Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,638, Willyoube Blackard, N.C.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Blackard, Willyoube or Willoughby
NUMBER
S.29,638
CONTENTS
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15468
Wm Blackard
Withe County
Virginia
5.12.
May 3d 33
Page 368
Th J. Boyd
Withe County
Va
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BRIEF in the case of Willyoube Blackard
County of Withe in the State of Virginia 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?
Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
74 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. / Duration of Service / Rank / Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Oct 12. In 1776 Enlisted May 26th 1780, taken prisoner & remained a prisoner until July 27th same year & served until the end of the war / 
Years / Months, / Days.
8  / As a private / 
Gen. Cole Dixon
Captn Hogan
Majr Donho
Captn Yarborough 
5. In what battles was he engaged? Germantown Stono & several other Battles
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Bute County N. Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
John N Artson
Examining Clerk.
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Virginia 23.394
Willyoube Blackard
of Wythe in the State of Va who was a private in the __ commanded by Captain Hogan of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dixon in the North Carolina. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of January. 32. and sent Thomas J. Boyd. Wythe CH (Courthouse) - Virginia
Arrears to the 4th of September 1833 200
Semi-annual. allowance ending January [18]34 40
$240.-- 
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Pratt [illegible] Clerk 
Book C Volume One Page 3

Letter 23d December 1836 to Honorable G.W. Hopkins and Pension agent. - ditto [letter]. to Oglesby and Gibbons July 28 1837-
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State of Virginia
Wythe County to wit:
On the eighth day of October 1832,
personally appeared before the justices of the county court of Wythe in other court Willyoube Blackard, a resident of Wythe county and state of Virginia, and aged
74 years on the 12 of August last part who being first duly sword according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to attain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States on the 12 oct 1776.  with Capt  John Hogan- and served in the 4th Regiment of the North Carolina line under the following named officers, Col Henry Dixon, Major Thomas Donoho, Capt. Jacob Turner who was promoted to maj, and enlisted at germantown - then Capt William Sanders - at the time of his enlistment he lived in Bute county North Carolina,, marched first to a place in Virginia called the long bridge, & was in the battle when Fordyce was defeated, from there he returned to North Carolina to Bute county then to Halifax county, & then to South Carolina to Edisto River above Charleston & then to Stono River & was in the battle of the Stono - Genl Lincoln was the commander in chief who was there wounded - from the battle of Stono went into Charleston and was then taken prisoner May 26. 1780 - & remained a prisoner until the 27 July same year was then exchanged & then
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was put in the 6th Reg. north Carolina line, Col Henry Dixon, Lieutenant Col Robt Matthews, Maj Donoho,  Capt Edward Yarborough - served under Capt Yarborough to the end of the war - was in Gates defeat Aug 16 1780 - then in Guilford battle March 15 1781. Then the battle of Camden April 23rd 1781 - Then the Eutaw Spring battle Sept. 8th 1781 - Greene commanded. was discharged Nov. 15 1781 - Has lost his discharge -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any army agency in any state. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Willyoube Blackard
his + mark
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the afore-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. I, John B. Mathews, Clerk of the County Court of Wythe County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Willyoube Blackard for a pension. -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 21st day of October 1832. 
J.P. Mathews Clk.
by A.B. Moore his Dep.
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State of Va Wythe County SS
I W. H. Spiller presiding Justice of the County Court of Wythe, do hereby certify that John P. Mathews is Clerk of said Court, and that A. B. Moore is his regularly authorized deputy.
Given under my hand and seal this 21 day of October 1832.
W. H Spiller Sec
State of Virginia by the County to wit:
On this 11th day of November 1833 personally appeared before the justices of the County Court of Wythe County in open court the aforesaid Willyoube Blackard, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say, by way of amendment to his foregoing declaration, 
that he was in actual service in the war of the Revolution more than two years - that he served, as is stated in his foregoing declaration, from the 12th day of October 1776 to the end of the war, with an interval of about two months when he was on furlough.
Sworn to and subscribed this 11th day of November 1833.
Will yoube Blackard
X his mark

I, Thomas Bunting a clergyman, residing in the aforesaid County of Wythe hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Will yoube (Willoughby) Blackard, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and amendment thereto, that I believe him to have been seventy four years of age at the time stated in his foregoing declaration, and in his
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and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of November 1833.
T Bunting
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the aforementioned applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Bunting who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Wythe, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I John P. Mathews, Clerk of the County Court of Wythe County to hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the application of Will-you-be Blackard for a pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 16th day of November 1833.
J.P. Mathews Clk
By A.B. Moore D.C. 

[sideways on lower right side of page]
Wm Blackard Declaration for a pension
15468
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State of Virginia, Russell County, SS:
I James P. Carroll Clerk of the Court of said County do certify that Benjamin Sewell and James McClure who have taken the within affidavit of Francis Browning, were at the time the same was taken acting justices of the peace in and for the said county of Russell, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that the signatures of the said Benjamin Sewell and James McClure thereunder written are, and each of them is, genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court, at the Courthouse this 12th day of August 1833
James P. Carroll
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State of Virginia, Russell County to wit:
This day came Francis Browning son of the said County, who is of the age of 73 years, and is a respectable man and a credible witness before Mr. Benjamin Sewell + James McClure Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God makes oath and saith that during the Revolutionary war in the year 1776 or 1777
this affiant resided in Caswelll County in the State North Carolina, and was a neighbour to Willoughby Blackard, whom this affiant understood had enlisted and was understood in the neighbourhood that the said Blackard was on the Continental establishment. He further saith that he believed that the said Blackard served from the first mentioned years until the expiration of the war. And further this affiant saith not

Francis Browning 
Sworn to and subscribed before us Benjamin Sewell & James McClure this 28th day of June 1827.


