Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25701, for Richard Medlock, North Carolina
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N. C.
or
Medlock, Richard
Matlock, Mary
NUMBER
W. 25701
B.L. Wt. 30.925-160-55-
Born in N.C
CONTENTS
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Jonesborough Tenn.
Richard Medlock
of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the [illegible] command
by Captain Montgomery the [illegible] command
by Co McDowell in the N. Carolina
line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesborough
the rate of 60 Dollars Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct.
1833 and [illegible possible name]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept
150.00
Semi-aml.. allowance ending 4 March 30;00
$180.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd
Clerk 
Recorded by
Book E Vol.7  Page 129
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4477
Indiana [illegible]
Mary Medlock
widow of
Richard Medlock NC

who served in the Revolutionary war as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
30th day of August 1854
and sent to
S. W. Smith
Brownstown Ind.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February 3, 1853, Page 190 Vol. a
Let. to S. W. Smith, Sept. 11./ 54
certificate [illegible]
 Let to same Sept 27/54
1861 Nov 27. S. W. Smith
1861. Dec 18 [crossed through]
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[illegible]- Act [illegible]
July 6/55
Mary Medlock Wid of
Richard M Medlock
Priv.
Rev. War.
 Rev. Pen. Act Feby 1853
 No. of cer 4.447
N H Feby 53- 4477
ad:. 160 [illegible] from18/56
Boynton
Mary Mallock
Brownstown Ind. 
WO30925 [illegible]
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
Hawkins County      53
on this 4th day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Judge
of the Circuit Court of Hawkins County, now sitting
Richard Medlock a resident of Hawkins County
in the State of Tennessee aged Seventy two 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 7th June 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named
officers & served
as herein stated to wit that on the 1st day of April
in the year 1779 in the County of Burke, North Carolina
, he declarant volunteered in the company
commanded by Captain John Montgomery in the
Regiment of Militia commanded by Col Joseph
McDowell, and with his said company was
marched to [illegible] station in the upper end 
of Burke County from the lower end of said
County where he declarants father lived and
at said Station declarant joined Col McDowells
Regiment, and continued doing duty at said Station
in what was called the Tuckey cove on the north pike of the Catawba River and in guarding
the frontier settlements
from the incursions
of the Indians and tories, until about the first
day of July
following, when his company was discharged
by Col McDowell this declarant received
from said officer a written discharge having
Serand
fully three months that tour, which
discharge he has lost -
Shortly after was
being home, another call was made
for volunteers 
and this declarant again volunteered in said
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County of Burke under Captain Henry Reed and at
placed under the command of Col Holmes and
left home about the 15th of July 1779 and was marched
against the tories,
in the counties of Lincoln and
Wilkes, and after pursuing taking
many of them
prisoners, he with his company was discharged
about the middle of October 1779
at the House of Col. Holmes in Burke County having served
three months, and having also remind
from him
a written discharge
which has been lost
Again about the
first of November 1779 he was induced
from the situation of the country, to volunteer under
Captain
Reed in said County of Burke and marched
with Capt Reeds company in Col Holmes regiment
into Lincoln & Wilkes counties, marching
from
one point to another, and after being stationed
some time of Ramseys mills; he was again marched into
Burke when he was again
discharge
about the first of February 1780 by said Col.
Holmes & received from him a written discharge
which he has also lost
This country still needing
his Services,
he entered as a volunteer the fourth
time into the service of the United States
about
the middle of March 1780 under the said at
Reed in Col. Holmes Regiment, and was marched
into the upper part of
Burke County and from there
into the counties of
Lincoln & Wilkes where
it was
difficult to keep
down the tories, and
protecting the settlement, and after continuing
in service and undergoing great
fatigue and
exposure he was marched into
Burke and
there discharged by Col. Holmes, from
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whom he rec'd a discharge which has also been
last some time ago, this last discharge was
given him he thinks about the 20th of June
1780 having served fully three months or
more
And again in the month of January 1781 information having reached the neighborhood where declarants father resided in the ┃
lower part of Burke that Lord Cornwallis
was advancing in pursuit of General Greene
declarant volunteered in Captain Alexander
Irwins company raised in Burke and about
.the 20th of January was marched to the
Catawba River nearly opposite to
Salisbury, or a little [illegible], where said
company came under the command of General
Davidson, and about the first of February
1781 a Skirmish took place between the
Militia under General Davidson
and Lord
Cornwallis' troops, as the later were passing
[aa ford at crossed through] the Catawba at a private ford in which Skirmish Genl. Davidson
was killed by the Enemy, which
caused
the militia to retreat, or rather dispose
being pursued by Tarleton some distance
in which skirmish this
declarant was some
days after this: most of the Davidson
troops reassembled under the command
of Major Pope, and this declarant was
[illegible] his company under the command of
of
Lieutenant James and Ensign Noble Alexander, and marched under Major Pope
to the lower Moravian Town
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therein called Salem, and this declarant was then discharged by Major Pope about the later part of
April 1781 after serving full three months that
tour, he also rec'd
discharge from Major Pope
which with his others has been lost many years ago.
Again about the first of August 1781
the Indians beginning to be troublesome on the frontier, this declarant entered the service of his country as a volunteer under Captain William Nail in Burke County and [illegible] Col.
McDowell's Regiment of Militia at Warfield station remained with said Regiment on duty on
the north fork of Catawba River, and after
remaining on the
frontier at the upper end of
of Burke county until about the first of
November following he with others
was discharged
by Col. McDowell  having served
 there three
months, and which
discharge has also been lost with
his others having during the
different periods served Eighteen months
in the most gloomy and difficult
period of
the revolutionary war
Declarant States that 
in that
part of the State when he lived the
Militia (at least
those who were true
whigs)

 were almost continuously
on duty in
order to the protect the settlement
from the incursion
of the enemy, & none were more troublesome then the tories, who were
numerous in that section of country
he States that he was born in the
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County of Granville North Carolina and he hereby
relinquishes his every claim to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his name
is not on the pensin roll for any state and that
he knows no person by whom he can have
his said Services
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W B Mitchell Clk.
Richard Medlock  his mark


