| Surname |
First Name |
Person of Color |
Type of Service |
More Info |
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MORECOCK |
THOMAS, CPL. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Corporal of Charles City Militia, drafted 21 NOV 1776.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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MORRIS |
CHARLES |
YES |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
YES
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as age 17, 5'2" tall, planter, black hair, black eyes, black complexion; born in and resident of Charles City; enlisted 12 SEP 1780 for the duration of the war. MORRIS is also described in a secon size roll at enlisted at Charles City Courthouse in 1780 for 18 months, 18 years of age, 5'4" tall
Sources
SOURCE 1:
with black hair
SOURCE 2:
black eyes and a black complexion
SOURCE 3:
with ? Scar on the forehead
SOURCE 4:
a farmer by occupation
SOURCE 5:
born in and resident of Charles City County.', '"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780
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|
MOSHER |
? |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Mentioned as Charles City militiaman KILLED 08 JAN 1781 at Charles City Courthouse.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application S.10185 of Jones Gill
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|
MOUNTCASTLE |
HENRY |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
MUNFORD |
WILLIAM GREEN COL. |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774. Ann R MUNFORD, grandson of William Green MUNFORD, filed a Land Bounty Warrant application stating that Edward STUBBLEFIELD, who was only entitled to a small portion of the land, had filed a claim in his own name and received a certificate for all the land. MUNFORD served as Colonel Deputy Commissary General of Issues, 18 JUN 1777 to a William Green MUNFORD wrote his will 08 FEB 1786 and it was probated 03 MAY 1786.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Land Bounty Warrant Application, rejected claim
SOURCE 3:
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution - Clearfield reprint; 1997, 407
SOURCE 4:
Crozier, Williamsburg Wills, p. 41, as cited by William Lindsay Hopkins, Some Wills from the Burned County of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administration, 1632-1800, (Richmond, VA: 1987)
|
|
MURDOCK |
PATRICK |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member and Clerk of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774. Acquitted of charges of having said things inimical to the American cause.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Virginia Gazette [Purdie Supp.] 10 MAY 1776
SOURCE 3:
Virginia Gazette [Purdie] 24 MAY 1776
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|
NANCE |
JOHN |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776. A John NANCE wrote his will 04 APR 1807 and it was probated 21 JAN 1808.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 697
|
|
NANCE |
ZACHARIAH |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Enlisted from New Kent County 17 FEB 1777 in Capt. John BLAIR's and James PENDLETON's companies
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Col. Charles HARRISON's Regiment of Continental Artillery; was in the battles of Monmouth and Stony Point; discharged 22 FEB 1780; died 22 DEC 1835; on 06 MAR 1833, he was aged 72 years, 10 months; in 1839 he lived in Petersburg, Illinois and died living in Sangamon, Illinois. Married first, 31 DEC 1785, Jane WILKINS; married second, 15 DEC 1802, Elizabeth MORRIS. MATROSE Zechariah NANCE served at Valley Forge in the 1st VA ARTY, Pendleton's Co. A family genealogy states that Zachariah Nance was a very large man
|
|
NELSON |
HUGH, LT. COL. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Lieutenant Colonel of battalion of militia formed SEP 1775.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
NEW |
JAMES |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Submitted a report to the Virginia Gazette identifying himself as Clerk of the Charles City Committee of Safety.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Pinkney] 9 MAR 1775.
