Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,047, for Josiah Martin, North Carolina
Page 1

(3-1776)
SERVICE
NC
Martin, Josiah
or Josias
Mary

NUMBER W.1047

CONTENTS
Page 2

Abigail, born march 28 1784
William Decm 8 1786
Robert Novem 1793
Clarissa Aug 1796
Hannah 20 October 1790
Marilla Septem 29 1799
Polly McDowell Novem 16 1806
Matilda Feb 15 1808
Page 3

The
NEW TESTAMENT
of
OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED

BOSTON:
PRINTED BY GREENOUGH & STEBBINS,
FOR THOMAS AND ANDREWS, J. WEST AND CO. WILLIAM ANDREWS, WEST AND BLAKE, AND EDWARD COTTON.
Page 4

13842

West Tennessee

Josiah Martin
of Rutherford in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Barber of the Regiment commanded
by Col McDowell in the No. Carolina 
line for 14 months

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Jun
1833 and sent to Wm
Ledbetter Murfreesborough

Arrears to the 4th of March            93.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep  23.33
                                        Total        $116.65

Recorded by David Boyd Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 7    Page 88
Page 5

Reported
Jany 22/49
Date of Death not shown on A.B.

3248
Tennessee Nashville
Mary Martin widow of Josiah Martin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private &c N.C. Line.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Jany 1849 and sent to Smith & Kendrick
Nashville Tenn

Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 296 Vol. 3.
Page 6

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County 
Circuit Court.  October term, 1832.

On this day the 1st of October 1832, before James C. Mitchell
one of the judges of the Circuit Courts in & for the state of
Tennessee now sitting for said county of Rutherford, at
Murfreesborough, personally appeared in open court Josiah
Martin a resident in the county aforesaid, aged about
seventy five years who being first duly sworn according
to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
June 7th, 1832.
Applicant's father lived in Pennsylvania, Cumberland
county, which being on the frontier & exposed to the
depredations & murders of the indians, caused him
to move his family for security to an adjoining county
where applicant was born in February 1757, as he
has been informed by an older sister.  He never had
an exact record of his age.  [smudge]  mean time his
father was taken by the Indians, & on being released
again settled with his family in Cumberland County,
applicant being then about two years old.  He lived
there till about the year 1765 when he moved to
Lincoln County North Carolina.  Applicant lived in Lincoln
County North Carolina until the year 1803 when
he moved to his present residence in Rutherford (Ten)
where he has ever since continued to reside.
He entered the service of the United States in Lincoln county
North Carolina, as a volunteer, early in the spring of 1780,
he can not state the precise time, but knows it was soon
after the first alarm of disturbances, from the tories in his section
of country after the British had taken Charleston or after they were
about to take it.  He belonged to a company of volunteers, about
15 or 20 in number generally, & commanded by Capt. Barber.
There was no inferior officers who commanded in the company.
Its movements was directed against the tories of Lincoln
& the adjoining county of Rutherford.  One of its first expeditions,
was, in early corn planting time 1780, to the house of
one Ambrose Mills in Rutherford County on White oak creek
of Broad river, who was supposed to be raising a
regiment of tories.  Barber's company stayed at Mills'
Page 7

a week or more, lived upon his meat & corn, & ranged in
the neighbourhood.  Mills promised to be neutral, & the 
company returned home.  They learned that Mills, not regarding
his promise raised a  regiment of tories, received the commission
of Colonel from the British; & was taken by the whiggs
in battle of King's mountain & hung.
The next remarkable excursion applicant remembers to have
made under Capt Barber was with the intention of surprising
the tories collecting at Ramsours on the south fork of Catawba
river above 20 miles from their homes.  The company
started one evening & went 9 or 10 miles & camped a little
distance from the road in a very secluded place, leaving
one man to watch if any one passed along the road.
Sometime in the night two men passed in a direction from
Ramsours.  Our watch hailed them but they put spurs &
rode on.  They returned before day, & in attempting to avoid
our watch, [smudged] directly to the camp & were
taken.  Both these prisoners were tories, one of them by
name Moore was brother to the Moore who was then
collecting the tories at Ramsours.  Learning from them
that the tories at Ramsours were too strong for us, we
changed our march eastward in a direction [illegible]
Catawba river at Tucksiegy ford to Gen. Rutherford's
camp near Charlotte in Mecklenburgh county.  We
the recrossed at same ford with Rutherford's army, thence
in direction to Ramsours.  We did not get there till a few
hours after Col. Locke had arrived & defeated the tories
there under Moore.  We found the bodies of men & horses
that had been slain in the skirmish still lying on the
ground.  Our company then left Rutherford's army
in search of tories in our neighbourhood.  We afterwards
joined Col. McDowell who was encamped on Broad river
to act in defensive against Ferguson.  After staying
there a few weeks, Col Graham took our company, Capt
Thomas', & one or two more companies, & went in a direction
towards Ferguson.  One night news came that Ferguson's
army would be around us before day.  We immediately
departed & after wards learned they did surround
our camps the same night. A company of hors from
Ferguson's army pursued & overtook us the next day about
12 o'clock near Buffington's iron works.  We repulsed them
& drove them back to the main army.  We then  re-
Page 8

