Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5728, for Benjamin Marshall, Virginia
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
VA
Marshall, Benjamin
NUMBER
S.5728
Carded
CONTENTS
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12.082     
Virginia      
Benjamin Marshall of Charlotte in the State of Va who was a Sergt and Cor    in the     commanded by Captain      of the Regt. commanded by Stephens in the VA line for 15 months.      
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 64 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.      
Certificate of Pension issued on the 22nd day of March 1833 and sent to W. Robinson Charlotte C.H. VA.      
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833     $128.66     
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.    32.16      
$160.82    
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }     
Recorded by Nathan Rice, Clerk 
Book E Vol. 6 Page 17
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6287
Benjamin Marshall

Admit as 7 months as Sergeant $35.00
And Capt. $29.33 
$64.33

Gen. Stephen [Illegible] 
5.11.12.14.16.
Int. 2.6.7.

[Illegible] Nov. 16 1832.
W. Robinson
Charlotte, VA
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6287     
Brief in the case of Benjamin Marshall     
County of Charlotte 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?       
3. How old is he? 73       
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period and Duration of Service.   Apl. In 1780 draft  & served til Dec.     Rank  Corporal        Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.  Cap. Thos. Wms.  [Captain Thomas Williams]   Va   

Period and Duration of Service.   Jany. 1781 vol & Served  till 3 last Apr. 6     Rank  Sergt.       Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.  Colonel Lucas General Stephens  Captain Wm. Morton

Period and Duration of Service.   10 May In 1781 vol till Aug       Rank  Sergt        Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.  Cap. A. Wallace   
8 Cap.
7 Sergt   

5. In what battles was he engaged? Gates’s Defeat and Guilford      
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Charlotte County, VA      
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses      
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?    The official character of the magistrate is not certified in reference to some of the affidavits taken.        
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case mentioned above.     
T. Waugh, Examining Clerk
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State of Virginia
Charlotte County

On this 3rd day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of Charlotte, now sitting Benjamin Marshall, a resident of the County of Charlotte and State of Virginia, aged seventy three 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 of the 7th June 1832.

That he was born the 22nd day of January 1759, in the County of Charlotte & State of Virginia, where he has ever since resided, and that the register of his birth is now in his own possession. That in the month of April 1780 he was drafted in the militia and set out from his residence in the County of Charlotte and acted as a corporal in a company commanded by Capt. Thomas Williams of the said County, Lieutenant Baker and Ensign Marshall and marched to Hillsborough and joined the Brigade commanded by General Stevens and was placed in a Regiment commanded by Colonels Lucas and Downman, and Major Morris, from thence he went with the army to Camden, South Carolina, and united with General Gates’s army, was in the Battle called Gates defeat, after the battle he remained in the remnant of Militia & returned to Hillsborough (the greater part of the militia having runaway, his Capt. and Subalterns became supernumary and were discharged). He then volunteered under the command of Capt. Binns Jones, and marched up the Yadkin river and joined General Sumpter, near the Shallowford, had a slight action with some Tories and British and after dispersing them marched back to Guilford Courthouse and from thence to Hogans creek in North Carolina near Dan river and dispersed some Tories, and returned to Guilford Courthouse, where he remained in the Army till the month of December 1780. Six months of the above
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time he served under the draft, and the balance of the time he served as a volunteer. He was discharged by Major Morris, which discharge he brought home, and has since lost. After returning home and remaining till some time in January 1781, he volunteered and acted as a sergeant in a company raised & commanded by Capt. William Morton (afterwards Col. William Morton, who died in Charlotte several years ago)  - They set out from Charlotte in the month of January and joined General Green’s army near Irvin's Ferry on Dan river, Halifax County, Virginia, where a Rifle company was made up from part of several companies, & placed under the command of Capt. Morton, he was one of the members of that Company, a Sergeant which company was united with a Rifle Regiment commanded by Col. Campbell, he marched in that Regiment and was in a Battle at Whiteleys Mill on Reedy fork of Haw River, Guilford County, N. Carolina. He remained in the same Regiment till after the Battle of Guilford, at Guilford Court House N. Carolina  which battle he was in -  from thence they pursued Cornwallis down deep river till he escaped, crossing at Ramsey’s Mill. General Green then discharged the Regiment to which he belonged and Col. Cook or Cox of Halifax County Va who at that time commanded the Regiment to which he had been transferred gave him a written discharge, which he has lost   -  he was discharged about the last of April, he recollects he got home to Charlotte May Court, which was the first Monday in the month, he was discharged about 160 miles from home.    
In the same month, May, about the 10th 1781, he again volunteered under Capt. Andrew Wallace of Charlotte, whose Company was made up by draft in part,  set out in the same month for the Morbin Hills, below Richmond, VA, another Company commanded by Capt. Fuqua marched from Charlotte at the same time  -  he was Sergeant in Wallace’s Company.
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When in their march, in the County of Amelia, they were dispersed by Talton’s Corps of Horse, but collected again and joined the army at Morbin Hills sometime in June. General Lafayette commanded, his headquarters in Richmond, where part of his army was. He, the said Marshall, continued in the army till the Siege of York,  was in a slight action at old James Town Va. above Williamsburg after getting to Yorktown, he remained till a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis. His term of service had long expired, he remained till from a severe spell of sickness he was no longer able to perform service, and was discharged out of the Hospital in October 1781.     
That he served as Corporal more than eight months, the first tour; and as Serjeant more than three months, the second tour; and as Sergeant more than four months the last tour. In all, fifteen months, for which he claims a pension.     
The only person now living that he knows of by whom he can prove anything of his service are Richard Davenport, who is unable to attend Court, Major Robert Moore, Thomas North, and Alexander Hunter, whose affidavits he has procured. There is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood where he lives except one who has lately come there.     
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.    Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    
Benjamin Marshall      
We, Johan Harvey of Charlotte  the County of Charlotte, and Robert Morton, residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Marshall, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration.
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That we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood  where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Johan Harvey
Ro. Morton