|
|
NEW |
JESSE |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Lt. John BELL advertised in the Virginia Gazette and offered a twenty dollar reward for the return of Jesse NEW, who had deserted from the 6th Virginia Regiment at Fredericksburg on its march to the northward; NEW was described as "a slender made fellow, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches high, of a fair complexion, with sandy coloured hair, and a freckled face." A Private Jesse NEW served at Valley Forge in the 6th VA Regiment, Capt. John Hockaday's Company. He is listed as "Fit for Duty" in April and May 1778 and "On Command" in June 1778. Additional Remarks: First borne on Roll for April, 1778 (having previously deserted) June 1778, On Command. Hobson's Roll Remarks: Left in Virginia.', 'Virginia Gazette [Purdie]
Sources
SOURCE 1:
2 MAY 1777', 'Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
|
|
NEW |
JOHN L. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776. Applied as a resident of Logan Co., OH and testified that he was born in Bedfore Co. 12 FEB 1764, but was living in Charles City when called into service and lived in the county until 1808. He entered into service as a substitute for one Gideon ROACH who was drafted for a 6 month term. Applicant joined the army at Holt's Forge, marched to Hanover Co via Bottom's Bridge
Sources
SOURCE 1:
thence crossed the James River at Woodson's Ferry and thence to Amelia Co., thence to Albemarle Co., pursued by a part of Lord CORNWALLIS'S Army. After the British had left they pursuit they returned to Holt's Forge which had been burned by the British. Was in the Battle of Yorktown and fought through the engagement and served out his 6 months. Again in sumer of 1782 was ordered out to assist in leveling the British Fort
SOURCE 2:
taking away the artillery and raising British vessels sunk by them.', 'Charles City County Militia Book
SOURCE 3:
Nov. 1776
|
|
NIBB (KNIBB) |
JOHN, SERG. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Sergeant of company of militia formed 21 NOV 1776
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
OGILVIE |
JAMES, REV. |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774. Rev. Ogilvie, the Rector of Westover Parish, is listed in this roster as a Patriot because of his service on the Committee of Safety, but he is more properly described as a Loyalist. OGILIVIE filed a claim with the British government for loss of income stating that when he refused to take the rebel test oath he was turned out of the parish and ordered to leave Virginia. He left his family here and returned to Englland where he was appointed a chaplain on a ship of war.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Memorials 16 JUN 1778; 19 DEC 1780 London; 12 JAN 1783 Cowes, Isle of Wight. Claim: Loss of income. (A013/32/166-177).
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|
OSLING |
SAMUEL |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
PARRISH |
WILLIAM, SGT. |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Enlisted at the Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as age 24; 5' 9" tall; planter; black hair; hazel eyes; fair complexion; born in and a resident of Charles City; enlisted 3 DEC 1777 for 3 years. Enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment under Col. PARKER and apparently served in both the north and the south, although he was sick much of the time. In Land Bounty Warrant Application John BELL states that he enlisted PARRISH for successive two and three year terms in the 6th Virginia Regiment. PARRISH died before 19 SEP 1833 when certified in court as a Revolutionary War soldier; died intestate; daughter only heir: Elizabeth PARRISH who had married John. F. BROWN. Sergeant William PARRISH served at Valley Forge in the 6th VA Regiment, Capt. Thomas Massie's Company. He is shown as "On Command" in Dec. 1777
Sources
SOURCE 1:
"Fit for Duty" in Jan. 1778
SOURCE 2:
and "Discharged" in Feb. and March 1778. This is probably the same man. (sometimes PARISH). Hobson's Roll Remarks: Sick at Hospital.
SOURCE 3:
"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780," Library of Virginia Archives.
SOURCE 4:
M. Lee Minnis, The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783, Willow Bend Books, 1998, p. 324, Land Bounty Warrant Application
SOURCE 5:
Charles City County Minute Book No. 2
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|
PARRISH |
CHARLES |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of militia compnay for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781 (spelled PARISH in the record)
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
PAVELY |
WILLIAM |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
This person is added to this database because of his being listed on Hobson's Roll and the familiarty of his name. Remarks from Hobson's Roll: Deceased February 10
Sources
SOURCE 1:
1777.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
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|
PEARMAN |
GRIEF ? |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Enlisted for the war and described as 16 years old, 4'9 1/2" inches tall, light hair, hazel eyes, and a fair complexion, born in and resident of Charles City County.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Revolutionary Army, vol 1, Register 1777 to 1783, Library of Virginia Archives.
