Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6934, for Joseph Marler, South Carolina
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S.C. Marler, Joseph R. 6934
Sarah
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State of Missouri
Count of Washington
On this nineteenth day of December in the year of our lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me John H. Howe Judge of the circuit court of law within and for the said County of Washington and State of Missouri aforesaid: Sarah Marler a resident of Washington County in the state of Missouri aged ninety one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of this provission made by the law of the United states passed on the 21st of July 1848. That she is the widow of Joseph Marler who was a private soldier in the service of the United States in the american revolutionary War and attached to a Company of volunteers Commanded by one Captain McCreery. This company was raised in Pee dee in the state of South Carolina and attached to a regiment Commanded by one Colonel Sumpter. That he the said Joseph some time on or about the first of June 1780 volunteered under the aforesaid Captain and was mustered into service in said Company on the bank of the Pee Dee River in the state of South Carolina and Then immediately took up the line of March formed a junction with Colonel Sumpter on his march in direction to Camden he the said Joseph Marler continued his march under the Command of Sumpter untill he reached a spot of woods near Camden where the Militia under Sumpter had a skirmish with the British Troops. This skirmish took place some time in July 1780 and as well as this applicant now recollects a Battle was fought at Camden about The 17th of July 1780 being shortly after the aforesaid skirmish at Camden the Americans were beaten back and compelled to retreat. The company to which the said Joseph belonged rendezvoused in a short time after said Battle that is to say so many as survived that Battle. Some of whom having been Killed and wounded on the Pee dee River and from these under the said Captain McCreery took up the line of March in direction to a place called the Cowpens on this route The Troops under Capt McCreery was engaged in reconnoitering the enemy
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 had several skirmishes with the enemy particularly with the Horses or British Cavalry commanded by one Tarleton he the said Joseph Marler continued in said last mentioned service and was marched from point to point as emergency required watching the movement of The enemy untill the latter end of the year 1780 or about the begining of the year 1781 about which time the Battle of the Cowpens was fought in which the Americans were victorious under the command of Morgan and Washington at the Begining of the Battle the Militia was repulsed by the enemy of which the said Joseph was one (of said militia) but the Tide of Battle changing the militia took now courage rallied and assisted the regulars in repulsing the enemy. This applicant further states that after the Battle of the Cowpens The said Joseph Marler continued under the Command of the aforesaid Captain McCreery and was engaged in reconnoitering and watching the movement of the enemy between Camden and the state line of North Carolina that in the early part of the year 1781 the Company to which the said Marler belonged enlisted North Carolina and marched in direction of Hillsboro in the said State of North Carolina and that near Hillsboro the company to which the said Marler belonged with a few militia around Hillsboro had a skirmish with the Tories near a place called Lindleys mills in which The Tories were defeated. Here near Hillsboro and within the County of Orange, N.C. the said Joseph Marler was engaged in reconnoitering the Tories and watching their movements and was Marched Marched from point to point untill News reached the Company that Lord Cornwallis was in pursuit of Genl Greene the said Captain McCreery gave orders to his company of which Joseph Marler was member to march in direction of Guilford Court House about the latter end of Feb 1781 or about the middle of that month the company took up the line of march near Haw River in direction to Guilford and about the first of March 1781 formed a junction with General Greene near Guilford Court House and some time in March 1781 perhaps the fifth of March 1781 a Battle took
