Joshua BLACK

                   Of Note: 1830 CENSUS, Warren Twp, Marion Co. Indiana, John Cain, Page 201 Line 22 lists Joshua Black 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 Male 20-30, 1 maile 40-50; 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50.

1860  Census Centre Twp, Marion co. Indianpolis August 6, 1850, C.J. Hand,  page 254 B 835-847 Joshua is 60, Carpenter, Nancy is 59

Hitory of Indianapolis and Marion County Indiana:613-615 - B.R. Sulgrove. Joshua served as Justice of the Peace Aug 27, 1831 to Aug 27, 1836.

MARION County Indiana Commemorative Biographical Record [877.252/12 D3C]
From George H. Biography:  "...Joshua Black, son of Christopher and grandfather of George H., was born Oct 3, 1788, in Howard County, Maryland, and was a soldier in the war of 1813.  By trade he was a carpenter.  He removed with his family in 1826 to Marion County, Indiana, settling in Indianapolis, where for years he was engaged in building , erecting many structures of the day including the old Roberts Chapel, on the southwest corner of Meridian street and the Circle.  Later he entered a tract  in Irvington, whre he lifed for a time, but returned to the city and died there Nov. 4, 1879, at the age of ninety-one years and one month.  He was a member of the Methodist Church, inwhich he was class leader.  In politics he was an old-line Whig, serving as a member of city council.  He was a member of the Masonic fraternity.  Joshua Black married Elizabeth Burgess, and to them were born four children: Nancy, Washington, William and Sarah."




Sources Cited here are from Salt Lake City, Ut. LDS Family History Library

BIRTH: Film #013696 St. Paul's Parish, Volume 1:244, Baltimore Co., Maryland (1710- 1808)

CHRISTENING:  IBID as for Birth.

MARRIAGE:  #975.255 D2nh Anne Arundel Gentry, Volume 1:39 (1970) - Newman; (2) Film #499,367 Marion Co. Indiana Marriages, Volume 2:239

DEATH: Family Records in possession of Arlene B. Meservy, 313 E. 2020 N. Provo, Ut. 84604

LDS BAPTISM: Film #177,851 LG Temple Book L:114 #4067 (1890-1891)

ENDOWMENT:  Special Collections TIB Film #1,262,713 LG Temple BooK E:327 #11947; IGI Maryland dtd April 1984:518 Batch #C502931 Serial #2013

SEALING TO PARENTS: Special Collections Film #1,239,633 SL Temple Book C:263 #5102

SEALING TO  SPOUSE:  (1) Special Collections Film #178,062 LG Temple Book C:263 #5102 16 Aug 1890; (2) 1998 Issue IGI Addendum 2 Version 1.01 for North America