returned to McDowell's head quarters.  This skirmish was about
the time of Gate's defeat.  A few were killed on both
sides.  In returning to head quarters, applicant received
an accidental injury from a spear in the hands of a fellow
soldier, in consequence of which he went home & remained
there several weeks.  He was not in the battle of Kings
Mountain though not far from his residence.  Barber's
Company or most of them had become suspicious that Col.
Graham was not true to their cause, & therefore refused to
follow him, when he marched to joint the other colonels.
He & one [illegible] Wilson then attempted to join a new
company just raised as they had been under Capt Thompson who were
aiming to surprise the foraging parties of  the enemy
ab out Charlotte.  But the company was [crossed out and illegible]
we returned & attempted to overtake some of our neighbours
that had gone on to mee the forces against Ferguson, but were
prevented through danger of being taken by the tories.
Afterwards Barber being advanced to the rank of Major raised
a company which applicant joined & marched with it to
Morgans camps on Pacalet rider near Grendal's shoals
where we elected Thos. White our captain.  We remained
in camps with Morgan until the rains raised the waters
when the militia were allowed to cross the Pashalet for the 
purpose of procuring provisions.  Two day afterwards
Col Thomas came along by our firs & asked where
Major Barbar was.  We asked what was the matter.  He
said nothing much, but brother Ben was coming.  We
immediately recrossed the Packalet to Morgan's camp.
Early in the morning the regulars commenced march,
the militia being on horse back started about 12 o'clock &
overtoook the regulars the evenning before the battle of
the Cowpens.  Col Washington was there with his company
of Cavalry which amounted to 72 as counted by
applicant the day before the battle.  The other officers he
recollects Col Pickens, Militia & Maj. McDowell.
The battle was fought early in the morning in the open
woods.  At the termination of the battle our Capt Thos. White
was missing, but was there the next day when we returned
from the pursuit. We then followed after Morgan who
had gone on with the prisoners.  After overtaking them Morgan
& regulars left us, & we with Col Washington conducted the
Page 9

prisoners to Burk town where we were relieved by
newly raised militia, & permitted to return home about
the last of January 1781.  From this time to fall
of same year he was in no service except in scouting
parties under Capt Isaac White a brave man.
During the spring & summer he was pretty constantly
out ranting after the tories [large smudge]  important
occured.  In the fall of 1781, applicant entered service
in Company commanded by Capt Isaac Whit & in which
White's old scouting company & some drafted men.
The draft was for three months.  We were attached to
the command of Col. Smith.  Joseph Graham a fine
brave soldier was our mayor. He had been Capt &
his place had been filled by Capt Charles Polk.  We crossed
Yadkin leaving Fayetteville to our left, ranging on the
waters of drowning creek which we crossed  by swimming
our horses chiefly by side of Canes; while the
army under Rutherford marched more directly towards
Willmington.  We camped one night on or near
the ground where Butler had been defeated.  we rode all
the next day & night in pursuit of the tories that had defezted
him; & in the morning came in sight of a brick
house in which the enemy had a sergeants guard at a ferry
on the Cape Fear river near Wilmington.  We there
took four prisoners, 2 British & 2 tories.  The tories had
a camp nearly a mile off at the mouth of a creek.
Maj. Graham with our company, Capt Kenedy's & two others
not now remembered, attempted to surprise
them.  We left our horses with Col Smith & went 
on foot accompanied by Capt Polk's
company of Cavalry.  When we come in view of the
sentinel he cried very often 'who are you"; &  some
of our men firing at him alarmed the enemy &
they fled into a swamp.  Before we had time to
secure the materials the tories left,  Col Smith sent
an Express for us.  On returning we found nothing the
matter, & were very much displeased with the Col. who
was indeed unfit to command.  We then returned homewards,
but continued scouting & in camps on the Cape Fear river, 
[illegible] was taken.  It is impossible for applicant to give an
account of all the scouting or ranging expeditions in
Page 10

which he was engaged.  He never [smudged] long
out of service from the time he first entered it to
the time he returned from Wilmington, except 
the ballance of the winter after he returned from
the tour in which the battle at the cowpens was fought.
He believes he served at least 18 months in the 
revolutionary war.  He was sometimes out only a few 
days, sometimes at home a few days, at other times 
he would call at his home merely to get clean
cloths & biscuit.  His home was then at his father's
house.  He always served as a volunteer.  He never
received a written discharge.
He can not prove his service by any living witness
without great trouble & expense.  There is no clergyman
residing in his neighbourhood.  As to his character
for veracity & the general belief that he served
as a soldier of the revolution he refers to the following
gentlemen.  his neighbours, Esq.  Henry Ridley, Col
Moses Ridley, Esq. Wem. H Davis, Berryman  Ferguson,
Esq. Thos. Cannon, Robert L Weakley, & William
Robb Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
(signature of either Jonas or Josias Martin)
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm. Ledbetter, Clerk

We; Robert L. Weakley & Berryman Ferguson,
residing in the county of Rutherford & state of Tennessee
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Martin
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years old; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
(signature of Robt. L. Weakley)
(signature of Berryman Furgason)
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm. Ledbetter, Clerk
Page 11

And the said James C. Mitchell, judge as aforesaid hereby
declares his opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, & after putting the interogatories prescribed by the
war department, that the above named applicant was
a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And he
further certifies that Berryman Ferguson & Robt. S. 
Weakley who have signed the preceeding certificate
are residents in said county of Rutherford & state of 
Tennessee, & are credible persons, & that their statement is
entitled to credit.
(signature of J.C. Mitchell)

State ofr Tennessee
Rutherford County
Circuit Court October term, 1832.
I, William Ledbetter, clerk of said court, do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said court in the matter of the
application of Josiah Martin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this
first of October, 1832.
(signature of Wm. Ledbetter,) Clerk

Amended declaration of Josiah Martin for a pension.

