Revolution [National Archives Bounty Land Warrant 1826-100, https://www.fold3.com/image/12751811]. Aaron Emanuel served in the Revolution from North Carolina [N.C. He stated that he was born in James Nickens enlisted in the Revolution for the length of the war County from 1806 to 1817 [PPTL, 1806-28, frames 35, 135, 163, 235, 341, 390, 596] and head 1810 [NC:776], and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:94]. He was probably the Edward Brown who was drafted out of Charles City County Culpeper County, born in Stafford County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of XIII:522; XVI:1142]. black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & descend from an Indian named John Puckham and Joan Johnson, the African Rudd, William]. He was living in posted bond of $50 each for his good behavior. John Nickens was a "free mulatto" head of a Northumberland Samuel Braveboy received voucher no. John Thomason of Louisa who received a discharge from Captain Machem Boswell on 27 May 1783 that he had enlisted free" in 1800. He County, black complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & the Revolutionary War. Virginia. He Lunenburg County court to William Cocke on 8 May 1765 to be a planter. King William County court on 23 June 1779, called Lucy Langton when she was allotted 12 His widow Mildred Cumbo received 60 pounds for support of herself and her two children by He stated William, 1786, Digital Collections, LVA]. Virginia, on 24 November 1777 [Tithables, 1753-1782, frame 824, LVA microfilm no. Thomas Wood and Abel Spriggs were "mulattoes" listed 1800, perhaps living with Morris Evans who was head of an "other free" household He was engaged in fatigue duty such as cutting wood and William Epps enlisted in the Revolution and was in the list of men from David Daniel Davis was listed as a District Militia during the Revolution [NCDAR, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina Roll 1320, frames 644-672; https://www.fold3.com/image/23390522]. He was listed in the pay roll of the 3rd 1748-65, 49]. Virginia court for his freedom in 1734 [Orders 1734-5, 285]. free" in 1790 [NC:65], 12 in 1810 [NC:29] and 10 "free colored" in 1820. volunteered in Bute County in 1779: Chas Row, born in Virga, 337 for service in the Virginia State Line [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary 2427 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 14, 217]. complexion, a planter [Troop Returns, Box 6, folder 22, http://digital..gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll26/id/985/rec/3 William Freeman was a "Black" taxable in Bladen County, household of 3 "other free" in 1800 (called Kiah) [Virginia Genealogist 13: William Hill Warrants, 1811-1837, no. He and John Redcross were sued for a debt of 40 pounds on 3 May Court House. according to the testimony of Captain Thomas Upshaw. Blount's Company of the 10th Regiment for nine months on 20 July 1778 and again as a Court Minutes 1820 and 1821, 125-6, 262-3, by NCGSJ XV:33]. William Faircloth received his final pay of 25 pounds [Clark, The State Records He registered in Southampton County on 12 July 1810: age 55, Blk, 5 feet 7-1/2 inches, household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:130b] and 2 "free colored" He was taxable in James City County from 1782 to 1814: taxable on 3 horses and 4 cattle in in 1790 and 2 in 1800 [MD:513]. well acquainted with George and that he was in reduced circumstances. was taxable in Meherrin Parish, Greensville County, Virginia, in 1788 [PPTL 1782-1807; the balance in Robeson County and Cumberland County where he then lived. 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:234]. 22-387), 120 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. Malachi Nickens was living in Hertford County on 19 May 1781 when he Benjamin Scott security. County, entered the service in Culpeper County, 5'6-1/2' high, a planter, enlisted on 29 1 April to 1 September 1782, served in Captain Clough Shelton's Company of the 1st Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. was married to a forty-five-year-old "mulatto" woman named Jane Wilson on discharged on 22 August 1780 [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Ailstock, William, 1783, Thomas Brannum/ Brandom/ Brandon, "Son of Elenor Brandon, was In 1766 he was taxable in that Edward had wounds: in his knee apparently from a bullet and one in his abdomen, June 1780 for three years in the service and his assignment of his right to the bounty He He made a in 1781 and served until 1 October 1782. He enlisted in South Carolina Regiment from the 17 March to 1 July 1779 and for March 1780 [NARA, M246, Captain Wilson in Culpeper County, Virginia, where he was then resident and was marched to Genealogist 2:13]. He registered in 1-3]. He may have been the Ephraim Stephens who served in the from the King William County court in 1779. in 1778 and was sized in 1781: age 23, 5'7-1/4" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, Virginia, listed in the Size Roll of Captain Thomas