Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 38165, for John Martin, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C. 

Martin, John 

NUMBER
S.38165

CONTENTS
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11. 640
Georgia
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John Martin
of Augusta in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the company commanded
by Lieutenant Thompson Fitzpatrick of the Regt commanded
by Colonel Thompson in the S. Carolina
line, for the term of the war,
from 1776 to 1783
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 29 day of August 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of June 1819
and sent to Hon. R. Raymond Reid
Augusta. Ga
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Restored to the Roll on the 31 day of December 1828 
.and notification sent to a Jas McLaws
at Augusta Georgia Pension
commencing on the 3d of November 1828

Amount due on 4th of
March 1829                        $32.49

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Acts March 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820.}
-
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see letter to Geo. M. Walker, July 25.
1829. do M Gray July
30. 1838.

Date of death not
on A. B.

30
2
28=7.46
       8._
       8_
       8_
      1.03
_________
     32.49
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John Martin's
application for a
pension
Augusta 
Ga 
17.816
9 June 1819
$9.30
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Georgia Ss.

On the thirtyeth day of August 
1820 Personally appears in open
Court the same being a Court of
Record to wit the Mayors Court
for the City of Augusta in the County
of Richmond & State aforesaid John
Martin aged sixty nine years resident 
in the State of Georgia & City aforesaid 
who being first duly sworn according 
to Law doth on his Oath declair 
that he served in the Revolutionary 
War as wife appears by refferance
to this deponents Affadavit & applycation 
for a pension now in the
Office of the Department of War
at Washington City & under which
the deponent has hitherto received a
Pension.
And I do solemnly swear that I
was a resident Citizen of the United 
States on the 18th day of March
1818 & that I have not since that time
by gift, sale, or in any manner
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disposed of my property or any 
part thereof with intent thereby so to 
diminish it as to bring myself within 
the provisions of an Act of Congress 
entitled "Act to provide for certain 
persons engaged in the Land & Naval 
Service of the United States in the 
Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th 
day of March 1818 and that I have 
not nor has any person in trust for 
me any property as securities, contracts 
or debts due to me nor have I any 
income other than what is contained 
in the schedule hereto annexed & 
by me subscribed.

John Martin  X  his mark

Sworn to & declared in                    
open court 30thday of           
August 1820 before me     
          
Nicholas Ware, Mayor
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              Schedule

Three Negroes
One Horse
One Cow
One Cart
a few articles of household furniture and he in possession of a lot in the City of Augusta which is a volue at $100 upon which he has paid two dollars and on the balance he pays 5/0 is cost per annum.
                   his
              John X Martin
                  mark

I, James W. Lamkin Clerk of the Mayors Court for the City of Augusta do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court.  And I do  further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in volue of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nine hundred and thirty dollars.

     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no seal of court this 7th day fo November 1820.
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Georgia                 )
Richmond County )
 
This is to certify that John Martin of the State & County aforesaid personall before me & after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist, deposeth & saith, that he the said John Martin, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six in the month of July or August of the same year he was enlisted a soldier in Colonel William Thompson's regiment called Rangers at that time, by Lieutenant William Thompson and William Fitzpatrick, in the service of the United States, and that he continued from that period in the said service of the United States until the surrender of Lord Cornwallace at York Town in the year seventeen hundred & eighty three when peace was proclaimed between the United States & Great Britain.  And the said John Martin further deposeth & said that he has never rec'd his bounty in land nor his pay while a prisoner iin Charleston about fourteen months after the siege
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siege & surrender of that place when he was taken a prisoner by the British, and that he is now advanced in years & is unable to undergo fatigue & hard labor & in indigent circumstances  he therefore solicits from the Government which he contributed his utmost efforts to defend his portion of pay & bounty as has been already bestowed on many of his companions in Army.

Sworn to before me )          his
this 25th May 1817  )  John  X Martin
R. Bush                     )       mark
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                                          May 24, 1937.

Mrs. J. S. Plaxco                        BA-J/ILL
937 Hickman Road                   John Martin
Augusta, Georgia                     S. 38165

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Martin, a pensioner of Richmond County, Georgia.

