list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

Negroes & Mulattoes above the age of 16" in 1813; taxable on 2 free tithes in Thomas Sorrell was listed among the "Free Molattoes" living Records of North Carolina, XVII:235; DAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in Micajah Walden was in the 15 March 1780 return of troops for Elias Roberts,"of Northampton County," received voucher nos. frame 1079; https://www.fold3.com/image/23761275]. was head of an Orange County, North Carolina household of 5 "free colored" in William Cumbo was paid for services to the Revolution [Creel, Selected Bounty land was issued to Lawrence Mason entered the war in 1780 or 1781 at Amherst Court House and served for three years as a 1782: age 19, 5'1-3/4" high, yellow complexion, marked from pox [The Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1045; with Captain Lawrence Rowse for three Revolutionary War in the Elizabeth Town District of Frederick County on 6 January 1776 taxable in Goochland County from 1787 to 1807: called a "Mulatto" in 1793, a yellow complexion, a planter, born in Sussex County, served Colonel Buford for 1 year prisoner at the battle of Charleston, made his escape from the British, and rejoined his Montgomery County, Tennessee, about twelve years and then moved to Humphreys County, Maryland Regiment, engaged to serve 3 years [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 181 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12004858]. 24:139]. Accounts, IX:122, folio 3; http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. Charles Lewis was a "Mulatto" child living in King George He was called William Neakins, when he, Nathaniel Archives Mil. Stewart, a soldier who was returning with a great many others after the Battle of Guilford His widow Mildred Cumbo received 60 pounds for support of herself and her two children by seaman aboard the Accomac during the Revolution according to the application of his [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Latimer, Henry, Digital Collections, LVA]. in 1800, counted as white in 1820 and 1830. 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110235]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G4GN]. James Tann was a soldier who died in the service in Philadelphia during [VA:56] and 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:349]. 5 whites in 1790 and head of a Soldiers Delight Hundred, Baltimore County household of 4 roll of Captain Augustine Tabb's Company of the 2nd Virginia State Regiment in "free colored" in Fredericksburg in 1820. a seventy-year-old "free man of color" who applied for a pension while residing at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm, http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/explore.html, http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery, http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/, http://www.ibiblio.org/anrs//docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p05.pdf, http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/Goochland/1790-index.htm, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L51X, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5Q3K, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LLZ9, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-LT39, 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He enlisted in 1779 as a bowman for Captain Covington [NARA, David Braveboy was a taxable "Mulato" in Bladen County in pension for his service in the Revolution. 1795 when he made over his rights to the land warrant to Benjamin Fitzrandolph [North Collections, LVA]. Abraham Sullivent's household in the 1770 Bertie tax list of David Standley, and he was William Chavis died while serving from North Carolina in the household [Virginia Genealogist 31:40]. collecting cattle for the use of the army [NARA, S.3395, M805, Roll 355, frame 0197; https://www.fold3.com/image/21420350]. 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:352]. undated colonial muster of Captain James Fason's Northampton County, North Carolina and was listed in Captain Howell Tatum's Company of the 1st North Carolina Silvester Beverly and Abraham Goff [NARA, M246, Roll 94, frame 43 of 742; Tithables 1767-1780, frames 18, 52, 109], married Judith Potter and had a daughter named Captain Samuel Walker of Granville County in 1778 [The North Carolinian VI:726 & Privates, LVA accession no. General's Department and then as a private in Captain Kidd's North Carolina Militia as a in Richmond) from 1777 until the end of the war according to an affidavit from former Nehemiah Peavy was head of a Brunswick County, North Carolina household [NCGSJ IV:150]. "other free'" in 1800. "other free" in 1810 [VA:474]. He and his wife Rachel, "Free Mulattoes," registered the birth of their daughter have been the Jacob Burk who enlisted in Stedman's Company of the 5th North Charles Cornish was listed as one of the recruits from Caroline County [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1072]. He He was a aboard the galley Protector under captains Conway and Thomas [Legislative Petitions [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 929]. Dudley placed an ad in the Virginia Gazette warning him and John Major, Jr., that called a "Free Molatto" in 1799, a "yellow" man in 1806 and 1809, He was head of a Bertie County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 11 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:281] and 2 "free colored" in 1840 1779, and was on a list of seamen who had served in the navy for 3 years. Colonel Davis and General Baron Steuben for 18 months in the 3rd Virginia He received voucher no. the Henrico County court [Orders 1781-4, 439]. U.S. feet 7-3/4 Inches high, long curly black Hair, Hazle eyes, thick Eye brows [Register obtained a certificate of freedom in Chesterfield County on 11 June 1810: forty eight He was head of a Talbot County household of 3 "other White Clay Creek when he appeared in New Castle County, Delaware court on 1 July 1818 to Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the Revolutionary War. They apparently returned since Abm Sprigg and George's Parish, South Carolina household of 7 "other free" in 1790. who enlisted in the Revolution in Annapolis about 1777 and died in Baltimore on 5 January Digital Collections, LVA]. Records of Mexican War veterans might exist in a state where the veteran later resided. "other free" in 1790 [NC:21] and 10 in 1800 [NC:138]. officers & Privates, LVA accession no. of Wight County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned County in April 1751 [Orders 1748-52, 396]. He was taxable in Mecklenburg County in 1785 and 1786 [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 99, 127, that he was of mixed blood, part Shawnee and part Negro and was born free. Collections, LVA]. 261, 306, 364, 384, 569, 584]. He was head of a [NC:126]. He was Jacobs, Josiah]. 492; https://www.fold3.com/image/9947440]. [VA:776]. and he was her heir [NARA, W.4160, M804, Roll 609, frame 494 of 618; https://www.fold3.com/image/12743960]. Jacob Burke, born about 1759, a four-year-old "Free Mulatto" Others in this list included Caleb Archer, Mark Manley, He was born in Bladen County where he enlisted under a seaman aboard the galley Page until 30 March 1778, then aboard the Dragon Negro" in Albemarle County on 6 September 1803 [Orders 1801-3, 225] and was head of Office, Naval Documents of the American Revolution, 11:160; http://www.ibiblio.org/anrs//docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p05.pdf]. Negro" head of a Culpeper County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 Revolutionary War Army Accounts, http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. was head of a Sampson County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:52] and 6 in Davidson County, Tennessee, to James Robertson [N.C. Archives, S.S. Military Papers, (Hamilton James), 1881- Publication date 1912 Topics Virginia. He stated that he warrant no. was head of a Martin County household of 7 "other free" and a white woman: John War Army Accts. He years and was entitled to bounty land [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, bowman to Captain Robert Bealein. He applied to the legislature which passed an act in October 1786 granting 1801 [PPTL, 1791-1812, frames 383, 462]. Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 5 May and left the service on 5 James Milton enlisted in the Revolution and died of smallpox at Bunker County in the Revolution [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 64]. Virginia Regiment according to the 21 November 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Troop Returns, box 6, folder 20; http://www.digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/980/rec/2]. In April 1799 he stated in William, Digital Collections, LVA; NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frames 843, 8444 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/23282720]. Israel Pierce was a "free colored" head of a Tyrrell County He appeared in Hawkins County, Tennessee court on 20 Blood" taxable in Hertford County in 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:74] and 8 in 1800 [NC:463]. the war, about 21 pounds for Anthony (signed by Captain Young) and 89 pounds for John F. Dixon [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1163; XVII:247]. Thomas Garnes was a four-year-old son of Luch Garnes bound by the County when he enlisted [NARA, W.26493, M804, Roll 2246, frame 0911 (frame 925 of 1319 on may have been a member of the mixed-race Ash(e) family of Southampton County. 1 - Virginia. He 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 head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:76]. William Norton enlisted as a musician in Bowman's Company of the 1st of Free Negroes, nos. on free Blacks [S.C. Archives series S.108092, reel 131, frame 330]. Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Hardy Jones was head of a Jones County household of 5 "other churchwardens of Elizabeth River Parish to John Dennis in Norfolk County on 16 January service in the Revolution and was still living in Robeson County on 22 March 1858 when he