Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30752, Martin Turpin, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Turpin, Martin S. 30752
CONTENTS

Kentucky
Martin Turpin of Pulaski in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the comd commanded by Captain Wright of the reg t commanded by Col Henderson in the Virginia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Oct 1833 and William Hopkins Arrears to the 4th of Sept 75.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending March 15 00 $90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 29

State of Kentucky Pulaski Circuit Court and Pulaski County Set.
On this 15 th day of April 1833 personally appeared in open court before the circuit court for Pulaski County aforesaid held by the Hon ble John L Bridges Circuit Judge, now sitting as a court. Martin Turpin Sen r aged Seventy 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 7 th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officer and served as herein stated, that in the year 1778, the month not now recollected, while a Resident of Greenbrier County, State of Virginia, he was drafted for a three months tour in the militia to serve a three months tour in the militia and served in the company of Capt s Thomas E Wright in the Regiment of Col s James Henderson and was ordered to and stationed at William Safferty's on New River to guard and protect the frontier of Virginia that he served out the time, was dismissed, but received no written discharge, afterwards while a Resident of said County of Greenbrier, in the fall or latter part of the year 1780, or 1781, from old age & loss of memory he is unable to state certainly in which of those years, he was drafted for a Six months tour to go to Richmond Virginia in the company of the said Captain Thomas E Wright and while on the march to said last mentioned place, he enlisted in the company of Capt s Matthew Clay of the Regular army, and under him, served out the whole of the Six months, in the capacity of Boorman , or watering man , having been directed to perform that service, by the said Clay, - and during the time or most of it was stationed at the Banach's or head quarters kept and held at Portshallon Old Courthouse and at the expiration of the said Six months was dismissed

and received a discharge, signed as he now recollects by Col o Phebecker who was in command of the Regiment but which has long since been lost or destroyed. He does not now recollect any other of the Officers that were engaged in the said service the said Martin Timpin further states he was born in what is now Rockingham County Virginia on the 25 th day of January 1761 - moved from there to Greenbrier, where he first entered the service of the United States. From there in the year 1792 he removed to Madison County Kentucky, from there to Garrard County, from there to Pulaski County, where he now resides, he has a Record of his age taken and copied from the family Bible of his Father he has no Documentary evidence of his Service, he believes he can prove his Service in part positively, and the residue circumstantially by Henry Hain of Lincoln County and Joseph West of Wayne County State of Kentucky, he is known to Martin Evans a Clergyman, who is the present Clergyman Resident of Pulaski County, to his present residence George S. Benton Resident of Pulaski County and to his present residence Resident of his present neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his Services as a soldier of the Revolution.
We hereby relinquish 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 or Territory.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Martin Timpin
We Henry Hain aged Seventy three years a Resident of the County of Lincoln State of Kentucky and Joseph West aged Seventy three years a Resident of Wayne County Kentucky, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Timpin Sen r who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing Declaration, we do know that he served the Three months Term mentioned by him, under Capt. Thomas P. Wright. We were also engaged in the same Service

was in the same company. and was stationed with the said Martin Timpson Lieut. at Wm Lapsley on New River. We do further know that he was again drafted for Six months as he states to go to Richwood, Virginia. and on the march to Richwood. enlisted in the Regular army under Capt. Matthew Clay. and we understand that he served out the term of Six months. and believe he did. We believe he is of the age he states.
Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid.
Henry Harn in Joseph West mark
We Martin Owens a Clergyman. residing in the County of Pulaski State of Kentucky — and George S. Benton — Residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Timpson Lieut. who has Subscribed and sworn to the above & following Declaration. that we believe him to be of the age he states. that he is Reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides and to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Martin Owens George S. Benton mark
I John L Bridges Judge of the Pulaski Circuit Court aforesaid. do hereby Declare. after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was in the opinion of the Court a Soldier of the Revolution. and served as he states. and the Court further certifies. that Henry Harn who has signed the preceding Certificate. is a Resident of Lincoln County. and Joseph West who has also signed

the same certificate is a resident of Wayne County. That they are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit, and that Martin Stevens who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman. Resident of Pulaski County, and that George I. Benton who has signed the same certificate with the said Clergyman, is also a Resident of Pulaski County, and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.
John L. Meigs Circuit Judge
State of Kentucky, Pulaski Circuit Court.
William Fox, Clerk of the Pulaski Circuit Court: do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the Application of Martin Stevens for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my private seal (a seal for said Court, not yet provided) at my Office in the town of Somerset this 28 th day of April A.D. 1833.
Wm B. Fox, Clerk of this Pulaski Circuit Court
State of Kentucky, Adair County Court
I Nathan Gaither Member of Congress from Kentucky do hereby certify that Will Fox whose signature is affixed to the above and preceding Certificate in the declaration and proceedings in the matter of the Application of Martin Stevens for a Pension, was at the date of the certificate acting clerk of the Pulaski Circuit Court duly appointed and qual- ified, that the signature of said Will Fox to said certifi- cate is the genuine signature of said Will Fox, and that his attestation is in due form of law given under my hand this fourth day of May 1833
Nathan Gaither
88 E 82
James Madison

No 25588
Martin Purvis Pulaski County Kentucky
from 1778 period 9 months $30.
Mr. Fox 6th Pulaski Circuit Kentucky

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 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. 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, shewing the Service of Martin Turpin Pulaski County Kentucky
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. 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.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft 1778 - 3 - private Capt Wright, Col Henderson 72 years Greenbrier County Virginia Traditionary & one affidavit paper correct.   Draft { 1780 ~ 1781 - 6 - Barman Capt Wright, Capt Clay.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
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 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. (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
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 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 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 and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court 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 commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that 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 traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[e] 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.
[f] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[g] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[h] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[i] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[j] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[k] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[l] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[m] 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.
[1] 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.
[2] 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 traditional 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.

Rev. and Wars Section AWF/eel
April 1, 1929
Lulu Wood Martin 2194 Coventry Road Cleveland, Ohio
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30752, it appears that Martin Turpin was born, January 25, 1761, in Rockingham County, Virginia. While residing in Greenbrier County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1778 and served three months as a private in Captain Thomas R. Wright's Company, Colonel James Henderson's Virginia Regiment. He enlisted in 1780 or 1781, and served six months in Captain Matthew Clay's Company, Colonel Febiger's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15, 1833, at which time he was living in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Soldier is referred to in the claim as Martin Turpin, Senior.
There are no data relative to wife and children.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Here
(Union Express)
25388
K7.
June 13
Henry Allen, Washington City.

Thomas Martin Esq.
James Mays,
Kentucky Ins. Co. tenant court, April Term 1833.
Exhibits to Plaintiff, evidence for and against the Plaintiff

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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
January 25, 1924.
Mrs. J. M. Holloway, 1411 Duncan Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30752, it appears that Martin Turpin was born January 25, 1761 in Rock- ingham County, Virginia.
While a resident of Greenbrier County, Virginia, he enlisted in the War of the Revolution and was allowed pension for nine months service as private in the Vir- ginia Troops, on his application executed April 15, 1833, at which time he was living in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and aged seventy two years.
There are is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Abbreviated

Revolutionary War Pension Records In the military history of Martin Turpin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 30,752.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778. 3 mos. Pri. Thomas E. Wright James Henderson Va.   1780 or 1781 6 " Matthew Clay Lebigen        
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Greenbrier Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 15, 1833. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Pulaski Co., Ky.
Age at date of application, B. Jan. 25, 1761. Rockingham Co. Va.
Remarks: Soldier is referred to in the claim as  Martin Turpin, Senior.
There is no data relative to wife or children.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Cleveland O.
Aug 17. '28
To Pension Dept Washington DC, Rev Section.
Kindly give me all you have of Martin Turpin. (Va Soldier who located in Ky) of Rev Mar- and also anything of his family you may have -
oblige Yours Truly.
Lulu Wood Martin 2194 Coventry Rd Cleveland Ohio

1411 Duncan Ave. Chattanooga Tenn. Dec. 18-1923.
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
I wish you would please give me the Revolutionary records of Martin Turpin who received a pension in 1835 living in Pulaski Ky. for services as Virginia militia men. I think he was originally from Chesterfield co. Va.

Shall appreciate all the records you can give me. His children wife - etc. -
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. J. M.) Mayme R. Holloway
1411 Duncan Ave.
Chattanooga Tenn.

30 752 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30 752
Martin Turpin Rev War.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 424
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1915, Sept. 3. History to Theodore S. Wood. Letter with Cl. { Horatio Turpin M.S. 6333 Rev. War
1924 Jan. 25 Mrs. J. M. Hollo- way aut.
1929 April 1-Heir to Estate V. Martin aut.