Loudoun County, Virginia
Militia Soldiers
Many court records such as Wills, court cases, Chancery orders, and Deeds from the late 1700's and early to mid 1800's often contained references to those who had served in the military during the American Revolution. A list of these individuals was compiled by (now retired) court employee and genealogist, Louisa Hutchison, who graciously offered her list to this site. Descriptions will be expanded upon as the references are further researched.
Also many who joined the volunteer Militia can be found in the Citizen Patriots tables -- principally identified by being reimbursed for articles lost (horses, axes, guns) in combat. Finally, some militia soldiers were mentioned in other documents that were published
in books and published records, often with the company and captains under which they served.
Outside information relating to Loudoun County militia soldiers is welcome to be submitted for inclusion to this list. Please provide the name of the soldier, rank, source of the
data (which MUST be a valid, verifiable record, NOT a family genealogy), title of publication, author or compiler, page, volume, and complete reference.
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SC = Superior Court Books
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OB = Order Books
- WB = Will Books
Books are given with Volume, page, year, month, and day. Other sources outside the courthouse books are also given with title, author, volume, page, and complete reference.
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Please note: The Order Books are NOT numbered sequentially for the 1800's (don't ask -- we don't know ourselves), and it is important - especially for that timeframe - that the researcher follow the dates of the entry as well as the Book volume.
| Name | Book | Description
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| Alder, George | OB4-359 1821 Nov 16 | |
| Bageant, Wlm | OB10-116 1846 July 13 | + OB10-136 1846 Aug 13 heirs |
| Carney, William | OB3-278 1820 | "William Carney a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britian in Open Court made his declaration to which he made oath accompanied by his schedule. The court valued the property to \$27 which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the War Department accordingly." Recorded Friday 16th June 1820. |
| Coombs, John | OB11 - 267 | Petition of Nancy Coombs, widow of John Coombs "..a Revolutionary pensioner...", married to him for more than 50 years (marriage prior to 1800 but not before 1794). He died on the "16th of January last.." (1849). Recorded 15th day of August 1849. |
| Copeland, James | OB2-237 1832 Oct 32 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Dailey, Jessee | OB2-201 1832 Aug 17 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Davis, Wlm | OB5-290 1837 May 8 | 1837 Feb 4 |
| Elgin, Gustavus | OB2-269 1832 Nov 14 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Elgin, Walter | OB2-269 1832 Nov 14 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Ellmore, John | SC E387 | Friday 1st Sept 1820 - Ordered that it be certified to the Secretary of the War department that John Ellmore, a Soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, this day filed his declaration and Schedule in order that he may obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War who are in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the Aid of their County for Support, which he subscribed and made oath to in open court and the Court valued the property contained in the said Schedule to two dollars and fifty cents. |
| Ellmore, John | OB3-263 1820 | "John Ellmore a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britian in Open Court made his declaration to which he made oath accompanied by his schedule. The court valued the property to \$2..50 [sic] which is ordered to be cert'd [certified] to the Secretary of the War Department acc'y [accordingly]. Recorded 13th June 1820. |
| Fry, Nicholas | OB11 - 239 | References a claim for husband's benefits by Margaret Fry "a resident of this county" ..."the widow of Nicholas Fry who was a Revolutionary War Soldier..".."married to him 11 day of March 1794.." He died 23 Mar 1840, and she did not remarry. Recorded 16th June 1849. |
| Fry, Nicholas | OB7-137 1840 Sept 14 | |
| Frye, Nicholas | OB3-325 1820 | not found |
| Furr, Enogh | OBI-57 (1785) | lost certificate issued in name of Valentine Leech. |