     The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 38165, based upon service of John Martin in the Revolutionary War.

     John Martin enlisted in July or August 1776, in South Carolina, served as private in Captain Donaldson's company, Colonel William Thompson's 3" South Carolina Regiment of Rangers and continued until the battle of Charleston, when he was taken prisoner and was held until the close of the war.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1818, at which time he resided in Richmond County, Georgia.  In 1820, while a resident of Augusta, Georgia, the soldier gave his age as sixty-nine years, but did not state the date and place of his birth nor the names of his parents.  However, in 1828, he gave his age as eighty-seven years.  There is no explanation in regard to this discrepancy in his age.

     John Martin made no reference to wife or children.

     In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you shouold address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records  Division, this city, and furnish the following:  John Martin,
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Certificate #11640, issued June 9, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced August 29, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Georgia Agency.

                           Very truly yours,

                           A. D. HILLER
                           Executive Assistant
                           to the Administrator.
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11.040
Georgia
_______________________________

John Martin of Augusta in the state of Georgia who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson of the South Carolina line, for the whole of Revolutionary War
________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 29th of August 1818
___________________________________
Certificate of Pension issed the 9th of June 1819 amd sent to the Honble Robert Raymond
Judge - Augusta Georgia
________________________________________
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 6 mo. & 31
semi-anl. all-ce ending 4th Se;t. 1819
 49.20
 48.00
$97.00

(Revolutionary claim, )
(Act 18th March, 1818)

(down left side of page)
Notification sent December
Hon. R. R. Reid, J of P
_______________________________________
See ketters to Col. John W. Hunter
2nd Augt 1820,
abd ti J. M. Laws Sept. 9, 1828.
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[same image as page 12]

11.040
R
Georgia
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John Martin 
of Augusta in the state of Georgia
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Thompson of the South Carolina
line for the whole of Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 29th of August 181[8?]
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of June 1819
and sent to the Honble Robert Raymond
Judge - Augusta Georgia
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 6 mo & 31    49.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819        48.--
                                                                   $97.00


{Revolutionary claim,   }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

[written sideways on left side of page]
Notification sent December
Hon R. R. Reid H of 

See letters to Col. John W. Hunter 2d Augst 1828 to J. McLaws
Sept. 9 1828
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Georgia
Richmond County

I do certify that the bearer
John Martin has undergone 
an examination before me
and it evidently appears that
he is afflicted with hernia
or rupture on both sides, which 
disables him from hard labor
or violent exercise of any kind.
Given under my hand at Augusta
this 26th day of February
1807.

Anderson Watkins
Surgeons Mate 10th Regt
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M. Gray
July 30, 1838
S. C.



Recorded 47 page 154
[47 has a circle drawn around it]
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Depart of War
Pension Office
July 30 1838

Sir

I have examined the papers
of Mr Martin, who applies for the benefits
of the provision of the Act of June 7
1832.  Mr Martin served as a private
and is now in the receipt of a pension
of $96 per ann, and I presume that
that he is aware of the fact that a 
full pension under the former Act is $80
only per ann.  I therefore return his
old certificate and the accompanying 
papers.

[illegible signature]


M Gray Es
Hamburg
So Ca
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22
James L Edwards Esqr
War Department
Washington City

[post mark]
AUGUSTA GA
[too faded to read date]

[written down left side]
Recd 2 Aug 1828
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July 23 1828
Augusta

Dr Sir

A poor old man of the name 
of John Martin has called upon me frequently
for information respecting a Revolutionary
claim.  He has your certificate of the 7th June
of 1819 which states that he is inscribed on the 
Pension List Roll of the Georgia Agency at the 
rate of eight dollars per month to commence on 
the 29th day of August 1818.  The old man
has never received anything yet and 
seems entirely ignorant of what he ought to 
do.  Will you have the goodness sir to inform
me what he should do to obtain his 
pension or can he now draw his pension 
at Savannah by presenting your Certificate
I am sir with sentiments of respect

your friend
and obt servt.
W Hunter


J L Edwards Esquire
War Dept.
B. W. Cert. 11640
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John Martin

July 24. 76

The residence of the 
applicant also the time 
of entering the service
should be set forth in 
the declaration agreeably
to law as is its requisite
that the judge is satisfied
the applicant served as set
forth in declaration if such 
be the fact.

