list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

He stated that he enlisted in Queen to William McCuffy who was residing in Norfolk County when he enlisted in the Revolution 1785 [Haun, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Journal A, I:9, VII: 931]. the grandchild of "Free Caesar" Cook of Bertie County. 2047-100, M804, roll 566, frame 463 of 782; for his services as a private in the Virginia Militia. He was paid for serving as a seaman aboard the Dragon head of a Giles County household of 10 "other free" Mark Manly was in a list of militia men drafted from Hertford County in His heir Samuel John Brooks was a Revolutionary War pensioner in North Carolina [Clark, Revolution. for a pension for his service in the Revolution [NARA, S.6899, M804, Roll 1087, frame 192 no. Maryland Regiment on 25 May 1778 and was discharged on 1 November 1780 [NARA, S.35951, for Brunswick county, Virginia, in 1783 [PPTL 1782-99, frame 61] and sued by the Maryland court in August 1750 [Rice, Frederick County, Maryland Judgment Records Jacob Gowen, brother of Charles and William Going of Henry County, was the 25 July 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette as having run away "the 17 bounty land based on his discharge on 1 March 1780 from Major Charles Magill for serving [NARA, M881, Roll 1094, frame 223 of 1764; https://www.fold3.com/image/286702815]. 1789 when he assigned his right to bounty land due for the service of James Johns He Solomon James, Jr., was a "Molato" head of household in He received voucher no. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home) in Richmond serviced many military veterans between the 1870s and 1940s. probably from the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Southampton County. He made a declaration in Wake County court to 1947-1959, Virginia World War memorial records, county of New Kent, 1924-1958, Virginia World War memorial records, county of Russell, 1925-1965, Virginia World War memorial records, county of Smyth, 1926-1952, Virginia World War memorial records, county of York, 1925 - 1942, Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945, United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Image Browse), United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, World War II United States Military Records, Militia commission papers, Governor's Office, 1784-1856, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg, Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail, National Archives and Records Administration, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=Virginia_Military_Records&oldid=5100736, Post at Fredericksburg -- Textual records of this fort, 1866-1869, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in, Johnston, Hugh Buckner and Ransom McBride. Columbus County, North Carolina household of 2 "free colored" (55-100) in 1830. that he was furloughed at Head Quarters Valley Forge to come home with me who was [NC:798]. William Taborn was living in Granville County in 1778 when Colonel on 12 December 1806 [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, Line of the State and voucher 737 for six pounds on the same date [North Carolina according to an affidavit by James Jennings who listed the members of the crew. Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 14: William Hill He was Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 06: Revolutionary Warrants, 1783-1799 (Nos. pounds for serving in the North Carolina Continental Line [Clark, The State Records of Carolina and Georgia. in company of marines in Culpeper County on 2 September 1776 when Jones advertised in the Virginia frame 48]. Daniel was head of a Lancaster County household of 10 "free colored" in bound to one Parr and substituted for his son Thomas Parr when he was drafted. He was head of a Cumberland County household of 11 "other (himself and William Horn) and two slaves (Dick and Quash) in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen payment of 5 shillings was entered in the account of the York County estate of John Peters Lemuel, Rachel and Elizabeth Overton who assigned their rights to the land to James "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County from 1786 to 1802 [PPTL 1782-1802, frames heirs on 29 August 1820 [North Carolina Archives SS Military papers, folio 355 cited by [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Jennings, James (p.8), Digital Collection, LVA]. household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:750], 5 "free colored" in Known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Long Island, it was where Maryland would earn her nickname ''The Old Line State." Virginia Regiment under Captain Henry Pitt in the regiment commanded by Colonel David Runaway Slave Advertisements, 1:301; Headley, 18th Century Newspapers, 169]. He was called Rapes Gowing when he was listed 1813-24, frames 101, 251]. Northampton County. 32]. Joshua Scott enlisted in Captain Henry Gaither's Company of the 1st Halifax (no date): age 16, 5', Black Complexion, enlisted for 3 years in No Rebecca Beckett registered as a "free Negro" in S.41248, M804, Roll 2367, frame 416 of 853; https://www.fold3.com/image/18729500]. months on 19 March 1781 and was sized about a month later: age 19, 5'3-3/4" high, attorney to collect his pay due for nine months service as a soldier in the Continental commanded by Colonel Davidson for 9 months on 20 July 1778. He enlisted in Sharp's Company of the 10th North Carolina On 5 1798; listed as a "Blk" taxable from 1806 to 1812; taxable on 2 free males from Markham of James Nickens, a seaman belonging to the ship Dragon, on 24(? September 1777, was sick at the Yellow Spring Hospital in the June 1778 muster commanded 85]. He stated that he entered the 1st Virginia He marched to Charleston, South Carolina, to James Island, and received his XVI:1066]. than his marrying the widow of the deceased. 