Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6924, for Joshua Marsh, Maryland
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Md | Marsh, Joshua | R. 6924
 | Temperance | 
CONTENTS
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Power of Attorney
From J. Marsh
to:
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Joshua Marsh
hereby constitute and appoint H. C. --- Spalding of the City of Washington
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I
might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this     day     A. D., 1885
Joshua Marsh
Signed and in the presence of
Johnrall Day
STATE OF Maryland
COUNTY of Baltimore } ss:
On this third day of February A. D. 1853
before me, the subscriber, a Justce of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Joshua Marsh and acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, 
the day and year aforesaid.}
John S Curtis J. Peace
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Claim of
Act of
Be it Known, That on this third
STATE of Maryland
COUNTY of Baltimore } ss.
Be it known, that on this third
day of February A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Joshua Marsh a resident of Baltimore County in said County, and
made oath according to law that he is the identical Joshua Marsh who
is one of the sons of the late Joshua Marsh of
Baltimore County deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
To
at the rate of     Dollars per annum; that has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in
said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my
Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before me.
John S Curtis J. Peace }
I, John S. Curtis Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that
Joshua Marsh who executed the foregoing paper is a
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
John S Curtis J. Peace
I, Henry M Fitzbugh Clerk of the Circuit Court in^for the County 
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Curtis before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed[crossed out] (is) ^(appeared to be his) signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official seal this seventeenth day of
February A. D. 1853.
Henry M Fitzbuch Clerk
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STATE OF
COUNTY OF } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that     was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the unted
States at the rate of $          per anum and that     died on the
          day of         eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving
and that 
the only surviving     of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this         day of
one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
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12159
Temperence Marsh
Joshua
Rd Aug 18, 1845
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County, Set
On this fifth day of May- in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four, before the subscribed [illegilbe one of
the Justices of the Orphans Court for Baltimore City and County, who same
being a Court of Record, personally appeared Temperance Marsh, whose
maiden name was Temperance Harryman, aged eighty one years, a resident
of Baltimore County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according 
to Law doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July the 7th 1838,
Tat she is the widow of Joshua Marsh, who was commissioned as Captain of
a militia company, of Baltimore County and State of Maryland, on the thirty first
day of October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, and that he served regularly
in the Revolutionary service at least Eighteen month as a Captain of a Company
of Militia of Baltimore County and that she the said Temperance Marsh, formerly
Temperance Harryman, and her said husband, Captain Joshua Marsh,
were lawfully married on the Eleventh day of December in the year seventeen
hundred and Eighty five by the Revd John Davis, at her fathers residence in
the County aforesaid; and this deponent further declared, that her marriage was
recorded in to family bible, which is now in her possession, and that after, the
said Temperance and Joshua Marsh were married, they were the mother and
Father of the following named children, rcd: Acshale, William, Stephen, Rebecca,
Elijah, Sarah, Grafton, Dennis, Josiah, Ellen, Joshua, Beal, Neilson, Benedict
and this deponent further declares that her aforesaid husband Captain Joshua
Marsh, died on the fifth day of November, in the year Eighteen hundred and
twenty eight, since which period deponent has remained unmarried.
In testimony whereof this deponent
has subscribed her name on the
day and year first above written.
Temperance Marsh her X Mark
Sworn before me
John D Readel
one of the Justices of the
orphan Court of Baltimore County
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Maryland Js
I hereby Certify that John D Readel
Esquire who has signed the within Affidavit was at the
time of so doing one of the Justices of the Orphans Court
Baltimore County duly commissioned and qualified
according to Law
In Testimony whereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and affix
the seal of the said Orphans Court
this 16 day of August 1845
Lest
D. M. Perine Regr
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
Pension Office
Washington
Mrs. Marsh
Md
[stamped] 5
[illegible stamp]
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Baltimore August 14 1845 

Sir 
I have Enclosed to your department the declaration and statements of my Mother in connection with the deposition of George Harryman Esquire
She claims a pension from the United States for the Revolutionary Services rendered by her deceased Husband Joshua Marsh 
There can be other testimony obtained of great respectability in her case should the department deem it important
your early attention to her claim will be much esteemed and appreciated 
Very Respectfully 
Joshua Marsh 

To 
J. L. Edwards Esquire 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington Dist. Colombia
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H. C. Spalding
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Washington Feby 24th 1853
Honble Jos E. Heath
Comr of Pensions
Sir,
I submit a power of attorney
from Joshua Marsh, I am & legal heir of Temperance
& Joshua Marsh, Temperance Marsh,
the mother, was an applicant for a pension
in right of her husband, under act of July 1838,
and is now dead. You will please permit
me to examine the papers on fill connected
with the widow's application.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
H. C. Spalding
Atty
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V    12159
Temperance Marsh
W.
Let to Joshua Marsh Sept 22 '45
Act of [illegible] JUly 1838
[crossed out] (Act 12/59)
6924
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Pension office
September 22 1845
Sir,
In the case of Temperance Marsh
applicant for a Pension ^(as the widow of Capt Joshua Marsh) under the Act of
7 July 1838, there is no evidence offered to prove
that he rendered any service in the year of the
Revolution. The length of time that he served
must be proven, and a succinct narrative
of the campaigns he was in, the regiment
and Brigade, and his superior officers
must be given to enable the office to give
its decision.
The ^(legality of the) the marriage [crossed out] (must be proven), and the
time when it took place must be clearly established,
and that the widow was not afterward
married. Record proof as to the marriage
is always required whenever it can be obtained
If such evidence cannot be obtained an ancient
family record [crossed out] (corroborated by) or by will be received
Joshua Marsh Eq
Balt.
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[crossed out] (Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.)
6924
P.O.
Temperance Marsh
Service:
Enlisted:     , 18  .
Discharged:     , 18  .
Application filed:     , 18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:  
Attorney:
P. O. 
     Recognized.     Contract.
    Cert. of Dis.  Searched for     , 18  .

[stamped| (REJECTED)
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Land Office, Annapolis, 3rd Sept, 1844.
I hereby Certify, that it appears by a records of the Revolution,
remaining in this office, endorsed "Militia Officers of
Maryland", That the name of Joshua Marsh, appears upon said
record, to have been appointed a Captain, in the Militia, of Baltimore
County, on the 31st day of October, 1780.
George G. Brewer,
Reg The Land Off,
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State of Maryland 
Baltimore County, Sct, 

On this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Forty five; before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Orphans Court for Baltimore City and County in the said State, Personally appeared George Harryman aged seventy seven years, who made Oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that he has been intimately acquainted with Temperance Marsh, the Widow of the Captain Joshua Marsh, from his earliest recollection and this deponent further declares, that he knows the said Temperance & Joshua Marsh were lawfully Married sometime in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four, or Seventeen hundred and Eighty five, and this deponent further declares that the same identical Captain Joshua Marsh rendered some Eighteen months actual Services to the United States during the war of the Revolution as he believes 
Sworn to and Subscribed before 
me one of the justices of the 
orphans Court aforesaid, 
John D. Readel 
Justice of the Orphan's Court 
of Baltimore County 

George Harryman
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This is to Certify that I am personally acquainted 
with Mr George Harryman (deponent) and that his
Statements can be fully relied on as entirely correct.
and is entitled to all credit.
John D Readel
Maryland Js
I hereby certify that John
D. Readel Esquire who has signed the
within Affidavit was at the time of so doing
one of the Justices of the Orphans Court
for Baltimore County duly commissioned
and qualified according to Law
In Testimony whereof I
hereunto subscribe my
name and affix the
Seal of said Orphans
Court this 14th day of
August 1845
Test
D. M. Perine Reg