J-W 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.

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

 

JARVIS, Francis: Pvt., served for three years in the 2^nd Virginia Regiment of the State line of Virginia in the Northern Army, Colonels William Brent and Charles Dabney; heirs: John B. Jarvis and Francis Jarvis. Pension VAS1154 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 2 Feb 1819 (Bockstruck, p 274).

 

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

 

JARVIS, William: Seaman, entered service 1776/1777 in Virginia State Navy on board the Henry Galley, Capt. Robert Tompkins, served until end of war. Pension VAS1155 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 4 Jan 1834 (Bockstruck, p 274).

 

KNIGHT, Henry: 1^st Lt., on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

MAHON (MONGHON/MOHON), John: Marine, Virginia State Navy, served three years; heirs (daughters): Elizabeth Sadler and Sarah Respess; Bounty Land Warrant 7999: 100 acres; 27 June 1834 (Burgess, p 1191); records unavailable online.

 

MILLER, Francis: Pvt., entered service in 1776, served under Capt. Josiah Foster and others, served two or three tours of duty up to 1781; b. 27 Oct 1757 Kingston Parish, d. 8 March 1781; m. 6 Oct 1776 in Kingston Parish Averilla Diggs; Avarilla m. 2^nd on Sept 1796 Thomas Owens. Pension W19951 (original) (transcription) VAS677 (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 200 acres; 24 July 1784 (Bockstruck, p 365).

 

MINTER, James: Seaman, entered service 1776/1777 in Virginia State Navy on board the Henry Galley, Capt. Robert Tompkins, served for three years. Pension VAS700 (original) (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 25 Aug 1835 (Bockstruck, p 369).

 

MORGAN, James: Pvt., entered service in 1780, on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264), served several tours of duty until 1782; d. 6 March 1830; m. 16 Sept 1790 Ann Forrest. Pension W7468 (original) (transcription)

 

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

 

MORGAN, John: Pvt., enlisted for two years in the regular service – his time out was Feb 7, 1778, served under various Captains, belonged to the 7^th Virginia Regiment – he was in an engagement at Brandywine [Sept 11, 1777] and Germantown [Oct 4, 1777], after he came home he served in the militia on and off till the siege of Yorktown [28 Sept – 19 Oct 1781], on duty in Gloucester County from 2  Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264); b. 1758 Kingston Parish. Pension S5777 (original) (transcription)

 

MORGAN, William: Pvt., entered service before he was sixteen in place of his father about 1777, entered in his own place in 1778, served two years, on duty in Gloucester County from 2 Aug-8 Oct, 1781, Capt. John Billups’ Co. (Burgess, p 1264); b. 1762 Kingston Parish; d. 8 May 1840. Pension S7246 (original) (transcription)

 

MOUGHON, George: Seaman, Virginia State Navy, served on ship Dragon, Capt. Markham, taken prisoner of war to Bermuda and was released after peace; d. 1815; widow Elizabeth (by 1835 had married Mathias Moughon); children: George H. and William Moughon. Pension VAS778 (original) (transcription)

 

OWEN, John: Pvt., entered service in 1780 after serving as a minute man during time Lord Dunmore landed at Gwynn’s Island on 9 Dec 1775, served under various Captains, discharged 25 Dec 1781; moved to Georgia; b. 25 Feb 1755 New Point Comfort in Kingston Parish. Pension R7843 (original) (transcription)

 

PATTERSON, John: Mid-Shipman, Virginia State Navy, Commodore James Barron; children/heirs: Maria B. Patterson, wife of Christopher Tompkins and Elizabeth T. Patterson, wife of Wade Mosby (Burgess, p 389); Pension VAS4098 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 2666 2/3 acres; 23 July 1835 (Bockstruck, p 409).

 

PEED, Andrew: rank unknown, entered service in 1776/1777, 7^th Virginia Regiment, Capt. Charles Tompkins, served until end of war; heirs: Lewis Peed, Martha Peed Hudgins, Mary Peed Weston, Anna Peed Stewart, and Richard Peed. Pension VAS4116 (original) (transcription)

 

PEED, Thomas: rank unknown, entered service in 1776/1777, 7^th Virginia Regiment, Capt. Charles Tompkins, served until end of war; heirs: Lewis Peed, Martha Peed Hudgins, Mary Peed Weston, Anna Peed Stewart, and Richard Peed. Pension VAS4116 [documents not in original file] (transcription) service record

 

PEED, William: rank unknown, entered service in 1776/1777, 7^th Virginia Regiment, Capt. Charles Tompkies, killed possibly at Battle of Brandywine [11 Sept 1777]. Pension VAS4116 (original) (transcription)

 

PEYTON, Sir John: Col., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 13 Oct 1775); [See pension files: William Armsted/Armistead, George Callis, William Callis, John Christian, Armistead Cully, Thomas Davis, William Digges, William Evans, Joshua Fitchett, Matthias Gayle, Simon Green, Richard Gregory, Anthony Hudgins, Hugh Hudgins, Gabriel Hughes, Richard Hurst, James Morgan, John Owen, Josiah Pugh, Richard Ripley, Isaac Smith, James Thomas, John White, and George Willis.]