Admitted
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I have been acquainted with John Martin
for many years - I am well satisfied
that he was a regular soldier three years in 
our revolutionary war in the third
Regiment of the South Carolina line 
of the Continental Army this belief I 
have from various sources but
particularly from men and officers who
served in the same regiment with him
but I do not recollect him myself

Augusta 29th August 1818
F C Russell
then of the Army
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Georgia
Richmond County

Elisha Chavery being sworn
saith that he knew John 
Martin for five or six years while he was 
in the United States service during the 
Revolutionary War.

Elisha Chavery  HH his mark

Sworn before me this 29th
Augt. 1818

Robert Raymond Reid
Judge Court of 
Mid. Ord. GS. [?]
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Recd 14 Nov 1828

Respectfully referred to the Hon
Secretary of War.
Treas Dept 15 Nov 1828.


Restore
under reg. Dec. 1828


[written sideways on paper]
Pension
Free
Mail
[post mark]
NOV [only thing visible]

The Hon Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

Augusta Ga.
April 24 - 1937

Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you be so kind as to give 
me the information concerning John 
Martin of Richmond Co. Ga. who rec'd a
pension. (page 443 L. L. Knight Ga. Roster of 
the Revolution)  A number 26 refers to Ga. dist.
compiled by Miss H. Prescott from the Report
of the Society of War in Relation to the Pension
Establishment of the U.S. Senate Documents
Pension Roll, First session, 23 Congress 
No. 12, Washington; printed by Duff Green 1835.
(This information headed this list of names of 
pensioners.)
He was living in 1840 drawing a pension
pg 450 L L Knight -
John Martin - Richmond  (pg. 103)

Mrs. J. S. Plaxco
937 Hickman Rd
Augusta, Ga.

S of War
SC Cont
June 9 1819
[illegible] 1828

[date stamp]
RECEIVED
MAY 1 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS ADM 
READER 37
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38165
INVALID.
Revy
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File No. 38,165
John Martin
Priv Rev War
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Act:  18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 273

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on the right side of page]
Apl. 25 - 1900
Hon W H Fleming H.R.
1937 May 24 - Hist to Mrs. J S. Plaxco - ASC
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COPIES.

War Department - August 2, 1828

Col. J. W. Hunter
Augusta, Georgia.

Sir:

In reply to your inquiry of the 23d ultimo respecting the pension
of John Martin, I have to state that it appears from the books of the 
2" Comptroller, that John Matin [Martin] received his monthly stipend of $8 from 
the 29th August, 1818 until March 4, 1820 at which time his pension
ceased under the Act of May 1, 1820.  He was stricken from the rolls under
that Act on account of amount of property in his possession.  If his 
circumstances are such as to require a restoration of his pension, he 
must exhibit a declaration made according to the enclosed blank form, 
and comply with the instructions contained in the notes thereto attached.

Signed.  J.L.E.

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War Department - September 9, 1828.

James McLaws, Esquire.
Clerk of the Inferior Court
Richmond County -
Augusta, Georgia.

Sir:

I herewith return the schedule of John Martin, being deficient in 
several respects.  He had not accounted for the three negroes exhibited
in his first schedule dated 1820.  He mentions three colored persons in
the enclosed schedule but he has not returned them as his property from 
which it is inferred that they are not his slaves.  If they are owned by
him, the fact should be stated explicitly and a value should be annexed
to them.  If the slaves mentioned in the first schedule have been disposed
of, he should show how he disposed of them, in the manner pointed out
by the enclosed printed instructions, which must be strictly adhered to in 
all respects.  The certificate of the Clerk of the Court is also deficient.
The opinion of the Court as to the value of the property in the claimant's 
possession is not inserted in the serticicate, which must be done.

