Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6793, for Francis Marshall, Virginia
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(3-1776)
   Service                                                                                                                     Number
......Va.  ...............                                   .....Marshall, Francis..                      ...W.  6793......
...........................                                    ......................Sarah...                      B. L.  Wt.  31331-160-55
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192-964                                                    (illegible)
                                                                     May 20 /56
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Sarah Marshall Widow
of Francis Marshall
                        Priv
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the following is written across the page:
No  3131 (initial) July of July /56


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Vol M 1.  page 21.
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                         7684
West Tennessee
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Francis Marshall
of Jamison Co. in the State of 
who was a private in the Company
by Captain Harris  of the regt
by Col Dangerfielde,  in the Va. Mil
for 9 months from
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of  30 Dollars --   Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the  13  day of May 
1833 ---     and sent to A.M.
Douglass.  Hartsville
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Arrears to the 4th of March  1833                  $ 60.
Semi-anl.  allowance ending  4 Sep 33           15--
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                                                                                   $   75.---
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                                                   { Revolutionary Claim,}
                                                   { Act  June 7,  1832.}
Recorded by    Wm S Allison     Clerk,
Book  c.  Vol  7  Page  88

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Duh  Cat.  ifo?   Jan 9.  1836
Sent to Hon  B. Payton  HR 
W  to  Robb S Head  Nov 16  '46
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Notation across page:  
Date of death not on AB

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(ill) teration    4541
       Tennessee
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Sarah Marschall
widow of   Francis Marshall
who served in the Revolutionary 
Va
war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of   30.  dollars  00
per annum, to commence on
the  4  March  1861
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Certificate of Pension issued
28th  day  of March  1867
and sent to A M Hughes
State Agent
Tenn      Present
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February  3,  1853,  Page 255  Vol  26
S A Smith  Clerk
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                                  2d  of  2h
Francis Marshall
from --  private
9  months,
$  30.

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A H Douglass
Hartsville
Sumner  Co
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                                              Pension Office, 
                                                                                                                       183
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 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 show what is 
necessary to be done.  These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, 
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your 
claim.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
A  Statement, showing the service of Francis Marshall  Sumner Co  T.
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Period when the     Duration of the         Rank of         Names and Rank         Names and Rank       Battles in which     Country through         Places of abode           Evidence by 
service was               claimant's service       the              of the Company           of the General             the applicant          which he marched.    when he entered         which the decla-  
rendered          ___________________   claimant.      officers under               and Field officers.      was engaged.                                                     the service, and            ration is sup-
                               Years  Months  Days                                 whom he served.                                                                                                                                     age at the present        ported
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           period.
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     ---                                       3                              pr.                Capt Harris                      Col Dangerfield                                                     Va                                       82. Chesterfield  Va.
     ---                                       3                               "                   Capt Kindreth                 Col Archer                                                               "                                         Mecklenburg                        (illegible)
      ---                                      3                               "                     "       Williamson            Col Parker                                                                "                                                  "


                                                                            I am respectfully,
                                                                                    Your obedient servanty,
                                                                                              J.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, claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in-
stance, 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, 1832.
                                      State, Territory, or District of }
                                                  County of                            }  SS.
       On this             day of                        personally appeared (a) before
                     A.B. a resident (b) of                         in the county of           and State,  Territory or District
of          aged (c)      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the 
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed 
June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)         , with                and
served in the       (e) regiment of the                 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 serv-
ed 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 enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched.  [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and  per-
sons 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
          Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
               [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 revolu-
tionary soldier, and served as he states.
      I                                                                                                                          of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of 
the application of                                                                                       for a pension.
                             In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office  (i)  this
                                          day of                                                        &c.
      If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
      Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 
subscribe a declaration similar   to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
      (k)  We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                                        and  C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                                                                    , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
                          Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
                    [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
          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 Revo-
lutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that A.B.
           who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C.D., who has also signed the name is a resident in the 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                                           Clerk of the Court of                                   do hereby certify that the foregoing 
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.  

                                               In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
                                                       of office, this      day of                                   &c,
     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis-
sion; 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 ser-
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
      If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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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 at-
tempted; 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 this case.
       The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
        1.  Where and in what year were you born?
        2.   Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
        3.   Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
         4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
          5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect; and the general circumstances of your services.
        {                              {  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
 6.  { To a Soldier.    {  en and what has become of it?
       {  To an Officer.  {  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
       {                               {  has become of it?  
       7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can tes-
tify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier in 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 that 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 char-
acter 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.
 	Applicant unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be-
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record of the 
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to 
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
	Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, 
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper 
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
 his genuine signature.
	No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
 the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832, and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can pro-
cure, 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 fol-
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
	(b)  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 
conforming to the rule.
	(c)   The age of the claimant must invariable 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 has served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason 
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:____For____________year___________months, and______
days, I served as a _______,  For____________months and ______________days, I served as a ___________; and for such service I claim a pension."
       It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension 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 late service by competent au-
thority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil 
pursuit.
          (f)   The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
          (g)   The opinion of the Court is always required.
          (h)    The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
           (i)     The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub-
lic 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 con-
tains 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 proof 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 wit-
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  
                    The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in 
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.

