| Surname |
First Name |
Person of Color |
Type of Service |
More Info |
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SOUTHALL |
JOHN |
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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|
SOUTHALL |
FURNEA, SGT. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Captain of a company of minute batallion formed SEP 1775; sergeant of a militia company formed 21 NOV 1776; captain of a company of a minute battalion; member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Hunter & Dixon] 16 SEP 1775
SOURCE 2:
Whittenburg & Coski, Charles City County, Virginia, An Official History, (Salem, WV, Don Mills, Inc.: 1989) p. 47
SOURCE 3:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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SOUTHALL |
HENRY |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774. Member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781.321 A Henry SOUTHALL wrote his will 18 MAY 1794 and it was probated 17 SEP 1795.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 3:
Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 217
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|
SOUTHALL |
TURNER, COL. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Sergeant of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776; paid for recruiting for Continental Army and listed as Col.; described as Commissioner for British sequestered estates.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. II, pg. 18, 13 MAR 1779
SOURCE 3:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. IIV, pg. 316, 23 SEP 1780
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|
STUBBLEFIELD |
EDWARD |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
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|
STUBBLEFIELD |
JOHN |
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.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
STUBBLEFIELD |
SETH, CAPT. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Described in pension application of Jones GILL as Captain of the Charles City Militia on guard at Charles City Courthouse the night of SIMCOE's raid; member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781 (STUBLEFIELD in the record).
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application S.10185
SOURCE 2:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
STUBBLEFIELD |
WILLIAM SETH, SGT. |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Applied for a pension in 1832 from Anderson District, South Carolina stating that he enlisted 01 OCT 1780 in Charles City at Sandy Point under Capt. David MINGE and John HARWOOD, First Lieutenant. in a battalion commanded by Maj. Henry ARMISTEAD for three months; they were stationed at Sandy Point to prevent the robbery of some vessels and were discharged on 22 DEC 1780; 01 JAN 1781 there was a two year draft taking place and Capt. John DUDLEY offered his services as a volunteer Capt. for some of the draftees; thirty-one of us turned out for the term of two years; we rendezvoused at Charles City Courthouse and then took the oath under Capt. DUDLEY; we found our own clothing and the public found horses and all equipment for war; we then held an election for noncommissioned officers; said deponent was elected Orderly Sergeant to the corps and then joined a corps of horse commanded by Capt. John DAVENPORT from James City; in JAN 1781 ARNOLD came up the James River and landed at Westover and from thence marched to Richmond; Capt. John DUDLEY and Capt. John DAVENPORT, with Maj. DICKY infantry followed in the rear of his army up to Richmond; on his return to Westover we retreated down to Charles City Courthouse six miles below Westover; the night after ARNOLD arrived at Westover he made out a corps of horse commanded by SIMCOE and sent them to the courthouse about midnight and took us by surprise; dispersed the whole corps of horse; killed six of our men and took nine prisoners; we killed one of them; they retreated back to Westover that same night; they next day they all embarked on board of a vessel and sailed down the James River to Norfolk; the day after they sailed we gathered our corps of horse and was ordered by Col.. Benjamin HARRISON up to Richmond; from Richmond up to Point a fork where the armory was kept to guard that place; we continued there until Lord CORNWALLIS marched from Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina into Virginia; then our officers received orders from LAFAYETTE to remove from there to Newcastle on York River so that CORNWALLIS was not interrupted on his passage through New Kent and in James City at a place called Hot Water; a few days after stopped there Gen. WAYNE & Gen. MULENBURG joined LAFAYETTE at Newcastle and went to attack CORNWALLIS at Hot Water; we marched all night until the break of day; caught they with their guns all staked; captured field pieces; captured the bridles out of their horses mouths; we killed and wounded several of them; their army consisted of eight or ten thousand men; our army did not exceed twenty three or four hundred men; we lost some men; the action lasted two or two and a half hours; we then retreated to LAFAYETTE headquarters at Newcastle; Lord CORNWALLIS marched to old Jamestown on the James River and from thence to Williamsburg and from thence to Little York; Gen. WASHINGTON marched and took command on the right wing and ROCHAMBEAU he marched the French down to Little York and took command on the left wing; as well as I recollect on the 02 OCT 1781 the first gun was fired on Lord CORNWALLIS' works; our infantry on the right; our horse on the back lines was commanded by Col.. WHITE and Maj. DICK on the right wing; the French horse on the left; Lord CORNWALLIS surrendered to WASHINGTON 19 OCT 1781; wife Sarah stated that they were married 23 MAY 1810 and that her husband died 01 NOV 1840.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application
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|
SWEENY |
JOHN ? |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Enlisted at Charles City Courthouse JUL 78 for 3 years, and described as 21 years old, 5'5" tall, brown hair, grey eyes, brown complexion, scar under his ____?, born in King William Co and a resident of New Kent Co.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Revolutionary Army, vol 1, Register 1777 to 1783, Library of Virginia Archives.
