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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: Death: bef 06 Mar 1826 / Oglethorpe / GA
Qualifying Service Description:
Took Oath of Allegiance to Pittsylvania County, VA in 1777
Additional References:
"Virginia Genealogy," Feb 1985, Vol 23, No 1, pg 8
Spouse: Mary Ann Williams Children: Matthew Jouette Williams;
Lemuel Black (c1759-1825) was born in Lancaster County, PA about 1759, migrated with his parents (Thomas and Mary Black) to Frederick County, VA in 1766, to Pittsylvania County, VA in 1774, and to Wilkes County, GA in 1786.
He first appears on the tithables list in Pittsylvania County, VA in 1775 (Clerk’s Office, Tithables 1767-1785 and Misc. Lists 1782, 1784, 1785, p. 132). Along with his father, he takes the Oath of Allegiance in Pittsylvania County in 1777 (Chiarito, Marian Dodson, Feb. 1985, Oaths of Allegiance, 1777, Pittsylvania County, Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 3-11).
In 1791, he was appointed a First Lieutenant in Colonel Freeman’s Battalion in Wilkes County, GA for the Indian Wars succeeding the Revolution (Records of Executive Council, State House, Augusta, p. 111-114).
He married Mary Ann Williams, daughter of Mathew Jouett Williams and Barbara Walker, in 1794. Lemuel Black frequently appears in legal records during 1780s-1820s in Wilkes, Elbert, and Oglethorpe counties, GA. Eleven (11) children were born between 1795-1817 in Elbert County, GA and Oglethorpe County, GA.
He died intestate in 1825, and his wife Mary A. Black and John A. Bradley were appointed administrators, bond dated March 6, 1826 (Oglethorpe County, GA Loose Estate Records 1790-1962). His widow died in Oglethorpe County in 1870 (Oglethorpe County, GA Guardian and Administrator’s Bonds, Book 1866-1904, p. 102). They are buried in unmarked graves in the Black Family Cemetery located in the Glade District, Oglethorpe County, GA (end of Pea Ridge Road, N 34°00’05”W 83°02’40”).
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