and was listed in the roll of Captain William Taylor's Company of the 2nd
in Davis' regiment, certified that Isham was inducted on 12 September 1777 for three years
from 1788 to 1793, a "Mulattoe" taxable in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1788-1814] and
He was a "free Black" taxable in Petersburg in 1813 [PPTL 1800-1833, frame 413]. 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PJ16,
Arthur Jackson, and Benjamin Carter, many of whom lived not far from her
Daniel Davis was listed as a
Nathan Taborn was listed in the North Carolina military accounts during
King William County court that lasted almost nine years and awarded him 35 pounds for the
company of militia on 1 August 1782 in what was then Bladen County in the town of
He and his descendants were counted as white in the 1810
the balance in Robeson County and Cumberland County where he then lived. Revolution, 1775-1783, II:598-9; https://babel.hathitrust.org]. Zachariah Winn received voucher no. John Demery was one of the "Black" members of the undated
the infantry commanded by Colonel Hogan in Captain G. Bradly's Company [NARA, S. 41766,
On 9 April 1821 he had a woman living with him named Elizabeth Cevil, a
He enlisted as Southey Manley
He was probably the John Cotanch who was listed in
1782: residence Cambridge, age 27 years, 5'7-1/2" high, stout, black complexion,
North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-G7QL,
testimony of Samuel Parker, Henry Parker, and James Bradley, Captain of the North Carolina
courthouse where he joined the 2nd Regiment under Colonel Richardson (Holt
Thomas Bowser, was head of a Kent County, Maryland household of 3
King William County court on 23 June 1779, called Lucy Langton when she was allotted 12
three years, served as a waiter to Captain Samuel Hogg, and died as a prisoner of war on
2733 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, Skipir, Moses https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GCSH]. April 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1112]. cited by Crow, The Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 68]. Walden, Micajah]. He was head of a Granville County household of 4 "other free" in
Privates, LVA accession no. He marched to Wilmington,
was described by Charles Wood as a man of colour who died at Valley Forge while serving as
1755 [T.O. He served as a drummer for a
Theophilus2/Foy, born about 1753, a six-year-old
James Bateman and James, Edward and Hezekiah Nicken were serving aboard the Gloucester
married Jacob Banks, "Mulattoes both," in Goochland County in
May 1780. Mulatto" in the state census for Northampton County in 1786, head of a Northampton
about fifty seven years, five feet 10-1/2 inches high. County, Virginia, in 1802 frame [PPTL 1782-1802, frame 856] and head of a Frederick
757, Reports of Free Negroes and
undated colonial muster roll of Captain James Fason's Northampton County Militia [N.C.
James Conner who was listed in the Beaufort County, North Carolina
asking that her children, born after her emancipation be officially emancipated. Moses Manly enlisted with Colonel Lytle in the 10th North
William Balentine, enlisted in the 2nd Maryland Regiment on
sized in 1781: age 24, 5'6-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a cooper, born in Sussex
from Bladen County in Lieutenant Wilkinson's Company of the 10th North Carolina
He was called Rapes Gowing when he was listed
and 2 horses in 1779 [GA 30.1]. Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. of North Carolina, XVI:1007]. Norfolk County, Virginia, enlisted in 1778 and had moved to Bedford County thirteen years
in Dover on 13 June 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 29, frames 312, 393, 402, 495; https://www.fold3.com/image/12449735]. North Carolina household of 9 "other free" in 1790), Jeremiah Revells, Jacob
He was head of a Patapsco Hundred, Baltimore County household of
Carolina [N.C. Archives, State Treasurer Group, Military Papers, Revolutionary War Army
County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court
was head of a Wake County, North Carolina household of 11 "other free" in 1790
Tony Spelman, the two-year-old son of Sarah Spelman, was bound
in 1800 [NC:491]. yellow complexion, a waggoner, born in Richmond City [The Chesterfield Supplement or
1810 [NC:752], 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:266], and 4 "free
Registered in the Clerks Office of Botetourt County, no.29]. The Mexican War was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. were in Captain John Bryan's Craven County Company in June 1778 [N.C. Archives, Troop
served for two years. USA & International; Australia . He stated that he was born in
Virginia Regiment who did not return from furlough in Gloucester Town. His name appeared on the
He was in Captain Thomas Edmunds' muster of the 15th
90]. Jeremiah Meekins enlisted in the Revolution in March 1777 for three
Thomas Grant of the Chickahominy Shipyard in the 11 September 1779 issue of the Virginia
He
Jacob Reid was the son of Isaac Reed, a "Negro man" taxable
He appeared
in Hertford County on two persons in 1768 and [1770 Fouts, Tax Receipt Book, 55]. muster of 1 September 1782 [NARA, M256, https://www.fold3.com/image/10200698
final pay of 57 pounds was drawn by Captain Sanders on 31 January 1787 [NARA, M853, https://www.fold3.com/image/286702512]. Jr., of Accomack County, former Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Virginia Regiment. obtain a Revolutionary War pension. that he was born in Tyrell County and enlisted there for 12 months in the naval service on
He enlisted in 1776 and
In
1778 [The North Carolinian, 726 (N.C. Archives Troop Returns File TR 4-40)]. On 18 January 1791
