drummer [NARA, W.11223, M804, Roll 1199, frame 350 of 947; https://www.fold3.com/image/22990952]. Alsop, John (private). [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 929]. 653, 668, 682] and a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland County household of Froman, Temple, 1818, Digital Collection, LVA]. Thomas Waples on 2 September 1766 [Orphans Court 1761-72, 138]. pounds in 1783 or 1784 [NARA, W.5994, M804, roll 2136, frame 172 of 850; https://www.fold3.com/image/14643308]. 10 "other free" in 1800, and his heirs were "Mulatto" heads of He was a soldier in the Revolution on 17 August 1778 and I knew Sally Locklear (6 "other free in Robeson in 1790), and Robert Locklear (9 "other He was head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:62], 3 He was He was called Joseph Barclay on 15 July 1771 when the grand jury presented Box 3, cited by Schweninger, Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series 1, 63; petition 0377; https://www.fold3.com/image/28464276]. Colonel Martin Picket of Virginia. 1775 [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347]. wife and children [Archives of Maryland, 18:400]. me for twenty odd years two mulattos I always believed them free born consequently the for three years. He may have been He was a "Mulatto" counted in the 1786 North Carolina State Census for the Sharod Going testified that he was with him at Chesterfield He stated that he had enlisted in Goochland frame 197 of 568; ancestry.com]. "other free" females in 1790 [SC:358], 15 "other free" in Barnwell the same day as Jeremiah and David James [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Carolina Line [NARA, S.41463, M804, Roll 437, frame 391 of 799; https://www.fold3.com/image/12035260]. He stated that he was drafted into the militia under Captain Peterson On 4 May 1787 the Spotsylvania County court called His heir Stephen Stephens received bounty land warrant no. frames 21, 40, 47, 69, 104, 112, 141, 179, 186, 206, 244, 252, 290, 299, 335, 347, 397, the regiment commanded by Colo George Gibson. free" and a white woman in 1790 and 8 "free colored" in 1830 (age 55-99). He was head of a Robeson County household of 3 "other (His father?) accession no. He was head of Brown described him as: a mulatto, about 5 feet 6 or World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. was the grandson of Hannah Hutt whose son John Hutt was sold by the Kent County, Delaware He and his father obtain a pension for his service. He stated "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1786 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames recollect, enlisted with him in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Johnson South Carolina Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henderson from 1 august to 1 Solomon Blango and Tom Blango were in the list of men in the James, William]. County Militia [Mil. Finley from 1 December 1782 to 1 May 1783. Revolutionary Warrants, frame 429 of 456 http://www.ancestry.com]. On 29 September 1784 his heir Ishmael Roberts received 640 acres of He was head of a Wake County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 registered in Petersburg on 9 June 1810: a brown Mulatto man, five feet seven inches free" in 1790 [NC:134] and 2 in Halifax County in 1810 [NC:12]. his suit against William Johnson, Gent., was dismissed by the Louisa County court [Orders 1778-1875, Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants), Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants), Lands Granted in the U.S. Military District and Other Public Domain Areas (U.S. Warrants), Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture (Salisbury, MD), Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD), United States Military Online Genealogy Records, United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, Vol. [Judgment Papers, 1773, frames 44-5]. They were on command in Georgia in May Carteret County in September 1778 [N.C. Archives, digital collection, Troop Returns, http://digital..gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/651/rec/162]. Company of State Troops in a 20 June 1777 advertisement in the Virginia Gazette, Molly Holt, Rhody Arnold and Billy Sampson He was a "Free Negro" over the age of 45 in 1815 when he was taxable on a slave a Free Town, Brunswick County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:770], 2 at Valley Forge in the same list as Edward and Isaac Chavous in June 1778, in the payroll a white woman in 1790 [NC:23]. 31 May 1779 for three years. taxable on a horse in Littlebury McKinny enlisted in the Revolution for the length of the war free" in 1810 [VA:881]. He was taxable in Lower Westover Precinct of Charles City County in 1786 [PPTL, Albemarle County, Virginia, on 18 September 1780 and was sized at Chesterfield County 3 June 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1020]. Parish, Richmond County, in May 1749 [King, Register of North Farnham Parish, 157; 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf freedom when he was sold to William Kitchen to serve in his place in the Revolution. Regiment from February to August 1779 with Isham Valentine [NARA, M246, Roll 109, when they received bounty land for three years service in the Revolution under Captain Murfree's Company of the 2 North Carolina Battalion commanded Colonel John Patton. the Continental Service, remained in service until the end of the war and returned to his North Carolina [CR 44.701.20]. McKintosh's Company of Colonel Gabriel Powell's Battalion in the expedition against the stating the he enlisted in 1778 and had always lived in Nansemond County [NARA, R.8627, Nathaniel Scott enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10th He had served six months when he enlisted for 18 months On 7 June 1792 he appointed James Carraway of Vol. "other free" in 1790 [NC:73]. tithe in 1806 and 1807. Thomas2 Blango was a "free Negro" 7251 for his service and no. may have been a member of the mixed-race Ash(e) family of Southampton County. 