Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8144, Ezekiel Black, N.C.

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(8-1776)
Service
N.C.

Black, Ezekiel
Sarah

Number
N. 8144.

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3349
North Carolina Fay
Sarah Black
widow of Ezekiel Black
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
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Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February , 1853.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
28th day of Dec^r/53
and sent to 
John K. Harrison
Charlotte, N. C.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 133  Vol. a

(32)

CYV

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North Carolina  16.546
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Ezekiel Black
of Meckg in the State of No Car
who was a pr:__in the ___ commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col. Polk in the No Ca
line for 6 1/2 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March , 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Augt 33
and [illegible] H. Urlson
Charlotte, NoCa
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833     43.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  10.83
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$54.15

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk,
Book e  Vol. 6  Page 35

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State of North Carolina } 
Mecklenburg County }
Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions
August Term 1832
On this the 29 day of August at 1832 personally appeared before me Matthew Wallace, chairman of [crossed out: the] said court [crossed out: of pleas and] now sitting, Ezekiel Black a resident of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, aged 75 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 Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated. Your declarant states that he was born in State of Pennsylvania, and he believes in the year 1757, and has no record of his age - and that he was living in the county of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, when called into Service, and that he is living now and has been in the same county and State ever since the Revolution, and the he volunteered his services in all the campaigns in which he served. Your Declarant further states that he was in the Snow Campaign, that Thomas Polk was the Colonel Commandant of the Regiment to which he belonged and that James Houston was the captain of the company, the rest of the officers of the Regiment he cannot recollect, marched into South Carolina, on the [illegible] Creek, the point of head quarters, the object of the campaign was to get a company of Tories. Engaged in an encounter with them: Served with no regular troops. No documentary Evidence by which he can shew his claim. He knows of no person that can testify to his services.

Called out to march against the Scotch tories near Fayetteville. James Osburn Capt." Coln. Polk Camt. Adam Alexander Lieut. Coln. Entered service about the middle of February 1776 & left service about the 12 of March '76 Entered as a volunteer. Engaged in no battle. March from Charlotte to Fayetteville - Served with no Continental troops. No papers to shew his claim Knows of no person whose testimony can be procured to prove services.

3rd Expedition. Called out to March against the Cherokee Indians. in the last of June 1776. & left service about the middle of October '76: Under Genl. Rutherford Camt. Coln. Haggins Creek Morrison Captn." Entered as a volunteer. Engaged in one battle against the Indians at the Valley towns in the State of Tennessee. Marched from Charlotte in through the western part of the State of North Carolina into what is now Ten. Served with no regular troops. Has no papers to shew his claim. [crossed out]

4th Cam. Called out to march to Guilford - About the 20th of January 1781 Served three months. Entered as a volunteer in the Cavalry - Under Major Graham General Green Commant. Marched from Cabarrus to Guilford Served with the Contnental troops under General Green. No Documents to Shew his claim. Engaged in no regular battles

6th Cam. The declarant states that he was called ^out During the year '81. frequently to act with shouting parties in

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Ezekiel Black
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12.251
suppressing the Tories on the waters of Lynches in the southern part of the state of N.C.. Served under no regular Captn. Generally under the command of Captn. Flennikes. Served with no regular Troops.. hasnt documentary evidence - knows of no person who can testify to services. in the whole thinks he was engaged about 8 weeks. Your Declarant states that his name is not on the pension Roll of any ^State & that he hereby relinquishes every ^claim in pension except the present.
S/Ezekiel Black


We Robt. H. Morrison & Clergyman residing in Mecklenburg Cty & State of N Ca and Matthew Miller Residing in the same. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ezekiel Black, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declarations; That we believe him to 75 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
S/Robt. H. Morrison
S/ Matthew Miller


I, Joseph Graham do hereby certify Ezekiel Black did the services set forth in in the Guilford campaign and that he believes that the Declarant was a true Whig during the Revolutionary War
S/J. Graham


And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigative of the matter & after putting the interrogatories of the War Department prescribed, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he stated - and the court further certifies that Robt. H. Morrison who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the county & state aforesaid and that Matthew Miller who has also signed the same is a resident of the place aforesaid. and is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to belief.


I Isaac Alexander clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Black for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this the 29th of August 1832
S/Isaac Alexander C MC

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State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County}  ss

On this 30th day of August in the year AD 1853 personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid  Robert McEwen a man entitled to credit who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith he is the Son of Sarah Black, by her first marriage, who is the widow of Ezekiel Black who was a Pensioner for Services rendered in revolutionary war, he the aforesaid Robert McEwen was at the marriage of his mother and Ezekiel Black which was in the fall of 1807 he well recollects all the circumstances   They were married by the Rev^d Samuel Caldwell who has been dead some 20 years , he states that he went home with them to the l[illegible] next day and lived with them about 10 years and has lived near to them ever since they have raised five children four sons and one Daughter
They lived together as man and wife unto the death of Ezekiel Black which was in July 1837 and knows that he drew a Pension unto the time of his death, he further states his Mother
Sarah Black has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Ezekiel Black, he further states that due search has been made for the family record of the marriage and none can be found neither could them to any public Record found, Sworn to and Subscribed to before me the day and year above written
Rober McEwen
M Ross JP