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|
TALBOT |
WILLIAM |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company serving guard at Sandy Point and injured in an engagement there 18 APR 1776.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Brent Rarter & Robert L. Scribner, comp. & ed., Revolutionary Virginia the Road to Independence, (Univ. Press of Va.: 1983) vol. VII, p. 447, 592
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|
TAYLOR |
RICHARD, LT. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Commander of Militia Company paid for serving guard at Sandy point; described elsewhwhere as a captain. Men by the name of Richard TAYLOR served at Valley Forge in the 10th VA Regiment and the 1st VA Regiment. It is unclear if either of these are the man.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Brent Rarter & Robert L. Scribner, comp. & ed., Revolutionary Virginia the Road to Independence, (Univ. Press of Va.: 1983) vol. VI, p. 528
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|
TERRILL |
WILLIAM |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
(Tenet in some records) member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776; provided services as a wagon master and was compensated for the death of a horse killed by being over driven on an expedition transporting arms from Suffolk to Portsmouth. On 13 SEP 1797, an inventory of his estate was noted in court records. The sheriff was ordered on 16 NOV 1827 to take up & administer the estate of William TERRILL.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. 403
SOURCE 3:
Charles City County Minute Book No. 1
SOURCE 4:
Audito of Public Accounts Records
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|
TERRILL |
RICHMOND |
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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|
THOMAS |
WILLIAM |
YES |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
YES
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Aged in his 60s filed two pension applications, May 1818 and May 1821 (differ a bit in content); enlisted at Charles City in Spring of 1777 (Jan. 1778); marched to Williamsburg; March of 1778 marched to Valley Forge under Lt. Holman MINNIS and there entered company commanded by Capt. Callohill MINNIS under the command of Col. Richard PARKER of the 1st Virginia Regiment; served there until the Spring of 1779 (29 FEB 1779) when he was discharged at Middlebrook, New Jersey; in the battle of Monmouth; just prior to the siege of York he enlisted again for 18 months in Charles City; marched to Chesterfield Courthouse where he entered the company commanded by Capt. Joseph SCO'IT; remained about 3 weeks and taken into the family of Gen. MUHLENBURGH with whom he remained until the Christmas after the siege; discharged in Shenandoah County, Virginia; was in the Siege of York during this last enlistment; application supported by a certificate of Henry WILLS, "... and went with me to the north and served that term ..."; John CRUTCHFIELD's affidavit: "Thomas and this affiant marched out to the Valley Forge together" under Lt MINNIS's command; they served in different regiments and were discharged together at Middlebrook. New Jersey. It also states that Henry WILLS was a sergeant in Capt MINNIS's company. Thomas was renting the land which he farmed from Benjamin HARRISON and in his household were a woman aged 42 or 43 (Hannah Fields) and a 13-year-old girl. In 1818 he bought 140 acres. When he enlisted at the Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 he was described as age 21
Sources
SOURCE 1:
5?7? tall
SOURCE 2:
a planter
SOURCE 3:
with black hair
SOURCE 4:
black eyes and a yellow complexion; enlisted 22 SEP 1780 for 18 months. A later pension application describes him as colored. He died before 15 JUL 1824 when court certified him a Revolutionary War pensioner. A William THOMAS wrote his will 22 FEB 1824 and it was probated 19 AUG 1824. Other sources give birth as 1755 and death as 25 JUL 1824. There is a Private William THOMAS who served at Valley Forge in the 1st VA Regiment
SOURCE 5:
Capt. Thomas MERIWETHER'S Company. He is shown as "Fit for Duty" from Dec. 1777 through June 1778. Additional Remarks: Also designated to Capt. John Shield's Company. It is unlear if this is the same man.', '"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780
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THOMPSON |
JOHN |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Maj. Gen. LAFAYETTE issued an order 12 JUL 1781 exempting John THOMPSON of Charles City County from all military duty in consideration of some private services rendered the army.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application of James Bullifant (Brillifant) S.39236
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|
TOWLER |
