Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6943, for Ephraim Martin, Vermont
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(8 - 1776)

SERVICE
Vt.
Martin, Ephraim
NUMBER
 R6943

CONTENTS
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19,112
Ephraim Martin
Erie Co pa

Thomas Wilson,
Erie, pa

Recd 15 Jan 1924
6943
Not continental

Rejected Jany
17 1824
sent to the Wilson
[ up the left side of the page]

John C Calhoun Esq
Secretary of War 
Washington  City
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Service.
[lined through] Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

 6943 [initials]
P.O.
Ephraim Martin
[Stamp] REJECTED
[the rest of the form is empty]
Service:
Enlisted: ______,18
Discharged: _____,18
Application filed: ______,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.

______Recognized.  _________Contract.
________Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _______,18
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18
18
18
Contrac
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie    
       On this seventh day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the said County [being such Court of record by an express act of the Legislature
of the State aforesaid] Ephraim Martin aged Seventy three years resident in Springfield township in the said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the
Revolutionary ^War as follows that in the month of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy six at the Town of Newberry in the State of Vermont he enlisted in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bridle,
in the Company commanded by Captain Stevens in the Vermont line, in the Continental establishment, as a Vermont Reg to serve during the war that continued to serve during the Revolutionary War, in the same company Regiment and line, until some time, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two when he was discharged from the said service at the Town of Bradford in the said State of Vermont, that he was at the battle of Saratoga and was the principal part of the time employed on the frontier service in the protection and defense of the State of
Vermont-
And 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 other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to claiming 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 hand service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed 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
Inventory of the estate, real and personal of the Said Ephraim Martin-

The said applicant states that he has no estate real or personal excepting his necessary clothing-- This applicant lives on a piece of land claimed by one of his sons, the said Son residing on said piece of land with a family of his own, the said applicant has no family residing with him excepting a wife and daughter, the name of his wife is Betsey
Martin aged fifty eight years of an infirm state of health -- the name of his daughter is Lavinia Martin, who is forty one years of age, has
been an idiot or injured from her birth and is unable to contribute towards
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her own support, also a son of the said Livinia aged about nineteen
years who has been subject to fits, and is unable to labour much.
the said Ephraim Martin the applicant is seventy three years of age,
is of very infirm health and is subject to the shaking palsy. he has
no occupation excepting that of a farmer, and is unable to do much at that
business and is in want of the assistance of his country for support.
Ephraim Martin hismark

Sworn & Subscribed Nov 7 1823
In Open Court Thos. Witson Pro

The Court having heard evidence as to the property of the applicant
and being satisfied that said applicant has no property order that the
same be so certified Nov 7th 1823
By the Court
Thos. Witson Pro

Thomas Witson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the County of Erie do hereby certify that it appears, to the
satisfaction of the Court, that the said Ephraim Martin did serve
in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy, for the sum of nine months, under
 one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify
that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount
in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule
 Is —--- dollars, of no value. In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this
7th day of November AD 1823
Thos Witson Pro
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Application and proof
of Ephraim Martin for
Pension
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Martin, Francis
GRADE Private
LINE Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT NUMBER  13429

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED  February 4, 1790
to not shown

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form 
is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior
 to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Martin, Francis Jr.
GRADE Private
LINE Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT NUMBER  13430

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED  September 21, 1790
to Benj. Moers, asignee

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form 
is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior
 to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.