E-H roster list for men from Kingston Parish/Mathews County who fought for the colonies in the American Revolutionary War. The collection contains links to original and transcribed application files from officers and enlisted men in all branches of the American military, as well as, applications for pension or bounty-land warrants by a veteran's widow or his heirs. The list only includes men who have been proven to have served unless otherwise noted.

 

 

EDDINS, Dawson: Lt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

EDDINS, Samuel: Ens., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775); apointed officer in the 7^th Virginia Continental Regiment on 7 March 1776; appointed Capt. Lt. Dec 1776 in 1^st Regiment Artillery, promoted Capt. in 1777, served until 15 Nov 1783. BLW 683-300 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 666 2/3 acres; 3 Sept 1796 (Bockstruck, p 163)

 

EVANS, William: Pvt., Gloucester Militia under Capt. John Willis, served under General Andrew Lewis on July 1776 for skirmish with Lord Dunmore at Gwynn’s Island; he was at Yorktown for surrender of Lord Cornwallis; served four years; b. abt 1745; d. 24 April 1833; children: sons William, Francis, Thomas deceased leaving George P. and Lucy, and John deceased leaving Thomas, Elizabeth and Ann. Pension S10640 (original) (transcription)

 

FITCHETT, Joshua: Pvt., entered service 1779, served under Capt. Philip Tabb and others; served several tours at Cricket Hill, Queens Creek; served until Spring 1782; b. 1763; d. 23 June 1835; widow Sarah. Pension S16798 (original) (transcription)

 

FORREST, Abraham Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

FORREST, George: Pvt., entered service 1776 in the 7^th Virginia Regiment, served under Capt. Charles Tompkies for two years; enlisted in 1778 in Capt. John Belfield’s Troop of Horse Regiment for three years; on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264); b. c1757; d. aft 1820; children: Josiah, Elizabeth, Nancy, Joice. Pension S39538 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 2 May 1783 (Bockstruck, p 184)

 

FORREST, Henry: 2^nd Lt., service record unavailable; see pension file: Joel Foster.

 

FORREST, John: Ens., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

FORREST, Thomas: Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

FOSTER, Christopher: Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

FOSTER, George: 2^nd Sgt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

FOSTER, Isaac: Lt., service record unavailable; Capt., service record unavailable; served under command of Major General Lafayette at the siege of Yorktown; see pension files: William Digges, Joel Foster, Anthony Hudgins, and Josiah Pugh; b. abt 1750; d. abt 1804; married 11 Feb 1773 in Kingston Parish, Elizabeth Hodges.

 

FOSTER, Joel: Pvt., entered service in 1777, Capt. Josiah Foster and Capt. Isaac Foster; served under command of Major General Lafayette at the siege of Yorktown, discharged October 1781; b. 15 Aug 1762, Kingston Parish; d. 12 Aug 1851, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; married 1^st Rosanna Miller, married 2^nd Elizabeth Hinton, married 3^rd Mary Staples. Pension W11008 (original) (transcription)

 

FOSTER, John, Jr.: Lt., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775) Presumed to be same as Lt. John Foster mentioned in pension file of Josiah Pugh.

 

FOSTER, Joshua: 1^st Lt., service record unavailable; Capt., service record unavailable; see pension files William Digges, Joel Foster, Anthony Hudgins, Kemp Hudgins, and Josiah Pugh.

 

FOSTER, Josiah: Ens., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775), Capt., service record unavailable; see pension files: Joel Foster, Kemp Hudgins, Anthony Hudgins, William Digges, Francis Miller, Richard Armistead, John Singleton, George Brooks, and Josiah Pugh.

 

FOSTER, Peter: Carpenter’s Mate, entered service 1776, Virginia State Navy, Capt. Robert Tompkins, later promoted to Midshipman, served on Henry Galley from 17 May 1777 until 17 May 1780; b. 22 March 1757, Kingston Parish; d. 31 Dec 1818, Mathews, Va.; married 27 Oct 1776 in Kingston Parish, Nancy “Ann” Hall. Bounty Land Warrant: 2666 2/3 acres; 22 March 1837 (Bockstruck, p 185). Pension VAS3620 (original) (transcription)

 

FOSTER, Robert: Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

GAYLE (GALE), John: Ens., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775)

 

GAYLE, Levin (Leven/Leavin/Leaven): no record of service, the following newspaper obituary states he served during the Revolutionary War: Another Revolutionary soldier gone. Departed this life on the 9th inst. At the advanced age of 64 years, at his residence in Portsmouth, Col. Leven Gayle, formerly an eminent ship builder in the county of Mathews. Col. Gayle was actively employed as a soldier during the revolutionary war, particularly so during the siege of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. In the last struggle with England (War of 1812), he commanded a highly respectable force of Virginia troops in and about the county of Mathews, adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. He was a man of sterling worth and integrity. The greatest panegyric that can be offered in remembrance of his virtues is that he was the noblest workmanship of his Creator, 'an honest man'. (The Palladium, Portsmouth, Va., 15 June 1827); b. 26 Jan 1763, Kingston Parish; d. 9 June 1827, Portsmouth, Va.

 

GAYLE, Matthias: Pvt., entered service 1777, Gloucester Militia, Capt. Robert Gayle, called out for duty at different times; b. 1764, Kingston Parish; d. abt 1794; married abt 1780 Joice Hall. Pension S16818 (original) (transcription); Pension W7491 (transcription)

 

GAYLE, Robert: Lt., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775); Capt. in 1777; see pension files: William Armistead, Armistead Culley, William Diggs, Matthias Gayle, Anthony Hudgins, Kemp Hudgins, Francis Miller, Josiah Pugh, Richard Ripley, John Singleton, and William White.