BENAMIN |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Applied for a pension as a resident of Rutherford Co., TN; stated that he was born in Charles City Co. and did not know the year , but believed he was 80 in OCT 1832; was drafted into a company commanded by William LEWIS, taken sick and placed in hospital in Petersburg, then moved to Powhatan where stationed until his tour expired; called up again under Capt. Baker PEGRAM was marched through Prince George Co. to City Point where he met the enemy and there was a cannonade for a good part of the night. He was called into service again in 1781 and was at York.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension application S3821
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TREMSON |
PERKINS, JR. |
YES |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
YES
Service
Service
Information
Advertised in the Virginia Gazette as a deserter, drafted from Charles City into a company commanded by Lt John DUDLEY. TREMSON is described as twenty-five years of age, of a yellow complexion. a shoemaker by trade, and known to be lurking about a place called Fontain's Creek in Brunswick Co.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Purdie], 28 NOV 1777
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|
TYLER |
JOHN. CAPT. |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety organized 17 DEC 1774; Captain of a minute battallion formed SEP 1775;paid for service in the militia 21 MAY 1784. He was born 28 FEB 1747 and died 06 JAN 1813, buried at buried at "Greenway", his home in Charles City.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Virginia Gazette [Hunter & Dixon] 16 SEP 1775
SOURCE 3:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, p. 695, 21 MAY 1784
SOURCE 4:
Tombstone of John Tyler at "Greenway"
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|
VAIDEN |
JOSEPH |
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. On 29 JAN 1808, Joseph VAIDEN wrote his will and it was proved 19 JAN 1809.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Charles City Will Book No. 2, p. 29
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|
VALENTlNE |
ANTHONY |
YES |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
YES
Service
Service
Information
Age 33 when enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 for an 18 month term; 5' 8" tall; planter; black hair; black eyes; black complexion.
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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|
VAUGHN |
HENRY, ENS. |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Ensign of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776; member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781. A Henry VAUGHN's will was written 12 MAR 1819 and probated 18 SEP 1823.
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
SOURCE 3:
Charles City County Will Book No. 2, p. 562
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|
WADDILL |
GEORGE |
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 (recorded as Waddle).
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
WADDILL |
NATHANIEL |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
[WADDALL and WADDLE in the records] ? enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as 34 years old, brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion, a carpenter born in Charles City County and a resident of New Kent County; 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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WALKER |
EDWARD |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Applied for a pension in 1820, at age 57, stating that he enlisted at West Point in King William County in 1779 in the troop of cavalry commanded by John ARMONY (a Frenchman) of Col. George DABNEY's Regiment and served until the end of the war, was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the Siege of Little York he owned 18 acres of land; was by profession a tanner, his family consisted of a son of age, a female, of age, and her infant child 2 years old. He died before 15 AUG 1839, when court certified him a soldier of the Continental Line of Virginia; proved he died intestate; son, Freeman O. WALKER. On 19 JUL 1827, Freeman O. WALKER was summoned to administer the estate of Edward WALKER
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application S.41302
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Minute Book No. 3
SOURCE 3:
Charles City County Minute Book No. 1
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|
WALKER |
FREEMAN |
NO |
Other |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Other
Service
Other
Information
Member of Charles City County Committee of Safety, organized 17 DEC 1774. The inventory for the estate of a Freeman WALKER was recorded 16 MAR 1782.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Virginia Gazette [Dixon & Hunter] 14 JAN 1775
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Will Book No. 1, p. ??
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|
WALKER |
WILLIAM |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776. member of Militia Company for which pay warrants were issued 17 APR 1781. There are two William WALKER's who served at Valley Forge in the 1st VA Regiment and the 4th VA Regiment. It is unclear if either of these is this William WALKER.
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
SOURCE 3:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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WALLACE |
JAMES |
YES |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
YES
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and was described as 28 years old, 5?9" tall, black hair, black eyes, yellow complexion, a planter who was born in and a resident of New Kent County; enlisted 11 JUL 1780 for the duration of the war. WALLACE is listed here because it is believed he became a resident of Charles City following the war and is the JAMES WALLIS listed as a free head of household in the 1810 Census. There is a Private James WALLACE who served at Valley Forge in the 1st VA Regiment, Callohill Mennis's Company. It is unclear if this is the same 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.
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WALLACE |
JOSEPH |
YES |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
YES
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
A native of James City Co who was engaged before the war under Lord DUNMORE to subdue the Indians; enlisted early on in Bedford Co under Capt. John BARD; marched to Savannah; then marched north under Capt. Alexander CUMMINGS; joined the Grand Army under Gen. WASHINGTON at While Plains; belonged to 1st Virginia Regiment under Col. PARKER; was sick at Valley Forge; he was in the Battle of Monmouth and at the Siege of York; he was to have received a bounty of $150 and 150 acres and his prior agent John M. GREGORY never obtained his land; Joseph VAIDEN acted as his agent to secure the land bounty; died 1835 and certified as Revolutionary War solder, heirs at law were John WALLACE and Sally ADAMS, a widow. In court records of 20 SEP 1855 he is certified as dying intestate with two children: Sallie WALLACE (now widow of Pleasant SMITH) and John WALLACE (died intestate leaving Nancy WALLACE, only heir who since married Cornelius SMITH).
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Land Bounty Warrant Application
SOURCE 2:
Charles City County Minute Book No. 3
SOURCE 3:
Charles City County Minute Book No. 4
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WARBURTON |
BENJ. |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at the Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as age 28, 5' 9" tall, black hair, black eyes, dark complexion, a shoemaker who was born in and a resident of Charles City County; enlisted 11 SEP 1780 for 18 months. He died before 18 JUL 1833 when certified in court as a Revolutionary War soldier, his legal representative was Benjamin WARBURTON, Jr. On 17 DEC 1829 the will of a Benj. WARBURTON was proved and recorded. WARBURTON is descriibed in a second size roll as enlisted at Charles City Courthouse SEP 1780 for 18 months, 28 years old, 5'9" tall
Sources
SOURCE 1:
with black hair
SOURCE 2:
blue eyes
SOURCE 3:
and a dark complexion
SOURCE 4:
a shoemaker by trade
SOURCE 5:
born in and resident of Charles City County. (Sometimes WABURTON)', '"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780
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WARBURTON |
JOHN |
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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WARBURTON |
THOMAS |
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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WARBURTON |
WILLIAM |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Enlisted in Capt. Wm. GREGORY's Company of the 6th Virginia Regiment and served two terms of enlistment; his heirs were allowed land bounty for three years service. Hobson's Roll Remarks: Deceased Jan. 13
Sources
SOURCE 1:
1777.', 'Land Bounty Warrant Application of Franis Bullifant', 'Louis A. Burgiss
SOURCE 2:
Virginia Soldiers of 1776
SOURCE 3:
(Richmond Press; Richmond: 1929) vol. 3
SOURCE 4:
1431', '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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WEAVER |
JOHN |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at the Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as age 17, 5' 6 ½ ? tall, brown hair; black eyes; dark complexion; born in New Kent County; resident of Charles City; 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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WEST |
JOHN |
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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|
WEST |
WILLIAM |
NO |
|
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Enlisted at Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 and described as 17 years old, 5?6? tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion, a carpenter who was born in New Kent County and was a resident of Charles City County; 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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|
WHITLOCK |
JOHN |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Added to this data base because he served as a substitute (some time after MAY 1782) in Charles City Co. for Henry FINCH under the command of Maj. WILLCOX until the end of the war; born in Henrico Co. and first entered into service in 1779 in the 1st VA Regiment of Militia.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension application S17195
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|
WHITT |
ISHAM |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Served in the 5th, 11th and 11th & 15th Virginia Regiments on the Continental Line.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
John H. Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginian of Virginians in the Revolution, (Richmond: 1938) p. 825
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|
WHITT |
LITTLEBERRY |
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 (name spelled WHEAT in the record).