This 9th day of April, 1833, in open court before me James
C. Mitchell one of the judges of the circuit courts in & for the state of Tennessee now sitting for the county of Rutherford, personally appeared Josiah Martin, who made his original declaration for a pension on the 1st of October last, & the consequent loss of memory, he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades;  For one month I served as a private under Capt Barber in a small company of volunteers on
the expedition to the house of the tory, Ambrose mills, on
Page 12

white oak creek;  For four months I served as a private under
Capt Barber in the campaign in which the skirmish took place
at Buffington's iron works with a detachment from Ferguson's
army, being the same campaign in which the battle at Ramsours
was fought, spoken of in my original declaration;  For three
months, I served as a private under Capt Thomas White
in the campaign in which was fought the battle at the cowpens;
For three months I served as a private under Capt Isaac
White in scouting after the tories, chiefly in Lincoln  & Rutherford
counties, N. Carolina, during the spring & summer of 1781; and
for three months I served as Lieutenant in the company
commanded by Capt Isaac White in the expedition to Wilmington
and for such service, amounting in all to fourteen
months, I claim a pension. [smudged---] fourteen
months are not so long by several months as my actual
service in the revolution, but I can not make out greater
service in consequence of being bound to fix the time of each
campaign.  I am apprehensive I will not be allowed for the
three months under Capt Isaac White in scouting after the tories.
I can not however specify the various little expeditions of this character in which I was engaged under him in the spring & summer of 1781; but during this period I am confident I was out on Actual service at least three months.
I have no documentary [smudged] & know of no person, whose
testimony I can procure, by which to prove my service.
There is no clergyman residing in my neighbourhood as stated
in my original declaration, & I know of [smudged] clergyman
who is sufficiently acquainted with me to certify for me.
Herewith is annexed the corroberating certificates of Esq.
Henry Ridley & Esq. Wm. H. Davis who are my neighbours.
(signature of Josiah Martin)
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year first aforesaid
Wm. L. Ledbetter Clk.

I [scribbled out] William H. Davis, residing on the county of
Rutherford and state of Tennessee, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Josiah Martin who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is a soldier of the revolution, & that I concur in that opinion.
(signature of Wm. H Davis)
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid.
(signature of Wm. Ledbetter, Clk.)

And the said James C. Mitchell, judge as aforesaid, hereby certifies that Henry Ridley & Wm. H. Davis Esqrs. who have subscribed & sworn to the preceeding certificates, are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to full credit.
(signature of J. C. Mitchell)
Page 13

I, William Ledbetter, clerk of the circuit court of Rutherford
county, Tennessee, do hereby certify, that the foregoing, after
my signature & seal of office of the 1st of October, contains the
amended proceedings of the said court in the
matter of the application of Josiah Martin
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 9th
of April 1833.
(signature of Wm, Ledbetter) Clerk
Page 14

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County S.S.
On this third day of April 1845,
before me R. H. Mason a justice of the peace in and for the
County of Rutherford aforesaid, personally appeared Mary
Martin aged eighty years, who after being duly sworn
makes the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the provision of the act of Congress approved
July 7-- 1838, that she is the widow of Josiah Martin
late deceased, who was a private in the army of the
revolution, and who drew a pension from the United
States under the act of June 1832 of forty six 66/100
dollars per annum up to the time of his death, that
she was married to the said Josiah Martin in May
seventeen hundred and eighty three (1783) she thinks
on the twenty eighth day of that month.  She has
no record of her said marriage, but a record of her children's
births she has, and the same is hereto annexed-- eight in
all, the first born 28 March 1784, the last 15 Feb. 1868,
the whole of which record is in the handwriting of her late
husband the said Josiah Martin, and which she has
had in her possession for a number of years-- that her
husband the said Josiah died on the seventeenth day of
September (1835) eighteen hundred and thirty five--
she has not intermarried since his death but still
continues his widow-- she further states that she
was married at the house of her father Robert
McClary in Mecklenburg County North Carolina
at the time above stated, by publication of banns
as was then the custom, she further states that she
was not married to said Josiah until after the last period
of his service, but previous to the 1st of January 1794, that is
at the time above states.  She further states that she
[entire line is crossed out..............]
would have made an application for a pension under
the above act much earlier, but did not know of the law,
or of any such provision for her benefit, until within
Page 15

the last month.  Her husband's pension certificate
was left at Nashville when she drew the balance
of pension due him at the time of his death.
(signature of Mary Martin)
Subscribed & sworn before me this the day & year above written, & I  certify that declarant by reason of old age and infirmity is unable to appear in court.
(signature of R. H. Mason)
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County
County Court of said county April Term 1845--
This day the above declaration
was presented in open court, and being
examined by the court & it appearing
that the same is genuine and in
due form-- the same is approved &
ordered to be recorded.--
April 7-- 1845  [illegible]
Robt. S. Morris clerk
of Rutherford County Court
Page 16

State of Tennessee, Marshall County;  To wit;
Before me Hugh A Hall  Justice of the peace in
and for said county this day personaly appeared
Wm. Martin (whom I certify is a respectable
person & worth of credit) who after being duly
sworn, states that he is seventy six years of age,
that he is a nephew of Josiah Martin late
of Rutherford County Tennessee and who was a 
soldier of the revolution that he was also
acquainted with Mary Martin now the widow
of said Josiah Martin, that he was present at
the marriage of the said Josiah & Mary which
occurred in Mecklenburg County North Carolina
at the house of Robt. McClary her father
**Transcriber note--handwriting different and difficult to read***
he has [illegible] together with some seven or eight
others, to the wedding, which was about twenty
miles from the sd. Josiah Martins fathers; and 
believes that the marriage was solomnised by
the Rev Jas. [illegible] DD about sixty one or two years
ago, in the month of May, an incident that makes him
recollect it, is, when he returned home from the wedding
his Fathers house was burned.
(signature of William Martin)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of 
March 18[?]5
(signature of Hugh A. Hall)
Justice of the peace

