in Powhatan County for three years in the 10th Regiment. Jenkins Gowen was a seventeen-year-old "mullato" in 1778 when
Edward and Solomon Carter were in an undated colonial muster roll of a
Dempsey Reed was listed in the Revolutionary War accounts, hired as a
19 March 1781 and was sized on 28 May: age 23, 5'5-1/2" high, black complexion,
County, North Carolina. Privates, LVA accession no. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.70)]. black hair, black eyes, in Duprie's Company, occupation carpenter [N.C. Archives Troop
On 9 August 1792 Humphrey
to December 1778 (with Elias Pettiford) [NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 545 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826,
Nancy Baine was head of a Richmond City household of 3
white, straight hairborn free [Register of Free Negroes, no.20]. 1768 he was listed in Pope's list with his wife Charity. The papers stated that Thomas Archie had resided in Chatham County for
the half pension he was then receiving. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
[NC:447]. counted in the "list of Free Negroes & Molattoes" from 1801 to 1813 [PPTL
delivery to the commanding officer in Williamsburg [Virginia Gazette (Purdie), p.3,
Stoakley received his final pay of 17 pounds on 9 August 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095,
free" persons. & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Major Isaac Carter testified that he had seen William serving
Mulattos" in 1790 [MD:235] and 4 "free colored," including a man and woman
He was head of a Sampson County household of 5 "other free" in
131]. Regiments were consolidated several times during the war, and many soldiers served in more than one unit. 170 cited by
Servt [Troop Returns, box 6, folder 20; http://www.digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/980/rec/2]. He was head of a Hyde County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 1 in 1800
Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
Nathan Taborn was listed in the North Carolina military accounts during
He was a "Mulatto" delinquent taxable in Northampton County in 1786 [Virginia
District on 2 October 1783 and 26 January 1785 each for 9 pounds allowed him for his
Nathaniel Hall enlisted in the Revolution on 5 August 1779 in Blount's
James
Zephaniah Going was head of a Roane County, Tennessee household of 6
Major, Edmond and Jard [Jones, Worcester County Wills, JW-3, 1759-1769, 36]. Hawkins, Joseph]. Purdie's edition, p.3, col. 3]. McCulloch drew his final pay [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, 17:190,
King William County court that lasted almost nine years and awarded him 35 pounds for the
in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 9 March 1778 [Orders 1773-9, 395]. (p.91)]. enlisted at Culpeper court house and served in the regiment of Captain Reuben Fields
He stated that he enlisted on 15 April 1776 as
]. Nelson Donathan was sued jointly with William Donathan in Halifax
James Wilson in Abraham Sheppard's 10th North Carolina Regiment and was
in 1781 and served until 1 October 1782. services prior to January 1782 according to an Auditor's certificate [NARA, B.LWt. Isham Scott was head of a Halifax County household of 8 "other
there in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1803, frame 594; 1804-23, frame 260]. Halifax County, born in N Carolina, a planter, servt to Lt Ashe
County, Tennessee, in 1817 when white residents of the county petitioned the legislature
346, 418, 428, 491]. County when his wagon was requisitioned [NARA, W.18115, M804, Roll 2335, frame 0798; https://www.fold3.com/image/20448837]. #128; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679512]. deposition (signing) in Lancaster County court on 14 December 1819 for a pension for his
He enlisted in 1776 and
the Henrico County court [Orders 1781-4, 439]. 1-3]. He
His
30 July 1840 by his widow Mary Butler, aged seventy-six, who was residing in the 1st
1755-9, 33]. of Humphrey Hardy, about 1772, with his wife Penny and Elizabeth James: 2 Molattos
1782-5, 75]. Quarter Sessions 1787-93, 110]. & Privates, LVA accession no. April 1781. April the same year: age 18, 5-2-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in
He was head of a Craven County
became Jefferson County, moved to Hampshire County in 1790 and applied for a pension from
[Miscellaneous Tax Records in N.C. Genealogy, 2431]. He was
