Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9730, William Black, Ga.
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Service GA
Black, William
Elizabeth
Number W.9.730
Born in Peru
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Indiana
25381
William Black of Pike Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the corp commanded by Captain [Joseph] Neal of the Regt commanded by Col [Elijah] Clark in the Ga line for 2 years
[correction of state noted] AW June 11.08
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 80 dollars - cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Jany 1833 and John McIntire Petersburg
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 40.00 = $240.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol: 7 Page 105
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Reported
Letter to Hon O.B. Ficklin July 20, 1846
3 cents
7780
Indiana Madison
Elizabeth Black
Widow of Wm Black
BL Geo
Who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 2 April 1837
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence  on the 4th day of March, 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 
5th day of June 1846
and sent to
Hon. R.D. Owen 
Hos of Reps
Act of March 3, 1843
and 17th of June '44
Recorded in Book 0 Vol 2 Page 217
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State of Indiana Pike County ss
Pike Probate Court. August term1833

On this 12th day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three personally appeared in open Court before the Pike Probate Court now sitting William Black a resident of Pike County in the State of Indiana aged       eighty one years next December who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the Georgia militia under the following named officers and served as herein stated. His Colonel was -- Elijah Clark his captain Joseph Neal that he entered the service in the summer of 1776 and served during the whole of the war. Served 2 years under Capt Neal and was in the battle of Carrs Fort & Kettle Creek in the State of Georgia his service one year under Captain Daniel Gunnells and was at the siege of Savannah then went under the command of Capt. Neal and rebuilt Neals fort on broad river Georgia which had been destroyed by the Indians this was in the fall of the year. He remained in the fort until June following in consequence of the troops with which he then served, refusing to accept the offered protection of the British. They went to and joined the army in North Carolina under the command of General [Charles] McDowell. Capt. Neal staid and joined the enemy. The command of the company [illegible] on Lt. Thomas Johnson, while in North Carolina he was in the battle of Blackstocks whose Cols [Isaac] Shelby and [Elijah] Clark commanded. He was then at the taking of Paddy McDades fort under the same Cols Shelby and Clark
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this port was taken by stratagem without firing a gun. McDade surrendered and with him a
British Lieutenant who was in the fort, we warn the men not to bear arms against the United States deprived them of their arms and returned
to General McDowell on Broad river, at the time of taking the fort  the British army lay encamped within a few miles of the fort  
he was afterwards in the battle of Muskgroves Mill [Musgrove's Mills] here Col Innis [Alexander Innes] commanded the enemy &
Clark & Shelby the Americans when we were victorious. - There he (William Black) was wounded in the hand by a rifle ball which wound is now plainly to be seen  he continued
in North Carolina until September when Lt. [Thomas] Johnson dying of the small pox & there being no other commissioned officer  the command of the company devolved on him as sergeant, he served as Sergeant during all of his service both before and after the happening of this event except more than three years as he believes but certainly for three years during which last named period he served as Lieutenant, he then returned to Georgia under Col. Clark and went to the siege of Augusta but
before it was taken was ordered to the frontiers for their protection with the men under his command  after Augusta was taken he joined Gunnells fort commanded by Capt. Daniel Gunnells his Generals lieutenant 
 was killed and he Black discharged the duty of Lieutenant to which office he was elected for at least three years during which period he went three expeditions to the Indian nation, the Indians were Cherokees when peace was proclaimed he returned to his home in Wilkes County Georgia where he resided before he entered this
service when he first entered the service
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he was drafted for a month and afterwards was a volunteer- He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his services except Hannah Crow which is herewith forwarded. He has no record of his age but was born in 1753 in Pennsylvania.  he has lived since the
war in Georgia  North Carolina  Tennessee Kentucky and now lives in Indiana  He never received a discharge. He is known
to John McIntire,  John Almon and Robert Johnson - He hereby every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on any pension roll  of the agency of any State
William (his X mark) Black
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
John McIntire CPCC
We John McIntire Clerk of the Pike Circuit Court Robert Johnson residing in Pike County and John Almon a Clergyman residing therein hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Black who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be
eighty one 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
John Almon
Robert Johnson
John McIntire   (all their signatures)

Sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
Jno McIntire  Ck
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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 John Almon who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Pike County afsd and that John McIntire and Robert Johnson who have also signed the same are residents in the County of Pike and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
    WW Foster, Judge of Probate
I John McIntire, Clerk of the Court of Probate of Pike County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Black for a pension. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of August AD 1833
Jno McIntire CPPC
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85 77
Act' 43    86 6r
Act '44    56

Elizabeth Black
Indd
Act 7 July 38

Deposition of Elizth Black, the widow
admd
2 ys priv

$80 from 2 apl 1837  the day of  
his death 

also act 43 & 44
$80.00

Hon. R.D. Owen
H.R.
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State of Indiana Pike County      
Pike County Probate Court
November Term 1842
On this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared before the Probate Court of Pike County Indiana Elizabeth Black a resident of Monroe Township in the County of Pike aged Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of
the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war  That she is the widow of William Black who was a pensioner of the United States as will appear from his claim granted by the war department a certificate of which dated January third 1834 signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of war and recorded in the Pension office at Washington City Book E Vol 7. page 105 will appear said certificate being now in her possession. She also declares that she was married to the said William Black on the 28th day of March in the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty six, that her husband the aforesaid William Black died on the 2d day of April 1837, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated and that she has remained a widow ever since that period
as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs herein annexed
Elizabeth [her X mark] Black
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me in open Court
s/ F.F. Sawyer P.J.P.C
State of Indiana Pike County  ss
I John MCIntire  Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid, and by virtue of my office Clerk of the Peter County Probate Court, do
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hereby certify that Franklin F Sawyer Esquire is Judge of said Probate Court duly commissioned and qualified that his signature above written is genuine, and that the foregoing Declaration was made in open Court in the Pine County Probate Court. Given under my hand and the seal of said Probate Court at Petersburgh this 15th day of November 1842
John McIntire  Clerk
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State of Indiana Pike County ss
On this 22nd day of June 1846 personally appeared before the Subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Black a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration on behalf of himself and Robert Black, David Black, William Black Henry Black and Mary Barrett formerly Mary Black the children of Elizabeth Black deceased, for the purpose of claiming the benefits of the Joint Resolution of Congress of the 23rd day of January 1845 that their mother received a pension certificate at the rate of $80 dollars per annum under the act of July 7th 1838 that she made application or filed her Declaration in the Pension Office about four years ago. That he makes this Declaration for the purpose of drawing from the 4th of March 1836 until the 2nd day of April 1837 at which last date the pension certificate of his deceased mother commences pay. That his mother died on the 26th day of April 1846 s/ John Black 

subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year last above
mentioned 
Richard M Barrett JP
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State of Indiana Pike County  ss
I John McIntire  Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pike County Indiana certify that Richard M Barrett is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature  purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my official seal of office and
subscribed my name this 23d day of
June the year 1846

John McIntire   Clerk
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Georgia Elbert County
Nancy Black was Born March 12th     1790
John Black was Born February 22d 1792
Robert Black was born August 1st 1794
David Black was Born May 1st 1797
William Black was Born November 29th 1799
Henry Black was Born February 19th 1802
Cortis Black was born Sept 27 [illegible]
Mary Black was born March 14 1807
Samuel  Black was born March 4th 1808
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21 312
Wm Black
Ind.a

Examine
from 1776 Private
2 yr $80.

