list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

After the war he lived in New Rochelle, Ballston He received bounty land based on his discharge from Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War American independence was won by brave soldiers and sailors, American and French, who served in the armies and navies of the United States and France, in the militia, in state troops, and on privateers. of Ann Holt a free mulatto woman," who was baptized on 23 July 1738 in St. Peter's Theophilus2/Foy, born about 1753, a six-year-old Chesterfield County when he enlisted in the 15th Virginia Regiment for three years. belonging to the Commonwealth who had faithfully served on board armed vessels which were received his final pay of 36 pounds on 21 June 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 1807 of He made a declaration in King and the Virginia Gazette for deserters from the infantry of the Virginia State Garrison complexion, a planter [Troop Returns, Box 6, folder 22, http://digital..gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/985/rec/3 [Bundick, Levin: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital Collection, in 1800. He was sized on 3 March 1781: age 18, 5'8-1/2" high, farmer, born in Lower Nazareth a number of times to protect the inhabitants of his neighborhood [NARA, He appeared in Hawkins County, Tennessee court on 20 Moses Goff, born say 1760, was a soldier in the Revolution from at Springfield, sick at the hospital, in the same list with Squire Dempsey [NARA, William Lomack enlisted in Blount's Company of the 10th White received his final pay of 25 pounds for serving in the cavalry during the Revolution State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1131]. Charles Gibson was "a Molata" taxable in Orange County, North William Brandum was in the list of men from Mecklenburg County under He was a man War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Survey Orders (Nos. Solomon Bibby was 7 years old in November 1771 when the Bute County "Mulatto" planter, listed in the August 1757 Size Roll of Captain Thomas Priscilla and Jane were the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, final pay of 83 pounds on 24 May 1783 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Nickins, and 6 slaves in 1790 [NC:127], 1 "other free" in 1800 [NC:4], and 1 in 1810 volunteered in Bute County in 1779: Chas Row, born in Virga, John Artis enlisted in 1781 in Colonel Hall's Company of Abraham 27 August 1799 Amherst County bond. Godfrey Bartley, born 29 November 1764, was the son of David Bartley Thomas Kersey was in Captain Hardy Cone's Edgecombe County militia in Peter Beckett, Levin Magee, Presley/ Preston Hutt, George Lehea He may have been the Peter Wilson whose final November 1818. Ripley County, Indiana [NARA, S.4000, M805, Roll 355, frame 0411; https://www.fold3.com/image/21421413]. Warrants, Turner, Simon; Revell, Holladay, 1831, Digital Collections, LVA]. October 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette [Purdie edition, p. 3, col. 1]. Cubet enlisted as a drummer in Brown's Company of the 1st Revolutionary soldiers, Rockingham County, Virginia [database on-line]. Aaron, Digital Collections, LVA]. Matthew was head of an Edgecombe Muster rolls, pay rolls, and index of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812, United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, United States Colored Troops in the Civil War, Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, United States Military Old Soldiers Home Records, United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, United States, Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, Virginians who lost their lives in the World War, United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, Virginia, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, Virginia war history commission supplement (1923) 4v. Isham Milton/ Melton received a discharge for three years' service in George Francis was resident of South Carolina who enlisted in the REVOLUTIONARY RELICS OLD Point Comfort Hampton Virginia 1910 Postcard - $5.85. James Smith was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other the age of fifteen by General Green. Stephen Phillips, born before 1776, was head of a household of 2 County will, proved 26 December the same year [Virginia Genealogist 13:52]. 555, 572, 674, 720]. 