Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,647, Josiah Black, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Black Josiah
S 16647
Carded.
CONTENTS

Date of death not in a. B.
Maine 21858
Josiah Black of York Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Perkins of the P.M.F. commanded by Col. Witchell in the Maine line for 2 years
* 11/22/20
50 2 4 1409
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Nov 1833 and out  Orlando William L. Mungin - Wid Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833  $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st Mar 34  $40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { dated June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. D. Johnson Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 15 Page 1

State of Maine.
Memoranda
ON this twenty first day of February 1873 personally appeared before the District Court at Portland in said the District Josiah Black a resident of Simington in the county of York and State of Maine aged 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 in the month of December with Captain Bryant Mortons and served in the  Colonel Melchells regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the following named officers :
I enlisted in Captain Bryant Mortons company of Infantry in Col. Melchells Regiment in the Massachusetts line in December 1775 for twelve months & served that term of time. I was stationed at Spring Point near Falmouth now called Portland & served about nine months in said company at the expiration of which time and about the last of May a part of June I had permission of Captain Morton & did enlist in Captain John Wentworths company of Infantry in the Massachusetts line to serve the remainder of the aforesaid year. After enlisting in Captain Mortons company said company went on to Ticonderoga at Mount Hope Fort, where I served until December 1776 at the expiration of the year for which I enlisted & was discharged. I enlisted in December 1776 at Gorham State of Maine under Captain Richard Maybury in the Infantry in Col. Ebenezer Francis Regiment in General Pattersons Brigade in the Massachusetts line for three years - I marched to Ticonderoga in March 1777 and was at the battle of Hubbleton the next day after we retreated from Ticonderoga when Col. Francis was killed. I was in the battle at the taking of Bennington in October 1777. After the battle at Hubbleton Lieut. Col. Silliford commanded the Regiment after the taking of Bennington our Regiment was under the command of Col. Tupper. Our major named us Lithgow. I was discharged in December 1779 by Col. Tupper at White Marsh in Pennsylvania. Having then served only one year of my time. I was then discharged in consequence of Joab Black my brother taking my place as a substitute & serving the remainder of my time.
By a letter signed by J. L. Edwards purporting to be from the War Department dated 22 December 1852 he says "By the rolls Joab Black, appears to have enlisted on the 23 d December 1776 and to have served three years covering the whole period, during which the claimant states that he served. This service cannot be allowed unless satisfactory proof and explanation be adduced." The facts relative to Joab Black's taking my place as a substitute are the following to wit. I had a wife and two children living in Gorham in the State of Maine in December 1777. Joab Black my brother, who lived in said Gorham in December 1777 came on to White Marsh in Pennsylvania for the purpose of entering the service & procuring my discharge - I applied to Col. Tupper to discharge me and take my brother in my stead. Col. Tupper said he thought he had no authority to discharge me. I then applied to General Patterson. He enquired of me whether my brother was well clothed I told him he was. The reason he made this enquiry was that all that were at Hubbleton battle lost all the clothes we had excepting what we had on & no clothes had been sent to us from Massachusetts after that till then we were quite destitute - General Patterson said the Colonel would have a right to discharge any man and take another if he did not reduce the Regiment by it or make the condition of the Regiment worse. I went back to Col. Tupper & told him what the General had said. Col. Tupper then said he would give me a furlough to go home provided Joab my brother would enlist & I would return again. To this we did not consent & Col. Tupper finally concluded to discharge me & Joab my brother enlisted in my stead. He concluded to discharge me for he said if I went home, so good a soldier as I was, would not remain long out of the service & requested me if ever I joined the service again to enlist in his regiment. His language was this verbatim, to wit, "You won't be out of the service long & if you should enlist again, be sure and come into my regiment. I understand you are an excellent soldier & my heart is bound up in a soldier." I cannot account for Joab Black's name being on the rolls as enlisted on the 23 d December 1776 unless by supposing that as he was taken in my stead that my name was erased & his name inserted opposite the date of my enlistment which was in

December 1776 although I do not know that it was on 23 rd Decem- ber but do not know but it was. And as I had but two years to serve & there was no authority to enlist Joel for that term that his enlist- ment was antedated or as his name was substituted on the roll for any name his enlistment must necessarily be antedated. Let that be as it may I served that length of time & refer to Daniel Small & Judidah Lombards affidavit accompanying this declaration. Immediately after my discharge I came home to Gaham. In the first of June  April 1779 in Sandwich in the State of Maine I enlisted in Captain Joshua Jordans company of Infantry in the State troops of Massachusetts in Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regiment for three months. During this term of service the company was transported to Castine in the State of Maine then Massachusetts & were under General Lovell & Brigadier General Wardworth. I served the above term of three months & was discharged. I have served in the revolutionary war in the whole two years and three months. I made application for a pension under the act of May 15 1828 & entered my application at the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of York in the State of Maine at February Term 1829 & said application was sent to the War department. That is all the application I ever made for pension except the present - I have resided in Farmington in the county of York & State of Maine for fifty two years last past - I have no written discharge nor have I any document- ary evidence
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Black
Before me Ashmun
Judge of a United States for a District of Maine
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, John Mufsey Clerk of the U.S. District Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joshua Black for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty first day of February A.D. 1833
John Mufsey Clerk U.S. Courts