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|
PEARMAN |
HARRISON |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776. A Private Harrison Pearman served at Valley Forge in the 2nd VA Regiment, Capt. Peter Garland's Company. He is shown as "Fit for Duty" from Feb. through June 1778. Additional Remarks: Muster roll dated at Yorktown, 25 Feb. 1778, shows he was with a detachment of VA and NC troops under the command of Leigh Stosle. He was then sick in the hospital. He was present at Valley Forge in April, May, and June. This is possibly the same man.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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|
PEARMAN |
JAMES |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
This person is added to this database because of his being listed on Hobson's Roll and the familiarty of his name. Remarks from Hobson's Roll: Deceased January 8
Sources
SOURCE 1:
1777.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
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|
PEARMAN |
JOHN |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
This person is added to this database because of his being listed on Hobson's Roll and the familiarty of his name. Remarks from Hobson's Roll: Deceased December 30
Sources
SOURCE 1:
1776.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
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|
PERRY |
BENJAMIN |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
PERRY |
JOHN |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Applied for a pension in 1818, over 70 years of age and a resident of Casey County, Kentucky. Documents in his file state that he enlisted in 1776 (or two years after the war commenced) under John BELL for the whole war and served till 1783; he was in the 2nd Virginia under Col. Nathaniel PARKER; was in the battle of Brandywine and wounded in four places; was at the taking of Stoney Point; he was by occupation a tiller of the earth and very inform from war wounds; his family consisted of his wife, aged 60, and a married daughter, aged 29 and living in Virginia; died 03 OCT 1835. Hobson's Roll Remarks: Left in Virginia.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application S.35556
SOURCE 2:
A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
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|
PERRY |
LITTLEBERRY |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
PERRY |
RICHARD |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
This person is added to this database because of his being listed on Hobson's Roll and the familiarty of his name. Remarks from Hobson's Roll: Deceased February 1
Sources
SOURCE 1:
1777.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
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|
PHILLIPS |
HENRY |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Affidavit filed in support of his brother William's pension application states that he Henry was in the Siege of York.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application W.5538
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|
PHILLIPS |
IRBY |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Applied for a pension in 1833 from Rockingham County, North Carolina. He stated that he was born 02 MAY 1763 in Richmond, Virginia, but raised in Charles City; he volunteered in the Charles City militia as a minute man in the year 1776 when he was about the age of 14 years and continued enrolled in that capacity until the close of the war; he was first called out soon after his enrollment and marched under Capt. Collier HARRISON to Hampton, Va. and joined the regiment commanded by Peter ROYSTER; Major Stith HARDYMAN was also attached to the same regiment; during this tour he was engaged watching Lord DUNMORE, who was then lying with his ships in Hampton Roads and that his company had frequent skirmishes with foraging parties from these vessels; in this capacity he served as a private three months; his second tour was under Capt. William ROYAL, also of Charles City; in this tour his company was principally engaged in suppressing a ______ insurrection of the Negroes in that and the adjoining counties; and that he served in this company as a private three months; he was next called out under Capt. HARWOOD and stationed at Charles City Courthouse under the command of Major GREGORY for the protection of that place, but was at length surrounded in the night by the British light horse owing to the cowardice of HARROD and GREGORY, both of whom were afterwards disgraced; most of the men was cut to pieces or drowned in a neighboring mill pond; in this company he served as a private at least two months before its dispersion by the enemy as aforesaid. His next tour was in Capt. Edward MAYNARD's company, which after joining Major William WHITE's command at Charles City Courthouse
Sources
SOURCE 1:
marched near to Bermuda Hundred to watch the British in this service he was occasionally marched into Henrico and Prince George counties and had frequent skirmishes with parties of the enemy and on one occasion took two boats and killed and took 84 men; this affair took place opposite to Bermuda Hundred at a place called Shirley Hundred; he was afterwards taken prisoner by the British Light Horse and placed on board a prison ship at Bermuda Hundred from whence he made his escape in a small boat. In this tour including his imprisonment he served as a private at least three months. His next tour was under the same Capt. William ROYALL
SOURCE 2:
under whom he formerly served
SOURCE 3:
and was marched to Chesterfield Courthouse where they joined Gen. NELSON's command and was marched to Osborns where they joined Baron STEUBEN and then marched to Petersburg where they had a sharp encounter with the British under Gen. PHILLIPS, but had to retreat. In this tour he served as a private three months. His sixth and last tour he marched from Charles City Courthouse to Little York under the command of Major Stith HARDYMAN and there joined the brigade of Gen. Thomas NELSON and was at that place during the siege. After the surrender of Lord CORNWALLIS he remained at Little York a considerable time and was engaged in leveling the entrenchments, moving carrion from on board British ships, piling ball &. In this tour he served at least three months. He stated that beyond these tours he served several others of shorter duration. One under Capt. RYAL and marched to Sandy Point on James River and was engaged in guarding a vessel loaded with flour intended for the American army at Valley Forge. This vessel was blockaded by the enemy below who made many attempts to cut her loose, but was beat off nine or ten times and the vessel ultimately moved and got out. In this duty he served at least months. He was frequently called out during the war for various reconnoitering parties in which nothing particularly happened. He has been affected with a paralysis for the last 20 years; that he knows of no other person with whom he served by the name of PHILLIPS except his father, James PHILLIPS who served during the whole war and in the same company. He married Elizabeth MOORE in North Carolina and died there 10 AUG 1838.