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 for his certifies that it appears to them that Johan Harvey and Robert Morton who have signed the preceding certifies are residents of this County, and are credible persons, and that that statement is entitled to credit.
I, Winslow Robinson, Clerk of the County Court of Charlotte in State of Virginia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Marshall for a pension.
And I do further certify that John H. Marshall, Hillery Mosby, Robert Morton, and John W. Thomhall are all acting Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that their respective signatures [are] in their own proper [handwriting].
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 10th day of December 1832.
Winslow Robinson, Clerk
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF

July 15, 1930

Mrs. L. M. Peairs
104 Jones Avenue
Morgantown, West Virginia

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 5728, it appears that Benjamin Marshall was born January 22, 1759 in Charlotte County, Virginia. 
While residing in said Charlotte County, he served with the Virginia Troops, as follows– 
From in April 1780 as Corporal in Captain Thomas Williams' Company under Colonels Lucas and Downman, was in the Battle of Camden, and shortly afterward, volunteered under Captain Binns Jones, and was in a skirmish near Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River, and a skirmish at Hogans Creek and served until in December 1780; from in January 1781, as Sergeant in Captain William Morton's Company, in Colonels Campbell’s and Cocke’s Regiments and was in the battles of Whitsall’s Mills and Guilford Courthouse, and served until the last of April 1781; from May 10, 1781, as sergeant in Captain Andrew Wallace’s Company, Colonel Holt Richardson’s Regiment, was in a skirmish with Tarleton’s Corps of Horse, in the Battle of Jamestown, and at the Siege of Yorktown he was taken sick and carried to the hospital in Williamsburg, from where he was discharged in October 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Charlotte County, Virginia.
John W. Marshall was a Justice of the Peace in 1832 in Charlotte County, Virginia. There is no relationship shown.
There [is] no data as to wife and children.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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Benajamin Marshall
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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 Benjamin Marshall 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 as signed for his not doing so?
Yes
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?
No
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?
There are Witnesses
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
No
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  
It is in relation to some of the affidavits.
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?
Yes
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?
2.6.7

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 the 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.
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 be 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
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IN REPLY REFER TO 
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
MLB

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington 

July 2, 1930

Mrs. L. M. Peairs
104 Jones Avenue.
Morgantown, W. VA.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you [is] not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow: Rebecca (Jeffress)
Full name of soldier: Benjamin Marshall
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Prince Edward County
Residence of soldier after service: Prince Edward County
Name of state from which he enlisted: Virginia
Approximate date of birth: 1756 - 60
Approximate date of death: [Blank]
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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West Virginia University
College of Agriculture
DIVISON OF RESIDENT INSTRUCTION AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION EXTENSION DIVISION
MORGANTOWN, W.VA.
DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
May, 31, 1930.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
Will you please search the following records for information of Benjamin Marshall’s Revolutionary Record, his age when enlisted, his rank, regiment, Capt.
Benjamin Marshall (n), Auditor's Account, XVIII, 602; Auditor’s account, xxv, 214; Auditor's Account, XXIX, 92; Bounty Warrants; Wars, 125.
Also, Benjamin Marshall, R. C. War 4, 272.
Benjamin Marshall (Charlotte) Report from the Sec. of War in Relation to the Pension Establishment of U. S. Vol2, XXXX 125.
Benjamin Marshall (Hardy) Report from the Sec. of War in Relation to the Pension Establishment of U. S. Vol. 2, 149.
These references were found in the Virginia Library Board, Report 8. There may have been more than one Benjamin Marshall. The one I am inquiring probably came from Prince Edward County, VA.
Respectfully,
Mrs. L. M. Peairs-
104 Jones Ave.
Morgantown, W. Va.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
L. M. PEAIRS
West Virginia University
MORGANTOWN, W.VA.
May, 12, 1930.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
A few days ago, I wrote you asking for the War Record of Benajah Marshall [sic.], who fought in the Revolutionary War. I have found after more extensive study of the records which I have that his baptismal name was Benjamin.
Respectfully,
Mrs. L. M. Peairs,
104 Jones, Ave.,
Morgantown, W. Va.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
L. M. PEAIRS
West Virginia University
MORGANTOWN, W.VA.
May, 9, 1930

