Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial

In Honor And Memory Of The Courageous Black Patriots from Northern Neck, Virginia Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, June 19, 2025

1. In Honor And Memory Of The Courageous Black Patriots from Northern Neck, Virginia Marker

Inscription.

Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial. . In honor and memory of the courageous Black Patriots from Northern Neck, Virginia who served bravely for our great Nation's Independence during the American Revolutionary War., Charles Ailstock, King George . Augustine Boyd, Northumberland . Burton Boyd, Northumberland . John Carey, Westmoreland . William Cassidy, Northumberland . James Causey, Northumberland . William Causey, Northumberland . Daniel Davis, Lancaster . John Davise, Westmoreland . George Day, Northumberland . Thomas Day, Northumberland . John DeBaptist, Stafford . Nathan Fry, Westmoreland . Peter Haws, Lancaster . William Haws, Lancaster . Lewis Hinton, Lancaster . Luke Hughes, Stafford . Joyles, King George . Nathanial Kenardy, Westmoreland . John Laws, Northumberland . Timothy Laws, Northumberland . William Laws, Northumberland . William Lee, Westmoreland . Ambrose Lewis, King George . Charles Lewis, King George . James Lucas, King George . John Lucas, Westmoreland . Thomas Mahorney, Westmoreland . Bennett McCoy, Westmoreland . James McCoy, Westmoreland . Richard McGee, King George . Anthony Morrison, Lancaster . Isaac Needham, Westmoreland . Amos Nickens, Northumberland . Edward Nickens, Lancaster . Hezekiah Nickens, Lancaster . James Nickens, Lancaster . James Nickens, Northumberland . James Nickens, Stafford . John Nickens, Lancaster . Nathaniel Nickens, Lancaster . Richard Nickens, Lancaster . Robert Nickens, Lancaster . William Nickens, Lancaster . William Dats, Northumberland . Charles Payne, King George . Joshua Payne, King George . Andrew Pebbles, Westmoreland . Billy Pinn, Lancaster . James Pinn, Lancaster . John Pinn, Lancaster . Robert Pinn, Lancaster . Thomas Pinn, Richmond . Joseph Ranger, Northumberland . William Rich, Richmond . Godfrey Richeson, Stafford . Shadrack Shavers, Stafford . . Thomas Shaw, Stafford . Edward Sorrell, Northumberland . James Sorrell, Northumberland . Thomas Sorrell, Northumberland . James Tate, Westmoreland . Jesse Tate, Richmond . Spencer Thomas, Northumberland . Aaron Weaver, Lancaster . Elijah Weaver, Lancaster . John Weaver, Lancaster . Richard Weaver, Lancaster . Henry Welch, King George . Charles Whitson, Stafford . Charles Wood, Lancaster . John Wood, Northumberland . Phillip Wood, Lancaster . Thomas Wood, Lancaster

In honor and memory of the courageous Black Patriots from Northern Neck, Virginia who served bravely for our great Nation's Independence during the American Revolutionary War.

Charles Ailstock, King George • Augustine Boyd, Northumberland • Burton Boyd, Northumberland • John Carey, Westmoreland • William Cassidy, Northumberland • James Causey, Northumberland • William Causey, Northumberland • Daniel Davis, Lancaster • John Davise, Westmoreland • George Day, Northumberland • Thomas Day, Northumberland • John DeBaptist, Stafford • Nathan Fry, Westmoreland • Peter Haws, Lancaster • William Haws, Lancaster • Lewis Hinton, Lancaster • Luke Hughes, Stafford • Joyles, King George • Nathanial Kenardy, Westmoreland • John Laws, Northumberland • Timothy Laws, Northumberland • William Laws, Northumberland • William Lee, Westmoreland • Ambrose Lewis, King George • Charles Lewis, King George • James Lucas, King George • John Lucas, Westmoreland • Thomas Mahorney, Westmoreland • Bennett McCoy, Westmoreland • James McCoy, Westmoreland • Richard McGee, King George • Anthony Morrison, Lancaster • Isaac Needham, Westmoreland • Amos Nickens,

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Northumberland • Edward Nickens, Lancaster • Hezekiah Nickens, Lancaster • James Nickens, Lancaster • James Nickens, Northumberland • James Nickens, Stafford • John Nickens, Lancaster • Nathaniel Nickens, Lancaster • Richard Nickens, Lancaster • Robert Nickens, Lancaster • William Nickens, Lancaster • William Dats, Northumberland • Charles Payne, King George • Joshua Payne, King George • Andrew Pebbles, Westmoreland • Billy Pinn, Lancaster • James Pinn, Lancaster • John Pinn, Lancaster • Robert Pinn, Lancaster • Thomas Pinn, Richmond • Joseph Ranger, Northumberland • William Rich, Richmond • Godfrey Richeson, Stafford • Shadrack Shavers, Stafford • • Thomas Shaw, Stafford • Edward Sorrell, Northumberland • James Sorrell, Northumberland • Thomas Sorrell, Northumberland • James Tate, Westmoreland • Jesse Tate, Richmond • Spencer Thomas, Northumberland • Aaron Weaver, Lancaster • Elijah Weaver, Lancaster • John Weaver, Lancaster • Richard Weaver, Lancaster • Henry Welch, King George • Charles Whitson, Stafford • Charles Wood, Lancaster • John Wood, Northumberland • Phillip Wood, Lancaster • Thomas Wood, Lancaster

Erected 2023 by James

Black Patriots Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, June 19, 2025

2. Black Patriots Monument

Monroe Chapter, Virginia Society, and National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 37° 57.426′ N, 76° 45.48′ W. Memorial is in Warsaw, Virginia, in Richmond County. It is at the intersection of Court Circle and Campus Drive, on the right when traveling north on Court Circle. Marker is in the parking lot across from the Richmond County General District Court. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 212 Court Circle, Warsaw VA 22572, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

the Western Hemisphere,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (about

Rear of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Evan Dwyer, June 19, 2025

3. Rear of Monument

400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Richmond County Courthouse (about 400 feet away); Warsaw (about 500 feet away); Hon. William Atkinson Jones (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saint John’s Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Saddlery Foundation Community and Veterans' Memorial Terrace (approx. ¼ mile away); Rappahannock Indians (approx. 3 miles away); Francis Lightfoot Lee's Menokin (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warsaw.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.