Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4019, for Edward Markland, Maryland

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy
Markland, Edward Alice
No 4019
Ind. agency and residence
CONTENTS

94162
Maryland
Alice Markland, decd. widow of Edward who was a { Seaman & Lieut (Navy) in the Revolution
M rs S. Markland June 16/54 J. J. Coombs Apr 5, 1855
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 174 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
November 13 th 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Dec r 1853 and sent to
J. J. Coombs Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2, Page 253

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Alice Markland
Widow of Edward
Mo
act 7 July 1838
M go 227
February 12, 1849 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
February 18 50 Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions
April 11: 1850. Bill
H. R. 2187
Lost

State of Maryland Harford county ss. On this 16 th day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared before the judges of the Orphans Court of Harford County, Alice Markland a resident of the State of Maryland in the County of Harford aged seventy two years who being, first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the follow- ing declaration to the best of her knowledge and belief in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Edward Markland who was a first Lieutenant in the navy of the revolution, on board of the Schooner Dolphin commanded by Captain Patterson; that the said Edward Markland was engaged in the capture of a British vessel, of which vessel he was made prize Master That the said prize was afterwards recaptured and he the said Edward Markland made prisoner, he was when he entered the service a resident of the State of Maryland and the County of Harford . She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Markland on the 29 th day of May in the year 1790. That her husband the aforesaid Edward Markland died on the 7 th day of October 1827 that she was not married to him prior

to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 viz. at time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before.
R. M. Holland Alex r Norris J. Smithson
Justices of the Orphans Court of Harford County
Maryland Sec. I Thomas, I Bond Registered office, for Harford County in the State of Maryland. As Certify that R. M. Holland and Alex r Norris and John Smithson - on Esquires who signed the foregoing Instru- -ment of writing were at the time of their so doing & still is Justices of the Orphans Court of said County. Duly Commissioned and sworn.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this sixteenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty four. Thos. S. Bond R. M. Holland

6 Alice Markland scip
U.S.N. Ev.
J. N. Coombs

State of Maryland Harford County ss.
William S. Markland, of said County, being duly sworn according to law, upon his oath makes the following declaration, for the purpose of obtaining, for himself and the other surviving children of Alice Markland, late of said County deceased, the pension due at her decease under the act of Congress of 7 th July 1838, and subsequent acts, to wit:
That he is one of the sons of Alice Markland, deceased, who in her life time claimed a pension as the widow of Edward Markland deceased, who was a Lieutenant in the State Navy of Maryland, in the war of the Revolution.
That as this declarant has understood and believes, the said Edward Markland was Commissioned a Lieutenant in the State Navy of Maryland sometime in the year 1776 and that within said year he entered upon active service as Lieutenant of the Schooner Dolphin, belonging to said State Navy. That sometime in the fall of 1776, the said Schooner Dolphin being on a cruise near the Island of Martinique, she succeeded in capturing as a prize the British Schooner "Grace." That after the capture of said Schooner Grace, said Edward Markland was placed on board of her as prize Master, but said prize was soon after recaptured, and Edward Markland, with the other survivors on board of her were taken prisoners, and conveyed to New York, where said Edward Markland remained as a prisoner of war for some months - the exact length of time not known to this declarant. He further claims, that according to his information, the said Edward Markland shortly after his return from captivity as above said, was appointed Lieutenant of the Galley (Baltimore) on board of which vessel he continued to serve until the close, or near the close of the war. He cannot state exactly how long his said father served on board of either of said vessels, but judging

from information in his profession he must have served altogether much more than two years.
He further states that the said Edward and Alice Markland were married as he has understood and believes, on the 29 th of May 1790, and that a prayer book containing a record of said marriage was sent to the Pension Office by his Mother in her life-time.
He further states that his father the said Edward Markland died on the 7 th of October 1827, leaving said Alice Markland his widow, who did not again marry, but remained his widow until the 13 th day of November eighteen hundred and forty-seven when she died, leaving her decedent, Penelope S. Markland, Charles E. Markland, and Mary E. Worthington, wife of Charles Worthington her only surviving children. W m S. Markland,
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court This Twenty Second Day of November A. D. 1853 Test E. Billingslea Ruler
State of Maryland)
Harford County ss.
Charles Worthington (of Joseph) and Catharine E. Markland two respectable witnesses residents of said County personally appeared in open Court, and being duly sworn according to law, upon their oaths do depose and say that they were personally acquainted with Edward Markland late of the City of Baltimore Maryland, and with his widow Alice Markland, late of Harford County Maryland both now deceased. That the said Edward Markland died in the fall of 1827 leaving said Alice Markland his widow, who never again married but remained a widow until the 13 th  day of November eighteen hundred and forty-seven when she died, leaving William S. Markland, Penelope S. Markland, Charles E. Markland, and Mary E. Worthington her only surviving children. Charles Worthington Catharine E. Markland
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court This Twenty Second Day of November A. D. 1853
Test E. Billingslea Ruler

Maryland Ss
I E W Billingslea Register of Wills for Harford County and Ex officio the Orphans Court of said County hereby certify that that satisfactory evidence has been presented to this Court now in Session that Edward Markland the officer of the State Navy of Maryland in the War of the Revolution died in the year 1827 leaving Alice Markland his widow who did not again marry but remained his widow until the thirteenth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred and forty seven when she died leaving William T Markland Rachel T Markland Charles T Markland and Mary E Worthington her only surviving children all of whom are still living
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the Orphans Court of Harford County, this Twenty Second Day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
E W Billingslea Register

