Black Revolutionary Soldiers Of
Eastern North Carolina

Beaufort County: Benjamin Blango, Moses Blango, Solomon Blango, Thomas Blango, Thomas Blango Jr., John Braveboy, James Conner, James Harvey, Joshua Johnston, Giles Moore, John Punch Moore, Kuffle Moore, Israel Pierce, Abel Ross.

Hyde County: Solomon Baker, John Brinn, Abel Harriss, Elija Harriss, Jeremiah Johnston, Robert Mackey, Benjamin Murray, Timothy Murray, Benjamin Neals, Abraham Swindell, Ross Thomas.

Image: North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources: Forgotten Heroes: Remembering North Carolina’s Black Patriots of the Revolutionary War (An A250 Event)

Narrative source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Book: Forgotten PATRIOTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN PATRIOTS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR;
The Beaufort County NC Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, NC State Archives
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National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Forgotten PATRIOTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN PATRIOTS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

A Guide to Service, Sources and Studies

Eric G. Grundset Editor and Project Manager
with Researchers, Briana L. Diaz, Hollis L. Gentry, and Jean D. Strahan
2008



The inclusion of some of the men in this list may be open to differing interpretation by other researchers as to whether or not they were of African, Indian, European, or mixed descent. They are included here because of the possibility that they were of minority ethnic background based on name analysis and/or military occupation/rank and not because of a specific statement in the records of their ethnicity. Most Revolutionary War records do not indicate race or color.

Inclusion in this list does not guarantee that these men had descendants or that individuals applying to lineage societies for membership as descendants of specific patriots will automatically be approved based on this listing alone. Additional documentation will likely be necessary. This publication seeks to identify and to recognize the patriots themselves and to serve as a reference for additional research. Application to a lineage society and compliance with that organization’s requirements for genealogical documentation are the responsibilities of the applicant.
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ABSHIER, JOSIAH, African American, 1830NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:418, HEI‐2, Anson Co.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Mr. Cogdell, SRNC:22:499, no
residence given
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Mr. Ellis, SRNC:22:499, no residence
given
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Presly Nelms, driver,
JWLBRM1:II:115, Franklin Co
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of George Ormsby, SRNC:22:499
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Captain Rooke, SRNC:22:499, [1790
Northampton Co. census shows Benjamin (5 slaves), John (57 slaves), Martin (2 slaves), and Sarah (2
slaves) Rook as slave owners]
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Edward Starkey, HAUN:XI:pt
10:1272, [1790 Jones Co. Census shows he owned 5 slaves]
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Henry Toomer, WNH:92, [1790 New
Hanover Co. census shows he owned 51 slaves]
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, enslaved man of Mary Walker, made gunpowder,
HAUN:XI:pt10:1255, no residence given
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (“Negro”), Patriotic Service, slave of Mr. Wunford, SRNC:22:499, no residence
given
ALLAN, JOSEPH, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), RNC:600, GC:1:13, RJS:34, Granville Co.
ALLEN, ARTHUR, African American, 1784‐87NC (“Other Free”), RNC:74, Northampton Co.
ARCHER, CALEB, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:VIII:98, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
ARTIS, ARCHIBALD, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), mentioned in R4812 Holiday Hethcock’s pension, HEI‐2,
Northampton Co.
ARTIS, JOHN, JR., 1830 NC (“Free Person of Color”), S41416, HEI‐2, Robeson Co, res. Cumberland Co.
BALTRIP, JAMES, “Dark,” McBRIDE1:XV:109, HEI‐2, Bute Co.
BASKET/BASKETT, WILLIAM, Indian, RNC:188, no residence given
BASS, COUNCIL, African American (“Free Negro”), RNC:l07, RJS:34, Northampton Co.
BASS, ELIJAH, African American (“Free Negro”), mentioned in W4061 Benjamin Richardson’s pension, Halifax
Co.