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place near Guilford Court House Between the troops commanded by Genl Greene and the British forces commanded by Lord Cornwallis. The Battle was obstinate the Americans at length gain way and Genl Greene restricted to the Iron works. The said Joseph Marler was in This Battle and from what I could learn from him and others who had returned from Battle to their Homes at the conclusion of hostilities. It seems that Genl Campbell by some called Colonel Campbell Commanded Virginia Riflemen on the left of Genl Greene and that those troops did great execution in the ranks of the enemy - in this Battle also the said Marler still continued with the North Carolina militia, applicant further states that after the Battle of Guilford he was engaged in a scouting party and also the company to which he belonged and assisted in harassing the rear of Lord Cornwallis' army on his march towards Virginia. That his lordship crossed the Dam river and the Company to which said Marler belonged  remained on the north bank thereof and was afterwards engaged in reconnoitering the Country on the borders of North Carolina and within the interior thereof watching the movement of the Tories untill about the month of July 1781 he obtained leave to return to the Pee dee river where he was born in 1750 as applicant is informed and verily believes and that she was ever considered and said to be Ten years [illegible] than his self and also by a Bible showing the ages of applicant and her said husband which said bible is either lost mislaid or destroyed. applicant states that she knows of no discharge her said Husband ever rec'd but that her said Husband served and went on the expeditions aforesaid she well recollects that the Battles herein named she well recollects that the said Marler Joseph in the within named battle she cannot positively state but believes such was the fact because she had heard of so stated by persons who had returned from service and had been in battle with the said Marler - and that she had heard it frequently from men who had been with him in all the battles herein enumerated. This applicant remembers that the said Marler entered the service in June 1780 as herein stated and continued in said service until July 1781. Making in the whole about 12 months service and a little afterwards. That her said Husband the said Joseph Marler resided
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Near Pee dee river in the said State of North Carolina when he volunteered as aforesaid. That she was married to the said Joseph Marler some time in the summer of the Year 1780 whilst in service and on Tyger River in the said State of South Carolina by a Justice of the peace and that she has reason to believe she was born in the year 1760 and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah French – 
That her Husband the aforesaid Joseph Marler died on the Eleventh day of October 1834 in the County of Washington in the State of Missouri in consequence of a tropical disease and that she has remained a widow ever since as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed and further she has no record of her said marriage nor can she procure any. The Bible contains that memorandum being lost mislaid or destroyed and further said Sarah Marler the claimant herein has no documentary evidence in her possession which she can procure in support of her said claim
Sarah Marler
Her X mark

State of Missouri
Washington County
The under signed sole Judge of the Circuit Court within and for the County of Washington and State of Missouri do hereby certify that the above named affiant, Sarah Marler, this day personally appeared before me at the house of William Copeland in said County, and made oath that the facts set forth in her above statement as made of her own knowledge are true in substance and form as therein stated, and that those stated from the information of others she believes to be true. – I do further certify that in consequence of age and bodily infirmities the said Sarah Marler is wholly unable to be present in Court to make the statement, the place of holding Court in said County, being ten miles distance from the house of said William Copeland her place of residence
Given under my hand this 19th day of December AD 1851
John H Stone, Judge of Circuit Court of Wash. Co Mo.
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from the information of others she believes to be true: I do further certify that in consequence of age and bodily infirmities the said Sarah Marler is wholly unable to be present in the Court to make this statement, the place of holding Court in said County, being ten miles distance from the house of said William Copeland her place of residence
Given under my hand this 19th day of December AD 1851
John Stone, Judge of Circuit Court of Wash. Co. Mo.