Jno McIntire  CC
Petersburg Pike Co
  Ind.a.
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[printed form]
WAR DEPARTMENT Pension Office,
May 14 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 objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those 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, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, shewing the service of William Black  Pike Ind
Period when the service was rendered
      Entered
      Georgia 1776
Duration of the Claimant's service
Year. Month. Days
     During the  war
Rank of the Claimant
     Priv
     & Sergt
     Lieutenant more than 2 yrs.
Names and Rank of the Company Officers under whom he served
      Capt. Neal
      Capt Gunnells
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
     Col Clark
Battles in which the applicant was engaged
      Siege of Savannah
      Blackstocks
Country through which he marched
      Georgia
      N.C.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
      80
      Wilkes Co. Ga.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported
      Trad & witnesses.
      Hannah Crow who swears that he served 2 years as first sergeant and 9 months as refugee & was 
appointed to Lieut & served about 7 years
More satisfactory proof of the claimant service as a Lieutenant is required
The proof of service as a Lieutenant and of his been having been commissioned is not satisfactory.  Unless he can can produce more satisfactory proof he can only be allowed the pay of a private.
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 served 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, musicians, or privates, will in the first instance, make application 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 ______ ages (c) _______ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [pointing right hand icon] 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 (of any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ________ 
Sworn to the 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 the note (f) 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 (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 day 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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and the 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 applicacation 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 is 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 corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be 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, on 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 of 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, adn 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 of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.  
No payments can be made of account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and is 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.
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July 2, 1928
Bruce H. Beeler, M. D.
414 - 417 Cleveland Life Bldg
Evansville, Ind.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9730, it appears that William Black was born in December 1753 in Pennsylvania.
While residing in Wilkes County, Georgia, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served as private, sergeant and Lieutenant in Captains Joseph Neal's and  Daniel Gunnells' Companies, Colonel Elijah Clark's Georgia Regiment, he was in the battles of Carr's Fort, Kettle Creek,
Siege of Savannah, battle of Musgroves Mills, where he was wounded in his hand, battles of Blackstocks, and McDades Fort, and served to the close of war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 12, 1833, at which time he resided in Pike County, Indiana. He died in that county April 2, 1837.
The soldier married March 28, 1786 in Elbert County, Georgia, Elizabeth, her maiden name is not given. She was
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allowed pension on her application executed November 15, 1842, at which time she resided in Monroe Township, Pike County, Indiana, aged seventy years.
Their children were--
Nancy........Born ...March 12, 1790
John............ "........February 22, 1792.
Robert........"............August 1, 1794
David..........."...........May 1, 1797
William......."..........November 29, 1799
Henry..........."...........February 19, 1802
Mary.............."..........March 11, 1807  Married --Bassett
Samuel........"...........March 2, 1810
The widow, Elizabeth, died April 26, 1846 in Pike County, Indiana, leaving the following children John Black, Robert Black, David Black, William Black, Henry Black, and Mary Bassett.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Reported
10048
Indiana
Elizabeth Black Widow of Wm Black who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 2nd April 1837 of Pike Co.  in the State of Indiana who was a Pri in the Compy. commanded by Captain Neal of the Regt commanded by Col Clark in
Revo  for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison
at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the  2nd April 1837 the day of his death
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of June 1846 and sent to Hon R.D. Owen  Hse of Reps

Total amount, $ _
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by Tho Qumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1.Page 421
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483
Indiana
Elizabeth Black Widow of William Black who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 2d April 1837 of Pike Co.  in the State of Indiana who was a Pri in the company commanded by Captain Neal of the Regt. commanded by Col Clark in
the Revo for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison at the rate of 80 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & end 2d April 1837 when former pension commenced.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of August 1846 and sent to Hon O.B. Ficklin, H. of Rep.
Total amount,  $86.26
Act July 7, 1838
and Joint Resolution 23 Jany 1845.
Recorded by D. Henry Wood  Clerk
Book D Vol. 1. Page 421.

(note **---** indicates word(s) crossed out)
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Petersburgh Pa   12th Nov. 1833

The applicant William Black
requests me to say that he can produce no testimony as to his service other than that already submitted he must therefore
be satisfied with a pension as a private

Respectfully
Jno McIntire
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Revy WIDOW, &c
File No. 9730
Elizabeth Black
Wid of William Black
Priv   Rev  War
------
Act March 3rd/43 & June 17th/44
Index:--Vol  A,    Page 67,  
Arrangement of 1870

[notes on Left side]
1908 Jan 11,  Hist to Mrs. S.W. Chappell Petersburg Ind. for monument  aw

1908 Oct 8. to J. M. General for monument LM

1921 May 10 Hist to H. S. Gibbons

1928 July 2 Hist to Bruce H Beller
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[letterhead]
BRUCE H. BEELER, M. D.
414-417 CLEVELAND LIFE BUILDING
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Record Division
Wid File 9730
Revolutionary War
Dear Sirs
Will you kindly look up the pension record of William Black, soldier of the Revolution, who was pensioned from Pike Co Indiana.
I would like very much to have his war record if you can give that to me. Will you send me a certified copy in order that I can finish my papers for the Sons of The American Revolution.
Feb 17, 28 
Thanking you,  I am,
Yours very truly,
s/  Bruce H. Beeler
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(receipt stamp)