31" [Wills, Liber O, 1748-63, 400]. received voucher no. Fayette County, Ohio court and testified that "he got one Elias Pettiford, a Colored,
the 25 July 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette as having run away "the 17
1-3]. widow Franky Baptist was head of a Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County household of 6
23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf
Callohill Mennis's Company in the 1st Virginia Regiment for the month of April
Aaron Spelmore on 12 September 1820 when he made a declaration in Craven County court to
M804-1149; M805, Roll 384, frame 0381; https://www.fold3.com/image/21447376]. listed in the roll and muster of Captain Claugh. He was listed in the North Carolina Revolutionary War Army Accounts [N.C. Archives, State
He was paid 11 pounds, 12 shillings for services to the Revolution on 1 August
Warrants; Bayly, Robert, Digital Collections, LVA]. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Latimer, Henry, Digital Collections, LVA]. November 1779, in the same list with Berry, Osborn and Allen Jeffers, Gideon and
He stated that he was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was living in North
North Carolina, XVI:1079; XVII:217]. The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). was taxable in Meherrin Parish, Greensville County, Virginia, in 1788 [PPTL 1782-1807;
The
He made a declaration to obtain a pension in
George
1779 when the seamen were supplied their rations of rum. On
[NC:74], and 10 in 1800 [NC:463]. in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 1768 and 1769 and taxable in the household of Ann Perkins
and was in the list of men from Mecklenburg County under the command of Captain Reuben
However, Philip is not found in the early census or tax records. waistcoat, lined with red, and a pair of leather breeches [Virginia Gazette,
services prior to January 1782 according to an Auditor's certificate [NARA, B.LWt. Wright [Orders 1778-84, 247]. 1778 and in Colonel William Russell's 5 and 11 Regiments at the camp near Morristown on 9
Warrants, Tennessee, Davidson County, Dial, James, file no. 23816, by
Lemon /Lamentation Land was a waiter in the roll of Lieutenant William
8, 68]. Court Minutes, III:206, 336]. Beaufort County Regiment of Militia on 20 April 1781 [Troop Returns, Box 7, folder 15, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/1107/rec/10]. mulatto with woolly hair high forehead5 feet 6-1/2 Inches highabout 45 years of
in 1757-1758: age 28, 6 feet high, Charles City, Va., no trade, Mulatto [Clark, Colonial
on back, "Hardy Bass, Volunteer, Granville County" [North Carolina Revolutionary
He was head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other
that he enlisted in 1778 with Colonel Fabeger in the 2nd Regiment in New Jersey [NARA,
[N.C. Archives, Troop Returns, B4F41, http://www.digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/648/rec/36]. James in Accomack County on 28 August 1765 [Orders 1764-65, 489]. received his final pay of 31 pounds [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina,
He
He was
He
Tann [S.S. 460.1]. Dorcas left a 23 July 1820 Lancaster County will, proved 21 August
County Militia in the 1750s adjacent to Thomas Kersey [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the
muster of September 1778 to March 1780 [NARA, M246, roll 33, frames 475, 478, 481, 483 of
colored" in 1820. Colonel Gregory Smith from 1 July 1778 to November 1779, in the same list as John and
Taylor received his final pay of 36 pounds for service in the infantry on 13 May 1783
called a "Free Molatto" in 1799, a "yellow" man in 1806 and 1809,
while resident in Henrico county on 16 April 1781 and was sized eleven days later on 27
He assigned his right to the payment to Micajah Walden [North
[Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, Isham, 1780, Digital Collections, LVA]. Carolina Regiment for 9 months on 20 July 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North
when his only heir William Bowser provided testimony to the Anne Arundel County court that
free" in 1790 [NC:61] and 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:151]. County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1790. He and his wife Jane, "Free mulattoes," baptized their daughter Nancy
Genealogy, 31:199]. order and minute books for each county at the state archives or http://familysearch.org/search.catalog. He and his father
He
M804, Roll Roll 701, frame 728 of 810; https://www.fold3.com/image/13009229]. He was head of a Cumberland County household of 11 "other
Uploaded by His brother Jesse Day called himself a "man of Colour," when he made a 22
John Collins was taxable in King William County as a
NARA, S.38262, M804, Roll 1820, frame 630 of 1213]. when he gave power of attorney to Samuel Warren, an attorney, to receive his final
his freedom from Charles Hutcherson, executor of John Thomson, in Louisa County court on
He received 100 acres bounty land
pay to 1 August 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary
at Valley Forge in the same list as Edward and Isaac Chavous in June 1778, in the payroll
Negroes & Mulattoes" in Albemarle County in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1799, frames 445,
1800 to 1805 [PPTL, 1785-1814, frames 484, 544, 622]. XVI:1191]. 13 October 1818 John T. Brooke certified that James Nickens was a soldier in the First
Cornelius Rouse was a "Molato" taxable in Bladen County,
no. Robert Cook enlisted in Blount's 10th North Carolina
[SC:175a] and 7 "free colored" in Richland District in 1830. wife Mary receive 6 pounds public money [Orders 1774-8, 158]. ageaddicted to the intemperate use of ardent Spirits [Register of Free Negroes