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Town of Deerfield, MA, Wars - Revolution

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Deerfield, MA
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Numerous documents relating to the American Revolution in the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library (Box 5 8-VI) reveal the presence of African American men in the militia and Continental Army.

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Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Cesar Baley from Apr 1775 8 months 45/ £ 2.5 1775 Apr Caesar Bailey, 2 10 1326
• Term of time in Service, together with the Rate Said Service is set at and the money each is allow'd to have paid for said service 1775 , 2066
• Term of time in Service, together with the Rate Said Service is set at and the money each is allow'd to have paid for said service 1775 , 2064
• Term of time in Service, together with the Rate Said Service is set at and the money each is allow'd to have paid for said service 1775 , 2065
• Enlistment - Nov. 28, 1776[?] Cato his X mark Negro 1776 Nov 28 , 1329
• Catto Gray 1 Reg Coat 1 waist coat 3 shirts 1 britches 3 stockings 3 shoes 1 blanket 1 hat 1777 , 2078
• Catto Gray 1 Reg Coat 1 waist coat 3 shirts 1 britches 3 stockings 3 shoes 1 blanket 1 hat 1777 , 2079
• Catto Gray 6 77 Catto Gray his mark x 1777 , 2095
• Catto Gray 6 77 Catto Gray his mark x 1777 , 2094
• Pay Roll and Recept for ? for 1777 1777 , 2096
• Cato Gray Do Do 100 1778 May 1 Cato Gray, 2083
• Cato Gray Do Do 100 1778 May 1 Cato Gray, 2084
• Proof of the Effectives 1778 May , 2082
• No. 11 Cato Gray 1 1778 May Cato Gray, 2081
• No. 11 Cato Gray 1 1778 May Cato Gray, 2080
• No. 11 Cato Gray 1 1778 Jun Cato Gray, 2088
• Proof of the Effectives 1778 Jun , 2090
• No. 11 Cato Gray 1 1778 Jun Cato Gray, 2089
• May 15 Cato Gray Do 1778 Jul Cato Gray, 2091
• May 15 Cato Gray Do 1778 Jul Cato Gray, 2092
• Proof of the Effectives 1778 Jul , 2093
• Proof of the Effectives 1778 Nov , 2077
• May 15 Catto Gray 3 years on Command 1778 Nov Cato Gray, 2075
• May 15 Catto Gray 3 years on Command 1778 Nov Cato Gray, 2076
• Cato Gray 2 coats 2 waistcoats 2 shirts 2 breeches 3 Stocking 4 shoes 1 blanket 1778 Cato Gray, 1327
• Cato Gray 2 coats 2 waistcoats 2 shirts 2 breeches 3 Stocking 4 shoes 1 blanket 1778 Cato Gray, 2072
• May 15 Cato Gray 3 years on Comd Fishkill 1779 Jan Cato Gray, 2085
• May 15 Cato Gray 3 years on Comd Fishkill 1779 Jan Cato Gray, 2086
• Proof of the Effectives 1779 Jan , 2087
• Proof of the Effectives 1779 Apr , 2074
• May 15 Catto Gray 3 years 1779 Apr , 2073
• Muster Roll of Capt. Maxwell's Co. in the 1st Battalion of Massachusetts; Commanded by Col. Bailey - May 1779 "May 15 Catto Gray 3 years" 1779 May 15 Cato Gray, 1328
• Proof of the Effectives 1779 May , 2068
• Muster Roll of Capt. Maxwell's Co. in the 1st Battalion of Massachusetts; Commanded by Col. Bailey 1779 May , 2067
• May 15 Catto Gray 3 years 1779 Aug , 2105
• Proof of the Effectives 1779 Aug , 2107
• May 15 Catto Gray 3 years 1779 Aug , 2106
• Proof of the Effectives 1779 Sep , 2071
• May 15 Cato Gray 3 years on Duty 1779 Sep Cato Gray, 2069
• May 15 Cato Gray 3 years on Duty 1779 Sep Cato Gray, 2070
• May 15 Cato Gray 3 years 1779 Oct Cato Gray, 2102
• May 15 Cato Gray 3 years 1779 Oct Cato Gray, 2103
• Proof of the Effectives 1779 Oct , 2104
• May 15 Cato Gray Do 1779 Dec Cato Gray, 2098
• May 15 Cato Gray Do 1779 Dec Cato Gray, 2097
• Cato Gray age 20 5 feet 2 inches Do Do town boston county Suffolk town Pelham county Hamshire hair Black complexion Black 1779 Cato Gray, 2110
• Cato Gray age 20 5 feet 2 inches Do Do town boston county Suffolk town Pelham county Hamshire hair Black complexion Black 1779 Cato Gray, 2109
• Size Roll 1779 , 2111
• Cato Gray Do 1 6 2/3 4 30 3-6 1779 Cato Gray, 2108
• No. 28 Cato Gray 1 coat 1 w. coat 1 breeches 1 woolen overalls 1 L overalls 2 stockings 1 shirt 3 shoes 1780 Cato Gray, 2100
• No. 28 Cato Gray 1 coat 1 w. coat 1 breeches 1 woolen overalls 1 L overalls 2 stockings 1 shirt 3 shoes 1780 Cato Gray, 2101

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Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Charles Paine, a Colored man, in 18[2]8 of Deerfield, aged -- Entered the service in 1777 for 3 years as a Soldier in Co of Capt Goodale or Goodall and regt Col Rufus Putnam, Staff line - dischg at Westpoint - Elijah Arms and Eliphalet Arms testify that 1777 Charles Paine, Sr., 1330

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