We William C Reynolds
Clergyman residing
in the neighborhood of the above applicant for a pension
and John Rogers
residing in the same
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Richard Medlock who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we believe
him to be Seventy two years of age, and 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 to & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid
W B Mitchell Clk
W. C, Reynold
John Rogers
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 appear to the Court
that William C. Reynolds and John Rogers who has signed the preceeding
Certificate are residents in the County of Hawkins and State of Tennessee
an credible persons and that their statement are entitled to credit
Ewd. Scott one of the Judge of
the circuit back of Law and Equity
in and for the State of Tennessee
aforesaid
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I Willie B. Mitchell Clerk of the Court [illegible] for Hawkins
and State of Tennessee do certify that the forgoing contains the original
proceeding of said Court in the matter of the application of Richard
Medlock for a pension I testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and private seal having no seal of Office this 5th day of October 1832-
W. B. Mitchell Clk

I certify that W B Mitchell whose [illegible]certificate
is above is known to me to be clerk of the [illegible]
Court of Hawkins County & that the above Signature
is genuine
Sept 2d 1833
John Blain
M. C,
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State of Tennessee
Hawkins County
Personally appeared before me
the undersigned a Justice of the peace in for
said County Richard Medlock an affiant for a pension under the act of 7th June
1832, and who being duly sworn deposeth and
saith in addition to his former statement contained in his declaration hereto [illegible]
to wit that he has a record of his age, which
was contained in the bible owned by his affiant's
father in his life time, but which bible
is now in the possession of Notley Thomas
the brother in law of affiant and which shows
that he was born in April 1761.

He States further that
he is acquainted with the Reverend William
Reynolds & John Rogers, who have testified
to his character & in his declaration and also
affiant is acquainted with Lewis Click Esq
all of whom reside in his neighborhood
and many others who would, if [illegible] testify as
to his character for veracity their belief
Services [illegible]
Sworn to & subscribed before
me this 16 day of May 1833
Lewis Click
his
Richard Medlock
mark
State of Tennessee
Hawkins County
I Stickley D. Mitchell Clerk of the court
of pleas and quarter Sessions of Hawkins
County in the State aforesaid do certify that Lewis
Clerk whose name appears to the above affidavit is
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now and was at the time the same bears date an
acting Justice of the peace of said County duly commissioned
and qualified and that his signature thereto
appears to be in his own proper hand writing
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at office in Rogersville this
29th day of August AD 1833
S D Mitchell Clk
By W B Mitchell D Clk
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18758
Richard Medlock
from 1779 private
18 month
H C O
10.16.17

Mr. Williams [illegible]
put another of brief to claim
card of 29 [illegible]
Ⓧ
D. Alexander
Rogersville
T.
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IEF in the case of Richard Medlock
of Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
State his service, as directed in the form annexed
Period.
Vol. In 1779 1 Apl.
Vol. soon after 7 July
Vol. 1779 Nov.
Vol. 1780 March
Vol. 1781 Jan.
Vol. 1781 Aug.

Duration of Service.
Years,     Months,     Days.
                  3
                  3
                  3
                  3
                  3
                  3
Rank.
As a
pri.
pri.
pri.
pri.
pri.
pri.

pr
for
for
pr
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Col. McDowell Capt. Montgomery NC [illegible]
Col. Holmes
"            Capt. Reed
" Col.- Capt Alxander -
Col. McDowell Capt. Nails
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Burke Co NC
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
by the rolls? Trady
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no seal of office

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
W. L. Williams examining Clerk
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22095
Tenn
Mary Madlock
Wid
Richard
Boynton
July 27/54
C. L.
Dunham
H R
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of 3d day of February A.D. 1853
State of Indiana
Jackson County
On this Twenty fourth day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and fifty four personally appeared before the Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas of Jackson County in
the State of Indiana Mary Matlock a resident of
Owen Township in the County of Jackson, in the state 
of Indiana, aged Seventy four years, Two months
and fifteen days, who being duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by
the act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of February
A.D. 1853, that she is the widow of Richard Matlock
who not a pensioner on account of Military service 
performed in the Army of the Revolution; that the said
Richard Mattock drew the sum of Sixty dollars
per year for his pension, and that he the said
Richard Matlock resided in Hankins County
in the State of Tennessee at the time he drew his
pecnsion, and that said pension was drawn at the
pension Agency at Knoxville in the State of
Tennessee
She further declares that she was married
to the said Richard Matlock on the Tenth
of May in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred
and four, and that her husband, the aforesaid Richard
Matlock died on the fourth day of November in the
year A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty seven
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that she was married to him at the time above
Stated. She further swears that she was a widow
at the passage of the act, and is still a widow.
and that she has never before made application
for a pension
her
Mary Matlock
mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before
R. E. Goodlett

State of Indiana
 Jackson County 

I James R. E. Goodlett Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Jackson aforesaid do hereby certify that the
above named
Mary Matlock appeared before me
at he residence in the County of Jackson aforesaid
and made the foregoing declaration, to which the said
Mary Matlock was duly sworn according to law by me.
I further certify that the said Mary Matlock
is unable to appear in open Court to make the
foregoing declaration from old age and bodily infirmity
Given under my hand and seal this 24th
day of April A.D. 1854
R E Goodlett
℗
Judge of the Court Common Pleas.
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State of Indiana Jackson County ss
I William A Ewing Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for said County hereby certify that the
foregoing named J.R. E. Goodlett who signature appears
to the foregoing affidavit of Mary Matlock, and whose
certificate appears thereto is and was at the date
thereof the Judge of said Court of Common
Pleas duly commissioned and qualified, and
the signature thereto purporting to be his verily believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto
Subscribe my name and affix the
Seal of said Court this 26th
day of April AD 1854
William H Ewing Clerk
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185.148
Mary Medlock

