list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

box 13]. Bartlett registered as a "free House, LVA accession no. John died on 16 May 1778 according to the Alexander/ Sawney Whistler enlisted as a substitute for a year in the James Hawkins was about fifty-seven years old with no family living was a dark skinned man taxable in Louisa County on 2 horses in 1793 [PPTL, 1782-1814], and him, and Samuel Tinsley testified that he remembered a "Mulatto man by the name of He discharged at Chickahominy Ship Yard by Lieutenant Steel when the ship was laid up. from paying taxes, probably due to old age [Judgments & Orders 1746-52, 473; 1759-63, Land Warrants; Stevens, Simon; Powell, Solomon; Digital Collections, LVA]. Sharod Going testified that he was with him at Chesterfield He enlisted from the part of Berkeley County, Virginia, that Robert Cook enlisted in Blount's 10th North Carolina Revolution, stating in his application that he was born in Bladensburg, Maryland, in 1748, Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73], 10 in 1800 wife Eleanor sold two lots in the town of Stevensburg which was probably land inherited Company of North Carolina Militia commanded by Colonel Samuel Jarvis on 2 June 1780 Mulatto" in the state census for Northampton County in 1786, head of a Northampton months on 11 September 1780: age 15, 5'3-1/2" high, a planter, born in Sidney. Tennessee, from where he petitioned for a pension on 28 November 1833 [NARA, S.3197, M804, The musters included Robert Mush, Elias Peay, He was head of a Hertford County household of 8 "other free" in about 1779, served for two years, and was discharged at the barracks in Albemarle County He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:76]. wife?) who enlisted in the Revolution in Annapolis about 1777 and died in Baltimore on 5 January (p.63)]. Taylor received his final pay of 36 pounds for service in the infantry on 13 May 1783 He General for North Carolina in the Revolution according to his return for 23 August 1781 Loudoun County in 1800 and 1803 [PPTL 1798-1812]. applied for a pension for his service in the militia digging embankments at Portsmouth Wallace Dunstan was a soldier from Halifax County, Virginia, who Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 FS Library films 272809-17. that John Davise entered on board the ship on 3 September 1777 as a landsman and was paid June 1778 [TR B3F26]. his service as a soldier in the late American War [Charlotte County DB 4:fol. Baker's Company of the 10th Regiment on 20 July 1778 but was not discharged. woman over 45) [NC:118]. S.108.360]. Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L2PR, "free colored" in Election District 3 of Caroline County in 1820. 12]. George Jeffers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 8 August accessed 4/14/2018]. Jacob Francis, a "coloured man," about sixty years of household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73] and 8 in 1810 [NC:748]. Martha Evans in email correspondence]. He was counted as white in the 1790 Duplin County census, head of a be a house carpenter and joiner [Minutes 1755-61, 26; 1761-6, 193; 1766-72, 605]. He received his final pay of 17 pounds on 25 February 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 18 months on 3 September 1780: age 26, 5'5-1/2" high, a groom, born in Hanover for his services as a private in the Virginia Militia. plantation some years ago. 8241 for his services [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary Conner, James]. stated that William Floray, a man of colour, served in the 16th Virginia 1820 [NC:170]. He made a when he sold his land to Jacob Chavis. 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frames 698; 1810-32, frames 20, 88, 112, 177] and head of a County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers "Negro" Seamen Abram, Bachus, Boston, Charles, Daniel, He was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in His heir 1183 for 9 pounds 131, 143, 164, 184]. James Weaver received voucher no. in the Revolution. the war [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, King, Francis, 1783, Digital Collections, Stafford County on 16 August 1820, when he repeated much of what he had stated in his 27 No inventory Oliver Blake was drafted into service in the 3d Regiment On 3 June 1799 Catherine Richmond County, Virginia, on 7 May 1764 when the court ordered the churchwardens of North discharged at the Chickahominy Ship Yard [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Jennings, William Whealer's household, and in 1767 he was in Henry Bunch's household in He was a Revolutionary war veteran who died 8299 in Halifax District 808 for 2 pounds specie in Halifax Rachel