Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1044, for Salathiel Martin, North Carolina
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(8-1778) 
SERVICE 
N.C. 

Martin, Salathiel 
Mary 

NUMBER 
W.1044 
B.L.Wt. 61263-160-55 

CONTENTS
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D. Mch 3.1858 

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Let to P. Agt 23 Augt 
Let to D. A. Daden o 12 
& P. Agt Louisville Ky 
21 Sept 1832 
Let to J.P. Knight 21 Jan 53 
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196  5796 [illegible]
["Kentucky" and "TENNESSEE crossed out] 
Tennessee 

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel, 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Capt of Cavry, 
N.C Line 
Increased from $480 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 600 Dollars 00 
Cents per annum, to commence 
on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued 
the 10th day of July 1852,
and sent to J. J. Coombs
Present
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E. Butts 
Vol M1 page 44 

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273.095 
Act Mar 3/55 
April 17/57 

Mary Martin wid of 
Salathiel Martin Dec'd 
Captain 

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61.263 Issued 
May 7th /57 

Capt Martin 
Col. Williams 
NC. Vol 
Ent [blank]
Dis [blank] Rev War 

Tenn Feby 48-5796 
ao:160.00 May 6/57 
Boyton
special 
Boyton

F.M. Fulkerson Esq 
Tazewell 
Claiborne Co.
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 Entitled an 
act granting half pay and pension to certain widows and the act of Congress of march the 3rd 1843 granting one years full pay to certain widows and the act of Congress of June the 17th 
1844 Entitled an act to continue the pension of certain widows 

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
On this 27 day of February 
1845 personally appeared before the subscriber 
a Justice of the peace Miss Mary Martin a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the 
act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows and in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed march the 3rd 1848 Entitled an act granting one years full pay to certain widows and in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June the 17th 1844 Entitled an 
act to continue the pension of certain widows
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That she is the widow of Salathiel Martin 
who was a Captain in the North Carolina 
militia in the army of the revolution in the 
Col Armstrongs regiment and served eighteen months fought the battle 
of Guilford under Gen Green that affiant does not 
recollect whether he was in the service prior to the year 1780 but she recollects that he was in the 
Service that year that affiant does not recollect the 
Col that he was under at the battle of Kings mountain, but she has often heard him talk 
of being at that battle That affiant does not recollect any other battles that he was in until Cornwallis and Gen Green fought at Guilford Court house he was either drafted or ordered out 
she dont know which, he marched from Surry Court 
house and joined Green a few days before the battle 
I think it was late in the winter or early in the spring when this happened and he never returned 
home for better than a year he went to the South 
with Green but what they done affiant does not know That affiant has not been able to 
find any documentary evidence relating to his services or of their marriage further than an old leaf in their old family Bible in Salathiel Martin's own hand writing said record has always been in affiants possession 
She further declares that she was married to the 
said Salathiel Martin on the 23rd day of April 1782 by William Cook Esqr in Surry County
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North Carolina That her husband the aforesaid Salathiel Martin died on the 6th day of May 1827 That She was not married to him prior 
to his leaving the Service but the marriage took 
place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated 
Mary her X mark Martin 

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above 
written before me a Justice of the peace for 
the County afore-said and I further certify that the Said miss Mary Martin is from bodily infirm
ity unable to attend Court and full faith may be given to her Statements. in witness where-of I have 
set my hand this 27th day of February Eighteen hundred and forty five and that she is a widow at this time 
I E Bowman (Seal)
Justice of the peace 

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
The Declaration of Mary Martin 
Certifyed on the 27th of February 1845 by I 
E Bowman a Justice of the peace for said County being submitted to the court the said Court doth approve his proceedings and acts in said case and hereby direct that the Clerk endorse the approval on the papers 
James F Hooper Court Claiborne of
L. L. Harrell 
John M Busch 
Justices of the peace for Claiborne County
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State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I Thomas J. Johnson Clerk 
of the County Court of Claiborne County do here-by certify that the foregoing proceedings are 
the original proceedings had and approved of by 
the County Court of Claiborne County at its march Session 1845 relative to the Declaration of Miss Mary Martin to obtain the benefit of acts of Congress relative to revolutionary pensions 
and I further Certify that the a fore said I 
E Bowman is and was a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned 
and qualifyed [qualified] according to law and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hear-
unto set my hand and affixen [affix] my seal
of office at office in Tazwell This 3rd day of march one thousand eight hundred and forty five 
Thomas J. Johnson Clk 
By his Deputy Justice

[written vertically right hand corner] 
Declaration of Mary Martin
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273095
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State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   ) ss
On this 8th day of April A.D. one 
thousand eight hundred and fifty seven, per-
sonally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary Martin, aged ninety three years, a resident of Claiborne County, in 
the State of Tennessee, who, being duly sworn 
according to law, declares that she is the widow 
of Salathiel Martin, deceased, who was a Captain of Cavalry, in the regiment of Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Williams 
in the Revolutionary war; that her said husband volunteered in Surry County, North Carolina, on or about the ___ ___ [blank] (the time not 
remembered, but before she was grown) for the 
time of ___ [blank] (not remembered) and continued 
in actual service in said war for the term of two 
years and six months, as She believes, and was honorably discharged at ___ [blank], on the
 ___ [blank] day of ___ [blank] A.D. ___ [blank] (time and place not 
remembered.) 
She further states that she was married 
to the said Salathiel Martin in Surry County North Carolina, on or about the year 1781, (the precise time not remembered) by one William 
Cook, a Justice of the Peace, and that her name 
before her said marriage was Mary Cook; that her said husband died in Claiborne County, Tennessee, about the year 1826, and that she is now a widow. 
She further states that she cannot now
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produce a copy of the public Record of 
said marriage, and that the private Re=
cord kept of said marriage has been lost
or mislaid so that She cannot now pro=
cure the same. 
She further states that she has been 
placed on the Revolutionary Pension List 
of the United States, and now has in her pos
session a certificate of Pension, which 
is in the words and figures, to wit: 
"Duplicate. Department of the Interior. 
"Widow's Pension. I certify that in conform-
"ity with the act of February 2d 1848, Mary "Martin, widow of Salathiel Martin who 
"was a Captain of Cavalry, in the revolution=
"ary war, is inscribed on the pension list 
"at the rate of Six hundred dollars per an=
"num, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, "and continuing for life, unless she should again 
"marry; in which case the Pension is not pay=
"able after the time of such marriage deducting 
"former payments at the rate of $480, per annum. 
"Given at the Department of the Inte=
"rior this twenty sixth day of December one thou=
"sand eight hundred and fifty four 
"Issued in lieu of a Certificate 
"dated July 10th 1852," 
"Examined and Countersigned  
R. McClellan [McClelland]
Secretary of the Interior" 
"L.P. Waldo 
"Commissioner of Pensions." 
(Endorsed.) "Payment to be made at Knoxville by 
"Isaac Lewis Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, "in the Agency of Tennessee, Payable on the
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"4th September and 4th March. Recorded in "the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners' un=
"der act February 2d. 1848, Page 296 Vol.3. 
clerk" 
She further refers to the proof taken and [illegible] on file in the Pension Office at Washington,
under which She was placed on the Pension Roll, to show the service of her said hus=
band; and her marriage with him &c [etc.]
She makes this declaration for the 
purpose of obtaining a bounty land war=
rant under the 8th section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1855. 
Mary her X mark Martin 
Attest 
F. M. Fulkerson 
George M. Billingsley 

The above Declaration was sworn to and sub=
scribed before me on the 8th day of April, 1857. 
And I certify that the attesting witnesses whose signatures appear above are credible, and 
are residents of Claiborne County, Tennessee. And I do further certify that I am acquain=
ted with the said Mary Martin, and that I believe her statements above to be true. 
Given under my hand this 8th April 1857. 
James B Smith (seal) 
Justice of the Peace
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To the Commissioner of Pensions  
Please send my bounty land war=
rant, if issued, to my agent F. M. Ful=
kerson, at Tazwell, Claiborne County 
Tennessee. 
Respectfully 
Mary her x mark Martin 
Attest 
George M. Billingsley 
James B. Smith 

State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County    ) ss.
On this 8th day of 
April, 1857, personally appeared William Turner, before me a Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County and State afore-
said, and made oath in due form of law 
that he become acquainted with Salathiel Martin about the year 1812; that said 
Martin then resided in said County and continued to reside in said County up to 
the time of his death which took place sometime about from twenty five to 
thirty years ago; that he is acquainted 
with his widow Mary Martin who 
made the foregoing declaration; that the 
said Salathiel Martin and ["wife" crossed out] the said Mary Mar=
tin lived together as man and wife 
all the time he knew the said Salathi=
el Martin as aforesaid, and never 
heard the fact of their having been 
married questioned among their neigh=
bors; that they raised a family of 
children, and that the said Mary
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Martin has never been married 
since the death of said Salathiel 
Martin, but is still a widow. 
He further states that the said 
Mary Martin is the identical per=
son who has been placed on the 
pension list of the United States 
Revolutionary Pensioners.
William his X mark Turner 
Attest 
F. M. Fulkerson 
William L Turner 
I certify that the above certificate was 
sworn to and subscribed before me 
on the 8th day of April 1857, and that 
the said William Turner is a credible 
witness. 
James B Smith (seal} 
Justice of the pes [peace] 

