Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2,199-500, for Francis Marion, South Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
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SERVICE
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CONTENTS
Marion Francis
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NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 26199-50
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Francis Marion
No 2199.
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We Louisa C Marion,John G. Palmer and
Thanne his wife, and Philip C. Kirk and Gabriella M. his wife, being heirs of Frances Marion, who is a deriver under the Will of General Francis Marion of the 
Revotution do on our oath declare that Genl. Frances Marion of the Revolution entered the service at the early period and to the best of their knowledge and belief continued in service to the close of the War.
They further declare that they do not believe he ever received his Bounty Land promised to him by the Revolutions of Congress, nor do they believe that he ever sold or transferred the same in any manner whatsoever, nor has the same been received by his representatives. Therefore, Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned heirs of Francis Marion who is devisee under the Will of the late General Francis Marion of the Revolution do by these
presents authorize and impower Richard H. Mosby of Virginia as our attorney for us and in our names to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States or any other person authorized to ____the same all Bounty Land Warrants issued in our
names as the representation of Gen Frances Marion of the Revolution, on account of his services as
in officer in the war of the Revolution and all such
Bounty Land Warrant issued in our names as afore
Said to sell, assign, and transfer in the same
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manner that we could do if personally present and
required to act in the premises with power to
 appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under
him of our said attorney or his substitutes done in
virtue of the powers herein granted we will by
these presents warrant and defend.
Given under our hands and seals this the 31st
Day of January A.D. 1838
L C Marion
(L.S)
 PP Palmer
(L.S)
C. C. Palmer
(L.S.)
Philip C. Kirke L.S)
Gabriella M Kirke
(L.S)
State of South Carolina
Charleston District
This day personally appeared
before me Peter P. Palmer for the District and
State above Louisa C Marion, Philip C. Kirke and
Gabriella M his wife, and John G. Palmer and
Catharine his wife and swore to the foregoing 
declaration, and subscribed and acknowledged the
foregoing Power of attorney to be their act and deed
Given under my hand & seal this 31st
day of January A.D. 1838
Peter P Palmer M. (L.S)
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The State of South Carolina ⎬ Office Common Pleas
                                                 Charleston District
I, Charles C Strohecker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Palmer, Esq who hath Subscribed the foregoing affidavit is Justice of the Quorum for the district of Charleston in the State aforesaid that the signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine that all due faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such and that the attestation is in due form of Law.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston District at Charleston
this Ninth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight 
hundred and thirty eight
Charles C Strohecker, C.C.P.
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State of South Carolina
Charleston District       ⎬
W Richard Yeadon and Mary
his wife, heirs of Francis Marion who is a devisee under the will of Gen Frances Marion of the Revolution do on oath declare that we believe that Genl. Frances Marion entered the service of the U. States at an early stage of the Revolution and served in the same to the close.  We further declare that we do not believe that he ever received his Bounty Land promised him in the Resolutions of Congress, nor do we believe he transferred or disposed of them in any manner or has the same been received yes, therefore
Know all men by these presents that we Richard
Yeadon and Mary & his wife, Heirs of Francis
Marion, who is a devises under the will of Gen
Francis Marion of the Revolution do by these
authorize and impower Richard H. Moskey of
Virginia as our attorney for us and in our names to
demand and receive from the Secretary of War
the States all Bounty Land Warrant issued in
his names as representation of the late Francis
Marion, on account of his Revolutionary services
and all such Bounty Land Warrants opened in our
names to sell, assign, and transfer in the
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same manner that we could do if personally 
sent and required to act in the premises with power to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him with the above recited powers and all the acts of the said attorney or his substitute in the
premises, he will ratify and confirm by these presents. 

