Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2747, for John F Marion, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
S.C.

Marion, John F

NUMBER
S.2747

carded
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Death not on A B.

23240
West Tennessee
John F. Marion
of Bedford in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the com commanded
by Captain Alexander of the regt commanded by Col. Polk in. the NCarolina line for 10 mos. prof Cavalry 
10 " " Ifrantry

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 75 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of [illegible]
1833 and [illegible]
Polk HR

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1875.    187.5
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March  37.5
$225.00
{Revolutionary Claim
{Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Danl Boyd
Book E Vol. 7 Page 93
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Jno F. Marians
Declaration-
John F. Marion
23034
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Ans.[answer] I knew Cat. Stewart, Genl. Greene, Genl Anthony Wayne; Captain Joshua Hadley, Col Wm Washington, Majr Canjars, Captains James and Thas. Warley Genl Lee and Captain James, also Col Wade Hampton
I [illegible] Col Washingtons Dragaons, and sarvce others Regts of Regular s but do not recollect the names or [illegible] of any other Regiments at this time; and I believe my declaration contains as may a General History of my services as I am able at this time to give.
Int. 7th did you ever receive a dischrage and if so what has become of it---
Ans: I never did receive a discharge but was performed by act as resatation [?] of congress.
State the names of person to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your charactor for veracity and 
their apinian of your Services as a Soldier of the revolutionary War, Capt. John Wartham
James Brittain Esquire, Col. Robert Caman
[illegible] Mr. James Wilson. -- Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. --
John F. Marion  Seal
Jas McKisich clerk

Declarant further makes oath that there is no minister or regular preacher living in his neighbourhood whose testimony he can procure who knows any thing of his services or character as a revolutionary soldier or otherwise that he knows--
Sworn to in open court 12th February John F Marion
J McKisich clerk
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State of Tennessee}
Bedford County}
We, Robert Carmon, and James Brittain residing in Bedford county and state aforesaid; do hereby certify that we are now and have been for the last twenty years well acquainted with John F. Marian who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; That he is believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that apinian; and also that we believe him to be the age he states he is and be a man of strict veracity Honesty and sobriety and that he support the character of a good citizen and friend to his community
Sworn to and Subscribed this 7th day of Novem. 1832 in open Court.
Jas McKisich Clk
Robt Carmon
James Brittain

And the said Court do hereby declare their apinian; after the investigation of the matter; and after pectting the interroggations prescribed by the war department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and Served as he States, and the court further certifys that it appears to them that Col Robert Carman is the Liut Col in the 28th Regiment Tennessee Milita and that James Brittain Esquire who has also Signed the foregoing affidavit is now
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and has been for some time the presiding Justice of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for Bedford County and that they are credible persons and may be relied on as men of the strictest veracity, and that their Statements are intitled to full faith and credit. 
John B. Armstrong
[illegible] Neill
Samuel Phillips

I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for this County of Bedford in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John F. Marion for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at office in Shelbyville the 14 of February 1833
Jas McKisick clk
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State of Tennessee
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.