BELL, RICHARD, Lumbee Indian, W25231 [wife Candis reported in W25231 that he died August 6, 1848],
RNC:453, OLIK, Anson Co., res. Randolph Co.
BELL, SAMUEL, Lumbee Indian “other free”, S6598 [born May 1749 in Surry Co., VA], RNC:454, OLIK, enl.
Robeson Co., res. Duplin Co. [Note: DAR established patriot.]

BENJAMIN, African American (“Negroe”), Musician 2nd Regt., RNC:63, HAUN:pt9:1200, no county given
BIBBY, ABSOLEM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:109, Bute Co.
BIBBY, EDMUND, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), McBRIDE1:XV:109, HEI‐2, Bute Co.
BIBBY, SOLOMON, African American (“Free Man of Color”), Private and waiter, S6644, FFPV [died in Franklin
Co. on March 6, 1846 leaving no surviving widow], Bute Co.
BIBBY, THOMAS, **, McBRIDE4:VIII:156, Burke Co.
BIRD/BYRD, MOSES, African American, musician, RNC:71&112, RJS:34, Halifax Co.
BIRD, REUBEN, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), bowman, S37776, HEI‐2, Orange Co.
BLACK, MARTIN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41441, HEI‐2, FPPV [died October 18, 1821],
Carteret Co.
BLANGO, BENJAMIN, African American (“Free Negro”), RNC:l06, HEI‐2, Beaufort Co.
BLANGO, MOSES, African American (“Free Negro”), RNC:226, Beaufort Co.
BLANGO, THOMAS, African American (“Free Negro”), RNC:404, Beaufort Co.
BOON, ELISHA, African American, S35196, Nash Co., res. 1850 Allen Co., Ky.
BRABOY/BRAVEBOY, JACOB, African American (“Mulato”), RNC:78, HEI‐2, Bertie Co.
BRAVEBOY, JOHN, African American (“Black”), NCN:6:728, HEI‐2, deserted, Carteret Co.
BROOKS, JOHN, Lumbee Indian, S6732, BLWt 80030‐160‐55, RNC:608, HEI‐2, Robeson Co.
BROWN, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:200, Northampton Co.
BRUTUS, African American (“Free Negro”), NCRRA:5:2142, RWBL, no residence given
BURNETT, CHARLES, Mixed descent (“Free Mulatto”), RNC:108; BERNC:98, Halifax Co.
BURNETT, DAVID, African American (“Man of color”), RNC:78, BERNC:98, HEI‐2, Orange Co.
BURNETT, WILLIAM, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), NCN:6:730, HEI‐2, Dobbs Co.
BUTLER, JOHN, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), S41463, HEI‐2, Bertie Co.
CARTER, ISAAC, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), 1790NC, HAUN:journ.A:140, BERNC:98, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
[Note: DAR established patriot.]
CARTER, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), R1749, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
CARTER, JOHN EDWARD, **, R10316, Duplin Co.
CARTER, JOSHUA, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), HAUN:journ.A:140, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
CARTER, MOSES, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41470, HEI‐2, Cumberland Co.
CASE, JONATHAN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:517, McBRIDE4:VIII:213, HEI‐2, Currituck
Co.
CASE, JOSEPH, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41472, HEI‐2, FPPV [died August 11, 1826],
Currituck Co.
CHARBE, WENECKE, Indian, HAUN:II:pt1:275, no residence given
CHAVIS, CAESAR, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), HAUN:II:pt1:248, Bertie Co.
CHAVIS, DRURY, African American (“Negro“), RNC:115&116, HEI‐2, Edenton District
CHAVIS, HENRY, African American, HAUN:II:pt1:282, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
CHAVIS, SOLOMON, **, CRNC:17, 185, Halifax Co.
COPELAND, CATO, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W17665 [married Nancy Mitchel on December
16, 1778; died in 1827], HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
CORNET, BYRD, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:114&514, Northampton Co.
CUBIT/CUBBIT/CUBERT, African American (“Free Black Man”), Drummer, RNC:52, HAUN:pt15:2143, RWBL,
BERNC:99, New Hanover Co.