Given under our hands and seals this First day of January, A.D. 1838 
                            Richard Yeadon Junr (L.S)
                            M W Yeadon (L.S)

State of South Carolina
Charleston District       ⎬ 
This day before me Robert Macbeth, a Notary
Public, duly commissioned, in & for the district and State aforesaid, personally appeared Richard Yeadon Junr and Mary V Yeadon his wife, who being sworn declare on oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration and subscribed and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed. Given under my hand and notarial seal, at Charleston, this first day of January 1838, & in the Sixty Second year of the Sovereignty & Independence of the United States of America
.
Robert MacBeth
Notary Public
Office of Common Pleas
Charleston District

I Charles C Strohecker
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the
district aforesaid, do hereby certify that
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Robert Macbeth above named before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made is a Notary Public for the district of Charleston aforesaid, and is
authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements. That the signature above purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit is due to the same -

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court of
Common Pleas for Charleston District at Charleston this thirty first day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty Eight--
Charles Strohecker  C.J.
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In the name of God Amen
I Francis Marion of St Johns Parish
being in perfect health and sound mind and memory
do now make this my last Will & testament. -
Imprimis. 1st, I order all my lawful Debts paid & do subject my whole Estate to the Education & support of my Nephew Francis Marion Dwight to have a college and professional Education & his expenses to be paid out of the Income of my said Estate as it can afford until he comes to the age of twenty one years.
Item 2 I give and bequeath unto my wife Mary Esther Marion all and singular the property of every kind, that is to say, Negroes, Cattle, & Household Goods which she possessed at day of my marriage, to her and her heirs & assigns forever, which she may will away
to whom she pleases.
Item 3d, I give the use of all my Estate both real and
personal property to my said wife Mary Esther Marion
during her widowhood, after her widowhood or death this part of my Estate I give away in the manner following. In case my nephew Francis Marion Dwight shall always take upon him the name of Francis Marion only and leave out entirely the name of Dwight by record or otherwise, I then adopt him as my son by the name of Francis Marion, and do give I bequeath unto him my adopted son Francis Marion all & singular both
real & personal Estate after my wife's widowhood or
death, when he comes to the age of twenty one years, if my said wife should after her widowhood or die before he is arrived to that age, to him and his Heirs and assigns forever, nevertheless subject this gift to the name I adopt him by that is to say Francis Marion only, which if he  do not comply I give said Estate and property to my Nephew Robert Marion to him & his heirs forever.
Lastly I constitute & appoint my wife Mary Esther
Marion my Executrix solely to this my last Will & testament
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so long as she remains my widow after her widow
hood and death I then constitute my Nephew -
Robert Marion and William Marion to be my
Executor, and do revoke make void and disannul
all other will or wills by me made, and declare
this to be my only true will and Testament wrought
with my own hands this sixteenth day of October 1787
                                               Francis Marion L.S.
Again dated this Testament this 16th July 1792
                                                  Francis Marion 

proved before Charles Lining Esquire O.C.J.D.
March 6th 1795. On the 12th day of March 1795
Qualified Mary Esther Marion Executrix. By virtue of a dedimus before Gideon Kirk Esquire

South Carolina
Charleston District
Be it Remembered that
on the Sixth day of March A.D. 1795 the last will and
testament of Francis Marion deceased, was duly
proved according to Law before Charles Lining Esquire
then Ordinary of said District, (a true copy whereof
is hereunto annexed which said last will & testament of 
the Real & personal Estate of said deceased is deposed
 in this office and made of record in this Court
by act of Assembly in such case made and provided.
In testimony whereof the said judge
of the said Court of Ordinary hath
hereunto set his hand and affixed his
Seal of Office the Second day of January A.D. Eighteen Hundred and thirty eight
Thomas Lehie
Ordinary
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affidavit of
Col Lake
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State of South Carolina
Charleston District
The affidavit of Col. Thomas Lee taken to prove the Heirs of Francis Marion formerly Dwight, and as such the legal representatives of General Francis Marion
of the Revolution.
This affiant being duly sworn according to law testifies and says that Francis Marion formerly Dwight died
leaving the following children, viz, Louisa
Marion (of Lawful age)
 Catherine Now the
wife of John G Palmer, 
Mary Wife of Richard Yeadon Jr and Gabriella M the
wife of Phillip Kirk. 
This affiant also testifies that the wife of General Francis died many years since and that Francis Marion formerly Dwight) did take the name of Marion in accordance with the requirements of the Will of General Francis Marion.
                                       