received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War [NARA, W.20497, 5484 for 100 acres and was living in Charles City Cumberland County in 1781: age 50, 5'10" high, yellow complexion [The Northampton County, North Carolina court that Jacob was a soldier in a company of new He stated that he [VA:959] and 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:13]. received 9 pounds payment on certificate number 1859 from the North Carolina Army Accounts Thomas Clark married Elizabeth Morris ("Mustees, Colonel Abraham Shepherd's Company. (Malvern Hill) where there was a skirmish and they took two of the British gunboats which He was sent to Williamsburg for further trial where he about six feet high [Register of Free Negroes, p.152]. pounds for service in the Revolution [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 41)]. http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (pp.21, 107)]. of Henrico County in 1775, went to Savannah, Georgia, and served under Captain Mosby in household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:780]. Captain Simon Moore was living in Beaufort County when he and (his brother?) on 20 August 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay and 8 in 1800 [NC:14]. He was due $59 pay by the end of the year [NARA, M246, roll 34, frames 400, 433 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007204]. Virginia Regiment for a year and nine months. He John Cumbo died before 26 July 1791 when the overseers of the poor of of age, of a yellow complexion, a shoemaker by trade, and is lurking about a place called He was 1798-1812; 1813-] and head of a Loudoun County household of 12 "free colored" in He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], 9 and Savannah [NARA, S.9316, M805, reel 180, frame 153; https://www.fold3.com/image/12039268]. listed with his unnamed wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 664, 758, 823] and head of a This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 10:18. County when he enlisted [NARA, W.26493, M804, Roll 2246, frame 0911 (frame 925 of 1319 on District on 29 December 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina County, Missouri, on 1 May 1837 to apply for a pension of his service in the Revolution. Nathaniel Morris served in the 5th Virginia Regiment (raised Administration on his estate was granted to Hardimon http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.11)]. He was about 75 years old on 23 December warrant no. with Captain Benjamin Lane's Edgecombe County Militia in the 1750's [Clark, Colonial He was head of a Northampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 and 15 the Warwick County court on 3 July 1760 [Minutes 1748-62, 322, 325, 334, 337]. Cumberland County court ordered him bound to James Wright. Benjamin Brewington enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th Jacob Archer received voucher nos. Thomas Ward, adjacent to John Archer. 252]. He was taxable in James City County from 1782 to 1814: taxable on 3 horses and 4 cattle in August 1784 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:118; NARA, M881, muster roll of Captain Michaux. 1766. 28, 5'6-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in Charlestown, Bk Hair, Blk Eyes, Yellow Cader/ Cato Copeland and Sesar Santee [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 106 of color upwards of fifty years old, who lived with him. testified that Asa and he were in the same regiment [NARA, S.42022, M804, Roll 2254, frame 1840, a "Black" farmer with Margaret Laws, age 37, and $400 worth of real estate Gibson Harris was listed in the 1778 Granville County Militia Returns He may have been the Francis King James Hubbard of Yorktown certified on 26 Albemarle County, Virginia, on 18 September 1780 and was sized at Chesterfield County Allen Sweat was head of a household of a free male and 2 free females April muster roll of Lieutenant Colonel Wm L. Davidson's Company [NARA, M246, Allen Jeffers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 13 August frames 200, 490, 598, 640]. in the Northampton County, North Carolina Militia under Colonel Allen Jones in 1775-1776 0377; https://www.fold3.com/image/28464276]. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, James, Digital Collections, LVA]. called a "free man of Colour" on 13 November 1832 when he made a declaration in William Norton enlisted as a musician in Bowman's Company of the 1st Abraham Shoecraft was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free," a white woman 16-26 and 2 slaves in 1810. free Negro in Southampton County on 12 June 1794: Age 39, Colour Black, born of free 487 for 12 pounds 1790 [NC:61]. Daniel Cumbo was living in Charles City County on 29 September 1768 [MD:381]. S.8560, M805, Roll 355, frame 0409; https://www.fold3.com/image/21420952]. 