Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21646, Joseph Black, N.C. S.C.
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( 8 -1776 )  SERVICE N.C. , S.C.  Black Joseph  NUMBER S. 21646
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( left page ) 23,358 South Carolina Joseph Black of Abbeville in the  State of S. Car. who was a pri. in the  ___ commanded by Captain __ of the Reg't commanded by Col : Lock in the  __ line for 10 month - 18 days. Inscribed on the Roll of S. Carolina at the rate of 55 Dollars  55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of March 1831.  Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Jany 34 and sent to  Hon. Geo : Mc Duffie  S. & R.   Arrears to the 4th Sept 183 _.  $ 138.33 Semi- anl . allowance ending .. ( illegible ) 34 $ 27.66 ( total $ 165.99 ) { Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 . } Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 63   ( right page ) Let : Agt : June 30 Payt iss'd , Let : Jas Wordlaw June 30  , Let : Agt. Sept 12  35. Payt resumed . Let : Pension Sep 12 35. Let: Pension agt 15 May 1837 .,  Let: Penr June 7 1837
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offering a discharge for a three month  tour of service to all those who would volunteer and serve  six weeks in that dangerous services that he entered this last named service as a volunteer on the 26th day of Jany as he thinks 1781 under Captain William Alexander under the immediate command of General Greene that the company to which he was attached  followed and harassed the  rear of the British army for some time and at length joined General Green at  Haw River, that he remained with General Greene's army until the 13th day of March when his six weeks  expired when he was regularly discharged that he again enlisted with Captain Peter Barns for the  term of ten months for the  def. of South Carolina, that they joined Lieutenant  Col. Wade Hampton 's Regiment and march to the  Congaree River in South Carolina when they joined Colonel Hill's Regiment and other under the command of Colonel Thomas Sumpter, that they besieged the fort at Granby from which place he was taken to Bellair at Colonel Thompsons , thence they march to  Orangeburg and took it by  assault - thence they returned to Granby and the fort surrendered from them they  left Granby and in company with  Colonel Washington & Lee  to ..... ( illegible ) the British to Hendricks Mills ... ( illegible ) where they joined General Greene  and ... ( illegible ) from which place  he was detained with Colonel Washington & Lee  to the  Quarter House .. ( illegible )  where they routed a party of the British  army with supplies for the army from there they were marched to the Congaree when Colonel Sumpter's wound that he had received at Black stocks broke out he was one of 12 of a  body  guard sent with
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him up to Ingen Creek in Lancaster District South Carolina when he was at that time of the Battle of Eutaw after Colonel Sumpter's wounds got well they again joined the army at the  four hole bridge  when he was discharged by Captain William Alexander ( Captain Burns having become  ... ( illegible ) and gone home this time ) that he entered, the above tour of service  about the 18th day of March 1781 and left  it sometime in January 1782. that he then returned home to  Mecklenburg County  North Carolina  about which time a requisition was made by either Congress or the  State of North Carolina that  every twenty men should furnish  from amongst them one man to be a substitute  for ... ( illegible ) as a soldier for  during... ( illegible ) that he was returned as such with ... ( illegible ) and in this capacity he remained until peace was made  that he was not called out into actual service  under this engagement but .. ( illegible ) service making all together he  served was about 27 months was having entered the above engagement  about the 1st of the year 1782 and considered himself a soldier until the Peace was made. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of .. ( illegible )  any State. 1st Where and in what year were you born . ... ( illegible ) County Pennsylvania on the 1st day of January 1763. 2nd Have you any record of  your age, if so .. ( illegible )  I have a transcript of the record of my father's family taken from the family Bible.
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I also got a discharge from Captain Peter Burns  for my first tour of  five months and also a discharge from William Alexander for the  *last weeks tour both of which are long since lost , and that he has no living evidence of service convenient. I am  acquainted with  James Wardlaw  Esquire, Moses Taggert Esquire and Patrick Noble , Col. Alexander Bowie, with a number of Respectable gentlemen who can  certify as to my character for veracity and good behavior.  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court.  James Black ( signed ) Jas. Wardlaw ( signed ) clk.
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24239  Joseph Black  S.C. Priv  Adm as a Private - 16 mos - 18 days $ 55.33  Hon. Geo. Mc Diffie  HR Dist. So. Ca.