State of Missouri
Washington County SS
I Williams A. Matthews Clerk at the Circuit Court in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John H. Stone whose name is subscribed to the above or attached Certificate is and was at the date thereof Sole Judge of the Circuit Court of the ninth Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri of which Circuit Washington County composes a part that that he is authorized under our statute to take depositions and that his signature thereto is genuine and his certificate in due form of law
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at office in the Town of Potosi this 25th day of December AD 1851
W A. Matthews Clerk
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State of Missouri
County of Washington SS
This Twenty fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me George W Wallis a justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Joseph Marler of the county of Reynolds in the state aforesaid and being of lawful age (and being duly sworn according to law) deposith and saith that he was well acquainted with Joseph Marler in his life time whose widow Sarah Marler has applied for a pension in the right of her said husband for Revolutionary services. That he heard the said Joseph Marler in his life time say in conversation with old men who had been in the revolution that he volunteered on Tyger river in South Carolina previous to the battle of the Cowpens and that he was at the battle of the Cowpens that he there saw Colonel Morgan and Colonel Washington. That he and old soldiers who had been together in service stated that they had been at the battle of Guilford. That those old soldiers are now dead and that at the battle of Guilford he stated that Genl Greenes army gain way and fell back several miles upon an Iron work; that the Virginia Militia commanded by Col Campbell were on the extreme left of Genl Greenes alinement and that those Virginians done great executions upon the enemy by means of their rifles
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And that the said Joseph stated frequently in the presence of Mr. Satterfield and other very old men who were believed to have been in the revolutionary war. That he the said Joseph Marler had served more than six months in said war and that the said Joseph and Sarah Marler were married on Tiger river in South Carolina a short time before the battle of the Cowpens and after he (the said Joseph) had volunteered in said service and that Satterfield was generally known and believed and reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and that he and the said Joseph Marler had served and fought together in said war and that the said Marler and the said Marler had frequently conversed on the subject in the presence of deponent and others and that the said Satterfield in his life time frequently declared that he saw the said Joseph Marler in the Battle of Guilford and also on the battle of the Cowpens. This deponent further states that he has been acquainted with Joseph and Sarah Marler more than fifty six years ago and that the said Joseph Marler has been dead about 18 years ago. That he died about the 17th Oct 1834 as well as he now recollects in the county of Washington Missouri. That he has known the said Sarah ever since the death of the said Joseph and that she is still a widow and has not married since the death of the said Joseph – and that the said Sarah is reputed to be about ninety one years of
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And that further it is generally believed in the county of Washington and throughout the state where he (the said Joseph Marler) was known in his life time to have been a soldier of the American revolution  and that this deponent further states that he is a disinterested witness in the matter of the Pension of the said Sarah Marler and other directly or indirectly and further saith not
Joseph Marler
His x mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this twenty fourth day of June 1852 and I do further certify that the deponent Joseph Marler is a credible witness
S W Wallis justice of the peace
Within and for the County of Washington and state of Missouri
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State of Missouri
Washington County SS
I Samuel Harrison clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Georg W Wallis whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his official acts as such entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid county court is a Court of record and having general Jurisdiction
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in the Town of Potosi this 25th Day of June 1852
Sam. Harrison Clerk
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State of Missouri 
County of Washington SS
On this twenty fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty two personally came before me George W Wallis a justice of the peace within and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid Stephen Marler of lawful age who being duly sworn according to Law deposith and Saith that he was well acquainted with Joseph Marler in his life time whose widow has applied for a pension for his services performed in the revolutionary was that he was acquainted with him about thirty years before his death and that during that time he was generally received reputed and known and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution in the State of Tennessee and South Carolina - that he heard the said Joseph converse with boldness who had been reputed as having been in the war of the revolution to wit Luke Thornton and Danl Adams and dozens others of the revolution as it was said and they all agreed in abetting that Joseph Marler was in the battle of Guilford with them and also at the battle of the Cowpens and that they knew him in the service untill Lord Cornwallis retreated from the State of North Carolina and crosses the Dam River into Virginia and that the said Adams was reputed as a regular soldier of the revolution whether of the Maryland Virginia or South Carolina line this deponent does not recollect and that the said Adams and Thornton soldiers as aforesaid and the
