Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18496, for Job Martin, Virginia
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Service 
Va.
Martin, Job
Number S 18496
carded
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See letters to P. Regt. & W.G. Singleton
Jan. 14. 1835 A.D. to A.W.
Turner Feb 6 1835
Same Aug 4 ---
[?] Hon Wm McComas
Jany 14 1836
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Virginia 16.924
Job Martin
of kanawha Co in the State of Virginia
who was a Private - in the Company commanded
by Captain Terrell - of the Regt commananded
by Col Scott - in the Virginia ---
line for Troops --
2 yrs Privte ---  $80.00
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Inscribed on the Roll of . Virginia
at the rate of 80 Dollars ---[Cents lined thru] per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of October ┃
1833 ---- and Sent to
A.W. Quarnin [sp], clk Kanawha Co. Ho. Va
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833     200. 00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '34.  40
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$240
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
( Act of June 7, 1832.  }
Recorded by John T. Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol 6 ½ Page 24
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[begin right side] Daniel Ruffwin Seal
John Starke Seal
Lewis Ruffner Seal
Silas Farland [sp] Seal
Thos Matthews Seal
James Jefson Seal
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Virginia c.
Kanawha County to wit
I. Alexander W. Quainier [sp] Clerk of the County Court of said [rest of statement cut off]
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Virginia Kanawha City
to wit
On this 10th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of the Said County of Kanawha in court sitting the same being a court of record; Job Martin a resident of Said County of Kanawha and State of Virginia, aged Seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that he enlisted  in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Henry Ferrell, & served in the fifth regiment of the Virginia Continental line under the following named officers. Major Josiah Parker Commanded the regiment during the whole period of the applicants Service. Col Peachy was entitled to the Command at the formation of the regiment but never appeared. Scott was next appointed Col of the regiment as the applicant was informed but did not appear in consequence of having been appointed a General to some other troops. and the applicant believes he was the same general Scott who was afterwards Governor of Kentucky - The applicant was informed that Mason was next appointed [inserted] to the Command of the regiment but is certain that he never appeared

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So that the said Josiah Parker commanded the regiment during the Whole period of affiants service - Affiant believes a person by the name of Johnston acted as adjutant - The officers of Captain Henry Terell's company were first Lieutenant John Goggins, Second Lieutenant Thomas McRunnels - Ensign Robert Watkins Capt - Gross Scruggs Commanded another Company in the regiment and had the following named officers first Lieutenant Johan Tolbert, Second Lieutenant Joseph Yearly, and Ensign Barry Arthur - Thomas Gaskins commanded another company of the regiment the other officers of his Company not recollected - Joel Stubblefield Commanded another Company of the regiment, his officers not recollected. Faulkner Commanded another company, but the names of his officers not recollected - Russel commanded another company but his officers not recollected - Capt Barnett, had the Command of another company, but his officers not recollected. Captain Ball commanded another company his officers not recollected. The officers & soldier of the companies of Scuggs & Terell were of Bedford County Virginia where affiant enlisted and resided at the time of his enlistment - that the above named officers are all the affiant can recollect & capt Capt Anderson whom he thinks Commanded a Company in the regiment. The affiant enlisted for two years and served out his time & was
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regularly discharged in March 1778, which discharge was placed in the hands of Samuel Martin who removed to the state of Tennessee and died eighteen or twenty since - The affiant marched from Bedford the place of his enlistment to Hobbs's hole, thence to Williamsburg, then to Suffolk, thence Kemps landing, thence to Norfolk, thence to Williamsburg again, thence took shipping and landed at the head of Elk, in Pennsylvania, thence to Wilmington in Delaware State, thence by land to Virginia to Williamsburg again where affiant remained until he received his discharge aforesaid.
The affiant further States that afterwards in the year 1781 he [enlisted again crossed out] went from his residence in Bedford County aforesaid to the army then lying at Cobham and again enlisted in the same regiment in the Company of Captain William Lovely for the term of eighteen months. The before mentioned Capt Thomas Gaskins Commanded the regiment at the time of the Capt enlistment. John Willis was Major - The commandants of companies so far as recollected, were Captains Kilpatrick & the said William Lovely. & Anderson, no other officers recollected - The affiant marched the following rout; from Cobham crossed the river to Jamestown thence to Springfield Camp, thence to near York and thence retreated back to the halfway hour, thence to York, where affiant continued and fought until  the Capture of Cornwallis - About a month after the Siege of York and before the expiration of the term of his enlistment the affiant was regularly discharged under the hand of Col: Thomas Gaskins, which affiant lost in the spring of 1782 and never after reclaimed -
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I Job Martin do hereby relinquish every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present and declare
my name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in
any state --
[right] Rob Martin [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court the day and year aforesaid
teste
A.W. Quarner Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named
applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. In testimony whereof the Magistrates composing said Court have hereunto set their hands and Seals the 10th day of September 1832
[right] David Ruffner (Seal)
[right] Daniel Ruffner (Seal)
[right] John Starke (Seal)
[right] Lewis Ruffner (Seal)
[right] Lile McFarland (Seal)
[right] Thos Matthws (Seal)
[right] James Jepson (Seal)