frame 165 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200648]. He was listed in the state census for North Carolina in the 6th District in 1786. Records of North Carolina XVI:1036; XVII:202]. 10081833, 10081847, 10081873]. He was taxable on his own tithe and a horse in Waynoke Precinct of Charles City
Anthony Freeman enlisted in the Revolution from Amelia County on 11
Records of North Carolina, XVI:1173, XVII:252]. Montfort's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 24 June 1779 for the
He may have been the William Barnett of Wayne County who received
born in Charles City [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers &
Howell in Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, in April 1751. 99, frame 749 of 760; https://www.fold3.com/image/9161780]. Virginia Regiment on 3 February 1778 next to Abram Goff in the same list as Daniel Goff,
Ned Streater served in place of his master, but did not receive his freedom
He was head of a Northampton County household of 9 "other free"
William Jones was a seaman aboard the ship Tartar on 2 March
appeared in Wake County court on 13 May 1818 to apply for a pension for his service in the
He
George Kendall was taxable in Prince William County from 1796 to 1810:
and living in Norfolk County on 23 September 1780 when he enlisted in the
Lewis Smith enlisted as a substitute from Dinwiddie County for 18
a declaration to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, State Records of North Carolina,
5'3-1/2" high, born in Fairfax County, Yellow complexion [Register &
He was taxable in Amherst County from 1782 to 1820: a
& Mulattoes in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-184]. for 30 days on 2 September 1779. County, Virginia, from which Greensville was formed after the war, and he was about
which had been granted to "Aminadab Handzer Malatto Deceasd" [DB D-4:225-7;
September 1832. taxable on 2 "Mulatto" tithes in Cumberland County in 1767, was taxable with his
into the service in Randolph County in 1781. His son Thomas appeared in Orange County, North Carolina
He was a "Mulatto" who petitioned the Frederick County court
when he assigned his right to his final settlement for services in the "Twelve Months
who was drafted into the army to drive teams, that he was a free-born man and was gone for
He was discharged in
593, 606; 1811-1822, frames 22, 46, 183, 332, 375, 486, 535]. Digital Collections, LVA]. "Free Persons of Colour above 16 years" in 1813 [PPTL, 1800-15]. Maryland Regiment, engaged to serve 3 years [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 181 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12004858]. so her application for a pension was denied [NARA, R.1669, M804, roll 465, frame 513 of
Thomas Huelin was listed among the "Black" members of the
over the age of 16, 2 cattle, and 17 horses in "S. Hole" in Nansemond County in
"person of Colour" who died on 22 November 1836 [NARA, S.8091, M804, Roll 332,
dates on either side of him are in September 1780) and was sized on 1 March 1781: age
Carolina Regiment [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1122]. taxable in
A warrant for 640 acres was issued to the trustees of the University of North
24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.68)]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
George Kersey was head of a Robeson County household of 5 "free
Amos Reed was a 75-year-old "free man of Colour by birth" who
that Nancy Smith, wife of Michael Smith was the only heir of Raverly Going,
Soldiers of the South, 701]. 1810 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 358, 543, 620, 662, 717, 753, 799] and head of a
He
January 1777 until his discharge [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Roberts, Anthony,
He was a deceased soldier of Beaufort County whose estate was administered before June
1787-92, 232]. was living in Granville County on 7 June 1791 when he gave Thomas Beavan his power of
Robert was a Pamunkey Indian who served in the Revolution from
148 for 274 acres to James
1782 [NARA, M246, roll 30, frames 347 & 405 of 532; https://www.fold3.com/image/12448383; https://www.fold3.com/image/10111353]. service in the Revolution. John Butler was a taxable "Mollato" in William Butler's
County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:75], and a Halifax County