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WAR DEPARTMENT Pension Office, May 17, 1833  Sir : The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form . On comparing  these  papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objection exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes  and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace ( thus : } ) . You will , when you return your papers to this Department , sent this printed letter with them ; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.   A Statement showing the Service of Joseph Black S.C. Period when service was rendered. Mounted Infantry 19 Aug 1780 , 26 Jany 1781 March 1781 Feb, 1782  Aug sub. was not in actual service under this last enlistment, but  consider  it so much as making all together 27 months .Length of claimants service.  Years. Months. Days.  1 mo 12 days, 10 mo ,19 mo .  Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  Private 6p   Col Lock  , Private 6 p Alexander G Green, private 6 p  Barns, Col Hill & Sumpter . Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service  70 - born in Dauphin Pa. entered at Mecklenburg N.C. now lives in Abbeville S.C. Knows of no surviving witness Certificate of a clergyman  and two citizens. I am respectfully Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS , Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who serviced on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will in the first instance, make applications by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)      years who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain 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 in the year (d)     , with     and served in the      (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,                             A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I     of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certified, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the     and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of      for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, 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.  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 sworn, 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 than 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."
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 pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served:  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office. 
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

not on the rolls of So Ca must prove the 10 mo service no allowance made only for actual service of course his last mentioned service is inadmissible
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Rev and 1812
Wars SEction EEL
April 12 1930
Mrs Ida V Dice
808 W 18th Street 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S21646 it appears that Joseph Black was born January 18 1763 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
While residing in Macklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted August 19, 1780, served in Captain Peter Burns' Company of Mounted Infantry, Colonel Locke's North Carolina Regiment and was discharged January 25 1781.
He enlisted January 26 1781 served in Captain William Alexander's North Carolina Company and was discharged March 13 1781.
He enlisted March 18 1781 served in Captains Peter Burns and William Alexander's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Orangeburg and at the siege of Fort Granby and was discharged in January 1782.
In 1784 he moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1833.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 
No charge is made for this service and $1.00, the amount of your remittance will be refunded in due time.
Very truly yours
EARL D CHURCH
Commissioner
Date of leath not out B
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( post mark ) [ RECEIVED  DEC 3 1938  MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM HEADER # 11 ]
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Mrs. Edgar J. Stephens
201 Bankhead Street
New Albany, Miss. 
(date stamped) Received Dec 3 1938 Mail (?) Div. 
Vest Adm
To the Chief Clerk, Pension Dept. 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir; 
As you will see from the enclosed chart, I am lineally decended from Samuel Young, the emigrant to was granted land in the lower Long Cane section near Abbeville, S.C. in 1767.  His wife's name is said to have been Sallie----.
Is there any record of his services, Revolutionary or Colonial?  His second son John, born about 1750, distinguished himself as n Indian fighter and served throughout the Revolutionary war.  He was at the time of his death 1840or 41) residing with his son Samuel in Wilcox Co., Ala, and was on the pension roll.
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MRS EDGAR J STEPHENS
201 BANKHEAD STREET
NEW ALBANY, MISS
He either accompanied his son Samuel to Wilcox Co Ala or followed him there later Both John and Samuel are buried in that cemetary.
I wish a copy of John's application for p pension.
Joseph Black [handwritten only SC or son there Stas] (son of Joseph Black, I think of Abbeville Dist SC was pensioned for his se services during the Revolutionary war. I wish a copy of his application for pension. If there is a charge for copying these records, I'll send a check to cover. I am a member of the DAR R on other lines. I am seeking above date for my family history.