Virginia c. Kanawha County to wit

I Alexander W. Quarrier Clerk of the County Court of said County of Kanawha
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Job Martin for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and Seal of office this 10th day of September 1832
and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
A.W. Quarrier Clk
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Job Martin
Kanawha Co
Va [double underlined]
116
mal [?]
Rel [? blurred]
Admit as a private
Ref ---  $80 =
A.W. Quarrier Esqr.
Clk,  Kanawha Co. Ho.
Va.
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[right] WAR DEPARTMENT.
[right] Pension Office,
[right] May 8th 1838

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew [show] what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).
You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[title of columned form]
Statement, shewing [showing] the service of Job Martin

[column headings] 
Period when the service  was rendered 
Duration of claimant's service Years. Months. Days 
Rank of the claimant.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. 
Names and Rank of the Generand Field officers. 
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Place of abode he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[Transcriber can't put data in column form so is using narrative form]

Period when the service was rendered was 1776 for 2 years as a Private under Capt Tirnell and Ma'jr Parker and Col. Scott. Place of abode when he entered the service Hanford Va. Age 79 at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported is The opinion of the Court.

Period when the service was rendered was 1781 for 1 year and 6 months as a Private under Capt Lively. Place of abode when he entered the service Hanford Va. Age 79 at the present period. Country through which he marched From Cobham to Jamestown thence to Springfield Camp. Evidence by which the declaration is supported is The opinion of the Court.

[right] I am, respectfully,
[right] Your obedient servant,

[right] J. L. EDWARDS,
[right] Commissioner of Pensions.
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[center] REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first 
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

[center]DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory, or Disrict of  County of _________________ } ss
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before _________
A.B. a resident (b) of _______ in the county of  _______ and State, Territory or District
of ______  aged (c)  ______ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion [provision] made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ______, with _____ and
served in the _________  (e) regiment of the ________ liner, under the following named officers: ______________________

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered [entered] the service; the battles, if any in which he was
engaged, and the country through which he marched. [image of hand with finger pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. [the above paragraph has a square bracket at each end]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of _________
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   [right] A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court. [sentence has square bracket at each end]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I __________________________________________  of the Court of _____________________________
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ___________________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of ___________________ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ________________ and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___________________ , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _______
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court. [sentence has a square bracket at each end]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ________________
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ___________________ Clerk of the Court o _______________ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of _____________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _______ day of _________ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; 
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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[printed form with nothing added except a note at the bottom]
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition,  if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, 
and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.   { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
    {To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he [the] answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
___________________________________________

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; 
in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he 
must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise 
a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length 
of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department 
to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in 
the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, 
deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively 
as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the 
periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For _______ year ______months, and days, I served 
as a __________________.  For _______ year ______months, and days, I served as a __________________. and for such 
service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the 
particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and 
the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such 
qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served 
two years in the militia, &c. the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. 
This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers 
the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service 
was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was 
not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(I) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any 
other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official 
character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

