Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,400, for John Marlar, North Carolina
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(3 1776)
Service
N.6.
Marlar, John

Number
S.9.400

B. in Va
CONTENTS
carded.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed 7th June, 1832
State of North Carolina
Caswell County
On this the 8th day of October 1838 personally appeared in open Court (the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County & State aforesaid, being a Court of Record) now sitting John Marlar a resident of said County State, aged 73 or 74
who first being duly sworn according to the
law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the services of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated
On the tenth of February 1778 or 1779 he enlisted for the term of three years in the County of Hallifax
State of North Carolina under Tally Powell Captain
of the State guard, Col Nicholas Long of Hallifax
Thomas Ferrel Leutenant Abram Smith first Sergeant
and Benjamin Carpenter orderly Servant- This declare
from the time of his enlistment for two years and up
wards (viz) until the 4th of May after the termination of
two years was stationed in the Town of Hallifax guer
the Magazine in that place and also one on the North fifty
of the River at Baraty ordinary on the said 4
of May his captian, Tally Powell, was taken prisoner and
this declarant was then placed under Captain Joseph Ridd
by the order of Col Long and was employed in guarding
prisoner in Hallifax Jail for some time- but how long
he does not remember he was then placed under the com
mand of Col. William Linton and was marched to several
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place
in the neighbourhood - the object being for the most part to keep the tories in check. They were marched to Taylor's
Ferry upon the Roanoke Hence to Williamsburg, thence toward Hallifax, with a design of returning to that place
but upon arriving in the vicinity of that town, they
received intelligence that the small pox was raging there
and turned their course to Henry's New House in Hall
County, - thence to Tarborough - thence to Town Creek
and thence to Hallifax again, where this
declarant remained under the command of Captain Kidd
until his term of three years had expired 
and received a discharge in writing from Captain Kidd
and counter signed by Col Nicholas Lang - which
he has since lost - declarant was born the County
of Hallifax and lived there until his removal
this County, about 17 years ago. He thinks he is
between 73 and 74 years age but he is not certain
as the family Bible in which his age was recorded 
passed out of his family. He knows of no person
now living by whom he can prove his service except
Mathew Mabry and James Carter whose affidavits accompany the declaration that he & well acquainted with William Price & H.A. Burton of this County who came from his good character and the general record of his service &
He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the pension role of any of the agency of
any State
  John Marlan  [his mark] X

Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Paul A. Haralson Clk
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28557

Admitted as private 
2 years $80