Chatham's Patriots of Color

Sourced from: Chatham County Historical Museum

Did you know that Chatham County can claim at least 30 free people of color who participated in the Revolutionary War? Learn more from a presentation delivered last year by David Morrow, in which he discussed the untold story of those Black Chatham Patriots.

You can view Morrow's presentation on "Chatham's Patriots of Color," on the Chatham Community Library's YouTube channel.

In the presentation, Morrow talked about several Chatham free men of color who served in the Revolutionary War and also about how he discovered this information while researching his own family's history.

If you are researching free people of color or are interested in the Revolutionary War, you won't want to miss Morrow's presentation.

The photo here shows Morrow's great grandparents, Thomas Bowden and Ruth Burnette, both of whom descend from Patriots of Color in Chatham County.

Thanks to Chatham Community Library and the Chatham Community Remembrance Coalition for sponsoring this great talk and to David Morrow for this important contribution to Chatham history.

Link to David Morrow's talk:
"Patriots of Color in Chatham County: Untold Stories: A Community Discussion by David Morrow:
https://youtu.be/fh9LnLQgVHc
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