 

PLUMMER, Armistead: Pvt., entered service in 1776/1777, 1^st Regiment Light Dragoons, Capt. John Belfield, served until end of war; heirs: Ann Guthrie (sister), William Plummer children: John, Judith & Frances, Robert [illegible], Mary Read, Kemp Southcomb, Cary Southcomb and Elizabeth Wilson, who was Elizabeth Southcomb the three last are the children and heirs at law of John Southcomb and Elizabeth his wife who was Elizabeth Plummer. Pension VAS213 (original file unavailable online) (transcription) service record; Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 22 Aug 1783 (Bockstruck, p 422).

 

PLUMMER, George: Sgt., date of enlistment unknown, served in Continental Line, moved to North Carolina after the war; heirs: Ann Guthrie (sister), William Plummer children: John, Judith & Frances, Robert [illegible], Mary Read, Kemp Southcomb, Cary Southcomb and Elizabeth Wilson, who was Elizabeth Southcomb the three last are the children and heirs at law of John Southcomb and Elizabeth his wife who was Elizabeth Plummer. Pension VAS214 (original file unavailable online) (transcription) service record

 

PLUMMER, John: Sgt., date of enlistment unknown, Col. Baylor’s Troop of Light Dragoons, may have been killed in a massacre; heirs: Ann Guthrie (sister), William Plummer children: John, Judith & Frances, Robert [illegible], Mary Read, Kemp Southcomb, Cary Southcomb and Elizabeth Wilson, who was Elizabeth Southcomb the three last are the children and heirs at law of John Southcomb and Elizabeth his wife who was Elizabeth Plummer. Pension VAS215 (original) (transcription)

 

PLUMMER, Kemp: rank unknown, entered service in 1776/1777, served in Army; heirs: Ann Guthrie (sister), William Plummer children: John, Judith & Frances, Robert [illegible], Mary Read, Kemp Southcomb, Cary Southcomb and Elizabeth Wilson, who was Elizabeth Southcomb the three last are the children and heirs at law of John Southcomb and Elizabeth his wife who was Elizabeth Plummer. [See pension files: Armistead Plummer, George Plummer, John Plummer, Robert Plummer, and William Plummer.]

 

PLUMMER, Robert: Cpl. (1778), Sgt. (1778/1779), and Pvt. (1779), entered service in 1776/1777, Capt. Peter Bernard’s Co., 2^nd Virginia State Regiment, served at Valley Forge, Brunswick, White Plains, West Point, and Camp Middle Brook, served until 1780/1781; heirs: Ann Guthrie (sister), William Plummer children: John, Judith & Frances, Robert [illegible], Mary Read, Kemp Southcomb, Cary Southcomb and Elizabeth Wilson, who was Elizabeth Southcomb the three last are the children and heirs at law of John Southcomb and Elizabeth his wife who was Elizabeth Plummer. Pension VAS216 (original file unavailable online) (transcription) service record

 

PLUMMER, William: Sgt., Capt. Baylor Hill’s Company of Cavalry attached to 1^st Virginia Regiment; children: John Plummer, Judith Plummer, and Frances Plummer. Pension VAS217 (original file unavailable online) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 200 acres; 30 Aug 1783 (Bockstruck, p 422).

 

PUGH/PEW, Josiah: Pvt., entered service about 1778, Capt. Josiah Foster and others, discharged in Oct 1781; b. about 1762; d. 15 March 1848; m. Dec 1791 Avy Hudgins; child Nancy b. Aug 5, 1793; heirs: Ann Thomas, Sarah Pugh & William E. Pugh. Pension W5586 (original) (transcription)

 

RANSONE, Thomas: Lt.; commissioned on 6 Oct 1777, Capt. Peter Barnard, 2^nd Virginia State Regiment, about 1780 the 2^nd Virginia State Regiment disbanded and Ransone reentered the service in the militia; d. 6 Oct 1817; m. 1777 Margaret Gwyn; children: Thomas, Daniel, Henry, James, Martha (m. John B. Roberts), Lucy (m. William A. Billups), Frances (m. George P. Evans), Elizabeth (m. James W. Howard). Pension R17293 (original) (transcription) (Burgess, p 343)

 

REED (READ/REID), Francis: Mid-Shipman, entered service 1776/1777 in Virginia State Navy on board the Henry Galley, Capt. Robert Tompkins, served three years. Pension VAS57 (original) (transcription)

 

REYNOLDS, John: rank unknown, entered service in 1776/1777, Virginia State Line. Pension VAS4199 (original file unavailable online) (transcription)

 

REYNOLDS, William: rank unknown, entered service in 1776/1777, Virginia State Line; grandson Thomas Reynolds. Pension VAS4200 (original) (transcription)

 

RIPLEY, John: Sgt., 2^nd Virginia State Regiment, Col. William Brent, served three years. Pension VAS4239 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 400 acres; 14 Dec 1813 (Bockstruck, p 447).