4 lines crossed out.
Page 17

State of Tennessee
Marshall County
I Martin W. Oakly clerk of the County
Court of said Marshall County do certify
that Hugh A. Hall who has attested the
foregoing depositions of Wm. Martin, is and
was at the time of attesting the same a
justice of the peace for our said county
duly elected & qualified & that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office, at office in
Lewisburg this 27th day of 
March 1845.
M.W. Oakley clerk
of Marshall County Court
By his deputy John Elliott

State of Tennessee, Marshall County
I Burgess Hardin chairman of the County
Court of said County, do certify that Martin
W. Oakley who has made the above certificate
is and was at the time of making
the same clerk of our said court
duly elected and qualified and that
the same is in due form.  Given
under my hand and seal this
27th day of March 1845
(signature of Burgess Hardin)
Chairman of Marshall
County Court
Page 18

No 15506
Josiah Martin Rutherford
County--Tennessee

from 1780 private
14 months.
$46.66

[illegible]
Barber
McDowell
N.C.

William Ledbetter
Murfreesborough
Tennessee
Page 19

Brief in the case of Josiah Martin 
County of Rutherford in the state of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?
about 75

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
[following is in table format in original document]
Period: Vol In 1780
Duration of Service
Years [illegible]
Months
Days
Rank As a: Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Barber Col McDowell

Period: Vol In 1781
Duration of Service
Years [illegible]
Months 3
Days
Rank As a: Lieutenant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt White Col Smith
He believes he served at least altogether 18 months in the Revy War

5. In what battles was he engaged?
skirmishes

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Lincoln Co NC

7. Is his statement supported by living witnessed, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
the papers are not connected as the regulations require

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Dyer Castor 
Examining Clerk
Page 20

August 24, 1938

BA-J/EEL
Josiah Martin-W.1047

Mrs. M.M Rene
#5056 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Josiah Martin, who received pension in Bedford County, Tennessee, in 1832, for service in the North Carolina troops, Revolutionary War.

You are furnished herein the record of Josiah or Josias martin, the only soldier of that name, who served in the North Carolina troops and received pension while residing in the state of Tennessee, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, the data for which were obtained from the papers in the pension claims filed under W.1047, based upon the military service of this soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Before the Revolutionary War the parents of Josiah or Josias (the name appears under both spellings), lived in Cumberland County Pennsylvania and the Indians becoming very troublesome (Cumberland County being on the frontier) moved to an adjoining county, name of county not shows, where Josiah or Josias Martin was born in February, 1757. Later, his father was captured by the Indians and after his release, when Josiah or Josias was about two years old, they returned to Cumberland County, where they resided until 1765, when they moved to the state of North Carolina and settled in Lincoln County, that state. The names of the parents of Josiah or Josias Martin are not shown. 

While resideing in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Josiah or Josias Martin volunteered in the spring of 1780 and served one month as a private in captain Barber's [note in margin pointing to this name: A Capt John Barber of NC mil in Heitman] North Carolina Company and went out against the Tories in Lincoln and Rutherford Counties; his next service was in same captain's company, dates not given, marched to Ramsour's but did not reach that place until after the battle had been fought, then joined Colonel McDowell at his camp on Bread River and after remaining there a few weeks, was placed
Page 21

under the command of Colonel Graham [note in margin pointing to this name: Wm Graham, Col McNeil in Heitman] and was in a skirmish at Buffington's Iron Works (this was about the time of Gates' Defeat) and on his return trip to headquarters, received an accidental injury from a spear and was compelled to return home where he remained for several months; later, dates not given, Josiah or Josias Martin served in Captain Thomas White's [note in margin pointing to this name: in Heitman as Capt NC Mil.] Company under Major Barber (his former captain) and was in the battle of Cowpens; returned home about the last of January, 1781, having served three months; from this time until the fall following, he was out on short tours against the Tories, being almost constantly engaged, and served in Captain Isaac White's [note in margin pointing to this name: Heitman refers to Capt Isaac White of NC Killed at King'omt] Company, North Carolina troops; in the fall of 1781, he was appointed lieutenant in said Captain Isaac White's Company, under Colonel Smith, [note in margin pointing to this name: could no find a Col Smith of NC in Heitman] North Carolina troops and served as such officer, three months. He served in all about fourteen months and all of his service was rendered as a volunteer.

In 1803, he moved from Lincoln County, North Carolina, to Rutherford County Tennessee, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832. He signed Josiah and Josias, was borne on the pension rolls as Josiah.

The soldier married May 28, 1783, Mary, Daughter of Robert McClary, date and place of her birth and name of her mother not shown. They were married at her father's home in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina by the Reverend James McGee, D.D. Both soldier and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.

Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed April [illegible] 1845, at which time she was aged eighty years and resided in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

The following names of children are shown.

Abigail Martin Born March 38 1784.
William Martin born December 8, 1786 in 1845 living in Rutherford County Tennessee.
Robert Martin born November -, 1793.
Clarissa Martin born August -, 1796.

-2-
Page 22

Names of children of Josiah or Josias Martin and his wife, Mary, continued
Hannah Martin born October 29, 1790.
Marilla Martin born September 29, 1799.
Polly McDowel Martin born November 16, 1806.
Matilda Martin born February 15, 1808.

In 1845, William Martin, aged seventy-six years and a resident of Marshall County, Tennessee, stated that he was a nephew of the soldier, Josiah or Josias Martin: names of the parents of William Martin are not stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Mary Martin, widow of Josiah Martin (W.1047), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Mary Martin, widow of Josiah Martin
Certificate No.3248
Issued January 22, 1849
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1848
Act of February 2, 1848
Tennessee (Nashville) Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

-3-
Page 23

September 20, 1935
BA-J/MCS
Josiah Martin, W.1047

Mr. Nelson Handsaker
2191 Berkeley Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the date and place of death of Mary Martin, widow of the Revolutionary War soldier, Josiah or Josias Martin, pension claim, W.1047.

