COUNTY
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
COUNTIES PER DISTRICT HAVING PATRIOTS
PATRIOTS PER COUNTY
PATRIOTS PER DISTRICT

1. Halifax - 1 - 14 - 30 - 109
2. Northampton - 1- 14- 25- 109
3. Granville- 13 & 1 5- (13th) 18- 28
4. Franklin- 2- -2- 13- 15
5. Craven -1 & 3 -14(1st) -12 -109
6. Hertford- 1- 14- 12- 109
7. Bertie -1 -14- 10- 109
8. Orange- 4- 1- 9- 9
9. Bladen -7- 7- 7- 24
10. New Hanover -7- 7- 6- 24
11. Wake -13,- 4 & 2 5- (13th)- 4- 28
12. Cumberland- 7- 7- 4- 24
13. Beaufort -3 & 1 7- (3rd) 4 -18
14. Carteret- 3 -7 -4- 18
15. Currituck- 3- 7- 4 -18
16. Gates- 1- 14- 4- 109
17. Caswell- 13- 5- 3- 28
18. Duplin- 7 & 3- 7 -(7th) 3- 24
19. Anson- 8 -1 -3 3
20. Tyrrell -3 -7 -3 -18
21. Edgecombe- 1 -14 -3- 109
22. Greene -1 -14 -3 -109
23. Pasquotank- 1- 14- 3- 109
24. Person -13- 5- 2- 28
25. Brunswick- 7- 7 -2 -24
26. Nash- 2 & 3- 2 (2nd) -2- 15
27. Chowan -1 -14- 2 -109
28. Warren- 1 -14 -2 -109
29. Mecklenburg- 9 & 12- 1 (9th)- 1 1
30. Rowan- 6 & 12 -1 (6th) -1 1
31. Stokes -5 &13 -1 -1 1
32. Rockingham- 13- 5- 1 -28
33. Buncombe- 11 -1 1 1
34. Burke -10- 1- 1 1
35. Robeson- 7 -7- 1- 24
36. Wayne- 3 & 1 7 -(3rd) 1- 18
37. Jones -3 -7- 1- 18
38. Onslow- 3 -7- 1 -18
39. Johnston- 1- 14- 1 -109
40. Perquimans -1 -14- 1 -109
41. Washington -1 -14 -1- 109
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Fact Sheet About North Carolina