[illegible] Mary Medlock
Brownstown, Indian
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State of Indiana
Jackson County
On this fourth day of April A.D. one thousand Eight
hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me
a Justice of the peace within and for the County and
State aforesaid Mary Medlock aged Seventy six years
a resident of Jackson County in the State of Indiana
who being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the widow of Richard Medlock deceased who
was a private in the Revolutionary War, and a Revolutionary pensioner of Hawkins County in the State
Tennessee, and that on the thirtieth day of August
AD Eighteen hundred and fifty four he was
inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty
dollars per annum under the 2d Section of the
act of February 1853, and that she receved a pension
certificate numbered 4,777, and whereof payment
is made at Madison Indiana by Joseph W. Chapman
Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of Indiana
she further states that she was married to
the said Richard Medlock in Hawkins County in the
State of Tennessee on the Tenth
day of May AD
One thousand Eight hundred and four by one
[illegible] a Justice of the peace and that her
name before her said marriage [illegible] Mary Weddel
that her said husband died at Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee on the fourth day of
November A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty seven and that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of
obtaining the bounty land to which she may [illegible]
there under the act approved March 3, 1855
her
Mary Medlock
mark
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State of Indiana
Jackson County
W Garrison Grantham and Joseph W. Adams of
Jackson County in the State of Indiana upon our
oath declare that the foregoing declaration was
Signed and acknowledged by the said Mary Medlock in our presence and that we believe from
the appearance and statements of the applicant
that she is the identical person
she represents herself
to be
Garrison Grantham
Joseph W. Adams

State of Indiana
the County
the foregoing declaration and affidavit were
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and
year above written, and I certify that I know the
affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant
is the person she represents herself to be and that
I have interest in this claim
M. R. Edmonds- [seal]
Justice of the peace
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The State of Indiana Jackson County
I, William H. Ewing Clerk of the Circuit Court of
the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that M.R. Edmonds Esqr before whom the above & foregoing affidavit
was taken to which this certificate is attached, was
taken and [illegible] certificate of such [illegible]
signed by him in his own proper hand writing
is annexed thereto, was at the time of taken and
certifying said affidavit a Justice of the
that his commission bares date 22 Dec 1850 will expire the 22d day of Dec 1855
within and for said County
of Jackson and
that full faith and credit are due to his said
official acts
In Testimony whereof I hereunto
affix the seal of said Court
and subscribe my name at
Brownstown this eleventh day
of June A.D.1845

William H Ewing Clerk
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State of Indiana
Jackson County
Be it remembered that on this
Eighteenth day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred
and fifty four John Weddell of the County
of Jackson in the State of Indiana personally
appeared before me Stites W. Ewing a Justice of
the peace in and for the County of Jackson aforesaid
and after being by me duly sworn according to law
upon his oath saith that he is a disinterested witness
in the case of Mary Matlock the widow of Richard
Matlock an applicant for a Pension on account of
the Military Services of the said Richard Matlock
[illegible] in the War of the Revolution and
that he as well acquainted with the said Richard
Matlock, and is still acquainted with the said
Mary Matlock and that she resides in the
County of Jackson in the State of Indiana
He further swears that he knows of his own
knowledge that the said Mary Matlock was
married to the said Richard Matlock
on the
Tenth day of May in the year A.D.
Eighteen hundred and four in Hawkins
County in the State of Tennessee, that he was
present at the time of their marriage and saw
them married. He further swears that there is
no family record listing which shows the time of
their marriage, or the time of the death of the said
Richard Matlock. He further swears that the said
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Mary Matlock is his sister, and that the said
Richard Matlock her husband departed this
life at Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee
he has been informed by others as he said
affiant left the State of Tennessee on the Twenty third day of December A.D.
Eighteen hundred and fourteen for the State of Indiana where
he has resided ever since
He further States
on oath that his sister Mary Matlock mved to
the County of Jackson in the State of Indiana
about three years since where she has resided
ever since.
John Weddell
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of July A.D. 1854
Stites W. Ewing
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana
Jackson County

