Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39004, for Joshua Pearce, Maryland
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Md.
Pearce, Joshua
S. 39004
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6794
East
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Tennessee
Joshua Pearce Of Washington Cy in the state of Tennessee who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stone of the Maryland line, for the term of Six Years-War.
Inscribed on the Toll of Maryland at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued 11 of Feby 1819 and Deliver @ Mr. Rhea
Hs. of Repr.
Arrears to 4th Sep. 1818  18.60
Semi-anl. all'ce 4 Mar 1819  48.00
$66.60   

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818}

[illegible]

Notification first to John Blair Esq 3rd Nov 1820.  Jonesborough Tennessee
Date of death not on [illegible]
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[See previous page for transcription, same information, different orientation]
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Judge Emmerson
Jones' borough
7 July 1818

Joshua Pearce
declaration of evidence for pinsion
made 26th June 1818

6794
Address @

[illegible appears to be address?]

[illegible] Sam Smith 
[illegible]
10 Feby 1819
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State of Tennessee
Washington County
June 24 [?] 1818
In pursuance to an act of congress of the United States, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States, in the Revolutionary War

Appeared before me Thomas Emmerson one of the Circuit Judges of the State of Tennessee the subscribed hereunto Joshua Pearce and after being duly sworn according to law deposed & stated that he the said John Pearce, after having served the State of Maryland during the Revolutionary war for twelve months, as a volunteer he enlisted, in the continental service in the Revolutionary war.  Some time in or about the month of May 1777. in the  1st Regiment of the Maryland line under Captain Roxburgh of said 1st Regiment, Col. Stone being Colonel at that time of said Regiment- that after his enlistment in said Regiment he continued in Captain Roxburgh's company until he was promoted, at which time a Captain Jordan was appointed to succeed him, and did as a private soldier continued in said Regiment & company untill the close of the war, and was then furloughed to go home by land, the troops generally being conveyed home by water, that he sold his pay to a merchant in Annapolis (whose name he does not now recollect) and to enable him to draw the same gave the furlough which he had obtained from Major John Eagleston and never did get any other discharges than a furlough, which he cannot now forward, as he passed the same out of his hands, as before stated, that [illegible] the term of service from the time
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of enlistment until the close of the war, being in 1783  he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, long Island and many other battles that he is now aged sixty three years and has been incapable of pursuing manual labour for many years in a [illegible] manner; from the remains of injury violence which he sustained in the service aforesaid together with the Rheumatism that he is in very indigent and [illegible] circumstances, and so much reduced therein that he stands in need of the generous provision made by the government of his country for the indigent soldiers of the Revolution, that he never has been placed on any pension list of the United States and that he is now a resident Citizen of Sullivan County of the State of Tennessee and has there resided for fifteen years, and within the state of Tennessee for more than twenty years and never has been out of the [illegible] of the United States since the Revolutionary war
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day before written
Tho Emmerson

Joshua Pearce
X his mark
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after the Battle of Germantown, but not being in the same Regiment, does not know how long said Pearce continued in service, but distinctly recollects of having several different times seen said Pearce as a private soldier in the aforesaid Regiment, as this affiant well knew the said Joshua both before & since his enlistment he also states, that he well knows that the said Joshua Peace is unable to support himself and is in very reduced & needy circumstances, and  requests the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26th June 1818
Tho Emmerson     
Joseph Britton

State of Tennessee 
I James W Anderson Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County in the [illegible] County hereby certify that Thomas Emmerson before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the time of makeing the same, and still is one of the Judges of the said [illegible] Court [illegible] for the state of Tennessee and that all due faith [illegible] ought to be given to his officiant acts as such.
Given under my hand & [illegible] seal of [illegible] this 26th day of June
Jas. V. Anderson Clerk
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6794
Case
Judge Emmerson
Jones'borough
7 July 1818
[illegible names and dates]
Sam Smith

Joshua Pearce
declaration of Evidence for pension
made 26th June 1818

I do certify that Joshua Pearce (ought to be Pierce) was a private in Smallwood's Regiment [illegible] Jun 7 1776 on State Establishment [illegible] into Continental Establishment in July in which [illegible] said Pierce enlisted in the [illegible] services and continued [illegible] to my knowledge more than two years when he went to the South
S. Smith
Formerly [illegible]
A Maryland [illegible]
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Joshua Pearce
Schedule of Oath
6,794

John Blair
Jonesborough, E.T.
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Schedule