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County    )ss
On this 8th day of April A.D. 
1857, personally appeared James Ferrell 
before me James B. Smith a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State
afore=
said, and made oath in due form of law 
That he became acquainted with Salathiel Mar=
tin in the year 1815; that said Martin then resided in said County of Claiborne, and con=
tinued to reside in said County up to the time of his death, which took place in 
the month of May, 1828; that he has always understood that said Salathiel Martin was 
a Captain of Cavalry in the revolutionary
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war, and served in North Carolina; that he is acquainted with Mary Martin who made the foregoing declaration; that the said Salathiel Martin and said Mary Martin lived together 
as man and wife all the time he knew 
the said Salathiel as aforesaid, and never 
heard the fact of their having been mar=
ried questioned in the neighborhood where they lived; that the said Mary Martin is a resident of said County of Claiborne, and 
has never been married since the death 
of said Salathiel Martin; but is still 
a widow; that the said Mary Martin is
the identical person who has been pla=
ced on the pension list of Revolutionary Pensioners, and that he is in no way 
interested in the bounty land warrant 
for which the said Mary Martin is now 
making application. 
James his x mark Ferrell 
Attest F M. Fulkerson 
I certify that the foregoing certificate 
was signed and sworn to before me on 
this 18th day of April 1857, and that the 
said James Ferrell is a credible witness. 
Given under my hand this the 8th 
day of April 1857. 
James. B. Smith (seal) 
Justice of the Peace.
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State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   ) ss
I, Thomas J. Johnson 
Clerk of the County Court for said County,
it being a Court of Record, do certify that James B. Smith, Esqr, before whom the foregoing declaration and certificates 
were made, is, and was at the date thereof,
an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, legally qual=
ified and commissioned as such; that full 
faith and credit should be given to all 
his official acts, and that the above sig=
natures, purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I here=
unto set my hand and affix 
the seal of said Court, at 
office in Tazewell, this the 
9th day of April, 1857. 
Thos. J. Johnson Clerk 
[a seal and ribbon are affixed to the left]
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March 1783 
Thomas Martin was born on 
the 29th of Febuary 1785 

Elizabeth Martin was born 
Thursday the 29th of March [illegible] 

George Washington Martin [illegible] 
11th Febuary [February] 1789 

William Martin was born [illegible] 
of Febuary [February] 1791 

Nancy Martin was born on the [illegible] 
of May 1793 

Mary Martin was was born the 9th of 
April 1795
 
James Martin was born on the 15th of [illegible] 
1796 

Wilson Martin born 7th June [page damage] 

Robert Martin born [page damage] 
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[printed, handwritten notes]
OLY [HOLY] BIBLE, 

[begin handwriting between printed lines]
Mary Martin wife of Salathiel Martin
was born August 23. 1763
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CONTAINING 
he [The] Old and New Teftaments [Testaments]: 
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE 
ORIGINAL TONGUES; 
AND WITH THE 
ORMER TRANSLATIONS 
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED, 
By His MAJESTY'S Special Command. 
Appointed to be Read in CHURCHES. 
[symbol of lion and unicorn] 
EDINBURGH; 
[page damage] ES KERR, His MAJESTY'S Printers. 
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State of Indiana  )
Jefferson County ) Set
On this the 7th day of April 1851. Personally Appeared 
Before Me Lane Taylor an acting Justice 
of the Peace in & for the County & State afsd [aforesaid] George W. 
Martin who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his 
Oath make the following Statements, Towit. That he 
was sixty two years old the 11th day of last Feb
=uary [February]. That he is the child of Salathiel and 
Mary Martin. That he is his Fathers & Mothers third child David Martin was his Fathers and mothers oldest child and if living would be Sixty eight years 
old that his Brother Thomas of Estill County Kentucky is four older than himself. 
That his afsd [aforesaid] father as he verily believes served seve
=ral years in the Army of the Revolution, he was a Captain under the Command of Coln Cleveland in North Carolina Militia Dragoons that his afsd [aforesaid] Father died in Claiborne County Tennessee
 on the = [blank] day of - - - - [blank] 18[illegible] 
That he believes that his afsd [aforesaid] Father & Mother are
entitled to a pension from the United States for his afsd [aforesaid] Fathers service in the Army of the Revolution 
He does by virtue of these presents constitute and 
Apoint [appoint] Isaac. H. Trabue of Kentucky as their Attorny [Attorney], 
to attend to and prosecute their afsd [aforesaid] claims. Before
the Departments at Washington City or any other
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or any other place. He Also authorises [authorizes] him to 
Administer on the Estate of his afsd [aforesaid] Father in any Court 
or Courts holden in and for the District of Columbia 
or any one of the United States. 
That he does verily believe that his afsd [aforesaid] Mother and 
father were married about the year of Seventeen hundred and 
Eighty two.  That his afsd [aforesaid] Mother is now living in 
Claibourn [Claiborne] County Tennessee. 
G. W. Martin 
Sworn to & Subscribed Before me on ) 
the day and year afsd  [aforesaid]      )        
Gaud Taylor [seal] J.P. [seal]
I am acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state afsd [aforesaid] do Certify that the above Affiant,
is personally known to me and known to be a man
trouth [truth] and respetability [respectability], in whose statements the 
fullest faith and credit should be placed, and that 
he has been a Citizen of this County for many years past.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the 
7th day of April 1851. 

Gaud Taylor J.P. (seal)
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[typed letter; handwritten notes]
Copy of history by W.M.H. F.
June 3, 1931 

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section 
MMHF:MLB 
Our 

Mrs. Cornelius Rea Agnew 
620 Park Avenue 
New York, New York 

Dear Madam: 

You are advised that it appears from the
papers in the 
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 0144, that Salathiel
Martin, while a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, 
entered the service as captain in 1779 and served over two 
years in all, during 1779, 1780, 1781, and 1782, at various
times, in the regiments of Colonels Armstrong, Christy (or 
Christian ?), Cleveland and Williams, in the North Carolina 
troops, and was in the battles of Kings Mountain and Guilford Court House. 

One David Lawson made affidavit in 1851 that he was born
in 1765 in Amherst County, Virginia, and had , since infancy, 
known said Salathiel Martin.  Soldier's age and place of birth 
are not stated. 

Salathiel Martin died May 6, 1827, in Claiborne County, 
Tennessee. He was six feet nine inches tall. 

Soldier married April 23, 1782, in Surry County, North 
Carolina, Miss Mary Cook, who was born August 23, 1763. 

She was allowed pension on her application executed 
February 27, 1845, while a resident of Claiborne County, 
Tennessee. She died March 3, 1858. 

Children of Salathiel and Mary Martin: 

David born March -- [blank], 1783 
Thomas " February 29, 1785, living in Estill County 
Kentucky, in 1851.
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Children continued - 

Elizabeth born March 29, 17-- 
George Washington " February 11, 1789, living in Jefferson 
County, Indiana, in 1851. 
William " February -- [blank], 1791 
Nancy " May 12, 1793, married __ [blank] Shumate 
Mary " April 9, 1795 
James " ----- [blank] 15, 1796 
Wilson " June 17, ---- [blank] 
Robert " ----- [blank] 23, 1801 

Where the dates above are incomplete, the record was torn. 

Very truly yours 

E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner 

 

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Pension Agency 
Knoxville Tennessee 
Nov 18, 1852 

J. E. Heath Esq 
Sir, 
Mary Martin draws a 
pension at this agency of $600 prann [per annum]
She is very old and childish, and 
her pension money, as I learn from 
sources on which I can rely, has 
been by her children or grand 
children taken from her, after it 
had been got by them, and used 
for their own purposes.  She has 
been much annoyed by them, and 
has been induced to give to me 
conflicting orders in reference to 
retaining her pension money. 
I now learn that a guardian 
has been legally appointed to 
act for her. I know the individual 
& do not doubt that the pension 
drawn for her by him would 
be properly applied for her ben=
efit.  But one of her grand
sons, who drew her last pension to 
4th Sep [illegible]2 has her certificate and 
will withhold it probably, and says
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he will have her transfered to 
the Kentucky Agency in which 
State he lives.  I have learned all 
this since he last drew the pension. 
And now write this at the in=
stance of the Guardian, that 
the transfer may not be allowed 
or authorized at the Department 
as the whole object of such transfer 
would be to get the use of the 
old ladys pension money. 
Very respectfully 
DA Decederick 
Pens. Agt.
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State of Tennessee 
Claiborn County 
August 26 1857 
personally appeared 
before me A D Woodson an acting Justice of the peace in and 
for the State & County afore Said. Nancy Shumate after being 
first duly Sworn according to Law testifyes [testifies] that she is the Sixth 
child of her father Salasial [Salathiel] Martain [Martin] & Mary Martain and 
She States that she is 58 years of age and ever since her recollec
tion her said father & Mother has lived together as husband & 
Wife untill [until] the death of her said father which took place 
in the year Eighteen hundred [illegible] from that time untill [until] the pres
ant [present] her said Mother Mary Martain [Martin] the widow of Salasial [Salathiel]
Martin has bin [been] a widow She further States that She has heard 
them state that they were married in Northcarolina some 
time shortly after the Revolutionary War Several years before 
the year ninty [ninety] She further States that She did believe from what 
She has seen of her farthers [fathers] wrighting [writing] in the Bible of his Marrge [marriage] and the Childrens ages that her father Salasial Martin was Mar
ried to her Mother Mary Martin in the year Eighty Three 
or Eighty four the family record was taken a way to get her 
Mother a pension Several years Since and her statements is
to the best of her recollection She further states that her Mother 
Mary Martin is the Identical widow of Salasial Martin a 
Revolutionary Soldier. She further States that She is fifty Eight 
Ears [years] of Aage [age] sworn and subscribed the day & year above writen [written] before 
me  
Nancy her X mark Shumate 
A.D. Woodson JP
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State of Tennessee 
Claborne [Claiborne] County 
Augus [August] 26 1851 

I AD Woodson do Certify that the foregoing affiant is 
personally known to me and her Statements in the 
foregoing affidavid [affidavit] I believe to be true and what she 
has stated is to be relyed [relied] on as hers given under my 
hand the day and year above writen [written]
AD Woodson [seal] 
Justice of the Peace 
for Claibourn County 
State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
 I Thos J Johnson Clerk of the 
county court of said county do hereby certify That A D Woodson whose name appears to 
the above certifficate [certificate] and Declaration is an 
acting Justice of the peace in and for said county Duly Commissioned and quallifide [qualified]
as the Law Directs and that full faith and 
Credit is and ought to be given to all of 
his official acts as such and said Woodsons Commission bears date the 31st of May 1849 and will Expire on the 1st Monday of 
April 1854 and that his signature as signed above is Genuine- 
Given under my hand and seal of office 
at office in Tazewell the 27th of 
August 1851 
Thos J Johnson 
Clk
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State of Indiana   )set
Jefferson County )  
I John H. Taylor Clerk of the Circuit Court [words crossed out] 
of the County & state afsd [aforesaid] Do certify that 
Gamaliel Taylor is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County duly commissioned 
and sworn that his commission was dated 
on the 26 day of August 1846 and expires on the 26 day of August 1851 
and that his signatures above written are Genuine 
Given under my hand and 
seal of office on this the 7th 
day of April 1851 at Madison 
John H. Taylor Clk
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section   
MMHF

April 6, 1927 

Mrs. Anna McCoy 
916 N. Olie 
Oklahoma City, Okla. 