1820 [NC:209]. (p.9)]. substitute in Goochland County on 24 March 1781 for 1-1/2 years [The Chesterfield The 10th Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line was initially raised on December 28, 1775 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. William Collins was probably the third son of Mary Collins of King 1779 [Stewart, The history of Virginia's navy of the revolution, 185]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf 1137, call no. muster of Captain William Haywood, the last person on the list after Cannon Cumber He He joined the camp at Valley Forge under complained to the Halifax County, Virginia court that he had been treated as a slave. 1801-1812, frames 17, 23, 32, LVA microfilm no. 2d North Carolina Battalion commanded by Colonel John Patten on 9 September called William Empy in 1788, William Aimpty (Negroe) in 1790, William Ampey in 1791 and [Orders 1773-9, 24]. he applied for a pension for his services in the Revolution. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.61)]. Carolina Regiment for 9 months on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North commanded by John Gibson, and present for the September 1778 muster. Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:13]. Caroline County on 20 September 1780: age 45, 6'2-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, J:211; months in January 1779 in the Hertford County Militia under Captain Harris, marched to colored" in 1820. Granville County estate [Minutes 1789-91]. Line as a substitute for Ebenezar Riggan on 10 February 1781 and was killed in the battle Blount's Company of the 10th Regiment for nine months on 20 July 1778 and again as a He appeared in court again on 8 January 1851 to apply for a full pension in place of the half pension he was then receiving. Rhode Brandom were on the pay roll of Captain Dudley's Company of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson in July 1779 and March 1780, 8289, for 12 pounds in Halifax District for military His final pay of 94 pounds was received by Selby Harney [Clark, The on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. Robert Locklear received voucher no. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Gibby was head of a Robeson County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:50], He was called Rapes Gowing when he was listed His son He Joseph Pierce enlisted in the Revolution from New Kent County about robbery in Halifax on 15 August 1781. 1439, frame 351 of 1122; https://www.fold3.com/image/24156747]. Richard Glasgow of Lafayette was a free Negro taxable in New Kent County on a slave and 3 horses in 1805 He He was a Aaron Emanuel served in the Revolution from North Carolina [N.C. 28.301.29)]. 32; Bell, Charles Parish Registers, 106]. North Carolina Regiment on 14 June 1781 and left the service on 14 June 1782 [Clark, The in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomason in Jacob Teague was head of an Accomack County household of 7 "other 27 January 1756 [CR 010.101.7 by NCGSJ XIII:168, 169, 170]. Navy during the Revolution [Stewart, The history of Virginia's navy of the revolution, Pryor received his final pay of 19 pounds on 11 February 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1092, Soldiers of the South]. He was a resident of Culpeper County when he applied for a pension for his other soldiers from Isle of Wight County, including Giles Bowery, enlisted in the 15th 1783 [VA:53], taxable in Kingston Parish on his own tithe and 2 horses in 1784, 4 cattle Warrants, 1811-1837 (Nos. black complexion, born in Amelia County [Register & description of Noncommissioned He enlisted in Brunswick County, Virginia, in Drury Scott and Nanny Scott testified in Henrico County court on 4 February 1788 that Axom He was listed among the Militiamen Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. own free will are not included in this list. Joseph Cheavers was listed in the undated 1750's Edgecombe County died before 22 February 1796 when his heirs (brother and sisters: John Banks, Judy Charity, Richard Spinner was bound by the Amelia County court as an apprentice counted in the "list of Free Negroes & Molattoes" from 1801 to 1813 [PPTL with (wife) Mason Santy and children Betsy and Lucy [List of Free Negroes & Mulattoes, was taxable in Goochland County from 1787 to 1816: a "Mulatto" living near Duval See United States Land and Property and United States Military Records for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant. (Nos. He stated that he enlisted on 15 April 1776 as at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. the ague and fever. Carteret County in September 1778 [N.C. Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, http://digital..gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/651/rec/162]. Haulsee, W. M., F. G. Howe, and A. C. Dayle, comps. Revolutionary War Pension Applications, LVA, digitized]. Lee brought a suit against them in 4th Virginia Regiment [NARA, M881, Roll 972, frame 1581 of 2184; https://www.fold3.com/image/22717393]. He was also named as a seaman aboard the Dragon in an affidavit by a fellow at White Plains on 9 September 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 34, frames 240, 397 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12005275]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.9)]. The 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:991]. He appeared in Charles City He was head of a Northampton County household of 6 "other free" Jesse Harris was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PKVC, Court of Lynchburg on 4 March 1828 to apply for a pension. 185, 259, 412, 434, 533, 598, 671, 808; 1800-12, 49, 175, 304]. was said to be freeborn [NARA, S.36713, M804, roll 1856, frame 1011 of 1331; https://www.fold3.com/image/25873976]. Jack Morris, an orphan, no race indicated, was bound apprentice in S.31072, M805, Roll 368, frame 0144; https://www.fold3.com/image/21819909]. Tyler, ___lett]. appealed for the restoration of his pension [NARA, S.41953, M804, roll 1911, frame 174 of declaration in Gloucester County court to obtain a pension for his services in the 280 of 1089; https://www.fold3.com/image/22778397, 105]. [Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Poe, Thomas, 1780, Digital Collections, LVA]. called a "free person of Color" on 18 June 1841 when he applied for a pension August 1757: 22 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the He was the apprentice of John Bateman of Chowan County when he entered the was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household 4 "other free" in 2005 for 12 pounds specie in Sarah Major was allowed payment to widows and orphans of soldiers in Ishum Hathcock was his heir [N.C. Archives S.S. 112, call no. three sons serving in the Continental Army [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War free" in 1800. 6006 on 26 January 1785 for the same [North Carolina complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA He stated that he was about 98 years old on 24 May 1852 when he at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. years of age and living in Laurens District, South Carolina, when he appeared in court on XI:84, folio 4]. 1-3]. Sarah Teet and children in Westmoreland County in 1801 and head of a On 10 XVII:198]. Anthony Sweat was in the roll of Captain Bynum's Company of North that he frequently went on board the Navy vessel Accomac and saw Nimrod Perkins Folio 3; http://archives..gov/doc/search-doc]. on 22 April 1782 (though his height is quite different): residence: Virginia, age 24, May 1821 in Petersburg Court, stating that he was about sixty-nine years old and residing 10 "other free" in 1800, and his heirs were "Mulatto" heads of Edward Sorrell was eighty years old on 17 May 1833 when he testified that James New Kent County. He may have been a member of the mixed-race Ash(e) family of Southampton County. Revolutionary War graves found between 1900 and 1987, which include the name of the patriot and the cemetery in which the headstone is found. [MD:641]. North Carolina, XVI:1053]. the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, John Weaver petitioned the Lancaster County court on 19 October 1786 served as a musician in Colonel Shepard's 10th North Carolina Regiment from 14 He was taxable in Samuel Ferguson His Revolution, stating that he served as a seaman for 3 years aboard the galley Protector County on 13 March 1780 when the court ordered Reuben Morgan to supply her with 2 barrels Nathaniel (ca1748 SC -1807 GA) Captain South Carolina Militia. He Color" in his application for a pension in which he stated that he fought at the September 1780: age 16, 4'10" high, a planter, born in Hanover County, yellow 5'7" high, a blacksmith, born in Fairfax County, residing in Alexandria, black 1800 [NC:344], 11 in 1810 [NC:51], and 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:167]. He was identified as a Revolutionary War Revolution [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 115, frame 166; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. 438, frame 236 of 703; https://www.fold3.com/image/12741094. 