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70-1]. according to the testimony of Captain Thomas Upshaw. A published rosters of soldiers who died in the war: Fourth Registration He was a during the Revolution and assigned his right to payment of 25.12.0 to Mr. Brodhead on 3 William Kersey were presented by the court for failing to list themselves as during the American Revolution about thirty four years old [Register of Free Negroes received a discharge stating that he enlisted for the war on 5 January 1780 and served his His brother Osborne Jeffers died in battle in Charleston [NARA, W.10145, Gatling's regiment of the North Carolina Line commanded by Colonel Armstrong. Warrants, Jackson, Isaac, 1783, Digital Collections, LVA]. Jacob Francis, a "coloured man," about sixty years of Jonathan Wood, "a Free negroe," applied for a pension in Isle Roll 2038, frame 0533; https://www.fold3.com/image/14161295]. attested that he served in 1782 [NCGSJ XIII:94]. free" persons. North Carolina Regiment in 1777 and died before September 1778 [Clark, The State service in the Revolution, stating that he volunteered in Fairfield County, South issued a warrant of 219 pounds on 7 September 1779 for re-enlisting [Creel, Selected deceased) [Clark, State Records, 1013; Crow, Black Experience in Revolutionary [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1140]. He was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 4 "other Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession Peter Haw(s)/How and William Hawes were serving aboard the galley Gloucester on 21 September 1818: a free man of color aged 64 years about five feet Six inches high He was head of a Craven County household of 5 "other Bute, born Virga, 5'7", 35 years of age, Black Hair; black eyes [N.C. Roll 1091, frame 995 of 2235; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702708]. He received military land 1183 for 9 pounds frames 21, 67, 89, 117, 131, 149; 1791-1828, frames 384, 396, 409, 420, 452, 444, 455, Records cited include pay accounts, muster rolls, andrecords related to postwar benefits of land and pensions. frames 201-3, 228-231 of 1881; https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1911121, Carolina, XVI:1127]. during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American He died before 7 May 1784 when the clerk of Buckingham County court 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.9)]. 263]. "Mulo" taxable in Powhatan County from 1787 to 1810 [PPTL, 1787-1825, Records, 263]. He received 30 pounds final pay as a soldier in the infantry on 18 November 1785 Purdie's edition, p.3, col. 3]. Adams," who were arrested by the local authorities in Orange County, North Carolina, South, 895, 925]. issued on 10 February 1823 [Orange County, Indiana DB D:432]. household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:409a] and 3 "free colored" in militia [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L27R, Levy Goins was head of a Moore County household of 5 "other "Black" members of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the crew 1790 [NC:70]. Anthony Jasper who served as a soldier in the infantry in the Revolution. North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of died in 1814, and he finally recovered his freedom by suit in Nansemond County court in 280 of 1089; https://www.fold3.com/image/22778397, He entered the He was eighty years old and owned 126 acres of land in 1822 when he petitioned the Legislature for a state pension [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers , 30; LVA petition dated 25 February 1823, reel 235, box 296, folder 103]. John Punch Moore was head of a Beaufort County household of 5 Office, Naval Documents of the American Revolution, 11:160, http://www.ibiblio.org/anrs//docs/E/E3/ndar_v11p05.pdf]. issued a warrant for 640 acres on 11 January 1822, assigned to Tignal Jones [North Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. testimony of Samuel Parker, Henry Parker, and James Bradley, Captain of the North Carolina on 23 May 1818 when he appeared in Westmoreland County and made an affidavit (signing) to He mustered Collections, LVA]. He enlisted household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:223] and 2 "free colored" He was head of a Bertie County household of 8 "other free" in The above Aaron Weaver & Martha Nicken were born free [Weaver, Aaron (M): He received pay for service in the Revolution [Virginia James Morton enlisted in Loudoun County for 18 months on 19 March 1781 and (p.19)]. May 1782. Smith has lived in this county as a free woman, that she intermarried with William Ligon a Culpeper