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
Please send me any information you have concerning Benajah Marshall, of Virginia, who fought in the Revolutionary War, and was in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, N. C. I should like to know the number of the regiment in which he fought, the name of his Captain, and any other facts of his war record. Is there a statement regarding his relationship to John Marshall, the Chief Justice? I thank you.

Respectfully,
Mrs. L.M. Peairs.
104 Jones Ave.,
Morgantown, W. Va.
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5728
Revolutionary War
INVALID.
5728
Benjamin Marshall
Sergeant Revolutionary War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. M, Page 236
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Benjamin Marshall
Received

Virginia Charlotte County Court
I, Winslow Robinson, Clerk of the County Court of Charlottesville in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that John W. Marshall is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that his signature annexed to the within affidavits of Alexander Hunter and Thomas North is his own proper handwriting. Given under my hand and seal of office the 9th day of August 1832. 
Winslow Robinson, Clerk 

Charlotte County, to wit:
I hereby certify that Thomas North and Alexander Hunter who have subscribed and sworn to the written are both men of credibility. Given under my hand this 30th November 1832. 
John W. Marshall, Justice of the Peace
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I do hereby certify that in the year of seventeen hundred and eighty one, on my march to the Siege of York, I saw Benjamin Marshall of Charlotte County who had served a tower [tour] of duty in the Revolutionary War at which time he got his discharge, and came out of the Hospital at Williamsburg and I accompanied him on his way home as far as Newsoms      Certificate given under my hand this 8th day of August 1832. Tho North       