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said Joseph agreed in their different conversations that the said Joseph Marler served more than six months in the revolution whilst they then said Thornton and Adams Knew him in service and that this deponent states that the said Adams and Thornton are both dead and that Adams was a little over one hundred years of age when he died and that said Adams died about twenty years ago and Thornton died about 18 years ago and was then upwards of Eighty years of age This deponent further states that his father to wit Stephen Marler lived in South Carolina during the revolution and since that time - since the revolution knew him in South Carolina and that he lived there before and at the revolution deponent believes as it was so stated by himself and others - that his deponent heard his father say and also his grandmother said that they saw Joseph Marler enter the service of the United States as a volunteer on Tyger river and  marched towards the battle of the Cowpens and that they saw the said Joseph Marler no more untill after the battle of Guilford Court House that he the said Joseph entered service some time during the year 1780 or 1781 and as well as he recollects the statement of his father that the said Joseph served more than six months - that it was also stated by the said Stephen the father of this deponent that he married with one Sarah French before the close of the war or some time during the war - this deponent states that he knew the said Joseph and the said Sarah as husband and wife thirty years in the life time of the said Joseph and that the said Joseph and the said Sarah was generally known received and reputed and husband and wife in the State of South Carolina and Tennessee and
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prior to their removal to this State this deponent does not know when the said Joseph died or where but believes the said Joseph died in Washington County Missouri about 18 years ago as per report. This deponent did not live in the neighborhood where the said Joseph died but some distance from him in another County and that he has also been acquainted with the said Sarah since the death of her said Husband and that she is still a widow and the widow of Joseph Marler. This deponent states that he is not interested in the matter of the claim for a pension of the said Sarah Marler Either directly or indirectly and this deponent states that he is totally as disinterested witness In the matter and further saith not
Stephen Marler (his x mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this twenty fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty two and I do further certify that the deponent, the said Stephen Marler is a credible witness
G. W. Wallis justice of the peace within and for the County of Washington and State of Missouri
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State of Missouri
Washington County SS
I Samuel Harrison Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that George W Wallis whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his official act as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record and having general Jurisdiction.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in the Town of Potosi this 25th day of June 1852
Sam. Harrison Clerk
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6934
P.O Sarah Marler
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed: 
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for
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7805 
Sarah Marler
Widow of Joseph Marler – Mo.
Let. Compin. S.C. May 12/53
Clmt
Hon S Caruthers Feb 12 1853
Wm Carter July 7 1853
[illegible] W A Matther Jan 9/56
Act 4th July, 1836
Hon Robert [illegible], March 14/57
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Pension Office
May 12, 1853
Madam, 
The additional papers in support of your application for a pension have been received and examined. 
I have written to the comptroller of South Carolina for a certificate showing the service of your late husband in the Revolutionary War; and when that is received the case will be acted upon.
I am, Madam, very respectfully Your Obedt Servt
S Wallis

Mrs Sarah Marler 
Care of Wm Copeland Esq
Potosi Mo
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7.805
Sarah Marler 
Wid of Joseph, 
Mo – Act 4 July, 1836,
Et. 17. Apr. 1853
Let Mrs Sarah Marler, Sept 13, 1852
Same May 12, 1853
Comptroller of S.C. same date
Claimant 
Polosi
Mo
Case of Wm Copeland
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Pension Office
June 11, 1853
Sir
It does not appear that Sarah Marler widow of Joseph of Mo. Has ever made an application for a pension, 
I am, respectfully, 
Your Obt. Servt.
S Wallis
Commissioner

William Carter, Esq. 
Potosi,
Washington Co. 
Mo.
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Calledonia, Washington County Mo 11th Jany 1856
Dear Sir
I herewith send you the testimony of Mr. John Hall to be filed in the case where I am an applicant for a pension as the Widow of Joseph Marler dead. You will in future direct all communications and correspondence to Wm A Matthews Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of Washington Mo. My former agent William Copeland having died upwards of a year ago. I consequently [illegible] this paper to be signed in my name not being able or competent to write my name
Sarah Marler
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[illegible]
Sir, 
Your special attention is called to this case, and report the condition in which it now stands to Mr. Robert Smith at the Kirkwood House, to morrow, as he intends to leave the city in two or three days,
S Cole
[illegible] Clerk
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Polosi Mo. June 25th 1855
Commissioner of Pensions 
Dr Sir
Since the reception of your answer of the 11th June/53 I have found a letter of yours acknowledging the receipt of the additional papers in Support of the original application which I enclose and [illegible] you with your answer to my letter. That you may again examine as I am anxious to know the true State of the application of Sarah Marler widow of Joseph Marler late of Washington Co, Mo, for a pension,
Please answer me Soon
Very Respectfully your Obt Servt
Wm Carter

PS Sir
I may have made a mistake in Spelling the name of the applicant in my first letter to you the name in your answer to my letter is Spelled Marlow instead of Marler the correct way of Spelling the name as to that I do not now remember