Benjamin Sewell 
James Mc Clure
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
May 28, 1928
Mrs. R. B. Moore
205 14th St.
Charlottesville, Va.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29638, it appears that Will you be Blackard or Willoughby Blackard was born August 12, 1758, place not stated.
While a resident of Caswell County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served a s a private in Captains Jacob Turner’s and William Sanders’ Companies in Colonel Henry Dixion’s North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battle of Great Bridge, Virginia, “where Fordyce was defeated,” was in the battle of Stono Ferry and was taken prisoner at Charleston, South Carolina, May 26, 1780. On July 27, 1780, he was exchanged and placed in Captain Edward Yarborough’s Company in Colonel Henry Dixon’s North Carolina Regiment. He was in the first battle of Camden and the battle of Guilford and was discharged November 15, 1781. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, at which time he was living in Wythe County, Virginia.
There are no data on file relative to his family. 
Respectfully, WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner 
Sold. stated he enlisted Oct. 12, 1776 but I omitted this as said date is subsequent to time of battle of Great Bridge (Dec. 9, 1775) in which sold. participated.
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(Top right) 205 14th Street, 
Charlottesville, Va.,
May 16, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I wrote you sometime ago regarding my Revolutionary ancestor, Will-you-be Blachard, or Willoughby Blackard. I gave you all the information I was able to secure at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va., but thinking perhaps my letter may have become misplaced, I am again giving you this information.
State Archive Dept. Rev. War Record of Will-you-be Blachard. 8th Report 1919-11. Page 46.
Will-you-be Blachard (Wythe)
S. of W. 1835 – Pen. 2 – 208
Report Sec. of War Pension Rolls.
Vol. 2 – Page 208. Rank Pri. Annual Allowance 80.
Sum received 240. When placed on pension roll, Jan.17, 1834.
Age, 76. Discription of Service, Va. Militia. 
The above is an exact copy, and if the name of his wife appears on your records, I would appreciate it so much if you will advise me, as I am very anxious to know whom he married. If you have any other information other than that given above, I would also like to have it.
Trusting that I may hear from you, and assuring you of my appreciation, I am,
Very truly, 
Mrs. R. B. Moore
May 
21
1928
Pension U.S. Office
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U. S. PENSION OFFICE
Apr
27
1928

205 14th St., 
Charlottesville, Va.,
April 26/28.
Commissioner of Pensions. 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir:
In searching the records of the Virginia State Library, I found the following concerning my great  great grandfather, and I am quoting it just as it appears on the
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I quote as follows:
“Rev. War Record of Will-you-be Blackard, Va. State Library. 8th Report 1910-11- page 4.6”

“Will-you-be Blackard (Wythe) S. of W. 1835 Pen. 2 - 208.
Report Sec. of War – Pension Rolls. 
Vol. 2. Page 208"

Rank Private. Annual allowance 80. sum rec. 240 
When placed on pension roll Jan. 17. 1834, age 76.
Description of service, Va. Militia”

If you have any data other than given above, I would be grateful if you would advise me. 
Very Truly, 
Mrs. R. B. Moore
P.S. We have always spelled our name Blackard and instead of Will-you-be we spell it Willoughby.
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books there in the State Archive Dept. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and if you can give me any further information it would certainly be appreciated. I do not know whom he married and if his wife’s name appears on any of your records I would be grateful for the information.
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March 11, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
My great great grandfather, Willoughby Blackard (underlined) was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a native Virginian. 
I will certainly appreciate any information you can give concerning him. 
Yours truly, Mrs. R.B. Moore
205 14th Street.
University, Va. 

Stamp:
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 12
1928
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29638.
INVALID.
Revy
File No 29,638
Will. Yoube Blackard
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 39'
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 42 
[Arrangement of 1870]

1928. Mar 28 hist to Mrs. R. B. Moore
M.C.S.
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Wm Blackard
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Wythe Court House Virginia. Nov. 16th. 1833 
I herewith enclose the amended declaration of William Blackard. Be pleased to inform me of the result of his application. 
Very respectfully
Th. J. Boyd
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Virginia
November 22
56th
Wythe Court House
November 16
War Department
Pension Office
Washington City
D.C.
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Blackard
Admd as proof 
2 years $80
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in ren ink, will apply to the claim of Willoughby Blackard which require further proof or explanation. 
I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II.	Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes. 
III.	If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.	Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes. 
V.	*Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes (crossed out) no
VI.	Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII.	Has the court given their opinion? yes
IX.	Has the clerk given his opinion? yes
X.	Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI.	Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another responsible citizen as to their belief in respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? The court have
XII.	If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII.	If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV.	+If the applicant’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced at witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV.	Does it appear form any of the papers that the witness ws in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI.	Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII.	Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
•	QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sword, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For – year – months, and – days, I served as a – For months and – days, I served as a --; and for such service I claim a pension.
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pension and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too in-definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection-able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served’ the duration of each applicant served with an embodied corps calling into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.  
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magis-trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of conger, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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July 28
Richmond 
Jul 28
Va.
J L Edwards Esq.
Coms of  Pensions 
Washington DC
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Richmond 26 July [18]37
Dear Sir
The enclosed pension is rejected because the name is not spelt in this as in the pension Books here. The agent says it is entered as Blackard instead of Blackward as in this claim. If it is right be pleased to direct to the agent to pay -- Otherwise Send it by mail to Oglesby and Gibbing Wythe County Virginia who will correct it for the old name and send to me to collect.
[illegible]
JJ Fry