I Stites W Ewing Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of Jackson
in the State of Indiana aforesaid do hereby certify
that the above named John Waddell who is
a disinterested and creditable person personally
appeared before me and made the foregoing affidavit, to which the said John Weddell
was duly sworn in due form of law
Given under my hand and seal this 18th
day of July A.D. 1854
Stites W. Ewing
Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF INDIANA, JACKSON COUNTY, SS:
I William H. Ewing, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county aforesaid, do hereby certify that Stites W. Ewing before
whom the foregoing affidavit was taken
to which this certificate is attached, [was acknowledged, crossed through] and whose certificate of such affidavit, signed by him in his own proper handwriting, is annexed thereto, was, at the
time of taking and certifying affidavit a Justice of the Peace
within and for said county of Jackson, and that full faith and credit are due to his said official acts.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Circuit Court, and subscribe my name at Brownstown, this 18th day of July A. D. 1854
Wm H. Ewing
Clerk.
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April 8, 1938
Richard Medlock
W. 25701
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Riley Matlock
Rockfield
Kentucky
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of Richard
Matlock, who drew a pension while residing in the
State of Tennessee.
The data pertaining to Richard Medlock (the
name is shown, also, Matlock) which follow were
obtained from papers on file in pension claim,
W. 25701, based upon his service in the War of the
Revolution.
Richard Medlock was born in the month of April, 1761 in Granville County, Kentucky. [struck] North Carolina
names of his parents were not given, his father
was living in the lower end of Burke County,
North Carolina during the Revolution.
Richard Medlock volunteered in Burke County,
North Carolina, April 1, 1777, served as a private
three months in Captain John Montgomery's company
Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina regiment 
guarding the frontiers from Indians was
stationed a part of the time at "Turkey Cove" on the 
Catawba River. He served from July 15, until
October 15, 1778 in Captain Henry Reed company
Colonel Holmes' regiment in pursuit of Tories
took many prisoners. He served from November 1, 1779 until
February 1, 1780 in Captain Reed's conany,
Colonel
Holmes' regiment in defense of the frontier
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settlement. He served from March 15, 1780 until June 20, 1870 in Captain Reed's company, Colonel Holmes' regiment. He served from January 20, 1781
until the latter part of April, 1781 in Captain
Alexander Irwin's company, was in the battle of the Catawba River in which General Davidson was killed,
after which [illegible] under Major Pope and marched to the Moravian towns. He served from August 1, 1781
until November 1, 1781 in Captain William Nail's
company in Colonel McDowell's regiment, in pursuit
Indians on the North Fork of the Catawba River.
The soldier, Richard Medlock, was allowed
pension on his application executed October 4, 1833,
at which time he was living in Hawkins County, Tennessee
.
Richard Medlock married May 10, 1804 in Hawkins
County, Tennessee, Mary Weddel (Weddell). He died
November 4, 1847 in said Hawkins County.
His widow, Mary Medlock, was allowed pension
on her application executed April 24, 1854, then
aged seventy-four years, two months, and fifteen
days, and a resident of Owen Township, Jackson
County, Indiana, where she had lived about three years,
and was still living in that county in 1861.
It was not stated whether they had children.
One George W. Medlock (Matlock ) made affidavit
in 1854 in Jackson County, Indiana, that he was well
acquainted with the soldier and his wife, Mary, but
there was no relationship shown.
Notley Thomas, the soldier's brother-in-law,
was referred to in 1833, and the widow's brother,
John Weddel (Weddell), moved from Tennessee to
Indiana in 1814, and in 1854, was living in Jackson
County, Indiana.
the papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernible date in regard to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 5 1925 Hist. to Mrs. J. T. Leeper  awy
Sept. 20 1926  "   "   Mrs. J. A. Huff    awy
Sept. 9 1932   "    "   Edward Lance      awy
Sept. 19 1935 "   "   Chas. F.  Wayland   awy
Apr. 8 1838   "   "   Riley Matlock  awy
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25 701
Mary Medlock
Wid of 
Richard Medlock
Pri. Rev War
---
Act: Feb. 3rd 1853. ┃
Index: - Vol. M, Page 44
Arrangement of 1870.}
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No: 4909 
Mary Medlock
wid; of
Richard
Let: to Hon. C. L. Dunham .July  28/54
" " S. W. Smith, Aug. 18"/54
Act/53
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[stamp] Seyrour Dec 9 IND
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
Mary Medlock wid
Richard Medlock Ind. w. 1850
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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C. 

[illegible] 
Mary Medlock
Sept. 6
Wid.
Richard
Boynton
Rec'd. Sept. 9th [illegible]
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Lett to [illegible] Agt. to [illegible]
Knoxville, Feb. 6 1837.
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30 925
NC  Awy
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$60 4057
Pension Office
August 22. 1854.
Sir
Please Certify the time
to which the within named
Pensioner was paid or the
date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
29 ? 46
J. Cole
[illegible] Commission.
Geo. M. Stroud
$237.93
[illegible] Auditor,
Treasury Dept.
Boynton
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Richard Medlock, paid to 4 Sept 184?
W. H. S. Taylor
Acty 3rd Auditor
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Pension Office
Ap. 25" 1854.
Sir.
Please Examine &
report the date of the last payment of the within named pensioner
or the date of his death. It is
appreciated that, the report of
your Office in this case heretofore
furnished this Office is erroneous
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
Acting Commissioner
W. H. S. Taylor. Esqr
Acting third Auditor Treasury
Boynton
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Richard Medlock, Paid to 4 Sept 1847
-
W. H. S. Taylor
Actg. 3rd Auditor
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Official Business
free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Brownstown Ind.
July 2
Mary Medlock
[illegible]
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[illegible] 27 [illegible]
Mary Medlock.
Wid. of
Richard
Jackson Co.
Ind.
Act/53
$60 per an
Com: Feby 3, 1853,
Revy
S. W. Smith, Esqr
Brownstown, Ind.
Hon. C. L. Dunham
[illegible]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner
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Free
commissioner of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
[illegible]
Aug 16
Mary Medlock
Richard
Boynton
Rec'd. Aug 21st  18??
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1 Pres: Nep & Co:
4" Nov: 47.
Boynton
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[illegible]town [illegible]
Sept. 13  Ind
[illegible] 4477
Mary Medlock
Boynton
Rec'd. Sept. 25th ???4
[illegible]
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Mary Medlock
Jus 53
Boynton
Aug 17th 1884

Free
[illegible] Ind.
Aug. 11
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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R. Medlock
29095
Payments to be made
at Jonesborough
by Wm K Blair
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Jonesborough Tennessee
22?95in and 53 west pen
in Ind. - '53' act

Recorded in the Pension office, in Book E
Vol. 7Page 129 by Danl. Boyd
Clerk
[illegible] by D. Alexander
[illegible]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY [illegible]
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Richard Medlock
of the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the [illegible]
Revolution
is entitled to receive
Sixty [illegible]    cents per annum, during his natural life, 
commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 2nd day of October  one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three

