He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 Black males, 4 white females and a
Joseph (1704 SC - 1764 GA) Patriot, Died before Revolutionary War. free" in 1790 [NC:61] and 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:151]. He was eligible for military bounty land in 1803 [NARA, M246, roll 114, frame 448 of
Company of the 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel
He applied for a pension in 1836 [NARA, R.4812, M804, Roll 1263,
free" in 1800 [NC:224]. He was in a skirmish near
Ephraim and Gideon Bunch were in the Berkeley County, South Carolina
for 18 months as a substitute on 20 August 1782: 5'10", age 38, black complexion,
had served as a soldier in Captain James Gunn's Company in Colonel Byrd's Regiment in 1760
in Davidson County, Tennessee, to James Robertson [N.C. Archives, S.S. Military Papers,
They
5484 for 100 acres and was living in Charles City
County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
collecting cattle for the use of the army [NARA, S.3395, M805, Roll 355, frame 0197; https://www.fold3.com/image/21420350]. in Sussex County, Virginia, about 27 July 1782 when he was sized: age 16, 5'1-1/2"
March 1781 and sized in 1781: yellow complexion, Mulatto, age 25, 5'11-1/4" high
3961 of 640 acres for serving in the 1st North
He was head of a
Nevis in the Caribbean [Virginia Gazette (Rind), p.4, col. 1]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers,
Roll 2048, frame 812 of 1496; https://www.fold3.com/image/1/16183885]. "Dark" man in 1805 and 1806, a "yellow" man in 1809 and 1813 [PPTL,
Original source: Burgess, Louis Alexander. He was head of a
His heir Stephen Stephens received bounty land warrant no. he enlisted in Captain John Rust's Company of Granville County militia [The North
County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. & his hight five feet six inches 3/4 [Cuffee, Charles (M, 37): Free Negro
in Davis' regiment, certified that Isham was inducted on 12 September 1777 for three years
He was listed in the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's
General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession no. He was a "Free" head of a Northumberland County household of 3
William Kersey was head of a Warren County household of 10 "other
[North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PFHV]. was called Ben Night, "Mulatto," head of a 96 District, South Carolina household
twenty-one [Orders 1767-70, 110]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" and 2 slaves in
He was discharged on 3 April 1779. Moses Grimes was a "mulatto" who served in the Virginia
four or five years. He was listed in the muster of Captain John Hawkins' Company of the 5th
Jack Knight and William Boush were two "negro slaves"
of North Carolina [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants,
William Cumbo was paid for services to the Revolution [Creel, Selected
and 1 Black tithe [N.C. Archives CR 10.702.1, Box 13]. Simon Shoecraft was in North Carolina in the 1750s when he and Richard Nickens
Devorix Driggers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 15
frame 165 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200648]. months on 19 March 1781 and was sized about a month later: age 19, 5'3-3/4" high,
Carolinian VI:726 and DAR, Roster of Soldiers in the American Revolution,
[NC:73] and 6 in 1800 [NC:453]. David Fargus enlisted for the war in Chesterfield County in 1781: age
application for a Revolutionary War pension in Southampton County court in which he stated
declaration in Halifax County court to obtain a Revolutionary War pension on 16 November
737 which
Records of individuals who participated in the Revolutionary War can be found in published indexes, pension files, bounty land records, service records, and public service claims. do, 5'9", 22 years of age, Dark Hair, Black Eyes [N.C. Archives,
roll 2471, frame 456 of 1334; https://www.fold3.com/image/19780439]. testified that he enlisted with Captain Elisha Callender, commander of the ship Dragon,
February 1767 [DB 23:162]. In 1835 they received bounty land scrip for his service [NARA, BLWt. Charlotte County on 18 August 1815: a Black looking man, five feet six & half
He enlisted for his master William Hinton who served
household of 1 "Black" male and 2 "Black" females in 1769 and head of
head of a Beaufort County household in 1755 [N.C. Archives S.S. 837]. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. when there was an ad in the Virginia Gazette offering a reward for the capture of a
1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1042]. George
County court [Minutes 1772-84, 18d]. had served as an artilleryman in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, GASR Dec. 1791-Jan. 1792,
service. while resident in Henrico county on 16 April 1781 and was sized eleven days later on 27
of Maryland, 18:653]. Augustine Tabb and Lieutenant J. Hardyman on 2 July 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty
He died in New York in April 1782 just before his family relocated to
108, frames 755, 797, 801 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9098496]. Thomas on 5 April 1785. tax lists for Wake County in 1799 and 1802 [CR 099.701.1] but not listed in the census for
Benjamin Tann was listed among the "Black" members of the
1254 on 10 June 1783 for nine
His children Josiah, Joab, Joel, Jo, and Isham Mitchell were listed as "other
James Carter in 1776, head of a Bladen County household of one
Rawley Pinn was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in
[Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Poe, Thomas, 1780, Digital Collections, LVA]. Records of Continental soldiers housed in the National Archives are abstracted as Compiled Service Records for each individual. Their application included the certificates