This informaiton does not appear in the papers of said pension claim.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Mary Martin, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of the widow's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Mary Martin, widow of Josiah Martin, Certificate 3248, issued January 22, 1849, rate $40 per anumm, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 2, 1848, Nashville, Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Page 24

July 2, 1935.
BA-J/ILL

Nelson Handsaker
2191 Berkeley Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Josiah Martin, a pensioner of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and Seth Walker, a pensioner of Derry New Hampshire.

The records of these two soldiers are furnished herewith from pension claims on file based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Seth Walker. W.15859
Miss Stokes
Page 25

July 26, 1935.

BA-J/ILL
Josiah Martin
W. 1047

Nelson Handsaker
2191 Berkeley Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Dear Sir:

The data given herein regarding Josiah Martin are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1047, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Josiah, or Josias Martin was born sometime in February 1757 in a county adjoining Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to which county his father had moved with his family because of the murderous attacks of the Indians; his father was taken by the Indians, was released, and returned to his home in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and remained until about the year 1765, then moved to Lincoln County, North Carolina. The name of said father is not shown, nor the names of the other members of his family' one, however, was a daughter, elder than Josiah (Josias).

While residing with his father in Lincoln County, North Carolina, Josiah, or Josias Martin enlisted and served in the North Carolina troops as follows: in the spring of 1780, one month as a private in Captain Barber's company' from about June of that year, four months in said Captain Barber's company, under Colonel Graham during which he was in a skirmish near Buffington Iron Works; later in 1780, three months in Captain Thomas White's company was in the battle of Cowpens and returned home about the last of January 1781; from in the spring of 1781, three months as private in Captain Isaac White's company; and in the fall of 1781, three months as Lieutenant in said Captain White's company, under Colonel Smith, during which period of service he assisted in taking some prisoners near Wilmington. He was out at other times during the period of the war, and, during his march back home in 1780, received an accidental wound from the spear in the hands of a fellow soldier.

He returned to Lincoln County, North Carolina, and resided there until 1805, then moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Page 26

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 1, 1832, at which time he resided in Rutherford County, Tennessee. His name was borne on the pension roll as Josiah Martin. He signed both ways, Josiah and Josias. [note in margin: next time]

He died September 17, 1835 in Rutherford County Tennessee.

Josiah, or Josias Martin married May 28, 1783, Mary, the daughter of Robert McClary; the wedding was performed at her father's house in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, by a minister.

Mary Martin, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed April 3, 1845, at which time she resided in Rutherford County, Tennessee.  She was then aged eighty years, date and place of her birth, and name of her mother not shown.

The following data regarding the children of Josiah, or Josias Martin and his wife, Mary, are shown:

Abigail born March 28, 1784
William born December 8, 1786
Robert born November 1793
Hannah born October 20, 1790
Clarissa born August 1796
Marilla born September 29, 1799
Polly McDowell born November 16, 1806
Matilda born February 15, 1808.

In 1845, when Mary Martin made application for pension her son, William Martin made affidavit in her behalf in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

In March 1845, William Martin, aged seventy-sic years, stated that the was the nephew of the soldier, Josiah Martin, and that he was present at his wedding to his wife, Mary, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Said William Martin made this affidavit before a Jistice [sic] of the Peace in Marshall County, Tennessee; he did not state the names of his parents.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

2.
Page 27

Nov. 17, 1922.

Mr. W. W. Glenn,
Gastonia, N.C.

Sir:

In response to your letter of the 14" instant, you are advised that a careful examination of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1047, of Josiah and Mary Martin of Rutherford Co. Tenn. fail to show any reference to an Adam Baird, nor is there any such signature in said claim.

The Revolutionary War records of the Bureau fail to show a claim for pension, or bounty land on file on account of the services of an Adam Baird.

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner
Page 28

for a statement of the military history of Josiah Martin a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau.

[following in table format in original document]
Dates of enlistment or appointment: Spring 1780
Length of Service: 1 mo
Rank. Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain: Barber
Colonel: -
State: N.C.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: about June 1780
Length of Service: 4 mo
Rank. Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain: Barber
Colonel: Graham
State: N.C. 

Dates of enlistment or appointment: late in 1780
Length of Service: 3 mo
Rank. Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain: Thomas White
Colonel: -
State: N.C.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Spring 1781
Length of Service: 3 mo
Rank. Pri
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain: Isaac White
Colonel: -
State: N.C.  

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Fall 1781
Length of Service: 3 mo
Rank. Lieut
Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain: Isaac White
Colonel: Smith
State: N.C. 

Battles engaged in, In skirmish near Buffington Iron Works in 1780 and accidentally wounded by spear in hands of Comrade; in battle of Cowpens.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lincoln Co., N.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 1 1832 His claim was all'd
Residence at date of application, Rutherford Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, Born Feb 1757 in a count adjacent to Cumberland Co., Pa. He died Sept 17, 1835
Remarks: He married in Mecklenburg Co. N.C. May 28, 1783, Mary dau of Robert McClary. Children: Abigail, b. Mch 18 1784; William, b. Dec 8 1786; Hanna, b. Oct 20 1790; Robert, b. Nov. 1793; Clarissa, b. Aug 1796; Marilla, b. Sept 29 1799; Polly McDowel, b. Nov 16 1806; Matilda b. Feb 15 1808. She was allowed pension on ap executed Apr 3 1845 while 80 yrs of age and a res. of Rutherford Co. Tenn