Respectfully yours
Wm Carter
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State of Missouri
County of Madison SS
On this Sixteenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me Fines E Shark a Justice of the peace within and for the said county of Madison in the state of Missouri Robert McClair of lawful age who being first duly sworn according to law deposith and saith that he was born in Guilford County North Carolina on the 9th day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty. That he is now a little over one hundred and two years of age. That he was engaged in the war of the American revolution about five years but the service performed in a desultory manner some time at Home some times in service some times a three months tour some times two months tour as emergencies required. That the whole of the actual service performed by him was more than half the [illegible] of five years. That he was frequently spying and reconnoitering against the British and Indians when not called in actual service – that he remembers of having marched to the Battle of Kings Mountain under he command of one Captain Edmunds who had resided on the Holsteen in Virginia and that the said Edmunds was killed in said Battle. He thinks this battle was fought some time in the fall of the year 1780 or one thousand seventeen and eighty. That he was acquainted with Joseph Marler who was in the battle of Kings mountain and as well as he recollects commanded by one Josh Nichols of North Carolina militia. That he was afterwards under the command of another Captain whose name is not now recollected.  That he was acquainted with a family residing on Tyger River in South Carolina in 1780 – that in the Summer of 1781 or thereabouts one Joseph Marler married one Sarah French on Tyger River by a Justice of the peace and shortly afterwards he set out to the battle of the cowpens and afterwards
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He stated to him that he had been in the battle of Guilford and that he had been in service more than two years and deponent further states that he does not recollect all the battles that the said Marler said he was in but from various circumstances this deponent believes that the said Marler was in service more that two years he being frequently in arms throughout the war of the revolution. That deponent was well acquainted with a family on Tyger River by the name (of French). That he saw Sarah French and Joseph Marler married as herein stated. That the Marler and French families were whigs and friends to the American revolution. Many of the French family were in service and so was the aforesaid Marler – deponent further states that in 1780 and 1781 the laws of South Carolina permitted persons to be married by a Justice of the peace as well as deponent now recollects. This deponent further states that he believes that Sarah Marler is yet living and that she is the identical widow of Jos Marler deceased and that she resides in the County of Washington in this state. That it was generally believed after the American revolution that the said Marler had been a soldier of the revolution and that he fought the battles herein mentioned. He often saw said Marler in Greenville in South Carolina after the termination of the American revolution who often in the presence of others who had been in the war stated has various services therein. That this deponent at different times during the war saw said Marler in service he thinks between seventeen hundred and seventy nine and seventeen hundred and eighty one but that the said Marler generally stated his services to have commenced in the year 1778, this deponent further states that the said Marler did not serve in any company with deponent in the said war of the revolution.
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But was in different other companies the name of none of his captains are known to deponent except the one herein mentioned. That the said Marler as well as this deponent was acquainted at the Battle of Kings Mont with Colonel Wm Campbell and Colonel John Sevier and also at the same Battle of Kings Mountain with Captain Edmundson and Lieutenant Rees Bowen who were both killed in said Battle – this deponent further states that he has not seen this said Marler since he this deponent came to Missouri about forty years ago. That he believes the said Joseph Marler the reputed husband of Sarah Marler of Washington Co Missouri to be the identical man who served as deponent has herein stated in as much as deponent knew no other of that name in the war of the revolution that is Joseph Marler. This deponent states that he is a disinterested witness in the matter of the pension claimed by Sarah Marler of Washington County Missouri and further this deponent saith not
Robert Sinclair
His x mark
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State of Missouri 
County of Madison SS
I Edward Evans Clerk of the County Court of Madison County In the State of Missouri do hereby certify that Fines E Shark by whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County of Madison duly commissioned and qualified that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such that his signature within is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office in Fredericktown This 26th day of November AD 1852
Edward Evans Clerk
By Samuel C Collen [illegible]
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State of Missouri
County of Madison SS
On this 18th day of December 1855 personally appeared before me Theodore P Russel a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid John Hall of lawful age who being duly sworn according to law deposith and saith that he was born in the county of Perquimmans in the state of North Carolina on the 12th day of September 1760. That he was a soldier in the American revolution having served as a militia volunteer under one Captain Newly of the county of Perquimans in the state of North Carolina that he was mustered into service at the Town of Hartford in the said county of Perquimmins some time in the latter part of the month of February 1781. Hearing of the Lord Cornwallis marching to the upper country the company to which deponent belonged and several other companies took up the line of march in order to reinforce General Greene in the direction to Guilford Court House and that some time in the month of March 1781 the company to which he belonged fell into Genl Greens alinement at or near old Guilford Court House where he took his position waiting the arrival of British troops. That the Battle came on and this deponent and the company to which he belonged was formed on the right of the Virginia soldiers commanded by Colonel Campbell near a wood land. That Genl Greene was forced to order a retreat which was done and the forces of Genl Greene fell back upon an Iron work several miles from the Battle Ground