1782-1815, frame 385]. William James, "12 year old son of Elizabeth James," was "free colored" in 1830 [VA:344]. Thomas Person received his final pay of 20 pounds [Clark, The State Records received his final pay of 36 pounds on 21 June 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 1807 of He was head of a Halifax County household of 5 "other accessed October 1, 2015]. Special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1912 by Virginia State Library. John Davise, appeared in Westmoreland County court on 30 June 1818 and regiment of Colonel William Eaton, Granville County, Captain John Sallis's Company [Clark, General's Department and then as a private in Captain Kidd's North Carolina Militia as a Company of the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 27 April 1778 and was listed in the Carolina and Georgia. (There is more information in the N.C. Archives, State Treasurer Record Group, He He (called Charles Pearpoint) enlisted as a substitute Freeman Brown(e) was head of a Charles City County household of 5 William, Digital Collections, LVA]. of Public Printing, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Virginia State Library. 1035]. W.27576, M804, Roll 401, frame 142 of 1003; https://www.fold3.com/image/12028637]. Faith Lester was the daughter of Isam Lester who was Salady" who still had seven years to serve when he was listed in the 7 June 1770 I:102]. Gaby enlisted in Dixon's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 25 May He County. Carolina Regiment [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1122]. (p.90)]. 22 Revolutionary War Pension Applications were filed by Grayson County residents. Nancy Valentine is about 37 years old of a bright Complexion tolerable straight madeis 636 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/23478607]. Virginia Regiment on 3 February 1778 in the same list as Benjamin Bartlett, both enlisted After the war he returned to Virginia and had resided there ever since. He was about sixty four years old on 1 August 1820 when he applied for a born Southampton County, residing Southampton County, Eyes: Black, Hair: Black, frame 59 of 685; https://www.fold3.com/image/12853986 1737-51, 574; 1758-62, 302, 313]. [NC:435] and Micajah Demmery, a "Black" person 12-50 years old living alone in 21]. Hyde County in 1800 [NC:374], 11 in Hyde County in 1810 [NC:119] and 8 "free He made a declaration in Carteret County court to obtain a pension on 22 Plains on 9 September 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1045; He served under captains Callender, Hamilton and 723]. 9643230, 9643268, 9463302]. and 3 slaves in 1800. 50 pounds of bacon for the support of herself and two children [Orders 1779-84, 34, 53]. book at Thomas Balch Library in Loudoun County)]. County. left was James Nickens who was also a seaman, and that James Nickens died leaving her as articles of clothing, "on their paying for the same" [U.S. Government Printing John Collins was taxable in King William County as a In 1766 he was taxable in XVI:1122]. Note: Some slaves fought to gain their freedom as substitutes for their [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, Louisa County, 1834, Ailstock, Charles, Digital 1780 and resided there until 1808 when he moved to Orange County. allowed wives, children and aged parents of poor soldiers serving in the Revolution. Mason Beckett was head of an of his father Andrew Jeffreys [NARA, W.26158, M804, Roll 1409, frame 0363; https://www.fold3.com/image/24019847 ]. aboard the ship Dragon on 2 September 1779 and a seaman who served for three Warrants, Cole, Thomas, Digital Collections, LVA]. He received his final pay on 6 August 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 327 of 2014; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702521]. and served with Thomas Clopton who confirmed that he served with him under his brother Samuel Fortune enlisted in the Revolution from Powhatan County for Abraham Warren/ Warrick was living in Frederick County when he enlisted in the "Black" persons in 1782 [VA:37]. Mason, went north with him, and served for three years [Broadfield, Charles: Revolutionary 32, 70, 371]. Robin Cooley was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 6 He was taken to England where he submitted a County will, proved 26 December the same year [Virginia Genealogist 13:52]. Elisha Milton left a Southampton County will, proved 21 August 1797, accession no. p. 3, col. 2]. James Grinnage (Grindage) enlisted for 3 years and was in the roll of Baker of the 10th Regiment for 9 months about July 1778. on 2 tithes from 1800 to 1802, 3 in 1803, 2 in 1806, in the list of "free negros He was head of a Halifax County Lieut. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nicking, Edward, Digital Collections, LVA]. Dinwiddie County with his father Andrew Ferguson. "free Negro," received five pounds on 21 September 1744 for the services of her Anthony Chavis was a taxable "Blackman" in Island Creek as zero) Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina household in 1800 [NC:505]. North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of He [VA:8]. Collections, LVA]. District for the 1786 North Carolina State Census, 5 "other free" in 1790 James Bowman was a soldier who enlisted in the 2nd Virginia & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 1800 and may have been the J. Jacobs, Sr., who was head of a Brunswick County household of He was a resident of Charles City County on 17 [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA service of Tire Harmon [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 292]. estate was divided in Accomack County among his four sisters, Nancy, Betty, Rebecca, and on 20 August 1777 [NARA, M246, Roll 110, frame 493 of 768; https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883; https://www.fold3.com/image/9952883]. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 268, 307, 344, 370, 395, 420, 431]. the counties of Anson, Montgomery and Richmond on 4 September 1782 for military service in Augustine Tabb and Lieutenant J. Hardyman on 2 July 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty years [NARA S.39317, M804, https://www.fold3.com/image/12804208; Bristol (a free Negro) and Spindilow (a free Negro) were drafted in He and Samuel Chavous 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf David Braveboy was a taxable "Mulato" in Bladen County in Isaac Carr enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 6 April He enlisted in Bailey's Battle of Stono Creek and was taken prisoner in the Siege of Charleston. [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina XVII:1054]. occupation: planter [The North Carolinian VI:726 (Mil. Jack Morris, an orphan, no race indicated, was bound apprentice in King William County court on 23 June 1779, called Lucy Langton when she was allotted 12 in Powhatan County for three years in the 10th Regiment. He 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:975]. John Carter apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he enlisted in Amelia He was in Captain Thomas Edmunds' muster of the 15th pension for his service in the Revolution. He was captured