Charlotte County To wit I do hereby certify that Thomas North personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above certificate. Given under my hand this 8th day of August 1832.    John H. Marshall, J P     
I do hereby certify that Benjamin Marshall of Charlotte County Va. served a tour of duty as sergeant with me under the command of Capt. Andrew Wallace in the year of seventeen hundred and eighty one,   we left home sometime in the month of May. On our march to the Morbin Hills below Richmond then our headquarters in the County of Amelia Va on our way we met Col. Tarleton’s troop, who dispersed us,   which made it some four or five miles longer getting to our headquarters at the Morbin Hills where we were organized [unreadable] Regiment commanded by Col. Holt Richardson belonging to the Brigade commanded by General Lawson.  we then marched on to the Siege of York when he Benjamin Marshall was taken sick and was carried to the Hospital at Williamsburg at which place he received his discharge sometime in the fall of seventeen hundred and eighty one. Given under my hand this 8th day of August 1832. 
Alexa Hunter      
Charlotte County to wit I do hereby certify that Alexander Hunter personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above certificate. Given under my hand this day of August 1822.     
John W. Marshall, J P
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State of Virginia. At a Court held for Charlotte County the 7 Day of August 1832   
On this 7th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Charlotte now setting Benjamin Marshall Resident of the County of Charlotte and State of Virginia aged 73 years 22nd day of January last, 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 June 1832   
That in the month of April 1780, he being drafted in the Militia. Set out from his residence in the County of Charlotte and and acted as Caporal Commanded by Capt Thomas Williams of the said County   - Lieutenant Baker & Ensign Marshall and Marched to Hillsborough and there joined the Brigade Commanded by Genl Stephens, and was placed in a regiment commanded by Colonel Lucas & Downman & Major Morris,    from thence he went with the army to Camden South Carolina, and united with General Gates and was in the battle called Gates’ Defeat in the late Called Gates defeat, after discharge then returned to Hillsborough,  ([unreadable] of the Militia having run away his Captain and subalterns   became Supernumary and were dischargred).  
He then volunteered under the command of Capt. Binn Jones, and marched up the Yadkin river and joined General Sumpter, near the Shallowford, had a slight action with some Tories and British and after dispersing them marched back to Guilford Courthouse and from thence to Hogans Creek in North Carolina near Dan River and dispersed some Tories, and returned to Guilford Court house where he remained in the army till the month of December 1780. 6 Months of the above he acted under the draft the balance of the
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above time he was a volunteer     he was then discharged by Major Morris which discharge he brought home and has been since lost,    after returning thence and having been some time in January 1781 he Volunteered and acted as Sergent in a Company raised by and Commanded by Capt William Morton (afterwards Col William Morton who died in  Charlotte several years ago ago).   They set out from Charlotte in the month of January and joined General Greens Army at Irvins Ferry on Dan River Halifax County Virginia   There a Rifle company was made life from parts of Several Company and placed under  command of Cap Morton    he was one of the Members of that Company a Sergeant   which Company was united with a Rifle Regiment commanded by Col Campbell,  they Marched in that regiment and was in a Battle at Whiteley’s Mill on Reedy fork of Haw River Guilford County, North Carolina,    He remained in the same Regiment till after the Battle of Guilford at Guilford Courthouse North Carolina which battle he was in, from thence they pursued Cornwallis down Deep River till he crossed and escaped crossing at Ramey’s Mill General Green then discharged the regiment to which he belonged and Colonel Cock or Cox or Cox of Halifax County Va who [unreadable] commanded the Regiment to which he had been Transferred,     Col Cock gave him a written discharge which he has lost he was discharged about the last of April he recollects that he got home to Charlotte May Court which was set the 1st Monday in May    He Was discharged about 160 Miles from home in the same month about the 10th 1781.    He again Volunteered under Capt Andrew Wallace of Charlotte When Company was made up by draft in part  and set out in the same month Morbin Hills below Richmond Va.   Another Company Commanded by Capt Fuqua, Marched from Charlotte
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at the same time he was Sergeant in Wallace Company when or their marched in the County of Amelia, City were dispersed by Tarleton’s Corp of Horse, but collected again and joined the Army at Morbin Hills sometime in June, Gen Lafayette was there in Command his head quarters in Richmond where part of his Army was.  He then continued in the any till Siege of York, was in a slight action at Old James Town Va   Above Williamsburg after getting to York he remained till a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis   his term of service of Service had long expired he remained untill from a severe spell of sickness he was no longer able to perform Service was discharged out of the Hospital in October 1781    that he served in all one tower [tour] more than 6 months as Corporal, 2 Towers of more than three months each as Sergent the whole line he served can be sum from the above statements. He knows of no witnesses now living by whom he can prove his services except Richard Davenport who is unable to attend Court, Major Robert Moore Thomas North and Alexander Hunter whose affidavits he intends to furnish. The said Marshall further states that he was born in the County of Charlotte and has resided in the County ever Since.  
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid     
Benjamin Marshall      
And the said Benjamin Marshall also produced in Court the affidavit of Robert Moore, sworn to before John H Marshall a Justice of the pace & the affidavit of Richard Davenport, Sworn to before Hillery Moseley another Justice of the peace Whereupon the Court doth certify that the said Robert Moore and Richard Davenport are credible [unreadable] and also certify that these witness named with declaration, [unreadable]
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Thomas North and Alexander Hunter are also credible witnesses and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. 
I, Winslow Robinson, Clerk of the County Court of Charleston in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Combs in the matter of the application of Benjamin Marshall for a pension. The affidavit of Robert Moore and Richard Davenport are annexed hereto.
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of August 1832.
Winslow Robinson, Clerk
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This is to certify that Mr. Benjamin Marshall was with me at the Battle of Guilford in North Carolina in the year 1781. Given under my hand this 6th day of August 1832.    
Robert Moore      
Robert Moore came before me and made oath to the above certificate. Given under my hand this 6th August 1832      
John H. Marshall, J.P.   
Charlotte County Virga.      
This day Richard Davenport Came before me a Justice of the Peace for the said county and made oath that Benjamin Marshall of this County served with him Six Months in the old Revolutionary War in the time of Gates’ defeat as a Corporal in the army under Captain Thomas Williams at Cambling in South Carolina, North Carolina and other places. Given under my hand this 29th of June 1832 Hillery Moseby, [unreadable] J P [seal]     
I, Robert Morton, a Justice of the Peace for County of Charlotte State of Virginia, do hereby certify that Hillery Moseby, the Justice above named is now as I understand out of the State: and that Richard Davenport, I am well acquainted with that he is a man of fair character and all credit is due to his statement on oath or otherwise. Given under my hand &c    3 December 1832. Ro. Morton
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Charlotte County, to wit:
I hereby certify that Robert Moore, who has subscribed and sworn to the written certificate ,is a man of credibility. 
Given under my hand this 30th of November 1832
J. H. Marshall, J P 

Robert Moore / Certificate