SOURCE 4:
Pension Application R.8191
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|
PHILLIPS |
JAMES |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Paid for service in the militia under Capt. Ed. MORECOCK.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 142, 15 DEC 1783
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|
PHILLIPS |
WILLIAM |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of militia company formed 21 NOV 1776; Charles City Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives. Pension application states that he enlisted in 1776 in Capt. DUDLEY's company of the 6th Virginia Regiment and served until NOV when he enlisted in a militia unit under the command of Major John HARDYMAN; was in the battles of Guilford Courthouse and the Siege of Little York; listed his family as wife Elizabeth, aged 51 years and confined to bed for two years, three daughters aged 25, 23, and 18, and a son 12 years old and very sickly. affidavit of Rebecca BLANKS states that Mrs. PHILLIPS is her half sister, brother Henry PHILLIPS gave an affidavit stating that at the start of the war their mother was very unwell and Henry sought unsuccessfully to gain William's release from service on that ground; later when William returned to Williamsburg Henry went to town and substituted for William on the Hay boats under Capt. Wm. ROANE so as to afford William an opportunity to visit their mother
Sources
SOURCE 1:
born ca. 1764 and died 25 OCT 1826.', 'Pension Application W.5538', 'Charles City County Militia Book
SOURCE 2:
Nov. 1776
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|
PHIPPS |
JOHN, SGT. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Residing in Hopkins Co., KY when he applied for a pension, stating that he was born in Charles City Co. in 1753 and was living in Surry Co. in 1774 when he volunteered under Capt. Charles HARRISON and aided in guarding Wiliamsburg for 12 months. In 1776 in Amelia Co he re-enlisted as was appointed Sgt. of his company marched south and was stationed in GA. Hired a substitute to serve out the remaining 3 months of his 3 year term.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension application S14132
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|
POINTER |
HENRY |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781 (spelled POINDER in the record).
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
POINTER |
SAMUEL |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
POND |
WILLIAM |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Advertised in the Virginia Gazette as a deserter from Lt. John DUDLEY s Company who had been drafted from Charles City and who was known to be lurking thereabouts.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Purdie], 28 NOV 1777
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|
POYTHRESS |
WILLIAM S., CAPT. |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Died before 18 JUN 1840 when court certified him a Revolutionary War officer, died leaving four children who were certified and only heirs: Thomas E., Joshua, Patrick H., and William died intestate with no issue. A William POYTHRESS was a 1st Lt. in the 1st Continental Artillery. It is not known if this POYTHRESS is the same man. First Lieut. William POYTHRESS served at Valley Forge in the 1sth ART Regiment, Capt. John C. CARVER'S Company. He is shown as "On Roll without Comment" in May and June 1778. It is unclear if this is the same man.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City Minute Book No. 3
SOURCE 2:
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution (Clearfield reprint; 1997, 450)
SOURCE 3:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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|
REDWOOD |
JOHN, CPL. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Corporal of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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RICKMAN |
WILLIAM, COL. |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774; 18 MAY 1776 was appointed by the Continental Congress as Director and Chief Physician of the Hospital in Virginia in the Service of the Continent. He resigned this position on 21 OCT 1780 and later became Deputy Director of Hospitals for the Southern Department, resigning in 1781. A will for Wm. RICKMAN was written 03 JAN 1791 and probated 17 NOV 1791. His second wife, Elizabeth HARRISON (1751-1791) was the eldest daughter of Benjamin HARRISON of "Berkeley." He is buried at "Kittewan." In 1784 his widow was awarded 6666 2/3 acres of land for his service as a Colonel of the Continental line. She later married John EDMONDSON and lived at "Milford" In her will, 03 MAY 1790; 20 JAN 1791, she requested to be buried beside Mr. RICKMAN and the cemetery enclosed within a brick wall.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 68
SOURCE 3:
Charles City County Legislative Petitions, 10 NOV 1783, Archives Library of Virginia
SOURCE 4:
Virginia Gazette [Postscript] 14 JUN 1776
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|
ROACH |
HENRY |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776; Charles City Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives. A Henry ROACH wrote his will 03 JAN 1791 and it was probated 17 NOV 1791.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 68
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|
ROACH |
THOMAS |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Lt. John BELL advertised in the Virginia Gazette offering a reward of twenty dollars for the return of Thomas ROACH who had deserted from the 6th Virginia Regiment at Fredericksburg on its march to the northward; ROACH was described as "about 24 years old, 5 feet 4 inches high. dark complexion, and wears his own hair, which if often tied behind.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Purdie], 2 MAY 1777
|
|
ROACH |
WILLIAM |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
This person is added to this database because of his being listed on Hobson's Roll and the familiarty of his name. Remarks from Hobson's Roll: On a detachment.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces
Sources
SOURCE 1:
1777.', 'A Muster Roll of Captain Nicholas Hobson's Company of the Sixth Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks. To the 31st May 1777
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ROGERS |
BOLING |
NO |
Continental Line |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
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Enlisted at Charles City Courthouse 15 SEP 1780 for the duration of the war and described as 15 years old, 5''6 1/2" with black hair
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SOURCE 1:
grey eyes
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and a dark complexion
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a farmer by occupation
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born in Charles City Co and resident of Henrico Co. Filed an application for a pension from Montgomery Co.
