Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Johannes Hans BLACK
Between 1772 and 1776 Hans & Agnes, and a number of their children with their families immigrated to Chatam County, North Carolina. It is believed that a man believed to be Hans’ brother, William Black accompanied the extended Black families to the Carolinas.
Between 1783-89 (most likely about 1785 when their friends, Aquilla & Mary (---) Brasher immigrated), Hans & Agnes and some of their children’s families immigrated to the Greenville District of South Carolina, where they settled in the Baker’s Creek Settlement. As land was still plentiful in South Carolina, it can be surmised that one reason for relocation was the remaining attitudes from the Revolutionary War concerning Tories; even Tories who changed allegiance as in Hans’ case.
The settlement was along Baker’s Creek and the middle fork of Reedy Creek - both branches of the Reedy River. Hans & Agnes’ neighbors included Aquilla Brasher, Samuel & Hannah (Cox) Brasher, Reverend James & Cynthia (Cox) Brazier Sr., John & Rachel McElroy, William Pyle, Dr. John & Sarah (Brasher) Pyle Jr., Benjamin & Jane (Brasher) Armstrong, and Justice of the Peace Lawrence Brasher. Many of the elder men, if not most, were initially Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. All of the Cox sisters were the daughters of William Cox and his first wife, Alice (---) Cox.
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