Given under my hand and Seal this third day of January 1838. 
                                   Thomas Lehie LS
Sworn to before me the third day of January 1838
Jos. F. C. Hear
Not. Pub. & J. W.
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The State of South Carolina
                                             Office Common Pleas
                                              Charleston District
I Charles Strohecker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the affidavit of Col. Thomas Lelie as filed by Order of the Hon. J.
Richardson one of the Judges of the Court of appeals for the said State in this Office and Joseph F O'Hear Esquire who hath subscribed the within affidavit is one of the Notary Public and Justices of the quorum for the district and State aforesaid that his signature thereto purporting to be his, is genuine and that all due faith
and credit are and ought to be given to his attestations as such and that the within attestation is in due form of Law.

Given under my hand and under the Seal of the Court
of Common Pleas for the district of Charleston at Charleston this fourth day of January in the year of .our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight
Charles C. Strohecker C.C. P.
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February 25, 1932
BA-J/AWF

Honorable Alben W. Barkley
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
My dear Senator:

The data contained herein are obtained from
the papers on file in the claim for bounty land
based upon the Revolutionary War service of General
Francis Marion.

He entered the service from Saint Johns Parish,
Charleston District, South Carolina, at an early period
of the Revolution and served until the close, no dates
nor details of service stated.
In 1792 he referred to his wife, Mary Esther
Marion, and to his nephews- Robert Marion, William
Marion and Francis Marion Dwight, the last of whom
he adopted upon his taking the name of Francis Marion, only.

The date of General Francis Marion's death is not stated.
His widow, Mary Esther Marion, qualified as execut
trix, March 12, 1795; the date of her death is not given.
In April, 1833, Francis Marion (formerly Francis
Dwight) of Saint Johns Parish, Charleston District,
South Carolina, referred to his own wife, Harriet Marion, and to four daughters: Louisa Caroline Marion; Catharine, wife of John G. Palmer; Mary Videau, wife of Richard Yeardon, Jr.; Gabriella M., wife of Philip C. Kirke; and to his grandnephew, Francis Marion Dwight, the son of Doctor Samuel Dwight.
The will of Francis Marion was proved May 14, 1833,
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the exact date of his death is not shown.
On February 21, 1838, a warrant for 500 acres of land was issued to Louisa G. Marion, Catharine Palmer, Mary V. Yeadon, and Gabriella M. Kirk, only heirs of Francis Marion the younger, on account of the services of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion of the South Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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The Mrs Henry A. Hutchinson letter in Wade Hampton W. 10078

                                February 6, 1933
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                                 BA-J/A F
                                  Wade Hampton-W.10078
                                  Francis Marion -- B. L. Wt.
                                  2199 - 500 
Mrs. Henry A. Hutchinson
Dixmont
Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the records of General Wade Hampton
and General Francis Marion, War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W.10078, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Wade Hampton, and the papers on file in claim for bounty land (Wt. No. 2199-500) based upon the  Revolutionary War service of Francis Marion.