Madam: 
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revo-
lutionary War pension claim W. 1044 it appears that Salathiel 
Martin while a resident of Surry County, North Carolina en-
tered the service as Captain in 1779 and served over two years
in all, during 1779, 1780, 1781 and 1782, at various times, in 
the regiments of Colonels Armstrong, Christy (or Christian?),
Cleveland, and Williams, in the North Carolina Troops and was 
in the battles of Kings Mountain and Guilford Court House. 
One David Lawson made affidavit in 1851 that he was born 
in 1765 in Amherst County, Virginia and had, since infancy, 
known said Salathiel Martin. The age and place of birth of 
soldier not stated. He died May 6, 1827 in Claiborne County, 
Tennessee. He was six feet nine inches tall. 
Soldier married April 23, 1782 in Surry County, North 
Carolina, Miss Mary Cook born August 23, 1763. She was allowed 
pension on her application executed February 27, 1845 while
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a resident of Claiborne County, Tennessee. She died March 3, 
1858. Their children were: 
David............born March   --, 1783. 
Thomas..........."     February 29, 1785, living in Estill Co., 
Kentucky in 1851. 
Elizabeth ......... "  March 29, 17--. 
George Washington "  February 11, 1789, living in Jefferson Co., 
Indiana in 1851. 
William ........... "  February --. 1791. 
Nancy ............ " May 12, 1793, married......Shumate. 
Mary............. " April 9, 1795. 
James ..........." ........ 15, 1796. 
Wilson ........... " June 17, ----. 
Robert ........... " ........ 23, 1801. 

Where the dates above are incomplete, the record was torn. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner. 

[handwritten bottom left] 
soldier had 
bro. Joseph a Lt. 
in his Company
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[typed form, handwritten responses]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., [blank], 19 {blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Salathiel Martin,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in ["his (or" is crossed through] his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau. W.1,044.

[column headings: Dates of Enlistment or Appointment. Length of Service. Rank. Officers under Whom Service was Rendered. Captain. Colonel. State.]

1779. 2 years. Captain. Armstrong, Christy?, Church, Cleveland and Williams. N.C.

Battles engaged in, (2) Guilford C.H.:(1) Kings Mountain
Residence of soldier at enlisted, ["Not stated" crossed out] affidavit  Providence Critchfield
Volunteer in Surry Co N C
Date of application for pension, Feb. 27.1845. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Claiborne Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application, b. Aug 23. 1763.
Remarks: soldier married in Surry Co NC. Apr 23.1782 Miss Mary Cook, he died
in Claiborne Co., Tenn. May 6. 1827 and she died March 3.1858. (Agency [illegible])
Children: David b. Mch --1783; Thomas b. Feb 29.1785; Elizabeth born Mch.29, 17--;
George Washington b. Feb 11.1789 of Jeff. Co. Ind. 1851; Wm. b. Feb--1791 of Estill Co. Ky in 1851; Nancy. born May 12.1793, mar --
Shumate; Mary born Apr. 9. 1798; James. b. --15.1796; Wilson. b .June 17--; Robert b.--23,1801

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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620 PARK AVENUE 
NEW YORK CITY 
 
April 25, 1931 

The Department of the Interior 
Pensions Department 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen: 
Would you be kind enough to 
give me any information you may have 
about David Salathial Martin who fought 
in the Revolution 1779?  I am a descendant and my records show that he served as a Captain for two years under Colonel John Cleveland, North Carolina, and that he fought in the King's Mountain battle, 
Guilford, and others, and that his widow [(Mary Cook Martin) added in margin] 
received a pension. I shall be much 
obliged for any help you may be able to give me. 
Yours faithfully, 
Blanche R. Agnew [signature] 
(mrs. Cornelius Rea Agnew) 

[date stamp] 
PENSION 
Ap
U 27 S 
1931
OFFICE
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916 N. Olie 
Oklahoma City, Okla 
3-21-'27 
Dept. of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C 
Dear Sir, 
Please send me the history 
of Salathiel Martin.
volunteered in Surry Co. N.C 
Enlisted 1779 as Capt. 
under Colonel Armstrong 
Served two years. 
wife Mary Cook- 
he was born 1763 
yours truly 
Mrs Anna McCoy
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Rev. war
section

Mt. Pleasant
Tenn
Aug [illegible].1922

[date stamp]
DEPT OF THE INTERIOR
AUG [illegible] 1922
[illegible]

Dep of Interior
Bureau of Military History
Washington D C
Will you kindly give me the
war history or revolutionary war
record of Captain Salathiel Martin
who fought at Kings Mountain
under Col. Cleveland N. C.
Thanking you in advance for
desired information
Direct to
Mrs. Nicholas Hardey
Mt. Pleasant
Tennessee
R.F.D.
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one 2 ct. stamp e.a.c
Lexington Ky [illegible] RWS Sept 7 1914
To Pension Agent
Washington D.C.
I would like some
information in regard
to one Salathial [Salathiel] Martin
who was a soldier in the
Revelutionary [Revolutionary] war. whose
home if I' am not mistaken
was in North Carolina I'
am a Great Grand Daughter
of said man.  I wish to join
the D.A.R. please let me
hear from you soon
oblige
Mrs. K. Betterman
562 West Shoot St.
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[left side]
history
Privt
1914:Sept 14: history to
Mrs. K. Betterman 
[illegible]
1922 Aug. 8 hist. to Mrs.
Nicholas Hardey--Eu.
1927-Apl-6-Hist. to Mrs. [page damage]
1931.June 3. hist. to [page damage]
Cornelius Rea Agnew

[middle]
Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1044
Mary Martin. 
widow
Salathiel Martin.
Cap't. of Cav. Rev. War.
Act: Feb 2, 1848.
Index:--Vol. M, Page 1

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
1888 Mch 19 D.
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5796
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
WIDOW'S PENSION
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848,
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel Martin
who was a Captain in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of 480
dollars and [blank] cents per annum, commencing on the
4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again
marry: in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of
such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior
this Eight day of November
one thousand eight hundred and 51.
Alexr H.H. Stuart
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
JEHeath
Commissioner of Pensions.
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State of Tennessee
Claborn [Claiborne] County
August 26 1851
Know all Men By these presents
that J. Mary Martin of the County and State aforesaid Do here
by Constitute and appoint [illegible] W.  Monsarrat & Co & S F T Trabue
of Louisvill [Louisville] Ky My true and lawfull [lawful] attorney for me and
in my name to prosecute My pension claim against the
government of the united states untill [until] they obtain a Certifficatee [Certificate]
of pension for me and in my name and I do not wish the
Commissioners of pens to have any correspondance [correspondence] with any-
other persons Concerning my claims but my attorney
above named Or One that they may appoint I do here
by revoke all powers of attorney I have heareto [hereto] for given
to any person Or persons but the above named attorneys
and I wish the Commissioner of pensions to give them my
Certificate of pension the foregoing power of attorney not
to be revoked untill [until] the Certificate of pension is obtained
by them given under my hand this day & year above
mentioned
Mary her x mark Martin
A.D. Watson
George H. Billingsley
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Washington, July 10, 1852
Sir:
I have the honor to present you,
herewith the declaration of Mary
Martin of Tennessee, widow of Salathiel
Martin decd. for an increase of Pension.
She is now upon the roll under act of
2d February 1848, at the rate of $480
per annum, the fully pay of a Capt.
of Infantry.  The Record Evidence,
however, upon which the claim was
admitted, proves more than two years
and a half service, as a Capt of
Dragoons.  See Certificate of the Comp=
troller of N.C. on file, marked A.
I presume the fact that the service was
cavalry and not infantry, was inadvertently
overlooked when the case was allowed.
At all events, the certificate of the 
Comptroller, if sufficient to author=
ize the allowance at all, is suffi=
cient to authorize the allowance for
service in the grade of Captain of
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cavalry.  In fact, it is not sufficient
to authorize an allowance of any
other kind__ because the evidence proves
that he served as Capt. of Cavalry (Dra=
goons, or it proves nothing at all.
I have in my hands Mrs.
Martin's Certificate under act of
2d Feby. 1848, which I will surren-
der whenever a favorable decisision [decision]
shall be made on this application
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. J. Coombs
J.E. Heath Esq
Comr. of Pensions
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State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
Personally app-
eared S A Garrett before me William G.
Payne a Justice of the Peace for the County
and State aforesaid, and made oath, that
he is by appointment of the County Court
of Claiborne County Guardian to Mary
Martin widow of Salathiel Martin de-
ceased, that said Mary Martin is a pen-
sioner under the laws of the general gover-
nment, of the United States, of six hundred
dollars per year, that he has drawn her
semiannual of $300.00 per every six months, for
some time, and had the proper certificate
in his hands which was paid to her that
he has lost or mislaid said certificate
so that he cannot now produce the same
he refers to the proper papers, which will show
that she is a pensioner, and has been paid
at the office of the pension agent at Knox-
ville Tennessee; he furnished a copy of his
appointment of Record to said pension
agent some time ago, which he presumes
was filed, said Mary Martin is now
about 90 years of age, has lived in said
County of Claiborne for upwards of 50 years,
and she is the identical Mary Martin,
that is the widow of said Salathiel Mar-
tin deceased, and as such widow has been
paid said pension--He prays that another
certificate be issued to him as such guar-
dian and that it be made payable
as the other was at Knoxville, as a cer-
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tificate to the said Mary Martin in
and forwarded to him--in lieu of the
June
one so lost or mislaid, the last sum
due 4 Sept last being due, and he is
unable to produce the same for her
use, without said Certificate or the
[illegible] of some officer to that to that effect.
SA Garrett
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 7, Dec. 1854
Wm. G. Payne
J. Peace
State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County    )
I Thos. J. Johnson
Clerk of the County court of Said county
do hereby certify that William G. Payne
whose name appears to the above is
an acting Justice of the peace in and for
Said county and that full faith and
Credit is and aught [ought] to be given to
all of his official acts as such.
and I also do certify that
Lewis a Garrett is the present 
Guardian and is acting as such
Given under my hand
and Seal of office at
office in Tazewell the
7th of Decem 1854
Thos. J. Johnson
Clk
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Ho. Rept. Dec 21 [illegible] 54
Hon L.P.Waldo.
Please find enclosed letter
of L. A. Garrett Guardian of Mary Mar
tin of Claibourne County Ten__ also his
affidavit respecting her Pension
certificate which has been lost.
Please advise Mr Garrett through me
as to proper course to pursue, in
case any thing further is necessary
Respectfully
A. G. Layton
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
PENSION OFFICE, Nov 9th 1851.
Sir:  Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names,
and pay the pensions as direct opposite the names.
Respectfully,
S Cole
Esq. for Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions.
To John Cocker Jr