John Robb
Acting Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims of which these
in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Richard Medlock
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III.
If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
.
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII.
Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
nament
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
the
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? No
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XI. has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
-
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___ year ___
months, ___ and days, I served as a -. For - months
and ___ days, I served as a ___ ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place
or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Pension Office
December 18th 1861.
Sir

In reply to your letter of the 7th last
I have to inform you that pension under the
act of 3 Feb 1853. have never commenced
earlier than the date of the passage
of the law. The decision of the Court
of claims carrying them back to the
4th March 1848, has never affected the
practice of this office.
the allowance therefore [crossed through] asked for in the case of Mrs. Medlock cannot therefore be granted.
S. W. Smith
Seymour
Indiana
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State of Indiana
Jackson County
Be it remembered that on this second
day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred
fifty four Mary Matlock personally appeared before me Stephen
Fountain a Justice of the peace in and for
the County of Jackson aforesaid who being
by me first duly sworn according to
law upon her oath saith that she is
the widow of the identical Richard
Matlock who was a Revolutionary persioner of Hawkins County in the State of
Tennessee, and that no record evidence 
exists of affiants marriage with the
said Richard Meatlock
her
Mary Medlock
mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Second day of September A.D. 1854
Stephen Fountain [seal]
Justice of the peace
State of Indiana
Jackson County
I Stephen Fountain a justice of the peace
in and for the County of Jackson aforesaid
do hereby certify that the said Mary Medlock
personally appeared before me this day and
was by me sworn to the foregoing affidavit
and I further certify that the said Mary
Medlock is a [illegible] person Given
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under my hand and seal this
3rd day of September AD 1854
Stephen Fountain [seal]
Justice of the peace
State of Indiana
Jackson County SS
I William H Ewing Clerk of the Jackson Circuit Court
hereby certify that Stephen Fountain Esq whose certificate appears to the
affidavit of Mary Metlock as before whom said affidavit was taken 
was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said 
County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and
credit should be given to all his official acts, and the signature
thereto purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my
name and affix the seal of said Court
at Brownstown this fourth day of September
AD 1834
William H Ewing Clerk
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Richd Medlock
18758
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Brownstown, Jackson Co.
Indiana September 4th 1834
Dear Sir

Enclosed please find the
affidavit of Mrs. Mary Matlock the widow
of Richard Matlock deceased who was a
Revolutionary Pensioner of Hawkins Co. Tennessee
This evidence in accordance with your letter
to me of the 18th
well and agreeably to your
note to the Hon C. L. Dunham of the 28th of
July closed the case of Mrs. Matlock, and
her warrant for the amount of her portion
is looked for
You will please send with the
Warrant the necessary instructions with regard
to drawing the money, or in other words the
pointed forms relating to it.
Will you have the goodness to send
me or mislaid.
I suppose Mrs. Mattocks is entitled
to Bounty Land, and should another application
be necessary for that purpose
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you will confer an official favor by sending
me the necessary forms.
shall be pleased to hear from you
at your earliest convenience with regard
to the claim of Mrs. Matlock
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
1
S. W. Smith

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Brownstown, Ind.
September 16th 1854
Sir
your note of the 11th ult came duly
as have coming act of Feb. 1833 together with
forms for drawing pensions.
the pension certificate of Mrs. Mary
Medlock came to hand as acknowledged of
previous date
Is not the Mary Madder entitled
to Bounty Land under act of Congress
if so, in the application already sent sufficient
upon which to issue the warrant or must
a new declaration to made? If a new
declaration has to be made. please send me
the form together with the rules of evidence
On examination of the act of February 3rd
1853, Specially the 2d Section thereof, it appears
that evidence of all officers, non-commissioned thine officers
musicians, and privates of the revolutionary army
who were married subsequent to January A.D. 1800.
shall be entitled to a pension in the same manner
as those who are married before that date. From
this language, I take it Mrs. Medlock is legally
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entitled to a pension from the death of her
husband. She wishes this inquiry made
and if entitled, that a warrant for the true
amount be granted to her She respectfully
asks the Commissioner to settle this case
Are not widows of Revolutionary pensions
whom married present to 1800 entitled
under any act of Congress to a pension from
the death of their husband? If the answer is
yes, than it would appear evident from the
language of this Act of 1853 that widows who
were married since 1800 are entitled from the
language, "shall be entitled to a pension in the same
manner as those who were married before that
date."
Your early attention to the contents of
this note will [illegible] oblige yours
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
S. W. Smith
Hon. L. P. . Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Brief in the case of Mary Medlock, widow of Richard,
Jackson County and State of Indiana,
act 3d Feby. 1853,
Claim, (original, for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the act of 7" June, 1832, at
the rate of $60 per an.  Marriage proven by the creditable
witness who witnessed the same & one witness who testifies, to general
reputation of Marriage & Cohabitation Pensioner died 4" Nov.
1847 upon the affidavits of two credible witnesses & report
of Third Auditor
Widowhood & identity of the
applicant proven by three credible affiants.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. W. Smith, Esqr
Brownstown, Indiana
Name and residence of Agent

Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Brownstown, Indiana
August 15th 1854
Sir
Enclosed I send you the affidavit
of Stephen P. Goen to entered as evidence in the
case of Mary Madlock the widow of Richard
Matlock late of Hawkins County Tennessee
deceased. This proof complies in part with
the requirements contained in you note 
to the Hon. C. L. Dunham of the 28th ult.
I should be pleased to hear from
you in reply to my note [illegible] to
yours of the 28th ult to Hon C. L. Dunham
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Ser't.
S. W. Smith