household of 2 "free colored" and 6 slaves in 1830. August 1820 [NARA, S.41800, M805, reel 0555, frame 20; https://www.fold3.com/image/29347530]. Moore) [NC:9]. County, 20]. William Dobbins and Charles Dobbins were the sons of Sarah Dobbins who
"other free" [NC:316]. He was head of a Franklin County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:58] and
his final pay of 66 pounds for serving as a sailor in the Navy [M853, Roll 22, https://www.fold3.com/image/286702489]. He was also an abolitionist who spent a lot of time and effort trying to get Congress and South Carolina legislature to approve a regiment of black soldiers. of a South Orangeburg District household of 9 "other free" in 1790. Arthur Lamb was a "Mulato" taxable in Bladen County from 1768
commanded by Lieutenant Carrol Minnis of the 1st Virginia Regiment. He was
children who had fled there for protection from the Indians who to the number of 200 made
October 1782 when his property was attached for a 3 pound, 12 shilling debt he owed John
pounds specie at Hillsboro for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina
Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5HTZ,
Thomas Blango was paid for military service in the Newbern
He was taxable in the southern district of Halifax County, Virginia, from 1782 to 1803:
about forty eight years, six feet and a half inch high, light yellow Colour, inclining to
The said Hanah Ligon lived with a certain Thomas Smith as an apprentice or servant
He stated that he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Regiment under Captain
He was sometimes called Moses Sharper and Moses McIntosh because he was
service in the Revolution. inhabitants of Sumter District petitioned to release his descendants from paying the tax
He was described as "yellow (Mulatto) complexioned, aged 29, 5'7-3/4"
John Sweat served in the Revolution from North Carolina [N.C. Archives,
Susannah Johns
Gains and John T. Brooke, officers in Harrison's Regiment. [NARA, W.5763, M804, roll 134, frame 329; https://www.fold3.com/image/10996332]. He mustered again in Taylor's Company for 2-1/2 years in January 1779. Charles Morris enlisted in the Revolution on 12 September 1780 for the
Negroes & Mulattoes above the age of 16" in 1813; taxable on 2 free tithes in
in the state navy records. July 1780 [Orders 1774-84, 127, 163, 219, 273]. He entered the service in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1780
with Jacob Cogar as his accomplice. 541, 545, 547; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826,
He was head of a Anne Arundel County household of 1 "other free" in 1790. 8396 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 14, 70, 361]. Warrants, Cole, Thomas, Digital Collections, LVA]. Regiment of Colonel Abraham Sheppard on 19 February 1782 [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 165
Westmoreland County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820. He stated that he enlisted in Jones County in 1778 in Captain John Taylor's
Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records. OGEECHEE TRADING COMPANY Fine Postcards, Stamps and Books Hampton, Virginia This 374533923119. James Bowser was born in Nansemond County and enlisted in the
"other free" in 1800. warrant no. Orders 1746-52, 161]. North Carolina Regiment for three years on 17 June 1777 and reenlisted for twelve more
A relative, Nancy Major, was in the "list of Blacks above the age
He was called James Nicken alias Bateman
no longer in service. Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison and served until the close of the war
heirs received a 274 acre land warrant for his service as a private in Captain Moore's
age 25, 5'10" [Virginia Gazette, p. 3, cols. Regiment, recruited Jesse to serve in the Revolution. was mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension application of Holiday Haithcock
services in the Revolution while resident in Barnwell District, South Carolina. of 891 and https://www.fold3.com/image/24220878]. Ezekiah Jacobs enlisted as a private in Mill's Company of the 10th
reenlisted in Paramus on 12 March 1779, was in prison on 1 June 1779, and mustered for the
[North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-RMCK,
May 1800: a dark Mulatto man aged about ___ years, and about five feet ___ Inches, was
apprentice in Craven County on 10 October 1760 [CR 028.101.1]. Revolution. (p.117)]. 1790 [NC:51]. in
He was about