Thanking you for same, I am, Sincerely Annabel W Stephens
Nov 28 1938
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( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 31 1930 ]
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(post mark ) [ FINANCE DIVISON  BOOK-KEEPERS DESK MAR  31 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS ] Oklahoma City March 23rd , 1930  Cash - $ 1.00  Pension Bureau : I am trying to get my record, so I may join the D.A.R. - I find I am of a distinguished revolutionary ancestry .Joseph ( Black ) ( underscored and check marked )  ) also his brother  Robert C. Black  ( check mark ) - can you tell me his number. What service he rendered, his age - and all you can enliven me . Joseph Black came to S. Ca from Lancaster , Pa. he served  during the Revolution in Marion's Brigade at Ninety Six , afterwards he settled on Long Cane Creek - Abbeville Co. S. C.  He married Mary Burnett. Enclosed you ill find $1.00 Please  let me hear from you as soon as possible.  Respectfully Mrs. Ida Dice 808 W. 18th Oklahoma City
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June 7 Jos. Black  SC  R.W.  ( vertical on page ) FREE  J L Edwards  Comm. of Pensions  Washington City   ( post mark )[  ABBEVILLE SC MAY 29 ] mailed
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Abbeville District S. Carolina May the 27th 1837  Sir, I have returned the enclosed letter you sent me for the purpose  that you  could see if there is any mistake , be so good as to see if the  calculation is  right as my certificate only call for fifty five dollars thirty three cents if there is a mistake please correct it and oblige you Humble sevt Jos. Black ( signed )  J L Edwards  Com. of Pensions
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Jos Black June 7. 1837  Ga  Record N 42 page 265
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War Dept Pension Office June 7, 1837  Sir, I herewith  return the letter to you from this office and have to inform you that your pension is correctly computed.      Mr. Joseph Black U.S. Pensioner Abbeville So. Caro.
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension office  ( vertical notes ) ( SC Hon. G. Mc Duffie )
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H.R. 6th Jany 1834         Sir, I have been requested by Joseph Black , one of the most respectable citizens of Abbeville , So Ca. to  ascertain the  result of his application for a pension . He says he has very recently sent on the papers when I  called at the office the other day the entry on the book indicated that they had been returned in May last with objections. This I presume was the ( first ) ( underscored ) application. When you decide on the renewed declaration  please to inform me the result .  I am  also  desired to inquire the result of the applications of James Houston & David Kerr, of Abbeville So Ca. Your obt srvt Geo : Mc Duffie ( signed )
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FREE Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War  Washington City
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[ South Carolina Richland District ] This day before me H Maxcy  a Justice of the Quorum in and for the  District aforesaid Phillip Sill aged seventy years and on being duly sworn by me  as the directs saith that he was well acquainted with  Joseph Black Esquire during the Revolutionary War, That to his , the deponents knowledge , the said Joseph Black Esq did enlist in Capt. Peter Burns Company of Mounted Infantry in Col Wade Hamptons Regiment , for the term of ten months that he the said Joseph Black did serve out his time of ten months a faithful  & good soldier & was discharged  at a place called the Four Holes Swamp in this State & in conclusion he the deponent saith that the present applicant for the benefit of the act of the 7th June 1832 is the identical Joseph Black as above mentioned. Sworn to & subscribed this 19th day of December 1833 before me  ( his mark X ) Philip Sill  H. Maxcy  ( signed ) Q. C.
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[ Office of Common Pleas Richmond District ] I James L Ginguard Clerk of the Court do hereby certify that Hart Maxcy  Esq. whos hath attested the foregoing affidavits is an acting Justice of the Quorum in  & for the District aforesaid that  due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his attestations as such and that his signature is genuine.  Given under my hand and Seal of the Court  this 19 day of December 1833 -  James L Ginguard ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of Court
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Temple of Health            Free  September 3rd                    J. L. Edwards  Commissioner of Pensions Washington  City  ( vertical note ) ( SC Sept 12 )
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Abbeville District  31 August 1835  J. L. Edwards, Sir, I have received a letter from  Geo Wm Crump actg Com. Penns. dated Pension office 30th June 1835, in which he states that on a reexamination of the papers in  support of the claim of Joseph Black it appears that I claim to have served 5 mo and 6 days in the N.C. Militia under Capt. Peter Burns and that I subsequently enlisted  in the  S.C.  State troops & served ten months in a company under the same (Peter Burns) ( underscored ) in proof of the last service the certificate of the Comptroller Genl is furnished , etc, etc. - he then goes on to say that it cannot be supported that Captain Burns could have served in the  N.C. Militia and immediately after have command of a company of the State troops of South Carolina. I would ask why Mr. Crump cannot suppose such a case but to the letter again it is probable ( says he ) that the claimant being a resident of N.C. should have gone to another State to enlist. proof as to the identity of the claimant, & further explanation will be required. etc. etc. In explanation  of the whole matter I stat that at the time that my service in the North Carolina militia expired. the State of South Carolina was almost entirely over run by the British power. and at that time General Sumpter sent Colonel Wade Hampton  into Mecklenburg  County State of North Carolina  for the purpose of raising a regiment for the service of the  State of South Carolina each soldier was promised a negro for ten months service in the  State of S. C. at the same time he sent a Majors commission to  James Rutherford  son of General Rutherford of N.C.  and a captains commission to a William Alexander  of Roane County and Peter Burns of Mecklenburg County  & others most of the soldiers did receive the negro promised but not having negros enough to pay off the soldiers some had to take indents from the  State of S.C. of which I was one.  I am  persuaded that the President of the United States will tell you