Very Respectfully,
Page 29

Des Moines Ia July 25 1938
To the Executive Assistant to the Administrator - Veterans Administration

Dear Sir:
Please give me data concerning Josiah Martin who was pensioned in Bedford Co. Tenn 1832. He served in North Carolina line in Revolutionary war.
Yours truly
Marie Reno
(Mrs. M.M. Reno)
5052 Ingersoll Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa

[stamped]
RECEIVED 
JUL 28 1938
MAIL SUB-DOV.
VETS ADM
READER 12
Page 30

2191 Berkeley Avenue
Saint Paul, Minn.,
September 19, 1935

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Referring to BA-J/ILL
Josiah Martin
W1047

I observed in the data pertaining to Josiah (or Josias) Martin, a Revolutionary War pensioner, whose biography, based upon the papers on file in your archives in connection with his application for a pension, you so kindly sent me, that his widow Mary Martin was allowed a pension on her application executed April 3, 1845, at which time she resided in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

Does the date of death and place of death of Mary Martin appear in your records relative to her pension claim?  If so, I shall greatly appreciate receiving this additional data.

Yours very truly,
Nelson Handsaker

[stamped]
RECEIVED
SEP 12 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADMN
READER 25
Page 31

2191 Berkely Ave.,
Saint Paul, Minn.,
July 18, 1935

[stamped]
RECEIVED
JUL 22 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #7

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.,

Gentlemen:
I am anxious to obtain information relating to the following men who served in the American Revolution, and will appreciate very much anything you can send me about them:

Josiah Martin, who was born in 1757 in Cumberland County Pennsylvania, and died in Rutherford County, Tennessee, about the year 1835. He was a lieutenant in Captain Barber's company (state unknown) and was wounded at the Battle of Cowpens. He married Mary McClary, place and date unknown. A pension was allowed him in 1832 when he was a resident of Rutherford County, Tennessee.

MCS
Seth Walker, who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1756 or thereabouts, and died in Derry, New Hampshire, some time during the year 1838. He served at the siege of Boston, and as lieutenant of artillery at Fort Constitution. He must also have seen marine service, for he was seriously injured in an engagement in Portsmouth Harbor. He married Temperance Beverly. A pension was allowed him in 1833 when he was a resident of Derry, New Hampshire. /OK

Yours very truly,
Nelson Handsaker
Nelson Handsaker
Page 32

[letterhead]
H.A. RHYNE, PRES'T
A.P. RHYNE, VICE PRES'T
W.W. GLENN, SEC'Y & TREAS
TUCKASEEGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
MANUFACTURES OF COMBED YARNS

Rev Svc

Gastonia, N.C., Nov. 14, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to your favor of the 8th, attached, beg to say that I am trying to secure evidence to show that one of my ancestors, Adam Baird, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and I am of the opinion that he signed or endorsed the pension application of Josiah Martin, and that his rank is indicated by such signature. This is my sole purpose in asking for a copy of the application, and as evidence of this, will say that if you find no reference to "Adam Baird" in connection with the matter I am not interested further.

Awaiting your reply, I am,
Yours very truly,
W.W. Glenn,
Gastonia N.C.

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
O
NOV 16 1922
Page 33

3
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
FINANCE DIVISION
JAN 16 1920 19_
Chief of Rev. War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from L. C. Glenn MO No. 4892952 for $2.55/100 requesting copy as per letter herewith.
Law Div 
notif of mailing
Jan 20 1920
aw

Very respectfully,
W.W. Campbell JJC
Chief of Division.
Page 34

Postal Money Order $2.55 rec'd F.N.E
Law
CSW
[obscured letter head]
L.C. Glenn
Jan 14. 1920
U.S. Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sirs:- find enclosed M.O. for $2.55 for a photostat copy of the papers in the Rev. War. pension claim W.File No. 1047 of Josiah & Mary Martin of Tenn. (17pp@15c=2.55)
Very truly,
L.C. Glenn

Copies mailed Jan 20, 1920
aw
[stamped]
FINANCE DIVISION
JAN 16 1920
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Page 35

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

Jan. 3, 1920

Mr. L. C. Glenn,
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn.

Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 27" ultimo, you are advised that under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. File No. 1047, of Josiah and Mary Martin of Tennessee will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra if certification is desired. The number of pages to be copied is seventeen.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Very Respectfully
E.C. Banion
Acting Commissioner.
Page 36

Sate Jan 20, 1920
Name Josiah Martin
No. W. File 1047
Rev
Photographic  copies wanted 7
pieces, consisting of 17 pages.
Remarks:
Exr. N C Wilson
Chief Rev. War Section
T F Denus
Law Clerk.
Serial No.
T.F. Densus
Page 37

Law 1.F.F.E
[letterhead]
Vanderbilt University
Department of Geology
Nashville, Tennessee
L. C. Glenn

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
DEC 29 1919

Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Sirs:- You have on file an application for a Revolution pension for services of Josiah Martin of Rutherford Co. Tenn. Widow Mary, Oct. 1. 1832. formerly of Lincoln Co. N.C.

Please let me know the cost of obtaining a photostat copy of this application with accompanying documents detailing his services and giving his family history.
Very truly,
L.C. Glenn

17 pages

[stamped]
LAW DIVISION
RECEIVED
DEC 29 1919
Page 38

Stmpd env retd - in one 2C stamped envelope red'd 
H Rev Sec
OK
RWS

Whitesboro, Tex
June 5, 1915
Pension Dept; Please send me a copy of the record of Josiah martin recorded in Book E Vol 7 pp 88, Beginning 13,842 West Tennessee, Josiah Martin of Rutherford, etc. Inscribed on the rolls of West Tennessee at the rate of $46.66 per annum
Page 39

& the date of issuance of certificate etc.,
SIncerely
(Miss) Mary Frances Sapp

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
JUN 14 1915
Page 40

199 "B" Meade Ave.,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
June 28th, 1912.

