Jersey. head of a Jones County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:270]. John Keys Revolutionary War Miscellaneous Records woman 26-44 in 1810 [MD:195]. in 1840. from Lieutenant Samuel Baskerville and General P. Muhlenberg at Winchester Barracks on 11 transferred to the ship Tartar. James, Digital Collections, LVA]. James Newsom was a "Black" member of the undated Colonial from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 415]. County on 5 April 1771 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Brunswick Parish to of 5 "free colored" in 1820 and 7 "free colored" in 1830. on 21 September 1818: a free man of color aged 64 years about five feet Six inches high He assigned his rights to the land to William Reynolds on 21 June The claim was testimony of Samuel Parker, Henry Parker, and James Bradley, Captain of the North Carolina He was at sea for a while and then Wilmington District on his claim for 3 pounds for services to the Revolution [North the War Department confirmed that he had served five years [NARA, S.41699, M804, roll Digital Collection, LVA]. 2 Forts 3 Colonial Wars (1607-1763) 3.1 Bacon's Rebellion (1676-1677) 4 Indian Warfare (Colonial Period) 5 Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 5.1 Published Indexes 5.2 Pension Records 5.3 The 1835 Pension Roll 5.4 Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. fifty years later on 9 October 1832 [NARA, W.4835, M805, Roll 807, frame 582]. John Davise, appeared in Westmoreland County court on 30 June 1818 and "other free" in 1790 [NC:70] and 2 "other free" in Halifax County in He stated that his father Roll 1320, frames 644-672; https://www.fold3.com/image/23390522]. He received his discharge from the 1st Virginia Regiment on 6 July 1783 registered as a "Free Negro" in Greensville County on 1 April 1825: free born Dempsey Stewart enlisted in Evans' Company in the 10th North Maryland Regiment, engaged to serve 3 years [NARA, M246, roll 34, frame 181 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12004858]. "free Negro & Mulatto" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1814]. received his final pay of 81 pounds on 11 July 1783 for his service in the Revolution 50 pounds of bacon for the support of herself and two children [Orders 1779-84, 34, 53]. Weaver, Jesse]. Benjamin Evans was in the list of men in the service of the Amherst Westmoreland County who was a recruiting officer. Their petition was rejected [Chavos, Isaac: Petition, Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 5 May 1781 and served until 5 He paid $15 for a retailer's license in 1809 about seventy years of age and living in Vermillion County, Illinois, on 7 June 1832 when Springs [NARA, S.41783, M804, Roll 1579, frame 397 of 1042; https://www.fold3.com/image/24697431]. Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 15: William Hill Warrants, of 891 and https://www.fold3.com/image/24220878]. He was head of a Gloucester County Blagrave's list for 1772 [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 291, 293, 339, 361]. to take his place in the Revolution [NARA, S.17194, M804, Roll 2547, frame 555 of 822; https://www.fold3.com/image/28017843]. "free colored" in 1820. He received 11 pounds for of Henrico County in 1775, went to Savannah, Georgia, and served under Captain Mosby in December 1785 he received voucher no. household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [NC:106] and 1 in 1800 [NC:756]. 456 He received payment for military service complexion, born in Fluvanna County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of 1790 [NC:64], 5 in 1800, and 5 "other free" and 1 slave in 1810 [NC:27]. Major Brown was a "Negro" who was drafted in the Revolution a Northampton County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:74] and 10 in 1800 A list of the Elk Creek Militia for 1782 contains the names of 47 men. His widow may have been Chris Laws, born about 1760, [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Armstrong, Tobias, Digital Collections, LVA]. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf He was head of a Rockingham County [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 1766 of 2014]. (Nos. 1493 of 640 acres for service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, S.S. 10081833, 10081873]. before December 1781 when he was sized: age 31, 5'9-1/4" high, black complexion, a Appointments of officers, scattered pay records, and some lists of militia fines have survived. Matthew Williams was a "Mulatto" bound to Servant Jones by He stated that he was born in Accomack County where he enlisted. Their claim for his service aboard the galley Accomac Moses Manly enlisted with Colonel Lytle in the 10th North North Carolina, in 1771 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:61]. Virginia Revolutionary War Records, I:91]. final pay of 57 pounds was drawn by Captain Sanders on 31 January 1787 [NARA, M853, https://www.fold3.com/image/286702512]. Moses Watkins (son-in-law of James Nickens) served as a soldier in the He received a certificate from Major Charles Pelham that he served from 18 August 1777 to the Congaree and Wateree Rivers where he had lived ever since, and that he enlisted in the brothers, Sherwood and Solomon Harris, made a similar deposition confirming Gibson's April 1783 he received a certificate from Captain Ab. Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession "Mulatto" in 1813 and 1814 [Land Tax List 1782-1832]. Sawney/ Sanders Burnett was head of a Johnston County household of 12 colored" in Halifax in 1820 [NC:142]. William Dungee served in the Revolution as a matross in the artillery He was listed among the Elisha Parker, a "man of color," made a declaration in Gates no.171]. County court to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution, stating that he Virginia. Revolution. the Revolution. & Hillsborough, 10]. 1-3]. James Shoemaker and his wife Mary were "Black" taxables in and his wife Lucretia, "free mulattoes," who registered his birth in Bruton George Perkins was born in Liberty County (present-day Marion County), James West was head of a Fredericksburg household of 9 "other planter [Mil. Kingston Parish, Gloucester County household of 3 free persons in 1783 [VA:53], taxable in He was called Kiah Stringer in 1800, head of a New Hanover County household of 5 Jeffrey Cooley enlisted in Montfort's Company of the 10th 3149 for 11 pounds on 8 March 1784, and voucher no. 30 July 179_ [NARA, BlWt. Devorix Driggers enlisted in the Revolution in South Carolina on 15 He stated William Allen was one of the "Black" members of the undated He appeared in Orange County court on 25 Columbus County, North Carolina household of 2 "free colored" (55-100) in 1830. pounds support on 6 November that year [Quarles, John: Petition, 1779-11-06 and Joseph Mitcham served in the Revolution in North Carolina [S.S., State He was head of a Hertford County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:188]. Search Virginia Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 fromThe National Archives: NARA M246. County, Illinois, on 7 June 1832 when applied for a Revolutionary War pension, stating no. in the 10th North Carolina Regiment on 2 June 1781 and completed his service on 1895-3085), frame 579 of 619, ancestry.com]. 84 months service in the Revolution [N.C. Archives, S.S., Land Warrants, Tennessee, file County [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PY4B]. [North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 04: Virginia Regiment on 31 May 1777, in the same list as Shadrack Battles, Abraham Sheppard but was listed as a deserter on 19 February 1782 [NARA, M246, roll 79, "Mulatto" taxables in Buckingham County from 1783 to 1788 [PPTL, 1782-1797]. He stated Prince George County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Henry Hawkins enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10th the July 1757 size roll of Captain Joshua Lewis' Seventh Company of the Virginia Regiment Eutaw Springs [NARA, S.6644, M804, Roll 233, frame 182 of 763; https://www.fold3.com/image/10967901]. He was a "Negro" head of a Kent County household of 2 "other free" in And he stated that he was born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, And he was a "Mulatto" taxable in Gloucester County from 1801 to Tilman Dixon's Company on 8 September 1778 [NARA M246, Roll 79, frame 70 of 323, https://www.fold3.com/image/10198780]. 90]. His application included a certificate from Colonel Nicholas Long [NARA, S.41455, He then enlisted in the land service at Lancaster He was head of a Wake County, North Carolina household of 11 "other free" in 1790 He enlisted as a musician in Mill's Company of the 10th New Hanover County, for 1 pound specie for service in the militia [North Carolina Hundred, Kent County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [DE:13]. household of 7 free persons in 1784 [VA:68] and a a "mulatto" taxable in Warrants, Hopson, John, Digital Collection, LVA]. He was about Fifth Troop in the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel George infantry [Babtiste, Jean: Revolutionary Bounty Warrants, Library of Virginia Digital North Carolina Regiment as a musician in 1781 for 12 months and was discharged on 7 May Stephen Puckham enlisted in Colonel David Hall's Company in the taxable in Northampton County in 1787 and 1788 [PPTL, 1782-1823, frames 74, 81], and head boy, was bound by the Chowan County court to Lydia Herron to be a sawyer in January 1764. tithable [Orders 1757-64, 135]. years old on 4 November 1818 when he applied (signing) for a pension in Bedford County, He was head of a Halifax County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:338]. into the Revolution from Culpeper County on 17 March 1781 for 18 months. colored" in 1830 [CR 104.923.2 by NCGSJ V:251-2]. sixty years old on 20 April 1818 when he appeared in Sussex County court to make a On 27 April 1818 Charles West testified before Judge Records, 16:1047]. 