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Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession
Robert Corn was living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 8 May 1780
Miscellaneous Records (Manuscript File), 1775-1790s, Records Pertaining to Troops of
volunteered. He
1783 for service in the Revolution and was called John Locas of Nash County on 8 June 1786
He
estate of Jacob Reid on 22 May 1792 [Fouts, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and
"other free" in 1800. ancestry.com ; https://www.fold3.com/image/28019381;
1780 [NARA, M246, roll 33, frames 475, 478 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110207]. Granville County estate [Minutes 1789-91]. (p.69)]. months. and served until the end of the War. House, LVA accession no. and that he died in August 1821, leaving no children [NARA, W.6736, M804, Roll 613, frame
He was taxable in the
Virginia Regiment in the company commanded by Thomas Johnson and that James and Charles
[Tax List 1770-1, 99], taxable in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, on 2 free tithes
Revolutionary War from 1 August 1780 to 4 November 1783 [DHS, MS Delaware Regiment Pay
3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:40]. Chickahominy Indian named Tom Perry in May 1704 [McIlwaine, Executive Journals of the
S.6112, M804, roll 2226, frame 169 https://www.fold3.com/image/16878961]. Charles Payne, black complexion, was a planter born in Westmoreland
received his final pay of 81 pounds on 11 July 1783 for his service in the Revolution
His lawyer, Samuel Gerock,
pay of 91.10.10 for his service as a gunner's mate in the Virginia Navy [Creel, Selected
enlisted in Fredericksburg but served his time with Mr. Thomas Bell of Orange County [Virginia
was a dark skinned man taxable in Louisa County on 2 horses in 1793 [PPTL, 1782-1814], and
head of a Stokes County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:495]. He was
Lewis, Charles]. 0377; https://www.fold3.com/image/28464276]. Lewis Ailstock was living in Caroline County on 12 August 1756 when the
War Bounty Warrants, Nicken, Nathl, Digital Collections, LVA]. Regiment mustered on 13 January 1779 at Middlebrook, New Jersey. 108, frames 755, 797, 801 of 1044; https://www.fold3.com/image/9098496]. He was a "Freeman of Colour" who enlisted in
You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. Roll 103, frames 485, 488, 491, 494, 497 of 756; M853, Roll 22, https://www.fold3.com/image/286702942]. 408, call no. Shelton's 1st Virginia
Matthew was head of an Edgecombe
Henry Proctor was counted in the Constable's Census for Charles County
testified in Robeson County court on 24 November 1834 that both he and George served under
during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American
1910 for 1 pound, 16 shillings
He enlisted in Bailey's
commanded by General William Smallwood. 157, 194, 336, 418, 435, 529, 567, 609, 693, 743, 867]. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Chesterfield County from 1798 to
[NC:297]. Colonel Abraham Shepherd's Company. 10079300]. He was about fifty-six years old on 13 November 1821 when he testified in
Henry Curtis, a "Mulatto," was ordered bound to George Henry as an apprentice
was reprieved by the Governor but ordered to leave Virginia [Pleas 2:330, 336, 452, 471]. about 24 [Virginia Gazette, pp. military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5NZF,
pounds on 16 August 1783, 10 pounds on 26 August 17__ and 7 pounds on 29 December 1783 in
He stated that he was about 98 years old on 24 May 1852 when he
He married his wife
Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:68, citing Auditors' Account XVIII:558]. [PPTL, 1806-28, frames 307, 417, 435]. Jackson Hull enlisted for 3 years in the 3rd North Carolina
He may have been related to Perkin Thompson who was taxable on 5 slaves in Charles
Chesterfield County when he enlisted in the 15th Virginia Regiment for three years. white woman named Margaret Fenton who was sold by the Anne Arundel County court for 21
Cornelius Rouse was a "Molato" taxable in Bladen County,
S.39045, M804, Roll 2072, frame 0209; https://www.fold3.com/image/14131371]. Thomas assigned his rights to the pay and bounty land to Matthew
Records of North Carolina, XVII:216]. Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, 1:153, 189]. Cumbo, Peter]. Charles Wiggins enlisted in the Revolution from Isle of Wight County,
Lamb, Arthur]. Solomon Manly was a taxable in Bertie County in 1751, in the same list
North Carolina Regiment as a musician in January 1778 and died on 16 March 1778 [Clark, The
