Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31477, Mark Whitaker, N.C.
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N.C. Whitaker, Mark S.31477
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13618

Kentucky
Mark Whitaker
Butler Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lyon of the Reg commanded by Col Lock in the North Carolina  for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky 
the rate of 20 Dollars - cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and [illegible] George
Work Bowling Green
------------------------------------------------------Arrears to the 4th of March 40
Semi-ant allowance ending 4 Sept 10
                                               __________
                                                $50

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7   Page 32

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of Theo C Alfred 1838 from 4 March 
 4 to Sept  1837. Agent notified 10 July 1838.
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Mark Whitaker
affidavit

Certified

P. Morrison Clerk
24775
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State of Kentucky Butler County Ret
On this 6th day of April  personally appeared in open court before the County Court of Butler now sitting Mark Whitaker a resident of said County aged 83 years who being first 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 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That about the year 1776 as well as he now recollects he was drafted in Rowan County N. Carolina for the term of three months and served under General Rutherford Capt Lyons and Lieutenant Neely he rendezvoused at the head of the Catawba River then he marched to the lands of the Cherokee Indians in South Carolina and remained there until his said term expired. About the year 1780 as well as he can now recollect he was again drafted into the service of the United States for the term of three months and served under General Rutherford or Col Lock which he does not now positively recollect he was drafted this term in Rowan County [illegible] and thence marched under the command of afed General or Col Capt Duglass Haydon towards Wilmington against Scotch He states that sometime before the expiration of his said terms he was taken sick was left by his company at Morgans Ferry near the head of [illegible] received no written discharge of any kind when his term expried but was permitted to go home by his officers he states that he received no written discharge when his first term expired but was verbally discharged He resided at each time when he entered the service in Roan County he was in no battle he has no documentary evidence of his services his age was accorded in his fathers Bible he knows of no person by whom he could
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prove his services after the Revolution he remained a few years in North Carolina from thence he moved to Kentucky where he has lived ever since. He states that Bennet Arnold, Zacharia Elliot, Oliver C Porter and all that know him could testify to his character for truth and their belief of his services in the revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any state Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
 Mark Whitaker X his mark

Mr Joseph Taylor a clergyman residing in the County of Butler and Mathew Keykendall residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mark Whitaker who has sworn and subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be 83 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and the we concur in that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
 Mathew Keykendall
Joseph Taylor

And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states And the Court further certified that it appears to them that Joseph Taylor
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who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said County of Butler and that said Kuykendall who has signed the same resides in the same County and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit
Sworn to and subscribed 
the day and year apd.
James Tyler JP

Commonwealth of Kentucky Butler County
I Robert Morrison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mark Whitaker for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9 day of April 1833

Robert Morrison clerk
of Butler County Court
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24773
Mark Whitaker
Butler Co
Kentucky

From 1776 private 
6 months $20

George Work M6
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Mark Whitaker, Butler Co Kentucky

Period when the service was rendered:
1776 
Duration of the claimant's service:
3 months

Rank of the claimant:
Private

Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served:
Gen Rutherford
Cap. Lyon

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:
83 years
Rowan Co. N. Car.

Proof by which the declaration is supported:
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Private Gen. Rutherford
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this ____ day of ____
personally appeared (a) before ____
A. B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ aged (c) ____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with and served in the ____ (e) regiment of the
____ line, under the following named officers:

{Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
[____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ of ____
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ____ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ____ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hearby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of ____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____ day of ____
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
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If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
Case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
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. B. 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 in the following grades: For ____ year ____ months, and ____ days, I served as a ____ and for such service I claim a pension."
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 that 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 in highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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 garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit,
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.


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 papers 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.

PROOF OF SERVICE.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] and [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Joseph Rowan
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January 7, 1935

BA-J/ILL
Mark Whitaker
S. 31477

Mrs. W. P. Drake
1239 State Street
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Mark Whitaker, a pensioner.

The record of Mark Whitaker is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 31477, based upon his service in that war.

Mark Whitaker, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, enlisted sometime in 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain Lyons' North Carolina company; he enlisted in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Douglass Haydon's company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment.

After the wary, the soldier remained for a few years in North Carolina, then moved to Kentucky and continued to reside in that state.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833, at which time he resided in Butler County, Kentucky. He was then eighty-three years of age; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are shown.

There are no data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours.
A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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31477

INVALID

File No. 31,477
Mark Whitaker
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol. 2  Page 449

1908 Apr. 4 Hist. to Nina Leftwich V.L.M.
1911 Dec. 5 Hist. to Lillian M. Hall
1922 May 17 Hist. to M. F. Murray
1933 Oct. 13- Hist to Mrs. N. S. Hemenway I.L.L.
1935 Jan. 7- Hist. to Mrs. W. P. Drake I.L.L.
1936 Nov. 4- Hist to M. R. Emberson  I.L.L.
1936 Nov.6-Hist to Mrs. Paul Brewster-I.L.L.
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The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland


Nov. 28, 1911.