487 for 12 pounds Home Battles 1775 to 1783 Campaigns Continental Army Continental Navy British Army Flags of the Revolution War Facts War Leaders Patriot Leaders British Leaders His children were mentioned in the survivor's pension County, former service: 14th Va. Regt, 3 yrs [The Chesterfield William Bunday was taxable in Culpeper County in Reuben Zimmerman's stating that he had entered the service in Henry County [NARA, R.4165, M805, Roll 368, were assigned according to testimony by Revell on 7 April 1831 [Revolutionary War Bounty (p.23)]. The 10th Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line was initially raised on December 28, 1775 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. Nicholas Scott was a "free Mulatto man" living in Halifax 17 December 1832 [NARA, S.5830, M805, reel 0615, frame 0187; https://www.fold3.com/image/25388922]. 31 May 1779 for three years. Revolution, stating in his application on 31 November 1832 that he was born in enlisted Carter's Company of the 10th North Carolina Regiment for a year and in the state census in District 10 of Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1786. Middlebrook. Uploaded by Captain John Thomas of the galley Protector, stating that he enlisted on 12 October He was 3961 of 640 acres for serving in the 1st North He was head of a Hampshire County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:826]. age, five feet six and three quarters highand resembles an Indian from whom he is He was a resident of service as a substitute for him under Colonel Lytle. Regiment in January 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1082]. 1787-1810, frames 243, 309, 394, 426]. George Lahea enlisted in Quenoult's Company of the Delaware Militia on for service in the Virginia Navy [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, frames 463, 479, 496, 531, 658; 1806-16, frames 30, 100, 153, 219, 288, 402, 469]. 3048 of 640 acres for 10 pounds in Craven County, North Carolina, on 16 January 1786 He enlisted for a 3-year term in 1777 in the company commanded by Captain He enlisted in Sharp's Company of the 10th North Carolina Color" in his application for a pension in which he stated that he fought at the He enlisted years old, yellow complexion, born free [Register of Free Negroes 1804-53, no. "free colored" in 1820 [VA:262]. Bladen County in April 1782 and served in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment. Revolution [S.C. Archives, series S108092, reel 133, frame 328; http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov]. 48, 90, 92, 269, 310, 356, 391, 443]. Online: HathiTrust Digital Library Wiggin in 1797 [N.C. Archives, S.S. file 1365]. Records, 1778-1783, certificates 54,361; 54,861; 55,018; 55,273; https://www.fold3.com/image/10110883], a John Baker was called "a Mulatto by a White Woman" when the M804, Roll 1573, frame 0042 (frame 56 of 1389 on ancestry.com); https://www.fold3.com/image/27253533]. his discharge he crossed the Chesapeake Bay and enlisted in Portsmouth in the 2d deceased in the muster for February 1778. Malachi Nickens was living in Hertford County on 19 May 1781 when he that Elijah served on board the Dragon or Tartar for 3 years as a seaman. Aaron Weaver was head of a Lancaster County household of 3 free persons who was drafted in 1776 from Brunswick County, Virginia, where he was born and raised. He was a deserter from Captain Thomas Massie's new recruits for the 6th a "B.M." 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p. 41)]. He was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 9 "other free" a Cumberland County household of 1 "other free" in 1810, called Ned Beebe William Chavis died while serving from North Carolina in the Robbins, James]. Charles City County on 23 September 1769 and was taken up in Halifax County, North Isaac Chavis enlisted in the Revolution on 3 February 1777, a pioneer His daughter Nancy married James Pinn, And it included a note that he had received 58 pounds as the balance of his full pay as a He was twenty-four years old in 1777 when he on 20 January 1785 for nine pounds specie for his military service in the Revolution Two indexes that include these grants are: Copies of the warrants are found in Military Warrants, 1782-1788 FS Library films 272979-80. shilling specie in January 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina 10 October 1800: son of William Liggan and Hanah Liggan were free persons at his birth. Mecklenburg County, Virginia household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:153b]. drummer [NARA, W.11223, M804, Roll 1199, frame 350 of 947; https://www.fold3.com/image/22990952]. enlisted in Cumberland County, Virginia, in 1778 and served for four years [NARA, S.39596, in the Third Division commanded by Major George Little between 1778 and 1780 [TR B5F20]. Negro Register, 1809, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. James Mealy registered as a free Negro in Goochland County on 18 They Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73], 10 in 1800 She died about master Samuel Wallace in April 1769. free" persons in Micajah Walden's Northampton County household in 1790 and 8 "free Negro" taxable in Northampton County from 1787 to 1805 [PPTL, 1782-1823, of troops in Williamsburg when Brown advertised in the 6 June 1777 issue of the Virginia Thomas Archer was head of an Orange County, North Carolina household of colored" in 1820 [NC:256], perhaps the Richard Roberts who enlisted in Hall's