Wade Hampton-W.10078
The date, place of birth and names of the parents
of Wade Hampton are not given.
Wade Hampton was, in the early part of the Revolution , appointed Paymaster of the Sixth South Carolina Regiment and served as such until after the fall of Charleston, in May, 1780. He was  commissioned, November 30, 1780, Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment of South Carolina Dragoons; he was also Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel in General Sumter's Brigade, and was in the battles of Hanging Rock, Rocky Mount, Fish Dam Ford, Blackstocks, Juniper Springs, and Eutaw Springs, and served until his regiment was disbanded, April 12, 1782. He was commissioned, February 15, 1809, Brigadier
General in the United States Army and served all through the War of 1812. General Wade Hampton married at St. Mathews , Orange
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burg District, South Carolina, July 4, 1801, Mary
Cantey. He died February 4, 1835 in Richland
District, South Carolina. His widow, Mary Hampton, was allowed pension on her application executed September 13, 1858, aged about seventy-seven years, and at that time she was residing temporarily in Paris, France. In 1860 she was residing in Richland District, South Carolina. In 1859 her son-in-law, Colonel John S. Preston, was in Europe; the name of his wife is not shown. One Alfred Hampton Preston in 1858 was in Paris, France, no relationship to family stated.
In order to obtain the date of the last payment
of pension, the names of person paid and possibly
the date of death of the pensioner, Mary Hampton, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Mary Hampton, widow of Wade Hampton
Certificate No. 6598
Issued April 30, 1859
Rate $600 per annum
To commence
Act of February 3, 1853
South Carolina Agency


Francis Marion S.L. 2199-5000
The date, place of birth and the names of the
parents of General Francis Marion are not shown.
He entered the service from Saint Johns Parish,
Charleston District, South Carolina, at an early period
of the Revolution and served until the close, no dates
nor details of service given.
In 1792 General Francis Marion referred to his
wife, Mary Esther Marion, and to his nephews Robert
Marion, William Marion, and Francis Marion Dwight; the last named he adopted, upon his taking the name Francis Marion
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The date of death of General Francis Marion is
not stated. His widow, Mary Esther Marion, qualified
as executrix, March 12, 1795; the date of her death
is not given.
In April, 1833, Francis Marion (formerly Francis
Marion Dwight) of Saint Johns Parish, Charleston
District, South Carolina, referred to his own wife,
Harriet Marion, and to four daughters: Louisa Caroline
Marion; Catharine, wife of John G. Palmer; Mary Videau, wife of Richard Yeadon, Jr.; Gabriella M., wife of Philip C. Kirk; and to his grandnephew, Francis Marion Dwight, the son of Doctor Samuel Dwight.
The will of Francis Marion was proved May 14,
1833, the exact date of his death is not shown.
on February 21, 1838, a warrant for 500 acres
of bounty land was issued to Louisa G. Marion, Catharine Palmer, Mary V. Yeadon, and Gabriella M. Kirk, only heirs of Francis Marion the younger, on account of the services of Lieutenant Colonel) Francis Marion, South Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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                                                        April 28, 1931
Marion Fader
94 Walnut Street
Nutley, New Jersey


                                            Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
                                            AWF: MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau that General  Francis Marion entered the service at an early period of the Revolution, and served until the close, no particulars stated.
In 1792 he referred to his wife, Mary Esther Marion,
and to his nephews, Robert and William Marion and Francis Marion Dwight, the last of whom he adapted upon his taking the name of Francis Marion only.

The date of General Marion's death is not shown.

His widow, Mary Esther Marion, qualified as executrix
March 12, 1795; the date of her death is not given.
In April, 1833, Francis Marion (formerly Francis Dwight) of Saint Johns Parish, Charleston District, South Carolina, referred to his own wife, Harriet Marion, and to four daughters: Louisa Caroline Marion; Catharine, wife of John G. Palmer; Mary Videau, wife of Richard Yeadon, Jr., and Gabriella
M., wife of Philip C. Kirk; and to his grandnephew, Francis Marion Dwight, son of Doctor Samuel Dwight.
The will of Francis Marion was proved May 14, 1833,
exact date of death not shown.
On February 21, 1838, a warrant for 500 acres of land was issued to Louisa G. Marion, Catharine Palmer, Mary V. Yeadon
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and Gabriella M. Kirk, only heirs of Francis Marion the
younger, on account of the services of Francis Marion as a lieutenant colonel of South Carolina troops in the War of the Revolution.
There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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                                                March 5, 1913.
Mrs. Margaret Conner,
to Court of Civil appeals,
Fort Worth, Texas.

Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 26"" and received
the 29"" ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Joseph Marion, and that the following is the only information relative to Francis Marion."
Record of this hereby
From the papers (Revolutionary War records of this bureau) on file it appears that General Francis
Marion of St. Johns Parish, Charleston District, South Carolina , entered the service at an early period of the Revolution , and served until the close thereof no particulars stated. 
In 1792 he referred to his wife Mary Esther Marion, and nephews Robert and William Marion and Francis Marion Dwight, the last of whom he adopted upon his taking the name of Frances Marion only.
The date of General Marion's death is not shown, his
widow Mary Esther Marion qualified as executed March 12, 1795.
In April 1833, Francis Marion (formerly Wight) of St.
Johns Parish, Charleston District, South Carolina, referred to his own wife Harriet Marion, four daughters, Louisa Caroline Marion, Catharine, wife of John G. Palmer, Mary Videau, wife of
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Marion, - 2

Richard Yeadon, Jr. and Gabriella M., wife of Philip C. Kirk, and his grand nephew Francis Marion Dwight son of Doctor Samuel Dwight.
one
The  will  of Francis Marion was proved May 14, 1833, exact date of death not known.
On February 21, 1838, a warrant for 500 acres of land is sued to Louisa G. Marion, Catharine Palmer, Mary V. Yeadon, and Gabriella M. Kirk, only heirs of Francis Marion the younger, on account of the services of Francis Marion as a Lieutenant Colonel of South Carolina troops in the War of the Revolution, his widow Mary the Marion having deceased,
There is no further data as to family.

Very respectfully,
J.L. Davenport.
Commissioner.
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SAMUEL M
JAMES COUN
JOHN THOMAS, IDAHO
REKD SMOOT, UTAH, CHAIRMAN
JAMES E. WATSON, IND.
PAT HARRISON, MISS.
DAVID A. REID, PA.
WILLIAM R. KING, UTAH
FRONTRIDGE, CALIF.
WALTER F. GEORGE GA.
EENS, MICH.
DAVIDI. WALSH, MASS.
HENRY W. KEYES, N. H.
ALBEN W. BARKLEY, KY.
HIRAM SINGHAM, CONN.
TOM CONNALLY, TEX.
ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE, OR WIS. THOMAS P. GORE, OKLA.
EDWARD P. COSTMAN, COLO.
WESLEY L. JONES, WASH.
JESSE H. METCALF, R.I.
CORDELL HULL, TENN.
ISAAC M. STEWART, CLERK
of ┃
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
February 17th, 1932

Director of Pensions
U. S. Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am writing you relative to the service of General Francis Marion and Captain George Feezor, Revolutionary War. I have taken the matter up with the War Department, and I am attaching herewith a copy of letter from that office regarding the matter. Will you kindly return same for my files after it has served its purpose?
I am especially interested in securing
information with regard to Captain Feezor.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very respectfully yours

Alben B. Barkley

u.encl.1
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[stamped] RECEIVED JAN 9 1935 [illegible] SUB-DIV. READER 19 VETS. ADM. [arrow pointing to 3:30] [/stamped]
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MRS. J. STUART PITTMAN
LAKE PROVIDENCE
LOUISIANA

Veterans Administration
The adjutant General's office has directed me to write your bureau in regard to some information I requested  in order to establish my eligibility
to the DA R's, I would like any information you might have relative to General Francis Marion of South Carolina and any information you might have
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concerning any member of his family, or any information that might direct me in tracing
information about his descendants.
Also any information concerning John Washington Dunn a private in the Mexican War in Capt. Rogers
Co. 1st Reg. Miss. Inf.
Later he was captain of Company2d. Reg. Louisiana Infantry of the Confederate States. I would also like
any information
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concerning his father or grandfather.
In fact anything about the Dunn family which came from Georgia to Mississippi and Louisiana.
Very truly yours,
Mrs J. Street Pittman
Box 187 -
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March 23 - 1931
Nutley, NJ


War Department.
Please send me the life f General Francis
Marion of Revolutionary War, or something about his service in said war.
I am very proud to be a descendant of the great
General Francis Marion, and would like something for his honorable memory.
Marion Rader
24 - Walnut St. Nutley, NJ
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[stamped] U. S. PENSION OFFICE D APR 29 1913 [/stamped]

