Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35,194, Samuel Blackburn, Continental Md. Penn.
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SERVICE:   Continental  
Md.
Penn.
Blackburn, Samuel
NUMBER  S.35,194
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15.430  
Kentucky 
Samuel Blackburn 
of Mason County the State of Kentucky who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hand of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of 3 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of June 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of October 18 and sent to A. Beatty Esq Judge Washington Kentucky 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819     $ 116.80  
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820    48 – 
$164.80 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Notification sent to G. M. Bott Esqr. Flemingsburg April 16 1820
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State of Kentucky 
First Judicial District ss 
Personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of the District aforesaid on this 17th of June 1818 Samuel Blackburn a citizen of Mason County and District aged sixty three years, who being by first duly sworn according to law, upon his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled an act to provide for persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war  - that the said Blackburn entered the service as a vollunteer the year 1775 and in that capacity marched to Boston, and served out a year for which time he had volunteered.  That he afterward served in the flying camp and whilst engaged in that service he enlisted as a regular soldier whilst in the State New York (the name of the place where he enlisted not now recollected) in a company commanded by Captain James Hamilton of Lancaster County Pennsylvania whose company was attached to the first Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Colonel Hand and upon Continental establishment. That the
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the term for which he enlisted was three years, or during the war. That he served in the same company and Regiment through not under the same officers, till the year 1781, having served about fifteen months over his time at which time he received regular discharge from General Wayne, at Trenton, in New Jersey, which has been lost or mislaid.  That he was in the battles of Long Island, Monmouth, White Plains, and a number of skirmishes in one of which he was badly wounded by a ball through his right leg, just below the knee, which caused him to be transferred to the invalid corps, whereby he was prevented from being in the Battles of Brandywine and German Town. That the first of the above battles was fought while he was in the flying camp. That he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his county for a support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power to prove his said services.  
James Blackburn also personally appeared of before me, on the date above, and being duly sworn deposes and says he has been acquainted with the above named Samuel Blackburn upwards of twenty
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years, and knows that he has been in very low circumstances having procured his living and supported his family by his personal labour. That he some time since owned a small part of poor land, about eighty three acres, about thirty of which has been taken by a [unreadable] claim, and the ballance being little value, and the title uncertain, he has permitted it to be sold for the [unreadable] and the time of redemption now out. He owns no other property that he knows of, except a mare and some little household furniture of but little value. 
I Adam Beatty Judge as aforesaid do certify that the foregoing declaration of Samuel Blackburn, and affidavit of James Blackburn, were duly sworn to to before me on the date above and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Saml Blackburn did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy, and that he is now in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support, But he produced no proof of his services except his own oath. All which is hereby certified to the Department of War
Sworn under my hand the date above  A. Beatty
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State of Kentucky Mason County Circuit Sct 
I Marshall Key Clerk of the Mason Circuit Court, do certify that Adam Beatty before whom the within statement and affidavit were made, is and was at the time of subscribing the same Judge of the said Court, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all official acts by him done 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County at Washington the 17th day of June 1818 
Marshall Key 
Samuel Blackburn 
Private 
Colonel Hands Regt 
Pennsylvania line 
$33.33    3 years. 
time of entering Penna regt should be more particularly stated. The service should be proved by the deposition of witnesses certified to be credible.
Saml Blackburn
No 8
I further certify that it was proved to my satisfaction on this day by the oath of William Boyd, that the said Blackburn did serve one year (in the year 1775)  and also 6 months in the flying  camp as stated in his declaration and that he enlisted in the regular service out of the flying camp, but for what time the witness did not know.  Given under my hand as [unreadable] aforesaid this 8th September 1818
A, Beatty
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The undersigned, Judge as aforesaid certifies that the applicant Samuel Blackburn this day made the following additional declaration before him, upon oath that the service performed by him, as stated in his original declaration was under the command of Capt Michael Cresap of the State of Maryland, that the said company, together with one other company from Maryland commanded by Capt. Price; and two companies from Virginia, commanded by Hugh Stephenson and Daniel Morgan, were called independent companies and were all under the command of said Stephenson, who was the oldest captain, and were not attached to any regiment, - that the said companies were all raised by virtue of an ordinance or resolve of Congress. That this deponent regularly enlisted in the said Cresap's company, but as he received no Bounty, he considered himself as a volunteer, accordingly so stated in his former declaration; but he now declares that the said Companies were in the regular continental service and raised for the term of one year; which time he served complete; and upon this ground claims the benefit of the act of Congress, providing for the officers
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and soldiers of the revolutionary war.  He further declares that the name of the please at which he enlisted in the company of James Hamilton as stated in his former declaration is not recollected, but he knows it was between New Rochelle and Kingsbridge in the state of New York and that he enlisted about ten days before the battle of White Plains, or perhaps less which battle as he is now informed, appears by Ramsay history of the Revolutionary war, to have been fought on the 28th October 1776 that the first battle he was in, after this enlistment was a skirmish with the enemy at New Rochelle, which was fought by a detachment under the command of Colo Chambers; and the next battle was fought a few days after, at White plains at which time Colo Hand commanded the Regiment to which he was attached. That he served out his full three years after the last above mentioned enlistment, but is not able to prove the same by any other testimony them his own oath, in consequence of no person living in this State, so far as he has been able to learn, who belonged to the same Regiment. That he was badly wounded by a musket ball through his right leg, just below his knee in a skirmish near Brunswick, in the year 1779, which wound is now apparent upon inspection, and which has considerably disabled him ever since, but that he never applied for a pension in consequence thereof, as he was still able
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to get his living, but he has since had the misfortune within a year past to set his thigh broke and his knee put out of place, which has so disabled him a to render it necessary to go on crutches, which has wholly disabled him from doing any thing, except when sitting. That his account for service &c was settled in the Auditors office in Philadelphia about the year 1783, when he rec’d  £ 29 & some shillings in paper money of the State, and a certificate for £59 some shillings. From this circumstance he thinks his name must appear on the books of the proper office in that State.   

