Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8,992, for Thomas Marshall, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE 
Md. 

Marshall, Thomas, 

NUMBER
S. 8992

Carded

CONTENTS
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(left side)
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838, from 4 Sept 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt notified 30 Decr 1840

Paid as above from 4 Sept 1840. to 4 March 1841. Agent notified 25 Feby 1842

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Virginia 31634
Thomas Marshall of Hardy Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Lowe of the regt. commanded by Gen Washington, in the Maryd. Mila. line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July 1839 and sent to Wm. Seymour, Moorefield, Va.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $160.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 10.00
$170.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. M. Curdy Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6 1/2 Page 25.
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26346
Tho. Marshall
Va
Act June 7 32
Thomas Marshalls
declaration for a 
pension
Hardy County VA
Allow 6 mo pr $20
per ann

Wm Seymour
Moorefield VA.
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Virginia Hardy County SS
On this 1st day of October 1838 personally appeared before the County Court of Hardy a Court of record of unlimitted jurisdiction in all cases of law & equity Thomas Marshall a resident of the said county aged eighty 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 entered the service of the United States in the year 1776 under the following named officers and served as follows under Capt. Lowe, Luetenents Burgess and Duval and Ensign Closett as a volunteer he does not recollect the precise day. That the company in which he was a private were all from Prince Georges County Maryland, they marched to Philadelphia and remained there a week or two, thence they went to Newyork, remained at Newyork a month time, thence crossed Kings Bridge for White Plains during which time they were surrounded by a number of the enemy, but escaped by a circuitous march and arrived at headquarters at White Plains to the great surprize and delight of General Washington who came to meet us, that he recollects to have been in an engagement at the buckwheat field at the heights of Harlim, that the enemy retreated behind a stone fence and fired upon the americans advancing towards them and that the foremost of them retreated but were rallied & brought back by an officer on a black horse whom he recollects to have heard called Genl Putnam, that they then took shelter behind the stone fence from which the enemy had retreated to their entrenchment, that the battle continued for
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some time during which Captain Lowe was wounded at length. They were commanded to retire to report themselves, declarant does not recollect certainty but thinks this battle happened before he joined the main army at headquarters. He recollects that after he crossed Kings Bridge the enimy landed at frogs point and were surrounded by the americans, (illegible) into the swamp & a number taken prisoners. He recollects that while encamped at White Plains, he was called out to reinforce Smallwoods battalion as several of the company were wounded, the americans retreated owing to the advantage in the situation of the enimy after this time expired the Maryland troops crossed North river on their return homeward, but a chosen number were called to recross the river to reinforce & guard at fort Washington, among this number were some of his intimate acquaintances whom he supposes were killed as he has never heard of them since. After this service they returned homeward with the baggage waggons. My brother Richard who served with me being in company. this tour was for six months.

Shortly after my return home I received a commission of an Ensign in Capt. Zachariah Berrys Company Mordicai Burgess Lieut. Shortly afterwards declarant was ordered out to guard the banks of the Potowmac to prevent the enimy from landing, he does not recollect the precise time he was in this service but is satisfied it was for at least one month.

He relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state
Thos. Marshall

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Teste John Busch JP
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question 1 Where & in what year were you born
answer  In Prince George County Maryland in Feby 15th 1758

question 2  Have you any record of your age & if so where is it  
I have, at home

question 3d Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you reside now
Answer   In Prince George County Maryland. I now reside in Hardy County Virginia where I have resided ever since the revolution

question 4  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom.
Answer  I was a Volunteer in the first tour of six months in the second tour of one month I was outed into service as an Ensign

question 5  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served & such Continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Answer  Genl Washington, Genl Putnam, Major Adams, Smallwood. I do not recollect the names of any others. I do not recollect the names of any of the regiments the residue of the question is answered in the declaration
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question 6  Did you receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it & did you ever receive a commission & if so by whom was it granted & what has become of it
Answer  I received a verbal discharge from adjutant Genl Powell from the first tour. My commission of Ensign was granted by the governor of Maryland and was torn up by my children considering it of no value I gave it to them to play with

question 7  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer  Samuel Marshall, James Bean & his wife Thomas Bench & others

question 8   Why have you delayed renewing your application for a pension so long
Answer  Because of ill health and the great difficulty of getting my declaration properly presented living as I do at a distance from the court house & from any person competent to attend to the matter for me.