State of Tennessee}
Sullivan County}
August Sessions 1820

On this twenty fourth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court (being a tenant of Board) Joshua Pearce ages sixty five years resident in said County of Sullivan, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows [illegible] in the first Regiment of the Maryland line of Continental troops by Captain Saml Smith that he enlisted therein, for during the war, with the said Captain Smith which regiment was commanded by Col William Smallwood, and served out the time of his enlistment and was in the Battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown ,Greens defeat at Campden, Cowpens, Guilford,  Monmouth and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent [illegible] so to diminish it, as to bring myself with the provisions of an act of Congress entitled  an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securitys, contracts, or debts
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to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule, and which is by me subscribed and that he has been [illegible] and his [illegible] of date 11th July 1819 and No 6794 and original application 26th June 1818 schedule as follows twenty five screw augars, five [illegible] two gouges, 1 spring or compass one two food rule, five plain bits
Joseph C Rhea Clerk of Sullivan County
Joshua Pearce
his X mark
he further states & declares that his is by reputation a Joiner and that owing to his infirmity he is unable to pursue the same, that he has had a wife and three children.  his wife departed this [illegible] last April, and his three children are all of age and married off and he has no family but himself

Sworn to and declared in open Courty this twenty fourth August 1820
Joshua C Rhea Clerk
Sullivan County
Joshua Pearce
his x mark
Sullivan County August Sessions 1820
[illegible to wit?] I Richard Netherland Clerk of the Court of Pleas [illegible] for said County to hereby certify that the foregoing statement, oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said Court and I further certify that the same was make and declared to in open Court and that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property contained in the foregoing schedule is Six Dollars and 
In testamony whereof- I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court in open Court 23rd August 1820.
Richard Netherland Clerk by Joseph C Rhea D Clerk
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May 8, 1939
BA-J/AWF
Joshua Pearce
S. 39004
Mrs. McCallister Pearce
P.O. Box 61
West Memphis, Arkansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Pearce who received a pension while residing in 1820, in East Tennessee.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S.39004, based upon service of Joshua Pearce, in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of Joshua Pearce, and names of his parents were not stated. 
Joshua Pearce enlisted (place not shown), January 3, 1776, served twelve months as private in Captain Samuel Smith's company, Colonel William Smallwood's Maryland regiment.  He served from sometime in May 1777, as sergeant in Captains Roxburgh's and Jordan's companies, in Colonel Stone's First Maryland Regiment, and continued in the service until in 1783.  During the service he was in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Guilford Court House, Camden, and Cowpens.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 26, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-three years, and a resident of Sullivan County,
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Tennessee, in which county he had lived fifteen years, and in the State of Tennessee for "more than twenty years."
The soldier, Joshua Pearce, stated August 24, 1820, that his wife died las April, that he had three children 'all of age and married off." Names of wife and children were not given, and there are no further discernible family data in this claim.  
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possible the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Joshua Pearce
Certificate #6794
Isuued February 11, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced June [illegible], 1818     26-
Act of March 18, 1818
East Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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REPLY CARD.
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

[Mail stamp] 
Received Dec 6 [illegible year]
Mail [illegible]
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[handwritten on pre-printed form]
39004
INVALID
Revy
File No. 39,004
Joshua Pearce
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18"
Index: Vol. 3, Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870]
1928 - Sept. 18 Hist. to Mrs. Howard H. McCall. See letter in Rev. I. John Warnock W. 2215 Aug 1939 - May 8 hist. to Mrs. McCallister Pearce
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[handwritten on pre-printed form]
39004
INVALID
Revy
File No. 39,004
Joshua Pearce
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18"
Index: Vol. 3, Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870]
1928 - Sept. 18 Hist. to Mrs. Howard H. McCall. See letter in Rev. I. John Warnock W. 2215 Aug 1939 - May 8 hist. to Mrs. McCallister Pearce
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[handwritten on pre-printed form]
39004
INVALID
Revy
File No. 39,004
Joshua Pearce
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18"
Index: Vol. 3, Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870]
1928 - Sept. 18 Hist. to Mrs. Howard H. McCall. See letter in Rev. I. John Warnock W. 2215 Aug 1939 - May 8 hist. to Mrs. McCallister Pearce
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

September 17, 1928.

COPIED BY ADY

Mrs. Howard H. McCall,
Georgian Terrace Hotel,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 29004[9], it appears that Joshua Pearce enlisted
in 1776 and served as a private in Captains Samuel
Smith's, Roxburgh's and Jordan's Companies, Colonels William
Smallwood's and Stone's Maryland Regiment, he was in the
battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth,
Guilford Court House, Camden, and Cowpens, and served to the
close of war.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June
26, 1818, at which time he was living in Sullivan County,
Tennessee, aged sixty-three years.

In August 1820, soldier stated that his wife died last
April and that he had three children "all of age and married
off".  Names of wife and children not given.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.