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
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|
WHITT |
SHADRACK |
NO |
Continental Line |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Enlisted for three years in the 15th Virginia Regiment and DIED in service APR 1778 at Valley Forge. His wife was awarded a state pension. Private Shadrach WHITT served at Valley Forge in the 15th VA Regiment, Foster's Company. He is shown as "Sick Absent" in Dec. 1777, "Waiting on Sick" in Jan. 1778, "Sick" in Feb. and March 1778, and "Died, no Date given" in April 1778. Additional Remarks: Born circa 1741 in Lunenberg, Virginia. Wife was name Mary ROGERS.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
State Pension Application
SOURCE 2:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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|
WILKINSON |
DAVID |
NO |
State Militia |
+
|
|
Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
Information
Member of Militia Company formed 21 NOV 1776. There is a Margaret H. WILKINSON buried at "Belle Air" and if there is a relationship he may also be buried there.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
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WILLCOX |
JOHN |
NO |
State Militia |
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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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WILLCOX |
MAJOR, CAPT. |
NO |
State Militia |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
State Militia
Service
State Militia
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Commander of a militia company for which pay warrants were issued May 1779 name spelled WILCOX in the record.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. II, p. 162, 29 MAY 1779
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WILLIAMS |
WILLIAM |
NO |
Continental Line |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
Continental Line
Service
Continental Line
Information
Applied for a pension 03 MAY 1824 as a 69 year-old resident of Henrico Co., stating that he enlisted 10/11 FEB 1776 for a term of 2 years in Charles City Co. in the company commanded by Capt. William GREGORY on the Continental line; that he served untile he was discharged from service at Valley Forge; that he was in the battles of Trenton, Brandywine and Germantown.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension application S38474
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WILLS |
HENRY, 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; when he enlisted at the Chesterfield Courthouse in 1780 he was described as age 22, 5' 7" tall, black hair, black eyes, dark complexion, planter, born in and a resident of Charles City Co; enlisted 22 SEP 1780 for 18 months. Serg. Henry WELLS enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment 07 FEB 1778 for one year, much of which he was sick. His last report was in JAN 1779. Sergeant Henry WILLS served at Valley Forge in the 1st VA Regiment, Alexander CUMMINS Company. He is shown as "Enlisted Feb 4, 1778" in Feb. and March 1778, "Sick Present" May 1778, and "Sick Absent - Philadelphia" in June 1778. (Sometimes spelled WELLS)
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
"Chesterfield Supplement" or "Size Roll of Troops Joined at Chesterfield Courthouse since 01 September 1780," Library of Virginia Archives.
SOURCE 3:
M. Lee Minnis, The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783, Willow Bend Books, 1998, p. 404
SOURCE 4:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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WILSON |
WILLIAM |
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. A William WILSON enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment in FEB 1776 and was declared a deserter by 01 JUL 1778. It is not certain whether this is the same man. There are three William WILSON's who served at Valley Forge in the 2nd VAST, 15th VA, and 2nd VA Regiments. It is unclear if any of these are this William WILSON.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Charles City County Militia Book, Nov. 1776, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
M. Lee Minnis, The First Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1775-1783, Willow Bend Books, 1998, p. 412
SOURCE 3:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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WOOD |
JOHN |
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. There are three John WOOD's who served at Valley Forge in the 1st VA, 5th VA, and 10th VA Regiments. It is unclear if any of these are this John WOOD.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Auditor of Public Accounts Records, Vol. XVIII, 558-59, Library of Virginia Archives
SOURCE 2:
Valley Forge Muster Roll web site: http://www.valleyforgemusterroll.org.
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WRIGHT |
WILLIAM |
NO |
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Person of Color
NO
Service
Service
Information
Maj. Gen. LAFAYETTE issued an order 12 JUL 1781 exempting William WRIGHT of Charles City County from all military duty in consideration of some private services rendered the army. Hobson's Roll Remarks: None.
Sources
SOURCE 1:
Pension Application of James Bullifant (Brillifant) S.39236
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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YOUNGE |
THOMAS |
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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