Pension Bureau,
Record Division, Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sirs :-

I have obtained some references to pensions given to Revolutionary soldiers, and as I understand you will furnish copies of these records for four individuals I write to ask that you will send me these records of the following four:

1. Mark Whitaker, private North Carolina line. Pension granted May 29, 1833 when he was living in Butler Co., Ky.
See "Senate Documents" Vol. 14, p. 77 of Ky. Records

2. William Whitaker, private in the Virginia Militia. Pension granted July 10, 1834 when he was living in Cumberland Co., Ky.
See ib. p. 86.
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The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

3. Richard Whitaker, private North Caroliina Militia, pension granted May 29, 1833 when he was living in Lincoln Co., Tenn.

4. James Pettigrew, private South Carolina Militia. Pension granted July 2, 1833 when he was living in Greene Co., Ala.

See ib. Alabama Records, p. 13.

Very truly yours,
Lillian M. Hall.
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Tuscumbia, Ala
March 24, 1908

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

My dear Sir,
Will you kindly tell me if the names of the following appears on your lists as serving during the Revolution, Colo. Littleberry Leftwich of Bedford Co. Virginia, Charles Gill of Virginia, Mark Whitaker of North Carolina, later of [illegible] John Boone of Kentucky, also Colo Charles Dabney of Virginia.
I shall greatly appreciate your
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helping me to verify these Revolutionary records,
Very sincerely,
Miss Nina Leftwich
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Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application  for pension on file in this Bureau.
Mark Whitaker S. 31477

Dates of enlistment of appointment: 
1776
1780

Length of Service:
3 mos
3 mos

Rank:
Pvt
"

Officers under whom service was rendered:
Captain Lyons
Douglass Haydon

Colonel Locke

State:
N. C.

Battles engaged in: 1
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Rowan Co. N.C.

Date of application for pension: Apr 8, 1833

Residence at date of application: Butler Co. KY

Age at date of application: 83 yrs

Remarks: the above noted as the only soldier of that name  N.C. service.
No data as to family.
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BA-J/ILL
Mark Whitaker
S. 31477

Mrs. Paul Brewster
West Point, Mississippi

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Mark Whitaker of North Carolina.


The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 31477, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Mark Whitaker.

Mark Whitaker, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, enlisted sometime in 1776 and served three months as private in Captain Lyon's North Carolina company; he enlisted in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Douglass Haydon's company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment.

After the war, the soldier remained in North Carolina a few years, then moved to Kentucky, in which state he continued to reside.

Mark Whitaker was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833, at which time he resided in Butler County, Kentucky. He was then aged eighty-three years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

There are no data regarding the family of this soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller

Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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BA-J/ILL
Mark Whitaker
S. 31477

M. R. Emberson
623 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, California.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Mark Whitaker, a pensioner of Butler County, Kentucky.

The data given herein were found in pension claim S. 31477, based upon service of Mark Whitaker in the Revolutionary War.

Mark Whitaker, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, enlisted sometime in 1776 and served three months a private in Captain Lyons' North Carolina company; he enlisted in 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Douglass Haydon's company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment.

After the war, the soldier remained in North Carolina a few years, then moved to Kentucky, in which state he continued to reside.

Mark Whitaker was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833, at which time he resided in Butler County, Kentucky. He was aged then eighty-three years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
There are no data regarding the family of this soldier. 
Very truly yours,
A.D.  Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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BA-J/ILL
Mark Whitaker
S. 31477

MRs. W.S. Hemenway
2106 North Van Buren Street
Little Rock, Arkansas

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Wyley Crook, Ambrose Daniel, Nicholas Hoffman Isard, Richard Shackelford, Roger Shackelford, John Whitaker and Mark Whitaker, also the War of 1812 of General Ralph Isard, Nicholas Hoffman Isard and Richard Shackelford.

A careful search of the records of both wars has been made and no claims for pension found based upon service of Richard Shackelford or John Whitaker as described by you, or any of William Wyley Crook, Ambrose Daniel, Roger Shackelford or Nicholas Hoffman Isard; the War of 1812 records fail to show claims for pension on file based upon service in that war of Ralph Isard, Nicholas Hoffman Izard or Richard Shackelford. All spellings of the surnames have been used in the search of the records. The record of only one soldier named Mark Whitaker has been found in the Revolutionary War records; it is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 31477, based upon his service in that war.

Mark Whitaker, while a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, enlisted sometime in 1776 and served three months as a private in   Captain Lyons' North Carolina company; he enlisted in 1780 and served three months as private in Captain Douglass Haydon's company, Colonel Locke's North Carolina regiment.

After the war, the soldier remained in North Carolina for a few
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years, then moved to Kentucky and continued to reside in that state.

Mark Whitaker was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1833, at which time he resided in Butler County, Kentucky. He was then eighty-three years of age, the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.

There are no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,

A.D. Miller
Assistant to Administrator
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623 West 5th St Engstrum Apts Los Angeles
10 Oct 1936

M.R. Emberson
Los Angeles

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.