| Goff, Adam | SC D105, 237 | pg 105 - Saturday April the 11th, 1810 - On the motions of Henry Oram, Wm. Morris, John Hilliard, Adam Goff, and Wm. Speakes, who severally made oath as follows, that they were soldiers in the revolutionary war and were severally and regularly discharged and that they are in reduced circumstances and from their entire inability to support themselves and family they stand in need of the assistance of their country, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court as well by their own declaration as by other testimony that they severally served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy, it is ordered that the same be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War.Pg 237 - references satisfaction of the testimony of witnesses that Adam Goff did serve in the Revolutionary War. |
| Gilbert, Joseph | WB 2B-40 | |
| Gilbert, Joseph | OB1-449 1830 Sep 13 | The declaration of Joseph Gilbert an applicant for a pension was this day presented to the Court and ordered to be certified according to Law. [This is Book 1 1829-1830] |
| Goff, Adam | OB3-281 1820 | "Adam Goff a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britian in Open Court made his declaration to which he made oath accompanied by his schedule. The court valued his property to \$28..42 which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the War Department accordingly." Recorded Friday 16th June 1820. |
| Griffith, Thomas | OB4-185 1835 | References the death of Thomas Griffith "...a private soldier and pensioner in the Army of the Revolution", died 26 Apr 1835, widow - Mary Griffith. |
| Griffith, Thomas | OB2-225 1832 Sept 11 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Hamilton, Jane (widow) | OBG-135 | Application of Jane Hamilton to "keep an ordinary at her house for one year". The court acknowledged her request and deferred the tax "her being a Soldier's widow." Recorded December 14, 1778. |
| Hamilton, John | OB7-129 1825 | "Ordered that it be certified to the Secretary for the [war scratched out] department of War that Jno Hamilton this day filed his declaration and schedule which he subscribed and made oath to in open court and that the court valued the property contained in the said schedule to [left blank] dollars in order that he may obtain the benefit of the acct of congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War who are in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the aid of their Country for support." |
| Hogeland, James | OB 11 - 239 | Pensioner. Died intestate "...more than three months ago.." left no widow but did leave 5 children..." which are named Massey (married John Hogeland), Israel, Emeline Berry (widow) (both living in Hardy Co. VA), John (Berkley Co., VA), and James (Lafayette, Indiana). Recorded June 16, 1849 |
| Harrison, Wlm Butler | OB4-148 1835 | References proof shown in court that "...William Butler Harrison, a Revolutionary Pensioner died on the 28th day of Feb 1835 leaving no widow and two children.." - Russell Harrison and Julia A. Wilson (nee Harrison) the widow of Dr. John T. Wilson. |
| Harvin, Edward | OB7-130 1840 Sept 14 | d. 9 Aug 1840. "Ordered that it be conveyed to the agent for the
United States Department of Pensions at Richmond that satisfactory evidence was this day provided to the court that Edward Harvin late of this county
a Revolutionary pensioner departed this life on the ninth day of August last and that Rebecca Harvin is the widow of the said Edward Harvin dec'd." |
| Hiliard, John | OB3-277 1820 | "John Hilliard a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britian in Open Court made his declaration to which he made oath accompanied by his schedule. The court valued the property to \$27 -- which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the War Department accordingly. Recorded Friday 16th June 1820. |
| Hilliard, John | SC D105, 237 | pg. 105 - Saturday April the 11th, 1810 - On the motions of Henry Oram, Wm. Morris, John Hilliard, Adam Goff, and Wm. Speakes, who severally made oath as follows, that they were soldiers in the revolutionary war and were severally and regularly discharged and that they are in reduced circumstances and from their entire inability to support themselves and family they stand in need of the assistance of their country, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court as well by their own declaration as by other testimony that they severally served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy, it is ordered that the same be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War.Pg 237 - references satisfaction of the testimony of witnesses that John Hilliard did serve in the Revolutionary War. |
| Hixon, James | OB4-196 1835 May 12 | references the heirs of "James Hixton, a reported Soldier in the revolutionary war [sic] in Lee's Legion" naming "...Daniel Hixon, Benjamin Hixon, William Rogers who married Elizabeth Hixon, William Gulick who married Mary Hixon, Lanford Rogers who married Margaret Hixon, Isaac Hughs who married Larch Hixon, Rebecca Hixon, Amanda Hixon, the widow of James Hixon, Jane Young (the daughter of John M. Young who married Jane Hixon) and the children of Hamilton Roger who married Mary Hixon, and all the heirs of James Hixon now living, which is ordered to be certified accordingly." |
