Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9103, Thomas Black, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Black, Thomas
NUMBER
S 9103
CONTENTS
Carded

Rev Wm
9103
INVALID.
File No. 9103
Thomas Black
Brn Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. Set , Page 33—
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Chic 27, 543
It is to certify that Thomas Black of Adams Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hanson of the Regt commanded by Col Holt in the Brig  Brigade were for the  time  being  there  at  the
Yr S c / 6 Hr off 23. 33.
Subscribed on the Roll of a Chic at the rate of 2 Dollars 37 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate & Pension issued the 1 st day of August and sent to — 34 Dec. Darlington, West Union, Ohio.
   Arrears to the 4th of Feb 34  70.00     Temperant. allowance ending Sept 11  11.65  \frac{1}{2}     81.65    
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by J. H. Sprague Clerk Book C , 2 Vol. 8 Page 30

31.729
Thomas Black Ohio
f 1776 p 7 ~ $23. \frac{33}{100}
Joseph Baclinton clk. West Union Ohio

We Dyer Burgefs - a clergyman, residing in the County of Adams & State of Ohio and Nathaniel Foster residing in the County of State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Black who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neigh- borhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion
Dyer Burgefs Nathaniel Foster
Sworn and subscribed, the 28 th day of July aforesaid
Joseph Darlington Clerk A.C. The State of Ohio I Joseph Darlington
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and deserves his statu- And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Dyer Burgefs who has signed the pre- ceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in the County of Adams Ohio, and that Nathaniel Foster, who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Adams, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Thomas Black for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of my Of- fice, this 29 th day of July A.D. 1834
Joseph Darlington Clerk A.C.

The State of Ohio Adams County ss
On this 29 th day of July in the year 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. John M. Price, President of the tenth Judicial Circuit, Robert Morrison Samuel M c - Clanahan & William Robbins Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid sitting Thomas Mark a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged between seventy five & seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration in or- der to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pas- sed June 7, 1832 That he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary War under the following named Officers and served as herein stated
That he was drafted in the Militia in the County of Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania that he was marched on the 6 th day of August in the year 1776 to enter the service of the United States through the time of service of the Company Com- manded on the first day of August 1776 when the Company was Organized it was commanded and by Captain James Morrow, William Bell Lieutenant and Samuel Rutherford Ensign That when he was marched to Amboy it was concluded to enlist one Company out of the two to join the Flying Camp; that he in- listed in the flying camp for five months from the time the Company was drafted & served under the same Captain James Morrow; that the Com- pany was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Clotts - Genl. Ewing commanded the Brigade That he served in the said Company till the first of January in the year 1777 when the time for which he enlisted expired and he & the said Company were dismissed the service of the United States - He has no recollection of having received a discharge or if he did he has no recollection of what he was at it

That he was in the battle on Stratten Island; that when he was marched from Lancaster he of the company was marched to Amboy & from thence to Port Lee from thence the Army retreated to Trenton when the troops continued about a week when they marched to the opposite side of the Delaware River & encamped there till the time expired for which he of the company to which he belonged had enlisted when he of his company were dismissed the service of the United States that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person by whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service as he is at this time far from the place where he served in the Army & from the place where those resided who were associated with him in the service of his country
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
That after his return home to Lancaster County he removed to Northumberland County in the same State of Pennsylvania, that shortly after his arrival there the Indians commenced murdering the inhabitants and the Militia Officers who commanded the company ordered out the Militia and he went with the company the Orders were that the men should be out half the time but he was out in the service more than half the time for the the principal part of two summers & part of the third summer - but he cannot at this length of time state the length of time he was in the service at any time on those occasions - Colonel John Kelly was the chief and only commander on all those excursions against the Indians in Northumberland County
That he left Northumberland County in Augt. 1779 & went back to Lancaster County Pennsylvania that in the

2 That all of that year he hired as a substitute for a certain Leonard Poole for the term of two months that he joined a company commanded by Captain Ferriss, Abraham Wilson was Lieutenant of the Company - Col. James Purdie was the Commander in Chief - that he of the Company to which he was attached marched to Tuscarora Valley in Northumberland  Cumberland County Pennsylvania where the company was detached into small parties and stationed in different places to guard the inhabitants against the depredations of the Indians That after serving out the two months for which he had engaged he was discharged returned home - He cannot now recollect whether he got written discharge or not - if he did he does not now recollect what has become of it - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service last mentioned
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State
Thomas Black
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Darlington Clerk H. C.
Interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War to be answered by applicant.
1 When, in what year were you born?
From information I was born in Ireland in the year 1758 or 1759
2 Have you any record of your age; and if so when is it?
I have not
3 Where were you then living when called into the service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?

Answer in Paxton township Centre county Pennsylvania except when in the Militia in Northumberland county & on that occasion I was living in Northumberland county - Part of the time since the revolutionary war I lived in Cum- berland County Pennsylvania and I have lived in Adams County Ohio for more than thirty years I live in the County of Adams age 81 at this time 4 How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
I was first drafted & then enlisted in the Flying Camp - 2 d I was a substitute for Leonard Potts When in the service in Northumberland County against the Indians I was called out by the Officers of the Militia in the nature of a draft 5 State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such con- tinental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service I do not now recollect the name of any of them except Col: Hand who commanded a Regiment
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it?
I have no recollection of receiving a discharge; if I did I do not know what has become of it
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution
I state Nathaniel Foster Rev: Christopher Wamsley & Mans Lockhart Esq
Thomas Beck
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Darlington Clerk A.C.