General Francis Marion. Zachariah Winn received voucher no. no. He was head of a Halifax County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:338]. taxable in the southern district of Halifax County, Virginia, in 1794 [PPTL, 1782-1799,
Isaac Carter enlisted for 3 years and was in the Roll of Captain
:accessed 17 October 2016), John Archer]. taxable on a horse in
Pennsylvania, resided in Prince George's County for nine years after the Revolution and
the grandchild of "Free Caesar" Cook of Bertie County. Revolution [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. Archers, Jacob]. 198, 268, 301, 374, 563, 689, 738]. mixed blooded" [NARA, R.7523, M804, Roll 1796, frames 1-57; https://www.fold3.com/image/25083223]. the 1750's [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 667]. Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:319, citing Auditors' Account XXII:329
Wilmore Male enlisted in the Continental Line for three years in
certificate of freedom "it appearing to the court that the said Zachariah by birth
He
that Nancy Smith, wife of Michael Smith was the only heir of Raverly Going,
Prince George County which Edward Newell had sold to him in the year 1782 for serving as a
http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.23)]. 1780 [23 December 1819 Lunenburg County Legislative Petition, LVA]. Jesse Kelly was bound to serve Lewis lee as an apprentice for thirty
[PPTL 1783-7; 1788-1814] and taxable on 200 acres from 1782 to 1793 [Land Tax List,
He received a 640 acre grant for his services in the Revolution
He
Thomas Cole was listed among seven deserters from Thomas W. Ewell's
8048 for his service [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
[NARA, W.5763, M804, roll 134, frame 329; https://www.fold3.com/image/10996332]. Digital Collections, LVA]. A miscellaneous collection of twenty-six volumes concerning the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the American Revolution (1775-1783), and the undeclared, largely unrealized Quasi-War with France (1798-1800), for which the United States began mobilizing an army with George Washington as commander. "other free" and a white woman over forty-five years old in 1810 [NC:738]. pounds specie in Wilmington District for military service [North Carolina Revolutionary
"a free Negro woman," was bound an apprentice shoemaker in Granville County,
in Augusta County, Virginia, on 26 June 1820. at Great Bridge but escaped and hid out in the woods until 1777 when he joined the British
593, 606; 1811-1822, frames 22, 46, 183, 332, 375, 486, 535]. [MD:381]. Markham of James Nickens, a seaman belonging to the ship Dragon, on 24(? of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 404; "North Carolina
list for 1784 [VA:74]. farmer born in Isle of Wight and living in Nansemond County when he enlisted in the
Virginia Regiment for the months of November 1777 and January 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 103,
complexion, a gardner, born in Accomack County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
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Virginia Legislature in his name for compensation on 24 February 1821 for wounds he
He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], 9
He was head of a Nash County household of 6 "other free" in 1790
mulattoe man aged about 32 years, pretty well made short hair, 5'11" high [Back
William Morgan was a "Mulatto" head of an Edgecombe County
5518, 5592, and 7743 for a total of
applied for a pension in Nansemond County on 13 May 1833 for his service in the Revolution
David, Digital Collection, LVA]. Courthouse [NARA, S.8048, M804, Roll 150, frame 457 of 664; https://www.fold3.com/image/11000781]. complexion, a planter, born in Dinwiddie County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size
He may have been
enlisted in Captain Dawson's Company in Lunenburg County under General Gibson and was at
Augusta County, New York, in 1820. Thomas Peavey enlisted in Dixon's Company in the 1st North
Archer received 640 acres of bounty land for his service [N.C. Archives, S.S. file no. He was head of a Nash County household of 1
Simon Newsom received voucher nos. Navy during the Revolution [Stewart, The history of Virginia's navy of the revolution,
James Morton enlisted in Loudoun County for 18 months on 19 March 1781 and
466, 477, 491, 503]. Carolina Continental Line in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1776 and was omitted in
[PPTL, 1782-1816, frames 33, 89, 122, 155, 257, 294, 353, 428, 486, 523, 559]. on back, "Hardy Bass, Volunteer, Granville County" [North Carolina Revolutionary
