Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8452, Martin Faris, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Faris, Martin S. 8452
B.L.Wt. 29747-160-55
carded
CONTENTS
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7155
Virginia
Martin Faris
of Fluvanna Co in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Young of the regt. commanded by Col Clarke in the Virginia ma for 2 years from '79.

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March 1833 and sent to
Abraham Shepherd Palmyra Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Septr. 1833. 40.00
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book B. Vol. 6 Page 8.
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Martin Faris
15388
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State of Virginia Fluvanna County to wit
On this 27th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Justices Comprising the Court of Fluvanna County, Martin Faris of the State and County aforesaid aged about Seventy 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, the 11th of September 1779 in the - Regiment on State Establishment, that he enlisted in the County of Cumberland under Genl Joseph Canington, that he marched to the Barracks in the County of Albemarle and was attached to a Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Young Lieutenant Barnet Glenn & Engn Peter Moore. Regiment Commanded by Col Joseph Crockett. Major Walls. that he remained at the Albemarle Barracks until the summer or fall of 1780, that he marched from thence to Fredericktown in the State of Maryland when the troops remained all the winter, in the Spring of 1781 marched to a place called the New Store on the Monongahila River, where they remained Some time collecting Boats,& Shiping Flour to the falls of the Ohio after this business was accomplished marched through Pittsburg and joined the Troops under Coln. G R Clarke. remained some time in Neighborhood of Pittsburg & marched from thence to the falls of the Ohio while at the falls Captain Chapman & Tipton were killed by the Indians, was discharged the 21st of December 1781. having served two years 3 months & 10 days. that the applicants discharge was placed in the hands of Col Carrington, to have his pay & that it, was never returned to him, - that he is at this time a resident of the County of Fluvanna& that he served as a Corporal
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That he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity other than the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency in any State, Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Martin Faris x his mark

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the aforesaid applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & Served as he States
John H Cocke Presiding Justice

I Abraham Shepherd Jr Clerk of the Court of Fluvanna County do hereby certify that the foregoing Contains the Original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Martin Faris for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I hereto set my hand & affix my Seal of Office this 20th day of August 1832
Abra Shepherd jr, Clk
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No 15388
Martin Faris, Fluvanna
County Virginia
from 1779 private
2 yrs $80.
Va State Roll
on Roll
on Roll

Abm. Shepherd Jr Clk of
Fluvanna Coty Virginia
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BRIEF in the case of Martin Faris
County of Fluvanna in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No

3. How old is he? 70 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
[1] Enlisted in 1779-
[2] 1780-
[2] 1781-
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.
[1] 2 - 3 - 10
Rank. As a
private & Corporal
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.
Cap. Ths. Young Col Jos. Crockett, Major Walls - Col. G R Clarke

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland County Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective

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

Richd. Key Walls Examining Clerk.
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173,844. Act Mar 3,
June 21/55
Marin Faris
private

Col. Jos. Crocket
Rev'y. Pensioner.
Rev'y War

2974 iss. June 4/56

Cert. No 7155-
Va Line 32-7155
Ad: 160 Acres June 12/57
Boynton

Claimant,
Central Plains
Fluvanna Co;
S. M. Knight Va.
Washington
D.C.

Vol. F. 5.
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173,844
Martin Faris
Act 3d. March 1835,

S. M. Knight
Present.
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State of Virginia
County of Fluvanna SS.
On this 9th day of June 1855, before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Martin Faris aged 93 years, a resident of a Central Plains, County of Fluvanna, in the State of Virginia who made oath in due form of law that he is the identical Martin Faris to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 7th June 1832 a pension of Eighty dollars per annum has been allowed for his services as a Private in Regiment commanded by Jos. Crocket of the Revolutionary war, - He further states that his Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of a 7th June 1832 is numbered 7155, bears date the Seventh day of March 1833, and is made payable at the Richmond Va Agency. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known himself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of his identity and proof of service, he respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which his annuity as aforesaid was granted, and the accompanying affidavits.
He appoints as his attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitutes, S. M. KNIGHT, Washington City, D.C.
Martin Faris x his mark
Attest: Eli Noel
Edward Smith

SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid 1 Martin Faris to be the identical person he alleges himself to be-a Pensioner of the United States, and that I am not interested in his claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.

