Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6892, for Leonard Marbury, Georgia
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                               NUMBER
Ga                    Marbury, Leonard        R.6892.
N.C.
Born in Md.
CONTENTS
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State of Tennessee }
Haywood County   } to wit
On this 13th day of December 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting in Brownsville for the County of Haywood - Leonard Marbery of the said County of Haywood and State of Tennessee 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 passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
Officers and served as herein stated - 
That he enlisted in the United States service in the State of Georgia about the commencement of the revolution under Col Leonard Marbery - 
Middleton Capt - Prince Lieutenant and marched to the frontiers of Georgia and served eighteen months as a guard to repel Indian attacks and during the time he was in an engagement against the Tories on Savanah River - 
At the expiration of the eighteen months aforesaid he was discharged by Col Marberry, which discharge is now lost - He was afterward (the time not recollected) drafted as a militia man in the State of Georgia under Capt Grier - 
Gen Houston commanding - he then marched
into Florida from which place Houston returned to Georgia without any engagement - when this applicant was discharged the time of this service was six months - He then moved to Rowan County State of North Carolina, and volunteered under Genl Rutherford to march against the Tories embodied at Ramsoms Mills, They arrived only
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in time however to behold the dead and hear
the groans of the dying-- the Tories having been completely defeated the day previous to their arrival - He then marched as a guard to conduct the British prisoners taken at Camden S.C. to their place of confinement under Capt Cowen This service continued nine months-
And this applicant thinks and believes his whole service in the United States during the war of the revolution to be about two years and an half He was born in the State of Maryland in the year 1759 moved to the State of Georgia before the commencement of
the revolutionary war - He then moved into
Rowan County as stated above - from thence
to the County of Montgomery in the same
State - thence after 8 or 10 years to the County
of Buncomb same State, thence after 10 or 12
years to Warren County Tennessee, then
after 2 or 3 years to the County of Haywood
aforesaid where he has been living for about three years - He has no documentary evidence
of the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration and knows of no person to whom he can apply to prove his services
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
Leonard Marbury
Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
Will. B. Grove Clerk
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No 23854
Leonard Marbery
Tennessee
6892
suspended.
David C. Shattuck
Brownsville
Tennessee
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
May 10, 1833
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and [Illegible] by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Leonard Marbery, Haywood Co Tenn
Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted
1775
Drafted
Vol
Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.  Months.  Days.   
                 18
                   6
                   9
Rank of the claimant.
Priv.
   "
   "
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capts
Middleton
Greer
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Cols Marbery
Genl. Houston
Genl. Rutherford
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Engagement with Tories
None
Country through which he marched.
Georgia
     "
NC
SC.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Aged 73
Georgia
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
Thinks his whole period of Service would amount to about 2 years and a half.
years and a half
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers" persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding  particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District }
County of                          } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before     A.B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)     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 provion made by the act of Congress, June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
     , with      served in the     (e) regiment of the
     line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers [Illegible] he left the service: [Illegible] one term of enlistment, he must [state] the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when [he entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State    of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.          A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I          of the Court of           do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of          for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with          , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.          who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the          and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,           Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
          for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier.}
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.}
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
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 indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 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.
Proof of Service. 
(j) 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Eyer Castor
Exam Clerk
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State of Tennessee }
Maury County        }
Personally appeared John Marbary a citizen of said of said County aged about sixty four years before me John H Warren an acting Justice of the peace of said County and made oath that he was well acquainted with Leonard Marbary now a citizen of Haywood County and the applicant for a pension under the late act of
Congress and knows that he was a soldier 
of the Revolutionary army and that he was in a battle with said Leonard Marbary fought by
the americans on our side and the British and Tories on the other across the Savannah river - 
he cannot state the precise time of his entering the service or haveing it - and further this affiant saith not - given under my hand and seal this 24th of December 1833
I John H Warren before whom said affidavit
is sworn do hereby state that I am well acquainted with said John Marbary and know him to be a respectable and credable witness - sworn to and subscribed before me this 24 of December 1833
John H Warren JP.              John Marbury
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State of Tennessee }  
Henry County         }
I Thomas K Porter Clerk of the County Court of said County do certify that John H Warrin whose signature appears to the within certificate and before whom the within certificate was sworn to is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice
of the place for said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law that all due faith and credit is and ought
to be given to his official acts as such and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at office in the town of Paris the 24th day
of December AD 1833 and fifty eighth
year of American Independence
Thos K Porter Clk
by SC Brown DClk
[Seal appears to left of signatures]
State of Tennessee }
Henry County         } 
I William Porter Chairman and presiding Magistrate of the County Court of said
County do certify that Thomas K Porter whose certificate appears above is now and was at the time of giving said certificate the acting Clerk of said Court duly qualified as such according to law that all due faith and credit is and
ought to be given to his official acts as such and that his attestation is in due form of law Given under my hand at Paris the 24th day of December AD 1833
William Porter Chairman
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June 3, 1839.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ady
Leonard Marbury
R.6892
Mrs. R. A. Rainer
McDonough
Georgia
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein were obtained
from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.6892, based upon
the military service of Leonard Marbury in
that war.