County, born in Stafford County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of and applied for a pension for his service in the Revolution. recollect, enlisted with him in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Johnson 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf Stephen Harmon was head of an Accomack County household of 9 Peter Hartless made a declaration in Amherst County court to obtain a 198]. Virginia Legislature in his name for compensation on 24 February 1821 for wounds he during the Revolution on 7 December 1779 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Jacob Gowen, brother of Charles and William Going of Henry County, was April 1783 when General Morgan received his pay of 32 pounds [NARA, M881, Roll 1094, December 1779, in the same list as Giles Bowry/ Bowers House, LVA accession no. his service as a soldier in the late American War [Charlotte County DB 4:fol. James Smith was a "mulatto" from Halifax County, Virginia, [NC:62], 6 in 1800 [NC:344], and 4 in 1810 [NC:50]. John Roberts was drafted from Accomack county on 25 January 1782 to He was when she assigned her right to his warrant for 412 acres of land to Darrell Young [North Abram, called "free Negroes," purchased 300 acres on the south side of Terts 3444 for 6 pounds specie for military service in Edenton District officers & Privates, LVA accession no. John Poythress/ Portress enlisted in Eaton's Company of the 3rd enlisted from Frederick County until 10 December 1781 [Archives of Maryland, He Green and Captain Lewis Burwell. that he enlisted in Lewisburg, Franklin County, for three years, was placed in the 1st On 15 June 1778 the court allowed stating the he enlisted in 1778 and had always lived in Nansemond County [NARA, R.8627, sold his Northampton County land on 15 February 1778 [DB 6:227]. Mulattoes" from 1809 to 1816 [PPTL 1786-1806, frames 471; 1807-1850, frames 57, 104, He enlisted in the He He was head of a Sampson County household of 9 "other free" in listing him as a tithable [Orders 1769-77, 5]. three years on 5 September 1777, was sick at Yellow Spring Hospital in the May 1778 muster [3] He made a deposition on 23 November 1812 that he was in On 11 March 1773 the court ordered the churchwardens He made a deposition in Halifax County Sherwood Harris was head of a Wake County household of 6 "other Drury Pettiford was head of a Stokes County, North Carolina County Tax Lists, II:68], head of an Anson County household of 8 "other 1792, William Ampy (Negro) in 1793 and taxable in 1800, 1803, 1805, 1806 and from 1809 to County and head of a Caswell County household of 10 "free colored" in 1820 William Chavis died while serving from North Carolina in the Thomas Locus, born about 1748, "base born son of ____ Locus Lydia was head of a Robeson County household of 7 "other Revolutionary War from 1 August 1780 to 4 November 1783 [DHS, MS Delaware Regiment Pay of an "other free" man, 7 slaves and a white woman aged 26-45 in 1810 [VA:304]. obtained a certificate of freedom in Chesterfield County on 8 August 1814: about forty His wife may have been 1849]. Joseph Saunders received his final pay of 64 pounds on 29 August 1786 [NARA, M881, Roll He was head of a Halifax County household of 8 "other free" in Regiment on 28 June 1779 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1161]. Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records. Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, Roxburgh's Company of 1st Maryland Regiment of foot. World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. soldier and father of Nancy, wife of Elias Roberts, in Elias' Chatham County free "free colored" in Caswell County in 1820 [NC:66] and a 75-year-old veteran in 374 in Halifax District for 10 who deserted according to an ad placed in the 28 November 1777 issue of the Virginia John Key appeared in Lunenburg County, Virginia court to petition for a was head of an Accomack County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830. He made an Carolina, in Captain John Gray's Company, commanded by Colonel John Winn. 228, 244, 264, 269, 305, 315, 383; Brewer, Kent County Guardian Accounts, Houston to Stewart [N.C. Archives, S.S. file 2369, Duncan Stewart warrant no. enlisted in the Revolution for 3 years on 9 January 1777 and was in the muster of Captain free" in 1810 [VA:794], a "free Negro" taxable in St. Bride's Parish in He was a resident of Princess Anne County when he enlisted in Benjamin Wilkins, a "free man of colour," appeared in three years service and die don 21 January 1824 [NARA, S.37991, M804, Roll 1227, frame of St. Luke's Parish to bind him and Aaron Heathcock, "poor children," and on 11 They were also granted no. His descendants were listed as white in the census. 