RECORDS
APRIL 19 1921
DIVISION
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Rev W 
[letterhead]
NATIONAL STEEL FABRIC CO.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
PITTSBURGH, PA   USA.
CO-OPERATION STIMULATES SERVICE SUBSIDIARY OF 
PITTSBURGH STEEL CO.
H.S. GIBBONEY
DISTRICT MANAGER
WALTON BLDG.
ATLANTA, GA.
[illegible] 7827
April, 16th, 1921.

Department of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War.  Section,
Washington,  D.C.
Sirs:
Will you kindly give me the record of WILLIAM BLACK, revolutionary War soldier, This William Black was pensioner and lived with his son Samuel Black in Fayette County, Georgia in 1840.

Thanking you;
Yours very truly, 
s/ H. S. Gibboney, Jr.

address:
H.S. Gibboney, Jr.
314 Hawthorne St.
College Park, Georgia.

[stamp]
PENSION U.S.
[illegible]
OFFICE
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No.  85 77
Elizabeth Black
Indiana
Suspended
Sent letter to John McIntyre Esq March 9th 1843
Same August 18 1843
do to Hon R. B Owen 27 Jan 1844
sent 3rd March 1846 military papers

Act 7th July 1838
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Jany 4/44
Sir
In the first of the two enclosed letters relative to the case of Elizabeth Black, while it is admitted that the time of her marriage - 28 March 1786, is proved by the certificate of Hannah Crow other information relative to place & form of marriage is required.
That was furnished by Mr McIntire; but in the second letter enclosed it is stated that the proof of the time of the Marriage
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is not yet satisfactory
Will you have the goodness to reexamine this matter? I trust you will find the evidence fully satisfactory.  Mr McIntire, Clerk of the Court of Pike Co, is a man of the highest standing & strictest veracity; & implicit confidence may be placed in his statements  relative to this matter
Please return me the enclosed
with yr reply, & oblige
Yr ob Serv 
s/ Robert Dale Owen
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Senate Chamber
May 5. 1846
Dr Sir
may I ask your early attention and decision on the case herewith sent of Elizabeth Black widow of William Black -  Prompt action
is much denied.
Very respcty
S. Beese
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[on reverse]
Elizabeth Black recd $470 
service revolution  $80 to 2 Apr 37 when her pension commenced
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State of Indiana Pike County ss  
I John McIntire Clerk of the probate court in and for said county and 
state do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Elizabeth Black was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum was a resident of the county and state aforesaid and died in the county and state aforesaid in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty six on the 26th day of April. That she left six children whose names are John Black, Robert Black, Daniel Black, William Black, Henry Black and Mary Banett formerly Mary Black. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Petersburg this 13th day of July in the year of our Lord 1846 
s/ John McIntire clerk of the Probate court
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July 28  46  
[illegible]
Elizabeth Black 43-7780 
$80 [illeg] Indiana
Hon O.B. Ficklin HR  
[written vertically] 
Hon. JL Edwards
Com of Pensions
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House of Reps July 27th 46 Sir Enclosed I send you a paper in the case of Elizabeth Black have the goodness to examine its con. Very respecty Orlando B. Ficklin
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House of Reps July 9th 1845 Dear sir I have the honor to lay before you the enclosed certificate . Very respecty  Orlando B. Ficklin
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8577 Elizabeth Black Ind. 
July 7 , 1838 The declaration & proofs sent to Mr. Owen on 3 March '46 - were delivered to Secy in apl & decided upon 17 of that month by the Secy-
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Washington Feb 25, 1846 Dear Sir : Have the goodness to forward to me the blank printed form necessary to establish the  within claim, & to return the letter to me. [noted] ans 
I am Yr obt Sev Robert Dale Owen 
I have yet received from you no answer in the case of Elizabeth Black, of Pike Co. Indiana whose application to Congress I left with you some weeks hence & which case you promised to revise.
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8577 mail [checked] Jan 2d '43
Md a July 7. 1838 
Eliz Black 
[vertically] 
Petersburg Ind.
Dec 22  Pension office 
War department  Washington City D.C.    fee
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Petersburg Ia 22nd Dec 184 _  
Comr. of Pensions  Sir I enclose you the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Black for a pension should there be any doubt as to genuine info of the documents or credibility of the witnesses I refer you to the Hon. G. H. Proffet . of the H of Rep. please direct any communication intended for Mrs. Black to my care Petersburg Ia. Respectfully John McIntire
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State of Indiana Pike County ss Personally appeared before me one John Butler a Justice of the peace in and for said County . Hannah Crow who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that William Black an applicant for a pension as a militia man of the Georgia militia under captain Josiah Nail [Neal] of the Georgia Militia as first sergeant for the term of two years in the Revolutionary army that he lived in Wilkes County when he entered the service that he afterward served one year under Captain Daniel Gunnels as a private and there was drove from Georgia to North Carolina and served under Colonel Clark nine months as a refugee before he returned home and during said movements he was appointed Lieutenant and served as lieutenant one year under Captain Nail and two years under Capt. Gunnells - that she has seen the Commission of said Black as Lieutenant and has a distinct recollection of destroying it herself having use for some paper without the knowledge of Black - she further states that the said Black served in all about seven years    Hannah {her X mark] Crow  Subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Pike Indiana afsd. The undersigned further certifies that he is well acquainted with the affiant and that she is a credible person  August 12th A.D. 1833  John Butler JP.
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State of Indiana Pike County ss 
I John McIntire clerk of the Pike Circuit Court do hereby certify that John Butler is an acting Justice of the  peace in and for the County of Pike aforesaid and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts and as such I do further certify that his signature annexed to the foregoing certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of August  A.D. 1833  Jno McIntire JP.C.C.
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Wm Black Inda - Act 32 - pri 80$ - last pd ? GMC 
Pd to 4th March 1837 JH
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Petersburg Ia June 16       Free         Pension Office War Department City of Washington D.C.  mail 

