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I research African American records from the colonial to post-Reconstruction period. My personal research focuses on free and enslaved peoples (red & black) in Connecticut, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia.

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she is a colored woman

Found in: Revolutionary War Pensions » Page 24

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African American pensioner and veteran of the American Revolutionary War
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African American pensioner and veteran of the American Revolutionary War
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African American pensioner and veteran of the American Revolutionary War
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African American pensioner and veteran of the American Revolutionary War
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free man of color

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Agrippa Hull

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Mining Revolitionary War Pensions: Discharge Certificate of Cato Greene, an African American Soldier

A discharge certificate was one form of proof of service accepted by the US Pension Bureau. Cato Greene was fortunate in that unlike many veterans, he held onto his…

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Signature of African American Revolutionary War Veteran and Pensioner

Found in: Revolutionary War Pensions » Page 7

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Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Sources for African American Wealth and Genealogical Data

Veterans applying for benefits under the Pension Law of 1818 had to provide after 1820, a schedule of their property and income. Many schedules also contain genealogical data…

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African American pensioner and veteran of the American Revolutionary War
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Aurilea

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Mary

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Alton

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Priscilla

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