SOURCE 5:
VA
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ROYALL |
JOHN |
NO |
State Militia |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
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Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781 (listed as Ryal in the record).
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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ROYALL |
WILLIAM, MAJ. |
NO |
Other |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
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Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774; filed a Legislative Petition as a resident of Monroe Co., VA in 1812 stating that he served 7 years during which time he defrayed his own expenses serving as Judge Advocate to the Regiment, Judge Advocate to the Brigade, as well as Pay-master to each, also bearing a Capt.'s commission in the Continental Army; land bounty warrant application states that he served in the 2nd Virginia Regiment for the whole war; he was entitled to 4889 acres for his services as a Capt. And that a warrant issued for one half in his own right and one half to Benjamin W. LADD, his assignee. A Lt. William ROYALL received a warrant for pay and rations as an officer of the 1st Virginia militia to the South on 30 May 1781. His widow Anne (NEWPORT) ROYALL petitioned congress stating that her husband "served during the whole period of the Revolutionary War. He went in a Captain with his own company can came out a Majore, for which he never received ONE CENT and bore his own expinses." (Some times RYALL in the records.)
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Pension application W8566
SOURCE 3:
Land Bounty Warrant Application
SOURCE 4:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. VIII, 30 MAY 1781
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ROYSTER |
JOHN, SGT. |
NO |
State Militia |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
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Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776; served three years in a state regiment and was awarded land bounty.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Land Bounty Warrant Application
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ROYSTER |
PETER, MAJ. |
NO |
Other |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
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Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774; Commander of a company of Charles City militia for whom pay warrants were issued 29 MAY 1779.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol.II, 162, 29 MAY 1779
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ROYSTER |
WILLIAM |
NO |
State Militia |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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SCOTT |
LITTLEBERRY |
YES |
Continental Line |
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Person of Color
YES
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Listed by DAR in size roll [our search has been unable to locate him in the same roll] born Charles City County, resident of Henrico County, yellow complexion, enlisted as a substitute.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Revolutionary Army, vol 1, Register 1777 to 1783, Library of Virginia Archives.
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SCOTT |
NICHOLAS |
YES |
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Person of Color
YES
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as age 52; 5' 4 ½? tall; sailor; gray hair; hazel eyes; yellow complexion; enlisted 22 SEP 1780 for 18 months.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780," Library of Virginia Archives.
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SCOTT |
WILLIAM |
YES |
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Person of Color
YES
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as 28 years old, 5?6 ½ " tall, black hair, black eyes, yellow complexion, a carpenter born in Charles City and a resident of Dinwiddie County; enlisted for the duration of the war. Size Roll of Troops join?d at Chesterfield Ct. House Since Sept. 1st 1780, Library of Virginia Archives. A William SCOTT, age 24, who was free born in Charles City and who was bound to Berry HARDEN [Littleberry HARDYMAN?], was among Negroes in New York City who sailed aboard the Rob Valentine to Nova Scotia, 22 SEP 1783. A number of William SCOTTs served at Valley Forge (4th VA, 1st VA,). It is unclear if any of these are this man.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780," Library of Virginia Archives.
SOURCE 2:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
SOURCE 3:
Graham Russell Hodges, The Black Loyalist Directory, African American in Exile After the American Revolution.
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SMITH |
JOHN |
NO |
State Militia |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
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Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776; Charles City Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives; member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781. Men by the name of John SMITH served in almost every Virginia Regiment on the Continental line. Whether any of these was the man from Charles City is unknown. (See also John ARTBER.)
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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