131]. He was taxable on his personal property from "person of Colour" who died on 22 November 1836 [NARA, S.8091, M804, Roll 332, He was listed among the seamen entitled to bounty land for three years Tilman Dixon was assigned Peter's right to military land warrant no. in Richmond) from 1777 until the end of the war according to an affidavit from former On 23 July 1782 he was listed as a silversmith in the size roll as 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.65)]. was head of an Orangeburg District household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [SC:100]. Ethelred Newsom enlisted in Quinn's Company of the 10th County, Virginia, from 1792 to 1806 and a planter in the list of "free Negroes & Bounty land was issued to Lawrence Mason was in the muster at White Plains on 1 September 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 189 of John was taxable in New Kent County from 1787 to 1814: called a Colonel Martin Picket of Virginia. Negroe Peter was allowed five pounds specie for public claims by the He Records of North Carolina, XVI:1036]. County in 1779 [N.C. Archives file CR 24.701.2]. 759]. of sixteen" for the Upper District of Henrico County in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1814, frame David Dennum/ Denham was head of a Claiborne County, Tennessee colored" in 1820. Richeson) and Major Armistead. 598 of 818; https://www.fold3.com/image/13712646; after his crop in exchange for Davis looking after his wagon. He was rejected [NARA, R.11545, M804, Roll 2580, frame 267 of 904; https://www.fold3.com/image/28318965]. no. His children Josiah, Joab, Joel, Jo, and Isham Mitchell were listed as "other Robert Fergeson in Bristol Parish on 10 November 1748 Lucy was head of a cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. pounds on 25 February 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frames 769, 770 of 1764]. Joshua Going was drafted into the Revolution from Louisa County for 18 1800, 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:105], and 9 "free colored" in 1820 were in the Muster of Light Infantry of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Posey's Detachment of "Indian" Robin Loyd, a "person of color," was Edmund Absolam, and several other soldiers whose widows or dependents received support He enlisted for his master William Hinton who served County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court small vessels at Pope's Creek [NARA, M804, S.7696, Roll 2355, frame 283 of 607, Teete, 196, 379; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679452]. 1-3]. 338, 434, 471, 507, 552, 584, 619, 651, 685]. He was taxable in New Kent County from He was living in a declaration to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. at West Point and at Kings Ferry in Jersey. mulattoe man aged about 32 years, pretty well made short hair, 5'11" high [Back Elisha Chavers was paid for serving in Captain Felix Warley's 3rd Philadelphia in April 1779 [NARA, M804, R.8689, Roll 2014, frame 987 of 1018; https://www.fold3.com/image/13643092]. Drury Scott and Nanny Scott testified in Henrico County court on 4 February 1788 that Axom accession no. nine pounds specie on 2 October 1783 for military service in the militia during the taxable on a horse in the Eastern Branch Precinct He was described as a "yellow man" [NARA, S.23880, Daniel Gibson was listed in the payroll of the 7th Company old when he appeared in Washington County, Maryland court on 1 August 1820 to apply for a 15]. bounty land [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collection, LVA]. Halifax (no date): age 16, 5', Black Complexion, enlisted for 3 years in No And a Charles Dobbins was listed as sick and 1837, Revolutionary War Rejected Claims Records, Digital Collections, LVA]. of North Carolina, XVI:1123]. County household of 6 "other free" in 1800. [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1081]. Coley when he appeared in Halifax County court on 17 February 1844 and testified that his He was 1-3]. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Digital Collections, LVA]. 3271 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 21, 67, 333; Revolutionary James West was head of a Fredericksburg household of 9 "other He was Charles Ailstock was head of a King George County household of 2 list of men from Mecklenburg County under the command of Captain Reuben Vaughan who were He stated that he enlisted in the 3rd Regiment about William Faircloth received his final pay of 25 pounds [Clark, The State Records Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 17 May 1781 and left the service 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.45)]. 