Department of the Interior,
Revolutionary Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-
Josiah Martin was revolutionary soldier, who made application for pension under the Act of 1832. He lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina at the time of the war, but was living, I think, in Tennessee, at the time of the application, and if I am not mistaken in Rutherford County. In his application he speaks of serving under Captain John Barber, his brother-in-law. This will enable you to identify the application. I know there is one in your files. I wish further to know whether there is application for a pension for James Martin, Josiah's brother, who lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina, during the time of the war, but removed to Tennessee about 1804. I would also like to know whether there is a ny application for a pension by John Barber, who was a Captain in the Revolutionary war. I want a cpy of Josiah Martin's application, and a copy of the others also, if there are any.
Yours respectfully,
R.W. McConnell
Page 41

1514 Third St.
Louisville Ky Jan 7th 1908

The Commissioner of Pensions
My dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me a copy of the papers showing that Mr Josiah Martin served in teh Revolution, was injured in or [illegible], & that his wife Mary (or Polly)
Page 42

perhaps in Rutherford Co. Tenn. where the family subsequently moved.

I have given you all the data I have; & will very much appreciate a copy of the records as soon as you can let me have them, as I am anxious to make application for membership to the Daughters this month; & I believe
Page 43

the established part of the Pension is all I need to entitle me to membership.

Thanking you for your kindness & courtsey

Respectfully
Violet Baird Price

Mrs John W Price
15-14 Third St
Louisville, Ky

[stamped]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
JAN 10 1908
Page 44

afterwards received a Pension.

[stamped]
RECORD DIVISION
JAN 11 1093 L.L.W.

This Josiah Martin was an ancestry & through him I hope to become a D.A.R.

He enlisted from the counties of Lincoln, & Mecklenburg North Carolina, though the pension was accessed
Page 45

no Mc
M
Mc

Lincoln, Illinois
April 9, 1898

To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
My grandfather Josiah Martin was a soldier in the war of he Revolution. I know very little of his services and am anxious to learn what records there may be of them in your department. I think a pension was issued on account of his services, but whether to him personally or to my grandmother Mary Martin, after his death, I do not know. If to him it must have ceased in 1835 as he died in September of that year in Rutherford County Tennessee of which he had long been a resident. My grandmother died at the same place in 1852.
Page 46

I would be glad also to know if there is any record of Robert McCleary, who was a soldier of the Revolution. I do not  know that he had a pension, but think it probably, as I have been told that he was wounded. I think that he lived in Mecklenburg County North Carolina during those trying times.

Any information which you can give of the services of these men, who were my ancestors, will be most thankfully received by
Yours truly
N M Baker
Lincoln Ills
Box 323
Page 47

11848
Mary Martin
Ten
Let to H Yoakum June 2

act 7 July 1838
Page 48

234/97 - Hist to Mr. T. Suton, Jr. Cty
Apr 15 '91 N M Baker Lincoln, Ill
Jan 15 '08 History to Mrs John W Price
July 5 1912 History to H. H. McConnell F.W.
1915 June 18 History to Mary Frances Sapp. F.W.
1920 Jan 3 L. C. Glenn infd of cost of copies aw
1920 Jan 20 Copies mailed to L. C. Glenn aw
1922 Nov 17 Wm W W Glenn infd name Adam Baird does not appear in this clause aw
1935 July 26 Hist to Nelson Handsaker JLL

Rev War Widow, &c.
File No. 1047
Mary Martin
widow
Josiah Martin
Priv &c Rev. War
Act: Feb 2, 1848
Index: Vol M, Page 1
(Arrangement of 1870.)

June
John
1935 Sept 20 Nelson Handsaker inf rel. to obt date last paymnt per etc MCS
1938 Aug 24 Hist to Mrs M M Reno EL
Page 49

I Henry Ridley residing in the county of Rutherford & State of Tennessee, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Josiah Martin who has this day signed & sworn to an amended declaration for a pension, that I have lived a neighbour to him for about the last fourteen years, that he is a man of excellent moral habits & an exemplary christian, & that I know of no man in whose statement I would more implicitly confide.
Henry Ridley
Subscribed & sworn to this 9th  April, 1833
Wm Ledbetter, Clk
Page 50

Murfreesboro Tennessee
August 16 1845
Hon James L Edwards
In pursuance of yours of the 2 June ult, I send you this bible whence was taken the family record of the ages of the children of Josiah Martin decd & Mary Martin his widow. This bible needs no verification as you have the leaf & can compare it with the counterpart which you will find between the old and new testament. The cost of sending this bible by mail will be considerable and I would not have ventured upon it had you not required it in your letter. The widow & the witnesses in this case are highly respectable persons, & can & ought to be relied upon in their statements.

I send you also the certificates of the controllers of N. Carolina - for which the widow paid some five or six dollars - she sent to the clerk of Mecklenburg Cty N.C. for some certificates as you desired - but the clerk kept her money and sent her no testimony.