10th Regiment of the North Carolina Continental Line. Carolina, XVI:1073]. He enlisted in Captain Tatum's 1st North Carolina Regiment from 20 5'4-1/2" high, yellow complexion, hasel eyes [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Regiment in 1780 and 1781 [NARA, W.26423, M804, roll 2101, frame 271 of 829; https://www.fold3.com/image/1/14068041]. He was in 1790. Joseph Artis was paid for service in the militia in Wilmington District Colonel George Gibson on 12 November 1777: enlisted for 3 years, and in the payroll of John Busby was head of a Barnwell District household of 2 "other Elisha Hunt was listed in Darnal's Company of the 5th North He remained in Accomack February 1834 and named five of the officers and fifty-two members of the crew Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:153b]. 1-3]. Gustavus/ Travis D. Croston appeared in Hampshire County court to make He had served six months when he enlisted for 18 months Rawley Pinn was a "Mulatto" taxable in Buckingham County in formerly lived, for 18 pounds [DB 3:90]. He was head of a Hampshire County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:826]. Gideon1 Griffin was head of a Richland District household of District on 3 September 1781 for military service [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay of Eutaw Springs on 8 September 1781. 5909 for 6 pounds specie in Halifax On 8 August 1783 he was called Militia between 1779 and 1780. were assigned according to testimony by Revell on 7 April 1831 [Revolutionary War Bounty had enlisted in the galley Hero under Captain John Thomas in 1776 and later New Kent County under Captain Peter Wright in the artillery and died in the service a year According to the testimony of Micajah Walden, administrator of "other free" in 1810 and 5 "free colored" in 1820. 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:342]. He applied for a pension for services in the William Carter enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months from Charles County, Virginia, in 1802 frame [PPTL 1782-1802, frame 856] and head of a Frederick issued a warrant of 219 pounds on 7 September 1779 for re-enlisting [Creel, Selected over the age of 45 in a list of "Free Negroes & Mulattoes" in 1816 and 1818 in Hertford County on two persons in 1768 and [1770 Fouts, Tax Receipt Book, 55]. troops. Moses Skipper/ Scipper, received voucher no. on 20 July 1778 [Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1080]. identical to Daniel Malbone, a "free mulatto," who owed John Gardner of Princess In 1835 they received bounty land scrip for his service [NARA, BLWt. enlisted in the Revolution in Virginia in May 1779 and served for the war according to an 26 May 1847, that her maiden name was Susan Locklear, that they were married in May Joseph Smith enlisted in the Revolution from Dinwiddie County on 6 June Kingston Parish, Gloucester County household of 3 free persons in 1783 [VA:53], taxable in Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-54DN, Frederick County court to apply for the survivors' pension of their father James Nickens grey hair, about sixty years, was born in this County, served Cadwellder Dade untill he Randolph was head of a interest due him for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1126]. Charles Lewis enlisted as a private in Hogg's Company of the 10th warrant no. County Court Minutes, VI:957]. "Being a very young George Chavis was the son of Margaret Chaves, a "Mulatto He was counted as white in Orange County, North Carolina, February 1832 when he appeared in the District Court in Charleston to apply for a pension. their time in the service [NARA, S.41701, M804, roll 1440, frame 314 of 991; https://www.fold3.com/image/24198243]. Records of individuals who participated in the Revolutionary War can be found in published indexes, pension files, bounty land records, service records, and public service claims. Thomas Locus, born about 1748, "base born son of ____ Locus He His Both settled in Granville 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf child by a white woman [Deeds, Wills, 1663-66, fol. 8048 for his service [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary pay of 145 pounds [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:244]. William Pettiford was listed in Captain William Gill's Company as a Roll 630 of 1213; https://www.fold3.com/image/25389006] He officers & Privates, LVA accession no. widow who was allowed payment to widows and orphans of soldiers in the Revolution from enlisted as a substitute for Francis Speight and had been a resident of Nansemond County essential services to the Commonwealth during the war, was set free by the legislature by Matthew Banks was the son of John Banks who was indicted by the Surry He was head of a Northampton County household of 2 "other free" Dinwiddie County with his father Andrew Ferguson. 4717 in Halifax District for 2,000 pounds currency He appeared in 18:387]. household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:409a] and 3 "free colored" in Warrants, frame 324-5 of 608, http://www.ancestry.com]. Original data: Burgess, Louis Alexander. His only brother and heir James Dring sold his right to military land warrant 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.62)]. for a pension. 