CUFFEE, **, Patriotic Service, SRNC:22:499, no residence given
CUMBO, GIBSON, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), HAUN:IX:v7:931, Bladen Co.
CUMMINGS, THOMAS, Lumbee Indian, OLIK, no residence given
CURRITUCK JACK, African American, OBMSS, no residence given
DAVIS, RICHARD, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), BERNC:99, HEI‐2, Brunswick Co.
DAY, JOHN, “Man of Color,” BERNC:99, RNC:60, HEI‐2, Granville Co.
DEMERY, ALLEN, African American (“Black”), CRNC:16:1047, Anson Co.
DENHAM, DAVID, African American, Private, W27540 [married Fanny Lucas; died June 14, 1850 in Hancock
Co. Tenn.], BLWt 56853‐160‐55, 1830TN, 1840TN, res. Claiborne Co.

DOVE, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), HAUN:journ.A:141, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
DRING, THOMAS, African American, CRNC:16:1040, HEI‐2, Currituck Co.
DUNSTAN, WILLIAM, African American (“Molatto”), NCN 6:727, HEI‐2, Bute Co.
ELLIS, HENRY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), HEI‐2, Wake Co.
ELLIS, JOHN, (“Man of Colour”), S32233 [died October 29, 1850 in Williamson Co., IL; children: James, William,
Polly, Mahala and Henry], HEI‐2, enl. Wake Co., res. Williamson Co.
ESSIG, JOSEPH, Indian, RNC:429&575, no residence given
FLOOD, BENJAMIN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:IX:153, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
FOSTER, WILLIAM, (“Man of Color”), BERNC:99, HEI‐2, Tyrell Co.
FRANKLIN, AMBROSE, African American, LINN:III:224, Halifax Co.
FRANKLIN, CHARLES, African American, LINN:III:224, Halifax Co.
FREDERICK, African American, musician, HAUN:pt15:2142, RWBL, no residence given
FREDERICK, African American (“Negroe/Negrove”), Musician 2nd Regt., RNC:63, HAUN:pt9:1200
FREE, CHRISTIAN, **, HAUN:XI:pt10:1259, no residence given
GARNS/GARNER, ANTHONY, (“Free man of color”), S38723, Hertford Co.
GARNS/GARNES, JEFFERY, African American (“Black man”), NCN:6:726, GC:1:10, HEI‐2, Granville Co.
GARRICK, BLACK, African American, Drummer, RNC:72, no residence given
GIBSON, CHARLES, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:IX:222, HEI‐2, Wayne Co.
GOING, EDWARD, African American (“Black”), McBRIDE4:IX:224, HEI‐2, Bute Co.
GOWEN/GOINS, JENKINS, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), RNC:600, HEI‐2, GC:1:11, Granville Co.
GRAVES, EZEKIEL, African American, HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
GREGORY, JOHN, African American, HEI‐2, enl. Brunswick Co., res. Craven Co.
GRIFFEN, NED, African American (“Black”), SRNC:24:639, BERNC:100, HEI‐2, WCNS, Edgecombe Co.
HAITHCOCK, AARON, 1800NC (“Other Free”), HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
HAITHCOCK, FREDERICK, African American (“free colored”), HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
HAITHCOCK/HETHCOCK, HOLIDAY, (“Free man of color”), R4812, HEI‐2, RNC:160, Johnston Co.
HAMMOND, ISAAC, African American (“Free Negro”), W7654 [married Dicey in Fayetteville in 1787; he died
1822; she died October 10, 1852; daughter Rachel, son George], RNC:134, HEI‐2, Cumberland Co.
HAMMOND, JOHN, Mixed descent (“Lumbee Indian”/“Mulatto”), S8654 [died October 1858], OLIK, 1850NC
Robeson Co., Anson Co.
HARRIS, EDWARD, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:X:111, HEI‐2, Granville Co.