24554
Josiah Black York Co Maine
1606
Application should be made to the Secy of the State of Massachusetts for issuance of the claimants name
Private Express
A McArthur Esq Simbury John Mussey Clerk Portland Limington Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 Josiah Black. York Co. Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Dec. 1775. 1 " " Priv Cpl. Mitchell Cap. Morton Col. Wilban Cap. Winton 82 years Mass. Witness John Libby Ebenezer Sawyer   1776 1 " " " Col. Francis Cap. Mayberry " Sedidah Lambard Dan e Small.   1779 " 3 " " Gen. Lovell & Wadsworth Col. Jordan Cap. N. Jordan " Ebenezer Sawyer " Isadore Dyer  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (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 provision 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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 (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and 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 note (j) 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 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 days 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that 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 application 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 in 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

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, one 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 the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and 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 traditional 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 or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in 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.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowen

Apaine 20,899. Josiah Black's Application for Pension. original claim

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this twelfth day of February , 1829, in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas, held at Alfred , within and for the County of York on the Second Tuesday of February , A. D. 1829, Present the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman , Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said County, personally appeared Josiah Black of the town of Limington , resident in said county, aged seventy-eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he the said Josiah Black as a private enlisted for the term of three years in December, 1776 , in Gorham , day of _____ in the year _____ in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Richard Mayberry in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Francis , in the line of the State of  Massachusetts on the Continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in said corps until December, 1777 , when he procured by pernicious Joel Black as a substitute, when he was discharged from the said service, and further on oath declares that he has not before this time applied for a pension because he did at Whitemarshe , in the State of Pennsylvania , that his name has been placed on the not consider himself in such indigent circumstances as would entitle him to a pension. pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, 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, intend 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 Na- val 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.
Josiah Black.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
30 acres of land, with an old house and barn on it. 65 acres of pitch pine plains land. 1 yoke oxen - 2 cows - 4 sheep. Household furniture for common use.
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me  Josiah Black , _____ who, by occupation am a farmer, _____ which I am not able to pursue by reason of the infirmities of age.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Olive Black 73 years. Unable to support herself, - most gone in a consumption.  
Ever since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property.
I have never exhibited a schedule before and since May 1, 1820. My property real and personal has not under- gone any very material changes since May 1, 1820.
Josiah Black.
SWORN to and declared on the 12th . day of February, 1829 , before
Ezekiel Whitman.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Josiah Black did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court; and I do further cer- tify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afore- said schedule is four hundred & ninety - dollars and the income  cents  thereof twenty five dollars & no more
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this second day of March _____ 18 29
Jer. Bradbury CLERK of the C.C.P.

April 23, 1932
BA-J/MLB cur
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JOSIAH BLACK S. 16647
Mrs. Josephine D. Lockard Box 1186 Dawson, New Mexico
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, relative to Josiah Black, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land, based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of any Josiah Black. They do, however, show a claim on file for pension made by Josiah Black (S. 16647), and the following data were obtained from the papers in his claim:
Josiah Black, while living in Gorham, Massachusetts (Maine), enlisted the latter part of November, or the first part of December, 1775, and served six months as a private in Captain Bryant Morton's company, Colonel Mitchell's Massachusetts regiment, and six months in Captain John Wentworth's company, Colonel Willard's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in December, 1776, at Gorham, Massachusetts, for a term of three years, as a private in Captain Richard Mayberry's company, Colonels Ebenezer Francis and Benjamin Tupper's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battles of Ticonderoga, Hubbardton and the surrender of Burgoyne, and served until December, 1777, when his brother, Joab Black, took his place as a substitute and served the remainder of his three years' enlistment (as the soldier, Josiah, had a wife and two children living in Gorham, Massachusetts (Maine)). He enlisted the last of May, or the first of June, 1779, in Standish, Massachusetts (Maine), and served three months as a private in Captain Joshua Jordan's company, Colonel Nathaniel Jordan's Massachusetts regiment.