Leonard Marbury, the name is also shown
as Marberry, son of Leonard, was born April 4,
1759, in Maryland, place, and the name of his
mother are not stated. When young he moved
with his parents to North Carolina, place not
given, and before the beginning of the Revolution moved to Georgia. He later moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, thence to Montgomery County, North Carolina, about ten years later he moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina, about twelve years later he moved to Warren County, Tennessee, three years later and about 1829 he moved to Haywood County, Tennessee.
December 13, 1832, Leonard Marbury applied
for pension, at which time he was a resident of
Haywood County, Tennessee. It was stated that
while residing on the Savannah river some
distance above Augusta, Georgia, Leonard Marbury enlisted in 1777, served eighteen months as private in Captain Robert Middleton's Company, Colonel Leonard Marbury's (his father's) Georgia Regiment and was in an engagement with the Tories and British on the Savannah River; that he afterwards enlisted and served six months as private in Captain Greer's Georgia Company; that he then moved to Rowan County, North Carolina, and at the time of the battle of Ramsour's Mill he enlisted
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and served as private in Captain Cowan's North Carolina Company and under General Rutherford; length of service nine months.
His claim for pension was not allowed as
he failed to furnish proof of his services as
required by the pension laws.
In 1837 Leonard Marbury was living in
Brownsville, Tennessee.
In 1837 his brother, Luke Marbury, was living in
Bedford County, Tennessee. He was born October 5, 1767, place not given.
In 1837 Josiah H. Marbury was a Justice of
the Peace for Bedford County, Tennessee, his age and relationship not stated.
In 1833 one John Marberry, aged about sixty
four years, was a resident of Maury County, Tennessee, no relationship shown. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 3, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
AW
BA-J/ady
Mrs. R. A. Rainer
McDonough
Georgia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative
to Valentine Thrash, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and Leonard Marbury, who served in the Revolutionary War.
The record of Volintine Thrash and the
record of Leonard Marbury, R.6892, are furnished you herewith. The records of only two Leonard Marburys are found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, all spellings of the surname searched, Leonard Marbury, pension claim W.27446, which record was furnished you, and which you state did not prove to be your particular one, and Leonard Marbury, R. 6892, pension claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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REJECTED
6892.
P. O.
Leonard Marbery
Service:
to
Enlisted:      1852 Printed,        18  ,
Discharged: book, Rejected &, 18  '
                   Suspended Pensions
                   gives reasons for
Application filed:                       18  ,
                   suspension, Militia
                   service overrated
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
          Recognized.          Contract
     Cert. of Dis.      Searched for         , 18

1939 June 3 Hist. to Mrs. R. A. Rainer. See letter in Volintine Thrash, W.1332. A.D.Y.
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James W. Strother
26 Feb. 1835
O. C.
Record. Vol. 36. p. 401
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War Dept. Pen. Office
Feb 26, 1835
Sir
The papers of Leonard Marbery have been again ex'd & filed with suspended cases in this office The service set forth by him was as a militia man. The militia were called out to serve short tours under one engagement. The applicant should therefore set forth each tour of actual service as required by the enclosed printed sheet. Those parts applicable to his case have been marked in the margin.
James W. Strother Esqr
Brownsville
Tennessee
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Augt 21. 1857
Ten.
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War Dept. Pen office
Augt 21, 1857
Sir
In answer to your letter I have to inform you that Colonel Marberry was a militia officer and the militia did not serve so long as eighteen and in very few instances so long as six months.
Your claim for eighteen months under
one engagement under the above mentioned 
officer cannot therefore be allowed. In your
original declaration you allege three tours of service. Not more than three months for each tour can be allowed.