[column headings: Names. Rank. Act. Annual Amount.  Commencement of Pension. Continuation of Pensions. 

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel Martin.  Captain.  7 July 1838. $480.  4 March 1836.  4 March 1841.

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel Martin.  Captain.  3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844.  480.  4 March 1843.  4 March 1848.

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel Martin.  Captain.  2 Feb 1848. 480.  4 March 1848.  during life.
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
PENSION OFFICE, Nov 9th 1851.
Sir:  Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names,
and pay the pensions as direct opposite the names.
Respectfully,
S Cole
Esq. for Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions.
To John Cocker Jr

[column headings: Names. Rank. Act. Annual Amount.  Commencement of Pension. Continuation of Pensions.]

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel Martin.  Captain.  7 July 1838. $480.  4 March 1836.  4 March 1841.

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel Martin.  Captain.  3 March 1843 & 17 June 1844.  480.  4 March 1843.  4 March 1848.

Mary Martin widow of Salathiel Martin.  Captain.  2 Feb 1848. 480.  4 March 1848.  during life.
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Frankfort Ky
Hon Commr of Pensions
Sir
Herein I enclose you
two depositions proving the marriage of Salathael [Salathiel]
Martin to his present his widow Mary, in the 
Year 1783 or 1784.  Also enclosed herein is
a power of attorney from her to me to prose
=cute the claim.  The evidence on file I am
Satisfied will Shew [show] Service for 2 Years and
over 6 months as a Captain of Dragoons.  The
evidence on file I am Satisfied is Sufficient to
Shew [show] the Marriage in 1783.  The evidence
herein enclosed is also Sufficient to Shew [show] the
Marriage.  You will therefore please
to foward [forward] me to Frankfort the Certific=
=ates of Pension and oblige
Yours [illegible]
LHJ Trabue
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State of Tennessee Grainger County__ss.
Be it remembered that on this 27th day of January 1849
Before me S S Shipley an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Joseph
Collins a citizen of said County aged seventy six years
and being sworn according to law saith that when he was
small boy [illegible] in 1780 cap Salathiel Martin came to New River
and captured a party of tories who were encamped in 
a Rock House on said River and carried them off.  That two of
said company of tories escaped the night after their cap
ture one of them was by the name of David Gibson the other
was named Lewis Collins that he [illegible] was intimately acquainted with
Gilson and Collins both for many years after this
happened and has often heard them tell about how
they made their Escape from Captain Martin and his men
In fact he can well remember that the name of Captain
Salathiel Martin was great terror to the tories in them
times
He further swears that the said Salathial Martin
was a remarkable tall man near seven feet high
Joseph his x mark Collins
Sworn to and subscribed the day and )
year last above mentioned                   )
Before me S S Shipley
Justice of the Peace
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[written vertically in left top margin]
J Collins Depo

State of Tennessee Grainger County
I do hereby certify that Joseph Collins is person
ally known to me and That full Credit is due his
Statements.  Given under my hand and seal this 27th
day of January 1849
S S Shipley (seal)
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee ) 
Grainger County     )
I Edward Tate Clerk of the County
Court for said County Do hereby
Certify that S. S. Shipley Esqr. whose name appears to the
foregoing Certificate is now & was at the time of Signing the 
Same
an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County duly
elected Commissioner and qualified according to the constitution
and Laws of the State of Tennessee And that his Signature is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand and affixed the Seal of my Office at
Office in Rutledge this 3rd day of January
AD 1849.
Edward Tate Clerk
of the County Court
of Grainger County
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Rutledge Grainger County
April the 7th 1850
Honorable Sir
I herewith send you in a package the appli
cation of Mary Martin (Widow of Captain Salathial Martin
who was an officer of the Revolution) for a Pension you will
see at once there has been considable [considerable] evidence taken in the
case there sufficient of the marriage prior to 1794 and that
she is the widow of the Identical man who done the Service
and that there was service performed there cannot be a Shadow
of Doubt for here is the certificate of the Comptroller of
North Carolina Showing there was a certificate issued
to Capt Martin one for $624 the other for L. 4.17.6  The commission
er of Pensions will not allow this Pension because the certificate
amounts to more pay than Martins service would entitle him
too_  but I will state one fact which I think will explain that
matter Capt Salathial Martin had a brother whose name
was Joseph Who served as Lieut in capt Martins company
all three tours And the Comptroller books does show that he
ever got one cent for his service, for Joseph Martin a
name is not on his books is it not resonable [reasonable] to suppose that
the capt drew his Brothers pay with his own and they are both
charged to the capt
I want you to lay the matter before Congress and try to have
a special law passed to put Mrs Martin on the Pension
list under the acts of Congress of 1838 1843 & 4 and 1848 allow
ing widows Pensions &c If the claim is referred to the committee
please take a little pains show an explain any thing the chair
man of said Committe may not understand
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I shall say no more only that Mrs Martin is old and
Miserable Poor and needy and I think is entitled to a pension
and if she is she ought to have it If you want to write to
me direct to Rutledge Tennessee
I have the honor to be with great respect your
Obedient servant 
James K. McAnally
Hon A G Watkins
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W. City
21 June 1854.
Sir
You will please enclose the certificate
of allowance in the case of Mrs Mary Martin
to William Ramsey Esq Louisville Ky
I am Sir
Very respty Your [illegible
L H J. Trabue
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Frankfort Kentucky,
April 11th 1851
Sir
I herein enclose to additional eviden
ce in the case of Mrs Mary Martin
the widow of Salathiel Martin Decd.
you will please allow the Claim and
Enclose in the Certificates of Pension
at Frankfort Kentucky
Most Respectfully yours
Isaac. H. Trabue.

Hon J.E. Heath
Washington City
D.C.
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House of Representatives
Feb 28th 1846
Sir
I enclose you the papers of Mary
Martin with an additional affidavit of Michael
Davis.  Mr Davis is a Justice of the Peace of
Knox County and I have known him from
my boyhood and no man in the County has
a higher character for integrity and veracity
Yrs Respectfully
Jno. H. Crozier

J L Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington City
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M Davis' affidavit
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State of Tennessee )
Knox County           )ss
On this 18th day of February 1846
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace Mr Michel Davis aged sixty five years who
being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath
make the following affidavit that he became acquain
ted with Captain Salathial Martin of Claibourn
County County Tennessee in the year 1807 at wich [which]
time the aforesaid Salathial Martin informed affiant
that he had been a Captain of Militia in the war
of the Revolution affiant further declares that it was
was reported and believed in the Neighborhood viz
Claibourn County Tennessee that the aforesaid Sale
thial Martin was a Captain in the war of the Revo
lution affiant further declares Cap Martin was 
a man of [illegible] statue [stature] his hight [height] being six feet
nine inches as affiant obtained this information from
Captain Salathial Martin himself and affiant
believes this to of be his correct higth {height]
Michael Davis

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and above written 
before me a Justice of the peace for said County and
I further certify that I am well acquainted 
with
Michel Davis Esqr and full faith and
credit is given to his statements In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand
this 18th day of Feb 1846
Wm Rodgers
Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee )
Knox County           )
I, Geo. W. C. Cox, Clerk of the
County Court in and for
the County and State aforesaid, do certify
that Wm Leadger Esq: whose name appears
to the within affidavit, is now and
was at the time of signing the same
an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, and that his signature
appears to be in his own proper hand
writing
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office at Office in
Knoxville the 18th day of February
1846-
Geo. W. C. Cox clerk

[written vertically right side]
M Davis' affidavit
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4924
Mary Martin
Ten
Act 7 July 38
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10
  2
[total] 12