Richard Boucher, being first duly sworn states that he enlisted in June 1775 in the company of the above mentioned Hugh Stephens to serve for one year from the first of July of that year. That he knows the facts above stated by Samuel Blackburn respecting the four independent companies commanded by Cresap, Price, Stephenson and Morgan is correct and that he always understood they were raised by virtue of a resolve of Congress that he first became acquainted with Blackburn at Roxbury near Boston in August 1775, and being under the same command from . that time was well acquainted with him and knows that he served out his full term of enlistment, viz, one year, and was discharged at Staten Island, in the State of New York on the first July 1776. The said deponent knows nothing of the other services stated above.
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the said Boucher further states that he knows William Boyd did belong to the company of Michael Cresap during the time Blackburn served in said Company the said Boucher further states that the said Blackburn is very poor; and in consequence his misfortune in getting his knee put out of place and his thigh broke he is now completely a cripple and obliged to go on crutches. He also states that the wound through is leg by a musket ball is obvious from inspection, and knows that he always went lame in that leg.    
I, Adam Beatty, Judge of the first Judicial district, and of the Mason Circuit Court certify that the foregoing additional declaration of Samuel Blackburn was this day duly made and sworn to before me I also certify that the above deposition of Richard Boucher, whom I know to be a man of credibility, was also duly taken and sworn to this day before me. And being satisfied by the said testimony, that the said Blackburn did serve nine months and upwards in the continental service during the revolutionary war, and being also satisfied by said evidence and my own knowledge of the circumstances of said Blackburn, that he is in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his country for a support, the same is certified to the war department. Given under my hand this 27th Septr  1819
A Beatty
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State of Kentucky Sct 
At a Court held for the Mason Circuit at the Court House thereof in the town of Washington on Monday the 27th day of November 1820 
Samuel Blackburn produced in open Court a declaration in conformity to the act of Congress in that case made and provided, which having been sworn to; is ordered to be filed among the records of this Court. It is further ordered that it be certified to the Secretary of War that the Court is of opinion from the evidence of the said Samuel Blackburn to in open Court, that he is possessed of no property other than as stated in his said declaration: which is as follows viz 
State of Kentucky Set 15.430 
On this twenty seventh of November 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, expressly made by the law of the State which created it for the County of Mason in the State aforesaid Samuel Blackburn aged sixty five years on the 8th day of last May residing in the said County of Mason, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows Viz
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that he the said Samuel Blackburn, enlisted for the term of one year, on or about the first of July 1775 in the State of Maryland in the company commanded by Captain Michael Cresap in the battalion of four companies commanded by Hugh Stinson, a captain being the oldest acted a Major in the line of the State Maryland on Continental establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps until 1st July 1776 when he was discharged from said service or Staten Island in the State of New York after which he further served &c &c as set forth in his former application for a pension certificate of which has has in his notes 15430 dated 5th October 1819 and he further the said Samuel Blackburn solemnly swears that he was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any  manner disposed of the property or my part thereof with intent thereby & to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the and that he has not nor
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has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him, nor has he any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by him Subscribed:
1 Small mare 15 or 16 years old with one saddle and two bridles     $15.00
1 note of hand on Adam Cooper who is Insolvent for 50.00 
In cash part of pension I received last spring about } 6   
$71.00    
Which is all the property either real or personal wearing apparel excepted he owns on earth except what he may of hereafter receive as a pension.  He further states that early in life he was a weaver by trade, that he has not in able to pursue it for two or three years 
That he is compelled to go on crutches and a cane, that he has no family but wife who is about the age of himself and not very healthy. That they live entirely on the benevolence and hospitality of John Constant who is the son of the wife of the said Samuel Blackburn by a former Husband 
Samuel Blackburn   
State of Kentucky 
Mason Circuit Court Sct
Sworn to and subscribed to before me the
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subscriber a Judge of the first Judicial District in the State aforesaid and of Mason Circuit Court, being a Court of Record expressly made so by the law of the State which created it.  Given under my hand as such the 27th day of November 1820 A. Beatty 
State of Kentucky 
Mason Circuit Court Sct
I Marshall Key Clerk of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid do certify that the foregoing order of Court, and declaration are truly copied from the Records of my office  
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 28th day of November 1820 
Marshall Key
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O. W. and N. Division.  3 -- 525. 