I hope you will find the proof sufficient
Yr Obd Sert
H Yoakum
Page 51

No 11848
Mary Martin
wdw of Joseah
Ten
Act & July 1838
admd
12 mo pri
$40
also acts 43 & 44

H Yoakum Esq
Murfreesboro
Ten
Page 52

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County
I Robert L Morris Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that R. H. Mason who has signed his attestation to the foregoing declaration is and was at the time of attesting the same a justice of the peace for our said county duly elected and qualified. & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine I further certify that that the proceedings stated to have been had in said declaration in our county court were had in open court at the time and in the manner stated. I further certify that William D Hicks who has attested the foregoing depositions of William Martin & Berryman Fergusson is and was at the time of attesting the same a justice of the peace for our said county duly elected and qualified. and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Murfreesboro this 7th day of April 1845
Robt L Morris clerk of Rutherford County Ct

State of Tennessee Rutherford County
I James F Fletcher chairman of the County Court of said County, certify that Robt L Morris who has made the above certificate is and was at the time of making the same clerk of our said court duly elected and qualified and that said certificate is in one form given under my hand and seal this 7th April 1845
James F Fletcher
Chairman of Rutherford Cty Ct
Page 53

omit

Hon J S Edwards. I hope you will find the within papers sufficient to allow to Mrs Mary Martin a pension under the act of 1838.
Respy
H Yoakum
Murfreesboro Tennessee
April 7 185

omit

11848
Rd April 16 1845

No 11848
Mary Martin
wdw of Joseah
Tru

Act 7 July 1838
Admd
12 mo pri
$40
also acts 43 & 44

H Yoakum Esq
Murfreesboro
Ten
Page 54

Raleigh N.C
Compt Office

I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that the name if Isiah Martin appears of record in this office, as having had a specie Certificate issued in his name for Military Service for Fifteen Pounds (L15) as will appear in Book No 2 page 41 the name of I. Martin appears on the records in several places as having had certificates issued in his favor, but the given name not being given at length. The amts have been withheld in this certificate there being other Martins whose given name begins with I on the Books. given under my hand and seal this 30th day July 1845
Wm F Collins Comptr
Page 55

Revolutionary Claims
free
The honorable Lewis Cap
Secretary at War
Washington City

[post mark stamp]
MURFREE. T.
APR 10

Apl 23
7am
Retd
Page 56

I enclose the original Declaration & [illegible] made by Josiah Martin in the Circuit Court of Rutherford County, State of Tennessee, to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed 7 June 1833
Wm D [illegible]
Clk
9 Apl 1833
Reference as before
Page 57

Nashville Oct 16th 1848

Sir
Please find herewith enclosed Mary Martin's Declaration for a Pension certificate under act of 2 Feby 1848.
Please send her certificate to me, at this place
Very Respectfully
your obt serbvt
Smith Hendrick

J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Page 58

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County
Before me William D. Hicks a Justice of the Peace in and for said County this day personally appeared Berryman Fergusson who after being sworn deposeth as follows; that he was well acquainted with Josiah Martin late of Rutherford County deceased a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that he was present at the burial of the said Josiah which occurred in September eighteen hundred and thirty five, does not remember the day of the month,  He is also acquainted with his widow Mary Martin, who still resides in Rutherford County and has not married since the death of her husband. He has known the said Josiah and Mary for twenty years. They always stood high in point of respectability, and were members of the Presbyterian Church. They were universally reputed to be married, & so lived. They had several children the most of whom deponent knew. Deponent knew the said Josiah to be a pensioner.
Berryman Furgason
Subscribed & sworn before me this 7 April 1845 and I certify that deponent is a respectable person & worthy of credit.
Wm. D Hicks Esq
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County
Also appeared before me William D Hicks justice as aforesaid William Martin, who being first duly sworn says that he is a son of Josiah Martin & Mary Martin, that he was present at the death of his father, which occurred on the seventeenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty five (1834). That the record annexed to the declaration of his mother, he has known, at least twenty years, it was in the
Page 59

family bible, and contains the lines of the births of the children of said Josiah & Mary Martin (deponent being [illegible]) Deponent is satisfied that it is a true record & has not been altered or erased to his knowledge. It is in the handwriting of the said Josiah Martin.
Wm Martin
Subscribed & sworn before me this 7th day of April 1845, and I certify that deponent is a reputable person & worthy of credit.
Wm D. Hicks Esq
Justice of the Peace
Page 60

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County. ss
On this 5th day of October 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Mary Martin a resident of the state of Tennessee in the County of Rutherford aged about eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Josiah Martin who was a private in the Regiment, commanded by Col. [blank] and that she drew a Pension of Forty dollars per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Martin
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me,
Reynear H. Mason
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee Rutherford County: sct.
I, Reynear H. Mason a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mary Martin, the above declarant, is personally known to me. Given under my hand, this 5th day of October 1848
R.H. Mason
Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee
Rutherford County.
I, John Woods Clerk of the Count Court of said Rutherford Count, hereby certify that R H Mason whose name appears signed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed m seal of office, at office, in the Town of Murfreesboro this 6th day of October 1848.
John Woods
Clerk of Rutherford County.
Page 61

Josiah Martin

Wm Ledbetter
Page 62

Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Martin which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration sow where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and he different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

XI. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Page 63

2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be hand?

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. G. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and the following grades; For [blank] year [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a  [blank] For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension.
Page 64

3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in a garrison; ad for the time during which service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. the magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Page 65

No 882

7293
Tennessee
Mary Martin, widow of Josiah Martin, who was a private in the North Caroline line.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Sept. 1845 and sent to H. Yoakum, Murfreesboro ? Tenn

(Act of March 3, 1843.)
& 7 June, 1844

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 194
Page 66

9623
Tennessee
Mary Martin, widow of Josiah Martin, who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 17th Sept 1832, of Rutherford in the State of Tenn who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Barber of the Regt commanded by Col McDowell, in the N. Carolina line for 12 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville, at the rate of 40 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Sept 1845 and sent to H Yoakum, Murfreesboro Tenn

Total amount, $200.00

(Act July 7, 1838.)

Recorded by W K Stewart Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 1 Page 351