Cato Affrica Lists of Men in the Revolution, Vol. II, Connecticut Line, 1777-1781, Page 53  

The surname Affrica/Africa is Spanish (África): ethnic name for a person of African descent or nickname for someone with some other connection with the continent of Africa 

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ALVIS, in York County, Virginia all with the surname Alvis are listed as "Other Free."
 

The Alvis surname is English: from the Middle English personal name Alvin or Alfwin, Old English Ælfwine ‘elf friend’. Compare Alwin. Swedish: ornamental name from alv ‘elf’ + the common surname suffix -in. Alwin surname is English: from the Middle English personal name Alwin or Elwin, a falling together of various Old English personal names: Ælfwine ‘elf friend’, Æ{dh}elwine ‘noble friend’, Ealdwine ‘old friend’, and others.

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The Archer surname is English: from Old French arch(i)er, Middle English archere, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier.
 

 Caleb Archer

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The Arthur Allen surname is English and Scottish: from a Celtic personal name of great antiquity and obscurity. In England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant ‘little rock’. Compare Gaelic ailín, diminutive of ail ‘rock’. The present-day frequency of the surname Allen in England and Ireland is partly accounted for by the popularity of the personal name among Breton followers of William the Conqueror, by whom it was imported first to Britain and then to Ireland. St. Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another St. Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.

North Carolina State Census
County : Northampton Co.
Location : Duprees District
Year : 1786
Page # : 019

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The IVEY surname is English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Ivoy in Cher, northern France. David Ivey private NC cont'l line. He was living in Davidson County, Tennessee after the war.

David Ivey, was a Resident of Davidson County from 1820 to his death in 1828. He married Nancy Kelley in 1814 in Anderson County, Tennessee. He enlisted in North Carolina Line under Shepherd and Captain James Wilson for three years. He died in Davidson County where he is buried, (grave unmarked). Source: Virginia Military Records, Appendix: State-Wide and Miscellaneous Records, Page 929

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Councill Bass

The BASS surname in English: from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.

In English: in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman. In Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin. In Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’. German: see Basse. German: habitational name from any of the places called Basse, for example near Wunstorf and Rostock. Danish: from Old Danish basse ‘wild boar’. French: from Old French basse ‘low-born’ or ‘short’.

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George Beckett served on the Accomac Galley Virginia State Navy in the year 1777. The 1800 Accomack County, Virginia states that George Beckett was "described as "Other Free" citizen. All the Becketts of Accomack County are "Other Free," citizens.

The Beckett surname is English: from a diminutive of Beck 3 or, more rarely, of Beck 1. English: habitational name from places called Beckett in Berkshire and Devon. The former is named with Old English bēo ‘bee’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’; the latter has as its first element the Old English personal name Bicca. This surname is also found in Ireland. Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Béquet (see Bequette).

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Solomon Bibby, Franklin County, NC was in the service of the Ul Sl for three years to clear a class 16 June 1902, witnessed by John Munick and Thomas Sherrad of Franklin County, NC.

No. 232 Solomon Bibby, served three years in Colonel Summers' Regt. of NC Line (attested 5 Nov. 1801 by J. W. Carver, Capt. of the 7th Regt., Daniel Jones, Capt., and CK. J. Devony, J. P. ) Bibby received 274 acres in Tennessee on 27 Oct. 1783 within lands reserved for officers and soldiers of the NC Line. Thomas Brickwell, clerk of Franklin, NC, also mentioned.  Source: Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s Listed in: Records from State and County Archives  Page number: 7

The Bibby surname is English (Lancashire): from a pet form of Bibb. Bibb surname is English (chiefly West Midlands): from the medieval female personal name Bibb, a pet form of Isabel (see Isbell). Isbell is English: from the female personal name Isabel(l)(a). This originated as a variant of Elizabeth, a name which owed its popularity in medieval Europe to the fact that it was borne by John the Baptist’s mother. The original form of the name was Hebrew Elisheva ‘my God (is my) oath’; it appears thus in Exodus 6:23 as the name of Aaron’s wife. By New Testament times the second element had been altered to Hebrew shabat ‘rest’, ‘Sabbath’. The form Isabella originated in Spain, the initial syllable being detached because of its resemblance to the definite article el, and the final one being assimilated to the characteristic Spanish feminine ending -ella. The name in this form was introduced to France in the 13th century, being borne by a sister of St. Louis who lived as a nun after declining marriage with the Holy Roman Emperor. Thence it was taken to England, where it achieved considerable popularity as an independent personal name alongside its doublet Elizabeth.

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Zachariah Bowles Served as a private in the Virginia line. The Albemarle County, Virginia census state that Zachariah was "Other Free" citizen.

The Bowles surname is English and Irish: variant of Bowell or Bowler and is Welsh: variant of Powell (see Howell).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Bouelles in Seine Maritime, France, so named with Old Norman French boelle ‘enclosure’, ‘dwelling’.

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Job Chilloway Indian

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James Causey Northumberland served in the Navy on the Dragon  LBP   The Causey surname is English (of Norman origin): topographic name for someone who lived by a causeway, Middle English caucey (from Old Norman French cauciée); the ending of the word was in time assimilated by folk etymology to Middle English way.