Com of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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Brownstown Indiana
August 10th 1854
Dear Sir
Your note of the 28th ult
to the Hon C. L. Dunham with regard
to the claim of Mrs. Mary Matlock
for a pension as the widow of Richard
has been forwarded to me by Mr.
Dunham and the contents noticed.
By this Mrs. Matlock is informed
that her claim has been received,
examined, and suspended and
that upon her making affidavit
"that record evidence exists of her
Marriage" & "her claim will be forcibly considered
the above quoted portions of your
note with regard to the record evidence of
her marriage. I think must not have been
intended a written. I think you must
have evidence to say that upon her
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making affidavit "that no record
evidence of her marriage exists." &c
her claim would be formally by considered.
The reason why I infer it must have
time so intended is from the fact that
one of the witnesses in the case of Mrs.
Matlock, swears that no family record
exists of their marriage or of his death
yet this witness swears positively to
their marriage, that it took place in
his presence
Please inform me whether such
was intended by your note or not
and whether an affidavit now
made by her before a Justice of the
Peace will be sufficient, she
having made he declaration before
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I would be pleased to hear from the
Commissioner at as early a day as practical 
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Sert.
S. W. Smith
Hon. Com of Pension 
Washington City
D. C.
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Rogersville - East Tennessee
September 4th 1833
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
enclosed I send
the amended declaration of Benjamin Thurman
Richard Medlock and Thomas Price
and also the original declaration of
* James Moore
Sometime ago I forwarded
the declaration of Alexander Preat; I should
be glad to know what disposition
has been made of it-
I also forwarded
during the last session of congress (perhaps
in the month of July or March) some additional proof in the case of Jonathan
Long alias John Bruden, but have
not heard, whether it was esteemed
sufficient to establish his claim to
a pension under the act of 1818
I should be glad to hear from you
in relation to Preats & Longs claims
I am very respectfully
Your obt Servant
D. Alexander
*Taken out
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Seymour Indiana
December 7, 1861
Dear Sir

Under the Act of February 3, 1853
Mary Medlock widow of Richard
Medlock who was a private in the Revolutionary War was inscribed on the
Pension list at the rate of Sixty dollars
per year commencing on the 3d of
February 1853, the time the act took
effect instead of from the death of
in husband, who died some five
years previous to the passage and
taking effect of the act
It was afterwards decided by the
Court of Claims that persons thus
situated should draw their pension
from the death of the husband, instead
of, from the time the act took effect.
This decision would give her
an arrears of pay of about five
years additional which she has
Never drawn. 
Will the Department now
pay Mrs. Medlock  this arrears of
pension. She is very aged, and needs
all that is due to her for her support.
she resides in this County and was formerly
from Hawkins County Tennessee
she has resided here ever since the allowance to her of her pension.
I am Truly Yours
S. W. Smith
(over)
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P.S. Mrs. Medlocks first payment was made
at Madison, after reads at New Albany
Agency
Your &c
Smith
[stamp]
Department
of the
Interior
Dec 14 1861
Pension Office
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Mr. Drury: Rev.
Mary Medlock wid. of
Richard Ind. D. 1853 [illegible]
Respectfully referred
the Comm of Pension
Watt Smith
⎬Chief Clerk
Dept. Int.
Nov. 25, 1861
Mr. Whiting
[stamp]
Department of the Interior
Nov. 26 1861
Pension Office
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Seymour Indiana
Nov 19. 1861
Dear Sir
Mrs. Mary Medlock a Revolutionary
Pensioner of this County who was
allowed a pension under the Act of 1853
is very desirous of knowing whether her semi-
annual pension will be paid to her or not,
or whether the Department has suspended the
payment of Pensions during the present rebellion
she is very aged and is dependent upon
this gratuity to support herself Her pension
when allowed to her not paid at Madison
Indiana, and was afterwards transferred
to the agency at New Albany Indiana, and is inscribed
upon the Pension Roll at 60$ per year
These are three semi annual payments
coming to her which have not been paid. The
papers have been regularly make out and
filed at the agency at New Albany, but
neither of them have been paid
Her business has been done through
me from the time her pension was allowed to her.
Please advise soon
Yours Very Truly

S. W. Smith
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State of Indiana
Jackson County
Be it remembered that on this fifteenth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred
and fifty four Stephen P. Goen of the
County of Jackson aforesaid who is of
lawful age personally appeared before me
Ranley Scott a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Jackson aforesaid who
being by me duly sworn according to
law upon his oath said he is
well acquainted with Mary Matlock
to the widow of Richard Matlock
late of the County of Hawkins in the
State of Tennessee deceased and that
he was also well acquainted with the
said Richard Matlock deceased in
Hawkins County in the State of Tennessee
and that the said Richard Matlock
deceased died in the County of Hawkins
in said state of Tennessee, and that he the said
Richard Matlock was a Revolutionary
Pensioner in said County of Hawkins
and further the said Stephen P. Goens swears
that he knows of his own knowledge
that the said Mary Heaton is the widow
of the identical  Richard Matlock who was a
Revolutionary Pensioner of Hawkins County in the state of Tennessee and
affiant further swears that he is truly
has no interest in said case of the said Mary Matlock an applicant for pension on account
of the Revolutionary
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Services of her said husband Richard
Matlock deceased
S. P. Goen
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 15th day of August A.D. 1854
Rawley Scott
Justice of the peace
State of Indiana
Jackson County
I Rawley Scott a Justice of the peace
in and for the County of Jackson aforesaid hereby certify that the above named Stephen P. Goen was by me this day duly sworn according to law to the foregoing affidavit. I further
certify that the said Stephen P. Goen is a
creditable witness and entirely worthy of
belief
and seal
Given under my hand and seal this fifteenth
day of August A.D. 1854
Rawley Scott [seal]
Justice of the Peace
State of Indiana Jackson County Set
I, William H Ewing Clerk of the Jackson Circuit
Court hereby certify that Rawley Scott Esquire
whose signature and certificate appears above to the
affidavit of Stephen P. Goen was at the date thereof 
an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County
of Jackson duly commissioned and qualified as
such, and that full faith and credit are due
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and should be given to all his official acts, and
the signature thereto purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name, and affix the seal of
said Court at Brownstown this
15th day of August AD 1854
Wm. H. Ewing, C. J.C. C.
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State of Indiana
Jackson County
Be it remembered that on this twenty fourth day
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty four personally
appeared before me
James R. E. Goodlett
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Jackson, in the State of
Indiana aforesaid George W. Matlock
who
being by me duly sworn according to law upon
his oath saith that he was well acquainted with
Richard Matlock in his life time
husband of Mary Matlock an applicant for Pension, and that he the said Richard
Matlock departed this life on the Fourth
day of November A.D Eighteen hundred
and forty seven, that he the said 
George W. Matlock was present at the time of
his death and burial. Said affiant further
swears that he is well acquainted with
the said Mary Matlock widow of the said
Richard Matlock deceased, and knows that
she still remains the widow of the said
Richard Matlock deceased, and that they
lived together as husband and wife for a great
number of years, and that she is still unmarried
and was a widow on the Third day of February
in the year
A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty three
George W. Matlock
his mark
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
24th day of April AD 1854
[illegible] Goodlet
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
State of Indiana
Jackson County