State of Tennessee}
Bedford County Court}

On this 7th day of November in the year of our lord one thousand and eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open court before the worshipped Samuel Philliphs, John L. Neill & Jno. B. Armstrong - Esquires gentlemen justices of the peace appointed to hold the court of pleas and Quarter [illegible] for the County aforesaid; John F. Marian a resident of Bedford County in the State of Tennessee; aged Seventy two years and thirteen days; who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declamation, in order to obtain the benifit of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the united States in the year 1779. and Served as herein after stated under the following named officers to wit, that he enlisted in the state troops of North Carolina same time in the month of June 1779. under Captain William Alexander in the Town of Charlotte in the County of Meclinburg and state of North Carolina, and was marched with his Captain, under the command of Colonel Charles Polk to Ingrams old fields on the Caugera river where he ways they joined General Sumpter of South Carolina; and after
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remaining there about two months, was marched to the Eutaw Springs. He states he was in the ingagement at that place between the Brittish & Americans and was wounded through the right leg, and his horse kill under him, he says that General Greene commanded the american army as commander in chief on that day; he says he was then marched back to Ingrams old field, and was sent to Dado[illegible]Pauttons at Strawberry ferry on Ashley River where he remained until he was cured of his wound. He says that after serving in said state troops the term of ten months, He then inlisted under Col. Wade Hampton during the war in his Regement of light horse and was place in Captain James Simmonses Company belonging to said Regement of united states troops. 
He states he was marched from that place to a place called Monks Corner in South Carolina where he was stationed until within a few days of Christmas day, and he says that on Christmas day the Brittish Sent away their troops from Charles Town South Carolina and the americans under general Greene marched into the Town and remained there until the next fall, when he Says he was furlowed agreeable to an act or resolution of Congress as he was told, and was never called in Service upon
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said enlistment afterwards, he thinks he served
this last mentioned tower about Eighteen months
making in the whole a term of service of
Twenty eight months for which he claims a pension and that he has no
documentary evidence whatever; and that he knows
of no person whose testimony he can procure who can
testify as to his service; he hereby relinquishes all
and every claim to a pension or anuity whatever
except the present, and declares that his name is
not on the pension Roll of any agency in the ┃
United States-
Interroggatories by the Court.
Int 1st where and in what year were you born.
Ans. I was born in Lancaster County and State of
Pennsylvania on the 14th of October in the
year 1760 agreeable to my Fathers Family
record.
Int. 2nd Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it
Ans. I have a record of my age at Mr James
Wilsons in this County, where I make my home.
Int 3rd where were you living when called into Service
Ans. I was a resident of Mecklinburg County in
the State of North Carolina when I first entered
the Service of the United States, and the last time
entered the service it was on the bank of the Congaree
river in South Carolina but I do not know what County
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Int. 4th Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
and where do you now live;
Ans. I went to the Moravian Town in the State of
North Carolina Shortly after the close of the
Revolutionary war where I enlisted in Captain
Hadleys Company in a Regiment of troops that
was Raised by virtue of an act of the General
assembly of the State of North Carolina for the
protection of the white settlers in the country
then called Cumberland and was marched
under
Majr Thomas Evans to what is now called Davidson
 County in the State of Tennessee; where I remained in that service for two years,
and from there I moved to Williamson County in the same State, and
from there to
what is now Bedford County where
I have lived ever since and where I now live.-
Int. 5th How were you called into service; were
you drafted, were you a volenteer, were you
a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom or did
you enlist.-
Ans. I was an enlisted Soldier in the state troop
of North Carolina the whole time I was in
Revolutionary Army
Int. 6th State the names of some of the Regular
Officers who served with the troops
where you
served, such Continental and Militia Regements
as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Services.
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March 15, 1937
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BA-J/MCS
John F. Marion, S.2747
Zebedee Williams, S. 39131

Mr. Charles Marion Williams, Jr.
Route 2,
Ringgold
Georgia

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War
soldiers, John F. Marion and Zebedee Williams.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 2747, based on the military service of John F. Marion.

He was born October 14, 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
the names of his parents were not given.

While living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, he enlisted at
Charlotte in June, 1779, and served ten months in Captains William
Alexander's and Samuel Martin's companies in Colonel William Polk's [handwritten note: See Hertman]
North Carolina regiment during the battle of Eutaw Springs he was wounded
in his right leg and had his horse killed under him. Immediately after
the termination of this enlistment he enlisted in Captain James Simons' [handwritten note: see Hertman] company
in Colonel Wade Hampton's regiment of light horse and served eighteen months.

Shortly after the close of the Revolution he moved to the Moravian
Town, North Carolina, where he enlisted in Captain Hadley's company in a
regiment of North Carolina troops raised for the protection of white
settlers in the country then called Cumberland and served two years.
From there he moved to Williamson County, Tennessee, and from there to
Bedford County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 7, 1832,
while living in Bedford County, Tennessee.

The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the family of
John F. Marion.
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ZEBEDEE WILLIAMS,
S. 39131

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 39131, based upon the military service of Zebedee Williams.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

He enlisted in May, 1777, place not given, as private in Captain Dempsey Gregory's company in Colonel Shepard's 10th North Carolina
Regiment and was later transferred to Captain Howell Tatum's North Carolina
company; his term of enlistment, which was three years, expired
during the siege of Charleston but he was imprisoned there during the
siege and was not released until sometime in 1781.

Zebedee Williams was allowed pension on his application executed
April 27, 1818, at Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee.

One Nathaniel W. Williams was judge of the court in Smith County in
1818 but it was not shown that he was related to Zebedee Williams, there
are no further data relative to family of soldier.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Ringgold Ga
February 15, 1937

Department of Pensions
Washington D C

Gentlemen:
I wish to obtain the pension record of two soldiers of the
Revolution: Zebedee Williams (who drew pension in Tennessee for
service in North Carolina ) and John F. Marion 
(who served in the North Carolina Continental Line)

Yours very truly 
[signature] Charles Marion Williams, Jr.