Deposition of  John Crow, that family record lost & of John Black son of the widow May 1843.

[vertical] June 36/43. Addl to case of Eliz. Black Indiana
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State of Indiana Pike county ss
The deposition of John Crow taken in open Court in the Pike County Probate Court on this 8th day of May 1843 for the purpose of supporting and establishing the claim of Elizabeth Black widow of William Black to a pension under the act of 7th July 1838.This deponent being of lawful age and duly sworn deposith and saith that the family bible of said William Black deceased was in his possession and has been there from , that he does not recollect whether the marriage of William and Elizabeth Black was or was not contained therein - that there was contained therein  a family record the particulars of which he does not recollect - this  deponent further states that Hannah Crow whose deposition as he has been informed was taken to establish said claim departed this life on the 11th day of April  last past and he has frequently understood from her that said William and  Elizabeth Black were married - that she was present at the ceremony and acted as Bridesmaid and that said marriage was solemnized in the State of Georgia. county not recollected and further this deponent saith not s/ John Crow   Subscribed and sworn to before me Judge of the Pike County Probate  Court in  open court on this day 8th day of May 1843 I further certify that the witness is a reputable person and of good moral character  s/ F.F. Sawyer P.J.P.C. 
State of Indiana Pike County ss
I John McIntire Clerk of the Pike County Probate Court do hereby certify that Franklin F. Sawyer Esqr is Judge of said court that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that the foregoing deposition was subscribed and sworn to in open court. given under my hand and the seal of my office the 8th day of May 1843. s/ John McIntire Clerk of the Pike County Probate Court
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The deposition of John Black taken at the same time and place as for the same purposes, this deponent being of lawful age  & duly swears deposeth and saith that he is the son of William Black late a pensioner of the United States and of Elizabeth Black the present applicant, that he is now in his fifty second year that he always understood and verily believes that his father and mother were joined together in wedlock by John Forgey a Justice of the peace of the State of Georgia and County of Elbert and that said marriage was there solemnized - and further that he does not believe that there ever was any marriage record or family record left except the one said to be lost by John Crow and further this deponent saith not. s/  John Black Sworn to and subscribed to before me in open court in the Pike County Probate Court on 8th day of May  1843. I further certify that said witness is of good character  & a reputable person. s/ F.F. Sawyer P.J.P.C. 
State of Indiana Pike County ss  
I John McIntire Clerk of the Pike County Probate Court do hereby certify that Franklin F. Sawyer  Esquire is Judge of the Pike County Probate Court, that the above signature purported to be his is genuine, and that the foregoing was subscribed  & sworn to me in open Court - Given under my hand and the seal of my office at Petersburg in said County this 8th day of May 1843. s/ John McIntire Clerk of the Pike County Probate Court
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Petersburg 8th May 43     I send now additional depositions in support of the claim of Elizabeth Black. Hannah Crow whose certificate accompanied the same is dead the only difficulty appeared to be 1st to account for the absence of documentary proof of the marriage. 2d the State & county in which it took place & lastly whether by a Justice or minister - I hope the dispositions will prove satisfactory. Respectfully , John McIntire
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Deposition of Hannah Crow 19th Dec 1842  His of John McIntire.  ( Bottom of page and vertical ) His!
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and qualified that his signature above written is genuine. given under my hand and the seal of said Probate Court at Petersburg the 19th day of December 1842 .John McIntire (signed) Clerk The deposition of John McIntire taken before me the same Judge on the same day - this deponent being of lawful age and duly sworn deposed and says that he has been acquainted with William Black and Elizabeth his wife for more than twenty years that the said Elizabeth is the widow of the said William who was a pensioner of the United States that his knowledge is derived from the fact of his having drawn the original application of said William Black when he applied for a pension and that under his said application he obtained his certificate - date January 3d 1836 - and that said William Black died in the year 1837 and further this deponent saith not. John McIntire (signed) Sworn to and a subscribed on the day and year above written before me I do further certify that the witness John McIntire is a credible & reputable person. Franklin F. Sawyer (signed) P.J.[State of Indiana Pike County Ia] I John McIntire Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid , and by virtue of my office Clerk of the Pike County Probate Court do hereby certify that the Hon Franklin F. Sawyer is Judge of said Probate