 African Americans served in all of the major battles of the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), from Lexington and Concord to Yorktown.
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 Revised estimates suggest that between 10,000 or more could have served as soldiers, marines and civilian workers (referred to interchangeably as soldiers and patriots).
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 For generations, historians had estimated that at least 5,000 served; however, less than half were known until 2008 when Forgotten Patriots, African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War (See NC chapter, page 551) was published by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and put names to numbers.
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 At least 252 patriots served in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina. Initially, NC sought to disarm blacks, impose curfews and bar them from service. On May 9, 1777, the General Assembly made military
service mandatory for men 16 to 50, regardless of race.
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 At least 210 patriots are connected by birth, enlistment, residence, marriage or death to 41 counties in NC.
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 Just over 5 percent of the 5,000 known soldiers resided at one time in NC. However, every black citizen of NC at the outset of the Revolution was required to subscribe to an Oath of Allegiance. Every one of the estimated 200,000 blacks in NC in 1775 is by definition a patriot, making every descendant in theory eligible to join a heritage society like the DAR or Sons of the American Revolution.
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 The U.S. Senate Energy Committee recommended for approval (January 2012) a bill to create a citizen-funded National Liberty Memorial. The future Washington landmark would honor the struggles of thousands, including soldiers, runaway slaves, spies, laborers and freedom petitioners. Men, women and children alike.
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 The viability of S. 883 (Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Charles Grassley) and a House companion, H.R. 2181 (late Rep. Donald Payne and Rep. Frank Wolf), depend in part on the response of NC’s delegation. NC is the supreme example of how African American patriots are tied to officials and citizens of every background and political persuasion.
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 Communities are the patriots’ closest and most verifiable connection. The actions sought to be given voice are about the nation’s founding principles and our capacity to embrace them while acknowledging one another as one people. Resolutions so far of over 50 communities and state officials are a growing acknowledgement.
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 NC Sen. Richard Burr played a major role in the reporting of S. 883 to the Senate. Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole cosponsored an early bill. NC Rep. Howard Coble participated in hearings in a previous congress.
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 At least 41 of the 100 counties of NC are connected to one or more patriots. 12 of NC’s 13 congressional districts are associated with one or more patriots – either wholly or shared.
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 Nearly 83 percent, or 210, of the 252 known NC patriots are associated with a community. Some of the 42 not so identified may be connected by future research.
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 Every town, city and community may claim and honor all of NC’s patriots whether or not a direct connection is found.
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 Descriptive lists reveal them as Negro, black, mulatto, mustee, yellow, colored, free, born Africa, part Indian, man of color, mixed descent, slave, and enslaved.
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 Because some patriots were light skinned, they may be misidentified in census records and pension applications as “white.” Scores may never be identified by the color that defined them as slave or scarcely a “free” person.
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 Most black NC patriots had typical European names; however, 9 are only identified as “enslaved man of…”.
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 The patriots had wives, children, heirs and descendants. The descendants of at least 6 NC patriots at one time became members of the DAR. One is a member of the SAR.
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 Black patriots throughout the states served in many roles: soldier, sailor, marine, patriotic service, laborer, cobbler, cook’s mate, waiter, barber, landsman, drummer, fifer, carpenter, servant, and gentleman soldier. (The majority listed in Forgotten Patriots were fighting men. All were put in harm’s way by their own decisions.)
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 At least 52 of NC’s black soldiers applied for pensions. Some list families and the details of service. Their pensions may be accessed at the Southern Campaigns of the American
Revolution.
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 109 of NC’s 210 soldiers with known residences are tied to 17 (4 shared patriots) counties in the 1st Congressional District and 101 are tied to 27 counties in the 2nd to 10th and 12th and 13th Congressional Districts. Halifax (30) and Northampton (25) in the 1st and Granville (18) and Franklin (13) in the 13th
and 2nd have the highest totals.
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 The 12 districts with connections are represented by Reps. Butterfield (109-1st), Miller (28-13th), McIntyre (24-7th), Jones(18-3rd), Ellmers (15-2nd), Price (9-4th), Kissell (3-8th), Foxx (1-5th) and Shuler (1-11th). Rep. Watt (2-12th) shares one patriot with Rep. Myrick (1-9th) and one with Rep. Coble (1-6th). Representation is even: 6 Republicans and 6 Democrats.
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 About 75 percent or 3,770 of the 5,000 known black patriots resided in MA (1,570), CT (821), RI (783), and VA (596). Unlike NC, there are few African American officials in those states presumed to speak for them. But every leader will find reason to stand up for what they did to secure the “blessings of liberty,” while largely enslaved. Some will discover patriots who once resided in their communities. Others may grasp
that they may have posterity in the form of up to 8 million descendants receptive to being inspired by the history.
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 Rep. Butterfield represents more patriots than any other Congressional Black Caucus member. VA Rep. Scott is next at around 50. Those with over 100 include – Reps. Courtney (267-CT), Langevin (228-RI), Olver (179-MA), Tierney (158-MA), Keating (149-MA), Whitman (142-VA), DeLauro (121-CT), Frank (119-MA), Lynch (119-MA), Cicilline(118-RI), and Tsongas (113-MA).
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 Rep. Edward Markey (MA), ranking member on the key House Resources Committee, represents 100. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA) represents 57.
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 MA Sens. John Kerry and Scott Brown represent the highest number at no less than 1,570.