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Mary Markland wife of Edw. Markland Departed this life
Sep 21 st 1784 Mary Markland wife of Edw. Markland Departed this life Sep 21 st 1784
Allen Markland son of Edw & Catherine Markland was born Jan y 27 th 1843
Adelaide Almina Markland daughter of Edw & Catherine Markland was born Nov r 8 th 1845
DEATHS.
Mary Markland Daughter of Edw & Catherine Markland Died August 1782
Mary Markland wife of Edw Markland Departed this life Sep 21 st 1784
John Markland son of Edw and Catherine Markland Died the 29 th Sep 1792 About break of Day Aged 11 29 Days The Lord gave the Lord taketh away blessed be the name of the Lord
Charles Wesley Died August 3 rd 1793 though they slay me yet will I put my trust in thee.
John Died August 5 th 1799 aged 4 Mths 2 Days
Anna Maria Died 1818 in full assurance of faith
Edw Markland Departed this life Oct 7 th 1827 Aged about 71 years After having sustained an unblemished charac- ter as member of the Methodist E. Church for nearly 40 years and an Eminent Local Minister of said Church about 35 years blessed are the dead that die in the Lord yes saith the spirit they rest from their labors and their works do follow them
State of Maryland Harford County

State of Maryland Harford County ss I Charles E Markland make oath on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God that the deaths of Edward Markland and Alice Markland as recorded on the leaf of the family Bible hereto annexed, was recorded by deponent a short time after the death of each, according to the dates of said record, and that the said record is in deponents own hand writing; and has been in his possession from the time of the death of Edward Markland and Alice Markland unto the date of the above dep- osition.
Signed and sworn to on this 22 nd day of Nov 1853
Chas Markland (Seal)
Sworn and subscribed to in open court this twenty second day of November A.D. 1853 (Seal) Garrison G. Price Maryland Sch
I Old Billingslea Register of Wills for Harford County and Exofficio the Orphans Court of said County hereby certify that I took the above annexed record from a family Bible in the possession of Charles E Markland and that I have no doubt of its genuineness
In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the
(Orphan)

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Departed this life on Friday 24 th Jan. 1880 Chas. Edward Son of Chas & Catherine B. Workland after a short but some illness aged 4 years & 24 days. The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord
DEATHS.
Departed this life in the full prospects of a hap- ful immortality Alice Mary the wife of Chas. Workland on the 13 th of Nov. 1887 aged about 48 years.

Orphans Court of Harford County this Twenty- Second Day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three G. B. Miller Clerk
Mice Markland Recd
addl. Ev.
J. H. ...

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Alexander Egan m b W. H. Bennett Washington
Philo Cook for Alice Markland's
Papers Send to D. H. H. A. Jan 18/49
Hen
Evan (except all can't be Pops sent Fork his receipt
Indio sent to Mr. Evans Jan 12/49

American Archives 5 th Series, Vol. 2. 1776
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Edward Markland paid £15 44 for 4 mo. service - Oct. 26 1776
Oct 29 th 1776 - Appointed Lieutenant Schooner Dolphin - & commissioned

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James Allen
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This is to certify that Mary Broomell, and Henrietta Brown have been for a number of years, and are still respectable members of the Methodist Episcopal church; - they now reside in Oxford Falls at county Maryland.
James Allen Minister of the Methodist E. Church, of the Philadelphia annual conference
at St. Michael's parsonage Oct 21. 1844

Book filed in this office sent to J. P. on 23rd March 1850, see list in of that date.
W. 11. 27 Alice Markland nee Newland
Set. to W. J. Markland Decm 13. 44
Set. to W. J. C. Constable 2nd March 1846
Set. to W. J. Evans Aug. 21. 48 " " (Borner) 12 Decr 53
Act 7 July 1831

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4019
Alice Markland
Wid.
Edward Markland
Lieut. Navy Res. B.
Act: Mch 3 rd June 17 th 1884
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 2
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 11427 Alice Markland. Maryland.
Letter to, W. S. Markland Dec r 13 th 1844. Hon. A. Constable 2 nd March 1826. " A. Evans Aug h 22 nd 1828. " J. W. Bunney 12 th Jany. 1853.
x 12 th Ack d of the July 1838.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions. Washington D. C.

Darlington N o Feb. 16 13 /46
Dear Sir,
In the fall of 1844 I left in your hands the papers constituting an application of my Mother Alice Markland, for a pension from the general Government, and as that application was not successful and she wishes to renew it through the agency of the bearer of this communication (Mr. Offorthington) or to make some other use of the papers You are therefore authorised and will please to permit him to make whatever use of them he may think proper.
I am very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq. W m S. Markland

Alice Markland died wid of Edward M rs
Mem o for for  comm ?
Dodge

Alice Markland, dec'd, widow of Edward.
M o act of 1838, &c
For Increase
If the Commissioner should be of opinion that, from the fact that no other officers for the galley "Baltimore" were appointed - than those ordered to be commissioned May 18 th 1878 - warrants the inference that Markland continued in service as long as the officers of the galley continued in service - then I am of the opinion that Markland should be held to have been in service from the date of his commission up to Feby 19 th 1879. the date of the last payment certified; a period of 9 months as Lieut; and a certificate should issue for that rate - being 13 mos 7 days Lieut of the Dolphin and 9 mos Lt of the Baltimore - and 1 mo 23 days private seaman. —
Dodgs
Ans. Apr 4. 1885

Brief in the case of Alice Markland dec d widow of Edward County and State of Maryland act of July 7 1838
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record proof of service, and the testimony of witnesses, particularly the evidence of Thomas Pamphlin, a pensioner, who described his service, not incidentally , when giving testimony in another case, having no earthly reference to any effort to procure a pension for Markland or his widow — Also, the statements of Markland himself, testifying in a case in which his
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
captain was interested, long before the existence of any pension laws. — Proof of marriage & identity admitted by the officer years ago. (P s connected with the commission)
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Esq
Present
Thomas Lipton Examining Clerk.