[center] Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on 
the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be 
attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of 
the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[center] 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 afidavits 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.
[image of hand with finger pointing right] The notes from (a) to (I) are all equally applicable to the cases of 
Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
{m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and  sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

[note: paragraph (j) has a squiggly line on either side]

[the following is hand written]
The applicants name is not upon the rolls ----
He must prove his service ---
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18496
INVALID.
File No. 18496
Jos Martin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32 [June 7 1832]
Index :- Vol. 1, Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Caw - [blurred]
Job Martin
Va
J. S. Edwards Esq.
War Department
Pension office
Washington City
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Feb 2/4
[Cancellation stamp barely visible.]
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Kanawha Court House Feby 13th 1835
Sir
In answer to yours of 6th inst this day received I inform you that some six weeks since Mr Laidley the Attorney for Job Martin placed in my hands the sum of $75. which he received from his partner Mr Smith then at present in Richmond, which he had drawn for him as pension money - the money was placed in my hands, Mr Laidley informed me at the particular request of Martin; Martin living near a relative of mine, and supposing opportunities would offer to have it transmitted to him. Mr Singleton U. S. Atty being here at the time I casually mentioned the circumstances to him, and at his request I withheld the money a short time; but Martin having heard of its receipt by me sent an order for it and after consultation with Mr Laidley (who deemed I had no right to retain it) I paid the money (excepting only about $2 of fees that Martin owed me) to the bearer of the order, whose receipt for the same I have in my possession duly attested. 
I am hardly well enough acquainted with the pecuniary circumstances of M. to know whether the money can be recovered by suit against him, I however will enclose to him your letter.
[right] Respectfully yours VC
[right] A W Quarrier
J.S. Edwards Esq.
Washington
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FREE  [indicates free postage]
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Jan 19 [next to RICHMOND postal cancellation stamp faded]
[under postal stamp on it's side]
Postage to Richmond Va
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Office Bank United States
Richmond 16 Jany 1835
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 14th ints. -  and in answer to it I have to say, that the information you had received that Job Martin of Kanawha County, a pensioner under the act of the 7th June 1832, had recently been paid at this Agency was correct. His name was ordered to be inscribed on the Roll under date of the 16 Oct 1833, - his pension to commence the 4 March 1831. I am not aware that any instructions have been received here, to stop, or suspend, the payment. He was paid on the 22d Feby 1834, up to the 4th Septr. 1833; and on the 13 Decr last, to the 4 Septr 1834. In both instances, the payments were made to his Attorney, a very respectable member of the Senate of this State.
[right] I am with much respect, your obedient Serv [Servant]
[right] J Robertson Carr [signature]
J.L. Edwards, Esq.[signature]
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And making the foregoing report. I examined John Jones
a Pensioner--  aged  80ys --  he says he has known Jos Martin forthe last thirty years -- has been a neighbor to him
all that time --  the traditional history of Jones is that he 
was a tory and deserter, during the war of the
Revolution -- has heard Jones near relation State
that facts to his Jones face., repeatedly - this Friends
opinion of all [underlined] who know & have heard anything of 
Jones is that he's an carpenter -- 
[right] W. Galaigletin [sp]