Signed - for J.L.E.

May 24, 1937.  ILL/
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restore -
pen. to com. 3d Nov. 1828
$383.50



James McLaws, Esqr.
Augusta, Geo.
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Georgia
Richmond County

On the third day of November 
1828 personally appeared in open Court being the 
Inferior Court for the County aforesaid and a Court
of Record, John Martin a resident in said County
aged eighty seven years, who being first duly
sworn according to Law doth on his oath make 
the following declaration in order to obtain the 
provision made by the Act of Congress of the 18th
March 1818, and the first of May 1820; that he 
the said John Martin enlisted for the term of 
three years on the [blank] day of [blank] in the 
year not recollected in the State of South Carolina,
in the Company commanded by Captain
Donaldson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Thompson, in the line of the state of South
Carolina on the Continental establishment and 
that he continued to serve in the said Corps until
he was taken prisoner in Charleston in the State 
of South Carolina, that his record [?] has been 
placed on the pension list and dropped on 
account of his property

And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May
1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident
citizen of the United States on the 18th day of 
March 1818, and that I have not since that 
time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of 
any property or any part thereof with intent
thereby &c. to diminish it, as to bring myself with
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in the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled
"An act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day 
of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any
person in trust for me, any property or securities,
contract, or debt, due to me; nor have I any incurred
other that is contained in the schedule here
to annexed and by me subscribed - one chest of 
Drawers, 4 pine tables, 1/2 Dozen common chairs, some
articles of kitchen furniture, one lot in possession
3/4 of an acre not paid for, one cart, one pair of andirons, 
sundry other articles as plates dishes to the 
which appraised at $33.50 - Bob, Jim & Nancy &
her small child - the two first are free the last
& child are mine until my death, and are worth
$350 - I have no tractor and if I had, am 
entirely unable to pursue it -
Since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following 
changes have been made in my property
3 cows - 2 have died and I have killed one
1 horse / sold to a traveler name unknown / 1 Jany. 1823 / 60.00

The revenue arising from the sale of the horse
appropriated to pay Doctor Cunningham's bill 
for attention in sickness -
 
John Martin  X  his mark

Sworn to and declared on the third day of
November, 1828 before me 

Dabney Berrey J.J.C. 
Val Walker J.J.C.R.C.
John L. Holt J.J.C.R.C.
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Georgia
Richmond County

I James McLaws Clerk 
of the Inferior Court do 
hereby certify that it appears
to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said John
Martin did serve in the Revolutionary War as
stated in the preceding declaration against
the common enemy for the term of nine 
months under our engagement on the 
Continental establishment.  I do certify that the
foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed
are truly copies from the records of the 
said Court and I do further certify that it 
is the opinion of the said Court that the total
amount of the value of the property exhibited
in the aforesaid schedule is Three hundred &
eighty three 50/100 Dollars -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court this third day of November 1828

James McLaws Clerk
[seal]
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State of Georgia
Richmond County

John Martin being duly
sworn saith that he served
during the whole of the Revolutionary
War as a private under Capt. Donaldson
of the 3d Regiment of So. Carolina
Rangers commanded by Colonel Thompson
& that he was a prisoner at the close of 
the war & obtained no regular discharge.
The deponent saith that he is in reduced
circumstances & is in need of that assistance
which the United States have determined
to afford to indigent soldiers of the Revolution.

John Martin  X  his mark

Sworn before me this 
29th August 1818

Robert Raymond Reid
Judge [illegible]

I know that John Martin is a poor
man; I believe him to be an honest industrious
worthy citizen   29th Augt. 1818
Robert Raymond Reid

By the Judge
John H Mann Clerk [illegible]
[seal]
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I Jno H Montgomery Judge of the 
Superior Court and of Georgia do 
certify that it appears to my 
satisfaction that the said John Martin
did serve as stated in the preceding 
declaration against the common
enemy for the term of nine months at
one time.  I am also satisfied he 
needs the assistance of his Country for 
support.

Jno. H Montgomery Judge
Sup Cts of Geo