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John Cumbo (Cumboe) 3 CL. John Cumbo  listed as "Other Free" on the 1810 Virginia census. He was living in Charles City. Census Microfilm Records: Virginia, 1810 Series: M252  Roll: 68 Part: 1 Page: 71

The Cumbo surname is Southern Italian (Sicily): nickname from medieval Greek kombos ‘deception’, ‘trick’, or from southern dialect kombo ‘knot’ (from medieval Greek kombos ‘tie’, ‘bond’).

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Fegin (Fagan), Cato (negro). Born in Mill Creek Hundred; aged 22 in 1776m height 5' 7 1/4", black hair and dark complexion. Private, Delaware Regiment, enlisted on August 14, 1776, in New Castle County, Capt. Thomas Kean's Company, Flying Camp. Source: Delaware, Revolutionary Patriots Listings, Page 90

The Fegin/Fegan surname is Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fiacháin or Ó Feichín (see Feehan).

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William Flora Liet. Col. John Cropper's Company of Col. Morgan Regiment, attached to General Woodford's Birgade, as it stood November 30, 1778. Records of the Revolutionary War, Part II - Officers and Privates, Page 268

The Flora surname is Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian: from the female personal name Flora. In Czech, Austrian, and Polish: from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Florianus (see Florian). Hungarian (Flóra): from the female personal name Flóra (see Florence).

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Hingwalupa served under Capt. Montour's Company Delaware Indians.

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James Harris

The Harris surname is English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South Wales): patronymic from the medieval English personal name Harry, pet form of Henry.

This name is also well established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. In some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, both Harris and Harrison can be Anglicized forms of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. Greek: reduced form of the Greek personal name Kharalambos, composed of the elements khara ‘joy’ + lambein ‘to shine’. Jewish: Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish names.

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Luke Hughes (Huse) 3 CL, 3 and 7 CL. Of King George, E. The Register of St. Pauls's Parish, King George Co., Va.: Behethland, Page 260 Behethland Marriages Luke Hughes and Behethland Kennedy, July 10, 1779.

The Hughes surname is English (also common in Wales): patronymic from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Hugh. Welsh: variant of Howells. Irish and Scottish: variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McCoy).

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Primus Jacobs living in New Hanover County, North Carolina when the 1835 pension list was taken.

Source: Pension Roll of 1835, Volume III, North Carolina, Page 382

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John Kenneda of the Oneida tribe, resided in Vernon, Oneida, Castle Oneida. Record states that John 's pension was denied because he did not know the names of the officers under whom he served. 

Source: Revolutionary War Pension Lists Military Records; Rejected or Suspended Applications for Rev. War, Claims of New York Residents, 1850, Page 127
 

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Captain John Killbuck is mentioned in correspondence at Fort Pitt in June 1778. A private paper in WD states that Colonel William Henry Killbuck alias Captain John Killbuck. He is buried at Goshen Ohio. Killbuck was chief of the turtle clan of the Delaware Indians  

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John Montour Captain of Pennsylvania . John was an interpreter for Fort Pitt. He was present at the many treaties between the settlers and the Five Nations in Pennsylvania.

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Amos Nickens of Northumberland County, Virginia served on the Congress. USP William Skinner.

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Edward Nickens able seaman. H. D. 1834-5, Doc. 48, 15.

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James Nickens  (Nicking, Nicken, Neakins), Hezekiah (brother of James). On Gloucester. Died a prisoner. Enlisted about July 19, 1777, and continued to end of war. On Gloucester. On Dragon, September 2, 1779. Another statement sets forth that he enlisted August 1, 1777. Honorably discharges by Markham, June 2, 1780. Living in Stafford County, in 1840 aged 85. Memorialists residing in Frederick County, son James Nickens: daughters Elizabeth Nickens and Indy Pollard. NBJ. James Nicken a boy delivered from Hero to Captain Thomas Pollard. James Nickens appears on the 1783 Lancaster County, Virginia Tax List.

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 Hezekiah Nickens, (brother of James), on Gloucester. Died a prisoner.

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John Nickens

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Nathaniel Nickens (Nicken), "Ornary" Seaman, Tempest, August 1778. See also "Neakens."

Nathaniel's name appears on the 1783 Lancaster County, Virginia Tax List, page #055

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William Nickens William Nickens was a drummer. He served three years. R. C.

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Robert Nickens was in the infantry. His name appears on the 1783 Lancaster County, Virginia Tax List,  Page # : 055.

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Richard Nickens, of Lancaster County USP. S 5830. Aged 82 in December 1832. Entered service as a private in the Navy, under Thomas Pollard, with whom he went to Hampton. Then served eighteen months on the Hero, Captain Chamberland, stationed in Hampton Roads and on contiguous coasts. Was removed to the Tempest, 18 guns, Captain Sanders, and was on her eighteen months, after which he was discharged by Captain Steele, who had charge of Chickahominy shipyard. Never was in any regular battle, but in frequent skirmishes.

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