[right side on edge]
Job Martin Pri [Private]
$80
Hickman County  Tenn [state underlined]
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Job Martin -- draws $80 -- P [per]  annum.
I am the undersigned Job Martin in pursuance of the requisition of the Secretary of War, give the following naration of my Revolutionary Services & age, To wit - I was born on the 11th of April 1753. am a native of Pennsylvania, but removed to Bedford County Va in my 17th year of age. -- In March 1776. I Enlisted in Bedford County, under Capt. Henry Terrell for two years. -- Capt Terrel Enlisted a company of 68 men in Bedford County - John Goggins was first Lieut. Thomas A Crunnel 2nd Lieut. Robert Wadkins Ensign in Said company. My company -- with Capt. Gross Scruggs Company marched from Bedford County to Hobses Hole. Thence to Williamsburg [illegible] Gen'l Leis Command at Williamsburg. I was attached to the 5th Va. Reg't--which had no Colonel in command whilst I was in service. Colonels Peachy, Scott & Mason, were successively appointed Col. of the 5th Reg.t Neither of which joined the Reg't. My [?] Reg't. for the 2 yrs when I served in it. Was under the immediate Command of Major [underlined] Josiah Parker. -- My company got to Williamsburg some time in April. Remained there a while. -- Whenct with the 4th [illegible] Reg't were marched to Suffolk. Through the dismal swamps. and to Norfolk. got to the Latter place on the 16th. I then
[note Reg't is Regiment]
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remained there until the suceeding October, and then
returned to Williamsburg, and from their the army went by
water (Chiltons Sail) to Elk, and from thence by land to Wellington
halted there for about two months after, which us goeth [?] up the
line of March to Chester & Philadelphia, remained at the
latter place for a short time. & returned to Wellington. 
in the Spring after year 1777. where I remained until my
Enlistment for two years expired. got my discharge & returned
home. My discharge was in the possession of my Brother Samuel
when he removed to Tennessee many years ago. He's dead and
I suppose my discharge is lost -- when I Enlisted for the forgoing
service. I recieved a bounty of only Twenty Shillings -- 
In June 1781. I Enlisted again for eighteen months
at a place called Cobham, opposite Williamsburg. Under Capt
William Lovely -- I went from him in Bedford County to Cobham
for the special purpose of Enlisting.  for this enlistment I got
$10 Bounty - my old Reg't the 3rd under the command of
Col Thomas Gaskins, lay at Cobhan at the time of my
Re. Enlistment. We remained at Colham until the first of
October. then went on to Jamestown & while there the French
Troops under Gen'. Lafayette Landed from their [illegible]. I saw
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the Eldient & Gen'l Lafayett disembark from the vessels. we then
marched for James to Williamston, thence to the Springfield
2 miles below Williamsburg  remained there a week or two
and then Denton to Yorktown.  got then the day the siege 
began [?] anew. this was early in October. for three or for days after the
Siege. I exchanged places with Jno Brelcher, who was in the
State Service - ([?] in the Continental) and was marched to
Portsmouth. Staid [stayed] there until Feby 1782, when I got my
discharge & returned home. I prove my services, by McSherley.
he had no knowledge of my enlistments, but now sees in
Service, Benjamin Smith with my Declaration. I told him
the same Inch Alto [blurred two words?] - I never die desert. -  during my service.
In Witness of attached I hereto subscribe my name
Jany 8. 1835.
[right] Job Martin [signature]
[right] A true copy.
tight] W. Galingletin [signature][sp]
Henry Cobbs. aged 67 yrs. says he has known Job Martin
for 48 yrs -- that Martin came from Bedford County. -- that there is a
cave [underlined] in this county exiled "Job Cave" the same having been
the abiding place of Job Martin, during the War of the
Revolutio -, and hence its name -- that it's a matter of
oral History that -- Martin was deserter or tory at that
ltter-- Mr Bushman aged 60 yr's gives the same account
of Martin and indeed many individuals with
whom I conversed expressed great astonishment of Martins
success in procuring a pension. this astonishment is predicated
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exclusively, when the , Traditional [inserted] Hearing of his
desertin [desertion] & residence
in the cave, which is a matter of general talk & belief. --
I would respectfully suggest that in the absence of direct
proof of Enlistment Service, or of his name being found on
the roll he  be stricken from the Pension Roll.  Martin
is a man of bad character.
[right] W. Galaigleton [signature][sp]
[right] Jany 3, 1835.
Since making the foregoing report. I examined John Jones
Palmer -- aged  yrs -- he says he has know Martin
the last thirty years -- has been a neighbor to him all
that time -- the aditional history of Jones is that