but had not yet reported for duty in Williamsburg on 28 November 1777 when Lieutenant John
Charles City County. 198, 268, 301, 374, 563, 689, 738]. October 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Purdie edition, p. 3, col. 1]. He was the apprentice of John Bateman of Chowan County when he entered the
Zachariah Winn received voucher no. Daniel Goff, Burwell Flood,
Henrico County testified that Godfrey enlisted in the Revolution under Colonel Diggs for
pension for his services in the Revolution, stating that he was born in Caroline County,
Abednego Jackson, born in 1758 in St. Mary's County, was residing there
Isaac Brown was born in Charles City County and enlisted there in the
1755-9, 33]. 1833 in order to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. Company and served until the Battle of Germantown when he was transferred to Polk's
(p.26)]. pension [NARA, W.7477, M804, Roll 1750, frame 15 of 857; https://www.fold3.com/image/24864672]. free" in 1800 [NC:814], 11 in 1810 [NC:765], and 7 "free colored" in 1820
during the Revolution in Virginia. He was taxable in Bladen County with his wife and Arthur Evans
9616 in Halifax District on 19 March 178_ for his military service in
was on a list of soldiers in the Revolution who had not yet received bounty land by 25
the 1786 state census. taxable in Augusta County from 1800 to 1819 [PPTL 1796-1810, frames 192, 238, 337, 383,
Hanger Negro" testified in court about moving cattle from Accomack County to Sussex
testified for him [NARA, S.8654, M804, Roll 1176, frame 681 of 902; https://www.fold3.com/image/22603188]. He was
colored" in Beaufort County in 1820 [NC:32]. On 27 April 1818 Charles West testified before Judge
household in the undated (1772?) [Eckenrode, Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:238, citing Auditors'
He received bounty land for serving three years as a soldier in the 1st
David Handzer was listed in the account of the Sussex County estate of
born" about 1759 in Brunswick County, Virginia, according to his Revolutionary War
received his final pay of 16 pounds on 24 January 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll 1090, frame 228
entitled to 640 acres for John Evans's service, and warrant no. [Peden, Revolutionary Patriots of Washington County, Maryland]. Kinston, then marched to South Carolina under Captain Roundtree. received bounty land [NARA, B.LWt.1391-100, M805, Roll 845, frame 272; https://www.fold3.com/image/28295899]. The Culpeper Classes, a 1781 militia list from Culpeper County, is available on microfilm and indexed at the link below. War Records, 8, 12, 69, 352, 462]. He was in Clement County, Ohio, on 2 November 1809 when he
and 17 from Delaware. George Rogers Clark Papers(Miscellaneous Reels 33493361, with published index) 1784 to 1789 [PPTL, 1782-99] and head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household of 2
marched to Valley Forge under Captain Callohill Minnis, entered the company under the
He stated that he
brought him to Rhode Island where he joined the regiment under Colonel Patterson. He was taxable in Kingston Parish,
He
His widow Betsy Tolliver applied in 1836. North Carolina Regiment for 12 months and served from 12 May 1781 to 26 May 1782. Records of North Carolina, XVI:1138]. [N.C. Archives, SS file 208, John Marshall, Assignee of Heirs of David Hunt]. He was
Surry County, Virginia, in 1776 and served several tours of six weeks each. Joseph Mitcham served in the Revolution in North Carolina [S.S., State
Revolutionary War service) [North Carolina original will, D:543]. 3095 on 21 March 1783 in the
A minister and two men
[Orders 1734-5, 285]. American Army in the late Revolutionary War" [LVA chancery files 1799-003; 1803-002, http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/]. high, a farmer, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned
War Records, 8, 14, 68]. The regiment was formally authorized as a unit of the Continental Army on September 16, 1776. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.117)]. He
frames 201-3, 228-231 of 1881; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121,
Charles Davis enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 23
Roll 609, frame 465 of 618; https://www.fold3.com/image/12745128]. There is a note from the War
was granted a certificate of his free birth by the Lancaster County court on 16 February
McGuye, Bennet: Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. 1794-1819, no. and enlisted while in the state of Pennsylvania [NARA, S.39355, M804, Roll 614, frame 373;
Billing Lucas, a "man of color," enlisted for nine months in
He
commanded by Colonel Gregory Smith from July to December 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frames
Gazette: George Day, and Augustine Boyd, all of Wicomico parish, Northumberland
1756 constable's list of Edward Williams and an insolvent taxpayer in 1757. Lemuel, Rachel and Elizabeth Overton who assigned their rights to the land to James
obtained a certificate of freedom in Chesterfield County on 11 June 1810: forty eight
757, Reports of Free Negroes and
by Lieutenant Colonel Ed. III:100, citing Auditors' Account Volume II:94, LVA]. express between the troops in Middlesex, Gloucester, and Caroline counties, sometimes sent
He was described as a "yellow man" [NARA, S.23880,
Enlistment terms in 1775 were for one year, but in 1776 the term was changed to three years or the duration of the war. 1960 and 2309 for a total of 21
book at Thomas Balch Library in Loudoun County)]. Revolution, I:129, citing Auditors Account XVIII:534]. He served in the infantry
He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 7
Evan Payne was taxable in Fauquier County from 1802 to 1806: a