Alice Markland, dec? widow of Edward, Manly adm? July 7/1838 V c 4 months pri. dec $ 16 13 " 478 St. Delphin 158. 50 $ 174. 50
per annum from March 1836 to 13 Nov 1847, when she died - £3 Except 2 years , = Pay to William S. Markland, Penelope S. Markland, Charles E Markland and Mary E Worthington, only children
Asst to J. J. Coombs Esq Present

House of Representatives Jan 9 1849
Dear Sir
I enclose you a letter of Mr. M c Leod Markland: if there be any papers of office Markland on file in your office will you forward them to me to be presented here
Yours very resp y Alex d Evans

Comr. please examine

In the case of Alice Markland. She states that her husband Edward served as a Lieutenant, under Capt. Patterson, who commanded the Schooner Dolphin, year 1777  in this she was mistaken probably that she was married in 1790, & that he died 1827. — Henrietta Brown knows of his being in service and recollects his return home from the British Prison ship — Mary Bromwell knew him before and after the war, recollects his being in the naval service a part of the war, and of his return home from his confinement, — Thos. Pamphilion, in an affidavit for another man, mentions Markland as a Lieutenant on the Schooner Dolphin, and afterwards as the prize master of a captured British Schooner. — None of these witnesses give any length of service, nor do I suppose they could do so, — He was pensioned by the State of Ill s for service as a Lieutenant on the Schooner Dolphin — Pension continued to his wife after his death — In 1777, Markland gave a deposition for Captain Patterson, in which he shows the Schooner Dolphin, at Martinique in Nov 1776, and mentions the capture of the British Schooner, and himself as app d prize master, but

says nothing of his grade as Lieutenant, and gives no length of service, — In 1776 Octo 26 he was paid £ 15 for 4 months service, and 29th same month was appointed Lieutenant of the Schooner Dolphin — On the 18 May 1778 Edw d Markland was appointed Lt d of the Galley Baltimore, said Galley was sold on the 28th of June 1779. — It will be observed that neither he nor any of the witnesses give any length of service, — Up to the 26 of Octo 1776 (4 months) he must have been a private as £ 15 p r for 4 months service, from 29 Octo 1776 he was Lt d , but up to what period I cannot tell. If it should be admitted that the £ 54, 17, 6 (which I neglected to mention above) which was p d him, was for his service as Lt d it would show over three months, but the Certificate of that payment marked C. hardly justifies it, for it was paid him for "Schooner Dolphin" — I should think it would be fair to give him as Lt d from 29 Octo 1776 to 1st Jny 1777, and I am not clear that it would not be proper to consider the service as continuous and give him from 29 Octo 1776 to Dec 6 1777, when he rec d this payment. Still this is seldom safe, for if the service

was continuous, why did he leave the Dolphin and in May 1778, go into the Galley Baltimore? — If the service of the Dolphin, so far as Markland is concerned was continuous, I suppose the service of the Galley was continuous which will give him another year — thus making his service 2 years. — This claim for service in the Galley Baltimore is a new one, never having been asserted before. That he did render service is beyond a peradventure, but how long I confess myself at a loss to determine. It is one of those cases which should be personally examined by the Commissioner. If it is true that the Maryland Legislature did not grant pensions for less than two years service, then the case would be much strengthened, No administration has been appointed.
Triflett Ques
Comm: Direct to admit for 4 mos per month & 13 months less or from 28 Oct 76 to 7 Dec 1777

Certificate that Edward Markland was a prisoner of Maryland.

Treasury Annnapolis 17 th Feby 1846
It is hereby certified that it appears from the Records in the Treasury, that Edward Marshall was by a Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland at its Session 1823 placed on the Pension Rote of the State, on account of services rendered by him in the capacity of a Lieutenant of the Navy during the Revolutionary War; and that he was continued on said Rote during his life; and I further certify that Alice Marshall the widow of said Pensioner was after the death of her husband placed and still continues on the Pension Rote of the State
Bl. G. Lander P.M.C.

Alice Mackland a.c. d wid. of Edward
Maryland, Oct 1838 '43 & '44 — admitted
Addl. Evidence — for increase
J. H. Gouly

Monday, 18 th May, 1778.
Present as on Saturday except Thomas Sim Lee Esq d . Commissions issued to James Poyle, appointed first Lieutenant of Marines on board the Galley "Baltimore" also to Edward Mark- land, first Lieutenant and Richard Brogden, second Lieutenant of the Galley "Baltimore."
Executive Department,
Annapolis 13 th , April, 1853,
I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true extract from the Record of Proceedings of the Executive Council of Maryland, at the city of Annapolis, on Monday, the 18 th , May, 1778.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this this 13 th , day of April, 1853.
Thos. H. O'Neal Secretary of State.

Maryland Jch,
I hereby certify, That I have carefully examined the records of "Proceedings of the Governor and Council of Maryland," from the 18 th of May, 1778, to the 29 th of June, 1779, - and that I find no other appointments of officers on Board of the Vessel or Galley called "The Baltimore," other than those appointed and Commissioned on the 18 th , day of May, 1778.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, this 6 th day of January, 1854 at the City of Annapolis.
John Randolph Quinn Secretary of State.

Papers in the case of Lieut. Edward Markland,
D.

Saturday, 4 th October, 1777. Ordered, That the Eastern Shore Treasurer, pay to Edward Markland, fifty four pounds Seventeen Shillings and Six pence per account passed: —
Monday, 18 th May, 1778. Commissions issued to James Boyle, appointed first Lieut t of Marines on board the Galley "Baltimore" also to Edward Markland, first Lieutenant, and Richard Brogden, second Lieut t of the Galley "Baltimore." —
Friday, 14 th August, 1778. Ordered, That the Treasurer, pay to James Boyle, four hundred and fifty nine pounds, seventeen Shillings and one penny, and Six hundred and sixty two pounds four Shillings due, for the use of the crew of the Baltimore Galley, from the 1 st July, to 1 st , August, 1778. per acct s passed by the Auditor Genl t .
Monday, 8 th June, 1778. Commission issued to Thomas Graison, appointed Commodore, agreeable to a Resolv e of the General Assembly, passed 21 st April last. —
Saturday, 21 st November, 1778. Ordered, That the Treasurer, pay to Commodore Graison, Four hundred and ten pounds, three shillings and two pence, on account of the Galley "Baltimore" — Five hundred and five pounds fifteen Shillings and seven pence, on account of the Pay roll, examined and passed by the Auditor Genl t .

Friday, 19 th February, 1779.
Ordered, That the Treasurer pay to Commodore Thomas Grason, Three hundred and forty four pounds, one shilling and ten pence, due the Officers and Men of the "Baltimore Galley," and also the further sum of four hundred and ninety four pounds sixteen shillings and nine pence, due the Officers and Men of the Independence Galley, per pay roll of examined & passed by the And. Genl. — —
Tuesday, 29 th June, 1779.
The "Baltimore Galley" was sold yesterday with her stores by Inventory delivered to Samuel Chase, Esq r & James Williams for £6000. 10 — The Johnson Galley, with her stores delivered by Inventory delivered at £4500. 10 — and the Annapolis the Hull only at £2000. 10/ also to Mr. Chase and Williams and the General Smallwood with her stores by Inventory deliv- ered to Capt. Pt for £4500. six weeks credit to be given. —
I hereby certify, that the foregoing, are true Extracts, taken from the records of "Proceedings of the Governor and Com- -cil of the State of Maryland," belonging to and remaining among the Archives of the Executive Chamber of Maryland. —
Given under my hand at the City of Annapolis, this 19 th day of July, 1853. —
John Randolph Ellis Secretary of State.

C.

Same Office of clearwater July 19 th 1853.
I hereby certify, that it appears by an Army Ledger (A) of the Revolution, now remaining in this office, on page 209 of said Ledger, that there is an account called "Naval Account", in which is found the following
entry. 1777. Dec r 6. To James Hindman, paid Edward Markland for Schooner Dolphin". £ 54. 17. 6.
In testimony that the foregoing is truly copied from Ledger A above referred to, I hereunto seal, with my name & affix the seal of the Land Office of clearwater the day & year first above written.
J. Murray Comr of the Land

State of Maryland Harford county to Wit. On this 26 th day of February 1846 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said county personally appears Penelope Smallland and having been duly sworn on the Holy Evangel of Almighty God deposeth and says that sometime in the summer of 1827 she the deponent was in the company of Edward Markland esq, and an old lady by the name of Elizabeth Gray who on that occasion entered into conversation concerning the revolutionary war and that while they were in conversation the said Edward Markland began to relate the circumstances of his course as first Lieutenant in the Schooner Dolphin and after stating that they took a prize and his being placed in the prize as prizemaster still holding his rank as first Lieutenant he was recaptured by the British force being sent to New York as a prisoner was placed in prison and after remaining in prison six months was released being destitute of clothes and money returned to Philadelphia where he was replenished by such necessaries as he wanted by an uncle by the name of Brownwell. The said deponent further states that she distinctly recollects of hearing the said Mrs. Gray ask the said Edward Markland how long he was on said cruise and that the answer of the said Edward Markland was Eighteen months
Sworn before Step. S. Johns Mag t

State of Maryland
Harford County. To wit:
I hereby Certify that Stephen S. Johns, Gentleman, before whom the within dep- osition was taken, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing and still is a Justice of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Harford County Court on this 26 th day of February. Anno Domini 1846!
Harry D.ough. Clerk. of Harford County Court
Original of Mr. Johns Affidavit

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Certificate of George G. Brown

House of Delegates, Annapolis, 17 th  February January, 1846,
At the Session of the Legislature of Maryland at Decem- ber Session 1838, James W. Williams, Esq d , then a Member from Harford County, presented an application application from Mrs. Markland, the Widow of Lieutenant Edward Markland and, for a pension, in consideration of the services of her husband, who it was proved by sundry affidavits, that he served as a Lieutenant on board the Schooner "Dolphin", then employed in the service of the Government. The evidence I recollect, was deemed sufficient by the Committee on pensions and Revolutionary Claims, to report favorably on her case and she was accordingly placed on the pension Roll of Maryland. = The papers upon which her claim to a pension was allowed, are not now upon the files of the House, they were I am confident withdrawn by Mr. Williams, who was afterwards elected a Member of Congress from this State, and whose object I am infor- med, was to file them with Mrs. Markland application for a pension from the United States. = An Account is opened upon the Army Ledgers of the Revolution, as against the Schooner "Dolphin", and the Ledger does not shew, nor are any lists or roll of the officers and men employed on board that vessel to be found among the Records of the Revolution. =
George G. Brewer Clerk House D. M.

State of Maryland Baltimore County ss, ) on the Thirteenth day of February Eighteen hundred and twenty one, personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace, in and for the County aforesaid, Thomas Pamphilion who being by me sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, that he knows Stanley Robinson and that he has been acquainted with him from his youth to the present time and that he this deponent and the said Stanley Robinson sailed in the United States Schooner Dolphin, of which Vessel William Patterson was — Commander and Edward Markland was first Lieutenant, sometime as Deponent believes, in the year Seventeen hundred and Twenty Seven, from the port of Annapolis, in the State of Maryland, to Martinique, and that the said Stanley Robinson was Master's Mate on board of the said Schooner Dolphin and done duty as such, that after their arrival in Martinique and delivering the dispatches they proceeded in the said Schooner Dolphin on a Cruise and shortly after being at sea they captured a British Schooner of which Edward Markland was made Prize Master, and this Deponent was transferred to and on board of the prize and that the prize was captured and deponent after some months made his escape and on his return to the United States, found the Dolphin cruising in the Bay and employed as a Tender and to keep the Tories in awe and that the said Stanley Robinson still continued on board of the said Vessel and further deponent saith not, — Sworn and subscribed before,
Thos. Pamphilion,
Peter Gadd,
I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of an affi- -davit filed with the petition of Stanley Robinson, praying for ap- -pension, which was presented at the December Session of 1823, and on file in the Archives of the House of Delegates of Maryland; —
Given under my hand at the City of Annapolis, the 2 nd day of May, 1839; —
George G. Brewer, Clerk House Dele. Md.

Land Office, Annapolis, 2 nd May, 1839.
By the and papers records of the Revolution in this office, It appears, that there was an Armed Boat or Schooner called the "Dolphin," commanded by Captain William Addison, employed in the service of the State, There is no Master or pay roll of the officers and Men on board of said Vessel to be found, = I am therefore unable to certify, as to whether Edward Markland, was a Lieut r on board of said Vessel or not, but, from an account on file with the papers, it appears that one Thomas Pamphilion, received wages, (as a Seaman) on board of said Vessel in 1777, and who I presume, is the same person that has made the within affidavit, = The records of the Revolution are very imperfect, and particularly those relating to the Naval Service,
George G. Brewer, Reg d Land Off. W. D. M n .
5 Thos. Pamphilion Affidavit.

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Charles E. Macleod

State of Maryland Harford County ss.
On this Second day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty four, before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace for said county personally appears Charles E Markland, and maketh oath on the holy Evangel of Almighty God, that the record, of the Marriage of Edward Markland and Alice Sherwood, as found on the page next the psalms of the common prayer Book for the Methodist of America, printed in the year 1794; is the same original record kept by Edward Markland when living; and is penned in his own hand writing; And the said Charles E Markland further deponeth and says, the record as stated above has been in his possession ever since the death of the said Edward Markland, and that he is certain of the truth of the above deposition as set forth
Witness my hand and seal on the day and year above written
Sworn before William Edgell
State of Maryland ss
Harford county, to wit 3 I, Henry Dorsey, Clerk of Harford county Court, hereby certify that William Gly, Esquire, before whom the within or foregoing affidavit was made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing one of the State of Maryland Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this 3 rd day of August 1844. Henry Dorsey, Clerk

Wadsworth Aug 13. 1848
Dear Sir
Please examine the enclosed letter & oblige me by reporting to me the facts - my address during the recess will be Elkton Cecil County
Md
Yrs respy
Alexander Evans

11427
Alice Markland
(Mrs) Letter to Mrs. G. Markland Dec 1 st 1846 See letter to Hon. A. Constable 23 March, 1846.
aet 7 July 1838

Dear Sir
During the 29 th Congress the papers of Alice Markland for a pension were filed in your office - during the 30 th Congress they were withdrawn by me & referred to the Committee of Revolutionary Pensions but among the proofs was a Bazaar Book containing Evidence of the marriage of said Alice. I wish you to send it with a note stating for what purpose to Hon Loren P Waldo Chairman Committee Rev. Pensions
Yrs very respectfully Alexander Evans

Washington, May 30 th 1853.
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present additional evidence in support of the claim of Alice Markland, widow of Edward, of M c for pension under act of 7 th July 1838, &c
The disposition of said Edward Markland made in 1777, strongly corroborates the testimony heretofore filed.
I also present evidence that said Markland was appointed 1 st Lieut. of the Gally Battery Baltimore in 1778.
The point, I presume upon which there can be any doubt, is, as to the length of Markland's service.
I expect to receive, in a few days, important evidence on this point which I will file when the case comes up for Examination.
I have the honor to be
Hon. L. P. Waldo Comm r of Pensions
Very resp y Mr ob st serv t J. H. Coombs

Maryland Set.
At a session of the General Assembly of Maryland begun and held at the city of Annapolis on the last Monday of December being the thirty first day of the said month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and ended the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
His Excellency William Grason, Esquire, Governor, amongst others the following Resolution was enacted to wit:
N o 12. - By the House of Delegates, January 26 th 1839, Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, that the Treasurer of the Western Shore, be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to Alice Markland widow of Edward Markland or to her order, during her life an annual pension payable quarterly from and after the first day of April last, equal to that which her late husband received from this State, under a Resolution passed at December session eighteen hundred and twenty three the half pay of a Lieutenant in the Naval Service during the Revolutionary War.
By the Senate
By order,
January 30 th 1839
Geo. G. Brewer Clerk.
Read and assented to,
By order, Jos. H. Nicholson clk.
Maryland Set. I Richard W. Gree clerk of the Court of Appeals for the Western Shore of Maryland do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and true copy of the Resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, of which it purports to be a copy as taken from the original engrossed Resolution deposited in and belonging to the office of the Court of Appeals for the Western Shore of said State.
(In Testimony)

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as clerk and affixed the seal of the said Court of Appeals this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Richard M. Gille, Clerk, Court of Appeals U.S. M. D.

State of Maryland Talbot County ss.
On this twentyfirst day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-four personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County, Henrietta Brown of said County and makes oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God that she was well acquainted with Edward Markland (late husband of Alice Markland now of Harford County) when he was in the revolutionary service and that she remembers perfectly well his arrival at his home (which was then in Oxford Talbot County Maryland) after having been imprisoned in the British prison ship at New York.
Witness my hand and seal on the day and year above written.
Sworne to Before
John Bullen Galt

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Mary Bromwell affidavit
Wm. S. Markland Darlington M d

State of Maryland Talbot County ss.
In this Twentyfirst day of October in the year of our Lord eight- teen hundred and forty-four personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said County Mary Bromwell of said County and makes oath on the holy Evangelz of Almighty God that she was well acquaint- ed with Edward Markland (late husband of Alice Markland now of Harford County Maryland) both before and during as well as after the revolutionary war, and that she perfectly recollects his having been in the naval service of the United States during a part of that war and of his return home (which was at that time in Oxford, Talbot County, State of Maryland) af- having been kept in confinement for some time as a prisoner by the british. And the said Mary Brom- well further deposeth that the above facts were well known in the neighborhood in which the said Edward Markland resided at the time or shortly after their occurrence.
Witness my hand and seal on the day, and year above written Sworne to before John Bullen Justice
State of Maryland ss Talbot County ss 3 I James Parrott, Clerk of the County Court of Talbot County, Certify, that John Bullen is one of the State of Maryland's Justices of the Peace in and for Talbot County, duly Commissioned and Sworn, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his signature I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty- fourth day of October Eighteen hundred and forty four. James Parrott Clerk of Talbot County Court

Darlington Harford Co. Md. June 12 th / 54
Dear Sir,
Having once had the pleasure of approaching you through the medium of a written communication and having on that occasion met with a prompt, kind, and gentlemanly response, I feel encouraged again to address you on the same subject that then engaged my attention. It will not be necessary for me to go into a history of the case to which I wish to call your attention, as you are intimately conversant with it from the time it claimed your notice as chairman of the committee on pensions up to this date. It will be sufficient therefore simply to state that it is the still suspended claim of the heirs of Alice Markland, upon which you have already had the goodness to grant a partial allowance.
I would here state that at the time we made application to congress for a special act in our favor we were not aware that a general law had been passed securing to the heirs of those who were in the revolutionary service and of their widows, the same pension which they would be entitled to if living. As soon therefore as we were made acquainted with this fact, the other heir of our Mother authorized me to repair to Washington, and employ an agent to present our claim to the committee on pensions. In the performance of this duty I made it my business to enquire into the character and qualifications of several gentleman residents of Washington who are agents in the prosecution of claims. After becoming satisfied from the recommendation of the chief clerk of the office of the Interior and others that Mr. Coombs was a proper person for the the

a purpose and one in whom I might confide. I immediately went to his office and stated to him that I had concluded to employ him if we could agree upon the terms. I then stated to him what others had offered to attend to it for, upon hearing which, Mr. Coombs by his own voluntary act, in the absence of any proposi- tion or even suggestion on my part, proposed to undertake the case for twenty per cent if successful, and nothing if he failed. To this I readily acceded believing it to be a reasonable demand and a fair compensation. An agree- ment was then written out, binding Mr. Coombs as I understood it, to prosecute the claim to its consummation for the consideration of twenty per cent if he obtained it and one in behalf of the heirs to pay the per centage in the event of his being successful. On my return home a power of attorney was executed and forwarded to Mr. Coombs. After the business remained in his hands some eight or nine months (during which time I received several communications from him on the sub- ject) he addressed a letter to me in which he sta- ted that his sub agent Mr. Brewer of Baltimore, in view of the trouble and expense already incurred and of that which would attend a further prosecution of the case, refused to render him any further assistance with- out an additional fee of fifteen per cent, which he Mr. Coombs advised us to give. Now as we had made a positive agreement with Mr. Coombs and employed him under the conviction that he understood his business and that he should have known what he could afford to attend to the case for, knowing as he did (for he told me so at the time the agreement was made) that he would have to em- ploy Mr. Brewer and share with him the fee he was to get, we considered the demand an unreasonable one and respectfully declined a compliance with it. Shortly af- ter this determination was made known to Mr. Coombs I re- ceived a letter from him in which he stated that he would have to proceed with the case without the aid of Mr. Brewer and do the best he could.

The result of his efforts I need not make known to you.
In a week or two after the allowance which you were pleased to grant us was received and a settlement effected with the agent, I received a note from Mr. Brewer containing a proposition to attend in conjunction with Mr. Coombs to the remaining claim for the fee of forty per cent and nothing less. This proposition was coupled with a threat that if we employed any other agent that he Mr. Brewer would have nothing to do with the case in any way forever thereafter.
Now Sir I submit it to you whether it ever was intended by those noble and generous spirits our representatives in congress who from a sense of duty and a warm and glowing impulse of gratitude made provision for the relief of the widows and children of our revolutionary fathers, that these pension agents should become the beneficiaries to so large an amount of what they no doubt regarded as the last and only tribute of affection and love that could yet be offered by a grateful country for the rich legacy bequeathed to us by those who "fought, and bled, and conquered," to establish the glorious government under which we live, and to secure to us the happy privileges which we so fully enjoy.
My object my Dear Sir, in writing this letter is to ask you (if you can do so upon the evidence now before you and without violating the obligations under you) to grant us (without the interference of agents) the allowance we may be intitled to on the still pending portion of our claim. I know not whether you have discretionary power in these matters, but if you have I would ask that you let the weight of that power fall upon the side of Humanity. We are all poor and in addition to my own poverty I have had to contend for the last eighteen years with bad health, during most of which I have had to labor for a subsistence.

and still have to work at my trade for a livelihood though on the downhill side of life's summit, both as it regards health and age.
If you cannot in view of the requirements of the law and your obligations grant us the allowance prayed for, please inform me what testimony is wanting to enable you to act favorably on the claim, and al- though I have lost much time and expended more money than I could afford I would get be willing to do what I can provided there is any chance of success.
Let your decision be what it may I am sure it will be a just one, and should it be adverse to my wishes I shall feel constrained to most res- pectfully to submit to it, and will ever feel a dis- position to cherish a grateful remembrance of your just kindness, and to pray for your prosperity and happiness both in this world and in the world to come.
With sentiments of the highest respect I remain your humble Serv t .
M rs S. Markland
Hon - Waldo

Deposition of Lieut. Edward Markland,
B.

Among a bundle of papers endorsed, "Letters and Depositions relative to Capt n William Patterson's seizing a Hagg", there is the following deposition.
The Deposition of Edward Markland, late of Lieutenant of the Schooner "Dolphin" belonging to the State of Maryland and lately commanded by Capt n William Patterson, taken before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for Anne Arundel County. The said Edward Markland, being first duly sworn on the holy Evangel of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, That sometime in November, seventeen hundred and seventy six, the Schooner "Dolphin", being then at Martinique, She left that place in pursuit of the Schooner "Grace" which left the same place about the  five hours before and which Capt n Patterson informed him the Deponent was lawfull prize, — That the said Schooner "Grace" when at Anchor at Martinique, had a White flag upon her Shrouds, but he did not know why it was placed there, nor did he hear Capt n Patterson assign or conjecture any reason for that circumstance. — That the chase continued about eight hours when they came up with the "Grace" and took her, That he went on board the "Grace" after she was taken but did not then see or hear of any papers that the Captain of the "Grace" had on board, or hear him say, that he had any to prove that his vessel ought not to be made a prize of. — He only heard the Capt n of the "Grace" say after this deponent went on board the "Grace" as prize Master, that Captain Patterson was disposing his friends, to which Patterson answered that he durst not relinquish his capture unless it could be made appear to him that the "Grace" was not a prize. That the Schooner "Grace", when taken was near to Dominigue than Martinique. The Deponent further saith that the Capt n and hands of the "Grace" were sent on board the "Dolphin" and this Deponent was sent on board the "Grace" as prize Master and further saith not. — 31 st Oct r , 1777, Edward Markland,
Taken before,
Allan Luque,
(S)

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the original Deposition on file in the Archives of the Executive Chamber of Maryland. =
Given under my hand at the City of Annapolis, this 25 th day of May, 1853. =
Thos. H. O'Neal Secretary of State

Alice Markland wid of Edward
did —
M o Oct 1838
work for paper
J. J. Gandy

Know all men by these presents, that I William S. Markland, one of the surviving children of Alice Markland decd. late of Harford County, Maryland, do hereby constitute and appoint J. S. Coombs Esq. of Washington City, D.C. my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of the surviving children of said Alice Markland deceased, for a Revolutionary pension on account of the services of my father, Edward Markland deceased, who was a Lt. in the Navy during said war. I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and examine any papers on file in the Pension Office in said case, and to withdraw from the files of either House of Congress, any papers touching said claim, for the purpose of filing the same in the Pension Office.
Given under my hand and seal at Washington City, this 28 th day of October 1852
H. S. Myers
W pm S. Markland
District of Columbia } Washington County } ss.
On this 28 th day of October 1852, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came the above named William S. Markland, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. H. S. Myers P.P.

11,590
Maryland
Heir of Maryland deer. widow of Edward who died on the of in the State of Md who was in the by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution for 4 months 18 1/2 days Lieut & Navy
Inscribed on the Roll of Baltimore at the rate of 174 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Decr. 1833 and sent to J. J. Coombe
Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by Meighman Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 255

Washington, Feb. 27 th 1855
Sir:
Enclosed I have the honor to present additional evidence in support of the claim of Alice Markland dec d widow of Edward, of Maryland, for an increase of pension under acts of 1838, '43, & '44.
This claim was allowed in December 1853, for 4 months service as a seaman, and 13 months 7 days as St. of the "Dolphin". At the same time that this allowance was made, there was evidence before you, showing that said Edward Markland was commissioned as First Lieutenant of the Galley "Baltimore" , on the 18 th May 1778. Also, evidence showing that said Galley Baltimore was in service from said date to the 28 th June 1779, when she was sold — over 13 months, but that there

were no muster or pay rolls of said vessel to be found.
You were of opinion, therefore, (said claim having been personally examined by yourself,) that no allowance could be made for service on board the Galley "Baltimore" for want of evidence showing that said Edward Markland continued in service on said vessel, after the date of his commission . You have ever, at that time, suggested to me (verbally) that evidence showing that no other person was ever commissioned as 1 st Lieutenant on the "Baltimore" , would be satisfactory evidence that Markland continued to serve as such, as long as said vessel remained in service.
I now have the honor to present a Certificate from the Secy. of State of Maryland, showing that Edward Mark-

land was Commissioned 1 st Lt. of the "Baltimore" for the 18 th May 1778.
Also, Another Certificate from same officer, showing that he has "carefully examined the Records of Proceedings of the Governor and Council of Maryland, from the 18 th May 1778, to the 29 th June 1779, and finds no other appointment of Officers on board the vessel or Gallery called "The Baltimore" other than those appointed and Commissioned on the 18 th day of May 1778."
By reference to paper marked "D," on file, you will see there is ample record evidence showing that the Baltimore was in service during said time. viz:
On the 14 th Aug. 1778, a payment of £489. 117. d. 1. & another pay t of £662. 4 s , were made for the use of the crew of the "Baltimore Gallery," from 1 st Feb y . 1778, to 1 st Aug 1778.
Again, on the 21 st Nov. 1778, a payment of £410. 3 s . 2 d , was made on account of the "Gallery Baltimore."

Again, on the 19 th Feb. 1779, a payment of £344. 10 00 was made to the Officers and men of the "Baltimore Gallery"
And on the 29 th June 1779, the "Baltimore Gallery", with her stores, &c, was sold to Samuel Chase Esq and James Wilson Esq, for £6000. 10.
The argument upon this evidence is brief, and as I think, conclusive.
Edward Markland was commissioned 1 st Lt. of the Gallery Baltimore, on the 18 th May 1778 - From that time to the 29 th June 1779, said vessel was in service , payments having been at sundry times made to her Officers and Crew. From said 18 th May 1778 to said 29 th June 1779, no other Officers were appointed or commissioned on board said vessel.
Therefore, Markland, who was 1 st Lt. in Commission , must have continued such, during said time.
Very respectfully Your obed Servt
How L. P. Waldo Court of Pensions
A. V. Coombs

Alice Markland wid of Edward,
In o Act 1838. Sec
The Comm ee examined this case when before Congress, and has a distinct recollection about. Perhaps it would be well to consult with him about it. J. L. B.
J. L. Coombs

1 Washington, Nov. 25 th 1853
Sir:
I have the honor to present you the claim of the Heirs of Alice Markland, dec d . of Mr. widows of Edward Markland dec d . for pension under act of 1838, &c.
Mrs. Markland presented a claim in her life-time, but being unable to obtain satisfactory record evidence of her husband's services, her claim was disallowed by the Comm n of Pensions.
The claim was then taken before Congress, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, of which you were then chairman, and said Committee made a report in favor of the claim. What became of the case before Congress, I am not advised, but presume it failed for want of time.
For more than a year past, G. G. Brown, Esq. late Register of the Land Office of M d , has been from time to time engaged in searching among the Archives of said State for evidence to establish said claim, and has succeeded in finding a large amount of record and documentary evidence, which I now have the honor to pre-

I Mr Brewen was unable to find any of the Pay-rolls, of either the "Dolphin," or the "Baltimore," but I think you will find the evidence he has obtained enough to satisfy you that Markland must have been in service more than two years, as a Lieutenant in the Navy. Mr. B. states in a letter, that the pay-rolls were all delivered to the General Government, at the time of the settlement between the States, of the expenses of the war; and have been destroyed by fire.
The additional evidence which I now present, is as follows:
1 st A reference to the American Archives, 5 th Series, Vol. 2, 1776—page 656—Where it is shown that Edward Markland was paid for 4 months service, Oct. 26 th 1776,—and that he was Commissioned a Lieut. of the Schooner "Dolphin" Oct 29 th 1776.
(From this it appears that he must have been in service at least 4 months before he rec d . his Commission, which was a common occurrence in the Revolutionary war.) Marked A.
2 nd A copy of

2 o The Copy of a Deposition made by said Edward Markland in 1777 , detailing the circumstances of his sailing to Martinique as Lt. of the Dolphin in Nov. 1776, there capturing the Schooner "Grace", and being placed on board the same as Prize Master, &c. [This deposition does not what became of him after being put on board the "Grace" as Prize Master, those facts not being material to the matter then under investigation.] — (Marked B.)
3 o A certificate of the Commr. of the Land Office of Maryland, showing that Edward Markland was paid £54.17.6, "for Schooner Dolphin," Dec. 6 th 1777. [This shows that the "Dolphin" was then in service, and Markland still an officer on board. From Oct. 29 th 1776, to Dec. 6 th 1777, is a period of 13 mo.  8 days . But as Markland was paid for 4 months service prior to the date of his Commission, this evidence shows over 17 months service . — (See paper marked C.)
4 th Paper marked D. — Contains divers Extracts from the proceedings of the General Council of Maryland, Certified by the

Secretary of State,
Item No 1. Shows that Markland was paid £54.17. Oct. 4 th 1777- (This was of course for services on the "Dolphin")
Item No. 2. Shows that Edward Markland was Commissioned 1 st Lt. of the Galley "Baltimore," May 18 th 1778.
Item No 3. Shows that on the 14 th August 1778, an allowance was made for the of the crew of the Baltimore from 1 st Feb. to 1 st Aug. 1778.
Item No. 4. Shows that on the 8 th June 1778, Thomas Grason was appointed Commodore in the State Navy of Md.
Item No. 5. Shows that on the 21 st Nov. 1778 Commodore Grason was paid £400.3. 2 "on account of the Galley Baltimore,"
Item No. 6. Shows that on the 19 th Feb. 1779, Commodore Grason was paid a further sum, for unit "the officers and men of the Baltimore Galley."
Item No. 7. Shows that on the 28 th June 1779 the Galley Baltimore was sold

The evidence contained in this papers shows, that Markland was commissioned 1 st Lt. of the Gally "Baltimore", May 18 th 1778, and that payments were from time to time ordered to be made to the Officers and men of said Vessel, up to the 28 th of June 1779, when she was sold, a period of 13 months, 10 days
I claim, therefore that we have proved by satisfactory under  record evidence , that said Markland served as Lieutenant of the "Dolphin" (at least) 13 months
And as Lt. of the "Baltimore" over 13 " Making in all ————— 26 months.
All this evidence is additional to what was before you when, as Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary claims, you reported in favor of Mrs. Markland's claim. It has been obtained at great trouble and expense, and I think you will find it entirely consistent with the evidence heretofore filed.
Among the old papers in the case, is the copy of a deposition made by Thomas  Thomas Pamphilion in 1831, in support of the claim of Stanley Robinson, for a pension from

* Pamphilion says he thinks it was in 1777, that the Dolphin was taken by a new ship, and he was taken prisoner. He was taken to Martinique, and he was there when Markland was taken prisoner. He was taken to Martinique, and he was there when Markland was taken prisoner. He was taken to Martinique, and he was there when Markland was taken prisoner.
the State of Maryland. In this deposition, although the witness had no occasion to speak of the services of Markland, (except incidentally), yet he does state the fact that said Markland was 1st Lieut. of the "Dolphin" in said Prize to Martinique, — that a prize was taken, on board of which he (witness) was transferred, that Markland was put on board of her as prize-master, and the prize afterwards captured, and Markland taken prisoner &c &c. #
Ascertaining that said Pamphilion was a pensioner under the act of 1818, I have looked into his papers.
I find that in his declaration made in 1818, he gives the same account of this transaction, as in his deposition aforesaid. In said declaration he says he was in service about 18 months, which time includes a short period in which he was on board the U. S. Ship "Virginia", under command of Commodore Nicholson.
I find among the papers of said Pamphilion also, a deposition of Edward Markland , made the 20th July 1818, confirming the statements made by Pam-

phelion in his declaration, both as to the manner and duration of his service.
This may be also called additional evidence, as it does not appear that Pamphileon's papers were ever before examined in connection with this case.
I now present, also, parol evidence, accompanied by a family record showing the time of the decease of said Edward Markland and his widow Alice Markland. Also, a certificate of the Probate Court, as to death, kinship, &c.
The marriage prior to 1794 has been heretofore admitted. It was proved by a family record in a Prayer Book filed with the original application, and which I suppose is still somewhere in your office.
The record which I now present, however, shows the death of "John Markland, son of Alice and Edward Markland, on the 29 th Sept. 1792.
Edward Markland was married twice. His first wife Mary died Sept. 24 th 1784, and you will find a record of the same on the enclosed leaf of the family Bible.

In conclusion, I will only remark, that I understand that Edward Markland was a man of high character, and for many years an eminent Minister of the Gospel.
He was allowed a pension by the state of Maryland (as was his widow after his death) for his Revolutionary services.
I am informed by Mr. Brewer, who has been for many years connected with the State Government of Maryland, as an Executive Officer, Secy to the Senate, &c. that it was never the practice of the Legislature of that state to grant Revolutionary Pensions for less than three years service. On this point I have no personal knowledge.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your obed servt J. H. Gough
How L. R. Waldo Committee of Pensions