Josiah Black was allowed pension on his application executed February 21, 1855, at which time he was aged eighty-two years and a resident of Limington, York County, Maine, where he had lived fifty-two years.
Soldier stated that he had a wife and two children living in Gorham, Massachusetts (Maine) at the time his brother Jeab took his place as a substitute, but he did not give their names. In 1859, he stated that his family then consisted of Olive Black, aged seventy-three years; he did not state any relationship.
This is the history of the only soldier named Josiah Black that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Ref 1186
Dawson, New Mexico, Feb. 22, 1932.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;-
I am desire to learn if there is an official record of the services of my father's grandfather.
His name was Josias Black .
Our records tell us that he was in the Battle of the Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777, was in the Indian wars in Indiana Territory with General Harrison, and also fought in the battle of Blue Lick, Ky., an Indian battle.
His son, James, married Elizabeth Ashmore, and another son, Josiah, married Susannah Ashmore, Josiah Black (1750-1840) was pensioned private in Captain Briant Morton's company, Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Massachusetts regiment.
I am not sure they are the same man. Have you a list of this Josiah Black's children, and whom they married? If so, will you please send it to me, together with any other information you have recorded
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Josephine D. Lockard.

Ex'r.
INVALID.
RELETED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Joseph P. Baker
P. O. _____
Consolidated with U.W. Inv. File 16,647.
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

1932 - Apr 23 - That to Mrs. Joseph D. Lockard - mkt B.
16,647 INVALID.
No. 16,647
Cosiah Black
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Box: - Vol. 1 , Page 22
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5 ME
REE
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington (city)

Simington Oct. 4 th 1833
Sir
I inclosed are the documents relative to Isiah Black's application for pension with the certifications required in the brief. Please direct the certificate if one is granted to me at Simington
I am respectfully
Your obedt Servt.
A. McArthur
Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War

Pension August 11 Office - 1852-
Hon.
Mr. Care
Free
Emig Bass
Secretary of War No. 8.
Washington City

Simington August 3 d 1832
Sir,
Inclosed are is the declaration & affidavit of Isaiah Black applicant for a pension which you will please to dispose of as his claims deserve -
I am respectfully
Your obed. Servt.
Hon Lewis Cass Secy of War of United States Arthur M. Arthur

20,899.
Albany Josiah Black
Act 18 March 1818
Rejected see letter to J. Broadbent 3 rd April 1829.
in 3 rd of property
889
Rec d 12 March 1829.
See letter to A. W. Arthur 2 nd Feb y 1832

Alfred, Maine, March 4 , 1829.- Pension Office For Pension Office
Free.
The War Department of the United States Washington Dist. of Columbia
Reg: Decr. 26. 1828.

I Seth Libby of Scarborough in the County Cumberland and State of Maine aged Seventy Seven years testify and say that I was a private Soldier in the Company commanded by John Wintworth of Colonel Williams Regiment of the Massachusetts Line and that I served four months in said Company in the Revolutionary War in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six and that Josiah Black then of Gorham in said County now of Limington County of York, was with me a Soldier in said Company the time above mentioned & that we were discharged at Tiendavaga in Sept. Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six. John Libby Cumberland Feb 20 th 1833.
The above named Seth Libby personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me Saml. Henson Justice
certificate of credibility of the witness. — on back

State of Maine Cumberland County ss
I Zeph T Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts for the County of Cumberland Certify that Samuel Thompson is a Magistrate as above and that the fore- going signature purporting to be his is genuine
Seth Libby
Deponent
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord 1833-
Zeph T Vaughan
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Seth Libby within named that he is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity Sam Thompson Justice of the Peace
the year of this sixth day of March, in the year 1833

I Ebenezer Sawyer of Limington in the County of York and State of Maine of lawful Age am Bath old testify and say - That in the last of December 1775. I enlisted in Capt. Bryant Morton's Company (then living in the town of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland) for the term of one year in the States Service and was stationed in said Cape Elizabeth and there helped build a Fort where Fort Fieble now stands and there served one year and was then discharged; I further testify and say that Josiah Black enlisted in said Morton's Company at the same time which I did and for the same term of one year and there served six months then by consent of his Captain he enlisted in Capt. Wentworth's Company - I further testify and say that in the last of May or first of June 1779. I enlisted in Capt. Jordan's Company and was transported to Penobscot now called Castine there served three months - The above named Josiah Black enlisted in said Jordan's Company at the same time I did and served in said Company the same term of three months
Witness S. Hagens
Ebenezer Sawyer
State of Maine, York ss: February 13 th 1833 - Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Sawyer and made Bath to the truth of the above deposition by him made and subscribed
Before me, Aaron Hagens - Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Ebenezer Sawyer that he is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity
Aaron Hagens, Justice of the Peace
Attest M c Alister Justice of the Peace