 

GAYLE, Thomas: Lt., Gloucester Militia; d. 24 May 1824, Charlotte Co., Va.; married 28 Nov 1794 Mrs. Susannah P. Brown (d. Jan 1854); child: Sarah S. Crowder. Pension R3955 (original) (transcription)

 

GLASCOCK, Abraham: Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

GREEN, Simon (Simeon): Pvt., entered service 13 Nov 1776, Capt. George Plummer, left the service in Oct 1781; b 13 Nov 1760 Kingston Parish Gloucester County [b 13 Nov 1762 Kingston Parish Register]. Pension S10766 (original) (transcription)

 

GWYN, Humphrey (Humphry): Pvt., entered service June 1776 in the 1^st Virginia Regiment of Cavalry, served under Capt. John Nelson, served two years and was discharged 1778; b. abt 1757; wife Sally; child: Lettitia. Pension S37969 (original) (transcription) Service Record

 

GWYNN, James: Lt., Capt. Philip Tabb; see pension files: John Hugget and Gabriel Hughes.

 

HALL, Richard: Lt., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775)

 

HALL, Robert: Master, entered service Jan 1777 in Virginia State Navy on board the Henry Galley; d. 1786 or 1787; heirs: Thomas Hall, Betsy Hall (Mrs. Francis Brown), Nancy Hall (Mrs. Peter Foster), Joicey Hall (Mrs. Matthias Gayle), and the children of Spencer Hall. [Note: There were two men by the name Robert Hall that served in the Virginia State Navy.] Pension R40 (original) (transcription)

 

HALL, Thomas: Pvt., entered in 1779, served in Capt. Richard Billups’ Co., taken sick about 1781 and left service; b. 1764 in Kingston Parish Gloucester County. Pension S16862 (transcription)

 

HARRIS, James: Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

HAYES, Hugh: Lt., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775)

 

HAYES, John: Ens., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775)

 

HAYWOOD, Alex: Pvt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

HAYWOOD, William: Ens., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 21 Oct 1775)

 

HORN (HERN), Francis: Sailmaker, enlisted 1776 or 1777, served on board the Henry Galley under Capt. Robert Tompkins, served 3 years; heirs: Francis Horn’s brothers Ephraim and John, John Horn’s daughter Polly Horn. Pension VAS1609 (original) (transcription)

HUDGINS (HUDGEN), Anthony: Pvt., entered service in 1776, under Capt. Josiah Foster, discharged October 1781, served 16 months and 5 days; b. 1759 in Kingston Parish Gloucester County. Pension S10883 (original) (transcription)

 

HUDGINS, Holder (Houlder): Lt., service record unavailable; Capt., service record unavailable; see pension files: William Armistead, William Callis, William Diggs, Joshua Fitchett, Matthias Gayle, Hugh Hudgins, Gabriel Hughes, Richard Hurst, Josiah Pugh, Isaac Smith, John Watson, and George Willis; b. 18 Jan 1738; d. 12 Dec 1815; married 1^st Mary Hunley, married 2^nd Mary Gwyn, married 3^rd Elizabeth “Betsey” Anderson, married 4^th Sarah Hollier, married 5^th Harriet Cluverius.

 

HUDGINS, Hugh: Pvt., entered service in Jan 1780, Capt. Philip Tabb’s Co., left service in Feb 1782; b. March 1764. Pension S10884 (original) (transcription)

 

HUDGINS, Kemp: Pvt., entered service in 1776, served under Capt. Joshua Foster, Capt. Robert Gayle and Capt. Peter Bernard, served until end of war; d. 1797; m. abt 1777 Joice Minter; child: Elizabeth. Pension W19842 (original) (transcription)

 

HUGGET, John: Pvt., entered service in 1777, served in Capt. Richard Billups’ Co., served tours of duty totaling 9 months; d. abt 1798; m. abt 1779 Mildred Banks. Pension W19794 (original) (transcription)

 

HUGHES, Gabriel: Pvt., served in Capt. Richard Billups’ Co. and Capt. Philip Tabb’s Co., discharged after 19 Oct 1781; served tours of duty totaling 15 months and 6 days; b. 7 Nov 7 1762, Kingston Parish Gloucester, Va., d. 10 Oct 1836; m. 31 March 1785 Mary Williams; children: Sarah D., Elizabeth, Thomas, Mann Page, Ann Lux, Mann Page, and Frances. Pension W19836 (original) (transcription)

 

HULL, William: Sgt.; Mathews Pension Roll of 1835. (Gwathmey, p 402)

 

HUNLEY, William: Waggoner, on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

HURST, Richard: Militiaman, entered service in 1777 when he took his father’s place, entered service in his own stead in 1778, commanded by Captain Richard Billups, Col. Sir John Peyton, Majors Throgmorton and Boswell; served 16 months and 3 days; b. 3 March 1762, Kingston Parish; d. 20 Feb 1838. Pension S9593 (original) (transcription)

 

 

 

Burgess, Louis A., Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. I-II, Richmond Press, Inc. Richmond, Va. 1927-1929.

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 1979.

Gwathmey, John H., Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1775-1783. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 1979.

 

Library of Virginia, original records

National Archives Records Administration, original records

Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Roster, transcribed records

Virginia Gazette, newspaper articles