                                                                              (signed)  W. L. Williams    Exclk
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Thomas Thompson was
born January the 29  AD  1823
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Nathaniel Thompson was 
born May the 29  AD  1824
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James Thompson was born 
January the 17  AD  1826
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Francis Marshall
deciest January the 23 1836
Tennessee  State
Sumner county in the 
ightysixth year of his age
85 year 2 Months the 15 day
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State of Tennessee}  On the Seventh day of September 1832
Sumner County       }   Personable appeared Before Joshua W.Talley
And Acting Justice of the peace for said county Francis
Marshall a Resident of Sumner County and State of 
Tennessee.  Aged Eighty two years who being first duly
 sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
 following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 
Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the 
Service of the United States under the following named officers 
and serve three tours of duty three months each tour
in the State of Virginia first time he entered the 
Service Captain Thomas Harris who is now dead 
 He was commanded by General Nelson and Col. Dangerfield
He served the second tour under a Captain Kindreth 
commanded by General Lawson & Colonel John Archer he 
served the third Tour as a Volunteer under the Command of 
Captain George Williamson. General Lawson still commanded 
and Colonel Parker & major Duval.  He is unable to state
the exact time he entered this service.  He was in a 
Partial Action at Gwyn's Island was stationed part 
of his time at York Town and at Suffolk and Williamsburg Virginia.  He knows of no person
at this time that was in the Service with him who is 
alive and living near enough to him to be named as a 
Witness.  He says his Certificates of Discharges are lost or misplaced
The following Questions have been proposed to him.  
Question the first  when and in what year were you born 
 answer I was born in the year 1750 November the eighth  in the County 
of Cumberland in the State of Virginia  Question 2nd  Have you any  
Record of your age & if so where is it  Answer  I have it now
 in the Family Register of my father (which was ransacked)
Question 3rd  Where were you living when you were called into service 
where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and 
where do you now live  Answer I Lived in the county of 
Chesterfield when I served the first tour and in the county 
of Mecklenburg when I served the other two tours.
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He Remained in the last named County thirty years and then
 moved to his present place of Residence in Sumner County 
Tennessee.  Question 4th  How were you called into Service 
Where you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute
 Answer I was twice drafted and once I Volunteered  Question 5th 
 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were
 with the Troops when you served such Continental and
 Militia Regiments as you can Recollect 
 Answer I Cannot Recollect the numbers of the Regiments
 and I have already stated the names of all the principal 
officers I can at this time Recollect  Question 6th  State the names 
of persons to whom you are known in your present neigh
-borhood & who can testify as to your character 
Your veracity and their Belief  of your Service as a Soldier of 
the Revolution  Answer  I am personable Known to General 
William Hall our present member to Congress and to John 
I Carr Esq who can Certify to my Character & there is 
no clergyman living directly in my neighborhood and
 this respondent states he is not able to go to Court as it is a
 Distance of Twenty miles and He is very infirm and is the
 Reason of his making his affidavit before a Justice of the 
peace.  He hereby Relinquishes every Claim whatever to any
 Pension or Annuity specifiq the present and declares his
 name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
whatsoever.  Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua W. Talley  (Justice peace)             (signed)  Francis Marshall
State of Tennessee 
 Sumner County                     
 (This day came before me John W. Talley and Acting Justice of the peace for said county General William Hall member to Congress and John I Carr Being duly sworn of the Holy evangele of almighty god (illegible) and says  they are well acquainted with Francis Marshall the applicant and that they Believe him to be a man of Truth and that He is of the age he swears he is
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And that he is a man of Respectability and the said John
I Carr States that he has many years ago heard the said 
Marshall speak of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution
War  Given under our hands this 7th day of September 1832
Sworn & Subscribed to before me the day and date aforesaid
(Signed) Joshua W. Talley Jr         (signed)  W.M. Hall
                                                           (signed)  John I Carr

State of Tennessee   [  I Joshua W Talley do hereby certify
Sumner County          }  That I have known Francis
Marshall for 14 years and that he is a man of 
Respectability and that he has heard the said Marshall
 speak of his being a Soldier in the Revolutionary war  
previous to the act of Congress of 7th of June 1832
and feels no hesitancy in Saying he Believes the said
 Marshall was a Soldier and that he Believes him 
To be the age he States and that the above 
Depositions were Taken by me according to Law
Given under my hand & seal the 7th day of September 
1832
                           Joshua W. Talley (Justice peace)
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County   I Alfred H Douglass Clerk 
of the Court  of short and quarter sessions for
the Court aforesaid do Certify that Joshua W 
Talley  esquire before whom the within declaration 
of Francis Marshall & the affidavits of Wm
 Hall & John I Carr appear to have been sworn
to & subscribed & whose signature is attached to the 
Within Certificate in as on the date there of toward
7 September 1832 an acting Justice of the Peace 
In & for said County duly Commissioned  and
 qualified that full faith & credit is due  his
Official acts as such An testimony & hereof
I hereunto set my name and affix the seal 
of said Court at Office this 
15th day of December AD 1832
57th year of American Independence
A.H. Douglass  Clerk

Signature on right side of document:  Francis Marshall 21926
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State of Tennessee} 
County of Macon     }  SS
On this 13thh day of July  AD One thousand eight hundred fifty five
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace duly authorized to administer 
Oaths within & for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Marshall aged about
eighty years a resident of Macon County in the State of Tennessee who being duly
sworn according to law and declares she is the widow of Frances Marshall
Who was a private & served in the Revolutionary War & he drew a pension in
his lifetime for services rendered in said war & (refers to the proof of services now
on file in the Pension Office&-.
	She further states that she was married to the said Frances
Marshall  in the County of Smith & State of Tennessee on the    day of 
AD 1813 by one Andrew Gour Justice of the Peace
& her name before her marriage  was Sarah Jacobs 
that her husband died at his residence In Sumner County now Macon 
in the State of Tennessee  on the    day  of     AD (rev  family (illegible)
on file in pension office
& that she draws a pension at this time & that she respectfully refers to her former decla-
Ration & proof now on file in the Pension Office.
she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land 
to which she may be entitled under the Act granting additional bounty land to certain
officers & soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States 
approved March the(illegible) 1855 She further declares that she has not received
a warrant for bounty land under any other Act of Congress nor made any  
application therefor
                             (signature)  Sarah Marshall                              (SEAL)
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written & I hereby certify
That I believe the said Sarah Marshall to be the identical person who is the widow
Of Frances Marshall $ who draws a pension for services rendered by her deceased
husband for  services rendered in the Revolutionary War  who  signed & presented
the above declaration & is now present & that she is of the age above stated & that 
I have no interest in said claim.  
                            (signed)        John Horgason   (J.P)
                                                   for Macon County
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State of Tennessee  }
County of Macon     }  SS
                                      Personally appeard John C. Scheman  &  A.W. 
Marshall citizens of the county & State aforesaid who being duly sworn 
afore & say that they are personally acquainted with Sarah Marshall & that she 
Is the identical person now present who signs and & executes the within declaration 
& is now the widow of Frances Marshall who served in the Revolutionary War 
& that she now draws a pension & that we have no interest in said claim.
                                                   John C. Scheman   (signed)
                                                   A.W. Marshall        (signed)

Sworn to & subscribed  before me this 13 day  of July A.D. 1855
& I do certify that the said John C. Scheman & A.W. Marshall 
are credible & respectable citizens 
                                                                  John  Horgason   (signed)
                                                                  For Macon County