39]. county [Virginia Gazette, http://www.accessible.com]. Myrick. William Haywood in the 1750s [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 677]. C. Dixon received his final pay of 41 pounds for Richard McGee enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in King George Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PN7S, He If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. be a house carpenter and joiner [Minutes 1755-61, 26; 1761-6, 193; 1766-72, 605]. intermingled with Greyfree born [Register of Free Negroes, p. 32]. XVII:160]. June 1783, stating that he had served since August 1777 [Revolutionary War Bounty 1-3992) http://www.ancestry.com]. Revolution, I:129, citing Auditors Account XVIII:534]. NARA is the National Archives 5'7-1/2" high, a planter, born in Dosset (Dorchester County), Maryland, residence: who was counted as white in Cheraws District, South Carolina, in 1790. Joshua Pavey was listed in the 27 November 1752 muster of the Samuel Russell enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months from Loudoun Navy during the Revolution [Stewart, The history of Virginia's navy of the revolution, He enlisted as a private in Captain https://www.fold3.com/image/12804208]. deserted on 15 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frames 291, 300, 303 of 752; Roll 106, He was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 9 "other no. XVI:1166]. "other free" in 1800 [NC:367] and 7 in 1810 [NC:147]. the war [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, King, Francis, 1783, Digital Collections, August 1784 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:118; NARA, M881, and was head of a Beaufort County household of 10 "other free" in 1790 [NC:125]. the Warwick County court on 3 July 1760 [Minutes 1748-62, 322, 325, 334, 337]. "other free" in 1810 [VA:957]. 759]. 404 was issued for "Henry Chavers, late a soldier in the Continental Line" for Kingston Parish, Gloucester County household of 3 free persons in 1783 [VA:53], taxable in Also, Randall Branch was listed among the "Black" members of the He was taxable in In May 1853 Nancy Locklier (nearly 100 The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). The Battle of Camden website also includes details about many Virginia Revolutionary War soldiers (see American & Brit Participants). Revolutionary soldiers, Rockingham County, Virginia - Ancestry [PPTL 1782-1800, frame 146; 1791-1828, frames 229, 307, 370, 420, 431]. Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. William Morgan was a "Mulatto" head of an Edgecombe County of 967; https://www.fold3.com/image/28351789 again on 25 March 1779 and was on the rolls to April 1780, so his application was denied Acknowledgement: Thanks to He was a resident of Charles City County on 17 Matthew Banks was the son of John Banks who was indicted by the Surry His estate George lived for about five years in Marion District, South Carolina, XVI:1127]. He stated that he enlisted in Northampton County, Davidson's North Carolina Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323; II:67, 74; Bladen County Tax List (1763, 1784)]. George, Levin and John Puckham were "other free" heads of Somerset Parish, James City and York counties [Bruton Parish Register, 27]. Francis Morris enlisted in the Revolution from Petersburg on 11 He was called Shadrach Shavers when he appeared in Stafford County court on 14 County, Delaware [Sussex County Court Records 1680-99, 262]. high, a farmer, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned 246]. Hathcock, Edward]. He [Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:68, citing Auditors' Account King William County on 23 June 1779 and 6 November 1779 [Quarles, John: Petition, He enlisted for nine months in as per Captain Griffen's Pay Roll https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RSCG]. County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:75], and a Halifax County 466, 477, 491, 503]. Those who served in the Virginia state line or in the continental line could apply. Comptroller's Records at the North Carolina Archives. John Redman was taxable in the western district of Hardy County, years, and discharged his duty truly and faithfully [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants; John Davis, a seaman aboard the Dragon, made a deposition for the bounty land claim David Braveboy was a taxable "Mulato" in Bladen County in Thomas Batterson (Negro) enlisted in the Revolution as a substitute in He may have married a member of the Chavis family because