10 R C Fisher J. Peace.
(FOR NOTES, see opposite page.)
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State of Virginia
County of Fluvanna SS.
On this 9th day of June 1855, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 11 Eli Noel and 11 Edward Smith residents of 12 Central Plains of Fluvanna, in the State of Virginia known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that 1 Martin Faris who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3 7th June 1832 a pension of Eighty dollars per annum has been granted for his services as a 3 Private of the Revolutionary war.
That they have known him for Thirty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: 13 We have lived in the same County with Martin Faris for thirty years and most of the time, near together as neighbors, and visited each other.
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
14 Eli Noel
Edward Smith
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
19 R C Fisher J.P.

State of Virginia
County of Fluvanna SS.
I Hereby Certify, That R. C. Fisher Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, for the County aforesaid, this Eleventh day of June 1855.
Abra: Shepherd jr Clerk of Fluvanna
County Court.
NOTES.
1. Insert the soldier's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.
3. Insert the title of the Act under which his Revolutionary Pension was granted. 4. State the amount in dollars and cents.
5. State what rank he held. 6. Insert the registry number of his Pension Certificate.
7. Give its date. 8. State where made payable. 9. Soldier's signature in full. 10. Magistrate's signature.
11. Insert the witnesses' full names. 12. Give their Post Office address.
13. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses' knowledge is derived.
14. Witnesses' signatures.
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AWF
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section

January 5, 1924.

Honorable Davis Elkins,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator;
In response to your letter of the 4th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8452, it appears that Martin Faris enlisted in Cumberland County, Virginia, September 11, 1779 and served as private and Corporal in Captain Thomas Young's Company, Colonel Joseph Crockett's Virginia Regiment, he was in Colonel George Rogers Clarke's expedition to the Falls of the Ohio, against the Indians, and was discharged December 21, 1781, having served two years, three months and ten days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while a resident of Fluvanna
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County, Virginia, aged seventy years.
In 1855, soldier was living in Central Plains, Fluvanna County, Virginia.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Sincerely,

Acting Commissioner.
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8452
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 8452
Martin Faris
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 1st, Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1906 Aug. 21. History to Mrs. Albert H. Head C
1914, Mch. 9. History to Mrs Ona Snoddy. F.W.
1924 - Jan. 5 - Hist. to Senator Davis Elkins AWF
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29,747

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

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

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

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

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

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the 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? yes

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

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? yes
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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? no

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 had? yes

XIV. [notation sign 1]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 service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified 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. [notation sign 2]Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? none
_________________________
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. 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 ______________ For _____________ months and ___________ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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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 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.
[notation sign 1]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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[notation sign 2]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 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.
[symbol of pointing finger]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.
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OW&N C
O. W. & N. DIV.
AUG 17 1906
FILES

2719 Humboldt Street
Denver Colo.
Aug 12, 1906,
Pension Bureau,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:- Will you kindly inform me if Martin Farris of Fluvanna County, Va. drew a pension after the Revolutionary war, where he died and if his widow drew the pension and what her full name was
Sincerely Mrs. Albert H. Head.
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Slater Mo.
Feb. 25 - 1914
Commissioner of Pensions:
Will you please send me the official record of the Revolutionary War service of Martin Faris?
He enlisted from Cumberland County, Virginia.
Sept. 11 - 1779 - Was discharged Dec 21 - 1781.
Rank - Corporal
Officers under whom he served - Captain Thos. Young.
Colonel Joseph Crockett.
General Rogers Clark-
Residence at date of application for pension - Aug. 30 - 1832 - was Fluvanna Co - Va.
Respectfully
Miss Ona Snoddy
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DAVIS ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA.
JOHN W. FENTON, JR.,
SECRETARY
DAVE DINGER,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

United States Senate,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
JAN 4 1924
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

January 4, 1924.
Hon. Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Commissioner:-
Will it be possible for you to furnish me with the military record of one Martin Faris a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who resided in Fluvanna County, Virginia. If you can consistently furnish me with this information, I will be indeed pleased.
Sincerely yours,
Davis Elkins
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In reply to your request of - , received - for a statement of the military history of Martin Faris a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 8452

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Sept 11, 1779 to Dec 21 '81
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
Pri. and Corpl.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.
Thomas Young
COLONEL. 
Joseph Crocket
STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. in Cumberland Co. Va
Date of application for pension, Aug. 27, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Fluvanna Co., Va.
Age at date of application, 70 yrs.
Remarks: No data rel.  to the family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.