I, James R. E. Goodlett Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of Jackson 
Indiana do hereby certify that the above named
George W Matlock  a distinguished and creditable person, personally appeared before me and made
the foregoing affidavit to which the said
George W. Matlock has duly sworn in due form
of law
Given under my hand and seal this
Twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1854
REGoodlet -[seal]
Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas
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State of Indiana Jackson County Set
I William H Ewing Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of Jackson County and State of Indiana certify
that the above named J R E Goodlet whose signature appears to the affidavit of George W Matlock
and whose certificate thereto appears above was
at the date thereof the Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas for Jackson County Indiana duly elected Commissioned and qualified, as such, and the signature
thereto purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my name & affix the seal
of said Court at Brownstown this
26th day of April 1834
William H Ewing Clk
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September 18, 1935
BA-J/KEL
Mrs. Charles F. Wayland
2439 Magnolia Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the
records of William Houston, of Greene County, Tennessee, James
Houston and Robert Bryant of Blount County, Tennessee; Henry
Matlock of Martin County, Tennessee Richard Matlock, of Hawkins
County, Tennessee, and M.D. Sherman, who served in the Virginia
Troops; all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and
the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information it has not been possible to make for one person or organization
a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers
of that war. You are furnished herewith the histories of Robert
Bryan and Richard Medlock.

Your copy of family records is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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September 19, 1935
Richard Medlock-W.25701
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Charles F. Wayland
2439 Magnolia Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Madam:

The data pertaining to Richard Medlock (Matlock)
which follow were obtained from the papers on file in
pension claim, W. 25701, based upon his service in the
War of the Revolution.
Richard Medlock was born in the month of April, 1761 in Granville County, North Carolina. The names of
his parents are not given, his father [illegible]
lower end of Burke County, North Carolina during the Revolution.
 
Richard Medlock volunteered in Burke County, North Carolina
and served as a private with the North Carolina
troops, as follows:
From April 1, 1779 until July 1, 1779 Captain John Montgomery's company in Colonel Joseph McDowell's
regiment, guarding the frontier from Indians and Tories,
was stationed a part of the time at "Turkey Cove" on the Catawba River; from July 15, 1779 until October 15,
1779 in Captain Henry Reed's company, Colonel Holmes'
regiment in pursuit of Tories and took many prisoners;
from November 1, 1779 until February 1, 1780 in Captain
Reed's company in Colonel Holmes' regiment; from March
15, 1780 until June 20, 1780 in Captain Reed's company,
Colonel Holmes' regiment in defense of the frontier settlements; from January 20, 1781 until the latter part of
April, 1781 in Captain Alexander Irwin's company, was in
the battle on the Catawba River in which General Davidson
was killed, after which was under Major Pope and marched
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to the Moravian Towns; from August 1, 1781 until
November 11, 1781 in Captain William Nail's company
in Colonel McDowell's regiment, out on the North Fork
of the Catawba River against the Indians.
Richard Medlock was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1832, at which time he was
living in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He died in Hawkins
County, November 4, 1847.
The soldier married May 10, 1804 in Hawkins
County, Tennessee, Mary Weddell or Weddell. She was
allowed pension on her application executed April 24,
1854, then aged seventy-four years, two months and
fifteen days, and living in Owen Township, Jackson
County, Indiana, where she had lived about three years.
She was living in same county in 1861.
It is not stated that they had children.
One George W. Medlock (Matlock) made affidavit
in 1854 in Jackson County, Indiana, and stated that he
was well acquainted with the soldier and his wife, Mary,
but there was no relationship shown.
Notley Thomas, the soldier's brother-in-law, was
referred to in 1833, and the widow's brother, John Weddell, moved from Tennessee to Indiana in 1814 and in
1854 was living in Jackson County, Indiana.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 9, 1932
BA-J/AWF
Richard Medlock
W.25701
Mr. Edward Lance
Sparta
Tennessee
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter requesting
information in regard to Richard Matlock, a soldier of the War of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W.25701, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Richard Medlock
(Matlock).
He was born in April, 1761 in Granville County,
North Carolina. The names of his parents are not given,
his father was living in the "lower end" of Burke County,
North Carolina during the Revolution.
Richard Medlock enlisted in Burke County, North Carolina
and served as a private with the North Carolina
troops, as follows
From April 1, 1779 until July 1, 1779 in Captain
John Montgomery's company in Colonel Joseph McDowell's
regiment, guarding the frontier from Indians and Tories,
was stationed a part of the time at "Turkey Cove" on
the Catawba River; from July 15, 1779 until October 15,
1779 in Captain Henry Reed's company in Colonel Holmes'
regiment in pursuit of Tories and took many prisoners;
from November 1, 1779 until February 1, 1780 in Captain
Reed's company in Colonel Holmes' regiment; from March
15, 1780 until June 20, 1780 in Captain Reed's company
in Colonel Holmes' regiment; from January 20, 1781 until
the latter part of April 1781 in Captain Alexander Irwin's
company, a part of the time under Major Pope, was in the
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battle on the Catawba River, in which
General Davidson was killed; from August 1, 1780 until November 1, 1781
in Captain William Nail's company in Colonel McDowell' regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 4, 1832, at which time he was living in
Hawkins County, Tennessee.
He died in said Hawkins County, November 4, 1847.
He married May 10, 1804 in Hawkins County, Tennessee
, Mary Weddell or Weddell,
She was allowed pension on her application executed
April 24, 1854, then aged seventy-four years,
two months and fifteen days, and living in Owen Town
ship, Jackson County, Indiana, having lived there
since 1851.
In 1861 he was still living in Indiana.
It is not stated whether they had children.
One George W. Matlock (Medlock) made affidavit
in 1854 in Jackson County, Indiana, no relationship
to the family shown.
The soldier referred to a brother-in-law, Notley
Thomas, and the widow's brother, John Weddell, moved from
Tennessee to Indiana in 1814 and in 1854 he was living in
Jackson County.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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March 5, 1925.
Mrs. J. T. Leeper,
Lenoir City,
Tenn.
Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25701, it appears
that Richard Medlock or Matlock was born in April
1781 in Granville County, North Carolina, his father lived in the "lower end" of Burke Co. N.C. during the Rev, no name given