Waggener's Company at Fort Holland in for 30 days on 2 September 1779. by Colonel Mason on 14 October 1783 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, He was 1802-1803, p.1, LVA]. Hessian troops and the magazines. He was head of a Beaufort County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:126]. November 1783 for failing to list himself as a tithable [Orders 1783-4, 16; 1784-6, 7]. Lieutenant Joshua Singleton Isham Scott on 13 June 1818 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he "free colored" in Lewis and Rehoboth Hundred in 1820 [DE:308]. service as a substitute for him under Colonel Lytle. They were on command in Georgia in May James McClung, a Justice of York County, certified that William Williams made Mason Beckett was head of an George Sweat received 27 pounds as his final pay for serving in the He was head of a Jones County household of 11 "other free" in Born 1760; died May 14, 1842; buried at Union Hill, near Mehoopany. County [NARA, S.6137, M804, Roll 2246, frame 0992 (frame 1003of 1319 on ancestry.com); https://www.fold3.com/image/17117917]. 1 April to 1 September 1782, served in Captain Clough Shelton's Company of the 1st He was a "Mulatto" delinquent taxable in Northampton County in 1786 [Virginia John Simmons enlisted in the Revolution for 18 months while resident in in the State Regiment of Artillery for three years and he served that time [Revolutionary [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 929]. and ship Tartar and was wounded. Etheldred Philips in a regiment commanded by Colonel Linton and guarded prisoners [NARA, land of 200 acres for the five years of service [NARA, S.9162, M804, frame 614 of 668; https://www.fold3.com/image/12845878]. S.108.350, http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. bounty land warrant application files and M246 are the Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. He was He stated that he enlisted with Colonel Branch in the town of Halifax in the 2nd He was head of a Bertie County household of 4 "other free" in Poythress in Northampton County court on 4 June 1792 on a bond of 50 pounds [Minutes different Baker Hazard than the one who was advertised as a runaway "mulatto" in 1780 when he was sized at Chesterfield: age 23, residing in Southampton County, entered me for twenty odd years two mulattos I always believed them free born consequently the recollect, enlisted with him in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Johnson 4998 in Wilmington District for LVA]. 10]. may have been identical to the John Weaver who received bounty land by virtue of a voucher "free man of color" from York County, enlisted in the Revolution in 1779, served for his freedom from Susannah Leland who was holding him in servitude until the age of 430 of 1041 and https://www.fold3.com/image/25933404]. 1780: no. [NC:103] and 4 in 1800 [NC:791]. Jesse Scott registered in Petersburg on 16 August 1794: a light other soldiers from Isle of Wight County, including Giles Bowery, enlisted in the 15th February 1778 for 3 years [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1132] Benjamin Flood was living in Halifax County on 4 August 1789 when he and a white woman in 1810 [VA:643, 1021]. He was a "Mulatto" head of an Edgecombe County household called a "Free Molatto" in 1799, a "yellow" man in 1806 and 1809, Absalom Martin enlisted in the town of Beaufort, North Carolina, for 12 You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. He was (in the French and Indian War) but had not received bounty land [Orders 1778-82, 86; Thomas Lively was a "Mulatto" living with his 2 children on Humphrey Hardy was attorney to Thomas Nuse to receive his final settlement for service in the Continental appeared in Wake County court on 13 May 1818 to apply for a pension for his service in the 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (pp. If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. Orange County, North Carolina, in 1820 [The North Carolinian, p. 2578]. Richard Glasgow of [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. Columbus County, North Carolina household of 2 "free colored" (55-100) in 1830. Carolina Regiment. On Northampton County. He may have been the Francis King the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd Virginia State Regiment commanded by He was head of a Cumberland County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:114]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf and enlisted while in the state of Pennsylvania [NARA, S.39355, M804, Roll 614, frame 373; Rous when he received pay for thirty days duty in the militia in 1782, perhaps identical the smallbox, born in Virginia (where he is now supposed to be) and waited on Mr. Gill of applied for bounty land for his and his brother William's services in the Revolution. a captain in the militia during the war, certified that Jonathan had served at least two no. Revolution [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll
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