                    Adress
                         Elisha Oglesby
                         Hartsville
                         Tennessee
State of Tennessee  I Jefferson B Short  Clerk of the
 Macon County & Courts of said County do 
hereby certify  that John Horgason Esq whose
 signature appears to the foregoing affidavits and
declarations is and serves at the (crossed out) of signing the same 
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county 
duly commissioned and qualifies and that the sign
made thereto proprietary who his are given 
In listening whereof I have true set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court & office  this
16 July 1855                     (signed)           J.B. Short  Clerk
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State of Tennessee }     
Macon County          )  On this 31st day of May one thousand eight hundred
& fifty three personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within & for the
County & State aforesaid  Sarah Marshall aged 76 years a resident of Macon 
County State of Tennessee who being duly sworn according to law declares she is 
the widow of Francis Marshall deceased who was a pensioner of the United
States the amount drawn by the deceased is not actually collected & that
she drawed the amount owe to him after his death, see certificate in file
in the Pension Office & all other satisfactory proof of said deceased being a
Pensioner for services in the Revolutionary War there are no public or
private records of their marriage
         She further states that she was married to the said Francis Marshall
in Smith County State of Tennessee on the day & month not recollected AD
1813 by one Andrew Gour  a Justice of the Peace in & for Smith County 
State of Tennessee & that her name before her marriage was Sarah Jacob
that her husband died at his his residence in Sumner County State of Tennessee
on the 23rd day of January AD 1836 & that she is still a widow 
            She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension which
she may be entitled to under the Act passed 3rd February 1853
                                                        Sarah Marshall    (sealed)
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year above written and I hereby
certify that I believe the said Sarah Marshall to be the identical widow 
of Frances Marshall deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States
& that she is of the age above stated 
                                                        Wesley Oglesby (JP)
                                                         of Macon County
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State of Tennessee }     On the 31st day of May 1853 personally appeared before 
Macon County          )    me a justice of the peace within & for the County
& State aforesaid  Hannah Wright who being duly sworn according to
Law-  she declares that she was present at the time Francis Marshall
& Sarah Jacob were married by Andrew Gour Esquire in the year
1813 and that she was well acquainted ever afterwards until the death 
Of Francis Marshall & that they lived together as Husband & wife 
& that she is the widow of the deceased.
                             (signed)  Hannah Wight
            Elisha Oglesby  who being duly sworn according to law
declares that he was well acquainted with Francis Marshall & Sarah
Marshall  until the death of said Francis Marshall who drew a
Pension for services in the Revolutionary  War he further states that 
They lived together as Husband  & wife   And that she is the
Widow of the deceased.
                                      (signed)  Elisha Oglesby
             Sworn to and & subscribed before me the day
             and year above written 
                                      (signed)   Wesley Oglesby  (JP)
                                                       of Macon County

State of Tennessee}
Macon County         }  I Jefferson B Short Clerk of the County 
Court of Macon County do hereby certify that Wesley Oglesby Esq  before
befor  whom the  foregoing  Declarations and affidavits were made &
who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the date of so doing 
A Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid  duly commi
-ssioned  and sworn  and that his Signature thereto is genuine 
          In testimony thereof I have truly signed 
          My name and affixed  & the seal of the county
          Court of Macon County this 3rd  day of June 
           AD  1853    (signed)  JB Short Clerk
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Address S Sally at Lafayette Macon County Tennessee
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
									BA-J/CC
Mrs Judson Bagwell							Francis Marshall
19 Covington Drive							W.6793
Longview, Texas.

Dear Madam:
	Reference is made to your letter in which you request 
the pension record of Francis Marshall of Sumner County, 
Tennessee. 
	The data which follow were obtained from papers found in
pension and bounty land claims on file under W.6793, based upon  
service of Francis Marshall in the Revolutionary War.

	Francis Marshall was born November 8, 1750 in Cumberland,
County, Virginia.

	While residing in Chesterfield County, Virginia, he enlisted
and served three months  as a private in Captain Thomas Harris' 
company, Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia regiment ; while residing
in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, he enlisted and served three 
months in Captain Kindreth's  or Kindrick's company, Colonel John
Archer's Virginia regiment; and three months in Captain George 
Williamson's company , Colonel Parker''s Virginia regiment.  No dates
are given for any of the above services.  He was in the battle of Gwyn's Island.  

	He remained in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, for thirty years
then moved to Sumner (later Macon) County, Tennessee, of which county
he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his appli-
cation executed September 7, 1832.

	He died January 23, 1836, at his residence in Sumner County,
Tennessee.  In 1846, the soldier was referred to as Captain Francis 
Marshall, no explanation was made of this rank.

	He married August 2, 1813, in Smith County, Tennessee, Sarah
Jacobs.
Page 21

Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her appli-
cation executed May 31, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-
eight years and resided in Macon County, Tennessee.         (handwritten note:  Macon     OK on orig-)
                 July 13, 1855, Sarah Marshall, then residing in Macon County,
Tennessee, made application for the bounty land which was due on
account of the service of her husband, Francis Marshall, in the 
 Revolutionary War.  She was granted one hundred sixty acres of 
bounty land on Warrant No. 31331, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
                In 1866, she stated that since 1861, she had resided  "on the 
waters of the middle fork of Goose Creek, in Macon County, Tennessee,"
and that she was being cared for by her daughter, Sarah H. Jacobs.
There are no further data as to the daughter and the names of no
other children are designated.
               In 1854, John C. Marshall was a Justice of the Peace, for 
Macon County, Tennessee, and in 1855, one A.H. Marshall was a 
resident of said Macon County; no relationship to the soldier's family
shown.
             The following data are shown also:
              Thomas Thompson             born January 29, 1823.
               Nathaniel Thompson          "         May         29, 1824
               James Thompson                "        January  17, 1825 
                No relationship of the above named Thompson to the soldier 
or his wife was shown.
               In 1853, one Hanna Wright stated in Macon County, Tennessee,
that she witnessed the marriage of Francis and Sarah Marshall.  No 
relationship stated.
                In order to obtain information in regard to the location of
the land cited above, you should address the Commissioner of the 
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish
the warrant number, the acreage, and the act under which said
warrant was issued.
                In order to obtain the data of last payment of pension, the 
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
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of Sarah Marshall, widow of Francis Marshall, you should address 
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Sarah Marshall, widow of Francis Marshall
Certificate #4541
Issued March 28, 1867
Rate $30.00 per annum  
Commenced March 4, 1861, continued from 1853,   (handwritten note:  1867 crossed out replaced with 1861     OK  on orig)
Act of February 3, 1853
Tennessee Agency.

                                                          Very truly yours
   
                                                          A. D. HILLER
                                                          Executive Assistant
                                                           to the Administrator.
Page 23

Lafayette  Tn  Free
Sept  17
Commissioner of Pensions Based
Washington City
D.C.

Left side of document:
Needs Sept 27th 1834

Right side of document:
Sarah Marshall
Wid.
Francis 
Boynton
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31.331

signature (illegible)
Page 25

Pensions Office
24 Aug 53
This case is respectfully
reference to 3 Aug  for date 
of death of pensioners &
of last payment 
        Very respectfully
(signed)    S. Cole
          Chief Cen
D.W.C        (see other side)
Right side of document:
Francis Marshall
Act  1832.  $ 30.00 p. an.
Died 23rd Jan. 1836.  Paid
to his death. 
F. Bush
Auditor
Page 26

June 14, (illegible)
Appl. Of Sarah
Marshall wid: of
Francis.
         Tenn
        7684
Act 3rd Feby  1853.
Allowed $30 per annum
To commence Feb 3, 1853,
    Rev:
Suspended 24 Aug 53, (illegible)
Nov , and proof of death of 
Soldier     (initialed) DMC
Dec 13/53  sent to Adjut
                (initialed)  DMC
John S. Salley
Lafayette
Macon Co.
Tenn
Right side of Document:
Black stamp:
Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business
Page 27

Pension Office
                                                                         Sept 29/54
Sir:
       Please report time
of last payment to, or death
of the within named pensioner
                                              Yours truly
RJ Ath                                   S. Cole
   and
Present.                               for Comm.

Francis Marshall
died 23 Jany 1836 pd
in full
Rel Jamison
Auditor
Page 28

Left side of document:
1930, Feb. 15. Hist to (illegible)
William L. Nelson (illegible)
1932 - Sept 1-Hist. to
Leon Hugh.  The Shat(illlegible)
   (initialled) EEL
_______________________________
1939 - Nov 17 Hist to
Mrs. Judson (Charleen E)
Bagwell 

Renj   WIDOW, &c.
________________
File No. ....6793.....
.....Sarah Marshall....
.....Wid'......
....Francis Marshall......
.....Privt ...Rev...War....
_________
Act:  ...Feby. 3rd....1853
Index: ---Vol. ......M.....,  Page.......4.......
{Arrangement of 1870.}
Page 29

No.  4841
Sarah Marshall
wid: of
Francis.
Let:   to John. S. Sally.  July. 10th  1854.
DCM  53.
Page 30

Left side of document:

4541
Tennessee.     Nash.
____________________
Sarah Marshall.
widow of    Francis.
who served in the Revolution- 
ary war, as a private
=================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of  30-- Dollars  00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 3d February,  1853.
==================
Certificate of Pension issued
2d  day of  October  1854
and sent to 
           John S. Sally
                  Lafayette
                      Macon  Co
                         Tenn:

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3,  1853,  Page  186   Vol  a
Paid to Mch  4/61

Right side of document:
Req  3  Jan  55-   192964
initialed  CWV
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VETERANS  ADMINISTRATION
                                                                 WASHINGTON                              September 1,  1932

								Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
								Francis Marshall—W.6793
                                     						Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
								George Pickard—S.4880
Honorable Hugh  Ike Shott					DA-J/MEL
Room 216 House Office Building
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Shott:

 	Reference is made to your letter in which you request informa-
tion in regard to George Spickard  and Francis Marshall, soldiers of
 the Revolutionary War.   Their histories follow.
	The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file 
In the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.6793, based upon the 
military service of Francis Marshall in that war.
	Francis Marshall was born Nov 6, 1750, in Cumberland County,
Virginia.
	While residing in Chesterfield County, Virginia, he enlisted and 
served three months as a private in Captain Thomas Harris' Company,
Colonel Dangerfield's  Virginia Regiment:  while residing in Mecklen-
burg County, Virginia, he enlisted and served three months in Captain 
Kindreth's or Kindrick's Company, Colonel John  Archer's Virginia Reg-
iment: and three months in Captain Williamson's Company, Col-
onel  Parker's Virginia Regiment.  No dates were given for any of the
 
above services.  He was in the battle of Gwyn's Island.
	He remained in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, for thirty years,
then moved to Sumner (later Macon) County, Tennessee, of which county
he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application ex-
ecuted September 7, 1832.
	He died January 23, 1835, in his residence in Sumner County , 
Tennessee.   In 1846, the soldier was referred to as Captain Fran-
cis Marshall; no explanation was made of his rank.
	He married August 2, 1813, in Smith County, Tennessee, Sarah
Jacobs.

Note on right side of document:
Could not identify any of the captains
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Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her appli-
cation executed March 31, 1855, at which time she was aged seventy-
eight years and resided in Macon County, Tennessee.  (handwritten note:  ok on orig)
	July 13, 1855, Sarah Marshall, then residing in Macon County,
Tennessee, made application for the bounty land which was due on 
account of the service of her husband, Francis Marshall, in the
Revolutionary War.  She was granted one hundred sixty acres of
bounty land on Warrant No. 31331, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
	In 1856, she stated that since 1851, she had resided "on the
waters of the middle fork of Goose Creek, in Macon County, Tennessee,"
and that she was being cared for by her daughter, Sarah H. Jacobs.  
There are no further data as to the daughter and the names of no 
other children are designated.
	In 1854, John C. Marshall was a Justice of the Peace, for
Macon County, Tennessee, and in 1855, one A.H. Marshall was a
 resident of said Macon County; no relationship to the soldier's family 
shown.
	The following (appears on the family record) (the wording in brackets() is struck out and replaced with the following:) "data are shown, also:"
Thomas Thompson	born  January 29, 1823
Nathaniel Thompson	"         May        29, 1824
James Thompson             "         January  17, 1826
	No relationship of the above named Thompsons to the soldier 
or his wife was shown.
	In 1853, one Hannah Wright stated in Macon County, Tennessee,
that she witnessed the marriage of Francis and Sarah Marshall.  No 
relationship stated.  
	In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
Page 33

of Sarah Marshall, widow of Francis Marshall, you should adsress
the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Sarah Marshall, widow of Francis Marshall
Certificate #4541
Issued March 28, 1867
Rate $30.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1861 (ok on orig) continued from 1853,
Act of February 3, 1853
Tennessee Agency.
                                               	 Very truly yours
				A.D. HILLER,
				Executive Assistant
				to the Administrator.
Notice on left side of document:
Date of his death not on AB
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/RMU
                                                                                           February 15, 1930.
Hon. William L. Nelson
       House of Representatives
                Washington,  D.C.

My dear Mr. Nelson:
              In response to your letter of February 10, 1930, request-
ing information for Mrs. J. Frank Thompson of Columbia, Missouri.
I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is unable to fur-
nish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim 
for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on
account of his services.
              The records fail to show such a claim on file on account
of the services of Rhodo or Rhodham Booth (Boothe).
              In the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.
6793, it appears that Francis Marshall was born November 8, 1750
in Cumberland County, Virginia.
              While residing in Chesterfield County, Virginia, he enlist-
ed and served three months in Captain Thomas Harris' Company,
Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia Regiment.
               While residing in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, he enlist-
ed and served three months in Captain Kindreth's or Kindrick's
Company, Colonel John Archer's Virginia Regiment; and three
months in Captain George Williamson's Company, Colonel Parker's 
Virginia Regiment.  He was in the battle of Gwyn's Island.  The
dates of his service are not shown.
               He remained in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, for thirty
years and then moved to Sumner County (later Macon County) Tennes-
see, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his applica-
tion executed September 7, 1832.
Page 35

He died January 23, 1836 at his residence in Sumner 
County, Tennessee.
             In 1846 the soldier was referred to as Captain Francis
Marshall; no explanation is made of this rank.  He was pensioned 
for service as a private.
             The soldier married August 2, 1813, in Smith County,
Tennessee, Sarah Jacobs.  She was allowed pension on her applica-
tion executed May 31, 1853, at which time she was seventy-eight
years of age and a resident of Macon County, Tennessee.  In 1866
she was living in Macon County, Tennessee.
          A daughter, Sarah H. Jacobs, is referred to.

          One A. H. Marshall was a resident of Macon County, Tennes-
see, in 1855.  No relationship is stated, and there are no further family data.

                                                   Very truly yours,    

                                                       EARL D. CHURCH
                                                             Commissioner.

Handwritten note on bottom of document:
Mrs. Thompson's letter
returned to
Hon William L. Nelson.
Page 36

Black imprint of date stamp:  RECEIVED 
                                                             Nov 2  1939
                                                             INDEX
                                                             SUB-DIV.
arrow points to 10:30 A.M.
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19 Covington Drive
                                                                                                                              Longview, Texas
                                                                                                                               Oct. 21, 1939 
                                                                                                                                                              handwritten note:   Insuf. Inf.
War Dept                                                                                                                                                                                        11/2/39  CR
Veterans Administrations
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
              Please send the pension record of Francis Marshall
of Sumner County, Tenn

                                  Thanking you, I am 
                                                                                Yours very truly,
                                                                                      Charleen Elder Bagwell
                                                                                      Mrs. Judson Bagwell


Black date stamp in middle of document:    RECEIVED
                                                                                          Nov  1   1939
                                                                                          Mail Sub-Div
                                                                                          Reader No. 26
                                                                                          VETS ADM
Arrow points to:  3:15 p.m.
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HUGH IKE SHOTT                                                                                                                                         Office:
5th West Virginia                                                                                                                             Room 216, House Office Building 
     District                               CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                           House of Representatives
Committees:                                      Washington, D.C.                                                                C.J. Farrington
      Mines and Mining                                                                                                                                      Secretary
       Printing                                                                                                                                           Miss Elizabeth Bond
      Joint Committee                                                                                                                                        Assistant Secretary
                                                                      August 29, 1932


     Mr. E.W. Morgan, Director,
Division of Pensions,
Veterans Administration,
Washington,  D.C.

Dear Sir:

                            Please give me the pension records of:
                             George Spickard, Highland County, Ohio
                             a Revolutionary War soldier.
                             Francis Marshall, Sumner County, Tenn.,
                             a Revolutionary War soldier.
                             Thanking you for your attention this re-
quest, I am

                                               Yours very truly,
                       (signed)       Hugh Ike Shott
                                               Hugh Ike Shott, M.C.
HIS/fla

Round black stamp:  RECEIVED
                                            Aug 30  1932
                                            Receipt Section
                                            PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
Arrow points to time:  10:15  a.m.
Page 39

WILLIAM L. NELSON
8TH Dist. Missouri                                                                                                                                                                Member
Room  374                                                                                                                                                       Committee on Agriculture
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING                     CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
Residence:                                                           House of Representatives
Columbia, Missouri                                                 Washington, D.C.

                                                                                                                                                                                February 10,  1930.
Hon. E.W. Morgan,
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Morgan:
            I am sending you herewith, for your attention,
communication received from Mrs. Frank Thompson,
of Columbia, Missouri.  If the information desired
is available I will appreciate your sending it to me
for transmission to Mrs. Thompson.

                              Sincerely yours,

      (signed)       W.L. Nelson
                                                                                                
Oval black stamps:                                                                     Oval black stamp:
            REVOLUTIONAY & 1812 WARS                                                            DEPUTY
                         SECTION                                                                                    FEB  11   1930
                FEB 12  1930                                                                                      COMMISSIONER
            BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Page 40

Brief in the case of  Mrs. Sarah Marshall widow of Francis
                Macon   County and State of Tennessee
                            act of February 3rd  1853
________________________________________________________________
Claim.  Allowed of $ 30 per annum to
                        Commence  Feb 3  1853
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
                                        Documentary & Parol.
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
        Francis Marshall (husband) was a pensioner under
act of June 7, 1852  at $ 30/per annum & paid 
to January 23, 1836, when he died.

(If for increase.)
                 Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what
                  Marriage proved by private record
                  Death of pensioner proved by private record
                  Identity & widowhood shown by two
                  credible witnesses
                                                           Paper properly attested

Name and residence of Agent
(signed)       John S. Sally Esqr
                                      Lafayette                                    Examining Clerk.           
                                             Macon   Tenn                        G H Gray
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Restoration                          4.544    Nashville

Brief in the Case of    Sarah Marshall  widow of Francis
                              Marshall. ..... Who was a Rev  Soldier.......
                             ....... Macon..... County and State of.......Tennessee....
                                                     2d  Sec    Act....Feb.  ...13.  ....1853.  .....
===========================================================
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,                  
                          PROOF EXHIBITED,
  Sarah Marshall was inscribed on the Roll of 
Nashville at $ 30. per annum paid to March 4.  1861
She has returned her old certificate and claims
restoration having made such proof as the law requires
She alleges that she is 91 years old.

Name and residence of Agent.                                   W E Trasko
....A M  Hughes........................                                          Examining Clerk                  
....State....Agt.......
           ......Tennessee,,,,,
                           Present-
Restored March 23. 1867 to a pension at 
$ 30.00 per annum commencing March 4. 1861
Page 42

Left side of document: 
                             Oval black rubber stamp:  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                    PENSION OFFICE
                                                                                    (Date is not legible)

Bottom of page:  illegible numbers

Right side of document:  
  Payment to be made at   Nashville
                                                                       by
                        Joel M. Smith  Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the 
Agency of
                         Tennessee
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the 
Roll of Pensioners under act February
3d, 1853, Page    186.     Vol.     a.

                     G.J. Gelly
                                               Clerk.
Bottom of page:  illegible numbers
Page 43

Department of the Interior.

                                                   WIDOW'S PENSION
                                                     ================
     I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb=
ruary 3, 1853,
                                     Sarah Marshall.
widow of                   Francis Marshall.
who was a          private,        in the revolutionary war,
is inscribed on the pension list aat the rate of   thirty, 
dollars (strike out)( and-----------cents) per annum, commencing on the 
3d of February, 1853, 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  Second  day of October,
                             one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
                                                  RW Clellan
                                              Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.

                                S.P. Waldo
                             Commissioner of Pensions.
Page 44

J.L. Edwards  Esq
    Commissioner of Pensions
              Washington  City
Page 45

Pension Agency - West Tennessee
                                                                                                                        Office Bank   W- (illegible)
                                                                                                                        Nashville  16th May  1835

Sir-
                                            Francis Marshall a Pensioner under 
the act of June 1832  granted at $ 30 per annum - and is
reported in your list of the 28. of May 1833 - has lost his 
Certificate - he therefore applies for a new one, under his
name by the affidavit of Francis Duffy, his attorney, to whom 
he had intrusted it about the 1st of Oct. 1834 and who lost
it with the power given to him by Marshall to draw his
pension from the 4's of March to the 6's of September, 1834 -
    Neither of them can recollect either the number or the
date of the Certificate -  but a copy thereof can be given
by refering to the vouchers on file in your office for the 
payments made here to said Mr. Duffy as the attorney of said
Marshall.  first on the 29s December 1833 & then on the 29'
July 1834 - Mr Duffy is a Merchant in this County &
is respectable -   
                                                                              I am most respectfully,
                                                                                    Yours truly      
J.L. Edwards  Esq                                                 Thos H Fletcher  P. & P. a      
Commissioner of Pensions                       by Jr. Sumners 
   Washington City
Page 46

Noveb 
                                                        Francis Marshall
                                                              Tennessee

Hartsville Ln                        Paid H
Nov 7

                         Hon. J.L. Edwards
                                    Washington City
                                           D.C.
Page 47

Hartsville Nov. 6th  1866

Hon. J.L. Edwards: -
                Washington City  D.C.
                                                                              Dear Sir:   You will
pardon this intrusion upon your time, when
we inform you, it is in behalf of a needy 
old lady  who is another wife of one of those 
patriots who achieved for us our liberty and 
independence.  Capt. Francis Marshall
was one of the revolutionary Soldiers and was
drawing a Pension, under the acts of Congress
 providing for those illustrious patriots.
For some time previous to his death, nary
two or three years, he failed to draw his pension
 in consequence of having mislaid his
papers.  After his death, his wife Sarah drew
his pension up to his death.  He died on 
the 23rd day of Jany. 1836 and was married on 
the 2d day of Aug. 1813.  We wish to know 
whether any provision is made by the acts
of Congress for this old lady, the widow
 of the deceased revolutionary soldier.
She is about 75 years old and extremely poor
and has to gain her support by her own
exertions and being old and infirm, it is almost
impossible for her to procure the
necessaries of life.  Her husband was a captain
in the service, as we are informed.  If anything
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can be done for the old lady, it should be 
our hope you will favor us with a reply to 
this, informing us whether any provision has
been made by Congress for the widows of the 
revolutionary officers and soldiers and if so
whether this old lady is embraced within the 
acts of Congress and if so what are the necessary
steps in order to procure it.  We have
some of the Acts of Congress on the subject of 
P's, but not old.  You will please inform
us also at what the pension
laws in full, can be had and we
 will send another money to procure 
a copy.    Respectfully yours   Robb & Head
Page 49

County Court September Tenn 1854 Tennessee
Be it remembered that a county Court began
and held at the Court House in the town of Lafayette 
and County of Macon and State of Tennessee on the first Monday
in September 1854 & being the 4th day of said Month and at
American (illegible) present 78 years then being present the 
following worship full and acting justice of the Peace (illegible due to blot)
for said county Samuel Sullivan Joseph Cotten Washington
M (illegible)  L.R. Saunders Wm C Johnson
Proclamation being made Court was only opened when the
 following proceeding was had
This day came in open Court Elisha Oglesby and 
James Pursley and made oath as follows (illegible) Elisha
Oglesby states that the fact of a record herunto annext
is the (illegible) of the death of Francis Marshall
formerly a Revolutionary pensioner of Sumner County Tennessee
now Macon County and he further(illegible) and says 
that Sarah Marshall who is now petitioning now petitioning
for a pension is the Identical widow of the said Francis
Marshall and one James Pursley who was duly sworn on open 
Court states that that Sarah Marshall is the identical widow of
the said Francis Marshall and who was a pensioner in Sumner 
County Tennessee now Macon County and that he said the said Francis
 Marshall died and the said Sarah Marshall married and 
that he lived a neighbour to them from that time to the time
of the said Francis Marsh & that he is still a
neighbour and lives near the said Sarah Marsh this 4th
September 1854

                                                                            (signed)   Elisha Oglesby
                                                                                               James Pursley
Sworn to in open Court  the date above
JB Short      Clerk 

State of Tennessee                    Jefferson B Short  Clerk of the County 
Macon County                             Court of Macon County Tennessee do
                                                           Certify that the above is (illegible)and
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and perfect transcript or copy of the Record now on file in my
office, I do further certify that Elisha Oglesby and James Pursley
the two testify are candidates  impressible to full faith and
credit every where and that they are disinterested 
                               In testimony whereof I have thumb set
                               my hand and office and the Seal of 
                               Said Court at Office in the town of 
                                Lafayette this 18th day of September
                               1854           J.B. Short  Clerk

                               John S Sally
                               N B Add of John S. Sally
                                                 Lafayette Macon Cty
                                                                  Tennessee
Page 51

Jan 7
per duplicate
Enclosed papers decided
to be sufficient by the 
Cew -- Jan 9, 1836
             JDM

                                Hon B. Peyton
                                               HR
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House of Rep.
                                                                       Jan 6th 1836.

Sir
       I herewith send you the certificates of
Cab. H.V.P. Duffy, in the case of Francis
Marshall, an application for a new 
Pension certificate.  Also the statement 
of Thomas H. Fletcher, P & P.  I know 
personally the Duffys & the J.P. Alexander
& as well as their heard meeting 
can attest their good standing &
the genuiness  of their signatures.
I hope there will be no difficulty.
  Yours respectfully
Page 53

The commission of Pensions President
Washington City
D.C.
Page 54

Lafayette Macon County Dec 3rd 1853
Dear Sir.
Some time in April or March last I forwarded to you as commissioner of pensions
the claim of Sarah Marshall widow of Francis Marshall asking for a pension under the act of 
Congress passed 3rd February 1853. and refering to the proof on File that had been coming to her
husband Frances Marshall he having died about the year 1836 and his pension seased by Refference to 
that proof it will show and identify the said Sarah Marshall as his widow with the proof that I forwarded
that she is still living and that she is the widow of the said Francis Marshall, you please parden me for
trespassing on your time by asking you whether such a claim has been received or not if has pleas 
answer me and let me know the condition of it and whether it lacks any other proof, if so give me 
some instructions on the subject and ablye your adamant service
                                                                               Yours Respectfully
                                                                                 John S. Sally
N.B.  Please address to me at 
Lafayette Macon County 
Tennessee
   John S. Sally
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Lafayette Tn                                                           Free 
Feb 20                                                                       Official Business

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City  DC
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State of Tennessee}
Macon County }     February Term 1854
Be it remembered that at the County Court began
and held at the Court House in the Town of
Lafayette and County of Macon and State of 
Tennessee on the first Monday in February 
1854 it being the first Monday in February
& 6th day of said month and of American 
Independence 78th year there being present the 
following worshipful acting justices of the peace in
and for said county Joseph Coker M.N. Turner
Washington M White John C Marshall and John Blankenship.
Proclamation being made by the Sheriff Court 
was duly oppened when the following proceedings were had.
State of Tennessee }  February term Macon County Court 
Macon County }      1854     This day personally appeared
Sarah Marshall before the worshipful 
County Court of Macon County Tennessee it
being a court of record and made oath in open
court that she is the widow of Francis Marshall
who departed this life in the year 1836 and that 
the said Francis Marshall served in the Revolutionary 
war refference is here made to the papers on
on file at Washington City and that she was 
married to said Francis Marshall in the County of 
Smith State of Tennessee in the year 1813
But she cannot find no public Record nor has
no private record of said marriage and relies on
the proof now on file She further declares that 
She is the identical Sarah Marshall the wife and 
widow of the said Francis Marshall who did 
draw a pension for services rendered to the United
States during the war with Great Britain in 1776
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and that she has not married since the death of 
her husband and is single at this time being
about 78 years old at the present date

State of Tennessee}
Macon County}    I, Jefferson B. Short Clerk
of the County Court for the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing 
transcript is a full true and perfect transcript 
of the record as on file in my office touching 
the matter therein refered to and that the said
Court  is a court of record having general jurisdiction.
                   In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
                   Set my hand and affixed my seal of 
                   office as officer in the town of 
                    Lafayette and County will state aforesaid
                    this 18th day of Feb. AD 1854
                            J.B. Short Clerk
                             By M.B. Alexander  D. Clerk
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Application for Restoration
     To The
PENSION ROLLS
Under Act of February 4, 1865.
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APPLICANTS ADDRESS:
 ....Sarah Marshall... Applicant.
Hartsville
...Sumner County Tenn...
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Revol
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Filed By
...Resf      Refl   Truth....
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Printed and sold by W.H. Moore, 484  11th Street, Washington, D.C.
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Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls
                                 Whose
Names have been Dropped under the Act of February 4, 1862.
                               -.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.
State of  ....Tennessee}
County of ......Macon  }    SS.
    On this ...Second....day of ....July.....,  A.D.  one thousand eight
hundred and....sixty six..., personally appeared before me, (1) ..James D. 
...Kirlip..., of the ...Justice of Peace...Court in said State and County,
the same being a Court of Record, (2) ...Sarah Marshall.......
aged ....Ninety One ...years, a resident of ....Macon County......
in the State of Tennessee...., who, being duly sworn according to law, declares
that (2)...She ....is the identical (2) ....Sarah Marshall..............
who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at ....Washington...D.C....
.............., and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that (2)...She...has
resided since the first day of January, A.D. 1861, as follows:  ....Macon....
...County on the Waters of the Middle Fork....... 
...of Goose Creek State of Tennessee.....
that during this period (2) ..her... means of subsistence have been (4 1/2) by the aid
...and assistance of her daughter Sarah H. Jacobs..........
and that (2)..she... has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or (2) ..she...
has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and
that  (2).. She..was last paid (2)..her..pension on the ...fourth.....day of
...March....., A.D.1861
           This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of (2) ..her...name to the 
pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as (2)..She...may be entitled to
under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to
substantiate (2)..her..original claim.  And I hereby appoint...A M Hughes...
...State Agent....of...Tennessee...., my Attorny to present
this my application, and perform all that is necessary therein, without revocation, as well as to receive
my Certificate when issued.                her
Elisha Oglesby                  (5) ....Sarah    X   Marshall
John Carr                                                   mark
Also personally appeared (6)....Elisha Oglesby......, a resident of
(7)...Macon County ,,,,Tennessee....(6)......John Carr..................
a resident of (7)....Macon County ...Tennessee......persons whom I certify to be 
respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present
and saw (5)...Sarah Marshall......, make her....mark.....to
the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from
the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with (2)...her....that (2)...She...is the
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identical person (2) ..she...represents (2)..herself...to be; and they further swear that they have no 
interest in the prosecution of this claim. and that she continues as .the widow of 
Francis Marshall
                                 (8)...Elisha Oglesby....
                                 (8)...John Carr....
  Sworn to and subscribed before me, this ...2nd...day of ....July.....
A.D. 1866; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of
this claim. and that the above witness an entity to be behind
                              (10) Jas W Hurly (J P)
                              Justice of the Peace for Macon County
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                           Oath of Allegiance.
I, Sarah Marshall, do solemnly swear, 
(or affirm.) in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the 
Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; that I will in like manner, abide by and 
faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the late rebellion with reference to the 
emancipation of Slaves:  So help me God.  
First  -  Elisha Oglesby                                                                                                her
              John Carr                                                                                    (2) ...Sarah   X   Marshall
                                                                                                                                             mark

       Sworn to and subscribed before me, this ....2nd...... day of .....July......
A.D.  1866.   Contents of this were read to declarant  before signed
                                                                                           (1) Jas W Hurly       J P
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The State of  Tennessee  County of  Macon...., Ss.
I, George L. Walton... Clerk of the ...County
Court within and for said County, do certify that Jas. W. Hurly
Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration, affidavits and acknowledgements were made, was, at
the time of taking the same, and still is an acting Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the several signatures, 
purporting to be his, which are appended to said declaration, affidavits and acknowledgement, are 
his genuine signatures.
     In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal of our said Court,
at office in Lafayette....this...17th....day of July....
A.D. 1866.
                                                                      George L, Walton (clerk)
                                                                       of Macon County Court

round SEAL
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INSTRUCTION.

Firgure  (1) --Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Clerk having seal.  (NOTE-- If a Judge or Justice of the Peace, authenticate the papers, the signature must be
verified in usual form by the Clerk of the Court.)
             (2)  He or She; Name of Applicant; His or Her; Him or Her; Himself or Herself; as the fact may be.
             (3)  Name the place or places at which claimant has resided since last paid, and during the time for which original Pension has not be drawn.
             (4)  Here name the employment or other means by which the livelihood has been gained.   (4 1/2) Means of subsistence.
             (5)   Signature of Applicant.  If X is made, two witnesses must sign their names opposite the same and who can write.
             (6)   Names of Witnesses in full.
             (7)   State name of residence, City, Village, County, and State.
             (8)   Signature of Witnesses.
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                                       NOTES TO BE PARTICULARLY OBSERVED.
                  If the declarant, or any witness, sign by mark, the officer must certify, that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant and witnesses before
signing.
                 In every case, the declaration or affidavit must be either signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark { X. }  Signing by another, when the party is
able to write, or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly inadmissable.
                 The allegations made in the declarant's declaration, must be sustained by the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses, to be certified as such by
the officer before whom the testimony is taken.  If the applicant be an Invalid Pensioner, he must be examined by an Army Surgeon, or by a Surgeon duly 
appointed by the Pensions Office, as to the continuance of the disability.
                 If a widow, she must prove, by two credible witnesses, (certified to in the usual manner, and under seal.) her continued widowhood.
                 If remarried, the minor children, (under 16,) through their guardian can apply for the Suspended Pension, and if the guardian of a minor child be newly
appointed, he or she must file the proper evidence of his or her appointment as such.
                In all cases, the ORIGINAL Pension Certificate must be surrendered.
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Application for a new Certificate.
State of Tennessee
Sumner County.

On the 11th day of May 1835 before me the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Sumner
personally appeared Francis Marshall who on his oath 
declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged 
to the Company Commanded by Capt. Thomas Harris
I think in the regiment, Commanded by Colonel
 Dangerfield.  And in the Company Commanded by 
Capt Kindrick & George Williamson in the regiment
 Commanded by Col Parker (given name believed to be George)
in the Service of the United States that his name
was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Tennessee
that he has a certificate of that fact under the signature 
and seal of Secretary of War. which certificate on 
or about the 1st day of October 1834 he placed in the
hands of Col Francis Duffy as his attorney to draw from 
the agency at Nashville for paying pensions the money
then due him on said Certificate and that said Francis
Duffy on or about the 8th day of October 1836 lost said 
Certificate.
                                         F Marshall
Sworn and subscribed to     
before me day and year aforesaid  
Wm L. Alexander       Justice Peace
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County S.S.
               This day 11th May 1835 personally
appeared Col Francis Duffy before me the
Subscriber an Acting Justice of the Peace for
said County of Sumner and made Oath
that the within named Francis Marshall on or 
about the 1st day of October 1834 placed in his
hands as his attorney his Certificate under 
the signature and Seal of the Secretary of War
which Certificate Entitled the said Francis
Marshall to draw a Pension of Thirty 
Dollars and that the within named Francis
Marshall is the identical Francis Marshall
named in said Certificate, and said Duffy
further declares that on or about the 8th 
day of October 1834 he lost said Certificate

Sworn and Subscribed to before
me the day and year aforesaid
Wm L Alexander  Justice Peace
                                                                             Francis Duffy
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State of Tennessee
Sumner County S.S
                          This 11th day of May 1835 personally 
appeared Patrick Duffy before me the Subscriber 
an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County of
Sumner and made Oath that he well knows
the within named Francis Marshall who has 
Subscribed the foregoing affidavit and well 
knows him to be the identical same Francis
Marshall described in the above affidavit
Sworn & Subscribed to before                Patrick Duffy
me the day and year aforesaid

Magistrate sign

State of Tennessee
Sumner County S.S.
                                I, Wm L Alexander
an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Sumner
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Patrick Duffy who has Subscribed the above 
affidavit that he is a man of veracity and that
he is Entitled full Credit  given under my hand
and Seal this 11th day of May 1835
                              Wm L Alexander Justice Peace  (Seal)