[handwritten] Record - 1 - D?H [/handwritten]
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Court of Civil Appeals
Second Supreme Judicial District
Fort Worth, Texas

TRUMAN H. CONNER, CHIEF JUSTICE
IRBY BUNKLIN
OCIE SPEER       ] ASSOCIATE JUSTICES

JAS. A. SCOTT, CLERK

to North Texas
April 26, 1913
The Chief of the Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir,
Have you any record of pension being
granted to Joseph or Francis Marion
of South Carolina.
Any information you can give me about Joseph Marion will be most gratefully received and will pay any attended fees.

Most truly yours
Margaret Conner
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                                     January 24, 1935
                                     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

                                        FRANCIS MARION
                                         B. L. Wt. 2199-500
                                         BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. J. Stuart Pittman
Box 187
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of General Francis Marion, of South Carolina , and that of John Washington Dunn, who served in Captain
Rogers' Company K, 1 Regiment Mississippi Infantry, Mexican War, and later as a captain in the Confederate Army.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service of the above - named John Dunn in the Mexican War. This office has no record of soldiers who served in the Confederate Army.
The record of Francis Marion is given herein as found in the claim for bounty land based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of General Francis Marion are not shown.
He entered the service from Saint Johns Parish, Charleston District, South Carolina, at an early period of the Revolution and served until the close, no dates nor details of service given.
In 1792 General Francis Marion referred to his wife, Mary Esther Marion, and to his nephews, Robert Marion, William Marion and Francis Marion Dwight; the last named he adopted, upon his taking the name Francis Marion.
The date of death of General Francis Marion is not stated. His widow, Mary Esther Marion, qualified as executrix March 12, 1795; the date of her death is not given.
In April, 1833, Francis Marion (formerly Francis Marion Dwight), of Saint Johns Parish, Charleston District, South Carolina, referred
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to his own wife, Harriet Marion, and to four daughters: Louisa Caroline Marion; Catharine, wife of John G. Palmer; Mary Videau, wife of Richard Yeadon, Jr.; Gabriella M., wife of Philip C. Kirk;
and to his grandnephew, Francis Marion Dwight, the son of Doctor Samuel Dwight.
The will of Francis Marion was proved May 14, 1835, the exact date of his death is not shown.
On February 21, 1838, a warrant for five hundred acres of bounty was issued to Louisa C. Marion and Catherine  Palmer, Mary V. Yeardon and Gabriella only heirs of Francis Marion the younger, on account of the services of Francis Marion, Lieutenant Colonel of the South Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Copy of Will

Francis Marion
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I Francis Marion of S. Johns Parish
Charleston District & State of South Carolina
Planter, do make ordain and declare this to be my last
Will and Testament in manner & form following
Viz:-
I give devise & bequeath to my wife Harriet Marion Six Negroes to be selected & chosen by her, out of the whole number of which I may die possessed, together with their future issue & increase, to her & her heirs, Executors Administrators & assigns for ever
I give, devise & bequeath to my said wife Harriet
the Plantation upon which I reside called Mount Pleasant together with all my lands adjacent thereto, my carriage and Horses, all my Household, Kitchen & other furniture - and all the live Stock of every description and kind on or belonging to said Plantation, to her & her heirs, Executors Administrators and Assigns forever
---
I also give devise & bequeath to my wife all my other tract of land, called the Calamus Pond & the lands adjacent thereto, to her & her heirs Executors, Administrators and assigns for ever.
I give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Louisa Caroline
Marion Six Negroes to be selected & chosen by her, out of
my whole number, after the Six above devised & given to my
wife have been selected & taken by her, together with their
the fine increase, to her & her heirs, Executors Administrators and assigns for ever.
I give devise & bequeath to my Daughter Louisa Caroline
Marion the one half of my other lands in St Johns Parish
consisting of two tracts called Spring Wood and Greenland
and my other lands adjacent thereto, together with all the
live Stock of every description, on or belonging to said 
Plantations or tract of land, to her & her heirs Executors, 
adminnistrators and assigns forever