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and qualified that his signature above written is genuine. given under my hand and the seal of said Probate Court at Petersburg the 19th day of December 1842 
s/ John McIntire Clerk  
The deposition of John McIntire taken before me the same Judge on the same day - this deponent being of  lawful age and duly sworn deposed and says that he has been acquainted with William Black and Elizabeth his wife for more than twenty years that the said Elizabeth is the widow of the said William who was a pensioner of the United States that  his knowledge is derived from the fact of his having drawn the original application of said William Black when he applied for a pension  and that under his said application he obtained his certificate - date January 3d 1836 - and that said William Black died in the year 1837 and further this deponent saith not. s/ John McIntire  
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me I do further certify that the witness  John McIntire is a credible & reputable person. s/ Franklin F. Sawyer P.J.
State of Indiana Pike County ss
I John McIntire Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid , and by virtue of my office Clerk of the Pike County  Probate Court do hereby certify that the Hon Franklin F. Sawyer is Judge of said Probate
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Courts duly commissioned and qualified  & that his signature above written is genuine - Given under my hand and the  seal of said Probate Court at  Petersburg the 19th day of December 1842  
s/ John McIntire  Clerk
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Petition of Elizabeth Black 5 Dec 1845. Referred to the Comm of Pensions .& returned to me March 3, with letter (a.)
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To the Senate and house of Representatives of the United States of America. In Congress assembled your petitioner Elizabeth Black represents that on the 28th day of March 1786 she intermarried in Elbert County Georgia with one William Black as his wife that she continued to live with said William Black until his death, that said William Black at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that subsequent to his death your petitioner made application to the pension office as his widow for the relief granted to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers by the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, that she received instructions from the pension office relative to the prosecution of her claim and the proof thereof;  that in pursuance of said instructions she forwarded to the department such proof as she believes was required that said proof was deemed by  the Commissioner of Pensions insufficient in consequence of an omission to name the County in which the marriage  was solemnized, that the only living witness with whom she was acquainted at that time was Hannah Crow one of her Bridesmaids  that since the taking of her deposition  which was forwarded to the office and before your petitioner was apprized of  its imperfection said Hannah departed this life, that she knows of no other person by whom she can establish the fact of her marriage
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She further represents that she is in distressed  circumstances  & dependent for a support on his children - Your petitioner prays that the papers relative to her application now on file in the Pension office be withdrawn there from and made a part of this petition and such relief may be granted her as to your honorable body may see fit  & right- Pike County Ia Dec 5th 1845 (her mark X) Elizabeth Black
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State of Indiana Pike County ss
Be it remembered that on this 24th day of April 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Black a resident of said County and State aged fifty four years past who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is a son of William Black deceased and Elizabeth Black his wife. That his father the said William Black died on the 2nd day of April  1837 in the County of Pike and State of Indiana That his father drew a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum for a number of years before his death. That his mother the aforesaid Elizabeth Black is now living with this deponent. and that she has not intermarried since the death of her husband. That the annexed family record is a correct recked [record] of the births of his father and mothers children and that he has known said record ever since he can recollect. which must have been forty years ago and that was present when it was taken out of the old bible and attached to this deposition and firmly believes it to be a true Record further he saith not
s/ John Black 
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year last above written before me
Richard M. Barrett  JP
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I the subscribed before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Black was taken sworn to and subscribed do hereby certify that he as a credible witness which I certify from my own personal knowledge
Given under my hand this 24th day of April 184
s/ Richard M. Barrett  JP