| Hixson, James | OB2-237 1832 Oct 32 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Hogeland, James | OBI-476 1830 Oct 12 | for pension |
| Hogeland, James | OB2-163 1832 | 13 August 1832 - The declaration of James Hogueland, a revolutionary [sic] Soldier praying for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7th, 1832 was sworn to in open court & ordered to be certified to the War Department of the United States. |
| King, Wm | OB3-325 1820 | "Wm King a Revolutionary Soldier filed his Certificate & Schedule to which he made oath & ord'd [ordered] to be cert'd [certified] to Sec'y." |
| Lee, Ludwell | OB5-150 1836 Sep 12 | references satisfactory proof that "Ludwell Lee late of said County was a revolutionary [sic]Pensioner of the United States, that he died on Wednesday evening the 23rd day of March 1836 leaving no widow and that the following named children and heirs at law of said Ludwell Lee did duly relinquish their right & draw the arrears due on the pension ..." naming only those over twenty years of age "...Richard Henry Lee, Frances Lightfoot Lee, Mary Ann I. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Selden, Eliza McLove, Bowles A. Lee, Ann C. McKinna, Ellen A. M. Lee" |
| Maginnis, Daniel | OB1-345 1830 Jun 14 | Daniel Maginnis an applicant for a pension this day filed his declaration to which he made Oath and which together with the Schedule thereto amended to be certified according to Law. |
| Markes, Isaiah | OB4-254 1835 Aug 10 | references the certification of the affidavit to the will of "Isaiah Marks, dec. a Revolutionary War soldier" in reference to the heirs [not named]. |
| McDonald, Angus | OBH-489 1785 Apr 12 | Mary McDonald married to Angus who died in Continental Army. |
| Monroe, Spencer | OB2-201 1832 Aug 17 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Monroe, Spencer | OB2-269 1832 Nov 14 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Morris William | OB3-288 1820 | "William Morris a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britian in Open Court made his declaration to which he made oath accompanied by his schedule. The court valued the property to \$87:87 1/2 which is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the War Department accordingly." Recorded Saturday 17th June 1820. |
| Morris, Wlm | SC D105 | Saturday April the 11th, 1810 - On the motions of Henry Oram, Wm. Morris, John Hilliard, Adam Goff, and Wm. Speakes, who severally made oath as follows, that they were soldiers in the revolutionary war and were severally and regularly discharged and that they are in reduced circumstances and from their entire inability to support themselves and family they stand in need of the assistance of their country, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court as well by their own declaration as by other testimony that they severally served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy, it is ordered that the same be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War. |
| Musgrove, Wlm | OB3-320 1820 | "Wm Musgrove a Soldier in the Rev'y War came into Court and made oath to his Certificate & Schedule thereunto [word unknown] of the same being valued by the Court is order to be certificed to the Secretary of the War Department acc'y [accordingly]." Recorded Aug 14, 1820. |
| Near, John | SC E387 | Friday 1st Sept 1820 - Ordered that it be certified to the Secretary of the War department that John Near, a Soldier in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, this day filed his declaration and Schedule in order that he may obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War who are in reduced circumstances and stand in need of the Aid of their County for Support, which he subscribed and made oath to in open court and the Court valued the property contained in the said Schedule to Nineteen Dollars and Ninety cents. |
| Oram, Henry | SC D105 | Henry Oram a soldier in the Revolutionary War presented his sched'l accg to Law to which he made oath and an oath of Joshua Osborne a witness sworn in Ct the Court apd [approved] the property to \$313 (__91?) which is ord'd to be certified to the Secretary at War acc'y [accordingly] |