40.30
      12
4 [divide] 36 0[0 underlined]
9---
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Washington City
Jan 30th 1846
Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers of
Mrs
Martin. Will you be pleased to let me hear
from you on the subject of her application
as soon as may be convenient.
yrs respectfully
Jno. H. Crozier

J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )ss
On this 12th day of January 1846
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace
Mr Richard Harper a resident of the County and State
aforesaid Eighty two years who being first duly sworn
according to Law doth on his oath make the following affid
-avit That affiants acquaintance with Salathiel Martin
commenced forty five years ago at wich [which] time it was
reported and believed in the Neighborhood that the
aforesaid Salathiel Martin had been a Captain of
Militia in the war of the Revolution in the North Carolina
Service affiant while living in North Carolina and frequent
remarks about Captain Salathiel Martin he Martin being
a man of great statue [stature] his highter [height] being well in to seven
feet wich [which] gave rise to a remark that Captain Martin
was about a head and sholders higher than any man
in the Army of the Revolution Affiant further declars [declares] that
about Thirty years ago he affiant stayed over night with
the aforesaid Salathel Martin and Mary Martin ware [were]
living together as man and wife and from the last
information affiant has had of her she still resides in
this Claiborn County Tennessee
Rich Harper
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me a Justice of the peace for said County and I further
certify that I am well acquainted with Richard Harper
and full faith and credit is given to his statements In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
Geo. C. Cheek
Justice of the peace
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State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County    )
I Thomas J. Johnson Clerk
of the County Court for the court aforesaid do hereby
Certify that Geo. H. Cheek whose Signature appears to the
foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing
the same and acting Justice of the peace of said County
duly commissioned and qualified agreeable to the
Constitution and laws of the State of Tennessee and
that full faith and credit is and of right should be
given to his official acts as such Given under
my hand and seal of office-at office-in Tazewell
the 16 day of January 1846
Thomas J. Johnson
Clerk

[following written vertically right side]
Richard Haper
Deposition

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I, N.S. Evans Chairman of the
County Court of Claiborne County in said state hereby
certify that Thomas J Johnson whose name appears
to the within or foregoing certificate is and was at
the time of signing the same Clerk of the County
Court of said County and that he is entitled to
full faith and credit as such Given under
my hand and seal this 16th day of January 1846
N. S. Evans (seal)
Chairman of the County
Court of said County
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
Brief in the case of Mary Martin, wid of Salathiel
County and State of Tennessee,
acts 7 July 38 & supplemental
Claim, (original, or for increase.)
Proof exhibited,["(if original)" is crossed out] 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claim was allowed originally for $480
for 2 yrs service as Capt.-- I overlooked the fact that
he was Capt of Dragoons, and consequently cor-
-rect it and increase to $600
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

Kirby
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
J J Coombs
Present
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
Brief in the case of
Mary Martin wid. of Salathiel
County and State of Tennessee
act 2d February 1848
Claim, (" original " or " for increase)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Original Certificate lost
Duplicate issued
R. McKee
Examining clerk
Name and residence of Agent
of
Hon N. G. Taylor
H of Reps.
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Washington
Decr 27th 1857
Sir
Some time since I addressed
a note to the Pension Office in reference
to the pension of Mrs. Mary Martin
asking that a suspension of the [illegible]
be granted until an investigation
might be had in regard to the proper
person to draw the money. Since
which I am informed that the
Pension Agent at Knoxville Tennessee
has paid the money to Mr. Trabue of
Kentucky. I am requested by one of the
parties to procure if not incompatable [incompatible]
with the rules and interest of the Dept
a copy of the proof upon the claim was
allowed. If however it be deemed proper
not to furnish a copy you would confer
favour by informing me whether it was
allowed upon proof Independent of the proof
filed by Messrs Newman & McAnnally
Some 12 or 18 months ago I filed the application then
A. Chamberlain of Tennessee for Pension on account 
of a wound received in the American
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war I have not received any
information touching this
claim since filed Mr
Chamberlain wishes me to
write him in reference to it
I shall be much obliged for
whatever information touching
these cases can be given
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
A. G. Watkins

Hon James E. Heath
Commissioner Pensions
Washington
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House of Rep
Decr 2 1837
Sir
I am informed that some
difficulty exists as to the pension
claim of Mary Martin Widow
of Salathiel Markin of Tennessee
I have had charge of this case
for some months in fact during 
the last Congress I made a continuous
effort to get the Claim through
Congress. I have been attending
to the case for Mr McAnnally
& Newman my constituents
for some 2 year & understand that
there are 2 or more powers of Attorney
to draw the money. I have been
as I thought vested with the entire 
authority & management of the case
so far as Mrs Martin is concerned
I would therefore most respectfully
ask that the certificate may if
compatible with the rules and
duties of the Office be suspended
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until I can have an oportunity [opportunity]
to investigate the case in order
that I may discharge my
duty to those who have entrusted
the case to my case which I will
do very soon
Very Respectfully
Your obt Servant
A. G. Watkins

Hon Jas E. Heath
Commissioner of
Pension
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State of Tennessee               ) ss
Claborn [Claiborne] County )
On this 11th day of January 1840
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the
peace for the County aforesaid Mr John Wallen in sixty
Eight year who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he
is well acquainted with Mrs Mary Martin at this time
a resident of this Claborn County Tennessee and was also
well acquainted her husband Salathiel Martin upp [up] to
the day of his death affiant became acquainted with the
aforesaid Salathiel Martin in the year seventeen hundred and
ninty [ninety] six in what was Called Hawkins County Tennessee
at which time the aforesaid Salathiel was reputed in the
neighbourhood [neighborhood] as having been Captain in the State of North 
Carolina
in the war of the Revolution affiant often heard
the aforesaid Salathiel Martin Speking [speaking] of his being a Capt
in the North Carolina Militia in the war of the revolution
and had served several Campaigns as Captain and affiant
has every reson [reason] to believe the Statements mad [made] by Captain
Martin from the good Caracter {character] the aforesaid Salathiel
Martin bore in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resided and
that the aforesaid Mary Martin is the identical widow
of the aforesaid Salathiel Martin
John Wallen
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
a Justice of the peace for said County and I do further certify that I
am well acquainted with the aforesaid John Wallen and that
full faith and credit is due his John Wallen Statements Given
under my hand and seal the day and year above written
Samuel Gibson (seal)
Justice of the Peace in & for County
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State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County    )
I Thomas J. Johnson Clerk
of the County Court for the County of Claiborne aforesaid
to hereby certify that Samuel Gibson whose signature
appears to the within affidavit is an acting Justice of
the peace of said County duly Commissioned and
qualified as such agreeable to the constitution and
laws of the State of Tennessee and that full faith is
and of right should be given to his official acts as
Such Given under my hand and seal of Office--at
office in Tazewell the 16 day of January 1846
Thomas J. Johnson
Clerk
Affidavit

[following written vertical on right side]
John Wallens
affidavit

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I. N. S. Evans Chairman of the
county court of Claiborne County in said State
hereby certify that Thomas J Johnson whose name
appears to the within or foregoing certificate is and
was at the time of signing the same Clerk of
the county court of said county and that he is
entitled to full faith and credit as such Given
under my hand and seal this 16 of January 1846
N.S. Evens (seal)
Chairman of the county
Court of Said County
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
Brief in the case of Mary Martin, wid of Salathiel
County and State of Kentucky
acts 7 July '38 & Supplementals
Claim, ("original," or ['for increase' is crossed out].)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service: Record, Cert from Compt N.C.
of Marriage, ages of children; Documentary
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

F.F. Kelly
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent.
W Ramsey
Louisville
Ky
Page 70

Providence for certificate
Proof

Service proof

x
Page 71

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
On this 13 day of February
[illegible] personally appeared before the subscriber a
Justice of the peace 
Miss [illegible] Providence Critchfield
a resident of the County and State aforesaid
aged Seventy Six years who being first duly 
Sworn according to law deposeth as follows
I have known Sallathiel [Salathiel] Martin and Mary Martin
his wife for Seventy years I first got acquainted
with them in Surry County North Carolina
he was a Captain of the militia in the army
of the revolution and served Seven Tours one I
think was [illegible marks] Six months [illegible]  and the other
I think was a [illegible] months toure {tour] this last
Campaign happened when Cornwallis Came in to
North Carolina he was at the battle of Guilford-
and went South with Gen Green [illegible]
other battles that he was in [illegible] know
he was gon [gone] about twelve months
I also knew Mary Martin wife of Sallathiel [Salathiel]
Martin ever since I was vary [very] young They all
lived in Surry County North Carolina I did
not see them married but they have been
Living together as man and wife ever since
until Sallathiel [Salathiel] Martin's death 
Providence her x mark Critchfield

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above writen [written] before me a Justice of the peace
for the County a fore said and I further certify
that the said Providence Critchfield is a
Page 72

woman of good character a member of
the baptist Church in full fellowship and
that full faith may be given to her State
ments in witness where of I have hear [here] unto
set my hand this 13th day of February
Eighteen hundred and forty five
Wm McBee
Justice Peace
for Clabourn County

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I Thomas Johnston Clerk
of the County Court of Claiborne County do
certify that Wm McBee Esq whose name appears above is and was a
Justice of the peace in and for said County and
that the signature purporting to be his is his
genuine signature
In testimony whereof I
have hear [here] unto set my hand and affixed my
Seal of office at office in Tazwell This 3rd
day of March Eighteen hundred and forty
five
Thomas J. Johnston Clk
By his Deputy Wm Neil
Page 73

