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