Caesar Quawco

Quick Facts

Significance:

Patriot of Color at the Battle of Bunker Hill

Place of Birth:

Concord, Massachusetts(?)

The following is from the 2004 National Park Service study Patriots of Color researched and prepared by George Quintal:

Nothing is known of the early life of Caesar Quawco.^I

He joined the eight month’s service on 26 April 1775 from Concord, in the company of Capt. Joseph Butler in Col. John Nixon’s regiment. His name also appears on the 1 August 1775 roll and the 30 September 1775 return dated Winter Hill.^II

As the attack on Canada crumbled, the call went out for reinforcements for the Northern Department. He responded by enlisting in Capt. Charles Miles’ company, in Col. Jonathan Reed’s regiment. This unit served at Ticonderoga during the time of the defeat of the American fleet on Lake Champlain under Gen. Benedict Arnold. On 16 February 1777, he was allowed pay for 180 miles travel home.^III

Footnotes:

1. Soldier description unavailable – soldier placed in database based on given (first) name alone.
2. Secretary of Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (1896-1908), 12:897, listed as ‘Quoka.’ Also 2-CD Family Tree Maker^TM set “Military Records: Revolutionary War.”
3. Ibid 12:885, listed as ‘Quaco.’

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