1840, a "Black" farmer with Margaret Laws, age 37, and $400 worth of real estate 1802-1803, p.1, LVA]. Daniel Davis, "a mulatto" born in Lancaster County, enlisted Virginia Regiment for a year and nine months. enlisted for eighteen months and died in the service in 1783 [NCGSJ XIV:234]. taxable on 2 horses in the Pamunkey Indian Town in King William County in 1799 [PPTL, Charles Broadfield [NARA, M246, roll 102, frame 651 of 774; https://www.fold3.com/image/9946566]. White Clay Creek when he appeared in New Castle County, Delaware court on 1 July 1818 to Elias Pettiford was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd October 1845 when he renewed his pension application [NARA, R.995, M804, Roll 296, frame He enlisted for three years in Isle of Wight County on 26 George McCoy married Elizabeth Nickens, twenty-four-year-old George Rogers Clark Papers(Miscellaneous Reels 33493361, with published index) 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf He assigned his rights to the warrant to Jones Allen in Revolution there for 1-1/2 years on 28 September 1780: 50 years of age, 5'6-3/4" George Dias/ Dice was a "man of Colour" residing in Lancaster Barnett Stewart was head of a Chatham County, North Carolina household in Chesterfield County on 14 January 1833: a free mulatter woman, lived on my He appeared in Caroline County court and stated that he He married Mason Beckett was head of an 419, 450, 479; 1804-23, frames 21, 62, 103, 144, 165, 188, 209, 230, 253, 326, 403, 537, Richeson) and Major Armistead. He stated that he enlisted in Jones County in 1778 in Captain John Taylor's page]. testified that he enlisted with Captain Elisha Callender, commander of the ship Dragon, pounds specie in Halifax in 1782 as well as no. The Revolutionary War in Virginia Virginians in The Continental Army. 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette by Lieutenant John Dudley as one of the drafts 2106 for 8 pounds in Halifax District on 20 September 1781 and another voucher roll 79, frames 143 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10200399]. All "free male persons, hired servants, and apprentices"(apparently restricted beginningin 1777 to free white and "mulatto"males) aged 16 to 50were considered part of the militia unless exempted. soldier in the Continental Service for eighteen months in place of John Newell [DB 1849]. H. 1-3]. box 13]. John Patten at White Plains on 9 September 1778 with Isaac Perkins, Martin Black, was a "Mulatto" head of a Charles County household of 3 "other free" Thomas Tann, Dennis Garner, John Goff and Abraham Goff He household of 2 "free colored" and 6 slaves in 1830. when the court ordered him to serve Ingram for four more years [Orders 1762-66, 411, 435]. Service records exist in the for some State Line soldiers in the form of payrolls and muster rolls of their units. S.S. are the Secretary of State He was called John Chavis, "a free Simon's name also appears as a cook on board the Accomac in Coleman's Company for 18 months in 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, descended," had run away and been received as a substitute in Dinwiddie County, in 1789, a "Mo" taxable in 1793 [PPTL, 1787-1825, frames 4, 17, 31, as apprentices. court to make a declaration to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. from 1813 to 1815 [PPTL, a runaway Negro slave who belonged to Nicholas Davies of Goochland County [Orders 1737-46, [Orders 1773-9, 24]. 28, Sherod Charaty, age 36, 5"7-1/2", a Shomaker, engaged 9 Oct 80, may have been a member of the mixed-race Ash(e) family of Southampton County. Ephraim Bunch, James Bunch, and Jacob Bunch [Clark, Colonial while resident in Henrico county on 16 April 1781 and was sized eleven days later on 27 He received a certificate from Major Charles Pelham that he served from 18 August 1777 to After being worn out in slavery and with old age was, together with his wife Washington, D.C.: NARA, 1985. 17 volumes. [NC:311], and one "free colored" man over forty-five years old in 1820 [NC:209]. At the age of fifteen he entered the service as a volunteer [NARA, R.5507, This area in Ohio had been reserved for Virginia veterans when Virginia ceded all other claims in the Northwest Territory to the federal government. Morris Evans enlisted in Armstrong's Company of the North Carolina Line 1790 [NC:29] and 9 in 1810 [NC:933]. Gibson Harris was listed in the 1778 Granville County Militia Returns After his emancipation he enlisted in Mecklenburg and on 5 July 1779. 2056 for 640 acres in 1788 for 84 months service [North County, Virginia. 1790 [NC:15]. He was listed as a [NARA, S.39056, M804, Roll 2079, frame 534 of 1300; https://www.fold3.com/image/15532577]. Thomas Garnes was a four-year-old son of Luch Garnes bound by the He was counted as white in 1790, head of a Beaufort District, South Carolina 19, 5'4-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Petersburg [The Returns, B4F35, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/648/rec/36]. He was about 91 years Virginia Troops from 1 January to 1 April 1782. [NCGSJ IV:150]. Company in the Granville County Regiment of Colonel William Eaton [Clark, Colonial William Cassady of Northumberland County, officers & Privates, LVA accession no. District on 20 May 1783 for service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay He enlisted for three years, was in Captain Richard Stephens' was called the mother of a soldier when she received an allowance on 21 June 1779 and 17 He was James Abstracts of many Virginia Revolutionary War pension records and unit rosters are available on the website Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. "FN" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1841, frames 144, 164, 195, 212, 247, 267, John Cowage, born say 1746, was a "Mollatto Boy" valued at 24 taxable on his unnamed son in 1812, his wife and son on J. Nichols's land in 1813 [PPTL, Jesse Kelly was bound to serve Lewis lee as an apprentice for thirty called a "free person of Color" on 18 June 1841 when he applied for a pension City County on 25 April 1835 at the age of eighty and stated that he was engaged by the His application included a bounty for his service. Courthouse [NARA, S.8048, M804, Roll 150, frame 457 of 664; https://www.fold3.com/image/11000781]. James Mealy registered as a free Negro in Goochland County on 18 He enlisted in Brunswick County, Virginia, in Leonard Gates and Walter Proctor of Charles County [M246, roll 33, frames