| Oram, Henry | OB4-189 1821 | Saturday April the 11th, 1810 - On the motions of Henry Oram, Wm. Morris, John Hilliard, Adam Goff, and Wm. Speakes, who severally made oath as follows, that they were soldiers in the revolutionary war and were severally and regularly discharged and that they are in reduced circumstances and from their entire inability to support themselves and family they stand in need of the assistance of their country, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court as well by their own declaration as by other testimony that they severally served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy, it is ordered that the same be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War. |
| Orem, Henry | OB5-167 1836 Oct 10 | d. 1 June 1836 |
| Quick, John | OB5-334 1823 | John Quick a soldier of the Revolution on oath in open court made his declaration, & filed his schedule of property which the court valued at thirty two dollars & fifty cents, which together with the affidavit of James Copeland & the certificate of Sam'l M. Edwards a Justice of the peace and the affidavit of Philip Near of the certificate of Ebenezer Grubb a Justice of the peace is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of the War department. |
| Ralls, George | OB4-315 1835 Nov 9 | references the certification of the will of "George Rolls late of this County and who was reported to be an Officer a Captain of the Navy of Virginia during the War of the revolution, departed this life in this County on the [blank] day of [blank] 1795, that George Clavert was on the 8th Day of April 1799 appointed his administrator..." and mentions heirs as "...George N. Rolls [now deceased], Charles Rolls [also deceased with seven children - all named], and Margaret A. Rolls his sole and only heirs as law and said Margaret hath intermarried with John Dunham..." |
| Rhodes, George | OB4-321 1811 Mar 15 | heir of Jacob Rhodes, a Rev. War soldier |
| Rusk, Samuel | OB2-261 1832 Nov 13 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Russell, Andrew | OB4-477 1822 | It has been satisfactorily proved to this court this day by the oath of Thomas ___uch, Gent. that Penelope Harrison, wife of James W. B. Harrison of said county is the sister and only heir of [Capt crossed out] And'w Russell decd who was a captain in the Virginia line of the Revolutionary War all of which is ordered to be recorded and ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War. |
| Samuels, Joseph | "Virginia Soldiers of 1776", Author: Louis Alexander Burgess, Vol. 3 pg 1254 | The specific source of the information in this book was the sworn testimony of Captain Samuel Noland in whose Company of Loudoun County, Virginia Militia Joseph Samuels served during the American Revolution. Captain Noland listed those men who served in his Company, and the list is broken into categories of Officers, Privates, and even a category of several soldiers who deserted during the conflict. Joseph Samuels is listed as a Private. (Information courtesy of Jon Paul Daddysman, descendant of Joseph Samuels).
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| Savage, Richard | OB3-422 May 1810 | "It being proved to this court by the depositions of Jacob Scandall and Thomas Hetherly that George Savage of this county is the Heir of Richard Savage who was killed in the Revolutionary War and the same is ordered to be certified." Recorded May 14, 1810. |
| Seldon, W. C. | OB4-185 1835 | "...formerly a surgeon in the Army of the Revolution was a pensioner..." Died 14 Mar 1835, Widow - Mary B. Seldon |
| Speakes, Wm. | SC D105 | Saturday April the 11th, 1810 - On the motions of Henry Oram, Wm. Morris, John Hilliard, Adam Goff, and Wm. Speakes, who severally made oath as follows, that they were soldiers in the revolutionary war and were severally and regularly discharged and that they are in reduced circumstances and from their entire inability to support themselves and family they stand in need of the assistance of their country, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court as well by their own declaration as by other testimony that they severally served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy, it is ordered that the same be certified to the Secretary of the Department of War. |
| Stoutsenberger, John | OB5-299 1837 May 9 | d. 31 Mar 1837 |
| Wade, Robert | OB2-201 1832 Aug 17 | Applied for pension under Act of Congress 7 June 1832 |
| Walker, Benjamin | OB6-283 1839 Jun 10 | d. Sept 1831 |
| West, John | OB5-29 1836 Mar 14 | Mahlon Morris this day came into Court and made oath that John West a revolutionary pensioner died 19th Dec. 1835 and that Hannah West is his widow. |
| West, Thomas | OBZ-238 | "This day satisfactory proof was given to the court that Anna West is the only heir of Charles West, deceased ...the said Charles West was the only son of Thomas West a captain who died in the Army in the year 1776 or 1777 which is ordered to be certified accordingly." Recorded Feb 10, 1807.
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