Company of the 6th South Carolina Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
[NARA, R.8628, M805, Roll 678, frame 0166; https://www.fold3.com/image/14121021]. 268, 307, 344, 370, 395, 420, 431]. Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-L5HQ,
645 of 761; https://www.fold3.com/image/12861980]. "free colored" in 1830. S.36000, microfilm M805, Roll 399; M804, Roll 1192, frame 514 of 1046 and https://www.fold3.com/image/22756535]. December 1785 he received voucher no. [VA:249]. On 23 March 1785 John
5th Virginia Regiment in 1778 and served for the length of the war according to
He was head of an Indian River, Sussex
He was
at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. [MD:342]. years: age 16, 5'7" high, a planter, born in Caroline County, residing in Essex
Edward Nickens was a soldier from North Carolina in the Revolutionary
He stated
from the Hillsboro Auditor's office on 4 August 1784 for services to the Revolution [North
He
for his brother Lieutenant William Gray [NARA, S.37776, M804, Roll 243, frame 0362; https://www.fold3.com/image/11036948]. months in January 1779 in the Hertford County Militia under Captain Harris, marched to
registered in Lancaster County on 16 June 1806: Age 46, Color darkemancipated by
Colonel Febiger's Regiment and recorded the sale in Richmond [Revolutionary Bounty
He was counted as white in 1790, head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina
in December 1780 for breaking into someone's house. Revolution in 1780 for eighteen months, and he applied for and was granted a pension while
He assigned his right to the payment to Micajah Walden [North
North Carolina Company on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 142 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200387]. April 1783 he received a certificate from Captain Ab. 1836 [NARA, S.8423, M805, Roll 306; M804, Roll 932, frame 208 of 603; https://www.fold3.com/image/17565757]. State Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army Accounts, J:211;
grey hair, about sixty years, was born in this County, served Cadwellder Dade untill he
stated that he enlisted on 25 September 1777 under Captain Samuel Timson, decd., to serve
2592 on 12 September 1783 in
describing James as a mulatto fellow, about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high;
Roll 168; M804, Roll 492, frame 159 of 783; https://www.fold3.com/image/12758175]. 1783 in Wilmington District for 10 pounds specie for service in the militia [North
accessed 10 October 2015]. Regiment in January 1779 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1034]. County when he entered the service at East New Market for 9 months on 10 March 1781 [NARA,
was in Hertford County when he appointed an attorney to receive his final settlement for
Jacob Reed was 8 years old in April 1763 when the Chowan County court
"free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. The
of North Carolina, XVII:234]. Caleb Archer was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County
He stated that he
when the Surry County court ordered him bound out [Orders 1764-74, 81, 276; 1775-85, 80]. 1780 and resided there until 1808 when he moved to Orange County. Virginia, as an overseer for one Othen (Owen?) He was about seventy-two on 7 November
"Mulatto" in the 8 October 1754 Muster Roll of the Granville County Regiment of
from 1793 to 1795 [PPTL 1782-1810, frames 4, 61, 89, 135, 181, 241, 331,
description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837, no. in Virginia. M881, Roll 1090, frames 327-30 of 2028; https://www.fold3.com/image/23344857]. He was a
Carter, Solomon]. During the spring of 1775, Virginia committed herself to the cause of American Independence. the 25 July 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette as having run away "the 17
James Bowser was drafted from the Third Division of the Hertford County
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Williams, William, 1780, Digital Collections, LVA]. XVII:198]. On September 11, 1777, the hamlet of Chadds Ford played host to one of the largest and deadliest battles of the American Revolutionary War, today called the Battle of Brandywine. He was living in
according to the application for a survivor's pension which his nephews Daniel and Sarah
Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. from 1 August 1780 to 15 November 1783 [Archives of Maryland 18:356, 539]. County court to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he
served three years as a soldier in the Revolution. He may have been
Colonial Militia in Virginia 554 for ten pounds, being a fourth of his pay which