Mr. Leonard Marberry,
Brownsville
Tennessee
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L. Marbury
June 22. 1837
Ten
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War Dept. Pen. Office
June 22, 1837
Sir
Your amended declaration has been ex'd & filed with your other papers, Colonel Mayberry belonged to N. Carolina. You should therefore
obtain some proof of your alleged service in his regt from William Hill, Esqr. Secretary of State at
Raleigh, N.C.
Mr. Leonard Marberry
Brownsville,
Tennessee.
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Hon J. W. Crockett
Sept 11, 1837
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War Dept. Pen. Office
Sept 11. 1837
Sir,
I herewith return Mr. Leonard Marbury's letter to you of the 21st ult. and have to state that on that day a letter was addressed to him from this office, a copy of which is herewith enclosed showing the objections to the claim.
Hon. J. W. Crockett
H. R.
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Suspended
[All other text has been stricken]
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State of Tennessee } S.c.t.
Bedford County      
I William D. Orr Clerk of the County Court of Bedford County Hereby Certify that Josiah H. Marbury whose signature appear to the above and foregoing affidaviths is a magistrate as above, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
seal of the Court at office this
19th day of April A.D. 1837
and of the American Independance
the sixty first year
William D. Orr Clk
of Bedford County Court
Tenn
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
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Aug 21
Tenn

Postmarked BROWNSVILLE Te. AUG 7     FREE
To the Pension Agent
at Penson Office
War Department
City of Washington
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Brownsville 30th July 1837.
Sir,
I received your letter of 22nd June in which you acknowledge that my amended declaration had been received, examined and filed with my other papers. That Col Mayberry
belonged to North Carolina; and that I should obtain some proof of my alledged service in his Regiment.
This Colo. Marberry under whom I served in
Georgia, and who my affidavits goes to Identify, I presume is a deferent officer from the Col Mayberry of North Carolina They were deferent officers, deferent men and spelled their names deferently. If you have no record of Col Marberry of Georgia, it is my misfortune at this time (being six or seven hundred miles from Georgia, and unable to travel there by
decripetude) to prove his Identity, by any other proof than the affidavits sent on. Tis probable there are yet other persons by whose affidavits, this Col Marberry of Georgia can be Identified.
If you conceive it necessary that this should
be done, please advise me on receipt of this
Very Respectfully
Leonard Marbury
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We James Malden and William Morrison
residing in the County of Haywood and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leonard Marbery who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration 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
we concur in that opinion
James Mauldin
Wm. A. Morrison
Sworn and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid 
Will. B. Grove Clk
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 further certifies that it appears to them that James Mauldin and William A Morrison are both residents of the said County of Haywood are both creditable persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
James F. Walker J.P.
H. C. Guire JP
Littleton Joyner J.P.
I William B Grove Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the said County
of Haywood and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
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said Court in the matter of the application of Leonard Marbury for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal
of said Office this 14th day of
December AD 1832 and 57th 
year of American Independence
Will. B. Grove Clk
Haywood County Court
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
Leonard Marbery's
Pension application
23854
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Oct 29
Leonard Marberry
Tenn
Postmarked BROWNSVILLE Te OCT 25
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District of Columbia
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Brownsville October 24th 1834
Mr Edwards
Sir,
Mr Shattuck who wrote the enclosed
Declaration for Leonard Marberry, having moved from this State to that of Mississippi, and Mr Marberry being old and infirm has requested me 
to forward to you his Declaration again, with the
enclosed affidavits, which he hopes will be       sufficient to remove any doubt as to his having served as stated in his Declaration-
I am respectfully
your obedient servant
James W Strother
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M809
22 June 1837
Pension office
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Postmarked BROWNSVILLE Te JUN 8            free
To the Honble The Secretary of War
of the United States.
City of Washington
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To the Hon. the Secretary of War
Sir,
I have made my declaration which you'll find 
inclosed with the necessary papers and certificates the second time, leaving out the two Militia Tours, and including the Eighteen months service only, and send them forward. (I hope with success) be so good as to direct the needful to be paid me at Jackson Pension Agency in Western District of Tennessee, should it meet the 
approbation contemplated.
Very Respectfully.
Lenord Marbury
June 3rd 1834.