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that what I have here stated is facts as to the South Carolina ten month me being ( many of them ) from the State of North Carolina and raised  as I state. he living at that time in Lancaster County South Carolina  adjoining Mecklenburg in N.C. it will appear them that I did not go to South Carolina to enlist but that I enlisted in North Carolina under ( Peter Burns ) ( underscored )  the identical man under whom I had previously served in the militia service of North Carolina and that I enlisted in the ten months service in a few weeks after the expiration of my tour in the militia ( so much for this seeming difficulty ).  As to my identity I would refer you to the affidavits of Adam Team, and Philip Sell which accompanied the certificate of the comptroller general and who were soldiers in Capt. Peter Burn's company to ten months men enlisted in North Carolina. I would further remark that it appears to me that in computing my pension the secretary of war has entirely omitted to take into consideration my services as a militia man in the State of North Carolina. and that I have only been allowed for the ten months service in South Carolina and if health permits I intend to furnish proof in North Carolina as to my services as a militia man  in that  State. I would further remark that  Adam Team  informed that he was now on the pension list for his services in the ten month service in the  State troops of South Carolina. Yours respectfully Joseph Black ( signed )    J. L. Edward
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{ State of South Carolina Richland District ]  Personally appeared before me the subscribing Justice .. Adam Team aged seventy four who being first duly sworn as the law directs on his oath saith that he was a private in Colonel Wade Hamptons Regiment of State troops for the space of ten months during the  Revolutionary war, and that Joseph Black Esquire who now  applies for the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 was a private in Captain Peter Burns company  of mounted infantry in the said service., that he the said Joseph Black continued in the service during the whole ten months, and was discharged at a place called the four holes bridge in the State of South Carolina. that he was well acquainted  with him through the whole service and that he knows the present applicant to be the identical  Joseph Black.  Sworn to and subscribed this 13 day of December 1833 before me . Jos. A. Black ( signed ) J.P.  Adam Team ( signed )        [ South Carolina Richland District ]  I Joseph A. Black a Justice of the peace in a nd for the  District aforesaid do hereby certify that Adam Team who has sworn to and subscribed the above statement  is a credible person and that due faith and credit ought to be given to his oath. Certified this 13th day of December 1833. Jos A. Black  ( signed )
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[ State of South Carolina Richland District ] Office of Common Pleas  I James L. Ginguard  Clerk of the Court do hereby certify that Joseph A. Black  Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the  District aforesaid  that his signature o the proceeding  page is genuine and that all due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his attestations as such . Given under my hand and the  Seal of the Court  at Columbia this 14th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty three.  James L. Ginguard ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of Court
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[ No 235 Lib. M ] Issued the first October 1784 to Mr. Joseph Black late private in Burn's Troop  Sumpter's Brigade State Troops and Wade Hamptons Regiment for ninety four pounds Sterling being  amount pay & bounty due  him for services in that  Troop together  with interest thereon from 1st April 1782 to date hereof ; Agreeable to  resolution of General Assembly of the eleventh  March last. Lbs 86.10.8  Principal Lbs 94.0.0  Interest  6.11.7  [ Office of Comptroller General Columbia South Carolina December 13th 1833 ] I do hereby certify that the foregoing certificate is a true and correct transcript from Indent Book M folio 235 as examined by me  W. Laval ( signed )  Comptroller General
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Joseph Black 24239
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We William H. Barr  D.D. a clergyman residing in Abbeville District and State of South Carolina  and Patrick Noble  & A. Bowie residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Joseph Black Esquire, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is  reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the  Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn  to and subscribed the day and year above written in open Court.  A. Bowie ( signed ) Wm H. Barr ( signed ) Patrick Noble ( signed ) Jas Wardlaw ( signed ) clk   I am well acquainted with the applicant Joseph Black Esquire  & the most implicit confidence is due to every word of his statement. Geo . Mc Duffie ( signed )  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant  was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that  Dr. William H. Barr who has signed the  proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident on Abbeville District, and that  Col Patrick Noble & Alexander Bowie who has also signed are resident in Abbeville District and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit  Joseph J. Evans ( signed / sealed ) Presiding Judge  3rd April 1833.    I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Joseph Black Esquire for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and seal of office this second day of April 1833.  Jas. Wardlaw ( signed / sealed ) Clk.
