Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37592, Joab Black, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Black, Joab
S. 37592
CONTENTS

6763 4
Dist: of Maine
Joab Black
of Yarmouth in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the chaps: ne, for the term of 2 years
scribed on the Roll of D of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Feb 1819 and sent to Judge Parris - Paris Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sep: 1818. Am o 30 - 33.86 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819. 48 - $ 81.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discon d
Aug 7. 1821
Jo: Pope
Portland Maine

Isaac Black.
Private
Tuppers Mass. Reg o
Nov. 15. 1777
Dec. to 19. 1779
Found on Rolls Admitted
April 28. 1818

To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge of the United States for Maine District.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Joab Black of North Yarmouth in said Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of two years on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at North Yarmouth aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Capt. Mahony's Company of the eleventh Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the fifteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and that he left said service on or about the nineteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at West Point in the state of New York and that he was discharged therefrom by Major Knapp and that he is now sixty five years of age , that he has lost his Discharge
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Joab Black mark
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, ALBION K. PARRIS, District Judge of the United States for the Maine District, Joab Black the above named appli- cant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Joab Black farther offered in evidence the affidavit of William Hearty , an officer in the Revolutionary army signed and sworn to before me
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Joab Black served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albion K. Parris

personally appeared William Hasty and made oath that he very well knew the within named Jacob Blackman in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary war and that he the said Hasty was then a Lieutenant in the same Regiment and at the same time and that he verily believes that the within affidavit by him the within named Jacob Blackman signed and sworn to is true in all its parts
Wm H. Hasty

Joab Black No. 6763-

I Joab Black, who have been a Revolutionary Pensioner, agreeably to a pension Certificate No. 6763. Do testify and declare, That in June 1820. Before the Hon. Albion K. Parris, I exhibited my schedule as required by the act of May 1. 1820. in order to obtain the continuance of my pension - but have never received any answer - In addition, to what I mentioned in my schedule, I now state that in Sept. last. I was sent for to go and see a sick child at Hanfax a distance of eighty miles, - after staying a while with her there - I set out for home, riding short stages till we reached Hallowell when I was myself taken sick and confined a week or two - till my family heard of our situation - and by the kindness and charity of friends I was with difficulty removed home - I am now very feeble - I have been lately very much troubled and distressed with the gravel - and am under the necessity of using artificial means, or a catheter, to void my urine - I have not been able to do an hours work

for more than a year - My son Joab, who is about seventeen years old, is afflicted with a swelling on one of his knees, which renders him unable to afford me any assistance towards his support and is under the physicians care - it is nearly two years that he has been in that situation - The little property mentioned in my schedule has been about all expended and consumed in the necessary expenses of the last year - charitable assistance I have received some - but not enough to meet the pressing wants of my situation and that of my family - If my pension can be granted to me, it will be timely relief to an old, needy man -
Attest, Nicholas Davis
Joab his X Black mark
State of Maine County of Cumberland, On this twentieth day of July A.D. 1821 - Personally appeared the above named Joab Black, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal notarial, the day & year last aforesaid.
Joseph Pope, Notary Public

For a statement of the military service of
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Joab Black  b. 7. 375-92.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 15, 1777 2 years Private Mayberry Tupper Mass. Regt.                                                   
Battles engaged in, not stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, April 28, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, North Yarmouth, Maine. Age at date of application, 65 years.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier's wife Priscilla was 53 years of age and their children were, Enoch aged 19 years, Lydia, 18 years, Joab 14 years. No further data as to family.
Very respectfully,

N 47. Joab Black
Copy
(6763)
(March 1819)
S. 185 h o —
 ATLAS DISTRICT 
COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth — day of June and by adjournment from day to day , on the seventh day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this seventh day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Joab Black — aged sixty seven years, resident in N. Yarmouth in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Mabray — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 28 th day of April — A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6763 — was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness J. Seane Jr  Joab Black his mark
Sworn to and declared, on the seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris { U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — Forty eight acres land in North-Yarmouth, twelve acres of which is plains — three separate families live on said land — one house and part of a barn — one yoke of oxen and one cow — nine sheep — two small pigs one old horse — no income — no money due me — farming tools none —
Witness Joab his X Black mark
Sworn to Before Albion Th. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joab Black — who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and infirmities
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Priscilla 53 able to do a little work   Enoch, a son — 19 able to work   Sydia, a daughter 18 able to work   Joab — son — 14 able to work   Witness Joab Black mark   Sworn to Before Albion Th. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is two hundred, fifty six — dollars and fifty — cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr. { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$256:50

1911
Cumberland Mills Me. Aug. 14 th
To Com. of Pensions Washington D. C.
Will you pleas allow me to make a few inquiries regarding my ancestor One Jacob Black Who was a Revolutionary Soldier in Capt. Mahers Co. of Garhams Maine and Col. Tuckers Regt. Now what I wish to know if he was ever a pensioner And if so can you give me his age and when and where born and any other records you may have in regard to him The records if there was any have been lost and I dont know

where else to look Please pardon this intrusion and oblige Very Respectfully Yours
Martha G. Black 15 Searcy St.

4 5 4
37-72

Wethersfield, Mass. Nov. 16, 1908
Pension Commissioner Washington D.C.
# 37,592 ct 6,763
I asked for the military history of John Black a soldier of the Revolution and was advised this Bureau couldn't give it. Could it give the military history of Job Black whose residence was Gorham and who enlisted from Gorham Dec. 23, 1776 enlistment 3 years. a private in Capt. Richard Mayberry's co. Col. Benj. Tupper's regt.
Yours truly, (Miss) Bernice G. Stimpson

37 592 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 592
Joab Black Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908, November 25; Hist. 65 Miss Bernice G. Stimpson? C.P.
1911, Aug. 14. Hist. 65 Mr. Mahlon C. Black
1912, May 17.
To Dr. Mr. Genl. U.S.A. War Dept. Fr.

Applicant aged 67 years-
Infirm wife 53.
son 19, able to work
daughter 18 - ditto
son - 14 - ditto
48 acres of land, 12 of which are "plains" - 3 separate families live on said land - "one house, and part of a barn" - amount of schedule, $256:50
Served 2 years-
In a subsequent statement he says that he has been reduced by sickness to such circumstances as have obliged him to receive charitable aid -

Mr. Edwards - Joab Black Recd. 28 July 1821.
6763
Cum bala and
for Tope
Rev. H. E. Huntington Washington
Discon d August 7. 1821 and sent to Mr. Pope Portland, Maine

Portland July 20-1821- The Hon ble Secretary of War.
Sir The schedule of Job Black was forwarded last Summer to the War Department by John Masey Esq r . Clerk of the U.S. District Court, and he was informed that the case was suspended, and no answer has been yet received - I enclose an additional statement, of Black, which I hope will authorize the Secretary to think favorably of the old mans situation, and decide that he may be restored to his pension - The old man is actually pennylesss as to money; and I am personally knowing to the fact, that he was assisted this day, by gentlemen in this town, to a little change to enable him to return home, with some necessary articles for his bodily infirmity.
I am Sir respectfully
Your obed t Serv t Joseph Pope -