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County     }
Personally appeared Before me Samuel Phillips
an acting Justice of the peace in & for sd County Luke Marbury a citizen of the County aforesaid aged sixty seven years the 5th day of Oct Next & also Elenor G Moore who is also a citizen of the sd County of Bedford aged Seventy one years the 17th day of december
next who after being duly sworn - deposeth
& saith that according to the best information
they can gether from their parents they are the
age severaly as above stated and that they
were well acquainted with Leonard Marbury - 
who then resided in the State of Georgia though the County they cannot recollect but remembers It was some distance above Augusta on the Savanah River during the Revolutionary war when the British & americans were contending in arms and that sd Luke Marbury saith as near as he can recollect Leonard Marbury Entered the service of the United States under Col Leonard Marbury & Capt Middleton under the
promise from the sd Col. L. Marbury that he
would be careful of him whilst he was with
him in the services of the United States as a soldier this then being my impression that it was for the Relationship he bore to my father who was also the Reputed Father of Leonard Marbury Sd Luke further saith that Leonard Marbury the present aplicant at that time withdrew him self from the Family & was absent of a long duration but how Long he can not say, but all of the sd Time of absence I was
uniformly under the impression Leonard aforesaid was in the service of the United States under Col. L. Marbury & Capt Middleton
this opinion prevaild in my fathers family uniformly
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Luke aforesaid saith as near as he can Recollect the next time he saw his brother Leonard It was at a time when a considerable Troop of the British & Torys came through the country up to Savanah River distroying the property of the whigs as they came on where his Father had fled across the River with many others for safety It is at this place I next saw my brother Leonard ingaged in fight with the British & Torys & Shooting across the river at them. there he saw his brother Leonard shoot at what he supposed to be a british officer & saw after the gun fired several of the british turn to him & take him off of his horse It was afterwords said the oficers they was broken - at this place Col Marbury comes up with his Troop of horse & took prisoner the most of the sd British & Torys here at this place Luke says his brother Leonard departed again with the American Army & was no more seen by him till he saw him in Northcarolina where his Father had moved to. there he Testifys his Brother Leonard was well received by the True whigs of that Country.
Elenor G Moore aforesaid says she does
well recollect seeing Leonard Marbury ingaged
in fighting the British & Torys at Savanah River
& distinctly Recollects carrying amunition to
Leonard Marbury where they were engaged in shooting across the Savanah River at the British & Torys whilst the bulets was flying & whising plentifully among the americans across the river from the enemy at this place she says Col L. Marbury &c
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Took the British & Torys prisonors. She says she is so fully persuaded of the facts in relation to the service of Leonard Marbury that she has no existing doubt but that Leonard Marbury was in chiefly all of the whole of the Revolutionary war & that she was so situated as to know that he was ingaged at Sundry times & chiefly in the service of the United States but can not say as to time precisely of the particular ingagements & that she knows he was considered a faithful soldier who was applauded for such after his return at the end of the war & well received by the whigs
of that Country & also Recollects his Return home from the war to Northcarolina with military clothing on so as to Impress her with the belief he had bore some office-
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 26th day of September 1834
Samuel Phillips J.P.
L Marbury
Elenor G Moore [X and "her mark" appear between first and last names
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County      }
I Saml Philips an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County certify that I am well acquainted with Elenor Moore who hath deposed in the foregoing Deposition having been acquainted for Twenty years or more that she has always supported a good character & that her veracity has never yet been doubted
on any occasion to my knowledge - I also certify that I have known Luke Marbury for
several years from character & that I never known or heard any thing derogatory to his character or Veracity. Given under my hand
this 26th day of Sept 1834
Samuel Phillips
A Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee }
Bedford County     } Sct
I James McKisick clerk of said Bedford County Court hereby certify that Samuel Philips is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office this 27th day of September
1834
Jas McKisick Clerk
of Bedford County Court
by his deputy
Danl McKisick
[Seal affixed to left of signature]
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County     }
On the 18th day of April 1837 personally
Appeared before me J.H. Marbury a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid
Elenor Moore of sd County a Lady of Lawful age of respectability and good favor & whose affidavit is intitled to credit & made oath that she lived in the State of Georgia about the year 1777 or about that Time there being a call for men to defend the frontiers of Georgia & that Col Leonard Marbury being a recruiting officer
to raise men to keep the Torys & Indians in check & that she the sd Elenor Moore Remembers that Leonard Marbury a private enlisted for Eighteen months Tour & that he was during that whole period of time or Longer in the service & came home Honorably
discharged & when he the sd Marbury  returned he was duly applauded for his being a
faithful soldier & friend to his comon Country
She also states that the sd Leonard Marbury 
a private served in other Tours & saw him in the service when the Enemy & the american
arms was in contact at the river Savanah
Elenor Moore [X and "her mark" appear between first and last names]
this day witnessed & subscribed before me     J. H. Marbury a Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee }
Bedford County     }
on the 18th day of April 1837 personally appeared before me J H Marbury a Justice of
the peace in & for the County aforesaid
Luke Marbury of said County a man of
Lawful age of respecability & good fame and
whose affidavit is entitled to credit & made oath in due form of law that he is now seventy
years old the 5th of Oct next & that in the
year 1777 or about that time he lived with
his Father in the State of Georgia & at a period
of time when the British arms was turned
against the United States Together with the Torys & Indians - & that he well recollects of his Brother Leonard Marbury a private inlisting under Col. Leonard Marbury who was a distinguished Republican soldier & friend to the Libertys of these United States & a recruiting officer for a Tour of service that was to the best of his Recollection & is strongly impressed on his mind that it was Eighteen months that if the time should deviate from that it seems to him to be longer but being a man of other Tours which he did serve his mind may be led to those Tours & he is also assured that the sd Leond Marbury his Brother private was fairly discharged & came home honorably applauded for is faithfullness to his comon Country.
