Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1167, Robert Black, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Black Robert
S 1167
Carded.
CONTENTS

19560
Kentucky
Robert Black
of Woodford Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Campbell of the reg't commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept 1832 and Hon. R. M. Johnson
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 50.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 10.00 60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 4

State of Kentucky Woodford County set On this 8 th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the Woodford County Court now sitting Robert Black a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged near Eighty two 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 June 7 th 1832 That he was born in Augusta County in the State of Virginia. That sometime after the commencement of the war of the revolution the time he cannot re- collect distinctly but probably two or three years he volunteered in the company commanded by Capt Robert Bohannon that the company was marched up New River to Bakers settlement in pursuit of the Tories (at this time he resided in Montgomery county in Virginia) on this tour they took several of the Tories after having served five or six weeks he marched back to his own neighborhood and honor- ably discharged by his Captain. Some short time after the beforementioned tour he again volunteer- ed under the command of Captain Isaac Levy bell. Michael Glaves Lieut. They were he believes first marched to Dunkers bottom on New river in pursuit of the Tories. They were then marched down New River to Drapers meadows where they remained sometime and caught a good many of the Tories they were then marched into Carolina on the Yadkin to the

Moravian town on this trip they took up a number of Tories we were then marched to the heads of New River and the underwood Yackins here they had a skirmish with the Tories had one man killed several of the Tories were also killed after this we returned home and were discharged having served three months. The next tour he served in the company commanded by Robert Bohannon and in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Preston. We were marched to the Moravian Town from thence to Guilford courthouse from thence to Haw river here we had a chase after Purinton we remained sometime in the neighborhood of the Britains there was a small skirmish near a creek in which several of the militia were killed we were then march near Whitzels mill on Haw river where we had a fight and were dispersed by the Britains and made the best of our way home This tour he thinks he served five weeks. Besides the Tours before mentioned he served several short tours some of them he recollects distinctly were under Capt Bohannon already named some of those Tours were short owing to the disturbances occa- sioned by the Tories who were numerous in the neighborhood. in consequence of which he was frequently and suddenly called on duty he from the best calculation that he has been

able to make believes he served in the whole about Seven months he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State or Territory
In addition to the services rendered as stated in the foregoing declaration he served a tour under the command of Col William Campbell and he thinks in the company commanded by Capt Love at which time he was marched to Bakers settlement on New river the length of this tour he cannot certainly say but believes it must have been a month or six weeks as it generally took about that length of time for a tour from where he lived to Bakers settlement
Commonwealth of Kentucky Woodford county ss
Robert Black
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the county of said Robert Black who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time of his services but according to the best of recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned in his declaration but probably more all his services were rendered in the Militia as the units in the officers mentioned and after a lapse of more than fifty years he cannot be more precise in his statement
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th of August 1833 J. M. Miller A.P.M.B.
Robert Black

Mr Ahmed Rucker clergyman residing in the County of Woodford and T. M. Sellers residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Black who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Robert Black 15th Nov 32
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid.
Ahmed Rucker T. M. Sellers
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 Ahmed Rucker who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Woodford, and that Thomas M. Sellers who has also signed the same is a resident the said County of Woodford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John M. Kinney Esq. Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Robert Black for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Versailles this 8th day of November 1832 And in the 41st Year of the Commonwealth
John M. Kinney Esq. Clerk

No 18466
Robert Black Woodford County Kentucky
from James 6 sheets. $20.
W. R. Johnson Jr. & Co. - the Versailles
J. M. Henry Jr. Clerk of the Court of Woodford County Tennessee Kentucky

BRIEF in the case of Robert Black  County of Woodford in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 82 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol In 17 1 14 private Capt Bohannon   " " " 3 " " Capt Campbell   " " " 1 7 Capt Bohannon Col Preston   further time not stated.   1 Tour under Col Campbell   did not specify.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 1. Just after the Tories had a skirmish with them. 2. fight at Harrodsburg.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Montgomery County Virginia.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Clagett  Examining Clerk.