HARRIS, GIBSON, African American (“Black man”), RNC:600, HEI‐2, GC:1:11, Granville Co.
HARRIS, JAMES, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), W11223 [married Kezia Minor in April 1801 in Rockingham Co.;
he died 1842 in Patrick Co., VA], BLWt 31703‐160‐55, HEI‐2, Orange Co., living Patrick Co., Va. in 1835
HARRIS, JESSE, African American (“Free man of color”), W1277 [Julia Taburn, 2nd wife], Orange Co.
HARRIS, SHERROD/SHERWOOD, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W3984 [died in 1833 in Granville
Co.], BLWt 1030‐160‐55, FPPV [wife Martha/Polly died November 25, 1859; children: Jonathan, Johnson,
Haywood & Frances], Granville Co. [Note: Not the same man as DAR patriot from Anson Co.]
HATCHER, DAVID, Indian (“half indian”), NCN:6:726, GC:1:11, Granville Co.
HAWKINS, HENRY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:131, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
HAWLEY, BENJAMIN, African American, HEI‐2 son of Joseph Hawley, Granville Co.
HAWLEY, JOSEPH, African American (“Black”), McBRIDE4:X:112, HEI‐2, Granville Co.
HEDGEPETH, PETER, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:X:235, HEI‐2, Wake Co.
HEITHCOCK, FREDERICK, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:l60, Halifax Co.
HERSEY, WILLIAM, (“Colored”), BERNC:100, no residence given
HETHCOCK/HATHCOCK, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Soldier, RNC:160, RJS:34,
Northampton Co.
HICK/HICKS, JAMES, Indian, HAUN:II:pt2:587, no residence given
HICKS, MICAJAH, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W7738 [wife Mary died June 12, 1853], HEI‐2,
FPPV [he died December 30, 1837; wife Mary lived in Wilkes Co.], Franklin Co.
HOOD, CHARLES, (“Free man of color”), S41659 [died November 15, 1833], HEI‐2, Orange Co.

HOOD, WILLIAM, Mixed Descent (“mullato boy”), Private, W25781 [married Catharine Frances/Kitty Dephens
on August 9, 1812 in Jefferson Co, IN; he died in Jennings Co., IN on April 6, 1829; children: Hannibal,
Jesse, Sally and Ellenor], BLWt 26978‐160‐55, HEI‐2, RNC:135, enl. Rockingham Co.
HULL, JACKSON, **, JWLBRM2:I:160, Halifax Co.
HUNT, BERRY, Lumbee Indian, OLIK, Camden Co.
HUNT, DAVID, African American (“Black”), NCN:6:726, HEI‐2, GC:1:11, Granville Co.
HUNT, ELISHA, (“Colored Man”), S13486, Dobbs Co.
ISAAC, African American (“Negroe”), Patriotic Service: provided services, HAUN:X:pt8:1018, no residence
IVEY, DAVID, (“Man of color”), musician and waggoner, RNC:207, HEI‐2, Orange Co.
JACK, African American (“Negro”), LINN:IV:176, slave of Caleb White, Patriotic Service, Currituck Co.
JACK, FRANCIS, (“Colored”), BERNC:100, HEI‐2, RNC:137, Onslow Co.
JACOBS, EZEKIAH, (“Other Free”) 1800NC, HEI‐2, New Hanover Co.
JACOBS, PRIMUS, Lumbee Indian, S41688, RNC:138&578, HEI‐2, OLIK, FPPV [died July 23, 1834 in New
Hanover Co.; wife Ann] New Hanover Co.
JACOBS, THOMAS, Lumbee Indian, OLIK, no tow given
JACOBS, ZACHARIAH, African American (“Black”), W5304, HEI‐2, Brunswick Co.; FPPV [died April 10, 1847
in New Hanover Co.; wife Sarah/Sally], [Note: DAR established patriot.]
JACQUOI, JOSEPH BURD, Indian (“Mohegan Indian”), ARIC:28, no residence given
JAMES, BENJAMIN, African American, RNC:138, HEI‐2, 1790NC Halifax Co., Bertie Co.