L. Marbury
this day witnessed & subscribed before me date above
J. H. Marbury a Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee   }
County of Haywood } Sct
On this 5th day of June 1837 personally appeared in Open Court of Pleas before William E Owen Jonathan T Jacocks and Lyne S. Taleofero. the County Court for said County now siting Leonard Marbery a resident now
of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy eight years on the 4th day of April last who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States
as a private in the year 1777 with Colo. Leonard Marbery a Recruiting officer then in the State of Georgia for the term of Eighteen months but the month or particular time in that year, this declarant doth not now Recollect having failed much in recolection by reason of old age and infirmity. That he served under the said Col. Leonard Marbery in Captain Robert Middleton company and one Trivas as Lieutenant he being then when enlisted about
Seventeen or 18 years of age having been born in the State of Maryland and while young his parents moved into the State of North Carolina, from thence they removed to the State of Georgia, during this term of Eighteen months for which he was enlisted, these Troops was employed the most of the time in the
frontiers of Georgia as scouting parties for holding the Tories and Indians in check, that some short time before his term of service expired he was taken sick with the pleuricy and returned home on furlow, but in a short time
Recovered again and joind his company in the said Regiment under said Colo. Marbery where he continued untill he was discharged by his Officers after having fully and faithfully served the 18 months for which he was enlisted.
That during this term this declarant states he was in no action with the Enemy but was at all times ready to risk his life for his country, and he further saieth that at the end and term of his service he was regularly discharged by his commanding officers, but he has lost his discharge, the date of which he cannot now recollect but to the best of his knowledge it was in the year 1779.
This declarant further states that Luke Marbury who was then living in the State of Georgia at the time of this service recollects facts and circumstances of his entering into the Army for the Eighteen months and of his leaving it by being discharged. has deposed to the same, which certificate and affidavit is hereunto annexed. and he further states that Eldenser
Moore was also then living in the neighbourhood, has deposed to facts, also hereunto annexed, but being at the distance of near seven hundred mil[es]
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from the scene of action where these things occurred, he knows at present of no other positive proof. he neglected to preserve his papers of discharge and knows of no documentary evidence positively which can testify to his service This declarant further states that after he was discharged from the Tour of Eighteen months he was twice called into service in the Militia under the United States in the State of Georgia and did serve two militia tours, which he is now unable to prove and for which he claims no compensation. that about the close of the Revolutionary War he removed again into the County of Roan in North Carolina and lived there till the year 1810 from thence he removed to the State of Tennessee and now resides in the County of Haywood, he relinquishes hereby every claim whatsoever to a Pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on
the Pension Roll of any agency in any State
Len. Marbury
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatores prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
Wm E. Owen JP
Jona T Jacocks J.P.
Lyne S. Taliaferro JP
We Asa Biggs a Clergyman residing in the
County of Haywood and Herndon Haralson residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leonard Marbery who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Asa Biggs
H Haralson
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and
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served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Asa Biggs
who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Haywood and that Herndon Haralson who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Haywood and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wm E. Owen JP
Jona T Jacocks J.P.
Lyne S. Taliaferro JP
State of Tennessee }
Haywood County   } Sct
I Littleton Joyner Clerk of the Court of pleas in the County of Haywood do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Leonard Marbury for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5th day of June in the year 1837
Littleton Joyner Clk
[Seal affixed to left of signature]