David Lawsons 
Deposition
Page 74

State of Tennessee )
Scott County          )SS
On this 14th day of July one
thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared
before the subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace for said
County Mr David Lawson, a resident of the County and
State afforesaid [aforesaid] who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following affidavit That he
affiant was born in the year 1765 in the county of Amherst
in the State of Virginia and is now in the eighty sixth year
of his age affiant further declares that he is well acquainted with
Mrs Mary Martin, who at this time resides in the adjoining
County of Claiborn and was well acquainted with her husband
Captain Saliethiel [Salathiel] Martin from his affiants infancy, affiant
states that he was himself in the service and well recolects [recollects] seeing
Capt Martin while in servace [service], though he affiant could never establish
proof of service for himself, Yet he well recolects [recollects] seing [seeing] Capt Saliethiel {Salathiel]
Martin mustered into servace [service] in the year 1779, seventeen hundred
and seventy nine and seventeen hundred and eighty, also
in the [illegible] two years viz 1781 and 1782 affiant is positive
of the above as he was living in the same neighborhood of the
afforesaid [aforesaid] Salethiel [Salathiel} Martin, he further declares that the servace [service]
rendered by him must have been upwards of Twenty months
and from his affiants knowledge he Salathiel Martin must
have served through a greater pation [portion] of the the war of the
Reviention [Revolution] this was always the report in the neighborhood
and Capt Martin long absence from home, [illegible]
Page 75

left that impression on his mind, Affiant further
says that Capt Salathiel Martin, was a man of great
personal strength he being a man of near seven feet high
and it was proverbial in the army that he was a head
higher than any other man in the army He further declared
that shortly after the close of the war of the Revolution The he
Capt Martin was married to his wife Mary, who now
resides as above stated shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war,
Affiant thinks about the year 1784 he is positive that the
marriage took place before 1783  Affiant emigrated from
North Carolina to East Tennessee in the year seventeen
hundred and ninety three at which time Salathiel Martin
and Mary Martin his wife, were living together as man and
wife and had children some eight or ten years old Affiant
thinks that if any person is entitled to a pension is is Mrs=
Mary Martin as her husband was considered one of the best
partizen [partisan] officers in that part of the State of North Carolina
David his x mark Lawson

Sworn to and subscribed before me James McDonald
an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Scott and State 
of Tennessee, this fourteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred
and fifty one, and I further certify that Mr David Lawson
is a man whose oath would be taken in any cause where he
is known, and of good standing in his neighborhood, In
testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand,
Amos McDonald
Justice of the Peace for
Scott County Tennessee
Page 76

State of Tennessee )
Scott County          )S.S.
I [blank] Clerk of the
County Court of Scott County do hereby certify that Amos
McDonald whoes [whose] name appears to the foregoing affidavit
as certificate attached, is an acting Justice of the Peace for
Said County, duly authorized by Law to administer oaths
and the signature thereunto attached is genuine
In Testimony where of I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed my seal of
office at office in Huntsville in the
County and State afforesaid [aforesaid] this 15th day
of July one thousand eight hundred & fifty
One
Allen McDonald
Clerk
Page 77

[printed form, handwritten responses]
11.202
Tennessee
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel
who died on the [blank]
of [blank] in the State of Te
who was a Cap Cav in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the [blank]
line for 2 yrs
Incd. from $480

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of
July 1852 and sent to
J J Coombs
Present

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

(Revolutionary Claim, )
(Act July 7, 1838.         )
Recorded by H. E. Robinson Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 36[page damage]
Page 78

61.263

[illegible]
Page 79

[vertical left side]
273095

[date stamp]
TAZWELL
Aug
10
TEN

FREE
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
Page 80

State of Tennessee
Claiborne County
on this 17th day of January
1846 - Personally appeared before
this subscriber a Justice of the peace
for this county aforesaid Jacob
Peck formerly a Justice of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
Aged about sixty six years
who being first duly sworn doth
make the following statement
on oath__
That many years ago af
fiant was personally acquaint
ed with Salathiel Martin _
who departed this life in Clai=
borne county many years since
as affiant believes said Mar
tin was remarkable in his
stature being near seven feet
high _ and from early in
life has acquaintance with him
[illegible] may tolerable in
limited and friendly - The
more for by said Martin had 
been in service in Early
life with the Father of affiant
Page 81

as affiant has often heard his Fa
ther say-- Father of affiant had
been in the Revolutionary war
but affiant thinks from what
he heard from Father of affiant
that the time Martin and Adam
Peck (father of Affiant) were toge
ther in the campaign of Col 
Christian (commonly called 
Christy) against the Indians
in what is now Tennessee_
Affiant has to the best of
his recollection heard said Mar
tin talk of incidents which
accured [occurred] in the revolutionary
war from which appeared in
fered such Martin had been
in this service in said war
--though with affiant this was only as
principally conjecture deserved primary was [illegible]--af
fiant has understood such
Martin lost his land in a 
[illegible] such upon the title--and
died poor--affiant does not
know personally the Widow
of said Martin - Such affiant
Page 82

understand from information on
when he has [illegible] only that said Mar
tin left a widow who is [illegible]
the above & foregoing [illegible]
present writing - Jacob Peck

Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me a Justice of the
peace for said County of
Claiborne --and I do fur
ther certify that I am person
ally acquainted with the
above Jacob Peck and that
full faith and credit due
to his statement --Given un
der my hand and seal the
day and the date before written
[illegible]
Isaac [illegible]
Justice of the peace for C. Cty


State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I Thos J Johnson clerk of the
County Court of Claiborne County do here by
certify that Isaac [illegible] whose name
appears to the above affidavit is
an acting Justice of the peace and was
Page 83

at the Time of Signing the same Duly
Commissioned and Sworn as the Law Directs
and that his signature seems to be in his own proper
hand write and full faith and credit is and
ought to be given to all of his official acts
as such
Witness my hand and seal
of office at office in
Tazewell the 17th of Jany
1846
Thos J Johnson
Clerk of Said
Court

[written vertically, left margin]
Judge Peck

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I. N.A. Evans Chairman of
the county court of Carbon County in said state
hereby certify that Thomas J Johnson whose
name appears to the within or foregoing certificate
is and was at the signing the same was clerk of the
county court of said county and that he is enti
tled to full faith and credit as such Given
under my hand and seal this 17 day of
January
1846
N A Evans (seal)
Chairman of the county
court of said county
Page 84

Comptroller's Office, Raleigh N.C

I, William F. Collins, Comptroller of Public
Accounts, do hereby certify that it appears of
record in my office that Salathiel Martin
had the following certificates issued in his
favour [favor], purporting to be for military service;
viz; one for six hundred and twenty four pounds,
(£624) found in Book No 2. page 45; and
another for Four pounds, seventeen shillings
and sixpence, (£4.17.6) found in Book
No 24, page 100. Specie certificates. They
appear, as all others do, on the Military Books
of this office, to have been for Military service,
given under my hand and seal this
day March 1845
Wm. F. Collins Compt
Page 85

State of Tennessee               )
Claiborn [Claiborne] County ) ss.
On this 5th day May 1845 personally
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in
said County Mr Isaac Van Bebber a resident of the County
and State aforesaid aged Fifty five years on the 31th of
April last who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath make the following affidavit that he is well
acquainted Ms Mary Martin at this time a resident of this
Claiborne County Tennessee affiant was also well acquainted 
with her husband Salathiel Martin up to the time of his death
wich [which] took place on the 6th of May 1827 Affiant further declares
that he has had frequent conversations with the aforesaid
Salathiel Martin relative to his services in the war of the
Revolution he always informed Affiant that he was a
Captain in the war and served a great many campaigns
as such through a greater part of the war of the Revolution
and was in the prinsipal [principal] battles of the South Affiant
further declares that he was well acquainted with the
hand writing of the aforesaid Salathiel Martin and
declares that the family record of the births of his children
attached to Mrs Martin declaration is in his Salathiel
Martins own hand writen [writing] and the record has been
in the possession of his wife the aforesaid Mary Martin
for many years affiant further declares that he was well
acquainted with above Salathiel & Mary Martin for
Thirty years before his Salathiel Martins death all
with him they were recognised [recognized] in the neighborhood as
man and wife and never had the marriage disputed
Isaac Vanbebber
Page 86

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written before me a Justice of the peace for said County
and I further certify that I am well acquainted with
Mr Isaac Van Bebber and full faith and
credit is due his statements In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
Aaron Lynch (seal)
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
the County
Court
I Thos J Johnson Clerk of
of the County Court of Claiborne County do
Certify that Aaron Lynch Esqr whose name
appears above is and was a Justice of the
peace in and for said County and that the
Signature purporting to be his is his genuine
Signature
In testimony where of I have here
unto set my hand and ["seal" was crossed out] affixed my seal of
office at office in Tazwell this 14 day of May
1845
Thos J Johnson
C.C.C.
Page 87

Speedwell Tennessee
May the 15th 1845
J L Edwards Esqr
Sir I have the
honor of forwarding you the Declaration
of Miss Mary Martin in order to obtain
the benefit of Acts of Congress granting
pensions to the widows of the officers and
Soldiers of the revolution
When she made this Declaration she
had not been able to obtain any document-
ary evidence in relation to her husbands
services, but since that time she has got
the Certificate of the Comptroller of public
accounts of the State of North Carolina
If there should be any deficiency inform
me of the fact
Very Respectively
Yours &c
Hn L W Rogers
Page 88

W11926
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel
Ten
act 7 July 1838
Page 89

State of Tennessee  )
Claibourn County    ) ss
On this 10th day of May 1845 personally
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace Mr
Joshua Crichfield a resident of the County and State afores
aid aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn acc
ording to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit
That he is well acquainted with Ms Mary Martin who
resides in this Claibourn County Tennessee and was well
acquainted with her husband Captain Salathiel Mastian
up to the time of his death Affiant well recollects the marri
age of the aforesaid Salathiel Martin and Mary Cook
wich [which] marriage took place in the County of Surry State of
North Carolina in the Spring of Seventeen hundred
and Eighty two affiant is positive of the above date
from the fact that he affiant carried two letters from
Captain Salathiel Martain [Martin] to Miss Mary Cook a
short time before the marriage and they were always 
recognised [recognized] in the neighborhood as man and wife where
they lived up to the day of his the aforesaid Salathiel
Martins death affiant never saw the aforesaid Captain
Salathiel Martin in actual service but from report in
the neighborhood at the time of his marriage and
was afterwards that the aforesaid Salathiel Martin
was a Captain through the greater part of the war
of the Revolution and affiant never had the service as an officer disputed
Joshua Crichfield

Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year as
written before me a Justice of the peace for said County
Page 90

and I further certify that I am well acquainted with
Mr Joshua Crichfield and full faith and credit is
given to his statements In witness whereof I have
hereunto set in hand
J E Bowman
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County    )
I Thos J Johnson Clerk
of the County Court of Claiborne County do
Certify that J E Bowman Esqr whose name
appears above is and was a Justice of the peace
in and for said County and that the Signature
purporting to be his is his genuine Signature
In testimony where of I have hear unto [hereunto]
Set my hand and affixed my seal of office
at office in Tazewell this 14th day of May
1845
Thos J Johnson
Clk
Page 91

Certificate of the Clerk of Surry Cty
N C
Page 92

10
Rockford NC
Dec. 13th

Jacob Newman Esqr
Knoxville
Tennessee
Page 93

State of North Carolina )
Surrey County               )
I Francis K Amstrong clerk
of the Court of pleas and quarter
Sessions in and for the said County of Surry do hereby
certify that I have made diligent search among the
marriage Bonds and files of my office for the marriage
Bond of Salathiel Martin and Mary his wife and can
find no such bond or record on file in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said
Court at office the 11th day of December
AD 1845December
F K Armstrong clk
Page 94

Rockford Decr 11th 1845
Dr Sir
I have made the search requested by you
your hand write I could not read verry [very] well
and had some doubts whether in your letter
you wrote Mr Martins name Salathiel or
something else if the same in my certificate
not write [right] I will make the correction
on notice of the facts
Respectfully
FKArmstrong
Page 95

Cumberland Gap Tennessee Decr. 8th 1851
Sir:
You will pardon the liberty I have
taken in addressing you, when I tell you, that
Mrs Mary Martin who obtained certificates for
a pension on the 8th of November last. (Page 296
Vol 3 ) Has deposited her money with me
for safe keeping
I will make a plain statement of the
case, and you can see my object in this
communication.
From 5 to 18 years ago Mr.
Jacob Newman of Knoxville Tenn, engaged
with Mrs Martin to prosecute her claim,
and having failed up to August last to
procure certificates to enable her to obtain
her money-- she engaged CH Trabue Esqr.
of the firm of G.H. Monsarrat &Co. of Louis
ville Ky, who about the 24th of Nov. produced
the certificates, drew the money, was
paid as per agreement, and the ballance [balance]
was placed in my hands by Mrs Martin
Now Mr. Newman, charges Mr. Trabue
with never producing any proof whatever
in the case, and that he (Trabue) obtained
the certificates by fraud, and consequently
was not entitled to pay. This Mr. Newman
Page 96

has induced Mrs Martin who is quite child[illegible]
to believe, and has obtained a power of
attorney to bring Suit in her name
against Trabue for the amount paid him,
which amount Newman wishes to
appropriate to his own use.
I will take it as a great favour [favor],
if you will give me the facts which of
two, Newman or Trabue produced the
proof that enabled Mrs Martin to
obtain her certificates. You see
my object is to try and do right 
between the contending parties.
Your early reply will much oblige
Your Most Obt Servt.
John G. Newlee

Mr. James E Heath
Comm of Pensions
Page 97

Jany 26/52

Left by the Hon
A. G. Watkins
H of Rep.

relating to a
Revo pension case

Letter to be returned
to Mr Watkins
-
Let Hon A. G. Walkins, Jan 28/52
Letter returned
Page 98

Increase,
Mary Martin
wid of Salathiel
Tenn:
Louisville (Ky) Agency.

Acts 7 July 38. 3 Mch '43
17 June '44 & 2 Feb '48
2 yrs Capt of Dragoons $600
per ann: except 2 years.
Former paymts at the rate
of $480 per an to be deducted.

Cert to
J. J. Coombs
Present.
Page 99

[printed form, handwritten responses]
9099
Tennessee
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel
who was a Captain
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 480 Dollars [blank]
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued
the 8th day of November 1851
and sent to
W. Ramsey
Louisville
Ky
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 194
Page 100

Mary Martin
wid of Salathiel
Tennessee
Acts
7 July 1838
3 Mch '43
17 June 44 &
2 Feby 48.

2 yrs Capt. $480
per Ann: from 4 Mch
'36 except 2 years

Cert to
Wm Ramsey
Louisville
Ky.
Page 101

State of Tennessee
Claiborne County
August 26 1857
personally appeared
before me A.D Woodson an acting Justice of the peace &
for the County & State afore said John Shumate aged
sixty five years doth on his Oath state that he has been
personally & intimately acquainted with Salaseal [Salathiel] Martin
& his Wife Mary Martin upwards of forty years and there
Oldest child must be thirty seven or Eight years of Age he
says he has heard then boath [both] say that they were married a
short time after the Revolutionary War and they have lived
to gather [together] ever see as husband & wife untill [until] the death of Solanal [Salathiel]
Martain [Martin] which took place some time in the year Eighteen Hundred
and twenty Eight [illegible] since that time. Mrs Mary Martin has been
a widow and is now the widow of Salasial [Salathiel] Martain [Martin] a revolution
ary [illegible] he further states that he has seen the family record
that was taken a way in order to obtain Mrs Mary Martain [Martin] a
pension for the service of her Said Husband and it was in
her husbands hand writing and he verily believes that they were
Married shortly after the Close of this Revolutionary war say
Eighty three or four sworn and subscribed the day and year
above written before me

John his x mark Shumate

A.D. Woodson JP
Page 102

State of Tennessee
Claiborne County
August the 26 1851
I A D Woodson do Certify that I am personally acquaint
ed with the fourgoing [foregoing] affiant and what he has stated
in the forgoing affidavit is to be relyed [relied] on as true
given under my hand the day & year above [illegible]
A.D. Woodson (seal)
Justice of the peace
for Claibourn County

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I Thos J Johnson Clerk of the
county court of said County do hereby certify
That A.D. Woodson whose name appears to the
a bove [above] certificate and Declaration is an acting
Justice of the peace in and for said County duly
commissioned and quallifide [qualified] as the Law
Directs and that full faith and Credit is and
aught [ought] to be given to all of his official acts as
Such and Said Woodsons commission Bears
date the 31st of May 1849 and will Expire
on the 1st Monday of April 1854 and that
his Signature as signed above is genuine-
Given under my hand and seal
of office at office in Tazewell
the 27th of August 1851
Thos J Johnson
Clk
Page 103

[printed form, handwritten responses]
579[page damage]
Tennessee
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Captain

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 480 Dollars [scroll symbol denoting blank]
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 8th day of Nov 1831
and sent to
Wm Ramsey
Louisville
Ky

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 3 Vol. 296

Let to Jno G. Newlee Dec 18/51.
" Hon. A. G. Watkins Dec 31/51
"   "      "   "     "          Jan 28/52
"    "      "  "     "          March 11/52
"    "  Wm M Churchill    do   do
Page 104

[printed form, handwritten responses]
11202
Tennessee
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel
who died on the 6th May 1827
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a Captain in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by [blank] in the N. Carolina
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee
at the rate of 480 Dollars [blank] Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov
1851 and sent to Wm Ramsay
Louisville 
Ky

Arrears to the 4th of
Semini-annual allowance ending

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act July 7, 1838.        }
Recorded by AH Markland Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 361
Page 105

Comptrollers Certificate

A
Page 106

State of North Carolina
(Comptroller's Office
(August 4th. 1851
I William J. Clarke Comptroller of public ac-
counts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby
certify that it appears of record in said office
among the payments made to sundry persons on
account of military services in the Revolutionary
War that the following payments were made to
Salathiel Martin who is registered in Book "J"
as a Captain of Militia Dragoons to wit:
Book No 2. page 45 ￡624 S10 (Six hundred and 
twenty four pounds ten shillings specie
And the following payment to S. Martin
Book No. 24 page 100 ￡4 S17.D6. specie
    "      "    26    "       15￡4  S10 specie
[Seal] In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed my seal of office
the day & year above written
Wm. J. Clarke Comptr.
Page 107

[page damage]
[printed form, handwritten responses]
[page damage] 9
Tennessee
Mary Martin
widow of Salathiel
who was a Capt Cavy
N.C. Line
in the Revolution
Inc ofe $480
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 600 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of July 1852 and
sent to J.J. Coombs
Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 194
Page 108