he [?] -- tory and desert during the war of the
Revolution - he heard Jones near relatives State
those facts to his Jones face, repeatedly -- the General 
opinion of all [underlined] who know,  have heard anything
of Jones is. that he's an carpenter --
[right] W. Galaigleton [signature][sp]
[on the right on it's side]
Job Martin Pri [private]
Hancock Coounty
Tenn [Tennessee]
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Kanawha City to wit
The undersigned Samuel Shrewsbury made oath before Mr Van B Reynolds a Justice of peace for the Cty of Kanawha that during the War of the revolution he was a resident of the Cty of Bedford & State of Virginia. that in the early part of that war the precise date not recollected by the affiant. Job Martin, who is now an applicant for a pension from the U. States enlisted in said Cty of Bedford in the army of the U.S. under Cap Terrell -- The affiant understood now fully believed that the Said Job Martin enlisted as a regular soldier for the period of two years -- The affiant recollects that Capt Gross Scruggs enlisted a company in said Cty of Bedford about the same time for the period of two years, to be united in the same regiment with the company of Capt Terrell. As to "the times & manner of leaving the service by the S'd [Said]" Job Martin the affiant cannot state further than as follows: that he was absent as much as the affiant fully believes as two years & returned from the army sick -- The affiant cannot state the no. of the regiment or the line to which
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it belonged, but he is convinced that the companies of Capt: Terrell & Capt: Scuggs belonged to the same regiment, & that the said Job Martin belonged to the company of said Capt: Terrell. The affiant further states that it was generally known & understood in this Cty of Bedford that the said Job Martin was a soldier of the revolution. That is among those who were acquainted with him. This affiant knew him in Bedford Cty aforesaid and hath lived a near neighbor to him in the S'd [Said] Cty of Kanawha for thirty four or five years and states that he is the same Job Martin who enlisted aforesaid with Capt: Terrell. That the said Job Martin is now very old, quite poor, and an honest man, & who in the opinion of the affiant is fairly entitled to his pension. 
[right] Saml Shrewsbury[signature]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the Cty of Kanawha this 25 day of June 1833
Van B. Reynolds [signature]
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Kanawha City to wit
The undersigned John Shrewsbury made oath before me Justice of the peace for the City of Kanawha, that he lived in the City of Bedford Virginia during the war of the american revolution, that he and his brother Samuel whom affidavit is here to attached, removed from S'd [Said]d to the Cty of Bedford to the City of Kanawha and have resided in Kanawha since its early settlement within a half mile of each other -- That he has examined the foregoing affidavit of his Said brother Samuel respecting the military services of Job Martin, and doth hereby concur in all the facts Stated in Said affidavit and adopts the Same in this his afidavit,  as fully as if the same was herein again repeated literally. This affiant is notable to add anything in addition to the facts 
[said lined thru]  Contained in the affidavit of the Said Samuel Shrewsbury, respecting S'd [Said] service of S'd [Said] Martin the opportunities of Knowing the facts being about the same between this affiant & his S'd [Said] brother. -- 
[right] John Shrewsbury [signature]
Sworn to & subscribed before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for Kanawha City this 25 day of June 1833 
Van B Reynolds [signature]
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I Van B. Reynolds a Justice of thePpeace for
the City of Kananwha & State of Virginia, do hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with the foregoing 
affiants Samuel Shrewsbury & John Shrewsbury and
have been acquainted with them for
twenty five or thirty years, that they are men
of the finest respectability in their Ccity men of,
unimpeachable integrity & whose statements entitled 
will to entire confidence, whether
on oath or otherwise - Given under
my hand this 28th day of June 1833
[right] Van B Reynolds [signature]

Virginia J. c. Kanawha County to wit
I Alexander W. Quarrier Clerk of the County Court of said County of
Kanawha Do hereby certify that Van B. Reynolds before whom the
foregoing affidavits of Samuel Shrewsbury and John Shrewsbury
were made at that time was and still is an Acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that
all his acts as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand and affixed the Seal ofSaid Court this 19th
day of September 1833 and in the 58th year of
the Commonwealth 
[right] A.W. Warner Clk [signature]

[illegible Court Seal attached lower left]