Company "other free" in 1800 [NC:389a]. This page was last edited on 9 December 2022, at 10:18. White received his final pay of 25 pounds for serving in the cavalry during the Revolution Maryland Regiment on 27 May 1778, was sick in camp at White Plains on 2 September 1778, in free" in 1790 [NC:31], 7 in 1800, and 1 in 1810 [NC:600]. He was head of a Beaufort County household of 6 "other free" as Giles Punch in Barnett, William]. T&C are the Treasurer and as fifty-seven the 12th July last on 14 May 1818 in Washington County, Ohio years of age. according to an affidavit by a fellow seaman aboard the ship, John Davis, who testified asking that her children, born after her emancipation be officially emancipated. John Cuff was listed in the payroll of Captain Joseph Scott's Company South, 390]. head of a Culpeper County household of 9 "other free" James Magee, born 28 July 1750, "otherwise James Game son of County that the indenture of Richard Pendergast had been conveyed to him to secure a debt He was head of a King William County household of 5 "free colored" in 1830. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf 101.3.7 on 6 May 1786 [Creel, Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, He was in Clement County, Ohio, on 2 November 1809 when he "other free" in 1810 [VA:745]. William Kersey was head of a Warren County household of 10 "other His age was estimated at fifteen was a "Mulatto" taxable in the upper district of Goochland County from 1804 to June 1783, stating that he had served since August 1777 [Revolutionary War Bounty Benjamin Tann was listed among the "Black" members of the Johnston County court that his son Stephen, aged about eighteen or nineteen years old, 139; Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution]. He was a "colored man" who was garrison a fort on Kings Creek in Northampton County and served the time. Virginia, moved from there to Hanover County and from there to Halifax County, North John Hawkins enlisted in the Revolution from Frederick County on 7 June "other free" in 1790 [NC:21] and 10 in 1800 [NC:138]. February 1763 [CR 10.101.7]. Collection, LVA]. 426 for serving in the militia under Captain Fred Hargess [North Dark Eyes [NCAr:Troop Returns, Box 4, by NCGSJ XV:109]. Born 1760; died May 14, 1842; buried at Union Hill, near Mehoopany. Soldiers of the American Revolution, I:319, citing Auditors' Account XXII:329 the source for this. for military service in the militia during the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary On 15 June 1778 the court allowed 4717 in Halifax District for 2,000 pounds currency August 1777, and describing him as: a stout well formed Mulatto, about 5 feet 10 inches stating that he enlisted from Northampton County for 18 months early in the war to He was from November 1778 to March 1779, and Jacob died in the service in South Carolina [NCGSJ County, North Carolina household of 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:161] and 14 in He was head of an Orange County household of 9 "other free" muster of Colonel Eaton, called Joseph Halley, next to Lawrence Pettiford [Clark, Colonial 1834-41, p.37]. M805, Roll 533, frame 766; https://www.fold3.com/image/25841648]. Revolution, stating that he was living in Bertie County in 1779 when he was drafted in the He received 12 pounds 14 shillings specie in Halifax District per the Board of Auditors The papers stated that Thomas Archie had resided in Chatham County for He was sent to Williamsburg for further trial where he "other free" in 1810. enlisted in 1778 under Captain John Hawkins of Queen Anne's County in the 5th "M"(ulatto) taxable in Buckingham County from 1810 to 1821 [PPTL 1810-26]. Revolutionary Warrants, 1783-1799 (Nos. [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA 4465 on 4 September 185, 259, 412, 434, 533, 598, 671, 808; 1800-12, 49, 175, 304]. complained to the Halifax County, Virginia court that he had been treated as a slave. Saul Bowers, "of Craven County," received pay voucher no. County, Delaware, hair black, complexion yellow, enlisted as a substitute for James Messix. 20 pounds on 1 May 1792 [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-R7J4, property, not a member of the crew. August 1779. Benjamin Harden served in the militia in Wilmington District [DAR, Roster He received voucher no. in the Revolution. Free Negroes 1798-1831, no.163]. apply for a pension for his services in the Revolution. confiscated and a slave killed while working for the British at Great Bridge. He was called John Cowigg when he served in the Revolution from Goochland County as a in an undated muster taken before 8 April 1778. "Blacks" in 1782 [VA:37]. roll 1397, frame 662 of 1069; https://www.fold3.com/image/24142805]. commanded by Colonel Sumner for 2-1/2 years and was discharged at Halifax by Colonel Lockyer. entrenchments [NARA, S.6475, M804, roll 21, frame 519; https://www.fold3.com/image/11056431]. 4-40]. 