he While enl. in Burke County, North Carolina, he served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, as follows-

From April 1, 1779 to July 1, 1779 in Captain
John Montgomery's Company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's Regiment guarding the frontier from Ind. & Tor.
part of the time at Turkey cove on the n. fork of Catawba Riv.
From July 15, 1779 to October 15, 1779 in Captain Henry Reed's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment. in pursuit of Tories & took many pris.

From November 1, 1779 to February 1, 1780 in
Captain Reed's Company, Colonel Holmes' Regiment.
From March 15, 1780 to June 20, 1780 in same
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company and regiment as above.
From January 20, 1781 to the latter part of
April 1781 in Captain Alexander Irwin Company,
under Major Pope, and was in a [skirmish crossed through] bat. on the
Catawba River, in which Gen. Davidson
was killed.

From August 1, 1781 to November 1, 1781 in
Captain William Nail's Company, Colonel McDowell's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 4, 1832, while a resident of Hawkins
County, Tennessee, and he died there November 4, 1847.
Soldier married May 10, 1804 in Hawkins County,
Tennessee, Mary Weddell or Weddel, she was allowed
pension on her application executed April 24, 1854,
while living in Owen Township, Jackson County, Indiana
, aged seventy-four years, two months and fifteen
days.
living there in 1851
 Respectfully,
In 1861 she was still living in Indiana it was not state [illegible section[ one George W. Matlock made [illegible] Jackson C. Ind. in 1854
Acting Commissioner.
The soldier referred to a brother in law
Notley Thomas & his wid bro
John W Weddell mo ed from Ten. to Ind. in
1814 & in 1854 was res. Jackson C Ind.
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[stamp Received Mar 23 1938 Mail Sub. Div. vets. adm reader #11]
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Please let me know the revolutionary pension on record of Richard Matlock
who served in the
Revolution in the Virginia 
line and moved to
Tennessee where he drew
Pension
Yours very sincerely
Mrs. Riley Matlock
Rockfield Ky
[seal received Mar 24 2939 research sec. index]
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Knoxville, Tenn.
July 3 - 1935.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please send me all available information
of the following names who served in the Revolutionary War.
Henry Matlock, pt. Medina County, Tenn. who served
in Williamson's Tenn. Regt., placed on pension roll Jan. 8 1819.
Commencement of pension March 26-1813.
And.
Richard Matlock, Hawkins County, Tenn.
I certainly will appreciate any information you
can give me, enclosed find Bible Record's of "Matlock"
Respt,
Ina Fields Wayland
(Mrs Chas F.)
2439 Magnolia, Av.,
Knoxville, Tenn.

[stamp received Jul 8 1936 mail sub-div reader 16 vest. adm]
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Sparta, Tennessee
August 22, 1932
Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Gentleman:


Please send a sketch of the life of Richard Mattock
and his family. The Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary Service (1841) shows him: aged 79, residing
with George Mattock in Hawkins Co Tennessee
Yours Truly
Edward Lance
[stamp Received  Aug24 1332 mail sub-div next part illegible]
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J. T. LEEPER, M. D.
LENOIR CITY, TENN.
Lenoir City, Tenn.
January 20, 1925
War Department,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:

I find in a census of Pensions in Tennessee June
1925  [circled ?]
The names Richard Matlock, age 79, Hawkins Co. and John Foster, age 86, Henderson Co. ident
Will you please give me their war records. I will appreciate it very much.
Yours,
Anne Matlock Leeper
(Mrs.J.G.L.)
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16 ROCKWOOD AVENUE
ROCKWOOD, TENNESSEE
Commissioner of Pensions
Revolutionary War Section
Washington D.C.
Sirs
Will you
please pension
records and all family data of
Richard Matlock
Hawkins County Tenn. age 79 in 1840 Living with George Mattock and
Henry Mattock
McMinn Co
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118 ROCKWOOD AVENUE
ROCKWOOD, TENNESSEE
Tenn. age 54 in 1840 being
with Henry Mattock

Very truly yours
Mrs J. A. Huff
Rockwood
Tennessee