JAMES, ELISHA, (“Free Colored”), Northampton Co, WYCHE:IV:149, HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
JAMES, FREDERICK, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:IV:150, RNC:536, Bertie Co.
JAMES, ISAAC, (“Other Free”), Private, HEI‐2, 1800NC Hertford Co.
JAMES, JEREMIAH, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W647, RNC:137, HEI‐2, Bertie Co.
JAMES, THOMAS, Mixed Descent (“Free Mulatoe”), HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
JAMES, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:136, Bertie Co.
JEFFERIES, JACOB, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XI:115, RNC:137, HEI‐2, Orange Co.
JEFFREY, DREWRY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S7067, Orange Co.
JEFFRIES, JOHN, (“Dark”), HEI‐2 (Continental Line), Bute Co.
JEFFRIES/JEFFREYS, JOHN, African American, S8754, HEI‐2, res. Orange Co.
JOHNSTON, BRUTUS, **, Musician, RNC:136, no residence given
JONES, ABRAHAM, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), NCN:6:726, GC:1:10, Granville Co.
JONES, FRANCIS, African American (“Black”), HEI‐2, enl. Northampton Co.
JONES, JAMES, 1800NC (“Other Free”), S41701, Halifax Co. [Note: Not the same man as two DAR established
patriots of the same name from Halifax Co. who furnished supplies.]
JONES, JONATHAN, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), NCN:6:726,GC:1:10, Granville Co.
JONES, PHILIP, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XI:118, HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
KERSEY, JAMES, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S8788, HEI‐2, FPPV [died March 12, 1844; wife
Christian], Bladen Co.
KERSEY/CASEY, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE3:III:30, LINN:VI:103, waiter
to General Sumner, Warren Co. W29906 1⁄2, HEI-2, enl. Bute Co., res. Warren Co., also served in Va.
LASSITER, TOBIAS, Cherokee Indian, NCHN: 8, Nash Co. [Note: DAR established patriot.]
LEWIS, MORGAN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41766 HEI‐2, Halifax Co. [Note: DAR
established patriot.]
LOCUS, VALENTINE, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W20497, BERNC:101, Granville Co.
LOMACK, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41783, CAMIN:XIV:45, HEI‐2, Robeson Co.,
res. Cumberland Co. [Note: Not the same man as DAR established patriot of the same name.]
LOTT, JOB, African American, BERNC:101, HEI‐2, no residence given
LUCAS, BILLING, (“Colored”), BERNC:101, HEI‐2, no residence given
MANLEY, JAMES, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), QUERIES:XII:72, Craven Co.
MANLEY, LITTLETON, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:149, Northampton Co.
MANLEY, MOSES, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, S41796, HEI‐2, FFPV [died May 16, 1834,
in Cumberland Co.; wife Chloe], Halifax Co.
MANLEY, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:236, Northampton Co.
MANUEL, CHRISTOPHER, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, S7812, RNC:459, Duplin Co.
MANUEL, JESSE, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41808, McBRIDE4:XIII:93, HEI‐2, Bladen Co.
MANUEL, NICHOLAS, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), R6887, HEI‐2, Duplin Co.

MARTIN, ABSALOM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, S41800 [first wife Rachel by whom he
had the following children: Absalom, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Littleton, Francis, Penny, Sarah], HEI‐2,
FPPV [died September 30, 1828; second wife Phebe Thomson], Beaufort Co. [Note: DAR established
patriot.]
MARTIN, JESSE, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), R6949, HEI‐2, Gates Co.
MARTIN, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XIII:94, HEI‐2, New Hanover Co.
MASON, PATRICK, “Free Colored,” 1800NC, HEI‐2, Person Co.
MASON, THOMAS, **, R6993, Caswell Co.