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He was then afterwards engaged under The command of Genl Greene Harrassing the rear of Cornwallis whilst he was marching towards Virginia. This deponent further states that while on his march to the battle of Guilford there came to the company to which he belonged a man by the Name of Joseph Marler and several others requesting to be admitted to join the company to which he This deponent belonged and that they were admitted and that said Marler was in the battle at Guilford and Continued in company with This deponent and others after Cornwallis began to march towards Virginia that this deponent and the company to which he belonged did not pursue his lordship into Virginia but was detached and ordered to reconnoitrer through the different parts of the state in several of the lower Counties in the state of North Carolina watching the movements of the tories and to check them in their depredations. The Tories being very numerous in many places all which time the said Joseph Marler served in said Company. The said Marler came up with said company about five or six days before the Battle of Guilford and Continued in said company in actual service until the surrender of Cornwallis at York Town Virginia which happened some time in October 1781. Having heard of the surrender of the British Army of York Town said company to which deponent and Marler belonged was discharged at Hartford in the state of North Carolina. That Marler continued in said Company from about five or six days before the battle of Guilford untill the latter part of October 1781 as well as This deponent now recollects making battle upwards of
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Six months. That some time in the year 1833 he again became acquainted with Joseph Marler living in Washington County in the state of Missouri and knew him to be the Identical man who served with deponent as herein stated. Marler stated to know deponent after the Battle of Guildford. That he had been in the battle of the Cowpens of this deponent does not know he this deponent was not there he also stated to deponent that he had been at the Battle of Kings Mountain under the command of one Captain Nichols of this deponent is ignorant he this deponent having not been there but thinks probably that he Marler might have been there as he considered Marler in his life time a man of truth and veracity. He further states that Joseph Marler and Sarah Marler in the life time of the said Joseph in Washington county Missouri lived and resided together as Husband and wife and were so generally known respected and received as such in the neighborhood where they resided; that he believes from the statement made by Joseph Marler and others that he Joseph was married to the said Sarah near the line of North and South Carolina some time towards the end of the American revolution and that he believes about that time magistrates in North Carolina performed the ceremony of marriage. He further states that he is altogether disinterested in the matter of the claim of Sarah Marler widow of the said Joseph for a pension and further saith not
John Hall
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Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 19th day of December 1855 and I do further Certify That John Hall whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition or affidavit is a man of strong mind and good memory and That he is a Credible Witness and That I am not interested directly or indirectly in The matter of The Claim of Sarah Marler for a pension 
Given under my hand on this 19th day of December 1855
Theodore P Russell
Justice of the Peace

State of Missouri 
County of Madison SS
I Edward Evans Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Madison in the State of Missouri aforesaid hereby certify that Theodore P Russell Esq whose name is subscribed to the above and foregoing certificate is and was at the state thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County & State, duly commissioned and qualified, that his signature thereto is genuine and that full faith and credit are due to all of his official acts as Justice of the Peace as aforesaid 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Fredericktown this 21st day of December A.D. 1855
Edward Evans Clerk
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Memo for Pension Office
1856
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Sarah Marler Wife of Joseph Marler applied for Pension, 4 years since on of Services of Joseph Marler who served from South Carolina in the War of the Revolution. The application was made by Wm Smith Esq of Potosi Missouri – Write to Washington and see if Mrs. Marlers claim has been allowed Pension and then write to Henry Marler at City of Monroe the result of my Enquiry – See how much was allowed if anything
Please inform me in relation to the above case and write me at Kirkwood House Robert Smith
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State of Missouri
County of Washington SS
On This twenty third day of December in the year of our lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me Peter W Murphy a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid John C. Scott of lawful age resident of the County  of Washington aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law deposith and siath that he was well acquainted with Sarah Marler for about twenty nine or thirty years residents of this State and County and in that time up to the death of the said Joseph Marler they the said Joseph and Sarah were Generally reputed and Known as Husband and wife and the said Joseph Marler about 14 years in his life time and that as far as deponent knows the said Sarah and Joseph were Generally known and reputed as Husband and wife and that he believes the said Sarah is ninety one Years of age and that he believes the said Sarah is a person of Truth and veracity and that his statements are true to the best of his knowledge and that from old age and bodily debility she the said Sarah can not appear in open Court in order to swear to her said declaration or prosecute his claim therein in her proper person