State of Tennessee                   )
Claibour [Claiborne] County    )SS
On this 10th day of January 1846
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the
peace for said County Mrs. Mary Martin a resident of the
County and State aforesaid aged Eighty three years in August
next who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath
make the following Affidavit that she is the widow of Salathiel
Martin & Captain in the North carolina militia in the war of the
Revolution she futher [further] declares that some ten months ago she affiant
made out her declaration for a pension under the act of congress
of July 7th 1838 she futher [further] declares that in that declaration she elege [alleges]
that her husband the aforesaid Salathiel Martin performed two
towers [tours] of service of six and twelve months this affiant thinks was
construed by the department wrong she supposed that her husband
was in military duty he being absent from the Neighborhood
she futher [further] declares that she often herd [heard] her husband the aforesaid
Salathiel Martin say that he was divers campaigns as Captain
of the Militia in the war of the Revolution she further declares that 
she often heard her husbands mother repremanding [reprimanding] him of his inditint
habits his reply allways [always] was that his indolence was contracted while
in a long services in the war of the revolution and she refers the
department to the testamoney [testimony] of her neighbours [neighbors] and the Certificate
of the Comptroler [comptroller] of North Carolina she also refers the department
to the famley [family] record attached to her former declaration it being in
her affiants husbands own proper hand wrighting [writing] also the leter [letter]
of the County Court Clerk of Surry County North Carolina in whi=
ch she was married to her husband the aforesaid Salathiel Martin
Mary her x mark Martin
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Page 109

me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid and i {[] do further certify
that i [I] am well acquainted with Mrs Mary Martin and that full
faith and credit is due her Mary Martin Statement Given
under my hand and seal the day and year above written
Sanuel Gibson (seal)
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )ss
On this 10th day of January 1846
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace
Mr John Sumate a resident of the County and State aforesaid
aged Sixty years on the 3d day of February next who being
first duly sworn according to Law doath [doth] on his oath make
the following Affidavit That he is well acquainted 
with Mrs Mary Martin at this time a resident of this Claibon [Claiborne]
County Tennessee and was well acquainted with her
husband Salathiel Martin up to the day of his death he
affiant first became acquainted with the aforesaid
Salathiel Martin Thirty five years ago at wich [which] time
the aforesaid Salathial Martin was reputed and believed
in the Neighborhood to of been a Captain of Militia in
the war of the Revolution Affiant is justified in the last
remark from the fact of his affiant having frequent conv
ersation with the aforesaid Salathiel Martin about his
campaigns as Captain in the Militia Affiant further
declares that he had different persons say that they had
served different campaigns in the war of the Revolution
with the aforesaid Salathiel Martin [illegible] Jacob Cirs
Palmer Serichfield and James Ignight all who informed
Affiant that they served under the aforesaid Salathiel
Martin in the war of the Revolution Affiant further
declares that Jacob Cirs Palmer Serichfield and
Page 110


James Light are all dead
John Shumat

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year before written
before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and
i futher [further] Certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid
John Shumate Statement Given under my hand and
Seal the day and year before written 
Samuel Gibson
Justice of the Peace the said County

State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County    )
I Thomas J. Johnson clerk of the county
court of Claiborne County aforesaid do hereby certify that
Samuel Gibson whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavit
is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of
the peace of said county duly commissioned and qualified
agreeable to the Constitution and laws of the State of Tennessee
and that full faith and credit is and of right should be
given to his official acts as such Given under my
hand and seal of office at office the 16 day of January 1846
Thomas J. Johnson
Clerk
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Supplement of
Mary Martin
also John Shumates Depo
action
Page 112

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County   )
I.N.A. Evans Chairman of
the county court of Claiborne County in said state
hereby certify that Thomas J Johnson whose name
appears to the within certificate is and was Clerk
of the county court of said county and was at
the time of signing the same and that he is
entitled to full faith and credit as Such
Given under my hand and Seal this 16th
day of January 1846
N.A. Evans (seal)
Chairman of the County
Court of said County

[vertical left side]
Supplement of
Mary Martin
also John Shumates Depo
action
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State of Tennessee
Claiborne County Set
On this the 22nd day of June 1852
Before me Andrew D Woodson a Justice of the Peace in & for the
County & State aforesaid personally appeared Mrs Mary Martin
a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged about 90 years
who after being first only Sworn according to law doth on her
oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions of the Acts of Congress passed 7th July 1838
3d March 1843 17th June 1844 & 2nd Feby 1848 To wit that She is the
widow of Salathael Martin deceased who was a Captain of Dra=
goons in the Revolutionary war in the State of North Carolina
and served several years in consequence of which she
is now receiving a pension at the rate of $480 per annum
(Four hundred & Eighty Dollars pr annum) whereas she is advised
& believes that she is entitled to the sum of $600 - pr. Annum
as that is the pay due for Service as a Captain of Dragoons That 
the pension certificate which issued in her name bears date the
8th day of November 1851 and is herewith filed She also states
that She has a son living within 50 miles of Louisville Ky
another at Warsaw within 60 or 70 miles and another in Estill Co
Ky and that at present she is remaining near the Cumberland 
Gap the State line of Kentucky and for greater convenience,
Saving of trouble and expense in obtaining the pension
hereafter to become due to her She hereby requests that the
agency for paying her Pension may be changed to Louis
-ville Ky the agency for the State in which her aforesaid chil-
-dren live. She also requests that her pension certificate
may be [illegible] delivered to her attorneys
and with them only does she wish
correspondence holder touching her said Claims
Mary her x mark Martin
Sworn to and subscribed   )
before me on the 22d day )
June 1852                           )
[illegible] A.D.Woodson J P )
Jno. G. Newlee                    )
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State of Tennessee Claiborne County Set
I A.D. Woodson the just subscribed
Magistrate certify that the foregoing declarant is personally
Known to me and Known to be the identical person she
represents herself to be, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
at $480- pr annum and a Lady of the first respect
-bility unto all of whose statements the fullest faith and
credit should be given
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name
this the 22nd day of June 1852
A. D. Woodson

State of Tennessee )
Claiborne County.   )
I, Tho. J. Johnson Clerk of the County
Court of said County, do hereby certify that A. D. Woodson 
whose name appears to the above and forgoing Certificate is
an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly
commissioned and qualified according to law and that
full faith and credit is due all of his official acts
as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office at office in Tazewell
this 23rd day of June 1852
Tho. J. Johnson Clk
By W. G. Payne, D.C.C.
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[printed form, handwritten responses]
know all men by these presents, That I Mary Martin
of Claiborne County Tennessee a Revolutionary pensioner of
the United States at the rate of $480 per annum, whereas I am
entitled at the rate of $600. per annum and which pension when
allowed as increase I wish made payable at the agency in
Louisville Ky, instead of the present agency and to which I am
entitled in consideration of the Revolutionary service of my
deceased husband Salathiel Martin as a Captain of Dragoos
in the State of North Carolina
in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs Esq
of the City of Washington my true and lawful Attorney
for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before
any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I have to arrears of pay or Pension
money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States,
and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd
February 1848, and 29th July 1848 -- as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th
May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
my Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department
of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching
my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all
information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or
claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
my said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out
the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or
evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer
upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon [blank] hereby ratifying
and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
Witness my hand and seal this 22nd day of June 1852
Witness my hand and seal this 22d day of June 1852.
Mary her x mark Martin
witness
A.D. Woodson
Jno. G. Newlee

State of Tennessee Claiborne County, sec
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 22d day of June 1852, before the
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared Mary Martin personally known to me, and to be a
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of
480 per annum and the
subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and deliv-
ering the same to be her own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes
therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name,
A.D. Woodson J. P.
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State of Tennessee  )
Claiborne County     )
I, Thomas J. Johnson, Clerk of
the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that
A. D. Woodson whose name appears to the above and foregoing
Certificate is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly Commissioned and qualified according to
law, and that full faith and credit is due all of
his official Acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office at Office in
Tazwell, this 23rd day of June 1852.
Tho. S. Johnson, Clk
by W. G. Payne, D.C.C.
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Daniel Martin
Affidavit
Page 118

State of Tennessee )
White County         )SS
On this 24th day of July one thousand eight
hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me Robert
Hitchcock, an acting Justice of the peace for the County and State afforesaid
Mr Daniel Martin aged eighty one years past, and after being sworn
according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit That
he was well acquainted with Capt Sallethial [Salathiel] Martin, who served
as Captain in the war of the Revolution, That he was not in the
immediate neighborhood when he entered the service but was in
the Neighborhood in a very short time after the close of the war,
and after the close of his tours of service and lived with the afforesaid
Capt Martin for some time thereafter and often heard him speak
of his serving in the capasity [capacity] of Captain, and told him of
the different hardships that he [illegible] during the time,
Affiant further declares that many of the men, that served under
Captain Martin, told him while staying with Martin that
after the close of the war, that they were in service with him and
always, saluted him as there [their] captain, and such was the case
with all the people in the neighborhood and he affiance [affiant] always
understood that Salathiel Martin was, a good partisan officer
being a man of, great, personal strength and very [illegible], and
considered a head and shoulder, taller than any other officer, at
the time Affiant further declares, that all persons after the war
[illegible] to him, the honor, of being one of the best officers, that
served in the State of North Carolina he being very confident of
his active service from the persons living in the vicinity in which
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Captain Martin served, giving such testimony of service affiance [affiant]
cannot say the precise period of service but thinks that he must have
served during a greater portion of the Revolutionary war, Affiant further
declares, that he is very well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Martin wife
of Captain Martin who now Resides in the County of Clabourn [Claiborne] and
State of Tennessee, and was well acquainted with her at the time
of her Marriage to Capt Martin he affiant declares that the marriage
took place shortly after the close, of the Revolutionary war, he knows
this from a companion of his own age with hers, and further, said
he affiant was married in 1794, and that Salletial [Salathiel] Martin was
married several years, prior to his marriage, Affiant thinks that
if any person is entitled to a pension it is Mrs. Mary Martin
Daniel his x mark Martin
mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me Robert Hitchcock and
acting Justice of the Peace for the County and State afforesaid and
I further certify that Mr Daniel Martin, is a man in whose oath full
faith and credit may be placed, In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, This 24th day of July, 1851,
Robert Hitchcock
Justice of the Peace for White
County Tennessee
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State of Tennessee  )
White County          )SS
I George G Dibrell Clerk of the county court
for White County Tennessee do hereby certify that Robert Hitchcock
whoes [whose] name appears to the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the
Peace for said county, duly authorised [authorized] and commissioned to administer
oaths, and the Signature thereto purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
Hand and affixed my seal of office at office
in Sparta, this 24th day of July 1851
G. G. Dibrell Clerk
of White County Court