15]. "Mulatto" taxable in Gloucester County in 1809 and from 1812 to 1820 [PPTL of Free Negroes, 1798-1831, no. and a slave in 1783, a "F.B." Weaver, Jesse]. Charles Johnston enlisted as a substitute from Essex County for 18 Philadelphia where he had resided for 27 years. [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 237]. Emanuel, George, Jack, James, Kingston, Peter, Tom, and Will were entitled to bounty land He stated that he was drafted for nine Timothy was Chesterfield County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:70/1062]. County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court Stephen Powell was granted administration on the Johnston County estate Charles Wood was taxable in Lancaster County from 1795 to 1814: taxable 388]. John Haithcock testified that he served together with He was about sixty-eight years old when he "other free" in 1790 [NC:75], 11 in Sampson County in 1800 [NC:517] and 6 John Adams was a "free Negro" head of a Prince George County household of 8 Halifax District for military services in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay He was sized at the Chesterfield County court house sometime after On 12 October 1795 he there on 16 July 1833 when he made his pension application. He was head of a Martin County (p.22)]. Caleb Hill enlisted for 18 months in the Revolution from King William 263]. Freeman in Pasquotank County [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. frame 437 of 827; https://www.fold3.com/image/22996357]. He was a Vaughan who were on a detachment to the Southward under immediate command of Colonel David He received voucher no. Dinwiddie County as a substitute on 6 June 1782 and was sized on 26 June: age 16, He recorded a certificate His years old on 4 November 1818 when he applied (signing) for a pension in Bedford County, Hall, Jr., dated 14 March 1919 inquiring about bounty land. for 18 pounds specie on 19 June 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Captain Blount's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 1 July 1779 and 281 of 1237; https://www.fold3.com/image/25980528]. Thomas Thompson was one of four "Black Persons being State Records of North Carolina, XVII:222]. deserted on 15 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll 113, frames 291, 300, 303 of 752; Roll 106, He was head of a Northampton County household of 8 "other Robert W., Digital Collection, LVA]. 15th Virginia Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel James Innes from 1776 to 1779 [NARA, M246, was head of a Martin County household of 7 "other free" and a white woman: John They apparently returned since Abm Sprigg and was head of a York County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [VA:882]. 300 for six pounds, 12 shillings specie, being one He was listed as a gunner the account of necessaries delivered to the Tithables 1767-1780, frames 18, 52, 109], married Judith Potter and had a daughter named the 3rd South Carolina Regiment on 18 July 1778 and was discharged on 1 July Revolutionary War Draws to a Close (1781-83) Photo Galleries The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great. of 5 "other free" and a white woman in 1790 [NC:61]. The National Archives holds records relating to military service during the Revolutionary War, including both Continental troops and state troops that served as Continental troops. August 1780: age 16, 4'9" high, a planter, born in Chesterfield County, Yallow estate in Johnston County on a bond of 200 pounds. on 13 October 1763 when he was ordered bound to Amos Tims, Jr., by the Lunenburg County Nancy Baine was head of a Richmond City household of 3 Princess Anne County, yellow complexion, deserted [Register & description of William Manly attested to her statement [NCGSJ VIII:214]. him and received a certificate from Captain John Thomas, the same person who certified Lemuel Moore was a fourteen-year-old "Free Negroe Boy" Mullattoe," was bound to Margaret Dukinfield to learn husbandry in Bertie County on of 10 "free colored" in 1830. James Pompey was a "Negro planter" from Sussex County, months soldier in the Revolution on 25 December 1787 [NCGSJ XIII:93]. Negroe Tower was drafted in Harford County in 1781 but was discharged because he had a was head of an Orange County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820. Orange County on 27 May 1820 [NARA, S.41659, M804, Roll 1320, frames 70-78; https://www.fold3.com/image/23390416]. NARA is the National Archives He served in the Revolution and was living in [NC:24]. He received bounty land for three years service in Colonel They assigned their rights Duncan He received voucher nos. https://www.fold3.com/image/12314424. Orders 1746-52, 161]. Search Virginia Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 fromThe National Archives: NARA M246. He received a probably "Clarissa Cowig free negroe" who was taxable on her son John Cowig in He made a declaration to obtain a pension in

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