I give and devise to my Grand Nephew Francis Marion Dwight Son of Doct or Samuel Dwight Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid by my Executors, within one year after my death & before the division of my Estate, out of the shares of my personal property, to which my four Daughters may be entitled by this my last will & testament. To him & his heirs Executors Administrators and assigns forever.
It is my wish and intention to give & devise to my wife
Harriet Marion, Fifty Negroes, in addition to the Six
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hereinbefore mentioned and bequeathed to her; I therefore direct and instruct my Executors hereinafter to be named to cause all the Negroes I may own at my decease, after deducting the number herein before devised & given to my
Daughter and my wife, to be appraised & divided
into five equal portions; one part or portion whereof to be taken by Lot I give, devise and bequeath to my said wife, together with such other number as may make her portion amount
to the said Number Fifty, having regard to the value of the whole, which said Fifty Negroes, with their further Issue and increase, I give, devise and bequeath to my said wife - To her and her Heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns forever. It is further my intention and I hereby declare, that all the bequests of lands, negroes and other personal goods hereinbefore made by me in this
my last will and testament, to my wife, shall be taken and considered, as in lien and bar of all right or claim of Dower, upon any part of my Estate,
All the remainder of my Negroes, after deducting the sum be given & devised to my said wife & my Daughter Louisa Caroline Marion I give, devise and bequeath to my Daughter Louisa Caroline, Catharine C. Mary Videan & Gabriel
M. to be equally divided between them, share and there alike, to them and their heirs, Executors administrators & assigns forever.-
I also give, devise and bequeath to my said Daughters the one half of my Plantation or tract of land, called Spring Wood 3 Greenland, the lands adjacent thereto, to be equally divided between them, share & share alike, to them & their Heirs, Executors administrators and assigns forever.
All the rest and residue of my Property, of every kind and description whatsoever not hereinbefore devised, - give and devise to my four Daughters to be equally divided between them share & share alike, to them and their Heirs Executors, administrators & assigns forever.
And Lastly I hereby nominate, appoint and constitute my Friends Peter Gaillard and William Cain, Esquire Executors of this my last Will & Testament
---
                           Frances Marion (L.S.)
Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the Testator
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as his last Will and Testament, this seventeenth
day of April A.D. 1833. In presence of us
Jno J. Continer, R.D. McKelvey ,P. J. Conturier

South Carolina
Charleston District
Be it Remembered that on the fourteenth day of May 1833. the last Will and Testament of Francis Marion (the younger deceased, was duly proved according to law before James D Mitchell Esquire then ordinary of said District.
and on the twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1833. William Cain and 
Peter Gaillard                     ⎬  
were qualified as Executors of said Will, (a true copy whereof is hereunto annexed) which said last Will and testament of the Real & personal
Estate of said deceased, is deposited in this Court by act of Assembly in such case made provided and duly of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this third day of January A.D. Eighteen Hundred
and thirty Eight
Thomas Lehre
Ordinary
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Proof of the Heirs of Gen F. Marion
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the State of South Carolina
Charleston District
Office Connettion
Clay
Charleston District
I Charles Strobecker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the district of 
Charleston and State aforesaid do hereby
certify that the following is a of an Order made by the Honorable J  I Richardson one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals in the State aforesaid made in open Court ordered that satisfactory evidence has this day been produced in open Court to show that Louisa Marion now of
lawful age, Catherine now the wife of John G Palmer, Mary now the wife of Richard Yeadon Jr and Gabriella M now the wife of Phillips Kike are the only children and heirs of Francis Marin
the younger and as such of the legal
 representatives of General Francis Marion of
the Revolution. It is also in proof to this Court that the wife of Francis Marion the elder died many years sinc.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston District , the fourth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight.
Charles Checker
C. E. P.