State of Indiana Pike County ss
I John McIntire  Clerk of the Pike County Circuit Court do hereby certify that Richard M Barrett Esq is a magistrate as above and that the signature foregoing is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of my office at Petersburgh
the 25th day of April 1846
s/ John McIntire    Clerk
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State of Indiana Pike County ss
On this 24th day of April personlly appeared before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Elizabeth Black a resident of said County aged Seventy four years past who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath depose and say that she is the widow of William Black who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United State and drew a Pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum for a number of years before his death, which was on the 2nd day of
April 1837. That she was married to her deceased husband on the 28th day of March one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Six in the State of Georgia Elbert County. That she has a family Record of the births of her children which is at least fifty years old. That some two or three years years ago she made application for a Pension but has never been able to get it allowed and that she now makes this affidavit and claims the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 March 3d 1843 and 17th June 1844, as for further particulars in relative to her claim she refers to her husband former Declaration on file at the war office of the United States and also she refers to her own declarations that is on file in the proper office at Washington City. She further states that she was not married prior to her husbands services but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated, further she saith not
Elizabeth (her X mark) Black
subscribed and sworn this 24th day of April 1846 before me
s/ Richard M Barrett JP
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10427 
W. Black
Ten

Let. to Hon A. Cullom, July 17, 1844

Let to Hon A. Cullom, Dec 20th, 1844
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau. Wm  Black  W 9730

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Summer 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Served during the whole war & was wounded in hand in battle of Musgroves Mill

RANK.
Prt & Sgt & Lieut

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
Joseph Neal
Daniel Gunnells
in command of the Co.

COLONEL.
Elijah Clark

STATE.
Ga

Battles engaged in,
... Car's [Carr's] Fort, Kettle Creek, siege of Savannah, Musgroves Mills, Blackstocks, McDades Fort

Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Wilkes Co Ga

Date of application for pension,
Aug 12 1833. Cl. al

Residence at date of application,
Pike Co. Ind

Age at date of application,
b in Pa. Dec 1753 died Apr 2, 1837 Pike Co. Ind.

Remarks
He Mar. Mch. 28 1786 in Elbert Co. Ga. Elizabeth she was al. pens. on an app. ex  Nov. 15. 1842 while a res. of Monroe Town of  Pike Co Ind. aged 70 yrs, children:  Nancy, John, Robert, , David, William,  Henry, Mary (mar. Bassett) & Samuel. Wid died Apr. 26, 1846 Pike Co. Ind.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Black, William
Grade Private
Line Hazen's Regiment
Warrant Number 2823
Acreage 100
Issued  November 29, 1799 to John Duncan, assignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.