MILLS, DANIEL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XIII:98, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
MINGO, African American, Armorer, RNC:55, BERNC:101, no residence given
MOORE, SIMEON, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41960, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
MORGAN, ISAAC, Mixed descent, 1800NC (“Mulatto” and “Other Free”), NCN 6:752, HEI‐2, Edgecombe Co.
[Note: Not the same as DAR established patriot from Franklin Co.]
MORGAN, WILLIAM, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), 1800NC, S9034
NEWSOM, BOOTH/BOOTHE, African American, 1784‐87NC (“Other Free”), RNC:150, RJS:36, Northampton Co.
NEWSOM/NUSUM, ETHELRED/NETHELRID/NATHERID, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”),
McBRIDE4:XIV:111, RNC:16&150, RJS:36, Bladen Co.
NEWSOM, MOSES, African American, 1784‐87(“Other Free”), JWLBRM2:II:45, RJS:36, Northampton Co.
NICKENS, CARTER, **, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
NlCKENS, EDWARD, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, LINN:IV:174, HEI‐2, HAUN:pt9:1203,
Hertford Co.
NICKENS, MALACHI, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, S41925, HEI‐2, HAUN:pt9:1202, PPV
[died intestate on February 10, 1827], Hertford Co.
NOONDAY, Indian (“Half Indian”), pilot, mentioned in S15890 pension of Abram Hill, Washington Co.
NORTON, JACOB, (“Man of color”), NCG:16:2578, HEI‐2, Orange Co.
NORWOOD, OBED, African American (“Molato”), NCN:6:728, HEI‐2, Carteret Co.
NORWOOD, THEOPHILIUS, African American (“Molato”) NCN:6:728, HEI‐2, Carteret Co.
ORDER, PETER, **, McBRIDE4:XIV:114, Bladen Co.
OVERTON, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XIV:115, HEI‐2, Cumberland Co.
OVERTON, JONATHAN, (“Of Color”), S8915, CPAR, Chowan Co.
OVERTON, LEMUEL, African American (“Free Black”), BGMMS:178, McBRIDE2:VII:93, Perquimans Co.
OVERTON, SAMUEL, African American (“Molatto”), S41928, FPPV [lived in Pasquotank Co. 40 years], HEI‐2,
Chowan Co., res. Pasquotank Co.
OVERTON, TITUS, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), HAUN:journ.A:2, HEI‐2, Bladen Co.
PARKER, ELISHA, (“Man of Color”), S11211, Gates Co. [Note: Not the same man as DAR established patriot
from Gates Co. who died in 1793. This patriot of color applied for a pension from a Nansemond Co.
courthouse in 1834.]
PEARCE/PIERCE, ISRAEL, African American (“Free Black”), S3660; BGMMS:181, McBRIDE4:XIV:230,
FPPV [res. previously in Hyde Co.], Tyrrell Co.
PEAVEY, THOMAS, African American (“Black”), RNC:56, New Hanover Co.
PENDERGRASS, RICHARD, African American, 1800NC (“Free Negro”), BGMMS:183, Person Co.
PERKINS, GEORGE, African American (“Free Negro”), 1790NC, BGMMS:182, Craven Co.
PERKINS, ISAAC, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41953, FPPV [died May 23, 1830 in Craven Co.;
wife Deborah], HEI‐2, WAL, Craven Co.
PETER, JACK, **, CSP, no residence given
PETTIFORD, DRURY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), CAMIN:XV:162, HEI‐2, Stokes Co.
PETTIFORD, ELIAS, **, SRNC:16:1138; HAUN:v2:715, no residence given
PETTIFORD, GEORGE, African American, W9223 [married Tabitha Johnson March 10, 1837 in Granville Co.],
1790NC (“Other Free”), CAMIN:XV:162, HEI‐2, enl. Caswell Co., res. Granville Co.
PETTIFORD, PHILIP, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S41952, CAMIN:XV:162, HEI‐2, FPPV [died
April 13, 1825], Granville Co.
PETTIFORD, WILLIAM, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), S41948, NCN:6:726, HEI‐2, GC:1:13, Granville Co.