J.C. Scott

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 23rd day of December in the Year of our lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one and I do hereby further certify that the said John C Scott is a credible witness
Peter W. Murphy
Justice of the peace
Within and for the County
Of Washington and State
Of Missouri
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State of Missouri 
County of Washington SS
On this twenty third day of December in the year of out lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally came before me Peter W Murphey a justice of the peace within the county of Washington and state aforesaid David Bartly of lawful age a resident of Washington County who being sworn according to law deposith and saith that he has been acquainted with Sarah Marler 29 or Thirty years back and up to the time of the death of Joseph Marler which took place in October 11th 1834 the said Sarah and Joseph Marler were reputed and generally known and reputed as Husband and wife in the county of Washington and elsewhere and that it has ever been generally believed that the said Joseph was a soldier and served in the revolutionary war and that he has heard persons who were in the revolution and served therein as they said say that Joseph Marler was in the battle of Guilford at Cowpen Battle and the Battle of the Cowpens and that he has likewise heard said Marler conversing with soldiers of the revolution and that they all agreed that they were in said Battle and that said soldiers are now dead and that the said Sarah Marler is a person of truth and veracity and that she is about ninety one years of age and further deponent says that he is a disinterested witness and further saith not
David Bartley
His X mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this twenty third day of December in the year of our lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one and I do further certify that the said David Bartley is a credible witness
Peter W Murphy Justice of the peace within and for the County of Washington and State of Missouri
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State of Missouri 
Washington County SS
I Samuel Harrison Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Peter W Murphy whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing depositions is and was at at the time of signing the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and with full power and authority the laws of this state to take depositions and that said County Court is a court is a court of record and having general Jurisdiction
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office in the Town of Potosi this 26th day of December 1851
Sam. Harrison Clerk
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State of Missouri 
County of Madison SS
On this seventeenth day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me Theodore P Russel a Justice of the peace within and for the said County of Madison and State of Missouri Edward Robbs of Lawful age who being duly sworn according to law deposith and saith that some time after the revolutionary war had ceased one Joseph Marler came to his fathers House in Spartanburg district in the State of South Carolina and near Tyger river and then [illegible] further his revolutionary services and it appeared by the conversation between deponents father and said Marler that he the said Marler had served through the most of said War in which deponents father agreed with said Marler in his detail of the events and his services in said war deponents father had been through a part of the war and served about three years as he stated and as Marler stated in the presence of each other and from the conversation of the two soldiers this deponent understood that they had served together the name of deponents father was William Robbs about the time of the Conversation herein alluded to and mentioned
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Deponent was about sixteen years of age and that he is now sixty six years of age. This deponent further states that the said Marler in the State of South Carolina That is in Spartanburg district was reputed and known to have been a soldier of the revolution by the neighborhood at large and by soldiers who had served with him in said war that this was so generally believed that it was handed down from father to son and still believed by old neighbors in Spartanburg district in South Carolina
This deponent further states that he is a disinterested witness in the matter of the claim of Sarah Marler for a pension in right of her Husband and further this deponent saith not
Edward Robbs

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 17th day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty two and I do further certify that Edward Robbs whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition is a credible witness and that due faith and credit should and ought to be given to his Testimony as such
Theodore P Russell
Justice of the Peace of Madison County in the State of Missouri
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State of Missouri 
County of Madison SS
I Edward Evans Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Madison in the State of Missouri do hereby certify that Thornton P Russell by whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of writing the same an acting Justice of The peace within and for said county of Madison duly commissioned and qualified that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such – that his signature within is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said court at Office in Fredericktown this 26th day of November AD 1852
Edward Evans Clerk
By Samuel C Colleen [illegible]
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Potosi 
Commission of Pensions
Washington City
DC.