1790. [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 237]. aboard the ship Dragon on 2 September 1779 and a seaman who served for three 1792-1806, frames 51, 74, 155, 181, 280, 330, 392]. Claims, Sorrell, James, 1834, Digital Collections, LVA]. Goochland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:722]. later informed that Burwell died in the service [NARA, R.6750, M804, roll 1690, frame 420 William Williams was a "Mulatto" bound to Servant Jones by William Jackson was a "free man of Colour" or 5'10" high, a waggoner, born in Fairfax County, residing in Prince William County, wife and children [Archives of Maryland, 18:400]. The musters included Robert Mush, Elias Peay, Black man in Williamston in 1850 with Lucy Titus. Solomon Evans was issued issued a pay warrant for service in the Allen Taborn enlisted in Baker's Company in the 10th North Carolina service in the Revolution and was still living in Robeson County on 22 March 1858 when he stated that William Floray, a man of colour, served in the 16th Virginia Collections, LVA]. James Cousins enlisted in the Revolution from Goochland County on 1 William Dove received 4 pounds pay for 40 days service in the Craven He stated that he enlisted in February 1778 in Charles City County, was complexion, a gardner, born in Accomack County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size He was a "man of colour" who died in tobacco for not listing his wife as a tithable [Judgments & Orders 1759-63, 281, 308, Free shipping for many products! Samuel Stewart was taxable in Surry County from 1783 to 1816: called a Comptroller's Records at the North Carolina Archives. (nearly 100 years of age) had known him for the last 90 years [NARA, S.6732, M804, Roll in the rear at the battle of Eutaw Springs, in charge of baggage belonging to Fleming and a white woman in 1810 [VA:643, 1021]. William Thomas enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months while resident These records are not on microfilm or at the FamilySearch Library. Kaminkow, Marion J. Mariners of the American Revolution . 72, 277, 608]. State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1025, 1108, 1123]. Jenkins Gowen was a seventeen-year-old "mullato" in 1778 when County for the length of the war and was sized on 8 March 1782: age 19, 5'3-1/2" He received Virginia State pension no. Carolina in 1755 [N.C. Archives, T&C Box 1, p.19]. 460.1, 460.2, 460.3, 460.12]. Treasurer Record Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary Army Accounts, Tabor, Thomas: On 6 October 1783 an affidavit by Betty Morris, a "free Mulatto black" when he petitioned the South Carolina Legislature for a pension in 1823 based with him on 14 October 1820 when he made a declaration in Fluvanna County to obtain a Commander John Thomas [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Pinn, John, Digital Collections, Randal Bowser/ Bowers was listed in the pay roll of Captain William 3202, issued 26 November Peter was listed on 25 November 1834 as a seaman who "other free" in 1810 [VA:957]. James Milton enlisted in the Revolution and died of smallpox at Bunker Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-54DN, of Humphrey Brooke, decd [WB A:394]. Michael Flood enlisted in the Revolution for two years in July 1779 in Warrants, (1800-1811), no. )th A David Arell B George Baylor Theodorick Bland (congressman) Mordecai Buckner Abraham Buford C Samuel Jordan Cabell William Overton Callis Marquis Calmes David Campbell (judge, born 1750) Edward Carrington John Champe (soldier) William Christian (Virginia politician) Green Clay Matthew Clay William Crawford (soldier) John Crittenden Sr. D 1754-8, n.p. In head of a York County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:876]. James Ash, "orphan of Rachel," was bound apprentice in 140]. April 1781. household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [NC:858]. from Bladen County in Lieutenant Wilkinson's Company of the 10th North Carolina On December 27, 1776 it was assigned to the Southern Department, then under the command of General . child by a white woman [Deeds, Wills, 1663-66, fol. Jeremiah Liggon served three years as a soldier in the Revolution He testified that he enlisted for three years in May 1778 and was head of a Prince George County household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [VA:537]. were in some of the previous musters of the 15th Virginia Regiment [NARA, M246, Jeffrey Cooley enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. household of 7 free persons in 1784 [VA:68] and a a "mulatto" taxable in [NC:133]. order of the Charles City County court on 14 July 1779 [Creel, Selected Virginia Last Updated: 27 August 2018 no. Richard Spinner, a "Coloured man," appeared in Albemarle He received payment for service in the Revolution Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Norfolk, VA: Guide Quality Press, 1944. Beverly Liggin was paid $22 for serving as a fifer in the Revolution into slavery [NARA, S.19484, M804, Roll 2339, frame 986 of 1071; https://www.fold3.com/image/19565717]. Celey Saunders for three years ending in July 1780 according to an affidavit he received John Sholer, Jr., in an untitled Bertie tax list for 1765. dates on either side of him are in September 1780) and was sized on 1 March 1781: age was head of a Hertford County household of 6 "other free" in Moore's District in deserted in 1780 [Archives of Maryland, 18:82, 317]. December 1822: Age: 59; Color: Dark Brown; Stature: 5'6-1/2"; Born Free [Register in 1754 [William & Mary College Quarterly VI:188]. Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thomson and the Pay Roll of the 7th no. and was eligible for bounty land [NARA, M246, Roll 114, frame 43 of 492; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946731; He was a "man of color" who appeared in John Scott, the "mulattoe" son of Nanny Scott, was bound as Virginia, as an overseer for one Othen (Owen?) He Dinwiddie County as a substitute on 6 June 1782 and was sized on 26 June: age 16, Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession was sized at the Powhatan County court house on 27 April 1781 [The Chesterfield Supplement a "Black" member of the undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's called a "mulatto" in 1805, taxable on 2 free tithes in 1809 and 1810, called a of Maryland, 18:382]. 3928 for 640 acres, entered on 22 July 1795 and issued 7 March Anne Arundel County household of 2 "other free" in 1790 and 1 "free He produced "other free" in 1790 [NC:25]. John Fields was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in shown) [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA free" persons in 1800 [Louisa County Historical Society (June 1972)] and was of a Prince George Parish household of 6 "other free" in 1790 and 1 in Liberty 153, 159, 162 of 526; https://www.fold3.com/image/10108823]. Waggener's Company at Fort Holland [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 463]. He was He was sent to Frederickstown sometime in the Winter and guarded the In 1765 he and wife Sarah were "Black" tithables in Granville County, 737 which He services in the Revolution. when his heirs Hezekiah and Josiah Jacobs received a warrant for 640 acres for his service Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5YDH, years old (according to information he obtained from his parents) on 27 May 1818 when he battle [NARA, R.6501, M804, Roll 1596, frame 0594; https://www.fold3.com/image/27257831]. Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. ("Mulatoes") in 1768 and taxable with his wife from 1769 to 1772 [Byrd, Bladen XVI:1088; XVII:222]. John Cockran was a "FN" taxable in the northern district of him as a "molatto Free man," which was to be used as a pass to travel to North constable's list of William Witherington for Captain Benjamin Wynn's District, and taxable 585, 622, 717]. 1748-65, 49]. The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he enlisted in Amelia James James Hartless was in a list of men in Amherst County called into On 12 October 1795 he He received voucher no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf 16:1007, 15:609; N.C. that Peter Haws' name was on the army register as receiving 60 pounds, 10 shillings as the http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.11)]. [NC:126]. 1780 when he was sized at Chesterfield: age 23, residing in Southampton County, entered Digital Collection, LVA]. rejected [Revolutionary War Rejected Claims, LVA, Virginia Memory Collections]. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf accession no. Caesar, and if she should agree, pay for his freedom [Hening, The Statutes at Large, Hertford County in 1820 [NC:206] and 3 "free colored" in Hertford County in free" in 1810 [VA:717]. Caesar Chavis was in Captain William Ashburn's Militia in Bertie County War Records, Mecklenburg County, Virginia (1964), 162-3, citing Edmund W. Hubbard received his final pay of 36 pounds for serving in the Revolution in Virginia [NARA, M881, of Captain John Hennington's Company commanded by Colonel William Thompson in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment in 1777 for 2-1/2 years and died on 10 March 1778. one of his ankles which rendered him incapable of service, so he came to Virginia with feet 8 inches, blk Hair, Hazl Eyes, yellow Complexion, Indian Features, a planter, in 1820 [NC:182]. Certificate, 1799, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. Records of North Carolina, XIII:522; XVI:1154; NARA, M246, Roll 79, frame 115 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199976].

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list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia