Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8999, for Josiah Marcum, Virginia
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93-17760
SERVICE | NUMBER
Va. | Marcum, Josiah | S.8999
Carded
CONTENTS
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To Ohio from 4 Sep 1844  Feby 19. 1845. Notification to Hon R. [illegible] Ho of Reps
See papers G. Hardwich June 1832 No 26817.

Date of death not on AB

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25,620
Ohio:
Josiah Marcum of Lawrence Co in the Stat of Kentu wo was a private in the compy by Captain  Tate of the regt by C Campbell in the BIrg Militia line for 18 months from 17-

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 64 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 fay of Feb 1834 - and sent to Hon. Amos Davis, H.R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $150-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '36 30-
180-

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. S. Allison Clerk Book E. Vo. [illegible] Page 24
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Stephen Marcum states that he has seen the discharge which his father received when he left the revolutionary war -- It was about 35 years ago that he saw the discharge and remembers well that the discharge stated that his father had served out the term of Eighteen months. He with another individual examined the papers of his father for a bill of sale of a negro woman and found the discharge and they had some conversation in relation to the revolutionary war and the old man their and
other times to be many anecdotes of things that {illegible, cut off] whilst he was a soldier.

Stephen Marcum

Kentucky-Lawrence County Sct Stephen Marcum a credible witness this day came before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the aforesaid County and made oath that the above statements are true. Given under my hand this Nov. 1833

Nath Dawson W.L.C.


set a credible witness
Kentucky Lawrence County Sct David Adkins a credible witness this day came before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said
County and made oath that during the Revolutionary war, he saw Josiah Marcum at Hillsborough in North Carolina in the American Army - the army was marching out to a place when one of the men was to be whipped. Marcum was then a Drummer and this affiant was a fifer shortly afterwards he left Hillsborough and this affiant does not know how long said Marcum served. He further
states that he has known Marcum for a great many years and it has always been reputed indeed never doubted that he was served in
the revolutionary war.

Given under my hand this 7th Nov. 1833

Nath Dawson W. L. C.
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Kentucky Lawrence County Sch
J. James M. Rice Clerk of the County Court of Lawrence aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathan Dawson Esq whose proper signature is affixed within, is now and was at the date of those signatures an acting justice of
the peace for the said County. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 25th day of January 1834
Jas M. Rice clk

S. Marcum + D. Ao Ryans affidavits to be sent to Lawrence
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State of Kentucky}
Lawrence County Sct} On this 2nd day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Silas W. Robbins, Judge of the Lawrence Circuit Court now sitting, Josiah Marcum of said County & State aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That he was born on the 2nd day of May 1759 as he was always informed, but never saw any record of his age, in Chesterfield County Virginia but removed to the County of Prince Edward when only four or five years old. He afterwards when young removed to Bedford
County in the State of Virginia and volunteered in the spring immediately preceding the defeat of Genl Gates he does not remember the exact date - He volunteered in the Virginia State Troops under the Capt. Tate his christian name he thinks was Matthew or Nathaniel, as he was called Matt or Nat. his Lieutenants name was Goggins, he thinks his given name was Stephens - The Regiment to which he was attached was commanded by Col Campbell his given name not recollected his entered the service for 18 months and served out the whole time and was discharged
in Hillsborough Court House in North Carolina
From Bedford when he enlisted, he was marched into North Carolina and was in Gates's defeat or rather driven a baggage waggon  in the vicinity of the battle which was but a short time after he entered the service. He was under Genl Stephens who was under Genl Gates. After the defeat of Gates he was
marched to Hillsborough when head quarters were for a portion of the army, and spent the winter there and on scouting parties. He was still under
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Genl Stephens who commanded the Eighteen months men and he was put under Genl Greene at the battle of Guilford or was driving a baggage waggon near then Greene having succeeded Gates in the command of the Southern army. He was discharged in the fall of the year for he remembers after his discharge, on his way home, the fruit in the orchards was ripe and many persons refused to let soldiers have any. He was discharged at Hillsborough N. Carolina. His discharge was signed by his Captain, but he had it washed up in his pocket about 20 or 25 years ago. One David Layer commanded a regular company and Capt Newel commanded another. He knew Col Bluford, & Genl Butler many other officers. He further states that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can prove the whole of his service whose testimony he can procure - but Silas p. Outen, Edward Burgess and David Adkins knows of his having been in the service. He was a drummer a part of the time he was in service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid

Josiah his X mark Marcum

I David Adkins do hereby declare that I saw Josiah Marcum, the above petitioner, beating the drum in one of the Companies stationed at Hillsborough just before the defeat of Genl Gates. I was a fifer and we were marched out with a portion of the army together, but after we marched from Hillsborough did not see him again to my recollection.
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Sworn to + Subscribed this 2nd Nov. 1832

David his X mark Adkins

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Given under my hand and seal as Circuit Judge this 2nd day of November 1832

Silas W Robbins [the word seal is circled] 

 I James M. Rice Clerk of the Lawrence Circuit
Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of the application of
Josiah Marcum for a pension. In testimony 
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
private seal there being no seal of office this 2nd  November 1832

Jas. M. Rice C.S.C.C. [the word seal is circled]
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State of Kentucky}
Lawrence Circuit} Sct.

I James M. Rice Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
the matter of the application of Josiah Marcum for a pension.  That at the time
that said declaration was made in Court, there was no Circuit Court Seal, but it has subsequently been obtained

Given under my hand & the seal of my office this 7th day of November 1833
Jas. M. Rice Clerk

[Image of a seal which is illegible]

Josiah Marcum Declaration 
Virg [illegible]
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old case
Josiah Marcum Kentucky
i. j.

Mr Marcum was in the Continental troops + therefore entitled to full pay of $96 per year. Also W. Burgess who was out with him is
allowed this amt
from 1780 for 18 mo
$60

Hon Amos Davis
H. R
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:

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

A Statement, showing the Service of Josiah Marcum

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Years. |Months . | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1780 | 18 | Pr.

The official character and signature of the magistrate before whom the affidavits enclosed should be certified by a member of Congress at the clerk of the court under his seal of office, on each paper containing the magistrates signature, or they should be connected by a piece of tape or ribbon, the ends of which should be made to pass under the seal of office 

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,

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

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1852.
State, Territory, or District of}
County of} ss.
On this {space] day of [space] personally appeared (a) before [space] A. B. a resident (b) of [space] in the county of [space] and State, Territory or District of [space] aged (c) [space]
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [space], with [space] and served in the [space] (e) regiment of the [space] line, under the following named officers:

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

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [space]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I [space] of the Court of [space]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [space] day of
[space] & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia  subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [space] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with [space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
[space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [space] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [space] Clerk of the Court of [space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [space for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [space] day of
& c. [space]

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what yeyear were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To ad officer.  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what office, has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court,
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b)The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the tule
(c)The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d)The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e)Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: as Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades -- months, and days, I served as a- For months and --- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension." in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent and that was either in the sale or in person; and for the meetings which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
(f)The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g)The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i)The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j)In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[image of a finger pointing to the right] The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l)If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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August 20, 1936

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JOSIAH MARCUM
S. 8999
BA-J/EEL: MLB
OW

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of August 7, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Josiah Marcum, born in Virginia, served from that state and received a pension, and of Mathias Brandenburgh, of Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a Mathias Brandenburgh, under any spelling of the name. Such claims are the source of data
furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The record has been found of only one Josiah Marcum, which follows as shown in pension claim, S. 8999, based upon his service in the Revolution.

Josiah Marcum was born May 2, 1759, in Chesterfield County, Virginia; when four or five years of age, he moved to Prince Edward County, that state, and when still young, to Bedford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Bedford County, Virginia, Josiah Marcum enlisted in March or April, before the battle of Gates' defeat, served as private and drummer in Captains Nathaniel Tate's and Richard Edmonson's companies, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment, and was guarding the baggage wagons at the time of the battle of Gates' defeat, and was similarly engaged at the battle of Guilford Court House; length of service eighteen months.

Josiah Marcum was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1832, while a resident of Lawrence County, Kentucky.
In 1845, he had moved to the State of Ohio.

In 1833, Stephen Marcum, a son of the soldier, made affidavit in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in support of his father's claim for
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pension. His age was not given. No other names of children are shown nor is the name of soldier's wife given.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of Josiah Marcus, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Josiah Marcum
Certificate #25620
Issued February 14, 1834
Rate, $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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December 14, 1907.

Honorable J. A. Hughes,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Hughes:

In reply to your letter dated the 12"" and received the 12 inst., I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim (Sur. File 8999) of Josiah Marcum, it appears that he was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, May 2, 1759, and enlisted in Bedford County, Virginia in March or April 1780, served 18 months as drummer and private under
Captains Tate and Richard Edmonson, and Col. Campbell in the Virginia State troops, guarded baggage wagons at the battles of Camden and
Guilford and was discharged at Hillsborough, N. C.

He was allowed pension on an application executed November 2, 1832, while residing in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Date of his death is not stated. His son Stephen was alive in 1832. For date of last payment of pension and possible date of death, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following
data: Josiah Marcus, certificate number 25,620, issued February 14, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio Agency.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section.

Dec. 14, 1907,

Hon. J. A. Hughes,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Hughes;

In reply to your letter of the ninth instant
requesting information as to whether Josiah Marcum A soldier of the Revolution is entitled to a free monument, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau has no jurisdiction over such matters. Inquiries relative to headstones to mark the graves of soldiers should be addressed to the Quartermaster General, U. S. A. War Department.

Very truly yours
Commissioner.
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[Stamped, round, containing: numbers 1-12 outer perimeter, RECEIVED AUG 10 1936 MAIL SUB. DIV.]

236 Main Street
Irvine, Kentucky
August 7, 1936

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sirs:

Please give all the information possible about the following.

About Josiah Marcum, Private Virginia Militia, pensioned by the United States Government, April 18, 1834, for services in the Revolutionary War, being at that time about seventy - five years old. He was born in Virginia in 1758.
Do you have any record of his parents' names ? those of his brothers and sisters? Did he have any children? What were their names?

About Mathias Brandenburgh of Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia, concerning any Revolutionary service.

Thank you very much.

Yours truly,
Carrie Mitchell
(Mrs. Claude Mitchell)
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April 19, 1935
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BA-J/EEL
Josiah Marcum-S.8999

Mr. Ray Marcum
114 East Burnett Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Josiah Marcum, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who was granted pension while residing in Lawrence County, Kentucky.

A very careful examination has been made of the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.8999, based upon the military
service of Josiah Marcum in that war and the data found therein a e furnished you below.

Josiah Marcus was born May 2, 1759, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and when four or five years of age moved to Prince Edward
County, that state, and when still young, to Bedford County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said Bedford County, Josiah Marcum enlisted in March or April before the battle of Gates' Defeat, served as a private and drummer in Captains Nathaniel Tate's and Richard Edmonson's Companies, Colonel Campbell's Virginia Regiment and was guarding the baggage wagons at the time of the battle of Gates Defeat and was similarly engaged at the battle of Guilford Court House, length of service, eighteen months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 2, 1832, while residing in Lawrence County, Kentucky. In 1845, he had
removed to the state of Ohio.

In 1833, Stephen Marcum, a son of the soldier made affidavit in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in support of his father's claim for pension. His age was not given. No other names of children are shown nor is the name of soldier's wife given.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
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the Revolutionary War pensioner, Josiah Marcum (S.8999), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city and cite the following data

Josiah Marcus, Certificate No. 25620, issued February 14, 1834, rate $600 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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114 East Burnett A.
Louisville, Kentucky,
April 8, 1935

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Department of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the status regarding a pension given to Josiah Marcum a private in the Virginia militia-Started drawing pension on
Feb. 14, 1834.
Living in Lawrence County, Kentucky at the time.

I would like to have a full copy of the pension if possibly and if it isn't too much trouble
Thanking you in advance,
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I remain,
Respectfully yours,
Ray. Marcum

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Inv. 8,999.

[Stamped, oval, containing: CONGRESSIONAL DEC 13 1907 U.S. Bureau of Pensions.]

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[Typewritten document on letterhead]

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON

12 / 12 / '07.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

In reply to your letter of Dec. 11th, GCK, can
you advise me, if Josiah Marcum's name appears on the pension rolls of the Revolutionary War as a soldier.

Very truly yours,

J a Hughes
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON

12/9/'07.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Kindly advise me, if a soldier, by the name of
Josiah Marcum, who claims to have served in the Revolutionary War, enlisted in Tenn and Va, who died between the age of one hundred and one hundred and one years, and whose name, it is his claimed, was on the pension rolls, is entitled to a monument, free.

Very truly ours,
J a Hughes
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1907 Dec. 11. Hon J.A. Hughes if he should apply to J.M. Gen for headstone
1907. Dec. 14. Hist to Hon J. A. Hughes
1922 Aug. 21 " " Jno. W. Falconnier 
Letter in 1917 Chesley Dobbs {sent clip]
1935 - April. Hist to Ray Marcum EEL
1936.Aug.20 - Hist to Mrs. Claude Mitchell EEL MLD


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8999
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 8999
Josiah Marcum Pri Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. [illegible], Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Josiah Marcum of Kentucky from 1780 private
Amos Davis
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Josiah Marcum which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? did
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? did
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Has
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? X Not his grade
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Has
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Has
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Have
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Has
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No No Seal
X not found on Rolls of Va State line. He should prove service It does not appear how long he served as Drummer or under what circumstances, as an enlisted soldier he was made wagoner.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? [No is crossed out]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [No is crossed out]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? does
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Are- except the want of seal of the Clerk
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Are

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For [space] year [space] months and [space] days, I served as a [space]; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying icer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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The amendatory petition or Declaration of Josiah Marcum to his original petition or Declaration made on the 2nd of November
1832 before the Lawrence Circuit Court. He states that he enlisted instead of volunteered as stated in his first declaration and
considered the term volunteered as synonymous with enlisted. That Edward Burgess was the sergeant who enlisted him
in Bedford County Virginia in the spring of the year, he thinks in March or April-- the year he cannot state but it was before Gates was defeated at Camden. He went into service as a Drummer and continued a Drummer only a
few weeks, for he was marched to Hillsborough in North Carolina directly after his enlistment and after his arrival there, then being many better summon their himself, in a
few days, he went into the ranks as a private and therefore only claims as a private. In his former Declaration he stated that he drove the baggage waggon he will now state more precisely-- He was always mustered in the service as a soldier, but was frequently with others detached to guard the baggage waggons and, being an excellent hand to drive the waggon, he was frequently ordered to drive the waggon. At the battle of Camden, he would correct his former statement in this particular he was guarding the baggage waggon or driving one for he sometimes
in the same day would be acting as a guard and occasionally as driver and the driver take his station as guard. This was also his situation at the battle of Guilford. This he knows well
and therefore positively states that he did enlist for 18 months as a private and served out his time & was honorably discharged. The number of days that he ever drove a baggage
waggon all put together could not exceed thirty. He states that after going out, he continued in service for the full term of Eighteen months and never left the service until finally discharged at Hillsborough, the second fall after his enlistment

Josiah his X mark Marcum

+He states that a part of his service whilst in the army was under Capt Edmonson he thinks his given name was Richard
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State of Kentucky, Lawrence County Set
Josiah Marcum who has signed the within petition or declaration this day came
Personally before the undersigned, a Justice
of the peace for said County and made oath to the truth of the facts states therein. Given under my hand this 6th November 1833


Nath Dawson WLC

Kentucky Lawrence County Set
County Court of Lawrence
I James M. Rice Clerk of the County Court aforesaid, do herby certify that the above Nathaniel Dawson Esq. whose proper signature is affixed above is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace for said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + affixed the seal of my office this 25th day of January 1834

Jas. M. Rice clk

Josiah Marcum's amended Declaration
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Edward Burgess states that Josiah Marcum an
applicant for a pension was enlisted by him as a Sargeant, either in the year 1777 or '79 however it was in the same year that Gates was defeated at Camden It was in the spring of the year and entered service for Eighteen months as continental troops. He knows that said Marcum went out under Capt Nat. Tate
and served out his full term of 18 months Marcum acted as Drummer only a few days and until we joined the main army then he acted as a private Soldier He was in Gates defeat at Camden+ was discharged after the expiration of said enlistment at Hillsborough in North Carolina, Marcum was enlisted by this affiant in Bedford County Virginia - We were under the immediate command of Genl Stephens this affiant was not always with
the Army but was sent off sometimes to enlist more soldiers - he always saw Marcum in the army whenever he brought in new recruits. He has known him since he was a boy - This affiant has been on the pension roll for six or seven years and the reason he understand why Marcum was not on the roll was because he was worth two much.

Edward his X mark Burgess

State of Kentucky Lawrence County
this day made oath before me that the facts above stated by him are true. Given under my hand as a Justice of the peace for said County this 6 Nov. 1833

Joseph Davidson J. P. L. C.
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State of Kentucky}
Lawrence County} Sct.

I James M. Rice Clerk of the County Court of Lawrence County do hereby certify
that Nathaniel Dawson whose name is attached to the Amendatory Petition of Josiah Marcum and also to the affidavits of Stephen Marcum and David Atkins and also that Joseph Davidson whose name is attached to the affidavit of Edward Burgess are and were at the date of their certificate acting justices of or said County that since the filing of the original declaration of petition of said Josiah Mariam, I have procured a County Circuit Court Seal. Given under my hand and seal of my office as clerk of the County Court of Lawrence
County this 7th day of November 1833

Jas M Rice clerk

Josiah Marcum's E. Burgess affidavit Petition