 

RIPLEY, Richard: Mid-Shipman, entered service in Virginia State Navy on board the Henry Galley, Capt. Robert Tompkins, served three years; afterwards he was a militia man until end of war; b. about 1750. Pension S11299 (original) (transcription)

 

SADLER, John: Pvt., entered service in 1776, Continental Line, Capt. Charles Tompkies, killed at Battle of Brandywine [11 Sept 1777]. Pension VAS4327 (original) (transcription)

 

SADLER, Richard: Fifer, enlistment date unknown, served in regular Army; d. about 1825; heirs: Elizabeth Sadler (m. Daniel Hickman), Richard Sadler, Sarah Sadler (m. Edmund Forrest), Lellitia [sic] Watson. Pension VAS4328 (original) (transcription)

 

SADLER, Robert: Pvt., entered service in 1776, 2^nd Virginia Regiment, Capt. William Smith, discharged from Regiment in Philadelphia in 1779/1780; b. about 1756; m. Dorothy [last name unknown]. Pension S41119 (original) (transcription)

 

SINGLETON, John: Pvt., entered service in 1776, Capt. Josiah Foster and others, served several tours of duty; d. about 1826; m. 1778/1780 Ann Armistead; children: Mary Singleton, Catherine Singleton (m. John Thomas). Pension R9613 (original) (transcription)

 

SMITH, Isaac: Sgt., entered service in 1776, Capt. William Smith and others, was called out when Lord Dunmore came to Gwynn’s Island, left service after siege of Yorktown [28 Sept – 19 Oct 1781]; b. 1760 Kingston Parish; children: Elizabeth Smith and Delila Smith. Pension S11427 (original) (transcription)

 

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

 

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

 

TABB, Philip: Capt., Gloucester County Militia. [See pension files: George Callis, William Digges, Joshua Fitchet, Matthias Gayle, Anthony Hudgins, Hugh Hudgins, Kemp Hudgins, Gabriel Hughes, Richard Hurst, Francis Miller, and Isaac Smith.]

 

TABB, Thomas: Ens., appointed 13 Sept 1775 to Gloucester Militia. (Virginia Gazette, 13 Oct 1775)  

 

THOMAS, James: Pvt., entered service in 1777, Capt. Peter Barnett, discharged about 4 July 1782; b. 20 Oct 1763 Kingston Parish; d. 17 March 1838. Pension S11548 (original) (transcription)

 

TREACLE, William: Pvt., enlistment date unknown, State Regiment, served three years; d. Feb 1801; m. Feb 1780 Elizabeth Keys. children: Robert who died in infancy, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Suzanne. Pension W6309 (original) (transcription); Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 29 May 1783 (Bockstruck, p 535).

 

TURNER, John: Pvt., enlisted 14 Jan 1778 [Middlebrook, NJ], Capt. George Armstrong, 3^rd Maryland Regiment, served three years; b. 13 July 1755; d. 16 July 1820 (burial).Pension S41273 (original) (transcription)

 

WATSON, John: Pvt., entered service in 1776, Capt. Richard Billups, Gloucester Co. Militia, served several tours of duty until end of war; d. 1824; m. Feb 1776 in Kingston Parish Hannah Tabor. Pension W18258 (original) (transcription)

 

WHITE, Abraham: Pvt., entered service on 25 February 1777 2^nd Virginia Regiment, served under Capt. Machen Boswell for three years. Bounty Land Warrant: 100 acres; 26 July 1784 (Bockstruck, p 566) (original)

 

WHITE, John: Sgt., entered service in 1776, Capt. George Plummer and others, served several tours until end of war; b. 27 Feb 1758 Kingston Parish; d. 12 June 1834 (burial); m. 26 March 1791 Elizabeth Davenport. Pension W6476 (original) (transcription)

 

WHITE, William: Pvt., entered service in 1776, Capt. Plummer and others, served several tours of duty;  d. 1806; m. 3 Feb 1775 in Kingston Parish Dorothy Davis; son Absalom White. Pension W18396 (transcription)

 

WILLIAMS, William: Pilot, entered service in 1776, Virginia State Navy, served until end of war; son and only heir William Williams. Rejected claim (original)

 

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

 

WILLIS, George: rank unknown, Col. George Baylor in the Company of Capt. John Styth [company guarded George Washington], wounded 22 Sept 1778 by British soldiers at the Haring farm (Harring town) in Bergen Co., NJ; heir: Frankey Willis. Pension VAS1919 (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