Maine District Jo
District Clerk's Office February 21. 1833
In testimony that the within named Aaron Hagens is a Magistrate & that the signatures to the within purporting to be his are genuine - I have hereto set my hand & a seal of office the day and year above written
John M. Grew Clerk
Deposition of Thomas Doyne
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the County, and subscribed my name this sixth day of March, in the year 1833
William Vaughan

Sum before S. Hanckh. I believe it is the year one Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three - Personally appeared Jedediah Lambard of said Hanckh aged thirty three years - He being duly cautioned. Deposeth and saith - that I knew Josiah Black now of Limerick of Berham previous to his enlistment in the service of the continental army & the said Jedediah Lambard belonged to the same company - with the said Josiah Black - the company was commanded by Capt Richard Mayhew - and enlisted for the term of three years - that the said Black enlisted in the month of December 1776 - we marched to Boston in the month of March 1777 - from thence to Champlain - we were in the Battle at Hubbardston together - and he the said Josiah Black did serve in the company with me until December 1777 - at which time at Valley Forge a Brother of the said Josiah Black came on and & was received in the place instead (by name Joel Black) of the said Josiah Black after he the said Josiah served the term of one year - & the said Jedediah Lambard - not knowing that the said Joel Black

- did serve the remaining two years in the service of the said Joseph Black - the Regiment to which our company belonged was commanded Colonel Ebenezer Dyer -
Witness my hand and seal Jedediah his Loring Benjamin Chadburne North
After reading the above deposition to the said J. Loring by him subscribed - he solemnly swore the contained statements in every particular as regards time & their contents is true before me -
Benjamin Chadburne Justice of the Peace
Standish Island 11th. 10 th 1833
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jedediah Loring & that he is intitled to full credit for faith and veracity Benjamin Chadburne Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Cumberland County, ss.
I Wm Vaughan, clerk of the courts of Cumberland, certify that Benjamin Chadburne is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this sixth day of March in the year 1833.
Wm Vaughan this seal -
Wm Vaughan

Daniel Small of Linnington in the county of York & State of Maine aged seventy three years depose testify & say that about the first of May A.D. 1777 I became acquainted with Josiah Black now of Linnington in the State of Maine at Tienderoga in the State of New York said Black then belonged to Captain Richard Mayhew's company in the Massachusetts troops in Col. Ebenezer Francis' Regiment. I was then in Captain Samuel Thomas' company in the same Regiment. Said Black served in the same company (Captain Mayhew's company) until the December following, which was in 1777, at which time said Black was discharged. I saw Mr. Josiah Black during the said term of from about first of May 1777 to December 1777 at most every day - he was at the battle of Hubbleton in same Regiment when Colonel Francis was killed, when Lieut. Col. Littlefield took the command of Francis' Regiment & commanded till after the capture of Burgoyne's army - said Black was in the same Regiment at the capture of Burgoyne's army - after which event said Regiment was commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper who commanded it until said Black was discharged. Said Regiment was in General Patterson's Brigade during the campaign of 1777.
State of Maine
Daniel Small
York ss: Feb. 18 1833 Then the above named Daniel Small personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace
York ss: Feb. 18 1833 This certifies that I am well acquainted with Daniel Small the deponent & know him to be of good character for truth & veracity & that he is entitled to full credit in giving his deposition as aforesaid.
Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Cumberland County ss
I W m J Vaughan, Clerk of the courts of Cumberland County, Certify, that Arthur Mc Arthur, is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County, and subscribed my name this sixth day of March, in the year 1853
W m J Vaughan

Isaac Dyer of Limington in the county of York & State of Maine of twenty three years of age the twenty seventh day of February A.D. 1833 depose testify & say that Josiah Black now of Limington aforesaid enlisted the last of November or first of December 1775 in the American Army in the Massachu- setts line as a private in Captain Bryant Morton's Henry Hoot. Mitchell's Regiment and was stationed at Cape Elizabeth at Spring Point Fort after wards called Fort Hancock from the time of his enlistment till the last of April 1776 when said Black left said Fort for Scituate.
And further your deponent testifies that about in first of June 1779 said Black enlisted in Captain Joshua Gardner's company Col. Nathaniel Gardner's Regiment in the Massachusetts line to go to Castine said Black said company went to Castine in said company & was in said company with me & in the same way I served three months & we were discharged at same time —
State of Maine
Isaac Dyer
York ss. Feb. 12 1833 Then the above named Isaac Dyer made solemn oaths to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace
York ss: Feb. 12 1833 I hereby certify that the above named Isaac Dyer is a person of good character for truth and veracity & that I am well acquainted with him & besides his deposition above entitled to full credit
Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace
Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Cumberland County, ss.
I Nelson Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County, certify that Arthur McArthur is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signa- ture purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County, and subscribed my name this sixth day of March in the year 1853
Nelson Vaughan
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name