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State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County}

I W. K. Reid Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions  in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby Certify that F. M Ross whose Signature appears to the foregoing____Certificate is and was at the time of Signing the Same an acting Justice in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths, and that the name thereunto Subscribed is his Signature___

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court at office this the 12th day of December AD 1853

W K. Reid  Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court

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State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County      On this 4 day of June
A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me William
Maxwell Chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid. Sarah Black. a resident of the aforesaid County and State. aged. about eighty two years, who being 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 act of Congress passed the 3rd February 1853.  That she is the Widow of Ezekiel Black. who was a pensioner and is now dead That he was (unreadable) on the pension roll in August 31st 1833 at the (unreadable)  of twenty one dollars 66 cents per annum.
She furthar declares that she was married to Ezekiel Black on the 5 day of September A.D. 180 that her husband the aforesaid Ezekiel Black died on the 17th day of July A.D. 1837. and that she has remained a Widow ever since the death of her husband -She furthar (sic)declares that the Original. Certificate of Pension is either lost, or misplaced. and cannot be found
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above 
wriiten?                                                     her                                                                      
W Maxwell. JP? & Chairman of the Court
Sarah Black (may have signed with an X)
I do hereby certify, that from bodily disabilities that Mrs Sarah Black. is unable to appear in open court to make the above declaration
June 4 1853    WMaxwell JP? & Cha. of the (Court is written above this signature)

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
I W. K Reid Clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for said county do hereby Certify that Wm Maxwell whose name appears to the foregoing certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer oaths and take acknowledgement and that the name thereunto subscribed is his Signature

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said court at office. this the 12th day of December AD 1853
S/W K Reid Clerk of 
Mecklenburg County Court

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Pleas direct to my 
care Charlotte N Carolina
John K. Harrison

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Ezekiel Balck
N. Carolina

RET

Adm [illegible]
? 1/2 mo__ $21.??

P356
12257
5.14
Int. 2. 6.

J. H. Wilson
Charlotte
N. C.

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Brief in the case of Ezekiel Black of Mecklenburg in the State of NC
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]

3. How old is he? 75

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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[Table. Column headings: Period. Duration of Service (in Years, Months, Days.). Rank (As a). Names of the General and Field Officers under whom he served (Gen.).

volunteer. no date not time stated. 1. 12.. . .[blank]. Cap Houston Col. Polk

Feb . . .1776 volunteered. - [crossed out: about 1 (month)] . 21. . . [blank]. Cap Osburn  "

June . . 1776.  " . about . 3. . [blank] . [blank]. . . Capn Morrison Col Hagins.

. . . 1781 - ". . - . . 1. 12. Cavelry. . Maj Graham Gel. Green.

frequently this year amounting in all to. " 15. . . Cap Flineken


5. In what battles was he engaged? battle with the Indians

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg NC

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [blank]

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? time of service is not accurately stated

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[signature blank]
Examining Clerk.

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State of North Carolina}
Mecklenburg County }

Know all men by these that we Ezekiel Black William Beaty in the State aforesaid are held & [illegible] bound unto the Governor of the State of North Carolina for the time being in the first and full Sun of Five hundred Pounds, Current Money of this State of be paid to the Said Governor or his successors or assigns, to the Which payment well and truly to be made and done.  We bind ourselves our heirs, executors and administrators, Sealed with Our Seals and dated this 26th day of October Anno Domino 1807
The Condition of the obligation is such that whereas the above [illegible] Ezekiel Black hath made application for a license for a marriage to be Celebrated between him and Sarah McEwen, of the County aforesaid___ Now in case it shall not__appear hereafter that there is any lawful Cause to Obstruct the Said Marriage, then the above obligation to be void otherwise to Remain in full force and virtue__
Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us
Isaac Alexander

Ezekiel Black [image of handwritten seal]
Wm Beaty [image of handwritten seal]

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }

I Wm..K. Reid Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions held for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that the within is a true and correct copy of a marriage License Bond which is now on file with the records of my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my name and affixed the seal of said court and office this 12th day of December 1853
S/W.K Reid Clerk of
Mecklenburg County Court

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√

Pension Office
 Dec 22/53

Sir, 
Please report time of
last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
& if arrears to whom paid.
Respectfully

F. Burt Esqr
3 and present
S. Cole for Comm??

Ezekiel Black, act 1832
$21.66 per annum
Paid to 4 March 1837.  No death.
F. Burt
Auditor

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Washington D. C.
December 22, 1853.

Sir.
Please to transit to me at this place
copies of the evidence.

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Revolution
North Carolina

WIDOW, &c.