PIERCE, WILLIAM, African American (“Free Colored”), McBRIDE4:XIV:230, HEI‐2, Tyrrell Co.
POWELL, STEPHEN JR., Mixed descent (“Free Mulatto”), BGMMS:193, no residence given
PRIMES, RECORD, (“Free man of color”), waiter, R8486, resided in Roane Co., Tenn. in 1846
PUGH, ARTHUR, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), HEI‐2, Bertie Co.

PUGH, DAVID, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:275, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
QUASH, **, Patriotic Service, New River Express service, slave of Lehansius Dekeyser, WNH:90, no residence
REDMAN, WILLIAM, African American, HEI‐2, res. Buncombe Co.
REED, BENJAMIN, African American, S41976, HEI‐2, Gates Co.
REED, DEMPSEY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Soldier, BERNC:101, HEI‐2, RNC:180,
Mecklenburg Co.
REED, ISAAC, African American (“Negro”), McBRIDE4:XV:102, Hertford Co.
REED, JACOB, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XV:103, HEI‐2, Gates Co.
REVELL, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:271, no residence given
REVELL/REVELS, MICHAEL, Lumbee Indian, S4077, RNC:584, OLIK, no residence given
RICHARDSON, BENJAMIN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W4061, FPPV [died November 24, 1844;
wife Mary by whom he had the following children: Jesse, Lucy Gray/Lucy Evans and Absalom], HEI‐2,
Halifax Co.
ROBERTS, ISHMAEL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XV:l05, HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
ROBERTS, ISHMAEL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:156&194; NCT:2:172, Dobbs Co. [Note:
DAR established patriot.]
ROBERTS, JAMES, “Free Negro,” RJS:36, no residence given
ROBERTS, JONATHAN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), HAUN:journ.A:20, HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
ROBERTS, JOHN, “Free Negro,” RJS:36
ROBERTS, WILLIAM, “Free Negro,” RJS:36
ROCK, JACK, (“Man of colour”), Soldier, BERNC:102, HEI‐2, no residence given
ROE, CHARLES, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S7416, McBRIDE1:XV:109, NCN:6:727, HEI‐2, FPPV
[died May 31, 1850 in Almance Co. leaving no widow], Bute Co.
ROE, JAMES, African American, HEI‐2, Franklin Co.
ROGERS, PARKER, Mixed descent (“Mulatto”), Fifer, slave of Robert Rayford, JWLBRM2:I:167, no town given
SANTEE, CAESAR, African American, BLWt 12580 & 13710, BERNC:102, HEI‐2, Halifax District
SCIPIO, HILL, African American, BERNC:102, Private, HEI‐2, M881, no residence given
SCOTT, EMANUEL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XIV:232, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
SCOTT, EXUM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:617, Halifax Co.
SCOTT, ISAAC, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), 1790NC, RNC:19,166, RJS:34, Northampton Co.
SCOTT, ISHAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S42004, HEI‐2, FPPV [died March 19, 1837; wife
Rebecca], Halifax Co.
SCOTT, SAUL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:19,198,224&231, Northampton Co .
SCOTT, STERLING, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:161, RJS:34, Northampton Co.
SCOTT, STEVEN, African American (“Free Negro”), RJS:34
SIMS, LEWIS, African American (“Black man”), NCN:6:727, HEI‐2, GC:1:14, Granville Co.
SLAVE, **, Patriotic Service, slave of David Ambrose, SRNC:22:499, no residence given
SMITH, JAMES, (“Colored”), BERNC:102, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
SPELMAN, AARON, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XVI:234, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
SPELMAN/SPELMORE, ASA, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S42022, CAMIN:XVII:33, HEI‐2,
Craven Co.
STEWART, DEMPSEY, African American (“Free Negro Man”), W3734 [wife Lucy; married February 10, 1786],
FPPV [died January 10, 1849 in Brunswick Co.], Northampton Co.
