
high, yellow complexion, born in Sussex County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
14:250; series S108092, reel 61, frame 104 and
private and was in the muster and payroll of Captain John Gregory's company of the 15th
James
(p.22)]. in 1800. lower end of New Kent County on the south side of Warrenny Road from 1782 to 1815: taxable
Reid, administratrix of his estate. [NC:463]. until 15 April 1779 and then as a soldier in the 2nd Virginia Regiment
There are no TOC pages. frames 119, 149; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679383]. He served in the place
Henry Hawkins enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10th
28, Sherod Charaty, age 36, 5"7-1/2", a Shomaker, engaged 9 Oct 80,
frames 200, 490, 598, 640]. [MSA S1161-11-8, 1/4/5/54, http://www.msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437wo.html]. He was taxable in Prince Edward County in 1784 and 1785 [PPTL 1782-1809, frames 130, 145]
He
XIII:522; XVI:1142]. John Punch Moore was head of a Beaufort County household of 5
1806 to 1812 [PPTL, 1800-12, frames 521, 629, 682, 804, 949, 1032]. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L5HQ,
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. John Santee was head of a Northampton County, Pennsylvania household of
645 of 761; https://www.fold3.com/image/12861980]. Carroll, William]. high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Dinwiddie County [The Chesterfield
William Williams was a thirty-three-year-old, 5'6" Virginia
Warrants; Bayly, Robert, Digital Collections, LVA]. 1749-51, 316; 1752-8, 40; 1758-62, 371]. "Negro" Seamen Abram, Bachus, Boston, Charles, Daniel,
Eutaw Springs [NARA, S.6644, M804, Roll 233, frame 182 of 763; https://www.fold3.com/image/10967901]. By 1779 he was in Martin County where he was
Lunenburg County court to William Cocke on 8 May 1765 to be a planter. testified that Stephen Harmon, Tire Harmon and Joshua Perkins enlisted in the war,
John Sholer, Jr., in an untitled Bertie tax list for 1765. 1840, a "Black" farmer with Margaret Laws, age 37, and $400 worth of real estate
(these are free with registration) Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from National Archives (NARA) microfilm publication M246. Carolina Regiment and also as a waiter for General Jethro Sumner. sold his Northampton County land on 15 February 1778 [DB 6:227]. on a detachment to the Southward under immediate command of Colonel David Mason in 1779
Quarter Sessions 1787-93, 8, 14]. pension [NARA, S.42037, M804, Roll 2335, frame 0772; https://www.fold3.com/image/20448700]. For additional information please see About the Revolutionary War Virginia State Pensions Database when he entered the service in Charleston. He was taxable on 2 tithes in Gloucester County in 1770 and 1771
In 1833 his heirs applied for bounty land
county and left to provide support for themselves for many years past. Benjamin Reed enlisted with Colonel Murfree for the term of the war. James
Osborne Jeffers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 25 May
About Virginia Soldiers of 1776 Published in 1927, this important reference work identifies many military men serving from Virginia in the Revolutionary War. 91, 113, 121, 725 of 742; https://www.fold3.com/image/10068722]. from Caroline County on 26 March 1781 and was sized on 14 May 1781: age 30,
Isham Scott was head of a Halifax County household of 8 "other
troops. of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 404; "North Carolina
On 3 June 1807 late Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper, Jr., certified that
Thomas Mason was head of a Louisa County household of 6 "other
an affidavit in Rockbridge County on 6 July 1818 that he enlisted in the Revolution on 1
King William County on 23 June 1779 and 6 November 1779 [Quarles, John: Petition,
free" in 1790 [NC:134] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:72]. also were born free. frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387],
Original source: Burgess, Louis Alexander. frames 525, 558] and head of a Hertford County household of 3 "other free" in
was head of a Martin County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:387]. On 17 December 1764 he was
He was taxable in York
Lewis Pettiford was a "Black" taxable in the
On 13 October 1828 he made a declaration in Hertford County court, stating that he
He
He served
He enlisted in Gates County about 1779 for nine months under Captain Arthur Gatling, then
The following year on 19 November 1759 the York County Court presented him for not
1790 [NC:63], 5 in 1800 [NC:350], 9 in 1810 [NC:54], and 10 "free colored" in
54:222]. negroe woman" [NSCDA, Parish Register of St. Peter's, 97], received pay for military
He gave power of
He was a "free man of color" living in Fluvanna County, Virginia, when
Captain Rd Taylor received his final pay of 6 pounds as a seaman on 16
He had no widow living, so Leah Collins, his
line and assigned all that was due to him for the service to John Eaton [NCGSJ
Jacob
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Freeman, John, Digital Collections, LVA]. Perhaps his wife was Jane Morris who received 6 pounds by order of the
20]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "Black"
had served as a soldier in Captain James Gunn's Company in Colonel Byrd's Regiment in 1760
according to his return for 23 August 1781 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina,
Conner, James]. Court House, LVA accession no. They were forcibly rescued by the Continental Army [Orange County
Cumbo, Peter]. He was head of a Pasquotank County household of 4 "other free" in
He was head of a Gates County household of 15 "other free" and
Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts,
servant" (called Richard Pendergast) on 27 April 1767 when his master Gideon Patteson
River on his way Northward. Revolutionary War accounts from 24 May to 14 December 1784 [Eckenrode, Virginia
J:211; VI:15, Folio 2]. War Records, III:256, citing Auditors' Account, Volume III:322, LVA]. statehis father was a black and his mother a mulatto, but he has turned white; he was
Anthony Chavis was a taxable "Blackman" in Island Creek
Enlisted for the