Gates County in May 1806 [Fouts, Minutes of Gates County, IV:1001; III:499]. Andrew Scott in Henrico County court on 4 February 1788 [Orders 1787-9, 169]. Virginia State Regiment based on the testimony of Colonel J. Allison of James City County
He
served in the militia as a substitute for Anthony Thompson and served for a total of nine
wife in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1800, frames 36, 100, 190, 213; 1791-1828, frames 372, 409, 432,
Waggener's Company at Fort Holland [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 463]. Webb to receive the final settlement for Revolutionary War service of his wife's deceased
to apply for a pension for his services in the Revolution. XVI:1131]. 45 years of age in 1820. Isaac James, "child of Ann," was bound by the Bertie County
Denham. He stated that he was drafted into the militia under Captain Peterson
issued a warrant of 219 pounds on 7 September 1779 for re-enlisting [Creel, Selected
for the bounty land claim of James Jennings on 7 February 1834 and named five of the
Accounts, Blanks, John, VIII:37, Folio 4; W-1:12; IX:93, Folio 1; V:18, Folio 3; VI:29,
in 1800 [NC:324], and 4 in 1810 [NC:33]. Philip Byrd was listed among the "Black" members of the
He registered in Princess Anne County on 27 September 1800: Aaron
1-3]. Mason Collins enlisted in the Revolution for 1-1/2 years while residing
stated that he enlisted at Dinwiddie County courthouse and had resided in Dinwiddie for
He apparently died in service since his heir David Bizzell
His nephew Daniel Laws received $730 as bounty for his service
"free Negro" taxable in the upper district of Henrico County from 1811 to 1814:
Crumb's 1st Virginia Regiment [NARA, M246, Roll 94, frame 507 of 742; https://www.fold3.com/image/10071434]. of Eutaw Springs. and received a total of 25 pounds specie for service in the Continental Line [Clark, The
father being a free man and his mother a free woman [NARA, S.32243, M804, Roll 966, frame
free" in 1800 [SC:62] and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [SC:3a]. Myrick. See Charles Evans and John Epps
321 for 10 pounds specie
1779-11-06 and 1779-11-23, Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865,
2654 of 640 acres for his service as a private in the Continental
He may have been the
The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the Old Mans Registration or the Old Mans Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. September 1777, was sick at the Yellow Spring Hospital in the June 1778 muster commanded
Anne's County, and was described as "a poor man with children but never applied for
Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Robert Lawson on 16 February 1778 [NARA, M246, Roll
[NARA, M246, Roll 96, frame 547 of 736; https://www.fold3.com/image/10081826,
1778 [NARA, M881, Roll 784; frame 486 of 837 https://www.fold3.com/image/21163844]. Fayette County, Ohio court and testified that "he got one Elias Pettiford, a Colored,
On 5 October 1821 he applied for a pension in Cumberland County,
These papersinclude payrolls and receipts for Clarks troops. Bass, Ruben]. Prince William County in 1786, 1787, 1792, and from 1794 to 1798, called a "free
transferred to Captain Hadley's Company and served until the end of the war [NARA, W.1277,
Hardy Hunt enlisted from Southampton County for the duration
wife and children [Archives of Maryland, 18:400]. 2 tithes and a horse in 1800. Warrants, Beverly, Charles, Digital Collections, LVA]. He may have been the Daniel Williams for whom Mr. Broadhead received final pay of 11
19 May 1823 he testified for Isham Scott in Halifax County court that he was in the
William Harris was listed in the Pay Roll of Captain Thomas Massie's 6th
in the Revolution on 5 July 1779 and served for three years. North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for nine months [Clark, The State Records of
He received bounty land based on his discharge by Lieutenant D. Mann which stated that he
in the 8 October 1754 muster roll of Captain Osborne Jeffreys' Granville County Company
Soldiers of the South, 674]. Both cases were dismissed because they
Hispaniola [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
French and Indian Wars in Virginia, North and South Carolina. XVII:198]. April 1783 when General Morgan received his pay of 32 pounds [NARA, M881, Roll 1094,
appeared in the Hustings Court of Richmond and testified that he was 76 years old, he
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