STEWART/STEWARD, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), WAL, R10173, HEI‐2,
Northampton Co.
STRINGER, HEZEKIAH, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XVI:238, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
STRINGER, MINGO, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), SRNC:16:1163, HEI‐2, Craven Co.
SWEAT, ABRAHAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:21&163, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
SWEAT/SWETT/SWEET, ALLEN, Pamunkey Indian, Wl6, HEI‐2, Halifax Co. [Note: DAR established
patriot.]
SWEAT, GEORGE, African American, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
SWEAT, WILLIAM, African American, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
TABORN, ALLEN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), RNC:l68, HEI‐2, deserted, Northampton Co.
TABORN, BURRELL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S7694, HEI‐2, FPPV [died January 9, 1842 in
Nash Co.; children: Hardiman, Larkin, Caleb, Boling, Elizabeth & Beady Taborn Locust (wife of Berry
Locust), all of whom lived in Nash Co. all of their lives], Nash Co.
TABORN/TABURN, JOEL, (“Person of color”), servant of an officer, S42031, FFPV [died November 29, 1835
leaving no widow or children], Nash Co.

TABORN, WILLIAM, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), W18115 [wife Nelly Evans; married January 1,
1778 in Warren Co.], FPPV [born in Granville Co.], Warren Co.
TANN, BENJAMIN, African American, HEI‐2, no residence given
TANN, DRURY, (“Free Man of Colour”), S19484, HEI‐2, RJS:34, 1784‐87NC, Wake Co.
TANN, EPHRAIM, African American, HEI‐2, no residence given
TANN, JAMES, African American, HEI‐2, no residence given
TANN, JOSEPH, African American, HEI‐2, no residence given
TERRY, POMPEY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XVII:111, M881, Pasquotank Co.
TITUS, ISHMAEL, African American, R10623, Rowan Co.
TONEY, ANTHONY, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), Private, RNC:234, Bertie Co.
TONEY, ARTHUR, (“Free Colored”), W4835 [married Elizabeth Edewell on December 26, 1799; he died at his
home in Caswell Co.], HEI‐2, PFFV [died July 19, 1847], enlisted in Halifax Co., res. CaswelI Co
TONEY, JOHN, Mixed descent (“Free Mulatto”), W9859, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
TURNER, CHARLES, (“Free Colored”), CAMIN:XVII:l60, Pasquotank Co.
TYLER, BARTLET, African American, HEI‐2, Granville Co.
TYNER, ASA, (”Dark”), McBRIDE1:XV:109, HEI‐2, Bute Co.
VALENTINE, DANIEL, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), R10820, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
VALENTINE, PETER, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), mentioned in R10820 pension of his brother
Daniel Valentine, HEI‐2, Halifax Co.
WALDEN, DRURY, African American, Private and musician, 1790NC (“Other Free”), R11014 [, HEI‐2, RJS:34,
FPPV [died October 22, 1834; wife Elizabeth], Bute Co.
WARD, NANCY, Cherokee Indian, ATN, CVSP:1, ANB:22, Chota, Cherokee National, NC [Note: DAR
established patriot.]
WEAVER, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), S42061, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
WEBB, SAMUEL, African American (“Black” and “Other Free”), QRENC, Bladen Co.
WIGGINS, ABSALOM, **, RNC:65, Bertie Co.
WIGGINS, ARTHUR, (“Free Colored”), S7952, HEI‐2, Hertford Co.
WIGGINS, HENRY, (“Man of Colour”), BERNC:102, no residence given
WIGGINS, MATTHEW, Mixed descent (“Free Mulatto”), RNC:176, mentioned in S7952 pension of
his brother Arthur Wiggins, HEI‐2, Bertie Co.
WILKINSON, JOHN, African American, 1790NC (“Other Free”), McBRIDE4:XVIII:99, HEI‐2, Northampton Co.
WOMBLE, JOHN, (“Other Free”), servant to a doctor, S42083, HEI‐2, Halifax Co. [Note: DAR established
patriot.]