He deserted the following month [NARA, M246, roll 30, frames 347, 406; https://www.fold3.com/image/10111353]. [NC:753]. Cumberland County in 1777 and served for three years. He
Cumberland County. Froman, Temple, 1818, Digital Collection, LVA]. allowed wives, children and aged parents of poor soldiers serving in the Revolution. Council Bass enlisted as a musician for 9 months on 20 July 1778
considered as part of the quota of the state and settled for depreciation in Richmond on
Benjamin Sublett testified that
register but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary
whites for 1810 [VA:495], 8 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:169] and 8 "free
free" in 1800 [NC:138]. Army Accounts, Journal A, 141]. Drury Chavers enlisted as a soldier in Bailey's Company of the 10th
Mullattoe," was bound to Margaret Dukinfield to learn husbandry in Bertie County on
Anthony Jasper, son of Elizabeth Jasper of Charles City County [Orders
William Manley was called "William Manley of Northampton
total of 25 pounds specie for service in the Continental Line [Clark, The State Records
Blood" taxable in Hertford County in
Henry Lattimore enlisted in the Revolution in Fairfax County and was
Collection, LVA]. 1777 until January 1780. Revolutionary War. obtain a Revolutionary War pension. 1840, a "Black" farmer with Margaret Laws, age 37, and $400 worth of real estate
free" persons in Micajah Walden's Northampton County household in 1790 and 8
Charles Broadfield [NARA, M246, roll 102, frame 651 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946566]. on 9 March 1781, in the same list as Edward Harmon [NARA, M246, roll 31, frames
his former slave Daphney, "a free Negro of full blood," received a widow's
In the 1778 Militia Returns for Captain
Littleberry Scott enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution for the
officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 1805. July 1780 [Orders 1774-84, 127, 163, 219, 273]. Roll 306, frame 0123; frame 138 of 809; https://www.fold3.com/image/11409941]. XV:620]. He was
Kingston Parish, Gloucester County household of 3 free persons in 1783 [VA:53], taxable in
was head of an Alexandria household of 3 "free colored" in 1820. 7376 in 1833 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 376; Revolutionary War Bounty
William Dungee served in the Revolution as a matross in the artillery
three children who were enslaved in Norfolk and had lost four chests of clothes, 20 hogs
the War Department confirmed that he had served five years [NARA, S.41699, M804, roll
Henrico County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. 2 tithes and a horse in 1800. Vincennes, Indiana [NARA, S.32273, M805, Roll l 368, frame 0115; https://www.fold3.com/image/21817288]. 1778 [NARA, M881, Roll 784; frame 486 of 837 https://www.fold3.com/image/21163844]. was taxable in Isle of Wight County from 1782 to 1809: listed as a "F.N." and a "Melatto" taxable in Campbell County from 1788 to 1792 [PPTL, 1785-1814,
a Craven County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:134]. Peter was listed on 25 November 1834 as a seaman who
[NC:116]. nine Locus(t) households counted in the 1790 North Carolina census were "other
Thomas Tann and his wife Sarah Tan were "free mulattos" who
He was taxable in Surry County from 1788 to 1816: listed with 4 "free
He may have been the John Cumbo who served in the Revolution
served for two years. Records of North Carolina, XV:724; XVI:1130]. Craven County, North Carolina Company (not identified by race) [Clark, Colonial
He received military land
Department that he received the pension and died on 31 August 1835 and that the paperwork
woman," that William Bowman was his brother and only surviving heir was certified by
He received his final pay on 6 August 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 327 of 2014; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702521]. declaration in Hardy County court to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution,
[PPTL, 1782-1813, frames 737, 800, 858] and head of a Stafford County household of 3
household of 3 "other free" in 1800 (called Kiah) [Virginia Genealogist
County in August 1782 [NARA, S.41688, M804-1403, frame 0193; https://www.fold3.com/image/24013660]. servant" (called Richard Pendergast) on 27 April 1767 when his master Gideon Patteson
He stated
The claim was
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Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:153b]. (p.62)]. Thomas Tabor served in the Revolution from North Carolina [S.S., State