Mark Whitaker, age 92, in 1840 was in Butler County, Ky. a pensioner.
I have several enlistments for him. Application for pension made in 1833; claim allowed.

Please send me copy of his pension application.. am interested in his family history.

M.R. Emberson
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West Point Miss
Oct 18  1936


Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Do you have Rev. War service of Mark Whitaker from Salisbury Rowan Co. N.C. I am a direct descendant of his, Any family data I will appreciate.

Yours truly
Mrs Paul Brewster
West Point Miss
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1239 State St.,
Bowling Green, Ky.
Dec. 4, 1934.

Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Please send me a record of the Pension papers of Mark Whitaker of N.C. who died in Butler Co., Ky., and any other Whitaker pensioners who died in Butler Co., Ky. Please send it just as soon as possible.

Yours truly,
Mrs. W. P. Drake
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                       2nd-
              "Questions Continued"

                               only one
4th - Mark Whitaker - born in N. C. mar. Catherine Boone - went to Ky - moved to Lincoln, Co, Tenn 1804 - Will probated there 1842 - Did this Mark Whitaker have Revolutionary record?

                                       not as
5th - John Whitaker - a brother to said Mark - wife- Martha Wilcox Wilson - the same record - as states - as above Mark - died in Lincoln, Co. Tenn 1837 - Did this John W. have Revolutionary record?

6th - Ambrose Daniel - wife Satah Edwards - will probated in Halifax Co, N. C. 1795 - Did he serve in war Revolution?

7th - Roger Shackelfolrd - of Va. - wife Casey Baker - Did he have Rev. Record?

                    not as Rev.
His son - Richard Shackelford - came from Va to S. C. thence to Ala - died - 1823- wife Mary Ann Roberts.  Did he serve in Rev-? or 1812 record?
Rec Div. Tel - no claim - 1812 war.

Did one - William - or William Wyley Crook: 1790 + S. C. Census - serve in Rev - ?

              Mr.s W. S. Hemenway -
              2106 N. Van Buren St, Little Rock,                 
                                                   Atkansas
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2nd
"Questions Continued"

4th Mark Whitaker born in N.C. mar. Catherine Boone-went to Ky-Moved to Lincoln Co. Tenn 1804 Will probated there 1842-Did this Mark Whitaker have Revolutionary record?

5th John Whitaker-a brother to said Mark- Wife Martha Wiles Wilson the same record of states as above Mark. Died in Lincoln Co. Tenn 1837-Did this John W. have Revolutionary record?

6th Ambrose Daniel. Wife Sarah Edwards. Will probated in Halifax Co. N.C.-Did he serve in War Revolution?

7th Roger Shackelford of Va- Wife Casey Baker- Did he have Rev Record?

His son Richard Shackelford came from Va to S.C. thence to Ala- died 1823. Wife Mary Ann Roberts. Did he serve in Rev? or 1812 Record?

Did one William or William Wyley Crook 1790-S.C. census-serve in Rev?

Mrs. W. S. Hemenway
2106 N. Van Buren St, Little Rock Arkansas
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I will be very glad to obtain-Revolutionary-or-1812 Records on any or all names given below.

1st. This stated,- that one "General Ralph Izard" who enlisted in War of 1812. from New Jersey-was killed in service-
What record have you on this?

2nd We have record-on settlement of estate of one Nicholas Hoffman Izard, in New Jersey-1776-It is possible he may have been killed in War of Revolution-Have you any record on that or name of wife?

3rd One Nicholas Hoffman Izard-probably a son of above-born in New Jersey 1776 came to Maryland-Pennsylvania-North Carolina-Kentucky. Married Rebecca Whitaker went to Lincoln Co- Tenn then to Miss-and to Arkansas-died there - It is stated he fought in War . Have you records-

Now in many cases, I find the name Izard was spelled in various ways -Izzard, Izard-Iszard-Isard-Issard-Ezard-Essard-Izod-

You may note that fact in search,
Mrs. W. S. Hemenway.  2106 VanBuren St. Little Rock-Arkansas
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Chicago, Illinois
April 6th, 1922

Mr. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;

In 1840 Mark Whitaker was drawing a Revolutionary Soldiers pension in Butler Co. Ky. I think he was born about 1748 but would be very grateful to you for all the information you could give me from his pension records as to birth death and wife and children and company her served in. I do not know whether it was north Car. or Virginia but think it was one of them.

Thanking you in advance, I remain, 
Yours truly,
Mrs. Margaret Floyd Murrary
4503 North Racine Ave.
Chicago Illinois
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
July 6 1838

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mark Whitaker A Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller
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Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
City of Washington
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Bowling Green, (Ky) 11 April 1833

Hon. L. Cass

I transmit you the applications of John Scofield & Mark Whitaker for pensions-I shall be thankful to learn what decision is made upon them [illegible] transmit the Declaration of John Brook it was returned by letter dated 12 Oct last stating that the form was not passed-I have had it amended If it is thought to be further objectionable I should be thankful if the difficulty could be specified.

Very Respectfully your obt. servant
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