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Potosi Washington County Mo
April 13th 1852
Dear Sir
Can I be informed whether my papers ever reached you claiming a pension as the widow of a revolutionary soldier. The papers were made out and mailed some time about the 26th Decr 1851 but no answer has come showing the reception of them at your department – I am upwards of 90 years old and am anxious to hear something concerning my claim will you answer me
Yours Respectfully
Sarah Marler
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Potosi Washington County Mo Jany 12th 1853
Dear Sir
Some time late in Nov last Sarah Marler widow of Joseph Marler did send to the department of Pensions her Testimony in writing Establishing her claim for a pension under the act of 1834 – no answer as yet has been sent why this delay I am unable to determine the old lady requests that you will see to this and have the claim called up - . I would further state that there is a claim now existing in favor of Elizabeth Patterson widow of Samuel Patterson dead This is for property destroyed by burning of buildings and other property and the destruction of live stock [illegible] by the Indians during the war of 12 will you enquire whether there is an act of congress applicable to matters of this kind if so she will put in her claim if not these it would be well to pass a special act for her relief -. The proof can be had if required. The mischief complained of took place near Bellefontaine on the
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Missouri River
Please address to Elizabeth Patterson near Potosi Washington County Mo
Yours Respectfully
W Smith

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Sarah Marler widow of Jos Marler for a pension under act of 1836 
Please [illegible] return this letter with answer HR Jan 29/53
G Porter
M
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State of Missouri
County of Washington SS
On This twenty fourth day of December 1851 personally appeared before me John H Stone Judge of the Circuit Court within and for the county and state aforesaid and William Copeland a resident of said County of lawful age and being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that Joseph Marler departed this life some time in October 1834 and that he was acquainted with Joseph Marler and Sarah his his wife about twenty two years previous to the death of the said Joseph and during that time the said Joseph and Sarah were generally known and reputed as Husband and Wife and that the said Sarah is the widow of the said Joseph Marler and has not since the death of the said Joseph intermarried with another and that he believes the said Sarah is ninety one years of age and that the said Joseph was generally reputed in his life time to have been a soldier of the revolution and he further states that he is a disinterested witness in the application of the said Sarah for a pension and further saith not 
William Copeland 
His x mark

State of Missouri. Scl
This day personally appeared before the under signia Judge of the Circuit Court for the County of Washington in said State, the above named William Copeland, and made oath that the facts set forth in his above statement as true in substance and form as therein stated. I do further certify that
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The above William Copeland is a worthy man and a credible witness and this his statement is entitled to credit and belief 
Given under my hand in said Washington County this 24th day of December AD 1851
John H Stone Judge of Washington Circuit Court, Mo

State of Missouri 
Washington County SS
I William A. Matthews Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John H. Stone whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof Sole Judge of the nineth Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri of which Circuit Washington County composes a part. That he is authorized under our statute to take depositions and that his signature thereto is genuine and his certificate in due form of law
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at office in the Town of Potosi this 25th day of December AD 1851
W. A. Matthews Clerk