We Thos. Busch Saml. Marshall & Isaac Bean & John Evans residing in the county of Hardy do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Marshall, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is
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reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Thomas Birch
His X Mark
Samuel Marshall
James Bean
John Evans

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

Test: John Burch - JP

And the said court do 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 Thos Birch, Samuel Marshall & James Bean & John Evans (there being no clergyman in the neighborhood) who have signed the preceding  certificate are residents in the said county & credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.

I James Carr Gamble Clerk of the court of Hardy County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Marshall for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of October 1838.

Jas Carr Gamble

SEAL
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August 30, 1911.

Mr. Albert M. Marshall,
General Delivery,
Huntington, Indiana.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the 24" and received the 26" instant, you are advised that Thomas Marshall was allowed pension S. file 8992 Rev War on his application executed October 1, 1838, while a resident of Hardy County, Virginia.

He stated that he was born February 15, 1758, in Prince Georges County Maryland, where he resided and enlisted in 1776, as a Private in Captain Lowe's company; he was in the engagement at Harlem Heights, and served six months.

Shortly after his return home (date not stated) he was commissioned Ensign of Captain Zachariah Berry's company and guarded the banks of the Potomac; one month. In 1839 he resided at Moorefield, Hardy County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
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Rev. War
January 12, 1912.

Rev. Lee S. McCollister,
606 Wayne Co. Savings Bank Bldg.
Detroit, Michigan.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the 2" and received the 5" instant, you are advised that Thomas Marshall was allowed pension by certificate No. 31,634, issued July 10, 1839, for service in the Maryland troops Revolutionary War.

In the Bureau letter of August 30, 1911, to Mr. Albert M. Marshall, of Huntington, Indiana, which you quote, it was stated that the above soldier "was allowed pension."

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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L.W.B.
I. 8992.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.

Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
August 22nd, 1898.

Sir:-

Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Thomas Marshall made an application for pension on October 1st, 1838, at which time he was 80 years of age and residing in Hardy County, Virginia, and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private in the Maryland troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Lowe and Gen. Washington. He enlisted in Prince George County, Maryland.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. A. M. Marshall,
5335 Jefferson Avenue,
Chicago, Ills.
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US Pension Office Stamp
Jan 17 1912

Jan 17, 1912
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[Sons of the American Revolution insignia]

THE MICHIGAN SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HEADQUARTERS
606 WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK BUILDING
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

OFFICERS
REV. LEE S. MCCOLLESTER, D. D., PRESIDENT
JOSEPH GREUSEL, VICE-PRESIDENT
WILLIAMS C. HARRIS, SECRETARY
ENOCH SMITH, TREASURER
RAYMOND E. VAN SYCKLE, REGISTRAR
RT. REV. CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, D. D. CHAPLAIN
CLARENCE M. BURTON, HISTORIAN

January 15th 1912

Hon. J. L. Davenport,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Your letter of the 12th instant relative to pension allowed to Thomas Marshall by certificate #31634 issued July 10th, 1839, is at hand and noted.

I understood from your letter of Aug. 30, 1911 to Albert M. Marshall of Huntington, Indiana, which I quoted to you in my letter of the 2nd inst., that the above pension had been allowed. What I requested was the official certificate as to the allowance of the pension, which is ordinarily used in connection with applications for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, and which I understand is issued by your department on request of a President of any State Society of that organization. Will you kindly send me such a certificate if in accordance with the practice of your department.

Very truly yours,
Lee S. McCollester
President.

HB
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US PENSION OFFICE STAMP
Jan 5 1912

Jan 9, 1912
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LETTERHEAD
The Michigan Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Headquarters
606 Wayne County Savings Bank Building
Detroit, Michigan

Jan 2, 1912

Hon. J.L. Davenport
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Will you kindly furnish me with certificate showing pension granted to Thomas Marshall, on is application executed October 1, 1838, while a resident of Hardy County, Virginia. Quoting form your letter of Aug. 30, 1911, t Albert M. Marshall, of Huntington, Indiana, this pensioner's application stated that "he was born February 15, 1758, in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he resided and enlisted in 1776, as a private in Captain Lowe's Company; he was in the engagement at Harlem Heights and served six months."