File No.  8144
Sarah Black
Wid''
Ezekiel Black
Privt Rev War

Act: Feb 3d  1848
Index:---Vol. A, Page 67

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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[illegible]

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[printed document with fill ins]

Brief in the case of  Sarah Black widow of Ezekiel
Mecklenburg County and State of North Carolina
act of February 3, 1853

Claim, ("original: or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in N. Ca line 6 1/2 mos, & pensioner of U. S. under act of June 7 1832. 
at $21 66/100 per annum

Allowed $21. 66/100 per annum to [illegible] Feb 3/53

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Marriage found by public record
Death of husband found by Cr. witnesses
Identity & Widowhood proved by cr. witnesses

Name and resident of Agent
John K Harrison
Charlotte
N Ca.

Examining Clerk.
J L Gray

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Ezekiel Black

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[printed document with fill ins]
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Ezekiel Black, which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  # NO

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? [blank]

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank]

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? NO#
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? [crossed out: yes] 2-6

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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly 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.

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[the following paragraph and all of Quere XIV. are marked in squiggly brackets and #]
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 [italics] about three or four months [end italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.

In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions May Tenth AD 1833 
On this the 28th of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court Ezekiel Black a Resident of the county of Mecklenburg & state of Nort Carolina, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as hereafter stated. Your Declarant states that he was born in the state of Pennsylvania and he believes in the year 1757 - That he has no Record of his age - That he was living in the county of Mecklenburg & state of North Carolina when called into service, that he has lived, & continues to live, in the same county & state ever since the Revolution - That he volunteered his services, in ^all the campaigns in which he served - That he never Received a discharge from any of his officers. The first Campaign in which your Declarant served was called the Snow Campaign, - Thomas Polk was Coln. & James Houston was Captain of the company to which your Declarant belonged, the Rest of the officers he cannot Recollect - Marched form the county & state aforesaid to Reyburns [sic: Rayburn] Creek in South Carolina - the object of the campaign was to [illegible] a company of Tories - Engaged in a Rencountre with them: served with no Regular Troops - no Documentary evidence of the fact - ^Served six weeks. Knows of no person who can testify to his services. The second campaign - Marched from the County of Mecklenburg & state of North Carolina, to Fayetteville - James Osbourne was Capn, Coln Polk Commt, Adam Alexander Lieut Coln - Entered service [crossed out: about] In the month of February 1776 & left the same in March '76 - In service three weeks - With no continental Troops - No Documentary evidence - Knows of no person who can testify to his services - Your Declarant states that he entered service in the first

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campaign in the month of November 1775, & left the service the first of January 1776. The third Campaign - was called out to March against the Cherokee Indians - Entered service in the month of June 1776 & left the same in the month October 1776 - Gen. Rutherford, Coln Haggins, & Capt. Neil Morrison were the officers - Marched from the Town of Charlotte in North Ca into the state of Tennessee - Engaged in one Battle with the Indians at the valley Towns - with no Regular troops - thus in service at this time Three months - Has no documentary evidence of his service. The fourth Campaign - was called to march to Guilford - Entered service in the month of January 1781, & left the same in the month of March '81 thus in service six weeks - Green was Gen., Graham was Captain - Marched from Cabarrus County in North Ca, to Guilford County in the same state - He served in the Cavalry which service at that time was considered tantamount to three month Tour - no Documenting evidence to prove his service - Engaged in no Regular Battle. The fifth Campaign - Your Declarant states that he was frequently called out during the year '81, to act with skouting [sic: scouting] parties in suppressing the Tories on the waters of Lynches Creek in the southern part of the state - served under no Regular Captain - Generally under the command of Capn Thrumken - served with no Regular troops - Has no Documentary evidence - Knows of no person who can testify to this service - He is confident he did actual service at this  [crossed out] kind for eight weeks -. The whole length of service did by your Declarant, as set forth in the above Declaration, is eight months & three weeks, for which service he claims a pension under the act aforesaid. Your Declarant states that he knows of no person whose attendance can be had at court, that can Testify to his services, without subjecting your Declarant to great inconvenience. General Joseph Graham, Matthew Miller & William Witherspoon are the only persons living [crossed out: who] that can prove your Declarants service, - General Graham

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lives at the distance of Thirty miles from from the Residence of your Declarant, & his attendance cannot be procured - Matthew Miller & & William Witherspoon are both confined to their Houses in consequence of indisposition, on whose Testimony your Declarant Relied. Your Declarant hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of the Agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed
S/Ezekiel Black


We Robert H Morrison, a clergyman residing in the county of Mecklenburg & state of North Carolina, & David Rea Residing in the same, do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Ezekiel Black, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration: That we believe him to be seventy-five years of age, that he is Reputed & believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he Resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that belief 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
S/R. H. Morrison
S/David Rea


And the said court do hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter & after having the interrogatories by the War Department prescribed, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that R H Morrison, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman Resident in the county of Mecklenburg & State of North Carolina, & that David Rea who has also signed the same

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is a Resident of the same county & state and is a credible person, & their statement is entitled to credit

I, Isaac Alexander, Clerk of the Court of pleas & quarter sessions for the County of Mecklenburg & state of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court, in the matter of the application of Ezekiel Black for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the 28th of May AD. 1833.
S/Isaac Alexander Clerk of 
Mecklenburg County Court