*Sheet revised 05/18/2012

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List below is sourced from: Forgotten Patriots, African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War

Last Name -- First Name -- County Congressional District

ABSHIER JOSIAH Anson 8
DEMERY ALLEN Anson 8
HAMMOND JOHN Anson / Robeson 7
MARTIN ABSALOM Beaufort 3
BLANGO BENJAMIN Beaufort 3
BLANGO MOSES Beaufort 3
BLANGO THOMAS Beaufort 3
CUMBO GIBSON Bladen 7
KERSEY JAMES Bladen 7
MANUEL JESSE Bladen 7
NEWSOM/NUSUM ETHELRED Bladen 7
ORDER PETER Bladen 7
OVERTON TITUS Bladen 7
WEBB SAMUEL Bladen 7
DAVIS RICHARD Brunswick 7
GREGORY JOHN Brunswick / Craven 7
REDMAN WILLIAM Buncombe 7
BIBBY THOMAS Burke 10
BLACK MARTIN Carteret 3
BRAVEBOY JOHN Carteret 3
NORWOOD OBED Carteret 3
NORWOOD THEOPHILIUS Carteret 3
MASON THOMAS Caswell 13
PETTIFORD GEORGE Caswell 13
TONEY ARTHUR Caswell / Halifax 13
ARTIS JOHN Cumberland 7
CARTER MOSES Cumberland 7
HAMMOND ISAAC Cumberland 7
OVERTON JOHN Cumberland 7
CASE JONATHAN Currituck 3
CASE JOSEPH Currituck 3
DRING THOMAS Currituck 3
JACK Currituck 3
HUNT ELISHA Dobbs 3
CARTER JOHN EDWARD Duplin 7
MANUEL CHRISTOPHER Duplin 7
MANUEL NICHOLAS Duplin 7
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN Franklin 2
BALTRIP JAMES Franklin 2
BIBBY ABSOLEM Franklin 2
BIBBY EDMUND Franklin 2
BIBBY SOLOMON Franklin 2
DUNSTAN WILLIAM Franklin 2
GOING EDWARD Franklin 2
HICKS MICAJAH Franklin 2
JEFFRIES JOHN Franklin 2
ROE CHARLES Franklin 2
ROE JAMES Franklin 2
TYNER ASA Franklin 2
WALDEN DRURY Franklin 2
HARRIS SHERROD/SHERWOOD Granville 13
ALLAN JOSEPH Granville 13
DAY JOHN Granville 13
GARNS/GARNES JEFFERY Granville 13


GOWEN/GOINS JENKINS Granville 13
HARRIS EDWARD Granville 13
HARRIS GIBSON Granville 13
HATCHER DAVID Granville 13
HAWLEY BENJAMIN Granville 13
HAWLEY JOSEPH Granville 13
HUNT DAVID Granville 13
JONES ABRAHAM Granville 13
JONES JONATHAN Granville 13
LOCUS VALENTINE Granville 13
PETTIFORD PHILIP Granville 13
PETTIFORD WILLIAM Granville 13
SIMS LEWIS Granville 13
TYLER BARTLET Granville 13
PETTIFORD GEORGE Granville / Caswell 13
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN Jones 3
REED DEMPSEY Mecklenburg 9
TABORN BURRELL Nash 2
TABORN/TABURN JOEL Nash 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN New Hanover 7
JACOBS EZEKIAH New Hanover 7
CUBIT/CUBBIT/CUBERT New Hanover 7
MARTIN JOHN New Hanover 7
PEAVEY THOMAS New Hanover 7
JACOBS ZACHARIAH New Hanover 7
JACK FRANCIS Onslow 3
NORTON JACOB Orange 4
BIRD REUBEN Orange 4
BURNETT DAVID Orange 4
HARRIS JESSE Orange 4
HOOD CHARLES Orange 4
IVEY DAVID Orange 4
JEFFERIES JACOB Orange 4
JEFFREY DREWRY Orange 4
JEFFRIES/JEFFREYS JOHN Orange 4
MASON PATRICK Person 13
PENDERGRASS RICHARD Person 13
LOMACK WILLIAM Robeson 7
HOOD WILLIAM Rockingham 13
TITUS ISHMAEL Rowan 6
PETTIFORD DRURY Stokes 5
PEARCE/PIERCE ISRAEL Tyrell 3
PIERCE WILLIAM Tyrell 3
FOSTER WILLIAM Tyrrell 3
ELLIS HENRY Wake 13
ELLIS JOHN Wake 13
HEDGEPETH PETER Wake 13
TANN DRURY Wake 13
GIBSON CHARLES Wayne 3