Very truly yours

Lee S. McCollester
President Michigan Society, S.A.R.
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US PENSION OFFICE STAMP
Aug 26, 1911
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General Delivery
Huntington, [illegible]
8-24-11

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Sir

I would be greatly obliged for any information available in the file of your office on the following including dates, places of birth or enlistment etc. etc.

1st - Thomas J. Marshal - from near Baltimore, served in Revolutionary Army
2nd - Thomas or J Marshall - same locality served in army during war of 1812.

Respectfully
Albert M Marshall

2cent Stamp included
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Old War & Navy
Files Stamp
Aug 4, 1898

US PENSION OFFICE STAMP
Aug 2, 1898
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5335 Jefferson Ave
Chicago, Ill

July 30th '98

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

I desire to obtain all the information I can in regard to Thomas Marshall and also Thomas Marshall Jr both of whom served in the revolutionary war from either Maryland or else Virginia. Can you inform me as to whether they were related to each other or not, and whether either or both had a son named Thomas J. Marshall. I would also
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like to know where they lived before the beginning of the Rev war and whether they settle in the same place or not at the close of the war.

Kindly give me what information you can and greatly oblige.

Your Very Truly

A.M. Marshall
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Left side page

Sept 19 '98
A M Marshall
Chicago Ill

1911 Aug 30 - To Albert M Marshall
1912 Jan 12 - Rev Lee S McCollister
1912 Jan 26 - Rev Lee S McCollister

Right Side Page

8992

Rev war
INVALID
File No 8992
Thomas Marshall
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index Vol [illegible] Page 237

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Thomas A Marshall

In relation to claim for interest on deferred payment due

Humphrey Marshall

Act 5 July 1832
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Free

J.L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
Washington
D.C.

Moorefield
July 6th

July 9th
[illegible] VA
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Moorefield July 4th, 1839

Dear Sir

I hereby consent to accept from the War Department of the U.S. a certificate of Pensino for six months service in the army of the U.S. in the war of the revolution.

Yours
Respectfully

Thos Marshall

Attest:
Wm Seymour

Dear Sir

I herein enclose you the declaration of Tho. Marshall concerning his willingness to accept of a pension for services as a private.

You will enclose the certificate either to him or myself as you may prefer.

Very
Respectfully yours

Wm Seymore

J L Edwards
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
Dec 29th, 1841

Sir:

Under the date 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" Thomas Marshall, a pensioner on the roll of the Richmond, Va 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 Sept 1840 to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully yours

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
Dec 14th 1840

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", Thomas Marshall a pensioner on the roll of the Richmond, Va Agency at the rate of twenty dollars per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at the Department from the 4th of Sept 1839 to the 4th March 1840.

Respectfully yours

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Virginia, Hardy County to wit

I James Carr Gambles Clerk of the said county court of Hardy do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thoams Marshall for a pension. And I do further certify that Davis Vanmeter before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the magistrates of said county and that dur faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts as such - and I further certify that I believe the signature Davis Vanmeter  to said applicants to be in the proper handwriting of said Davis Vanmeter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 11th day of January 1833 and in the 57th year of American Independence.

Jas Carr Gamble

26346
Thomas Marshall's 
Declaration for pension

Abel Shumming
Moorefield
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Personally appeared before me the subscribe a Justice of the Peace in and for Hardy County, Benjamin Marshal of said county aged 77 years and makes the following statement to wit; that as well as he recollected about the year 1774 or so Thomas Marshall lived in the family with Richard & Thomas Marshall his two brothers and that about the *** he well recollects that Richard & Thomas Marshall was called into the United States service under the following officers to wit: Capt. Lowe, Lieut Burgess & Ensign Clagett that he does not recollect the length of time they served [illegible] they started and went nine miles with them & was at home when they returned from their tour with their knapsacks on their backs.

Sworn to before the subscriber this 1st day of December 1832

David Van Meter

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Hardy County Benjamin Marshal and Elizabeth Burn and makes the following statement to wit; that as much as forty years back they have heard Thomas Marshall state he served in the Revolutionary war two tours and that Benjamin Marshall has hear him state he served one tour as an officer.

Given under my hand this 1st day of Dec 1832.

David Van Meter