Charles Marion Williams, Jr.
Route 2
Ringgold Ga


[stamp] Received Feb 18 1937
Mail Sub-Div.
Vets. Adm.
Reader # 75
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2747 
Rev War
INVALID.

file No. 2747
John F. Marion
Pvt. N.C. line

Act: June 7th 32

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 235
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1937 Mar 15 hist. to Mr. 
Chas. W. Williams Jr. MC
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23.134
John F. Marion's
Pension Papers.--
Tenn

from 1779 private
of cavalry & Infantry
20 months.
Pr cav 10 mo. $41.66
Pr. Inf 10 mo.     33.33
                          $75.00

Hon. J. Polk
enlisted in Col. Wade
Hamptons reg in 1781 was
for ten months.

Hons. J. K. Polk
H. R.
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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
John F. Marian
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 his 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 amout 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 Clergiman convenient - Witness certified credible

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it? Yes

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 which proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. 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? No
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 to 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. 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?
yes

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

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 in
definite, 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 shewn 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.
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 the witnesses, and the omena 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 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 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.
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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Capt M. Wallace
Certificate
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State of Tennessee Bedford County
Personally appeared Matthew Wallis before me Thomas
Murdock an acting Justice of the peace for and in
the County aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that he the said Wallis was a solder of the revolutionary War and was at the battle at the Eutaw Springs and
was an orderly Sargent in Capt. James Gilas Company 
at that time which Company was attach to the commanded by Colonel Wm. Hampton and that he believes that the
applicant John F Marian to be a man who had
A horse killed at the battle of the Utaw Springs I also
believe he was a soldier in Capt Samuel Martins Company which company a part of was formerly commanded
by Capt William Alexander which company was attached
to the regt commanded by Col William Polk and further
this deponant sayeth not---
[signature] Matthew Wallis

Sworn to and subscribed
this 30th day September 1833
H. Murdock Justice of the Peace
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State of Tennessee}
Bedford County}
I James McKisick Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Bedford and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Thomas Murdock whose name appears to be foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of qualifying Matthew Wallace an acting Justice of the peace and has full faith and credit and to the given to all his official acts as such
In Testimony wherof I have hereunto set my hand and applied the seat of the court of office at office in Shelbyville this 2nd day of October 1835.
J McKisick Clerk
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John F. Marian
amended declaration
for a Pension.
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The amended Declaration of John F. Marian in
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the
act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832- granting 
pensions to the soldiers of the Revolutionary War - 
The said John F. Marian states that in his former declaration
he stated that he first entered the service of
the United States - in the state troops of the state of N. Carolina in the month of June 1779 - under
the command of Capt William Alexander, in Col. 
Charles Polk's Regiment of state troops; that the troops were marched from Charlotte N.C. to Ingram's old fields on the Cangaree River, where they joined
Genl Sumpter's command; That he was in the battle and was wounded at the Eutaw Springs. 
He amitted to state in his former declaration that
before the battle of the Eutaw Springs, his Capt. 
Alexander was taken sick, and Capt Samuel
Martin - [illegible] him and commanded in that battle; he states that he served in the state troops on this tour for the time of ten months.
And at the expiration of that time, as stated in his former declaration, he immediately enlisted under Col Wade Hampton during the War and served as stated in his [illegible]
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Declaration, for the time of eighteen months, when he was furloughed at Charlestown S. Carolina, making his whole time of service, under the two engagements, twenty eight months. His discharge for the ten months service and his furlough at the end of eighteen months was best [illegible] in Colonel Clark's house in Nashville - Ten. on the night after Genl Andrew Jackson, now President of the United states, was just elected to Congress- about the year 1796- [illegible] he now remembers  and he is satisfied that Genl Jackson will remember this encounter He states that he is unable after so great a lapse of time to make positive proof by a [illegible] witness of his services, as set forth in his former declaration. He well knows that he did sure as stated in his former declaration, he is now far advanced in years, is poor and hopes he may be considered as entitled to his pension. 
[signature] John F. Marian

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 17th of
September 1833
Jos. Neill J. P.
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State of Tennessee}
Bedford County} Ss
I James McKisick clerk of the County court of Bedford County do certify that John B. Neill before whom the forgoing affidavit was made is magistrate as aforesaid and that his signature is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 17th day of September 1833

Ja McKisick clerk
of Bedford County Court