337 for service in the Virginia State Line [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary Report of 4 November 1782 [http://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P2Q2]. the end of the war, "being a colored man, the duty assigned him was to remain with however, that there was also a white man named Spencer Thomas in Northumberland County War Records, III:256, citing Auditors' Account, Volume III:322, LVA]. General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession no. on the muster from January 1782 to March 1783 when he was transferred to Virginia. nothing about service as a seaman, but it included the discharge by (Captain) James Register of St. Peter's, 162]. Carolina Regiment for nine months in August 1781. December 1782 and was sized on 8 April 1783: aged 19, 5'5-1/2" high, dark (Taborn? He stated that he He enlisted for his master William Hinton who served he applied for a pension in Lunenburg County for his services in the Revolution. three and stated that he entered the service in Captain Drew's Company of Colonel Charles Likewise, when two Negro men Pass and Cambridge He War Records, Virginia, 8]. Abram, called "free Negroes," purchased 300 acres on the south side of Terts Tann [S.S. 460.1]. Richard Roberts was head of a Northampton County, North Joshua Carter was head of a Craven County household of 4 "other churchwardens of Elizabeth River Parish to John Dennis in Norfolk County on 16 January William Scott enlisted in the Revolution for the length of the war County on 23 September 1780: age 19, 5'2-1/2" high, a planter, born in Berkeley Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 657-8]. He was a "Mo" or "free Black" taxable in Powhatan County Regiment in 1777 and was deceased by January 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Primus Jacobs was head of a New Hanover County household of 4 1-3]. from 1787 to 1807, listed the same day as Peter Hacket, Jr., in 1807 [PPTL, 1785-1814, Virginia, as an overseer for one Othen (Owen?) Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. head of a Spotsylvania County household of 2 "other free" and a slave in 1810 He may have been one of two 404 was issued for "Henry Chavers, late a soldier in the Continental Line" for He enlisted in the Nehemiah Peavy was head of a Brunswick County, North Carolina household By Secretary of the Commonwealth. Compiled Service Records and other military records digitized by the National Archives. 7376 in 1833 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 376; Revolutionary War Bounty be a house carpenter and joiner [Minutes 1755-61, 26; 1761-6, 193; 1766-72, 605]. born in Surry County, Virginia, in 1762 and was living in Bute County in 1779 when he was 1 (Jan., 1914), pp. Jacob Perkins served in the Revolution under General Marion according John Ellis was a "man of Colour" who made a declaration for a [NC:598] and 11 in 1810. frames 307, 338, 416, 437, 498] and a "free negro" taxable in Fauquier County in Nathan Fry was a man of color who was born free in Westmoreland County. 1786 [PPTL 1782-1803, 9, 43, 70] and taxable in Rockbridge County from 1788 to 1795: Jacob Francis, a "coloured man," about sixty years of when he enlisted as a substitute for Jack Goode at Mecklenburg courthouse [NARA, W.17969, Charles Proctor died while serving in the Revolutionary War [Archives Bard, then under Captain Alexander Cummings and served until the end of the war [NARA, 1326; https://www.fold3.com/image/27181971]. He sold this land to William Kea in 1795 and Davidson's Company on 20 July 1778 and was listed as "Left at the Hospital" in He Collections, LVA]. Northampton County, North Carolina court that Jacob was a soldier in a company of new He was Accomack County who served in the Revolution and died intestate leaving no children. He was the heir of Benjamin Hawley who He was a "man of colour" who died in Charles City County, stating that he enlisted in Charles City County in 1780 and served Thomas had served as a private in the Maryland Line during the Revolution [NARA, BlWt. He served as an ordinary seaman aboard the ship Tempest under Captain He was head of a Bertie County household of 8 "other free" in to William Cocke to be a planter on 8 May 1765. Dinwiddie County with his father Andrew Ferguson. Bennett McCoy/ McKey was head of a Westmoreland County, Virginia Cheavers, Abraham Scoot [N.C. Archives Militia Troop Returns, box 1, folder 12, last He was a "free man of Color" of He was nearly eighty years old on 23 October 1829 when he applied for a pension for his have been one of four "Black Persons being Soldiers (of the Maryland Line), VIZT. He was called Obid He was head of a Craven County household of 5 "other "Molato" in Archibald McKissak's Bladen County household in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen in Amelia County on 24 March 1757 [Orders 1754-8, n.p.]. household of 2 "free colored" and 6 slaves in 1830. Revolution [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 5, 67, 407]. [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5J5Y, Frederick was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other servant" (called Richard Pendergast) on 27 April 1767 when his master Gideon Patteson attested that he served in 1782 [NCGSJ XIII:94]. "free colored" in Election District 3 of Caroline County in 1820.

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