OWN
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., 190 
In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of   Samuel Blackburn  a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 35,794 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  July 1, 1775    LENGTH OF SERVICE. 1 yr.       RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Michael Cresap  Major Hugh Stephenson   STATE.  Md.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  served in the “Flying Camp” officers not specified    
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  October 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  4 yrs 3 mos     RANK.         OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.     Captain James Hamilton   Colonel Hand  STATE.  Pa. Regt.
In a skirmish near Brunswick in 1777 [unreadable] the leg & transferred to the Invalid Corps for a while
The above is the only soldier of that name from the Penn Troops [unreadable] 
Battles engaged in, [unreadable]  Monmouth and various skirmishes in the of which at Brunswick he was wounded in the right leg 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated  
State Date of application for pension, June 17, 1818 [unreadable]  
Residence at date of application, Mason Co. Ky   
Age at date of application, b. [born] May 8 1755.  
Remarks: In 1820, soldier’s wife aged about 65 years name not stated – and John Constant, a son of his wife by a former husband are referred to – No other family data
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE D OCT 17 1921
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Rev Sect
MRS. ROBERT H. STICKLEY 
1435 MADISON AVENUE 
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 
Oct. 14th, 1921. 
Commissioner of Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
Will you kindly send me the military history of the two following Revolutionary War Soldiers with such family data as they contain: -- 
1. Samuel Blackburn who drew a pension, living in Fleming County, Ky. about 1840. 
2. Nathan (or Nathaniel ) Blackburn who in 1827 is given in the List of Revolutionary Soldiers from Wilkes Co. Ga. as taken from the Land Lottery Records "in" Georgia's Roster of Revolutionary soldiers" by Knight, page 344. 
Thanking you for your kindness in advance , in which your office has ever been most courteous, I am Very gratefully yours,
Mrs. R. N. Stickley
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Date May 27 1919 
Name  Samuel Blackburn    No  Sur. 35194   
Rev. War    
Photographic copies wanted of 4 pieces, consisting of 14 pages. 
Remarks: - 
Exr. W. S. Wilson Chief Rev War Section
APPROVED: T. F. Dennis  Law Clerk
Serial No. 238 -
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Pension Commissioner Washington D.C 
Dear Sir: 1 I find in the published list of Revolutionary pensioners my ancestors "Joseph Davis, Henry Co. Ky, 1833” S.15,397   and  “Samuel Blackburn of Nicholas Co. Ky. in 1818.” S.35194   Will you please send me the record of service in the Revolutionary war of these men, with any thing in regard to their families that may
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be contained in their papers, and oblige 
Yours Very Truly 
Mrs Wm F. Williams 
230 Forrest Ave 
Atlanta Ga 
RECORD DIVISION SEPT 16 1911
AOK SEPT 1911 ARM
U.S. PENSION OFFICE D SEP 16 1911
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35194
Revy INVALID. 
File No.  35194   
Samuel Blackburn   
Pri Rev War  
Act: 18” March 18” 
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 43 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
 1911 Sept. 21. Hist to the Mrs. William F. Williams 
1914 Apl. 3. Hist. to Mrs. M. Alma Emmons letter with John Blackburn Inv. Pens, Penna. roll 1914 May 4. Mrs. Alma Emmons letter with John Blackburn. place of birth not stated. Letter in S.22090 Joseph Armstrong &  
1919 May 27. Photostat copies and page's mailed to Lieut Emmons. 1850 Billmore St Wash. D.C. see receipt for payment in John Blackburn W.1367. AW 
1921 Nov 7 Hist. to Mrs. R.H. Stickley
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Free
Kty 67
Recd 14 Dec 1820
Flemingsburg Ky
Decr 4th
15.430
Sent to Geo. W. Botts Esq
Dec 16, 1820
Flemingsburg
Honble John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington D. C.
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Flemingsburg Nov 30. 1820. 
Sir
I had the honor of entering on the 21 Augt Last a Schedule of property for Saml Blackburn, which was certified in Fleming County he residing in Mason. tho within two hundred yards of the line, Five miles from this place and was 12 from Washington.  Last week rec’d it back - since which he has prepared his schedule and had it certified in the Mason Circuit Court a copy of which I herewith enclose, hoping it may be found correct. 
Respectfully Geo W. Botts  
Honble  John C. Calhoun
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Free
The Hon John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington
Old Case
Mail}
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Washington 2d Octr. 1819 
Sir.
The enclosed declaration of Saml Blackburn was returned from the War Office for further proof it is now again for together with additional proof and also an additional declaration explaining more fully the nature of the first years service rendered by him viz. from July 1775 to July 1776. The proof goes to this part of his services, being unable to produce any as to his service of 8 years. If the service for one year shall turn out not to have been in the Continental service the applicant is obliged to rely for proof as to his other services on the public records, and he is of opinion that proof may be obtained at the proper office in Pennsylvania. 
There are perhaps few men who stand in more need of the assistance of their country than the present applicant. If therefore his claim is well founded, it is desirable that the fact should be ascertained if possible 
I am very respectfully your obt servt    
A. Beatty