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April 27, 1926
Mrs. Jesse B. Noland Richmond, Kentucky
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1167 it appears that Robert Black was born in Augusta County, Virginia, date not stated.
While a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia he enlisted and served as follows -- five or six weeks in Captain Robert Bohannon's Virginia Company, three months in Captain Isaac Campbell's Virginia Company and was in an engagement with the Tories, five weeks in Captain Robert Bohannon's Company, Colonel Preston's Virginia Regiment and was in the battles of Haw River and Wetzell's Mill, then one month or six weeks in Captain Love's Company, Colonel William Campbell's Virginia Regiment, dates of the four enlistments not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 8, 1832 while a resident of Woodford County, Kentucky aged eighty-two years. There is no data as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Great Xings Ky } 11 th Sept 1833 } Percy Lane }
Or see Alm: Johnson
Col. J. L. Edwards Percy Lane off in City of Washington

Dear Col. I have examined the within carefully & from the vagueness of some of the trips I do not think he can expect his case to be passed for eight months as he sets up. but as I have no earthly doubt as to the truth of the services & the good the respectability of the part he witnesses I do not think you will hesitate to give the old man for six months.
He is upwards of 70 years old. he is poor & there is no doubt of his having served at least six months, & I hope you will pass it, for six months oblige
Ph. M. Johnson

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Black a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 9. 1,167
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 5 or 6 wks ✓ Robert Bohannon ✓ Va.   ✓ 3 mos. Isaac Campbell ✓   ✓ 5 weeks Robert Bohannon Preston   ✓ 1 mo. 10 days Levy William Campbell  
Battles engaged in, Haw River (Feb. 27, 1781) and Wetzell's Mill (Mch. 6, 1781)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Montgomery Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 8, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Woodford Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, 82 yrs. born in Augusta Co., Va.
Remarks: his claim was allowed. There is no family data on file.

Record Division.
June 6, 1911.
Miss Amanda Black, c/o B. H. Rucker, Rolla, Mo.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 29" and received the 31" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the military history of Robert Black, Sur. File No. 1,167, and George Black, Sur. File No. 6,659, and advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Charles Black described by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

just above Robert Black Death as that is the name listed I really think the name James
U.S. Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Richmond Ky May 26
notar del
Dear sirs
We wish to know about the James Black & Robert Black pensioners from Woodford County, Ky of the War of the Revolution These are my ancestors
Thanking you for information in your records
Mrs Jerru B Noland.

Rev 1/20
4610 N. Kilbourne Ave. Chicago, Ill. July 23, 1921.
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Commissioner:
Please send me such record as you have of Robert Black, a Virginia soldier in the Revolution who went to Kentucky, and I think was probably the only Virginia pensioner of that name. I believe he was pensioned while living in Kentucky.
Thanking you, I am,
Respectfully,
W. H. Black.

Columbia Mo.
Revo. Sec in
Jan 14 1918
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D. C.
Will you please send me military record of
As 5.1167 Black born 1751 emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky and in 1835 was living in Woodford Co. Ky received a pension for Revolutionary service.
also record of 5.36874 Rudolph Black who lived in Bracken Co. Ky. 1835 received pension for Military service in Revolutionary war he also emigrated to Ky. from Virginia. Isabella Rice was the wife of one of these men.
Very Resp'y
Mrs Fannie Black King 100 Stewart Road. Columbia. Mo.

MAY 31 1911 ack and June 3. "

B. H. RUCKER, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
E. W. WALKER, VICE-PRESIDENT,
A. L. MCRAE, SECRETARY AND TREASURER
PURPOSES OF CORPORATION.
DIRECTORS.
TO BUY AND SELL
REAL ESTATE
AND TO
Promote the Best Interests of
Phelps County, Missouri.
Rolla
Land and Investment Co.
(INCORPORATED.)
Capital, $30,000.00 Paid Up.
 C. C. BLAND, Ex-Presiding Judge St. Louis Court of Appeals  J. A. SPILMAN, Hardware Merchant,  D. E. COWAN, Assistant Cashier National Bank of Rolla,  E. W. WALKER, Dentist.  M. F. FAULKNER, Druggist.  DR. A. L. MCRAE, S. D., Professor of Physics Missouri School of Mines  B. H. RUCKER, Abstracter and Attorney. 
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir:-
ROLLA, Mo., May 29 1910.
Will you please give me a copy of the following pensions as I am anxious to use same to prove eligibility to D.A.R.
From Woolford Co. Ky. S 1167 Robert Black . Private Va. Militia.
From Ross Co. Ohio - Charles Black . Private 1st. reg. Ohio Vols.
From Frederick Co. Va.
George Black S 6659
Also if the widows of these men drew pensions please give a copy of same, and oblige,
Very respectfully
(Miss) Amanda Black.
no fees to B. H. Rucker, Rolla, Phelps Co. Missouri.

1911 June 6. Hist. to Miss Amanda Black & 1918 Jan. 25. Hist. to Mrs. Fannie B. King 1921, Aug. 10 hist. to W. H. Black / in 1926 - April 27 - Hist. to Mrs. Jesse B. Black - Relaced. MMH
INVALID
New Name
File No. 1164 Robert Black, Mus. Va. Linn.
Act: June 7, 1892.
Index: - Vol. a , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]