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Rob Y. Hayne   STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY HIS EXCELLENCY Robert Y. Hayne GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER - IN -CHIEF  IN AND OVER THE STATE AFORESAID To all Whom these Presents Shall Come, Know ye that  William Laval whos signature appears to the annexed instrument of writing is Comptroller General of said State  - and also James L Ginguard whose seal and signature appears to the same is clerk of the Court of  Common Pleas of Richland  District  THEREFORE, all due Faith , Credit, and Authority is and ought to be had and given  to his proceedings and certificates as such.  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my Hand , and cause to be affixed the Seal of the State , in the Town of Columbia   the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the fifty eighth year of the Independence of the United States of  America.  BY THE GOVERNOR .  Saml. E Hammond  (signed / sealed ) Dep Secretary of State.
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January 18 1939
Mrs Edgar J Stephens
201 Bankhead Street
New Albany, Mississippi

BA-J/ILL
Joseph Black 
S21646
Dear Madam
Reference is madt to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Black, a pensioner of Abbeville District, South Carolina, also, the Colonial or Revolutionary War record of Samuel Young, the emigrant who was living near Abbeville in 1767, and that of his second son, John, who was born about 1750, served during the Revolutionary War and resided at the time of his death, 1840 or 1841, with his son, Samuel in Wilcox County, Alabama and was on the pension roll.  You enclosed, also, your genealogical chart.

This office has no record of service rendered in the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, hence no record of service of Samuel Young during that period.  The Revolutionary War records have been searched also, and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon services of that Samuel Young in that war, nor of the John Young described above.  The pension which John Young received in 1840, while a resident of Wilcox County Alabama may have been paid by the state from which he served, not by the United States.  The record of Joseph Black is furnished you herewith, as found in his claim for pension S 21645.
Your genealogical chart is returned herewith.
Very truly yours,
AD HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Youn Young pensioner 1840 list Wilcox Co Ala is not in our files See notations in census of Pensioners 1840
The John Young W 1976 died in S Car in 1835
(Osher carbon John Young reg file)
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January 13 1939
Mrs Edgar J Stephens
201 Bankhead Street
New Alban, Mississippi

BA-J/ILL
Joseph Black
S 21646
Dear Madam:
The data whcih follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S 21645 based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Joseph Black.
Joseph Black was born January 18 1763 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Macklenburg County, North Carolina, Joseph Black enlisted August 19 1780 served in Captain Peter Burns' company of mounted infantry, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment and was discharged January 25 1781.  He enlisted January 25, 1781 and served as private in Captain William Alexander's North Carolina company until March 13 1781.  He enlisted March 18 1781, served as private in Captains Peter Burns and William Alexander's company, Lieutenant Colonel Wade Hampton's South Carolina regiment was in the battle at Orangeburg, at the siege of Fort Granby and was discharged in January 1782.  After his return to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted "for the war" but was not called upon to serve. 
The soldier move in 1784 to Abbeville District, South Carolina.
Joseph Black was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1833 at which time he resided in Abbeville District, South Carolina.  He made no reference to wife or children.
The soldier's brother, Thomas Black was living at the time of the Revolutionary War.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, name
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of pension paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city and cite the following:
Joseph Black
Certificate  23358
Issued January 9 1834
Rate $55.35 per annum
Commenced March 4 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
South Carolina Agency
Very truly yours
AD HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator